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84 00
13,322 47
Interest
13,509 10
13,500 10
151 50
151 50
15,064 11 868 13
7 55
28 40
Police .
11,864 20
12,551 98
OS7 78
087 78
11,864 20
Printing and Stationery
1.289 55
3,000 00
1,710 45
1,710 45
Property and Debt Balance
152,000 00
1,664,378 92
1,512,378 92
Public Buildings Maintenance :
City Hall .
5,806 45
6.000 00
193 56
193 55
5,806 45
City Hall Annex
807 02
1.000 00
192 98
102 98
807 02
Fire Department
4,856 19
4,700 00
156 19
156 19
4,850 19
Health Department
164 56
200 00
35 44
35 44
104 56
High ways .
1,217 63
1,349 00
131 37
131 37
1.217 63
Police
3,438 37
3,356 16
82 21
82 21
3,438 37
Public Library
3,673 34
3,000 00
673 34
673 34
3,673 34
Schoolhouses
47,150 28
45,652 59
1,497 69
1,497 69
152 50
47,150 28
Sewer Department
67 83
210 00 500 00
373 11
373 11
95
00 05
Public Grounds
11,559 69
11,560 00
31
31
360 00
10,559 69
Land for Park Purposes
12,000 00
13 500 00
1,500 00
1,500 00
Athletic Field, Ward Seven
3.000 00
3.000 00
Athletic Apparatus
1.000 00
1,000 00
Land on Prospect Hill for Park Purposes Public Library
13,745 01
13,737 00
8 01
Addition
8,924 27
9,058 03
133 76
133 76 1,000 00 4,000 00
4,000 00
Public Property .
2,990,378 92 2,740 09
168,OSS 51
10,502 80
10,502 86
3,703 80
Reduction of Funded Debt, Metropolitan Sewer Assessment
31,000 00
31,000 00
12 000 00
12,000 00
1,543 43
1,543 43
108 00
20,564 57 7,071 48
Schoolhouse, O. S. Knapp, Improvements Ward 7
23,004 27
45,000 00
21,995 73
21,995 73
15,004 27
Burns, Addition
527 62
527 62
346 75
Forster. Improvement
15,033 88 378 00
378 0)
378 00
Ward 2
1,362 59
1.362 59
In Ward 2.
25,631 00
40,000 00
14,368 91
14,368 91
School Teacher' Salaries
208.129 97
203.000 00
129 97
129 97
359 39
Sewer Assessments
16.635 79
5 175 96
11,459 83
Sewers, Construction
52.322 10
67.779 09
15,456 99
Sewers, Maintenance
9,630 68
9,658 44
27 76
27 76
Shade Trees
289 00
500 00
211 00
211 00
10,941 63
9,705 12
Sidewalks, Construction
30,671 01
40,340 04
Sidewalks, Maintenance
5,839 73
5,297 37
542 30
542 30
414 81
10 00
14,595 19
Soldiers' Burials .
455 00
455 00
Somerville Hospital
5,000 00
5,000 00
State Aid
11,410 00
11,410 00
11,410 00
State of Massachusetts, Soldiers' Burials
770 00
350 00
Military Aid
580 00
238 50
State Tax.
27.075 00
27 075 00
41,924 34
41,924 34
Metropolitan Water Assessment National Bank Tax
1,036 80
1.036 SO
1,036 80
State Aid .
22 057 00
10 80: 00
11,254 00
11,254 00
10,803 00
Street Lights
53.724 49
53 991 52
207 03
207 03
26,580 10 5,732 25
Miscellaneous
24 017 59
24 666 71
049 12
649 12
374,729 29
350,000 00
060,000 00 7,487 50
Water Maintenance
07 719 59
08 427 01
708 02
708 02
23,400 50
64,719 50 4,287 95
Water Service Assessments
4 315 06
4,315 06
Water Works Extension
24 927 00
25 055 20
128 14
128 14
4,315 06 55 20
24,027 06
Water Works, Abatements on Water Charges Cash
1,000 00
1,000 00
430 42 §103,858 87
$10,392,134 15
$10,392,134 15
$3,553,342 65
$3,553,342 05
$21,707 86 §10,042 08
$31,810 84
$541,195 87
$2,237,084 05
$2,237,084 95
$31,810 84
$31,810 84
$541,105 87
$541,195 87
Excess and Deficiency .
Assets and Liabilities
Public Property
Funded Debt
Property and Debt Balance
1,478,000 00 1,512,378 02
$3,553,342 65
$3,553,342 65
" Balance, 1899. § Balance.
2,237,084 95
2,133,220 08
103,858 87
103,858 87
458 11 5,146 74 885,080 04 700,000 00
24,017 59
Temporary Loans
760,000 00
1,110,000 00
Water Loan Interest
9,502 50
9,502 50
Water Services
4,287 95
4 287 95
Wafer Works Income
223.367 57
223.367 57
209,108 80
Sundry Persons
27.710 00
53.296 10
268 50
6.000 75
11,520 58
11.453 86
75 72
75 72
Taxes .
1,278.552 37
903,823 08
374,729 20
28 52
28 52
Charles G.Pope, Improvements
1.898 39
2.000 00
101 61
101 01
1,898 39
Ward 1
Highland, Sanitary
21 30
21 36
21 36
Sealer of Weights and Measures
1.035 35
1,394 74
359 39
11,459 83
15,456 90
65 26 512 28
52,307 10 9,484 62
Sidewalk Assessments
20,991 40
10,049 77
10,94[ 63
600 03
609 03
297 37
5,839 73
Soldiers' Relief
14,595 19
15,010 00
414 81
35 00
455 00 4,680 03
420 00 341 50
420 00 341 50
22 00 850 00 238 50
27.075 00 41,924 34 28,689 24
Metropolitan Sewer Assessment
24.689 24
28.689 24
53,724 40 27,710 00
Support of Poor, Almshouse " City Home "
268 50 5,528 88
Real Estate Liens
2,740 09
2,740 09
Reduction of Funded Debt
178,591 37
Renewal of Funded Debt
School Contingent
20,504 57
22,10$ 00
7.971 48
8.009 00
142 17
142 17
10 00
07 88
Support of Poor
90 05
100 00
95
3,000 00 1,000 00 15,000 00
3,737 00
13.746 01 8,924 27
Isaac Pitman Fund, Poetry
1,000 00
1,000 00
Isaac Pitman Fund, Art
4,000 00
4,000 00
2,990,378 92
15,964 11
Overplus on Tax Sales
800 00
1,668 13
868 13
800 00-
60,227 54
52,863 10
7,364 44
7,364 44
Powder-House Boulevard
4,025 45
4,131 50
106 05
31 50
4,025 45
Inspection of Buildings
71,084 92
77,811 91
6.756 99
106 05 6,756 99
16,001 91
42,499 92
Metered Water Charges
697 00
848 50
697 00
Military Aid
12.544 45
13,668 19
1,123 73 40,402 45
10,040 00 79,254 30
11,865 26 75,323 62
Paving Cross Street .
8,988 70
8,671 00
310 80
316 80
Paving Washington Street
702 75
1.000 00
297 25
$207 25 2 72
Fire Department, Fire Station, Clarendon Hill .
32 72
32 72
152,000 00 1,342 80
166,500 00 31,565 37
Highway Betterment Assessments Highways, Construction
1,028 18
096 19
$931 90
17 00
2,882 28 11,159 38
City Treasurer
11,159 38
17,936 10
6,776 81
Clerk of Committees and Departments
4,215 12
4,100 00
115 12
115 12
226 05
2,273 05
City Solicitor
2,382 28
2,350 00
$32 28
1,700 00
98 00
98 00
1,602 00
Executive Department
3,645 77
Fire Department
Fire Department, Fire Station No. 1
222 57
8,302 44 2,292 32
8,792 32
Paving Davis Square
Watering Streets
13,599 10
Overlay and Abatement
18.769 50
34,733 61
60,227 54
30,863 10 5 00
1,289 55
873 11
873 11
Water Department
13.000 00
15,000 00
8 01
15,033 88
15,033 88
18.131 09 208 129 97 1,035 35
329 74 5,160 96
731 73
36.886 $6
25,586 10 5,732 25
350,000 00
$21,767 86 541,195 87 2,990,378 92
$31,810 84 531,152 89
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.
BALANCES.
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY.
CASH RECEIVED.
CASH PAID.
"$71,312 12
$0,521 70 728 37
787 06
1,002 00
$531,152 89 §10,042 08 -
289 00
149 00 356 10
12,000 00
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TABLE C .- STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, SHOWING APPROPRIA= TIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DECEMBER 31, 1900.
Appropriations.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed .
$722,380 87
Property and Debt Balance
.
152,000 00
$874,380 87
DEBIT.
Assessors
$10,000 00
City Auditor
750 00
City Clerk
6,000 00
City Engineer
11,500 00
City Messenger
2,500 00
City Solicitor
2,350 00
City Treasurer
14,000 00
Clerk of Committees and Departments .
4,100 00
Contingent Fund
9,535 00
City Clerk
1,000 00
Registrars of Voters
1,800 00
Commissioner of Public Buildings
1,200 00
Pay of Election Officers
1,700 00
Electrical Department
7,000 00
Executive Department
4,000 00
Fire Department
58,000 00
Fire Department, Fire Apparatus for Ladder Two Station
3,000 00
Health Department
30,000 00
Highways, Boston-avenue Bridge .
6,500 00
Highways, Construction
2,000 00
Highways, Maintenance
7,000 00
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings
12,000 00
Highways, Paving Davis Square
3,500 00
Highways, Shade Trees
500 00
Highways, Watering Streets
4,000 00
Inspection of Buildings
3,300 00
Interest
55,000 00
Military Aid
500 00
Police
22,000 00
Powder-house Boulevard
12,000 00
Printing and Stationery .
3,000 00
Public Buildings Maintenance :
City Hall
6,000 00
City Hall Annex
1,000 00
Fire Department
4,700 00
Health Department
200 00
Highways
1,200 00
Police
3,000 00
Public Library
3,000 00
Schoolhouses
38,500 00
Sewer Department
200 00
Support of Poor
500 00
Water Department
100 00
Amounts carried forward
$358,135 00
$874,380 87
Election Expenses :-
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward .
$358,135 00
$874,380 87
Public Grounds
10,200 00
Public Grounds, Land for Park Purposes
12,000 00
Public Library
10,000 00
Public Library Addition
3,000 00
Reduction of Funded Debt
62,600 00
Renewals of Funded Debt
12,000 00
School Contingent
22,000 00
Schoolhouse, Burns, Addition
180 87
Schoolhouse, Charles G. Pope, Improve- ments
2,000 00
Schoolhouse in or near Ward Seven
45,000 00
Schoolhouse in Ward Two
40,000 00
Schoolhouse, O. S. Knapp, Improvements .
8,000 00
School Teachers' Salaries
208,000 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
1,065 00
Sidewalks Construction
18,000 00
Sidewalks Maintenance
5,000 00
Soldiers' Relief
15,000 00
Somerville Hospital
5,000 00
Street Lights
17,000 00
Support of Poor, City Home
4,000 00
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
16,200 00
$874,380 87
Assessors.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed .
$10,000 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Albert B. Fales, salary as chair-
man of the board of assessors
$1,781 45
Benjamin F. Thompson, assessor
818 55
Nathan H. Reed, assessor
800 00
Harry A. True, assessor
800 00
Jesse J. Underhill, assessor
666 66
Fred B. Clapp, assistant assessor
250 00
Charles C. Farrington, assistant sessor
as-
250 00
Edgar T. Mayhew, assistant assessor
250 00
James Wilson, assistant assessor
250 00
Gertrude G. Kendall, first assistant clerk
700 00
Jennie L. Jones, second assistant clerk car fares
22 60
Gertrude F. Gray, clerical services .
173 99
Marion C. Kendall, clerical services
160 01
Mabel Olmsted, clerical services
72 66
Nannee M. Sargent, clerical services
152 01
Ada C. Walker, clerical services
155 34
Laura E. Peavey, clerical services
118 67
Lillian E. Leavitt, clerical services
72 00
Mabel A. Fitz, clerical services
24 00
Theodore H. Locke, clerical services
48 00
Raymond A. Farr, clerical services .
46 00
Freeman L. Lowell, clerical services
48 00
Charles B. Palmer, clerical services
50 00
Amounts carried forward .
$8,309 94
$10,000 00
600 00
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$10,000 00
Somerville Journal Co., printing
776 25
The Citizen Co., printing
42 00
Thomas Groom & Co., books, etc.
238 77
Samuel Ward Co., stationery .
16 20
Frost & Adams Co., stationery
: 3 67
R. H. White Co., stationery
1 92
M. L. Vinal, stationery
3 30
Smith Premier Typewriter Co., paper
5 67
Blackbird Pen Co., pens
7 50
The Carter Ink Co., ink .
.
1 13
J. H. Brooks, elastic .
1 00
William H. Brine, scissors
63
Byron Boyd, abstracts
.
15 00
Pneumatic Hand. Stamp Co., stamps
3 54
Robert S. Robson, stamps
1 35
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., rentals and tolls
42 53
Somerville Post-office, stamps
35 00
American Express Co., expressing
15
J. H. Grundy, expressing
15
J. H. Thompson, carriage hire
8 00
E. F. Hicks, lunch.
8 00
$9,521 70
Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account
478 30
$10,000 00
Cash.
CREDIT.
Assessors
$9,521 70
City Auditor
728 37
City Clerk
6,715 25
City Engineer
12,177 92
City Messenger
2,273 95
City Solicitor
2,382 28
City Treasurer
11,159 38
Clerk of Committees and Departments
4,215 12
Contingent Fund
3,035 61
County of Middlesex
48,311 73
Election Expenses :-
787 66
Registrars of Voters
1,712 63
Commissioner of Public Buildings
1,135 11
Pay of Election Officers
1,602 00
Electrical Department
7,614 92
Executive Department
3,645 77
Fire Department
57,226 02
Fire Department, Fire Station No. 1
702 75
Fire Department, Fire Station
Apparatus for Ladder Two
3,030 00
Funded Debt
166,500 00
Health Department
31,565 37
Highways Construction
11,865 26
Highways, Maintenance
75,323 62
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings
20,302 44
Highways, Boston-avenue Bridge
8,792 32
Amount carried forward
$492,327 18
Amounts brought forward
$8,309 94
City Clerk
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Amount brought forward
$492,327 18
Highways, Paving Washington Street
4 82
Highways, Shade Trees
289 00
Highways, Watering Streets
13,322 47
Inspection of Buildings
4,025 45
Interest
42,499 92
Military Aid
697 00
Overlay and Abatement
28 46
Overplus on Tax Sales
800 00
Police
60,227 54
Powder-house Boulevard
11,864 20
Printing and Stationery
1,289 55
Public Buildings Maintenance :- -
City Hall
5,806 45
City Hall Annex
807 02
Fire Department
4,856 19
Health Department
164 56
Highways
1,217 63
Police
3,438 37
Public Library
3,673 34
Schoolhouses
47,150 28
Sewer Department
67 83 .
Support of Poor
873 11
Water Department
99 05
Public Grounds
10,559 69
Public Library
13,745 01
Public Library, Addition
8,924 27
School Contingent
20,564 57
Schoolhouse, O. S. Knapp, Improvements
7,971 48
Schoolhouse in or near Ward Seven
15,004 27
Schoolhouse, Burns, Addition
346 75
Schoolhouse, Charles G. Pope, Improvements Schoolhouse, Forster, Improvements
15,033 88
Schoolhouse, Ward One
378 00
Schoolhouse in Ward Two
18,131 09
School Teachers' Salaries
208,129 97
Sealer of Weights and Measures
1,035 35
Sewers, Construction
52,307, 10
Sewers, Maintenance
9,484 52
Sidewalks, Construction
36,386 36
Sidewalks, Maintenance
5,839 73
Soldiers' Relief
14,595 19 455 00
Somerville Hospital
4,680 03
State Aid
State of Massachusetts, State Tax
27,075 00
State of Massachusetts, Metropolitan Sewer Assessment
41,924 34
State of Massachusetts, Metropolitan Water Assessment
28,689 24
State of Massachusetts, National Bank Tax
1,036 80
Sundry Persons
268 50
Support of Poor, City Home
24,017 59
Temporary Loans
660,000 00 7,487 50
Water Maintenance
64,719 59
Water Services
4,287 95
Amount carried forward
$2,107,868 60 .
Street Lights
27,710 00
Support of Poor, Almshouse
5,528 83
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
Water Loan Interest
11,410 00
53,724 49
Soldiers' Burials
1,898 39
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$2,107,868 60
Water Works Extension
24,927 06
Water Works, Abatements on Water Charges
430 42
Balance to debit of account, 1901
103,858 87
$2,237,084 95
DEBIT.
Balance from 1899
$71,312 12
City Clerk
1,577 15
City Engineer
702 20
City Treasurer
3,935 71
Contingent Fund
135 23
Electrical Department
140 10
Fire Department
313 27
Funded Debt
152,000 00
Health Department
1,342 80
Highway Betterment Assessments
17 00
Highways, Construction
10,040 00
Highways, Maintenance
79,254 36
Highways, Paving Davis Square
171 90
Highways, Watering Streets
84 00
Inspection of Buildings
31 50
Interest
16,601 91
Overlay and Abatement
7 55
Powder-house Boulevard
5 00
Public Buildings Maintenance :-
Highways
149 00
Police
356 16
Schoolhouses
152 59
Sewer Department
10 00
Public Grounds
360 00
Public Library
3,737 00
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Art
4,000 00
Reduction of Funded Debt
3,703 80
School Contingent
108 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
329 74
Sewer Assessments
5,160 96
Sewers, Construction
65 26
Sewers, Maintenance
512 28
Sidewalk Assessments
9,765 12
Sidewalks, Construction
734 73
Sidewalks, Maintenance
297 37
Soldiers' Relief
10 00
Soldiers' Burials
35 00
State Aid .
22 00
State of Massachusetts, Soldiers Burials
350 00
State of Massachusetts, Military Aid
238 50
State of Massachusetts, State Aid .
10,803 00
Support of Poor, City Home
453 11
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
5,146 74
Taxes
885,080 04
Temporary Loans
700,000 00
Water Maintenance
23,400 50
Water Service Assessments
4,315 06
Water Works Extension
55 20
Water Works Income
209,198 89
$2,237,084 95
Police
30,863 10
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
City Auditor.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed . .
$750 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Charles S. Robertson, salary as auditor
$700 00
disbursements
3 25
C. C. Hoffman & Co., stamps
13 15
Thomas Groom & Co., books
.
Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of
account
21 63
$750 00
City Clerk.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$6,000 00
Cash, received of George I. Vincent, City Clerk :-
Recording mortgages
$403 00
Licensing dogs
284 40
Marriage certificates
320 50
Billiards and pool
88 00
Amusements
42 00
Street musicians
16 00
Copies of records
32 75
Junk licenses
211 00
Slaughtering
3 00
Private detectives
30 00
Liquor licenses
24 00
Fireworks
62 00
Intelligence offices
16 00
Auctioneers' licenses
44 00
Naturalization fees
50
1,577 15
$7,577 15
DEBIT.
Cash, paid George I. Vincent, salary as city clerk
$2,700 00
revising ordinances
250 00
disbursements
2 50
Clara B. Snow, first assistant to clerk
700 00
Edith A. Woodman, second assistant to clerk
600 00
Mary A. Sleeper, third assistant to clerk .
500 00
Alice M. Vincent, fourth assistant to clerk
450 00
Arthur D. Osborne, census of births
69 40
Elizabeth S. Webster, census of births
39 10
Zella Cummings, census of births .
12 80
Amounts carried forward
$5,323 80
$7,577 15
.
.
11 97
$728 37
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Amounts brought forward
$5,323 80
$7,577 15
Susan E. Gilcrease, census of births
16 80
John F. Kennard, census of births
21 30
Clara Z. Elliot, census of births
32 70
Charles E. Davis, census of births
21 60
Albert C. Aldrich, return of births
6 50
Edward E. Allen, return of births
1 00
George G. Averill, return of births William H. Bailey, return of births .
7 25
William A. Bell, return of births
4 50
Giles W. Bryant, return of births
3 00
Lewis N. Bump, return of births
3 50
Charles S. Cahill, return of births
8 25
Frank F. Garr, return of births
1 00
Alphonso H. Carvill, return of births
3 25
William H. Clancy, return of births John F. Couch, return of births
32 50
P. T. Crispo, return of births
75
John M. Crocker, return of births
1 25
Mary B. Currier, return of births
1 00
Henry F. Curtis, return of births
4 25
Charles K. Cutter, return of births .
1 25
F. Russell Dame, return of births
25
Roland A. Davis, return of births
1 00
Alvah B. Dearborn, return of births Augustus W. Dudley, return of births
1 75
Thomas M. Durell, return of births
50
Charles C. Ellis, return of births
1 00
J. F. Ferry, return of births
2 25
P. J. Finnegan, return of births
3 50
Philip M. Fitzsimmons, return of births .
2 00
Douglas S. Flewelling, return of births
.
4 75
A. Ward Follett, return of births
7 00
A. Waldo Forbush, return of births
2 00
John A. Gregg, return of births
20 00
A. A. Gibson, return of births .
24 25
Henry C. Hache, return of births
16 75
William P. Hammond, return of births
1 50
H. A. Hands, return of births .
2 25
William J. Hatchett, return of births
6 25
Edwin S. Kimpton, return of births
2 50
A. C. Lane, return of births
50
R. L. Lane, return of births
4 25
Forrest Leavitt, return of births
1 00
Charles Lloyd, return of births
25
Joseph S. Lockhart, return of births
1 75
Charles F. Maguire, return of births
5 00
George C. Mahoney, return of births
300
Horace P. Makechnie, return of births
1 75
James A. McDonald, return of births
75
Herbert B. McIntire, return of births
L 50
Albert E. Merrill, return of births
3 25
Edward J. Meyer, return of births
1 00
George A. Miles, return of births
9 50
George W. Mills, return of births
50
A. Moll, return of births
5 25
Charles E. Mongan, return of births
19 75
Amounts carried forward
$5,668 20
$7,577 15
25
John E. Dwyer, return of births
3 75
1 00
1 25
64
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.
Amounts brought forward .
$5,668 20
$7,577 15
Frank L. Morse, return of births
1 50
Frank L. S. Newton, return of births
2 75
Louis P. O'Donnell, return of births
17 75
George E. Osgood, return of births
3 50
Arthur R. Perry, return of births
7 50
Eugenie M. Phillips, return of births
3 25
Ernest D. Pillsbury, return of births
1 25
Edwin A. Sanborn, return of births
1 25
Frederick G. Smith, return of births Betty Suber, return of births .
12 50
Anna B. Taylor, return of births
3 00
F. W. Taylor, return of births .
1 75
Harmon S. Trueman, return of births
4 50
Waldo H. Tyler, return of births
75
C. J. Walsh, return of births
1 00
Roswell Wetherbee, return of births
75
George W. W. Whiting, return of births .
10 50
Ray S. Wilder, return of births
75
Reuben Willis, return of births
2 00
J. A. Walcott, return of births .
1 25
Henry Rich Higgins, return of births
25
C. F. Bryant, reporting deaths
9 25
John E. Bryant, reporting deaths
00
W. A. Flaherty & Son, reporting deaths
61 25
W. A. Frink, reporting deaths .
10 75
Alfred E. Mann, reporting deaths
13 75
E. H: Marsh & Son, reporting deaths
18 75
P. H. Rafferty, reporting deaths
28 75
Francis M. Wilson, reporting deaths
23 75
C. H. Lockhart, reporting deaths
19 50
Thomas Groom & Co., books and sta- tionery
269 25
Smith Premier Typewriter Co., sta-
1 60
F. S. Blanchard & Co., book
3 00
Somerville Journal Co., printing and ad- vertising
165 50
Somerville Citizen Co., printing and ad- vertising
151 00
George G. Little, printing
4 75
John Donnelly & Sons, posting notices .
5 50
Thorpe & Martin Co., repairing type- writer ·
10 00
Somerville Post-office, postage stamps
63 00
The Carter's Ink Co., ink
3 38
Robert S. Robson, rubber stamps
14 85
Middlesex Registry of Deeds, recording .
1 65
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., rentals and tolls
69 15
American Express Co., expressing
. 60
Bancroft's Express, expressing
1 20
J. H. Grundy, expressing .
30
Gilman Express Co., expressing
32
$6,715 25
Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account
861 90
$7,577 15.
tionery
.
50
65
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
City Engineer.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed .
$11,500 00
Cash, received of Cambridge Gas Light Co.,
$13 40
engineering services . Somerville Electric Light Co., engineer- ing services · Highways, Paving Davis Square account, inspection
. 34 40
Highways, Boston-avenue Bridge ac- count, inspection
225 00
Powder-house Boulevard account, spection
300 00
Contingent Fund, numbering houses
42 00
702 20
Interest account, amount transferred
200 00
$12,402 20
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Ernest W. Bailey, salary as city engineer
$2,500 00
Engineer's Assistants
8,774 38
Engineer's Assistants, car fares
225 96
Thomas Groom & Co., paper
74 72
Wadsworth, Howland, & Co., paper, etc.
147 88
Charles E. Moss, blue print paper .
17 37
Higgins, Snow Co., paper
4 96
M. L. Vinal, blank books
1 55
Library Bureau, cards
4 50
Frost & Adams Co., crayons
2 25
H. C. Dimond & Co., type
1 34
Whitney & Snow, tools
99 79
E. S. Sparrow & Co., lead
98
G. G. Ledder, rods, tape, etc.
72 75
J. S. F. Huddleston, repairing instru- ments
1 00
Charles C. Hutchinson, leveling rods
18 00
Buff & Berger, adjusting transit
20 30
William Watson, repairing compass
75
George O. W. Servis, use of transit
20 00
Sprague & Hathaway Co., frames
10 45
J. H. Brooks, cotton cloth
2 95
M. E. Schuebeler, cloth
85
Wilbur P. Rice, stakes
20 90
J. T. Macneill, repairing tool bag
1 10
Somerville Post-office, stamps .
26 25
American Express Co., expressing
1 25
J. H. Grundy, expressing .
3 00
Cotter's Express, expressing
30
A. G. Renner, expressing .
15
Bancroft's Express, expressing
15
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., rentals and tolls
66 30
C. S. Warner, trip to Springfield
5 60
Amounts carried forward
$12,127 73
$12,402 20
in-
87 40
·
.
66
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire
Sewers Maintenance account, changing bounds and locating drains .
42 19
Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account
224 28
$12,402 20
City Messenger.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed .
$2,500 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Jairus Mann, salary as city mes- senger
$1,500 00
F. J. Stanley, board of horses
542 00
L. H. Brown, carriage hire
132 00
William Kirkland, carriage hire
2 00
William Buckley, horseshoeing
26 50
Charles E. Berry, lanterns for buggy
00
Charles L. Ellis, disbursements
1 00
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
17 55
Robert S. Robson, woodcut, etc.
2 00
H. D. Padelford, stamps
5 00
Charles L. Underhill, repairing wagon, etc.
4 00
Hale & Mayhew Co., repairing wagon
11 25
I. B. Walker, repairing wagon .
12 75
J. T. Macneill, repairing harnesses .
6 20
D. J. Bennett, harness work
3 85
E. R. Perham, expressing
·
85
$2,273 95
Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account
226 05
$2,500 00
City Solicitor.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed .
$2,350 00
Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account 32 28
$2,382 28
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Frank W. Kaan, salary as city solicitor
$1,600 00
office rent, etc.
309 13
extra compensation by authority of city government .
250 00
Dennis Kelley, claim agent
100 00
traveling expenses, etc.
38 00
Amounts carried forward
$2,297 13
$2,382 28
$12,127 73 8 00
$12,402 20
$12,177 92
67
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward
$2,297 13
$2,382 28
Somerville Journal Co., printing 27 85
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
8 50
Thomas M. Durell, M. D., professional services
35 00
Myron E. Pierce. clerical services
7 50
E. S. Smith, copying .
6 30
$2,382 28
City Treasurer.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed . ·
$14,000 00
Cash, received of sundry persons, costs on taxes and assessments ·
$3,914 82
Thomas Groom & Co., bill previously paid .
11 00
State of Massachusetts, fees for collecting National Bank tax
10 37
3,936 19
$17,936 19
DEBIT.
Cash, paid John F. Cole, salary as city treasurer
$2,133 30
James F. Beard, salary as city treas- urer
1,125 00
disbursements
2 00
Charles L. Ellis, deputy collector of taxes
1,200 00
disbursements
13 74
Beulah M. Peirce, first assistant to treas- urer · .
1,000 00
Alice T. Sleeper,
second assistant to
466 68
Louise B. McLaughlin, third assistant to treasurer .
600 00
Florence M. Grow, fourth assistant to treasurer
500 00
Sarah J. Lamont, clerical services
280 02
Winnifred P. Briggs, clerical services
273 35
Ada C. Walker, clerical services
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