Report of the city of Somerville 1902, Part 11

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 518


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200 86


D. W. Lewis, land tile


64 47


J. C. H. Snow, fence .


155 77


L. W Bowen, glazing


21 15


H. Wood, sharpening saws


1 20


C. S. Lombard, medicine


26 54


Reuben Ring & Co., medicine


20 25


Percy A. Hall, medicine


8 04


C. W. Lerned & Co., disinfectant


6 50


Cambridge Ice Co., ice


16 20


Proctor Brothers, wood


85 20


Magee Furnace Co., stove repairs


3 75


I. B. Walker, wagon repairs


75 61


E. A. Gillett & Sons, wagon supplies


4 75


Joseph A. Pearson, harness


24 00


D. J. Bennett, harness repairs


6 75


Ira L. Roberts, horseshoeing


34 26


J. B. Rufer, horseshoeing


10 45


E. B. West & Co., hay and grain teaming


9 50


Fulton O'Brion, hay and grain


164 89


J. S. Bradeen Co., hay and grain


44 53


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., rentals and tolls


44 10


Mrs. A. Kelley, papers


4 47


Charles Gott, papers


2 50


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


1 60


Somerville Journal Co., printing


11 25


Morris-Ireland Safe Co., safe


35 00


Electric Gas Lighting Co., supplies .


17 21


H. G. White, electric labor and supplies .


5 55


E. D. Sawyer & Co., lumber


3 05


Harris P. Tibbetts, carpentering


899 79


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware


96 84


E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware


19 33


Highland Coal Co., drain pipe, etc.


7 84


F. C. Alexander, mason work .


110 00


J. S. Newcomb & Co., groceries


407 64


Excelsior Creamery, groceries .


68 43


Mrs. Annie Kelley, groceries


37 12


Ar-Showe & Co., groceries


61 35


F. J. Hopkins, groceries


66 90


C. A. Holmes, groceries


8 85


Henry F. Sander Co., groceries


183 45


Russell & Co., groceries


64 13


E. S. Conant & Co., groceries .


166 37


National Biscuit Co., groceries


22 49


Medford-street Market, groceries


86 87


John Wolfe, Jr., & Co., groceries


95 29


Joseph H. White & Sons, groceries .


4 60


Vermont Butter Co., groceries


6 79


Amounts carried forward


$6,760 84


$7,396 64


494 00


145


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward


$6,760 84


$7,396 64


Holt & Newson, groceries


11 35


James Bartley, groceries


83 90


L. A. Wright & Co., groceries


16 72


Caswell, Livermore Co., groceries


2 99


Timothy Sheehan, labor


6 00


Timothy Mahan, labor


18 00


John Harkin, labor


54 08


John Powers, labor


24 15


Richard Falvey, labor


155 50


John Mahan, labor


14 75


Harry Ogleman, labor


6 40


Eugene Sullivan, labor


10 00


John J. Mahan, labor


81 75


Axel V. Neilson, labor


30 00


William Duke, labor .


80 00


Carrie Emmons, labor


13 06


John Wanatsky, labor


13 32


Vincent, Salacky, labor


11 13


Sprague & Hathaway Co., frames


2 70


$7,396 64


Support of Poor, Miscellaneous.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1902 .


$21,300 00


Highways Construction account, amount transferred


300 00


Amount charged Commonwealth of Massachusetts, sup- port of state paupers . .


477.19


Amount charged Commonwealth of Massachusetts, tem- porary support of state paupers


77 49


Amount charged Commonwealth of Massachusetts, burial of state paupers


20 00


Cash, received for support of paupers :- Of Commonwealth of Massachusetts


$1,525 58


Of City of Boston


811 42


Of City of Cambridge


632 90


Of City of Chelsea


29 14


Of City of Everett


2 50


Of City of Fall River


153 66


Of City of Gloucester


3 10


Of City of Haverhill


6 70


Of City of Lowell


306 68


Of City of Lynn .


43 65


Of City of Malden


131 87


Of City of Marlboro


106 32


Of City of Newton


36 95


Of City of Salem


80 00


Of City of Waltham .


110 68


Of City of Woburn


17 45


Of City of Worcester


81 13


Of Town of Andover


16 00


Of Town of Braintree


28 00


Of Town of Canton


4 00


Of Town of Hanover


4 08


Of Town of Hudson


29 14


Of Town of Lancaster


15 20


Amounts carried forward


$4.176 15


$22,174 68


-


146


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$4,176 15 $22,174 68


Of Town of Medfield


20 00


Of Town of Millbury .


17 15


Of Town of Swampscott


50 65


Of Town of South Framingham


18 14


Of Town of Whitman


62 00


Of Town of Winchester


8 85


Massachusetts Hospital for Dipso-


maniacs


7 43


Frederick A. P. Fiske, Gdn., aid fur- nished


1,000 00


Michael Cosgrove, aid furnished 43 18


231 31


Frank Dempsey, aid furnished


42 71


John G. Knight, aid furnished .


53 86


William E. Reid, aid furnished


25 00


Samuel Rines, aid furnished


127 67


Charles I. Davis, aid furnished


146 00


Mrs. R. McG. Taylor, aid furnished


42 71


Mary Brady, aid furnished


146 00


Mrs. Ira S. Carlton, Trustee, aid fur- nished


300 00


Mrs. Stella M. Pelton, aid furnished


3 00


Mrs. Annie Whipple, aid furnished . .


329 64


6,851 45


$29,026 13


DEBIT.


Cash, paid for support of paupers :-


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


$795 11


Worcester Insane Hospital


6,173 34


Worcester Insane Asylum


641 64


Medfield Insane Asylum


3,130 40


Westboro Insane Hospital


1,942 54


Danvers Insane Hospital


1,180 69


Taunton Insane Hospital


477 46


Boston Insane Hospital


169 46


Massachusetts Hospital for Dipso-


222 38


Massachusetts Hospital for Epileptics


686 91


Boston Observation Hospital


6 43


Massachusetts School for Feeble-


Minded


405 75


Mrs. Clara Roberts


126 75


City of Boston


784 15


City of Cambridge


6 80


City of Everett


00


City of Gloucester


78


City of Lawrence


69 86


City of Malden


52 00


City of Marlboro


96 00


City of Newton


3 00


City of Worcester


43 00


Town of Attleboro


57 00


Town of Bridgewater


47 77


Town of Revere .


16 00


Somerville Hospital, care of sick poor


1,827 56


Amounts carried forward .


$18,964 78


$29,026 13


maniacs and Inebriates


Augustus W. Hopkins, aid furnished


147


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward


$18,964 78


$29,026 13


Ellen Mahoney, cash allowance


84 00


Mrs. Emma E. Perkins, cash allowance . 30 00


Mary Budreau, board


33 16


Mary Carroll, board


23 44


Lottie Reading, board


52 17


Susan D. Earle, board


19 43


Kurn Hattin Home, board


100 00


Bridget Condon, board


148 71


Mrs. Clara Roberts, board


42 71


The Children's Mission, board


75 43


Charles C. Folsom, salary as agent . disbursements


359 93


Alvah B. Dearborn, city physician . services


150 00


Cora F. Lewis, secretary


600 00


Laura E. Peavey, clerical services


97 34


Philip Eberle, boots and shoes .


28 95


F. W. Gilbert, boots and shoes


58 20


J. H. Brooks, dry goods


41 06


John L. Crafts, dry goods


14 49


George F. McKenna, burials


60 00


David Fudge & Sons, burials


8 00


C. J. Winterbottom, burials


10 00


W. E. Moore, burials


15 00


A. E. Mann, burials


55 00


John S. McGowan, burials


10 00


Joseph J. Kelley & Son, burial


15 00


F. M. Wilson, burial


20 00


W. F. Flemming, repairing furniture


1 50


A. C. Gordon, painting


1 84


Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel


355 74


Frank A. Teele, fuel


15 90


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., rentals and tolls


57 35


George E. Lowell, carriage hire


6 00


Medford-street Market, groceries


192 00


M. E. Thomas, groceries


3 06


J. G. Albee, groceries


18 00


N. R. Barrows, groceries


73 00


James Davis, groceries


68 00


C. L. Stevens, groceries


100 00


Charles S. Butters, groceries


104 00


Lawler & Freeto, groceries


205 80


James Bartley, groceries


328 45


A. F. Carpenter, groceries


337 64


R. M. Sturtevant & Co., groceries


560 05


W. P. Blanchard, groceries


167 97


C. F. Giles, groceries


351 56


H. G. Applin, groceries


20 21


Sawyer & Read, groceries


49 79


James H. Maguire, groceries


109 00


D. E. Watson, groceries


120 00


A. E. Robie, groceries


141 00


F. L. Card, groceries


93 00


Duncan McKay, groceries


111 75


F. E. Cheney Co., groceries


145 00


Edward Coliten, groceries


73 00


Amounts carried forward


$28,057 41


$29,026 13


30 00


W. A. Flaherty, burials


1,600 00


1,500 00


148


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$28,057 41


$29,026 13


D. J. Lawler, groceries


65 70


D. A. McKay, groceries


71 50


M. L. King, groceries


7 50


E. S. Merriam, medicine


3 35


Milton H. Plummer, medicine .


35 06


H. S. Garcelon, medicine .


1 40


Bell & Co., medicine


6 75


The G. F. Harvey Co., medicine


8 05


Fenelon's Pharmacy, medicine


9 75


Mrs. Nettie King, nursing


20 00


Charles W. Dailey, ambulance .


5 00


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


23 15


Hooper, Lewis & Co., stationery


3 25


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .


3 00


Little, Brown & Co., revised laws


7 00


Smith Premier Typewriter Co., supplies


11 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing


32 75


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., rentals and tolls


35 43


Glines & Co., expressing


50


M. G. Staples, expressing


1 00


Support of Poor, City Home account, wood


258 49


$28,667 04


Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account


359 09


$29,026 13


Taxes.


CREDIT.


Cash, received for taxes of 1893


$22 00


66


66


66 1895


147 58


66


66


66


66


1897


254 22


66


66


66


1898


309 90


66


66


66 1899


607 13


66


66


66 1900


39,897 87


66


..


66


66 1901


261,357 39


60


66


66 1902


672,061 14


$974,907 71


Overlay and Abatement: Abatements on taxes of 1892


$2 00


66


66


66


1893


66 00


66


66


60


66 1895


1,247 14


66


60


66 1896


5,506 24


66


60


66


1897


234 00


66


66


66


66


66 1899


1,576 00


66


1900


2,487 60


1901


898 20


66


66


60 1902


5,783 84


18,519 02


Amount carried forward


$993,426 73


6.


1894


66 00


66


66


1896


184 48


66


66


66 1894


232 00


1898


486 00


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 149


Amount brought forward


$993,426 73


Real Estate Liens, titles accrued to the city


1,529 78


Schoolhouse lot, Ward One, taxes, 1901


11 13


Land on Prospect Hill, tax of 1901 . Sundry Persons, assessment 188 Rogers avenue ad-


139 92


justed


7 95


$995,115 51


Balance to debit of account, 1903 :-


Being uncollected taxes of 1894 .


$4 00


66


66


66 1895


12 00


40 78


66


66


..


1897


6,645 61


66


66


6.


66


1898


5,363 83


66


66


.6


1899


2,628 78


66


1900


3,372 81


66


66


66 1901


6,669 75


66


1902


287,125 70


311,863 26


$1,306,978 77


DEBIT.


Balance from 1901


$342,008 09


Appropriations, amounts appro-


priated from current ex- penses from Taxes of 1902, viz. :-


Assessors


$10,050 00


City Auditor


725 00


City Clerk


6,350 00


City Engineer .


11,900 00


City Messenger


2,000 00


City Solicitor


2,300 00


City Treasurer


9,000 00


Clerk of Committees and De-


partments


4,000 00


Contingent Fund


3,800 00


City Clerk


700 00


Commissioner of Public


Buildings


700 00


Pay of Election Officers


1,600 00


Registrars of Voters


1,500 00


Electrical Department


7,500 00


Executive Department


3,800 00


Fire Department


39,800 00


Health Department


44,500 00


Highways :----


Construction


2,350 00


Removal of Brown-tail


Moths


3,500 00


Inspection of Buildings


4,500 00


Interest


45,500 00


Military Aid


350 00


Police


33,000 00


Printing and Stationery .


3,200 00


Amounts carried forward $242,625 00


$342,008 09


$1,306,978 77


66


66 1896


Election Expenses :---


.


150


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $242,625 00


Public Buildings Maintenance :- City Hall


3,500 00


City Hall Annex


750 00


Fire Department


3,800 00


Health


500 00


Highways


400 00


Police


3,000 00


Public Grounds


50 00


Public Library


3,500 00


Schoolhouses


45,500 00


Sewer


50 00


Support of Poor Water


100 00


Public Grounds


9,500 00


Public Library


14,500 00


Reduction of Funded Debt


88,500 00


School Contingent .


21,000 00


School Teachers' Salaries


228,000 00


Sealer of Weights and Measures 1,100 00


Soldiers' Relief


16,000 00


Somerville Hospital


5,000 00


Street Lights .


63,000 00


Support of Poor:


City Home


4,400 00


Miscellaneous


21,300 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, amount assessed for state tax .


26,250 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, amount assessed for payment of Metropolitan Sewer assessment, 1902


45,160 25


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, amount assessed for payment of Metropolitan Park assessment, 1900 to 1902


33,916 19


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, amount assessed for payment of national bank tax . ·


1,196 05


County of Middlesex, amount assessed


for County Tax


54,994 82


Street Watering, amount assessed for pay- ment of a proportionate part of costs of watering streets for 1902 . Overlay and Abatement, amount added by the Assessors, including additional warrants


17,335 68


9,542 69


$1,306,978 77


Temporary Loans.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1901


$300,000 00


Cash, borrowed by authority of the Board of Aldermen on notes as follows :-


City Note No. 518, nine months, 3.4 per cent. $100,000 00


City Notes Nos. 519-522, ten months, 3.4 per cent. 100,000 00


Amounts carried forward


$200,000 00


$300,000 00


.


500 00


$342,008 09 $1,306,978 77


776,575 00


151


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S LEPORT.


Amounts brought forward


$200,000 00 $300,000 00


City Note No. 523, ten months, 3.47 per cent.


50,000 00


City Note No. 524, seven months, dis- counted at 33/4 per cent. .


50,000 00


· City Note No. 525, six months, 3.65 per cent. . City Note No. 526, six months, 31/2 per City Note No. 527, seven months, 33/4 per cent cent.


100,000 00


10,000 00


50,000 00


City Note No. 528, six months, 31/2 per cent.


25,000 00


City Notes Nos 531-538, six months, dis- counted at 4.96 per cent.


100,000 00


City Note No. 539, six months, 41/4 per cent. 15,000 00


City Note No. 540, seven months, 5 per cent.


50,000 00


City Note No. 518, renewed by No. 529, dated October 9, 1902, six months, at 4.75 per cent. 100,000 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid as follows :-


City Note No. 501, seven months 31/4 per cent. . City Note No. 502, eight months, 3.6 per cent.


$50,000 00


100,000 00


City Note No. 515, five months, dis- counted at 4 per cent. . 25,000 00


25,000 00


100,000 00


100,000 00


100,000 00


City Note No. 524, seven months, dis- counted at 33/4 per cent. . City Note No. 526, six months, 31/2 per cent.


50,000 00


City Note No. 523, ten months, 3.47 per cent. 50,000 00


City Note No. 518, renewed by No. 529, dated October 9, 1902, six months, at 4.75 per cent.


100,000 00


Balance to credit of account, 1903 .


$710,000 00 340,000 00


$1,050,000 00


Water Loan Interest.


CREDIT.


Water Works Income, amount appropriated


$6,790 00


Amount carried forward


$6,790 00


650,000 00


$1,050,000 00


City Note No. 516, five months, dis- counted at 4 per cent. . City Note No. 517, six months, 3.7 per cent. . City Notes Nos. 519, 520, 521, 522, $25,000 each, ten months, 3.4 per cent. City Note No. 525, six months, 3.65 per cent.


10,000 00


152


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$6,790 00


DEBIT.


Coupons maturing April 1, 1902 :-


$91,000 six months, at 4 per cent.


$1,820 00


Coupons maturing July 1, 1902 :-


$74,000 six months, at 4 per cent


1,480 00


$10,000 six months, at 51/2 per cent.


275 00


Coupons maturing October 1, 1902 :-


$91,000 six months, at 4 per cent.


1,820 00


Coupons maturing January 1, 1903 :-


$56,000 six months, at 4 per cent. .


1,120 00


$10,000 six months, at 51/2 per cent. . 275 00


$6,790 00


Water Maintenance.


CREDIT.


Water Works Income, amount appropriated


Water Works Extension, amount transferred


Cash, received of sundry persons, costs


$228 00


Watson Vidito, fittings


25


James Hanley, fittings


2 00


New England Dressed Meat & Wool Co., fittings


7 63


E. B. Coffin, fittings


5 00


E. L. White, fittings


. 50


W. E. Daniels, fittings


50


Daniel McIntire, replacing service


17 24


I. A. Whitcomb, replacing service .


36 47


Alice T. Fuller, replacing service


19 39


Max Ruben, iron


211 16


John J. Morrow, old brass


21 92


William D. Doris, old iron


1 50


John McKenna, old iron .


109 00


Boston Elevated Railway Co., fire hose


testing


4 00


Parson Mfg. Co., pipe


18 00


John Silk, pipe


10 00


John P. Squire & Co., pipe, etc.


7 87


Charles M. Berry, old pipe


4 50


Catherine Fitzgerald, labor


1 50


Charles I. Teague, labor .


1 50


L. B. Pillsbury, agent, labor


1 00


Ellis & Buswell, labor


13 09


W. J. McCarthy, casting


7 86


Metropolitan Water & Sewerage Board, casting


12 25


Thomas C. Connor, supply pipe


15 31


W. L. Miller, supply pipe .


27 83


North Packing & Provision Co., laying pipe


221 34


Henry W. Dow, manure


10 00


Neptune Meter Co., difference in price .


5 00


Dudley F. Hunt, et al., deficiency in revenue


24 .00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, labor .


6 19


Health Department account, laying ser- vice pipe for smallpox hospital .


393 62


Amounts carried forward


$1,447 42


$42,480 00


$34,480 00 8,000 00


153


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward


$1,447 42


$42,480 00


Public Buildings Maintenance, School-


houses account, labor


82 79


Sewers Construction account, pipe .


32 85


Water Works Extension account, stock . 10,972 82


12,535 88


$55,015 88


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers .


$20,531 98


Frank E. Merrill, salary as water com-


missioner


2,300 00


disbursements


89 69


Edward M. Shedd, inspector


1,200 00


Florence E. Barton, first assistant


780 00


V. Florence Walker, second assistant


600 00


Hobart S. Palmer, hay and grain


317 48


G. W. Ladd, hay and grain


231 10


N. Tufts & Sons, hay and grain


184 51


Fulton O'Brion, hay and grain


130 73


Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing


110 01


J. B. Rufer, horseshoeing .


33 00


W H. Hitchings, veterinary services


2 00


C. H. Paine, horse medicine


5 00


R. M. Sturtevant & Co., horses


100 00


Charles L. Underhill, repairing wagons


247 83


Hale & Mayhew Co., repairing wagons


22 15


Spalding Harness Co., harness work


98 65


Henry C. Hunt Co., leather


12 50


F. Dooris, repairing tools .


146 16


I. B. Walker, repairing tools


7 90


H. Wood, repairing tools .


2 60


F. W. Farrar, clock work .


2 00


Andrew J. Lloyd & Co., charts


3 05


Perrin, Seamans & Co, tools


105 75


Underhill Hardware Co., tools .


99 95


Charles A. Claflin & Co., tools .


41 50


Harold L. Bond & Co., tools .


41 14


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., tools


31 22


Walworth Mfg. Co., tools .


25 32


Julian D'Este & Co., tools


4 00


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware


285 99


New England Oil Co., oil .


49 41


I. H. Wiley & Co., oil


16 69


Eastern Salt Co., salt .


17 20


Globe Gas Light Co., gasolene .


14 20


Chapman & Soden, pitch .


6 50


Frank Hervey, dynamite


6 90


Miller & Shaw, machine labor .


11 87


A. W. Chesterton & Co., packing


8 61


Sewall & Day Cordage Co., packing


38 52


M. A. Simpson, sand .


26 50


C. F. Merrill, patterns


9 00


D. Morrison, leather hose


14 60


Jaques Bros. & Co., plugs .


9 40


American Tube Works, boiler tubes


17 48


Henry R. Worthington, pump valves


2 25


Amounts carried forward


$28,042 34


$55,015 88


154


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$28,042 34


$55,015 88


I. G. Marston & Co., hydrant valves


39 15


Rensselaer Mfg. Co., valves


379 50


Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., valves


40 40


R. D. Wood & Co., hydrants


606 56


Norwood Engineering Co., hydrants, etc.


450 00


Hersey Mfg. Co., meters .


160 75


Neptune Meter Co., meters


153 85


National Meter Co., meters


40 00


Thomson Meter Co., meters


120 00


Somerville Iron Foundry, castings


161 44


Osgood & Witherly, castings .


780 74


Builders Iron Foundry, castings


749 07


Davis & Farnum Mfg. Co., castings


44 10


Scrannage Brothers, castings .


117 38


J. L. Mott Iron Works, castings


4 75


City of Cambridge, castings


10 88


Union Water Meter Co., fittings


881 30


Peck Bros. & Co., fittings .


12 39


Coffin Valve Co., fittings


70 25


Sumner & Goodwin Co., fittings


411 74


A. P. Smith Mfg. Co., fittings .


12 60


Walworth Mfg. Co., fittings


18 20


Braman, Dow & Co., pipe and fittings


1,024 46


Chadwick-Boston Lead Co., pipe


229 34


Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co., pipe


988 81


U. S. Cast-Iron Pipe & Foundry Co., pipe


8,086 49


R. D. Wood & Co., pipe


445 72


Richards & Co., pig lead


1,331 29


Cornelius Callahan Co., hose, etc. .


17 20


Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co., repair- ing gages


6 85


Frederick W. Gow, swivels


13 95


S. W. Fuller, lumber .


167 38


George W. Gale Lumber Co., lumber


46 11


I. H. Brown Moulding Co., sawing .


25


F. W. Gilbert, rubber boots


6 15


Philip Eberle, rubber boots


5 50


Boston & Albany Railroad Co., labor


2 25


Boston & Maine Railroad Co., labor freight . .


804 28


Barber Asphalt Paving Co., repairing


4 00


Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel


56 55


Charles Booth, wood .


44 00


Fresh Pond Ice Co., ice


49 69


Cambridge Ice Co., ice


40 98


Winter Hill Ice Co., ice


27 38


W. L. Snow & Co., paint .


3 40


J. P. Wahlstrom & Son, paint .


36 00


Howe & Flint, tin cups


20


W. S. Howe, tin cups .


45 29


Mrs. I. P. Turner, repairing floor .


13 75


Edward Kendall & Sons, repairing boiler


6 37


Priest. Page & Co., repairing scale .


2 60


J. H. Brooks, flannel, etc. .


9 60


Amounts carried forward .


$46,828 35


$55,015 88


Cross street


.


·


3 00


Waldo Bros., cement .


2 12


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Amounts brought forward


$46,828 35


$55,015 88


Michael Caldon, filling


2 50


Thomas Casey, brick .


8 00


Sprague . & Hathaway picture


Co., framing


8 30


Smith Premier Typewriter Co., supplies .


3 82


Municipal Engineering Co., subscription


2 00


"Engineering News," subscription .


5 00


"Fire and Water," subscription


3 00


A. C. Libby & Sons, stationery


1 00


Thomas Groom & Co., books and sta- tionery


122 85


E. C. Hartshorn, photographs


2 75


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .


3 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing


287 70


Somerville Post-office, stamps


10 00


Carter's Ink Co., ink .


1 13


Eliza A. Stone, claim .


10 00


James A. Wilkins, claim


75 00


Michael Donovan, compensation for


24 00


New England Telephone & Telegraph


161 40


H. S. Garcelon, use of telephone .


50


Boston Elevated Railway Co., car tickets


45 00


American Express Co., expressing 2 30 .


80


Crimmings & Elkins, teaming .


13 50


$47,621 90


Water Works Extension account, amount transferred


700 00


$48,321 90


Water Works Income, balance to credit of account


6,693 98


$55,015 88


Water Service Assessments.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of sundry persons, cost of services laid


$3,575 80


Water Works Extension, amount transferred


$3,575 80


Water Works, Abatements on Water Charges.


CREDIT.


Water Works Income, amount appropriated


$410 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid sundry persons, money refunded Metered Water Charges, water charges


$225 70


abated


134 50


$360 20


Water Works Income, balance of appropria- tion returned


49 80


$410 00


.


.


damages


Co., rentals and tolls


Gilman Express Co., expressing


DEBIT.


156


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Water Works Extension.


CREDIT.


Water Works Income, amount appropriated


Water Maintenance account, amount transferred


$20,000 00 700 00


Water Service Assessments, amount collected for services laid


3,575 80


$24,275 80


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers .


$5,167 10


Water Maintenance


account, service


stock


10,972 82


$16,139 92


Water Maintenance account, amount trans-


ferred


8,000 00


$24,139 92


Water Works Income, balance to credit of


account


135 88


$24,275 80


Water Works Income.


CREDIT.


Metered Water Charges, water bills uncollected, 1902


$120 90


Metered Water Charges, last quarter 1902 uncollected


13,891 78


Water Maintenance, balance of appropriation returned


6,693 98


Water Works Extension, balance of appropriation returned Water Works, Abatements on Water Charges, balance of appropriation returned


135 88


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, proportion of water receipts :- 1901, additional $59 89


1902


847 64


907 53


Cash, received of sundry water takers


200,087 33


$221,887 20


DEBIT.


Water Maintenance, amount appropriated


$34,480 00


Interest (Sewer), amount appropriated


6,622 00


Interest (Water), amount appropriated


6,790 00


Water Works Extension, amount appro-


priated


20,000 00


Water Works, Abatements on Water


410 00


Sewers Maintenance, amount appropriated . Fire Department, amount appropriated


22,000 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Metro- politan Water Assessment), amount appropriated


62,397 89


Health Department, amount appropriated


7,500 00


Reduction of Funded Debt


51,187 31


$221,887 20


Charges, amount appropriated


10,500 00


49 80


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Table D .- Balances December 31, 1902.


Cash


$27,177 62


Election Expenses :-


Pay of Election Officers


4 00


Registrars of Voters


59 58


Health Department


699 02


Highway Betterment Assessments


5,078 73


Highways :-


Boston-avenue Bridge


706 86


Construction


4,324 45


Construction Munroe Street and Stone Avenue


242 38


Paved Gutters and Crossings


9,382 27


Removal Brown-tail Moths


2,130 09


Watering Streets


204 54


Interest


1,651 47


Massachusetts, Commonwealth of


14,303 00


Military Aid


232 50


Metered Water Charges


14,189 92


Overlay and Abatement


4,589 97


Public Buildings Maintenance :-


City Hall Annex .


189 03


Fire Department


1,808 61


Public Library


673 59


Schoolhouses


1,470 16


Support of Poor


371 41


Water Department


33 95


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Investment


5,000 00


Public Property


3,602,384 98


Real Estate Liens


2,140 00


School Contingent


3,008 25


School Teachers' Salaries


1,410 47


Sewer Assessments


5,061 79


Sidewalk Assessments


6,294 02


Sidewalks Construction Maintenance


3,176 79


Soldiers' Relief


1,829 59


Support of Poor, City Home


311,863 26


Assessors


$213 45


City Auditor


24 25


City Clerk


202 01


City Engineer


35 07


City Messenger


85


City Solicitor


197 07


City Treasurer


1,096 53


Clerk of Committees and Departments


90 90


Contingent Fund


79 85


Coupons Unpaid


25,942 50


Election Expenses :-


City Clerk


51 13


Commissioner of Public Buildings


41 07


Electrical Department


260 96


Steam Fire Alarm Whistle .


500 00


Executive Department


66 50


Fire Department


200 91


Funded Debt


1,477,000 00


Amounts carried forward


$4,033,405 22


$1,506,003 05


.


.


1,525 09


187 83


Taxes


158


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$4,033,405 22 $1,506,003 05


Highways Maintenance


1,770 81


Middlesex-avenue Bridge


109 63


Paving Washington Street .


212 46


Shade Trees


247 32


Inspection of Buildings


80 65


Joseph F. Wilson Memorial


2,375 00


Overplus on Tax Sales


118 13


Police


6,044 75


Printing and Stationery .


120 99


Property and Debt Balance


2,125,384 98


Prospect Hill Park .


1 34


Public Buildings Construction :-


Schoolhouse in Ward One .


290 93


Schoolhouse in Ward Seven


24,515 05


Public Buildings Maintenance :-


Armory


420 00


City Hall


131 90


Health Department


127 84


Highways


351 48


Police


1,074 85


Public Grounds




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