Report of the city of Somerville 1903, Part 5

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 492


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14,167 21


Balance to debit of account, 1904


61,714 58


$2,388,776 75


4,045 88


169,000 00


60


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEBIT.


Balance from 1902


$27,177 62


Receipts as follows :-


City Clerk


1,933 66


City Engineer


280 33


City Treasurer


4,758 81


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


2,082 50


Contingent Fund


661 27


Electrical Department


51 50


Electrical Department, Steam Fire Alarm Whistle


10 00


Fire Department


356 00


Funded Debt


197,500 00


Health Department


3,358 81


Highway Betterment Assessments


10,243 81


Highways :-


Boston-avenue Bridge


54 42


Construction Munroe Street and Stone Avenue


5 00


Maintenance


17,142 96


Paved Gutters and Crossings


2,289 30


Removing Brown-tail Moths


191 09


Watering Streets


166 36


Inspection of Buildings


47 50


Interest


12,067 25


Metered Water Charges


14,019 15


Military Aid


10 00


Overlay and Abatement


30 00


Police · Prospect Hill Park, Completion


72 25


Public Buildings Construction :-


Engine House in Ward Two


546 00


Historical Building and Observatory on Prospect Hill


603 13


Public Buildings Maintenance:


Highways


240 00


Police


1,233 33


Public Grounds


23 56


Schoolhouses


1,152 50


Support of Poor


175 00


Public Grounds


951 55


Public Library


3,995 71


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Art


160 00


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Poetry 40 00


Reduction of Funded Debt


3,672 05


School Contingent .


165 26


Sealer of Weights and Measures


396 77


Sewer Assessments


2,988 66


Sewers Construction


182 47


Sewers Maintenance


892 27


Sidewalk Assessments


12,037 50


Sidewalks, Construction


793 55


Sidewalks, Maintenance .


38 02


Soldiers' Relief


307 46


State Aid


30 00


Amount carried forward


$330,741 88


5,677 50


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


61


Amount brought forward


$330,741 88


Street Lights


54 00


Support of Poor, City Home


3,589 98


Support of Poor, Miscellaneous


6,140 61


Taxes


1,009,478 91


Temporary Loans


815,000 00


Water Maintenance


12,374 99


Water Service Assessments


2,527 28


Water Works Extension


109 93


Water Works Income


208,689 17


$2,388,776 75


City Auditor.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$725 00


Transferred to Excess and Deficiency account, balance


18 40


$706 60


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Charles S. Robertson, salary as auditor .


$700 00


disbursements


1 65


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


3 40


C. C. Hoffman & Co., stamp and pads


1 55


$706 60


City Clerk.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


.


$6,350 00


Transferred to Excess and Deficiency account, balance


337 64


unused


.


Receipts :-


Cash, received of George I. Vincent, City Clerk :-


Recording mortgages


$442 25


Dog licenses


373 60


Marriage certificates


346 50


Licenses for billiards and pool


132 00


Licenses for amusements


23 00


Licenses for street musicians


11 00


Copies of records


37 25


Junk licenses


350 00


Licenses for slaughtering


5 00


Licenses for private detectives


20 00


Liquor licenses


30 00


Licenses for sale of fireworks


56 00


Licenses for intelligence offices


26 00


Auctioneers' licenses


46 00


Licenses to keep skating rink


10 00


Junk badges


1 00


Interest on deposits


24 06


1,933 66


$7,946 02


unused


.


$6,012 36


62


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid George I. Vincent, salary city clerk


as


$2,700 00


disbursements 3 25


Frederic W. Cook, assistant city clerk .


1,400 00


Clara B. Snow, first assistant


700 00


Edith A. Woodman, second assistant


600 00


Mary A. Sleeper, third assistant 550 00


Alice M. Vincent, fourth assistant


500 00


Elizabeth S. Webster, census of births


49 60


Charles E. Davis, census of births


47 00


Mary E. Lyman, census of births


32 00


Walter H. Sibley, census of births


31 40


John F. Kennard, census of births


24 90


Clara Z. Elliott, census of births


20 00


Sundry persons, return of births


335 25


Sundry undertakers, reporting deaths


142 75


Benjamin F. Allen, junk badge


65


Allen, Doane & Co., junk badge


5 50


Whitney & Snow, hardware


65


Sprague & Hathaway Co., picture frames


3 25


T. H. Ball, mortgage forms


3 36


McGrath & Woodley, books and station- ery


81 25


S. Ward Co., stationery


53 15


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory . .


3 50


Sampson, Murdock & Co., directory


6 00


F. S. Blanchard & Co., Mass. year book Carter's Ink Co., ink


2 26


W. L. Julian, advertising


8 63


Somerville Journal Co., printing


300 78


Webcowit Press, printing


2.25


John Donnelly & Sons, bill posting


3 00


Smith Premier Typewriter Co., supplies


2 07


Duren & Kendall, typewriter


165 00


Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamp


1 91


Somerville Post-office, postage


76 00


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


71 25


American Express Co., expressing


·


$7,946 02


City Engineer.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$11,900 00


Amounts transferred and unused :-


Amounts transferred to Public Buildings Construction, Historical Building and Observatory on Prospect Hill account Excess and Deficiency account, balance unused


$303 03


157 90


460 93


Amount carried forward


$11,439 07


·


3 00


16 41


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


63


Amount brought forward Receipts :-


$11,439 07


Cash, received of City of Medford, plans, etc.


$120 23


Boston Elevated Railway Co., engineer- ing services 107 80


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, en-


gineering services


20 00


Abutters on Hillside park, plan


10 00


Rosetha J. Jones, et al., plan


8 00


Abutters on Pearl street, plan


5 00


Philip Tevlin, et al., plan


5 00


Stock and labor billed other departments :- Sewer Construction account


3 75


$11,718 85


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Ernest W. Bailey, salary as city engineer


$2,800 00


Engineer's assistants


8,101 91


Engineer's assistants, car fares


203 92


John J. Murray, disbursements


5 65


Wadsworth, Howland &


$56 63


55


56 08


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


25 82


S. Ward Co., stationery


2 79


M. L. Vinal, stationery


4 00


Library Bureau, cards


2 00


Charles E. Moss, paper


2 85


Stimpson & Co., paper


9 87


Frost & Adams, crayons


2 03


A. C. Libbey & Sons, binding


32 00


W. W. White & Co., binding and mount- ing


7 25


George O. W. Servis, photographs


50


Sprague & Hathaway Co., frames


7 10


George H. Walker & Co., maps


25 00


Municipal Journal Publishing Co., sub- scription


3 00


H. C. Dimond & Co., stamp


1 34


Somerville Post-office, postage


13 50


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


71 79


G. G. Ledder, repairing tools


35 45


Charles L. Underhill, repairing tools


8 35


I. H. Brown Moulding Co., milling


2 55


H. Wood, brass strips


1 50


Whitney & Snow, hardware


18 66


Wilbur P. Rice, stakes


11 25


J. H. Brooks, cotton


2 40


E. R. Perham, expressing


40


Glines & Co., expressing .


25


American Express Co., expressing


45


Sewer Maintenance account, setting


$11,466 66


stone bounds


252 19


$11,718 85


Co., stationery


276 03


64


ANNUAL REPORTS.


City Messenger.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903 ·


$2,000 00


Transferred to Excess and Deficiency ac-


count, balance unused


52 60


$1,947 40


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Jairus Mann, salary as city mes- senger


$1,500 00


disbursements 5 40


S. C. & A. L. Jameson, board of horse .


283 00


William Buckley, horseshoeing


18 75


Morgan & Bond, fur robe


15 00


C. L. Underhill, repairing buggy


2 80


D. J. Bennett, repairing buggy


18 90


I. B. Walker, repairing buggy


20 45


L. H. Brown, carriage hire


69 50


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire


5 00


Charles L. Ellis, assistance


1 00


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


4 50


Robert S. Robson, stamps


3 10


$1,947 40


City Solicitor.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$2,300 00


Transferred to Excess and Deficiency ac-


count, balance unused


47 10


$2,252 90


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Frank W. Kaan, salary as city solicitor


1,800 00


office rent


150 00


disbursements


142 90


Dennis Kelley, salary as claim agent disbursements


42 00


Benjamin F. Freeman, photographs


18 00


$2,252 90


City Treasurer.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$9,000 00


Transferred from Excess and Deficiency ac-


228 90


$9,228 90


Receipts :-


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, fees for


collecting National Bank Tax . · Cash, received of sundry persons, costs on


13 89


taxes and assessments .


4,758 81


$14,001 60


·


.


.


·


100 00


count, balance overdrawn


.


65


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DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid James F. Beard, salary as city treasurer


$3,000 00


disbursements


12 22


Charles L. Ellis, deputy collector of taxes disbursements


20 25


Beulah M. Peirce, first assistant


1,000 00


Louise B. Mclaughlin, second assistant


700 00


Florence M. Grow, third assistant


600 00


Marion C. Kendall, fourth assistant


500 00


Winnifred P. Briggs, clerical services


280 01


Susan L. Briggs, clerical services


202 67


Lilla A. Johnson, clerical services


138 67


Inez M. Felt, clerical services


53 33


Octavia M. Perkins, clerical services


44 00


Marcella F. Kendall, clerical services


29 33


Josephine M. Briggs, clerical services


18 66


Malcolm E. Sturtevant, fees for collect- ing delinquent taxes ·


432 24


Theodore H. Locke, fees for collecting delinquent taxes .


262 50


Charles E. Davis, fees for collecting de- linquent taxes 233 00


F. W. Hopkins, fees for collecting delin- quent taxes


240 99


James Watters, fees for collecting delin- quent taxes .


147 50


C. P. Sanborn, fees for collecting delin- quent taxes


53 50


John J. Kenney, fees for collecting delin- quent taxes


26 10


American Surety Co. of New York, treasurer's bond .


160 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing


3,173 83


Webcowit Press, printing .


448 75


Bufford Sons Engraving Co., engraving bonds .


330 00


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


325 68


McGrath & Woodley, stationery


52 50


A. W. Babbitt, check registers


16 20


Library Bureau, cards


3 00


Dennison Mfg. Co., seals


1 60


The Carter's Ink Co., ink


2 25


W. A. Greenough & Co., directories


7 00


Sampson, Murdock & Co., directory .


6 00


Registry of Deeds, recording documents


24 55


Somerville National Bank, clearing


house charges


3 15


Bunker Hill National Bank, clearing house charges ·


17


National Security Bank, clearing house charges .


1 07


New England Telephone and Telegraph Co., service . .


77 78


Somerville Post-office, postage .


7 00


Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., cleaning time lock


15 00


Amount carried forward


$14,000 50


.


1,350 00


66


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$14,000 50


Jairus Mann, disbursements 20


American Express Co., expressing


60


E. R. Perham, expressing


15


Glines & Co., expressing .


15


$14,001 60


Clerk of Committees and Departments.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903 .


$4,200 00


Transferred to Excess and Deficiency account, balance


unused ,


82 22


$4,117 78


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid William P. Mitchell, salary as


clerk of committees and departments


$2,000 00


Howard E. Wemyss, assistant


800 00


Lucia A. Manning, assistant


600 00


Nannee M. Sargent, assistant


500 00


A. C. Libby & Sons, stationery


22 50


Thorpe & Martin Co., stationery


20 13


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .


3 50


Somerville Post-office, postage


111 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing


58 50


Underhill Hardware Co., oil stone, etc.


1 35


Hill & Holt, opening desk


50


Glines & Co., expressing


30


$4,117 78


Contagious Disease Hospital and Land Contiguous to City Home Property.


CREDIT.


Amount transferred from Reduction of Funded Debt


account


$400 00


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Heirs of Levi Russell, Addie Russell, Assignee, on account of purchase of land taken in 1901 for Almshouse


$400 00


Contingent Fund.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


balance


unused


129 58


$3,670 42


Receipts :-


Cash, received of Fulton O'Brion, fees for weighing


$12 77


Sundry persons, licenses to peddle 275 00


Sundry persons, druggists' licenses 30 00


317 77


$3,988 19


Transferred to Excess and Deficiency account, · $3,800 00


67


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


DEBIT. · (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid E. F. Hicks, refreshments


$245 00


George B. Phillips, refreshments


8 50


Charles H. Wood, refreshments


4 70


S. H. Thompson, refreshments


4 00


George E. Elliott, turkeys


191 76


F. H. Hosmer & Co., turkeys


180 00


W. S. Jones & Co., turkeys


171 84


Burbeck Bros., turkeys


159 48


Kenny & Clark, carriage hire


54 00


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire


36 00


L. H. Brown, carriage hire


22 00


J. H. Cummings, ringing bell


3 00


J. H. Colbath, ringing bell


3 00


George W. Littlefield, ringing bell


3 00


Ashbury Strahan, ringing bell


3 00


Everett A. Maynard, ringing bell


2 00


J. G. Anthoine, rent of hall


20 00


Simon Connor & Co., rent of hall


18 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing and ad- vertising


110 75


J. Frank Facey, printing


10 50


William L. Julian, advertising


5 00


Suffolk Engraving & Electrotype Co., color plate


7.78


M. A. Mann, addressing invitations


5 00


Whitney & Snow, house numbers


23 21


A. M. Prescott, moving furniture


3 00


Jackson Caldwell & Co., moving goods Chairs, etc.


57 00


Company K, Eighth Regiment, M. V. M., rifle practice


250 00


Company M, Eighth Regiment, M. V. M., rifle practice 250 00


14 75


Veteran Association, Company M, Eighth Regiment Massachusetts Infantry,


Spanish-American War, decorating


25 00


graves


Willard C. Kinsley Post, 139, G. A. R., contribution for observance of Memo- rial day


400 00


Somerville Battalion, M. V. M., armory dedication


300 00


John P. Fiske, use of chairs


13 50


Benjamin F. Freeman, firing salute


15 00


Alfred J. Lill & Co., medals


200 00


Masten & Wells Fireworks fireworks Mfg. Co.,


450 00


First Corps Cadet Band, services


250 00


Smith, Patterson & Co., cups


16 00


Whitehead & Hoag Co., badges


9 22


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 25 per cent. of liquor licenses


7 50


M. E. Youngjohn, supplies


1 32


Underhill Hardware Co., hardware


85


Pettingell-Andrews Co., electrical


sup-


plies


43 91


Amount carried forward


$3,628 57


30 00


William Read & Sons, ammunition .


68


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$3,628 57


H. G. White, electrical supplies


17 00


Electric Gas Lighting Co., electrical supplies 8 04


Henry A. Wheeler & Co., tent hire


120 00


New England Decorating Co., decorating


15 00


Harry E. Stiles, band


82 20


Harris P. Tibbetts, carpentering


27 85


Somerville Post-office, postage


86 00


C. M. Blake, newspapers


3 53


$3,988 19


(Transferred to Public Buildings . Maintenance, Armory account, $343.50.)


Coupons Unpaid.


CREDIT.


Balance of coupons unpaid January 1, 1903 Coupons maturing April 1, 1903 :-


$25,942 50


Water Loan, $80,000, six months at 4 per cent. Sewer Loan, $9,000, six months at 41/2 per cent.


202 50


Paving Loan, $50,000, six months at 4 per cent. City Loan, $9,000, six months at 4 per cent. . · .


180 00


City Loan, $35,000, six months at 41/2 per cent. . ·


787 50


Coupons maturing July 1, 1903 :-


City Loan, $359,000, six months, 31/2 per cent. . City Loan, $663,000, six months, 4 per cent. Sewer Loan, $54,000, six months, 31/2 per cent.


$6,282 50


13,260 00


Sewer Loans, $125,000, six months, 4 per cent.


2,500 00


Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan, $27,000, six months, at 31/2 per cent. . Water Loan, $56,000, six months, 4 per cent.


472 50


1,120 00


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


275 00


Coupons maturing October 1, 1903 :- City Loan, $9,000, six months, 4 per cent. City Loan, $35,000, six months, 41/2 per cent. · Sewer Loan, $9,000, six months, 41/2 per cent. ·


$180 00


787 50


Paving Loan, $50,000, six months, 4 per cent.


1,000 00


Water Loan, $80,000, six months, 4 per cent.


1,600 00


Coupons maturing January 1, 1904 :-


City Loan, $329,000, six months, 31/2 per cent.


$5,757 50


Amounts carried forward


$5,757 50


$58,337 50


24,855 00


202 50


3,770 00


e


$1,600 00


1,000 00


3,770 00


945 00


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69


Amounts brought forward $5,757 50


$58,337 50


City Loan, $733,500, six months, 4 per cent.


14,670 00


Sewer Loan, $52,000, six months, 31/2 per cent. 910 00


Sewer Loan, $143,000, six months, 4 per cent. . Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan, $26,- 000, six months, at 31/2 per cent. .


455 00


Water Loan, $37,000, six months, 4 per cent.


740 00


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


275 00


25,667 50


$84,005 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid coupons


$57,575 00


Interest account, charged by error in 1901


45 00


Coupons of 1903 unpaid


26,385 00


$84,005 00


County of Middlesex.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


.


$57,308 97


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid County Tax


$57,308 97


Election Expenses, City Clerk.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$750 00


. Transferred from Excess and Deficiency account, balance overdrawn


18 37


$768 37


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Somerville Journal Co., printing .


$438 11


Wesley A. Maynard, advertising


20 56


The Heliotype Printing Co., maps


72 50


Sprague & Hathaway Co., mounting maps


6 40


S. Ward Co., stationery


13 35


McGrath & Woodley, book


12 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, count- ing apparatus


5 00


John Donnelly & Sons, posting


20 00


Cotton & Gould, crayons .


10 50


Allen, Doane & Co., hand stamps


5 00


Whitney & Snow, hardware


3 05


George H. Dickerman & Co., box


1 00


Robert S. Robson, repairing ballot boxes


32 50


H. Wood, lock work


1 50


Eugene Mead, carriage hire


63 00


L. H. Brown, carriage hire


63 00


William Kirkland, teaming


75


American Express Co., expressing


15


.


$768 37


.


·


.


2,860 00


70


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Election Expenses, Commissioner of Public Buildings.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$1,000 00 Transferred to Excess and Deficiency account, balance unused


21 05


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Harris P. Tibbetts, carpentering


$781 55


Philip Eberle, rent of hall


75 00


Odd Fellows Building Association, rent of hall


60 00


Simon Connor & Co., rent of hall


40 00


Warren E. Locke, Agent, rent of hall


16 00


Electric Gas Lighting Co., electrical supplies


2 70


Copithorne Brothers, oil


3 70


$978 95


Election Expenses, Pay of Election Officers.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$1,700 00


overdrawn


8 00


$1,708 00


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid election officers


$1,708 00


Election Expenses, Registrars of Voters.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$1,600 00


Transferred to Excess and Deficiency


account, balance


unused


31 74


$1,568 26


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Charles P. Lincoln, salary as registrar


$200 00


Charles E. Parks, salary as registrar 200 00


Levi F. S. Davis, salary as registrar


200 00


George I. Vincent, salary as registrar


200 00


Frederic W. Cook, clerical services .


42 00


F. E. Merrill, clerical services


36 00


Charles G. Brett, clerical services


33 00


George E. Davis, clerical services


33 00


Fred E. Warren, clerical services


6 00


Charles E. Davis, clerical services


1 50


Somerville Journal Co., printing


478 94


Wesley A. Maynard, advertising


23 75


Amount carried forward


$1,454 19


$978 95


Transferred from Excess and Deficiency account, balance


71


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward .


$1,454 19


John Donnelly & Sons, posting


35 00


Thomas Groom & Co., binding lists


29 25


McGrath & Woodley, books


43 00


The Fred Macey Co., cards


5 32


S. Ward Co., repairing stamp


1 50


$1,568 26


Electrical Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$7,000 00


Transferred to Excess and Deficiency, balance unused


108 34


$6,891 66


Receipts :-


Cash, received of Frederick A. Higgins,


$14 00


John J. Coon & Co., cutting wires


6 00


Charles E. Berry, cutting wires


5 00


25 00


Stock and labor billed other departments :-


Electrical Department, Steam Fire Alarm Whistle


26 50


$6,943 16


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Edward Backus, salary as super- intendent of electric lines and lights disbursements


$1,300 00


Laborers


3,600 00


Chandler & Farquhar, electrical supplies


24 48


S. H. Couch Co., electrical supplies


67 76


W. E. Decrow, electrical supplies


245 05


Electrical Gas Lighting Co., electrical supplies


405 28


Thomas W. Gleeson, electrical supplies


77 00


The Cornelius Callahan Co., electrical supplies


4 00


Municipal Signal Co., electrical supplies


38 91


C. H. Crosby & Co., electrical supplies .


74 97


Clifton Mfg. Co., electrical supplies


5 60


Chase-Shawmut Co., electrical supplies


14 40


Pettingell-Andrews Co., electrical sup- plies


86 45


American Steel & Wire Co., wire


297 00


D. J. Bennett, harness work


21 85


J. A. Kiley, wagon repairing


37 50


Charles R. Simpson, dentistry


2 00


Elms Farm Boarding Stable, board of horses


42 11


Fire Department, board of horses


300 00


I. H. Brown Moulding Co., lumber


54


E. D. Sawyer Lumber Co., lumber


1 54


F. C. Ayer, lumber


18 20


Fellows & Co., ladders


2 00


C. F. Mills, carpentering


34 13


William Hall & Co., castings


1 35


Amount carried forward


$6,713 12


11 00


labor


72


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$6,713 12


F. W. Kimball, cases


16 97


Robt. Josselin, gloves 4 12


Charles E. Berry, stock and repairing 9 45


John T. Sellon, fire box glasses


00


Pureoxia Distilled Water Co., water


1 00


F. W. Farrar, register


6 00


William E. Plumer & Co., hardware


10 31


Underhill Hardware Co., hardware


34 32


I. H. Wiley & Co., hardware


31 00


Boston Bolt Co., hardware


6 46


E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware


5 21


Jackson Caldwell & Co., spread


1 35


Somerville Journal Co., printing


58 50


Somerville Post-office, postage


5 00


Charles E. Perry & Co., paper


25 00


George T. Day, expressing


75


Glines & Co., expressing


1 30


American Express Co., expressing


4 15


A. G. Renner, expressing


15


$6,943 16


Electrical Department, Steam Fire Alarm Whistle.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1902


$500 00


DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid W. E. Decrow, whistle


blowing apparatus complete . $483 50


10 00


$473 50


Electrical Department, moving whistle . 26 50


$500 00


Excess and Deficiency.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$2,101 77


DEBIT.


Balance from 1902


$2,101 77


CREDIT.


Assessors, balance of 1903 account


$2 17


City Auditor, balance of 1903 account


18 40


City Clerk, balance of 1903 account


337 64


City Engineer, balance of 1903 account


157 90


City Messenger, balance of 1903 account


52 60


City Solicitor, balance of 1903 account


47 10


Clerk of Committees and Departments, balance of 1903 account


82 22


Contingent Fund, balance of 1903 account


129 58


Election Expenses :-


Commissioner of Public Buildings, balance of 1903 account


21 05


Registrars of Voters, balance of 1903 account


31 74


Electrical Department, balance of 1903 account


108 34


Executive Department, balance of 1903 account


101 27


Amount carried forward


$1,090 01


73


APPENDIX. TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$1,090 01


Fire Department, balance of 1903 account


152 83


Inspection of Buildings, balance of 1903 account


101 62


Printing and Stationery, balance of 1903 account Public Buildings Maintenance :-


674 00


Armory, balance of 1903 account


48 17


Fire Department, balance of 1903 account


49 27


Highways, balance of 1903 account


148 16


Police, balance of 1903 account


358 54


Public Grounds, balance of 1903 account


40 45


Sewer Department, balance of 1903 account Public Grounds, balance of 1903 account


36


Public Library, balance of 1903 account


2 67


Reduction of Funded Debt, balance of 1903 account


3,748 56


Sealer of Weights and Measures, balance of 1903 account


166 74


Sewer Maintenance, balance of 1903 account


9 72


Balance to debit of account, 1904


8,401 43


$15,052 43


DEBIT.


City Treasurer, balance of 1903 account


$228 90


Election Expenses :-


City Clerk, balance of 1903 account


18 37


Pay of Election Officers, balance of 1903 account


8 00


Highways, Removing Brown-tail Moths,


balance of 1903 account


595 71


Military Aid, balance of 1903 account


287 96


Police, balance of 1903 account


2,690 52


Public Buildings Maintenance :-


City Hall, balance of 1903 account


826 49


City Hall Annex, balance of 1903 account


18 40


Health Department, balance of 1903 ac- count


207 21


Public Library, balance of 1903 account


857 13


Schoolhouses, balance of 1903 account


2,349 48


Support of Poor, balance of 1903 account Water Department, balance of 1903 ac- count


114 95


School Contingent, balance of 1903 account ·


1,556 29


School Teachers' Salaries, balance of 1903 account . ·


163 61


Soldiers' Relief, balance of 1903 account


3,276 81


Street Lights, balance of 1903 account


39 51


Support of Poor, City Home, balance of 1903 account


29 24


Support of Poor, Miscellaneous, balance of 1903 account .


1,491 11


$15,052 43


Executive Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$3,900 00


Transferred to Excess and Deficiency account, balance unused


101 27


$3,798 73


.


.


292 74


$6,651 00


59 90


74


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Hon. Edward Glines, salary as mayor . .


$2,500 00


Fred E. Warren, secretary to the mayor 1,200.00


A. C. Libby & Sons, stationery 8 55


S. Ward Co., stationery


4 90


Somerville Post-office, postage


5 00


Wagner Typewriter Co., ribbon


1 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing and stationery


5 00


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory


3 50


D. W. Skinner, rubber and stamp


60


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service 70 18


$3,798 73


Fire Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$35,000 00


Transferred from Water Works Income account


31,000 00


$66,000 00


Transferred to Excess and Deficiency account, balance unused


152 83


$65,847 17


Receipts :-


Cash, received of William L. Lockhart & Co., old hose . 13 50


Stock and labor billed other departments :-


Electrical Department, board of horse 300 00


$66,160 67


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid James R. Hopkins, salary as chief engineer


$2,000 00


Nathaniel C. Barker, assistant engineer


1,200 00


Permanent firemen and


substitutes $35,506 66


2 00


35,504 66


Steamer Co. No. 1, callmen




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