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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
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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
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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
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
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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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
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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
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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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