Report of the city of Somerville 1903, Part 7

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


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109 23


John Turner & Co., paving blocks .


118 95


C. W. Dolloff & Co., paving blocks


100 00


Ferris Brick Co., paving blocks


207 54


S. & R. J. Lombard, paving blocks


1,269 04


Charlestown Gas & Electric Co., coal tar


16 25


Warren Bros. Co., tar and pitch


40 80


W. G. Nash, cement


356 72


J. H. Fannon, concreting


99 78


Boston & Maine Railroad, freight


52 50


$21,478 09


Highways, Paving Washington Street.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1902


$212 46


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Patrick McGovern, on account of contract . $212 46


Highways, Removing Brown=Tail Moths.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


Transferred from Excess and Deficiency account, bal-


ance overdrawn


595 71


Amount carried forward


$3,595 71


.


·


.


·


.


$21,478 09


Balance from 1902


11 00


T. Allen, concreting


$3,000 00


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


89


Amount brought forward Receipts :-


$3,595 71


Cash, received of sundry persons, removing moths from trees $126 46 Stock and labor billed other depart- ments :-


Public Buildings, maintenance, School-


houses account


27 63


Public Grounds account


37 00


191 09


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


$3,786 80


Cash, paid laborers .


$3,588 00


Highways, Maintenance account, use of


city teams and materials .


198 80


$3,786 80


Highways, Thorndike Street Subway.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Funded Debt, 1903 $3,800 00


Balance of account unused, carried to 1904


1,791 07


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Boston & Maine Railroad, first payment on account of construction subway


$2,000 00


F. C. Ayer, lumber


8 93


$2,008 93


Highways, Watering Streets.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$1,000 00


Taxes, assessments levied


20,621 44


Receipts :-


Cash, received of abutters


$104 36


Sundry persons, insuring


62 00


166 36


Transferred to Highways, Construction account, balance


unused .


1,272 08


$20,515 72


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers


$366 21


Charles I. Bucknam, overseeing


800 00


Jeremiah Buttimer, watering


466 13


Cornelius R. Bowlby, watering


629 00


William F. Bennett, watering


474 35


Edward F. Caldwell, watering


555 79


David J. Caldwell, watering


496 29


Amount carried forward


$3,787 77


.


.


$2,008 93


.


$21,787 80


90


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$3,787 77


Jackson Caldwell, watering


515 59


T. F. Crimmings, watering


466 13


Ernest A. Dodge, watering


524 00


John F. Elkins, watering


514 85


James H. Fannon, watering


553 75


Charles T. Garland, watering


625 50


William A. Hall, watering


562 50


William Libbey, watering


499 04


Howard Lowell & Son, watering


587 00


John A. Marsh, watering .


615 00


George F. McKenna, watering


622 00


Henry J. McAvoy, watering


514 85


Ellen McAvoy, watering


466 13


Mark W. Patten, watering


531 29


A. M. Prescott, watering


1,089 33


George W. Prichard, watering


608 00


Patrick Shannon, watering


118 77


David M. Smith, watering


625 50


R. M. Sturtevant, watering


654 90


Suburban Coal Co., watering


968 30


Ralph A. Sturtevant, watering


524 29


Mary J. Shean, watering


524 00


Alfred F. Shiner, watering


2 74


James H. Thompson, watering


524 00


Watson M. Thatcher, watering


172 33


E. E. Whitehouse, watering


594 00


Hale & Mayhew Co., repairing carts


207 07


J. L. & H. K. Potter, repairing carts


1,750 66


I. B. Walker, repairing carts


51 69


Joseph Palmer, repairing carts


45 14


Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing


16 50


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware


5 80


William S. Howe, fillers


36 00


Murphy Varnish Co., paint stock


184 50


Charles S. Robertson, insurance


45 00


Somerville Post-office, postage


4 00


Aunita N. Fales, clerical services


96 00


City of Medford, watering


Boston


47 45


$20,281 37


Highways, Maintenance account, paint


stock and board of horse


234 35


$20,515 72


Inspection of Buildings.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$4,100 00


Transferred to Excess and Deficiency account, balance unused


101 62


$3,998 38


Receipts :- Cash, received of Walter T. Littlefield, plumbers' licenses 47 50


$4,045 88


.


avenue


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


91


DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Frederick C. Fuller, salary as


commissioner of public buildings ·


$112 36


Walter T. Littlefield, salary as com-


missioner of public buildings 1,870 43


George H. Galpin, assistant to com-


missioner of public buildings 666 67


Duncan C. Green, inspector of plumbing New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


70 40


Howard Lowell & Son, board of horse 16 72


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory 3 50


34 70


Somerville Journal Co., stationery


70 35


Smith Premier Typewriter Co., supplies


75


$4,045 88


Interest.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$52,000 00


Transferred from Red. Funded Debt, balance overdrawn 1,354 75


Water Works Income, amount transferred . 7,120 00


$60,474 75


Coupons Unpaid account, charged by error in 1901 Receipts :-


45 00


Cash, received of sundry persons


12,067 25


$72,587 00


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Coupons maturing April 1, 1903, $2,170 00


Coupons maturing July 1, 1903,


23,460 00


Coupons maturing Oct. 1, 1903,


2,170 00


Coupons maturing Jan. 1, 1904,


24,652 50


$52,452 50


Cash, paid interest on tem- porary loans :-


On note No. 527, $50,000,


$1,098 97


seven months, one day, at 33/4 per cent. On note No. 528, $25,000, six months, at 31/2 per cent. On note No. 543, $50,000, nine months, at 4.6 per


437 50


cent. (discount)


1,725 00


On note No. 529, $100,000, six months, at 434 per cent. On note No. 539, $15,000, six months, at 41/4 per cent. (discount) ·


2,375 00


On notes Nos. 551-553,


$50,000, seven months,


4.74 per cent. (discount)


1,382 49


Amounts carried forward $7,337 71


318 75


$52,452 50


1,200 00


A. C. Libby & Sons, stationery .


92


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward On notes Nos. 546-549, $100,00, six months, 4.6 per cent. (discount)


$7,337 71 $52,452 50


2,300 00


On notes Nos. 556-557, $25,000, six months, 45/8 per cent. (discount)


578 12


On note No. 540, $50,000, seven months, at 5 per


cent.


1,458 33


On note No. 555, $100,000, three months, 45/8 per cent.


1,156 25


On note No. 541, $50,000, nine months, at 4 per cent. .


1,500 00


On note No. 542, $50,000, nine months, at 4 per cent.


1,500 00


On note No. 544, nine months, at cent.


41/4 per


478 13


On note No. 550. $25,000, six months, at 41/2 per cent


562 50


On note No. 558, $25,000, six months, at 45/8 per cent. 578 13


On notes Nos. 565-567, $100,000, six months, at 4.56 per cent. (discount) . 2,685 33


20,134 50


$72,587 00


Joseph F. Wilson Memorial.


Balance from 1902


.


$2,375 00


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers


$665 25


Simpson Bros. Corporation, basin


750 00


H. G. White, electric work


187 61


George H. Maynard, plumbing


146 10


T. F. Crimmings, sand


4 00


M. A. Simpson, sand


2 50


James F. Davlin, ells, etc.


3 68


Somerville Iron Foundry, manhole and ring


13 10


James Tevlin, teaming


87 00


Waldo Bros., pipe


54 10


Chadwick-Boston Lead Co., pipe


25 90


B. F. Quimby, labor and teams


84 28


Belding Bros., lumber and labor


16 45


F. C. Ayer, lumber


21 93


George F. Nilsson, rocks and services


39 50


Gilman Express Co., lead


50


New England Brick Co., brick


10 40


T. F. McGann & Sons Co., plate


35 00


A. C. Gordon, labor, glass, etc.


2 05


F. E. Jones, disbursements


3 00


Amount carried forward


$3,152 35


$15,000,


.


CREDIT.


APPENDIX TO TREASURER


AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


93


Amount brought forward


$3,152 35


Hugh Nawn, breaking stone


27 00


Whitney & Snow, hardware


. 63


T. Allen, concreting


6 00


E. R. Perham, expressing


35


$2,187 33


Public Buildings Construction, Historical Building and Observatory on Prospect Hill account, labor and teaming 39 70


Public Grounds account, sod and loam


20 00


Sewers Construction account, sand and


50 00


Water Maintenance account, stock and labor


77 97


$2,375 00


Massachusetts, Commonwealth of.


CREDIT.


State Tax .


$43,750 00


National Bank Tax


1,387 01


Armory Loan Sinking Fund, 1903


$1,690 03


Interest on, 1903


2,175 00


3,865 03


Metropolitan Parks Loan Sinking Fund, 1903


$4,981 02


Interest on Parks, 1903


8,790 14


Interest on Boulevards, 1903


1,272 98


Cost of Maintaining Parks, 1903


4,842 00


Cost of Maintaining Boulevards, 1903


1,371 80


Cost of Maintaining Nantasket, 1903


551 29


Metropolitan Sewer Loan Sinking Fund, North Metropolitan System, 1903


$6,766 95


Interest on, 1903


21,671 10


Cost of Maintenance, 1903


18,150 28


46,588 33


Metropolitan Water Loan Sinking Fund,


1903 .


$15,748 56


Interest on, 1903


48,776 77


Cost of Maintenance, 1903


12,763 10


77,288 43


$194,688 03


DEBIT.


Balance from 1902


$14,303 00 12 00


Corporation Taxes, 1902 (cash)


1,679 37


Corporation Taxes, 1903


25,545 87


National Bank Tax, 1902 (cash)


25 33


National Bank Tax, 1903


4,814 76


Support of State Paupers, 1902 (cash)


365 80


Support of Paupers, 1903


664 89


Temporary Support of State Paupers


186 12


Expense of Contagious Diseases


2 40


Armory Rents


725 00


Street Railway Tax, 1903


47,392 51


Water Receipts, 1903


1,279 93


Amount carried forward


$96,972 98


.


21,809 23


(cash)


$14,291 00


cement


·


94


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


Boston Elevated Railway Tax, 1903


Fees for collecting National Bank Tax


Cash .


$92,027 14 2,070 50


89,956 64


$194,688 03


State Aid, 1903


$13,875 50


Soldiers' Burials, 1903


280 00


Military Aid, 1903


787 96


$14,943 46


Balance to debit of account, 1904


$14,943 46


Metered Water Charges.


CREDIT.


Water Works, Abatements on


Water Charges account,


abatements


$278 59


Receipts :-


Cash, received of sundry water takers


14,019 15


Balance to debit of account, 1904


15,538 44


$29,836 18


DEBIT.


Balance from 1902 . .


$14,189 92


Water Works Income, meter rates for last


quarter of 1903, payable 1904


15,646 26


$29,836 18


Military Aid.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$500 00


Transferred from Excess and Deficiency account, balance overdrawn ·


287 96


$787 96


Receipts :--


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


787 96


$1,575 92


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


$1,585 92


Cash, paid sundry persons as per pay-rolls


10 00


$1,575 92


Overlay and Abatement.


CREDIT.


Taxes, amount of overlay from assessors' warrant


$13,468 06


Amount of assessors' supplementary warrants


.


564 88


Balance to debit of account, 1904


.


1,934 13


$15,967 07


.


.


$14,297 74


$96,972 98 7,744 52 13 89


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


95


DEBIT.


Taxes, amount of abatements


(cash)


$15,852 79 30 00


Cash, paid sundry persons, taxes refunded


$15,822 79 144 28


$15,967 07


Overplus on Tax Sales.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1902


$118 13


DEBIT.


Balance to credit of account, 1904


$118 13


Police.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$31,000 00


Transferred from Excess and Deficiency account, balance overdrawn


2,690 52


$33,690 52


Receipts :-


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, corpora- tion tax, 1902


1,679 37


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, national bank tax, 1902


25 33


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, corpora- tion tax, 1903


25,545 87


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, national bank tax, 1903


4,814 76


Cash, received of John R. Fairbairn, Master of House of Correction, fines


$510 00


Herbert A. Chapin, clerk of the Courts, fines


4,729 00


Sundry persons, cloth for uniforms


438 50


.


5,677 50


$71,433 35


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Melville C. Parkhurst, chief lock-up keeper


100 00


Robert R. Perry, captain


1,500 00


Dennis Kelley, lieutenant


1,350 00


Eugene A. Carter, lieutenant


1,350 00


Charles E. Woodman, sergeant


1,297 80


Edward McGarr, sergeant


1,200 00


George H. Carleton, sergeant


1,190 73


Arthur E. Keating, sergeant


1,155 45


Eugene H. Gammon, sergeant


1,132 02


James M. Harmon, sergeant


1,136 00


Thomas Damery, inspector


1,103 70


Christopher C. Cavanagh, sergeant retired, half-pay .


254 10


Phineas W. Skinner, patrolman


1,080 00


Albion L. Staples, patrolman


1,080 00


Amount carried forward


$17,521 60


$1,900 00


691 80


96


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$17,521 60


John E. Fuller, patrolman


1,080 00


Edward M. Carter, patrolman


1,080 00


George L. Smith, patrolman


1,068 00


Francis A. Perkins, patrolman


1,074 00


William H. Johnston, patrolman


1,053 00


Jacob W. Skinner, patrolman


1,080 00


Theodore E. Heron, patrolman


1,077 00


David A. Bolton, patrolman


1,080 00


Michael T. Kennedy, patrolman


1,083 00


Ira S. Carlton, patrolman


1,080 00


Charles W. Stevens, patrolman


1,080 00


Ezra A. Dodge, patrolman


1,080 00


James J. Pollard, patrolman


1,080 00


Daniel G. Simons, patrolman


1,080 00


Samuel Burns, patrolman


1,080 00


Frederick H. Googins, patrolman


1,077 00


Jotham Chisholm, patrolman


1,074 00


William J. Davidson, patrolman


1,080 00


Elmer E. Drew, patrolman


927 00


John A. Dadmun, patrolman


1,080 00


Eugene A. Woodsum, patrolman


1,074 00


George L. Rice, patrolman


1,059 00


Myron S. Gott, patrolman


1,080 00


John A. Ray, patrolman


1,068 00


Herbert Hilton, patrolman


1,080 00


Charles W. Reick, patrolman


1,059 00


Charles E. Byrnes, patrolman


1,058 75


Frank C. Hopkins, patrolman


1,050 00


Charles W. Allen, patrolman


1,027 50


Hudson M. Howe, patrolman


926 25


926 25


Frederick J. Balcom, patrolman Ernest S. Goff, patrolman


926 25


Sanford S. Lewis, patrolman


923 50


Frank H. Graves, patrolman


903 25


Henry A. Sudbey, patrolman


895 00


Harry L. Allen, patrolman


900 00


William J. Sutherland, patrolman


897 50


Harvey R. Fuller, patrolman


892 50


Thomas F. McNamara, patrolman


900 00


Louis F. Arnold, reserve patrolman


900 00


Charles S. Johnston, reserve patrolman


900 00


James M. Lynch, reserve patrolman


900 00


Martin Sharry, reserve patrolman


902 50


Henry Y. Gilson, reserve patrolman


565 00


Robert T. Blair, reserve patrolman


475 00


Ernest Howard, reserve patrolman


452 50


Theodore S. Hall, reserve patrolman


352 50


George A. C. Peters, reserve patrolman


262 50


Judson W. Oliver, driver


900 00


Edward E. Ware, driver


814 49


Frederick G. Jones, driver


812 25


Martin E. Driscoll, driver


94 50


Patrick H. Ryan, special patrolman


10 00


Frank O. Downer, special patrolman


37 50


Peter J. Savage, special patrolman


10 50


John H. Kelley, special patrolman


21 75


Patrick C. Coyle, special patrolman


286 25


Amount carried forward


$67,143 59


George E. Reece, reserve patrolman


885 00


97


APPENDIX. TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$67,143 59


Herbert Bucknam, special patrolman


5 00


Edwin H. Miller, special patrolman


5 00


Lemuel J. Simons, special patrolman


305 00


Sundry persons, special services at polls


136 00


George W. Bean, retired, half-pay


540 00


John Hafford, retired, half-pay


370 50


George H. Carleton, disbursements


21 79


Lemuel Snow, disbursements


18 55


Eugene A. Carter, disbursements


111 05


Dennis Kelley, disbursements .


19 00


T. F. McNamara, disbursements


1 10


Phineas W. Skinner, disbursements


1 00 .


George E. Reece, disbursements


11 74


David A. Bolton, disbursements


4 70


Thomas Damery, disbursements


27 98


F. W. Hopkins, committing prisoners


125 84


Gertrude A. Bauer, matron


230 00


Charles W. Dailey, use of ambulance


6 00


J. A. Marsh, hay and grain


286 41


A. P. Rockwood, board of horse


5 00


Ira L. Roberts, horseshoeing


93 50


Charles Waugh & Co., rubber tire patrol wagon


400 00


Frank W. Leavitt, repairing wagon


37 20


Spalding Harness Co., harness work


6 90


D. J. Bennett, harness work


21 25


Jackson Caldwell, horse


150 00


Lawrence L. Pierce, veterinary services


13 75


Idella Taylor, washing


43 55


American Towel Supply Co., towels


48 00


J. H. Brooks, pillow slips


75


Mrs. William McEachern, meals prisoners


for


47 25


R. M. Sturtevant & Co., supplies


12 73


C. H. Goldthwaite & Co., surgical sup- plies


4 65


M. W. White, M. D. professional services W. A. Bell, M. D., professional services .


5 00


L. P. O'Donnell, M. D., professional services


5 00


G. F. Hughes, M. D., professional services John M. Homan, M. D., professional ser- vices


3 00


C. F. McCaffrey, M. D., professional services


2 00


C. E. Bushee, medicines


10 28


Whitney & Snow, hardware


40 04


Allen Coughlin, hardware


35


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware


1 83


Henry Barrett, photographs


33 00


Underwood Typewriter Co., ribbon


1 00


F. S. Blanchard & Co., Mass. year book


3 00


The Frank Shepard Co., books


1 00


Hobbs & Warren Co., supplies


47 03


W. A. Greenough & Co., directories


10 50


M. L. Vinal, stationery


4 55


Somerville Journal Co., printing


34 60


F. W. Jackman, printing .


2 00


Amount carried forward


$70,484 91


3 00


3 00


·


16 95


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$70,484 91


Little, Brown & Co., law books


6 75


C. M. Blake, papers 10 95


John L. Crafts, repairing show case 1 50


C. C. Luman, chair cushions


5 0.0


Jackson Caldwell & Co., pillow


1 00


H. Wood, making keys 40


Roderick Cameron, cloth for uniforms 388 90


Lovett, Hart & Phipps Co., cloth for uniforms 120 31


Thomas W. Talcott, cloth for service stripes 3 44


R. Masstrangialo, belts and hat trim- mings


54 98


Allen Brothers, badges


9 00


Iver Johnson & Co., revolvers, etc.,


48 69


Union Glass Co., lanterns


7 00


Scoville Mfg. Co., buttons


13 50


Fresh Pond Ice Co., ice


35 00


New England Telephone and Telegraph Co., service 205 42


Somerville Electric Light Co., rent of fan


1 00


L. H. Brown, carriage hire


30 00


I. M. Grundy, expressing


2 30


E. R. Perham, expressing


15


American Express Co., expressing


. 30


A. G. Renner, expressing


30


Thorpe's Express, expressing


1 55


$71,433 35


Printing and Stationery (Public Documents and Stationery for the Board of Aldermen).


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903 · $2,500 00


Transferred to Excess and Deficiency account, balance


unused


674 00


$1,826 00


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Somerville Journal Co., printing annual reports, etc.


$1,600 70


Webcowit Press, printing


3 75


George H. Walker & Co., maps


200 00


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


.


$1,826 00


Property and Debt Balance.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1902 .


$2,125,384 98


Public Property, property acquired in 1903


112,694 23


Funded Debt, bonds paid


169,000 00


$2,407,079 21


DEBIT.


Funded Debt, issue of 1903


.


$197,500 00


Balance to credit of account, 1904


2,209,579 21


$2,407,079 21


.


.


21 55


99


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Public Buildings Construction, Addition to Bingham School.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Funded Debt, 1903 $34,500 00


Balance of account unused, carried to 1904


17,219 56


$17,280 44


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Wadsworth, Howland & Co., tracing cloth, etc.


$8 24


B. L. Makepeace, blue prints


24 52


Thomas F. Maguire, land


2,493 74


James H. McGuire, land


1,187 37


City of Somerville, balance of taxes for


1903 on lot 47, Lowell street


6 04


City of Somerville, one-half taxes


14 04


John E. Locatelli, contract for construc- tion


12,914 00


Charles Cahalan, plumbing contract


400 00


F. R. Cutter, clock work


16 00


Charlestown Gas and Electric Co., ser- vice pipe


3 75


F. O. Johnson, steam fitting


25 24


Kenney Brothers & Wolkins, desk tops


187 50


$17,280 44


Public Buildings Construction, Clark W. Bennett School.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1902


$290 93


Transferred from Reduction of Funded Debt account


211 62


$502 55


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Ellen Doherty, balance on land


$290 91


Chandler Adjustable Chair and Desk Works, furniture


111 00


F. W. Farrar, clock


5 00


Jackson Caldwell & Co., desks and chairs


22 00


Cambridge Gas Light Co., connecting gas


16 01


$444 92


Sidewalks Construction account, sidewalk


30 09


City of Somerville, assessment


27 54


$502 55


Public Buildings Construction, Engine House in Ward Two.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Funded Debt, 1903


$43,000 00


Transferred to Fire Department, New


Steam Fire Engine account


5,375 00


Amount carried forward


$37,625 00


.


100


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward Receipts :-


$37,625 00


Cash, received of sundry persons, rent


546 00


Balance of account unused, carried to 1904


22,260 31


$15,910 69


DEBIT. (Expenditures.) Cash, paid Alice M. Rich, Marie A. Kidder,


Louise A., and Arthur P. Vinal, land .


$10,000 00


Sumner Robinson, George A. Blaney, and Charles I. Travelli, land


5,500 00


Joseph J. Giles, purchasing land


137 50


Wadsworth, Howland & Co., tracing paper .


3 25


B. L. Makepeace, tracing paper


17 10


$15,657 85


City of Somerville, taxes


252 84


$15,910 69


Public Buildings Construction, Historical Building and Observatory on Prospect Hill.


CREDIT.


1


Appropriations, from Funded Debt, 1903


$7,000 00


Increased by the following transfers :- City Engineer account


$303 03


Public Grounds, Glen street addition .


800 00


1,103 03


$8,103 03


Receipts :-


Stock and labor billed other departments :-


Highways, Maintenance


$32 22


Joseph F. Wilson Memorial


39 70


Prospect Hill Park


531 21


(cash) 603 13


$8,706 16


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid George R. Dugad, labor on tower and granite masonry


$4,753 33


Laborers .


15 00


I. H. Brown Moulding Co., lumber


28 92


E. Ricker, Son & Co., stone


178 89


Austin Ford & Son, granite


1,696 68


Herbert L. Henderson, beams


107 10


T. F. Crimmings, stone and gravel


220 '16


William J. McCarthy, teams and gravel


31 50


James Tevlin, use of teams


27 75


William S. Howe, conductors


27 78


H. E. Campbell, copper box


4 90


Broad Gauge Iron Works, staff ball


4 00


John Rush Greene, doors


120 00


Enoch Robinson, iron work


134 50


Amount carried forward


$7,350 51


.


.


.


$38,171 00


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


101


Amount brought forward .


$7,350 51


L. M. Ham & Co., stairs


658 00


Simpson Brothers Corporation, floors Belding Brothers, labor, etc.


325 00


47 35


$8,380 86


Public Grounds account, labor


325 30


$8,706 16


Public Buildings Construction, Martha Perry Lowe School.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1902


$24,515 05


Appropriations, from Funded Debt, 1903


$18,000 00


Transferred from Reduction of Funded


29 66


18,029 66


$42,544 71


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Frederick C. Alexander, contract for construction


$34,863 50


Huey Brothers, contract for heating and ventilating


3,457 00


B. L. Makepeace, blue prints


7 59


Thomas F. Martin, contract for plumb- ing


1,785 00


Cambridge Gas Light Co., pipe and piping


20 16


William J. McCarthy, grading and team- ing


352 00


Simpson Brothers Corporation, .


stone


walks


255 30


E. S. Sparrow & Co., supplies


40 10


Allen, Totman & Co., umbrella racks


40 00


L. T. Allen, shades


107 50


Jackson Caldwell & Co., desks


85 00


Derby Desk Co., furniture


119 56


Doten-Dunton Desk Co., furniture


57 50


Kenney Brothers & Wolkins, desks


187 50


$41,377 71


Public Buildings Maintenance, Schoolhouses


account, furniture


1,100 00


City of Somerville, taxes .


67 00


$42,544 71


Public Buildings Maintenance, Armory.


CREDIT.


Receipts :-


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, allowed for armory rent Transferred to Excess and Deficiency account, balance unused


$725 00


48 17


$676 83


.


1


Debt account .


102


ANNUAT. REPORTS.


DEBIT. (Expenditures.) Cash, paid J. W. Colgan, rent of armory and gas used at armory *$343 50


Public Buildings Maintenance, Police account, rent of armory


333 33


$676 83


* Originally paid in Contingent Fund account.


Public Buildings Maintenance, City Hall.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$3,800 00


Transferred from Excess and Deficiency account, balance overdrawn


826 49


$4,626 49


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Irwin G. Felt, janitor


$800 00


George H. Griffin, janitor


840 00


Wesley B. Higgins, substitute janitor


28 00


John H. Kelley, substitute janitor work on boiler


2 50


Derby Desk Co., repairing furniture


1 50


W. F. Flemming, repairing furniture


12 50


L. T. Allen, shades


5 35


Jackson Caldwell & Co., furniture


85 52


Doten-Dunton Desk Co, furniture


148 00


William S. Howe, repairing plumbing


3 00


James F. Davlin, gas fitting and plumb- ing


228 03


George W. Manning, cleaning gutters .


10 00


G. F. Matthews, carpentering


164 59


C. W. Stevens, carpentering


104 20


Harris P. Tibbetts, carpentering


57 81


Charles F. Mills, carpentering


36 00


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware


10 01


Whitney & Snow, hardware


5 50


Underhill Hardware Co., hardware


3 65


E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware


00


F. C. Ayer, lumber


4 71


G. A. Walker, varnishing


9 30


W. J. Fermoyle, varnishing


15 60


A. C. Gordon, painting


32


James Bartley, matches and soap


4 55


Mrs. E. Schuebeler, towels


: 73


Jim Hodder & Bros., towels


3 89


M. A. Mann, laundering


15 00


F. A. Higgins, pitcher, etc.


1 35


D. W. Skinner, repairing clock


2 00


H. Wood, lock work


2 20


H. A. Wheeler & Co., awnings


44 00


Chamberlin Metal Weather Strip Co., weather strip


3 25


Amount carried forward


$2,737 51


28 00


Gracey & Weir, cleaning carpets


42 45


103


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$2,737 51


A. Duncan & Co., steam fitting


90


A. A. Sanborn, steam fitting


8 55


F. O. Johnson, gas fitting


10 25


Electric Gas Lighting Co., supplies


8 89


Knott & Co., electric work


29 27


Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas


16 20


Somerville Electric Light Co., lighting rent of fans


8 77


lamps


60


Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel


525 45


Cambridge Ice Co., ice


123 18


Hartford Steam Boiler Insp. & Ins. Co., insurance


50 00


Smith Premier Typewriter Co., type-


88 65


$4,626 49


Public Buildings Maintenance, City Hall Annex.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$800 00


Transferred from Excess and Deficiency account, balance overdrawn


18 40


$818 40


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid James H. Chase, janitor .


$420 00


John H. Kelley, work on boiler


2 50


Fresh Pond Ice Co., ice


4 00


Somerville Electric Light Co., lighting


54 81


Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel


182 45


F. O. Johnson, steam fitting


2 80


F. C. Ayer, lumber


28 92


G. W. Manning, splicing halyards


6 50


C. W. Stevens, carpentering


24 40


Warren Hallett, carpentering


6 65


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware


40


Underhill Hardware Co., hardware


5 75


F. W. Farrar, repairing clock




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