Report of the city of Somerville 1903, Part 9

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


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31 63


The Times, books


45 00


H. L. Tuesley, books


5 00


University of Chicago, books


1 00


University Book Store, books


3 00


Amount carried forward


$14,767 26


118


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$14,767 26


D. Van Nostrand Co., books


4 05


James H. West Co., books 2 45


Frederick Warne & Co., books


3 43


Helen T. Wild, books


. 06


H. W. Wilson & Co., books .


6 40


Amelia H. Wood, books


2 50


Oliver Ditson Co., music books, $22 80 66


22 14


Boston Music Exchange, music books


3 05


A. R. Andrews, supplies .


. 65


J. A. Bremner & Co., supplies


1 35


Library Art Club, pictures


5 00.


Benjamin F. Freeman, pictures


2 00


Eastern Drug Co., stationery


21 20


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


88 31


Beck Duplicator Co., stationery


3 90


Gaylord Brothers, stationery


45


Neostyle Co., neostyle and supplies


54 25


Essex Institute, periodicals


6 00


W. H. Guild & Co., periodicals, $411 20 5 90


405 30


Library Bureau, periodicals


1 00


Publishers' Weekly, periodicals


11 50


Boston Herald Co., periodicals


36


F. A. Draper, periodicals


1 00


New England Publishing Co., periodicals


7 50


C. M. Blake, periodicals


4 50


Christian Work, periodicals


2 00


Medford Historical Society, periodicals


1 00


Boston Book Co .; periodicals


149 35


Daily People, periodicals


50


Hub Magazine Co., periodicals


8 00


Leader Publishing Co., periodicals


1 90


Esoteric Fraternity, periodicals


1 50


George T. Bailey, periodicals


22 88


Patriotic Review, periodicals


1 00


Journal of Pedagogy, periodicals,


$3 00


3 00


00


Somerville Historical Society, periodicals


2 00


The Picayune, periodicals


12 00


Collector of Customs, periodicals


5 00


Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, periodical


1 00


Somerville High School Radiator, peri- odical


75


George E. Whittaker, periodical


1 25


John W. Cadby, periodical


25 25


David Farquhar, binding books


1,248 86


J. B. H. Longfellow, binding books


207 00


Massachusetts Book Renovating Co.,


11 25


Quincy E. Brewster, binding


20 70


Edward Jaquith, binding books


11 30


Arthur Hughes, agency


5 38


Mrs. I. E. Wadsworth, agency


75 80


Amount carried forward


$17,243 28


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binding


119


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$17,243 28


S. A. Riker, agency


16 09


S. Louise Chandler, agency


19 19


A. M. Young, agency


35 64


Nourse & Wilson, agency


3 85


A. J. Jackson, agency


15 68


H. E. Bowman, agency


2 95


M. L. Vinal, agency


1 31


S. M. Haskell, agency


8 84


Somerville Journal Co., printing


238 25


Webcowit Press, printing


218 75


C. A. Southwick, labor


73 90


D. W. Skinner, repairing


1 00


Library Bureau, cards, etc.


44 40


Library of Congress, cards


50 00


Somerville Post-office, postage


60 00


C. S. Robertson, insurance


191 25


Cambridge Ice Co., ice


10 10


Stearns & Henderson, desk


31 25


Co., service


77 18


George Wilber, expressing


17 55


Thorpe's Express, expressing


1 15


Gilman Express Co., expressing


139 50


E. R. Perham, expressing


54 59


Taylor's Express, expressing


172 00


American Express Co., expressing


38 28


I. M. Grundy, expressing


30


Ernest S. Dow, expressing


15


London's Express, expressing


55


$18,766 98


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Art.


CREDIT.


Amount held in trust, income to be used for art


$4,000 00


DEBIT.


Balance to credit of account, 1904


$4,000 00


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Poetry.


CREDIT.


Amount held in trust, income to be used for poetry


$1,000 00


Balance to credit of account, 1904


$1,000 00


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Art.


Balance from 1902


$16 56


Receipts :-


Cash, income from invested funds


160 00


Balance of account unused, carried to 1904


$176 56


87 15


$89 41


DEBIT.


New England Telephone & Telegraph


120


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Robey French Co., pictures


$2 50


Frederick Starr, pictures 1 10


T. T. Fryer, pictures . .


50 00


A. W. Hancock, pictures


11 61


George R. King, pictures ·


10 00


Horace K. Turner, pictures .


.


14 20


$89 41


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Poetry.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1902


$48 63


Receipts :-


Cash, income from invested funds


40 00


Balance of account unused, carried to 1904


41 49


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid H. A. Dickerman & Son, books . $ 67


Old Corner Book Store, books


10 00


Little, Brown & Co., books


26 47


Samuel French, books


10 00


$47 14


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Investment Account.


CREDIT.


Balance to debit of account, 1904 ·


$5,000 00


DEBIT.


Balance from 1902 (West End Railway bonds, par value)


$5,000 00


Public Property.


CREDIT.


Balance to debit of account, 1904 .


. $3,715,079 21


DEBIT.


Property and Debt Balance, property ac-


quired in 1903 . .


$112,694 23


Balance from 1902


· 3,602,384 98


$3,715,079 21


Real Estate Liens.


CREDIT.


Balance to debit of account, 1904 .


$2,140 00


DEBIT.


Balance from 1902


$2,140 00


$88 63


$47 14


121


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Reduction of Funded Debt.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903 .


$118,000 00


Water Works Income, amount appropriated


40,552 78


Renewal of Funded Debt, amount of appropriation trans- ferred


18,000 00


$176,552 78


Reduced by the following transfers :-


Contagious Disease Hospital and Land


$400 00


Highways, Boston-avenue bridge 652 44


Public Buildings Construction, Clark W. Bennett school


211 62


Public Buildings Construction, Martha


29 66


Interest


1,354 75


Health Department .


4,827 80


$7,476 27


Excess and Deficiency, balance unused


3,748 56


11,224 83


Receipts :-


Cash, received of Estabrook & Co., premium on bonds


$2,441 25


N. W. Harris & Co., premium on bonds


1,230 80


3,672 05


$169,000 00


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid bonds, maturing in 1903 .


$169,000 00


Renewal of Funded Debt.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Funded Debt, 1903


$18,000 00


DEBIT.


Reduction of Funded Debt, amount of appropriation trans- ferred .


$18,000 00


School Contingent.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$24,000 00


Transferred from Excess and Deficiency account, balance overdrawn


1,556 29


$25,556 29


Receipts :-


Cash, received of G. A. Southworth, super- intendent, damage to property


$35 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, tuition of state wards


60 00


G. A. Pevey, tuition


16 64


Mrs. J. E. Unwin, tuition


4 77


116 41


$25,672 70


Perry Lowe school


$165,327 95


122


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Gordon A. Southworth, salary as


superintendent of schools $3,000 00 disbursements 215 94


Cora S. Fitch, assistant


650 00


Lemuel Snow, truant officer board of horse


240 00


Jairus Mann, truant officer


50 00


Middlesex County Truant School, board of truants


629 29


American Book Co., books


1,834 01


Allyn & Bacon, books


136 75


D. Appleton & Co., books


50 00


Mary Alderson Atherton, books


10 00


F. S. Blanchard & Co., books


3 00


Boston School Supply Co., books


30 55


Edward E. Babb & Co., books


640 90


DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., books


240 50


Educational Publishing Co., books 151 86


11 35


Ginn & Co., books


1,519 03


Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books


172 39


Henry Holt & Co., books


137 23


D. C. Heath & Co., books


336 21


Lothrop Publishing Co., books


31 79


Longmans, Green & Co., books


56 13


Lee & Shepard, books


30 15


Maynard, Merrill & Co., books


165 40


The Morse Co., books


341 55


Isaac Pitman & Sons, books


21 65


Powers & Lyons, books


17 50


Rand, McNally & Co., books


172 00


Sibley & Ducker, books


33 33


Silver, Burdett & Co., books


884 73


Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co., books


1,616 46


University Publishing Co., books


94 96


William Ware & Co., books


9 75


Werner & Co., books


4 40


Cook-Vivian Co., supplies


18 00


Adams, Cushing & Foster, supplies


2,856 94


Allen, Totman Co., supplies


3 41


Eimer & Amend, supplies . $164 74


48 85


115 89


Joseph Breck & Sons, supplies


12 12


Gilman-square Fish Market, supplies


8 34


Cambridge Botanical Supply Co., sup- plies .


11 56


L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., supplies


212 42


Mayhew Publishing Co., supplies


1 00


J. L. Hammett Co., supplies


1,600 51


Dennison Mfg. Co., supplies


14 95


Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, supplies


140 82


Bunkio Matsuki, supplies


2 70


The Morse Co., supplies


328 99


Neostyle Co., supplies


63 68


W. E. Plumer & Co., supplies


320 28


.


Amount carried forward


$20,350 42


Funk & Wagnalls Co., books


1,100 00


122


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$20,350 42


Palmer, Parker & Co., supplies


2 00


Celeste Weed Albright, supplies


5 00


Silver, Burdett & Co., supplies


51


Mary F. Carrick, supplies


3 50


George F. King & Co., supplies .


111 59


The Fred Macy Co., supplies


2 90


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., supplies .


1 45


Henry W. Stone, supplies


5 00


Whitney & Snow, supplies


62 50


L. R. Stuart, supplies


50


Wilson Jewelry Co., supplies


50


Milton Bradley Co., supplies


119 66


G. W. Earle, supplies


48 00


Holden Patent Book Cover Co., supplies


216 74


Eagle Pencil Co., supplies


15 98


G. R. Fisk & Co., supplies


74 64


Franklin Laboratory Supply Co., supplies,


260 95


N. H. Crowell, supplies


25 25


Mckinley Publishing Co., supplies


9 98


M. L. Vinal, supplies


95 04


Thorpe & Martin Co., supplies


9 15


Mitchell Mfg. Co., supplies


5 40


F. S. Webster Co., supplies


4 18


P. P. Caproni & Brother, supplies


1 75


Mrs. E. T. Curtis, supplies


73 34


Davis Ice Cream Co., supplies


100 30


J. W. Howard, supplies


10 00


Barbour-Stockwell Co., supplies


1 90


John M. Woods & Co., lumber


380 37


Place Box Co., boxes


2 88


Henry F. Miller & Sons Co., piano tuning


7 00


E. S. Daniels, tuning


12 00


Smith Premier Typewriter Co., repairs


17 60


Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, repairs


2 15


Wagner Typewriter Co., supplies


9 33


Remington Typewriter Co., supplies


3 15


Somerville Journal Co., printing


843 73


Courier-Citizen Co., printing


23 60


Webcowit Press, printing


154 00


Harold Baldwin, printing


2 50


Wesley A. Maynard, printing


9 75


Clark Mfg. Co., ink


71 40


Suffolk Ink Co., ink


9 00


Chas. T. C. Whitcomb, disbursements


18 75


S. A. Johnson, disbursements


3 20


H. F. Hathaway, disbursements


3 14


A. L. Doe, disbursements


1 32


George M. Wadsworth, disbursements


9 07


Charles E. Davis, taking school census


120 84


Clara Z. Elliot, taking school census


39 84


Elizabeth S. Webster, taking school cen- sus


65 20


Wyman E. Pickett, taking school census,


46 50


Harvard University, examination papers,


8 40


Boston Bank Note Co., diplomas


131 92


Henry W. Stone, engrossing


77 30


W. A. Greenough & Co., directories


3 50


Amount carried forward


$23,703 97


124


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$23,703 97


Wadsworth, Howland & Co., supplies


463 51


Novello, Ewer & Co., music


30 00


Oliver Ditson Co., music


1 25


S. Henry Hadley, music


4 00


First Methodist Church, use of church


150 00


Charles D. Adams, services


25 00


Merrill E. Gates, services


50 00


Will S. Monroe, services


25 00


Hadley's Orchestra, services


260 00


James H. Chase, services


10 00


C. E. Estabrook, services


3 20


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire


13 00


F. J. Barnard, bindery


611 58


George A. LaBree, repairing


40 12


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


194 89


I. M. Grundy, expressing


5 85


Stilphen & Co., expressing


4 05


Ernest S. Dow, expressing


20 00


American Express Co., expressing


4 90


A. G. Renner, expressing


1 50


London's Express, expressing


50 88


$25,672 70


School Teachers' Salaries.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$238,000 00


Transferred from Excess and Deficiency account, balance overdrawn


163 61


$238,163 61


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid salaries as per pay-rolls


$238,163 61


Sealer of Weights and Measures.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$1,200 00


Transferred to Excess and Deficiency


account, balance


166 74


unused


$1,033 26


Receipts :-


Cash, received of John H. Dusseault, fees


396 77


$1,430 03


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid John H. Dusseault, salary as


$1,000 00


sealer of weights and measures disbursements


392 23


Somerville Journal Co., advertising, etc.,


9 25


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory


3 50


R. Woodman Mfg. & Supply Co., seals, etc.


17 55


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., tools


6 25


Underhill Hardware Co., hardware


·


1 25


$1,430 03


APPENDIX TÓ TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Sewer Assessments.


CREDIT.


Receipts :-


Cash, received of sundry persons


$2,988 66 4,839 77


$7,828 43


DEBIT.


Balance from 1902


$5,061 79


Sewers Construction account,


assessments levied .


$2,806 64


Less abatements


40 00


2,766 64


$7,828 43


Sewers, Construction.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1902


$4,288 29


Appropriations from Funded Debt, 1903


25,000 00


Sewer Assessments account, assessments levied .


$2,806 64


Less abatements


40 00


2,766 64


Balance of account unused, carried to 1904


1,374 58


Receipts :-


Cash, received of Michael H. Dewire, con- necting drain


$2 50


Heirs Timothy Sullivan, connecting drain


2 50


Zenobia H. Willey, part cost of sewer in Munroe street


43 85


Stephens & Horsman, pipe and cement


10 52


$59 37


Stock and labor billed other depart- ments :-


Joseph F. Wilson Memorial account


30 00


Public Buildings Maintenance, Schoolhouses account


24 61


Sewers, Maintenance account


5 00


Sidewalks, Construction account


35 24


Water Maintenance account .


28 25


182 47


$30,862 82


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers


$2,170 60


New England Brick Co., bricks


243 70


Osgood & Witherly, castings


36 00


Sessions Iron Foundry, castings


53 33


Somerville Iron Foundry, castings


499 26


W. S. Howe, copper, etc.


37 65


Eastern Expanded Metal Co., meshes


652 80


Barbour-Stockwell Co., traps


45 00


C. L. Underhill, manhole steps, etc.


12 20


Amount carried forward


$3,750 54


$32,054 93


$30,680 35


125


Balance to debit of account, 1904


126


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward $3,750 54


Waldo Brothers, pipe and cement


2,178 16


C. S. Philbrick, pipe 8 44


M. A. Simpson, sand 4 70


Herbert L. Henderson, iron beams


1,381 73


New England Telephone and Telegraph Co., rails 26 00


A. C. Libby & Sons, stationery


12 00


Somerville Journal Co., advertising


13 00


Webcowit Press, printing


44 75


Registry of Deeds, recording


6 85


James Tevlin, use of teams


475 14


T. F. Crimmings, use of teams


25 65


Boston & Maine Railroad, freight


378 51


Daniel A. Dorey & Co., constructing sewer :-


Somerville avenue 644 95


Settlement of suit


Winthrop-av avenue


2,500 00


Bartholomew Burke, constructing


sewer :-


Court off Broadway


11 49


College avenue


72 52


Maurice Buttimer, constructing sewer :- Elmwood terrace


100 14


Patrick Burke, constructing sewer :-


Watson street


24 00


Powder House boulevard


15 35


Ossipee road


258 17


Timothy F. Crimmings,


constructing


sewer :-


Poplar street


147 56


Beacon street


132 80


Beacon street


122 27


Storm water drain Middlesex avenue and private street


14,219 45


labor and sand


81 00


Richard Falvey, constructing sewer :-


14 94


Columbia street


156 29


Lexington avenue


365 37


Charles A. Kelley, constructing sewer :-


44 79


Washington and Franklin streets


106 87


Boston avenue


42 77


Maple street (storm drain)


313 63


Powder House boulevard


128 60


Beacon street


1,554 82


laying drain


18 00


William J. McCarthy, constructing


sewer :-


Linwood street (south)


147 04


Linwood street (north)


175 34


Pearson avenue


47 67


Teele street and Packard avenue .


787 96


City Engineer account, inspection


3 75


and engineering


Sewers, Maintenance account, ce-


280 00


ment, etc.


Water Maintenance account, iron pipe


39 81


$30,862 82


storm drain


Professors row


Fenwick street


127


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Sewers, Maintenance.


CREDIT.


Water Works Income, amount appropriated


$12,300 00


Transferred to Excess and Deficiency account, balance unused


9 72


$12,290 28


Receipts :-


Cash, received of N. H. Reed & Son, old iron


$11 50


C. White, old hose


11 70


M. Norton & Co., old hose


14 35


Boston Elevated Railway Co., labor


213 03


$250 58


Stock and labor billed other depart- ments :-


City Engineer account


252 19


Joseph F. Wilson Memorial account


20 00


Public Buildings Maintenance, Schoolhouses account


53 50


Public Grounds account


36 00


Sewers, Construction account


280 00


892 27


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers


$6,587 36


Charles E. Berry, pipe, labor, etc.


181 03


C. W. Stevens, lumber, labor, etc.


25 32


I. H. Brown Moulding Co., lumber and turning


5 43


J. J. Buckley & Co., burlap bags


20 00


Fulton O'Brion, bags ·


1 29


City of Cambridge, dredging and flush- ing sewer


1,585 60


Cornelius Callahan Co .; repairing hose, etc.


120 68


Harold L. Bond & Co., couplings


11 88


Barbour-Stockwell Co., traps


12 50


Norton & Co., hose and covers


30 64


A. Goldstein, rubber goods


41 10


Belden & Snow, oil clothing


2 25


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., tolls


19 38


A. C. Libby & Sons, books and stationery


11 50


M. L. Vinal, stationery


20


J. P. O'Neil, coal


5 25


Suburban Coal Co., coal


23 00


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware


08


C. L. Underhill, hardware


3 25


Whitney & Snow, hardware


77 32


Geo. L. Reed, Agent, rent course


300 00


E. W. Danforth, car fares


13 00


Herman Gregg, services as witness, and expenses


45 00


James Tevlin, teaming


3,316 51


Amount carried forward


$12,439 57


of water


$13,182 55


128


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$12,439 57


Waldo Bros., cement


73 28


Berry & Ferguson, cement .


250 00


M. A. Simpson, sand


2 70


Simpson Brothers Corporation, walk


laying


30 64


New England Brick Co., brick


96 80


Highland Coal Co., pipe


8 79


H. Wood, sharpening tools


4 65


A. A. Smith, repairing


3 60


F. Dooris, sharpening tools


9 75


I. B. Walker, repairing tools


5 92


F. W. Farrar, repairing


3 00


Fellows & Co., ladder


3 60


Maurice J. Goggin Mfg. Co., buckets


81 03


P. Murray, barrel


75


W. L. Snow Co., lanterns


: 00


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire


11 00


Somerville Iron Foundry, castings


53 67


Osgood & Witherly, castings


, 00


David W. Lewis, grate


7 80


J. H. Brown, repairing drain


50 03


Edson Mfg. Co., repairing pump


16 97


A. C. Gordon, painting


15 75


Glines & Co., expressing


25


$13,177 55


Sewers, Construction account, manhole


5 00


cover


$13,182 55


Sidewalk Assessments.


CREDIT.


Sidewalks, Construction account, abatements


$244 22


Balance of account carried to 1904 Receipts :-


4,508 32


Cash, received of sundry persons


$12,037 50


200 37


11,837 13


$16,589 67


DEBIT.


Balance from 1902


$6,294 02


Sidewalks, Construction


account, assess-


10,295 65


$16,589 67


Sidewalks, Construction.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Funded Debt, 1903


$11,350 00


Transferred from Highways, Construction account, balance overdrawn


1,185 50


$12,535 50


Sidewalk Assessments account, assessments


levied


$10,295 65


Less abatements


.


244 22


10,051 43


Amount carried forward


$22,586 93


.


ments levied


.


129


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


$22,586 93


Cash, received of Emma Walsh, sidewalk


$34 84


Allen F. Carpenter, sidewalk


78 14


John D. Taapken, bricks, etc ..


183 10


Henry B. Caldwell, bricks


1 00


Charles S. Robbins, bricks


1 69


W. J. Edwards, bricks


75 00


V. H. Wooster, bricks


102 40


Michael H. Dewire, edgestones


122 22


Thomas Kilmartin, bricks


43 75


Henry F. White, bricks


2 00


Grace M. Grant, granolithic sidewalk


28 93


New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., granolithic sidewalk


83 39


Mary E. Cooper, bricks


2 00


$758 46


Stock and labor billed other departments :-


Highways, Maintenance account


5 00


Public Buildings Maintenance, School- houses account


30 09


793 55


$23,380 48


DEBIT.


Balance from 1902


$1,525 09


Expenditures :-


Cash, paid laborers


$5,780 26


S. & R. J. Lombard, edge- stones


9,638 18


New England Brick Co., bricks


3,882 64


William H. Casey, brick


402 90


Simpson Bros. Corpora- tion, granolithic


269 35


W. F. Mansfield, allowance on granolithic sidewalk Edward I. Morrison, al- lowance on granolithic sidewalk .


10 10


$20,002 23


Highways, Maintenance ac- count, use of city teams and materials


1,716 45


Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings account, pav- ing blocks


72 20


Sewers, Construction account, edgestones


35 24


Sidewalks, Maintenance ac- count, labor and bricks


29 27


21,855 39


$23,380 48


Sidewalks, Maintenance.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$6,000 00


Transferred from Highways, Construction account, bal- ance overdrawn


1,185 35


. Amount carried forward


$7,185 35


.


18 80


Amount brought forward Receipts :-


130


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward Receipts :-


$7,185 35


Stock and labor billed other departments :-


Highways, Maintenance account


$8 75


Sidewalks, Construction account .


29 27


38 02


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers


$5,080 67


T. Allen, concreting


329 56


A. C. Libby & Sons, stationery


13 00


New England Brick Co., brick


779 67


William H. Casey, brick


141 00


$6,343 90


Highways, Maintenance account, use of city teams and materials .


837 73


Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings account, paving blocks


41 74


$7,223 37


Soldiers' Burials.


CREDIT.


Receipts :-


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, soldiers' burials


$280 00


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid M. J. Shea, services as undertaker,


$35 00


E. H. Marsh & Son, services as under- takers


35 00


W. A. Flaherty & Son, services as under- takers


35 00


F. M. Wilson, services as undertaker


70 00


John Bryant's Sons, services as under- takers


35 00


John E. Kaula, services as undertaker


70 00


$280 00


Soldiers' Relief.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$16,000 00


Transferred from Excess and Deficiency account, balance overdrawn


3,276 81


$19,276 81


Receipts :---


Cash, received of Hannah Kenney, board


$131 50


Maria Sliney, board


60 00


Town of Athol, board


36 00


Military Aid account, board of J. W. Roberts 71 96


299 46


$19,576 27


·


$227 50


$7,223 37


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DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid sundry persons as


per pay-rolls $19,080 00


8 00


$19,072 00


Worcester Insane Hospital, board


477 27


Catherine Byron, nursing soldier's widow 12 50


A. C. Libby & Sons, record book 12 50


L. H. Brown, carriage hire


2 00


$19,576 27


Somerville Hospital.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903 .


$5,000 00


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid for support of sick poor


$5,000 00


State Aid.


CREDIT. (Receipts.)


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, state aid paid in 1903 $13,875 50


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid monthly pay-rolls $13,905 50


30 00


$13,875 50


Street Lights.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$63,900 00


Transferred from Excess and Deficiency account, balance overdrawn


39 51


$63,939 51


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Somerville Electric Light Co., lighting


$63,736 21


moving lamps


91 00


Welsbach Street Lighting


$132 00


Company of America (cash)


54 00


78 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing


6 00


L. H. Brown, carriage hire


14 00


Jairus Mann, disbursements


.


14 30


$63,939 51


Sundry Persons.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1902


.


$474 21


DEBIT.


Balance to credit of account, 1904


$474 21


·


132


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Support of Poor, City Home.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1903


$4,500 00


Transferred from Excess and Deficiency account, balance overdrawn


29 24


$4,529 24


Receipts :-


Cash, received of J. Foster Colquhoun, pro- duce


$2,364 46


John Wolfe, Jr., & Co., produce .


150 70


Town of Milford, swine 17 00


North Packing and Provision Co., swine,


25


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, board,


15 17


Fannie Callahan, aid


121 77


James B. Cates, aid


33 00


Mary F. Solis, John L. Clarry, et al., aid,


94 50


Stock and labor billed other depart- ments :-


Support of Poor, Miscellaneous account 193 75


3,015 35


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Mr. and Mrs. J. Foster Colqu-


houn, services as warden and matron,


$349 98


J. Foster Colquhoun, warden disbursements


350 02


Mrs. Catherine Colquhoun,


matron


$145 83


20 83


125 00


Charles C. Folsom, disbursements


15 00


Sundry persons, services


1,251 62


F. J. Hopkins, groceries


96 00


Medford-street Market, groceries


62 80


J. S. Newcomb & Co., groceries


385 89


John D. Taapken, groceries


102 46


E. S. Conant & Co., groceries


22 32


Ar-Showe & Co., groceries


60 10


Henry F. Sander Co., groceries


208 42


National Biscuit Co., groceries


26 25


Excelsior Creamery, groceries


14 39


C. H. Butterfield, groceries


16 80


Russell & Co., groceries


76 80


Martin L. Hall & Co., groceries


65 00


Mrs. Annie Kelley, groceries


22 60


James Bartley, groceries


14 15


Sperber & Co., groceries J. W. Roberts & Co., groceries


223 66


John Wolfe, Jr., & Co., groceries


16 60


Gulliver & Allen, groceries


9 00


Boston Dairy Co., groceries


1 44


F. Putnam & Co., groceries


6 81


Clark Brothers Co., groceries


29 60


Doull & Flower, groceries


18 04


Amount carried forward


$4,163 29


.


15 08


$7,544 59


$2,821 60


577 46


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Amount brought forward


$4,163 29


D. J. Bennett, harness work


16 35


Joseph Palmer, wagon seat


1 35


J. B. Rufer, horseshoeing and clipping


10 95


I. L. Roberts, horseshoeing


29 00


I. B. Walker, wagon repairs


112 58


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


68 50


J. S. Bradeen Co., hay and grain


463 17


Page & Baker, furniture


37 00


C. W. H. Moulton, furniture


4 50


Reid & Hughes, kitchen utensils


9 32


Jordan, Marsh & Co., kitchen utensils dry goods ·


21 13


Joseph Breck & Sons, farm supplies


77 35


W. W. Rawson & Co., farm supplies


21 35


Lowell Fertilizer Co., farm supplies


29 10


Schlegel & Fottler Co., farm supplies


93 45


George H. Bean, farm supplies


4 20


H. S. Pond, swill


143 50


Henry A. Angier, pigeons


17 50


Joseph J. Pincus, hose


27 00


George H. Thayer, boots and shoes


33 51


Massachusetts State Prison, boots and shoes


35 55


clothing


57 85


Brown, Durell & Co., clothing


18 25


Parke Snow, clothing


53 10


Alonzo Keene, clothing


1 50


C. J. Bailey & Co., rubber goods


2 00


Reuben Ring & Co., medicine


23 00


Percy A. Hall, medicine


27 13


C. S. Lombard, medicine


92


Somerville Journal Co., printing




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