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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
131
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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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