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1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
144 to 146
4
July 1, 1916
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
147 to 149
4
July 1, 1917
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
150 to 152
4
July 1, 1918
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
153 to 155
4
July 1, 1919
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
156 to 158
4
July 1, 1920
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
159 to 161
4
July 1, 1921
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
162 to 164
4
July 1, 1922
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
165 to 167
4
July 1, 1923
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
168 to 170
4
July 1, 1924
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
171 to 173
4
July 1, 1925
1,000
3,000
Total amount
of Sewer Loan
Bonds
under above
Act . .
$64,000
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
City Loan Paving Bonds.
ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF CHAPTER 153, ACTS OF 1892, BEYOND THE LIMIT FIXED BY LAW.
DATE. .
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
October 1, 1892
61 to 65
4
Oct. 1, 1905
$1,000
$5,000
October 1, 1892
66 to 70
4
Oct. 1, 1906
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
71 to 75
4
Oct. 1, 1907
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
76 to 80
4
Oct. 1, 1908
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
81 to 85
4
Oct. 1, 1909 .
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
86 to 90
4
Oct. 1, 1910
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
91 to 95
4
Oct. 1, 1911
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
96 to 100
4
Oct. 1, 1912
1,000
5,000
Total amount of
Paving
Bonds
$40,000
48
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Water Loan Bonds.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
July 1, 1896
b456
4
July 1, 1905
$1,000
$1,000
October 1, 1889
353 to 355
4
Oct. 1, 1905
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
452 to 453
4
Oct. 1, 1905
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1876
30 to 31
51/2
July 1, 1906
5,000
10,000
July 1, 1896
b457
4
July 1, 1906
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
356 to 358
4
Oct. 1, 1906
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
454 to 455
4
Oct. 1, 1906
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1886
267 to 276
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1888
291
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
b458
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
359 to 361
4
Oct. 1, 1907
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
456 to 457
4
Oct. 1, 1907
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
292
4
July 1, 1908
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
b459
4
July 1, 1908
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
362 to 364
4
Oct. 1, 1908
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
458 to 459
4
Oct. 1, 1908
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
293
4
July 1, 1909
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
365 to 367
4
Oct. 1, 1909
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
423 to 424
4
Oct. 1, 1909
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
294
4
July 1, 1910
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
368 to 370
4
Oct. 1, 1910
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
426 to 427
4
Oct. 1, 1910
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
295
4
July 1, 1911
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
371 to 373
4
Oct. 1, 1911
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
428 to 429
4
Oct. 1, 1911
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
296
4
July 1, 1912
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
374 to 376
4
Oct. 1, 1912
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
430 to 431
4
Oct. 1, 1912
1,000
2,000
Amount
carried
forward
$70,000
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
WATER LOAN BONDS .- Concluded.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
July 1, 1888
297
4
July 1, 1913
$1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
377 to 379
4
Oct. 1, 1913
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
432 to 433
4
Oct. 1, 1913
1,000
2,00 0
July 1, 1888
298
4
July 1, 1914
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
380 to 382
4
Oct. 1, 1914
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
434 to 435
4.
Oct. 1, 1914
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
299
4
July 1, 1915
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
383 to 384
4
Oct. 1, 1915
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
436 to 437
4
Oct. 1, 1915
1,000
2.000
July 1, 1888
300
4
July 1, 1916
1,000
1 000
October 1, 1889
385 to 386
4
Oct. 1, 1916
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
438 to 439
4
Oct. 1, 1916
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
301
4
July 1, 1917
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
387 to 388
4
Oct. 1, 1917
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
440 to 441
4
Oct. 1, 1917
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
302
4
July 1, 1918
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
389 to 390
4
Oct. 1, 1918
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
442 to 443
4
Oct. 1, 1918
1,000
2,000
. October 1, 1889
391 to 392
4
Oct. 1, 1919
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
444 to 445
4
Oct. 1, 1919
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
446 to 447
4
Oct. 1, 1920
1,000
2,000
Total amount
of
Water Loan
Bonds
$108,000
Amount
brought
forward . .
$70,000
1
50
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan Bonds.
ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF CHAPTER 225, ACTS OF 1902, BEYOND THE LIMIT FIXED BY LAW.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
July 1, 1902
3
31/2
July 1, 1905
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
4
31/2
July 1, 1906
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
5
31/2
July 1, 1907
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
6
31/2
July 1, 1908
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
7
31/2
July 1, 1909
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
8
31/2
July 1, 1910
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
9
31/2
July 1, 1911
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
10
31/2
July 1, 1912
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
11
31/2
July 1, 1913
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
12
31/2
July 1, 1914
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
13
31/2
July 1, 1915
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
14
31/2
July 1, 1916
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
15
31/2
July 1, 1917
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
16
31/2
July 1, 1918
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
17
31/2
July 1, 1919
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
18
31/2
July 1, 1920
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
19
31/2
July 1, 1921
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
20
31/2
July 1, 1922
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
21
31/2
July 1, 1923
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
22
31/2
July 1, 1924
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
23
31/2
July 1, 1925
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
24
31/2
July 1, 1926
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
25
31/2
July 1, 1927
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
26
31/2
July 1, 1928
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1902
27
31/2
July 1, 1929
1,000
1,000
Total amount
of Metropolitan
Park Assessment Loan
Bonds
$25,000
51
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Recapitulation.
City Loan Bonds
Sewer Loan Bonds
$1,108,500 00 153,000 00
Total amount of Funded Debt within the limit provided by law
$1,261,500 00
Sewer Loan Bonds, issued under Chapter 357, Acts of 1895
$04,000 00
City Loan Bonds, issued under Chapter
153, Acts of 1892
40,000 00
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan Bonds, issued under Chapter 325, Acts of 1902 25,000 00
Total amount of Funded Debt outside of the limit allowed by law, issued under special Acts
129,000 00
Water Loan Bonds .
108,000 00
Total amount of Funded Debt
$1,498,500 00
52
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE C .- STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, SHOWING APPRO- PRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DECEMBER 31, 1904.
Appropriations.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed for municipal purposes
$834,770 00
Property and Debt Balance, amount provided by issue of . bonds
132,500 00
$967,270 00
DEBIT.
Appropriations from tax levy :-
Assessors
$10,200 00
City Auditor
750 00
City Clerk
6,100 00
City Engineer . .
11,900 00
City Messenger
2,300 00
City Solicitor
2,300 00
City Treasurer
9,500 00
Clerk of Committees and Departments
4,400 00
Contingent Fund
3,600 00
Election Expenses :-
City Clerk
1,700 00
Commissioner of Public Buildings .
1,000 00
Pay of Election Officers .
3,000 00
Registrars of Voters
1,600 00
Electrical Department
7,250 00
Excess and Deficiency
8,401 43
Executive Department .
3,900 00
Fire Department
23,900 00
Health Department .
40,000 00
Highways :-
Maintenance
5,375 00
Removal of Brown-tail Moths from
Trees
3,000 00
Shade Trees
500 00
Tree Guards
1,000 00
Inspection of Buildings
4,100 00
Interest
53,500 00
Military Aid
1,000 00
Police
33,000 00
Printing and Stationery .
2,500 00
Public Buildings Maintenance: -
City Hall
4,200 00
City Hall Annex
800 00
Fire Department
4,900 00
Health Department
375 00
Highways
250 00
Police
3,200 00
Public Grounds
50 00
Public Library
4,500 00
Schoolhouses
51,643 57
Sewer Department
50 00
Support of Poor
600 00
Water Department
325 00
Public Grounds
11,000 00
Public Library .
15,000 00
Amount carried forward
$342,670 00
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Amount brought forward
$342,670 00
Reduction of Funded Debt
103,500 00
School Contingent
24,000 00
School Teachers' Salaries
249,500 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
1,100 00
Sidewalks Maintenance
6,000 00
Soldiers' Relief
20,000 00
Somerville Hospital
5,000 00
Street Lights
85,000 00
Support of Poor:
City Home
4,000 00
Miscellaneous
14,000 00
834,770 00
Appropriations on Funded Debt account :- Public Buildings Construction :-
Dormitory at City Home
$6,000 00
Engine House in Ward Two
4,000 00
Primary School Building (to relieve the schools in Ward Six)
30,000 00
Public Grounds, Completion of
Prospect
Hill Park
2,000 00
Highways :-
Construction
10,000 00
Paved Gutters and Crossings
14,000 00
Paving Broadway, Bow and Summer Streets
21,500 00
Sidewalks Construction
10,000 00
Sewers Construction
25,000 00
Renewal of Funded Debt
10,000 00
132,500 00
$967,270 00
Assessors.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 .
$10,200 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
401 52
$10,601 52
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Albert B. Fales, salary as chair- man of the board of assessors
$2,000 00
Benjamin F. Thompson, assessor
800 00
Nathan H. Reed, assessor
800 00
Harry A. True, assessor
800 00
Jesse J. Underhill, assessor
800 00
Fred B. Clapp, assistant assessor
250 00
Walter F. Turner, assistant assessor
250 00
George E. Elliott, assistant assessor
250 00
John J. Sheeran, assistant assessor ·
250 00
Gertrude G. Kendall, first assistant clerk, carfares
6 10
Jennie L. Jones, first assistant clerk carfares
17 30
Mabel E. Hall, second assistant clerk
547 94
Aunita N. Fales, third assistant clerk
229 56
Amount carried forward
$8,013 40
.
364 85
647 85
54
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$8,013 40
Charles R. Palmer, clerical services .
64 00
George H. Crosby, clerical services .
54 00
Raymond A. Farr, clerical services .
52 00
Theodore H. Locke, clerical services
52 00
Florence H. Plimpton, clerical services
175 32
Eva V. Tukey, clerical services .
172 00
Mabel M. Ham, clerical services
171 33
Effie M. Fife, clerical services
149 35
Bessie L. L. Crosby, clerical services
149 33
Alice C. Rand, clerical services
130 65
Josephine M. Briggs, clerical services
89 66
Winnifred P. Briggs, clerical services
34 67
S. Ward Co., stationery
207 37
Carter's Ink Co., stationery
10 13
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., stationery
3 55
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., sta-
tionery
2 50
L. E. Clayton, stationery
80
H. Wood, stationery
80
Whitney & Snow, stationery
80
Somerville Post-office, postage .
22 00
Wesley A. Maynard, advertising
30 81
Somerville Journal Co., printing precinct lists, etc. .
915 91
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .
3 50
Seaver-Radford Co., directory .
5.00
Joseph Gridley, supper
8 00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
82 64
$10,601 52
Cash.
CREDIT.
Payments as follows :--
Assessors
.
740 39
City Auditor
.
8,172 22
City Engineer
11,401 18
City Messenger .
2,272 36
City Solicitor
2,211 61
City Treasurer
14,098 36
Clerk of Committees and Departments .
4,400 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
116,290 08
Contagious Disease Hospital
100 00
Contingent Fund
3,282 42
Coupons Unpaid
58,945 00
County of Middlesex
59,484 41
Election Expenses :-
City Clerk
1,745 44
Commissioner Public Buildings
954 92
Pay of Election Officers
2,994 .00
Registrars of Voters
1,623 38
Electrical Department
7,995 46
Executive Department
3,840 82
Fire Department
.
69,360 65
Amount carried forward
$380,514 22
.
.
.
.
$10,601 52
City Clerk
.
.
55
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Amount brought forward
$380,514 22
Health Department
48,690 98
Highways :-
Construction
25,361 98
Maintenance
86,790 46
Paved Gutters and Crossings
16,514 13
Paving Broadway, Bow and Summer Streets
13,830 93
Removing Brown-tail Moths
3,943 16
Shade Trees
791 35
Thorndike-street Subway
2,356 60
Tree Guards
713 20
Watering Streets
21,073 39
Inspection of Buildings
4,108 25
Interest
18,027 05
Military Aid
2,153 68
Overlay and Abatement
53 14
Police
78,912 83
Printing and Stationery
1,641 66
Public Buildings Construction:
17,816 49
Dormitory at City Home .
5,789 78
Engine House in Ward Two
28,286 68
Primary School Building (to relieve schools in Ward 6),
5,585 20
Historical Building and Observatory on Prospect Hill
253 50
Rifle Range in Waltham
693 21
Public Buildings Maintenance :-
City Hall
3,603 95
City Hall Annex
875 04
Fire Department
6,428 41
Health Department
474 81
Highways
515 20
Police
4,213 11
Public Grounds
192 22
Public Library
2,521 89
Schoolhouses
61,138 20
Sewer Department
88 12
Support of Poor
1,089 81
Water Department
225 56
Public Grounds
12,680 17
Public Grounds, Prospect-hill Park Completion .
1,630 70
Public Library
20,073 37
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Art
241 54
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Poetry Real Estate Liens
27 04
Reduction Funded Debt .
138,500 00
School Contingent
26,311 25
School Teachers' Salaries
250,580 68
Sealer Weights and Measures
1,472 45
Sewers Construction
16,076 19
Sewers Maintenance
12,498 99
Sidewalks Construction
25,792 15
Sidewalks Maintenance
6,637 62
Soldiers' Burials
490 00
Soldiers' Relief
21,047 10
State Aid
14,361 50
Somerville Hospital
5,000 00
Street Lights
64,885 04
Support of Poor, City Home .
6,563 11
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
20,476 54
Temporary Loans
755,000 00
Amount carried forward
$2,245,690 89
77 26
Addition to Bingham School
56
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$2,245,690 89
Water Maintenance
44,925 49
Water Works Extension
22,982 48
Water Works, Abatements on Water Charges
1,000 46
Balance to debit of account, 1905
73,743 56
$2,388,342 88
DEBIT.
Balance from 1903
$61,714 58
Receipts as follows :
City Clerk
2,098 77
City Engineer
104 00
City Treasurer
4,855 36
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
2,173 11
Contingent Fund
465 43
Election Expenses, Pay of Election Officers,
10 00
Electrical Department
200 02
Fire Department
341 02
Funded Debt
132,500 00
Health Department
1,603 77
Highway Betterment Assessments
6,086 90
Highways :-
Construction
9,273 57
Maintenance
23,388 38
Paved Gutters and Crossings
451 72
Paving Broadway, Bow and Streets
Suminer
466 95
Removing Brown-tail Moths Watering Streets .
541 74
Inspection of Buildings
51 00
Interest
12,381 19
Metered Water Charges
15,524 02
Overlay and Abatement .
70 55
Police
5,655 27
Public Buildings Construction :-
Engine House in Ward Two
309 00
Historical Building and Observatory,
Prospect Hill
253 50
Public Buildings Maintenance :-
Armory
810 22
City Hall Annex
7.00
Fire Department
2 85
Health Department
65 00
Highways
240 00
Police
450 00
Schoolhouses
124 88
Support of Poor
420 00
Public Grounds
1,258 30
Public Library
5,096 70
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Art
160 00
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Poetry
40 00
Real Estate Liens
409 24
Reduction Funded Debt
4,041 25
School Contingent
160 00
Sealer Weights and Measures
410 04
Sewer Assessments
3,742 77
Sewers Construction
274 52
Amount carried forward
$298,350 62
.
118 00
·
.
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$298,350 62
Sewers Maintenance
328 37
Sidewalk Assessments
11,277 43
Sidewalks Construction
188 41
Sidewalks Maintenance
221 30
Soldiers' Relief .
144 00
State Aid
34 50
Sundry Persons
50 00
Support of Poor, City Home .
3,724 74
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
3,088 98
Taxes
1,116,347 33
Temporary Loans
730,000 00
Water Maintenance
19,496 14
Water Service Assessments
3,537 40
Water Works Extension
162 95
Water Works Income
201,368 96
Water Works, Abatements on Water
21 75
$2,388,342 88
City Auditor.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904
$750 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 9 61
$740 39
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Charles S. Robertson, salary as auditor
$700 00
disbursements
23
Thomas Groom & Co., books and sta- tionery
10 75
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., hand stamps,
29 41
$740 39
City Clerk.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904
$6,100 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
26 55
$6,073 45
Receipts :-
Cash, received of George I. Vincent, City Clerk :-
Recording mortgages .
$507 50
Dog licenses
376 20
Marriage certificates
352 00
Licenses for billiards and pool .
114 00
Licenses for amusements
75 00
. Licenses for street musicians
19 00
Copies of records
53 50
Junk licenses
355 00
Licenses for slaughtering
5 00
Licenses for private detectives
20 00
Liquor licenses
35 00
Licenses for sale of fireworks
57 00
Licenses for intelligence offices
28 00
Amounts carried forward
$1,997 20
$6,073 45
Charges
58
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$1,997 20
$6,073 45
Auctioneers' licenses
48 00
Junk badges
1 30
Interest on deposits
12 27
2,058 77
Stock and labor billed other departments :-
Election Expenses, City Clerk .
·
40 00
$8,172 22
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid George I. Vincent, salary as city clerk
$2,700 00
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
426 60
Alice M. Vincent, third assistant .
511 22
Mabel M. Ham, fourth assistant
107 38
Charles E. Davis, census of births
58 40
Seth Mason, census of births
58 10
Elizabeth S. Webster, census of births
56 20
Mary E. Lyman, census of births
30 60
Clara Z. Elliot, census of births
21 60
Sundry persons, return of births
358 00
Sundry undertakers, reporting deaths
307 25
Duren & Kendall, typewriter supplies
12 00
Thorpe & Martin Co., repairing type- writer
11 06
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., supplies .
10 14
Oliver Typewriter Co., typewriter
124 00
John Underwood & Co., typewriter ribbons
7 50
Allen, Doane & Co., badges
3 40
John Donnelly & Sons, posting
3 00
McGrath & Woodley, stationery
90 25
S. Ward Co., stationery
97 69
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
64 50
Somerville Journal Co., printing
122 00
Webcowit Press, printing .
15 00
Wesley A. Maynard, printing
27 00
E. W. Doyle, printing
11 50
Writer Publishing Co., book
1 00
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory
3 50
Sampson & Murdock Co., directory
5 00
Hobbs & Warren Co., mortgage blanks .
1 62
T. H. Ball, mortgage blanks
2 27
Heliotype Printing Co., maps
40 00
Carter's Ink Co., ink
11 26
Macey-Wernicke Co., cards
9 00
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., index cards
20 23
Robert S. Robson, stamp
35
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
88 20
Somerville Post-office, postage
32 00
American Express Co., expressing
17 60
Bancroft's Express, expressing
3 15
Glines & Co., expressing
50
Gilman Express Co., expressing
15
$8,172 22
disbursements 1 00
.
.
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City Engineer.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 .
$11,900 00
Amounts transferred and unused :---
Public Grounds account, amount trans- ferred ·
$421 87
Sewers Maintenance account, amount trans- ferred
180 95
602 82
$11,297 18
Receipts :-
Cash, received of George H. Allen, et al., plan ·
$20 00
Abutters on Holyoke road, plan
8 00
Milton street, plan
5 00
Glendale avenue, plan
5 00
Richardson street, plan
5 00
Farragut avenue, plan
5 00
Prichard avenue, plan
8 00
Waterhouse street, plan
5 00
Heath street, plan
5 00
Ossipee road, plan
5 00
Moreland street, plan
8 00
Josephine avenue, plan
10 00
Malvern avenue, plan
5 00
Yorktown street, plan .
5 00
Hawthorne street, plan
5 00
104 00
$11,401 18
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Ernest W. Bailey, salary as city engineer
$2,800 00
Engineer's assistants
7,818 33
Engineer's assistants, carfares .
188 40
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
38 55
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., stationery .
67 89
W. S. Greenough & Co., stationery
80
M. L. Vinal, stationery
20
A. C. Libby & Sons, stationery
18 00
George W. Butters, stationery .
50
M. T. Bird. & Co., stationery
11 65
Library Bureau, cards
1 00
L. E. Clayton, cloth
1 60
J. H. Brooks, cotton
1 60
Jim Hodder & Brothers, brush and comb
1 00
Carter's Ink Co., typewriter supplies
3 50
C. E. Bray, disbursements
1 50
George O. W. Servis, photographs .
2 00
G. G. Ledder, repairing transit
46 30
Frost & Adams Co., supplies
3 00
H. C. Dimond & Co., type and postage
1 34
W. P. Rice, stakes
20 00
Boston & Maine Railroad Co., engineer- ing services
190 53
Amount carried forward
$11,217 49
60
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$11,217 49
Municipal Journal Publishing Co., sub- scription 3 00
Whitney & Snow, hardware 29 39
The Sprague & Hathaway Co .; frame 3 60
Josiah Cummings & Son, bag
5 00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service .
87 87
Somerville Post-office, postage . +
18 50
Thorpe's Express, expressing ·
45
$11,365 30
Sewers Maintenance account, setting stone bounds .
35 88
$11,401 18
City Messenger.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 .
$2,300 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
27 64
$2,272 36
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Jairus Mann, salary as city mes- senger
$1,500 00
disbursements 13 50
296 75
C. L. Underhill, repairing buggy 19 00
4 75
I. B. Walker, horseshoeing
80
D. J. Bennett, harness work
18 25
Henderson Brothers, carriage
250 00
Jackson Caldwell & Co., sleigh .
30 00
L. H. Brown, carriage hire
2 00
Morgan & Bond, horse blanket
5 00
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
2 50
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
11 81
Charles L. Ellis, cash paid for assistance
7 00
$2,272 36
City Solicitor.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 .
$2,300 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 88 39
$2,211 61
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Frank W. Kaan, salary as city solicitor
$1,800 00
office rent 150 00
disbursements 100 56
100 00
Dennis Kelley, salary as claim agent disbursements .
.
48 05
Benjamin F. Freeman, photographs .
13 00
·
.
$2,211 61
S. C. & A. L. Jameson, board of horse
William Buckley, horseshoeing
61
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City Treasurer.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 .
$9,500 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 270 98
$9,229 02
Receipts :-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, fees for collecting Na-
tional Bank tax
13 98
Cash, received of sundry persons, costs on taxes and
assessments
-
4,855 36
$14,098 36
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid James F. Beard, salary as city . treasurer
$3,000 00
1,350 00
Charles L. Ellis, deputy collector of taxes disbursements
20 10
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
236 01
Susan L. Briggs, clerical services
308 01
Lilla A. Johnson, clerical services
148 00
Inez M. Felt, clerical services
110 67
Mary F. Osborne, clerical services
32 00
Malcolm E. Sturtevant, fees for collecting delinquent taxes . · .
617 86
Charles E. Davis, fees for collecting de- linquent taxes .
529 50
Theodore H. Locke, fees for collecting delinquent taxes ·
244 00
F. W. Hopkins, fees for collecting de- linquent taxes · .
224 50
John J. Kenney, fees for collecting de- linquent taxes
6 75
John M. Driscoll, fees for collecting de- linquent taxes
1 00
James Watters, fees for collecting delin- quent taxes .
50
Somerville National Bank, clearing house charges .
5 46
National Security Bank, clearing house charges
1 19
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
272 95
McGrath & Woodley, stationery
24 00
Somerville Journal Co., printing, adver- tising, etc.
2,289 14
Webcowit Press, printing
450 75
W. A. Greenough & Co., directories
7 00
Sampson, Murdock & Co., directories
12 50
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
96 11
Walter B. Manny, adding machine
376 55
American Surety Co. of New York,
treasurer's bond
160 00
Amount carried forward
$13,324 55
Winnifred P. Briggs, clerical services
.
62
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$13,324 55
Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., cleaning time lock
15 00
George A. Smith; sharpening erasers 50
Somerville Post-office, postage
385 90
Outlook Envelope Co., envelopes
103 17
H. D. Padelford, stamps .
10 00
George O. W. Servis, photographs
1 25
Forbes Lithograph Mfg. Co., engraving bonds
110 00
J. C. Hall Co., checks .
115 20
The Carter's Ink Co., ink .
2 25
H. C. Dimond & Co., type
79
Edwin O. Childs, Registrar, documents
recording
27 85
American Express Co., expressing
55
E. R. Perham, expressing
1 35
$14,098 36
Clerk of Committees and Departments.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 . .
$4,400 00-
DEBIT.
(Expenditures.)
Cash, paid William P. Mitchell, salary as
$2,000 00
clerk of committees and departments disbursements
7 00
Howard E. Wemyss, assistant disbursements
98
Lucia A. Manning, assistant
600 00
Nannee M. Sargent, assistant
391 10
Bessie L. L. Crosby, assistant
108 90
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
63 95
Thorpe & Martin Co., stationery
20 37
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., supplies
59 55
Somerville Journal Co., printing
67 25
Webcowit Press, printing
7 75
W. A. Maynard, printing
7 50
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory
50
Seaver-Radford Co., directory .
5 00
Somerville Post-office, postage
56 75
A. G. Renner, expressing .
40
$4,400 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
CREDIT.
State Tax ·
$44,000 00
National Bank Tax .
1,396 64
Armory Loan Sinking Fund, 1904
·
$1,690 03
Interest on, 1904
2,300 10
3,990 13
Amount carried forward
$49,386 77
.
.
.
.
.
1,000 00
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Amount brought forward
$49,386 77
Metropolitan Parks Loan Sinking Fund, 1904
$5,421 53
Interest on Parks, 1904 9,092 37
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