Report of the city of Somerville 1904, Part 4

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 496


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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


47


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


49


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


.


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


53


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


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


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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.


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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


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.


.


.


.


1,000 00


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63


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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