Report of the city of Somerville 1904, Part 6

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


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State Board of Health, culture outfits


18 00


City of Boston, care of patient .


26 00


City of Brockton, care of patient


25 00


City of Cambridge, care of patients .


566 37


A. E. Mann, coffin and box


15 00


Mrs. H. W. Coaker, care of Jessie Camp- bell


60 00


H. A. French, groceries


1 92


Proctor Brothers, hay and grain


4,917 79


H. O. Austin, harness work


23 95


D. J. Bennett, harness work


770 43


J. H. Edwards, horseshoeing


64 00


P. J. Kinneen, horseshoeing


1 75


George McDormand, horseshoeing


145 38


Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing .


194 39


I. L. Roberts, horseshoeing


34 00


I. B. Walker, horseshoeing


262 83


William Buckley, horseshoeing


3 66


George W. Ladd, horseshoeing


57 35


John B. Rufer, clipping horse .


2 00


Allan Coughlan, wagon repairs


7 80


Hale & Mayhew Co., wagon repairs


551 80


John H. Atkinson, wagon repairs


13 00


J. A. Kiley, wagon repairs


3 50


L. A. Wright, wagon repairs


15 60


Charles R. Simpson, veterinary services .


108 75


Welch & Hall, horses


580 90


Melrose Club Stable, horse


187 50


H. K. Lyman, bay horse .


290 00


Boston Horse Mart, horses


485 00


H. E. Bowman, horse medicine


10 63


Whitney & Snow, hardware


59 55


J. A. Durell, hardware


86 11


R. T. Brown & Co., hardware .


2 00


C. L. Underhill, repairing tools


55 80


Charles H. Cutter, repairing motor .


3 00


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


20 50


11 00


Somerville Post-office, postage . rent of box


5 00


Amount carried forward


$47,541 33


$5,341 46


78


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$47,541 33


The Sanitarian, subscription


4 00


Library Bureau, card index


3 50


Somerville Journal Co., printing


161 50


W. L. Clough & Son, printing .


8 25


Wesley A. Maynard, advertising


14 75


C. Brewer Smith, advertising


31 35


Cambridge Ice Co., ice


19 42


John Fisher & Co., offal tubs


10 80


T. E. Littlefield, posts


2 55


Somerville Iron Foundry, pattern and casting


1 97


Arthur C. Gordon, signs


12 00


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire


85 00


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


106 98


T. Allen, teaming


202 50


Jerry Buttimer, teaming


141 50


W. J. McCarthy, teaming .


179 75


American Express Co., expressing


8 70


E. R. Perham, expressing


15


$48,536 00


Highways Maintenance account, repairing driveway


154 98


$48,690 98


Highway Betterment Assessments.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of sundry persons


$6,086 90


Balance to debit of account, 1905


2,305 44


$8,392 34


DEBIT.


Balance from 1903


$5,019 57


Highways Construction, assessments


as follows :-


Bowdoin street


$68 33


Charles street


66 80


Packard avenue .


1,560 50


Line street


335 26


Eastman terrace


214 48


Glendale avenue .


505 50


Holyoke road


552 15


Hillside park


69 75


3,372 77


$8,392 34


Highways, Construction.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1903


$234 48


Appropriations, from Funded Debt, 1904 .


10,000 00


Sewers Construction account, amount transferred


5,000 00


Amount carried forward


$15,234 48


levied


79


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward $15,234 48 Stock and labor billed other departments :-


9,123 57 Highways Maintenance account, stone . Receipts :- Cash, received of


Commonwealth of Massachusetts,


150 00 damages . . Charged to Highway Betterment Assessments, assessments levied


3,372 77


$27,880 82


Balance of account unused, carried to 1905 2,518 84


$25,361 98


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers


$10,670 25


Thomas Groom & Co., books


10 25


A. J. Whittemore, photographs


12 00


Middlesex Registry of Deeds, recording documents


28 70


Somerville Journal Co., advertising


67 92


Wesley A. Maynard, advertising


79 00


George H. Sampson Co., powder


2 75


Laflin, Rand Powder Co., powder


11 50


Frank Hervey, dynamite


70 26


George F. McKenna, teaming


40 50


A. M. Prescott, teaming


40 50


George W. Prichard, teaming


18 00


J. H. Fannon, teaming


45 00


Jerry Buttimer, teaming


36 00


John F. Elkins, teaming


40 50


Oliver Ames, et al., settlement of claim


150 00


Chetham Parks, settlement of suit . 45 40


Florence O. Shepard, et al., settlement of suit


153 29


Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel .


262 97


William J. McCarthy, stone


429 80


$12,220 75


Highways Maintenance account, city teams,


etc. ·


13,141 23


$25,361 98


Highways, Maintenance.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 .


$5,375 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


6,405 77


$11,780 77


Commonwealth of Massachusetts :-


Street Railway Tax


$43,655 40


Boston Elevated Railway Tax . 7,965 91


51,621 31


Amount carried forward


$63,402 08


T. E. Littlefield, lumber


; 16


80


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward Receipts :-


Cash, received of Edward Glines, teaming


coal to relief stations


$63 20


T. Allen, ballast, etc.


11 03


L. W. Bowen, stone


3 15


Town of Arlington, stone


3 75


J. H. Fannon, horse, etc.


41 50


George F. McKenna, horse


55 00


Howard Wade, crushed stone


3 50


Simpson Brothers Corporation, crushed stone .


49 00


Alexander Duncan, crushed stone


13 20


William J. McCarthy, stone


503 91


Cambridge Gas Light Co., crushed stone,


1 50


Trustees Tufts College, crushed stone


26 93


Frank L. Morse, driveway


4 50


Derby Desk Co., crushed stone


2 09


A. W. Hall, harness


8 00


A. M. Prescott, horse


50 00


City of Cambridge, use of roller


20 00


Isaac Sexton, labor


7 50


Edison Electric Illuminating Co., labor .


35 80


M. W. Carr, ashes


18 70


E. McDonald, driveway


11 88


John E. Kauler, ashes


2 50


Joseph Gridley, discontinuing driveway


9 19


John Cooper, labor


10 00


S. W. Armstrong, labor


4 25


E. Floyd DeWitt, labor


4 50


J. Warren Bailey, labor


15 70


J. W. Howard, discontinuing driveway


4 50


Michael Gavin, driveway


21 50


Jesse S. Newcomb, crushed stone


1 48


Thomas F. Reardon, driveway


15 75


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., labor ·


31 57


Mrs. E. P. Carr, crushed stone .


2 75


Julia A. Record, driveway .


25 74


Walter L. Holmes, driveway


5 00


Michael Driscoll, widening driveway


4 75


Eugene Carr, driveway


5 00


Hattie C. Wheat, driveway


11 94


Thomas W. Sutherland, labor


4 50


F. A. Weeks, labor


10 00


Biller Brothers, labor


5 00


Frank A. Teele, driveway


20 47


Stock and labor billed other departments :- Highways Construction account, city teams ·


$13,141 23


Highways, Removing Brown-tail Moths account, labor . . .


3,087 60


Sidewalks Construction account, city


teams


2,169 95


Highways, Watering Streets account, ·


labor


8 40


Sidewalks


Maintenance .


account, city


988 02


Amounts carried forward


$19,395 20


$64,552 31


$63,402 08


1,150 23


teams · ·


.


.


.


81


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward .


$19,395 20


$64,552 31


Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings account, city teams .


2,112 86


Public Grounds account, labor .


154 73


Highways, Shade Trees account, city


68 60


Highways,


teams


18 20


Health Department account, repairs ·


154 98


Sewers Construction account, labor .


118 13


Sewers Maintenance account, labor .


30 00


Highways, Paving Broadway, Bow and


185 45


22,238 15


$86,790 46


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers . · ·


$52,281 65


John P. Prichard, salary as superintend- ent of streets .


241 38


Asa B. Prichard, salary as superintend- ent of streets


1,253 75


disbursements


4 99


. Eugene Mead, board of superintendent's horse


262 50


Jeremiah Buttimer, stone


142 41


E. H. Bennett, stone


5 01


James Barr, stone


57 00


C. W. Dolloff, stone


·


198 60


Dave Evans, stone


99 99


George W. Holden, stone


51 12


Michael Kelley, stone


70 86


A. H. Kennedy, stone


16 26


William Lonergan, stone


11 31


S. & R. J. Lombard, edgestones


961 43


William H. Lenox, stone


306 18


P. J. Lennon, stone


59 49


William J. McCarthy, stone


2,204 02


Herbert Nicoll, stone


133 65


H. A. Saunders, stone


9 30


Fred Shumacher, stone


66 42


Waltham Trap Rock Co., stone


204 43


Richard Falvey, teaming stone .


67 50


George W. Prichard, teaming stone


83 25


D. W. Smith, teaming stone


31 50


F. C. Ayer, lumber


325 54


A. M. Wood Co., lumber


269 01


John M. Woods & Co., lumber


94 39


George W. Gale Lumber Co., lumber S. W. Fuller, lumber


168 25


T. E. Littlefield, lumber


2 88


Davenport-Brown Co., sawing signs


1 25


Carlisle Ayer Co., sash


75


Lord & Webster, hay and grain


1,340 01


Nathan Tufts & Sons, hay and grain


3,605 70


Gilmore, Smith & Co., hay and grain


1,970 46


Morgan & Bond, harness work


938 19


Amount carried forward


$67,565 74


·


15 56


J. F. Dwyer, stone


.


9 75


teams Tree Guards account, city


Summer Streets account, labor


82


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$67,565 74


D. J. Bennett, harness work 9 50


Henry S. Harris' Sons, harnesses, etc. 94 90


W. H. Hitchings, veterinary services


180 00


Cooper Brothers, horses


725 00


Welch & Hall, horses


500 00


J. E. Richardson, horse


125 00


George McDormand, horseshoeing 15 03


Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing


136 88


George W. Ladd, horseshoeing


65


Henderson Brothers, pung.


35 00


A. Taylor, wagon


26 00


Perrin, Seamans & Co., street cleaner,


etc. 78 00


Charles E. Berry, springs .


7 25


Brinley, Smith & Co., springs, etc.


64 58


Buffalo Steam Roller Co., repairing road machines 242 20


L. F. Bryant, repairing road machines .


4 00


Barbour-Stockwell Co., repairing road machines 25 30


Chandler & Farquhar Co., repairing road machines 16 00


Walter W. Field, repairing road machines,


112 79


Taylor Iron & Steel Co., repairing road machines 226 30


Hale & Mayhew Co., repairing wagons 87 51


I. B. Walker, repairing wagons


9 33


D. McDonald, repairing wagons


24 95


Joseph Palmer, repairing wagons 13 97


58 05


Good Roads Machinery Co., repairing wagons


24 80


William J. McCarthy, repairing wagons . ·


10 00


Boston Broom Co., brooms and repairing


107 00


T. A. Cunningham, brushes


95


New England Broom Co., brooms and repairing 42 50


Dennison-Estabrook Co., brooms


12 00


Ames Plow Co., plows


72 18


Murphy Varnish Co., paint


57 30


I. H. Wiley & Co., paint


71 45


Cling Surface Mfg. Co., Cling Surface


3 50


E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware


203 63


Underhill Hardware Co., hardware .


144 80


Whitney & Snow, hardware


244 30


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware


56 10


Dodge, Haley & Co., tools, etc.


764 42


Colonial Supply Co., tools 110 24


5 65


Butler Mill Supply Agency, bolts and rivets .


2 72


Boston Bolt Co., bolts


7 50


Osgood & Witherly, wheel yoke, etc.


12 00


Boston Belting Co., belting


25 00


H. C. Boardman, rivets, etc.


1 50


American Road Roller Co., chain and wheel .


·


. 13 85


Edson Mfg. Co., new gear and chains


28 13


Armstrong Brothers, soil pipe . ·


12 25


Amount carried forward


$72.415 70


·


.


William J. Wiley, tools


.


L. A. Wright, repairing wagons


83


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$72,415 70


Winchester Tar Disinfectant Co., disin-


fectant 7 25


Frank Hervey, Forcite, etc.


126 41


Laflin, Rand Powder Co., powder and


fuse


25 18


Thomas Hollis Co., drugs


20 40


R. P. Hoagland Drug Co., lead and bronze


16 50


Carr Chemical Co., sponges


2 10


D. A. McKay, salt, etc.


3 29


J. P. Squire & Co., salt


4 12


Anti-Friction Grease Co., axle grease


10 00


T. A. Sallaway, oil, lead, etc.


22 51


Charles A. Claflin & Co., oil and lacing


46 72


P. Sutherland & Co., oil


29 90


Valvoline Oil Co., oil .


52 15


Bowker Insecticide Co., oil


1 00


Braman, Dow & Co., waste


36 16


Converse W. Shedd, telephone fectant


disin-


50


Union Glass Co., lantern globes


20 10


Thomas Groom & Co., books .


31 50


A. C. Libby & Son, stationery .


22 13


H. H. I. Smith, stationery


2 79


H. L. McPherson, stationery


4 95


Middlesex Registry of Deeds, recording .


6 30


Somerville Post-office, postage


11 00


A. J. Whittemore, photographs


3 00


B. F. Freeman, photographs


7 00


George O. W. Servis, photographs .


9 75


G. W. Whittemore, photographs


2 70


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service .


76 73


Somerville Journal Co., printing and sta- tionery


65 00


T. O'Keefe, sand


26 25


Jeremiah Buttimer, sand


137 25


T. Allen, gravel


245 72


J. H. Fannon, gravel .


169 74


Waldo Brothers, fire clay


29 40


Highland Coal Co., lime


24 80


W. B. Mullen, gravel .


831 35


H. J. Green, gravel


61 00


W. F. Bennett, gravel


558 25


M. A. Simpson, sand .


111 00


M. W. Carr & Co., sand


155 00


W. G. Nash, cement


2 00


National Seed Supply Co., rose bushes


3 00


J. W. Howard, plants, etc.


55


George F. Hurn & Co., rakes


3 15


Ashton Valve Co., valves .


28 72


Roberts Iron Works Co., plates


12 62


Jameson Brothers, carriage hire


24 00


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire


12 (


George E. Ricker, refreshments


. 00


Jairus Mann, disbursements


2 00


Oliver White & Co., netting


29 20


O. B. Colley, lawn mower .


3 50


Warren Brothers Co., sprinklers and tar,


14 00


Amount carried forward


$75,620 34


.


84.


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward . $75,620 34


H. M. Hillson & Co., pails 3 50


Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., hose, 47 14


R. W. Doe, barrels 31 45


Chase, Parker & Co., couplings


·


11 30


J. H. Carleton, repairing stove . .


2 00


Priest, Page & Co., repairing scale .


1 20


David Skinner, repairing clock . 1 00


1,214 20


Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co., insurance 50 00


Portland Stone Ware Co., vase, etc. 7 36


Ham & Carter Co., bricks 2 25


J. F. Elkins, teaming . 58 50


75


G. W. Lerned Co., disinfectant


4 50


Time Mfg. Co., rubber coating .


5 25


L. Eidelman, cotton cloth .


1 50


E. F. Hicks, refreshments .


18 00


E. R. Perham, expressing .


1 95


American Express Co., expressing


1 60


Glines & Co., expressing ·


50


D. & W. Somerville Express Co., pressing .


ex-


45


$77,086 44


Highways Construction account, stone


9,123 57


Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings account, stone .


331 25


Highways, Paving Broadway, Bow and Summer Streets account, round stone .


5 00


Sidewalks Construction account, labor 4 25


Sidewalks Maintenance account, bricks


32 80


Water Maintenance account, pipe and labor


207 15


$86,790 46


Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Funded Debt, 1904 $14,000 00


Balance to debit of account, 1905 . 2,062 41


$16,062 41


Stock and labor billed other departments :- Highways Maintenance account, stone and paving blocks


$331 25


Highways, Paving Broadway, Bow and Summer Streets account, blocks .


102 80


Sidewalks Construction account, bricks ·


17 67


451 72


$16,514 .13


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers


Thomas Groom & Co., ledger . . $7,836 93


5 00


Amount carried forward


$7,841 93


.


1 70


H. Wood, repairing tools .


Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel


David O'Keefe, horseshoeing


.


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward $7,841 93


J. H. Fannon, teaming stone 9 00


T. H. Gill & Co., paving blocks 310 00 George M. Brush, paving blocks 3,137 58


C. W. Dolloff, paving blocks .


1,851 64


S. & R. J. Lombard, edgestones


700 32


F. C. Ayer, lumber ··


51 90


T. Allen, concreting crossings . 45 75


.


Highways Maintenance account, use of teams, etc.


2,112 86


Highways, Paving Broadway, Bow and


Summer Streets account, paving blocks, 453 15


$16,514 13


Highways, Paving Broadway, Bow and Summer Streets.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Funded Debt, 1904 $21,500 00


Balance to credit of account, 1905 . .


8,136 02


$13,363 98


Receipts :-


Cash, received of Warren Brothers Co., labor and use of city teams .


8 80


Stock and labor billed other departments :-


Highways Maintenance account, round stone .


$5 00


Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings ac-


count, paving blocks 453 15


458 15


$13,830 93


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers


$1,473 18


Ham & Carter, bricks


12 50


Warren Brothers Co., on account of contract


11,245 18


S. & R. J. Lombard, paving blocks .


328 62


C. W. Dolloff, paving blocks


35 30


Highways Maintenance account, city teams, Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings ac- count, paving blocks


102 80


Sewers Construction account, catch basins . Sewers Maintenance account, changing grades, etc.


125 47


180 50


Sidewalks Maintenance account, labor . Water Maintenance account, labor and materials


$13,094 78 185 45


10 00


131 93


$13,830 93


85


$13,948 12


86


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Highways, Removing Brown-tail Moths.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 .


$3,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 401 42


$3,401 42


Receipts :-


Cash, received of sundry persons, removing moths from trees


534 74


Stock and labor billed other departments:


Public Grounds account .


7 00


$3,943 16


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers .


$476 78


Charles I. Bucknam, services


300 00


Bowker Insecticide Co., mixture


8 25


Fellows & Co., poles .


6 00


S. H. Davis & Co., knives


2 00


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware


11 53


Underhill Hardware Co., hardware .


26 00


H. Wood, springs


3 00


Somerville Post-office, postage .


22 00


$855 56


Highways Maintenance account, use of city


teams, etc.


3,087 60


$3,943 16


Highways, Shade Trees.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 .


$500 00


Highways, Tree Guards account, amount transferred


250 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .


41 35


$791 35


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers


$395 50


William H. Flaherty, shade trees


157 00


Lesseur & Co., trees .


150 00


Belmont Hill Nurseries, trees


18 00


J. H. Fannon, hired team ·


2 25


$722 75


Highways Maintenance account, use of city teams


68 60


$791 35


.


.


87


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Highways, Thorndike Street Subway.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1903


$1,791 07


Balance to debit of account, 1903


565 53


$2,356 60


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Boston & Maine Railroad, on account of con- structing subway .


$2,356 60


Highways, Tree Guards.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 .


$1,000 00


Highways, Shade Trees account, amount transferred .


250 00


$750 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


36 80


$713 20


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


$359 50


Morse & White, netting


127 50


J. A. Durell, wire fencing, etc.


109 75


Sewall. & Day Cordage Co., sisal lath yarn . · .


1 86


F. C. Ayer, lumber


96 39


$695 00


Highways


Maintenance


account,


tree


18 20


$713 20


Highways, Watering Streets.


CREDIT.


Taxes, assessments levied


$20,914 68


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


40 71


$20,955 39


Receipts :-


Cash, received of abutters


$54 00


Sundry persons, insuring


64 00


118 00


$21,073 39


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers


$1,628 82


Charles I. Bucknam, overseeing


53 86


Amount carried forward


$1,682 68


·


.


guards


.


88


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$1,682 68


E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware 4 04


Underhill Hardware Co., hardware .


4 47


John M. Woods & Co., lumber


48 16


John M. Woods & Co., repairing carts


110 61


Hale & Mayhew Co., repairing carts


96 82


Joseph Palmer, repairing carts


81 21


I. B. Walker, repairing carts


.


82 21


L. A. Wright, repairing carts


16 20


Dodge, Haley & Co., repairing carts


83 69


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


1,397 89


A. M. Wood Co., tires


31 90


Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing


25 00


Charles S. Robertson, insurance


63 00


William F. Bennett, watering


446 94


Jeremiah Buttimer, watering


458 66


Cornelius R. Bowlby, watering


599 75


Edward F. Caldwell, watering


534 50


Jackson Caldwell, watering


531 00


Timothy F. Crimmings, watering


446 94


Ernest A. Dodge, watering


513 32


John F. Elkins, watering .


529 07


James H. Fannon, watering


516 82


Charles T. Garland, watering


571 75


William A. Hall, watering


603 25


William H. Libbey, watering


525 82


Howard Lowell & Son, watering


548 50


John A. Marsh, watering


564 25


Ellen McAvoy, watering


544 82


George F. McKenna, watering


603 25


Henry McAvoy, watering


378 82


Mark W. Patten, watering


525 45


J. A. Potter & Co., watering


469 16


George W. Prichard, watering


570 00


Albion M. Prescott, watering


617 25


Albert P. Rockwood, watering J. B. Rufer & Co., watering


553 75


Mary J. Shean, watering


553 75


David M. Smith, watering


532 75


Ralph M. Sturtevant, watering


545 00


Suburban Coal Co., watering


543 25


Frank A. Teele, watering .


554 84


Delia Wilson, watering


522 13


Thomas Walsh, watering


504 63


Edwin E. Whitehouse, watering


527 50


Aunita N. Fales, clerical services


75 99


Effie M. Fife, clerical services


16 00


S. Ward Co., books and'stationery


28 25


Somerville Journal Co., printing


5 50


Charles F. Mills, carpentering .


39 00


$20,902 04


Highways Maintenance Account, use of city teams


· Water Works Extension account, water


·


8 40


posts


. 162 95


$21,073 39


555 50


James H. Thompson, watering


517 00


89


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Inspection of Buildings.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 .


$4,100 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 42 75


$4,057 25


Receipts :--


Cash, received of Walter T. Littlefield,


plumbers' licenses


$50 50 50


damage to furniture ·


51 00


$4,108 25


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Walter T. Littlefield, salary as commissioner of public buildings .


$1,899 96


George H. Galpin, assistant to commis- sioner of public buildings


799 92


Duncan C. Greene, inspector of plumb- ing


1,200 00


Thomas Groom & Co., books and sta- tionery


5 25


A. C. Libbey & Sons, stationery


3 08


S. Ward & Co., stationery


25 36


Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., supplies,


1 50


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .


3 50


Somerville Journal Co., printing


78 60


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


73 98


William S. Howe, solder


1 00


William J. Hanson, solder, etc.


5 35


Wadsworth, Howland & Co., supplies


2 05


B. L. Makepeace, photographs .


1 20


George O. W. Servis, photographs .


7 50


$4,108 25


Interest.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 .


$53,500 00


Water Works Income, amount transferred .


7,705 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


1,791 64


Receipts :-


Cash, received of sundry persons


12,381 19


$71,794 55


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Coupons maturing April 1, 1904,


$2,000 00


Coupons maturing July 1, 1904, 24,652 50 ·


Amount carried forward


$26,652 50


1


·


$61,205 00


$59,413 36


90


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward $26,652 50


Coupons maturing Oct. 1, 1904, 2,000 00


Coupons maturing Jan. 1, 1905, 25,115 00


$53,767 50


Cash, paid interest on tem- porary loans :-


On Note No. 545, $85,000, nine months, at 4.6 per cent.


$2,932 50


.On Note No. 554, $15,000, seven months, at 412 per


cent. 393 75


On Note No. 569, $50,000, nine months, at 4.38 per cent. (discount) On Notes Nos. 573, 574, and


1.642 50


575, $25,000 each, ten months, one day (dis- count), at 4.05 per cent.


2,539 67


On Note No. 576, $25,000, ten months, one day (dis- count), at 4.05 per cent. 846 56


2,450 00


225 00


358 23


400 00


200 00


1,599 68


On Notes Nos. 579, 580, 581, and 582, $25,000 each, four months, twenty-four days, at 3.03 per cent. On Note No. 572, $50,000, nine months, at 4.25 per cent.


1,220 41


1,593 75


On Notes Nos. 577 and 578, $50,000 each, six months, at 3.25 per cent. 1,625 00


18,027 05


$71,794 55


Metered Water Charges.


CREDIT.


Water Works, Abatements on Water Charges account, abatements


$4 20


. Receipts :-


15,534 24


Cash, received of sundry water takers


$15,538 44


DEBIT.


Balance from 1903


.


$15,538 44


On Note No. 562, $100,000, six months. at 4.9 per cent. On Note No. 563, $10,000, six months, at 4.5 per cent. On Note No. 564. $15,000, six months. at 4.75 per cent. On Note No. 570, $20.000, six months, at 4 per cent., On Note No. 571, $10,000, six months, at 4 per cent. . On Note No. 568, $50,000, nine months, at 4.25 per cent.


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Military Aid.


CREDIT.


$1,000 00


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 .


76 81


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


$1,076 81


Receipts :-


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


1,076 87


$2,153 68


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid sundry persons as per pay-rolls .


$2,000 70


Worcester Insane Hospital, board . 42 71


Mass. State Sanatorium, board


110 27


$2,153 68


Overlay and Abatement.


CREDIT.


Taxes, amount of overlay from assessors' warrant


$20,298 46


Amount of assessors' supplementary warrants . 1,250 48


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


623 32


$22,172 26


DEBIT.


Balance from 1903


$1,934 13


Taxes, amount of abatements,


$20,255 54


(cash)


70 55


20,184 99


Cash, paid sundry persons, taxes refunded .


53 14


$22,172 26


Overplus on Tax Sales.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1903


$118 13


Balance to credit of account, 1905 .


$118 13


Police.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 . $33,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 12,573 79


$45,573 79


Receipts :-


Com. of Mass., corporation tax, 1903 $1,230 78


Com. of Mass., national bank tax, 1903 82 08


Com. of Mass., corporation tax, 1904


21,704 06


Com. of Mass., national bank tax, 1904


4,666 85


Amounts carried forward


$27,683 77


$45,573 79


DEBIT.


92


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $27,683 77 $45,573 79


Cash, received of John R. Fairbairn, Master of House of Correction, fines 656 00


Herbert A. Chapin, Clerk of the Courts, fines


3,531 00


Sundry persons, cloth for uniforms .


459 14


James F. Beard, witness fees


2 30


American Tube Works, police service during strike


1,001 25


33,333 46


$78,907 25


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Melville C. Parkhurst, chief


$1,900 00


lock-up keeper


100 00


Robert R. Perry, captain .


1,500 00


Lieutenants :-


Dennis Kelley .


1,350 00


Eugene A. Carter


1,350 00


Charles E. Woodman


1,350 00


Sergeants :--


Edward McGarr


1,200 00


George H. Carleton


1,200 00


Arthur E. Keating .


819 69


Eugene H. Gammon


1,107 60


James M. Harmon


1,153 80


Thomas Damery, inspector


1,150 00


Patrolmen :-


Phineas W. Skinner


1,113 00


Albion L. Staples


1,101 00


John E. Fuller


1,113 00


Edward M. Carter


1,140 00


George L. Smith


1,134 00


Francis A. Perkins


1,134 00


William H. Johnston


1,119 00


Jacob W. Skinner


1,134 00


Theodore E. Heron


1,077 00


David A. Bolton


1,134 00


Michael T. Kennedy


1,128 00


Ira S. Carleton


1,137 00


Charles W. Stevens




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