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2 30
Oscar W. Short, services .
18 00
James H. Chase, services .
15 00
W. H. P. Faunce, address .
50 00
Edward Cummings, address
25 00
Harriet E. Bean, address .
25 00
Hadley's Orchestra, music
260 00
Remington Typewriter Co., typewriters .
224 00
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., type-
writers
293 35
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
166 95
Amount carried forward
$26,221 55
.
.
.
122
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward . $26,221 55
American Express Co., expressing .
14 28
Gilman Express Co., expressing 2 70
London's Express Co., expressing .
12 15
Glines & Co., expressing .
43 12
E. R. Perham, expressing
3 65
Charles R. Taylor, expressing .
11 50
Thorpe's Express, expressing
2 30
$26,311 25
School Teachers' Salaries.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 .
.
$249,500 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
1,080 68
$250,580 68
DEBIT.
(Expenditures.)
Cash, paid salaries as per pay-rolls
$250,580 68
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 . .
$1,100 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
37 59
$1,062 41
Receipts :-
Cash, received of John H. Dusseault, fees . 410 04
$1,472 45
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid John H. Dusseault, salary sealer of weights and measures disbursements
as
$1,000 00
414 30
W. L. Clough & Son, printing .
6 75
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory
3 50
Somerville Journal Co., advertising .
7 00
A. C. Libbey & Sons, stationery
10 00
The Fairbanks Co., lead
1 20
R. Woodman Mfg. & Supply Co., lead seals .
15 45
Herman Strater & Sons, sealers, etc.
14 25
$1,472 45
Sewer Assessments.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
Cash, received of sundry persons . .
$3,742 77
Balance to debit of account, 1905 . .
6,271 17
$10,013 94
123
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
DEBIT.
Balance from 1903
. .
$4,839 77
Sewers Construction levied
account, assessments
5,174 17
$10,013 94
Sewers, Construction,
CREDIT.
Balance from 1903 ·
$1,374 58
Appropriations, from Funded Debt, 1904 .
25,000 00
Sewer Assessments account, assessments levied
5,174 17
Reduced by the following transfers :- Highways, Construction account .
$5,000 00
Fire Department, Combination Ladder
2,500 00
Public Buildings Construction, L. V. Bell School Fire Escapes account
1,500 00
9,000 00
$22,548 75
Balance of account unused, carried to 1905 .
6,747 08
$15,801 67
Stock and labor billed other departments :-
Sewers Maintenance account .
$91 52
Sidewalks Construction account
71 12
Public Grounds account .
8 88
Water Maintenance account
·
Bow and
10 00
274 52
$16,076 19
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid laborers .
$3,058 47
Charles A. Kelley, constructing sewer :-
Beacon street
172 76
Powder-House boulevard
479 99
North street and boulevard
681 86
William J. McCarthy, constructing
sewer :-
Packard avenue and Teele street .
87 55
Patrick Burke, constructing sewer :-
Ossipee road .
28 69
Ware street
·
188 06
Timothy F. Crimmings,
constructing
sewer :-
Middlesex avenue
.
Boston avenue
566 46
Line street
260 55
Richard Falvey, constructing sewer :- Lexington avenue
40 60
Amount carried forward
$6,296 05
.
.
93 00
Highways, Paving Broadway,
Summer Streets account
.
731 06
.
.
$31,548 75
Truck and Chemical Engine account
124
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$6,296 05
Webster avenue and Washington
street
453 62
Beacon street
314 02
Cameron avenue
391 44
Highland road
366 41
Pearson avenue
310 35
Bartholomew Burke, constructing
sewer :-
· Porter street 237 91
Russell road
320 62
Daniel A. Dorey, constructing sewer :-
Leland street and Dane avenue 805 00
New England Brick Co., bricks 112 00
M. A. Simpson, sand 18 00
Boston Elevated Railway Co., labor on catch basin 8 19
Somerville Iron Foundry, castings
733 96
Osgood & Witherly, castings 69 90
Barbour-Stockwell Co., traps
40 00
Thomas Groom & Co., books
13 75
A. E. Locke, receiver, bricks
478 40
Davenport-Brown Co., centres .
15 20
F. C. Ayer, lumber
34 31
Portland Stone Ware Co., pipe
893 70
Waldo Brothers, pipe
3,217 20
James Tevlin, use of teams
543 75
Boston & Maine Railroad Co., freight
60 00
Hemeon Brothers, building gate
4 90
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., rails
73 60
Somerville Journal Co., advertising
12 00
Webcowit Press, printing .
32 33
Edwin O. Childs, registrar, recording
7 95
$15,864 56
Highways Maintenance account, repairing
street
118 13
Water Maintenance account, pipe, etc. .
93 50
$16,076 19
Sewers, Maintenance.
CREDIT.
Water Works Income, amount appropriated
$11,800 00
City Engineer account, amount transferred . 180 95
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 189 67
$12,170 62
Receipts :-
Cash, received of M. W. Carr & Co., bricks, etc.
$34 38
I. B. Walker, hose
30 00
Somerville Iron Foundry, old iron .
7 55
71 93
Stock and labor billed other departments :-
City Engineer account $35 88
Highways, Paving Broadway, Bow and
Summer Streets account
125 47
Amounts carried forward
$161 35
$12,242 55
.
.
125
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward .
$161 35
$12,242 55
Public Grounds account . 4 52
Support of Poor, City Home account .
19 68
Water Maintenance account .
.
220 31
$12,462 86. .
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid laborers
$7,348 32
Charles E. Berry, labor
4 30
Davenport-Brown Co., lumber
45
F. C. Ayer, lumber
24 24
Boston Coupling Co., hose
135 00
The Cornelius Callahan Co., hose
6 25
Boston Belting Co., disc
4 80
T. F. Crimmings, cement
10 50
M. A. Simpson, sand .
10 00
Waldo Brothers, lime and cement
51 89
W. F. Bennett, gravel
2 25
Eastern Salt Co., salt .
6 80
F. O'Brion, salt
1 70
A. Goldstein, rubber boots and repairing,
10 70
Breen Brothers, boots
25 38
David H. Hyde, rubber boots
25 50
Pinkham's Shoe Store, rubber boots
4 75
Riverside Trunk Co., oil suits
$72 26
36 13
36 13
Thomas Groom & Co., books
13 50
Suburban Coal Co., coal
27 10
Highland Coal Co., pipe
2 36
New England Brick Co., bricks
45 60
A. E. Locke, receiver, bricks
164 80
George L. Reed, agent, rent of course
300 00
Hemeon Brothers, building boat
5 25
Somerville Iron Foundry, castings
.
105 36
Osgood & Witherly, castings
41 70
William S. Howe, bolts
12
James Tevlin, teaming
3,195 76
S. H. Thompson, lunch
5 00
Mrs. A. H. Wood, repairing flag
1 00
I. B. Walker, tools and repairing
14 90
T. J. Walsh, repairing
5 00
Whitney & Snow, hardware
123 13
E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware
1 75
Underhill Hardware Co., hardware .
6 00
H. Wood, repairing
2 95
C. L. Underhill, repairing tools
33 30
J. E. Gallagher, sharpening tools
2 40
Martin & Hughes, sharpening saw .
1 30
William G. Martin, keys and repairing
70
A. R. Hyde, repairing
2 10
F. W. Farrar, repairing clock .
2 00
Simpson Brothers Corporation, repair- ing sidewalk
27 60
Jere. Donovan, repairing sewer
10 00
M. Buttimer, repairing drain
113 14
Amount carried forward
$11,962 78
water
.
.
34 76
126
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
Alvah C. Stone, paint .
$11,962 78 6 00
Michael W. Hefferan, settlement of suit,
300 00
Perrin, Seamans & Co., couplings and pipe .
21 78
Herbert I. Laighton, disbursements ·
4 00
E. W. Danforth, disbursements
16 40
Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire
8 00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
21 48
Glines & Co., expressing
15
E. R. Perham, expressing .
15
Gilman Express, expressing
60
$12,341 34
Highways, Maintenance account, repairing sidewalk
30 00
Sewers Construction account, pipe
91 52
$12,462 86
Sidewalk Assessments.
CREDIT.
Balance of account carried to 1905 .
$6,009 18
Receipts :-
Cash, received of sundry persons
11,277 43
$17,286 61
DEBIT.
Balance from 1903
$4,508 32
Sidewalks Construction
account, assess-
ments levied ·
12,778 29
$17,286 61
Sidewalks, Construction.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Funded Debt, 1904
$10,000 00
Balance of account carried to 1905 .
2,825 45
$12,825 45
Sidewalk Assessments account, assessments levied 12,778 29
Receipts :-
Cash, received of Charles Evans, bricks $26 50
Katie M. Grimmons, sidewalk . 29 07
D. P. Page, sidewalk . 35 92
Christopher T. McGrath, sidewalk
31 25
George S. Smith, sidewalk
28 00
Harvey D. McGray, granolithic
28 58
Herbert I. Laighton, edgestones
4 84
Stock and labor billed other departments :- Highways Maintenance account .
184 16
4 25
$25,792 15
.
.
.
$25,603 74
.
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
127
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid laborers
$7,858 28
Ham & Carter Co., bricks
2,374 13
S. & R. J. Lombard, edgestones
13,113 07
Portland Stone Ware Co., tiles
14 30
William J. McCarthy, dust
12 83
T. Allen, granolithic
131 50
City of Medford, bricks
19 20
Robert E. Whittle, allowance on grano- lithic walk
10 10
$23,533 41
Highways Maintenance account, city teams,
2,169 95
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings ac- count, bricks ·
17 67
Sewers Construction account, edgestones
71 12
$25,792 15
Sidewalks, Maintenance.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 . ·
$6,000 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
416 32
$6,416 32
Receipts :-
Cash, received of Emma T. Whitney, repairing
8 00
Stock and labor billed other departments :-
Highways Maintenance account .
$32 80
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings ac- count
164 25
Highways, Paving Broadway,
Bow and
.
213 30
$6,637 62
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid laborers
$4,991 30
William J. McCarthy, crushed stone
6 73
Thomas Groom & Co., books
17 00
W. L. Waugh, stakes .
17 38
A. E. Locke, receiver New England Brick Co., bricks
43 75
Estate Thomas Casey, bricks
·
84 00
Ham & Carter Co., bricks
485 64
J. H. Fannon, repairing concrete
3 80
$5,649 60
Highways Maintenance account, use of city teams
988 02
$6,637 62.
Summer Streets account
16 25
.
128
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Soldiers' Burials.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, soldiers' burials $490 00
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid John Bryant's Sons, services as undertakers
$35 00
F. M. Wilson, services as undertaker 140 00
A. E. Mann, services as undertaker . 70 00
Mrs. Samuel G. Smith & Co., services as undertakers 35 00
W. A. Frink, services as undertaker
70 00
John B. Burke, services as undertaker
35 00
David Fudge & Son, services as under- takers
35 00
John E. Kauler, services as undertaker
35 00
William A. Flaherty & Son, services as undertakers
35 00
$490 00
Soldiers' Relief.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 .
$20,000 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .
903 10
$20,903 10
Receipts :-
Cash, received of Hannah Kenney, board $36 00
Town of Athol, board
. 108 00
144 00
$21,047 10
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid sundry persons as per pay-rolls . $20,780 50
Worcester Insane Hospital, board .
121 42
Mass. Homoeopathic Hospital, board
32 25
Somerville Hospital, board
22 86
Webcowit Press, printing cards
9 00
Somerville Journal Co., blanks
3 00
Wellington-Wild Coal Co., coal
7 15
City of Woburn, supplies
24 92
Margaret Coffin, nursing
6 00
Mary Hunt. watching
5 00
William C. Newton, M. D., attendance
32 00
$21,047 10
Somerville Hospital.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 . .
$5,000 00
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid for support of sick poor
$5,000 00
129
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
State Aid.
CREDIT. (Receipts.)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, state aid paid in 1904 . $14,327 00
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid monthly pay-rolls $14,361 50 34 50
$14,327 00
Street Lights.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 .
$65,000 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
114 96
$64,885 04
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid the Edison Electric Illuminating · Co. of Boston, arc lighting
$50,971 79
incandescent lighting
13,737 25
moving lamps
6 00
Welsbach Street Lighting
Co. of
America, lighting
144 00
Jairus Mann, disbursements
10 00
J. H. Thompson, carriage hire
16 00
$64,885 04
Sundry Persons.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1903 .
$474 21
Receipts :-
Cash, received of Dennis C. Mahoney, amount not called for
50 00
$524 21
DEBIT.
Balance to credit of account, 1905 .
$524 21
Support of Poor, City Home.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904
$4,000 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 1,186 63
$2,813 37
Receipts :-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aid .
25 00
Cash, received of Charlotte Wahlquist, board
$185 00
Amounts carried forward
$185 00
$2,838 37
130
ANNUAL REPORTS.
$2,838 37
Amounts brought forward
$185 00
Mary F. Solis, et al., board
10 50
Town of Sandwich, board .
67 50
Joseph Breck & Sons Corporation, produce
103 17
Schlegel & Fottler Co., produce
83 00
W. W. Rawson & Co., produce
70 40
John Wolff, Jr., & Co., produce
150 22
J. Foster Colquhoun, produce .
2,910 57
Stock and labor billed other departments :- Support of Poor, Miscellaneous account 144 38
$6,563 11
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid J. Foster Colquhoun, salary as warden
$700 00
disbursements
291 27
Mrs. Catherine Colquhoun, matron
250 00
Sundry persons, services
1,529 56
I. L. Roberts, horseshoeing
31 00
J. B. Rufer, horseshoeing .
21 15
I. B. Walker, wagon repairs
51 44
The Hale & Mayhew Co., wagon repairs,
24 15
Henry A. Wheeler & Co., wagon cover .
11 88
J. S. Bradeen & Co., hay and grain . teaming
11 00
Joseph A. Pearson, harness work
1 95
D. J. Bennett, harness work
18 60
D. M. Osborne & Co., repairing harrows,
75
Joseph Breck & Sons, farm supplies
35 59
Rice Brothers, farm supplies
6 15
W. W. Rawson & Co., farm supplies H. S. Pond, swill
11 75
D. J. Green & Co., baskets
1 75
George P. Page & Co., shooks
63 70
M. J. Gallagher & Co., long boxes .
4 50
A. H. Hews & Co., flower pots
3 00
Allen-Thompson-Whitney Co., furniture,
21 75
Jackson Caldwell & Co., furniture
20
Jordan, Marsh Co., kitchen goods
15 97
Andrew Dutton, window shades
14 95
Magee Furnace Co., range repairing
1 50
George H. Thayer, boots and shoes
26 05
Alonzo Keene, clothing
10 60
Mass. State Prison, boots and clothing
48 00
Parke Snow, dry goods
78 58
Reuben Ring & Co., medicine .
5 25
Percy A. Hall, medicine
18 78
John E. Kauler, burial
85
C. W. Lerned & Co., disinfectant
2 50
J. L. Glover & Son, groceries
294 94
Russell & Co., groceries
63 28
S. M. Laurence, groceries .
50 76
J. W. Roberts & Co., groceries
369 35
Henry F. Sander Co., groceries
140 85
Amount carried forward
$5,211 78
·
3 51
Schlegel & Fottler, farm supplies
196 75
tomato box
579 02
·
3,580 36
131
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward .
$5,211 78
Fowle, Hibbard & Co., groceries National Biscuit Co., groceries
45 06
F. J. Hopkins, groceries
74 85
Sperber & Co., groceries .
203 88
J. S. Newcomb & Co., groceries H. F. Sander, groceries
71 63
122 38
Charles A. Holmes, groceries
4 00
Ar-Showe & Co., groceries
19 40
L. C. Fisher & Co., groceries
32 85
North Packing & Provision Co.,
groceries
7 58
Clark Brothers Co., groceries
36 60
Boston Dairy Co., groceries
4 69
John Wolff, Jr., & Co., groceries
6 25
L. M. Dyer & Co., groceries
127 66
A. P. Downs & Co., groceries .
4 58
Howe, French Corporation, hardware
2 00
E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware
27 95
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware
46 46
Highland Coal Co., lime
7 30
E. Horne, mason work
36 00
J. C. H. Snow, lumber and carpentering,
42 46
Robert McDonald, lumber
28 27
E. D. Sawyer Lumber Co., lumber .
74 18
H. Wood, sharpening saws
2 50
C. D. Burlingame, painting fence
50 00
David W. Lewis Co., tile
19 56
C. F. Merrill, lawn mower
1 25
Somerville Journal Co., printing
8 00
Thomas Groom & Co., books and sta- tionery
3 75
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service .
51 93
Devlin Brothers, greenhouse
125 00
Cambridge Ice Co., ice
14 40
$6,521 17
Sewers Maintenance account, tide gate
19 68
Water Maintenance account, water pipes
22 26
$6,563 11
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1904 .
$14,000 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .
2,101 92
$16,101 92
Receipts :-
Commonwealth .of Massachusetts, support of state
paupers
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, temporary state paupers
support of
203 32
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, burial of state paupers . Cash, received for support of paupers :-
City of Boston
$827 31
City of Cambridge
717 17
City of Chelsea
85 00
Amounts carried forward
$1,629 48
$17,387 56
.
.
.
1,045 32
.
37 00
6 97
132
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward .
$1,629 48 $17,387 56
City of Everett
122 17
City of Fall River
228 15
City of Gloucester
66 03
City of Haverhill
11.00
City of Lowell
38 05
City of Lynn
11 00
City of Malden
28 45
City of Marlboro
6 00
City of Medford .
37 00
City of Newton
108 00
City of Salem
10 25
City of Springfield
21 25
City of Woburn
72 00
City of Worcester
39 30
Town of Belmont
10 00
Town of Canton .
140 50
Town of Framingham
19 40
Town of Harwich
2 00
Town of Wakefield
10 00
Town of Winchester
3 20
Charles I. Davis, aid furnished .
36 80
Frederick A. P. Fiske, guardian, aid fur- nished
85 42
Augustus W. Hopkins, aid furnished
73 60
Mary Brady, aid furnished
36 80
Mary E. Taylor, aid furnished
15 18
Mrs. Herbert K. Woodman, aid fur-
nished
110 96
Lewis H. Shepheard, guardian, aid fur- nished
42 71
Ellen I. Holmes, aid furnished .
8 00
Francis Dolan, administrator, aid fur- nished
15 00
John Toomey, aid furnished
50 14
3,087 84
$20,475 40
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid for support of paupers :-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$420 10
Worcester Insane Hospital
1,546 12
Worcester Insane Asylum .
128 14
Medfield Insane Asylum
812 80
Westboro Insane Hospital
535 76
Danvers Insane Hospital
314 78
Taunton Insane Hospital
175 96
Boston Insane Hospital
42 71
Massachusetts School for Feeble-Minded.
793 42
Massachusetts Hospital for Dipsomaniacs and Inebriates
521 52
Massachusetts Hospital for Epileptics
828 42
Massachusetts State Sanatorium
50 47
Massachusetts General Hospital
15 00
Boston Observation Hospital
20 71
Somerville Hospital, support and treat- ment of sick poor
1.290 00
City of Boston
1,261 79
Amount carried forward
$8,757 70
133
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$8,757 70
City of Cambridge
39 71
City of Everett
21 75
City of Malden
20 00
City of Medford
1 75
City of Melrose
38 05
City of New Bedford
1 71
City of Woburn
15 00
City of Worcester
6 00
Town of Attleboro
71 65
Town of Dedham
19 00
Town of Revere .
64 84
Town of West Newbury
221 37
Town of Winchester .
10 40
Ellen Mahoney, cash allowance
84 00
Bridget Condon, board
156 90
Susie J. Palmer, board
65. 16
Maria S. Higgins, board
44 59
Clara Roberts, board .
42 71
The Childrens' Mission, board
148 00
Ascenith Sawyer, board
95 12
Charles C. Folsom, salary as agent disbursements
251 54
Alvah B. Dearborn, city physician
1,800 00
Cora F. Lewis, secretary
700 00
Ann McCarvill, board
1 14
25 15
Julia Campbell, board
3 25
Emiline K. Willis, board
10 72
Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel
617 63
Frank A. Teele, fuel
40 10
Bristol-Myers Co., medicine
8 25
The Fraser Tablet Co., medicine
3 63
Fenelon's Pharmacy, medicine .
12 75
G. F. Harvey Co., medicine
22 60
Bell & Co., medicine .
8 00
Milton H. Plummer, medicine .
7 25
Surgeons' & Physicians' Supply medicine
Co.,
5 14
WV. P. Blanchard, groceries
129 00
A. F. Carpenter, groceries
180 87
James Bartley, groceries
495 87
F. A. Barlow, groceries
199 50
Charles S. Butters, groceries
206 80
N. R. Barrows, groceries
188 00
F. E. Cheney Co., groceries
224 60
Copithorne Brothers, groceries
54 70
Edward Coliten & Son, groceries
177 12
F. L. Card, groceries .
81 00
James Davis, groceries
377 50
C. F. Crocker, groceries
2 01
Charles F. Giles, groceries
666 85
James Harris, groceries
20 00
M. L. King, groceries
26 00
Medford-street Market, groceries
254 11
James H. Maguire, groceries
201 00
D. A. McKay, groceries
240 00
North Packing & Provision
Co.
30 00
groceries
.
Amount carried forward
$18,796 35
.
.
1,600 00
$26 29
134
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$18,796 35
Susan Nangle, groceries
48 00
A. E. Robie, groceries 146 50
R. M. Sturtevant & Co., groceries
679 37
C. L. Stevens, groceries ·
24 00
D. E. Watson, groceries
120 50
F. M. Wilson, burials
25 00
A. E. Mann, burials
85 00
G. F. McKenna, burials
35 00
P. H. Rafferty, burials
10 00
Francis E. Flaherty, burials
52 00
David Fudge & Son, burials
5 00
Joseph J. Kelley & Son, burials
10 00
John E. Kauler, burials
25 00
Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire
3 00
Charles W. Dailey, ambulance .
14 00
Charles E. Berry, shoe repairing
1 75
F. W. Gilbert, boots and shoes .
65 35
David H. Hyde, boots and shoes
1 50
J. H. Brooks, dry goods
12 60
Belden & Snow, clothing
2 50
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., pauper register
5 50
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory
4 00
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
11 25
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., repairs
2 80
M. G. Staples, teaming
1 00
A. M. Prescott, moving furniture
5 00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
106 85
Somerville Journal Co., printing
29 50
Fresh Pond Ice Co., ice
2 70
Support of Poor, City Home account, fuel
144 38
$20.475 40
Taxes.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
Cash, received for taxes of 1896
$20 00
66
66
6
6. 1899
243 55
66
310 99
66
66
66
1901
723 54
66 1902
1,546 84
66
66 1903
293,568 34
66
66
66
1904
819,774 07
$1,116,347 33
Overlay and Abatement :-*
Abatements on taxes of
1896
$16 78
66
66
1898
5.056 88
1899
1,994 33
66
66
66
1900
1.076 34
66
66
1901
1,862 78
66
66
66
1902
1,867 72
66
66
6 1903
1,695 48
66
66
66
1904
6,525 53
20,255 54
Amount carried forward
$1,136,602 87
66
66 1897
159 70
66
66
6. 1898
160 00
1900
$20,331 02
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Amount brought forward .
$1,136,602 87
Balance to debit of account, 1905 :- Being uncollected taxes of 1900 .
$1,493 08
16 66 1901
2,603 31
" 1902
4,249 56
1903
7,297 06
66
66
1904
234,243 44
249,886 45
$1,386,489 32
DEBIT.
Balance from 1903
$325,946 28
Tax Levy, as per assessors'
warrant of
August 10, 1904
1,059,292 56
Supplementary warrants, amounts credited to Overlay and Abatement account
1,250 48
$1,386,489 32
Temporary Loans.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1903
$375,000 00
Cash, borrowed by authority of the Board of Aldermen on notes as follows :-
City Note No. 568, nine months, 4.25 per cent.
$50,000 00
City Note No. 570, six months, 4 per cent.
20,000 00
City Note No. 571, six months, 4 per cent. City Note No. 572, nine months, 4.25 per cent.
10,000 00
City Note No. 573, ten months, 4.05 per cent. discount
25,000 00
City Note No. 574, ten months, 4.05 per cent. discount
25,000 00
City Note No. 575, ten months, 4.05 per cent. discount
25,000 00
. City Note No. 576, ten months, 4.05 per cent. discount City Note No. 577, six months, 3.25 per cent.
25,000 00
City Note No. 578, six months, 3.25 per cent. . City Note No. 579, four months, twenty- four days, 3.03 per cent. . City Note No. 580, four months, twenty- four days, 3.03 per cent. . City Note No. 581, four months, twenty- four days, 3.03 per cent. ·
25,000 00
25,000 00
City Note No. 582, four months, twenty- four days, 3.03 per cent. · City Note No. 583, nine months, 3.75 per cent.
50,000 00
City Note No. 584, ten months, 3.82 per cent. ·
25,000 00
City Note No. 585, ten months, 3.82 per cent.
20,000 00
Amounts carried forward
$575,000 00
$375,000 00
City Note No. 569, nine months, 4.38 per cent. discount
50,000 00
50,000 00
50,000 00
50,000 00
25,000 00
25,000 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . . $575,000 00
· City Note No. 586, ten months, 3.82 per cent. 25,000 00 . · City Note No. 587, ten months, 3.82 per . · 30,000 00 cent. . · City Note No. 588, six months, 3.65 per cent. . · 50,000 00
City Note No. 589, six months, 3.65 per cent.
50,000 00
730,000 00
$1,105,000 00
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid as follows :-
City Note No. 545, nine months, 4.60 per cent.
$85,000 0€
City Note No. 551, seven months, 4.74 per cent. discount
25,000 00
City Note No. 552, seven months, 4.74 per cent. discount
15,000 00
City Note No. 553, seven months, 4.74 per cent. discount .
10,000 00
City Note No. 554, seven months, 41/2 per cent.
15,000 00
City Note No. 562, six months, 4.90 per cent.
100,000 00
City Note No. 563, six months, 4.50 per cent.
10,000 00
City Note No. 564, six months, 4.75 per cent. . City Notes Nos. 565, 566, and 567, seven months, 4.46 per cent. discount City Notes Nos. 570-571, six months, 4 per cent.
30,000 00
City Note No. 568, nine months, 4.25 per cent.
50,000 00
City Note No. 569, nine months, 4.38 per cent. discount .
50,000 00
City Notes Nos. 579-580-581-582. four months, twenty-four days, 3.03 cent .. $25.000 each per City Note No. 572, nine months, 4.25 per cent. City Notes Nos. 577-578, six months, 3.25 per cent.
100,000 00
50,000 00
100,000 00
$755,000 00
Balance to credit of account, 1905 350,000 00
$1.105.000 00
Water Loan Interest.
CREDIT.
Water Works Income, amount appropriated
$4,850 00
DEBIT.
Coupons maturing April 1, 1904 :- $76,000. six months. 4 per cent. $1,520 00
Amount carried forward $1,520 00
$375,000 00
15,000 00
100,000 00
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$1,520 00
Coupons maturing July 1, 1904 :-
740 00
$10,000, six months, 51/2 per cent.
275 00
Coupons maturing October 1, 1904 :-
$76,000, six months, 4 per cent. 1,520 00
Coupons maturing January 1, 1905 :-
$26,000, six months, 4 per cent.
520 00
$10,000, six months, 51/2 per cent.
275 00
$4,850 00
Water Maintenance.
CREDIT.
Water Works Income, amount appropriated
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