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16,543 44
Historical Building and Observatory, Prospect Hill
159 89
Luther V. Bell School Fire Escapes
765 19
Proctor School Completion
35,443 96
Rifle Range in Waltham
20 22
Public Buildings Maintenance :-
City Hall
2,644 89
City Hall Annex
491 10
Fire Department .
5,482 37
Health Department
444 30
Highways
429 94
Janitors' Salaries
26,741 25
Police
1,187 08
Public Grounds
36 64
Public Library
3,189 22
Schoolhouses
29,839 50
Sewer Department
1,319 36
Water Department
10,998 30
Public Grounds
19,358 22
Public Library
514 58
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Investment .
161 16
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Art
45 73
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Poetry
535 85
Public Property
129,500 00
Redemption of Tax Liens
1,473 56
School Contingent
254,674 12
Scaler of Weights and Measures
Sewers Construction
Sewers Maintenance
23,781 39
Sidewalks Maintenance
630 00
Soldiers' Burials
21,961 13
Soldiers' Relief
5,000 00
Somerville Hospital
14,600 00
State Aid
137,893 76
State of Massachusetts
$1,381,943 34
Amount carried forward
25,036 81
School Teachers' Salaries
1,473 29
22,792 87
12,118 76
Sidewalks Construction
3,038 49
Reduction of Funded Debt
31 22
Support of Poor
306 74
Addition to Bingham School
50
ANNUAL REPORTS.
$1,381,943 34
Street Lights
65,930 49
Support of Poor, City Home .
7,474 36
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
17,527 88
Temporary Loans
625,000 00
Water Works Extension
16,845 95
Water Maintenance .
42,227 11
Water Works, Abatements on Water Charges
487 20
Balance to debit of account, 1906 £
116,483 89
$2,273,920 22
DEBIT.
Balance from 1904 .
$73,743 56
Receipts as follows:
Assessors
70 67
City Clerk
2,303 03
City Engineer
42 87
City Treasurer
4,640 70
Contingent Fund
309 00
County of Middlesex
4,705 14
Electrical Department
52 61
Excise Tax
223 01
Fire Department
300 21
Funded Debt
148,000 00
Health Department
521 02
Health Department, Collection of Ashes and Offal
4,854 86
Highway Betterment Assessments
4,833 14
Highways Construction .
4,471 19
Highways Maintenance
14,060 67
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings
331 46
Highways, Removal of Brown-tail Moths
340 46
Highways, Shade Trees .
151 95
Highways, Watering Streets .
110 00
Inspection of Buildings
102 27
Interest
10,906 18
Metered Water Charges
14,628 83
Overlay and Abatement
23 62
Police
5,118 81
Public Buildings Construction, High School Building
6 00
Public Buildings Maintenance :- City Hall
1 50
· Health Department
210 00
Highways
240 00
Schoolhouses
108 55
Support of Poor
35 00
Public Grounds
498 53
Public Library
753 08
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Invest- ment
314 58
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Art
240 00
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Poetry
60 00
Public Property
16 12
Real Estate Liens
442 52
Amount carried forward
.
1,200 00
Reduction of Funded Debt
$298,971 14
Amount brought forward .
51
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$298,971 14
Redemption of Tax Liens
1,527 53
School Contingent
175 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
430 07
Sewer Assessments
2,637 12
Sewers Construction
270 37
Sewers Maintenance
120 48
Sidewalk Assessments
12,648 81
Sidewalks Construction
2,491 88
Sidewalks Maintenance
45 44
Soldiers' Relief
53 00
State Aid
52 00
State of Massachusetts
2,222 68
Street Lights
39 60
Support of Poor, City Home .
3,912 24
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
2,989 20
Taxes
1,103,852 99
Temporary Loans
625,000 00
Water Works Income
197,776 12
Water Service Assessments
4,456 58
Water Works Extension
49 77
Water Maintenance .
14,198 20
$2,273,920 22
City Auditor.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1905 .
$725 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
16 02
·
$708 98
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Charles S. Robertson, salary as auditor ·
$700 00
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
2 15
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps
6 83
$708 98
City Clerk.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1905 .
$5,500 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
412 95
$5,087 05
Receipts :-
Cash, received of Frederic W. Cook, City Clerk :-
Recording mortgages
$523 25
Dog licenses
393 00
Marriage certificates
363 00
Licenses for billiards and pool .
140 00
Licenses for amusements
41 00
Licenses for street musicians
14 00
Copies of records
: 25
Junk licenses
390 00
Licenses for slaughtering .
6 00
Amounts carried forward
$1,922 50
$5,087 05
52
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$1,922 50
$5,087 05
Licenses for private detectives .
20 00
Liquor licenses
34 00
Licenses for sale of fireworks
49 00
Licenses for intelligence offices
22 00
Auctioneers' licenses
46 00
Roller skating
50 00
1
New England Telephone & Telegraph
Co., advertising hearing
147 15
Interest on deposits
12 38
2,303 03
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid George I. Vincent, salary as city clerk
$265 18
Frederic W. Cook, salary as city clerk 1,933 99 commission fee 5 00
1,032 15
Howard E. Wemyss, assistant city clerk, fee on appointment
5 00
Clara B. Snow, first assistant
700 00
Edith A. Woodman, second assistant
600 00
Alice M. Vincent, third assistant
550 00
Mabell M. Ham, fourth assistant
500 00
Charles E. Davis, eensus of births
48 40
Clara Z. Elliot, census of births
25 00
Seth Mason, census of births
50 20
William R. Scott, census of births
33 30
Richard H. Tincker, census of births
41 20
Elisabeth S. Webster, census of births
10 90
Herbert S. Chapman, census of births
6 40
Sundry persons, return of births
344 25
Sundry undertakers, reporting deaths
188 50
The Carter's Ink Co., ink .
2 26
The Monarch Typewriter Co., typewriter and table
95 00
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., repairing typewriter
14 00
Oliver Typewriter Co., repairs .
1 50
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
24 75
McGrath & Woodley, stationery
192 95
Samuel Ward Co., stationery
73 74
Thorpe & Martin Co., stationery
1 23
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., stationery
12 00
Hobbs & Warren Co., stationery
1 50
Somerville Journal Co., printing
400 65
Webcowit Press, printing
25 50
Wesley A. Maynard, printing
25 75
T. H. Ball, mortgage forms
2 75
Macey-Wernicke Co., cabinet and cards,
22 08
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps
3 36
Beck Duplicator Co., duplicating machine,
1 95
Somerville Post-office, postage
28 00
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .
3 50
Sampson & Murdock Co., directory
6 00
Doten-Dunton Desk Co., chair
6 50
Amount carried forward,
$7,292 94
.
$7,390 08
·
·
8 50
Allen, Doane & Co., badges
53
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$7,292 94
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
79 38
Oriental Tea Co., coffee
1 05
Whitney & Snow, cuticline
20
American Express Co., expressing .
15 81
Gilman Express Co., expressing
55
Glines & Co., expressing
15
$7,390 08
City Engineer.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1905 .
$11,250 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
13 53
$11,236 47
Receipts :--
Cash, received of E. W. Bailey, telephone
$4 87
Abutters on Nashua street, plan
5 00
Vernon street, plan
8 00
Giles park, plan
5 00
Hamlet street, plan
5 00
Thorpe place, plan
5 00
Hinckley street, plan
8 00
40 87
Stock and labor billed other departments: -
School Contingent account, maps . 2 00
$11,279 34
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Ernest W. Bailey, salary as city engineer
$2,800 00
Engineer's assistants
7,885 39
Engineer's assistants, carfares .
192 75
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
32 55
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., stationery .
10 24
M. L. Vinal, stationery
2 33
A. C. Libby & Sons, stationery
9 00
L. E. Clayton, cotton cloth
4 00
Charles E. Moss, paper
1. 90
Library Bureau, guides
2 50
Frost & Adams Co .. supplies
46 18
George O. W. Servis, photographs
41 75
Sprague & Hathaway Co., prints
7 22
George H. Walker & Co., maps
6 00
Whitney & Snow, hardware
42 33
Eyelet Tool Co., punching pins
1 50
W. P. Rice, targets
9 75
Davenport-Brown Co., spruce .
32 25
Municipal Journal and Engineer, sub- scription
3 00
New England Telephone & Telegraph
93 25
Co., service
19 50
Somerville Post-office, postage
Amount carried forward .
$11,253 89
-
E. T. Bynner, spikes
6 75
G. G. Ledder, repairing instruments
3 75
54
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward . $11,253 89
Glines & Co., expressing
15
American Express Co., expressing
1 55
Gilman & Co., expressing .
25
$11,255 84
Sewers Maintenance account, setting bounds,
23 50
$11,279 34
City Messenger.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1905 .
$2,000 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 111 78
$2,111 78
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Jairus Mann, salary as city mes- senger
$1,500 00
disbursements
4 85
L. H. Brown, carriage hire
73 00
Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire
11 00
Charles K. Smith, horse
140 00
Charles R. Simpson, veterinary services .
3 00
S. C. & A. L. Jameson, board of horse, etc.
304 60
J. H. Atkinson, painting
12 00
Pearl-street Shoeing Forge, horseshoeing,
12 35
M. A. Mann, work on invitations, etc.
7 00
M. E. Youngjohn, cheese cloth . .
65
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
16 68
Thomas Groom & Co., envelopes
2 50
D. J. Bennett, harness work
14 00
H. A. Brownell, harness work . 2 65
C. L. Underhill, carriage repairing . .
7 50
$2,111 78
City Solicitor.
:
CREDIT.
Appropriations. from Taxes, 1905 .
$2,250 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 44 09
DEBIT. !
(Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Frank W. Kaan, salary as city solicitor
$1,800 00
office rent
150 00
disbursements
149 19
Thomas Damery, salary as claim agent 1 .
100 00
disbursements
15 60
Addison C. Getchell & Son, brief and extra copies 29 00
Amount carried forward
$2,243 79
$2,294 09
.
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Amount brought forward
$2,243 79
McGrath & Woodley, stationery 13 00
Saidee M. Swift, services as court stenog- rapher ·
18 00
Isaac I. Doane, testimony .
19 30
$2,294 09
City Treasurer.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1905
$9,300 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .
818 25
$8,481 75
Receipts :----
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, fees for
collecting National Bank tax .
$22 56
Real Estate Liens, costs . .
3 85
Cash, received of sundry persons, costs on taxes and assessments, $4,640.70 - . 20 . 4,640 50
4,666 91
$13,148 66
DEBIT.
(Expenditures.)
Cash, paid James F. Beard, salary as city treasurer · .
$3,000 00
Charles L. Ellis, deputy collector of taxes
.
1,350 00
disbursements
18 40
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
Winnifred P. Briggs, clerical assistant
137 33
Susan L. Briggs, clerical assistant
138 66
Lilla A. Johnson, clerical assistant
141 32
Josephine M. Briggs, clerical assistant
25 33
Florence A. Eaton, clerical assistant
29 33
Agnes F. Kennard, clerical assistant
9 33
. John M. Driscoll, fees for collecting de- linquent taxes ·
1 00
F. W. Hopkins, fees for collecting de- linquent taxes ·
244 00
Malcolm E. Sturtevant, fees for collecting delinquent taxes . Theodore H. Locke, fees for collecting delinquent taxes . ·
667 02
Charles E. Davis, fees for collecting de- linquent taxes ·
533 50
Somerville National Bank, clearing house charges .
2 71
National Security Bank, clearing house charges
1 93
Bunker Hill National Bank, clearing house charges
10
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery .
366 45
Amount carried forward
$9,562 91
.
96 50
56
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$9,562 91
McGrath & Woodley, stationery 25 00
Webcowit Press, printing tax bills, etc.,
460 25
Somerville Journal Co., printing, and ad- vertising tax sale, etc. 1,898 67
Wesley A. Maynard, printing 7 50
W. A. Greenough & Co., directories
7 00
Henry M. Meek Publishing Co., direc- tory 2 50
Sampson & Murdock Co., directory
6 00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
92 27
Edwin O. Childs, recording
20 37
Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire 4 00
American Surety Co. of New York, treas- urer's bond 160 00
Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., cleaning and insuring time lock .
15 00
Damon Safe & Vault Eng. Co., cleaning locks, etc. 6 75
90
Smith-Premier
119 25
Somerville Post-office, postage 521 85
Outlook Envelope Co., envelopes
21
George A. Smith, sharpening erasers
11 25
Forbes Lithographing & Mfg. Co., en- graving bonds .
110 00
Boston News Bureau, subscription .
9 00
Dennison Mfg. Co., consecutive numbers,
2 50
American Express Co., expressing
45
Glines & Co., expressing
50
Gilman Express Co., expressing
15
$13,148 66
1
Clerk of Committees and Departments.
CREDIT. -
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1905 .
$3,900 00
DEBIT.
(Expenditures.)
Cash, paid William P. Mitchell, salary as
clerk of committees and departments .
$2,000 00
appointment as justice of the peace
7 00
Howard E. Wemyss, assistant .
139 88
Lawrence S. Howard, assistant
450 00
Lucia A. Manning, assistant
600 00
Bessie L. L. Crosby, assistant
500 00
Thomas Grcom & Co .. stationery
.
56 00
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co .. paper
1 15
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
34 10
Somerville Journal Co., printing
36 50
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory 3 50
Somerville Post-office, postage .
71 87
$3,900 00
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., inspec- tion Typewriter Co., type-
writer
The Carter's Ink Co., ink . 38
57
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
CREDIT.
State Tax
$70,400 00
National Bank Tax .
1,581 12
Armory Loan Sinking Fund, 1905
$1,630 39
Interest on, 1905 .
2,284 03
3,914 42
Metropolitan Parks Loan
Sinking Fund,
1905
$4,819 11
Interest on, 1905
11,524 08
Cost of Maintenance, 1905
8,641 61
Metropolitan Sewer Loan Sinking Fund,
North Metropolitan System, 1905 .
$6,908 62
Interest on, 1905
26,058 34
Cost of Maintenance, 1905
18,886 14
51,853 10
Metropolitan Water Loan
Sinking Fund,
1905
$21,358 11
Interest on, 1905
55,535 91
Cost of Maintenance, 1905
13,666 71
90,560 73
Cash
$988 88
21 43
966 17
226 96
19 24
2,222 68
$245,516 85
DEBIT.
Balance from 1904
$15,903 87
Corporation Taxes, 1904 .
893 99
Corporation Taxes, 1905
24,741 13
National Bank Tax, 1904
79 89
National Bank Tax, 1905
5,424 97
Burial of State Paupers .
85 00
Support of Sick Paupers
450 54
Tuition of Children
50,165 40
Street Railway Tax .
8,107 66
Fees for collecting National Bank Tax
25 00
Water Receipts, Sinking Fund
809 65
Cash
$245,516 85
State Aid. 1905 .
$14,548 00
Soldiers' Burials. 1905
630 00
Military Aid, 1905
933 42
Balance to debit of account, 1906
$16,111 42
.
.
.
24,984 80
.
$243,294 17
823 18
Temporary Support of Paupers
97 00
Boston Elevated Railway Tax .
15 81
Military Aid
137,893 76
$16,111 42
58
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Contingent Fund.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1905 .
$3,000 00
Amounts transferred and unused :-
Amount transferred to Public Buildings Maintenance, Schoolhouses account
$1,300 00
Excess and Deficiency - account, balance transferred
123 60
1,423 60
1
$1,576 40
Receipts :-
Cash, received of sundry persons, licenses to peddle . . .
$275 00
Sundry persons, druggists' licenses . .
34 00
309 00
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid E. F. Hicks, refreshments
$94 00
George B. Phillips, refreshments
3 00
Walter A. Dow, refreshments
1 50
Walter H. Snow, refreshments .
45 31
Jairus Mann, disbursements
4 60
Goodenough & Co., turkeys
129 00
F. H. Hosmer, turkeys .
299 60
James H. Maguire, turkeys
174 79
Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire
61 00
The Two Jamesons, carriage hire
25 00
Eugene Mead, carriage hire
12 00
Ralph A. Wiswell, ringing bell .
2 00
George Colbath, ringing bell
2 00
Asbury Strahan, ringing bell
4 00
Trueman H. Thorpe, ringing bell
2 00
W. C. Towne, ringing bell
4 00
George B. Wiswall, ringing bell
2 00
J. Howard Colbath, ringing bell
2 00
Henry A. Kendall, ringing bell
2 00
Mrs. J. G. Anthoine, rent of hall
20 00
Somerville Journal Co., printing
43 .50
New England Decorating Co., draping hall
50 00
Company K, Eighth Regiment, M. V. M., rifle practice
150 00
Company M, Eighth Regiment, M. V. M., rifle practice
150 00
Willard C. Kinsley Post, 139, G. A. R., observance of Memorial Day
400 00
Veteran Association, Company M
Eighth Regiment, of the Spanish War, decoration of graves of comrades .
50 00
Charles D. Elliot, services
10 00
F. T: Wingate, services
5 00
B. F. Freeman, frames
11 00
Charles L. Ellis, disbursements
4 00
Bent & Bush, badges .
2 50
Amount carried forward
$1,765 80
.
$1,885 40
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Amount brought forward
$1,765 80
O. W. Short, janitor's services ·
5 00
Somerville Post-office, stamps
35 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 25 per cent. of druggists' licenses 8 50
J. W. Howard, plants .
40 00
M. B. Bunker, flowers
20 00
Whitney & Snow, figures
11 10
$1,885 40
County of Middlesex.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1905 . $57,805 88
Receipts :--
Cash, received of J. O. Hayden, treasurer, rent of court room .
$600 00
return on amount received of the
city for dog licenses in 1904 . · 4,105 14
4,705 14
$62,511 02
Amounts transferred and unused :- Public Buildings Maintenance, Police ac- count, amount transferred · ·
600 00
Public Library account, amount trans-
4,105 14
4,705 14
$57,805 88
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid County Tax
$57,805 88
Coupons Unpaid.
CREDIT.
$26,057 50
Water Loan, $72,000, six months at 4 per cent.
$1,440 00
Sewer Loan, $7,000, six months at 41/2 per cent.
157 50
Paving Loan, $40,000, six months at 4 per cent.
800 00
City Loan, $41,000, six months at 4 per cent.
820 00
3,217 50
Coupons maturing July 1, 1905 :-
City Loan, $299,000, six months at 31/2 per cent.
$5,232 50
City Loan, $768,500, six months at 4 per cent.
15,370 00
Sewer Loan, $50,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. . Sewer Loan, $160,000, six months at 4 per cent.
875 00
3,200 00
Amounts carried forward . $24,677 50
$29,275 00
P
ferred
.
Balance of coupons unpaid January 1, 1905 . Coupons maturing April 1, 1905 :-
.
.
·
60
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$24,677 50
$29,275 00
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan, $25,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. 437 50
Water Loan, $26,000, six months at 4 per cent. 520 00
Water Loan, $10,000, six months at 51/2 per cent.
275 00
25,910 00
Coupons maturing October 1, 1905 :-
City Loan, $41,000, six months at 4 per cent.
$820 00
City Loan, $118,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. Sewer Loan, $7,000, six months at 41/2 per cent.
2,065 00
Sewer Loan, $30,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. 525 00
Paving Loan, $40,000, six months at 4 per cent. · Water Loan, $72,000, six months at 4 per cent.
800 00
1,440 00
5,807 50
Coupons maturing January 1, 1906 :-
City Loan, $269,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. .
$4,707 50
City Loan, $691,000, six months at 4 per cent. Sewer Loan, $48,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. Sewer Loan, $151,000, six months at 4 per cent. .
13,820 00
840 00
3,020 00
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan,
420 00
$24,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. · Water Loan, $25,000, six months at 4 per cent. ·
500 00
. Water Loan, $10,000, six months at 51/2 per cent.
275 00
23,582 50
$84,575 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid coupons
$60,035 00
Coupons of 1905 unpaid .
24,540 00
$84,575 00
Election Expenses, City Clerk.
CREDIT.
Appropriations. from Taxes, 1905 .
$1,600 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . .
430 01
$1,169 99
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Somerville Journal, printing
$772 05
Webcowit Press, printing
16 75
Wesley A. Maynard, printing
54 25
Amount carried forward
$843 05
·
·
157 50
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$843 05
McGrath & Woodley, stationery
31 75
Samuel Ward Co., stationery
21 39
H. Wood, making tag and chain
25
A. F. Carpenter, candles
60
L. E. Clayton, tape
1 00
Cotton & Gould, crayons .
12 00
Robert S. Robson, inspecting boxes
ballot
42 00
Whitney & Snow, hardware
1 80
John Donnelly & Sons, posting
35 00
L. H. Brown, carriage hire
181 00
Glines & Co., expressing
15
$1,169 99
Election Expenses, Commissioner of Public Buildings.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1905
$750 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
312 53
$1,062 53
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Philip Eberle, rent of hall
$100 00
Simon Connor & Co., rent of hall
48 00
Odd Fellows Building Association, rent of hall
80 00
Warren E. Locke, rent of hall
24 00
Copithorne Brothers, oil
1 90
L. G. Columbus & Co .. steamfitting
5 85
James W. O'Neil, plumbing
5 00
Harris P. Tibbetts, carpentering
683 00
Davenport-Brown Co., lumber
14 78
L. A. Penney, rubberoid roof
100 00
$1,062 53
Election Expenses, Pay of Election Officers.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1905 .
$2,164 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
11 00
i
$2,153 CO
DEBIT.
(Expenditures.)
Cash, paid election officers
$2,153 00
Election Expenses, Registrars of Voters.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1905 .
$1,550 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .
83 79
$1,633 79
F
.
·
62
ANNUAL REPORTS.
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Charles P. Lincoln, salary as reg- istrar
$200 00
Charles E. Parks, salary as registrar 200 00
Levi F. S. Davis, salary as registrar
200 00
George I. Vincent, salary as registrar
19 65
Frederic W. Cook, salary as registrar disbursements
177 98
Charles G. Brett, clerical services
39 00
George E. Davis, clerical services
39 00
Frank E. Merrill, clerical services
30 00
Fred E. Warren, clerical services .
6 00
Howard E. Wemyss, clerical services
57 00
Alice M. Vincent, clerical services
2 48
Lawrence S. Howard, clerical services
12 00
McGrath & Woodley, binding .
64 35
Thomas Groom & Co., book
11 75
John Donnelly & Sons, posting
30 00
Somerville Journal Co., printing
503 00
Wesley A. Maynard, advertising
32 00
Allen, Doane & Co., rubber caps
1 25
John F. Kelley, serving notice .
1 40
P. F. Tierney, serving notice
2 28
Edgar H. Pierce, serving notice
2 10
$1,633 79
Electrical Department.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1905 .
$7,000 00
Sewers Construction account, amount transferred
700 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
337 75
$8,037 75
Receipts :-
Cash, received of Welch & Hall, horse $40 61
D. F. McNeil, moving wire 12 00 ·
52 61
1
$8,090 30
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Edward Backus, salary as super- intendent of electric lines and lights .
$1,300 00
Laborers
3,849 88
J. A. & W. Bird & Co., electrical sup- plies
54 05
Clifton Mfg. Co., electrical supplies
7 18
Chandler & Farquhar, electrical supplies,
6 02
S. H. Couch Co., Inc., electrical supplies,
123 00
W. E. Decrow, electrical supplies .
480 75
Couch & Seeley Co., electrical supplies
9 30
Electric Gas Lighting Co., electrical sup- plies
15 13
Amount carried forward
$5,845 31
.
2 55
63
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward . $5,845 31
F. M. Ferrin, electrical supplies
.
443 96
T. W. Gleeson, electrical supplies
38 13
F. W. Kimball, electrical supplies
17 50
Pettingell-Andrews Co., electrical sup- plies 304 74
William Hall & Co., hardware .
8 84
Underhill Hardware Co., hardware .
112 60
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware
5 70
I. H. Wiley & Co., hardware
55 00
D. J. Bennett, harness work
76 90
Fellows & Co., harness work
1 68
C. W. H. Moulton & Co., repairing
ladder
2 50
J. Rush Green, spruce
75
J. A. Kiley, repairing buggy, etc.
102 70
Charles E. Berry, repairing wagons
6 00
Charles E. Perry & Co .; register paper
56 60
Francis H. & Charles W. Boyer, repair- ing fire whistle 27 45
Murphy Varnish Co., varnish
24 00
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., letters and tape
6 23
Cornelius Callahan Co., lantern holder
4 50
John T. Sellon, fire box glasses
11 25
A. D Wheeler, N. E. Agent, posts, etc.,
440 00
Julian D'Este Co., composition
5 72
Thomas Groon & Co., stationery
2 50
L. C. Smith
ribbon & Brother, typewriter
75
Somerville Journal Co., printing
7 00
Somerville Post-office, postage
4 00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
118 50
Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire
17 60
Puritan Brewing Co., steam for fire alarm whistle
40 00
A. G. Renner, expressing .
1 10
American Express Co., expressing .
55
Glines & Co., expressing .
.
Fire Department, board of horses .
300 00
$8,090 36
Excess and Deficiency.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1905 . .
$45,510 00
Balance from 1904 .
$45,509 19
Balance brought down
$0 81
CREDIT.
Balance from 1904
$0 81
City Auditor, balance of 1905 account
16 02
City Clerk, balance of 1905 account
412 95
City Engineer, balance of 1905 account
13 53
Amount carried forward
$443 31
.
30
$7,790 36
DEBIT.
64
ANNUAL REPORTS.
$443 31
City Treasurer, balance of 1905 account
S18 25
Contingent Fund, balance of 1905 account 123 60 Election Expenses :-
City Clerk, balance of 1905 account
430 01
Election Officers, balance of 1905 account
Executive Department, balance of 1905 account . 11 00
54 61
Fire Department, Combination Ladder and Chemical En- gine, balance of 1905 account 150 00
Health Department. balance of 1905 account
8,041 98
Highways, Removal of Brown-tail Moths, balance of 1905 account
44 80
Highways, Shade Trees, balance of 1905 account
14
Highways, Watering Streets, balance of 1905 account
7 32
Interest, balance of 1905 account
11,770 67
Military Aid, balance of 1905 account
191 57
Police, balance of 1905 account
658 31
Printing and Stationery, balance of 1905 account
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