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I believe that I should be remiss did I not recall the atten- tion of the community to the good work being done by the Grand Army post and its allies. This is a work that should be aided and encouraged by private bounty, which should be given to the different bodies to be expended in their discretion.
For many years the subject of a soldiers' monument has been considered and discussed, inasmuch as Somerville is one of the few municipalities which, as yet, have not erected fitting memorials. To my mind the grandest monument within our borders is the modest column erected by the Somerville Light Infantry, in the little cemetery on Somerville avenue, "in mem- ory of those from the town who fell in the service of their country." However, sometime in the early future, possibly by private and public co-operation, I feel that our city should have a grand, imposing monument in commemoration of the efforts of the soldiers of 1861-1865 to maintain the integrity of the nation.
By executive order the national flag has been displayed every business day and holiday from the city hall and the city hall annex, and every day in the year from Prospect-hill tower. I believe that the display of the national emblem is an incentive to a greater patriotism among the people, regardless of age, and more especially among those of the younger generations.
I ask your early co-operation in considering the subject of the erection and maintenance of a public bath-house on the Mystic river. Many lives have been lost in years past in that vicinity for lack of proper bathing facilities, and I believe that the time has come for the advancement of this project, which I strongly recommend.
On the recommendation of the past year's city government, I strongly urge that early action be taken to acquire for the city. the so-called Clarendon-hill ledge. This will be necessary for
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the city's stone supply and for the prevention of the locality from being a menace to public safety.
I would suggest, also, that your board give early consider- ation to the need of changes in the voting precincts of ward 7. At the close of registration last November there were 964 reg- istered male voters in precinct 2, only thirty-six less than the limit fixed by law for any precinct. The present precinct 2 can be divided, or a new division made of the whole ward, which- ever way seems to you most advisable. This matter should be considered as early in the year as possible, as the work of various departments, particularly that of the assessors, will have to be planned to meet such change.
The different departments in city hall have accumulated, since the beginning of the city, many records and books of ac- count for which there is no suitable storage room. I ask your consideration and approval of the building of ample storage rooms under city hall for the protection of city records and documents.
I ask your early consideration of the needs and require- ments of the fire department, brought about by our rapid ex- pansion in building and population. I believe that a fire sta- tion should be erected near the top of Winter hill, and that the permanent force should be increased by at least six men ; and that at least one more fire engine should be added to the de- partment. The fire losses of Somerville in the past and present are among the lowest, per capita, in the state, and I feel that the efficiency of the department should be maintained at the highest standard consistent with our financial resources.
I recommend your consideration of the adoption of chapter 191 of the acts of the legislature for the year 1905, permitting the establishment of a municipal building insurance fund.
I recommend that the old-fashioned doors on fire-alarm boxes be replaced by keyless doors as fast as possible.
The building ordinances of the city have not been thor- oughly revised for some years, and I am forced to believe that they do not adequately meet the unusual conditions under which the city is so rapidly developing. I believe that they should be. brought up to the highest standard, for the protection of per- sons investing their savings in homes, as well as for the public safety. I earnestly recommend that a. commission of three members be appointed, who shall be experts on the subject, for the revision and codification of the building ordinances.
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I ask your consideration of the demands for better accom- modations for our local police court. The present quarters are inadequate for the transaction of the present volume of business. Perhaps something might be done by private enterprise on these lines, but if this is impossible, it may become the duty of the city to furnish what is necessary for the conduct of the county business.
I ask the attention of the Somerville delegation in the leg- islature, in case of a tax being levied on automobiles for the benefit of state highways, that they use their best efforts for a just apportionment of the tax to the cities, whose streets are equally affected.
I also ask our state representatives to do all they can to protect and safeguard the city and property holders from the rapacity and extortion of the fire insurance companies doing business in our city. I believe the time has come for rigid in- vestigation and limitation of insurance rates, which are much too high for the losses incurred.
Somerville is to be congratulated upon its unprecedented majority in favor of no-license. Special attention has been given this year to the subject of granting sixth-class liquor licenses, and a strict supervision has been maintained over the holders of such licenses. I respectfully urge a continuance of this watch- fulness. The police department, whose entire work has been eminently satisfactory throughout the year, has paid special attention to the no-license law, and I believe that it has been enforced in a satisfactory and efficient manner. The executive and the police department in the coming year will do their best to enforce the law strictly and impartially.
Somerville is a good and honorable city. Upon you and me, in the greatest measure, is laid the obligation to keep it so. We have our opportunities, our responsibilities, our official du- ties. Let us so deal with them that we may, every man of us, meet the approval of his own conscience,-to him the voice of God .-- and thereby merit and rightly hope to gain the esteem of our fellow-men, which. also, when worthily won, is a price- less treasure.
JAMES F. BEARD. Elected City Treasurer August 9, 1900.
Died July 2, 1906.
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James Ff. Beard
James F. Beard was born in Reading, Mass., October 11, 18449.
Early in his life his father removed to Charlestown, where he received his education. In 1868 he entered Dartmouth Col- lege, but owing to sickness in the family, he was obliged to leave at the end of two years.
In 1874 he took charge of the office and finances of the firm of Harrison, Beard & Co., furniture manufacturers, with whom he was associated for nearly twenty years.
He moved to Somerville in 1879.
In 1881. while still in the furniture business, he was elected secretary and treasurer of the Somerville Co-operative Bank, and at the time of his death he was director of the corporation.
In- 1892, when the Somerville National Bank was formed, he was elected cashier, which position he held until his election as city treasurer on August 9, 1900.
In 1886 he was elected to the Somerville school board, and in 1900 was president of the board.
He held from time to time positions of trust and honor in various organizations, all of which he filled with a faithfulness and honesty of purpose which made him respected by all with whom he came in contact.
His death on July 2, 1906, after a few hours' illness, came as a great shock to the community, but the memory of his kindness and courtesy to all and his faithfulness to life's duties will always be remembered.
REPORT OF THE CITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Treasurer's Office, January 10, 1907.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-
Gentlemen: The undersigned presents herewith the thirty- fifth annual report of the financial condition of the city, and a statement showing, in detail, the receipts and disbursements for the year ending December 31, 1906.
Public Property.
The value of the public property of the city December 31, 1905, was $3,901,675.72. The property acquired during the year was as follows :---
Contagious Disease Hospital .
$3,006 29
High School Addition
34,457 32
Fire Escapes, Luther V. Bell School
675 51
Sanitary Systems in Bell, Bingham, and Edgerly Schools . 4,975 93
Heating Plant, City Home
332 00
Water Works Extension .
19,195 86
Sewers Construction $18,758 66
Less payments Catch Basin and stock on
2,229 75
$16,528 91
Less Contract Reserves .
885 81
15,643 10
Not previously included :- Luther V. Bell Fire Escapes, 1905 $765 19
Sewers, cost to January 1, 1906 . 1,163,936 00
1,164,701 19
$1,242,987 20
Total public property December 31, 1906, $5,144,662.92.
Funded Debt.
The funded debt December 31, 1905. as per Table B of the last annual report, was $1,510,000.
The debt was increased during the year by appropriations as follows :-
Sewers Construction
$20,000 00 Public Buildings Construction, High School Building
Completion .
15,000 00
Amount carried forward
$35,000 00
hand
$78,286 01
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Amount brought forward
$35,000 00
Highways Construction 25,000 00
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings 17,500 00 Highways, Shade Trees 500 00
Sidewalks Construction 12,000 00
Renewal of Funded Debt
10,000 00
Total amount of appropriations on Funded Debt ac- count
$100,000 00
To provide for the above-mentioned appropriations, bonds to the amount of $100,000 at 4 per cent. were issued, viz. :-
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3128 to 3135, payable 1907 $8,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3436 to 3443, payable 1908 8,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3444 to 3451, payable 1909 8,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3452 to 3459, payable 1910 8.000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3460 to 3467, payable 1911
8.000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3468 to 3474, payable 1912
7,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3175 to 3481, payable 1913
7,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3182 to 3488, payable 1914 7,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3189 to 3495, payable 1915 7,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3496 to 3502, payable 1916
7,000 00
City Loan Bond No. 3503, payable 1917
1,000 00
City Loan Bond No. 3504, payable 1918
1,000 00
City Loan Bond No. 3505, payable 1919
1,000 00
City Loan Bond No. 3506, payable 1920 1,000 00
1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bonds Nos. 359 to 378, payable 1907 to 1926 .
20,000 00
Total amount of bonds issued in 1906 $100,000 00
The following bonds became due during the year :-
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3310 to 3318, interest 31/2 per cent. $9,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 1680 to 1685, interest 4 per cent. 6,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 1918 to 1932, interest 4 per cent. .
15,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2140 to 2147, interest 4 per cent.
8,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2303 to 2311, interest 4 per cent.
9,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2564 to 2570, interest 4 per cent.
7,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2686 to 2695, interest 31/2 per cent.
10,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2810 to 2817, interest 31/2 per cent.
8,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2924 to 2933, interest 31/2 per cent.
10,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3038 to 3046, interest 4 per cent.
9,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3199 to 3206, interest 4 per cent.
8,000 00
City Loan Bond No. 3207. interest 4 per cent.
500 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3151 to 3155, interest 4 per cent. Sewer Loan Bond No. 329, interest 31/2 per cent.
1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bond No. 65, interest 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bond No. 182, interest 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bond No. 206, interest 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bond No. 22º, interest 31/2 per cent.
1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bond No. 257, interest 31/2 per cent.
1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bond No. 281. interest 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bond No. 305, interest 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bond No. 48. interest 41/2 per cent.
1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bonds Nos. 114 to 116, interest 4 per cent.
3,000 00
Paving Loan Bonds Nos. 66 to 70, interest 4 per cent.,
5,000 00
Water Loan Bond No. b457, interest 4 per cent. .
1,000 00
Water Loan Bonds Nos. 356 to 358, interest 4 per cent.
3,000 00
$132,500 00
Amount carried forward
2,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2437 to 2446, interest 4 per cent.
10,000 00
City Loan Bond No. 3507, payable 1921
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Amount brought forward
$132,500 00
Water Loan Bonds Nos. 454 to 455, interest 4 per cent. 2,000 00
10,000 00
Water Loan Bonds Nos. 30 to 31, interest 51/2 per cent. Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan Bond No. 4, interest 31/2 per cent.
1,000 00
Total amount of bonds maturing in 1906
$145,500 00
Under the authority of Ordinance No. 59, approved July 27, 1906, $257,000 of coupon bonds have been exchanged for regis- tered bonds, leaving the net funded debt December 31, 1906, as per Table B, $1,464,500, classified as follows :-
City Loan Bonds at 31/2 per cent.
City Loan Bonds at 4 per cent.
64,000 00
Sewer Loan Bonds at 31/2 per cent.
32,000 00
Sewer Loan Bonds at 4 per cent.
7,000 00
156,000 00 4,000 00 30,000 00
Paving Loan Bonds at 4 per cent.
Water Loan Bonds at 4 per cent.
31,000 00
55,000 00
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan Bonds at 31/2 per cent.
3,000 00
20,000 00
$257,000 00
$1,207,500 00
Registered Bonds
$257.000 00
Coupon Bonds
1,207,500 00
$1,464,500 00
Total Funded Debt, City Loan
$1,082,500 00
Total Funded Debt, Water Loan .
86,000 00
Total Funded Debt, Paving Loan (outside legal limit)
30,000 00
Total Funded Debt, Sewer Loan
186,000 00
Total Funded Debt, Sewer Loan (outside legal limit)
57,000 00
Total Funded Debt, Metropolitan Park As- sessment Loan (outside legal limit) . 23,000 00
$1,464,500 00
Resources.
The assessors' warrant for the tax levy, assessed upon the polls and estates of the inhabitants, was duly received.
The total amount of taxable property was $60,371,500, and the rate of taxation was $17.40 on each $1,000 valuation, as follows :-
$54,367,700 00 .
Real estate, valuation
Personal estate, valuation
5,907,960 00 95,840 00
Non-resident bank shares
Total valuation .
$60,371,500 00 .
At a rate of $17.40 on $1,000 valuation
$1,050,464 10
Polls, 20,069 at $2 .
40,138.00
Amount carried forward
. $1,090,602 10
·
Registered. $119,000 00
Coupon. $231,000 00 668,500 00 43,000 00
Sewer Loan Bonds at 41/2 per cent.
1,000 00
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Amount brought forward $1,090,602 10
Street watering
22,309 64
Suppression of gypsy and brown-tail moths
1,111 88
Total amount of tax levy .
$1,114,023 62
Borrowed on Funded Debt account to provide for the cost of public improvements and renewals of debt
100,000 00
Water works income
231,593 44
National bank and corporation taxes, applied to Police 30,608 45
Court fees, fines, etc., applied to Police
3,810 00
County of Middlesex, dog licenses, applied to Public Library 4,386 83
Street Railway tax for the year 1906, applied to Highways Maintenance 48,329 06
Boston Elevated Railway tax for the year 1006, applied to Highways Maintenance . 8,417 89
Total amount of resources
$1,541,229 20
Appropriations from Funded Debt and from Income.
Balances unused and in process :--
CREDIT BALANCES.
Highways Construction $2,879 89
Highways Maintenance
1,926 60
Highways, Paving Broadway, Bow and Summer streets 638 01
Public Buildings Construction, Luther V. Bell Fire Escapes
59 30
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Income Fund, Art .
153 50
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Income Fund, Poetry 79 23
Grade Crossings
373 51
Sewers Construction
3,454 11
Electrical Department, Underground Construction
239 80
$9,859 44
Cash.
Balance on hand January 1, 1906
$116,483 89
Total cash receipts for the year 1906
2,324,580 36
$2,441,064 25
Total cash disbursements for the year 1906 .
2,348,187 51
Balance in the treasury December 31, 1900
$92,876 74
Deposits in banks
$89,503 50
Cash on hand .
3,373 24
$92,876 74
Assets and Liabilities.
The assets of the city available for the payment of its un- funded liabilities are as follows ;-
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Available assets :-
Contagious Disease Hospital, Department
accounts
$2,329 24
Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
19,760 96
Highway Betterment Assessments lected uncol-
2,990 95
Metered Water Charges uncollected
26,272 58
Real Estate Liens
2,340 61
Sewer Assessments uncollected
3,958 46
Sidewalk Assessments uncollected .
5,543 82
Taxes uncollected
250,038 94
Cash in treasury
92,876 74
Unfunded liabilities :
Coupons unpaid
$22,175 00
Reduction of Funded Debt
13,000 00
Overplus on Tax Sales .
118 13
Sundry Persons
524 21
Temporary Loans
350,000 00
385,817 34
$20,294 96
Balance Sheet.
DEBIT.
Public Property
$5,144,662 92 ·
Excess of available assets
20,294 96
$5,164,957 88
CREDIT.
Excess of appropriations from tax levy
$1,427 41
Excess of appropriations from Funded Debt
9,859 44
Excess of appropriations from tax levy, Overlay and Abatement 9,008 11
Present Funded Debt
1,464,500 00
Property and Debt Balance or Municipal Capital .
3,680,162 92
$5,164,957 88
A detailed statement of the public property, funded debt, and the receipts and disbursements of the several accounts will be found in the following appendix.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH S. PIKE,
Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.
$406,112 30
. .
.
$1,484,794 96
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TABLE A .- PUBLIC PROPERTY DECEMBER 31, 1906.
Central Hill land (389,920 feet)
$270,000 00
City Hall
$35,332 32
Furniture and fixtures .
10,000 00
45,332 32
Public Library building
42,000 00
Public Library
25,000 00
67,000 00
City Hall Annex
20,655 02
Albion A. Perry Schoolhouse, Washington street, land (46,080 feet) and building
36,000 00
Furniture
1,080 00
Books
530 00
37,610 00
Bingham Schoolhouse, land (35,586 feet) and building .
67,405 04
Furniture
2,600 00
Books
2,300 00
Purns Schoolhouse, land (16,080 feet) and
building
33,300 00
Furniture
1,460 00
Books
1,000 00
Charles G. Pope Schoolhouse, land (27,236
78,600 00
Furniture
2,160 00
Books
83,360 00
Cummings Schoolhouse, land (11,300 feet)
and building
720 00
Furniture
500 00
Books
12,420 00
Davis Schoolhouse, land (30,155 feet) and
building
720 00
Furniture
400 00
Books
23,120 00
Edgerly Schoolhouse, land (24,000 feet) and
building
2,230 00
Furniture
2,800 00
Books
48,830 00
English High Schoolhouse
Furniture
Philosophical and manual training
ap-
8,200 00
paratus
12,000 00
Books
158,100 00
Amount carried forward
$874,492 38
.
.
72,305 01
1
.
35,760 00
feet) and building
.
2,600 00
.
.
11,200 00
22,000 00
43,800 00
134,000 00
3,900 00
.
.
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$874,492 38
Amount brought forward
Forster Schoolhouse and Annex, land
(30,632 feet) and buildings
82,000 00
Furniture
3,290 00
Books
4,100 00
89,390 00
George L. Baxter Schoolhouse, land (11,000
feet) and building
31,800 00
Furniture
1,155 64
Books
450 00
33,405 64
George O. Proctor Schoolhouse, building (on Armory lot) (40,244 feet) .
41,029 16
Furniture
1,200 00
Books
44,020 46
George W. Dureli Schoolhouse, land (13,883
feet) and building
720 00
Furniture
500 00
Books
20,220 00
Highland Schoolhouse, land (23,260 feet)
58,000 00
and building
2,560 00
Furniture
2,800 00
Books
63,360 00
Jacob T. Glines Schoolhouse, land (28,800
78,200 00
feet) and building
2,340 00
Furniture
2,100 00
Books
82,640 00
110,994 76
Latin High Schoolhouse
2,000 00
Furniture
500 00
Philosophical apparatus
3,300 00
Books
116,794 76
Lincoln Schoolhouse, Jand (17,662 feet) and
17,500 00
building
720 00
Furniture
500 00
Books
18,720 00
Luther V. Bell Schoolhouse, land (22,262
46,496 63
feet) and building
2,400 00
Furniture
2,400 00
Books
51,296 63
Martin W. Carr Schoolhouse, land (20,450
51,000 00
feet) and building
2,800 00
Furniture
2,800 00
Books
56,600 00
Morse Schoolhouse, land (29,000 feet) and
45,859 00
building
2,340 00
Furniture
2,800 00
Books
50,999 00
Martha Perry Lowe Schoolhouse, land (21,- 650 feet) and building
1,480 00
Furniture
800 00
Books
52,626 16
$1,554,565 03
Amount carried forward
·
50,346 16
1,791 30
19,000 00
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Amount brought forward
$1,554,565 03 .
O. S. Knapp Schoolhouse, land (24,517 feet) and building
48,000 00
Furniture
2,540 00
Books
3,000 00
53,540 00
Prescott Schoolhouse, land (22,000 feet) and
building
64,000 00
Furniture
2,260 00
Books
2,700 00
Prospect-hill Schoolhouse, land (23,733 feet) and building
15,000 00
Benjamin G. Brown Schoolhouse, land
(20,093 feet) and building
38,400 00
Furniture
1,290 16
Books
700 00
Sanford Hanscom Schoolhouse, land (12,756 feet) and building
48,500 00
Furniture
1,080 00
Books
500 00
Clark W. Bennett Schoolhouse, land (16,250 feet) and building .
57,268 32
Furniture
2,180 00
Books
1,000 00
William H. Hodgkins Schoolhouse, land (35,034 feet) and building
69,300 00
Furniture
2,400 00
Books
2,300 00
City Stables, dwelling houses and 462,623 feet of land
84,000 00
Health Department, shed
1,189 79
Equipments for highway repairs
21,690 00
Watering carts and sheds
5,000 00
Water Works, land and buildings (93,500 feet) No. 1 Fire Station, land (S,937 feet) and building®
33,200 00
Engine No. 2 and apparatus
4,000 00
Hose wagon No. 1 and apparatus
1,500 00
Furniture
400 00
No. 2 Fire Station, land (5,500 feet) and
10,400 00
Furniture
400 00
Hose wagon No. 2 and apparatus
1,500 00
12,300 00
No. 3 Fire Station, land (13,700 feet) and building
55,743 18
Furniture
400 00
Hose wagon No. 3 and apparatus
1,500 00
Hook and ladder truck and apparatus
3,400 00
Engine No. 3
5,375 00
66,418 18
Amount carried forward
$2,178,681 48
.
74,000 00
111,879 79 32,000 00
.
.
39,100 00
building
·
68,960 00
40,390 16
50,080 00
60,448 32
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Amount brought forward
$2,178,681 48 .
No. 4 Fire Station, land (9,100 feet) and building
15,500 00
Furniture
400 00
Engine No. 4 and apparatus
4,000 00
Combination wagon and apparatus
2,500 00
22,400 00
No. 5 Fire Station, land (39,000 feet) and building
16,500 00
Furniture
400 00
Hose wagon No. 5 and apparatus
1,500 00
18,400 00
No. 6 Fire Station, land (8,113 feet) and
building
17,600 00
Furniture
600 00
Apparatus
4,850 00
Hook and Ladder Station No. 2, land (9,903 feet) and building
14,100 00
Furniture
1,200 00
Apparatus
7,500 00
Central Fire Station, land (11,738 feet) and
building
36,700 00
Furniture
500 00
Engine No. 1 and apparatus
4,000 00
Hose wagon and apparatus
2,000 00
Two relief hose carriages
1,000 00
One relief hook and ladder
400 00
Chemical Engine A and equipment
2,498 53
Fire Alarm and Police Signal apparatus
Police Station, land (15,225 feet) and building
54,000 00
Furniture
3,000 00
57,000 00
City Home, Broadway, land (421,646 feet) and buildings
36,807 64
Furniture
1,426 09
38,233 73
Contagions Disease Hospital
7,193 76
Land (88,364 feet)
15,600 00
Water Works
Sewers
1,179,579 10
Prospect street, land (7,918 feet) and building
6,800 00
Broadway Park (cost $212,993.20) (700,000 square feet)
270,000 00
Nathan Tufts Park (about 4 54-100 acres, 217,572 feet) Lincoln Park, Washington street (288,764 square feet) 63,200 00
68,000 00
Out-door Gymnasium
.
64,000 00
Prospect-hill Park (94,503 feet)
67,511 75
Historical Building and Observatory
9,119 55
76.631 30
Franklin Park (40,000 feet)
(200,618 square feet) and .
22,500 00
building
Amount carried forward
$5,035,619 71 .
.
23,050 00
22,800 00
47,098 53 36,610 00
22,793 76 869,041 81
800 00
.
12,000 00
Powder-House Boulevard
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Amount brought forward
$5,035,619 71
Joy street, land (2,700 feet)
500 00
Broadway, land (10,890 feet)
2,300 00
College avenue, land (18,000 feet)
6,000 00
Webster avenue, land (10,000 feet)
2,500 00
Holland street, land (217,800 feet) .
35,500 00
Gravel land in Waltham (about 35 acres)
15,000 00 693 21
Rifle Range, building
15,693 21
Gravel land rear North street (199,043 feet)
4,000 00
Oliver street, land (40,500 feet)
18,000 00
Whipple street, land (15,240 feet)
3,000 00
Beacon street, land (10,000 feet)
2,800 00
Passageway on Putnam street (1,135 feet)
400 00
Stand Pipe lot (17,176 feet)
5,100 00
Glen street, land (6,370 feet)
2,300 00
Somerville avenue, land (305 feet)
300 00
Broadway, junction Main street, land (1,260 feet)
900 00
Joy-street playground (20,000 feet)
9,750 00
Total amount of public property
$5,144,662 92
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE B .- FUNDED DEBT DECEMBER 31, 1906. City Loan Bonds.
DATE.
Nun.ber of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When Due.
Denomi. nation.
Amount Coupon Bonds.
Amount Reg. Bonds.
April 1, 1905
3,319 to 3.327
31/2
Apr. 1,1907
$1,000
$9,000
...
July 1, 1894
1,686 to 1,691
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
6,000
July 1, 1895
1,933 to 1,947
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
15,000
· ..
...
July 1, 1896
2,148 to 2,155
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
8,000
.....
July 1, 1897
2,312 to 2,320
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
9,000
.
July 1, 1898
2,447 to 2,456
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