Report of the city of Somerville 1906, Part 4

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 552


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Total amount of Sewer Loan Bonds under debt limit $186,000


...


45


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


SEWER LOAN BONDS .- Concluded.


ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF CHAPTER 357, ACTS OF 1895, BEYOND THE LIMIT FIXED BY LAW.


DATE.


Number of Bonds.


Rate per cent. of Interest.


When due.


Denomi- nation.


Amount.


July 1, 1895


117 to 119


4


July 1, 1907


$1,000


$3,000


July 1, 1895


120 to 122


4


July 1, 1908


1,000


3,000


July 1, 1895


123 to 125


4


July 1, 1909


1,000


3,000


July 1, 1895


126 to 128


4


July 1, 1910


1,000


3,000


July 1, 1895


129 to 131


4


July 1, 1911


1,000


3,000


July 1, 1895


132 to 134


4


July 1, 1912


1,000


3,000


July 1, 1895


135 to 137


4


July 1, 1913


1,000


3,000


July 1, 1895


138 to 140


4


July 1, 1914


1,000


3,000


July 1, 1895


141 to 143


4


July 1, 1915


1,000


3,000


July 1, 1895


144 to 146


4


July 1, 1916


1,000


3,000


July 1, 1895


147 to 149


4


July 1, 1917


1,000


3,000


July 1, 1895


150 to 152


4


July 1, 1918


1,000


3,000


July 1, 1895


153 to 155


4


July 1, 1919


1,000


3,000


July 1, 1895


156 to 158


4


July 1, 1920


1,000


3,000


July 1, 1895


159 to 161


4


July 1, 1921


1,000


3,000


July 1, 1895


162 to 164


4


July 1, 1922


1,000


3,000


July 1, 1895


165 to 167


4


July 1, 1923


1,000


3,000


July 1, 1895


168 to 170


4


July 1, 1924


1,000


3,000


July 1, 1895


171 to 173


4


July 1, 1925


1,000


3,000


Total amount


of Sewer Loan


Bonds


under above


Act . .


$57,000


46


ANNUAL REPORTS.


City Loan Paving Bonds.


ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF CHAPTER 153, ACTS OF 1892, BEYOND THE LIMIT FIXED BY LAW.


DATE.


Number of Bonds.


Rate per cent. of Interest.


When due.


Denomi- nation.


Amount.


October 1, 1892


71 to 75


4


Oct. 1, 1907


$1,000


$5,000


October 1, 1892


76 to 80


4


Oct. 1, 1908


1,000


5,000


October 1, 1892


81 to 85


4


Oct. 1, 1909


1,000


5,000


October 1, 1892


86 to 90


4


Oct. 1, 1910


1,000


5,000


October 1, 1892


91 to 95


4


Oct. 1, 1911


1,000


5,000


October 1, 1892


96 to 100


4


Oct. 1, 1912


1,000


5,000


Total amount of


Paving


Bonds


$30,000


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Water Loan Bonds.


DATE.


Number of Bonds.


Rate per cent. of Interest.


When due.


Denomi- nation.


Amount Coupon Bonds.


Amount Reg. Bonds.


July 1, 1886


267 to 276


4


July 1, 1907


$1,000


$10,000


July 1, 1888


291


4


July 1, 1907


1,000


1,000


July 1, 1896


b458


4


July 1, 1907


1,000


1,000


Oct. 1, 1889


359 to 361


4


Oct. 1, 1907


1,000


3,000


Oct. 1, 1890


456 to 457


4


Oct. 1, 1907


1,000


2,000


July 1, 1888


292


4


July 1, 1908


1,000


1,000


July 1, 1896


b459


4


July 1, 1908


1,000


1,000


3,000


Oct. 1, 1890


458 to 459


4


Oct. 1, 1908


1,000


2,000


....


July 1, 1888


293


4


July 1. 1909


1,000


1,000


.


Oct. 1, 1889


Reg. 102


4


Oct. 1, 1909


. .....


..


3,000


Oct. 1, 1890


423 to 424


4


Oct. 1, 1909


1,000


2,000


July 1, 1888


294


4


July 1, 1910


1,000


1,000


.


Oct. 1, 1889


Reg. 103


4


Oct. 1, 1910


1,000


2,000


.


July 1, 1888


295


4


July 1, 1911


1,000


1,000


...


Oct. 1, 1889


Reg. 104


4


Oct. 1, 1911


..


. .


4


Oct. 1, 1911


1,000


2,000


July 1, 1888


296


4


July 1, 1912


1,000


1,000


.. .


Oct. 1. 1889


Reg. 105


4


Oct. 1, 1912


3,000


Oct. 1, 1890


430 to 431


4


Oct. 1, 1912


1,000


2,000


Amounts


carried


forward . .


$33,000


$15,000


Oct. 1, 1889


Reg. 101


4


Oct. 1, 1908


·


. .


3,000


Oct. 1, 1890


426 to 427


4


Oct. 1, 1910


3,000


Oct. 1, 1890


428 to 429


48


ANNUAL REPORTS.


WATER LOAN BONDS .- Concluded.


DATE.


Number of Bonds.


Rate per cent. of Interest.


When due.


Denomi- nation.


Amount. Coupon Bonds.


Amount Reg. Bonds.


July 1, 1888


297


4


July 1, 1913


$1,000


1,000


Oct. 1, 1889


Reg. 106


4


Oct. 1, 1913


.


3,000


Oct. 1, 1890


432 to 433


4


Oct. 1, 1913


1,000


2,000


July 1, 1888


298


4


July 1, 1914


1,000


1,000


Oct. 1, 1889


Reg. 107


4


Oct. 1, 1914


. ....


3,000


Oct. 1, 1890


434 to 435


4


Oct. 1, 1914


1,000


2,000


July 1, 1888


299


4


July 1, 1915


1,000


1,000


.. .


Oct. 1, 1889


Reg. 108


4


Oct. 1, 1915


. . .. .


...


2,000


Oct. 1, 1890


436 to 437


4


Oct. 1, 1915


1,000


2,000


July 1, 1888


300


4


July 1, 1916


1,000


1,000


Oct. 1, 1889


Reg. 109


4


Oct. 1, 1916


. .....


2,000


Oct. 1, 1890


438 to 439


4


Oct. 1, 1916


1,000


2,000


..


July 1, 1888


301


4


July 1, 1917


1,000


1,000


Oct. 1, 1889


Reg. 110


4


Oct. 1, 1917


...


2,000


Oct. 1, 1890


440 to 441


4


Oct. 1, 1917


1,000


2,000


July 1, 1888


302


4


July 1, 1918


1,000


1,000


...


Oct. 1, 1889


Reg. 111


4


Oct. 1, 1918


...


2,000


Oct. 1, 1890


442 to 443


4


Oct. 1, 1918


1,000


2,000


Oct. 1, 1889


Reg. 112


4


Oct. 1, 1919


..


2,000


()ct. 1. 1890


444 to 445


4


Oct. 1, 1919


1,000


2,000


Oct. 1, 1890


446 to 447


4


Oct. 1, 1920


1,000


2,000


. .....


$55,000


$31.000


Coupons Bonds


$55,000


Registered Bonds


31,000


Total amount Water Loan Bonds


$86,000


. ..


.


$33,000


$15,000


Amounts


brought


forward . .


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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan Bonds. ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF CHAPTER 225, ACTS OF 1902, BEYOND THE LIMIT FIXED BY LAW.


DATE.


Number of Bonds.


Rate per cent. of Interest.


When due.


Denomi- nation.


Amount Coupon Bonds.


Amount Reg. Bonds.


July 1, 1902


5


1


31/2


July 1, 1907


$1,000


$1,000


. .. ..


July 1, 1902


6


31/2


July 1, 1908


1,000


1,000


July 1, 1902


Reg. 160


31/2


July 1, 1909


..


·


$1,000


July 1, 1902


8


31/2


July 1, 1910


1,000


1,000


July 1, 1902


Reg. 161


31/2


July 1, 1911


..


..


1,000


July 1, 1902


Reg. 162


31/2


July 1, 1912


..


....


1,000


July 1, 1902


11


31/2


July 1, 1913


1,000


1,000


July 1, 1902


12


31/2


July 1, 1914


1,000


1,000


July 1, 1902


13


31/2


July 1, 1915


1,000


1,000


July 1, 1902


14


31/2


July 1, 1916


1,000


1,000


July 1, 1902


15


31/2


July 1, 1917


1,000


1,000


July 1, 1902


16


31/2


July 1, 1918


1,000


1,000


......


July 1, 1902


17


31/2


July 1, 1919


1,000


1,000


July 1, 1902


18


31/2


July 1, 1920


1,000


1,000


July 1, 1902


19


31/2


July 1, 1921


1,000


1,000


· .


July 1, 1902


20


31/2


July 1, 1922


1,000


1,000


July 1, 1902


21


31/2


July 1, 1923


1,000


1,000


July 1, 1902


22


31/2


July 1, 1924


1,000


1,000


...


July 1, 1902


23


31/2


July 1, 1925


1,000


1,000


· .....


July 1, 1902


24


31/2


July 1, 1926


1,000


1,000


......


July 1, 1902


25


31/2


July 1, 1927


1,000


1,000


.....


July 1, 1902


26


31/2


July 1, 1928


1,000


1,000


......


July 1, 1902


27


31/2


July 1, 1929


1,000


1,000


$20,000


$3,000


Coupon Bonds


$20,000


Registered Bonds


3,000


Total amount Met. Park Assessment Loan Bonds . $23,000


.....


.. .


......


...


.. .


.


50


ANNUAL REPORTS.


:


Recapitulation.


City Loan Bonds


$1,082,500 00 ·


Sewer Loan Bonds .


186,000 00


Total amount of Funded Debt within the limit provided by law


.


·


$1,268,500 00


Sewer Loan Bonds, issued under Chapter 357, Acts of 1895


$57,000 00


City Loan Paving Bonds, issued under Chapter 153, Acts of 1892


30,000 00


Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan Bonds, issued under Chapter 325, Acts of 1902 .


23,000 00


Total amount of Funded Debt outside of the limit allowed by law, issued under special Acts


Water Loan Bonds .


.


.


110,000 00 86,000 00


Total amount of Funded Debt


. $1,464,500 00


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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


TABLE C .- STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, SHOWING APPROPRI- ATIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DECEMBER 31, 1906.


Appropriations.


CREDIT.


Taxes, amount assessed for municipal purposes .


$864,675 00


Property and Debt Balance, amount provided by issue of bonds


100,000 00


$964,675 00


DEBIT.


Appropriations from tax levy :-


Assessors


$10,000 00


City Auditor


725 00


City Clerk .


5,500 00


City Engineer .


11,500 00


City Messenger


2,000 00


City Solicitor


2,350 00


City Treasurer


9,300 00


Clerk of Committees and Departments


4,200 00


Contingent Fund


3,450 00


Election Expenses :---·


City Clerk


1,650 00


Commissioner of Public Buildings


900 00


Pay of Election Officers .


2,500 00


Registrars of Voters


1,650 00


Electrical Department


8,500 00


Executive Department


4,000 00


Fire Department


45,500 00


Health Department


6,400 00


Health Department, and Offal


36,600 00


Health Department, Hospital


6,000 00


Inspection of Buildings


4,100 00


Interest


58,000 00


Military Aid


1,000 00


Police


41,600 00


Printing and Stationery


2,100 00


Public Buildings Maintenance :---


City Buildings


11,000 00


Janitors' Salaries


27,000 00


Schoolhouses


27,700 00


Public Library


14,500 00


Public Grounds


10,400 00


Reduction of Funded Debt


102,000 00


School Contingent


25,000 00


School Teachers' Salaries


260,000 00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


1,050 00


Sidewalks Maintenance


3,000 00


Soldiers' Relief


.


22,000 00


Somerville Hospital


5,000 00


Street Lights


67,000 00


Support of Poor, City Home


2,500 00


Support of Poor, Miscellaneous


14,000 00


Suppression of Gypsy and


Brown-tail


Moths


3,000 00


$864,675 00


Amount carried forward


$864,675 00


·


Collection of Ashes


Contagious Disease


.


52


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


Appropriations on Funded Debt account :-


Sewers Construction $20,000 00


Public Buildings Construction, High School Building Completion 15,000 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


100,000 00


$964,675 00


Assessors.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1906 .


$10,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 171 31


$10,171 31


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Albert B. Fales, salary as chair- man of the board of assessors ·


$725 82


George W. Perkins, salary as chairman of the board of assessors


1,150 00


Benjamin F. Thompson, assessor


800 00


Nathan H. Reed, assessor


800 00


Harry A. True, assessor


155 56


George E. Elliott, assessor


800 00


Winsor L. Snow, assessor .


644 44


Fred B. Clapp, assistant assessor


250 00


John J. Sheeran, assistant assessor


250 00


James Wilson, assistant assessor


250 00


John F. Stackpole, assistant assessor 250 00


700 00


Jennie L. Jones, first assistant clerk carfares


16 80


Mabel E. Hall, second assistant clerk Aunita N. Fales, third assistant clerk carfares


4 60


Abbie D. Southworth, third assistant clerk


136 21


William M. Elliott, clerical services


50 00


Raymond A. Farr, clerical services .


52 00


Marcella F. Kendall, clerical services


136 00


Florence R. Kenneson. clerical services Eleanor L. Kittridge, clerical services Theodore H. Locke, clerical services


.


90 67


54 00


Mildred A. Merrill, clerical services


156 00


Josephine M. Briggs, clerical services


88 00


Loena A. Snowman, cierical services


82 66


Abbie D. Southworth, clerical services


134 80


William H. Todd, clerical services Eva V. Tukey, clerical services carfares


117 34


L. Emma Clayton, stationery


90


Fred I. Farwell, stationery


75


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .


4 00


Amount carried forward


$9,034 61


$864,675 00


600 00


363 79


106 67


60 00


3 60


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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$9,034 61


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


3 95


E. F. Hicks, lunch


10 00


Wesley A. Maynard, advertising


29 50


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


41 57


Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps


1 84


Somerville Post-office, postage


41 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing


788 35


Webcowit Press, printing .


14 00


S. Ward & Co., books


203 19


Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., stationery


3 30


$10,171 31


Cash.


CREDIT.


Payments as follows :-


Assessors


$10,171 31


City Auditor


705 37


City Clerk


7,204 61


City Engineer


11,581 82


City Messenger


2,008 49


City Solicitor


2,464 67


City Treasurer


13,547 38


Clerk of Committees and Departments


4,200 00


Contingent Fund


2,296 26


County of Middlesex


61,272 24


Coupons Unpaid


58,002 50


Election Expenses :-


City Clerk


1,343 37


Commissioner of Public Buildings


883 95


Pay of Election Officers


2,524 00


Registrars of Voters .


1,396 33


Electrical Department


8,344 66


Electrical Department, Underground Construction


2,760 20


Excise Tax


223 01


Executive Department


3,903 39


Fire Department


71,799 13


Grade Crossings


603 79


Health Department .


9,946 39


Health Department, Collection of Ashes and Offal


48,411 73


Health Department, Contagious Disease Hospital


5,723 74 116 69


Health Department, Medical Inspection in Public Schools, Highways Construction


39,952 94


Highways Maintenance


71,479 04


Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings


10,760 14


Highways, Paving Broadway, Pow and Summer Streets


14,072 41


Highways, Shade Trees


416 60


Highways, Watering Streets


4,135 47


Inspection of Buildings


19,832 65


Military Aid


1,777 00


Overlay and Abatement


146 15


Police


Printing and Stationery


1,706 09


Public Buildings Construction :--- Contagious Disease Hospital .


8,006 29 34,457 82


High School Building


22,427 97


Interest


82,428 78


Amount carried forward


$638,033 88


54


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward .


Luther V. Bell School Fire Escapes


Sanitary Systems in Bell, Bingham, and Edgerly Schools


4,986 08


Public Buildings Maintenance :-


City Buildings


13,852 20


Fire Department


4,426 00


Janitors' Salaries


28,149 57


Schoolhouses


32,481 60


Public Grounds


11,082 52


Public Library


19,726 09


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund Income, Art


99 37


Public Library, Isaac Fitman Fund Income, Poetry


21 88


Real Estate Liens


82 25


Redemption of Tax Liens


1,012 02


Reduction of Funded Debt


140,500 00


School Contingent


27,989 07


School Teachers' Salaries


260,823 46


Sealer of Weights and Measures


1,527 51


Sewers Construction


19,948 96


Sewers Maintenance


12,850 23


Sewer Loan Interest


210 00


Sidewalks Construction


27,767 65


Sidewalks Maintenance


4,126 59 455 00


Soldiers' Relief


22,367 00


Somerville Hospital


5,000 00


State Aid


15,559 00


State of Massachusetts


152,942 61


Street Lights


64,558 81


Support of Poor, City Home .


6,806 79


Support of Poor, Miscellaneous


18,237 53


Suppression of Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths


6,932 86


Temporary Loans


740,000 00


Water Maintenance


45,201 61 443 00


Water Works, Abatements on Water Charges


19,310 86


Balance to debit of account, 1907 .


92,876 74


$2,441,064 25


DEBIT.


Balance from 1905


$116,483 89


Receipts as follows:


City Clerk


2,183 21


City Engineer


82 24


City Treasurer


3,872 04


Contingent Fund


358 13


County of Middlesex


4,986 83


Election Expenses. Pay of Election Officers


5 00


Electrical Department


1,086 29


Executive Department


2 68


Fire Department


1,147 36


Funded Debt


100,000 00


Health Department .


370 97


Health Department, and Offal


Collection of Ashes


7,122 67


Health Department,


Contagious Disease


2,717 05


Highway Betterment Assessments


3,690 62


Amount carried forward


.


$244,108 98


.


·


Hospital


.


$638,033 88 675 51


Water Works Extension


Soldiers' Burials


55


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward .


$244,108 98


Highways Construction . 7,168 46


Highways Maintenance .


13,029 54


Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings


557 75


Highways, Paving Broadway, Bow Summer Streets 661 21


Highways, Watering Streets


113 00


Inspection of Buildings


42 00


Interest


11,545 88


Metered Water Charges


19,178 99


Overlay and Abatement


160 35


Police


5,018 25


Public Buildings Construction, Sanitary


Systems in Bell, Bingham, and Edg- erly Schools


10 15


Public Buildings Maintenance :-


City Buildings


255 50


Schoolhouses


142 06


Public Grounds


682 89


Public Library


856 24


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund Income, Art


173 28


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund Income, Poetry ·


43 32


Redemption of Tax Liens


994 05


Reduction of Funded Debt


649 00


School Contingent


357 66


School Teachers' Salaries


82 25


Sealer of Weights and Measures


438 86


Sewer Assessments


4,863 78


Sewers Construction


1,190 30


Sewers Maintenance


925 91


Sidewalk Assessments


11,844 64


Sidewalks Construction


253 93


Sidewalks Maintenance


127 18


Soldiers' Relief


88 00


State Aid


29 00


State of Massachusetts


11,731 79


Street Lights


3 60


Support of Poor, City Home


3,908 32


Support of Poor. Miscellaneous


4,421 25


Suppression of Gypsy and Moths


Brown-tail


407 63


Taxes


1,133,108 84


Temporary Loans


740,000 00


Water Maintenance


17,254 85


Water Service Assessments


3,929 80


Water Works Extension


115 00


Water Works Income


200,590 76


$2,441,064 25


City Auditor.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1906 .


$725 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


19 63


$705 37


and


56


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEPIT.


Cash, paid Charles S. Robertson, salary as auditor ·


$700 00


Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps 5 37


$705 37


City Clerk.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1906 .


$5,500 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


478 00


$5,021 40


Receipts :-


Cash, received of Frederic W. Cook, city clerk :-


Recording mortgages


$484 50


Dog licenses


395 40


Marriage certificates


425 50


Licenses for billiards and pool .


88 00


Licenses for amusements


39 00


Licenses for street musicians


10 50


Copies of records


49 00


Junk licenses


410 00


Licenses for slaughtering


7 00


Licenses for private detectives


20 00


Liquor licenses


32 00


Licenses for sale of fireworks


40 00


Licenses for intelligence offices


16 00


Auctioneers' licenses


50 00


Roller skating


25 00


Interest on deposits


13 81


Harold F. Thompson, refund


50


Express licenses


52 00


Small loans licenses


25 00


2,183 21


$7,204 61


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Frederic W. Cook, salary as city clerk


$2,200 00


Howard E. Wemyss, assistant city clerk,


1,200 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


106 17


Florence H. Plimpton, fourth assistant


363 87


Allen, Doane, & Co., stationery


2 80


American Express Co., expressing .


17 07


Alfred W. Blake, census of births


9 90


T. H. Ball, mortgage forms


2 62


L. H. Brown, carriage hire Carter's Ink Co., supplies .


2 26


Duren & Kendall, repairing machine


3 70


Charles E. Davis, census of births


54 40


John Donnelly & Sons, posting bills


, 00


Clara Z. Elliot, census of births


24 10


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


14 50


Amou -: carried forward


$5,856 39


.


2 00


57


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward .


$5,856 39


Gilman Express Co., expressing 15


Seth Mason, census of births 32 80


Wesley A. Maynard, printing and adver- tising


35 32


McGrath & Woodley, binding and sta- tionery


116 25


John S. Mitchell, reporting births


50


John S. McGowan, return of deaths


9 00


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


174 74


Oliver Typewriter Co., repairs .


60


Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps


3 48


Somerville Post-office, postage, etc.


37 00


L. C. Smith & Brothers, coupon book and typewriter 68 50


Sampson, Murdock Co., directory


6 00


Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., repairs


1 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing


168 25


Sundry persons, reporting births


330 50


Sundry undertakers, reporting deaths


150 50


Richard H. Tucker, census of births


55 10


Thorpe's Express, expressing


35


Webcowit Press, printing


1 75


S. Ward Co., stationery


97 93


Elisabeth S. Webster, census of births


58 50


$7,204 61


City Engineer.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1906 .


$11,500 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


42


$11,499 58


Receipts :--


Cash, received of Ernest W. Bailey, tele- phone service


$31 24


William H. Grant, et al., plan


8 00


Abutters on Mead street, plan .


5 00


Abutters on Granite street, plan


5 00


Edward Pynn, et al., plan .


5 00


James A. Cunningham, et al., plan


8 00


Clifton A. Kennedy, et al., plan


5 00


W. L. Waugh, plan


5 00


James S. Mullin, et al., plan


5 00


William H. Smith, plan


82 24


$11,581 82


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Ernest W. Bailey, salary as city engineer


$2,800 00


Engineer's assistants


8,045 77


Engineer's assistants, carfares .


236 05


American Express Co., expressing .


2 30


Amount carried forward


$11,084 12


.


·


5 00


58


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$11,084 12


Ames Plow Co., vise .


1 85


Boston Nickel Plating Co., plating .


· 2 55


E. T. Bynner, spikes .


5 80


L. E. Clayton, cotton cloth


4 26


Carter's Ink Co., carbon paper .


83


Davenport, Brown Co., lumber


22 37


Eyelet Tool Co., punch


1 50


Frost & Adams Co., supplies


57 28


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


10 30


Library Bureau, cards


1 05


G. G. Ledder, supplies


5 10


Charles E. Moss, blue print paper


1 90


Municipal Publishing Co., subscription


3 00


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


118 20


Perham's Express, expressing


15


Wilbur P. Rice, stakes


4 00


George O. W. Servis, photographs .


3 50


Sprague & Hathaway Co., mounting map,


1 25


Somerville Post-office, postage


17 50


James Tevlin, use of teams


102 05


Charles L. Underhill, supplies


. 80


A. M. Wood Co., wheels


44 10


Whitney & Snow, hardware


5 20


Waldo Brothers, cement


6 66


$11,506 32


Sewers Maintenance account, setting stone bounds


75 50


$11,581 82


City Messenger.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1906 . ·


$2,000 00


Excess and Deficiency, balance transferred .


8 49


$2,008 49


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Jairus Mann,


salary as city


messenger


$1,500 00


disbursements


11 20


J. H. Atkinson, repairing wagon


14 00


L. H. Brown, carriage hire


81 00


D. J. Bennett, repairing harness


63 75


Somerville Post-office, postage


5 50


· The Two Jamesons, board of horse and shoeing


256 60


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire 21 00


: 00


Morgan & Bond, blanket .


2 00


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


22 42


Pearl-street Shoeing Forge, shoeing ..


17 80


Charles L. Underhill, repairing 2 50 .


4 72


I. B. Walker, repairing buggy


·


$2,008 49


M. A. Mann, work on invitations


.


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City Solicitor.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1906 .


$2,350 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 114 67


$2,464 67


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Frank W. Kaan, salary as city solicitor


$1,800 00


office rent ·


150 00


disbursements


137 38


Thomas Damery, salary as claim agent . disbursements


3 90


Isaac I. Doane, court stenographer .


28 00


Dennis Kelley, fee paid as justice of the peace


5 00


McGrath & Woodley, stationery


70 00


John C. Miller, stenographer


·


$2,464 67


City Treasurer.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1906 .


$9,300 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 343 47


$9,643 47


Receipts :.-


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, fees for collecting National Bank tax


$16 87


Redemption of Tax Liens, fees for releasing tax liens


15 00


Cash, received of Charles L. Ellis, telephone service


15 90


Joseph S. Pike, telephone extension


1 77


Sundry persons, costs on taxes and


assessments .


3,854 37


3,903 91


$13,547 38


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid James F. Beard, salary as city treasurer


$1,516 13


expenses to comptrollers' and ac- counting officers' convention at Washington ·


36 00


1,262 90


Joseph S. Pike, salary as city treasurer . expenses to comptrollers' and ac- counting officers' convention at Chicago .


68 00


disbursements


62


Charles L. Ellis, deputy collector taxes


of


.


1,350 .00


disbursements


20 30


Amount carried forward . $4,253 95


i


.


170 39


.


100 00


60


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward $4,253 95


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 . 600 00


Winnifred P. Briggs, clerical assistant 225 33


Susan L. Briggs, clerical assistant 182 66


Lilla A. Johnson, clerical assistant


194 66


Roberta B. McDonald, clerical assistant,


104 00


Ruth G. Butters, clerical assistant .


48 00


F. W. Hopkins, fees for collecting delin- quent taxes ·


246 50


. Theodore H. Locke, fees for collecting delinquent taxes 113 50


Malcolni E. Sturtevant, fees for collect- ing delinquent taxes 983 96


C. B. Palmer, fees for collecting delin- quent taxes


4 98


Charles E. Davis, fees for collecting de- linquent taxes . 356 00


National Security Bank, clearing house charges .


4 18


Somerville National Bank, clearing house charges .


2 99


American Surety Company of New York, treasurer's bond


160 00


deputy collector's bond


24 00


American Express Co., expressing


25


Burroughs Adding Machine Co., supplies,


3 25


Boston News Bureau, subscription .


6 00


Somerville Post-office, postage, etc.


643 86


Carter's Ink Co., ink


2 25


City Trust Company, registered bonds


125 00


E. O. Childs, Registrar, recording docu- ments 15 00


Dennison Míg. Co., bill straps .


2 40


H. C. Dimond & Co., pad stamps


48


"Daily Banker & Stockholder." tising adver-


2 10


W. A. Greenough & Co., directories


8 00


Glines & Co., expressing


1 50


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


224 05


J. C. Hall Co., checks .


5 75


William Franklin Hall, examining ac- counts


689 25


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire


2 00


Wesley A. Maynard, printing


38 50


McGrath & Woodley, book


12 00


J. T. Mahoney, Registrar, docket entries,


25


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


104 48


Outlook Envelope Co., envelopes


48 56


Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps 10 50


D. W. Riley, deputy sheriff, serving war- rants 3 10


Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., machine,


116 05


Somerville Journal Co., printing and ad- vertising tax sales, etc. .


1,126 00


Greenleaf W. Simpson, cost of suit .


30 84


Sampson & Murdock Co., directory . 6 00


Amount carried forward


$13,032 13


.


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Amount brought forward . $13,032 13


Arthur B. Tyler, postmaster, stamps 10 00


Webcowit Press, printing tax bills, etc. . 492 75


Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., cleaning time lock 12 50


$13,547 38


Clerk of Committees and Departments.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1906 .


$4,200 00


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid William P. Mitchell, salary as


clerk of committees and departments .


$2,000 00


Laurence S. Howard, assistant .


800 00


Lucia A. Manning, assistant


600 00


Bessie L. L. Crosby, assistant .


550 00


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


65 65


Glines & Co., expressing


40


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .


4 00


Gilman Express Co., expressing


25


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service




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