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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 . .
$51,000
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
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
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
$20,000
48
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Water Loan Bonds.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount Coupon Bonds.
Amount Reg. Bonds.
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
3,000
Oct. 1, 1890
426 to 427
4
Oct. 1, 1910
1,000
2,000
..
July 1, 1888
295
4
July 1, 1911
1,000
1,000
......
Oct. 1, 1890
428 to 429
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
..
.
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
......
()ct. 1, 1889
Reg. 110
4
Oct. 1, 1917
1,000
2,000
Oct. 1, 1890
440 to 441 302
4
July 1, 1918
1,000
1,000
......
Amounts
carried
forward
......
$28,000
$24,000
. .
.....
3,000
Oct. 1, 1889
Reg. 104
4
Oct. 1, 1911
.
..
4
Oct. 1, 1917
2,000
July 1, 1888
4)
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
. WATER LOAN BONDS .- Concluded.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount Coupon Bonds.
Amount Reg. Bonds.
Amounts
brought
forward . .
$28,000
$24,000.
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
......
$34,000
$28,000
Coupon Bonds Registered Bonds
$34,000
$28,000
Total amount Water Loan Bonds
$62,000
50
ANNUAL REPORTS.
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
Reg. 160
31/2
July 1, 1909
$1,000
July 1, 1902
Reg. 181
31/2
July 1, 1910
1,000
July 1, 1902
Reg. 161
31/
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
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
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
312
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
......
$17,000
$4,000
Coupon Bonds .
$17,000
Registered Bonds
4,000
-
Total amount Met. Park Assessment Loan Bonds, $21,000
51
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Recapitulation.
City Loan Bonds
Sewer Loan Bonds .
$1,058,500 00 254,000 00
Total amount of Funded Debt within the limit provided by law
$1,312,500 00 . Sewer Loan Bonds, issued under Chapter 357, Acts of 1895 ·
$51,000 00
City Loan Paving Bonds, issued under Chapter 153, Acts of 1892 . Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan Bonds, issued under Chapter 325, Acts of 1902,
20,000 00
21,000 00
Total amount of Funded Debt outside of the limit allowed by law, issued under special Acts
92,000 00
Water Loan Bonds .
62,000 00
Total amount of Funded Debt
. $1,466,500 00
52
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE C .- STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, SHOWING APPROPRI- ATIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DECEMBER 31, 1908.
Appropriations.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed for municipal purposes . ·
$933,405 00
Property and Debt Balance, amount provided by issue of bonds
110,000 00
$1,043,405 00
DEBIT.
Appropriations from tax levy :-
Assessors
$11,000 00
City Auditor
725 00
City Clerk .
5,800 00
City Engineer
11,500 00
City Messenger
2,000 00
City Solicitor
2,450 00
City Treasurer
9,500 00
Clerk of Committees and Departments
4,700 00
Election Expenses :-
City Clerk
1,650 00
Commissioner of Public Buildings
900 00
Pay of Election Officers .
2,600 00
Registrars of Voters
1,780 00
Electrical Department
8,500 00
Executive Department
4,000 00
Fire Department
38,000 00
Health Department .
8,000 00
Health Department :-
Collection of Ashes and Offal
43,000 00
Contagious Disease Hospital .
1,000 00
Medical Inspection in Public Schools
1,500 00
Inspection of Buildings
5,200 00
Interest
70,000 00
Military Aid
900 00
Police
48,000 00
Printing and Stationery
1,000 00
Public Buildings Maintenance :-
City Buildings
10,000 00
Fire Department
5,000 00
Janitors' Salaries
29,000 00
Schoolhouses
32,000 00
Public Grounds
10,700 00
Public Library
16,000 00
Public Library, West Somerville Branch
1,000 00
Reduction of Funded Debt
130,000 00
School Contingent
28,000 00
School Teachers' Salaries
280,000 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures .
1,500 00
Sidewalks, Maintenance .
2,000 00
Soldiers' Relief
22,000 00
Somerville Hospital
5,000 00
Street Lights
57,000 00
Support of Poor, City Home .
3,000 00
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
13,500 00
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths
4,000 00
$933,405 00
Amount carried forward
$933,405 00
53
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
Appropriations on Funded Debt account :-
Electrical Department, Underground Con- struction $3,000 00
Fire Department, Additional Apparatus .
3,500 00
Highways, Construction
28,000 00
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings
12,000 00
Highways, Shade Trees . .
500 00
Public Buildings Construction, Building
20,000 00
Sewers, Construction
30,000 00
Sidewalks, Construction .
13,000 00
110,000 00
$1,043,405 00
Assessors.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908 . .
$11,000 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 240 03
$10,759 97
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid George W. Perkins, salary as chairman of the board of assessors
$2,000 00
Benjamin F. Thompson, assessor
49 45
Nathan H. Reed, assessor .
800 00
George E. Elliott, assessor
800 00
Winsor L. Snow, assessor
800 00
William A. Flaherty, assessor .
750 55
Fred B. Clapp, assistant assessor
250 00
John J. Sheeran, assistant assessor .
250 00
John F. Stackpole, assistant assessor
250 00
James Wilson, assistant assessor
250 00
James A. Butler, assistant assessor .
250 00
Harvey E. Frost, assistant assessor
250 00
Jennie L. Jones, first assistant clerk carfares
30
Mabel E. Hall, second assistant clerk carfares
3 50
Abbie D. Southworth, third assistant clerk
550 02
carfares
6 30
Theodore H. Locke, clerical services
42 00
Raymond A. Farr, clerical services .
46 00
William M. Elliott, clerical services
50 00
William L. Taylor, clerical services .
50 00
Eva V. Tukey, clerical services
241 68
Florence Ham, clerical services
272 68
Mildred A. Merrill, clerical services
162 68
Florence A. Kenneson, clerical services .
84 00
Dora P. Bearse, clerical services
124 01
Kathryne L. Nolan, clerical services
88 00
Mabel F. Kenneson, clerical services
62 00
Bertha M. Boyd, clerical services
77 34
-
Amount carried forward
$9,610 80
.
433 29
600 00
.
$933,405 00
Public Buildings
54
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
$9,610 80
American Express Co., expressing
30
Carter's Ink Co., ink . 1 13
L. E. Clayton, elastic . .
1 00
E. J. Cambridge, postage .
36 00
Columbia-Webcowit Press, printing and stationery
616 35
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
22 00
W. A: Greenough & Co., directory .
4 00
.E. F. Hicks, lunch
10 00
McGrath & Woodley, books
217 50
Wesley A. Maynard, advertising
29 50
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
45 40
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps .
1 79
H. J. Ramsay, postage
3 00
Sprague & Hathaway Co., frame
7 86
Somerville Journal Co., printing
130 50
A. B. Tyler, postage
6 00
Williams & Neiley, printed forms
2 50
Samuel Ward Co., stationery .
9 34
-
$10,759 97
Cash.
RECEIPTS.
Balance from 1907
$92,109 26
City Clerk
.
$2,977 56
City Engineer
441 00
City Solicitor
117 42
City Treasurer
5,109 56
Contingent Fund
136 00
County of Middlesex
4,814 39
Electrical Department
419 21
Fire Department
1,606 93
Funded Debt
110,000 00
Health Department
256 90
Health Department,
Collection of Ashes
8,263 05
Health Department, Hospital
6,292 74
Highway Betterment Assessments
8,212 27
Highways, Construction
2,350 43
Highways, Maintenance .
25,140 41
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings
884 92
Highways, Shade Trees .
1 00
Highways, Watering Streets .
115 00
Inspection of Buildings . Interest
11,016 69
Metered Water Charges .
24,164 76
Overlay and Abatement .
10 60
Police
4,221 46
Public Buildings Maintenance :-
City Buildings
299 30
Schoolhouses
160 65
Public Grounds
758 77
Public Grounds, Construction
5 56
Amounts carried forward
$217,832 18
$92,109 26
.
.
.
.
and Offal
Contagious Disease
·
55 60
55
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward. .
$217,832 18
$92,109 26_
Public Library
1,020 48
Public Library Construction, West Somer- ville Branch .
14,867 50
· Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Art . .
90 14
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Poetry
22 54
Public Library, Frances A. Wilder Chil- dren's Department Fund
100 00
Redemption of Tax Liens
1,813 77
Reduction of Funded Debt
3,775 10
School Contingent
294 77
School Teachers' Salaries
95 06
Sealer of Weights and Measures .
460 86
Sewer Assessments
543 04
Sewers, Construction
1,381 24
Sewers, Maintenance
879 56
Sidewalk Assessments
16,534 58
Sidewalks, Construction
295 38
Sidewalks, Maintenance
162 45
Soldiers' Relief
52 00
State Aid .
54 00
State of Massachusetts
14,626 68
Sundry Persons
168 94
Support of Poor, City Home
4,671 79
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
2,627 64
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown-tail
Moths
26 65
Taxes
1,250,651 32
Temporary Loans
700,000 00
Water Maintenance
16,540 46
Water Service Assessments
3,122 77
Water Works Extension
324 60
Water Works Income
198,477 15
$2,451,512 65
$2,543,621 91
PAYMENTS.
Assessors
$10,759 97
City Auditor
714 89
City Clerk
8,572 30
City Engineer .
11,940 88
City Messenger
1,934 23
City Solicitor
2,504 04
City Treasurer
14,264 42
Clerk of Committees and Departments
4,700 00
Contingent Fund
2,356 50
County of Middlesex
60,830 68
Coupons
48,525 00
Election Expenses :-
City Clerk
1,257 90
Commissioner of Public Buildings
1,259 78
Pay of Election Officers .
2,573 00
Registrars of Voters
1,653 12
Electrical Department
10,322 84
Electrical Department, Underground Con- struction
1,120 30
Amount carried forward
.
$185,289 85
56
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$185,289 85
Executive Department
3,960 48
Fire Department
79,477 90
Fire Department, Additional Apparatus 4,525 00
Grade Crossings
33,709 72
Health Department
10,939 81
Health Department, Collection of Ashes
and Offal . .
58,012 02
Health Department, Hospital Contagious Disease .
7,106 69
Health Department, Medical Inspection in Public Schools
1,411 75
Highways, Maintenance
66,937 05
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings
15,560 52
Highways, Shade Trees .
480 81
Highways, Watering Streets .
28,738 72
Inspection of Buildings .
5,186 94
Interest
30,323 77
Military Aid
1,131 00 45 84
Police
87,250 48
Printing and Stationery .
2,235 06
Public Buildings Construction :-
Addition to Benjamin G. Brown School 10,011 30
Addition to Hanscom School
8,259 95
Bath House 2,368 21 .
209 95
Health Department, Stable
11,350 12
Incinerator
81 99
Vault, City Hall
775 10
Public Buildings Maintenance :-
City Buildings
11,952 24
Fire Department
5,107 22
Janitors' Salaries
29,755 44
Schoolhouses
36,921 00
Public Grounds
11,508 76
Public Grounds, Construction
1,505 56
Public Library
21,233 41
Public Library, West Somerville Branch
998 35
Public Library Construction, West Somer- ville Branch
14,867 50
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Art
144 03
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Poetry
63 17
Public Library, Frances A. Wilder Chil- dren's Department Fund, Investment,
100 00
Redemption of Tax Liens
1,793 77
Reduction of Funded Debt
161,500 00
School Contingent
31,587 65
School Teachers' Salaries
289,277 51
Sealer of Weights and Measures
1,951 33
Sewers, Construction
20,065 21
Sewers, Maintenance
12,878 51
Sidewalks, Construction
36,022 39
Sidewalks, Maintenance .
3,154 77
Soldiers' Burials
518 00
Soldiers' Monument
8,531 53
Amount carried forward
$1,388,571 28
.
Highways, Construction
31,753 90
Overlay and Abatement
Heating Plant, Charles G. Pope School,
57
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$1,388,571 28
Soldiers' Relief
22,663 77
Somerville Hospital
5,000 00
State Aid
16,946 00
State of Massachusetts
203,972 73 50,000 00
Support of Poor, City Home
6,875 56
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
17,955 34
Suppression of Elm Leaf Beetle
998 45
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths
5,071 80
Temporary Loans
705,000 00
Water Loan Interest
1,240 00
Water Maintenance
47,077 51
Water Works, Abatements Charges
on Water
242 04
Water Works Extension
16,898 19
$2,488,512 67
Balance to debit of account, 1909
55,109 24
$2,543,621 91
City Auditor.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908 . .
$725 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
10 11
$714 89
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Charles S. Robertson, salary as auditor .
$233 33
Clarence T. Bruce, salary as auditor .
466 67
Thomas Groom & Co., record book, etc.,
11 60
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps
3 29
$714 89
City Clerk.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908 . .
$5,800 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 205 26
$5,594 74
Receipts :----
Election Expenses, City Clerk account, work on ballot boxes
15 00
Cash, received of Frederic W. Cook, city clerk :- Recording mortgages
$515 25
Dog licenses
366 80
Marriage certificates .
690 50
Amusements
447 00
Transporting liquors .
20 00
Junk licenses
315 00
Amounts carried forward
$2,354 55
$5,609 74
-
Street Lights
58
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward .
$2,354 5,5
$5,609 74
Badges
1 88
Express licenses .
141 00
Street musicians'.
11 00
Copies of records
102 00
Fireworks
52 00
Liquor licenses
37 00
Billiards and pool
100 00
Intelligence offices
16 00
Auctioneers' licenses
48 00
Slaughtering
5 00
Carriage licenses
24 00
Drivers' licenses
19 00
Wagon stands
3 00
Private detectives
10 00
Sale of old ballots
30
Interest on deposits
11 02
Filing certificate .
50
$2,936 25
$8,545 99
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Frederic W. Cook, salary as city clerk .
$2,700 00
Howard E. Wemyss, assistant city clerk,
1,400 00
Clara B. Snow, first assistant
800 00
Edith A. Woodman, second assistant
600 00
Alice M. Vincent, third assistant
588 53
Florence H. Plimpton, fourth assistant
550 00
Allen, Doane & Co., badges
2 03
American Express Co., expressing
5 71
American Surety Co., surety bonds .
32 00
American Engraving Co., electros
1 09
American Multigraph Sales Co., type
12 00
George W. Butters, year book .
2 00
T. H. Ball, forms
1 92
John F. Biggs & Co., printing
4 00
The Carter's Ink Co., ink .
13 88
J. A. Cummings Printing Co., printing
17 50
S. H. Chamberlin, rubber mat .
1 50
Charles E. Davis, birth canvassing
41 00
Duren & Kendall, typewriter repairing
7 57
Clara Z. Elliot, canvassing
17 50
Glines & Co., expressing
30
Thomas Groom & Co., books
12 00
Wyman C. Fickett, birth canvassing
26 80
Gilman Express Co., expressing
1 45
Annie E. Gilcrease, birth canvassing
67 10
W. A. Greenough, directory
4 00
Thomas Hearn & Co., paper and ruling .
16 00
Hobbs & Warren Co., blanks
. 62
International Time Recording Co., time stamp
75 00
Little, Brown & Co., Cushing's manual .
80
A. C. Libby & Sons, stationery
6 45
Library Bureau, case and cards
.
76 40
McGrath & Woodley, binding and print- ing
68 75
Amount carried forward
$7,154 90
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.
.
.
.
.
59
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward $7,154 90
Wesley A. Maynard, printing 7 00
Monarch Typewriter Co., machine, etc. . 84 75
New England Telephone & Tele- graph Co., service and tolls . $167 96
(Cash) 26 31
141 65
The Press Clipping Bureau, pencils Clinton I. Prouty, birth canvassing Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps
50
26 50
Harry J. Ramsay, sealing wax .
40
Remington Typewriter Co., typewriter
55 00
Sampson & Murdock Co., directory Somerville Journal Co., printing
67 50
Somerville Post-office, postage
227 76
Sundry Persons, reporting births
403 75
Sundry Persons, reporting deaths
205 75
Richard H. Tincker, birth canvassing
59 50
Thorpe's Express, expressing .
30
Samuel Ward Co., stationery
78 23
F. S. Webster Co., typewriter ribbon
1
. 00
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., cards
10 25
Charles Gale, repairing ballot boxes
12 00
George Robinson, repairing ballot boxes,
3 00
$8,545 99
City Engineer.
CREDIT.
Appropriation, from Taxes, 1908 ·
$11,500 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
12
$11,499 88
Receipts :-
Sewers, Construction account, labor .
395 00
Cash, received of W. L. Glidden, et al., plan,
$8 00
James F. Blute, et al., plan
5 00
Abutters on Lowell street, plan
5 00
Abutters on Bromfield road, plan
8 00
Abutters on Grant street, plan Abutters on Marion street, plan
5 00
5 00
Abutters on Kidder avenue, plan
5 00
Abutters on Francis street, plan
5 00
46 00
$11,940 88
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Ernest W. Bailey, salary as city engineer
$3,000 00
Engineer's assistants .
7,936 09
Engineer's assistants, carfares .
244 55
American Express Co., expressing
1 15
L. E. Clayton, cloth .
5 75
Davenport-Brown Co., stakes .
7 56
Eugene Dietzen Co., ink
25
Eyelet Tool Co., pins and rivets
3 57
Amount carried forward
$11,198 92
.
.
25
6 00
60
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
Frost & Adams Co., crayons
$11,198 92 9 44*
Thomas Groom & Co., books and sta- tionery
85 25
Glines & Co., expressing
15
Gilman Express Co., expressing
45
William B. Holmes, hammer .
60
King Mfg. Co., pens, etc. .
2 45
· Ledder & Probst, repairing transit and level
30 05
Library Bureau, cards
2 80
Municipal Journal, subscription
.
3 00
Charles E. Moss, blue print paper
3 24
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service and tolls
114 92
W. P. Rice, stakes
15
Sprague & Hathaway Co., mounting
2 30
Somerville Post-office, postage
10 00
James Tevlin, board of horse and shoeing .
249 90
Underhill Hardware Co., tools
1 15
Charles L. Underhill, sharpening
60
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., supplies
41 15
Samuel Ward Co., baskets
1 36
Whitney & Snow, hardware
32 95
A. M. Wood Co., repairing wagon .
35 00
$11,840 88
Sewers, Maintenance account, setting stone bounds 100 00
$11,940 88
City Messenger.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908 ·
$2,000 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 65 77
$1,934 23
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Jairus Mann, salary as city
$1,500 00
disbursements
4 80
H. A. Brownell, repairs
5 65
Charles E. Berry, repairing harnesses
1 75
Jameson Brothers, board of horse
307 43
Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire
29 00
Martin & Wood, keys
65
A. E. Mann, services .
5 00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
22 70
Pearl-street Shoeing Forge, shoeing ·
24 70
R. C. Small & Co., carriage repairs ·
29 60
Charles L. Underhill, repairs .
2 95
·
$1,934 23
.
messenger
61
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
City Solicitor.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908 .
$2,450 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
63 38
$2,386 62
Receipts :-
Cash, received of Frederick J. Stark, deed . $20 00
97 42
117 42
$2,504 04
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Frank W. Kaan, salary as city solicitor
$2,100 00
disbursements
252 49
Thomas Damery, salary as claim agent .
100 00
William L. Haskell, stenographer
26 55
McGrath & Woodley, stationery
25 00
$2,504 04
City Treasurer.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908 . .
$9,500 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 382 94
$9,117 06
Receipts :-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, fees for collecting Na- tional Bank tax
17 80
Redemption of Tax Liens, fees for releasing tax liens .
20 00
Cash, received of sundry persons, certifi- cates .
$113 00
Sundry persons, costs on · taxes and
4,964 81
5,077 81
$14,232 67
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Joseph S. Pike, salary as city treasurer . ·
$3,000 00
Charles L. Ellis, deputy collector of taxes
1,450 00
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, fifth assistant .
480 81
Susan L. Briggs, clerical assistant 274 68
Lilla A. Johnson, clerical assistant 282 68
Roberta B. McDonald, clerical assistant .
118 67
Amount carried forward
$8,531 44
.
disbursements
24 60
assessments
George L. Johnson, cost of suit
62
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
Ednah A. Whitney, clerical assistant
$8,531 44 64 01
Dorothy S. Hopkins, clerical assistant 48 01
Malcolm E. Sturtevant, fees for collect- ing delinquent taxes 372 68
Charles E. Davis, fees for collecting ·
delinquent taxes, etc. ·
261 33
F. W. Hopkins, fees for collecting de- linquent taxes .
112 50
Theodore H. Locke, fees for collecting delinquent taxes ·
86 00
Somerville National Bank, clearing house charges . National Security Bank, clearing house charges
73
Faneuil Hall National Bank, clearing house charges .
47
City Trust Company, clearing house charges
10
American Surety Company of New York, surety bonds 184 00
S. H. Abbott, paper . 1 40
35
D. J. Bennett, repairing leather case Boston News Bureau, subscription .
12 00
George W. Butters, year book .
2 00
Charles E. Berry, repairing machine
75
The Carter's Ink Co., ribbon coupon book, etc. .
11 07
Columbia-Webcowit Press, envelopes
24 35
City Trust Company, preparation of
.
1
Edwin O. Childs, Register, recording documents 16 90
Fisher & Fowler, attention to adding machine
2 60
Felt & Tarrant Mfg. Co., coupon cutter .
45 00
E. H. Foote, fasteners
1 25
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
448 85
Glines & Co., expressing
2 15
W. A. Greenough & Co., directories.
8 00
W. H. Gleason, blocking .
6 70
Gilman Express Co., expressing
15
J. C. Hall Co., checks
40 60
Iver Johnson Co., revolver
17 25
Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire
12 00
Wesley A. Maynard, printing
207 05
Henry M. Meek Publishing Co., direc- tory
3 50
McGrath & Woodley, stationery
26 00
New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., service and tolls . $116 21 (Cash) 31 75
84 46
National Association Comptrollers and Accounting Officers, membership 10 00
Outlook Envelope Co., envelopes 49 05
Edwin L. Pride, auditing
350 00
Amount carried forward
$11,232 60
4
1 35
American Express Co., expressing .
50
A. W. Babbitt, check register 11 00
bonds 175 00
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
63
Amount brought forward
$11,232 60
George A. Richards, settlement of claim,
10 68
Somerville Post-office, postage · . Somerville Journal Co., printing and ad- vertising .
1,623 09
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., machine and cabinet, etc.
111 41
Sampson, Murdock Co., directory
6 00
Walter H. Snow, catering
10 00
A. B. Tyler, postage .
130 00
Turner & Co., printing
19 24
Thorpe's Express, expressing .
50
Webcowit Press, printing .
7 50
Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., cleaning and insuring time lock .
15 00
$14,232 67
Clerk of Committees and Departments.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908 .
$4,700 00
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