Report of the city of Somerville 1908, Part 4

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 466


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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


·


.


.


.


.


.


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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