Report of the city of Somerville 1908, Part 5

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


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DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid William P. Mitchell, salary as


clerk of committees and departments .


$2,100 00


Lawrence S. Howard, assistant


1,100 00


Lucia A. Manning, assistant


600 00


Bessie L. L. Crosby, assistant .


600 00


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory


4 00


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


56 02


Glines & Co., expressing


15


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


87 63


Somerville Post-office, postage


114 77


Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., repairs


3 40


Sprague & Hathaway Co., framing map


7 53


Somerville Journal Co., printing


20 50


Sampson, Murdock Co., directory


6 00


$4,700 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


CREDIT.


State Tax


.


$1,845 52


71 65


Metropolitan Sewer Tax :-


Sinking Fund Requirements


$7,366 90


Interest


25,830 93


Maintenance


·


26,404 42


Metropolitan Park Tax :-


Sinking Fund Requirements


$4,224 14


Interest


11,864 37


Maintenance


14,765 29


30,853 80


Amount carried forward


$188,699 92


.


$96,470 00


National Bank Tax .


.


1,773 87


59,602 25


1,066 65


64


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$188,699 92


Armory Tax :-


Interest


562 50


Middlesex Avenue or Wellington Bridge Tax :-


Assessment


$4,632 94


Interest


675 48


Maintenance


857 12


6,165 54


Metropolitan Water Assessment, 1908 :-


Sinking Fund Requirements


$24,865 73


Interest


68,604 23


Maintenance


15,221 12


Unpaid Soldiers' Burials, 1907, to debit of 1908 account Cash


$1,011 86


5,879 45


6,109 30


1,015 03


588 04


23 00


14,626 68


$318,782 72


DEBIT.


Balance from 1907


$20,281 13


Corporation Taxes, 1907


2,485 32


Corporation Taxes, 1908


29,822 51


National Bank Tax, 1907


37 00


National Bank Tax, 1908


3,974 65


Support of Poor, Miscellaneous


$1,155 56


23 00


1,178 56


School Contingent, tuition


190 50


Street Railway Tax


40,400 47


Boston Elevated Railway Tax


9,010 15


Contagious Disease Hospital


999 98


Health Department


302 62


Reduction of Funded Debt, on account of Armory .


6,109 30


Fees for collecting National Bank Tax Cash


203,972 73


$318,782 72


State Aid, 1908 .


$16,892 00


Soldiers' Burials, 1907


37 00


Soldiers' Burials, 1908


.


.


.


591 00


Balance to debit of account, December 31, 1908


18,038 00


Contingent Fund.


CREDIT.


Excess and Deficiency, balance of 1907 account, appro- priated .


$2,215 38


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 5 12


$2,220 50


Amount carried forward


$2,220 50


.


.


518 00


Military Aid, 1908


17 80


·


$18,038 00


.


.


.


.


108,691 08 37 00


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65


Amount brought forward Receipts :-


$2,220 50


Cash, received of sundry persons, licenses to peddle $50 00


Sundry persons, druggists' licenses . .


37 00


Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Co., dividend .


9 00


Arthur E. Bearse, disclaimer


20 00


Thomas W. Sutherland, disclaimer .


20 00


136 00


$2,356 50


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid American Express Co., express- ing


$5 45


John Bousfield, ringing bell 2 00


L. H. Brown, carriage hire


42 00


Boston Envelope Co., mailing cases


10 80


Company K, Eighth Regiment, M. V. M., rifle practice


200 00


Company M, Eighth Regiment, M. V. M., rifle practice .


200 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts,


twenty-five per cent. of liquor licenses,


9 00


John Donnelly & Sons, posting


18 00


Frank E. Draper Camp, No. 41, S. A. War Veterans, observance of Memo- rial Day · ·


50 00


Edwards, The Druggist, brush and comb,


50


Odin Fritz, portrait of mayor .


75 00


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


2 00


Howard Gray, ringing bell


2 00


J. W. Howard, decorations


31 40


Hill & Holt, use of car


15 00


Ida M. Hooper, addressing


4 00


Jameson Brothers, carriage hire


18 00


H. A. Kendall, ringing bell


4 00


Locke-Ober Co., dinners


47 00


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire


45 00


B. L. Makepeace, blue prints


1 65


Neostyle Co., supplies


10 20


William J. Nagel, book


4 00


Somerville Post-office, postage


55 75


Somerville Y. M. C. A., use of hall .


25 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing


171 56


Walter H. Snow, catering .


24 00


Asbury Strahan, ringing bell


2 00


Somerville Fourth of July Association,


band concerts and fireworks .


500 00


W. L. Taylor, ringing bell


4 00


W. C. Towne, ringing bell


2 00


Union Square Hotel, dinners


3 75


Samuel Ward Co., invitations, etc. .


96 24


Winter Hill Post-office, postage


18 00


Whitney & Snow, figures .


10 20


George H. Walker & Co., maps


145 00


Willard C. Kinsley Post, No. 139, G. A. R., observance of Memorial Day .


500 00


George B. Wiswall, ringing bell


2 00


·


.


$2,356 50


.


C6


ANNUAL REPORTS.


County of Middlesex.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908 $60,830 63 Receipts :-


Cash, received of J. O. Hayden, county treasurer, rent of court room ·


$600 00


return on amount received of the


city for dog licenses, 1907 ·


4,214 39


4,814 39


$65,645 07


Amounts transferred and unused :-


Public Buildings Maintenance, City Build- ings account, amount transferred .


$600 00


Public Library account, amount transferred, 4,214 39


4,814 39


$60,830 68


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid County Tax


$60,830 63


Coupons.


CREDIT.


$19,927 50


Water Loan, $26,000, six months at + per cent.


$520 00


Sewer Loan, $3,000, six months at 41/2 per cent. . Paving Loan, $25,000, six months at 4 per cent.


67 50


City Loan, $159,000, six months at 4 per cent.


3,180 00


4,267 50


Coupons maturing July 1, 1908 :- City Loan, $185,000, six months at 31/2 per cent.


$3,237 50


City Loan, $553,000, six months at 4 per cent. . Sewer Loan, $40,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. · Sewer Loan, $147,000, six months at 4 per cent.


11,060 00


700 00


Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan, $18,000, six months, at 31/2 per cent. · Water Loan, $12,000, six months at 4 per cent.


315 00


240 00


Coupons maturing October 1, 1908 :- City Loan, $230,000, six months at 4 per cent.


$4,600 00


Sewer Loan, $30,000, six months at 4 per cent. .


600 00


. Sewer Loan, $3,000, six months at 41/2 per cent.


67 50


Amounts carried forward


$5,267 50


$42,687 50


Balance of coupons unpaid January 1, 1908 . Coupons maturing April 1, 1908 :-


500 00


2,940 00


18,492 50


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Amounts brought forward . .


$5,267 50


$42,687 50


Paving Loan, $25,000, six months at 4 per cent. . . . Water Loan, $26,000, six months at 4 per cent.


500 00


520 00


6,287 50


Coupons maturing January 1, 1909 :- City Loan, $159,000, six months at 31/2 per cent.


$2,782 50


City Loan, $478,500, six months at 4 per cent.


9,570 00


Sewer Loan, $38,000, six months at 31/2 per cent.


665 00


Sewer Loan, $138,000, six months at 4 per cent.


2,760 00


Metropolitan Park . Assessment Loan,


$17,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. .


297 50


Water Loan, $10,000, six months at 4 per cent.


200 00


16,275 00


$65,250 00


Cash, paid coupons .


$48,525 00


Coupons of 1908 unpaid .


16,725 00


$65,250 00


Election Expenses, City Clerk.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908 . .


$1,650 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


392 10


$1,257 90


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid L. H. Brown, carriage hire .


$157 00


Bicknell & Fuller Paper Box Co., boxes,


17 50


Boston Post-office, Somerville Station, postals


4 00


The Carter's Ink Co., ink


6 00


Frederic W. Cook, disbursements


3 43


L. E. Clayton, tape


1 20


John Donnelly & Sons, posting


12 00


Hill & Holt, use of car


10 00


J. H. Kelley, repairing boxes


32 00


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire


11 00


Wesley A. Maynard, printing and adver- tising


152 28


A. C. Libby & Sons, supplies


11 00


Howard Lowell & Son, use of coupe


6 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing


739 96


Somerville Sun, advertising


18 75


S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co., supplies


9 50


Thorpe's Express, expressing .


35


Tyer Rubber Co., supplies


14 65


Underhill Hardware Co., locks


1 20


Whitney & Snow, supplies


6 23


Amount carried forward


$1,214 05


·


DEBIT.


.


.


68


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$1,214 05


Samuel Ward Co., gumming lists


19 20


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., brass


75


G. A. Walker Machine Co., springs


8 90


City Clerk account, ballot box repairing


15 00


$1,257 90


Election Expenses, Commissioner of Public Buildings.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908 .


$900 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


359 78


·


$1,259 78


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid L. G. Columbus & Co., lamp chimneys


$ 75


Davenport-Brown Co., lumber .


6 81


Philip Eberle, rent of hall .


112 50


W. F. Fleming, rent of hall


7 00


Eugene Giroir, painting, etc.


101 00


Jim Hodder, rent of hall


40 00


James Kenney, carpentering


1 64


Warren E. Locke, rent of hall .


36 00


T. E. Littlefield, lumber


2 11


G. F. McKenna & Son, teaming


148 00


J. Edward L. McLean, carpentering


410 18


Charles F. Mills, carpentering . Arthur G. Pearson, rent of hall


100 00


E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware


1 01


Harris P. Tibbetts, carpentering


180 95


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., hardware


3 20


Whitney & Snow, hardware .


2 03


William J. Wiley, paint


. 32 90


$1,259 78


Election Expenses, Pay of Election Officers.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908 . .


$2,600 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 27 00


$2,573 00


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid election officers


$2,573 00


Election Expenses, Registrars of Voters.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908 .


$1,780 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 126 88


$1,653 12


.


$1,242 90


.


73 70


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DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Charles P. Lincoln, salary as registrar ·


$200 00


Charles E. Parks, salary as registrar .


200 00


Edwin D. Sibley, salary as registrar


200 00


Frederic W. Cook, salary as registrar 200 00


George E. Davis, clerical services


39 00


Lawrence S. Howard, clerical services


3 00


Frank E. Merrill, clerical services


39 00


Fred E. Warren, clerical services


45 00


Howard E. Wemyss, clerical services


54 00


J. A. Cummings Printing Co., printing


24 50


John Donnelly & Sons, posting


36 00


Gridley Coffee House Co., lunch


11 43


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire


16 00


G. F. McKenna & Son, carriage hire


16 00


Wesley A. Maynard, advertising


32 00


McGrath & Woodley, binding .


6 50


Somerville Post-office, postage


[ 44


Somerville Journal Co., advertising


468 25


Samuel Ward Co., stationery


41 00


$1,653 12


Electrical Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908 .


$8,500 00


Interest account, amount transferred ·


400 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


1,003 63


$9,903 63


Receipts :-


Cash, received of Edison Electric Illuminat- ing Co., grounding wires


$250 00


New England Oil Co., fire alarm box .


150 91


Hill & Holt, fire alarm box


18 30


419 21


$10,322 84


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Melvin F. Underwood, salary as


commissioner of electric lines and lights


$1,300 00


disbursements


28 30


Laborers


5,378 18


American Express Co., expressing


8 15


American Steel & Wire Co., wire


211 16


F. C. Ayer, lumber


13 30


D. J. Bennett, repairing


49 15


Charles E. Berry, drills


6 05


W. H. Bullard, soap, etc.


1 45


John F. Biggs & Co., booklets


57 00


Cameron Appliance Co., castings, etc.


31 00


Chandler & Farquhar, tools, etc.


32 04


Clifton Mfg. Co., tape


25 55


Amount carried forward


$7,141 33


.


70


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward $7,141 33


S. H. Couch Co., electrical supplies .


11 64


Chase-Shawmut Co., bases, etc. 11 76


Commercial Brewing Co., steam whistle


for


30 00


Copithorne Brothers, supplies


2 35


Davenport-Brown Co., red birch


81


Electric Goods Mfg. Co., supplies


91 12


Electrocraft Publishing Co., subscrip- tion


1 00


Fred W. Farrar, repairing


1 50


Fresh Pond Ice Co., ice


4 74


Fellows & Co., lumber


5 00


Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Co., supplies


1,464 77


Thomas W. Gleeson, repairing


3 00


Globe. Gas Light Co., supplies .


45


Gilman Express Co., expressing


1 95


Hanson's Express, expressing


4 56


Jim Hodder & Brothers, blankets, etc.


13 02


Hill & Holt, use of auto


21 20


Mathias Hart Co., gloves . .


6 00


O. L. Hill, Agent, use of auto .


11 25


Jameson Brothers, use of horse


22 98


J. A. Kiley, repairing


126 50


Howard Lowell & Son, use of horse


14 79


D. McDonald, sundries .


11 30


Charles F. Mills, glasses . .


26 00


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service poles, etc. 79 71


New York Insulated Wire Co., wire


224 92


New American House, dinners


12 00


Charles E. Perry & Co., register paper .


53 57


W. E. Plumer & Co., supplies .


10 82


J. B. Rufer, clipping .


53 85


A. G. Renner, expressing .


8 74


Rufer & Creamer, board of horse


10 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing


11 00


Somerville Post-office, postage


5 00


R. M. Sturtevant & Co., use of horse


9 00


Thorpe's Express, expressing .


4 50


Underhill Hardware Co., hardware


105 97


Samuel Ward Co., diaries, etc.


5 85


Asahel Wheeler Co., paint, etc.


32 95


Western Electric Inst. Co., repairing


106 47


Waterbury Battery Co., renewals


140 60


Fire Department account, board of horses . Police Department account, hay and oats .


$10,322 84


Electrical Department, Underground Construction.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1907 .


$1,292 17


Appropriations, from Funded Debt, 1908


3,000 00


$4,292 17


Balance to credit of account, 1909 .


3,171 87


$1,120 30


.


.


.


.


$9,903 97


300 00


118 87


.


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.


¥1


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers .


$853 00


American Steel & Wire Co., wire


11 66


Charles E. Berry, labor on boxes


8 44


Electric Goods Mfg. Co., supplies


28 52


Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph supplies


Co.,


146 35


Mitchell Mfg. Co., letters and figures


95


Wesley A. Maynard, advertising


4 00


New York Insulated Wire Co., wire


63 78


Thorpe's Express Co., expressing .


3 60


.


$1,120 30


Excess and Deficiency.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1907


$3,715 38


DEBIT.


Printing and Stationery account, amount transferred


$1,500 00


Contingent Fund account, amount trans-


2,215 38


$3,715 38


CREDIT.


Balances of 1908 accounts :-


Assessors


$240 03


City Auditor


10 11


City Clerk .


205 26


City Engineer


12


City Messenger


65 77


City Solicitor


63 38


City Treasurer .


382 94


Election Expenses :-


City Clerk


392 10


Pay of Election Officers


27 00


Registrars of Voters


126 88


Executive Department


39 52


Health Department :-


Contagious Disease Hospital . Medical Inspection in Public Schools


4,077 46


Highways, Watering Streets .


1,996 18


Inspection of Buildings


68 66


Interest


2,067 97


Military Aid


360 00


Police


1,290 46


Printing and Stationery


264 94


Public Library ·


1 46


Public Library, West Somerville Branch


1 65


Reduction of Funded Debt


6,185 02


Sealer of Weights and Measures


9 53


Sewers, Maintenance


1 05


Amount carried forward


$17,965 74


·


ferred


.


88 25


72


ANNUAL REPORTS.


$17,965 74


Amount brought forward . · Sidewalks, Maintenance . .


1,007 68


Support of Poor, City Home .


796 23


Suppression of Elm Leaf Beetle ·


1 55


Balance to credit of account, 1909


11,256 80


$8,514 40


DEBIT.


Balances of 1908 accounts :-


Contingent Fund


$5 12


Election Expenses :-


Commissioner of Public Buildings


359 78


Electrical Department


1,003 63


Fire Department


170 97


Health Department


2,380 29


Collection of Ashes and Offal


748 97


Public Buildings Maintenance :-


City Buildings


1,052 94


Fire Department


107 22


Janitors' Salaries


755 44


Schoolhouses


260 35


Public Grounds


49 99


School Contingent .


102 38


Soldiers' Relief


611 77


Support of Poor, Miscellaneous'


649 14


Suppression


of 'Gypsy and Brown-tail


256 41


$8,514 40


Executive Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908 .


.


$4,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


39 52


$3,960 48


DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Charles A. Grimmons, salary as mayor


$2,500 00


Fred E. Warren, secretary to the mayor, .


1,300 00


American Express Co., expressing . 25


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .


4 00


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


66 29


Somerville Journal Co., printing


9 00


Somerville Post-office, envelopes


44 40


Sprague & Hathaway Co., framing .


4 53


Underwood Typewriter Co., ribbon


2 00


Samuel Ward Co., stationery .


.


30 01


$3,960 48


.


·


Moths


·


$19,771 20


73


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Fire Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908 . .


$38,000 00 . Water Works Income account, amount appropriated 38,000 00 Overlay and Abatement account, amount transferred 1,700 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 170 97


$77,870 97


Stock and labor billed other departments :-


Electrical Department account, board of horses Receipts :-


300 00


Cash, received of City Treasurer, fines $1,277 00


Harry Fine & Co., hose


21 83


Gerald B. Doyle, ringing false alarm .


5 00


1,303 83


$79,474 80


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid James R. Hopkins, salary as chief engineer .


$2,000 00


disbursements


22 20


Edward W. Ring, assistant engineer ·


1,455 00


Permanent firemen and sub-


stitutes


. . $43,643 74


(Cash) .


.


43,640 64


Callmen :-


Steamer Co. No. 1


1,455 98


Steamer Co. No. 2


1,664 74


Steamer Co. No. 4


1,247 73


Steamer Co. No. 6


1,058 26


Hose Co. No. 2


1,400 00


Hose Co. No. 3


1,417 91


Hose Co. No. 5


1,276 31


Hose Co. No. 7


741 10


Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1


1,943 64


Hook and Ladder Co. No. 2


2,240 13


J. H. Edwards, horseshoeing ·


237 25


George W. Ladd, horseshoeing


95 50


George McDormand, horseshoeing


113 10


Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing .


88 65


Pearl Street Shoeing Forge, horseshoe- ing


147 30


John B. Rufer, horseshoeing


395 10


J. H. Thompson, horseshoeing


44 00


Harry Tobin, horseshoeing


59 60


I. B. Walker, horseshoeing


168 95


Margaret E. Calvert, washing


190 25


Mrs. I. C. Jackson, washing


135 92


Mrs. W. Loveland, washing


49 25


A. M. Spike, washing


31 13


Mrs. E. F. Trefren, washing


41 25


American Express Co., expressing .


7 63


American La France Fire Engine Co., repairing


157 01


George A. Ayer, brooms


28 50


Amount carried forward


$63,554 03


3 10


74


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward . .


$63,554 03


Ame & Co., food 17 50


American Radiator Co., valves 2 93


F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., stationery


13 45


D. J. Bennett, repairing


137 55


John Binney & Son, rope


2 48


Boston Coupling Co., repairing


1,026 63


H. A. Brownell, repairing


20 00


Charles E. Berry, repairing


625 45


Boston Suburban Express & Parcel Co., expressing 1 45


Braman, Dow & Co., steamfitting


11 10


A. & E. Burton Co., brushes


22 00


Henry K. Barnes, lanterns, etc.


30 25


James M. Berry, horse medicine


5 00


Boston Nickel Hating Co., plating


14 35


Edward H. Barter, repairing clock .


1 50


W. H. Bullard, supplies


11 55


Edward A. Binney, insurance


20 40


S. W. Bennett, clock .


14 25


W. H. Broderick, services


2 00


Barbour, Stockwell Co., brake shoes


3 36


C. Callahan & Co., supplies


64 75


G. W. Cutter, insignia


48 20


Combination Ladder Co., hose


75 00


Commonwealth Oil Co., soap ·


26 74


Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co., re- pairing


5 35


Joseph A. Cribby, services


50 00


Combination Ladder . Co. & Rhode


Island Coupling Co., hose


260 00


Cornelius Callahan Co., hose


303 50


Jackson Caldwell & Co., use of horses


10 00


C. C. C. Fire Hose Co., hose


480 00


Cotter's Express, expressing


65


Cambridge Ice Co., ice


33 40


John L. Crafts, supplies for apparatus


66 50


Julian D'Este & Co., supplies


2 25


Dennison Mfg. Co., tags and twine .


.


24 00


J. A. Dow, dentistry .


25 00


Eastern Drug Co., drugs .


39 74


J. Wesley Edmonds & Son, polish


33 66


Eureka Fire Hose Mfg. Co., hose


225 00


Samuel Eastman & Co., spanners Edson Mfg. Co., bell .


13 00


F. E. Fitts Mfg. & Supply Co., supplies .


46 47


Fellows & Co., lumber


6 00


Fire & Water Engineering Co., sub- scription


3 00


G. M. Fogg Remedy Co., horse medi- cine


6 00


Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., tire . 92 75


Fresh Pond Ice Co., ice 29 30


Gilman Express Co., expressing


10 85


Glines & Co., expressing


16 44


George E. Grover, medicine .


3 00


WV. A. Greenough & Co., directories .


16 00


Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Co., gong


50 00


Amount carried forward


$67,866 61


.


.


2 83


H. I. Dallman & Co., brushes .


.


260 00


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Amount brought forward


$67,866 61


Charles T. Garland, use of horses


18 00


Hale & Mayhew Co., repairing


62 30


J. M. Hardy, casting .


1 50


Henry S. Harris & Son, sharpening, etc.,


330 25


Henry S. Harris' Sons, horses


1,321 48


S. D. Hicks & Son, repairing


15 17


Jim Hodder & Brothers, spreads


73 10


R. Hull, oil


106 53


Hill & Hill, curry combs, etc.


26 00


W. G. Hallock, dusters


22 00


Harral Soap Co., powder .


13 45


Hill & Holt, grinding and use of auto


16 75


Thomas Hollis Co., drugs


8 00


W. S. Howe, repairing


5 50


J. W. Howard, repairing badge


1 00


Henderson Brothers, wagon and tires


165 00


Industrial Department, mops


18 00


Johnson & Merhoff Co., badges


8 00


J. A. Kiley, repairing


532 25


F. W. Kimball, lumber


23 98


Knox & Morse Co., disinfectant


30 75


Lord & Webster, hay and straw


1,392 53


J. G. Lesure, medicine


29 33


Little, Brown & Co., law books


2 00


Locomobile Co., siren horn Martin & Wood, repairing


3 55


D. McDonald, repairing


36 65


C. W. H. Moulton & Co., shavings


308 02


Marine Torch Co., torches


13 00


Mitchell Mfg. Co., badges


14 25


Mathieson Alkali Works, soda


70 56


Frank P. Merrill Co., nutrotone


19 50


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service and tolls


196 93


George W. Norton, soap .


36 58


National Chemical Co., ink


1 00


A. O. Norton, jack


16 50


Fulton O'Brion, oats, etc.


1,104 35


James W. O'Neil, repairing


18 60


H. H. Osgood & Co., squilgees


15 00


WV. E. Plumer & Co., hardware


3 70


Proctor Brothers, oats


2,492 34


Perham's Express, expressing .


95


Perkins Chemical Co., No Dust


8 00


A. M. Prescott, use of horses


6 00


Hobart S. Palmer, use of horses


15 00


Henry D. Padelford, medicine .


2 30


The Pyrene Co., extinguishers


72 00


John B. Rufer, repairing


525 75


A. G. Renner, expressing .


30


H. B. Ruggles, grinder


12 50


Robb-Mumford Boiler Co., repairing


44 15


J. F. Reichhard Co., soap powder


14 85


Charles R. Simpson, services


110 50


E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware


23 86


Standard Extinguisher Co.,


extin-


guishers


111 35


Somerville Journal Co., printing


4 00


Scoville Mfg. Co., buttons


13 50


Amount carried forward


$77,423 77


.


.


18 75


76


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward . .


$77,423 77


Somerville Post-office, stamps .


·


·


10 00


Sartwell, Heinhold & Co., soap


12 00


Stilphen's Express, expressing


30


Shea Lubricator Co., lubricator


6 00


Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., repair- ing


95


Thorpe's Express, expressing


1 35


Nathan Tufts & Sons, grain


608 65


Underhill Hardware


70 05


Charles L. Underhill, iron work


7 00


Union Glass Co., glass tube


1 00


Union Vault & Safe Co., safe


35 00


Harry Van Iderstine, insurance


4 33


Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel


125 89


William J. Wiley, rope


9 10


L. A. Wright, repairing


26 85


Whitney & Snow, hardware


24 44


Welch & Hall Co., horses


798 45


Asahel Wheeler Co .. oil, etc.


129 75


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., tools


2 52


Welch, Dwyer & Grady, repairing


8 50


West Disinfecting Co., liquid soap


73 85


Charles A. G. Winther, landing mats


68 00


Oliver Whyte Co., baskets


27 00


$79,474 80


Fire Department, Additional Apparatus.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1907


$34 55


Appropriations, from Funded Debt, 1908


3,500 00


Public Buildings Construction, Bath House account, amount transferred


1,000 00


$4,584 55


Balance to credit of account, 1909 .


59 55


$4,525 00


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid American La France Fire Engine Co., gong .


$25 00


Combination Ladder Co. & Rhode


Island Coupling Co., two combination chemical engine and hose wagons ·


4,500 00


$4.525 00


Funded Debt.


-


CREDIT.


Funded Debt, January 1, 1908


$1,508,000 00 .


Issue of 1908 :-


City Loan Bonds Nos. 3646 to 3725


$80,000 00


Sewer Loan Bonds Nos. 439 to 463


.


30,000 00


110,000 00


$1,618,000 00


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.


77


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


DEBIT.


" Bonds matured in 1908 :-


City Loan Bond No. Reg. 113


$9,000 00


City Loan Bond No. Reg. 14


2,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 3510 to 3518


9,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 1692 to 1694, 1696 to 1697


5,000 00


City Loan Bond No. Reg. 177


1,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 1948 to 1962


15,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2156 to 2163


8,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2321 to 2325


.


5,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2457 to 2465


9,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2578 to 2584


7,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2706 to 2715


10,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2826 to 2832


7,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2943 to 2951


9,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 3056 to 3064


9,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 3217 to 3224


8,000 00


City Loan Bond No. 3225


500 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 3436 to 3443


8,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 3158 to 3159


2,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. Reg. 131


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. Reg. 18


2,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 67


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 184


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 208


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 230


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 259


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 283


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 307


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 360


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 50


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bonds Nos. 120 to 122


3,000 00


Paving Loan Bonds Nos. 76 to 80


5,000 00


Water Loan Bond No. 292


1,000 00


Water Loan Bond No. b459


1,000 00


Water Loan Bond No. Reg. 101


3,000 00


Water Loan Bonds Nos. 458 to 459


2,000 00


Metropolitan Park Assessment Bond No. 6


Loan


1,000 00


$151,500 00


Present Funded Debt, balance of account 1,466,500 00


$1,618,000 00


Grade Crossings.


CREDIT.


Sewers, Construction account, amount transferred


$1,000 00


Balance to debit of account, 1909 32,879 52


$33,879 52


Balance from 1907


169 80


$33,709 72


.


.


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·


.


78


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Bacon & Burpee, stenographer .


$17 43


Edward A. Binney, appraising property .


122 50


Edward Coliten, settlement of claim


2,536 66


Patrick Campbell, settlement of land damages, etc. 807 36




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