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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
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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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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
.
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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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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
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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
.
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Moths
·
$19,771 20
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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 .
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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.
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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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