Report of the city of Somerville 1908, Part 8

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


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C. A. Sanborn, steamfitting


3 20


Frank A. Teele, wood


22 88


C. L. Underhill, steel rod .


3 00


Underhill Hardware Co., screen doors, etc.


2 00


William J. Wiley, plumbing


60 57


John M. Woods & Co., lumber


69 51


Asahel Wheeler Co., paint


14 63


Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel


206 80


$5,107 22


Public Buildings Maintenance, Janitors' Salaries.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908 . .


$29,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


755 44


$29,755 44


DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid janitors' salaries .


$29,755 44


Public Buildings Maintenance, Schoolhouses.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908


$32,000 00


Interest account, amount transferred ·


1,200 00


Overlay and Abatement account, amount transferred 3,300 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .


260 35


$36,760 35


Receipts :-


Cash, received of Walter T. Littlefield, tele- phone tolls .


$74 88


Mrs. E. H. Norrby, gas


23 40


Sundry persons, use of ward rooms .


39 00


Sundry persons, damage to property .


.


12 00


149 28


$36,909 63


granolithic floor


.


.


108


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Edwin Adler, firing boiler $14 00


American Seating Co., ink wells, etc. 69 66


American Steam Packing Co., packing 13 23


Armstrong Brothers, plumbing


474 85


Ashton Valve Co., gauges .


87 95


. E. O. Arnold & Co., work on carpets


17 68


J. M. Andrews & Son, carpentering


240 16


American Express Co., expressing . F. C. Ayer, lumber


3 46


John H. Adcock, plumbing


9 55


Armour & Co., washing powder


20 76


Frank Atkinson, carpentering .


65 00


F. C. Alexander, mason work


146 60


American Steam Gauge & Valve Mfg. Co., repairing valves 2 00


Baker School Specialty Co., furniture


259 15


Boston Spray Co., disinfectant 7 50


Patrick Bowdren, work on lawns


294 25


D. F. Burke, mason work .


482 20


Edward H. Barter, repairing clocks


12 50


D. J. Bennett, door strap ·


1 75


Blodgett Clock Co., repairing clock


31 10


Boston Belting Co., hose, etc.


13 18


Boston Varnish Co., varnish


48 00


D. P. Bucknam, mason work


301 00


Bay State Belting Co., punch, etc.


1 35


Boston Feather Duster Co., dusters


85 12


Bartholomew Burke, grading


47 29


Matthew M. Blunt, re-seating chairs .


13 00


Bradlee & Chatman Co., steamfitting


16 80


Broad Gauge Iron Works, gilded ball for flagstaff


18 00


J. F. Brown, repairing clocks


13 25


Patrick Burke, work on lawn


6 10


W. H. Brown & Co., oil


60


J. A. Bremner & Co., tinting ceiling, etc.,


251 00


A. & E. Burton Co., brushes


36 00


Herbert Briggs, cleaning


85 00


George F. Blake Mfg. Co., pump sup- plies


4 62


Consumers' Coal Co., coal


5,731 44


Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas .


639 45


Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., valves


43 99


Charlestown Gas & Electric Co., gas


65


L. E. Clayton, cloth


15 55


Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co., re- pairing


75


T. A. Cunningham, brushes


2 50


Jackson Caldwell & Co., furniture


200 34


Consumers' Coal Corporation, coal


3,563 34


Frank E. Cutler, painting


645 63


Frederick R. Cutter, repairing clock


30 50


Cotter's Express, expressing


5 85


H. E. Campbell, plumbing


4 03


D. T. Campbell, janitor's service


6 00


Coggeshall Mfg. Co., boiler merchandise,


10 00


Amount carried forward


$14,478 98


30


109


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward . $14,478 98


Edward G. Came, repairing fence


10 69


C. W. Cahalan, plumbing 37 71


John Conrad & Co., brooms


4 63


T. F. Crimmings, mason work .


29 65


J. W. Ford, painting .


90 65


A. L. Carpenter, floor brushes .


25 00


Carlisle-Ayer Co., lumber .


66 82


Continental Mfg. Co., dustoline


10 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Indus- trial Department, mops


6 00


Davenport-Brown Co., lumber


51 10


James F. Davlin, plumbing.


15 78


J. A. Durell, oil


08


James Duncan, repairing chairs


13 35


Alexander Duncan Co., packing


87 70


John Ducey, work on carpets


110 00


R. W. Doe, repairing heaters Thomas Dowd, plastering


59 80


. J. H. Derby, repairing clocks P. Derby & Co., irons for chairs


1 75


Edison Electric Illuminating Co., light- ing


2,512 18


Eldridge, Baker & Co., gold dust


11 74


Electric Goods Mfg. Co., supplies


53 23


Enterprise Rubber Co., gaskets


54 62


Fred W. Farrar, repairing clocks


65 00


F. W. Foster Mfg. Co., grate bar


2 75


The Formacone Co., disinfectant


28 00


F. C. Fuller & Co., dust pans and brushes


46 34


J. H. Fannon, concreting


475 35


Mary C. Faelton, repairing fence


7 50


J. W. Ford, painting fence


24 90


Gas Consumers' Association, rental and service


56 00


Glines Express Co., expressing


27 15


Gurney Heater Mfg. Co., supplies


13 50


Gilman Express, expressing


1 75


Eugene Giroir, cleaning


76 00


Walter J. Godfrey, tinting ceiling, etc.


144 00


Paul Goguen, plastering


13 80


R. Hull, oil .


39 77


Charles H. M. Hunnewell, plumbing ·


149 73


William J. Hanson, plumbing


5 20


William S. Howe, plumbing


3 52


J. J. Hurley & Co., steamfitting


438 09


Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co., premium on policy .


562 30


John Henderson, repairing tools


1 25


Edgar O. Hunt, plumbing .


4 44


Hemeon Brothers, carpenter work .


335 88


Highland Coal Co., coal .


494 31


Hodge Boiler Co., boiler supplies


857 40


S. D. Hicks & Son, repairing gutters and conductors


276 00


James Harper & Co., repairing couch .


3 50


H. W. Johns-Manville Co., covering


55 47


pipes


Amount carried forward


$22,007 76


.


.


.


66 40


1 00


110


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward .


$22,007 76


Frank J. Jameson, sponges


20 37


H. James & Son, soap 3 00


Frank O. Johnson, plumbing


102 53


Johnson Service Co., repairing heaters 116 75


Jenkins Brothers, valves and plugs . 3 00


George L. Janvrin, repairing clocks 6 50


John H. Kelley, steamfitting


143 75


John Kennedy, mason work


66 16


James Kenney, carpentering . 451 00


Kenney Brothers & Wolkins, furniture . 779 70


Knott & Co., electrical supplies


773 31


E. S. Kearney, sawdust


30 25


E. & F. King & Co., soda ash .


5 02


J. A. Kiley, repairing tools


1 85


Clara Kenney, cleaning


51 32


S. P. Larsen, carpenter work


165 66


T. E. Littlefield, lumber


57 43


Howard Lowell & Son, board of horse, etc.


245 06


G. W. Ladd, furnace rake .


1 05


Link Belt Co., chain belting


39 94


F. T. Lord Polish Co., polish


5 00


Miss E. H. Lunt, moulding


1 68


C. W. Lerned & Co., disinfectant


23 80


Metropolitan Coal Co., coal


3,021 08


George W. Manning, repairing lators and fire escapes


venti-


156 25


Martin & Wood, keys


19 25


Henry McCarthy, carpentering


29 52


Daniel McIntire, gardening


77 11


G. F. McKenna & Son, teaming


134 50


Charles F. Mills, carpentering .


315 20


A. M. Morton & Co., steam supplies


71 76


C. W. H. Moulton & Co., snow shovels, etc.


46 50


G. F. McKenna, teaming


29 75


George McDormand, horseshoeing


9 25


C. J. Miers & Son, roofing


154 94


G. A. McGunnigle, janitor's services


9 75


Morgan Drug & Chemical Co., dust layer


8 00


A. S. Morss Co., supplies for flagstaff


68


J. E. L. McLean, carpenter work .


103 73


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


390 65


Norton Door Check Co., repairing door check


6 76


New England Iron Works Co., boiler supplies


11 44


James W. O'Neil, plumbing


32 37


Thomas O'Callaghan & Co., rug


19 50


Pittsburg Plate Glass Co., glass


149 20


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware


148 59


A. W. Phillips, concreting .


255 63


L. A. Penney, carpentering


1 80


O. M. Pote, janitor's services


15 00


Phillips Co., re-finishing fixtures


3 00


Roberts Iron Works Co., tubes, etc.


44 27


Amount carried forward


$30,372 37


-


1


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$30,372 37


George L. Robinson, painting


480 12


John B. Rufer, iron work . 6 40


Robert S. Ray, damages to child's coat


5 00


G. D. B. Robinson, carpentering


3 00


W. P. Rice, lumber


.


10 44


A. G. Renner, expressing .


35


F. M. Rogers & Co., painting


434 00


Alice M. Saben, chairs


4 80


C. H. Sanborn, services as engineer


144 38


Shepard, Clark & Co., brushes baskets


and


198 75


Skinner & Wentworth, clocks


17 50


E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware


447 89


Standard Charcoal Co., charcoal


51 00


P. Sutherland & Co., oil


60 60


Solshine Mfg. Co., polish .


7 20


B. F. Sturtevant Co., repairing engine


40 55


T. A. Sallaway, hardware .


2 10


Somerville Coal Co., coal .


532 16


John Stackpole, carpentering


226 27


Stillman, Carmichael Co., packing


1 00


Frank A. Teele, wood


150 07


Trueman H. Thorpe, carpentering


163 28


Benjamin R. Twombly, painting


134 00


Charles L. Underhill, repairs


19 90


Underhill Hardware Co., hardware


302 33


H. W. Waite & Co., disinfectant


137 95


Waldo Brothers, lime


43 70


Walsh Brothers, mason work


17 85


Asahel Wheeler Co., paint, etc.


196 97


Henry A. Wheeler & Co., ensigns


93 75


H. G. White, electrical supplies Whitney & Snow, hardware


85 91


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., chain


1 90


D. W. Webster, repairing chairs


46 60


George A. Weld Co., steamfitting


226 91


Mrs. M. J. Whitney, mending flags .


23 00


F. W. Webb Mfg. Co., supplies West Disinfecting Co., disinfectant .


15 00


Whitten & Jackson, steamfitting, $176 87 (Cash) 11 37


165 50


William J. Wiley, plumbing


49 10


Arthur W. Walker, repairing clock .


10 25


Waters Governor Co., steam supplies


3 70


Winter Hill Press, printing


1 25


L. A. Wright, blacksmithing


50


I. B. Walker, blacksmithing


14 40


John Weingartner, paint remover


12 00


Wellington-Wild Coal Co., coal


1,362 95


John P. Wahlstrom, tinting ceilings


168 00


G. A. Walker, painting, etc.


146 25


Waverley Heating & Supply Co., sup- plies


28 25


Frederick B. Witherley, brackets


11 40


G. A. Walker Machine Co., repairs .


1 00


Western Electric Co., supplies .


5 50


.


$36,909 63


.


.


.


.


223 98


.


.


.


60


111


112


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Public Grounds.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908 .


$10,700 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


49 99


$10,749 99


Receipts :-


Cash, received of Somerville High School Athletic Association, labor and mate-


rials


$132 00


Arthur A. Smith, sods


7 80


Stock and labor billed other departments :-


Highways, Construction account, sods


$145 16


Sewers, Construction account, sand 139 50


Sidewalks, Construction account, sods ·


314 31


Sidewalks, Maintenance account, sods . 8 00


Water Works Extension account, labor


12 00


618 97


$11,508 76


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers


$6,922 48


Thomas Allen, concreting .


170 63


G. J. Allen, concreting


92 06


F. C. Ayer, lumber


30 87


Barrett Mfg. Co., tarvia


121 20


D. J. Bennett, repairing


35 50


Charles E. Berry, labor


3 80


E. M. Brims, dinners


17 00


Broad Gauge Iron Works, ball


3 00


William F. Chester & Co., repairing ladder


1 75


Cornelius Callahan Co., repairing hose .


9 00


J. A. Durell, hardware


26 14


Davenport-Brown Co., poles and stakes,


39 26


Fellows & Co., repairing ladder


4 50


A. C. Gordon, painting


122 60


Thomas J. Gray & Co., horse lawn mower


75 00


Hemeon Brothers, carpentering


422 71


J. W. Howard, plants


1,026 68


Highland Coal Co., lime


8 75


W. S. Howe, repairing conductor


19 30


Hill & Holt, use of auto


25 00


F. W. Kimball, ash slats


.


9 17


George W. Manning, labor on flagstaffs,


64 35


Martin & Wood, sharpening


31 85


Norton & Co., hose


96 76


F. O'Brion, salt .


3 95


W. E. Plumer & Co., rope, etc.


23 52


A. E. Salt, pipe and damper


3 75


E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware


65 03


T. A. Sallaway, rake and staples


80


James Tevlin, use of teams


801 15


Underhill Hardware Co., hardware


34 28


Amount carried forward


$10,311 84


.


139 80


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 113


Amount brought forward .


Whitney & Snow, hardware


& Reaping .


2 25


15 00


I. B. Walker, repairing


47 53


Henry A. Wheeler & Co., ensign


19 65


Wright & Ditson, bases


2 80


Waldo Brothers, drain pipe


93


$10,658 43


Highways, Maintenance account, crushed stone and labor ·


537 21


Public Grounds, Construction account, sand, 5 56


Sidewalk Assessments account, assessment,


182 76


Water Maintenance account, labor, etc. 100 69


Water Service Assessments account, service,


24 11


$11,508 76


Public Grounds, Construction.


CREDIT.


Sewers, Construction account, amount transferred . Receipts :-


$1,500 00


Stock and labor billed other departments :-


Public Grounds account, sand


5 56


$1,505 56


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers .


$1,107 03


F. C. Ayer, laths


40


James Tevlin, teaming


398 13


$1,505 56


Public Library.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908


$16,000 00


County of Middlesex, dog licenses ·


4,214 39


$20,214 39


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


1 46


$20,212 93


Receipts :-


Cash, received of Sam Walter Foss, librarian :-


books


$141 89


fines


709 46


telephone tolls


11 85


Stock and labor billed other departments :- Public Library, West Somerville Branch ac- count, books


$154 80


School Contingent account, books


2 48


157 28


.


.


.


863 20


$10,311 84 258 43


W. A. Wood Mowing Machine Co., scythes L. A. Wright, bolts, etc.


.


$21,233 41


114


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Sam Walter Foss, salary as librarian


$2,50. 00


Florence D. Hurter, assistant librarian .


800 00


Esther Mayhew, cataloguer


700 00


Edith B. Hayes, assistant cataloguer .


600 00


Anna L. Stone, assistant


650 00


Mabel E. Bunker, assistant


733 20


Mary S. Woodman, assistant


650 00


Bessie L. Duddy, assistant


600 00


Nellie M. Whipple, assistant


600 00


Alice W. Sears, assistant .


472 96


Florence M. Barber, assistant


600 00


Raymah H. Smith, assistant


133 32


A. Myrtle Merrill, assistant


274 98


Ethel M. Nute, assistant


133 29


Irma R. Christopher, assistant


50 20


F. Stuart Dean, assistant .


161 86


Saxton C. Foss, assistant .


93 50


Cecil M. Barlow, assistant


121 25


William E. Bagster, assistant


153 45


Stanley H. Bowlby, assistant


21 15


Edgar L. Kaula, assistant .


41 70


Harry Benson, assistant .


18 30


American Express Co., expressing .


37 65


American Library Association, member- ship 5 00


John R. Anderson Co., books


717 44


American Political Science Association, books


3 00


D. Appleton & Co., books


1 22


A. R. Andrews, repairs


4 28


William Abbott, books


10 65


A. L. A. Publishing Board, cards


2 95


George T. Bailey, periodicals


71 32


Cecil M. Barlow, express


50 85


C. M. Blake, periodicals


8 50


Boston Music Co., music books


2 52


George W. Butters, books


2 00


Boston Indexing Bureau, index


:00


N. J. Bartlett & Co., books


10 89


Boston Book Co., periodicals


36 15


Boston Suburban Express & Parcel Co., expressing


2 15


Brigham Family Association, book


10 00


Mrs. George W. Butters, supplies


70


Bates & Guild Co., pictures


5 00


The Burrows Bros. Co., books


6 25


William E. Bagster, expressing


12 90


Ball Publishing Co., books


2 25


Stanley H. Bowlby, expressing


43 60


R. E. Bisbee, books


12 63


Boston & Maine R. R. Co., express


73


William Henry Baker, book


75


Brown University, book


1 00


F. J. Barnard & Co., binding


12 00


Cedric Chivers, books


126 48


Amount carried forward


.


$11,313 02


115


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward .


$11,313 02


Arthur H. Clark Co., books


22 95


C. M. Clark Publishing Co., books


1 00


The College Bindery, binding


718 00


Claude Curtis, agency


100 00


Carter, Rice & Co., supplies


34 50


Chicago Medical Book Co., book


3 15


Charles W. Clark Co., books


57 40


W. B. Clark Co., books


27 80


Myra B. Creeley, books


6 80


Columbia-Webcowit Press, printing W. W. Calkin, repairs


38 35


John W. Cadby, books


3 00


Frank W. Collier, books


2 50


Desmond Publishing Co., books


9 75


Oliver Ditson Co., music books


35 13


Dodd, Mead & Co., books


17 53


DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., books .


38 62


E. Dowd, books


2 00


Thomas J. Donlan, music books


6 88


Olin S. Davis, supplies


19 00


Department of Commerce and Labor, books


4 00


E. P. Dutton & Co., books


2 00


David Farquhar, binding


549 53


Benjamin F. Freeman, photographs


2 00


Frost & Adams Co., supplies


4 68


Thomas T. Fryer, books


31 00


Forum Publishing Co., periodical


50


Gilman Express Co., expressing


171 45


Government, periodicals


4 00


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


85 03


Glines & Co., expressing


11 40


W. A. Greenough & Co., books


12 00


Globe Stamp Works, supplies .


2 05


Herman Goldberger, periodical


419 66


Gaylord Bros., supplies


1 00


3 00


Ginn & Co., books


2 23


William Hall & Co., supplies


3 50


Houghton Mifflin Co., books


38 00


J. L. Hammett Co., books


89 46


Harper & Bros., books


12 60


Walter F. Hall, books


27 75


S. Henry Hadley, books


27 75


R. H. Hinckley Co., books


3 50


H. R. Huntting Co., books


4 25


Information Bureau American Munici- palities, books


2 00


Marshall Jones Co., books


22 40


Jordan Marsh Co., screen


4 00


C. A. Koehler & Co., books


55 17


W. A. Keating, books


4 74


Library of Congress, cards


50 00


Little, Brown & Co., books


2,200 06


George E. Littlefield, books


43 05


Amount carried forward


$16,692 59


-


Granite State Publishing Co., periodical C. E. Grosvenor, books ·


2 70


O. S. M. Haskell, agency


265 00


1 25


Heaton's Agency, books


72 50


116


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward .


$16,692 59


John B. H. Longfellow, binding


135 00


Charles E. Lauriat Co., books


87 88


Library Bureau, cards 83 95


C. S. Lombard & Co., agency 68 77


Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., books


23 26


McDevitt Wilson, books


61 87


Macmillan Co., books


8 11


Medford Historical Society, periodical


1 00


Henry Malkan, books


52 85


Massachusetts Society Mayflower De- scendants, periodical 2 00


Wesley A. Maynard, printing


40 86


Moody Manual Co., book .


10 00


A. W. Mann, books


3 28


Thomas B. Mosher, books


75


Joel Munsell's Sons, books


4 50


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


56 40


National Education Association, period- ical


2 00


Nickerson & Collins Co., books


10 00


Nonotuck Press, books


2 00


New England Historical Genealogical Society, books


15 00


Old Corner Book Store, books


41 17


Office, Bank & Library Co., repairs 5 65


Oliver Typewriter Co., supplies


1 22


O'Shea's Book Store, books


2 00


Ontario Publishing Co., books


50


J. D. Pearson, books


18 00


Perham's Express, expressing


21 25


Publishers' Weekly, periodicals


15 00


Eben Putnam, books


3 00


G. P. Putnam's Sons, books


16 24


Publishing Committee Somerville His-


torical Society, periodical


3 00


George G. Page Box Co., supplies


8 00


Poor's Railroad Manual Co., book


10 00


Perham's Express, expressing


3 00


Charles H. Pope, books


4 50


Pilgrim Press, periodical


2 50


S. A. Riker, agency


19 70


Charles S. Robertson, insurance


191 25


Harry J. Ramsay, agency


140 00


Ritter & Flebbe, books


3 60


Daniel M. Rice, book


2 50


Register of Copyrights, book


2 00


P. B. Sanford Co., binding


2,293 15


Theo. E. Schulte, books


91 78


Charles Scribner's Sons, books


61 08


Silver, Burdett & Co., books


1 10


Stilphen's Express, expressing


4 40


Somerville Journal Co., printing


383 42


Schoenhof Book Co., books


18 25


Somerville High School Radiator, peri- odical


75


Sampson & Murdock Co., book


12 00


The Science Press, book


15


Amount carried forward


$20,742 23


.


.


.


.


117


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward .


.


$20,742 23


Small, Maynard & Co., book


1 95


Somerville Post-office, postage


17 00


The System Co., books


13 00


Charles R. Taylor, express


35 70


Tabard Inn Library, books


7 60


Trueman H. Thorpe, labor


4 00


Topsfield Historical Society, books


92


Thorpe's Express, expressing


25


Union Library Association, books


55 14


University of Chicago Press, books


8 30


Underhill Hardware Co., repairs


3 10


M. L. Vinal, agency


32 54


Virtue & Co., periodical


1 00


Webcowit Press, printing


73 90


H. W. Wilson Co., periodical


22 00


John Wiley & Sons, books


6 35


Helen M. Winslow, books


1 00


Williams & Neiley, printing


81 45


Woman's Journal, periodical


1 25


Alice M. Young, agency


121 73


Y. M. C. A. Press, book


75


Zion's Herald, periodical


1 25


$21,233 41


Public Library, Frances A. Wilder Children's Depart- ment Fund.


CREDIT.


Frances A. Wilder bequest


$100 00


Balance to credit of account, 1909


$100 00


Public Library, Frances A. Wilder Children's Depart= ment Fund, Investment Account.


CREDIT.


Balance to debit of account, 1909


$100 00


DEBIT.


Frances A. Wilder bequest, deposited in Somerville Sav- ings Bank


$100 00


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Art.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1907


$4,251 66


DEBIT.


$4,251 66


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Poetry.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1907


$1,062 92


DEBIT.


Balance to credit of account, 1909


$1,062 92


C. W. Tibbetts, book


1 00


Balance to credit of account, 1909


DEBIT.


118


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Art.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1907


$89 51 Receipts :-


Cash, income from invested funds


$80 00


Interest on deposits


10 14


90 14


Balance of account unused, carried to 1909 .


35 62


$144 03


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Brentano's, books


$2 25


Boston Book Co., periodical


75


T. T. Fryer, books


14 75


C. E. Grosvenor, books


7 00


Bruno Hessling, book


5 00


Charles E. Lauriat Co., books


7 00


C. A. Koehler & Co., books


9 80


Library Art Club, membership


6 00


Little, Brown & Co., books


34 84


Henry Malkan, books


1 65


Ritter & Flebbe, books


7 10


Underwood & Underwood, stereographs


30 89


H. C. White & Co., stereographs


17 00


$144 03


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Poetry.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1907


.


$64 92


Receipts :-


Cash, income from invested funds


$20 00


Interest on deposits


2 54


22 54


Balance of account unused, carried to 1909


24 29


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid N. J. Bartlett & Co., books


$20 00


DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., books


11 25


Nathan Haskell Dole, books


2 50


Little, Brown & Co., books


.


.


7 00


Theo. E. Schulte, book


1 00


$63 17


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Investment Account.


CREDIT.


Balance to debit of account, 1909


$5,314 58


DEBIT.


Balance from 1907


·


$5,314 58


·


.


.


$87 46


$63 17


.


21 42


Old Corner Book Store, books


.


.


$179 65


119


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Public Library, West Somerville Branch.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908


$1,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


1 65


$998 35


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid John R. Anderson Co., books


$99 15


Brentano's, books


7 00


Boston Book Co., books


3 50


Burrows Bros. Co., books


1 45


W. B. Clarke Co., books


141 65


Charles W. Clark Co., books


110 20


Albert Britnell, books


16 11


Thomas T. Fryer, books


69 50


C. E. Grosvenor, books


2 00


Henry S. Hadley, music books


27 90


H. R. Huntting Co., books


1 20


Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., books


38 21


Library Bureau, cards


11 95


Henry Malkan, books


196 35


McDevitt-Wilson, books


46 18


O'Shea's Book Store, books


3 00


James L. Perkins & Co., books


36 00


Theo. E. Schulte, books


30 30


George A. Whipple, books


1 90


Public Library account, books


154 80


$998 35


Public Library Construction, West Somerville Branch.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of Andrew Carnegie, gift


$14,867 50


DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Boston Herald Co., advertising $17 50


Charles H. Belledeu, contract


13,000 00


McLean & Wright, contract


1,000 00


Whitten & Jackson, contract


850 00


$14,867 50


Public Property.


CREDIT.


Balance to debit of account, 1909


$5,302,083 08


DEBIT.


Property and Debt Balance, property ac-


quired in 1908 $70,347 74 .


Balance from 1907


.


.


5,231,735 34


$5,302,083 08


.


·


$843 55


120


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Real Estate Liens.


DEBIT.


Balance from 1907


$1,959 20


Taxes, tax of 1902 assessed City of Cambridge


334 56


$2,293 76


CREDIT.


Balance to debit of account, 1909 ·


$2,293 76


Redemption of Tax Liens.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of sundry persons, redemption of tax liens Amount accruing to city under Chapter 443, Acts of 1902, carried to City Treasurer account 20 00


$1,813 77


$1,793 77


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid sundry persons, redemption of tax liens


$1,793 77


Reduction of Funded Debt.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1907


$14,000 00


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908


130,000 00


Water Works Income, amount appropriated, Water Bonds 7,000 00


Water Works Income, balance transferred


10,800 62


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


6,185 02


$155,615 60


Balance to credit of account, 1909, amount of bonds ma- tured, not presented


4,000 00


$151,615 60


Receipts :-


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on account of Armory Cash, received of Boston & Maine Railroad Corporation, gravel $606 88


6,109 30


A. A. Badaracco, et. al., land on Holland street 364 32


R. L. Day & Co., premium on bonds 2,803 90


3,775 10.


$161,500 00


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid bonds maturing in 1908 $161,500 00


$161,800 62


121


School Contingent.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1908 $28,000 00


Overlay and Abatement account, amount transferred 3,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 102 38


$31,102 38


Receipts :---


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, tuition of state wards Cash, received of G. A. Southworth, super-


intendent of schools, tuition of non- resident pupils ·


$98 06


damage to property


59 40


Charles S. Clark, superintendent


of


schools, tuition of state wards ·


77 91


damage to property


30 00


Somerville Y. M. C. A., books


4 40


C. H. Pearson, tuition


25 00


294 77


$31,587 65


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Gordon A. Southworth, salary as superintendent of schools disbursements .


$2,000 00


324 90


Charles S. Clark, salary as superintend- ent of schools disbursements ·


1,003 00


Cora S. Fitch, assistant


437 50


Cora S. Fitch Bradford, assistant


189 91


Mary A. Clark, assistant


616 66


Mildred A. Merrill, assistant


98 67


Lemuel H. Snow, truant officer board of horse


85 00


Justin W. Lovett, truant officer


433 33


Jairus Mann, truant officer


50 00


American Book Co., books


1,966 87


Adams, Cushing & Foster, supplies


3,844 50


American Express Co., expressing


2 10


John A. Avery, disbursements


43 05


Allen, Doane & Co., supplies


24 80


American Newspaper Association, books


85 40


Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover, maps




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