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L. C. Fisher & Co., groceries
2 50
C. D. Gallagher, groceries
3 00
F. J. Hopkins, groceries
93 12
E. F. Hicks, groceries
2 75
Charles A. Holmes, groceries .
7 14
Amos Keyes & Co., groceries
136 53
New England Mfg. Co., groceries .
141 65
J. S. Newcombe & Co., groceries .
640 65
National Biscuit Co., groceries
49 05
J. W. Roberts & Co., groceries
368 60
C. L. Stevens, groceries
127 48
A. S. Tyler, groceries
7 84
D. J. Bennett, harness repairs
71 65
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight .
6 71
Boston Plate & Window Glass Co., glass
5 68
Bowers & DeWick, dry goods
6 75
Joseph Breck & Sons Corporation, seeds, etc.
30 69
H. A. Brownell, repairing harness
3 00
Brown-Durrell Co., clothing
29 67
Cambridge Ice Co., ice
26 00
Henry N. Clark Co., grates
5 72
J. H. Derby, repairing clocks .
5 80
Empire Laundry Machinery Co., wash- ing machine, etc.
500 00
Willis S. Furbush, medicine
6 10
H. E. Fiske Seed Co., seeds
20 05
Fuller Mfg. Co., hoe
1 00
S. Finlay, papers
77
Farley, Harvey & Co., pillow slips
8 02
Gilman Express Co., expressing
3 20
Thomas Groom & Co., books .
1 75
Walter Gordon, pig
6 50
D. J. Green & Co., mat, brooms, etc.
4 63
H. E. Gustin, plants .
4 16
Percy A. Hall, medicine
71 64
Highland Coal Co., lime
15 34
A. H. Hews & Co., flower pots
3 80
I. N. Holman, sharpening lawn mower
5 25
Haskell Implement & Seed Co., ferti- lizer
26 45
Amount carried forward .
$5,692 49
136
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward . $5,692 49
C. P. Holmes, boxes
26 40
Hovey & Co., seeds
7 45
Mrs. Emma S. Hall, domestic fee
30
George T. Johnson & Co., supplies
1 00
Jordan Marsh Co., kitchen ware
56 35
George W. Ladd, horseshoeing
33 25
T. E. Littlefield, lumber
45 44
Lord & Webster, hay and grain
140 08
C. W. Lerned & Co., disinfectant
4 00
David W. Lewis Co., stove pipe
2 84
George W. Ladd, horseshoeing
3 50
McGreenery & Manning, tobacco
42 00
Miley Soap Co., soap
17 25
Massachusetts State Prison, clothing
28 50
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service 42 69 .
Fulton O'Brion, hay and grain
230 76
T. J. Owens, papers .
9 22
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware
31 03
. The Park & Pollard Co., poultry sup- plies
22 70
Proctor Brothers, grain .
62 69
George G. Page Box Co., boxes
95 29
Reuben Ring & Co., medicine
25 75
John B. Rufer, clipping
4 00
W. W. Rawson & Co., seeds
4 60
Reid & Hughes Co., kitchen ware .
7 77
Parke Snow, dry goods .
88 14
Somerville Journal Co., envelopes
1 75
Smith & Thayer Co., H. D. grate
1 29
E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware
5 70
John P. Squire & Co., shavings
16 25
Stumpp & Walter Co., seeds .
22 70
Schlegel & Fottler Co., seeds .
50 23
Elbert J. Smith, hair cutting
2 25
E. D. Sawyer Lumber Co., lumber
77 80
Arthur Sternberg, suit
12 00
George H. Thayer, boots and shoes
62 80
William J. Thompson & Co., hay
26 06
Nathan Tufts & Sons, grain
122 49
Underhill Hardware Co., hardware
10 32
R. H. White Co., lamp
2 60
William J. Wiley, hardware
.
40 09
Wilson, Larrabee & Co., dry goods
6 41
I. B. Walker, repairing wagon
83 10
Waldron & Shepard, boxes
6 25
Health Department, Collection of Ashes
and Offal account, offal 287 25
$7,562 83
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous.
CREDIT.
-
Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909
$13,500 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 785 93
Amount carried forward
$12,714 07
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$7,275 58
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
137
Amount brought forward Receipts :-
$12,714 07
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, support of state
paupers
958 93
Cash, received of sundry persons, aid .
$119 48
Charles C. Folsom, money not called for
16 50
C. Clark Towle, old typewriter
15 00
For support of paupers :-
City of Boston
606 08
City of Cambridge .
643 77
City of Chelsea
105 50
City of Everett
115 89
City of Fall River
22 65
City of Gloucester
40 00
City of Haverhill
31 43
City of Holyoke
24 00
City of Lowell
156 24
City of Malden
98 85
City of Medford
96 15
City of Marlborough
55 71
City of New Bedford
10 85
City of Newton
238 64
City of Quincy
13 00
City of Springfield
18 90
City of Taunton
18 00
City of Woburn
66 44
City of Worcester
132 44
Town of Andover
10 00
Town of Attleboro
18 14
Town of Arlington
102 86
Town of Brookline
11 43
Town of Braintree
29 14
Town of Boylston
32 43
Town of Framingham
12 43
Town of Gardner
8 57
Town of Leominster
52 17
Town of Reading
18 00
Town of Revere
34 00
Town of Saugus
28 01
Town of Stoneham
39 45
Town of Stow
28 71
Town of Truro
36 86
Town of Wakefield
16 16
Town of Weston
32 00
Town of Williamstown
14 29
3,170 17
$16,843 17
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Charles C. Folsom, salary as agent
$1,600 00
disbursements
193 10
C. Clark Towle, M. D., city physician
1,500 00
Cora F. Lewis, secretary .
700 00
Florence R. Kenneson, clerical services, Relief of paupers :-
120 00
City of Boston
1,926 31
Amount carried forward
$6,039 41
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.
138
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$6,039 41
City of Cambridge
410 12
City of Everett
23 57
City of Lowell
69 00
City of Lynn
50 25
City of Melrose
12 00
City of Newton
84 36
City of Worcester
33 75
City of Woburn
26 59
Town of Attleboro
92 00
Town of Barnstable
121 25
Town of Lexington
13 71
Town of Rockland
42 50
Town of Revere
151 39
Town of Winchester
8 00
Town of West Springfield
21 91
Cambridge Relief Hospital 20 00 .
337 77
Foxboro State Hospital
194 21
Massachusetts General Hospital
6 87
Massachusetts Hospital for Epileptics,
29 25
Massachusetts School for Feeble-
Minded 253 50
2,250 11
Somerville Hospital, relief of sick poor, Somerville Visiting Nursing Associa- tion, nursing 200 00
Mary Drury, board
30 00
Benjamin W. Goldsmith, board
104 30
Edward Hunnewell, board
52 17
Maria L. Meserve, board .
43 30
Mary Murray, board .
84 85
Edith M. Nutt, board
104 30
Jennie L. Nichols, board
13 15
Hattie G. Sellon, board
8 72
Emmeline K. Willis, board
52 17
H. G. Applin, groceries
257 00
C. E. Barrows, groceries .
112 00
Charles S. Butters, groceries
53 00
James Bartley, groceries
270 00
Edward Coliten & Son, groceries
171 00
A. F. Carpenter, groceries
66 00
F. E. Cheney Co., groceries
92 00
J. F. Dowd, groceries
122 00
James Davis, groceries
263 00
Harry A. Dunham, groceries
26 00
Charles F. Giles, groceries
457 58
Grace & Hatfield, groceries
84 00
F. A. E. Jewell, groceries
338 00
C. R. King, groceries
33 50
M. A. Kimball, groceries
66 00
M. D. Lovering, groceries
39 00
Frank M. Lowell, groceries
18 00
M. D. Lewis, groceries
246 00
J. D. MacLennan, groceries
313 50
James H. Maguire Co., groceries
61 00
North Packing & Provision
Co.,
groceries
180 50
A. E. Robie, groceries
38 00
Andrew F. Ryan, groceries
158 00
Amount carried forward
$14,454 56
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
.
139
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$14,454 56
Mrs. C. H. Sands, groceries
498 00
R. M. Sturtevant & Co., groceries .
454 50
C. L. Stevens, groceries
1 00
D. E. Watson, groceries
10 00
George W. Wood, groceries
26 00
J. H. Brooks, dry goods
9 00
Jackson Caldwell & Co., carpet Charles W. Dailey, ambulance
12 90
W. J. Emerson, boots and shoes
4 50
Edward Edwards, medicine
106 85
W. A. Flaherty & Son, burials
50 00
Fresh Pond Ice Co., ice .
3 00
C. H. Goldthwaite & Co., truss
2 50
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery .
32 90
F. W. Gilbert, boots and shoes
16 00
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory
4 00
Samuel Hurwitz, boots and shoes . The G. F. Harvey Co., medicine
45 13
Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire E. S. Merriam, medicine
4 05
Alfred E. Mann, burial
45 00
Monroe Pharmacal Co., medicine
40 50
John S. McGowan, burial
15 00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
113 27
Frederick H. Perry, printing
24 75
P. H. Rafferty, burials
45 00
Somerville Journal Co., printing
18 50
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., writer
110 25
Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel
588 01
$16,843 17
Taxes.
CREDIT.
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1
Receipts :-
Cash, received for taxes of 1903
$10 10
66 1904
12 00
1905
70 39
66
66
1906
187 46
1907
2,021 06
66
66
" 1908
269,867 41
1909
938,724 92
$1,260,893 34
Overlay and Abatement :-
Abatements on taxes
of 1903 .
$2,315 40
1904
1,914 72
1905
717 29
1906
1,679 82
66
1907
1,640 84
66
1908
3,066 41
66
1909
8,203 94
Real Estate Liens, taxes of 1903, City of Cambridge
364 64
66
1904,
66
364 64
" 1904, Butler and Robinson
4 48
Amount carried forward
.
$1,281,165 52
66
66
19,538 42
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type-
1 25
7 00
99 75
140
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward Balance to debit of account, 1910 :- Being uncollected taxes of 1904
$1,281,165 52 .
$463 96
66 66
66
1905
2,917 42
66
66
66 1906
2,281 34
66
66
3,448 17
66
66
66
66
1908
6,654 68
66
66
1909
267,571 94
283,342 51
DEBIT.
Balance from 1908 .
$300,005 23
Tax Levy, as per assessors'
warrant
of
August 10, 1909 . ·
1,260,144 32
'Supplementary warrants, amounts credited to Overlay and Abatement account . Overlay and Abatement account, moth tax re-assessed
2 00
$1,564,508 03
Temporary Loans.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1908 .
$375,000 00
Cash, borrowed by authority of the Board of Aldermen on notes as follows :-
City Notes Nos. 691-2-3, 251 days, 3.02 per cent., discounted
$150,000 00
City Notes Nos. 694 to 697, 236 days, 3 per cent., discounted .
100,000 00
City Notes Nos. 698 to 705, 310 days, 3.24 per cent., discounted
150,000 00
City Note No. 706, six months, 3 per cent., discounted .
25,000 00
. City Notes Nos. 707 to 722, 266 days, 3.61 per cent., discounted .
200,000 00
625,000 00
$1,000,000 00
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid as follows :-
City Note No. 682
$50,000 00
City Note No. 683
·
50,000 00
City Note No. 684
25,000 00
City Note No. 685
25,000 00
City Note No. 679
25,000 00
City Note No. 680
50,000 00
City Note No. 681
50,000 00
City Note No. 686
25,000 00
City Notes Nos. 687-688
75,000 00
City Notes Nos. 691-2-3
150,000 00
City Note No. 706
25,000 00
City Notes Nos. 694 to 697
100,000 00
$650,000 00
Balance to credit of account, 1910
350,000 00
$1,000,000 00
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66 1907
$1,564,508 03
4,356 48
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 141
Water Loan Interest.
CREDIT.
Water Works Income, amount appropriated $2,460 00
DEBIT.
Coupons maturing April 1, 1909 :- $24,000, six months, 4 per cent.
$480 00
Coupons maturing July 1, 1909 :-
$10,000, six months, 4 per cent.
200 00
Coupons maturing October 1, 1909 :-
$24,000, six months, 4 per cent. 480 00
Coupons maturing January 1, 1910 :-
$9,000, six months, 4 per cent.
180 00
$1,340 00
Registered Bonds :-
Interest due April 1, 1909 . $560 00
Interest due October 1, 1909 · 560 00
1,120 00
$2,460 00
Water Maintenance.
CREDIT. -
Water Works Income, amount appropriated
$30,000 00
Less unexpended balance ·
4,265 23
$25,734 77
Receipts :-
Cash, received of sundry persons, costs $93 00
Sundry persons, pipe, fittings, etc.
10,382 84
Edison Electric Illuminating Co.,
grounding wires
125 00
10,600 84
Stock and labor billed other departments :- Highways Construction account, stock, labor, etc. ·
$152 41
Highways Maintenance account, stock and labor
23 84
Highways, Sprinkling Streets account, maintenance of water posts
292 62
Public Buildings Construction, Highland School Heating and Ventilating ac- count, replacing pipes
30 73
Public Buildings Maintenance, City Build- ·
ings account, pipe
5 31
Public Buildings Maintenance, School- houses account, replacing and repair- ing pipes
36 29
Public Grounds account, stock and labor ·
91 32
Sewers Construction account, drain pipe Water Works Extension account, stock
47 05
13,279 50
13,959 07
$50,294 68
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142
ANNUAL REPORTS.
DEBIT.
!
(Expenditures.)
Cash, paid laborers
$19,948 08
Frank E. Merrill, salary as water com-
missioner
2,300 00
disbursements
92 30
Charles E. Childs, inspector
884 53
disbursements
28 95
Lillian E. Leavitt, assistant
900 00
Laura E. Peavey, assistant
690 95
Marion L. Morrison, clerical services
:270 00
Josephine M. Briggs, clerical services
8 00
Bertha M. Boyd, clerical services .
.
3 78
The Anderson Coupling Co., couplings
444 89
Philip Aberle, stamps
482 48
Algonquin Motor Car Co., gear
11 75
Town of Arlington, pipe
32 50
Boston Varnish Co., paint
5 50
Charles Booth, wood
48 00
Braman, Dow & Co., pipe
560 76
D. J. Bennett, repairing harnesses
121 20
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight
606 58
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., hose
3 00
Boston Elevated Railway Co., tickets
25 00
Boston Elevated Railway Co., labor
115 00
Builders' Iron Foundry, supplies
58 96
Herbert E. Bowman, medicine
4 93
Harold L. Bond Co., packing
20 72
Justin J. Bradshaw & Co., book
2 25
Chadwick-Boston Lead Co., pipe
768 15
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., valves Crane Co., valves
14 96
Coffin Valve Co., gate stem
4 85
Codman & Shurtleff, pumps
3 00
William R. Conrad, pipe inspection
83 91
Julian D'Este Co., brass
206 61
Davenport-Brown Co., labor
1 50
Davis & Farnum Mfg. Co., castings
29 63
Eastern Salt Co., salt
5 25
The Eliot Co., cabinet, etc.
42 06
A. A. Elston & Co., plank
14 35
Edson Mfg. Co., repairs to pump
15 70
The Fairbanks Co., valves
23 98
Brooks Faxon, repairs to motor
6 65
Fire & Water Engineering, subscription
3 00
Fresh Pond Ice Co., ice
109 79
Gilman Express Co., expressing
55 66
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory
4 00
Garlock Packing Co., packing
1 50
B. F. Goodrich Co., tire and repairs
52 44
Thomas Groom & Co., books .
82 00
F. W. Gilbert, rubber boots
.
4 50
Glines & Co., expressing
60
Globe Gas Light Co., repairing torch
75
Charles R. Hildred, labor
5 00
Hersey Mfg. Co., meter parts
62 12
Fred M. Hutchinson, expenses
8 39
.
Amount carried forward
· $29,463 00
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.
.
81 49
.
96 00
American Express Co., expressing .
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 143
Amount brought forward
$29,463 00
E. C. Hartshorn, negative, etc.
2 40
Highland Coal Co., cement
62 82
William S. Howe, zinc
3 65
Hale & Mayhew Co., wagon repairs
8 75
R. D. Hildred, machine work
33 00
O. L. Hill, use of car, etc.
47 90
Holt & Bugbee Co., wood
1 83
Independent lce Co., ice
43 60
J. A. Kiley, wagon repairs
189 25
Kennedy Valve Mfg. Co., valves
10 50
George W. Ladd, shoeing
106 30
Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co., pipe and fittings
1,887 10
C. W. Lerned & Co., disinfectant
34 60
Library Bureau, cards
33 80
Lord & Webster, hay and grain
161 48
T. E. Littlefield, lumber
14 49
Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., valve
34 20
Cyril J. Larivee, lumber
7 99
Edwin Leavitt, car fares
3 70
Martin & Wood, sharpening tools
7 75
W. B. Mullen, sand
12 24
Wesley A. Maynard, printing
9 13
H. Mueller Mfg. Co., fittings
70 74
Charles Millar & Son Co., pipe
190 40
Thomas McNeill, expenses
7 53
Walter Macleod & Co., furnace
75 00
Norwood Engineering Co., parts
170 25
New England Oil Co., oil
127 67
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
202 06
Neptune Meter Co., meters
464 04
New England Towel Supply Co., towels supplied .
5 40
National Meter Co., meter parts ·
1 75
Fulton O'Brion, hay and straw
423 40
Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing
93 50
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware
86 04
Proctor Brothers, grain
201 33
Pratt & Cady Co., valves
73 75
George G. Page Box Co., boxes
70
Priest, Page & Co., adjusting scale
1 90
Rensselaer Mfg. Co., hydrant parts
876 80
Wilbur P. Rice, lumber
132 78
J. E. Richardson, services
8 00
John B. Rufer, horseshoeing
34 20
Estate of J. E. Richardson, services
14 50
Richards & Co., pig lead
188 50
Somerville Iron Foundry, castings
370 42
Somerville Journal Co., printing
403 53
E. S. Sparrow & Co., supplies
14 10
Standard Oil Co., of New York, drum, etc.
42 95
Shawmut Tire Co., shoes
25 36
Scott & Tingloff, rings
14 50
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., repairs
1 30
Sumner & Gerald, fittings
14 40
Amount carried forward
$36,595 63
.
hydrant
144
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
$36,595 63
Somerville Post-Office, postage
200 00
Thorpe's Express, expressing
1 00
Thomson Meter Co., meters
1,551 60
Turner & Co., envelopes
48 45
Fred J. Thomsen, car fares
14 00
Nathan Tufts & Sons, oats
252 22
L. H. Truesdell & Co., sign
28 00
M. E. Tighe, teaming
18 52
Union Water Meter Co., fittings
888 99
Underhill Hardware Co., hardware
168 10
Charles L. Underhill, wagon repairs
181 50
Union Glass Co., globes
8 50
W. H. Vinton, washers
10
Winter Hill Ice Co., ice
31 15
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., hardware
93 64
Welch, Dwyer & Grady, wagon repairs
9 50
Williams & Neiley, printing
28 25
Samuel Ward Co., stationery
67 13
Frederick B. Witherley, castings
274 64
Walworth Mfg. Co., wrenches 19 10
R. Woodman Mfg. & Supply Co., wire 20 00
R. D. Wood & Co., pipe, etc. 6,597 32
Henry R. Worthington, meter parts
3,158 96
$50,266 95
Highways Maintenance account, labor and materials 27 73
$50,294 68
Water Service Assessments.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
Cash, received of sundry persons, cost of services laid
$3,816 32
Transferred to Water Works Extension account 3,816 32
Water Works, Abatements on Water Charges.
DEBIT. (Expenditures.) 1
Cash, paid sundry persons, money refunded $183 63
Transferred to debit of Water Works Income account 183 63
Water Works Extension.
CREDIT. .
Water Works Income account, amount appropriated $15,000 00 801 92 .
$14,198 08
Water Service Assessments account, amount transferred .
3,816 32
$18,014 40
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Less unexpended balance
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 145
DEBIT. (Expenditures.) !
Cash, paid laborers
$3,740 56
Bartholomew Burke, contract labor
374 47
Timothy F. Crimmings, contract labor
619 87
$4,734 90
Water Maintenance account, stock
13,279 50
$18,014 40
Water Works Income.
CREDIT.
Metered Water Charges, last quarter district No. 1, 1909, uncollected
Receipts :-
Cash, received of sundry water takers $207,615 96
Metered water charges $2 50
Less abatements
183 63
186 13
207,429 83
Total income, sales of water
$223,094 29
Reduction of Funded Debt, balance transferred 12,128 24
$210,966 05
DEBIT.
Water Maintenance account,
amount appropriated
. $30,000 00
Less unexpended balance 4,265 23
$25,734 77
Reduction of Funded Debt, Water Loan Bonds, amount appropriated
6,000 00
Water Loan Interest, amount appropriated Water Works Extension account, amount appropriated . $15,000 00
2,460 00
Less unexpended balance
801 92
14,198 08
Sewers Maintenance account, amount ap- propriated .
12,000 00
Fire Department account, amount appro- priated
33,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Metro- politan Water Assessment
112,573 20
$210,966 05
Table D .- Balances.
Cash .
$112,839 55
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
17,583 00
Fire Department
2,197 21
Grade Crossings
9,376 54
Health Department
3,082 92
Health Department,
Collection of Ashes
and Offal
5,072 99
Amount carried forward
$150,152 21
.
$15,664 46
146
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$150,152 21
Health Department, Contagious
Disease
Hospital
709 12
Highway Betterment Assessments
3,394 37
Inspection of Buildings
168 95
Metered Water Charges
15,664 46
Police
8,161 84
Public Buildings Maintenance :-
City Buildings
2,029 19
Fire Department
1,081 78
Janitors' Salaries
921 80
Schoolhouses
6,447 55
Public Library :-
Frances A. Wilder Children's Depart- ment Fund, Investment .
100 00
Isaac Pitman Fund, Investment
5,314 58
Real Estate Liens
3,027 52
Sewer Assessments
9,752 78
Sidewalk Assessments
6,565 29
Soldiers' Relief
285 64
Street Lights
2,298 63
Taxes
283,342 51
Assessors
$189 24
Benjamin G. Brown School, Land Addition
1,500 00
City Auditor
20 57
City Clerk
69 77
City Engineer
30 86
City Messenger
107 91
City Solicitor
70 31
City Treasurer
236 16
Clerk of Committees and Departments
62 15
Contingent Fund
77 72
Coupons
14,937 50
Excess and Deficiency
9,756 80
Election Expenses :-
631 92
Commissioner of Public Buildings
277 09
Pay of Election Officers
62 00
Registrars of Voters
152 03
Electrical Department
129 88
Electrical Department, Underground Construction
928 90
Executive Department
62 89
Fire Department, Additional Apparatus
5,059 55
Health Department, Medical Inspection in Public Schools Highways Construction
5,951 51
Highways Construction, Lowell-Street Bridges
31,567 13
Highways Maintenance
12,341 59
Highways, Suppression of Elm-leaf Beetle
153 20
2,176 15
Interest
14,069 20
Military Aid
390 00
Overlay and Abatement .
6,882 29
Overplus on Tax Sales
118 13
Printing and Stationery
514 77
Public Buildings Construction :- Building Public Buildings
415 49
2,937 60
Addition to Contagious Disease Hospital Public Grounds
18 84
Amounts carried forward .
$499,418 22
$111,982 66
72 55
Highways, Suppression of Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths Highways, Sprinkling Streets
10 96
City Clerk
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward
$499,418 22 $111,982 66
Public Library :-
Frances A. Wilder Children's Department Fund
100 00
Frances A. Wilder Children's Department Income
Fund,
4 40
Isaac Pitman Fund, Art
4,251 66
Isaac Pitman Fund, Poetry
1,062 92
Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Art
127 27
Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Poetry
34 26
Reduction of Funded Debt
10,519 34
Sanford Hanscom School, Land Addition
3,500 00
School Contingent
202 46
School Teachers' Salaries
1,793 65
Sealer of Weights and Measures
21 80
Sewers Construction
13,766 01
Sewers Maintenance
29 60
Sidewalks Construction
66 69
State Aid
5 00
Sundry Persons
699 65
Support of Poor, City Home
464 92
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
785 93
Temporary Loans
350,000 00
$499,418 22
$499,418 22
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
APPROVAL OF TREASURER'S REPORT.
In Committee on Finance, February 10, 1910. To the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-
Gentlemen: The committee on finance presents the report of Edwin L. Pride, expert accountant, as its report as an audit of the books and accounts of the City Treasurer, and recommends that the report of the treasurer be printed in the annual reports of 1909.
Respectfully submitted,
RAY R. RIDEOUT,
JESSE E. PERRY,
ALPHONSO A. WYMAN,
Committee 013
LESLIE E. A. SMITH,
Finance.
PAUL R. VALENTINE,
WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE, J
In Board of Aldermen, February 10, 1910. Accepted.
FREDERIC W. COOK, Clerk.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
School Committee Rooms, January 1, 1910.
Ordered, that the annual report of the Superintendent be adopted as the annual report of the Board of School Com- mittee, it being understood that such adoption does not commit the Board to the opinions or recommendations made therein ; that it be incorporated in the reports of the City Officers; and that 1,000 copies be printed separately.
CHARLES S. CLARK, Secretary of School Board.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1909.
HENRY H. FOLSOM, .
.
Chairman
GEORGE C. MAHONEY,
Vice-Chairman
MEMBERS.
EX-OFFICIIS. Term expires January.
JOHN M. WOODS, Mayor, 47 Spring street. 1910
CHARLES A. BURNS, Pres. Board of Aldermen, 27 Thurston street. 1910
WARD ONE.
DR. HENRY F. CURTIS,
145 Perkins street. 1910
EMORY F. CHAFFEE,
109 Pearl street. 1911
WARD TWO.
DANIEL H. BRADLEY,
19 Concord avenue. 1910
THOMAS M. CLANCY,
52 Springfield street. 1911
WARD THREE.
GEORGE E. WHITAKER,
75 Walnut street. 1910
WILBUR S. CLARKE,
40 Vinal avenue. 1911
WARD FOUR.
CHARLES A. KIRKPATRICK, JR.,
27 Sewall street. 1910
GEORGE W. FOSTER,
7 Evergreen avenue. 1911
WARD FIVE.
HENRY H. FOLSOM,
103 Central street. 1910
J. WALTER SANBORN,
183 Central street. 1911
WARD SIX.
FREDERICK A. P. FISKE,
44 Cherry street. 1910
DR. LEONARD H. POTE,
694 Broadway. 1911
WARD SEVEN.
DR. GEORGE C. MAHONEY, 97 College avenue. 1910
*MRS. HENRIETTA B. H. ATTWOOD, 12 Park avenue. 1911
+HARRY G. CHASE, 37 Sawyer avenue. 1910
Superintendent of Schools.
1
CHARLES S. CLARK.
Office: City Hall Annex, Highland avenue. Residence: 82 Munroe street.
The Superintendent's office will be open on school days from 8 to 5; Saturdays, 8 to 10. His office hours are from 4 to 5 on school days, and 8 to 9 on Saturdays. Office telephone, 314; house telephone, 12. 1 Superintendent's clerks :- Mary A. Clark, 42 Highland avenue. Mildred A. Merrill, 26 Cambria street.
* Died May 21, 1909.
t Elected September 15, 1909:
STANDING COMMITTEES, 1909.
Note .- The member first named is chairman.
High Schools .- Sanborn, Mahoney, Curtis, Clancy, Clarke, Foster, Fiske.
District I .- Curtis, Chaffee, Foster.
PRESCOTT, HANSCOM, DAVIS, BENNETT.
District II .- Bradley, Clancy, Clarke.
KNAPP, PERRY, BAXTER.
District III .- Whitaker, Clarke, Curtis. -
POPE, BELL, CUMMINGS.
District IV .- Kirkpatrick, Foster, Chaffee.
EDGERLY, GLINES.
District V .- Folsom, Sanborn, Kirkpatrick. 1
FORSTER, BINGHAM. -
District VI .- Fiske, Pote, Folsom.
CARR, MORSE, PROCTOR, DURELL, BURNS, BROWN.
District VII .- Mahoney, Chase, Fiske.
HIGHLAND, HODGKINS, LINCOLN, LOWE.
Additional School Accommodations .- Mahoney, Sanborn, Curtis, Clancy, Clarke, Kirkpatrick, Fiske, Woods, Burns.
Evening Schools .- Fiske, Folsom, Whitaker.
Finance .- Chaffee, Bradley, Whitaker, Woods, Burns.
Industrial Education .- Foster, Clarke, Chase.
Medical Inspection .- Curtis, Pote, Mahoney. - -
Music .- Curtis, Bradley, Chase.
Private Schools .- Clancy, Pote, Kirkpatrick. -
Repairs of School Buildings .- Folsom, Clancy, Foster.
Rules and Regulations .- Bradley, Fiske, Mahoney.
Salaries .- Kirkpatrick, Whitaker, Sanborn.
Supplies .- Clarke, Chaffee, Sanborn.
Text-Books and Courses of Study .- Whitaker, Chaffee, Bradley, Kirk- patrick, Folsom, Pote, Chase.
Vacation Schools .- Pote, Foster, Chase,
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
To the School Committee of Somerville :-
Herewith is respectfully submitted the thirty-eighth an- nual report of the Superintendent of Schools, the second pre- pared by the present writer. It contains statistical tables and summaries which reveal facts of cost and attendance such as have usually been furnished by the School Committee for the information of the public. A few additional tables are supplied because of their timely interest. Certain phases of the work of the schools and certain problems of organization are dis- cussed at length, but many of the most interesting and vital of the school activities are passed over without comment, not be- cause of their lack of importance, but because of the proper limitations upon the length of such a report. Following the order of presentation which has been in use for a number of years, the first item is :-
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