Report of the city of Somerville 1909, Part 10

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 510


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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


.


.


.


.


.


$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


·


.


.


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.


-


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


·


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


i


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


-


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


.


.


.


81 49


.


96 00


American Express Co., expressing .


.


.


.


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


147


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


148


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,


1


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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