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MAYOR'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
YEAR.
VALUATION.
TAX LEVY.
RATE.
1872
$22,755,325
$274,374 45
$13 00
1873
29,643,100
389,214 48
12 80
1874
30,837,700
473,235 50
15 00
1875
31,317,000
518,161 40
16 20
1876
26,573,400
504,475 24
18 60
1877
25,479,400
471,789 14
18 10
1878
20,976,900
409,497 10
19 00
1879
18,950,100
352,553 80
18 00
1880
20,458,100
402,927 71
19 10
1881
22,569,100
452,945 45
19 50
1882
23,162,200
425,721 16
17 80
1883
23,812,900
411,645 43
16 70
1884
24,331,100
418,750 26
16 60
1885
24,878,400
428,605 44
16 60
1886
26,003,200
416,987 28
15 40
1887
27,471,800
424,309 14
14 80
1888
28,765,400
421,458 60
14 00
1889
30,004,600
440,324 40
14 00
1890
32,557,500
447,704 00
14 00
1891
36,843,400
539,137 10
14 00
1892
38,093,100
596,357 50
15 00
1893
41,873,600
675,886 80
15 50
1894
44,142,900
721,165 54
15 70
1895
46,506,300
745,609 02
15 40
1896
49,070,800
786,412 32
15 40
1897
50,231,000
913,574 42
17 30
1898
50,739,700
954,187 11
17 90
1899
51,262,400
882,580 96
16 30
1900
52,578,200
889,916 08
16 00
1901
53,924,200
907,439 82
15 90
1902
55,558,300
964,535 80
16 40
1903
57,062,000
1,038,849 84
17 20
1904
58,137,900
1,059,292 56
17 20
1905
59,233,000
1,144,000 14
18 30
1906
60,371,500
1,114,023 62
17 40
1907
61,627,200
1,144,434 92
17 40
1908
63,158,400
. 1,237,694 72
18 40
1909
63,658,953 20
. 1,260,144 32
18 60
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Industrial Education.
Upon my request, the committee on industrial education of the school board has made a most careful investigation of this subject, and has submitted a most interesting, instructive, and exhaustive report, which I hope will be published in full. The conclusion reached coincides with my own-that there is a de- mand for this kind of education sufficient to warrant a begin- ning being made. While all the experts do not agree upon the methods to be adopted, they do substantially agree upon the necessity of a change in our educational methods to meet what the present system lacks, namely, vocational training in its best and highest sense. I hope to see the experiment tried, even if in a small way, as I believe it the beginning of a new era for the better in education.
The Two Branches of tho Government.
There appears to have been some misunderstanding or misapprehension the past year on the part of some of the alder- men as to the powers and duties of both branches of the city government. There is no necessity for this, as the charter is clear and explicit :-
Section 2. The administration of the fiscal, prudential, and municipal affairs of said city shall be vested in an executive department, to consist of the mayor, and a legislative depart- ment, to consist of a single body, to be called the board of al- dermen. The executive department shall never exercise any legislative power, and the legislative department shall never exercise any executive power.
Section 20. The executive powers of the city shall be vested solely in the mayor, and may be exercised by him either personally or through the several officers and boards in their respective departments, under his general supervision and con- trol.
Section 25. The mayor shall cause the laws, ordinances, and orders for the government of the city to be enforced.
Section 26. The mayor shall have the sole power to sign, seal, and execute all deeds, leases, agreements, contracts, and papers on behalf of the city.
Section 44. Every department except the school board shall at all times be accountable to the mayor for the proper discharge of their duties.
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Section 49. No member of a committee of the board of aldermen shall directly or indirectly take part in the employ- ment of labor, the expenditure of public money, the making of contracts, the purchase of materials or supplies, the construc- tion, alteration, or repair of any public work or other property, or in the care, custody, or management of the same, or in the conduct of the executive or administrative business of the city.
The executive has not, and will not, meddle or interfere with the legislative, and will respectfully insist that the legis- lative shall not with the executive. There should be the heartiest co-operation between them. I made this request in good faith last year, and renew it this year. It appears to me that every member of your honorable board must fully realize that the people have held, and do hold, the mayor responsible, and very properly so, for the city charter, as I have said to you, is emphatic and unequivocal. I accept this responsibility, with all that it implies, and I submit to you, as fair-minded men, is it fair to the executive, or just to the city, to refuse, as was done last year, to confirm some appointments because others were not made, unless there are good and substantial reasons therefor? Every appointment made last year, with the exception hereto- fore noted, was, and all that will be made this year will be sub- jected to the closest scrutiny, so as to get the best men possible. As I have said, being alone responsible for the conduct and management of every department in the city, except the school department, I ought to have men at the head in whose ability and integrity I have confidence. "A house divided against itself cannot stand," neither can any man serve two masters. If any head of a department feels that his appointment is forced upon the executive by the board of aldermen, or that he is se- cure in his position by their favor, it needs no prophet to tell what happens,-he snaps his fingers at the executive, to whom he is made responsible by the charter, and caters to and obeys those by whose power or favor he is put or kept in his position.
Commendation of Department Heads.
It is an impossibility for the executive to exercise more than a careful, general supervision of the different departments. The details and methods must be worked out by the head of each. Criticism has been made when and where it seemed necessary. On the other hand, I should do violence to my own
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sense of justice if I did not bestow praise where it is justly due. This city is most fortunate in having such men as City Clerk Cook, City Engineer Bailey, City Treasurer Pike, Building Commissioner Littlefield, Chairman Perkins, of the assessors, Clerk of Committees Mitchell, Chief of Police Kendall, Com- missioner Fuller, of the electric lines and lights, Water Com- missioner Merrill, Superintendent Clark, of the schools, Sam Walter Foss, of the library, and dear old Jairus Mann, the city messenger,-splendid men all, honest, earnest, able, and sincere in giving the city the best service they can render. I am glad, in their presence and yours, to publicly thank them all for their faithful work as heads of departments, and for their uniform kindness, courtesy, and valuable assistance to the executive.
The people have elected you to legislate, the mayor to exe- cute. Let each one of us solemnly dedicate ourselves to the work before us, to the end that the city may be clean and sound, morally, physically, and financially-a pride to all our citizens and an exemplar to all the world.
REPORT OF THE CITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Treasurer's Office, February 10, 1910. To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-
Gentlemen : The undersigned presents herewith the thirty- eighth annual report of the financial condition of the city, and a statement showing, in detail, the receipts and disbursements for the year ending December 31, 1909.
Public Property.
The value of the public property of the city December 31, 1908, was $5,302,083.08. The property acquired during the year was as follows :-
Addition to Contagious Disease Hospital . $4,062 40
Bath House Addition
1,362 03
High School Building
828 00
Public Library, West Somerville Branch :-
Expended in 1908
$14,867 50
Expended in 1909
10,582 02
25,449 52
Sewers, Construction
12,846 03
Water Works Extension
14,198 08
$58,746 06
Total public property December 31, 1909, $5,360,829.14.
Funded Debt.
The funded debt December 31, 1908, as per Table B of the last annual report, was $1,466,500.
The debt was increased during the year by appropriations as follows :-
Highways, Construction $80,000 00
Highways Construction, Lowell Street Bridges 40,000 00
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings 8,000 00
Public Buildings Construction, Building Public Buildings, 20,000 00
Sewers, Construction 30,000 00
Sidewalks, Construction
12,000 00
Total amount of appropriations on Funded Debt $190,000 00
account
To provide for the above-mentioned appropriations, coupon bonds to the amount of $190,000 at 31 per cent. were issued, viz. :-
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3726 to 3736, payable 1910 $11,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3737 to 3747, payable 1911 11,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3748 to 3758, payable 1912 11,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3759 to 3769, payable 1913 11,000 00
Amount carried forward
$44,000 00
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Amount brought forward
$44,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3770 to 3780, payable 1914
11,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3781 to 3791, payable 1915
11,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3792 to 3802, payable 1916 11,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3803 to 3813, payable 1917
11,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3314 to 3824, payable 1918 11,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3825 to 3835, payable 1919
11,000 00
City Loan Bond No. 3836, payable 1920
1,000 00
City Loan Bond No. 3837, payable 1921
1,000 00
City Loan Bond No. 3838, payable 1922 .
1,000 00
City Loan Bond No. 3839, payable 1923
1,000 00
City Loan Bond No. 3840, payable 1924
1,000 00
City Loan Bond No. 3841, payable 1925
1,000 00
City Loan Bond No. 3842, payable 1926
1,000 00
City Loan Bond No. 3843, payable 1927
1,000 00
City Loan Bond No. 3844, payable 1923
1,000 00
City Loan Bond No. 3845, payable 1929
1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bonds Nos. 469 to 498, payable 1910 to 1939, Lowell Street Bridge Loan Bonds Nos. 1 to 40, payable 1910 to 1949
40,000 00
Total amount of bonds issued in 1909 $190,000 00
Coupon bonds were exchanged for registered bonds during the year, as follows :-
Sewer Loan Bonds, issue of 1909 .
$5,000 00
Lowell Street Bridge Loan Bonds, issue of 1909
5,000 00
City Loan Bonds, issue of 1900 1,000 00
City Loan Bonds, issue of 1907
3,000 00
$14,000 00
The following bonds became due during the year :-
City Loan Bond No. Reg. 114, interest 31/2 per cent. $9,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3519 to 3529, interest 4 per cent. 11,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3646 to 3652, interest 4 per cent. 7,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 1698 to 1703, interest 4 per cent. 6,000 00 .
City Loan Bonds Nos. 1963 to 1976, interest 4 per cent.
14,000 00
City Loan Bond No. Reg. 171, interest 4 per cent.
8,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2326 to 2330, interest 4 per cent.
5,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2466 to 2470, interest 4 per cent.
5,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2585 to 2591, interest 4 per cent.
7,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2716 to 2725, interest 31/2 per cent.
10,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2833 to 2839, interest 31/2 per cent. City Loan Bond No. Reg. 163, interest 31/2 per cent.
7,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3065 to 3073, interest 4 per cent. City Loan Bonds Nos. 3226 to 3233, interest 4 per cent.
8,000 00
City Loan Bond No. 3234, interest 4 per cent.
500 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3444 to 3451, interest 4 per cent.
8,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3160 to 3161, interest 4 per cent. Sewer Loan Bond No. Reg. 132, interest 31/2 per cent.
1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bond No. Reg. 19, interest 4 per cent. Sewer Loan Bond No. 439, interest 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bond No. 68, interest 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bond No. 185, interest 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bond No. 209, interest 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bond No. 231, interest 31/2 per cent.
1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bond No. Reg. 167, interest 31/2 per cent.
1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bond No. 284, interest 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Amount carried forward
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$135,500 00
.
9,000 00
9,000 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
.
30,000 00
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Amount brought forward
$135,500 00
Sewer Loan Bond No. 308, interest 4 per cent. 1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bond No. 361, interest 4 per cent. 1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bond No. 51, interest 41/2 per cent.
1,000 00
Sewer Loan Bonds Nos. 123 to 125, interest 4 per cent. 3,000 00
Paving Loan Bonds Nos. 81 to 85, interest 4 per cent.
5,000 00
Water Loan Bond No. 293, interest 4 per cent.
1,000 00
Water Loan Bond No. Reg. 102, interest 4 per cent.
3,000 00
Water Loan Bonds Nos. 423 to 424, interest 4 per cent.
2,000 00
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan Bond No. Reg. 160, interest 31/2 per cent. .
1,000 00
Total amount of bonds maturing in 1909 $153,500 00
Leaving the net funded debt December 31, 1909, as per Table B, $1,503,000, classified as follows :-
Coupon.
City Loan Bonds at 31/2 per cent.
Registered. $103,000 00
$261,000 00
City Loan Bonds at 4 per cent.
68,000 00
621,000 00
Sewer Loan Bonds at 31/2 per cent.
34,000 00
62,000 00
Sewer Loan Bonds at 4 per cent. .
63,000 00
158,000 00
Sewer Loan Bonds at 41/2 per cent.
1,000 00
1,000 00
Paving Loan Bonds at 4 per cent.
15,000 00
Water Loan Bonds at 4 per cent.
25,000 00
31,000 00
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan Bonds at 31/2 per cent. ·
3,000 00
17,000 00
Lowell Street Bridge Loan Bonds, interest 31/2 per cent. .
5,000 00
35,000 00
$302,000 00
$1,201,000 00
Registered Bonds
$302,000 00
Coupon Bonds
1,201,000 00
$1,503,000 00
Funded debt within the limit fixed by law :-
City Loan
$1,053,000 00
Sewer Loan
271,000 00
Lowell Street Bridge Loan .
40,000 00
$1,364,000 00
Funded debt beyond the limit fixed by law :-
Paving Loan (Chapter 153, Acts 1892)
$15,000 00
Sewer Loan (Chapter 357, Acts 1895)
48,000 00
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan
(Chapter 225, Acts 1902)
20,000 00
$83,000 00
Water Loan
56,000 00
139,000 00
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$1,503,000 00
Resources.
The assessors' warrant for the tax levy, assessed upon the polls and estates of the inhabitants, was duly received.
The total amount of taxable property was $63,658,953.20,
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and the rate of taxation was $18.60 on each $1,000 of valuation, as follows :-
Real estate, valuation
. $57,295,600 00
Personal estate, valuation
6,363,353 20
$63,658,953 20
At a rate of $18.60 on $1,000 valuation .
$1,184,056 53
Polls, 21,191 at $2
42,382 00
Street . sprinkling
30,677 25
Suppression of gypsy and brown-tail moths
1,649 41
Non-resident bank shares to be paid to state
1,379 13
Total amount of tax levy .
$1,260,144 32
Borrowed on Funded Debt account, to provide for the cost of public improvements
190,000 00
Water works income
223,094 29
National bank taxes, applied to Police .
3,409 29
Corporation taxes, applied to Police .
31,775 39
Court fees, fines, etc., applied to Police
2,321 00
County of Middlesex, dog licenses, applied to Public Library . .
3,796 11
Street Railway tax for the year 1909, applied to Highways Maintenance
45,778 32
Boston Elevated Railway tax for the year 1909, applied to Highways Maintenance .
9,236 99
Total amount of resources
$1,769,555 71
Appropriations from Funded Debt and from Income.
CREDIT BALANCES.
Electrical Department, Underground Construction $928 90
Fire Department, Additional Apparatus
5,059 55
Highways, Construction 5,951 51 .
Highways Construction, Lowell Street Bridges 31,567 13
Highways, Maintenance .
12,341 59
Public Buildings Construction, Building Public Buildings, Public Buildings, Construction :-
415 49
Addition to Contagious Disease Hospital .
2,937 60
Benjamin G. Brown School, Land Addition .
1,500 00
Sanford Hanscom School, Land Addition . .
3,500 00
Public Library :-
Frances A. Wilder Children's Department Fund, Income
4 40
Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Art
127 27
Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Poetry .
34 26
Sewers, Construction ..
13,766 01
Sidewalks, Construction
66 69
$78,200 40
Cash.
Balance on hand January 1, 1909 .
$55,109 24
Total cash receipts for the year 1909
2,557,538 79
Total cash disbursements for the year 1909
2,499,808 48
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Balance in the treasury December 31, 1909 . · $112,839 55
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$2,612,648 03
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Deposits in banks
$112,223 06
Cash on hand
616 49
$112,839 55
Assets and Liabilities.
The assets of the city available for the payment of its un- funded liabilities are as follows :-
Available assets :-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$17,583 00
Grade Crossings
9,376 54
Highway Betterment Assessments, lected
3,394 37
Metered Water Charges
15,664 46
Real Estate Liens
3,027 52
Sewer Assessments, uncollected
9,752 78
Sidewalk Assessments, uncollected
6,565 29
Taxes, uncollected .
283,342 51
Cash in treasury
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$461,546 02
Unfunded liabilities :- -
Coupons
$14,937 50
Overplus on Tax Sales .
118 13
Sundry Persons
699 65
Temporary Loans .
350,000 00
365,755 28
Excess of available assets ·
$95,790 74
Balance Sheet.
DEBIT.
Public Property
$5,360,829 14 .
Excess of available assets
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95,790 74
$5,456,619 88
CREDIT.
Excess of appropriations from tax levy
$10,708 05
Excess of appropriations from Funded
Debt and from Income
78,200 40
Excess of appropriations from tax levy, Overlay and Abatement
6,882 29
Present Funded Debt
1,503,000 00
$1,598,790 74
Property and Debt Balance or Municipal Capital
3,857,829 14
$5,456,619 88
A detailed statement of the public property, funded debt, and the receipts and disbursements of the several accounts will be found in the following appendix.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH S. PIKE, Treasurer and Collector of Taxes
uncol-
112,839 55
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TABLE A .- PUBLIC PROPERTY DECEMBER 31, 1909.
Central Hill land (389,920 feet)
$270,000 00
City Hall .
$35,332 32
Furniture and fixtures
10,000 00
Storage vault
2,342 91
47,675 23
Public Library building
42,000 00
Public Library building, West Somerville .
25,449 52
Public Library
25,000 00
92,449 52
City Hall Annex
20,655 02
Albion A. Perry Schoolhouse, Washington street, land (46,080 feet) and building
36,000 00
Furniture
1,080 00
Books
530 00
37,610 00
Bingham Schoolhouse, land (35,586 feet)
and building
67,405 04
Furniture
2,600 00
Books
2,300 00
Burns Schoolhouse, land (16,080 feet) and
building
33,300 00
Furniture
1,460 00
Books
1,000 00
Charles G. Pope Schoolhouse, land (27,236
feet) and building
83,600 00
Furniture
2,160 00
Books
2,600 00
Cummings Schoolhouse, land (11,300 feet)
and building
11,200 00
Furniture
720 00
Books
500 00
Davis Schoolhouse, land (30,155 feet) and
building
22,000 00
Furniture
720 00
Books
400 00
Edgerly Schoolhouse, land (24,000 feet) and
building
43,800 00
Furniture
1,480 00
Books
2,800 00
48,830 00
Amount carried forward
$749,184 81
72,305 04
35,760 00
88,360 00
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12,420 00
23,120 00
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$749,184 81
English High Schoolhouse
134,000 00
Furniture
3,900 00
Philosophical and manual training ap-
paratus
8,200 00
Books
12,000 00
158,100 00
Forster Schoolhouse and Annex, land
(30,632 feet) and buildings
82,000 00
Furniture
3,290 00
Books
4,100 00
George L. Baxter Schoolhouse, land (11,000
feet) and building
31,800 00
Furniture
1,155 64
Books
450 00
George O. Proctor Schoolhouse, building (on Armory lot) (40,244 feet).
41,029 16
Furniture
1,791 30
Books
1,200 00
George W. Durell Schoolhouse, land
(13,883 feet) and building
19,000 00
Furniture
720 00
Books
500 00
Highland Schoolhouse, land (23,260 feet)
and building
58,000 00
Furniture
2,560 00
Books
2,800 00
Jacob T. Glines Schoolhouse, land (28,800 feet) and building
78,200 00
Furniture
2,340 00
Books
2,100 00
82,640 00
Latin High Schoolhouse
111,822 76
Furniture
2,700 00
Philosophical apparatus
500 00
Books
3,300 00
Lincoln Schoolhouse, land (17,662 feet) and
building
17,500 00
Furniture
720 00
Books
500 00
Luther V. Bell Schoolhouse, land (22,262
feet) and building
46,496 63
Furniture
2,400 00
Books
2,400 00
Martin W. Carr Schoolhouse, land (20,450 feet) and building
51,000 00
Furniture
2,800 00
Books
2.800 00
56,600 00
Amount carried forward
$1,485,260 30
.
63,360 00
118,322 76
18,720 00
51,296 63
Amount brought forward
89,390 00
33,405 64
44,020 46
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20,220 00
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Amount brought forward
$1,485,260 30
Morse Schoolhouse, land (29,000 feet) and
building
45,859 00
Furniture
2,340 00
Books
2,800 00
50,999 00
Martha Perry Lowe Schoolhouse, land
(21,650 feet) and building
50,346 16
Furniture
1,480 00
Books
800 00
52,626 16
O. S. Knapp Schoolhouse, land (24,517
feet) and building
48,000 00
Furniture
2,540 00
Books
3,000 00
Prescott Schoolhouse, land (22,000 feet)
and building
64,000 00
Furniture
2,260 00
Books
2,700 00
Prospect-hill Schoolhouse, land (23,733
feet) and building
15,000 00
Benjamin G. Brown Schoolhouse, land
(20,093 feet) and building
60,077 42
Furniture ·
1,290 16
Books
700 00
Sanford Hanscom Schoolhouse, land (12,756
feet) and building
69,249 48
Furniture
1,080 00
Books
500 00
Clark W. Bennett Schoolhouse, land (16,250
feet) and building
57,268 32
Furniture
2,180 00
Books
1,000 00
60,448 32
William H. Hodgkins Schoolhouse, land (35,034 feet) and building
69,300 00
Furniture
2,400 00
Books
2,300 00
74,000 00
City Stables, dwelling houses and 462,623 feet of land
95,350 12
Health Department, shed .
1,189 79
Incinerator
2,704 01
Equipments for highway repairs
21,690 00
Watering carts and sheds .
5,000 00
Water Works, land and buildings (93,500 feet) . ·
32,000 00
No. 1 Fire Station, land (8,937 feet) and building
33,200 00
Engine No. 2 and apparatus
4,000 00
Hose wagon No. 1 and apparatus
1,500 00
Furniture
400 00
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39,100 00
Amount carried forward .
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$2,190,764 76
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53,540 00
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68,960 00
62,067 58
70,829 48
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125,933 92
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Amount brought forward
$2,190,764 76
No. 2 Fire Station, land (5,500 feet) and
building
10,400 00
Furniture
400 00
Hose wagon No 2 and apparatus
1,500 00
12,300 00
No. 3 Fire Station, land (13,700 feet) and building
55,743 18
Furniture
400 00
Hose wagon No. 3 and apparatus
1,500 00
Hook and ladder truck and apparatus
3,400 00
Engine No. 3
5,375 00
Combination hose and chemical
2,250 00
No. 4 Fire Station, land (9,100 feet) and building
15,500 00
Furniture
400 00
Engine No. 4 and apparatus
4,000 00
Combination wagon and apparatus .
2,500 00
No. 5 Fire Station, land (39,000 feet) and
building
16,500 00
Furniture
400 00
Hose wagon No. 5 and apparatus
1,500 00
No. 6 Fire Station, land (8,113 feet) and
building
17,600 00
Furniture
600 00
Apparatus
10,265 45
Combination hose and chemical
2,250 00
. Hook and Ladder Station No. 2, land (9,903 feet) and building .
14,100 00
Furniture
1,200 00
Apparatus
7,500 00
22,800 00
Central Fire Station, land (11,738 feet) and building
36,700 00
Furniture
500 00
Engine No. 1 and apparatus
4,000 00
Hose wagon and apparatus
2,000 00
Two relief hose carriages .
1,000 00
One relief hook and ladder
400 00
Chemical Engine A and equipment
2,498 53
Fire Alarm and Police Signal apparatus
Police Station, land (15,225 feet) and
building
54,000 00
Furniture
.
.
City Home, Broadway, land (421,646 feet)
and buildings
36,807 64
Furniture
1,426 09
Contagious Disease Hospital
11,256 16
Land (88,364 feet)
15,600 00
26,856 16
Bath House
3,730 24
Water Works
916,852 48
Sewers
Prospect street, land (7,918 feet) and building
1,233,725 19 6,800 00
Amount carried forward .
· $4,732,954 72
.
68,668 18
22,400 00
18,400 00
30,715 45
47,098 53 36,610 00
.
3,000 00
57,000 00
38,233 73
.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
Broadway Park (cost $212,993.20) (700,000 square feet) .
Nathan Tufts Park (about 4 54-100 acres, 217,572 feet)
$4,732,954 72 270,000 00 68,000 00
Lincoln Park, Washington street (288,764 square feet) Out-door Gymnasium
63,200 00
800 00
64,000 00
Prospect-hill Park (94,503 feet)
67,511 75
Historical Building and Observatory .
9,119 55
76,631 30 12,000 00
Franklin Park (40,000 feet) Powder-House Boulevard building
(200,618
square feet) and
22,500 00
Joy street, land (2,700 feet)
500 00
Broadway, land (10,890 feet) .
2,300 00
College avenue, land (18,000 feet)
6,000 00
Webster avenue, land (10,000 feet)
2,500 00
Holland street, land (217,800 feet)
35,500 00
Gravel land in Waltham (about 35 acres)
14,393 12
Gravel land rear North street (199,043 feet)
5,500 00
Clarendon Hill ledge
8,500 00
Oliver street, land (40,500 feet)
18,000 00
Beacon street, land (10,000 feet)
2,800 00
Passageway on Putnam street (1,135 feet)
400 00
Stand Pipe lot (17,176 feet)
5,100 00
Glen street, land (6,370 feet) .
2,300 00
Somerville avenue, land (305 feet)
300 00
Broadway, junction Main street, land (1,260 feet)
900 00
Joy-street playground (20,000 feet)
9,750 00
Total amount of public property
· $5,360,829 14
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TABLE B .- FUNDED DEBT DECEMBER 31, 1909. City Loan Bonds.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount Coupon Bonds.
Amount Reg. Bonds.
April 1, 1905
Reg. 115
31/2
Apr. 1, 1910
... ...
$9,000
April 1, 1907
3,530 to 3,540
4
Apr. 1, 1910
$1,000
$11,000
April 1, 1908
3,653 to 3,659
4
Apr. 1, 1910
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