Report of the city of Somerville 1909, Part 5

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


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27 50


F. W. Cook, ledger bulletin


2 00


S. H. Chamberlain, repairing stamps


2 10


Damon of Boston, year book .


2 00


George E. Damon & Co., blank forms


1 10


Estate of Charles E. Davis, canvassing


1 20


Clara Z. Elliot, canvassing


14 10


The Fairbanks Co., scale .


3 00


Annie M. Gilcrease, canvassing


80 50


Glines & Co., expressing


75


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory


4 00


Thomas Groom & Co., books .


40 25


Gilman Express Co., expressing


15


Hobbs & Warren Co., blanks


2 72


Library Bureau, cards


13 85


William M. L. McAdams, stationery


7 50


Wesley A. Maynard, printing


10 25


Amount carried forward


$7,127 73


62


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$7,127 73


Monarch Typewriter Co., machine, etc.,


111 40


McGrath & Woodley, binding


40 50


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


172 57


Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps .


4 04


A. G. Renner, expressing


35


Sampson & Murdock Co., directory


$ 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing


156 40


Somerville Post-office, postage


172 92


Sundry Persons, returns of births


412 00


Sundry Persons, returns of deaths


180 00


Richard H. Tincker, canvassing


76 50


Thorpe's Express, expressing .


50


Samuel Ward Co., stationery


93 87


Williams & Neiley, printing


4 00


$8,558 78


City Engineer.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909


$11,500 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


30 86


$11,469 14


Receipts :-


Stock and labor billed other departments :-


Highways Construction account, labor


$200 00


Lowell Street Bridges account, services .


125 00


Public Grounds account, services


200 00


Sewers Construction account, labor .


5 00


Sewers Maintenance account, services


75 00


825 00


Cash, received of abutters as follows :-


West street, plan


$5 00


Merriam street, plan .


5 00


Mallet street, plan


5 00


Parker street, plan


5 00


Fremont avenue, plan


.


.


.


25 00


$12,319 14


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Ernest W. Bailey, salary as city engineer


$3,000 00


Engineer's assistants


8,455 19


Engineer's assistants, carfares


268 63


American Express Co., expressing .


75


D. J. Bennett, repairing


8 30


Buff & Buff Mfg. Co., tape


6 50


L. E. Clayton, cloth


5 45


Davenport-Brown Co., stakes .


5 74


H. C. Dimond & Co., type


4 75


Frost & Adams Co., paper


19 40


Glines & Co., expressing .


90


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


21 00


Gilman & Co., expressing


1 15


Amount carried forward


$11,797 76


.


.


.


.


.


5 00


.


63


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$11,797 76


P. J. Kinnear, horseshoeing


28 25


Ledder & Probst, screws .


13 40


Library Bureau, cards


1 00


B. L. Makepeace, blue prints


1 03


Municipal Journal, subscription


3 00


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.


104 43


The Phillips Co., repairing screw


25


Wilbur P. Rice, stakes


10 00


Spaulding Print Paper Co., paper


1 62


Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., writer and supplies


type-


72 90


Somerville Post-office, postage


10 50


James Tevlin, board of horse


216 00


Thorpe's Express, expressing .


15


Underhill Hardware Co., oil and emery


30


M. L. Vinal, books


35


Wadsworth, Howland & Co., supplies


36 08


W. W. White & Co., mounting


4 20


Whitney & Snow, hardware


14 12


George A. Watts, envelope sealer


1 00


I. B. Walker, repairing


.70


Samuel Ward Co., paper


1 80


F. S. Webster Co., cutters


30


$12,319 14


City Messenger.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909


$2,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


107 91


$1,892 09


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Jairus Mann, salary as city mes- senger


$1,500 00


disbursements


5 75


H. A. Brownell, repairing horse cover


4 40


Thomas Groom & Co., supplies


2 75


Jameson Brothers, board of horse .


306 00


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


15 49


Pearl-street Shoeing Forge, shoeing


25 60


R. C. Small & Co., repairing and painting buggy


30 85


Charles L. Underhill, carriage repairs


1 25


$1,892 09


City Solicitor.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909


$2,450 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


70 31


$2,379 69


Receipts :- Cash, received of Town of Sutton, costs


10 38


$2,390 07


.


.


64


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Frank W. Kaan, salary as city solicitor .


$2,100 00


disbursements 183 12


100 00


Thomas Damery, salary as claim agent . disbursements 1 20


Benjamin F. Freeman, photographs .


4 00


Sprague & Hathaway Co., map .


1 75


$2,390 07


City Treasurer.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909


$9,700 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 236 16


$9,463 84


Receipts :-


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, fees for collecting


National Bank tax . .


13 82


Redemption of Tax Liens, fees for releasing tax liens ·


15 00


Cash, received of sundry persons, certifi- cates $175 00


Sundry persons, costs on taxes and


assessments . 5,010 09


5,185 09


$14,677 75


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Joseph S. Pike, salary as city treasurer


$3,000 00


Charles L. Ellis, deputy collector of taxes


1,450 00


disbursements


22 40


Beulah M. Peirce, first assistant


1,000 00


Louise B. McLaughlin, second assistant,


700 00


Florence M. Grow, third assistant .


550 00


Marion C. Kendall, fourth assistant Winnifred P. Briggs, fifth assistant


528 81


Susan L. Briggs, clerical services


309 35


Lilla A. Johnson, clerical services


321 35


Roberta B. McDonald, clerical services .


73 33


Dorothy S. Hopkins, clerical services


73 33


Ednah A. Whitney, clerical services


60 00


Charles E. Davis, fees for collecting de- linquent taxes 25 00


F. W. Hopkins, fees for collecting de- linquent taxes


61 50


Malcolm E. Sturtevant, fees for collect- ing delinquent taxes ·


392 76


Theodore H. Locke, fees for collecting delinquent taxes, and services · National Security Bank, clearing house charges


147 27


1 85


Amount carried forward


$9,316 95


600 00


65


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$9,316 95


Beacon Trust Co., clearing house


charges


40


City Trust Co., clearing house charges


57


Somerville National Bank, clearing


house charges


30


American Surety Co. of New York, pre- miums on collectors' bonds . 184 00


American Express Co., expressing


50


Boston News Bureau, subscription .


21 60


Burroughs Adding Machine Co.,


machine and supplies


442 20


A. W. Babbitt, check register .


11 00


Brandt Cashier Co., rental of machine


: 00


Charles E. Berry, making pin .


75


E. J. Cambridge, stamps and envelopes . Carter's Ink Co., ink


2 25


City Trust Co., charges for preparation of bonds


200 00


Edwin O. Childs, recording documents .


22 00


George E. Damon Co., year book .


2 00


Fisher & Fowler, attention to adding machine


4 41


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


320 30


W. A. Greenough & Co., directories 11 00


5 12


William S. Howe, pay-roll box


4 30


The J. C. Hall Co., lithograph checks


47 50


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire


111 00


Henry Lorentzen, work on safe


8 00


McGrath & Woodley, funded debt reg- isters


39 00


Wesley A. Maynard, printing


186 51


New England Telephone & Tele- graph Co., service . $129 71 (Cash) 5 00


124 71


National Association of Comptrollers, dues


10 00


Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., supplies .


1 75


Edwin L. Pride, auditing .


350 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing and ad- vertising


1,599 77


Sampson & Murdock Co., directory


6 00


Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., repairs .


1 00


Walter H. Snow, catering


12 00


Thorpe's Express, expressing


2 50


Turner & Co., stationery


145 77


A. B. Tyler, stamps


50 00


Winter-hill Press, printing


6 25


Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., cleaning and insuring lock .


15 00


$14,677 75


Clerk of Committees and Departments.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909


$4,800 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 62 15


Amount carried forward


$4,737 85


Globe-Wernicke Co., guides and folders,


1,403 34


66


ANNUAL REPORTS.


1


Amount brought forward . $4,737 85 Receipts :- Cash, received of William P. Mitchell, paste 25


$4,738 10


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid William P. Mitchell, salary as


clerk of committees and departments .


$2,100 00


Lawrence S. Howard, assistant 1,200 00


Lucia A. Manning, assistant 600 00


Bessie L. L. Crosby, assistant .


538 05


Florence Ham, clerical services


29 34


E. J. Cambridge, postage .


86 26


Globe-Wernicke Co., cards and cabinet .


10 25


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .


4 00


Glines & Co., expressing .


15


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


67 88


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire


5 00


New England Telephone & Tele-


$81 99


graph Co., service (Cash)


15 92


66 07


Somerville Journal Co., envelopes, etc.


22 50


Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., sta-


2 60


Sampson & Murdock Co., directory ·


6 00


$4,738 10


Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


CREDIT.


State Tax .


$78,930 00


National Bank Tax .


1,379 13


Metropolitan Sewer Tax :- Sinking Fund Requirements


$7,779 99


Interest


27,189 16


Maintenance


21,215 16


56,184 31


Metropolitan Park Tax :-


Sinking Fund Requirements


$4,314 08


Interest


11,862 20


Maintenance


.


15,463 16


31,639 44


Grade Crossings Tax


2,443 07


Middlesex Avenue or Wellington Bridge Tax :-


Special Assessment


$4,632 94


Interest


262 22


Maintenance


841 92


Metropolitan Water Assessment, 1909 :-


Sinking Fund Requirements


$24,812 23


Interest


66,540 41


Maintenance


21,220 56


112,573 20


Amount carried forward


$288,886 23


tionery


.


.


.


5,737 08


67


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


$288,886 23 . Cash


$11,434 88 6 00


6,262 91


11,862 10


2,323 20


1,255 45


33,144 54


$322,030 77


DEBIT.


Balance from 1908


$18,038 00


Grade Crossings


25,577 51


Corporation Taxes, 1908


5,346 25


Corporation Taxes, 1909


26,357 24


National Bank Tax, 1909


3,481 19


Support of Poor, Miscellaneous


958 93


School Contingent, tuition


246 00


Street Railway Tax


45,778 32


Boston Elevated Railway Tax


9,236 99


Contagious Disease Hospital


1,133 28


Health Department


138 56


Fees for collecting National Bank Tax


13 82


Cash


185,724 68


$322,030 77


State Aid, 1909


$16,592 00


Soldiers' Burials, 1909


481 00


Military Aid, 1909


510 00


$17,583 00


Balance to debit of account, December 31, 1909


17,583 00


Contingent Fund.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909


$2,500 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .


77 72


$2,422 28


Receipts :-


Cash, received of sundry persons, licenses to peddle


$100 00


Sundry persons, druggists' licenses 39 00


139 00


$2,561 28


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid F. C. Ayer, lumber


$13 24


Brown's Express Co., expressing


2 50


W. S. Burbank & Co., use of hack .


5 00


L. H. Brown, use of coupe


7 00


William C. Blake, Captain Company K, Eighth Regiment, M. V. M., rifle practice


250 00


Amount carried forward


$277 74


-


Amount brought forward


68


ANNUAL REPORTS.


1


Amount brought forward $277 74


John Bousfield, ringing bell


9 00


James Bartley, supplies 65


Thomas F. Buckley, settlement of suit .


125 00


J. R. Bryan, rent of hall


15 00


Boardman's Band, music 85 00


Cambridge City Band, music


65 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts,


twenty-five per cent. of liquor licenses, 10 00


Jackson Caldwell & Co., chairs, etc. 61 10


Daniel E. Campbell, labor 2 00


Mrs. D. Cass, collation


122 80


L. E. Clayton, cloth and pins .


2 08


John Cremen, labor


2 00


Directory Publishing Co., auto list


2 00


John Donnelly & Sons, posting


27 00


Sergeant Frank E. Draper Camp, 41, United Spanish War Veterans, appro- . priation . 75 00


. Davis Square Auto Co., rent of auto- mobile .


20 00


Horace A. Edgecomb, reporting hear- ing 10 00


John H. Dusseault, disbursements .


6 00


Edison Electric Illuminating Co., con- struction, etc.


33 38


J. Fischer & Brother, music


15 12


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


10 75


E. F. Hicks, lunch


84 00


S. Henry Hadley, disbursements Harvard Automobile Co., renting Jim Hodder, rent of hall


22 00


J. W. Howard, decorations, etc.


63 70


Jacobs, Whitcomb & Co., flags


12 75


M. D. Jones Co., markers


13 00


King Philip Tavern Co., dinners 17 00


10 00


John Kilty, labor


2 00


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire


21 00


F. Leonardi, band concert


65 00


G. F. McKenna & Son, teaming


9 00


Thomas D. Mitchell, sandwiches


19 72


William Meskill, labor


2 00


Jairus Mann, disbursements


4 50


J. Edward L. McLean, carpentering


.


112 00


New American House, dinners


20 00


Oriental Tea Co., coffee


4 94


O. M. Pote, suit


3 00


Asbury Strahan, ringing bell


9 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing


59 40


Somerville Post-office, envelopes postage


and


99 15


Somerville Y. M. C. A., rent of hall ·


25 00


Walter H. Snow, catering


88 00


M. G. Staples, ringing bell


10 00


Corps Clarence Stewart Auxiliary, No. 19, U. S. W. V., allowance for lunch


40 00


Somerville Military Band, services ·


168 00


Amount carried forward


$1,985 18


.


9 00


Howard Gray, ringing bell .


.


40


.


15 00


H. A. Kendall, ringing bell


.


.


.


.


.


69


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT


Amount brought forward


$1,985 18


W. C. Towne, ringing bell 10 00


Samuel Ward Co., inaugural invitations, 90 00


Whitney & Snow, figures 18 65


Carroll C. Whittemore, catering .


47 00


Joseph E. Wiley, Captain Company M,


Eighth Regiment, M. V. M., rifle practice 250 00


Henry A. Wheeler & Co., rent of tent,


103 00


Willard C. Kinsley Post, 139, G. A. R., decorating graves


12 20


John M. Woods, disbursements


16 80


$2,532 83


Executive Department, postage and sta- tionery . .


28 45


$2,561 28


County of Middlesex.


CREDIT.


Taxes, 1909, county tax .


$67,627 10


Receipts :--


Cash, received of J. O. Hayden, county treasurer, rent of court room


$600 00


return on amount received of the city for dog licenses 3,796 11


4,396 11


$72,023 21


Amounts transferred and unused :-


Public Buildings Maintenance, City Build- ings account .


$600 00


Public Library account


3,796 11


4,396 11


$67,627 10


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid County Tax


$67,627 10


Coupons.


CREDIT.


Balance of coupons unpaid January 1, 1909 Coupons maturing April 1, 1909 :-


$16,725 00


Water Loan, $24,000, six months at 4 per cent.


$480 00


Sewer Loan, $2,000, six


months at 41/2


45 00


Sewer Loan, $30,000, six months at 4 per cent. Paving Loan, $20,000, six months at 4 per cent.


600 00


City Loan, $225,000, six months at 4 per cent.


4,500 00


6,025 00


Amount carried forward


$22,750 00


.


.


per cent.


400 00


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


Coupons maturing July 1, 1909 :-


City Loan, $158,000, six months at 31/2 per cent.


$2,765 00


City Loan, $478,500, six months at 4 per


9,570 00


cent. · Sewer Loan, $38,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. · Sewer Loan, $138,000, six months at 4 per cent. .


665 00


Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan, ·


$17,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. 297 50


Water Loan, $10,000, six months at 4 per cent.


200 00


16,257 50


Coupons maturing October 1, 1909 :- City Loan, $207,000, six months at 4 per cent. · City Loan, $120,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. .


$4,140 00


2,100 00


. Sewer Loan, $2,000, six months at 412 per cent. 45 00 . Sewer Loan, $29,000, six months at 4 per cent. 580 00


· Sewer Loan, $25,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. 437 50


· Lowell Street Bridge Loan, $35,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. · Paving Loan, $20,000, six months at 4 per cent. · Water Loan, $24,000, six months at 4 per cent. .


612 50


400 00


480 00


Coupons maturing January 1, 1910 :- City Loan, $416,000, six months at 4 per cent.


$8,320 00


City Loan, $141,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. Sewer Loan, $129,000, six months at 4 per cent.


2,467 50


2,580 00


Sewer Loan, $37,000, six months at 31/2 per cent.


647 50


Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan,


297 50


$17,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. . Water Loan, $9,000, six months at 4. per cent.


180 00


14,492 50


$62,295 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid coupons


$47,357 50


Coupons of 1909 unpaid


14,937 50


62,295 00


Election Expenses, City Clerk.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909 $1,900 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 631 92


$1,268 08


-


.


.


$22,750 00


8,795 00


2,760 00


71


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid A. F. Carpenter, candles


$ 65


The Carter's Ink Co., ink


6 00


Carter, Rice & Co., paper


55 20


Frederic W. Cook, disbursements


2 95


John Donnelly & Sons, posting


32 00


Davis Square Stable, carriage hire


155 00


Glines & Co., expressing


75


O. L. Hill, use of car


30 00


John H. Kelley, repairing boxes


78 80


A. C. Libbey & Sons, supplies


11 90


McGrath & Woodley, binding .


2 75


Wesley A. Maynard, printing


142 50


Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps


71


Somerville Journal Co., printing


736 96


Somerville Post-office, postage


4 00


Whitney & Snow, hardware


6 09


Samuel Ward Co., fasteners, etc.


1 02


Howard E. Wemyss, tape


80


$1,268 08


Election Expenses, Commissioner of Public Buildings.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909


$1,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .


277 09


$722 91


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Derby Desk Co., plate for desk,


$5 00


Eugene Girroir, carpenter work


19 00


Godfrey Specialty Co., supplies


62 03


Jim Hodder & Bros., rent of hall


40 00


Joseph O. Hobbs, rent of hall


25 00


T. E. Littlefield, lumber


7 38


G. F. McKenna & Son, teaming


89 51


J. E. L. McLean, carpentering


363 88


Charles F. Mills, carpentering


24 50


Arthur G. Pearson, rent of hall


80 00


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware


76


Underhill Hardware Co., hardware


3 15


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., hardware


2 70


$722 91


Election Expenses, Pay of Election Officers.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909


$2,600 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .


62 00


$2,538 00


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid election officers


.


0


$2,538 00


.


72


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Election Expenses, Registrars of Voters.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909


$1,700 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


152 03


$1,547 97


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Charles P. Lincoln, salary as registrar . .


$200 00


Charles E. Parks, salary as registrar 200 00


Edwin D. Sibley, salary as registrar 200 00


Frederic W. Cook, salary as registrar 200 00


George E. Davis, clerical services


30 00


Lawrence S. Howard, clerical services,


3 00


Frank E. Merrill, clerical services


33 00


Fred E. Warren, clerical services


30 00


Howard E. Wemyss, clerical services


39 00


John Donnelly & Sons, posting


46 00


Thomas Groom & Co., book


13 50


Glines & Co., expressing


25


Gridley Coffee House, lunch


12 65


Library Bureau, cards


. 44


Wesley A. Maynard, printing


41 63


McGrath & Woodley, binding


6 50


Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamp


25


Somerville Journal Co., printing


442 00


Samuel Ward Co., stationery .


48 75


$1,547 97


Electrical Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909


$8,500 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 129 88


$8,370 12


Receipts :-


Cash, received of Edison Electric Illuminat- ing Co., grounding wires


$125 00


Brown & Simonds Co., fire alarm box


50 00


Cochrane Chemical Co., carboys re- turned .


11 50


186 50


$3,556 62


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Melvin F. Underwood, salary as commissioner of electric lines and lights


$163 76


Walter I. Fuller, salary a's commissioner


1,139 72


of electric lines and lights disbursements


12 55


Laborers


4,039 40


American Express Co., expressing . .


6 40


Amount carried forward


$5,361 83


·


73


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


. Amount brought forward .


$5,361 83


F. C. Ayer, lumber


4 99


American Steel & Wire Co., wire


184 53


Allen Brothers, stamp ribbons


1 50


American Dyewood Co., vitriol


77 60


Automatic Time Stamp Co., time stamp,


5 75


Bean's Pharmacies, syringe, etc.


3 50


Charles E. Berry, harness


34 00


John F. Biggs & Co., envelopes


3 00


D. J. Bennett, repairing


17 10


Beattie Zinc Works Co., zincs


100 13


F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., stationery


5 25


Brown's Express, expressing


75


Cameron Appliance Co., blocks


14 70


Chandler & Farquhar Co., tools


147 08


Clifton Mfg. Co., tape


10 50


S. H. Couch Co., supplies


40 16


Electric Goods Mfg. Co., batteries


50 08


Davenport-Brown Co., wood .


5 70


Ferd. F. French & Co., buggy


90 00


Fellows & Co., ladder, etc.


11 00


Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Co., supplies


1,213 9.1


Thomas W. Gleason, repairing


9 00


Glines & Co., expressing


3 08


Globe Gas Light Co., lantern .


2 50


George E. Gilchrist Co., solder


2 10


Gilman Express Co., expressing


1 00


O. L. Hill, agent, use of auto, etc.


26 45


Highland Press, printing .


2 75


William S. Howe, clips


2 00


Hoyt Electric Inst. Works, ammeter, etc.


34 75


F. M. Kelson, sponge


70


F. W. Kimball, show case, etc.


30 00


T. E. Littlefield, lumber


3 66


Mitchell Mfg. Co., figures


7 00


D. McDonald, repairing


5 10


Martin & Wood, moulding


1 50


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


82 98


New York Insulated Wire Co., wire


76 65


New American House, dinners


15 00


Charles E. Perry Co., register paper


37 66


W. E. Plumer & Co., supplies


54 71


Pettingell-Andrews Co., supplies


22 60


John B. Rufer, repairing buggy


4 00


A. G. Renner, expressing .


3 05


Stilphen's Express, expressing


25


Somerville Journal Co., police reports .


9 75


Standard Plate Glass Co., glass


85


Sartwell-Heinold & Co., blankets


15 80


Thorpe's Express, expressing .


22 50


L. H. Truesdell & Co., lettering


1 00


Underhill Hardware Co., hardware


42 31


Samuel Ward Co., stationery


5 75


Western Electric Co., supplies


120 84


Asahel Wheeler Co., enamel


22 15


H. G. White, wagon .


50 00


Amount carried forward


$8,102 50


74


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$8,102 50


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., hardware


4 90


Waite, Ranlet & Co., gutters, etc.


2 50


I. B. Walker, frame for lamp


3 00


Wetherbee Brothers, service and auto hire


12 00


$8,124 90


Fire Department, board of horse


300 00


Police Department, board of horse


131 72


$8,556 62


Electrical Department, Underground Construction.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1908


$3,171 87


Sewers Construction account, amount transferred


1,500 00


$4,671 87


Balance to credit of account, 1910


928 90


$3,742 97


DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers


$769 20


Barbour, Stockwell Co., castings


102 00


Boston & Maine Railroad, freight .


4 50


Highland Coal Co., cement


4 60


Wesley A. Maynard, advertising


4 00


New England Telephone & Telegraph


503 92


New York Insulated Wire Co., wire


2,213 31


James Sugden, installing cable


139 51


$3,741 04


Highways Maintenance account, crushed


stone


1 93


$3,742 97


Excess and Deficiency.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1908 . .


$11,256 80


Printing and Stationery account, amount transferred


1,500 00


$9,756 80


Balances of 1909 accounts :-


Assessors


189 24


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


Amount carried forward


.


- $10,621 49


1


Co., labor and materials


·


75


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$10,621 49


Election Expenses :-


City Clerk


631 92


Commissioner of Public Buildings .


277 09


Pay of Election Officers .


62 00


Registrars of Voters


152 03


Electrical Department


129 88


Executive Department


62 89


Health Department, Medical Inspection in Public Schools,


72 55


Highways, Suppression of Elm-leaf Beetle


153 20


Highways, Suppression of Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths .


2,176 15


Highways, Sprinkling Streets


10 96


Interest


14,069 20


Military Aid


390 00


Printing and Stationery .


514 77


Public Grounds


18 84


Reduction of Funded Debt


10,519 34


School Contingent


202 46


School Teachers' Salaries


1,793 65


Sealer of Weights and Measures


21 80


Sewers, Maintenance


29 60


State Aid .


5 00


Support of Poor, City Home .


464 92


Support of Poor, Miscellaneous


785 93


Balance to credit of account, 1910


10,708 05


!


$32,457 62


DEBIT.


Balances of 1909 accounts :-


Fire Department


$2,197 21


Health Department


3,082 92


Health Department,


Collection of Ashes


5,072 99


Health Department,


Contagious Disease


Hospital


709 12


Inspection of Buildings


168 95


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


Soldiers' Relief


285 64


Street Lights


2,298 63


$32,457 62


Executive Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909


$4,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


62 89


Contingent Fund account, postage and stationery


$3,937 11


28 45


$3,965 56


·


$43,165 67


and Offal


76


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid John M. Woods, salary as mayor .


$2,500 00


1,300 00


Fred E. Warren, secretary to the mayor, disbursements .


49


American Express Co., expressing .


30


Carter's Ink Co., ink 1 13


WV. A. Greenough & Co., directory .


4 00


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


60 09


Somerville Post-office, postage


46 40


Somerville Journal Co., printing


27 25


Underwood Typewriter Co., supplies


2 00


Sampson & Murdock Co., directory .


6 00


Samuel Ward Co., stationery . .


17 90


$3,965 56


Fire Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909


$38,000 00


Water Works Income account, amount appropriated


38,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 2,197 21


$78,197 21


Stock and labor billed other departments :-


Electrical Department account, board of horses Receipts :-


300.00


Cash, received of City Treasurer, fines


$969 67


Ralph M. Sturtevant, horses 75 00


1,044 67


$79,541 88


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid James R. Hopkins, salary as chief engineer ·


$2,000 00


Edward W. Ring, assistant engineer


1,456 00


Permanent firemen and substitutes


46,982 30


Callmen :-


Steamer Co. No. 1 .


1,347 32


Steamer Co. No. 2


1,359 59


Steamer Co. No. 4


1,604 86


Steamer Co. No. 6


1,010 58


Hose Co. No. 2


1,196 30


Hose Co. No. 3


1,205 52


Hose Co. No. 5


941 12


Hose Co. No. 7


996 14


Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1


1,835 19


Hook and Ladder Co. No. 2




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