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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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