Report of the city of Somerville 1909, Part 9

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


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119


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$18,311 32


Old Corner Book Store, books 51 40


25


17 62


Oliver Typewriter Co., supplies Perham's Express, expressing Publishers' Weekly, periodicals G. P. Putnam's Sons, books .


9 73


The Pandex Co., periodical


10 00


The Prince Society, books


10 00


Poor's Railroad Manual Co., book


10 00


Pilgrim Press, periodical


2 50


S. A. Riker, agency


8 23


Harry J. Ramsey, agency .


260 00


Review of Reviews, books


00


Rudder Publishing Co., periodical .


50


Ritter & Flebbe, books .


17 26


Charles S. Robertson, insurance


67 50


Rand, McNally & Co., books .


22 63


A. J. Renner, expressing .


50


P. B. Sanford Co., binders


481 63


Charles Scribner's Sons, books


54 64


Somerville High School Radiator, peri- odical


75


Somerville Journal Co., printing


560 16


Superintendent of Documents, books C. A. Southwick, Jr., expressing


11 90


Schoenhof Book Co., books


104 21


Charles I. Shepard, books


9 50


Sampson & Murdock Co., directory


6 00


Theo. E. Schulte, book


7 70


Somerville Historical Society, periodical,


3 00


R. E. Sherwood, books


18 13


The Smith Book Co., books


14 00


The System Co., book


2 00


Sprague & Hathaway Co., picture frame, Silver Lotus Shop, book


1 60


Southern Publication Society, books


40 00


Somerville Post-office, postage


25 00


Tabard Inn Book Co., books


3 80


C. W. Tibbetts, periodical


1 00


Topsfield Historical Society, periodical,


92


Thorpe's Express, expressing .


50


Torch Press, book


10 00


Underhill Hardware Co., supplies .


4 23


Underwood & Underwood, stereograph,


19


Union Library Association, books .


59 02


University of Chicago Press, book and periodical


5 55


M. L. Vinal, agency and supplies


73 66


Williams & Neiley, printing


53 50


H. W. Wilson Co., books


26 00


World's Scrap Book Co., supplies


3 50


R. H. White Co., books


29 56


Samuel Ward Co., supplies


11


The Wage Earner, periodical


1 00


H. C. White Co., stereographs


16 67


John Wiley & Sons, books


4 14


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., supplies


1 25


Alice M. Young, agency


88°51


Yale University Press, books .


4 45


Zion's Herald, periodical .


1 25


$20,586 74


Outing Publishing Co., periodical


17 20


5 50


2 00


90


120


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Public Library, Frances A. Wilder Children's Department Fund.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1908


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$100 00


DEBIT.


Balance to credit of account, 1910


$100 00


Public Library, Frances A. Wilder Children's Department Fund, Income Account.


CREDIT. 1


Receipts :-


Cash, income from invested funds


$4 40


DEBIT.


Balance of account unused, carried to 1910 . . .


$4 40


Public Library, Frances A. Wilder Children's Department Fund, Investment Account.


CREDIT.


Balance to debit of account, 1910 .


$100 00


DEBIT.


Balance from 1908


$100 00


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Art.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1908


.


$4,251 66


DEBIT.


$4,251 66


Balance to credit of account, 1910


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Poetry.


7 CREDIT.


Balance from 1908 .


$1,062 92


DEBIT.


$1,062 92


Balance to credit of account, 1910 .


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Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Art.


1 CREDIT.


Balance from 1908


$35 62 . Receipts :-


$240 00


Cash, income from invested funds Interest on deposits .


20 40


260 40


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Balance of account unused, carried to 1910 . !


$296 02


127 27


$168 75


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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


121


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Desmond Publishing Co., books, T. T. Fryer, books


$12 00


24 00


Goodspeed's Book Shop, etched por- trait


3 60


Charles E. Lauriat Co., books


8 24


Library Art Club, membership


6 00


Little, Brown & Co., books


9 89


Manhattan Book Store, books


1 50


McDevitt-Wilson, books


27 00


Old Corner Book Store, books


2 50


Ritter & Flebbe, books


25 00


Francis M. Tilton, stereographs


21 00


Underwood & Underwood,


stereo-


8 80


H. C. White Co., stereographs


19 22


$168 75


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Poetry.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1908


$24 29


Receipts :-


Cash, income from invested funds


$60 00


Interest on deposits .


5 10


65 10


Balance of account unused, carried to 1910 .


34 26


$55 13


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid W. B. Clarke & Co., books .


$2 19


Dodd, Mead & Co., books


6 15


De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., books


2 92


Charles E. Lauriat Co., books .


25 14


Little, Brown & Co., books


11 73


Old Corner Book Store, books


4 00


Charles I. Shepard, books


3 00


$55 13


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Investment Account.


CREDIT.


Balance to debit of account, 1910


$5,314 58


DEBIT.


Balance from 1908


$5,314 58


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$89 39


graphs


122


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Public Library, West Somerville Branch.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909 Receipts :-


$2,500 00


Cash, received of Nellie M. Whipple, custodian :-


fines


$126 52


books


4 95


telephone tolls


1 80


133 27


$2,633 27


DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Nellie M. Whipple, custodian


$408 35


Ethel M. Nute, assistant


175 00


Irma R. Christopher, assistant


60 39


Annie M. Currie, assistant


95 50


Bessie S. Cobb, assistant .


58 31


Alice Hunnewell, assistant


6 90


Ronald Moore, assistant .


43 99


Louise Thiery, assistant


4 58


Harold Currie, assistant


2 50


John R. Anderson Co., books


30 71


Frank W. Atwood, supplies


4 00


Cambridge Ice Co., ice


5 00


Carter, Rice & Co., supplies


3 00


Chivers Book Binding Co., books


30 74


Harold Currie, expressing


24 40


Charles W. Clark Co., books


18 70


W. B. Clarke Co., books .


212 69


Dodd, Mead & Co., books


1 50


DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., books .


76 01


Dennison Mfg. Co., stationery


1 16


David Farquhar, binding .


209 81


Globe Stamp Works, supplies


4 15


Herman Goldberger, periodicals


147 38


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory


4 00


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery . Caroline L. Himebaugh, books


26 67


H. R. Huntting Co., books


67 98


W. A. Keating, books


17 29


Kimball Brothers, books


5 75


Library Bureau, cards


33 12


Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, books


90


Charles E. Lauriat Co., books .


71 16


McDevitt-Wilson, books


40 08


S. F. McLean, books


7 50


Joseph McDonough Co., books


13 50


Macmillan Co., books


5 40


Henry Malkan, books


79 41


Wesley A. Maynard, printing


4 25


Marshall Son & Co., supplies


2 51


Newold Publishing Co., books


48 95


New England Telephone & Telegraph


Co., service


14 23


Amount carried forward


$2,285 36


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13 83


Little, Brown & Co., books


204 06


123


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$2,285 36


New York & New England Publishing


Co., books


17 50


Leslie H. Steele, periodicals


15 80


A. Storrs & Bement Co., supplies


50


Sampson & Murdock Co., directory


6 00


Sprague & Hathaway Co., frames


2 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing


6 90


John Skinner's Book Store, books


7 50


C. A. Southwick, Jr., expressing


10 90


Charles I. Shepard, books


6 60


P. B. Sanford Co., binders


58 60


R. E. Sherwood, books


95 61


The Smith Book Co., books


2 60


Theo. E. Schulte, books


30 75


Tabard Inn Book Co., books


25 77


Union Library Association,


books


26 21


Williams & Neiley, printing


5 75


S. Ward & Co., stationery


7 95


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., supplies


1 05


$2,613 35


Public Library account, cards, books, etc., 1


$2,633 27


Public Library Construction, West Somerville Branch.


CREDIT.


Public Buildings Construction, Building


Public Buildings account, amount


transferred


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$449 52


Cash, received of Andrew Carnegie, gift


10,132 50


$10,582 02


DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Belledeu, on account of con-


tract


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$7,593 26


Library Bureau, on account of con- tract ·


473 00


Mellish & Byfield, on account of con- tract . · Mortensen & Holdensen, on account of contract


650 00


McLean & Wright, on account of con- tract .


247 64


Whitten & Jackson, on account of con- tract .


400 53


McKenney & Waterbury, electrical fix- tures .


235 00


Library Bureau, chairs


45 00


$10,537 43


Highways Maintenance account, construct- ing driveway, etc. . .


44 59


$10,582 02


19 92


893 00


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124


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Public Property.


CREDIT.


Balance to debit of account, 1910 . .


$5,360,829 14


DEBIT.


Property and Debt Balance, property ac-


quired in 1909 . $58,746 06


Balance from 1908


. 5,302,083 08


$5,360,829 14


Real Estate Liens.


DEBIT.


Balance from 1908 .


$2,293 76


Taxes, tax of 1903 assessed City of Cambridge ·


364 64


tax of 1904 assessed City of Cambridge 364 64


tax of 1904 assessed Butler & Robinson 4 48


$3,027 52


CREDIT.


Balance to debit of account, 1910 . .


$3,027 52


Redemption of Tax Liens.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of sundry persons, redemption of tax liens Amount accruing to city under Chapter 443, Acts of 1902, carried to City Treasurer account 15 00


$667 97


$652 97


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid sundry persons, redemption of tax liens


$652 97


Reduction of Funded Debt.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1908 ·


$4,000 00


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909


145,000 00


Water Works Income, amount appropriated, Water Bonds


6,000 00


Water Works Income, balance transferred ·


12,128 24


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 10,519 34


Receipts :---


Cash, received of R. L. Day & Co., premium on bonds


891 10


$157,500 00


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid bonds maturing in 1909


$157,500 00


.


$167,128 24


$156,608 90


125


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Sanford Hanscom School, Land Addition.


CREDIT.


Sewers Construction account, amount transferred


$3,500 00


Balance to credit of account, 1910


3,500 00


School Contingent.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909 .


$27,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


202 46


$26,797 54


Receipts :-


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, tuition of state wards, Cash, received of Charles S. Clark, super-


246 00


intendent of schools, tuition of non-


resident pupils, etc.


$229 18


damage to property


148 69


Dorothy Adams, tuition


25 34


A. B. Palmer, tolls


1 35


404 56


$27,448 10


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Charles S. Clark, salary as


$3,000 00


superintendent of schools disbursements


318 01


Mary A. Clark, assistant


708 33


Mildred A. Merrill, assistant


566 67


Justin W. Lovett, truant officer disbursements


1,304 17


8 16


Jairus Mann, truant officer


50 00


American Book Co., books


763 34


Adams, Cushing & Foster, supplies


1,491 46


Henrietta B. H. Attwood, disbursements,


2 52


John A. Avery, disbursements .


25 09


Allen, Doane & Co., supplies


20 00


Allyn & Bacon, books


250 57


D. Appleton & Co., books


22 93


Mary A. Atherton, books .


91 99


Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover, books


13 17


Edward E. Babb & Co., books and sup- plies .


4,623 06


Bates & Guild Co., books


2 00


F. J. Barnard & Co., binding


936 13


Baker School Specialty Co., supplies


10 10


C. C. Birchard & Co., books


463 71


Milton Bradley Co., books and supplies Brown-Durrell Co., supplies


26 95


Boston Bank Note Co., printing


202 94


Elizabeth J. Baker, supplies


2 00


Bay State Paper Co., supplies


17 82


First Methodist Church, use of edifice


150 00


Baker & Adamson Chemical Co., supplies


110 11


Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., supplies


28 70


Amount carried forward


$15,518 38


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258 45


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126


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward .


$15,518 38


Bumpus & Cook, repairing


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61 39


Benton Brothers, supplies


11 30


Jason P. Briggs, census


19 78


Carter's Ink Co., supplies


45 15


N. H. Crowell, supplies


43 12


E. T. Curtis, supplies


89 57


James H. Chase, services


15 00


Chandler & Barber, supplies


235 55


Harry L. Cutting, services


2 00


William H. Claflin Co., supplies


6 00


Cook-Vivian Co., supplies


107 63


E. S. Daniels, tuning pianos


35 00


Oliver Ditson Co., books .


91 48


A. L. Doe, disbursements


14 10


DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., books .


22 36


Clara Z. Elliot, census


42 86


Educational Publishing Co., books


166 81


J. S. Emerson, disbursements


7 43


Eimer & Amend, supplies


235 30


J. H. Folkins Co., ink


28 20


The M. Abbott Frazar Co., supplies


4 00


W. K. Farrington Press, engrossing


32 65


Funk & Wagnalls Co., books


8 50


W. C. Fickett, census


31 52


Ginn & Co., books


2,375 29


Annie M. Gilcrease, census


64 34 65


Gilman Express Co., expressing


89 36


W. A. Greenough & Co., directories


8 00


The Globe-Wernicke Co., supplies


10 25


D. C. Heath & Co., books


507 53


J. L. Hammett Co., supplies


172 85


Harvard University, books


8 20


Houghton Mifflin Co., books


125 82


Holden Patent Book Cover Co., b. Jok .


covers


36 35


J. W. Howard, supplies


4 05


S. Henry Hadley, orchestra


272 00


Houghton & Dutton, supplies


3 00


Edward A. Hart, writer press


162 78


H. F. Hathaway, disbursements S. A. Johnson, disbursements .


27 32


George F. King & Co., supplies


5 00


L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., supplies


222 56


R. E. Kibbe, engrossing .


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20 10


John Lane, books


10 00


Library Bureau, supplies .


10 00


LaBree & Bumpus, supplies


3 85


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire


7 00


J. B. Lippincott Co., books


8 70


Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., books


1 65


Little, Brown & Co., books


9 75


Joseph A. Moore, books


2 00


Wesley A. Maynard, printing .


85 15


McKinley Publishing Co., maps


14 45


Bunkio Matsuki, supplies .


2 09


Amount carried forward


.


$21,233 33


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George H. Ellis Co., books


5 00


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92


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82 24


Harlan P. Knight, disbursements


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Glines & Co., expressing


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127


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$21,233 33


Middlesex County Truant School, board


of truants


791 56


Mitchell. Mfg. Co., supplies


93


Charles E. Merrill Co., books


23 91


Marine Biological Laboratory, sup-


12 90


D. J. Moynahan, use of team


2 00


New England Telephone & Telegraph


Co., service


186 99


Neostyle Co., supplies


99 60


New England Dressed Meat Co., supplies


60


W. E. Plumer & Co., supplies


412 95


A. B. Palmer, disbursements


6 37


Philadelphia Distributing Co., supplies .


85


Perkins Woodworking Co., lumber


930 05


Remington Typewriter Co., repairing


2 60


Rand, McNally & Co., maps


39 80


Charles Scribner's Sons, books


3 03


Silver, Burdett & Co., books .


503 47


Shattuck & Jones, supplies


6 00


Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., supplies,


225 90


Somerville Journal Co., printing


683 12


Suffolk Ink Co., ink .


49 44


Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co., books


654 67


Sibley & Co., books .


7 30


Sprague & Hathaway Co., supplies


2 30


Somerville Evening Sun, printing .


21 25


S. F. Sherman, tuning piano


2 50


Oscar W. Short, services .


18 00


Schoenhof Book Co., books


48 22


C. H. Stoelting Co., supplies


4 75


St. Louis Biological Laboratory, sup- plies


3 00


William D. Sprague, disbursements


5 00


Mary C. Thurston, supplies


13 16


Thorp & Martin, supplies


12 15


Thompson-Brown Co., supplies


16 15


Richard H. Tincker, census


71 68


The Twinlock Co., supplies


12 75


Underwood Typewriter Co., repairing


12 45


M. L. Vinal, supplies


69.52


The Writer Publishing Co., books .


13 37


Wadsworth, Howland & Co., supplies


607 24


F. S. Webster Co., supplies


5 40


Whitney & Snow, supplies


125 00


John M. Woods & Co., lumber


118 53


Williams & Neiley, printing


245 75


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., supplies


9 05


Winter Hill Press, printing


37 40


Mina J. Wendell, disbursements


12 89


Samuel Ward Co., supplies


10 25


H. C. White Co., supplies


20 27


Elisabeth S. Webster, census


30 84


$27,431 24


Public Buildings Maintenance, School- houses account, telephone tolls . 16 86


$27,448 10


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plies


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& Wool


128


ANNUAL REPORTS.


School Teachers' Salaries.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909


$295,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 1,793 65


1


$293,206 35


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid salaries as per pay rolls $293,209 85


(Cash) 3 50 +


1


$293,206 35


Sealer of Weights and Measures.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909


$1,800 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 21 80 .


$1,778 20


Receipts :-


Cash, received of John H. Dusseault, fees for weighing 503 32


$2,281 52


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid John H. Dusseault, salary as


sealer of weights and measures . disbursements


179 65


use of team 137 60


Benjamin S. Abbott, deputy sealer of


700 00


Dennison Mfg. Co., seals 3 00


WV. A. Greenough & Co., directory


4 00


Glines & Co., expressing .


45


William & L. E. Gurley, tools, etc.


46 10


John J. Hargraves, acid .


21 50


Hobbs & Warren Co., books and sta- tionery


4 05


William B. Holmes, tools


·


1 50


A. C. Libby & Sons, books


19 61


Wesley A. Maynard, advertising


4 00


F. E. Marsh, dry measure gauge


1 50


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


27 55


Rhode Island Label Works, seals . . ·


3 50


Somerville Journal Co., advertising


7 00


Whitney & Snow, hardware


2 96


Woodman Mfg. & Supply Co., stamp, cutter, etc. .


17 55


$2,281 52


Sewer Assessments.


CREDIT.


Receipts :-


Cash, received of sundry persons .


$2,340 92


Balance to debit of account, 1910 .


9,752 78


$12,093 70


·


$1,100 00


weights and measures


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·


.


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


129


DEBIT.


Balance from 1908 .


$4,218 56


Sewers Construction account, as- sessments levied


$7,903 94


Less abatements


28 80


7,875 14


$12,093 70


Sewers, Construction.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1908


$10,832 03


Appropriations, from Funded Debt, 1909 .


30,000 00


Sewer Assessments account, assessments levied


$7,903 94


Less abatements


.


28 80


7,875 14


$48,707 17


Reduced by the following transfers :- Benjamin G. Brown School, Land Addition account · Electrical Department, Underground Con- struction account ·


1,500 00


Fire Department, Additional Apparatus ac- count


5,000 00


Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings account


7,670 95


Sanford Hanscom School, Land Addition account


3,500 00


19,170 95


$29,536 22


13,766 01


Stock and labor billed other departments :-


22 62


Cash, received of W. A. Sanborn & Co., cement


46 50


$15,839 33


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers


$2,570 18


Bartholomew


Burke,


constructing


sewer :-


Acadia park


155 97


Curtis avenue .


600 00


Proposed street


1,997 35


Walker street


296 30


Timothy F. Crimmings,


constructing


sewer :-


Florence street


330 30


Hill street


229 78


Ossipee road


619 03


Powder-house boulevard


1,438 31


Whitfield road


321 88


Amount carried forward


$8,559 10


·


Balance to credit of account, 1910


$15,770 21


Sidewalks Construction account, edgestones Receipts :-


$1,500 00


130


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward .


$3,559 10


James H. Fannon, constructing sewer :- Cedar street 521 06


Elm street .


2,104 60


William J. McCarthy & Co., construct- ing sewer :- Belknap street 382 11


Boston & Maine Railroad, freight . 15 96


William H. Casey & Co., bricks 18 63


Edwin O. Childs, Register, recording


11 35


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery .


16 50


Highland Coal Co., cement


431 20


W. B. Mullen, sand .


12 24


New England Brick Co., bricks


296 64


Portland Stone Ware Co., drain pipe


$1,144 41 .


(Cash)


7 88


1,136 53


Somerville Iron Foundry, castings


685 57


W. A. Sanborn & Co., bricks


43 13


James Tevlin, use of teams


767 42


Waldo Brothers, pipe and cement


$583 67


(Cash)


182 77


400 90


Frederick B. Witherley, traps


45 04


Williams & Neiley, printing


15 00


$15,462 98


City Engineer account, labor


225 00


Highways Maintenance account, repairing sidewalk .


104 30


Water Maintenance account, drain pipe 47 05


$15,839 33


Sewers, Maintenance.


CREDIT.


Water Works Income account, amount appropriated


$12,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 29 60


$11,970 40


Stock and labor billed other departments :- Highways Construction account, changing grade of catch basins


$528 69


Highways Construction, Lowell Street Bridges account, changing grade, etc., Public Grounds account, labor and mate- rials


84 88


1,020 85


Receipts :-


Cash, received of Cambridge Gas Light Co., labor


$66 17


Highland Coal Co., cement bags 52 00


Boston Elevated Railway Co., changing grades


45 64


G. A. Stephens, old hose .


18 00


M. Norton & Co., old hose


14 74


Stephens Mfg. Co., old hose


13 10


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209 65


$13,200 90


·


.


407 23


131


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers


$7,733 67


D. J. Bennett, repairing wagon


3 50


Charles E. Berry, making poles


2 92


J. H. Brooks, cloth


38


Boulevard Auto Co., use of cars


15 00


Cornelius Callahan Co., repairing


6 75


Davenport-Brown Co., lumber


5 30


E. W. Danforth, car fares


30 00


Edson Mfg. Co., repairing hose


13 95


H. Fisher, suits and hats .


43 80


Fred W. Farrar, repairing clock


5 00


Thomas Groom & Co., books .


16 50


William S. Howe, box for clock


10 07


Hemeon Brothers, labor


1 00


A. R. Hyde, boots


57 00


D. Mahoney, patching


7 70


Martin & Wood, sharpening


3 10


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


54 12


New England Oil Co., oil


12 41


M. Norton & Co., rubber dishes


50


New England Brick Co., bricks


69 84


Somerville Iron Foundry, castings


124 69 5 00


James Tevlin, use of teams


4,741 07


Anna S. Tevlin, washing flags


2 00


Waldo Brothers, drain pipe


34 35


I. B. Walker, repairing wagons


25 22


Whitney & Snow, hardware


75 26


Williams & Neiley, dials .


5 00


Frederick B. Witherley, grates


14 00


$13,119 10


City Engineer account, services .


75 00


Highways Maintenance account, gravel


.


$13,200 90


Sidewalk Assessments.


CREDIT.


Receipts :-


Cash, received of sundry persons


$13,412 56


Balance to debit of account, 1910 .


6,565 29


$19,977 85


DEBIT.


Balance from 1908


$7,987 16


Sidewalks Construction account,


assessments levied


. $12,083 18


Less abatements


92 49


11,990 69


$19,977 85


·


6 80


Walter H. Snow, catering


132


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Sidewalks, Construction.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1908


$309 13


Appropriations, from Funded Debt, 1909


12,000 00


Sidewalk Assessments account, assessments levied


Less abatements


.


11,990 69


Balance to credit of account, 1910


66 69


$24,233 13


Stock and labor billed other departments :-


Highways Maintenance account, lumber Receipts :-


10 33


Cash, paid Abraham B. Beal, granolithic walk .


13 10


$24,256 56


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers


$10,635 54


F. C. Ayer, lumber


30 33


Thomas Allen, granolithic


217 35


Thomas Groom & Co., books


13 00


S. & R. J. Lombard, edgestones


8,143 47


W. A. Sanborn & Co., bricks .


1,405 78


$20,445 47


Highways Maintenance account, use of teams ·


3,612 94


Public Grounds account, circles


108 69


Sewers Construction account, edgestones .


22 62


Sidewalk Assessments account, assessment,


66 84


$24,256 56


Sidewalks, Maintenance.


CREDIT.


Highways Maintenance account, amount transferred,


$1,082 19


Stock and labor billed other departments :-


Highways Construction account, bricks


$44 88


Highways Maintenance account, bricks


40 09


84 97


Receipts :-


Cash, received of J. A. Durell, labor


1 50


$1,168 66


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers .


$758 45


Thomas Allen, repairing sidewalk . 4 00


W. A. Sanborn & Co., bricks . 233 97


$996 42


Highways Maintenance account, use of city teams


172 24


$1,168 66


$12,083 18 92 49


$24,299 82


133


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Soldiers' Burials.


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid J. H. Dusseault, services as


burial agent


$26 00


Edwin G. Brown, burial


35 00


John Bryant's Sons, burials


140 00


W. T. Gill, burial


35 00


Doherty Brothers, burial .


35 00


John E. Kauler, burial


35 00


G. F. McKenna & Son, burial


35 00


Francis M. Wilson, burials


140 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, amount charged De- cember 31, 1909


$481 00


Soldiers' Monument.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1908 .


· .


$11,418 47


Public Buildings Construction, Building Public Buildings account, amount transferred .


515 83


$11,934 30


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


-


Cash, paid Austin Ford & Son Co.,


masonry


$141 75


Augustus Lukeman, on account of con- tract


11,786 00


$11,927 75


Highways Maintenance account, teaming 6 55


$11,934 30


Soldiers' Relief.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909


$23,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 285 64


$23,285 64


DEBIT. (Expenditures.) :


1


i


Cash, paid sundry persons as per


pay rolls


$23,290 64


(Cash)


9 00


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire


$23,281 64 4 00


$23,285 64


Somerville Hospital.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909 .


$5,000 00


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid for support of sick poor . + . - $5,000 00


$481 00


134


ANNUAL REPORTS.


State Aid.


CREDIT.


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, state aid paid in 1909


$16,592 00 Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 5 00


1


$16,587 00


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid monthly pay rolls .


$16,680 00 93 00


(Cash) .


$16,587 00


Street Lights.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909 $50,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 2,298 63


$52,298 63


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Edison Electric Illuminating Co., lighting $52,298 63


Sundry Persons.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1908


$699 65


DEBIT.


Balance to credit of account, 1910


$699 65


Support of Poor, City Home.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, from Taxes, 1909


$3,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 464 92


$2,535 08


Stock and labor billed other departments :-


Health Department, Contagious Disease Hospital ac-


count, produce


182 16


Receipts :-


Colquhoun,


$4,027 77


Town of Arlington, board


730 00


Fred L. Hawkins, board .


40 10


Ellen C. Eagan, board


27 50


Michael Flemming, board


10 50


Cambridge City Home, plants


5 72


J. W. Howard, plants


4 00


4,845 59


$7,562 83


Cash, received of J. Foster produce


:


135


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S . REPORT.


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


1


Cash, paid J. Foster Colquhoun, salary as warden


$700 00


disbursements


145 38


Mrs. Catherine Colquhoun, matron


350 00


Sundry persons, farm help


993 94


Sundry persons, house help


586 61


Andrew Blyth, groceries .


38 06


George W. Clatur, groceries


24 60


W. B. Chase, groceries


39 90


Chase & Sanborn, groceries


78 09


Clark Brothers Co., groceries .


71 70


J. H. Dickerman, groceries


13 41


Myrton F. Evans, groceries


4 86


George G. Fox Co., groceries


195 30




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