Report of the city of Somerville 1911, Part 2

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 546


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$1,285,125 66


Polls, 22,414 at $2


44,828 00


Street sprinkling .


33,544 15


Extermination gypsy and brown-tail


moths .


·


1,166 71


$1,364,664 52


Non-resident bank shares, $82,534 at


$19.10


1,576 40


Total amount of tax levy


$1,366,240 92


Total number of persons assessed, resident and non-resident, 30,543.


Appropriations .- The amount of revenue provided by the tax levy may properly be classified as follows :-


Rate assessed on $1,000 valuation. Amount.


For current expenses within the control of the board of aldermen


$5 45 $366,725 00


Amounts carried forward .


$5 45


$366,725 00


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $5 45 $366,725 00


Current expenses of depart- ments over which the board of aldermen has no control


6 33


425,675 00


Debt requirements ·


3 67


247,000 00


State and county taxes, metropolitan district as- sessments, and Overlay account 3 65


245,725 66


Total amount assessed on a valuation of $67,284,- 066 at ·


$19 10 $1,285,125 66


Non-resident bank shares


1,576 40


Poll taxes assessed, credited to state and county


44,828 00


Street sprinkling


33,544 15


Extermination gypsy and brown-tail


moths


1,166 71


Total amount of tax levy $1,306,240 92


The appropriations to the various accounts were as fol- lows :-


Within Control of Board of Aldermen.


Without the Control of the Board of Aldermen.


General Government .


. $68,400 00


Protection of Life and Prop- erty . 126,600 00


Health and Sanitation


6,950 00


$62,175 00


Highways


. 51,600 00


Charities


6,800 00 .


15,500 00


Soldiers' Benefits


23,400 00


Education


. 62,000 00


326,000 00


Libraries


5,450 00


22,000 00


Recreation


14,025 00


Unclassified


1,500 00


·


.


$366,725 00


$425,675 00


Total amount assessed on a valuation of $67,284,066 at $5.45 . $366,725 00


Total amount assessed on a valuation of $67,284,066 at $6.33 . $425,675 00


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MAYOR'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS.


ACCOUNTS PROVIDING FOR DEBT REQUIREMENTS.


Interest


$85,000 00


Reduction of Funded Debt 162,000 00


Total amount assessed on a valuation of $67,284,066 at $3.67 $247,000 00


PROVIDING FOR STATE AND COUNTY TAXES, ETC.


State Tax


. $93,335 00


Deduct one-half of poll taxes . 22,414 00


$70,921 00


Grade Crossing Tax


6,715 09


State Highway Tax


58 00


Abatement of Smoke, Boston and vicinity 197 91


County Tax . $59,591 69


Deduct one-half of poll taxes . 22,414 00


37,177 69


Metropolitan Sewer Assessment


64,250 86


Metropolitan Park Assessment


37,797 26


Charles River Basin Assessment


15,631 40


Alewife Brook Assessment


901 07


Wellington Bridge Assessment .


813 98


Overlay and Abatement


11,260 80


Total amount assessed on a valuation of $67,284,066 at $3.65 $245,725 66


Collected for state on non-resident bank . 1,576 40


$247,302 06


In addition to the above, the following appropriations were made from the various income accounts :-


From the income of the water works :- Water Maintenance . $25,000 00


Less unexpended balance . 556 62


$24,443 38


Water Loan Interest . .


1,980 00


Reduction of Funded Debt, Water Loan Bonds


6,000 00


Metropolitan Water Assessment


115,094 29


Water Works Extension


13,500 00


Sewers Maintenance


13,000 00


Fire Department .


50,000 00


Amount carried forward


$224,017 67


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward $224,017 67


Reduction of Funded Debt 1,730 24


Public Buildings Department, Mainte-


nance Water Buildings 806 33


$226,554 24


From the income from the state and county :-


Police, the amount received from the state for corporation taxes . $22,808 82


Police, the amount received from the state for bank taxes 4,380 31


Police, the amount received from the clerk of the courts, for fines, costs, etc. 2,336 00


Public Library, the amount received from the county for dog licenses . 3,949 82


Highways Maintenance, from street rail- way tax . 50,836 88


Highways Maintenance, from Boston Ele- vated Railway tax


10,000 74


Total


$94,312 57


Total from water income and from


state and county


$320,866 81


The aggregate appropriations from tax levy and from in- come were as follows :-


From tax levy


$1,364,664 52


From income


320,866 81


$1,685,531 33 1. - -


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MAYOR'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS.


The following tables, giving a condensed history of the city's finances, are herewith presented for reference :-


YEAR.


Amount of Funded Debt.


Increase of Funded Debt.


Reduction of Funded Debt.


Tax Rate per $1,000 Valuation on Account of Reduc-


tion of Funded Debt.


Town


$593,349


Dec. 31, 1872


1873


1874


1,419,854


610,500


1875


1,571,854


152,000


1876


1,606,854


45,000


*$55,130 62


$2 07


1877


1,606,854


10,000


*58,828 58


2 30


1878


1,596,854


61,004 64


2 91


1879


1,585,000


64,915 76


3 42


1880


1,585,000


55,739 35


2 72


1881


1,585,000


58,498 64


2 59


1882 :


1,585,000


61,390 59


2 65


1883 .


1,585,000


64,479 01


2 70


1884 .


1,585,000


9


67,719 33


2 78


1885


+1,525,000


71,305 66


2 87


66


1886


1,525,000


25,000


37,000 00


1 28


1889


952,500


130,000


38,000 00


1 27


1890


1,057,500


150,000


45,000 00


1 38


1892


1893


1,279,500


222,000


137,000 00


3 27


1894


1,344,500


172,000


107,000 00


2 42


1895


1,506,500


247,000


85,000 00


1 83


1896


1,531,000


177,000


152,500 00


3 11


1897


1,548,000


167,000


150,000 00


2 39


1898


1,552,000


176,000


172,000 00


3 99


1899


1,492,500


110,000


169,500 00


3 30


1900


1,478,000


152,000


166,500 00


3 17


"


1901


1,461,000


146,000


163,000 00


3 02


1902


1,447,000


175,000


159,000 00


2 86


1903


1,505,500


197,500


169,000 00


2 96


1904


1,498,500


132,500


139,500 00


2 40


1905


1,510,000


148,000


136,500 00


2 30


1906


1,464,500


100,000


145,500 00


2 41


1907


1,508,000


198,000


154,500 00


2 51


1908


1,466,500


110,000


151,500 00


2 06


1909


1,503,000


190,000


153,500 00


2 42


1910


1,500,000


160,000


163,000 00


2 26


1911


.


1,519,000


188,000


169,000 00


2 41


·


.


.


.


.


2 57


1887


1,525,000


70,252 88


2 56


1888


+860,500


45,000


57,000 00


1 55


1,194,500


253,000


104,000 00


2 73


1891


643,354


$50,005


809,354


166,000


*$10,000 applied to payment of bonds ; balance to sinking funds.


¡Sinking fund applied.


1,045,500


66,894 23


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


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


1910


66,376,338 70


1,306,888 71


18 50


1911


67,284,066 00


. 1,366,240 92


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REPORT OF THE CITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


Treasurer's Office, February 20, 1912. To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-


Gentlemen: The undersigned presents herewith the for- tieth 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, 1911.


Public Property.


The value of the public property of the city December 31, 1910, was $5,423,411.80. The property acquired during the


year was as follows :-


City Hall, Additional Accommodations


$2,313 42


Police Department, paid on Ambulance and Patrol Auto- mobile .


2,000 00


Police Building, Vault


2,851 80


Care of Trees, Spraying Machine .


1,289 00


Tuberculosis Hospital Construction :-


Building


$3,900 68


Furniture


949 90


4,850 58


Tuberculosis Hospital, Supplies, Bedding, etc .:- In Health Department, Tuberculosis Hospital .


$781 69


In Health Department, Contagious


Disease Hospital . 267 45


1,049 14


Sewers, Construction


$10,934 30


Less catch basins and stock on hand 4,331 50


6,602 80


Martin W. Carr School, Land Addition, 1,080 feet of land, Industrial School for Girls :- 8,850 feet of land, and buildings $6,700 00


Improvement · .


2,637 72


Equipment (School Contingent ac- count)


211 02


Davis School, Vocational Equipment


William H. Hodgkins School Addition:


Land, 12,345 feet


$3,272 45


Fence and grading


678 25


3,950 70


Schoolhouse in Ward Seven (S. Newton Cutler School) :- Land, 53,729 feet $18,928 94


Building (partially completed) 8,761 09


27,690 03


Park Buildings, Broadway and Lincoln Parks :- Broadway Park $851 31


Lincoln Park


1,111 51


1,962 82


Amount carried forward


$69,053 60


.


.


Bennett School Addition, 2,857 feet of land .


800 00


410 00


9,548 74 3,734 57


22


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$69,053 60 19,925 32


Recreation Field, Alewife Brook


Water Works Extension


$14,970 34


Less Water Service Assessments .


4,200 44


10,769 90


$99,748 82


Less sale of Waltham land


$3,075 00


Gravel sold Boston & Maine Railroad


1,083 95


4,158 95


Property acquired in 1911 $95,589 87 Making the total public property December 31, 1911 $5,519,001 67


Funded Debt.


The funded debt December 31, 1910, as per Table B of the last annual report, was $1,500,000.


The debt was increased during the year by appropriations as follows :-


Highways, Construction .


$50,000 00


Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings


6,500 00


Building Public Buildings


70,000 00


Sewers, Construction


20,000 00


Sidewalks, Construction


20,000 00


Police Department, Additional Equipment .


4,000 00


Fire Department, Additional Apparatus 2,500 00


Recreation Field, Alewife Brook


15,000 00


Total amount of appropriations on Funded Debt $188,000 00


account


To provide for the above-mentioned appropriations, coupon bonds to the amount of $188,000 at 4 per cent. were issued, viz. :-


City Loan Bonds Nos. 3976 to 3989, payable 1912


$14,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 3990 to 4003, payable 1913


14,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 4004 to 4017, payable 1914 14,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 4018 to 4031, payable 1915 14,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 4032 to 4045, payable 1916 14,000 00 City Loan Bonds Nos. 4046 to 4059, payable 1917 14,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 4060 to 4073, payable 1918


14,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 4074 to 4087, payable 1919 City Loan Bonds Nos. 4088 to 4100, payable 1920 City Loan Bonds Nos. 4101 to 4113, payable 1921


13,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 4114 to 4116, payable 1922


3,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 4117 to 4119, payable 1923


3,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 4120 to 4122, payable 1924 City Loan Bonds Nos. 4123 to 4125, payable 1925


3,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 4126 to 4128, payable 1926 City Loan Bonds Nos. 4129 to 4131, payable 1927 3,000 00 City Loan Bonds Nos. 4132 to 4134, payable 1928 3,000 00 City Loan Bonds Nos. 4135 to 4137, payable 1929 3,000 00


3,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 4138 to 4140, payable 1930 3,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 4141 to 4143, payable 1931 3,000 00


Sewer Loan Bonds Nos. 529 to 548, payable 1912 to 1931 . 20,000 00


Total amount of bonds issued in 1911 $188,000 00 $65,500 of coupon bonds were exchanged for registered bonds dur- ing the year.


14,000 00


13,000 00


3,000 00-


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REPORT OF TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


The following bonds became due during the year :-


City Loan Bonds Nos. 1710 to 1715, interest 4 per cent. $6,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 1991 to 2000, interest 4 per cent. 10,000 00


City Loan Bond No. Reg. 185, interest 4 per cent. 1,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2002 to 2004, interest 4 per cent. 3,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2180 to 2187, interest 4 per cent. 8,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2336 to 2340, interest 4 per cent.


5,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2476 to 2480, interest 4 per cent.


5,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2596 to 2599, interest 4 per cent.


4,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2736 to 2740, interest 31/2 per cent.


5,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2847 to 2853, interest 31/2 per cent.


7,000 00


City Loan Bond No. Reg. 165, interest 31/2 per cent.


7,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2974 to 2975, interest 31/2 per cent.


2,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 3083 to 3091, interest 4 per cent.


9,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 3244 to 3252, interest 4 per cent.


8,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 3164 to 3165, interest 4 per cent. 2,000 00


City Loan Bond No. Reg. 116, interest 31/2 per cent. .


9,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 3460 to 3464, interest 4 per cent.


5,000 00


City Loan Bond No. Reg. 13, interest 4 per cent.


3,000 00


City Loan Bond No. Reg. 17, interest 4 per cent.


6,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 3547 to 3551, interest 4 per cent.


5,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 3660 to 3666, interest 4 per cent.


7,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 3737 to 3747, interest 31/2 per cent.


11,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 3846 to 3855, interest 4 per cent.


10,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 53, interest 41/2 per cent.


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 70, interest 4 per cent.


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bonds Nos. 129 to 131, interest 4 per cent.


3,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 187, interest 4 per cent.


1,000 00


Sewer' Loan Bond No. 211, interest 4 per cent.


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 233, interest 31/2 per cent.


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. Reg. 169, interest 31/2 per cent.


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 286, interest 4 per cent.


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 310, interest 4 per cent.


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. Reg. 134, interest 31/2 per cent.


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 363, interest 4 per cent.


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. Reg. 21, interest 4 per cent.


2,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 441, interest 4 per cent.


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 470, interest 31/2 per cent.


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 499, interest 4 per cent.


1,000 00


Paving Loan Bonds Nos. 91 to 95, interest 4 per cent.


5,000 00


Water Loan Bond No. 295, interest 4 per cent.


1,000 00


Water Loan Bond No. Reg. 104, interest 4 per cent.


3,000 00


Water Loan Bonds Nos. 428 to 429, interest 4 per cent.


2,000 00


Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan Bond No. Reg. 151, interest 31/2 per cent. .


1,000 00


Lowell Street Bridge Loan Bond No. 2, interest 31/2 per cent.


1,000 00


Total amount of bonds maturing in 1911


$169,000 00


Leaving the net funded debt December 31, 1911, $1,519,- 000, classified as follows :-


Registered.


Coupon.


City Loan Bonds at 31/2 per cent.


$74,000 00


$203,000 00


City Loan Bonds at 4 per cent.


119,500 00


683,500 00


Sewer Loan Bonds at 31/2 per cent.


30,000 00


58,000 00


Sewer Loan Bonds at 4 per cent.


66,000 00


180,000 00


Amounts carried forward .


. $289,500 00


$1,124,500 00


.


.


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward .


$289,500 00 $1,124,500 00


Paving Loan Bonds at 4 per cent. 5,000 00 Water Loan Bonds at 4 per cent.


22,000 00


22,000 00


Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan Bonds at 31/2 per cent. Lowell Street Bridge Loan Bonds at 31/2 per cent.


1,000 00


17,000 00


5,000 00


33,000 00


$317,500 00


$1,201,500 00


Registered Bonds


$317,500 00


Coupon Bonds .


1,201,500 00


Funded debt within the limit fixed by law :-


City Loan


$1,080,000 00


Sewer Loan


292,000 00


Lowell Street Bridge Loan


38,000 00


$1,410,000 00


Funded debt beyond the limit fixed by law :-


Paving Loan (Chapter 153, Acts 1892)


$5,000 00


Sewer Loan (Chapter 357, Acts 1895)


42,000 00


Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan


(Chapter 325, Acts 1902)


18,000 00


$65,000 00


Water Loan


44,000 00


109,000 00


$1,519,000 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 April 1, 1911, was $67,284,066, and the rate of taxation was $19.10 on each $1,000 of valuation, as follows :-


Real estate, valuation


. $59,837,100 00


Personal estate, valuation


7,446,966 00


$67,284,066 00


At a rate of $19.10 on $1,000 valuation .


$1,285,125 66


Polls, 22,414 at $2


44,828 00


Street sprinkling


33,544 15


Gypsy and brown-tail moth extermination . 1,166 71


Non-resident bank shares to be paid to state


1,576 40


Total amount of tax levy ·


$1,366,240 92


Borrowed on Funded Debt account, to provide for the cost of public improvements


188,000 00


Water works income


226,554 24


National bank taxes, applied to Police .


4,380 31


Corporation taxes, applied to Police


22,808 82


Court fees, fines, etc., applied to Police


2,336 00


Amount carried forward


· $1,810,320 29


.


.


$1,519,000 00


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REPORT OF TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


Amount brought forward $1,810,320 29 County of Middlesex, dog licenses, applied to Public


Library 3,949 82


Street Railway tax, applied to Highways Maintenance 50,836 88


Boston Elevated Railway tax, applied to Highways Main- tenance


10,000 74


Total amount of resources . $1,875,107 73


Appropriations from Funded Debt and from Income.


CREDIT BALANCES.


Municipal Buildings, Vaults


$2,800 00


City Hall, Additional Accommodations


186 58


Police Department, Additional Equipment .


2,000 00


Police Building, Vault


148 20


Fire Station, Winter Hill


5,000 00


Electrical Department, Underground Construction


1,077 37


Sewers, Construction


6,009 76


Incinerator Building


121 11


Highways, Construction


1,733 54


Sidewalks, Construction .


62 38


Lowell Street Bridges


2,407 18


City Home Addition


7,983 43


Bennett School Addition


1,190 00 778 00


William H. Hodgkins School Addition


5,029 85


Industrial School for Girls


162 28


Schoolhouse in Ward Seven


50,302 52


Schoolhouses, Additional Window Space


404 46


Ward One Branch Library


132 72


Union Square Branch Library


815 55


Recreation Field, Alewife Brook .


74 68


Building Public Buildings


90 02


Highways, Maintenance .


Library Trust Funds, Income :-


Isaac Pitman Fund, Art


$285 29


Isaac Pitman Fund, Poetry


82 26


Frances A. Wilder Children's ment Fund .


Depart-


6 15


Martha R. Hunt Fund, Books


447 00


Martha R. Hunt Fund, Art


52 50


Reduction of Funded Debt


.


$99,732 53


Cash.


Balance on hand January 1, 1911


$107,788 97


Total cash receipts for the year 1911


2,798,516 12


Total cash disbursements for the year 1911 .


2,795,976 00


Balance in the treasury December 31, 1911 . Deposits in banks


$105,831 80


Cash on hạnd .


4,497 29


$110,329 09


:


·


.


873 20 7,579 80


$2,906,305 09


$110,329 09


Burns School Addition


$88,509 63 2,769 90


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Assets and Liabilities.


The assets of the city available for the payment of its un- funded liabilities are as follows :-


Available assets :-


Taxes, uncollected $282,503 45


Highway Betterment Assess-


ments, uncollected .


2,604 14


Sewer Assessments, uncollected . 4,872 53


Sidewalk Assessments, uncol-


lected


13,101 95


Metered Water Charges, uncol- lected


16,459 80


$319,541 87


Commonwealth of Massachusetts :-


State Aid


$16,218 00


Military Aid


414 00


Soldiers' Burials


481 00


17,113 00


Grade Crossings (cash advanced for land


damages)


39,314 11


Real Estate Liens


.


631 83


Cash in treasury


110,329 09


Unfunded liabilities :- -


Coupons


$11,087 50


Overplus on Tax Sales


118 13


Sundry Persons


750 88


Temporary Loans


350,000 00


$361,950 51


Excess of available assets


$124,973 39


Balance Sheet.


DEBIT.


Public Property


$5,519,001 67


Excess of available assets


124,973 39


$5,643,975 06


CREDIT.


Excess of appropriations from Funded


Debt and from Income .


$99,732 53


Excess of appropriations from tax levy 4,932 37


Overlay and Abatement . 20,308 49


Present Funded Debt


1,519,000 00


$1,643,973 39


Property and Debt Balance


4,000,001 67


$5,643,975 06


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.


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$486,929 90


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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


TABLE A .- PUBLIC PROPERTY DECEMBER 31, 1911.


Central Hill land (389,920 feet)


$270,000 00


City Hall .


$37,645 74


Furniture and fixtures


10,000 00


Storage vault


2,342 91


Public Library building .


42,000 00


Public Library land and building, West


Somerville


31,449 52


Public Library .


25,000 00


City Hall Annex


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


12,420 00


Davis Schoolhouse, land (30,155 feet) and building


22,000 00


Furniture


720 00


Books


400 00


Vocational equipment .


5,183 50


Edgerly Schoolhouse, land (24,000 feet) and


building


43,800 00


Furniture


2,230 00


Books


2,800 00


English High Schoolhouse


137,259 66


Furniture


3,900 00


Philosophical and manual training


ap-


10,760 13


Books


12,000 00


163,919 79


Amount carried forward


$926,601 52


72,305 04


35,760 00


88,360 00


28,303 50


48,830 00


paratus


49,988 65


98,449 52 20,655 02


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


Forster Schoolhouse and Annex, land


(30,632 fcet) and buildings


82,000 00


Furniture


3,290 00


Books


4,100 00


89,390 00


George L. Baxter Schoolhouse, land (11,000


fect) and building


31,800 00


Furniture


1,155 64


Books


450 00


33,405 64


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 fect) 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


Latin High Schoolhouse


112,061 29


Furniture ·


2,700 00


Philosophical apparatus


500 00


Books


3,300 00


Lincoln Schoolhouse, land (17,662 fect) 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 (21,530


feet) and building


51,410 00


Furniture


2,800 00


Books


2,800 00


Morse Schoolhouse, land (29,000 feet) and


building


45,859 00


Furniture


2,340 00


Books


2,800 00


Martha Perry Lowe Schoolhouse, land (21,650 fcet) and building


50,346 16


Amounts carried forward


$50,346 16


$1,556,224 54


44,020 46


20,220 00


63,360 00


82,640 00


118,561 29


18,720 00


51,296 63


57,010 00


50,999 00


$926,601 52


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Amounts brought forward .


$50,346 16 $1,556,224 54


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


53,540 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


(26,733 feet) and building .


62,861 17


Furniture


1,290 16


Books


700 00


Sanford Hanscom Schoolhouse, land (16,767 feet) and building


72,210 46


Furniture


1,080 00


Books


500 00


Clark W. Bennett Schoolhouse, land (19,107 feet) and building


58,068 32


Furniture


2,180 00


Books


1,000 00


61,248 32


William H. Hodgkins Schoolhouse, land (47,379 feet) and building .


73,250 70


Furniture


2,400 00


Books


2,300 00


77,950 70


S. Newton Cutler Schoolhouse, land (53,729 feet)


18,928 94


Building (partly completed)


8,761 09


27,690 03


Industrial School for Girls, land (8,850 feet) Building


5,037 72


Equipment


211 02


9,548 74


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


Spraying machine .


1,289 00


Water Works, land and buildings (93,500 feet) No. 1 Fire Station, land (8,937 feet) and building


33,200 00


Amounts carried forward . $33,200 00


$2,220,653 20


·


4,300 00


127,222 92


32,000 00


.


68,960 00


64,851 33


73,790 46


30


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$33,200 00 $2,220,653 20


Engine No. 2 and apparatus 4,000 00


Hose wagon No. 1 and apparatus


1,500 00


Furniture


400 00


39,100 00


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




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