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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
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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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.
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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.
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
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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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