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14,100 00
Furniture
1,200 00
Apparatus
12,458 37
Central Fire Station, land (11,738 feet) and building
36,700 00
Furniture
500 00
Engine No. 1 and apparatus
4,000 00
Hose wagon and apparatus
2,000 00
Two relief hose carriages
1,000 00
One relief hook and ladder .
400 00
Chemical Engine A and equipment
2,498 53
Fire Alarm and Police Signal apparatus
Police Station, land (15,225 feet)
and
building
54,000 00
Furniture
3,000 00
Vault
.
2,851 80
Amounts carried forward .
$59,851 80
$2,523,703 73
68,668 18
22,400 00
18,400 00
30,715 45
27,758 37
47,098 53 36,610 00
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S
REPORT.
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Amounts brought forward .
$59,851 80 $2,523,703 73
Ambulance and patrol auto (paid on ac- count)
2,000 00
61,851 80
City Home, Broadway, land (421,646 feet) and buildings
36,807 64
Furniture
1,426 09
Contagious and Tuberculosis Hospital
buildings
28,499 55
Land (88,364 feet) .
15,600 00
Bath House
Water Works
Sewers
Prospect street, land (7,918 feet) and building
Broadway Park (cost $212,993.20) (700,000 square feet)
$270,000 00
Park Buildings .
2,726 89
Nathan Tufts Park (about 4 54-100 acres, 217,572 feet) .
Lincoln Park, Washington street (288,764 square feet)
$63,200 00
Out-door Gymnasium
800 00
Park Building
2,758 69
Prospect-hill Park (94,503 feet)
$67,511 75
· Historical Building and Observatory
9,119 55
Franklin Park (40,000 feet) Powder-house Boulevard building
(200,618 square feet) and
22,500 00
Joy street, land (2,700 feet)
500 00
Broadway, land (10,890 feet)
2,300 00
Webster avenue, land (10,000 feet)
2,500 00
Holland street, land (217,800 feet)
35,500 00
Gravel land in Waltham (about 30 acres)
10,234 17
Recreation Field, Alewife Brook .
26,625 32
Clarendon-hill ledge
8,500 00
Oliver street, land (40,500 feet)
18,000 00
Beacon street, land (10,000 feet)
2,800 00 400 00
Passageway on Putnam street (1,135 feet) Stand Pipe lot (17,176 feet)
5,100 00
Glen street, land (6,370 feet).
2,300 00
Somerville avenue, land (305 feet)
300 00
Broadway, junction Main street, land (1,260 feet)
900 00
Joy-street playground (20,000 feet) Polling Booths
9,750 00
1,783 14
Total amount of public property
. $5,519,001 67
.
38,233 73
44,099 55 3,730 24 938,607 01
1,255,866 10 6,800 00
272,726 89 68,000 00
66,758 69
76,631 30 12,000 00
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TABLE B. OUTSTANDING BONDS, JANUARY 1, 1912.
ISSUE.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
Water.
Paving (Outside of limit) Chap. 153, Acts 1892.
Met. Park Assessment . (Outs'e), Chap. 325, Acts 1902.
Lowell Street Bridge.
Sewer.
Sewer (Outside of limit) Chap. 357, Acts 1895.
City.
Total.
July 1, 1888
4
$7,000
$7,000
Oct. 1, 1889
·
·
·
4
19,000
19,000
Oct. 1, 1890
·
.
·
4
18,000
.. . ..
.....
.. . . . .
. .
..
·
·
·
·
·
.
. .
.
.. .
. . . . . .
.... ..
11,000
24,000
35,000
July 1, 1898
4
. .
.. . .
.
·
35,000
47,000
July 1, 1899
4
·
*
. . .
26,000
26,000
July 2, 1900
31/2
. .
·
. .
37,000
37,000
July 1, 1901
3 1/5
20,000
40,000
60,000
July 1, 1902
·
.
·
.
$18,000
16,000
38,000
72,000
July 1, 1903
4
17,000
58,000
75,000
Oct. 1, 1903
4
·
·
24,000
24,000
July 1, 1904
4
49,000
67,000
April 1, 1905 .
3 1/2
24,000
64,000
88,000
July 1, 1906
4
15,000
40,000
55,000
April 1, 1907 .
4
52,000
94,000
146,000
April 1, 1908 .
4
27,000
59,000
86,000
April 1, 1909 .
3 1/2
$38,000
28,000
98,000
164,000
April 1, 1910 .
4
29,000
120,000
149,000
April 1, 1911 .
4
20,000
168,000
188,000
$44,000
$5,000
$18,000
$38,000
$292,000
$42,000
$1,080,000
$1,519,000
.
.
. ... ..
.
· ·
..
·
. . . .. .
....
. .
18,000
Oct. 1, 1892
4
$5,000
. .. . .
.... ..
. . .
$18,000
21,000
July 1, 1895
4
53,000
95,000
July 1, 1896
·
.
. . . .
4
·
·
·
·
·
.
,
.
·
·
·
·
.
.
·
.
.
. .
.
.
.
.
·
.
·
.
.
·
·
.
.
.
... .
......
$3,000
$42,000
35,000
35,000
July 1, 1897
4
......
· .
.... .
. .
12,000
·
31/2
. .
·
ANNUAL REPORTS.
5,000
July 1, 1894
.
4
. .
.
·
18,000
·
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BONDS DUE IN 1912.
ISSUE.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
City.
Sewer.
Sewer (Outside of limit) Chap. 357, Acts 1895.
Water.
Paving (Outside of limit) Chap. 153, Acts 1892.
Metropolitan Park Assessment (Outside) Chap. 325, Acts 1902.
Lowell Street Bridge.
Total.
July 1, 1888
4
. .
4
.
·
.
3,000
3,000
Oct. 1, 1890
4
.
·
. .
2,000
2,000
Oct. 1 1892
4
4
$6,000
$1,000
July 1, 1895
4
14,000
$3,000
17,000
July 1, 1896
4
7,000
July 1, 1897
4
4,000
1,000
5,000
July 1, 1898
4
5,000
1,000
. . . . . .
.
. . . . .
·
6,000
July 1, 1899
4
4,000
. .
....
. . .
·
4,000
July 2, 1900
3 1/2
5,000
. . .
·
..
.
.
.
.
4
9,000
1,000
. .
.
.
.
.
.
......
.
2,000
July 1, 1904
4
8,000
1,000
· . .
.
.... ..
·
.
.
3 1/2
9,000
1,000
. .
. .
. .
. ... ..
. . .
10,000
July 1, 1906
4
7,000
1,000
.
. .
·
8,000
April 1, 1907
4
11,000
2,000
. .
...
. . . . . .
..
..
·
8,000
April 1, 1909
3 1/2
11,000
1,000
. .
.
·
. . . . .
..
$1,000
13,000
April 1, 1910
4
10,000
1,000
11,000
April 1, 1911
4
14,000
1,000
·
.
·
..
. .
.... ..
·
$146,000
$15,000
$3,000
$6,000
$5,000
$1,000
$1,000
$177,000
.
.
. .
·
·
·
·
·
. .
·
.....
.
.
.. .
·
.
5,000
July 1, 1901
312
4,000
1,000
5,000
July 1, 1902
312
9,000
1,000
. . . . .
. .
·
10,000
Oct. 1, 1903
4
2,000
...
·
.
TÔ
April 1, 1908
4
7,000
1,000
·
. . . . . .
. .
..
·
...
·
·
..
15,000
APPENDIX
REPORT.
AND COLLECTOR'S
TREASURER
Oct. 1, 1889
.
. .
.
.. .
.
.
...
·
. ..
·
......
. . . . . .
.
.
. .
. . ...
.
$1,000
11,000
July 1, 1903
.
.
9,000
April 1, 1905
...
.
$5,000
5,000
July 1, 1894
7,000
7,000
$1,000
$1,000
.
-
13,000
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Recapitulation.
City Loan Bonds
$1,080,000 00 292,000 00
Sewer Loan Bonds .
Lowell Street Bridge Loan Bonds
38,000 00
Total amount of Funded Debt within the limit provided by law Sewer Loan Bonds, issued under Chapter 357, Acts of 1895
$42,000 00
City Loan Paving Bonds, issued under Chapter 153, Acts of 1892
5,000 00
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan Bonds, issued under Chapter 325, Acts of 1902 .
18,000 00
Total amount of Funded Debt outside the limit allowed by law, issued under special acts Water Loan Bonds . . .
65,000 00 44,000 00
$1,519,000 00
Borrowing Capacity.
Valuation, 1909
. $63,658,953 20 226,800 00
$63,885,753 20
Valuation, 1910
$66,376,338 70
Supplementary
623,200 00
66,999,533 70
Valuation, 1911 .
. $67,284,066 00
Supplementary
483,000 00
67,767,066 00
$198,652,357 90
Abatements, 1909
$537,100 00
1910
731,100 00
1911
374,500 00
1,642,700 00
Average, three years
1-3
$197,009,657 90 65,669,885 96
Amount within the limit .
1,410,000 00
Borrowing capacity January 1, 1912
231,747 15
Maturities April 1
$70,000 00
Maturities July 1
$95,000 00
Less outside limit
5,000 00
Maturities October 1
$12,000 00
Less outside limit
10,000 00
2,000 00
Maturing during the year within the limit
162,000 00
$393,747 15
.
.
21/2%
1,641,747 15
.
.
90,000 00
·
$1,410,000 00-
Supplementary
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 35
TABLE C .- GENERAL ACCOUNTS AND BALANCES.
Cash.
RECEIPTS.
Balance from 1910
$107,788 97
Board of Aldermen Expenses
.
$12 00
Treasury Department
·
.
4,191 43
City Clerk's Department
5,722 24
Engineering Department
165 00
Maintenance Municipal Buildings
33 95
Police Department
3,370 45
Fire Department
1,198 14
Maintenance Fire Buildings
5 00
Sealing Weights and Measures
516 28
Electrical Department
271 00
Health Department .
269 20
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar
551 50
Contagious Disease Hospital
2,642 95
Tuberculosis Hospital
773 21
Sewers, Construction
27 43
Sewers, Maintenance
767 96
Refuse and Garbage Disposal
10,039 45
Maintenance Refuse and Garbage Buildings,
1 00
Highways, Construction
271 44
Highways, Maintenance
28,255 47
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings
27 20
Sidewalks, Construction
22 19
Sidewalks, Maintenance
43 71
Street Sprinkling
58 00
Maintenance Highway Buildings
240 00
Support of Poor :-
Miscellaneous
2,657 69
City Home
5,051 62
Soldiers' Relief .
175 00
State Aid
28 00
School Contingent
571 85
Maintenance School Buildings
197 85
Central Library
902 20
West Somerville Branch Library
501 53
Library Trust Funds, Martha R. Fund
Hunt
15,000 00
Library Trust Funds, Income
712 18
Engineering Department, Parks nance
275 00
Somerville Field
1,007 79
Maintenance Bathhouse
701 69
Contingent Fund
59 00
Interest
12,172 42
Reduction of Funded Debt
7,722 36
Water, Maintenance
23,533 44
Water Works Extension .
30 45
Water Service Assessments
4,200 44
Water Works Income
210,587 82
Taxes, 1905
75 20
1906
·
36 80
1907
.
.
45 50
1908
89 36
Amount's carried forward
$345,811 39
$107,788 97
Mainte-
·
36
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$345,811 39
$107,788 97
1909
1,230 94
1910
268,258 11
1911
1,098,764 80
Metered Water Charges .
15,801 20
Highway Betterment Assessments
4,985 89
Sidewalk Assessments
14,191 37
Sewer Assessments .
952 64
Grade Crossings
102,814 35
Sundry Persons
178 43
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
1,661 99
County of Middlesex
4,699 82
Redemption of Tax Liens
1,165 19
Temporary Loans
750,000 00
Funded Debt
.
$2,798,516 12
1
$2,906,305 09
PAYMENTS.
Board of Aldermen Expenses
$1,110 92
Clerk of Committees and Departments
4,269 13
Executive Department
4,398 94
Auditing Department
1,078 46
Treasury Department
13,177 23
Assessors' Department
10,751 76
City Clerk's Department .
7,741 14
Law Department .
2,367 61
City Messengers' Department
1,896 62
Engineering Department
11,649 63
Commissioner Public Buildings
4,502 09
Maintenance Municipal Buildings
5,657 93
City Hall, Additional Accommodations
2,313 42
Election Expenses :---
City Clerk .
1,280 68
Registrars of Voters
2,155 10
Pay of Election Officers
2,512 00
Polling Places
648 77
Police Department
95,975 27
Maintenance Police Buildings
2,488 64
Police Department, Additional Equipment
2,000 00
Police Building, Vault
2,851 80
Fire Department
90,742 52
Maintenance Fire Buildings
5,294 95 -
Militia
500 00
Sealing Weights and Measures
2,277 04
Electrical Department
8,774 44
Electrical Department, Underground Con- struction
3,192 00
Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Extermination, Elm-leaf Beetle Extermination
713 98
Care of Trees
3,558 17
Care of Trees, Additional Equipment
1,289 00
Health Department 9,729 77
Inspection of Animals and Provisions
1,234 03
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar
1,487 99
Inspection of School Children
1,508 00
Vital Statistics .
2,197 40
Amount carried forward
$316,579 86
188,000 00
3,253 43
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 37
Amount brought forward
$316,579 86
Contagious Disease Hospital .
10,258 27
Maintenance Contagious Disease Hospital .
2,699 13
Tuberculosis Hospital Construction
4,850 58
Tuberculosis Hospital
2,653 76
Maintenance Tuberculosis Hospital
2,181 68
Sewers, Construction
10,934 30
Sewers, Maintenance
13,767 51
Maintenance Sewer Buildings
92 13
Refuse and Garbage Disposal
79,128 37
Maintenance Refuse and Garbage Buildings,
739 12
Incinerator Building
1,678 89
Highways, Street Cleaning
22,929 92
Highways, Construction .
51,870 71
Highways, Maintenance .
64,163 97
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings
11,593 31
Sidewalks, Construction .
44,170 03
Sidewalks, Maintenance
4,697 79
Street Sprinkling
31,636 47
Street Lighting
54,508 64
Maintenance Highway Buildings
839 86
Lowell Street Bridges
300 00
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
16,327 56
Support of Poor, City Home
7,842 03
Maintenance City Home Buildings
1,696 79 16 57
Somerville Hospital
5,000 00
Soldiers' Relief .
24,140 19
Military Aid
828 00
State Aid
16,246 00
Soldiers' Burials
481 00
School Contingent
32,094 28
School Teachers' Salaries
293,267 30
Maintenance School Buildings
65,128 56
Bennett School Addition
800 00
Martin W. Carr School, Land Addition
7,110 00
Davis School, Vocational Equipment .
3,734 57
William H. Hodgkins School Addition
3,950 70
Industrial School for Girls
2,637 72
Schoolhouse in Ward Seven .
27,690 03
Schoolhouses, Additional Window Space
1,495 54
Central Library
21,852 02
Library Trust Funds, Martha R. Hunt
Fund, Investment .
15,000 00
Maintenance Central Library .
3,782 19
West Somerville Branch Library .
5,501 53
Maintenance West Somerville Branch Li- brary
1,640 74
Ward One Branch Library
867 28
Union Square Branch Library
184 45
Library Trust Funds, Income
57 37
Parks, Maintenance
8,174 75
Maintenance Park Buildings
.
297 11
Playgrounds, Maintenance Park Buildings, Broadway Parks
and Lincoln
1,962 82
Recreation Field, Alewife Brook
19,925 32
Summer Playgrounds
1,597 97
Amount carried forward .
$1,327,005 32
·
3,400 63
City Home Addition
38
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$1,327,005 32
Maintenance Bathhouse .
2,152 92
Memorial Day .
425 00
Independence Day
500 00
Municipal Documents
1,890 36
Contingent Fund
44 75
Interest
29,540 33
Reduction of Funded Debt
169,200 00
Water, Maintenance
50,737 37
Water Works Extension
14,970 34
Refunds of Water Charges
475 48
Maintenance Water Buildings
806 33
Overlay and Abatement .
6 55
Grade Crossings
108,368 30
Coupons
49,667 50
Sundry Persons
127 20
Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
229,301 37
County of Middlesex
59,591 69
Redemption of Tax Liens
1,165 19
Temporary Loans .
750,000 00
Balance to debit of account, 1912 .
110,329 09
$2,906,305 09
Taxes.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
Cash, received for taxes of 1905
$75 20
66
66
1906
36 80
66
45 50
89 36
66
66 1909
1,230 94
66
1910
268,258 11
66
66
1911
1,098,764 80
$1,368,500 71
Overlay and Abatement :--
Abatements on taxes of 1904
$252 24
66 1905
187 36
1906
369 82
66 1907
579 52
66
66
1908
953 32
66
66
1909
1,202 62
66
1910
7,915 75
66
66
66
66
1911
7,644 30
19,104 93
Balance to debit of account, 1912 :- Being uncollected taxes of 1898 .
$408 12
"
1899
306 44
1900
297 60
"
334 56
66
1903
364 64
66
1904
585 84
1905
424 56
424 18
66
1907
445 05
Amounts carried forward
$3,915 35
$1,387,605 64
66
66
1901
324 36
1902
1906
1
$2,795,976 00
1907
1908
66
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 39
Amounts brought forward .
$3,915 35 $1,387,605 64
Being uncollected taxes of 1908 .
.
1,134 81
66 66 1909
2,658 87
66
66 1910
5,433 30
66
66 66 1911
269,361 12
282,503 45
Real Estate Liens, tax of 1905 on Charlton estate
9 15
$1,670,118 24
DEBIT.
Balance from 1910
$291,943 18
Tax Levy, as per assessors warrant of
August 10, 1911
1,366,240 92
1
Supplementary warrants, amounts credited to Overlay and Abatement account 9,529 30
Real Estate Liens, amounts brought back . 2,404 84
$1,670,118 24
Overlay and Abatement.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1910
$21,204 87
Taxes, amount of overlay from assessors' warrant
11,260 80
Amount of assessors' supplementary warrants, 1911 . 9,529 30
$41,994 97
Reduced by the following transfers :-
Contagious Disease Hospital account .
$850 00
Refuse and Garbage Disposal account .
1,725 00
2,575 00
Balance to credit of account, 1912 .
20,308 49
$19,111 48
DEBIT.
Taxes, amount of abatements
$19,104 93
Cash, paid sundry persons, funded .
6 55
$19,111 48
Real Estate Liens.
CREDIT.
Carried back into Taxes :-
Tax of 1898, City of Cambridge .
$408 12
1899, 66
19,00, 66
66
297 60
66 1901, 66
66
324 36
66
1902, 66 66
.
334 56
66
1903, 66 66
66 66
66
364 64
66
1904, Butler and Robinson
4 48
Balance to debit of account, 1912 .
0
-
1
1
$3,036 67
·
.
·
·
.
306 44
.
.
364 64
1904,
$2,404 84
631 83
. money re-
$39,419 97
40
ANNUAL REPORTS.
DEBIT.
Balance from 1910 .
Taxes, tax of 1905 on Charlton estate
$3,027 52 9 15
$3,036 67
Metered Water Charges.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of sundry water takers . $15,801 20
Water Works Income account, abatement
17 90
Balance to debit of account, 1912 .
$15,819 10 16,459 80
$32,278 90
DEBIT.
Balance from 1910
$15,819 10
Last quarter, district No. 1, uncollected
16,459 80
$32,278 90
Highway Betterment Assessments,
CREDIT.
Cash, received of sundry persons
$4,985 89
Lowell Street Bridges account, abatements
800 00
Balance to debit of account, 1912 .
2,604 14
-$8,390 03
DEBIT.
Balance from 1910
$5,519 80
Highways Construction
account, assess-
2,870 23
$8,390 03
Sidewalk Assessments.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
Cash, received of sundry persons
$14,191 37
Balance to debit of account, 1912 .
13,101 95
$27,293 32
DEBIT.
Balance from 1910
$5,278 18
Sidewalks Construction account, assessments levied
$22,032 88
Less abatements
17 74
22,015 14
$27,293 32
Sewer Assessments.
CREDIT.
Receipts :- Cash, received of sundry persons $952 64
Balance to debit of account, 1912 .
4,872 53
$5,825 17
-
.
.
ments levied .
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 41
DEBIT.
Balance from 1910 .
$2,374 03
Sewers Construction account, levied
. assessments .
3,451 14
$5,825 17
Grade Crossings.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
Cash, received of Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, sixth decree of court, Somer- ville avenue Boston & Maine Railroad, sixth decree of court, Somerville avenue .
$6,454 47
17,603 10
West End Street Railway Co., sixth de- cree of court, Somerville avenue 3,814 00
1,466 93
Boston & Maine Railroad, second decree of court, Medford street · . West End Street Railway Co., second decree of court, Medford street . 12,232 45
Balance to debit of account, 1912
$102,814 35 39,314 11
$142,128 46
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Balance from 1910 ·
$33,760 16
Cash, paid H. S. Angus & Son, making esti- mates . · .
$15 00
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, settlement on Webster avenue
5,750 00
damages to estate .
200 00
Edward A. Binney, appraising
20 00
James J. Barron, watchman
18 00
S. Adams Clark and Lucy E. Wright, settlement of claim
2,700 00
James E. Dennison, settlement of claim .
2,800 00
Mary Dorney, settlement of claim
500 00
Charlotte E. Dennett, settlement of
1,225 00
Catherine Fitzgerald,
claim
5,514 00
Robert Franke, settlement of claim .
2,200 00
Anne Fitzpatrick, settlement of claim
125 00
Annie Graham, settlement of claim .
1,650 00
Devisees of Magdalene Hunzelman, set- tlement of claim
1,700 00
William B. Holmes, settlement of claim,
3,000 00
George D. Haven, settlement of claim
150 00
William A. and Harrison M. Hutchins, settlement of claim
500 00
Amounts carried forward
$28,067 00
$33,760 16
Boston & Albany Railroad, sixth decree of court, Somerville avenue . · Commonwealth of Massachusetts, second decree of court, Medford street .
25,743 82
35,499 58
Louis S. Bettencourt, settlement for
claim · settlement of
42
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $28,067 00
John Jones, settlement of claim 5,250 00
Junia M. Jameson, settlement of claim
5,900 00
Eugene H. Jones, photographs . 27 00
James Kenney, settlement of claim .
650 00
Frank W. Kaan, services and expenses as special counsel
2,875 26
Cornelius Linnehan, settlement of claim, .
6,031 19
Julia F. Moloney, et al., settlement of claim
2,650 00
Annie W. McLean, settlement of claim
3,750 00
J. Edward L. McLean, appraising .
1,552 85
John Martell and Mary Boudreau, settle- ment of claim
200 00
Alfred Miller, settlement of claim
1,500 00
William H. Monroe, settlement of claim,
150 00
John E. O'Riley, settlement of claim
460 00
Joanna O'Brien, settlement of claim
2,400 00
Antonio R. Preiva, settlement of claim . Daniel W. Page, et al., settlement of claim
16,600 00
Caleb A. Page, et al., settlement of
claim
1,400 00
Caleb A. Page, et al., settlement of
2,500 00
Caleb A. Page, et al., settlement of
2,500 00
Franklin F. Roundy, Agent, settlement of claim
2,050 00
St. Joseph's School, settlement of claim,
12,750 00
James J. Sullivan, settlement of claim .
475 00
John P. Sullivan, settlement of claim
375 00
Richard H. Sturtevant, settlement of
claim .
900 00
Somerville Co-operative Bank, settle-
1,550 00
Mary F. Smith, settlement of claim ·
350 00
Anna P. Vinal, et al., settlement of claim,
1,850 00
Harry Van Iderstine, appraising 30 00
Alice A. Wilson, settlement of claim
2,600 00
-
Overplus on Tax Sales.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1910
DEBIT.
Balance to credit of account, 1912 .
$118 13
Sundry Persons.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1910
$699 65 Cash, received of sundry persons . 178 43
$878 08
$33,760 16
108,368 30
$142,128 46
$118 13
ment of claim .
975 00
claim
claim .
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 43
DEBIT.
Cash, Taxes of 1911 .
.
$127 20
Balance to credit of account, 1912 . . 750 88
$878 08
Coupons.
CREDIT.
Balance of coupons unpaid January 1, 1911 . Coupons maturing April 1, 1911 :-
$13,675 00
Water Loan, $20,000, six months at 4 per cent. ·
$400 00
Sewer Loan, $1,000, six months at 41/2 per cent. ·
22 50
Sewer Loan, $56,000, six months at 4 per cent. Sewer Loan, $24,000, six months at 31/2 per cent.
1,120 00
Paving Loan, $10,000, six months at 4 per cent.
200 00
City Loan, $300,000, six months at 4 per cent. · City Loan, $109,000, six months at 31/2 per cent.
1,907 50
Bridge Loan, $34,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. .
595 00
Coupons maturing July 1, 1911 :-
City Loan, $123,000, six months at 31/2 per cent.
$2,152 50
City Loan, $358,000, six months at 4 per cent. . Sewer Loan, $36,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. Sewer Loan, $121,000, six months at 4 per cent. . ·
7,160 00
630 00
2,420 00
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan,
297 50
$17,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. . Water Loan, $8,000, six months at 4 per cent.
160 00
.
12,820 00
Coupons maturing October 1, 1911 :- City Loan, $408,000, six months at 4 per cent. City Loan, $98,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. Sewer Loan, $1,000, six months at 41/2 per cent. Sewer Loan, $72,000, six months at 4 per cent.
$8,160 00
1,715 00
22 50
1,440 00
Sewer Loan, $23,000, six months at 31/2 per cent.
402 50
Bridge Loan, $33,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. · Paving Loan, $10,000, six months at 4 per cent. · Water Loan, $20,000, six months at 4 per cent.
577 50
200 00
400 00
.
12,917 50
Amount carried forward
o
$50,077 50
.
420 00
6,000 00
10,665 00
14
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$50,077 50
Coupons maturing January 1, 1912 :-
City Loan, $281,500, six months at 4 per cent. . · City Loan, $105,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. .
$5,630 00
1,837 50
. Sewer Loan, $108,000, six months at 4 per cent. ·
2,160 00
Sewer Loan, $35,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. .
612 50
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan,
$17,000, six months at 31/2 per cent. 297 50
Water Loan, $7,000. civ months at 4 per cent. .
140 00
10,677 50
$60,755 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid coupons .
$49,667 50
Coupons of 1911 unpaid . .
11,087 50
$60,755 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
CREDIT.
State Tax .
$93,335 00
National Bank Tax
1,576 40
Metropolitan Sewer Tax :-- Sinking Fund Requirements
$14,931 20
Interest
27,159 34
Maintenance
22,160 32
64,250 86
Metropolitan Park Tax :-
Sinking Fund Requirements
$5,030 06
Interest
14,205 35
Maintenance
18,497 03
Serial Bond Requirements .
64 82
37,797 26
Grade Crossings Tax :-
Assessment
$5,333 61
Interest
.
6,715 09
Wellington Bridge Tax :- Maintenance
813 98
Metropolitan Water Assessment, 1911:
Sinking Fund Requirements
$25,424 55
Interest
69,849 26
Maintenance and Operation
19,573 82
Serial Bond Requirements
246 66
Charles River Basin :-
Sinking Fund Requirements
$2,792 25
Interest
10,056 77
Maintenance
2,581 74
Serial Bond Requirements .
200 64
15,631 40
Amount carried forward . -
·
$335,214 28
·
·
115,094 29
1,381 48
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
45
Amount brought forward
$335,214 28
Alewife Brook :---
Assessment
$750 00
Interest
151 67
901 67
State Highway Tax .
58 00
Abatement of smoke in Boston and vicinity .
.
DEBIT.
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
$1,030 62
Contagious Disease Hospital .
1,108 57
Health Department .
82 00
School Contingent
529 55
Tuberculosis Hospital
284 00
Public Service, 1910 .
$196 04
Public Service, 1911 .
10,132 32
Less paid back 1910 tax .
289 78
10,038 58
Corporation Tax, Business :-
1910
$355 37
1911
15,132 95
Less paid back 1910 tax .
$15,488 32 2,718 08
12,770 24
National Bank Tax
4,380 31
Boston Elevated Railway Tax
10,000 74
Street Railway Tax .
$52,254 94
Less overpayment 1910 tax
1,418 06
50,836 88
State Aid, 1910 .
16,689 00
Soldiers' Burials, 1910
592 00
Military Aid, 1910
376 50
Fees for collecting National Bank Tax
13 49
Less amount received in cash
$108,732 48 1,661 99
$107,070 49
Paid balance due March 31, 1911
1,583 09
Paid balance due November 15, 1911
226,300 22
Paid balance due December 4, 1911
1,418 06
$336,371 86
County of Middlesex.
CREDIT.
Taxes, 1911, county tax Receipts :-
$59,591 69
Cash, received of J. O. Hayden, county treasurer, rent of court room
$750 00
return on amount received of the city for dog licenses 3,949 82
4,699 82
Amount carried forward
$64,291 51
-
197 91
$336,371 86
$10,328 36
46
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward Amounts transferred :-
$64,291 51
Maintenance Police Buildings account . $750 00
Central Library account .
3,949 82
4,699 82
$59,591 69
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid county tax
$59,591 69
Redemption of Tax Liens.
CREDIT.
Receipts :---
Cash, received of sundry persons, redemption of tax liens,
$1,165 19
DEBIT.
(Expenditures.)
Cash, paid sundry persons, redemption of tax liens $1,165 19
Temporary Loans.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1910 .
$350,000 00
Cash, borrowed by authority of the Board of Aldermen on notes as follows :-
City Notes Nos. 48 to 53, 281 days, 3.32 per cent., discounted
$100,000 00
City Notes Nos. 54 to 65, 253 days, 3.21 per cent., discounted
200,000 00
City Notes Nos. 68 to 85, 323 days, 3.56 per cent., discounted City Notes Nos. 86 to 91, 264 days, 3.53 per cent., discounted
100,000 00
City Notes Nos. 92 to 94, 76 days, 31/s per cent., discounted
50,000 00
City Notes Nos. 95 to 97, 40 days, 31/8 per cent., discounted
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