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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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
809,354
166,000
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
67,719 33
2 78
1885
+1,525,000
71,305 66
2 87
1886 .
1,525,000
66,894 23
2 57
1887
1,525,000
70,252 88
2 56
1888
+860,500
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
1891 .
1,045,500
45,000
57,000 00
1 55
1892
1,194,500
253,000
104,000 00
2 73
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
167,900
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
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1911
1,519,000
188,000
169.000 00
2 41
1912
1,674,000
332,000
177,000 00
2 54
*$10,000 applied to payment of bonds ; balance to sinking funds.
tSinking fund applied.
643,354
$50,005
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MAYOR'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
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
19 10
1912
69,632,540 00 .
1,390,824 93
18 80
REPORT OF THE CITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Treasurer's Office, February 27, 1913.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-
Gentlemen: The undersigned presents herewith the forty- first 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, 1912.
Public Property.
The property acquired during the year was as follows :-
City Hall, Additional Accommodations
$150 00
Police Department, Additional Equipment, balance paid
on ambulance and patrol .
1,715 00
Fire Station, Winter Hill, 7,829 feet of land
6,038 20
Sewers Construction, net payments $26,838 25
Less catch basins and stock on hand . 1,815 25
$25,023 00
Add to correct inaccuracies 1906-9 .
1,999 90
Refuse Disposal, New Equipment
4,950 00
City Home Addition
7,862 74
Bennett School Addition :- 2,857 feet of land
$150 00
Grading and fencing
873 29
1,023 29
William H. Hodgkins School Addition :-
15,067 feet of land .
$3,766 75
Fence .
342 43
Industrial School for Girls :-
Building
$948 88
Equipment .
197 40
1,146 28
S. Newton Cutler School :-
Building
$53,067 88
Furniture
1,490 26
Books in School Contingent account
1,500 00
Prescott School, Fire Exit .
2,677 66
Playgrounds Extension :-
Kent street
$500 00
Joy street .
400 00
Somerville Field
600 00
Bennett School Shower Baths
497 42
Somerville Field
74 68
Water Works Extension .
$23,410 48
Less amount Water Service Assess-
ments
4,863 82
18,546 66
Amount carried forward
$133,372 15
.
1,500 00
54,558 14
4,109 18
27,022 90
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Amount brought forward .
$133,372 15
Police Building, Vault
143 10
Public Library Construction .
25,021 71
Less books, Lincoln School, transferred to S. Newton Cutler School .
500 00
Property acquired in 1912
$158,036 96
Value, December 31, 1911
5,519,001 67
Making the total public property December 31, 1912 $5,677,038 63
Funded Debt.
The funded debt December 31, 1911, as per Table B of the last annual report, was $1,519,000.00.
The debt was increased during the year by appropriations as follows :--
High School Addition
$125,000 00
S. Newton Cutler School
10,000 00
School Buildings, Fire Exits .
5,000 00
Public Library Construction .
45,000 00
Highways Construction
50,000 00
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings
8,000 00
Sidewalks Construction
15,000 00
Sewers Construction
15,000 00
Police Signal System
8,000 00
Fire Department, Additional Equipment
6,000 00
Refuse Disposal, New Equipment .
5,000 00
Electrical Department, Underground Construction
3,000 00
Playgrounds Extension .
2,000 00
Municipal Loan :--
Grade Crossings Expenses
$5,000 00
Police Department
6,000 00
Fire Department
5,000 00
Health Department .
2,000 00
School Contingent
5,000 00
Maintenance School Buildings
5,000 00
Contingent Fund
7,000 00
35,000 00
Total amount of appropriations on Funded Debt
account
$332,000 00
To provide for the above-mentioned appropriations, coupon bonds to the amount of $332,000 at 4 per cent. were issued, viz. :-
City Loan Bonds, dated January 1, 1912 :-
Nos. 4144 to 4154, payable 1913 $11,000 00
Nos. 4155 to 4165, payable 1914 . 11,000 00
Nos. 4160 to 4176, payable 1915 11,000 00
Nos. 4177 to 4186, payable 1916 . 10,000 00
Nos. 4187 to 4196, payable 1917 10,000 00
Nos. 4197 to 4205, payable 1918 . 9,000 00
Nos. 4206 to 4214, payable 1919 . 9,000 00
Nos. 4215 to 4223, payable 1920 .
9,000 00
Amount carried forward
$80,000 00
$158,536 96
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Amount brought forward .
$80,000 00
Nos. 4224 to 4232, payable 1921 . 9,000 00
Nos. 4233 to 4241, payable 1922
9,000 00
Nos. 4242 to 4243, payable 1923
2,000 00
Nos. 4244 to 4245, payable 1924 .
2,000 00
Nos. 4246 to 4247, payable 1925
2,000 00
Nos. 4248 to 4249, payable 1926
2,000 00
Nos. 4250 to 4251, payable 1927
2,000 00
Nos. 4252 to 4253, payable 1928
2,000 00
Nos. 4254 to 4255, payable 1929
2,000 00
Nos. 4256 to 4257, payable 1930 .
2,000 00
Nos. 4258 to 4259, payable 1931
2,000 00
Nos. 4260 to 4261, payable 1932 .
2,000 00
Sewer Loan Bonds :- Nos. 549 to 563, payable 1913-1927 .
15,000 00
$133,000 00
City Loan Bonds, dated July 1, 1912 :-
Nos. 4262 to 4272, payable 1913
$11,000 00
Nos. 4273 to. 4283, payable 1914 .
11,000 00
Nos. 4284 to 4292, payable 1915 .
9,000 00
Nos. 4293 to 4301, payable 1916
9,000 00
Nos. 4302
to 4310, payable 1917
9,000 00
Nos. 4311 to
4319, payable 1918
9,000 00
Nos. 4320
to 4328, payable 1919
9,000 00
Nos. 4329 to 4337, payable 1920
9,000 00
Nos. 4338 to 4346, payable 1921
9,000 00
Nos. 4347 to 4355, payable 1922
9,000 00
Nos. 4356 to 4362, payable 1923 .
7,000 00
Nos. 4363 to
4369, payable 1924 .
7,000 00
Nos. 4370 to 4376, payable 1925
7,000 00
Nos. 4377 to 4383, payable 1926
7,000 00
Nos. 4384 to
4390, payable 1927
7,000 00
Nos. 4391 to 4397, payable 1928
7,000 00
Nos. 4398 to 4404, payable 1929
7,000 00
Nos. 4405 to 4411, payable 1930
7,000 00
Nos. 4412 to 4418, payable 1931
7,000 00
Nos. 4419 to
4425, payable 1932
7,000 00
164,000 00
Municipal Loan Bonds, dated October 1, 1912 :-
Nos. 4426 to 4460, payable 1913 . 35,000 00
1
$332,000 00
The following bonds became due during the year :-- City Loan Bonds :-
Nos. 1716 to 1721, interest 4 per cent. .
$6,000 00
Nos. 2005 to 2018, interest 4 per cent. .
14,000 00
Nos. 2188 to 2194, interest 4 per cent. .
7,000 00
Nos. 2341 to 2344, interest 4 per cent. . Nos. 2481 to 2485, interest 4 per cent. .
5,000 00
Nos. 2600 to 2603, interest 4 per cent. .
4,000 00
Nos. 2741 to 2745, interest 31/2 per cent.
5,000 00
Nos. 2854 to 2857, interest 31/2 per cent.
4,000 00
Nos. Reg. 166, 2979 to 2980, 2983 to 2987, interest 31/2 per cent.
9,000 00
Nos. 3092 to 3100, interest 4 per cent .. .
9,000 00
Amount carried forward .
$67,000 00
4,000 00
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Amount brought forward .
$67,000 00
Nos. 3166 to 3167, interest 4 per cent. .
2,000 00
Nos. 3253 to 3261, interest 4 per cent. . 8,000 00
No. Reg. 117, interest 312 per cent.
9,000 00
No. Reg. 8, interest 4 per cent.
7,000 00
Nos. Reg. 15, 182, 3554 to 3555, 3558 to 3562, interest 4 per cent. . .
11,000 00
Nos. 3667 to 3673, interest 4 per cent. .
7,000 00
Nos. 3748 to 3758, interest 31/2 per cent.
11,000 00
No. Reg. 72, interest 4 per cent. . 10,000 00
Nos. 3976 to 3989, interest 4 per cent. . Sewer Loan Bonds :-
14,000 00
No. 72, interest 4 per cent. .
1,000 00
Nos. 132 to 134, interest 4 per cent.
3,000 00
No. 188, interest 4 per cent. .
1,000 00
No. 212, interest 4 per cent. .
1,000 00
No. 234, interest 312 per cent.
1,000 00
No. Reg. 170, interest 31/2 per cent. No. 287, interest 4 per cent. . No. 311, interest 4 per cent. .
1,000 00
No. Reg. 135, interest 312 per cent.
1,000 00
No. Reg. 2, interest 4 per cent. .
1,000 00
No. Reg. 22, interest 4 per cent. .
2,000 00
No. 442, interest 4 per cent. .
1,000 00
No. 471, interest 31/2 per cent.
1,000 00
No. Reg. 71, interest 4 per cent. .
1,000 00
No. Reg. 529, interest 4 per cent. .
1,000 00
Water Loan Bonds :-
No. 296, interest 4 per cent. .
1,000 00
No. Reg. 105, interest 4 per cent.
3,000 00
Nos. 430 to 431, interest 4 per cent.
2,000 00
Paving Loan Bonds :-
Nos. 96 to 100, interest 4 per cent.
5,000 00
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan Bonds: No. Reg. 162, interest 312 per cent. .
1,000 00
Lowell Street Bridge Loan Bond :-
No. 3, interest 31/2 per cent. .
1,000 00
Total amount of bonds maturing in 1912 . $177,000 00
Leaving the net funded debt December 31, 1912, $1,674,000, classified as follows :-
City Loan Bonds at 312 per cent.
$239,000 00
City Loan Bonds at 4 per cent. .
977,000 00
Municipal Loan Bonds at 4 per cent. .
35,000 00
Sewer Loan Bonds at 31/2 per cent. .
84,000 00
Sewer Loan Bonds at 4 per cent.
247,000 00
Water Loan Bonds at 4 per cent. .
38,000 00
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan Bonds at 312 per cent.
17,000 00
Lowell Street Bridge Loan Bonds at 31/2 per cent. . .
37,000 00
$1,674,000 00
Funded debt within the limit fixed by law :- City Loan . Municipal Loan .
$1,216,000 00
35,000 00
Amount carried forward .
· $1,251,000 00
.
1,000 00
1,000 00
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Amount brought forward .
$1,251,000 00 Sewer Loan . 292,000 00 Lowell Street Bridge Loan .
37,000 00
$1,580,000 00
Funded debt beyond the limit fixed by law :-
Sewer Loan (Chapter 357, Acts 1895) .
$39,000 00
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan
(Chapter 325, Acts 1902)
17,000 00
$56,000 00
Water Loan
38,000 00
94,000 00
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$1,674,000 00
Borrowing Capacity.
Valuation, 1910 .
. $66,376,338 70 623,200 00
$66,999,538 70
Valuation, 1911
. $67,284,066 00
Supplementary
483,000 00
67,767,066 00
Valuation, 1912
. $69,632,540 00
Supplementary .
284,000 00
69,916,540 00
$204,683,144 70
Abatements, 1910
$769,500 00
1911
627,400 00
1912
345,900 00
1,742,800 00
$202,940,344 70
Average, three years
1-3
67,646,781 57
Amount within the limit
1,580,000 00
Borrowing capacity, January 1, 1913 .
$111,169 53
Maturities, January 1, 1913
$12,000 00
April 1, 1913
70,000 00
July 1, 1913
$98,000 00
Less outside limit
5,000 00
93,000 00
October 1, 1913
$42,000 00
Less outside limit
5,000 00
37,000 00
Maturities during the year within the limit .
212,000 00
$323,169 53
Resources. Taxes, Loans, and Revenue.
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, 1912, was
21/2 per cent.
1,691,169 53
Supplementary .
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REPORT OF TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
$69,632,540, and the rate of taxation was $18.80 on each $1,000 of valuation, as follows :-
Real estate, valuation
. $62,661,600 00
Personal estate, valuation
6,970,940 00
$69,632,540 00
At a rate of $18.80 on $1,000 valuation
$1,309,091 75
Polls, 22,821 at $2
45,642 00
Street sprinkling
34,143 95
Gypsy and brown-tail moth extermination .
398 86
Non-resident bank shares to be paid to state .
1,548 37
Total amount of tax levy
$1,390,824 93
Borrowed on Funded Debt account, to provide for the
cost of public improvements .
297,000 00
Municipal loan .
35,000 00
Revenue, from Corporation Taxes, City Departments, etc. .
461,691 61
$2,184,516 54
Credit Balances.
Funded Debt Appropriations :-
Municipal Buildings, Vaults .
$21 93
Police Department, Additional Equipment .
285 00
Police Signal System
7,842 26
Fire Department, Additional Apparatus
6,000 00
Electrical Department, Underground Construction
1,341 35
Sewers Construction
12 23
Refuse Disposal, New Equipment .
50 00
Highways Construction
2,857 84
Sidewalks Construction .
382 37
Alewife Brook Bridge
3,500 00
Grade Crossings Expenses
5,818 09
City Home Addition
120 69
Bennett School Addition
166 71
S. Newton Cutler School
5,744 38
Schoolhouses, Additional Window Space
30 34
High School Addition
124,248 33
School Buildings, Fire Exits .
2,322 34
Public Library Construction
19,978 29
Playgrounds Extension
2 58
Building Public Buildings
450 73
$181,175 46
Public Trust Funds, Income :-
Public Library :-
Isaac Pitman Fund, Art
$176 41
Isaac Pitman Fund, Poetry
46 28
Frances A. Wilder Children's Depart- ment Fund
13 31
Martha R. Hunt Fund, Books .
70 79
Martha R. Hunt Fund, Art
52 50
S. Newton Cutler Library Fund
25 00
Public School :-
S. Newton Cutler Fund
125 00
509 29
Amount carried forward .
$181,684 75
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
$181,684 75
Private Trust Funds :-
Overplus on Tax Sales .
$118 13
Sundry persons
719 56
Coupons unpaid
Reduction of Funded Debt (Balance premium on bonds) . 5,848 20
:
Cash.
Balance on hand January 1, 1912 .
$110,329 09
Total receipts for the year 1912
3,035,994 38
Service transfers
52,460 93
Total cash disbursements for the year 1912 .
2,974,992 37
Balance in the treasury December 31, 1912 .
$223,792 03
Deposits in banks .
$222,022 75
Cash on hand .
1,769 28
$223,792 03
Available Assets.
Cash in treasury
Funded Debt Balances
$181,175 46
Public Trust Funds
509 29
Private Trust Funds
837 69
Coupons unpaid .
14,765 00
Reduction of Funded Debt (balance of
5,848 20
203,135 64
Taxes uncollected
$278,330 07
Overlay and Abatement .
13,608 55
264,721 52
Highway Betterment Assessments, uncollected .
2,589 69
Sidewalk Assessments, uncollected
12,865 21
Sewer Assessments, uncollected .
8,242 54
Metered Water Charges, uncollected .
19,145 90
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, cash
advances :-
State Aid
$15,563 00
Military Aid .
342 00
Soldiers' Burials .
370 00
Grade Crossings (cash advances for land damages) .
18,232 02
Real Estate 'Liens . ·
691 43
$363,419 70
Liabilities.
Temporary Loans .
$350,000 00
Balance (available for 1913) .
$13,419 70
.
$223,792 03
premiums)
.
837 69 14,765 00
$203,135 64
$3,198,784 40
$20,656 39
16,275 00
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REPORT OF TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Balance Sheet.
DEBIT.
Public Property
Excess of available assets for expenses
·
$5,677,038 63 13,419 70
Funded Debt .
$1,674,000 00
Property and Debt Balance .
$4,003,038 63
Excess and Deficiency .
13,419 70
$5,690,458 33
A detailed statement of the public property, funded debt, and of 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.
$5,690,458 33
CREDIT.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
APPENDIX TO TREASURER ANDCOLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TABLE A .- PUBLIC PROPERTY DECEMBER 31, 1912.
Central Hill land (389,920 feet)
$270 000 00
City Hall .
$37,795 74
Furniture and fixtures
10,000 00
Storage vault
2,342 91
50,138 65
Public Library building .
42,000 00
Public Library land and building, West
Somerville .
31,449 52
Public Library .
25,000 00
New Building, partially completed
25,021 71
City Hall Annex
20,655 02
Albion A. Perry Schoolhouse, Washington street, land (46,080 feet) and building .
36,000 00
Furniture
1,080 00
Books
530 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
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
Philosophical and manual
training ap-
paratus
10,760 13
Amounts carried forward .
$151,919 79
$787,853 44
.
72,305 04
.
35,760 00
88,360 00
.
12,420 00
28,303 50
48,830 00
3,900 00
123,471 23
37,610 00
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Amounts brought forward .
$151,919 79 12,000 00
163,919 79
Forster Schoolhouse and Annex, land
(30,632 feet) and buildings
82,000 00
Furniture
3,290 00
Books
4,100 00
89,390 00
George L. Baxter Schoolhouse, land (11,000 feet) and building
31,800 00
Furniture
1,155 64
Books
450 00
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 feet) 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 feet) and building
17,500 00
Furniture
720 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
50,999 00
Amount carried forward .
$1,580,896 25
.
20,220 00
63,360 00
82,640 00
118,561 29
.
18,220 00
.
51,296 63
.
57,010 00
$787,853 44 Books
.
33,405 64
44,020 46
28
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
$1,580,896 25
Martha Perry Lowe Schoolhouse, land
(21,650 feet) and building
$50,346 16
Furniture
1,480 00
Books
800 00
52,620 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
66,677 66
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 (21,964 feet) and building
59,589 03
Furniture
2,180 00
Books
1,000 00
William H. Hodgkins Schoolhouse, land (47,379 feet) and building .
77,359 88
Furniture
2,400 00
Books
2,300 00
S. Newton Cutler Schoolhouse, land (53,729 feet) and building
80,757 91
Furniture
1,490 26
Books
1,500 00
Industrial School for Girls, land (8,850 feet),
4,300 00
Building
5,986 60
Equipment
408 42
10,695 02
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
Refuse disposal equipment .
4,950 00
Water Works, land and buildings (93,500 feet) .
132,172 92 32,000 00
Amount carried forward
$2,315,786 88
.
73,790 46
62,769 03
82,059 88
83,748 17
.
71,637 66
64,851 33
29
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward .
$2,315,786 88
No. 1 Fire Station, land (8,937 feet) and
building
33,200 00
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
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 .
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
Land for Fire Station, Winter Hill (7,829 feet) Fire Alarm and Police Signal apparatus .
6,038 20
Police Station, land (15,225 feet) and build-
ing
54,000 00
Furniture
3,000 00
Vault
2,994 90
Ambulance and patrol auto
3,715 00
63,709 90
Amount carried forward
$2,688,585 51
.
.
12,300 00
68,668 18
22,400 00
18,400 00
30,715 45
27,758 37
47,098 53
36,610 00
30
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
$2,688,585 51
City Home, Broadway, land (421,646 feet)
and buildings
44,287 75 1,808 72
Furniture
46,096 47
Contagious and Tuberculosis Hospital
buildings
28,499 55
Land (88,364 feet)
15,600 00
44,099 55
Bath House
.
3,730 24 957,153 67
Sewers
1,282,889 00
Prospect street, land (7,918 feet) and building
0,800 00
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) .
68,000 00
Lincoln Park, Washington street (288,764 square feet)
$63,200 00
Out-door Gymnasium
800 00
Park Building
2,758 69
66,758 69
Prospect-hill Park (94,503 feet)
$67,511 75
Historical Building and Observatory . 9,119 55
76,631 30
Kent-street Playground (40,000 feet) .
12,500 00
Powder-house Boulevard (200,618 square feet) and build- ing
22,500 00
Joy street, land (2,700 feet) .
900 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
Somerville Field
27,300 00
Clarendon-hill ledge
8,500 00
Oliver street, land (40,500 feet)
18,000 00
Beacon street, land (10,000 feet)
2,800 00
Passageway on Putnam street (1,135 feet)
400 00
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)
9,750 00
Polling Booths
1,783 14
Total amount of public property
$5,677,038 63
.
.
.
272,726 89
Water Works
TABLE B. OUTSTANDING BONDS, JANUARY 1, 1913.
ISSUE.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
Water.
Municipal Loan.
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
$6,000
$6,000
Oct. 1, 1889
4
16,000
16,000
Oct. 1, 1890
·
·
4
16,000
$2,000
$39,000
39,000
78,000
July 1, 1896
4
. .
..
.
.
..
. . ....
20,000
30,000
July 1, 1898
4
. .
..
.
.
..
.
. . . . . .
22,000
22,000
July 2, 1900
3 12
32,000
32,000
July 1, 1901
3 12
19,000
36,000
55,000
July 1, 1902
312
. .
. .
·
....
.. ....
29,000
61,000
July 1, 1903
4
. .
..
.
....
. . .
22,000
22,000
July 1, 1904
4
.
... ..
.
.. . ..
.. ....
55,000
78,000*
July 1, 1906
4
14,000
33,000
47,000
April 1, 1907 .
4
. .
...
.
.
50,000
83,000
133,000
April 1, 1908
·
·
...
·
......
52,000
78,000
April 1, 1909 .
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