Report of the city of Somerville 1912, Part 4

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 528


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$21,786 62


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on ac- count of City of Somerville . · ·


20,935 39


42,722 01


Decree on Fourth Report, Certain Grade Crossings :-


Boston Elevated, Lessee


$4,247 95


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


10,890 14


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on ac- count of City of Somerville . ·


6,055 23


Boston & Maine Railroad, Lessee ·


39,359 03


60,552 35


Balance to debit of account, 1913 .


18,232 02


$127,537 57


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


.


$39,314 11


Cash, paid E. G. Butman, services at Med- ford street


$42 00


Amounts carried forward.


$42 00


$39,314 11


$6,031 19


$109,305 55


Balance from 1911 .


48


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts . brought forward .


$42 00 $39,314 11


Ella A. Blood, settlement .


3,000 00


Carrie F. Bent, Administratrix, ment settle-


1,550 00


Edward A. Binney, appraising .


77 50


Joseph M. and John M. Bettencourt, settlement


500 00


Lydia J. and Ada L. Briggs, settlement .


200 00


Catherine C. Cotter, settlement .


3,700 00


James F. Connelly, services as watchman,


18 00


Mary Grady and Margaret A. Cullen, settlement 600 00


D. A. Carr, expert witness .


25 00


Peter Carrigan, services


18 00


John P. Commins, et al., settlement .


1,800 00


Jeffrey Donahue, settlement


1,000 00


Emily H. Doherty, transcript of evidence,


99 60


Saetano and DiCiacchio Cavecchio, settle- ment


1,400 00


Mary E. Dunlee, settlement


1,300 00


Elphonso I. Everton, et al., settlement


6,000 00


Mary E. Fitzgerald, settlement .


2,200 00


J. P. Foley, services as stenographer Rosa Freeman, settlement .


300 00


John D. Flynn, settlement . .


1,350 00


Joseph J. Giles, services as expert .


100 00


Phillipena Hunzelman, damages


1,700 00


James M. Harmon, services


10 00


John Higgens, settlement .


5,025 00


Frederick E. Jones, making surveys .


197 00


Eugene H. Jones, photographs .


63 00


Margaret A. Kenney, settlement


800 00


Frank W. Kaan, special counsel


4,598 02


Walter T. Littlefield, professional vices .


ser-


95 00


Thomas and Hannah Laffin, settlement


400 00


Henry Locke, settlement


100 00


Louis Miller, settlement


2,400 00


William A. McLean, settlement


50 00


J. Edward L. McLean. estimates


978 50


Jose F. and Maria Mello, settlement


1,150 00


Lawrence J. Meaney, settlement


1,800 00


Margaret McDonough, settlement


900 00


William E. McNamara, settlement ..


1,800 00


Andrew Mulcahey, Administrator, settle- ment


2,200 00


Margaret J. Mccullough, settlement


1,600 00


Frank L. Nicod, settlement


1,600 00


Daniel O'Hern, settlement .


600 00


Nathan H. Reed, estimates .


200 00


Mary J. Riley, Executrix, settlement


800 00


Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, settlement .


7,353 67


St. Joseph's School Corporation, settle- ment


13,646 33


Somerville Journal Company, advertising, 3 75


Amounts carried forward .


$75,417 87


$39,314 11


7 50


J. Robert Fenelon, services as expert


60 00


49


Amounts brought forward . $75,417 87


$39,314 11


Somerville Savings Bank, settlement 800 00


Ezra A. Stevens, settlement 300 00


W. A. Snow Iron Works, Inc., testimony, 10 00


Johanna E. and Mary J. Savage, settle- ment 2,500 00


Mary A. Savage, settlement


1,900 00


Levi L. Tower, Trustee, settlement .


4,500 00


Arthur P. Vinal, et al., settlement


500 00


Harry Van Iderstine, services .


77 50


Frederick C. Waite, settlement .


1,400 00


Grade Crossings Expenses account, amount transferred .


818 09


$127,537 57


Redemption of Tax Liens.


CREDIT.


Receipts :-


Cash, received of sundry persons, redemption of tax liens, $1,502 05


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid sundry persons, redemption of tax liens .


$1,502 05


Overplus on Tax Sales.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1911 .


$118 13


Balance to credit of account, 1913


$118 13


Sundry Persons.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1911


$750 88


Cash, received of sundry persons


22 23


$773 11


DEBIT.


Cash, paid tellers' shorts and overs


$53 55


Balance to credit of account, 1913 . 719 56


$773 11


Public Library Trust Funds.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1911 .


$20,414 58


S. Newton Cutler Library Fund


1,000 00


$21,414 58


Balance to credit of account, 1913 .


21,414 58


Public Library Trust Funds, Investment.


CREDIT.


Balance to debit of account, 1913 .


$21,414 53


DEBIT.


Balance from 1911 . $20,414 58


S. Newton Cutler Library Fund . 1,000 00


$21,414 58


DEBIT.


87,405 37


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


50


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Public School Trust Funds.


CREDIT.


S. Newton Cutler Fund . ·


$5,000 00 Balance to credit of account, 1913


5,000 00


Public School Trust Funds, Investment.


Balance to debit of account, 1913 . CREDIT.


DEBIT.


S. Newton Cutler Fund .


$5,000 00


Public Property.


CREDIT.


Balance to debit of account, 1913 . .


$5,677,038 63


DEBIT.


Property and Debt Balance, property ac-


quired in 1912 .


$158,036 96


Balance from 1911


· 5,519,001 67


$5,677,038 63


Funded Debt.


CREDIT.


Funded Debt, January 1, 1912


$1,519,000 00 .


Issues of 1912 :-


City Loan Bonds Nos. 4144 to 4425 .


$282,000 00


Sewer Loan Bonds Nos. 549 to 563 .


15,000 00


Municipal Loan Bonds Nos. 4426 to


4460


35,000 00


332,000 00


$1,851,000 00


DEBIT.


Bonds maturing in 1912 .


$177,000 00


Present Funded Debt, balance of account . 1,674,000 00


$1,851,000 00


Property and Debt Balance.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1911 .


$4,000,001 67


Public Property, property acquired in 1912 .


158,036 96


Funded Debt, bonds maturing in 1912 .


177,000 00


$4,335,038 63


DEBIT.


Funded Debt, issues of 1912


$332,000 00


Balance to credit of account, 1913 . .


4,003,038 63


$1,335,038 03


Excess and Deficiency.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1911 .


$4,932 37


Amounts transferred to the following :-


Municipal Documents


$1,500 00


Board of Aldermen Expenses


200 00


Fire Station, Winter Hill


50 00


Amounts carried forward .


$1,750 00


$4,932 37


·


.


.


.


$5,000 00


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Amounts brought forward


$1,750 00


$4,932 37


Contingent Fund


300 00


Pay of Election Officers .


1,400 00


Union Square Reading Room


500 00


Contagious and Tuberculosis Hospital


· 982 37


$4,932 37


Balances of 1912 accounts :-


Debit.


Credit.


Board of Aldermen Expenses .


$117 44


Clerk of Committees and Departments


.


288 56


Executive Department


165 72


Auditing Department


61 44


Treasury Department


78 60


Assessors' Department


$5 71


City Clerk's Department


165 66


Law Department


20 71


City Messenger's Department


79 31


Commissioner of Public Buildings


30 14


Maintenance Municipal Buildings .


168 10


Election Expenses, City Clerk


246 71


Election Expenses, Registrars of Voters


122 62


Election Expenses, Pay of Election


Officers


224 00


Election Expenses, Polling Places .


11 10


Police Department


545 25


Maintenance Police Buildings


520 18


Fire Department


89 63


Maintenance Fire Buildings


136 70


Weights and Measures .


50 51


Electrical Department


99 25


Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Extermination,


154 53


Elm Leaf Beetle Extermination


52 88


Health Department .


1,009 14


Inspection of Animals and Provisions .


4 81


Inspection of Milk and Vinegar


86 56


Inspection of School Children


19 15


Vital Statistics .


5 58


Contagious and Tuberculosis Hospital


1,069 91


Maintenance Contagious and Tuberculosis Hospital


20 59


Sewers Maintenance


03


Maintenance Sewer Buildings .


21 51


Refuse Disposal


316 39


Maintenance Refuse Buildings Street Sprinkling


62 18


Maintenance Highway Buildings


35 23


Support of Poor, Miscellaneous


195 23


Support of Poor, City Home


1 03


Maintenance City Home Buildings


89 48


Soldiers' Relief


102 44


Military Aid


166 00


State Aid


737 00


Soldiers' Burials


130 00


School Contingent .


694 54


School Teachers' Salaries


121 03


Maintenance School Buildings


1,601 55


Central Library


02


Amounts carried forward .


$3,213 18


$7,115 54


.


404 57


52


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $3,213 18


Maintenance Central Library Building


WVest Somerville Branch Library .


Maintenance West Somerville Branch Library Building ·


55 95


East Somerville Reading Room


01


Maintenance East Somerville Reading


Room .


35 60


Union Square Reading Room


1 62


Maintenance Union Square Reading Room,


39 93


Parks Maintenance .


477 08


Maintenance Park Buildings


34 87


Playgrounds Maintenance


15


Maintenance Bathhouse .


43 90


Contingent Fund


7,038 20


Interest


517 37


Water Maintenance


6,422 07


Water Works Extension


410 48


Maintenance Water Buildings


139 22


Revenue


9,055 96


$10,649 23


Balance to credit of account, 1913 .


13,419 70


$21,068 93


$24,068 93


Balances.


General Accounts.


Cash


$223,792 03


Taxes, 1910


660 95


1911


2,602 85


1912


275,066 27


Overlay and Abatement


$13,608 55


Real Estate Liens


691 43


Metered Water Charges


19,145 90


Highway Betterment Assessments


2,589 69


Sidewalk Assessments


12,865 21


Sewer Assessments


8,242 54


Coupons


14,765 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


16,275 00


Temporary Loans


350,000 00


Grade Crossings


18,232 02


Overplus on Tax Sales .


118 13


Sundry Persons


719 56


Maintenance Accounts.


See Excess and Deficiency account, pre-


ceding


$10,649 23 $24,068 93


Non=Revenue Accounts.


See Credit Balances, Funded Debt Ap- propriations, in first part of report .


181.175 46


Reduction of Funded Debt .


5,848 20


Trust Funds.


Public School .


$5,000 00


Public School, Investment


$5,000 00


Amounts carried forward .


$595,813 12


$595,303 83


$7,115 54 117 02 01


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Amounts brought forward $595,813 12 $595,303 83 21,414 58


Public Library .


Public Library, Investment Income :-


21,414 58


Public School, S. Newton Cutler .


125 00


Library :-


176 41


Isaac Pitman, Art Poetry


46 28


Frances A. Wilder, Children's Depart- ment


13 31


70 79


Martha R. Hunt, Books Art


52 50


S. Newton Cutler


25 00


$617,227 70


$617,227 70


TABLE G .- STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, SHOWING APPROPRIA- TIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DECEMBER 31, 1912.


Appropriations.


CREDIT.


Taxes, amount assessed for municipal purposes


$1,054,514 95


From Estimated Revenue


. 439,412 05


Property and Debt Balance, amount provided by issues of bonds


332,000 00


$1,825,927 00


DEBIT.


Appropriations :-


General Government.


Board of Aldermen Expenses


$800 00


Clerk of Committees and Departments


4,050 00


Executive Department


4,400 00


Auditing Department


1,350 00


Treasury Department


13,300 00


Assessors' Department


11,000 00


City Clerk's Department


5,800 00


Law Department


2,400 00


City Messenger's Department


1,400 00


Engineering Department


11,500 00


Commissioner of Public Buildings


4,500 00


Maintenance Municipal Buildings .


6,300 00


Total General Government .


$66,800 00


Election Expenses.


City Clerk


$1,400 00


Registrars of Voters


2,300 00


Pay of Election Officers .


2,512 00


Polling Places .


700 00


Total Election Expenses


$0,912 00


Protection of Life and Property.


Police Department .


$96,500 00


Maintenance Police Building


2,700 00


Fire Department


93,000 00


Amounts carried forward .


$192,200 00


$73,712 00


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REPORT.


54


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$192,200 00


Maintenance Fire Buildings . 5,300 00


$73,712 00 Militia


500 00


Weights and Measures Department


2,400 00


Electrical Department .


8,750 00


Total Protection of Life and Property


209,150 00


Forestry.


Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Extermination,


$2,500 00


Elm-leaf Beetle Extermination


750 00


Highways, Care of Trees


3,000 00


Total Forestry .


6,250 00


Health and Sanitation.


Health :-


Health Department


$9,800 00


Inspection of Animals and Provisions . 1,250 00


Inspection of Milk and Vinegar . 1,700 00


Inspection of School Children


1,550 00


City Clerk's Department, Vital Statistics .


2,250 00


Contagious and Tuberculosis Hospital


12,000 00


Maintenance Contagious and Tuberculosis Hospital .


3,500 00


Sanitation :-


Engineering Department, Sewers Mainte- nance


13,000 00


Maintenance Sewer Buildings


100 00


Highways, Refuse Disposal .


73,000 00


Maintenance Refuse Buildings


900 00


Highways, Street Cleaning .


23,000 00


Total Health and Sanitation .


$142,050 00


Highways.


Highways Maintenance .


$32,000 00


Highways, Sidewalks Maintenance


4,000 00


Street Sprinkling


31,000 00


Street Lighting


54,500 00


Maintenance Highway Buildings.


1,200 00


Total Highways


122,700 00


Charities.


Support of Poor, Miscellaneous .


$16,500 00


Support of Poor, City Home


8,500 00


Maintenance City Home Buildings


1,300 00


Somerville Hospital


5,000 00


Total Charities .


31,300 00


Soldiers' Benefits.


Soldiers' Relief


$23,000 00


Military Aid


850 00


State Aid .


16,300 00


Soldiers' Burials


500 00


Total Soldiers' Benefits


40,650 00


Amount carried forward


$625,812 00


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Amount brought forward .


$625,812 00 .


School Contingent .


$32,000 00


School Teachers' Salaries


303,500 00


Maintenance School Buildings


64,000 00


Total Education


399,500 00


Libraries.


Central Library


$21,900 00


Maintenance Central Library


3,900 00


West Somerville Branch Library .


5,500 00


Maintenance West Somerville Branch


Library


1,750 00


East Somerville Reading Room


1,750 00


Maintenance East Somerville


Reading


Room


800 00


Union Square Reading Room


1,750 00


Maintenance Union Square Reading Room,


700 00


Total Libraries


38,050 00


Recreation.


Engineering Department, Parks Mainte-


nance


.


$7,800 00


Maintenance Park Buildings .


300 00


Engineering Department, Playgrounds


Maintenance


3,300 00


School Department, Summer Playgrounds .


2,500 00


Maintenance Bathhouse .


2,200 00


Total Recreation


16,100 00


Celebrations.


Memorial Day .


Unclassified.


Municipal Documents


$600 00


Contingent Fund


800 00


Total Unclassified


1,400 00


Municipal Indebtedness.


Interest


$80,000 00


Reduction of Funded Debt


166,000 00


Total Municipal Indebtedness .


246,000 00


Water Works.


Water Maintenance


$30,000 00


Interest on Water Loan Bonds .


1,740 00


Reduction of Funded Debt, Water Bonds


Loan


Metropolitan Water Assessment


(esti-


mated) .


111,100 00


Water Works Extension


17,000 00


Maintenance Water Buildings


800 00


Amount carried forward


$1,327,287 00


.


6,000 00


.


Education.


425 00


56


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$1,327,287 00


Total Water Works 166,640 00


$1,493,927 00


Appropriations on Funded Debt account (see first part of Treasurer's Report) 332,000 00


:


$1,825,927 00


GENERAL GOVERNMENT.


Board of Aldermen Expenses. -


CREDIT.


Appropriation


Excess and Deficiency account,


amount


transferred


$200 00


Less balance returned


117 44


82 50


DEBIT. -


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Boston Regalia Co., gavels $3 00


Bicknell & Fuller Paper Box Co., box . 6 00


John F. Biggs & Co., printing . 197 00


Boulevard Auto Co., Inc., automobile hire .


112 50


F. M. Crosby Co., dinners .


42 00


Glines Express Co., expressing .


15


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


14 71


E. F. Hicks, luncheon .


25 00


Drew B. Hall, Librarian, expenses of


aldermen to Springfield 15 85


Richard J. Keyes, services as stenog- rapher 47 00


Wesley A. Maynard, printing and adver- tising


75 35


G. F. McKenna & Son, carriage hire


25 00


Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps


5 16


The Quincy, dinners


42 00


Revere House, dinners


69 00


Somerville Post-office, postage


51 84


Walter H. Snow & Sons, catering


105 00


A. Stowell & Co., mounting gavel .


7 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing


27 00


Somerville Enterprise Publishing advertising


Co ..


6 50


Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., rent


5 00


Thorpe's Express, expressing .


50


Clerk of Committees and Departments.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$4,050 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 288 56


$3,761 44


$882 56


$800 00


$882 56


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DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid William P. Mitchell, salary as


clerk of committees and departments .


$2,100 00


7 00


appointment as justice of peace Laurence S. Howard, assistant . clerical services


249 17


Richard A. Keyes, assistant


602 45


Lucia A. Manning, assistant


600 00


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


29 25


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .


4 00


Globe-Wernicke Co., cabinet and cards .


5 10


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


57 08


Remington Typewriter Co., repairing


5 25


Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., platen


9 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing


10 00


Sampson & Murdock Co., directory .


6 00


Somerville Post-office, postage .


45 22


Samuel Ward Co., stationery


7 92


$3,761 44


Executive Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$4,400 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


165 72


$4,234 28


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Charles A. Burns, salary as mayor


$2,500 00


Fred E. Warren, secretary to the mayor .


1,400 00


Edward O. Arnold, stenographic work .


5 00


Albert C. Aldrich, professional services . A. R. Andrews, typewriter supplies .


50


American Express Co., expressing


40


Boulevard Auto Co., rental .


10 00


George C. Burpee, report .


30


Somerville Enterprise, printing .


42 00


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory


4 00


Drew B. Hall, Librarian, disbursements


.


15 85


Hill-Michie Co., auto hire .


20 75


Jameson Bros., coach hire .


10 00


Charles A. Kendall, disbursements


38 00


Richard A. Keyes, reporting .


9 00


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


63 26


Somerville Post-office, postage .


26 00


Sampson & Murdock Co., directory .


6 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing


14 90


Underwood Typewriter Co., supplies


2 00


Union Stamp Works, stamps


95


Samuel Ward Co., stationery


28 77


Somerville Young Men's Christian As- sociation, rent of hall .


20 00


24 00


$4,234 28


5 00


58


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Auditing Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


·


$1,350 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 61 44


$1,288 56


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Clarence T. Bruce, salary auditor


$800 01


American Express Co., expressing .


70


Baker-Vawter Co., ledgers .


21 39


Carter's Ink Co., ink .


38


Thomas Groom & Co., warrants


85 00


Wesley A. Maynard, printing


5 50


Edwin L. Pride & Co., auditing


350 00


Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps .


13 73


F. M. Reed, pens and pencils .


1 25


Samuel Ward Co., stationery


2 25


Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., guide sets


8 35


$1,288 56


Treasury Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


.


$13,300 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 78 60


$13,221 40


DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Joseph S. Pike, salary as city treasurer


$3,000 00


expenses to convention of account- ing officers


45 50


Charles L. Ellis, deputy


collector of


1,500 00


disbursements


29 40


Beulah M. Peirce, first assistant


1,000 00


Louise B. McLaughlin, second assistant, postage stamps


10 00


Florence M. Grow, third assistant .


650 00


Marion C. Kendall, fourth assistant


650 00


650 00


453 00


350 69


22 67


Marion F. Foster, clerical services .


22 67


Florence W. Earle, clerical services . Florence M. Shaw, clerical services . Lillian M. Hildred, clerical services Gladys Taylor, clerical services


8 00


Alice M. Keeler, clerical services


1 33


Zillah Campbell, clerical services


8 00


Lillian C. Scriven, clerical services


10 66


Amount carried forward


$9,295 24


.


taxes


750 00


Winnifred P. Briggs, fifth assistant Lilla A. Johnson, clerical services . May G. Canfield, clerical services . Jeanette Hutchins, clerical services Helen M. Keeler, clerical services .


66 66


29 33


24 00


13 33


as


.


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Amount brought forward .


$9,295 24


Theodore H. Locke, services and collect- ing 86 39


Charles B. Palmer, fees for collecting . expense of defending suit . 60 00


22 25


Malcolm E. Sturtevant, fees for collect- ing


16 00


National Security Bank, clearing house charges ·


43


Somerville National Bank, clearing house charges


5 67


American Surety Company of New York, bonds of treasurer and deputy col- lector


224 00


Andrews Paper Co., coin envelopes


23 03


S. H. Abbott, paper .


1 80


Boston News Bureau, subscription


12 00


Burroughs Adding Machine Co., atten- tion to machines


14 15


Carter's Ink Co., ink .


2 25


Edwin O. Childs, Register, recording


17 55


Dennison Mfg. Co., bill straps


1 60


Davenport-Brown Co., wooden box


2 00


J. L. Fairbanks & Co., voucher checks


82 45


W. A. Greenough & Co., directories


11 00


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery .


274 87


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire


120 00


Henry Lorentzen, services as safe ex- pert


9 00


Wesley A. Maynard, printing.


493 87


Morris-Ireland Safe Co., repairing .


4 00


McGrath & Woodley, record books


33 00


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


117 94


National Association of Accounting


Officers, membership dues, and re- ports .


14 00


Old Colony Trust Company, certifica- tion of bonds, etc. . bond book


150 00


Remington Typewriter Co., repairing


6 50


Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., repair- ing


1 00


Sampson & Murdock Co., directory


6 50


Somerville Journal Co., advertising tax sales, and printing deeds printing


36 65


Sprague & Hathaway Co., framing .


8 30


Somerville Post-office, postage


1,456 86


Thorpe's Express, expressing .


25


Turner & Co., envelopes


46 27


Union Stamp Works, repairing


8 15


Samuel Ward Co., paper .


7 50


Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., cleaning and insuring time lock .


15 00


$13,221 40


18 00


515 93


60


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Assessors' Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriation . $11,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .


5 71


$11,005 71


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid George W. Perkins, salary as


chairman of the board of assessors .


$2,000 00


Nathan H. Reed, assessor 800 00


George E. Elliott, assessor


800 00


Winsor L. Snow, assessor


800 00


Harry Van Iderstine, assessor


800 00


Fred B. Clapp, assistant assessor


250 00


James Wilson, assistant assessor


250 00


John F. Stackpole, assistant assessor


250 00


George I. Canfield, assistant assessor


250 00


J. Robert Fenelon, assistant assessor


250 00


William H. Wallis, assistant assessor 250 00


750 00


Mabel E. Hall, assistant disbursements


3 70


Bertha M. Boyd, assistant


525 07


Stanley E. Converse, street clerk


64 00


Raymond A. Farr, street clerk


63 00


Theodore H. Locke, street clerk


60 00


Leonard C. Spinney, street clerk


78 00


Eleanor P. Turner, clerical services


101 33


Lula E. Chapman, clerical services .


150 67


Eleanor Given, clerical services


57 33


Edna L. Goodwin, clerical services


33 33


Lillian M. Hildred, clerical services


189 33


Jeanette Hutchins, clerical services .


144 00


Gertrude B. Roome, clerical services


136 00


William C. Abbott, use of automobile Carter's Ink Co., ink .


1 50


L. E. Clayton, elastic .


1 10


Glines Express Co., expressing


45


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .


4 00


Harriott Co., badges .


5 40


E. F. Hicks, catering .


10 00


Wesley A. Maynard, advertising


108 47


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


31 87


Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps


95


Somerville Journal Co., printing


761 03


Somerville Enterprise, advertising .


37 00


Somerville Post-office, postage


40 08


Winter Hill Motor Co., automobile hire,


10 00


Samuel Ward Co., stationery .


253 08


Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., stationery .


6 22


$11,005 71


Abbie D. Southworth, assistant disbursements


13 80


650 00


10 00


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND


COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 61


City Clerk's Department.


Appropriation .* CREDIT.


$5,800 00 50 00


Vital Statistics account, amount transferred


$5,750 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .


165 66


$5,584 34


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Frederic W. Cook, salary as city clerk .


$2,700 00


7 00


appointment as justice of the peace, Howard E. Wemyss, assistant city clerk, appointment as justice of the peace,


7 00


Clara B. Snow, first assistant . ·


850 00


Edith A. Woodman, second assistant


637 58


Alice M. Vincent, third assistant


479 59


Florence H. Plimpton, fourth assistant .


507 98


Susie G. Geist, clerical services


89 34


Gertrude Crowe, clerical services


1 33


Agnes M. Fitzmaurice, clerical services .


123 33


Marguerite M. Scriven, clerical services .


113 33


American Multigraph Sales Co., supplies,


20 49


American Express Co., expressing .


55


Allen, Doane & Co., badges


5 75


T. H. Ball, mortgage blanks


6 00


Robert Burlen, binding


18 00


Carter's Ink Co., ink .


13 53


John Donnelly & Sons, posting


36 00


Denison, Pratt Paper Co., paper


16 10


Glines & Co., expressing .


1 69


Gray & Turner, premium


8 00


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory


4 00


Hobbs & Warren, forms .


2 82


Library Bureau, index cards


9 00


Wesley A. Maynard, printing


20 40


New England Telephone and Telegraph Co., service


136 71


Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps


2 07


Remington Typewriter Co., supplies


32 40


Renner's Express, expressing .


1 65


Somerville Post-office, postage


207 24


Somerville Journal Co., printing


64 00


Sampson & Murdock Co., directory


6 00


Thorpe's Express, expressing .


1 35


Samuel Ward Co., stationery .


36 22


F. S. Webster & Co., stationery


75


Service Transfers, from sundry accounts . 2,082 68


$5,584 34


Law Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$2,400 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .


20 71


$2,379 29


1


1


$7,667 02


1,500 00


62


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Frank W. Kaan, salary as city solicitor


$2,100 00


disbursements


160 05


James M. Harmon,


100 00


disbursements


3 00


Addison C. Getchell & Son, printing


47 50


Middlesex Co., printing


22 00


$2,432 55


Refund, costs in Raymond suit . 53 26


$2,379 29


City Messenger's Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$1,400 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 79 31


$1,479 31


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Jairus Mann, salary as city messenger .


$142 24


Fred E. Hanley, salary as city mes- senger disbursements


863 39


D. J. Bennett, repairing harness


85


H. A. Brownell, blanket, etc.


2 75


Gray & Turner, bond


30 00


Jameson Bros., board of horse


58 30


J. A. Kiley, repairing buggy


55 40


Morgan & Bond Co., repairing harness .


17 11


G. F. McKenna & Son, use of buggy


6 00


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service .


29 67


Pearl Street Shoeing Forge, horseshoe- ing




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