Report of the city of Somerville 1913, Part 2

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 540


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Nos. 4576 to 4585, payable 1915


10,000 00


Nos. 4536 to 4595, payable 1916


10,000 00


Nos. 4596 to 4605, payable 1917


10,000 00


Nos. 4606 to 4613, payable 1918


8,000 00


Nos. 4614 to 4621, payable 1919


8,000 00


Nos. 4622 to 4629, payable 1920


8,000 00


Nos. 4630 to 4637, payable 1921


8,000 00


Nos. 4638 to 4645, payable 1922


8,000 00


Nos. 4646 to 4652, payable 1923


7,000 00


.


87,000 00


$222,000 00


19


REPORT OF TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


The following bonds became due during the year :-


City Loan Bonds :-


Nos. 1722 to 1727, interest 4 per cent. .


$6,000 00


Nos. 2019 to 2031, interest 4 per cent. .


13,000 00


No. Reg. 197, interest 4 per cent. .


1,000 00


Nos. 2196 to 2201, interest 4 per cent. .


6,000 00


Nos. 2345 to 2348, interest 4 per cent. .


4,000 00


Nos. 2486 to 2490, interest 4 per cent. .


5,000 00


Nos. 2604 to 2607. interest 4 per cent. .


4,000 00


Nos. 2746 to 2748, interest 31/2 per cent.


3,000 00


No. Reg. 78. interest 31/2 per cent.


1,000 00


Nos. 2858 to 2861, interest 312 per cent.


4,000 00


Nos. 2988 to 2990, interest 312 per cent


3,000 00


Nos. 3101 to 3109, interest 4 per cent. .


9,000 00


Nos. 3262 to 3266, 3268 to 3269, interest 4 per cent. .


7,000 00


Nos. 3267, 3270, interest 4 per cent.


1,000 00


Nos. 3168, 3169, interest 4 per cent.


2,000 00


No. Reg. 118, interest 31/2 per cent.


9,000 00


No. Reg. 9, interest 4 per cent. .


7,000 00


No. Reg. 48, interest 4 per cent. .


1,000 00


Nos. 3564 to 3573, interest 4 per cent ..


10,000 00


Nos. 3674 to 3680, interest 4 per cent. .


7,000 00


Nos. 3759 to 3769, interest 31/22 per cent.


11,000 00


Nos. 3866 to 3875, interest 4 per cent. .


10,000 00


Nos. 3990 to 4003, interest 4 per cent. .


14,000 00


Nos. 4144 to 4154, interest 4 per cent.


11,000 00


Nos. 4262 to 4272, interest 4 per cent. . Sewer Loan Bonds :-


11,000 00


No. 72. interest 4 per cent. .


1,000 00


Nos. 135 to 137, interest 4 per cent.


3,000 00


No. 189, interest 4 per cent.».


1,000 00


No. 213, interest 4 per cent.


1,000 00


No. 235, interest 31/2 per cent.


1,000 00


No. 264, interest 31/2 per cent.


1,000 00


No. 288, interest 4 per cent. .


1,000 00


No. 312, interest 4 per cent. .


1,000 00


No. 336, interest 31/2 per cent.


1,000 00


No. 365, interest 4 per cent. .


1,000 00


No. Reg. 23, interest 4 per cent. .


2,000 00


No. 443, interest 4 per cent. .


1,000 00


No. 472, interest 31/2 per cent.


1,000 00


No. 501, interest 4 per cent. .


1,000 00


No. 530, interest 4 per cent. .


1,000 00


No. 549, interest 4 per cent. . Water Loan Bonds :-


1,000 00


No. 297, interest 4 per cent. .


1,000 00


No. Reg. 106, interest 4 per cent.


3,000 00


Nos. 432 to 433, interest 4 per cent.


2,000 00


Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan Bonds:


No. 11, interest 31/2 per cent. .


1,000 00


Lowell Street Bridge Loan Bonds :-


No. 4, interest 31/2 per cent. .


1,000 00


Municipal Loan Bonds :-


Nos. 4426 to 4460, interest 4 per cent. .


35,000 00


Total amount of bonds maturing in 1913


$222,000 00


20


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Leaving the net funded debt December 31, 1913, $1,674,000, classified as follows :-


City Loan Bonds at 31/2 per cent. .


$208,000 00


City Loan Bonds at 4 per cent.


848,000 00


City Loan Bonds at 414 per cent.


105,000 00


Sewer I oan Bonds at 31/2 per cent.


80,000 00


Sewer Loan Bonds at 4 per cent. 232,000 00


Sewer Loan Bonds at 414 per cent.


30,000 00


Water Loan Bonds at 4 per cent.


32,000 00


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


16,000 00


Lowell Street Bridge Loan Bonds at 31/2 per cent. 36,000 00


Municipal Loan Bonds at 41/2 per cent. . 87,000 00


$1,674,000 00


Funded debt within the limit fixed by law :-


City Loan .


$1,161,000 00


Municipal Loan


87,000 00


Sewer Loan


306,000 00


Lowell Street Bridge Loan .


36,000 00


$1,590,000 00


Funded debt beyond the limit fixed by law :- Sewer Loan (Chapter 357, Acts 1895) .


$36,000 00


Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan


(Chapter 325, Acts 1902)


16,000 00


$52,000 00


Water Loan


32,000 00


84,000 00 $1,674,000 00


Borrowing Capacity .


Valuation, 1911 .


. $67,284,066 00 483,000 00


$67,767,066 00


Valuation, 1912


. $69,632,540 00


Supplementary .


284,000 00


69,916,540 00


Valuation, 1913 .


. $71,906,464 00


Supplementary


257,400 00


72,163,864 00


$209,847,470 00


Abatements, 1911


$640,800 00


1912


467,000 00


1913


336,700 00


1,444,500 00


$208,402,970 00


Average, three years


1-3 69,467,656 66


Amount within the limit .


1,590,000 00


Borrowing capacity, January 1, 1914 .


$146,691 41


Amount carried forward


21/2 per cent. 1,736,691 41


$146,691 41


Supplementary


21


REPORT OF TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


$146,691 41


Amount brought forward


Maturities, January 1, 1914


$12,000 00


April 1, 1914


81,000 00


July 1, 1914 Less outside limit


5,000 00


98,000 00


October 1, 1914 . $7,000 00


Less outside limit


5,000 00


2,000 00


Maturities in 1914 within the limit


193,000 00


$339,691 41


Maturities within the limit


$193,000 00


Maturities outside the limit


10,000 00


Total maturities


$203,000 00


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, 1913, not including non-resident bank shares, was $71,906,464.00, and the rate established was $19.80 on each $1,000 valuation, as follows :-


Real estate, valuation


. $64,077,600 00


Personal estate, valuation


7,768,300 00


Resident Bank Shares


60,564 00


Total valuation .


. $71,906,464 00


At a rate of $19.80 on each $1,000 valuation .


$1,423,747 99


Polls, 23,262 at $2


46,524 00


Street sprinkling


34,854 95


Gypsy and brown-tail moth extermination .


580 04


Non-resident bank shares to be paid to state


1,711 43


Total amount of tax levy . .


$1,507,418 41


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


135,000 00


Municipal Loan ($27,000 for public improvements) . 87,000 00


Revenue, from Corporation Taxes, City Departments, etc.


448,131 62


$2,177,550 03


Credit Balances.


Funded Debt Appropriations :-


New Cells. Police Station $4,046 81


Fire Department. Additional Apparatus


20,200 00


Electrical Department, Underground Construction


2,007 82


Shade Trees 3 97


Amount carried forward


$26,258 60


$103,000 00


$1,505,706 98


22


ANNUAL REPORTS.


$26,258 60-


4,391 68


Highways Construction .


313 38


Grade Crossing Expenses


5,818 09


Bennett School Addition . S. Newton Cutler School


166 71


High School Addition


10,630 35


High School, Furnishing and Equipment


2,909 25


Central Heating Plant


9,584 00


Public Library Construction


4,408 07


Playgrounds Extension .


1,798 35


Lincoln Park Shower Baths .


5 50


Building Public Buildings


1,395 26


Public Trust Funds, Income :-


Public Library :---


Isaac Pitman Fund, Art


$6 88


Isaac Pitman Fund, Poetry .


1 14


Frances A. Wilder Children's Depart- ment Fund .


17 35


Martha R. Hunt Fund, Books .


3 53


Martha R. Hunt Fund, Art .


52 50


S. Newton Cutler Library Fund ·


49


Public School :-


S. Newton Cutler Fund


205 00


286 89


Private Trust Funds :-


Overplus on Tax Sales .


$118 13


Sundry Persons


619 56


Reduction of Funded Debt (Balance premium on bonds),


Cash.


Balance on hand January 1, 1913 .


$223,792 03


Total receipts for the year 1913


3,191,149 95


Service transfers


.


45,018 13


Total cash disbursements for the year 1913 .


3,326,216 65


Balance in the treasury December 31, 1913 .


$133,743 46


Deposits in banks


$130,140 03


Cash on hand .


3,603 43


$133,743 46


Available Assets.


Cash in treasury


$133,743 46


Funded Debt Balances


$68,949 03


Reduction of Funded Debt, balance of pre- miums .


1,836 90


Public Trust Fund Income .


286 89


Private Trust Funds


. .


.


737 69


71,810 51


$61,932 95


Amount carried forward


.


$61,932 95


.


737 69 1,836 90


$71,810 51


$3,459,960 11


.


$68,949 03


Amount brought forward Sewers Construction


1,269 79


23


REPORT OF TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


$61,932 95


Amount brought forward


Taxes uncollected, 1012 and prior years . $1,084 53


Overlay and Abatement, 1912 and prior years


5,134 33


Taxes uncollected, 1913 . .


$287,883 15


Overlay and Abatement, 1913 .


17,546 81


270,336 34


Highway Betterment Assessments, uncollected .


4,949 32


Sidewalk Assessments, uncollected


13,492 98


Sewer Assessments. uncollected .


1,969 05


Metered Water Charges, uncollected .


19,634 64


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, cash


advances :---


State Aid


$15,033 50


Military Aid .


224 50


Soldiers' Burials


635 00


Grade Crossings (cash advances for land damages, etc.)


48,613 61


$436,821 89


Liabilities.


Temporary Loans :-..


In anticipation of Taxes .


$350,000 00


Grade Crossings


75,000 00


425,000 00


$11,821 89


Excess and Deficiency


$7,772 09


Surplus Overlay and Abatement, 1912 .


4,049 80


$11,821 89


Balance Sheet.


DEBIT.


Public Property


$5,977,905 82


Excess of available assets


11,821 89


$5,989,727 71


CREDIT.


Funded Debt


$1,674,000 00


Property and Debt Balance .


4,303,905 82


Excess and Deficiency account


7,772 09


Overlay and Abatement, 1912


and prior


years (in excess of outstanding taxes).


4,049 80


$5,989,727 71


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.


15,893 00


.


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


TABLE A .- PUBLIC PROPERTY DECEMBER 31, 1913.


Central Hill land (389,920 feet)


City Hall .


Furniture and fixtures


.


Storage vault


2,342 91


50,138 65


Public Library building .


42,000 00


Central Heating Plant .


20,416 00


Public Library land and building, Somerville .


West


31,449 52


Public Library .


25,000 00


New Building, partially completed


115,591 93


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


Bingham Schoolhouse, land (35,586 feet)


and building


69,355 50


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


High Schoolhouse


362,938 93


Furniture


18,730 75


Philosophical and manual training paratus


ap-


11,260 13


Amounts carried forward .


$392,929 81


$900,790 12


.


.


·


.


.


35,760 00


.


.


88,360 00


12,420 00


.


.


.


28,303 50


48,830 00


$37,795 74 10,000 00


$270 000 00


234,457 45 20,655 02


37,610 00


74,255 50


25


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward


$900,790 12


Books


408,229 81


Forster Schoolhouse and Annex, land


(30,632 feet) and buildings


84,155 04


Furniture


3,290 00


Books


4,100 00


91,545 04


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


Lincoln Schoolhouse, land (17,662 feet) and


building


17,500 00


Furniture


720 00


Luther V. Bell Schoolhouse, land (22,262


feet) and building


47,685 16


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 .


$1,822,925 23


. . .


.


.


.


82,640 00


18,220 00


.


52,485 16


57,010 00


.


33,405 64


.


44,020 46


20,220 00


63,360 00


.


$392,929 81 15,300 00


.


26


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$1,822,925 23


Martha Perry Lowe Schoolhouse, land


(21,650 feet) and building


$50,346 16


Furniture


1,480 00


Books


800 00


52,628 16


O. S. Knapp Schoolhouse, land (24,517 feet)


and building


48,000 00


Furniture


2,540 00


Books


3,000 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


86,296 40


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


.


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


26,090 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) .


136,572 92 32,000 00


Amount carried forward


.


$2,567,754 35


.


.


.


73,790 46


62,769 03


82,059 88


89,286 66


10,695 02


·


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


53,540 00


71,637 66


64,851 33


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


27


Amount brought forward .


No. 1 Fire Station, land (8,937 feet) and


Engine No. 2 and apparatus 4,000 00


Hose wagon No. 1 and apparatus 1,500 00


Furniture


400 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. 6 and apparatus


7,300 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


Chief's automobile


1,875 00


Land for Fire Station, Winter Hill (7,829 feet) Fire Alarm and Police Signal apparatus


.


.


Police Station, land (15,225 feet) and build- ing


54,953 19


Furniture


3,000 00


Vault


2,994 90


Ambulance and patrol auto


3,715 00


64,663 09


Amount carried forward


$2,949,181 17 ·


68,668 18


22,400 00


24,200 00


30,715 45


27,758 37


.


.


48,973 53 6,038 20


36,610 00


$2,567,754 35 . building 33,200 00


39,100 00


28


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward .


$2,949,181 17


City Home, Broadway, land (421,646 feet) and buildings Furniture


44,407 85 1,808 72


46,216 57


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 .


3,753 19


Prospect-hill Park (94,503 feet)


$67,511 75


Historical Building and Observatory 9,119 55


Kent-street Playground (40,000 feet) .


Powder-house Boulevard (200,618 square feet) and build- ing


22,500 00 900 00


Joy street, land (2,700 feet)


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 00 400 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 . .


$5,977,905 82


Items omitted :-


Charlton lot, Murdock street (6,014 square feet) $500 00


Reserve strip, Hancock street and Spencer avenue (120 square feet)


50 00


44,099 55 3,730 24 972,298 60


1,306,901 00 6,800 00


272,726 89 68,000 00


67,753 19


76,631 30 12,500 00


Passageway on Putnam street (1,135 feet) .


·


TABLE B. OUTSTANDING BONDS, JANUARY 1, 1914.


ISSUE.


Rate per cent. of Interest.


Water.


Municipal Loan.


Met. Park Assessment (Outs'e), Chap. 1325, Acts 1902.


Lowell Street Bridge.


Sewer.


Sewer (Outside of limit) Chap. 357, Acts 1895.


City.


Total.


July 1, 1888


4


$5,000


$5,000


Oct. 1, 1889


4


13,000


13,000


Oct. 1, 1890


4


14,000


. . .


·


$ 6,000


7,000


July 1, 1895


4


. .


.


.


. . . .


·


.


·


4


· ·


·


.


4


. . . . . .


·


. .


. . . . . .


25,000


35,000


July 1, 1899


4


......


. .


. . ... ..


.


..


18,000


18,000


July 2, 1900


3 1/2


. . .. . .


...


..


. . . . . .


28,000


28,000


July 1, 1901


312


. . . . . .


......


. . .. .


32,000


50,000


July 1, 1902


3 1/2


$16,000


14,000


26,000


56,000


July 1, 1903


4


......


.


.


......


40,000


55,000


Oct. 1, 1903


4


. . . . . .


. .


.. .


.


. . ....


20,000


20,000


July 1, 1904


4


.. . . . .


·


·


·


.


.. .


·


. . .


.


·


. . .


......


. . .


. .


22,000


46,000


68,000


July 1, 1906


4


.. .


...


.. . ..


·


. . . . . .


26,000


39,000


April 1, 1907


4


. . .


. .


·


.


. .


. .


48,000


. .


.


·


.


. . .


25,000


45,000


70,000


April 1, 1909


312


$36,000


26,000


76,000


138,000


April 1, 1910 .


4


27,000


100,000


127,000


April 1, 1911 .


4


18,000


140,000


158,000


Jan. 1, 1912


4


. . . . .


. .. .


·


. .


.


.


·


.. . . .


.


. .


. .


. .


153,000


153,000


April 1, 1913


414


. . . . ..


.


·


30,000


105,000


135,000


July 1, 1913


.


.


·


$87,000


87,000


$32,000


$87,000


$16,000


$36,000


$306,000


$36,000


$1,161,000


$1,674,000


29


·


4


.


$1,000


$36,000


26,000


62,000


July 1, 1896


4


21,000


21,000


July 1, 1897


9,000


16,000


25,000


July 1, 1898


10,000


. .


. .


. . . . . .


. .


. .


. .


16,000


33,000


49,000


April 1, 1905 .


3 1/2


72,000


120,000


April 1, 1908


4


.


.


.


. .


.


.


.


.


·


·


.


. .


. . .. ..


.... .


.


14,000


107,000


121,000


July 1, 1912


·


.


·


·


.


. .


41/2


.


·


.


..


.


.


.


.


14,000


July 1, 1894


·


·


·


·


.


4


·


. . .


. . . . . .


. .


. .


.


. .


. .


.


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


1


. .


. . . . .


18,000


... . ..


15,000


13,000


..


.


·


BONDS DUE IN 1914.


ISSUE.


Rate per cent. of Interest.


City.


Sewer.


Sewer (Outside of limit) Chap. 357, Acts 1895.


Water.


Municipal Loan.


Metropolitan Park Assessment (Outside)Chap. 325, Acts 1902.


Lowell Street Bridge.


Total.


July 1, 1888


4


. .


.


·


·


.


$1,000


$1,000


Oct. 1, 1889


4


.


...


.


.


. .


.


·


.


·


·


.


·


.


. ..


....


7,000


July 1, 1895


4


13,000


$3,000


. . . ..


·


16,000


July 1, 1896


7,000


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


312


4,000


·


. . .


. . ....


.


.


.


.


3 12


4,000


1,000


·


·


.


.


.


·


·


.


.


.


. . . .


..


4


8,000


1,000


.... ..


9,000


April 1, 1905


312


8,000


1,000


......


. . .


9,000


July 1, 1906


4


7,000


1,000


8,000


April 1, 1907


4


11,000


2,000


. . . . . .


. .


13,000


April 1, 1908


4


7,000


1,000


. .


8,000


April 1, 1909


312


11,000


1,000


. .


.


4


10,000


1,000


·


11,000


April 1, 1911


4


14,000


1,000


15,000


Jan. 1, 1912


4


11,000


1,000


12,000


July 1, 1912


4


11,000


. .


.


.


.


. . ...


· .. . .


11,000


Oct. 1, 1912


4


. .


. ..


· ·


. .


. ....


April 1, 1913


·


.


·


11,000


1,000


. .


. . .


.


...


12,000


July 1, 1913


·


4 1/2


$10,000


. .


. .


10,000


$165,CCO


$17,000


$3,000


$6,000


$10,000


$1,000


$1,000


$203,000


·


·


·


.


.


..


.


·


.


.


.


$1,000


5,000


July 1, 1903


4


4,000


1,000


. .


.


.


·


.


. .


5,000


Oct. 1, 1903.


4


2,000


2,000


July 1, 1904


·


.


.


.


.


.


....


·


.


.


.


.


·


$1,000


13,000


April 1, 1910


.


.


. .


.


.


. ... ..


ANNUAL REPORTS.


30


. .


.


4,000


July 1, 1902


3 12


3,000


1,000


. .


.


. . .


.


.


·


.


.


.....


. . . . .


.


.


4


$6,000


$1,000


. .


2,000


2,000


July 1, 1894


.


.


.


.


3,000


3,000


Oct. 1, 1890


4


. . . . ..


·


.


.


.


. .


. . .


5,000


July 1, 1901


.


.


. .


. .


.


.


.


. .


.


. .


.


. . . . . .


4


.


31


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


TABLE C .- SERVICE TRANSFERS (Departmental Transactions).


Treasury Department :-


Auditing Department


$79 50


City Clerk's Department :-


$305 00


Election Expenses, Registrars of Voters


617 33


Police Department


2 58


Health Department


3 80


Central Library .


1 29


930 00


City Messenger's Department :-


Highways Maintenance


131 09


Engineering Department :-


Sidewalks Construction


$ 99


Alewife Brook Bridge


16 58


Police Department :-


Contagious Hospital


41 23


Fire Department :-


Police Department


$118 60


Electrical Department


273 83


392 43


Elm-Leaf Beetle Extermination :-


Care of Trees


$15 00


Parks Maintenance


28 13


Highway Department, Care of Trees :-


Highways Maintenance


83 20


Health Department :-


Contagious Hospital .


21 60


Sewers Construction :-


Sidewalks Construction


5 67


Sewers Maintenance :-


$456 99


City Home .


13 50


470 49


Highways Construction :-


Care of Trees


$ 80


Refuse Disposal .


18 20


Highways Maintenance


112 18


Sidewalks Maintenance .


12 83


Highways Maintenance :-


City Messenger .


$251 09


Engineering Department


50


Police Department


302 00


Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Extermina- tion .


27 92


Elm-leaf Beetle Extermination


51 80


Care of Trees


863 15


Shade Trees


208 50


Sewers Construction


1,624 05


Refuse Disposal


4,536 33


Street Cleaning


3,803 80


Highways Construction


4,876 36


Sidewalks Construction


5,242 69


Sidewalks Maintenance


1,841 20


Amounts carried forward ·


$23,629 39


$2,359 92


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


144 01


Election Expenses, City Clerk ·


.


.


17 57


43 13


Sewers Construction


.


32


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$23,629 39


$2,359 92


Street Sprinkling .


2,786 9,2


Maintenance School Buildings


44 86


Parks Maintenance


351 09


Playgrounds Extension


143 17


Summer Playgrounds .


18 39


Water Maintenance


.


.


27,008 11


Sidewalks Construction :-


Highways Construction


$4 44


Highways Maintenance


124 41


Sidewalks Maintenance


18 03


146 88


Sidewalks Maintenance :-


Highways Construction


$18 72


Highways Maintenance .


.


.


Street Sprinkling :-


Refuse Disposal


75 00


Poor Department, Miscellaneous :-


Soldiers' Relief


99 85


Central Library :-


Treasury Department


$3 15


School Contingent


2 65


5 80


Parks Maintenance :-


Sidewalks Construction


107 88


Playgrounds Maintenance:


Summer Playgrounds


84 01


Water Maintenance :-


City Messenger


$6 98


City Engineer


188 53


Maintenance Municipal Buildings


3 24


Police Department


16 96


Electrical Department


1 70


Elm-Leaf Beetle Extermination


24 30


Inspection of Milk and Vinegar


43 88


Maintenance Contagious Hospital Build- ing


4 96


Sewers Construction


5 55


Sewers Maintenance


58


Refuse Disposal .


241 86


Highways Maintenance


95 69


Street Sprinkling .


86 66


Maintenance School Buildings


52 23


Maintenance Central Library Building


2 65


Parks Maintenance


82 01


Playgrounds Maintenance


2 42


Water Works Extension . .


14,077 33


Water Works Extension :-


Playgrounds Extension


108 26


$45,018 13


TABLE D .- REFUNDS.


Law Department: A. C. Getchell, bill paid twice


$17 50


Health Department: Rutland State Sanatorium, error in pay-roll


1 14


Amount carried forward


$18 64


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


34 29


.


.


.


.


.


.


14,944 53


.


59 17


77 89


33


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward .


$18 64


Refuse Disposal: Sundry persons, errors in pay-rolls 15 05


Highways Maintenance: B. F. Goodrich Company, refund on bill . . Poor Department: Miscellaneous, Lend-a-Hand Society, money refunded .


2 26


Soldiers' Relief: Sundry persons, money not called for, State Aid: Sundry persons, money not called for School Contingent :-


18 00


City of Boston, tuition $14 30


F. J. Mahoney, overpayment 14 00


28 30


Maintenance School Buildings: Thompson Desk Com- pany, bill paid twice . 6 00


Interest, accrued interest on bond issues, 1913


2,099 44


Overlay and Abatement, 1912 and Prior Years, taxes re- funded


7 18


$2,203 30


Offsets to Outlays.


Sewers Construction :-


*Alpha Portland Cement Company, bags returned ·


$14 70


*Eastern Clay Goods Company, bags re- turned


8 46


Sidewalks Construction :-


Z. E. Cliff, concreting . · $98 16


Boston & Maine Railroad, concreting . 17 49


Abutters on Powder House Boulevard .


404 00


Abutters on Elm street .


580 00


Abutters on Washington street .


76 21


$1,175 86


*Eastern Clay Goods Company, bags re- turned


1,062 09


2,237 95


Maintenance School Buildings, insurance, damage to Girls' Industrial School


(offset for expenses)


40 00


$2,301 11


* To be treated as refund.


TABLE E .- REVENUE.


Corporation Taxes.


Business, 1912


$176 34 17,952 53


Business, 1913




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