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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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) .
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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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