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Public.
40
559
75
Tremont
Webster ave.
Cambridge line .
Public.
40
589
. .
Trull
Vernon st.
Medford st.
Public.
40
1,050
Trull lane
Highland ave.
Oxford st.
Private.
15
200
Tufts parkway
College ave.
College ave.
Public.
22
900
. .
Tufts
Washington st.
Cross st.
Public.
40
982
...
Tyler
Vine st.
Dane st.
Public.
40
404
....
Union
Broadway
Mystic ave.
Public.
40
345
Union pl.
Linwood st.
Southwesterly
Private.
10
100
Upland Park
Main st.
Southwesterly
Private.
20
....
175
Veazie
Walnut st.
Bradley st. .
Public.
35
392
....
Veazie
Bradley st.
Marshall st.
Public
40
261
. . .
Vermont avc.
Mystic ave.
Pennsylvania ave.
Private.
40
433
Vernon
Central st.
Glenwood road
Public.
40
761
....
Vernon
Glenwood road .
Partridge ave. .
Public.
40 to 30
190
....
Vernon
Partridge ave.
Lowell st.
Public.
30
434
....
Victoria .
Broadway
Cambridge line
Public
35
. .
370
Vinal ave
Summer st.
Highland ave.
Public.
45
1,425
Vinal
Richardson st.
Northeasterly
Private.
20
....
140
Vine .
Somerville ave.
Fitchburg R. R.
Public.
40
540
...
Vine .
Fitchburg R. R.
Hanson st.
l'rivate.
40
Vine .
Hanson st.
Beacon st.
Public.
30
662
..
Virginia
Aldrich st.
Jasper st.
Public.
40
405
....
Wade ct.
Cedar st. .
Westerly .
Private.
20
. .
Waldo ave.
Beacon st.
Dimick st.
Private.
40
. .
277
Waldo
Highland ave.
Hudson st.
Public.
40
287
713
Wallace .
Holland st.
Broadway
Public.
40
1,342
....
Walnut .
Bow st.
Broadway
Public.
40
3,948
. .
Walnut road
Walnut st.
Kenneson road
Public.
40
270
. ...
Walter pl.
Walter st.
Southwesterly
Private.
40
. .
Walter
Walnut st.
of Bradley st.
Ward
Medford st.
Emery st.
Private.
30
450
Ware .
Curtis st.
Dow st.
Private.
10
680
Warner
Powder House sq.
Medford line
Public.
60
500
...
Warren ave.
Union sq.
Columbus ave.
Public.
40
663
....
Warren .
Medford st.
Cambridge line
Public.
30 to 40
109
Warwick place
Warwick st.
Northeasterly
Private.
15
150
Warwick
Cedar st. .
Warwick pl.
Public.
40
665
3.50
Washington pl.
Washington st.
Southerly
Private.
about 7.5
1,060
Washington
Franklin ave.
Fitchburg R. R.
Public.
60 to 100
3,977
Washington
Fitchburg R. R.
Cambridge line
Public.
60
2,344
. ..
Water
South st.
Northerly
Public.
25
366
....
Waterhouse
Broadway
Cambridge line
Public.
40
987
Watson .
Broadway
Fairmount ave.
Private.
40
..
200
Waverly
Union sq.
Cambridge line
Public.
49.5
1,955
Webster
Franklin st.
Cross st.
Public.
40)
1,034
. .
Wellington ave.
Walnut st.
Montgomery
ave.
Public.
40
215
. .
Wellington ave. ..
Montgomery ave.
Easterly
Private.
40
85
.
Northwesterly .
Private.
25
1,036
200
Villa ave.
Winslow ave.
Arlington Br. R. R. Vine st.
Private.
25
Village
Danc st.
200
Vine ct.
Vine st.
Broadway .
Leonard st.
Private.
40
. .
S about 100 ft. N.
Public.
40
548
Washington ave.
Washington st.
Northerly
Private.
18
114
Washington
Charlest'n line
Franklin ave.
Public.
75
Washington st.
Roland st.
Private.
35
. .
150
Tremont pl.
Tremont st.
Southeasterly
Private.
about 10
. .
. .
..
. .
....
222
Private.
40
180
Walker st.
236
Webster ave.
....
LENGTH.
365
CITY ENGINEER.
Table Showing the Location, Length and Width of Public and Private Streets. - Concluded.
STREET.
FROM.
To
Public or Private.
Width in Feet.
Public.
Private.
Wesley pk.
Wesley sq.
Northieasterly
Public.
40
405
..
Wesley .
Pearl st.
Otis st.
Public.
40
515
. . ..
West .
Hawthorne st.
Highland ave.
Public.
30
192
266
West Adams
Conwell ave.
Medford line
Private.
40
710
Westminster
Broadway
Electric ave.
Public.
40
376
525
West Quincy
Bailey st. .
Medford line
Private.
40
....
291
Westwood road
Central st.
Benton road
Public.
40
489
Wheatland .
Broadway
Mystic ave.
Public.
40
1,364
Wheeler
Pinckney st.
Mt. Vernon st.
Public.
40
269
Whipple
Highland ave.
Arlington Br. R. R.
Private.
30
318
| White
Flın st.
Cambridge line
Public.
. .
307
White St. pl.
White st.
Southeasterly
Private.
20
200
Whitfield road.
Packard ave.
Curtis st.
Private
40
..
. .
684
Wihtinan st.
Mason st. .
Packard ave.
Private.
40
632
Wigglesworth .
Bonair st. .
Pearl st. .
Public.
40
744
William .
Chandler st.
College ave.
Public.
40
381
45
Williams ct.
Porter st.
Northwesterly .
Private.
30
427
Willow ave.
Elm st.
Broadway
Public.
50
3,534
Willow pl. .
Cambridge line
South st. .
Private.
25
150
Wilson ave.
Broadway .
B. & L. R. R.
Public.
20
307
Wilton .
Lowell st.
Hinckley st.
Public.
35
470
. . .
Winchester
Broadway .
Medford line
Private.
40
65
Windom
Elm st.
Summer st.
Public.
40
300
Windsor road .
Willow ave.
Hancock st.
Public.
10
575
Windsor st. (Extn.)
Windsor st., Camb.
Fitchburg R. R.
Private.
20
530
Winslow ave. .
College ave. .
Clifton st.
Public.
40
1,123
Winter
College ave. .
Holland st.
Public.
30
402
177
Winthrop ave. (Extension.)
Mystic ave.
Middlesex ave.
Private.
40
583
Wisconsin ave.
Broadway
Pennsylvania ave.
Public.
50
499
. .
Woodbine .
Centre st.
Lowell st.
Private.
30
600
* Woods
North st. .
Victoria st.
Alewife brook .
Public.
40 to 32
403
..
*Woodstock
Victoria st.
Tannery st. (Ext'n.)
Private.
40
....
9:20
Wyatt circle
Wyatt st. around to
Wyatt st.
Private.
20
315
Wyatt
Concord ave.
Lincoln parkway .
Public.
40
496
Yorktown
Cambridge line .
¡ N. E. line Mal-{
Public.
40
294
Yorktown
Malvern ave.
Northerly . .
Private.
40
100
* Proposed.
+Sidewalk in Somerville.
Court
Albion st.
Centre st. .
Private.
12
218
Court
11 Albion st.
.
Northeasterly
Private.
9
170
Court
21 Albion st.
Northeasterly
Private.
10
100
Court
292 Broadway
Southwesterly
Private.
15
96
Court
612 Broadway
Southwesterly
Private.
20
188
Court
227 Columbia st.
Northwesterly .
Private.
10
117
Court
Conlon ct.
Windsor st. (Extn.)
Private.
20
240
Court
36 Craigie st.
Westerly
Private.
225
126
Court
58 Dane st.
Easterly
Private.
10
70
Court
20 Dimick st.
Southwesterly
Private.
39.25
136
Court
Buena Vista rd.
Southeasterly
Private.
15
151
Court
66 Lowell st.
Westerly
Private.
25
101
Crurt
78 Lowell st.
Westerly
Private.
101
Court.
101 Medford st. .
Easterly
Private.
75
Court
10 Stone ave
Northwesterly
Private.
20
113
Court
Windsor st. (Extn.)
East'ly and West'ly
Private.
20)
370
Total
420,615
102,459
West .
Highland ave.
Arlington Br.R.R.
Private.
30
..
Weston ave.
Clarendon ave.
Broadway
Private.
40
..
William .
Broadway .
Medford line
Private.
50
..
150
Willoughby
Central st.
Sycamore st.
Public.
40
Winter Hill cir. .
Broadway .
Northeasterly
Private.
25
..
...
1,135
Powder House Blvd.
Private.
40
Woodstock .
(Extension.)
113 Central st. .
Southeasterly
Private.
150
Court
§ N. E. line
vern ave.
. .
LENGTH.
Public, 79.662 miles (includes 3.294 mile's boulevards and 1.16 miles State Highway); private, 19.400 miles.
Total length of streets in the city, 99.062 miles.
REPORT OF THE STREET COMMISSIONER.
OFFICE OF THE STREET COMMISSIONER,
CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, January 1, 1914. To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-I most respectfully submit the thirty-eighth annual report, containing a brief summary of the principal work performed by the highway department during the year 1913, with recommendations for necessary improvements and additions for the coming year.
This department has charge of the construction, alteration, repair, maintenance, and management of ways, streets, side- walks and bridges, also the setting out and care of shade trees, the suppression of gypsy and brown-tail moths, elm-leaf beetles, street watering and oiling, and the collection and disposal of ashes, garbage and refuse.
Highways Maintenance.
A large amount of this appropriation is expended in the running and operating of the department, thus leaving a small amount for resurfacing streets. By the construction of perma- nent paving on the main streets and with the good material excavated from them, many of our side streets could be lesurfaced with this material, with tarvia or heavy oil for a wearing surface, at a small expense.
Although the mileage of streets to be cared for has steadily increased, the hours of labor shortened and wages increased, there has been practically no increase in the highways main- tenance appropriation. The old method of patching streets with loose crushed stone has been abandoned, and the more modern way of patching with stone, gravel, tar or oil mixed, has been adopted with good success.
On all side streets constructed or resurfaced, tarvia was used for a wearing surface.
The average cost of macadam and tarvia construction on side streets was $1.18 per square yard, which includes granite paving block gutters three feet wide.
Highways Construction.
The department is doing its utmost to meet the demands for good streets, and the improvements made the last few years show good results and approval from the tax-payers.
With the advent of the automobile and auto truck, streets must be constructed with some kind of permanent paving, and after construction, should receive careful attention at all times.
We must not lose sight of the fact that smooth paving, which is pleasing to the automobilist, is more or less slippery for horses. What is satisfactory to one is unsatisfactory to others.
36%
STREET COMMISSIONER.
The average cost of macadam and tarvia on a concrete base was $1.70 per square yard. A contractor laid the con- crete at $.84 per square yard, and the department laid the tarvia top. On Tufts street, a contractor laid the concrete base at $.84 per square yard, and the department laid a pea stone tarvia top. The total cost was $1.10 per square yard. These prices include the resetting of edgestones, and repairing side- walks where needed.
Street Cleaning.
All the citizens could help keep the streets clean by not throwing or sweeping rubbish into the streets, and by using a little care when they set their refuse barrels on the sidewalks for collection, by seeing that the material is so placed that it will not blow out of the barrels, and I would thank them for so doing.
As recommended in the report of 1910, a single team and helper will be placed the coming year in each ward of the city, and a special effort will be made to keep the streets clean.
What the department should have is a flushing or pick-up machine that could be used nights to keep the squares clean. The scarcity of dumps increases the cost of this branch of the work.
Street Sprinkling.
Good work was done in the oiling of our streets by the horse-drawn automatic pressure oilers. With the purchase of an auto truck oiler the work could be done more economically. This year we used :-
58,544 gallons of Standard No. 4,
64,065 gallons of Speare's Tasscoil,
6.512 gallons of "Dustoline,"
6.901 gallons of Headley's No. 7, gallons of Headley's No. 22,
15,051
25.844 gallons of Barrett's "Tarvia B,"
32,174 gallons of Speare's "45 Percent,"
17,515 gallons of Indian oil,
19,800 gallons of gas house tar,
1,300 gallons of Speare's "Asphaltoline."
Each abutter is charged $.05 per linear foot.
There are several reasons why oil or tar is better than water, namely: the large number of gallons of water saved; dust laid for all times; saving the surface of the streets; less street cleaning ; and last but not least, no watering carts on the streets Sundays or holidays.
Stone Crusher.
The crushing plant has been in operation 251 1-2 days during the year. There were 7,698 tons of stone crushed, and 3,135.175 tons purchased during the year.
The steam drill has worked 270 days.
368
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Bridges.
The bridges are in good condition. The abolition of the grade crossings on Medford street and Dane street have been completed and the streets opened to the public, thus doing away with two very dangerous crossings.
All the fences at the bridges and grades that the depart- ment cares for, were painted and repaired.
Shade Trees.
The city purchased trees and set out the same on several of the main thoroughfares where trees had died or been removed.
Trees purchased by the abutters were set out by the department and all trees were protected by a wire guard and supported by a pole. The conditions with which the shade trees have to contend in the city is a serious drawback to their growth, namely: electric wires, gas leaks, permanent paving, and insects.
One hundred and fifty-one dead and dangerous trees were removed during the year and 613 new trees set out. Three hundred and thirty-six trees were trimmed. A total of 7,252 street and park trees were sprayed by the gasoline spraying machine.
The leopard moth or borer is increasing in the city, and an appropriation should be made to enable the department to make a fight against this pest which is destroying many of our trees.
Gypsy and Brown=tail Moths.
The moths are under control in our city. Most of the work is done in the winter-time because they are in the tent form and easy to find. The employees cut off the brown-tail nests and paint the gypsy nests.
Seven thousand and eighty-six street trees and 10,815 trees on private property were inspected and cared for by the department. -
Steam Rollers.
A new Buffalo-Pitts fifteen-ton steam roller was pur- chased this year. The old ten-ton roller will be kept for emergency. The No. 1 roller has worked forty-eight days, the No. 2 roller 204 days, No. 3, 23 1-2 days, and No. 4, 160 days. The No. 3 roller is a five-ton roller, and is used for rolling the parks in the spring of the year.
Sidewalks.
As recommended in last year's report an appropriation of over $20,000.00 was made. The city government could use the same amount the coming year. Great improvement was made
369
STREET COMMISSIONER.
in several sections of the city by the completion of the side- walks, thus giving a continuous walk.
The average cost of gravel sidewalks with edgestones was $1.02 per linear foot, brick sidewalks $1.30 per square yard, and granolithic $1.57 per square yard; this included the resetting of edgestones. A contractor laid granolithic for $1.35 per square yard, and where the edgestones were reset, where he laid the granolithic, the average cost was $1.41 per square yard.
The department received more complaints about muddy sidewalks from pedestrians and abutters where the sidewalks are not completed than from any other source. Where the brick or granolithic sidewalks are not completed it is a serious inconvenience to pedestrians in bad weather, and they should be completed so as to make one continuous sidewalk. The. abutters are assessed half the cost for constructing sidewalks.
The department used 10,613 bags of Portland cement.
Snow and Ice.
The department expends a considerable sum from the maintenance appropriation for snow and ice. It is the duty of this department to remove the snow and ice from all sidewalks in front of public buildings and grades, and sand the same when they become slippery, for which the department receives no compensation.
The department has four bridges from which it is required to remove snow and ice, due to the abolition of the grade crossings on the Fitchburg Division. Sand boxes are within casy access for the push-cart men who care for the subways, bridges and squares.
Not many years ago the department could let the snow lie in the several squares and on the main streets, but now the city is built up and progressing, and the snow and ice must be teamed away in order that the squares and main streets may be in proper condition for the conduct of business and the convenience of the general public.
Underground Wires.
The work of burying the wires is progressing slowly. Permits for opening the streets were issued to the Edison Electric Illuminating Company and the New England Tele- phone and Telegraph Company to connect their underground system on the main streets to the first or second pole on the intersecting streets. On all the new streets, and streets to be constructed, the electric and telephone wires should be laid underground. This would help save the trees and beautify the city.
Accepted Streets.
There were twenty-two streets accepted under the Better- ment Act during the year, comprising a total length of 8,785
370
ANNUAL REPORTS.
linear feet. There were eight streets constructed under the Betterment Act, with macadam and tarvia, comprising a total length of 4,152 linear feet, at an average cost of $1.18 per square yard, which included paving the gutters with granite block paving three feet wide. Edgestones were set before the con- struction work was begun.
There were nine streets or portions of streets macadamized or resurfaced at a cost of $2,405.34.
There are 79.662 miles of public streets and 19.4 miles of private streets in the city, making a total length of 99.062 miles. (See table in back of report.)
Sidewalks Maintenance.
The department received a fairly good appropriation for repairing sidewalks this year, but as the cost of repairing gravel sidewalks was charged to this account, and because we have so many miles of gravel or dirt sidewalks to care for, less work was done on the repairing of brick sidewalks. Three thousand five hundred and ninety feet of edgestones were reset, and 2,700 square yards of brick sidewalks relaid.
The more money spent for permanent sidewalks, the less money will be needed for the repair of gravel or dirt sidewalks.
Sanitary Division.
The collection of ashes and garbage increases each year. Take for instance the old nunnery grounds, which about a year ago was vacant land, and where now there are over 152 families from whom to collect ashes, rubbish and garbage. Practically the same condition obtains in the western part of the city.
I think the only solution of the whole problem is for the city to erect large hoppers in the districts where there are no dumps, and haul the material from the hoppers to the dumps with auto trucks. By this system the ashes and rubbish would be removed from the streets much quicker and more economically.
The garbage is teamed to the city yard and sold to the farmers at $.70 per cord foot, and the combustible material to the incinerator, where it is sorted by a contractor who pays the city $85.00 a month. For these two items the city received $10,465.15.
Summary of collections :-
75.194.5 cubic yards of refuse, 3,289 cubic yards of rubbish, 23,079 cubic yards of paper, 1.844.49 cords of garbage.
Two hundred and thirty-seven requests and complaints were received and attended to.
371
STREET COMMISSIONER.
Statement of Tools and Personal Property in the Hands of the Sani- tary Division, January 1, 1914.
Horses
$10,200 00
Carts and implements used with horses
11,204 00
Auto truck
3,375 00
Harnesses and horse clothing
1,970 00
Stable utensils and property
154 90
Tools . .
158 20
Incinerator stock
103 00
Painting stock .
37 56
Stock in harness room .
70 80
Stock and tools for horse shoeing
187 78
$27,461 24
Emergency Call.
The emergency call for this department is 8-8 on the fire alarm system, and is used to call the employees to the stable in case of emergency. The emergency wagon is always ready, day or night, to answer all calls.
Miscellaneous.
Specifications were sent out to all the local and wholesale concerns and bids asked for the furnishing of edgestones, brick, sand, gravel, cement, tools, paving stock, etc. The bids were opened publicly in the office of the mayor, and the contracts were awarded to the lowest bidders, preference being given to Somerville citizens and taxpayers.
The department has been called upon to furnish steam rollers, teams, crushed stone, sand, gravel, cement and ashes to the other departments of the city, being reimbursed for the same.
The department does its own painting, carpentering, blacksmithing, horseshoeing and harness repairing, and main- tains shops for these different lines of work at the city stable.
Horses have been purchased, killed or sold as follows :-
Street Division
Purchased. Killed. Sold. 3 1 1 1 I
I have attended thirty-one meetings of the committee on public works for consultation regarding work and petitions before the committee.
Under the Pension Act for Laborers, accepted in 1912, three laborers have been pensioned. In 1913 the voters of the city accepted the Workmen's Compensation Act.
The following permits were issued during the year :-
Permits for steam rollers, erecting canopy and blasting rock .
24
Permits for Cambridge Gas Light Company 233
Permits for Charlestown Gas Company 132
Permits for occupying streets and sidewalks 210 .
Permits for opening streets and sidewalks . 152 · · .
Sanitary Division
3
312
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Permits for crossing sidewalks
71
Permits for feeding horses
8
Street watering complaints and requests
45
Notifications to other departments and corporations .
563
Requests for repairing gravel sidewalks .
194
Accidents reported
27
Police reports
Streets oiled
Brick and granolithic sidewalks repaired
268
Miscellaneous reports and requests .
581
Requests to care for moths
9
Poles and guards for trees
519
Drain layers' permits
153
Water department openings
1,045
Ice and snow removed (loads) .
118
New signs erected by department
118
Signs repainted by department
74
Sand and gravel used (cubic yards)
1,890
Dirt removed or handled (cubic yards)
15,076
Scrapings removed from streets
11,071
Old macadam used (cubic yards)
1,206
Ashes used (cubic yards)
6,567
Ballast used (loads) .
596
Recommendations.
I most respectfully recommend that the south side of Elm street, from Oak square to Cutter square, be constructed similar to the north side, with a concrete base and tarvia macadam top surface.
The unpaved portions of Beacon street, Somerville avenue, College avenue, Broadway, Springfield, and Newton streets should be completed. Portions of Morrison avenue, Willow avenue, Cedar street, School street, and Summer street should be resurfaced.
His honor, Mayor Burns, has petitioned the Massachusetts Highway Commission to accept Middlesex avenue as a State highway.
As recommended in last year's report, the blacksmith shop should be enlarged in order to make accommodations for the wheel-wrights.
I wish to extend my sincere thanks to all for their support and hearty co-operation.
Highways Maintenance Account.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$33,000 00
Transfer from Funded Debt Account .
806 96
Transfer from Street Sprinkling Account
2,003 15
Transfer from Sidewalks Maintenance
558 12
Transfer from Street Cleaning Account
198 70
Transfer from Care of Trees Account 56 80
Transfer from Refuse Disposal Account
190 19
Amount carried forward .
$36,813 92
528
384
373
STREET COMMISSIONER.
Amount brought forward .
$36,813 92
Transfer from Elm Leaf Beetle Extermina-
tion Account
9 07
Transfer from Public Buildings Mainten-
ance Highway Buildings Account . 43 50
$36,866 49
Less transfer to Care of Trees
600 00
Less transfer to Street Cleaning
800 00
Less transfer to Street Sprinkling
650 00
2,050 00
$34,816 49
Receipts and credits :-
Use of city teams on sundry work
$6,104 56
UJse of steam road rollers
2,421 78
Highways, street sprinkling (bill for materials) Public property bill paid of 1912
251 46
44 86
Value of materials on hand January 1, 1913
1,230 78
Profit and loss on materials
209 23
$10,262 67
Total credit
$45,079 16
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
For repairs of sundry streets, as per table B, at end of this report
$2,405 34
General repairs of streets
13,045 29
Repairs of street and block paving
9,306 97
Repairs of street crossings
83 19
Repairs of gutters
54 15
Repairs of iron fence al Boston avenue bridge .
22 45
Repairs of fence at Clarendon Hill ledge
138 89
Repairs of crusher
466 19
Repairs of steam road rollers .
466 72
Repairs of carts, plows, rollers, etc.
1,678 83
Repairs of tools
41 63
Repairs and supplies of Street Commissioner's auto,
294 85
Storage of Street Commissioner's automobile .
79 40
Removing snow and ice and care of slippery side- walks
1,406 84
Painting carts
298 95
Painting and repairing at bridges and grades
291 64
Street opening, Illinois avenue at Broadway
176 60
Street opening, Indiana avenue at Broadway
170 34
Street opening, Michigan avenue at Broadway
161 40
Street opening, Minnesota avenue at Broadway .
121 55
Street opening, Pennsylvania avenue at Broadway (bill of 1912) .
66 69
Street opening, Central road at Central and Sycamore streets
67 52
Street opening, Burnham street at Broadway
47 73
Street opening, Leonard street at Broadway
49 81
Rolling for Tufts College
15 00
Care of subways
502 09
Blacksmithing
177 75
Carpentering
57 50
Painting .
.
83 60
Amount carried forward
$31,778 91
.
374
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
$31,778 91
Street signs and numbers
1,080 98
Sawing wood
105 73
Steam drill (repairs of same and fuel) .
228 16
Waltham Gravel Land taxes for 1913
175 21
Money paid men injured while at work .
163 12
Money paid men for holidays .
1,018 75
Taking care of highway property .
1,095 41
Street crossing discontinued on Benedict street at Benedict avenue
15 18
Street Commissioner's salary .
2,400 00
Street Commissioner's telephone
32 45
Tools
552 25
Iron and hardware
30 00
Ashes
40 09
Stone bounds
50
Holland street ledge
180 11
Lumber
99 15
Cement
3 48
Sand
10 83
Pensions for laborers
337 92
Books, stationery, printing and postage Sundry expenses
2,372 03
Private work (receipts credited to revenue)
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