Report of the city of Somerville 1913, Part 3

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


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$18,128 87


Public Service, 1913


$8,156 42


Refund, 1912 account


82 19


8,074 23


National Bank Tax, 1913


$5,494 78


Refund, 1912 account


.


148 39


Street Railway Tax


5,346 39 36,224 76


Boston Elevated Railway Tax


10,661 18


Amount carried forward .


.


$78,435 43


$23 16


.


$26,203 10


.


4 43


4 00


34


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward .


Court Fees and Fines.


Police Court


$1,941 00


County Court .


65 00


Dog Licenses, from County .


2,006 00 3,610 34


Interest.


Taxes


$8,335 49


Assessments


590 40


Bank Balances, Treasurer


$4,460 36


City Clerk . 9 54


4,469 90


13,395 79


Licenses.


Liquor


$21 75


Business, City Clerk


.


.


2,177 50


Fireworks


13 00


Health Department


337 00


Milk


285 00


Permits, Marriage


915 00


All others (from


City Clerk) 195 00


3,944 25


Departmental Accounts.


Treasury Department :-


Costs: Taxes


$3,970 28


Costs: Assessments .


186 03


Certificates: Tax Lien


302 00


Redemption


17 00


Collecting National Bank Tax


17 07


Telephone, Joseph S. Pike


12 00


4,504 38


City Clerk's Department, receipts


1,130 73


Commissioner of Public Buildings, telephone tolls


2 90


Engineering Department, plans for sundry streets . Police Department :-


59 00


Cloth and equipment .


$350 95


Services of officers


22 50


Sundries


28 95


Maintenance Police Building: Rent, from County .


Fire Department :-


Fines, callmen


$673 00


Sale of old material .


35 08


Weights and Measures Department, fees .


475 90


Electrical Department :-


Edison Electric Illuminating Company, grounding wires .


$250 00


Damage to automobile


60 00


310 00


Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Extermination Assessments (in taxes) .


580 04


Amount carried forward


$110,815 24


.


·


402 40 1,250 00


708 08


.


$78,435 43


35


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$110,815 24 Health Department :-


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


$46 00


Cities and Towns .


22 86


68 86


Inspection of Animals and Provisions, telephone tolls Inspection of Milk and Vinegar :-


H. E. Bowman


$24 00


Sundry persons, analytical work


168 00


Contagious Hospital :-


Commonwealth of Massachusetts $2,767 30


County of Middlesex


93 47


Cities and Towns


7,207 97


Sundry persons .


1,518 97


Highways, Refuse Disposal :-


D. DeStefano, use of incinerator


$1,020 00


City Home, garbage .


504 70


Sundry persons, garbage . ·


8,990 45


Highways Maintenance :-


Sundry persons, constructing and dis- continuing driveways


$673 90


Sundry persons, labor and materials . 549 39


Sidewalks Maintenance, sundry persons, repairs Highways, Street Sprinkling :-


Assessed in taxes


$34,854 95


Abutters on sundry streets


223 36


Maintenance Highway Buildings, rent of tenements Poor Department, Miscellaneous :- Commonwealth of Massachusetts


$1,275 88


Cities and Towns


3,285 61


Sundry persons


36 15


City Home :-


J. Foster Colquhoun, produce


$4,681 86


Contagious Hospital, produce . .


243 25


Cities and Towns, board .


540 05


Sundry persons, board .


60 99


Soldiers' Benefits :-


Soldiers' Relief, Cities and Towns . .


$60 00


Military Aid, Common-


wealth of Massachusetts $224 50


State Aid, Commonwealth of Massachusetts


15,033 50


Soldiers' Burials, Com-


monwealth of Massachu-


setts


635 00


Cash advanced in 1913 15,893 00


School. Contingent :-


Commonwealth of Massachusetts :-- Separate Industrial Schools . $7,004 87


Amounts carried forward .


$7,004 87


$195,818 31


.


10,515 15


1,223 29 20 26


35,078 31 240 00


.


4,597 64


·


.


5,526 15


15,953 00


70


192 00


11,587 71.


36


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$7,004 87 $195,818 31


Tuition, Boston Evening Schools 130 59


Tuition state wards .


258 00


Sundry persons, tuition .


260 61


Cities and Towns, tuition


415 84


Forfeiture of deposits, evening schools .


187 00


Supplies sold


28 79


8,285 70


Maintenance School Buildings :-


Walter T. Littlefield . .


$116 14


Sundry persons, rent of ward rooms, etc. 98 35


214 49 .1,154 20


Parks Maintenance, Boston Elevated Railway .


100 00


Playgrounds Maintenance, Somerville High School


Athletic Association


50 00


Somerville Field :-


Somerville High School Athletic Asso- ciation


$450 00


Sundry persons


39 00


489 00


Maintenance Bathhouse :-


Walter T. Littlefield, Commissioner of Public Build-


ings, bathhouse receipts


815 53


Miscellaneous .


112 80


Water Maintenance :----


Sundry persons, pipe, fittings, etc. . $3,700 31


Edison Electric Illuminating Company, grounding wires


250 00


3,950 31


Water Service Assessments :-


Sundry persons, water services .


5,079 51


Water Works Income :-


Sales of Water :- Metered Water Charges, fourth


quarter, 1913, uncollected $19.634 64


Received of sundry water takers . 212,673 80


$232,308 44


Less refunds and abatements


246 67


232,061 77


$448,131 62


Revenue received in cash


$377,646 24


Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Assessments


(in taxes) .


$580 04


Street Srrinkling Assessments (in taxes) .


34,854 95


Commonwealth of Massachusetts :--


Military Aid


$224 50


State Aid .


15,033 50


Soldiers' Burials


635 00


Metered Water Charges, fourth quarter, district 1 19,634 64


$448,608 87


Amount carried forward


$448,608 87


·


·


35,434 99


.


15,893 00


Libraries, fines .


37


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


$448,608 87 Cash Refunds :-


$82 19


National Bank Tax


148 39


Water Charges .


245 27


$475 85


Abatement Water Charges ·


1 40


477 25


$448,131 62


TABLE F .- GENERAL ACCOUNTS AND BALANCES.


Cash.


RECEIPTS.


Balance from 1912


$223,792 03


Revenue (See Table E)


$377,646 24


Taxes, 1910


$98 65


1911


776 29


1912


268,580 63


1913


1,217,545 87


1,487,001 44


Metered Water Charges


19,144 50


Highway Betterment Assessments


4,775 82


Sewer Assessments


7,989 70


Sidewalk Assessments .


17,554 36


Commonwealth of Massachusetts :- Account liquor licenses


$7 25


Due for advances, 1912 . 16,275 00


16,282 25


Temporary Loans: Taxes


$860,000 00


Grade Crossings 75,000 00


935,000 00


Grade Crossings (cash advances) .


18,784 00


Redemption of Tax Liens


1,399 37


Guarantee Deposits


1,500 00


Funded Debt. .


222,000 00


Trust Funds, Income :-


Public School: S. Newton Cutler . 100 00


Public Library: Isaac Pitman, Art 90 14


Isaac Pitman, Poetry .


22 54


Frances A. Wilder


Children's Depart- mment


4 04


Martha R. Hunt, Books


494 24


S. Newton Cutler


20 00


Gifts: Carnegie Corporation


75,000 00


Reduction of Funded Debt, premium bonds


1,836 90


Credits to Appropriation accounts :-


Refunds (See Table D)


2,203 30


Offsets to Outlays (See Table D) .


2,301 11


$3,191,149 95


Service Transfers (See Table C) . 45,018 13


3,236,168 08


$3,459,960 11


.


on


Amount brought forward .


Corporation Taxes, Public Service


38


ANNUAL REPORTS.


PAYMENTS.


Refunds of Revenue (See Table E)


$475 85


Board of Aldermen Expenses


789 82


Clerk of Committees and Departments


3,950 00


Executive Department .


4,762 62


Auditing Department


1,345 00


Treasury Department


13,680 90


Assessors' Department


11,092 80


City Clerk's Department


7,723 20


Law Department


2,318 80


City Messenger's Department


2,717 38


Engineering Department


11,567 35


Commissioner of Public Buildings .


4,469 92


Maintenance Municipal Buildings .


5,573 17


Certification of Notes and Bonds


637 50


Registration of City Laborers


330 70


Election Expenses, City Clerk


1,898 56


Registrars of Voters


2,313 44


Pay of Election Officers, Polling Places


687 89


Police Department


103,792 20


Maintenance Police Buildings


3,118 19


Police Signal System


7,750 00


New Cells, Police Station


953 19


Fire Department


109,361 92


Maintenance Fire Buildings .


5,377 66


Fire Department, Additional Apparatus Militia


500 00


Weights and Measures Department


2,533 53


Electrical Department


9,406 73


Electrical Department, Underground Con- struction


2,333 53


Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Extermination,


2,400 00


Elm-leaf Beetle Extermination


734 06


Care of Trees


3,526 40


Shade Trees


596 03


Health Department


10,648 07


Inspection of Animals and Provisions .


1,233 38


Inspection of Milk and Vinegar .


1,770 41


Inspection of School Children


1,775 26


Vital Statistics .


887 72


Contagious Hospital


16,990 97


Maintenance Contagious Hospital


3,384 59


Sewers Construction


26,694 91


Sewers Maintenance


14,170 44 89 38


Refuse Disposal


81,824 86 993 19


Maintenance Refuse Buildings


Street Cleaning


22,601 30


Highways Construction .


36,823 92


Highways Maintenance


61,826 86


Highway Department, Steam Roller


4,400 00


Sidewalks Construction .


41,620 01


Sidewalks Maintenance


4,519 77


Street Sprinkling


26,321 85


Street Lighting


56,000 00


Maintenance Highway Buildings


1,256 50


Amount carried forward


$753,599 73


3,248 00


5,800 00


·


Maintenance Sewer Buildings


39


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward .


$753,599 73


Alewife Brook Bridge


3,500 00


Poor Department, Miscellaneous .


21,827 73


Poor Department, City Home


10,948 15


Maintenance City Home Buildings


2,437 71


City Home Addition


120 10


Somerville Hospital


5,000 00


Soldiers' Relief .


21,555 99


Military Aid


449 00


State Aid


15,037 50


Soldiers' Burials


635 00


School Contingent .


35,999 36


School Teachers' Salaries


318,957 18


Maintenance School Buildings


73,412 72


S. Newton Cutler School


4,474 59


High School Addition


113,617 98


School Buildings, Fire Exits .


2,155 04


S. Newton Cutler School, Grading Land


1,063 90


Bell School, Additional Window Space 1,188 53


Bingham School, Construction of Hall


1,950 46


High School, Furnishing and Equipment


12,130 75


Central Heating Plant


20,416 00


Public School Trust Funds, Income


20 00


Public Library Construction .


90,570 22


Central Library


25,005 80


Maintenance Central Library Building


3,349 77


West Somerville Branch Library .


5,999 90


Maintenance West Somerville Branch Li- brary Building .


1,637 16


East Somerville Branch Library .


2,499 45


Maintenance East Somerville Branch brary Building ·


Li-


642 85


Union Square Branch Library


2,499 05


Maintenance Union Square Branch Library Building


897 62


Public Library Trust Funds, Income :-


Isaac Pitman Fund, Art


259 67


Isaac Pitman Fund, Poetry


67 68


Martha R. Hunt Fund, Books


561 50


S. Newton Cutler .


44 51


Engineering Department, Parks Mainten- ance


7,757 55


Maintenance Park Buildings


299 39


Playgrounds Maintenance


3,433 70


Playgrounds Extension


704 23


Lincoln Park Shower Baths


994 50


Summer Playgrounds


2,499 60


Maintenance Bathhouse .


2,297 40


Memorial Day .


425 00


Independence Day


500 00


Municipal Documents


1.609 62


Contingent Fund


273 54


Interest


80,797 24


Reduction of Funded Debt


222,000 00


Water Maintenance .


53.429 18


Water Works Extension


20,332 70


Maintenance Water Buildings


989 35


Amount carried forward .


$1,952,875 60


40


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward .


$1,952,875 60 15 84


Overlay and Abatement, 1913


.


Coupons


27,072 50


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, taxes,


etc.


.


25 per


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, cent. of liquor licenses


7 25


County of Middlesex


63,565 14


Temporary Loans


860,000 00


Grade Crossings


49,165 59


Redemption of Tax Liens


1,399 37


Sundry Persons


100 00


Guarantee Deposits


1,500 00


$3,326,216 65


Balance to debit of account, 1914 .


133,743 46


$3,459,960 11


Taxes.


CREDIT.


Receipts :-


Cash, received for taxes of 1910


$98 65


66


60 66 66 1911


776 29


66


66 66 66 1912


268,580 63


66


66 66 66 1913


1,217,545 87


1,487,001 44


Overlay and Abatement :-


Abatement on taxes of 1910 ·


$560 30


1911


1,663 64


66


66 66


66 1912


5,566 03


66


1913


7,219 91


Balance to debit of account, 1914 :- Being uncollected taxes of 1910 .


$2 00


66


66


66


66 1912


919 61


66


66 66 1913 . 287,883 15


288,967 68


$1,790,979 00


DEBIT.


Balance from 1912 .


$278,330 07


Tax levy, as per assessors' warrant of


August 5, 1913 .


1,507,418 41


Supplementary Warrants, amounts credited to Overlay and Abatement, 1913 ac-


5,230 52


$1,790,979 00


Overlay and Abatement, 1912 and Prior Years.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1912 .


$13,608 55


Real Estate Liens account, amount transferred .


691 43


$12,917 12


Balance to credit of account, 1914 .


5,134 33


$7,782 79


.


.


15,009 88


1911 . 162 92


count


370,515 36


41


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


DEBIT.


Taxes, amount of abatements


.


.


$7,789 97 7 18


Refunds, taxes refunded . .


$7,782 79


Overlay and Abatement, 1913.


CREDIT.


Taxes, amount of overlay from assessors' warrant $19,552 04 Amount of assessors' supplementary warrants, 1913 . 5,230 52


$24,782 56


Balance to credit of account, 1914 .


17,546 81


DEBIT.


Taxes, amount of abatements


$7,219 91


Cash, paid sundry persons, money refunded, 15 84


$7,235 75


Real Estate Liens.


DEBIT.


Balance from 1912


$691 43


Overlay and Abatement, 1912 and prior years account,


amount transferred .


691 43


Revenue.


1


CREDIT.


Excess and Deficiency account; balance from 1912 trans- ferred .


Revenue (See Table E) .


.


.


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account .


899 60


$462,450 92


Appropriated in Budget .


$446,760 34


Unexpended balance, 1912 ·


13,419 70


$460,180 04


Metropolitan Water Assessment, in excess of estimate


1,120 88


Transferred to the following accounts :- Contagious Hospital .


1,000 00


Parks Maintenance


50 00


Playgrounds Maintenance


50 00


Engineering Department .


50 00


$462,450 92


Metered Water Charges.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of sundry water takers .


$19,144 50


Water Works Income, abatements (See Revenue, Table E)


1 40


Balance to debit of account, 1914 . ,


$19,145 90 19,634 64


$38,780 54


.


$13,419 70 448,131 62


$461,551 32


.


$7,235 75


42


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEBIT.


Balance from 1912 .


$19,145 90 Last quarter, district No. 1. uncollected, .


$38,780 54


Highway Betterment Assessments.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of sundry persons . .


.


$4,775 82


Balance to debit of account, 1914 . .


4,949 32


$9,725 14


DEBIT.


Balance from 1912


.


$2,589 69


Highways Construction account, assess-


7,135 45


$9,725 14


Sidewalk Assessments.


CREDIT.


Receipts :-


Cash, received of sundry persons . .


$17,554 36


Balance to debit of account, 1914 .


13,492 98


$31,047 34


DEBIT.


Balance from 1912 .


.


$12,865 21


Sidewalks Construction ac- count, assessments levied,


$18,198 89


Less abatements


16 76


18,182 13


$31,047 34


Sewer Assessments.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of sundry persons . .


$7,989 70


Balance to debit of account, 1914 . .


1,969 05


DEBIT.


Balance from 1912 .


.


.


$8,242 54


Sewers Construction account,


assessments


levied .


1,716 21


$9,958 75


*Coupons.


CREDIT.


Balance of coupons unpaid January 1, 1913 .


$14,765 00


Coupons maturing April 1, 1913 :--


Water Loan


$320 00


Sewer Loan


1,785 00


City Loan .


8,942 50


Bridge Loan


560 00


Municipal Loan


700 00


12,307 50


. 1


$27,072 50


* Beginning with July 1, charges have been made direct to Interest account instead of to Coupons account.


.


.


$9,958 75


.


.


ments levied


19,634 64


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 43


DEBIT.


Cash, paid coupons .


.


$27,072 50


Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


State Tax and Assessments.


State Tax .


$126,000 00


Metropolitan Sewer Assessment :-


Sinking Fund


$15,317 16


Serial Bond Requirements .


356 24


Interest


29,138 47


Maintenance and Operation


24,913 50


Metropolitan Park Assessment:


Sinking Fund


$4,555 46


Serial Bond Requirements .


221 50


Interest


13,465 99


Maintenance and Operation


17,914 65


Wellington Bridge Assessment


Charles River Basin Assessment :-


Serial Bond Requirements .


$200 64


Interest


2,729 77


Maintenance and Operation


3,419 15


Alewife Brook Assessment :-


Assessment


$750 00


Interest


472 50


Abatement of Smoke


247 44


Metropolitan Water Assessment :-


Sinking Fund


$24,930 94


Serial Bond Requirements .


491 92


Interest


70,206 83


Maintenance and Operation ·


20,691 19


State Highway Tax .


Grade Crossings Assessments :-


Assessment


$9,354 19


Interest


2,737 08


12,091 27


Tax on Non-resident Bank Shares


1,711 43


$370,515 36


Cash paid .


$370,515 36


Soldiers' Benefits.


Military Aid, 1912


$342 00


State Aid, 1912 .


15,563 00


Soldiers' Burials, 1912


370 00


Military Aid. 1913


$224 50


State Aid, 1913


15,033 50


Soldiers' Burials, 1913


635 00


15,893 00


$32,168 00


Cash received


16,275 00


$15,893 00


.


.


.


.


$16,275 00


- -


69,725 37


36,157 60 631 31


6,349 56


1,222 50


116,320 88 58 00


44


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Liquor License Fees.


25 per cent. of liquor license fees . $7 25


Cash paid .


$7 25


County of Middlesex.


CREDIT.


Taxes. 1913, county tax .


$63,565 14


DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid county tax


$63,565 14


Temporary Loans.


In Anticipation of Taxes. CREDIT.


Balance from 1912


$350,000 00


Cash, borrowed by authority of the Board


of Aldermen on notes as follows :-


City Notes Nos. 151, 153-160, 266 days, 3.43 per cent., discounted .


$150,000 00


City Note No. 161, 233 days, 41/4 per cent., discounted


20,000 00


City Note No. 162, 239 days, 41/4 per cent., discounted


50,000 00


City Note No. 163, 7 months, 21 days, 412 per cent., discounted City Notes Nos. 164-171, 224 days, 412 per cent., discounted


60,000 00


City Notes Nos. 172-173, 229 days, 41/2 per cent., discounted


20,000 00


City Note No. 174, 232 days, 472 per


10,000 00


City Notes Nos. 175-180, 227 days, 4.68 per cent., discounted


60,000 00


City Notes Nos. 183-188, 218 days, 41/4 per cent., dicounted


60,000 00


City Notes Nos. 189-199, 314 days, 45% per cent., discounted


140,000 00


City Notes Nos. 200-211, 254 days, 514 per cent., discounted . City Notes Nos. 202-203, 249 days, 43/4 per cent., discounted .


50,000 00


· City Note No. 204, 265 days, 4.59 per cent., discounted .


60,000 00


860,000 00


$1,210,000 00


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid as follows :-


City Notes Nos. 145-150


$150,000 00


City Notes Nos. 120-125


.


.


100,000 00


City Notes Nos. 129-135


100,000 00


City Notes Nos. 151, 153-160


.


150,000 00


Amount carried forward


· $500,000 00


80,000 00


cent., discounted


100,000 00


45


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward .


$500,000 00


City Note No. 161


20,000 00


City Note No. 162


50,000 00


City Note No. 163


80,000 00


City Notes Nos. 164-171


60,000 00


City Notes Nos. 172-173


20,000 00


City Note No. 174


10,000 00


City Notes Nos. 175-180


60,000 00


City Notes Nos. 183-188


60,000 00


Balance to credit of account, 1914 .


$860,000 00 350,000 00


$1,210,000 00


Abolition of Grade Crossings.


CREDIT.


Cash, borrowed by authority of the Board of Aldermen, 99 days, at 3.93 per cent. .


$75,000 00


Balance to credit of account, 1914 .


$75,000 00


Grade Crossings.


CREDIT.


Receipts :-


Decree on Auditor's Fifth Report, Certain Grade Crossings :-


Commonwealth of Massachusetts · $13,759 00


Decree on Auditor's Eighth Report, Somerville Avenue :- Commonwealth of Massachusetts $3,725 52


Boston & Albany Railroad . 1,299 48


5,025 00


Balance to debit of account, 1914 .


48,613 61


$67,397 61


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Balance from 1912


$18,232 02


Cash, paid Horace W. Andrews, settlement,


$1,900 00


American Tube Works, settlement .


2,025 58


William Arınstrong, settlement .


1,400 00


Cesare Bacci, settlement


575 00


Edward A. Binney, appraising


11 25


Mary Buckley, settlement .


1,250 00


Frank W. Crocker, Mabel Swift Moore,


and Fred E. Bailey, Trustees, set- tlement


1,300 00


Bridget Crotty, settlement .


1,200 00


Mary C. Crotty, settlement


1,200 00


William T. Crotty, settlement .


1,205 00


Catherine C. Cotter, settlement .


40 00


Estate Catherine J. Flaherty, settlement .


1,750 00


Matilda Gosse, settlement .


1,515 00


Eugene H. Jones, photographs


12 00


John C. Madden, Attorney for Luigi Fer- razani, settlement .


150 00


Amounts carried forward .


$15,533 83


$18,232 02


$18,784 00


46


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$15,533 83 $18,232 02


Charles S. McGlone, settlement . 40 00 .


Julia A. McGlone, settlement


350 00


J. Edward L. McLean, experts .


271 50


New England Dressed Meat & Wool Co., settlement


26,000 00


Bernard O'Neil, settlement


1,450 00


James J., William A., Ellen V. and Mar-


garet O'Brien, settlement


40 00


Nathan H. Reed, services .


60 00


F. E. Rollins, copy and evidence


77 10


Patrick J. and Mary Russell, settlement .


30 00


J. Walter Sanborn, settlement .


2,900 00


Anthony Sheridan, settlement


225 00


Augustus L. Sylvester and Mary O. de Guglielmo, settlement .


1,750 00


Frank Sloane and Elizabeth G. Sloane, settlement . ·


375 00


Harry Van Iderstine, services .


63 16


49,165 59


$67,397 61


Redemption of Tax Liens.


CREDIT.


Receipts :--


Cash, received of sundry persons, redemption of tax liens,


$1,399 37


DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid sundry persons, redemption of tax liens .


$1,399 37


Overplus on Tax Sales.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1912


.


$118 13


DEBIT.


$118 13


Balance to credit of account, 1914 .


Sundry Persons.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1912


$719 56


Balance to credit of account, 1914 . .


619 56


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid sundry persons


$100 00


Guarantee Deposits.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of J. II. Fannon, guarantee deposits .


$1,500 00


DEBIT. (Expenditures.) Cash, paid J. H. Fannon, deposits returned . $1,500 00


$100 00


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Public Library Trust Funds.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1912 . ·


·


.


Balance to credit of account, 1914 . .


.


$21,414 58


Public Library Trust Fu.ids, Investment.


CREDIT.


Balance to debit of account. 1914 .


$21,414 58


DEBIT.


Balance from 1912 .


$21,414 58


Public School Trust Funds.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1912


·


$5,000 00


Balance to credit of account, 1914 . .


$5,000 00


Public School Trust Funds, Investment.


CREDIT.


Balance to debit of account, 1914 .


$5,000 00


Balance from 1912 .


$5,000 00


Public Property.


CREDIT.


Balance to debit of account, 1914 .


. $5,977,905 82


DEBIT.


Property and Debt Balance, property ac-


quired in 1913


$300,867 19


Balance from 1912 .


. 5,677,038 63


$5,977,905 82


Funded Debt.


CREDIT.


Funded Debt, January 1, 1913


. · $1,674,000 00 Issues of 1913 :-


City Loan Bonds Nos. 4461 to 4565


$105,000 00


Sewer Loan Bonds Nos. 564 to 593 . 30,000 00


Muncipal Loan Bonds Nos. 4566 to 4652 . 87,000 00


222,000 00


$1,896,000 00


DEBIT.


Bonds maturing in 1913 .


$222,000 00


Present Funded Debt, balance of account .


1,674,000 00


$1,896,000 00


Property and Debt Balance.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1912 .


$4,003,038 63


Public Property, property acquired in 1913 . 300,867 19


Funded Debt, bonds maturing in 1913 .


222,000 00


$4,525,905 82


.


.


$21,414 58


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEBIT.


Funded Debt, issues of 1913 .


$222,000 00 Balance to credit of account, 1914 .


$4,525,905 82


Excess and Deficiency.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1912 .


$13,419 70


Revenue account, amount transferred . .


$13,419 70


Balances of 1913 accounts :-


Debit. Credit.


Board of Aldermen Expenses


$10 18


Executive Department


37 38


Auditing Department . .


5 00


Treasury Department .


98 60


Assessors' Department .


7 20


City Clerk's Department


1 80


Law Department


98 70


City Messenger's Department


13


Engineering Department


22


Commissioner Public Buildings


7 60


Maintenance Municipal Buildings


76 83


Registration City Laborers


119 30


Election Expenses, City Clerk


3 72


Registrars of Voters


1 56


Polling Places


12 11


Police Department .


249 03


Maintenance Police Buildings


31 81


Fire Department


30 51


Maintenance Fire Buildings


72 34


Electrical Department


593 27


Health Department


124 67


Inspection of Animals and Provisions .


16 62


Inspection of Milk and Vinegar .


29 59


Inspection of School Children


24 74


Contagious Hospital


9 03


Maintenance Contagious Hospital Building,


15 41


Sewers Maintenance


05


Maintenance Sewer Buildings


35 62


Maintenance Refuse Buildings .


6 81


Poor Department, Miscellaneous


32 85


Maintenance City Home Building


2 29


Soldiers' Relief


62 01


Military Aid


251 00


State Aid .


966 50


Soldiers' Burials


265 00


School Contingent


28 94


School Teachers' Salaries


2 82


Maintenance School Buildings


8 28


Maintenance Central Library Building.


23


West Somerville Branch Library .


10


Maintenance West Somerville Branch Li- brary Building .


22 84


East Somerville Branch Library


55


Amount carried forward .


.


$3,376 82


.


C


4,303,905 82


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Amount brought forward .


$3,376 82


Maintenance East Somerville Branch Li-


brary Building ·


57 15


Union Square Branch Library


95


Maintenance Union Square Branch Li-


brary Building


2 38


Parks Maintenance .


33


Maintenance Park Buildings .


.


.


31


Summer Playgrounds


40


Maintenance Bathhouse


2 60


Municipal Documents


15 38


Contingent Fund


2,346 02


Interest


494 70


Water Maintenance


1,015 35


Water Works Extension


1,275 56


Maintenance Water Buildings


83 13


Revenue


$899 60


$8,671 69


Balance to credit of account, 1914 .


7,772 09


$8,671 69


$8,671 69


Balances.


General Accounts.


Cash


$133,743 46


Taxes, 1910


2 00


1911


162 92


1912


919 61


1913


287,883 15


Overlay and Abatement, 1912 and prior


years


Overlay and Abatement, 1913


Metered Water Charges .


19,634 64


Highway Betterment Assessments


4,949 32


Sidewalk Assessments


13,492 98


Sewer Assessments


1,969 05


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


15,893 00


Temporary Loans :-


In anticipation of Taxes


350,000 00 75,000 00


Grade Crossings


48,613 61


Overplus on Tax Sales


.


.


Sundry Persons


619 56


Maintenance Accounts.


See Excess and Deficiency account, pre- ceding


899 60


8,671 69


Non=Revenue Accounts.


See Credit Balances, Funded Debt Appro- priations, in first part of report


68,949 03


Reduction of Funded Debt . .


1,836 90


Amounts carried forward . · $528,163 34


$527,876 45


.


1


.


$5,134 33 17,546 81


Abolition of Grade Crossings


118 13


.


.


.


61


Playgrounds Maintenance


.


$899 60


50


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward .


$528,163 34


$527,876 45


Trust Funds.


Public School .


5,000 00


Public School, Investment


.


Public Library · .


21,414 58


Public Library, Investment


21,414 58


Income :-


Public School, S. Newton Cutler . ·


205 00


Public Library :-- Isaac Pitman, Art


6 88


Poetry


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