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Allen, Doane & Co., type
1 25
Robert Burlen, binding
1 50
Boston Envelope Co., envelopes
177
Boulevard Auto Co .. car hire
279 75
Carter's Ink Co., ink .
1 80
Cotter & Gould, pencils
12 50
L. E. Clayton, tape
90
Thomas J. Callahan & Co., printing .
15 00
John Donneily & Sons, posting
20 00
Agnes M. Fitzmaurice, addressing
24 92
Gridley Lunch Co., lunch
4 25
Glines Express Co., expressing
25
The Heliotype Co., maps
37 00
John H. Kelley, repairing boxes
73 50
Oriental Tea Co., coffee .
1 59
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamps
.
3 63
Somerville Post Office, postage .
289 25
Shawmut Press, printing labels
4 00
Marguerite M. Scriven, addressing .
19 51
Somerville Enterprise Publishing Co., ad- vertising
79 63
Somerville Journal Co., printing
496 34
Somerville Publishing Co., printing
188 40
Samuel Ward Co., stationery .
25 12
Amount carried forward
$1,588 06
.
.
$1,902 28
$ 20
66
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$1,588 06
Whitney & Snow, hardware 5 50 ·
$1,593 56
City Clerk's Department account, clerical assistance
305 00
$1,898 56
Election Expenses, Registrars of Voters.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
Election Expenses, City Clerk's Department account,
amount transferred
85 00
$2,315 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 1 56
$2,313 44
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Charles P. Lincoln, salary as registrar
$200 00
Frederic W. Cook, salary as registrar . 200 .00
Douglass B. Foster, salary as registrar 200 00
Edwin D. Sibley. salary as registrar 200 00
John W. Hamilton, temporary registrar
15 00
Howard E. Wemyss, clerical services ·
51 00
Fred E. Warren, clerical services .
36 00
Clinton E. Bray, clerical services .
42 (
John H. Kelley, clerical services
36 00
Agnes M. Fitzmaurice, clerical services .
1 50
Allen, Doane & Co., repairing daters, etc.
8 00
Robert Burlen, binding
4 50
Boulevard Auto Co., car hire .
16 50
Tolin Donnelly & Sons, posting
35 50
Gridley Lunch Co., lunch
24 00
Glines & Co., expressing .
40
Thomas Groom & Co., books .
30 00
Fred E. Hanley, witness fee and travel
6 40
Richard A. Keyes, stenographer
5 00 5 25
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., pads .
1 00
Somerville Post Office, postage
31 44
Somerville Journal Co., printing
434 12
Somerville Publishing Co., printing
50 88
Somerville Enterprise Publishing Co.,
38 12
Samuel Ward Co., books and stationery .
23 50
$1,696 II
City Clerk's Department account, clerical assistance
617 33
$2,313 44
Library Bureau, cards
advertising
$2,400 00
69
APPENDIX TÔ TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Election Expenses, Pay of Election Officers.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$3,248 00
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid election officers
$3,248 00
Election Expenses, Polling Places.
(Public Buildings Department.)
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$700 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 12 11
$687 89
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid for labor
$53 00
F. C. Ayer, lumber
47
C. Bowen, moving voting booths
100 00
Edison Electric Illuminating Co., lighting
41 45
Philip Eberle, rent of hall .
62 50
Percy A. Hall, rent of hall
30 00
T. E. Littlefield, lumber
7 72
G. F. McKenna & Son. teaming
305 50
Arthur G. Pearson, rent of hall
80 00
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware
3 18
E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware
3 72
S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co., brass checks .
35
$687 89
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.
Police.
CREDIT.
$100,000 00
Municipal Loan, amount appropriated
4,000 00
$104,000 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .
249 03
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Charles A. Kendall, chief . disbursements
$2,100 00
Robert R. Perry, captain .
1,575 82
Dennis Kelley, lieutenant
1,415 82
Eugene A. Carter, lieutenant
.
1,415 82
Charles E. Woodman, lieutenant
1,400 32
Edward McGarr, sergeant ,
1,260 68
George H. Carleton, sergeant
1,260 68
James M. Harmon, sergeant
1,260 68
John A. Ray, sergeant . ·
1,260 68
·
Appropriation
.
$103,750 97
66 73
Amount carried forward . $13,017 23
68
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$13,017 23
Thomas Damery, inspector 1,200 68
Michael T. Kennedy, inspector 1,203 83
Patrolmen, salaries and extra duties
76,968 43
Drivers
3,011 50
Sundry persons, special patrolmen
446 13
Retired, half pay :-
Melville C. Parkhurst 1,000 00
George W. Bean
547 50
Ira S. Carleton 547 50
John E. Fuller
547 50
Herbert Hilton
574 88
James J. Pollard
547 50
Albion L. Staples
547 50
Minnie F. Woodland, matron .
135 00
Katherine Wood, substitute matron .
22 50
Auto List Publishing Co., auto lists .
20 00
American Express Co., expressing .
3 37
American Towel Supply Co., towels .
55 20
American Storage Battery Co., supplies .
2 55
S. H. Abbott, supplies
3 30
Boulevard Auto Co., auto hire
38 50
Thomas D. Bennett, supplies
2 50
James I. Brooks, bay horse
300 00
H. Barrett, Jr., photographs
4 00
Charles E. Berry, harness and wagon
supplies
70 55
D. J. Bennett, stable supplies and repairs,
6 00
Bostonian Laundry Co., washing
28 41
H. Barrett, photographs .
30 00
Boston Tire & Rubber Co., repairs
27 18
Eugene A. Carter, disbursements
64 08
Cotter & Son. expressing .
80
George H. Carleton, disbursements .
3 00
John L. Cameron, motor cycle suit and license
8 50
George E. Damon Co., stationery
12 96
Thomas Damery, disbursements
91 98
Neils A. Dolleris & Son Co., batteries charged, etc.
1 15
Davenport-Brown Co., lumber
24
D. Evans & Co., buttons .
56 00
Eastern Drug Co., auto supplies
6 60
Edward Edwards, supplies .
2 30
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., stationery sup- plies
31 00
Benjamin F. Freeman, photographs .
16 10
Ernst Flentje, recoil preventer for auto .
80 00
Fresh Pond Ice Co., ice
10 82
Frank H. Graves, committing prisoners .
19 91
Glines Express Co., expressing
1 15
W. A. Greenough, directories
12 00
Thomas Groom & Co., books and sta- tionery
59 35
Gilman Express Co., expressing
1 20
George N. Holden, motor cycle repairs,
etc.
30 90
Amount carried forward .
$101,419 28
.
69
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward . . ·
$101,419 28
The Hill-Michie Co., rental and presto recharge
43 25
Albert C. Hawes, committing prisoners . 4 20
Hobbs & Warren, books .
10 00
James M. Harmon, motor cycle suit and puttees
6 60
Hildreth & Freeman, motor cycle repairs, Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co., sup- plies ·
47 81
Jones Speedometer Co., supplies
6 50
Charles S. Johnston, committing; prison- ers 2 80
Michael T. Kennedy, disbursements and committing prisoners
64 98
Little, Brown & Co., law books
6 75
M. Linsky & Bros., trimmings and wagon coat
47 36
Lord & Webster, hay
.
62 52
E. Linegar, supplies and labor .
8 00
R. S. Lombard, oats .
5 10
Mary McEachern, meals for prisoners
36 25
Martin & Wood, police box keys .
1 50
J. J. Manning, hack hire .
3 00
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co., service
233 67
New York Lubricating Co., oil
6 50
Fulton O'Brion, oats
4 30
A. H. Proctor, oats
7 55
Proctor Bros. Grain Co., oats . . ·
29 45
Phelps Bros., hay and straw
14 70
Perry's Prescription Pharmacy, scriptions
1 10
Ira L. Roberts, horseshoeing
.
56 50
W. W. Reid Mfg. Co., metal polish .
1 00
A. P. Rockwood, carriage hire .
10 00
John B. Ruier, supplies and repairs . W. H. Rinn, meals
7 90
Standard Auto Supply Co., supplies .
3 73
Sampson & Murdock Co., directory .
6 50
Sprague-Hathaway Co., photographs
1 90
Stone & Forsyth, drinking cups
7 00
Charles R. Simpson, D. V. S., medical advice
4 00
Somerville Journal Co., printing
78 00
Standard Tire & Rubber Co., supplies
405 75
Daniel G. Simons, committing prisoners,
6 90
S. Slater & Sons, Inc., police cloth .
428 65
R. M. Sturtevant, supplies
19 54
The Frank Shepard Co., law book .
4 00
Somerville Post Office, postage
15 03
E. Teel & Co .. wagon repairs
36 50
Nathan Tufts & Sons, oats
4 30
Underwood Typewriter Co., supplies and repairs
3 30
M. L. Vinal, supplies
55
Whitney & Snow, hardware
9 75
The White Co., auto supplies
90 13
.
Amount carried forward ,
$103,809 33
.
3 10
pre-
32 13
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount broughit forward
$103,309 33
William H. Winship, saddle cloth and head gear . 11 75
7 50
Samuel C. Wilson Co., auto supplies . Charles E. Wilson, committing prisoners, Western Oil Co .. oil .
2 10
3 93
Wolveline Lubricant Co., supplies . .
3 95
Youlden, Smith & Hopkins, moving safe .
13 50
$103,352 06
Fire Department account, one-half expense Public Safety Committee, badges, and gasoline .
118 60
Highways Maintenance account, board of horse
240 00
horseshoeing ·
62 00
City Clerk's Department account, type-
writer ribbons .
2 58
Water Maintenance account, gasoline .
16 96
$103,792 20
Service Transfer, from Contagious Hos-
pital account .
41 23
$103,750 97
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Police Building.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
Transferred to the following accounts :--
Maintenance Highway Buildings
$300 00
Maintenance School Buildings .
350 00
650 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
31 81
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid janitors' salarics .
$1,167 61
Labor
10 00
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas
208 56
Jackson Caldwell & Co., shade .
35
James Duncan, reseating chairs
2 50
Edison Electric Illuminating Co., light- ing
402 21
Fred W. Farrar, repairing clock
3 00
Gurney Heater Mfg. Co., grate
1 00
Glines & Co., expressing .
25
Gilman Express Co .. expressing
25
William S. Howe, coal hods
70
S. D. Hicks & Co., metal work and roof- ing
280 00
J. J. Hurley & Co., steam fitting
90 79
Leavis & Doherty, repairing drain
34 58
Walter T. March, upholstering ·
·
7 95
Amount carried forward ,
. $2,209 78
$3,800 00
$3,150 00
$3,118 19
.
71
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward $2,209 78
Charles F. Mills, carpentering . .
4 00
P. W. Merrill Co., screens
2 50
Pittsburg Plate Glass Co., glass
3 30
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware
3 23
A. W. Phillips, mason work on boilers .
31 50
George I .. Robinson, painting .
49 50
E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware
. 75
John Welch, mason work
162 60
Whitney & Snow, hardware
28 86
Asahel Wheeler Co., paint
7 15
Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel .
514 57
West Disinfecting Co., disinfectant
15 00
H. W. Waite & Co., dust layer .
6 26
John K. Wells. sheet metal work
34 94
Yawman & Erbe Mig. Co., filing cabinet,
43 25
$3,118 19
Police Department, Additional Equipment.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1912
$285 00
Building Public Buildings account, amount transferred 285 00
New Cells, Police Station.
CREDIT.
Appropriation, from Funded Debt, 1913 .
$5,000 00
Balance to credit of account, 1914 . 4,046 81
$953 19
DERIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid William S. Howe, plumbing $1 95
J. E. Locatelli Co., mason work
674 40
P. J. Mooney, plumbing .
276 84
$953 19
Police Signal System.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1912
$7,842 26
Building Public Buildings account, amount transferred . 92 26
$7,750 00
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Co., signal apparatus
$7,750 00
Fire Department.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
Municipal Loan, amount appropriated .
$99,000 00 10,000 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .
$109,000 00
30 51
$108,969 49
.
72
ANNUAL REPORTS.
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Sewall M. Rich, salary as chief engineer
$2,000 00
disbursements 129 49
Edward W. Ring, assistant engineer
1,500 00
Joseph A. Cribby, assistant engineer .
1,450 00
Permanent firemen and substitutes . Callmen :-
81,762 56
Engine No. 4 .
1,192 68
Engine No. 6
458 31
Hose Co. No. 2
145 88
Hose Co. No. 3
444 04
Hose Co. No. 5
49 98
Hose Co. No. 7
256 16
Ladder Co. No. 1
1,284 99
Ladder Co. No. 2
1,431 66
Ladder Co. No. 3
1,340 19
Pensions :-
James R. Hopkins
1,200 00
Benjamin H. Pond
.
235 87
Arthur M. Gilman
157 69
Charles H. Bridges
100 00
Daniel R. Spike
100 00
John E. Hill
100 00
Thomas W. Joy
100 00
William J. Blaisdell
100 00
I. B. Walker, horseshoeing
156 74
repairing
75
George W. Ladd, hoseshoeing
128 00
Everett E. Olney, horseshoeing .
151 75
Ira L. Roberts, horseshoeing
53 10
J. H. Edwards, horseshoeing repairing .
9 75
Harry Tobin, horseshoeing
38 05
J. H. Thompson, horseshoeing repairing
59 20
John B. Rufer, horseshoeing repairing
412 10
wrench and ladder dogs
11 85
American La France Fire Engine Co.,
85 30
Ame & Co., horse food
29 50
F. C. Ayer, lumber
7 95
American Express Co., expressing
132 80
George A. Ayer, brooms
35 75
Andrews Paper Co., toilet paper
5 75
Auto Wind Shield Co., repairs
3 50
Charles A. Blethen, repairs
, 90
James I. Brooks, horses
425 00
Brown's Express, expressing
25
D. J. Bennett, repairs
14 90
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., hose
1,278 52.
Bostonian Laundry Co., laundering .
253 25
Charles E. Berry, repairs .
23 90
Boston Coupling Co., repairs .
18 75
A. & E. Burton Co., brushes and dusters 32 00.
Blount & Lovell, gears
61 20
Amount carried forward ;
$99,618 17
.
·
.
.
315 80
4 50
324 85
valves, springs and grates
73
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$99,618 17
H. W. Bursaw, kerosene
9 60
F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., stationery 3 70
1 00
Allen H. Blake, M. D., first aid
2 00
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight
12 00
F. E. Cheney Co., supplies
46 98
Esau Cooper, horses
700 00
Cotter & Son, expressing
1 00
Chandler & Farquhar Co., supplies .
133 89
Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co., repairs
1 75
Cambridge Ice Co., ice
36 44
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, mops .
26 00
Cadillac Automobile Co., labor .
99
George W. Cutter, medicine
.
10 80
Commonwealth Oil Co., soap .
5 76
Cornelius Callahan Co., repairs
12 20
Cambridge Iron Works, repairs
5 89
Davenport-Brown Co., lumber .
26 08
Julian D'Este Co., brass, and repairs
23 29
Dodge Motor Vehicle Co., grease .
2 00
Dimond Rubber Co., replacing tires Charles A. Draper, expenses
40 00
Eastern Drug Co., acid
39 86
Fellows & Co., repairs
7 30
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., tire
66 59
F. E. Fitts Mfg. & Supply Co., waste
61 06
Fresh Pond Ice Co., horse hire
295 84
Gray & Davis, repairs
1 90
W. A. Greenough & Co., directories
16 00
George E. Grover, medicines
4 20
Glines & Co., expressing
26 23
Gilman Express Co., expressing
3 40
Thomas J. Gile, kerosene .
90 29
Gulí Refining Co., gasoline
277 50
Arial W. George, Roentgen examination
25 00
General Welding & Equipment Co., repairs
6 75
Henry S. Harris & Son, sharpening ·
1 00
Hill-Mitchie Co., supplies
317 32
Harral Soap Co., powder
14 94
Hillman Co., glass
10 00
S. D. Hicks & Son, repairs
10 50
E. H. Holmes, trucking
2 50
Henry W. Kruschwitz, vulcanizer
4 00
J. A. Kiley, repairs
157 00
E. S. Kearney Co., sawdust
3 95
O. F. Kress & Son, repairs
19 56
R. S. Lombard, grain
138 67
W. T. Lane & Brother, coal bags
36 75
Lord & Webster, hay and straw
2,778 07
Dr. J. G. Lesure, medicine .
36 00
Levy Brothers, sponges
54 15
Larkin Mfg. Co., hose clamps and nozzles
47 00
Martin & Wood, sharpening .
.
1 50
Mathieson Alkali Works, soda .
111 79
D. McDonald, whips, and repairs
54 25
Mitchell Mfg. Co., badges .
25 00
Andrew J. Morse & Son, repairs
3 25
Amount carried forward
$105,480 34
.
.
.
·
11 68
James Bartley, flaxseed
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
Morgan-Bond Co., supplies
$105,480 34 59 75 1
Massachusetts Metal Polish Co.,
polish 59 00
C. W. H. Moulton Co., shavings
32 00
Mystic Rubber Co., repairs
11 05
A. S. Morss Co., supplies .
4 19
George W. Norton, soap
72 75
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co., service 141 97
Fulton O'Brion, grain
138 24
H. H. Osgood & Co., squilgees
10 00
A. H. Proctor & Co., grain
338 16
Proctor Brothers Grain Co., grain
1,157 54
Presto-O-Lite Co., tanks .
6 00
Phelps Bros., hay and straw
509 99
Penn Metal Co., trays
11 76
Palmer Vulcanizing Co., repairs
1 75
Pope-Hartford Co., gears .
99 70
Penniman & James, repairs
18 00
W. E. Plumer & Co., batteries .
3 70
Henry D. Padelford, medicines .
4 20
Joseph Palmer, repairs
20 90
Postal Telegraph Cable Co., message
50
Russell & Co., supplies
35
Remington Typewriter Co., supplies Reporter Press, printing
17 00
Roland L. Smith, search lights
15 00
Frederick G Smith, M. D., consultation .
10 00
Shepard Norwell Co., blankets
84 34
Somerville Post Office, postage
10 03
Charles R. Simpson, V. S., veterinary ser- vices
74 10
Standard Oil Co., gasoline and naphtha
72 90
E. S. Sparrow & Co., rope and cord
11 82
Sanborn Map Co., map
65 00
Standard Range & Stove Co., gasket
60
Charles T. Sullivan, repairs
4 45
Standard Tire & Rubber Co., solid tire ·
61 60
P. Sutherland & Co., oil .
3 70
Somerville Iron Foundry, castings
3 66
Standard Extinguisher Co., repairs and nozzles
31 53
Scovill Mfg. Co., buttons
20 25
Sterling Machine Co., washers . Standard Thermometer Co., pump
86
Erwin F. Schroeder, veterinary services
51 75
Somerville Journal Co., stationery
1 75
United States Tire Co., supplies
231 44
Underhill Hardware Co., supplics
21 55
Vacuum Oil Co., oil
39 08
Winter Hill Ice Co., ice
44 50
B. A. Wilcox, food
22 60
West Disinfecting Co., disinfectant .
108 30
R. G. Whittet, sheets and slips .
72 50
L. A. Wright, repairs .
11 35
Samuel Ward Co., books .
10 50
Western Electric Co., fuses
1 .85
Whitney & Snow, paint, etc.
23 27
Amount carried forward
$109,335 92
24 00
2 80
75
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$109,335 92
G. H. Worcester & Co., chamois
20 75
William J. Wiley, menders .
50
Fred H. Wentworth, insignia
2 75
Young & Small, supplies
2 00
$109,361 92
Service Transfers, from sundry accounts .
392 43
$108,969 49
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Fire Buildings.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$4,800 00
Amounts transferred from the following accounts :-
Maintenance Central Library
$250 00
Maintenance Municipal Buildings · 400 00
650 00
$5,450 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .
72 34
$5,377 66
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid for labor
$142 75
George A. Ayer, plumbing
11 60
John H. Adcock, plumbing
7 64
F. C. Ayer, lumber
81 92
American Express Co., service .
20
James W. Benjamin, carpentering
72 00
M. J. Bowdren, gardening.
11 25
Charlestown Gas & Electric Co., gas
33 44
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas .
44 72
Cotter & Son, teaming
35
J. H. Carleton, section for grate
14 00
Jackson Caldwell & Co., furniture
172 18
C. W. Cahalan, plumbing
10 47
Carlisle-Ayer Co., lumber
7 97
Edison Electric Illuminating Co., light- ing
1,339 55
Fred W. Farrar, clock oil .
75
F. C. Fuller & Co., window cord
75
J. J. Fisher, plumbing .
55
Gilman Express Co., service
25
Glines Express Co., service .
2 35
S. D. Hicks & Son, copper boiler
57 08
Charles H. M. Hunnewell, plumbing
17 81
Hemeon Bros., building fence
40 24
T. E. Littlefield, lumber
72 38
Charles F. Mills, carpentering
120 00
George W. Manning, labor on flag poles .
46 75
William J. McCarthy Co .. stone dust
2 50
G. F. McKenna & Son, teaming
4 00
James W. O'Neil. plumbing
70 60
A. W. Phillips, mason work
276 40
.
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Amount carried forward
$2,669 45
.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
$2,669 45
Amount brought forward Pierce, Butler & Pierce Mfg. Co., sup- plies .
39 70
Pittsburg Plate Glass Co., glass
12 53
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware .
8 64
F. S. Payne Co., repairing . .
10 60
Roberts Iron Works Co., tube caps .
1 00
John B. Rufer, bolts, etc.
9 85
George L. Robinson, painting .
29 40
E. S. Sparrow & Co,. hardware
58 33
City of Somerville, sidewalk assessments,
130 96
Underhill Hardware Co., rakes .
·
Fire Department, Additional Apparatus.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1912 .
$6,000 00
Municipal Loan, amount appropriated . .
20,000 00
$26,000 00
Balance to credit of account, 1914 .
20,200 00
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid American-La France Fire Engine Co., com- bination chemical and hose motor car . $5,800 00
Militia.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$500 00
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Company K. Eighth Regiment, rifle range expenses .
$250 00
Company M, Eighth Regiment, rifle range expenses
250 00
$500 00
Weights and Measures Department.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$2,500 00
Contingent Fund account, balance transferred . 33 53
$2,533 53
L. A. Wright, bolts
00
William J. Wiley, bolts
12
Western Electric Co., supplies
22 09
Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel
2,201 24
Frederick B. Witherly, castings
4 05
Walworth Mfg. Co., piping
5 29
John M. Woods & Co., lumber .
142 91
.
1 00
Henry A. Wheeler & Co., awning re- covered 23 50
$5,377 66
$5,800 00
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid John H. Dusseault, salary as sealer of weights and measures . ·
$1,100 00
disbursements .
·
442 75
Benjamin S. Abbott, assistant sealer of weights and measures ·
900 00
A. W. Brownell, printing
13 50
Joseph Breck & Sons, icc scales, tongs, etc. .
4 15
John Chatillon & Sons, balance and postage
1 75
Dennison Mfg. Co., seals .
3 40
Fairbanks Co., lead wire
1 28
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory . ·
4 00
WV. & L. E. Gurley, seal and dies
22 37
Gilman Express Co., expressing
15
Wesley A. Maynard, advertising
4 00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
25 68
Somerville Journal Co., advertising . 6 50
Somerville Enterprise Co., advertising
4 00
$2,533 53
Electrical Department.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$10,000 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 593 27. ·
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Walter I. Fuller, salary as com- missioner of electric lines and lights disbursements
14 08
Laborers
4,306 00
American Dyewood Co., vitriol
11 62
American Telephone & Telegraph Co., filing case .
15 00
American Steel & Wire Co., wire .
104 64
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight .
6 60
F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., stationery
35
A. E. Burton Co., dusters, etc.
8 20
Harold L. Bond Co., coupling
49 50
Barbour, Stockweil Co., bases and posts .
97 50
J. A. & W. Bird & Co., sal-ammoniac .
7 50
Boulevard Auto Co., car hire .
8 00
Chadwick-Boston Lead Co., pipe, etc
3 08
S. H. Couch Co., coils, etc.
4 36
Commercial Brewing Co., fire alarm whistle
30 00
Chandler & Farquhar Co., supplies .
42 39
Coogan's Express, expressing
2 90
Clifton Mfg. Co., tape
7 00
Cotter & Son. expressing
60
Crawford House, lunch
7 00
Amount carried forward
$6,233 32
·
.
.
.
.
.
.
$9,406 73
$1,500 00
·
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
$6,233 32
Davis Square Auto Co., gasoline 3 30
Davenport-Brown Co., lumber .
24 00
Gilman Express Co., expressing
65
Glines & Co., expressing .
11 35
Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph supplies
Co.,
2,178 66
Hill-Michie Co., gasoline
40 19
Jim Hodder, crash
2 78
Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co., inner tube, etc.
13 40
Jenny Mfg. Co., oil
4 00
T. E. Littlefield, sheathing
2 00
George W. Ladd, iron
25
G. B. Lawrence Co., slate .
6 25
R. W. LeBaron, supplies
119 37
D. McDonald, collar pad .
65
New York Insulated Wire Co., wire 9 96
George W. Norton, soap ·
2 00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service 73 36
Pettingell-Andrews Co., magneto
8 27
Charles E. Perry Co., register paper
7 21
W. E. Plumer & Co., tools and hardware,
53 53
John A. Roebling Sons & Co., magnet wire
75
John B. Rufer, blacksmithing
·
1 15
Renner's Express, expressing .
15
Stuart-Howland Co., gongs, etc.
15 20
Studebaker Corporation, of America, auto repairs
87 80
Somerville Journal Co., letter heads .
5 00
Standard Plate Glass Co., glass
9 00
Stewart, Warner Speedometer Corpora- tion, swivel joint
4 00
Sullivan Bros., expressing
75
Thorpe's Express, expressing
2 50
Underhill Hardware Co., supplies .
90
United States Tire Co., tires, etc.
48 54
Western Electric Co., supplies .
160 96
Fire Department account, horse feed, etc. .
273 83
Water Maintenance account, gasoline . 1 70
$9,406 73
Electrical Department, Underground Construction.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1912 .
$1,341 35
Appropriations, from Funded Debt, 1913 :
3,000 00
Balance to credit of account, 1914 .
$4,341 35
2,007 82
$2,333 53
.
.
.
.
$9,131 20
79
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid laborers .
$939 00
National Insulator Co., compound . 1 47
New York Insulated Wire Co., supplies,
131 34
Standard Underground Cable Co., cable . 1,261 72
$2,333 53
FORESTRY. Gypsy and Brown-Tail Moth Extermination.
(Highway Department.) CREDIT.
Appropriation
$2,400 00
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid laborers .
$2,277 71
Allen Bros., badges
3 00
Lillian M. Hildred, clerical work
46 67
Wesley A. Maynard, printing .
11 00
E. J. Peterson, injury to clothing
20 10
E. S. Sparrow & Co., supplies .
3 60
Samuel Ward Co., book
10 00
$2,372 08
Highways Maintenance account, use of city
teams
27 92
$2,400 00
Elm-Leaf Beetle Extermination.
(Highway Department.) CREDIT.
Appropriation
$700 00
Highways Maintenance account, balance transferred
9 07
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid laborers
$313 78
Boston Coupling Co., spray pipe
8 50
Fitzhenry Guptill Co .. spark plugs
5 00
Frost Insecticide Co., arsenate of lead .
300 00
Morgan-Bond Co., punch, and oil suit
3 27
E. S. Sparrow & Co., supplies
3 60
Somerville Publishing Co., printing cards,
10 00
Valvoline Oil Co., oil .
8 81
$657 96
Highways Maintenance account, use of city teams
51 80
Water Maintenance account, gasoline .
24 30
$734 06
Service Transfers, from sundry accounts
43 13
$690 93
·
.
$690 93
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Care of Trees.
(Highway Department.) CREDIT.
Appropriation
$2,500 00
Highways Maintenance account :-
Amounts transferred .
$600 00
Less balance returned
56 80
543 20
Street Sprinkling account, amount transferred .
400 00
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid laborers .
$2,533 29
F. C. Ayer, lumber
20 22
Clinton Wire Cloth Co., wire .
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