Report of the city of Somerville 1914, Part 3

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 596


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5,000 00


No. Reg. 80, interest 4 per cent. .


3,000 00


Nos. 2205 to 2206, interest 4 per cent.


2.000 00


No. Reg. 173, interest 4 per cent.


2,000 00


Nos. 2349 to 2352, interest 4 per cent.


4,000 00


Nos. 2491 to 2495; interest 4 per cent.


5,000 00


Nos. 2608 to 2611, interest 4 per cent.


4,000 00


Nos. 2750 to 2753, interest 312 per cent.


4,000 00


Nos. 2862 to 2865, interest 31/2 per cent.


4,000 00


Nos. 2991 to 2993 interest 31/2 per cent.


3,000 00


Nos. 3110 to 3113, interest 4 per cent.


4,000 00


Nos. 3170 to 3171, interest 4 per cent.


2,000 00


Nos. 3271 to 3279, interest 4 per cent.


8,000 00


Amount carried forward .


$64,000 00


$25,000 00


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REPORT OF TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


Amount brought forward .


$64,000 00


No. Reg. 119, interest 372 per cent.


8,000 00


No. Reg. 10, interest 4 per cent. . 7,000 00


Nos. 3574 to 3584, interest 4 per cent.


11,000 00


Nos. 3681 to 3687, interest 4 per cent.


7,000 00


Nos. 3770 to 3780, interest 31/2 per cent.


11,000 00


Nos. 3876 to 3885, interest 4 per cent.


10,000 00


Nos. 4004 to 4017, interest 4 per cent.


14,000 00


Nos. 4155 to 4165, interest 4 per cent.


11,000 00


Nos. 4273 to 4283, interest 4 per cent. 11,000 00


Nos. 4461 to 4471, interest 414 per cent. .


11,000 00


Sewer Loan Bonds :-


No. 73, interest 4 per cent. .


1,000 00


Nos. 138 to 140, interest 4 per cent.


3,000 00


No. 190, interest 4 per cent.


1,000 00


No. 214, interest 4 per cent.


1,000 00


No. 236, interest 31/2 per cent.


1,000 00


No. 265, interest 312 per cent.


1,000 00


No. 289, interest 4 per cent.


1,000 00


No. 313, interest 4 per cent.


1,000 00


No. Reg. 137, interest 31/2 per cent.


1,000 00


No. Reg. 4, interest 4 per cent.


1,000 00


No. Reg. 24, interest 4 per cent. 2,000 00


1,000 00


No. 473, interest 31/2 per cent.


1,000 00


No. 502, interest 4 per cent.


1,000 00


No. 531, interest 4 per cent.


1,000 00


No. 550, interest 4 per cent.


1,000 00


No. 564, interest 414 per cent.


1,000 00


Water Loan Bonds :-


No. 298, interest 4 per cent. No. Reg. 107, interest 4 per cent.


3,000 00


Nos. 434 to 435, interest 4 per cent. 2,000 00


Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan Bonds :-


No. 12, interest 31/2 per cent.


1,000 00


Lowell Street' Bridge Loan Bonds :


1,000 00


Municipal Loan Bonds :-


Nos. 4566 to 4575, interest 41/2 per cent. .


10,000 00


Total amount of bonds maturing in 1914 . $203,000 00


Leaving the net funded debt December


31, 1914, $1,616,000.00, classified as follows :-


City Loan Bonds at 31/2 per cent.


$178.000 00


City Loan Bonds at 4 per cent.


724,000 00


City Loan Bonds at 414 per cent.


94,000 00


Sewer Loan Bonds at 31/2 per cent.


76,000 00


Sewer Loan Bonds at 4 per cent.


237,000 00


Sewer Loan Bonds at 414 per cent.


29,000 00


Water Loan Bonds, at 4 per cent.


26,000 00


Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan Bonds at 312 per cent. · .


15,000 00


Lowell Street Bridge Loan Bonds at 31/2 per cent. 35,000 00


Amount carried forward


$1,414,000 00


. No. 444, interest 4 per cent.


1,000 00


No. 5, interest 31/2 per cent.


30


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward .


$1,414,000 00


Municipal Loan Bonds at 412 per cent.


77,000 00


Highway Loan Bonds at 4 per cent.


125,000 00


$1,616,000 00


Funded debt within the limit fixed by law :-


City Loan .


$996,000 00


Municipal Loan


77,000 00


Sewer Loan


309,000 00


Lowell Street Bridge Loan


35,000 00


Highway Loan .


125,000 00


$1,542,000 00


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


$33,000 00


Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan (Chap- ter 325, Acts 1902)


15,000 00


$48,000 00


Water Loan


26,000 00


74,000 00


$1,616,000 00


Borrowing Capacity.


Valuation, 1912


284,000 00


$69,916,540 00


Valuation, 1913


$71,906,464 00


Supplementary


257,400 00


72,163,S64 00


Valuation, 1914


$74,946,894 00


Supplementary


179,300 00


75,126,194 00


$217,206,598 00


Abatements, 1912


$476,200 00


Abatements, 1913


553,900 00


Abatements, 1914


421,600 00


1,451,700 00


$215,754,898 00


Average three years


1-3


71.918.299 33


21/2 per cent.


1,797,957.48


Amount within the limit


1,542,000 00


Borrowing capacity December 31, 1914 .


$255,957 48


Maturities January 1, 1915 .


$12,000 00


April 1, 1915


100,000 00


July 1. 1915


$S7,500 00


Less outside limit


5,000 00


S2,500 00


October 1. 1915


$6,000 00


Less outside limit 4,000 00


2,000 00


Maturities in 1915 within the limit .


196,500 00


$452,457 48


$69,632,540 00


Supplementary


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REPORT OF TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


Maturities within the limit .


196,500 00


Maturities outside the limit


9,000 00


Total maturities


$205,500 00


Resources.


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, 1914, not including non-resident bank shares, was $74,946,894, and the rate established was $21.10 on each $1,000 valuation, as follows :-


Real estate, valuation


. $66,392,100 00


Personal estate valuation


8,495,700 00


Resident Bank Shares .


59,094 00


Total valuation ·


. $74,946,891 00


At a rate of $21.10 on each $1,000 valuation


$1,581,379 46


Polls, 24,192 at $2


48,384 00


Street Sprinkling


35,526 00


$1,665,289 46


Non-resident bank shares to be paid to state (vaiua- tion $87,906 at $21.10)


1,854 82


Total amount of tax levy


$1,667,144 28


Borrowed on Funded Debt account to provide for the cost of public improvements . . Revenue, from Corporation Taxes, City Departments, etc.


145,000 00


Revenue for Outlays, improvements to incinerator Gifts : Carnegie Corporation, for Library Construction 5,000 00


$2,268,596 00


Additional Assessments :-


90 polls at $2


$180 00


Personal estate, valuation $179,300 at


3,783 23


3,963 23


$2,272,559 23


Credit Balances.


Funded Accounts :-


Electrical Department, Underground Construction


$18 95


Sewers Construction


13,101 41


Highways Construction, New Streets


1 75


Highways Construction, Permanent Pavement


297 64


Highways Construction, Macadam Pavement 355 54


89 03


Grade Crossings Expenses


5,818 09


Bennett School Addition


166 71


S. Newton Cutler School


1,269 79


Central Heating Plant


602 21


Playgrounds Extension


71 99


Building Public Buildings


1,448 10


$23,241 21


448,351 72


3,100 00


$21.10


Sidewalks Construction


32


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Public Trust Funds, Income :-


Public Library :-


Isaac Pitman Fund, Art


$35 58


Isaac Pitman Fund, Poetry .


18 30


Martha R. Hunt Fund, Art


44 89


Martha R. Hunt Fund, Books


49 16


Frances A. Wilder Children's Department .


3 68


S. Newton Cutler Fund


29 90


Martha R. Hunt Fund, Art, balance unexpended of the $1,000 withdrawn from investment account Public School :--


702 77


S. Newton Cutler Fund


319 50


$1,203 78


Private Trust Funds : - Sundry Persons


127 11


$1,330 89


Cash.


Balance on hand January 1, 1914


$133,743 46


Total receipts for the year 1914 .


3,323,111 43


Service transfers


36,239 12


Total cash disbursements for the year 1914 .


3,384,073 61


Balance in the treasury, December 31, 1914


$109,020 40


Deposits in banks


$106,541 47


Cash on hand .


2,478 93


$109,020 40


Available Assets.


Cash in treasury


$109,020 40


Funded Debt Balances


$23,241 21


Public Trust Funds, Income


1,203 78


Private Trust Funds


127 11


24,572 10


Taxes uncollected, 1912 and prior years .


$56 00


Overlay and Abatement, 1912 and prior years


96 14


Taxes uncollected, 1913


$1,029 52


Overlay and Abatement, 1913


6,507 68


Taxes uncollected, 1914


$342,983 21


Overlay and Abatement, 1914


10,497 0S


332,486 13


Highway Betterment Assessments, uncollected


10,833 60


Sidewalk Assessments, uncollected .


17,011 22


Sewer Assessments, uncollected


2,874 98


Metered Water Charges, uncollected


20,879 30


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, cash advances :-


State Aid


$14,420 00


Military Aid .


192 00


Amounts carried forward


$14,612 00


$468,533 53


.


$3,493,094 01


.


$84,448 30


33


REPORT OF TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


Amounts brought forward


$14,612 00


$468,533 53


Soldiers' Burials


600 00


15,212 00


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


4,192 71


$487,938 24


Liabilities.


Temporary Tax Loans


$465,000 00


$22,938 24


Excess and Deficiency .


$15,695 89


Surplus Overlay and Abatement, 1912


40 14


Surplus Overlay and Abatement, 1913


5,478 16


· Reduction of Funded Debt, premium on bonds .


1,724 05


$22,938 24


Balance Sheet. DEBIT.


Public Property


$6,023,201 76


Excess of available assets


22,938 24


$6,046,140 00


CREDIT.


Funded Debt


$1,616,000 00 .


Property and Debt Balance .


4,407,201 76


Excess and Deficiency account .


15,695 89


Overlay and Abatement, 1912 and prior


years (in excess of outstanding taxes)


40 14


Overlay and Abatement, 1913. (in excess of outstanding taxes)


5,478 16


Reduction of Funded Debt, premium on bonds


· 1,724 05


$6,046,140 00


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.


·


APPENDIX TO TREASURER ANDCOLLECTOR'S REPORT.


TABLE A .- PUBLIC PROPERTY DECEMBER 31, 1914.


Central Hill land (389,920 feet)


$270 000 00


City Hall .


$37,795 74


Furniture and fixtures


10,000 00


Storage vault


2,342 91


City Hall Annex


Central Heating Plant


32,556 07


Central Library Building Books, art, etc.


25,000 00


Public Library land and Somerville .


building, West


31,449 52


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


48,830 00


High Schoolhouse


376,695 24


Furniture


19,431 60


Philosophical and manual training


ap-


paratus


13,475 66


Amounts carried forward


$409,602 50


$905,182 78


.


·


·


35,760 00


.


88,360 00


12,420 00


28,303 50


50,138 65 45,500 00


124,999 54


181,449 06


37,610 00


74,255 50


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT


35


Amounts brought forward


$905,182 78 Books


424,902 50


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


33,405 64


George O. Proctor Schoolhouse, building (on Armory lot) (40,244 feet) .


41,029 16


Furniture


1,791 30


Books


1,200 00


44,020 46


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 . ·


$1,843,990 58


20,220 00


63,360 00


82,640 00


18,220 00


.


52,485 16


57,010 00


.


$409,602 50 15,300 00


36


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$1,843,990 58 .


Martha Perry Lowe Schoolhouse, land (21,650 feet) and building


$50,346 16


Furniture


1,480 00


Books


800 00


52,626 16


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


and building


48,000 00


Furniture


2,540 00


Books


3,000 00


53,540 00


Prescott Schoolhouse, land (22,000 feet)


and building


66,677 66


Furniture


2,260 00


Books


2,700 00


71,637 66


Prospect-hill Schoolhouse, land (23,733 feet) and building


15,000 00


Benjamin G. Brown Schoolhouse, land


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


5,804 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) .


139.672 92 32,000 00


Amount carried forward .


$2,591,919 70


.


73,790 46


62,769 03


82,059 83


.


89,286 66


10,695 02


(26,733 feet) and building


64,851 33


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


37


Amount brought forward


$2,591,919 70


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


$33,200 00


Engine No. 2, and equipment 3,000 00


Wagon and equipment


2,300 00


Ladder No. 3, and equipment


3,500 00


Exercising wagon


75 00


Furniture


600 00


42,675 00


No. 2 Fire Station, land (5,500 feet) and building


10,400 00


Combination wagon and equipment


2,500 00


Exercising wagon


75 00


Furniture


300 00


No. 3 Fire Station, land (13,700 feet) and building


55,743 18


Combination wagon and equipment


2,500 00


Ladder No. 1 and equipment .


3,500 00


Spare ladder truck


1,000 00


Spare engine


1,000 00


Spare wagon


300 00


Furniture


700 00


No. 4 Fire Station, land (9,100 feet) and building


15,500 00


Engine No. 4, and equipment .


6,000 00


Wagon and equipment


1,500 00


Exercising wagon


75 00


Furniture


300 00


No. 5 Fire Station, land (39,000 feet) and building


16,500 00


Motor combination wagon


5,264 00


Exercising wagon


75 00


Furniture


300 00


No. 6 Fire Station, land (8,113 feet) and building


17,600 00


Engine No. 6, and equipment .


5,000 00


Combination wagon and equipment


2,500 00


Assistant Chief's buggy and equipment Furniture


600 00


No. 7 Fire Station, land (9,903 feet) and building


14,100 00


Ladder No. 2 (motor)


5,264 00


Motor combination wagon


4,000 00


Furniture


400 00


No. 8 Fire Station, land (11,738 feet) and building


36,700 00


Engine No. 1 (motor)


8,400 00


Motor combination wagon


5,800 00


Motor chemical


1,000 00


Chief's auto


1,875 00


Assistant Chief's buggy and equipment .


450 00


Amounts carried forward


$54,225 00


$2,807,940 88


13,275 00


64,743 18


23,375 00


22,139 00


350 00


26,050 00


23,764 00


38


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward Furniture


$54,225 00 $2,807,940 88 1,000 00


Land for Fire Station, Winter Hill (7,829 feet) .


55,225 00 6,038 20


Fire Alarm and Police Signal apparatus .


36,610 00


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


58,953 12


Furniture


3,000 00


Vault


2,994 90


Ambulance and patrol auto


3,715 00


City Home, Broadway, land (421,646 feet)


and buildings


44,407 85


Furniture


1,808 72


46,216 57


Contagious and Tuberculosis Hospital


buildings


28,499 55


Land (88,364 feet)


15,600 00


44,099 55


Bath House


3,730 24


Water Works, mains. etc.


985,364 77


Sewers .


1,312,608 38


Prospect street, land (7,918 feet) and building .


0,800 00


Broadway Park (cost $212,993.20) (700,000 square feet)


270,000 00


Park Buildings .


2,726 89


272,726 89


Nathan Tufts Park (about 4 54-100 acres, 217,572 feet) .


68,000 00


Lincoln Park, Washington street (288,764 square feet) ·


63,200 00


Out-door Gymnasium, fountains and seats 1,476 46


3,753 19


68,429 65


Prospect-hill Park (94,503 feet) 67,511 75


76,631 30


Kent-street Playground (40,000 feet) . Powder-house Boulevard (200,618 square feet) and build- ing


22,500 00


Joy street, land (2,700 feet)


900 00


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


Passageway on Putnam street (1,135 feet) .


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 (1,200 feet)


900 00


Joy-street playground (20,000 feet)


9,750 00


Charlton lot, Murdock street (6,014 square feet) .


500 00


Reserve strip, Hancock street and Spencer avenue (120 square feet) 50 00


Polling Booths


1,783 14


Total amount of public property .


$6,023,201 76


Historical Building and Observatory . 9,119 55


12,500 00


Park Building .


68,663 02


TABLE B. OUTSTANDING BONDS, JANUARY 1, 1915.


ISSUE.


Rate per cent. of Interest.


Highway


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


·


·


......


Oct. 1, 1889


4


·


.


. . . . . .


Oct. 1, 1890


4


·


.


·


......


.


.. .


$33,000


13,000


46,000


. July 1, 1896


4


·


·


.


·


.


....


.


9,000


20,000


29,000


. July 1, 1899


4


. .


..


·


.


.


..


.


17,000


28,000


45,000


. July 1, 1902


3 12


$15,000


13,000


23,000


51,000


. July 1, 1903


4


·


.


..


.


·


..


36,000


50,000


· Oct. 1, 1903


4


.


......


. . .


15,000


25,000


40,000


. April 1, 1905


3 12


·


.


......


... . .


21,000


38,000


59,000


July 1, 1906


4:


·


. .....


12,000


19,000


31,000


-. April 1, 1907


4


......


. . .


46,000


61,000


107,000


April 1, 1908


4


·


.....


$35,000


25,000


65,000


125,000


. April 1, 1909


312


·


.


.


.


..


.


26,000


90,000


116,000


April 1, 1911


4


·


·


.


..


.


..


. .


....


96,000


109,000


. July 1, 1912


4


.


.


..


.


..


. .


. .... .


142,000


142,000


April 1, 1913


414


.


. .


. .


..


. .


29,000


......


94,000


123,000


July 1, 1913


412


$77,000


·


...


.


·


.


. .


.


145,000


$125,000


$26,000


$77,000


$15,000


$35,000


$309,000


$33,000


$996,000


$1,616,000


·


.


. . .


. .


14,000


18,000


18,000


July 1, 1904


4


.... ..


. . .


.


.


.


. .


.


.


......


126,000


143,000


. Jan. 1, 1912


4


·


·


..


......


13,000


. .


.


.


.


·


.


20,000


April 1, 1914


4


125,000


.


AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


39


APPENDIX


TO TREASURER


July 1, 1897


4


4


. .


.... .


·


·


24,000


24,000


. July 2, 1900


312


. .


.


·


..


·


. ..


.


. .. . .


..


..


12,000


.... ..


· .....


.


..


12,000


July 1, 1895


4


14,000


14,000


8,000


12,000


20,000


. July 1, 1898


14,000


14,000


.


,


. July 1, 1901


312


10,000


10,000


$4,000


$4,000


.


·


.


·


.


. . .


·


·


.


17,000


38,000


62,000


. April 1, 1910


4


·


77,000


-


-


. . .


·


24,000


BONDS DUE IN 1915.


ISSUE.


Rate per cent. of Interest.


Highway.


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


...


. .


...


2,000


2,000


Oct. 1, 1890


4


4


$13,000


$3,000


16,000


July 1, 1896


4


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


3,000


·


. .. . . .


. .....


·


3,000


July 2, 1900


312


4,000


.....


·


·


. .


. . . . ..


·


4,000


July 1, 1901


312


4,000


1,000


5,000


July 1, 1902


312


3,000


1,000


$1,000


5,000


Oct. 1, 1903


4


2,000


.... ..


.


.


.


. . . . . .


2,000


July 1, 1904


4


2,500


1,000


. .


. . . . . .


3,500


April 1, 1905


3 12


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


31/2


11,000


1,000


·


$1,000


13,000


April 1, 1910


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


9,000


. .....


. . .


. .


. . ...


.


9,000


April 1, 1913


4 14


11,000


1,000


. . ... .


. .


.


.


. . . . ..


.....


12,000


July 1, 1913


41


10,000


April 1, 1914


4


$18,000


1,000


. . . . . .


·


$18,000


$150,500


$17,000


$3,000


$5,000


$10,000


$1,000


$1,000


$205,500


.


. .


·


.


. .


.


·


.


.


·


·


.


·


·


.


.. .


.


. .


..


.


4


4,000


1,000


. .


·


·


·


.


.


·


..


.


.


.


·


·


·


·


·


.


..


.


..


·


·


·


... ..


...


·


.


. . .. ..


.


$10,000


. .


· . .


. .


.


19,000


....


.


..


.


..


·


....


. . . . ..


.


·


.


ANNUAL REPORTS.


40


..


.


.


. .


....


.


. . . .


5,000


July 1, 1903


. . ·


2,000


2,000


July 1, 1895


.


·


.. ..


. . . . . .


... . ..


·


..


. . . . .


.


2


·


41


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


TABLE C-SERVICE TRANSFERS (Departmental Transactions )


City Clerk's Department :-


Executive Department


$2 00


Election Expenses, City Clerk .


450 00


Election Expenses, Registrars of Voters


700 00


Police Department


1 00


Health Department .


2 60


$1,155 60


Commissioner of Public Buildings :-


Summer Playgrounds


· 6 00


6 00


Engineering Department :-


Parks Maintenance


445 80


445 80


Police Department :-


Fire Department .


6 00


Contagious Hospital


41 39


Fire Department :-


City Messenger


30 68


Police Department


27 17


Weights and Measures Department


20 28


Electrical Department


237 03


Sewers Maintenance


10 63


Highways Maintenance


99 00


Street Sprinkling


4 63


Electrical Department :- Underground Construction


226 00


Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Extermination :-


Care of Trees


133 73


Sewers Maintenance :-


133 73


Water Maintenance


24 12


Sewers Construction


391 68


Parks Maintenance


25 54


Sidewalks Construction


20 61


Highways Maintenance :-


Police Department


296 50


Elm-Leaf Beetle Extermination


93 80


Care of Trees


627 13


Refuse Disposal


5,055 40


Street Cleaning


3,266 03


Street Sprinkling


2,654 96


Highways, New Streets


875 60


Highways, Macadam Pavement


3,071 49


Highways, Permanent Pavement


355 44


Sidewalks Maintenance


1,189 86


Sidewalks Construction


2,437 90


Maintenance School Buildings


23 37


Parks Maintenance


93


Water Maintenance


77 92


Highways Construction, New Streets :- Highways, Macadam Pavement


$10 00


Amounts carried forward


$10 00


$22,938 22


.


.


47 39


429 42


226 00


461 95


20,032 33


42


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$10 00


Highways, Permanent Pavement


78 24


88 24


Highways Macadam Pavement :-


Highways, New Streets


426 88


Highways Maintenance ·


3 99


Sidewalks Construction .


.


468 94


Sidewalks Construction :-


Maintenance School Buildings


1 87


Highways Maintenance .


54 09


Sidewalks Maintenance .


5 44


61 40


Sidewalks Maintenance :-


Highways, Permanent Pavement


4 27


Highways, Macadam Pavement


1 05


Water Maintenance :-


Assessors


5 19


City Messenger


1 50


Engineering Department


95 00


Maintenance Municipal Buildings


9 77


Maintenance Police Buildings .


80


Elm-Leaf Beetle Extermination


6 30


Care of Trees


11 90


Inspection of Milk and Vinegar


49 78


Sewers Maintenance


37 83


Sewers Construction


3 00


Refuse Disposal .


25 37


Maintenance Refuse Buildings


18 90


Highways Maintenance


98 04


Highways, Street Sprinkling


265 67


Poor Department, City Home .


41 39


Maintenance School Buildings


192 34


Maintenance West Somerville Branch Library


56


Parks Maintenance


21 22


Parks Buildings


56 63


Playgrounds Maintenance


14 06


Workmen's Compensation


5 63


Water Works Extension


11,716 12


12,677 00


$36,239 12


TABLE D .- REFUNDS (Maintenance Accounts)


City Messenger :-


George H. Noone, damage to auto


$100 00


Police Department :-


Walter L. Groves on pay roll of


1914 in error .


23 03


Vital Statistics :-


J. H. Dorval. check refused .


25


Amount carried forward


$123 28


·


38 07


$22,938 22


5 32


43


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward .


$123 28


Street Sprinkling, Massachusetts High-


way Commission .


3 00


Poor Department, Miscellaneous :- Mrs. Daniel Shea, money returned 37 00


City of Boston, M. D. Hart, money returned .


20 00


57 00


Poor Department, City Home :- S. Kasperorisez, wages unearned . 2 20


Soldiers' Relief :-


Charles J. Straw, money not called for Mrs. E. J. Williams, money not called for


6 00


Mary A. Craigue, money not called for Edgar Bootman, money not called for . 3 00


30 00


State Aid :-


Clemina F. Gorham, money not called for


4 00


Ella E. Doyle, money not called for .


4 00


Maintenance School Buildings :-


W. F. Fleming, bill paid twice


7 50


Central Library :-


Rent of High School Hall


15 00


Refund insurance premium


167 05


182 05


Interest :-


Accrued on bond issues, April 1, 1914 .


789 44


Water Maintenance :--- Michael Finnell, over-payment .


8 43


$1,210 90


Offsets to Outlays.


Sewers Construction :-


*Starret Field & Co., cement bags $121 68


J. Talaewsky, old bags


18 45


Grossman Bros., old iron . 10 55


$150 68


Highways Construction, New Streets .:- *Highland Coal Company, cement bags


85 50


Highways Construction, Permanent Pavement :- Sundry persons, one half the cost of construction 174 50


Highways Construction, Macadam Pavement :- *Highland Coal Company cement bags. 311 19


Sundry persons, one-half the cost of construction 77 35


388 54


Sidewalks Construction :-


*Highland Coal Company, cement bags 630 00


Amounts carried forward $630 00


$799 23


.


11 00


10 00


8 00


44


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$630 00


$799 22


Boston & Maine Railroad, amount due


on sundry sidewalks 341 12


Sears Condit, sidewalk


110 41


Knights of Columbus, sidewalk


159 60


Sundry Persons, amounts paid in 1913 sidewalks construction


301 00


1,542 13


$2,341 35


121 68


85 50


311 19


630 00


$1,148 37


$1,192 98


TABLE E .- REVENUE.


Corporation Taxes.


Business, 1913




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