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$113 08 14,047 49
$14,160 57
Public Service, 1913
100 47
Public Service, 1914
7,954 43
8,054 90
National Bank Tax, 1914
4,022 38
Refund Account, 1913
303 72
Street Railway Tax, 1914 .
30,857 29
Boston Elevated Tax, 1914 .
10,957 27
41,814 56
Court Fees and Fines.
Police Court
2,160 50
County Court
10 00
2,170 50
Dog Licenses, County
3,252 24
Licenses.
Liquor
21 75°
Business, City Clerk
2,635 00
Health Department
179 00
Milk
299 00
Permits, Marriage
956 00
All others
325 00
Interest.
Taxes
9,007 64
Assessments
345 17
Bank Balances, Treasurer
.
4,866 18
City Clerk
11 63
14,230 62
Amount carried forward .
$91,817 80
Business, 1914
$22,215 47
3,718 66
.
4,415 75
*Treat as Refunds
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Amount brought forward Departmental Accounts.
$91,817 80
Treasury Department :-
Costs: Taxes
3,702 69
Assessments
170 50
Certificates Tax Liens
306 00
Redemption Certificates
7 00
Collecting National Bank Tax
33 87
Telephone, J. S. Pike
12 00
City Clerk's Department :-
Dog License Fees
$297 20
Recording Mortgages
656 85
Copies of Records
181 10
All other
63 50
1,198 65
Engineering Department, Plans .
80 00
Police Department :-
Cloth and Equipment
593 12
Charles A. Kendall
6 31
599 46
Police Buildings, Maintenance : Rent from County
1,000 00
Fire Department :---
Fines, callmen
438 00
Sale of old material .
90 83
Sale of horses, P. Hurley
237 50
Sale of horses, City Department
900 00
Damage to auto, Boston Elevated
23 30
1,689 63
Weights and. Measures Department :- Fees
511 50
Health Department :-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
214 71
Cities and Towns
30 00
Sale of horse
100 00
344 71
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar :-
H. E. Bowman
17 00
Sundry Persons
270 60
Contagious Hospital. Commonwealth of Massachusetts :-
State Board of Charity
1,905 79
Trustees for Consumptives
2,271 47
County of Middlesex
16 22
Cities and towns
6,902 93
Individuals
2,590 13
Poor Department, Miscellaneous
51 43
Highways, Refuse Disposal :-
D. DeStefano, use of incinerator
$425 00
City Home
292 90
Individuals
8,572 60
Sale of manure
50 00
Highways Maintenance :-
Sundry Persons, Driveways
621 46
Amounts carried forward
$621 46
$124,839 88
.
.
287 60
13,737 97
9,340 50
4,232 06
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$621 46 $124,839 88
Sundry Persons, labor and material
316 58
Charles A. Kelley, use of steam roller. Materials
3 38
1,113 71
Sidewalks Maintenance :-
Sundry persons, repairs of sidewalks
81 95
Street Sprinkling :-
Assessed in taxes
35,526 00
Abutters, Sundry streets (private)
38 00
Sale of carts
560 00
Maintenance Highway Buildings, rent of tenements :- Arthur Murley 120 00
Thomas Ormand
120 00
Poor Department, Miscellaneous :-
Cities and Towns
4,066 81
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
2,077 14
Mothers with dependent children-
(Commonwealth)
3,668 73
Mothers with dependent children-
(Cities and Towns)
1,505 27
Poor Department, City Home :-
J. F. Colquhoun, produce
3,521 17
Cities and towns, board
330 57
Individuals, board
468 70
Contagious Hospital, milk
238 10
City of Cambridge, plants
1 50
Ames Implement and Seed Company
13 24
4,573 28
Soldiers' Benefits :-
Soldiers' Relief, Town of Norwell .
72 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :-
Military Aid
192 00
State Aid
14,420 00
Soldiers' Burials
.
Cash, advanced in 1914
15,212 00
School Contingent, Aid to Industrial Schools :-
Boys' Vocational $3,171 50
Girls' Vocational
3,780 04
Evening, practical arts 446 01
Tuition, Boston Evening .
102 52
State Board of Charity, Tuition state
wards
260 50
Cities and towns, tuition
926 88
Individuals, tuition
71 62
Charles S. Clark, books, damages, etc.
210 52
Maintenance School Buildings :-
Collection, rent
30 75
Damages
3 75
Materials sold
2 95
Amounts carried forward
$37 45
$202,543 85
36,124 00
240 00
11,317 95
600 00
.7,499 56
8,969 08
172 29
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Amounts brought forward
$37 45 5 00
$202,543 85
Teaming
42 45
Walter T. Littlefield,
rent of High
School Hall
867 70
Telephones, etc.
74 69
942 39
984 84
Libraries :-
Fines
1,293 18
Shower Baths :-
Bennett School
31 47
Lincoln Park
35 45
66 92
Somerville Field :-
Noble & Greenough School
51 00
Somerville Baseball Club
5 00
56 00
Maintenance Bathhouse
691 48
Miscellaneous :-
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
500 00
Overplus on Tax Sales
118 13
Sundry persons
492 45
Water Maintenance :-
Sundry persons, pipe fittings, etc.
3,433 82
Water Service Assessments :-
Sundry persons, water services
4,223 54
Water Works Income :-
Sundry water takers
213.313 94
Metered Charges, 4th quarter, 1914
20,879 30
$234,193 24
Less refunds ,205 26
Less abatements, 1914 met-
ered charges 40 47 .
$245 73
233,947 51
*Revenue received in cash .
377,283 87
Street Sprinkling Assessments (in taxes)
35,526 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :- Military Aid
192 00
State Aid
14,420 00
Soldiers' Burials
600 00
Metered Water Charges, 1914, fourth
quarter, district 1 .
20,879 30
448,901 17
Cash Refunds :-
National Bank Tax
303 72
Water Refunds
205 26
508 98
Abatements :-
Metered Water Charges, 1913,
fourth quarter district (1) 40 47 549 45
$448,351 72
1,110 58
$448,351 72
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Revenue for Outlays :---
Revenue paid in advance for rental of Incinerator and proceeds used for outlays in improving incin- erator building. This amount credit direct to the appropriation account without going through the Revenue account $3,100 00
*In cash account, reduced by refund $508 98
TABLE F .- GENERAL ACCOUNTS AND BALANCES. Cash
Receipts.
Balance from 1913 .
$133,743 46
Revenue for expenses (See Table E) $376,774 89
Revenue for outlays (See Table E) Incinerator Building 3,100 00
Gifts for Outlays : Carnegie Corporation :-
Public Library Construction .
5,000 00
Taxes, 1910
2 00
1911
37 82
1912
150 52
1913
278,814 50
1914
1,318,665 78
Metered Water Charges
19,594 17
Highway Betterment Assessments
12,230 40
Sidewalk Assessments
16,245 30
Sewer Assessments
1,873 10
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :-
25 per cent. liquor licenses $7 25
Due for advances of 1913 15,893 00
15,900 25
Temporary Loans
1,040,000 00
Grade Crossings. cash advances
80,778 15
Redemption of Tax Liens ·
745 74
Funded Debt, bonds issued in April
145,000 00
Reduction of Funded Debt, premium on bonds
1,724 05
Trust Funds, From principal of Martha R. Hunt Fund, Art
1,000 00
Trust. Funds, Income :-
Public Library :-
Isaac Pitman Fund. Art
. 160 00
Isaac Pitman Fund, Poetry 40 00 ·
Martha R. Hunt Fund, Art 342 39
Martha R. Hunt Fund, Books
494 77
S. Newton Cutler Fund .
40 00
Public School :-
S. Newton Cutler Fund .
200 00
$3,318,913 83
Credits to Appropriation Accounts :- Offsets to Outlays (See Table D)
1,192 98
Refunds :--- T-
Revenue accounts (See
Table E)
Maintenance Accounts . $508 98
(See Table D) . · 1,210 90
Amounts carried forward . $1,719,88
$3,320,106 81
$133,743 46
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Amounts brought forward. $1,719,88
$3,320,106 81 $133,743 46
Funded accounts (See Table D)
1,148 37
Overlay and Abatement,
1913
99 00
1914
32 37
Grade Crossings
. 5 00
3,004 62
$3,323,111 43
$3,456,854 89
Service Transfers (See Table C) .
.36,239 12
$3,493,094 01
Payments.
General Government :-
Board of Aldermen Expenses · $870 38
Clerk of Committees and Departments
4,010 29
Executive Department
4,431 24
Auditing Department
1,430 01
Treasury Department
14,644 56
Assessors' Department
11,483 38
City Clerk's Department
6,932 82
Law Department
2,396 94
City Messenger's Department
1,855 72
Engineering Department
11,499 59
Commissioner Public Buildings .
4,441 69
Maintenance Municipal Buildings
8,522 74
Certification of Notes and Bonds
450 00
Registration of City Laborers
304 08
Election Expenses, City Clerk .
1,679 80
Registrars of Voters .
2,301 98
Pay of Election Officers
3,264 00
Polling Places
857 09
Protection Persons and Property :-
Police Department
108,495 16
Maintenance Police Buildings
2,812 61
Fire Department .
108,184 22
Maintenance Fire Buildings
8,280 62
Militia
500 00
Weights and Measures Department
2,523 10
Electrical Department
9,482 86
Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Extermina- tion
2,000 00
Elm-leaf Beetle Extermination
692 90
Care of Trees
3,141 29
Health and Sanitation :-
Health Department
15,390 24
Inspection of Animals and Provisions
1,231 15
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar
2,326 97
Inspection of School Children
2,306 37
Vital Statistics
999 40
Contagious Hospital
21,777 24
Maintenance Contagious Hospital
3,961 09
Amounts carried forward
$47,992 46
$327,489 07
$81,376 31
246,112 76
1
50
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$47,992 46 $327,489 07
Sewers Maintenance
14,002 44
Maintenance Sewer Buildings
67 95
Refuse Disposal
92,924 60
Maintenance Refuse Buildings
1,053 32
Street Cleaning
22,251 14
Highways :-
Highways Maintenance
29,243 96
Sidewalks Maintenance
4,230 12
Street Sprinkling
28,043 71
Street Lighting
58,000 00
Maintenance Highway Buildings
654 51
Charities :---
Poor Department, Miscellaneous .
35,562 68
Poor Department, City Home .
11,198 05
Maintenance City Home Buildings
3,206 17
Somerville Hospital
5,000 00
Soldiers' Benefits :-
Soldiers' Relief
21,189 83
Military Aid
384 00
State Aid
14,420 00
Soldiers' Burials
600 00
Education :-
School Contingent
34,075 13
School Teachers' Salaries
339,954 14
Maintenance School Buildings
96,302 77
Libraries :-
Central Library
24,699 09
Maintenance Central Library Building
4,193 22
West Somerville Branch Library
6,498 74
Maintenance West Somerville Branch Library Building
1,458 56
East Somerville Branch Library
2,799 59
Maintenance East Somerville
Branch
Library Building
612 53
Union Square Branch Library
3,100 00
Maintenance Union Square Branch
Library Building
980 10
Recreation :-
Parks Maintenance
9,975 00
Maintenance Park Buildings
937 04
Playgrounds Maintenance
3,299 96
Summer Playgrounds
1,999 63
Maintenance Bathhouse
2,587 80
Independence Day .
500 00
Unclassified :-
Memorial Day
425 00
Municipal Documents
1,570 48
Contingent Fund
73 11
Amounts carried forward
$2,068 59
$1,251,487 31
178,291 91
120,172 30
54,966 90
36,593 83
470,332 04
44,341 83
19,299 43
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Amounts brought forward
$2,068 59
City Planning Board
215 54
Workmen's Compensation
440 09
Municipal Indebtedness :-
Interest
$76,312 25
Reduction of Funded Debt .
197,000 00
Water Works :---
Water Maintenance
44,548 51
Water Works Extension
17,289 71
Metropolitan Water. Assessment
109,999 13
Maintenance Water Buildings
780 08
Water Bonds
6,000 00
Water Loan Interest
1,260 00
Funded Accounts :-
City Hall Annex Remodeling
3,500 00
New Cells, Police Station
3,999 93
Fire Department, Additional Apparatus Electrical Department, Underground
18,928 00
Construction
3,260 87
Sewers Construction
9,898 30
Incinerator Addition advance)
3,100 00
Highways Construction
66 60
Highways Construction, New Streets
37,412 93
Highways Construction, Permanent Pave- ment ·
56,227 61
Highways Construction, Macadam Pave- ment
33,021 81
Sidewalks Construction
40,586 64
High School Addition
13,756 31
High School Addition, Equipment
2,916 38
Central Heating Plant
12,140 07
Public Library Construction
9,407 61
Playgrounds Extension
·676 46
248,899 52
Public Trust Funds :-
Public School Trust Funds, Income .
85 50
Public Library Trust Funds, Income :- Isaac Pitman Fund, Art
131 30
Isaac Pitman Fund, Poetry
22 84
Martha R. Hunt, Fund, Art
350 00
Martha R. Hunt, Fund, Books .
449 14
Frances A. Wilder Children's Depart- ment
13 67
S. Newton Cutler Fund
10 59
Martha R. Hunt Fund, Art
297 23
1,360 27
Private Trust Funds :-
Overplus on Tax Sales .
118 13
Sundry Persons
492 45
610 58
Amount carried forward .
$1,958,271 58
$1,251,487 31
2,724 22
273,312 25
179,877 43
(from revenue in
Furnishing and
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
Redemption of Tax Liens .
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
273,871 54
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, liquor licenses
7 25
County of Middlesex
75,576 51
Temporary Loans, Taxes
925,000 00
Temporary Loans, Grade Crossings
75,000 00
Grade Crossings
36,357 25
1,385,812 55
Refunds (See Cash Receipts)
3,004 62
Service Transfers (Table C)
36,239 12
$3,384,073 61
Balance to debit of account, 1915
109,020 40
$3,493,094 01
Taxes.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
For taxes of 1910
$2 00
For taxes of 1911
37 82
For taxes of 1912
150 52
*For taxes of 1913
278,913 50
For taxes of 1914
1,318,698 15
$1,597,801 99
Overlay and Abatement :-
Abatement on taxes of 1911
$125 10
Abatement on taxes of 1912
713 09
Abatement on taxes of 1913 .
7,940 13
Abatement 011 taxes of 1914
9,426 15
Balance to debit of account, 1915 :-
Being uncollected taxes of 1912
$56 00
Being uncollected taxes of 1913
1,029 52
Being uncollected taxes of 1914
342,983 21
344,068 73
DEBIT.
Balance from 1913
$288,967 68
Tax levy, as per assessors' warrant of
August 7, 1914
1,667,144 28
Supplementary Warrants, amounts cred- ited to Overlay and Abatement, 1914 Account
3,963 23
$1,960,075 19
Overlay and Abatement, 1912 and Prior Years.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1913 . $5,134 33
Excess and Deficiency account, amount transferred . 4,200 00 .
$934 33
*In cash, account reduced by refunds $99.00. +$32.37
$1,958,271 58 745 74
18,204 47
$1,960,075 19
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Balance to credit of account, 1915
96 14
$838 19
DEBIT.
Taxes, amount of abatements .
$838 19
Overlay and Abatement, 1913.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1913
$17,546 81
Excess and Deficiency account, amount transferred
3,000 00
$14,546 81
Balance to credit of account, 1915
6,507 68
$8,039 13
DEBIT.
Taxes, amount of abatements . .
. $7,940 13
Cash, paid sundry persons, money re-
99 00
$8,039 13
Overlay and Abatement, 1914.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount of overlay from assessors' warrant Amount of assessors' supplementary warrants, 1914 . 3,963 23
$19,955 60
Balance to credit of account, 1915 .
10,497 08
$9,458.52
DEBIT.
Taxes, amount of abatements .
$9,426 15
Cash, paid sundry persons, money re-
32 37
$9,458 52
Revenue.
CREDIT.
Revenue (See Table E)
.
$448,351 72 15,486 48
Appropriated in Budget
$432,865 24
Metered Water Charges.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of sundry water takers .
$19,594 17 Water Works Income, abatements (See Revenue, Table E)
40 47
Balance to debit of account, 1915 : .
$19,634 64 20,879 30
$40,513 94
funded
.
$432,865 24
Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account
$15,,992 37
funded
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
DEBIT.
Balance from 1913 . .
$19,634 64 Last quarter, district No. 1, uncollected . 20,879 30 .
$40,513 94
Highway Betterment Assessments.
CREDIT.
Cash received of sundry persons
$12,230 40
Balance to debit of account, 1915
10,833 60
$23,064 00
DEBIT.
Balance from 1913
·
$4,949 32
Highways Construction, New Streets ac-
count, assessments levied . 18,114 68
$23,064 00
Sidewalk Assessments.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
Cash, received of sundry persons
$16,245 30
Balance to debit of account, 1915
17,011 22
$33,256 52
DEBIT.
Balance from 1913
$13,492 98
Sidewalks Construction account,
assess-
ments levied
19,763 54
$33,256 52
Sewer Assessments.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of sundry persons
$1,873 10
Balance to debit of account, 1915
2,874 98
$4,748 08
DEBIT.
Balance from 1913
$1,969 05
Sewers Construction
account, assess-
ments levied
2,779 03
$4,748 08
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
State Tax and Assessments.
State Tax .
$137,812 50
Sinking Fund
$12,352 71
Serial Bond Requirements
1,299 00
Interest
27,837 86
Maintenance and Operation
30,948 03
Metropolitan Park Assessment :
Sinking Fund
$2,793 02
Serial Bond Requirements
266 01
Amount carried forward : $3,059 03
·
72,437 60
.
Metropolitan Sewer Assessment :-
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Amount brought forward
$3,059 03
Interest
13,645 76
Maintenance and Operation
20,537 40
37,242 19
Wellington Bridge Assessment
648 06
Charles River Basin Assessment :-
Serial Bond Requirements
$170 82
Interest
2,775 13
Maintenance and Operation
3,692 21
6,638 16
Alewife Brook Assessment :- -
Assessment
$818 39
Interest
504 90
Abatement of Smoke
Metropolitan Water Assessment :-
Sinking Fund
$14,190 98
Serial Bond Requirements
180 63
Interest
73,138 81
Maintenance and Operation
22,488 71
*109,999 13
State Highway Tax
380 99
Grade Crossings Assessment :-
Assessment
$12,136 10
Interest
3,112 32
15,248 42
Tax on Non-resident Bank Shares .
1,854 82
$383,870 67
Cash Paid
$383,870 67
*In cash account reported under Water Works.
Soldiers' Benefits.
Military Aid, 1913
$224 50
State Aid, 1913
15,033 50
Soldiers' Burials, 1913
635 00
Military Aid, 1914 .
$192 00
State Aid, 1914
14,420 00
Solders' Burials, 1914
600 00
15,212 00
$31,105 00
Cash received .
15,893 00
$15,212 00
Liquor License Fees.
25 per cent. of liquor license fees . ·
$7 25
Cash paid .
$7 25
County of Middlesex.
CREDIT.
Taxes, 1914, county tax
.
· · $75,576 51
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid county tax ·
.
$75,576 51
.
$15,893 00
.
1,323 29 285 51
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Temporary Loans.
In Anticipation of Taxes.
Balance from 1913
Cash, borrowed by authority of the
Board of Aldermen on notes as fol- lows :-
City Notes Nos. 215-221, 256 days, 314 per cent. · · $100,000 00
City Notes Nos. 222-230, 242 days, 3.29 per cent. · ·
100,000 00
City Notes Nos. 231-232, 243 days, 3.27. per cent. · ·
35,000 00
City Notes Nos. 233-234, 240 days, 3.27 per cent.
65,000 00
City Notes Nos. 235-236, 236 days, 3.27 per cent.
50,000 00
City Notes Nos. 237-239, 240 days, 3.29 per cent.
50,000 00
Cty Notes Nos. 240-243, 223 days, 3.29 per cent. City Notes Nos. 244-249, 235 days, 3.29 per cent. . · ·
100,000 00
City Notes Nos. 250-253, 345 days, 35% per cent.
100,000 00
50,000 00
50,000 00
City Note No.269,247 days, 51/s per cent. City Notes Nos. 270-273, 129 days, 4.03 per cent. .
50,000 00
City Notes Nos. 274-276, 241 days, 4.08 per cent. .
25,000 00
City Notes Nos. 277-279, 95 days, 3.60 per cent.
25,000 00
1,040,000 00
$1,390,000 00
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid as follows :-
City Notes Nos. 189-211
$240,000 00
City Notes Nos. 212-213
50,000 00
City Note No. 214 .
60.000 00
City Notes Nos. 222-236
250.000 00
City Notes Nos. 240-243
100,000 00
City Notes Nos. 215-221
100.000 00
City Notes Nos. 237-239
50,000 00
City Notes Nos. 244-249
75,000 00
Balance to credit of account, 1915
$925,000 00 465,000 00
$1,390,000 00
Abolition of Grade Crossings.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1913 .
Cash, paid Notes Nos. 22 to 26 .
.
$75,000 00
$75,000 00
.
1
150,000 00
15,000 00
City Note No.254,311 days, 314 per cent. City Note No.255,341 days, 314 per cent. City Notes Nos. 256-268, 336 days, 37s per cent.
75,000 00
.
$350,000 00
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Grade Crossings.
CREDIT.
Receipts :--
Decree on Auditor's Sixth Report, Cer- tain Grade Crossings :---
Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
$1,506 99
Boston & Maine Railroad
2,265 55
Boston Elevated Railway Co. . 837 22
$4,609 76
Decree on Auditor's Seventh Report, Cer- tain Grade Crossings :
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
44,379 83
To correct Eighth Report :-
Boston & Maine Railroad
638 11
Decree on Auditor's Ninth Report :- Somerville Avenue :-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
$660 00
Boston Elevated Railway Company
390 00
Boston & Albany Railroad
150 00
Boston & Maine Railroad Company Medford & Dane Streets :--
1,800 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
11,310 99
Boston & Maine Railroad
15,218 51
Decree on Auditor's Tenth Report :- Webster Avenue :-
$506 70
Boston Elevated Railway Company
281 50
Medford Street and elsewhere:
Boston & Maine Railroad
832 75
1,620 95
Balance to debit of account, 1915
4,192 71
$84,970 86
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Balance from 1913 .
$48,613 61
Cash, paid Boston & Maine Railroad,
Overpaid on auditor's seventh report
$5 00
Edward A. Binney, appraising property and attendance at court
60 00
Bridget M. Casey, settlement
3,000 00
J. E. Conant & Co., expert services
275 00
Emily H. Doherty, court stenography
53 80
John J. Falvey, services .
10 00
Cora I. Guild, settlement
4,500 00
Albert S. Holly, services as expert
5 00
Alfred H. Hines, services as expert
35 00
Harry Van Iderstine, services as ex- pert
50 00
Frederick E. Jones, survey, plan, etc.
15 00
Walter T. Littlefield, services as
95 00
pert
.
Amounts carried forward $8,103 80
$48,613 61
L
.
29,529 50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
$80,778 15
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $8,103 SO $48,613 61
Lockwood, Green & Co., services as ex- pert ·
300 00
· J. Edward L. McLean, services as ex- pert 473 45
William A. Mullen, examination of
property and testimony in court .
35 00
John C. McGirr, settlement
950 00
North Packing and Provision Co.,
settlement 26,500 00
*Refund: Boston & Maine Railroad, to correct over-payment 5 00
·
36,357 25
$84,970 86
*Cash
Redemption of Tax Liens.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
Cash, received of sundry · persons, re-
$745 74
demption of tax liens . . DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid sundry persons, redemption
of tax liens
$745 74
Overplus on Tax Sales.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1913 .
$118 13
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid miscellaneous revenue ac-
count, amount authorized by an order
from the Board of Aldermen
$118 13
Sundry Persons.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1913 .
$619 56
Balance to credit of account. 1915
127 11
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid miscellaneous revenue ac-
count, amount authorized by an
order of the Board of Aldermen
$492 45
Public Library, Trust Funds.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1913
$21,414 58 . Balance to credit of account, 1915 . 20,414 5S
$1,000 90
.
$492 45
$36,362 25
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
59
DEBIT.
Martha R. Hunt Fund, Art, withdrawn
from principal of fund
$1,000 00
Public Library Trust Funds, Investment.
CREDIT.
Balance to debit of account, 1915
.$20,414 58
Martha R. Hunt, Art, withdrawn from principal of fund
1,000 00
$21,414 58
DEBIT.
Balance from 1913 .
.
.
$21,414 58
Public School Trust Funds.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1913
.
$5,000 00
Balance to credit of account, 1915
5,000 00
Public School Trust Funds, Investment.
CREDIT.
Balance to debit of account, 1915
Balance from 1913
.
$5,000 00 5,000 00
Public Property.
CREDIT.
Balance to debit of account. 1915
· $6,023,201 76
DEBIT.
Property and Debt Balance, in-
crease in 1914 .
$45,295 94
Balance from 1913 . .
5,977,905 82
$6,023,201 76
Funded Debt.
CREDIT.
Funded Debt, January 1, 1914
.
.
. $1,674,000 00
Issues of 1914 :-
Highway Loan Bonds, Nos. 1 to 125 $125,000 00
Sewer Loan Bonds, Nos. 594 to 613
20,000 00
145,000 00
$1,819,000 00
DEBIT.
Bonds maturing in 1914
$203,000 00
Present funded debt, balance of
ac- ·
1,616,000 00
$1,819,000 00
Property and Debt Balance.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1913
$4,303,905 82
Public Property, increase in 1914
45,295 94
Funded Debt, bonds maturing in 1914
203,000 00
$4,552,201 76
count
60
ANNUAL REPORTS.
DEBIT.
Funded Debt, issues of 1914 $145,000 00 Balance to credit of account, 1915 · 4,407,201 76
$4,552,201 76
Excess and Deficiency.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1913 .
$7,772 09
Overlay and Abatement, 1912, and prior
years account, amount transferred . 4,200 00
Overlay and Abatement, 1913 account, amount transferred . .
3,000 00
Balances of 1914 accounts :-
DEBIT
CREDIT
Board of Aldermen Expenses .
$29 62
Clerk of Committees and Departments
$10 29
Executive Department .
268 76
Auditing Department
19 99
Treasury Department
105 44
Assessors' Department
16 62
City Clerk's Department
67 18
Law Department
3 06
City Messenger's Department
55 72
Engineering Department
41
Commissioner Public Buildings
58 31
Maintenance Municipal Buildings
2,022 74
20 92
Pay of Election Officers. Polling Places
157 09
Police Department
4 84
Maintenance Police Buildings
387 39
Fire Department
3,130 36
Maintenance Fire Buildings
2,295 20
Weights and Measures Department .
26 90
Electrical Department
17 14
Elm Leaf Beetle Extermination
7 10
Care of Trees
58 71
Health Department
2,010 70
Inspection of Animals and Provisions
18 85
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar .
23 03
Inspection of School Children
93 63
Vital Statistics
60
Contagious Hospital
277 24
Maintenance Contagious Hospital
561 09
Sewers Maintenance
44
Maintenance Sewer Buildings
32 05
Refuse Disposal
75 40
Maintenance Refuse Buildings
53 32
Street Cleaning
51 14
Highways Maintenance
756 04
Sidewalks Maintenance
30 12
Amounts carried forward .
$7,527 09
$6,396 57
Election Expenses, City Clerk Registrars of Voters
420 20
98 02
656 00
Registration City Laborers .
$14,972 09
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S
REPORT. 61
Amounts brought forward
$7,527 09
$6,396 57
Street Sprinkling . Maintenance Highway Buildings
43 71
545 49
Poor Department, Miscellaneous
1,062 68
Poor Department, City Home
198 05
Maintenance City Home Buildings
156 27
Soldiers' Relief
189 83
Military Aid
16 00
State Aid
580 00
Soldiers' Burials
100 00
School Contingent
75 13
School Teachers' Salaries
45 86
Maintenance School Buildings
18,344 14
Central Library
91
Maintenance Central Library
793 22
West Somerville Branch Library
1 26
Maintenance West Somerville Branch
Library Building
241 44
East Somerville Branch Library
41
Maintenance East Somerville Branch-
Library Building
37 47
Maintenance Union
Square Branch-
Library Building
80 10
Maintenance Park Buildings
437 04
Playgrounds Maintenance
01
Summer Playgrounds
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