Report of the city of Somerville 1914, Part 5

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


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37


Maintenance Bathhouse


506 26


Municipal Documents


104 52


Contingent Fund


916 68


City Planning Board


34 46


Workmen's Compensation


4,559 91


Interest


687 75


Water Maintenance


161 78


Maintenance Water Buildings


219 92


Revenue


15,486 48


Balance to credit of account, 1915


15,695 89


$45,109 41


$45.109 41


Balances.


General Accounts.


Cash


$109,020 40


Taxes, 1912


56 00


1913


1,029 52


1914


342,983 21


Metered Water Charges


20,879 30


Overlay and Abatement, 1912 years . .


and prior


$96 14 6,507 68


Overlay and Abatement, 1913


1914


10,497 08


Highway Assessments


10,833 60


Sidewalk Assessments


17,011 22


Sewer Assessments


2,874 98


Amounts carried forward


$504,688 23


$17,100 90


$29,413 52


62


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$504,688 23 $17,100 90 vances)


Commonwealth of Massachusetts (ad-


15,212 00


Temporary Loans :- In anticipation of Taxes 465,000 00


Grade Crossings (advances)


4,192 71


Maintenance Accounts.


See Excess and Deficiency account pre- ceding


15,695 89


Non-Revenue Accounts.


See Credit Balances, Funded Debt Ap- propriations, in first part of re- port


23,241 21


Reduction of Funded Debt .


1,724 05


Trust Funds.


Public School


5,000 00


Public School, Investment


5,000 00


Public Library


20,414 58


Public Library, Investment .


20,414 58


Public Trust. Funds. (For Expenditures.)


See. Public Trust Funds Income, first


part of report .


Private Trust Funds.


Sundry Persons


127 11


$549,507 52


$549,507 52


TABLE G .- STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, SHOWING APPRO- PRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DECEMBER 31, 1914.


Appropriations.


CREDIT.


Taxes, amount assessed for municipal


$1,266,177 86


purposes


From Estimated Revenue .


432,865 24


$1,699,043 10


DEBIT.


Appropriations :-


General Government.


Board of Aldermen Expenses $800 00


Clerk of Committees and Departments


4,000 00


Executive Department


4,800 00


Auditing Department


1,450 00


Treasury Department


14,750 00


Assessors' Department


11,500 00


Certification of Notes and Bonds


450 00


City Clerk's Department


7,000 00


1


Amount carried forward .


$44,750 00


1,203 78


REPORT.


63


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S


Amount brought forward


$44,750 00


Registration of City Laborers


325 00


Law Department


2,400 00


City Messenger's Department


1,800 00


Engineering Department


11,500 00


Commissioner of Public Buildings


4,500 00


Maintenance Municipal Buildings


6,500 00


Total General Government Election Expenses.


City Clerk


$2,100 00


Registrars of Voters


2,400 00


Pay of Election Officers


3,920 00


Polling Places


700 00


Total Election Expenses


$9,120 00


Protection of Persons and Property.


Police Department


$108,500 00


Maintenance Police Buildings


3,200 00


Fire Department


111,800 00


Maintenance Fire Buildings


5,500 00


Militia


500 00


Weights and Measures Department


2,550 00


Electrical Department


9,500 00


Total Protection Persons and Property Forestry.


$241,550 00


Gypsy and Brown-taii Moth Extermina- tion


$2,000 00


Elm-Leaf Beetle Extermination


700 00


Care of Trees


2,500 00


Total Forestry


$5,200 00


Health and Sanitation.


Health :-


Health Department


$11,000 00


Inspection of Animals and Provisions


1,250 00


Inspection of Milk and Vinegar 2,050 00


Inspection of School Children


2,400 00


City Clerk's Department, Vital Statistics


1,000 00


Contagious Hospital


16,800 00


Maintenance Contagious Hospital


3,400 00


Sanitation :-


Engineering Department, Sewers Main- tenance .


14,000 00


Maintenance Sewer Buildings


100 00


Highways, Refuse Disposal


86,200 00


Maintenance Refuse Buildings


1,000 00


Highways, Strect Cleaning


22,000 00


Total Health and Sanitation


$161,200 00


Highways.


Highways Maintenance


$33,400 00


Highways, Sidewalks Maintenance


4,000 00


Amounts carried forward


$37,400 00


$488,845 00


1


$71,775 00


64


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$37,400 00 $488,845 00


Highways, Street Sprinkling


28,000 00


Street Lighting


58,000 00


Maintenance Highway Buildings


1,200 00


Total Highways


$124,600 00


Charities.


Support of Poor, Miscellaneous


27,500 00


Support of Poor, City Home


11,000 00


Maintenance City Home Buildings


2,000 00


Somerville Hospital


5,000 00


Total Charities


$45,500 00


Soldiers' Benefits.


Soldiers' Relief


$21,000 00


Military Aid


400 00


State Aid


15,000 00


Soldiers' Burials


700 00


Total Soldiers' Benefits .


$37,100 00


Education.


School Contingent


$34,000 00


School Teachers' Salaries


340,000 00


Maintenance School Buildings


76,500 00


Total Education


$450,500 00


Libraries.


Central Library


$25,000 00


Maintenance Central Library


3,400 00


West Somerville Branch Library


6,500 00


Maintenance West . Somerville


Branch


Library


1,700 00


East Somerville Branch Library


2,800 00


Maintenance East Somerville


Branch


Library


650 00


Union Square Branch Library


2,800 00


Maintenance Union Square Branch


Library


900 00


Total Libraries


$43,750 00


Recreation.


Engineering Department, Parks Main-


tenance


$9,975 00


Maintenance Park Buildings


500 00


Engineering Department, Playgrounds


Maintenance


3,300 00


School Department, Summer Play-


2,000 00


Maintenance Bathhouse


2,000 00


Total Recreation


$17,775 00


Celebrations.


Independence Day


500 00


Total Celebrations


$500 00


Amount carried forward .


$1,208,570 00 .


grounds


APPENDIX TÓ TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


65


Amount brought forward . Unclassified.


$1,208,570 00


Memorial Day


$425 00


Municipal Document


1,675 00


Contingent Fund


5,000 00


City Planning Board


250 00


Workmen's Compensation


5,000 00


Total Unclassified


$12,350 00


Municipal Documents.


Interest


$77,000 00


Reduction of Funded Debt


195,163 10


Total Municipal Indebtedness


$272,163 10


Water Works.


Water Maintenance


$37,000 00


Interest


1,260 00


Reduction of Funded Debt, Water Loan Bonds


6,000 00


Metropolitan Water Assessment


(esti-


mated)


119,700 00


Water Works Extension


21,500 00


Maintenance Water Buildings


1,000 00


Total Water Works


$186,460 00


$1,679,543 10


Amended by order approved July 24, 1914 :- Contingent account, amended to read $14,700 87


Metropolitan Water Assessment,


amended to read


109,999 13


$1,679,543 10


Contingent account, increased by the same amount ($9,700 87) as Metro- politan Water Assessment is decreased.


Additional Appropriations.


Approved July 24, 1914.


Maintenance School Buildings (to be


used for repairs of school buildings $5,000 00


Maintenance School Buildings, (to be used for maintenance of shower


baths in Bennett School)


250 00


Contingent Fund


5,250 00 14,250 00


$1,699,043 10


GENERAL GOVERNMENT.


Board of Aldermen Expenses.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


. .


$800 00


Executive Department, amount transferred . 100 00 .


$900 00


.


66


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 29 02


$870 38


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Allen, Doane & Co., Inc., stamp pad


$75


1


Bent & Bush Co., gavels


6 00


John F. Biggs & Co., printing registers


213 50


Bancroft Hotel, dinners


48 20


Thomas F. Callahan & Co., printing


15 00


Crawford House, dinners


15 65


George Coleman & Co., binding


6 75


James E. Downey, dinners


11 00


C. A. Eagleston, dinners .


98 45


Frost & Dearborn Co., dinners


15 00


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


21 06


Richard A. Keyes, automobile hire.


27 50


Howard Lowell & Son., carriage hire


5 00


Walter T. Littlefield, disbursements


14 25


Lombardy Inn Co., dinners


18 00


Mitchell Mfg. Co., badges


10 50


Oakland House, dinners


15 00


The Quincy, dinners .


35 00


Relay House, dinners


57 55


Somerville Publishing Co., printing and advertising


18 31


Somerville Enterprise Publishing Co.,


13 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing and advertising


58 23


Walter H. Snow & Co., catering


71 00


Suntaug Lake Inn, dinners .


14 00


Somerville Post Office, postage


51 56


Union Square Hotel, meals


4 00


Ward's, stationery


6 12


$870 38


Clerk of Committees and Departments.


CREDIT.


Appropriations


$4,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


10 29


$4,010 29


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid William P. Mitchell, salary as


clerk of committees and departments


$2,100 00


Richard A. Keyes, assistant


1,100 00


Lucia A. Manning, assistant


600 00


American Express Co., expressing .


20


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery .


29 16


Glines & Co., expressing


0


15


W. A. Greenough & Co .. directory


4 00


Hoffman Seal E. & S. Co., stamp and pad


2 75


Amount carried forward .


$3,836 26


printing and advertising


67


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward .


$3,836 26


New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service 59 13


Remington Typewriter Co., supplies 3 50


Standard Carbon & Ribbon Co., carbon paper


3 00


-


Sampson & Murdock Co., directory


6 50


Somerville Journal Co., printing .


77 90


Somerville Post Office, postage .


24 00


$4,010 29


Executive Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$4,800 00


Board of Aldermen Expenses account, amount trans-


ferred


100 00


$4,700 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 268 76


$4,431 24


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Zebedee E. Cliff, salary as mayor


$2,500 00


Fred E. Warren, secretary to the mayor


1,400 00


American Express Co., expressing .


21


Allen, Doane & Co., stamp and pad


1 70


Frost & Dearborn Co., dinners


61 15


Glines Express Co., expressing .


15


W. A. Greenough & Co, directory


4 00


John H. Gartland, palms and flowers


35 00


Hill-Michie Co., automobile hire


12 00


New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service .


62


Relay House, dinners


27 70


Sampson & Murdock Co., directory


6 50


Somerville Enterprise Publishing Co., printing


43 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing


46 15


Somerville Post Office, postage


90 27


Ward's stationery


127 90


Union Square Hotel, dinners .


9 00


Underwood Typewriter Co., supplies


1 60


$4,429 24


City Clerk's Department account, type- writer ribbons


2 00


Auditing Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$1,450 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 19 99


$1,430 01


·


$4,431 24


68


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Clarence T. Bruce, salary as auditor · Baker Vawter Co., ledger leaves and binder 9 94


$800 00


Thomas Groom & Co., pay roll sheets and warrants 112 09


Joseph S. Pike, services


150 00


Edwin L. Pride & Co., audit for 1913


350 00


Ward's stationery


7 98


$1,430 01


Treasury Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$14,750 00


Excess and. Deficiency account, balance transferred . 105 44


$14,644 56


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Joseph S. Pike, salary as city treasurer


$3,000 00


Disbursements


15 20


Expenses to convention at Milwaukee


97 00


Charles L. Ellis, salary as deputy col- lector of taxes


1,500 00


Disbursements


18 70


Beulah M. Peirce, first assistant


1,000 00


Louise B. Mclaughlin, second assistant Postage stamps


10 00


Florence M. Grow, third assistant .


650 00


Marion C Kendall, fourth assistant


650 00


Winnifred P. Briggs. fifth assistant


575 00


Lilla A. Johnson, clerical services .


469 50


May G. Canfield, clerical services .


401 33


Lillian C. Scriven, clerical services


265 34


Alice M. Coleman, clerical services


228 01


Florence M. Shaw, clerical services


52 00


Beulah C. Church, clerical services Helen S. Bowman, clerical services Gertrude Stay, clerical services .


16 00


Theodore H. Locke, services .


6 00


Somerville National Bank, clearing house charges. 8 34


American Surety Company of New York, bonds of treasurer and deputy collector


230 00


American Express Company, expressing


55


Andrews Paper Co., envelopes


43 32


Baker-Vawter Co., holder .


5 79


Boston News Bureau, subscription


12 00


Burroughs Adding Machine Co., atten- . tion to adding machine and rolls of paper 11 55


Amount carried forward


$10,051 63


16 00


20 00


750 00


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


69


Amount brought forward .


$10,051 63


John F. Biggs & Co., printing tax bills


etc.


292 00


A. W. Babbitt, check register 7 50


Carter's Ink Co., supplies . 9 00


Cambridge Paper Box Co., wooden box


3 00


E. H. Fuller & Co., pads and ink .


3 51


J. L. Fairbanks & Co., checks


65 47


Globe Stamp Works, stamps and re- pairing


6 45


W. A. Greenough & Co., directories


11 00


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery .


366 38


F. R. Garrett, lunchı .


3 75


Globe-Wernicke Co., storage case


1 35


Gilman Express Co., expressing


25


Glines Express Co., expressing


1 55


Gridley Lunch Co., sandwiches


3 60


Gage Printing Co., printing


3 00


Otis A. Handy, blocking


6 90


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire


60 00


Thomas Leighton, Jr., recording


19 60


McGregor & Merrill, printing .


47 07


A. G. Moore & Co., printing . .


6 00


Munson Supply Co., pneumatic type- writer keys


1 50


New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service .


124 73


National Association Comptrollers and Accounting Officers Association, mem- bership


10 00


and supplies


598 50


Somerville Enterprise Publishing Co., advertising


5 00


Sampson & Murdock Co., directory


6 50


Charles A. Stewart, tax refunded .


4 72


Somerville Publishing Co., printing


129 25


Somerville Journal Co., printing


555 43


Somerville Post Office, postage


2,024 75


C. A. Sawyer, lunch


3 11


Robert K. Slaughter, check writer .


58 80


Standard Envelope Sealer Co., improve- ments


1 75


Turner & Co., envelopes


113 76


Union Publishing Co., directory


2 50


Winter Hill Press, printing .


4 75


Ward's, ledger sheets .


15 50


insuring time lock .


15 00


$14,644 56


Assessors' Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$11,500 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 16 62


$11,483 38


Remington Typewriter Co., machines


.


Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., cleaning and


70


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid George E. Elliott, salary as


chairman of the board of assessors


$1,950 02


Nathan H. Reed, assessor . 800 00


Winsor L. Snow, assessor .


S00 00


Harry Van Iderstine, assessor .


800 00


J. Robert Fenelon, assessor .


800 00


Fred B. Clapp, assistant assessor.


250 00


John F. Stackpole, assistant assessor 250 00


William H. Wallis, assistant assessor


250 00


James Wilson, assistant assessor .


250 00


George I. Canfield, assistant assessor ..


250 00


John J. McCarthy, assistant assessor . 250 00


800 00


Abbie D. Southworth, assistant Disbursements


31 65


Mabel E. Hall, assistant


700 00


Disbursements


1 10


Lillian M. Hildred, assistant


503 37


Theodore H. Locke, street clerk


94 00


Leonard C. Spinney, street clerk


84.00


Rolla J. Butman, street clerk .


100 00


Elmer E. Pease, street clerk


82 00


Edith Pearson, clerical services


224 02


Myrtie E. Turner, clerical services .


212 03


Mary F. Derby, clerical services .


208 02


Emily S. Taapken, clerical services Lila D. Howes, clerical services


94 00


J. Madeline Coy, clerical services .


68 66


Helen Abbott, clerical services


52 00


Marie A. Mooney, clerical services


32 67


Ethel Fitzmaurice, clerical services


27 34


E. Wentworth Prescott, clerical assist- ance .


42 00


Auto List Publishing Co., subscription


10 00


American Express Co., expressing .


21


Bank and Tradesman Review, subscrip- tion


5 00


Carter's Ink Co., ink


1 50


Financial Publishing Co., law book


6 00


Glines Express Co., expressing


50


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory


4 00


E. F. Hicks, luncheon


12 00


Library Bureau, metal


32 00


New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service


30 21


Somerville Enterprise Publishing Co., advertising


33 00


Somerville Post Office, postage


50 18


Somerville Publishing Co., printing


152 13


Somerville Journal Co., printing


760 30


Harry Van Iderstine, automobile hire .


15 00


Ward's, stationery


251 28


$11,478 19


Water Maintenance account, ice-coil and water tank


5 19


$11,483 38


108 00


71


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Law Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


.


$2,400 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


3 06


$2,396 94


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Frank W. Kaan, salary as


city solicitor


$2,100 00


Disbursements


174 24


James M. Harmon, salary as claim agent Disbursements 1 25


22 04


Thomas Damery, salary as claim agent


77 96


Eugene A. Jones, expense of suit .


15 00


John E. Miller, stenography


6 45


2,396 94


City Messenger's Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$1,800 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 55 72


$1,855 72


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Fred E. Hanley, salary as city messenger


$1,300 00


Disbursements


21 40


Buick-Boston Co., repairing automobile


171 0S


Bay State Tire Co., transferring auto- mobile


10 00


Gray & Turner, insurance


30 00


B. F. Goodrich Co., cases


70 0S


Hill-Michie Co., s storage of car and


supplies


254 93


B. W. Horsman, repairing automobile


31 30


H. W. Johns-Manville Co., gear . .


1 00


Timothy A. Murley, varnishing car


7 50


New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service .


23 95


Marshall Street Garage, changing shoe


50


Underhill Hardware Co., tools .


1 80


Fire Department account, gasoline .


30 68


Water Maintenance account, gasoline


1 50


Refund: George H. Noone, damage to


100 00


$1,855 72


City Clerk's Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$7,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred


67 18


$6,932 82


$1,923 54


$1,955 72


automobile .


72


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash. paid Frederic W Cook, salary as city clerk


$2,851 20


Howard E. Wemyss, assistant


city


clerk


1,500 00


Clara B. Snow, first assistant


842 98


Edith A. Woodman, assistant


638 66


Agnes M. Fitzmaurice, stenographer


and typist . 626 50


Marguerite M. Scriven, stenographer


and typist


Fannie A. Knapp, clerical services · 613 50


Helen C. French, clerical services .


1 66


Lillian C. Scriven, clerical services .


67


Ethel G. Fitzmaurice, clerical services 67


Allen, Doane & Co., badges


16 04


American Express Co., expressing .


50


American Multigraph Sales Co., type, etc.


8 32


American City Magazine, subcription .


2 00


A. R. Andrews Co., typewriter ribbons


18 00


Robert Burlen, binding


12 00


T. H. Ball, forms .


6 50


Carter's Ink Co., supplies


8 86


Columbia Graphophone Co., cylinders, etc.


5 40


George Coleman & Co., binding


7 75


John Donnelly & Sons, posting


29 50


Denison-Pratt Paper Co., Inc., paper


10 80


Gray & Turner, premiums on bonds Joseph C. Greene & Co., brackets .


30 40


Glines & Co., expressing .


30


Gilman Express Co., expressing


15


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory


4 00


Thomas Groom & Co., book .


11 75


Library Bureau, cards 17 21


123 02


Renner's Express, expressing


25


Remington Typewriter Co., supplies


5 95


Somerville Journal Co., printing .


19 40


Somerville Publishing Co., printing


30 00


Somerville Post Office, postage .


131 36


Sampson & Murdock Co., directory 6 00


Somerville National Bank, tax stamps


5 00


A. Storrs & Bement Co., paper


4 05


Underwood Typewriting Co., machines and table


150 50


E. W. Woodley, printing


6 25


Whitney & Snow, supplies


50


Ward's, stationery


61 84


$8,088 42


*Service Transfers, from sundry accounts


1,155 60


$6,932 82


*Includes $450.00 for services, account of Election Expenses, City Clerk, and $700.00 for services account of Registrars of Voters.


·


2 98


New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service .


276 00


73


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Engineering Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$11,500 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 41


$11,499 59


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Ernest W. Bailey, salary as city engineer .


$3,000 00


Services on street construction


100 00


Part expenses, Good Roads Conven- tion, Chicago·


42 50


One-half registration of automobile


7 50


Engineer's assistants


7,714 53


Engineers' assistants, carfares


214 50


Andrews & Lyun, repairing curtain


.2 00


Robert Burlen, bindirg


45 00


Boston Lodge, Order of Elks, expense


public works committee


10 00


Boston Burial Case Co., stakes


9 50


L. E. Clayton, cotton cloth 2 63


Jackson


Caldwell & Co., rubber and


labor


3 50


Dimond-Union Stamp Works, type form


1 00


Fiske Rubber Co., cases and tubes


81 00


Frost & Adams Co., drawing supplies


19 56


Thomas Groom & Co., office supplies


33 54


Gilman Express Co., expressing


45


E. M. Green, repairing automobile .


96 04


Hillman Automobile Supply Co., supplies Harvard Vulcanizing Co., repairing tires Knox Automobile Co., repairing auto- mobile


23 50


Ledder & Probst, Inc., ink


3 71


Library Bureau, index cards


2 91


Lombardy Inn, dinners public committee


works


17 10


B. L. Makepeace, blueprints


6 59


New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service .


86 26


Somerville Post Office, postage


11 25


Underhill Hardware Co., hardware


75


M. L. Vinal, blank book .


25


Whitney & Snow, hardware


8 31


Wadsworth, Howland & Co.,


Inc.


drawing supplies


14 33


Ward's, stationery


19 30


$11,850 39


Water Maintenance account, gasoline . . 95 00


$11,945 39


Service Transfers, from sundry accounts


445 80


.


$11,499 59


·


55 75


217 13


74


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Public Buildings Department, Commissioner of Public Buildings.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$4,500 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 58 31


$4,441 69


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Walter T. Littlefield, salary as commissioner of public buildings . $2,250 00


Florence Ham, assistant to commis-


sioner of public buildings .


700 00


Evelyn Kelley, clerical services


18 75


Duncan C. Greene, inspector of plumbing


1,200 00


A. R. Andrews Co., stationery .


19 55


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery .


26 50


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .


4 00


B. L. Makepeace, drawing materials


10 36


New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service .


110 70


Somerville Journal Co., printing


81 05


S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co., steel. stamp


1 56


Sanborn Map Co., correcting map .


11 00


Somerville Post Office, postage


. 50


Ward's, stationery


3 40


Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., filing tray and cards


9 32


$4,447 69


Service Transfer, from Summer Play-


grounds account


6 00


$4,441 69


Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Municipal Buildings.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$6,500 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 2,022 74


$8,522 74


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid janitors' salaries .


$3,001 65


Labor


230 88


James H. Chase, pension .


260 00


George A. Ayer, plumbing .


47 29


Art Metal Construction Co., steel filing case, etc.


270 50


James Bartley, soap


15 06


Boston Finishing Co., electric fixtures


2 87


C. Bowen, moving safe


12 00


W. B. Brown & Co., plumbing .


1 00


J. A. Bremner & Co., varnishing


3 45


S. H. Couch Co., Inc., telephone work


1 55


Amount carried forward .


$3,846 25


75


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$3,846 25


Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas


45 52


Cambridge Ice Co., ice .


58 62


Jackson Caldwell Co., repairing chairs


20 90


Alice I. Crawford, typewriting .


4 50


Carpenter-Morton Co., paints


4 00


Cudahy Packing Co., soap polislı


7 50


C. W. Cahalan, plumbing .


278 23


Derby Desk Co., iron parts for chair


1 00


James Duncan, reseating chairs


8 00


Edison Electric Illuminating Co., lighting


1,048 74


Fred W. Farrar, repairing clocks .


10 50


Federal Graphite Mills, graphite .


33 00


Josephi E. Greene Co., electrical supplies


70 34


Glines Express Co., expressing


14 72


Grimmons, Bailey-Weston Co., shades and fixtures


105 00


John Gannon & Co., painting


139 20


Haywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., chair


18 03


James Harper & Co., repairing chair


7 00


Wm. S. Howe Co., grate and shaker


2 15


J. J. Hurley & Co, repairing heating ap- paratus


6 20


Hemeon Bros., tearing down building


14 40


Hinckley Rendering Co., soap powder .


11 80


James Hayden, carpentering


31 20


William Hall & Co., spring


50


George T. Johnson Co., toilet paper


11 50


H. W. Johns-Manville Co., pipe covering


1 62


Jordan Marsh Co., rug


29 25


Ideal Ventilator Co,, ventilators


15 00


Leavis & Doherty, plumbing .


4 00


B. L. Makepeace, blue prints .


78


F. W. Merrill, electrical work .


144 65


C. W. H. Moulton Co., brooms


:50


Martin & Wood, keys


13 77


Geo. W. Manning, labor on flag pole


20 00


J. Edward L. McLean, carpentry


506 35


Walter T. March, repairing and up- holstery


4 75


Mosler Safe Co., safe .


250 00


New Eng. Towel Supply Co., towels


123 00


J. T. Newton, electrical supplies .


: 25


W. E. Plumer Co., hardware .


1 75


Pittsburg Plate Glass Co., glass .


57


Roberts Iron Works, re-tubing boiler


139 00


F. M. Rogers & Co., painting .


270 00


Sullivan's Somerville Express, expressing


25


R. M. Sturtevant, moving goods from city hall annex .


8 00


E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware


8 45


Shepard Clark Co., floor brushes .


10 50


Underhill Hardware Co., hardware Waldo Bros., clay


3 95


White Cross Laundry, laundering


50


H. W. Waite & Co., dust layer


6 26


Amount carried forward .


$7,381 70


75


1


76


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward . $7,381 70


Whitney & Snow, hardware . 35


George W. Wood, soap and matches


15 35


Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel 1,000 01


I. B. Walker, flag pole irons .


1 50


Henry A. Wheeler Co., awnings


15 50


]. Williamson, reseating chairs


5 00


John M. Woods & Co., lumber 1 19


Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., filing cabinet


92 37


Water Maintenance account, coil for ice- tank


9 77


$8,522 74


City Hall Annex Remodeling.


CREDIT.


Sewers Construction account, amount transferred


$3,500 00


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid janitors' salaries $138 18


George A. Ayer, plumbing .


7 63


Joseph E. Greene Co., electrical supplies


54 87


B. L. Makepeace, blue prints


89


J. E. L. McLean, on acount of contract 3,182 44


F. W. Merrill, electrical work ·


115 99


$3,500 00


Certification of Notes and Bonds.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$450 00


DEBIT.


(Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Old Colony Trust Company, preparation and certification of notes and bonds . .


$450 00


Registration of City Laborers.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$325 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred 20 92


$304 08


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid Howard E. Wemyss, salary as


registration clerk


$300 00


Carter's Ink Co., ink .


63


Ward's, stationery


3 45


$304 08


Election Expenses, City Clerk.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$2,100 00


Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .




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