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Books, stationery and postage 2,343 44
Printing and advertising 1,276 75 .
Carfares, teams, etc. 70 20
Telephone
158 12
.
Expenses.
Outlays.
$1,016 25
1,870 48
4,697 33
4,289 21
.
.
Carried forward .
. $13,975 27
$11,873 27
56
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward
. $13,975 27
$11,873 27
Bonds
265 00.
Attending convention
43 65
All other .
148 58
14,432 50
Assessors' Department.
Salaries :-
Chairman
$2,000 00
Assessors (four)
3,200 00
Assistant assessors
1,500 00
Clerks (office)
4,332 57
Clerks (street)
318 00
Other Expenses :-
Books, stationery and postage 347 79
Printing and advertising .
912 83
Carfares, auto hire
36 60
Telephone
37 42
All other
79 11
Certification of Notes and Bonds.
Certifying
$725 00
Recording Assessments.
Recording sidewalk assess-
ments
. $146 25
City Clerk's Department.
Salaries and Wages :-
City clerk
$3,000 00
Assistant city clerk
1,275 14
Clerks
1,850 26
Other Expenses :-
Books, stationery and postage 320 40
45 21
Telephone
144 91
Revenue stamps
20 00
Typewriter
145 00
All other
39 53
6,840 45
Registration of City Laborers.
Salaries :-
Registration clerk . $300 00
Other Expenses :- Stationery and postage .
14 70
Law Department.
Salaries :-
City solicitor
. $2,100 00
Claim agent
100 00
Other Expenses :-
Stationery and postage
5 50
Printing and advertising
30 80
Witness fees
40 00
Recording deeds
11 36
Clerical hire
104 00
All other
50 59
2,442 25
Carried forward .
$49,538 74
·
·
12,764 32
725 00
146 25
Printing and advertising
·
·
314 70
57
CITY AUDITOR.
Brought forward
$49,538 74
City Messenger's Department.
Salaries :-
Messenger $1,500 00
Other Expenses :----
Books, stationery and postage 16 10
Auto and supplies
1,509 46
Telephone
22 30
Carfares
16 50
3,064 36
Engineering Department. Salaries and Wages :-
City engineer
$3,000 00
Assistants
6,648 29
Clerk
683 93
Temporary clerk
31 00
Other Expenses :- Books, printing, stationery
and postage
193 83
Telephone
103 98
Auto and maintenance
1,207 76
Instruments and equipment
107 21
Carfares
193 90
Attending convention 70 50
All other
87 75
12,328 15
Public Buildings Department, Commissioner of Public Buildings.
Salaries and Wages :-
Commissioner
$2,1S2 26 ·
Inspector of plumbing
1,200 00
Clerks
842 92
Other Expenses :-
Books, stationery and postage 151 82
Printing and advertising . 76 35
Telephone
135 31
Auto supplies
218 44
Typewriter
88 75
All other .
22 50
4,918 35
Maintenance Municipal Buildings (City Hall and City Hall Annex).
Salaries and Wages :-
Janitors
$3,003 31
Labor
353 09
Other Expenses :-
Fuel and light
3,082 87
Janitors' supplies
204 45
Furniture and furnishings
1,121 03
Repairs :----
Building
1,004 28
Heating apparatus
9 71
All other
144 17
City Planning Board.
Stationery and postage
$7 40
Attending convention
10 00
Central Heating Plant.
Final payment on contract . $1,879 59
$1,879 59
Carried forward .
$78,789 91
$1,879 59
.
.
8,922 91
17 40
58
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward
$78,789 91 $1,879 59
Election Expenses, City Clerk.
Salaries and Wages :- Clerks
$500 00
Other Expenses :-
Books, stationery and postage 247 44
Printing and advertising .
789 55
Auto hire, carfares, etc.
281 00
Refreshments .
46 10
Repair of ballot boxes
56 15
All other
72 60
1,992 84
Election Expenses, Registrars of Voters.
Registrars
$815 00
Salaries and Wages :-
Clerks
219 00
City clerk's assistants
750 00
Other Expenses :-
Books, stationery and postage S8 23
Printing and advertising
594 00
Refreshments
15 09
Auto hire .
36 00
2,517 32
Election Expenses, Pay of Election Officers.
Salaries and Wages :-
Warden and clerks
$1,125 00 ·
Inspectors
2,697 00
3,822 00
Public Buildings Department, Polling Places.
Labor
$103 85
Teams
159 00
Rent
232 50
Lumber
1 38
Hardware
80
Fuel and light
22 73
All other
35 25
555 51
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY.
Police Department.
Salaries and Wages :---
Chief
. $2,253 27
Captain and lieutenants . 9,310 45
Sergeants and inspectors 5,252 24
Patrolmen
86,045 98
Special police
157 80
Matron and assistant matron . Other employees
3,204 25
Horses and Care of Same :--
Hay, grain and straw
159 46
Shoeing
108 00
All other
233 45
Equipment and Repairs :-
Automobile and motor cycles
623 29
Equipment for men
658 10
All other .
7 39
Carried forward
$108,797 60
$87,677 58
$1,879 59
.
·
783 92
59
CITY AUDITOR.
Brought forward
$108,797 60
$87,677 58
$1,879 59
Other Expenses :-
Books, printing, stationery and postage 310 65
Care and transportation of
prisoners 160 81
Telephone .
258 77
Laundry
22 84
Attending convention 45 00 .
All other . 369 64
109,965 31
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Police Buildings.
Salaries and Wages :--
Janitors
$1,353 03 ·
Labor
128 50
Fuel and light
1,065 74
Janitors' supplies
113 59
Furniture and furnishings
45 55
Repairs :-
Buildings
208 93
Heating apparatus
7 30
Resurfacing yard
553 87
All other
31 93
Fire Department.
Salaries and Wages :-
Chief engineer
$2,402 18
Assistant engineers
3,205 45
Firemen
. 88,438 64
Callmen
4,031 98
Temporary and emergency
men
2,514 75
Horses and Care of Same :
Harnesses and horse clothing
55 03
Hay, grain and straw
3,195 08
Shoeing
787 60
Medicine and veterinary
112 05
All other .
2 11
Equipment and Repairs :-
Apparatus
1,734 86
Hose
419 79
Equipment for men
55 19
Power
4 30
Hardware, tools, etc.
295 59
All other
20 83
Other Expenses :---
Books, printing, stationery
and postage
131 58
Telephone
55 37
Attending convention
42 60
Janitors' supplies
231 12
Furnishings
53 54
Laundry work .
258 38
All other
335 27
Supplies :-
Grease, oil
182 03
Gasoline
614 00
Carried forward .
$109,179 32
$201,151 33
$1,879 59
.
3,508 44
60
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward
$109,179 32 $201,151 33 $1,879 59
Soda and acid .
192 28
Fuel
28 00
All other .
139 10
$109,538 70
Less service transfer for horse sold to the highway de- partment
200 00
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Fire Buildings.
Labor
$750 56
Fuel and light
4,417 41
Janitors' supplies
33 75
Furniture and furnishings
322 94
Repairs :---
Buildings
1,450 33
Heating apparatus
707 22
Flag pole
185 00
All other
68 15
Fire Department, Additional Apparatus.
Labor and materials .
$63 58
Chassis
3,600 00
Pumping engine Fittings
7,500 00
Painting, striping and lettering 110 00
All other
93 08
New Building, Fire Alarm Signal System.
Contract for construction . $16,433 00
Blueprints and specifications 17 69
Water service 93 63
Plumbing
696 72
Heating apparatus Fire alarm equipment
12,000 00
Electrical supplies and fixtures 382 85
Furniture and furnishings 335 75
All other
52 26
Militia.
Rifle range
$462 22
Weights and Measures Department.
Salaries and Wages :--
Scaler
. $1,100 00
Deputy sealer . 1,000 00
Other Expenses :-
Books, stationery and postage 28 61
Printing and advertising 42 33
Carfares 25
Equipment
. 77
Telephone 12 03
Auto maintenance
439 16
Attending convention
40 50
Carried forward . $2,684 65
7,935 36
11,379 76
31,242 90
462 22
$318,887 61
$44,502 25
·
109,338 70
13 10
1,231 00
CITY AUDITOR.
61
Brought forward
$2,684 65
$318,887 61 $44,502 25
All other
. 15 10
2,699 75
Electrical Department.
Salaries and Wages :--
Commissioner
$1,600 00
Clerk
40 00
Labor
4,949 75
Other Expenses :-
Fire alarm signal systent 1,362 05
Police alarm system 5 80
Automobile and maintenance .
883 36
Telephone
77 03
Printing, advertising, station-
ery and postage
65 04
All other .
45 41
9,028 44
Electrical Department, Underground Wires.
Labor
$919 75
Cables and wire
241 69
All other
40 73
1,202 17
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Electrical Department Building.
Fuel $122 40
Janitors' supplies
7 13
Furniture and furnishings
58 77
All other
24 90
Suppression of Moths.
Labor
$3,433 51
Printing, stationery and postage 70 59
Hired teams
199 79
Hardware, tools and equipment
63 12
Insecticides
222 29
All other
30 80
Care of Trees.
Labor
$2,402 91
Hired teams
590 77
Hardware, tools and equipment 93 22
Lumber
31 11
All other
27
3,145 52
HEALTH AND SANITATION.
Health Department.
General Administration :-
Salaries and Wages :-
Agent
$1,438 52
Clerks
1,362 66
Medical inspector 2,000 00
Acting medical inspector
287 09
Chauffeur
366 00
Carried forward . $5,454 27
$337,994 62
$45,704 42
.
.
213 20
4,020 10
62
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward
$5,454 27
$337,994 62 $45,704 42
11,797 21
City Clerk's Department, Vital Statistics.
Canvassing and reporting births
$727 80
Reporting deaths
177 25
Printing and advertising
47 55
Books and supplies
109 35
All other
65
Contagious Hospital.
Salaries and Wages :-
Matron
$1,000 00
Nurses and other help
7,700 13
Physicians' services
150 00
Other Expenses :-
Drugs, medicines, instruments, etc.
305 22
1
Dry goods and clothing
83 70
Groceries and provisions .
6,827 71
Mattresses, etc.
136 18
Other general
supplies and
utensils
1,204 51
Telephone
79 53
All other
206 92
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Contagious Hospital.
Salaries and Wages :-
Janitor and labor
$395 95
Other Expenses :-
Fuel 1,561 69
Light
610 84
Janitors' supplies 13 65
Furniture and furnishings
207 81
Repairs :-
Buildings
741 73
Heating apparatus
.
29 48
Carried forward ,
$3,561 15 $368,548 33
$45,701 42
.
Vaccination
2 45
Burying dead animals
76 25
Auto ambulance maintenance 884 36
Attending convention
94 10
All other
2 50
postage
253 82
Telephone
193 35
All other
59 05
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases :- Board and Treatment :- Cities and towns .
1,286 06
Tuberculosis :-
Board and Treatment :-
Cities and towns
816 35
State
2,245 20
Groceries and provisions
312 00
Other Expenses :-
Laboratory supplies
104 55
Delivering cultures .
12 90
·
1,062 60
17,693 90
F
Books. printing, stationery and
63
CITY AUDITOR.
Brought forward
$3,561 15
.
Inspection of Animals and Provisions.
Salary of inspector
. $1,300 00
Other Expenses :-
Telephone
26 38
1,326 38
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar.
Salaries :-
Inspector .
$1,700 00 .
Milk collector .
522 86
Other Expenses :-
Printing, stationery and post- age 90 33
Maintenance of auto 475 86
Equipment and supplies . 97
Telephone
29 91
All other
45 91
3,120 84
Inspection of School Children.
Salaries :--
Inspectors
$1,600 00 .
School nurse
780 00
Other Expenses :--
Printing, stationery and post- age
20 10
All other
32 55
Sewers Construction.
Salaries and Wages :-
Inspector
$235 31
Labor
1,629 03
Other Expenses :-
Contracts for sewers 4,508 60
Contracts for storm drains ·
1,870 50
Hired teams
627 47
Pipe and fittings
2,191 95
Gravel, sand, brick and cement
640 50
Castings
708 82
All other
115 76
Engineering Department, Sewers Maintenance.
Salaries and Wages :-
Inspector
$289 74
Labor
9,525 42
Other Expenses :-
Hired teams 6,596 90
Tools and equipment
615 28
Sand, brick and cement 39 73
Pipe and fittings
27 08
Castings
20 46
Telephone
35 73
Power and care of Medford Street pump
127 94
All other
66 15
17,344 43
Carried forward .
$396,394 90
$58,232 36
.
12,527 94
$368,548 33 $45,704 42 All other
61 12
3,622 27
2,432 65
64
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward
$396,394 90 $58,232 36
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Sewer Buildings.
Salaries and Wages :- Labor
$35 65
Other Expenses :-
Fuel
20 00
Light
16 60
Repairs
38 71
All other
22 87
133 83
Highways, Refuse Disposal.
General Administration :-
Superintendent
$458 96
Printing and stationery
5 00
Telephone
12 76
All other
70
Ashes, Rubbish and Garbage :
Labor
25,861 10
Hired teams
11,629 33
Equipment
412 84
Stable Expenses :-
Hay, grain and straw
2,532 25
Shoeing
111 92
Equipment
106 43
All other .
5 20
41,136 49
Sanitary Department.
General Administration :-
Superintendent
$1,074 76
Bookkeeper
133 77
Printing and stationery
56 24
Telephone
17 43
All other
2 40
Ashes, Rubbish and Garbage :-
Labor
40,786 09
Hired teams
13,279 23
Equipment
770 72
Rent of dump
600 00
All other
33 07
Stable Expenses :-
1,950 00
Hay, grain and straw
4,634 85
Shoeing
157 35
Equipment
514 12
All other
53 25
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Refuse Buildings.
Labor
$64 00
Fuel
91 88
Light
222 94
Lumber
88 92
Furniture and furnishings
121 50
Repairs
680 47
All other
4 90
1,274 61
Carried forward .
$503,003 11
$58,232 35
Horses
64,063 28
65
CITY AUDITOR.
Brought forward
Street Cleaning.
Labor
. $18,914 61
Hired teams
5,805 69 .
Equipment .
179 27
24,899 57
HIGHWAYS.
Highway Maintenance.
General Administration :-
Commissioner .
$2,400 00
Bookkeeper and clerk
1,733 33
Printing, stationery and post- age 119 96
Telephone
221 50
Automobile and maintenance .
1,257 03
All other
15 75
General :-
Labor
32,671 20
Hired teams
257 34
Tarvia, broken stone, gravel, etc.
1,435 67
Edgestone, paving blocks and cement
443 99
Lumber
264 20
Equipment and repairs
2,340 45
Fuel
749 90
Oil and waste
339 38
Horses
200 00
Hay, grain and straw
8,273 57
Shoeing
416 95
Veterinary and medicine
194 74
Harnesses and horse clothing . All other
128 93
Other Expenses :-
Signs 96 41
Asphalt work, Cross Street
1,110 56
Taxes, City of Waltham 185 40
All other
253 40
55,391 18
Less service transfers for teams furnished other depart-
ments
14,331 23
41,059 95
Highways Construction, New Streets.
Labor $2,597 76
Hired teams 543 65
Tools and equipment .
259 50
Paving blocks, edgestones and circles
3,844 41
Brick, stone, gravel and cement
1,636 93
Asphalt and tarvia
1.353 62
Contracts
6,674 28
Land damages 450 00
Fence, Davis Square .
211 53
Printing and advertising 128 50
Recording documents . 45 90
All other
177 74
17,923 82
Carried forward
$568,962 63
$76,156 18
$503,003 11
$58,232 36
281 52
66
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward
$568,962 63 $76,156 18
Highways Construction, Permanent Pavement.
Labor
·
$6,226 07
Hired teams 2,402 9S
Tools and equipment
658 87
Paving blocks
775 30
Brick, stone, gravel and cement 8,042 27
Asphalt, tarvia, etc. .
3,065 99 ·
Contracts
55,949 13 ·
All other .
92 69
77,213 30
Highways Construction, Macadam Pavement.
Labor
$8,550 02
Hired teams
4,142 66
Tools and equipment
· 2,069 63
Tarvia
6,769 92
Crushed stone
11,146 96
All other
239 20
Sidewalks Construction.
Labor
$6,526 96
Hired teams
1,797 12
Tools and equipment .
249 86
Brick, stone and cement
3,161 42
Edgestone and curbs .
930 20
Contracts .
14,733 58
All other
.
83 35
Highways, Sidewalks Maintenance.
Labor
$3,479 69
Hired teams
886 49
Tools and equipment .
16 00
Brick, stone, gravel and cement
680 39
Paving blocks
54 20
All other
9 03
Highways, Street Sprinkling.
$4,655 22
Hired teams
3,375 86
Equipment and repairs 491 34
Oil and other dust layers
21,831 64
Contracts water carts
1,193 34
Use of sprinkler car .
3,152 41
Maintenance water posts
144 53
All other
164 52
Street Lighting.
Electric lighting in accordance
with contract
. $51,000 00
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Highway Buildings.
Labor
$190 00
Fuel
211 53
Light
247 20
Carried forward . O $648 73 $670,097 29
$213,770 36
·
.
5,125 80
Labor
·
-
35,008 86
61,000 00
32,918 39
27,482 49
67
CITY AUDITOR.
Brought forward
$648 73 $670,097 29 $213,770 36
Hardware
4 53
Lumber
59 98
Repairs :-
Buildings .
610 87
Heating apparatus
38 90
Furniture and furnishings
121 50
All other
10 55
New Highway Building.
Contract
$250 00
Labor
32 00
282 00
CHARITIES.
Poor Department.
Advance for immediate aid · $300 00
Poor Department, Miscellaneous.
General Administration :-
Agent
. $1,700 00
Secretary
700 00
Clerk
700 00
Books, printing,
stationery
and postage
168 61
Telephone
110 86
All other
10 60
Outside Relief :-
City physician 1,500 00
Acting city physician
60 00
Board and care
2,014 99
Cash
16,633 31
Groceries and provisions
13,208 61
Coal and wood
1,129 71
Cash allowances
258 14
Dry goods and clothing
15 50
Medicine and medical attend- ance
233 84
Nursing
95 50
State institutions
912 90
Somerville Hospital
2,272 08
Contagious Hospital
130 72
Other institutions
222 28
Burials
356 00
All other .
56 42
Relief by Other Cities and Towns :-
Cities
6,334 36
Towns
847 50
Mothers' Aid :-
Cities and towns
2,087 69
Poor Department, City Home.
Salaries and Wages :-
Warden and matron
.
$1,350 00
Domestic labor 1,997 79 ·
Farm labor
1,572 25 ·
Carried forward
,
$4,920 04
$723,651 97
$214,052 36
1,495 06
300 00
51,759 62
68
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward
Other Expenses :-
Groceries and provisions . 3,408 41
Dry goods and clothing
361 50
Drugs and medicine .
118 93
Household furnishings supplies
and
151 09
Farm equipment and supplies
426 59
. Live stock
137 94
Garbage
374 10
Hay, grain, straw and feed
1,058 66
Horse shoeing
49 10
Harness and horse clothing
7 50
Seeds and fertilizer
167 16
Telephone
61 69
Books, stationery and postage 44 10
All other
306 60
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance City Home Buildings.
Labor
· $273 18
Fuel
1,112 09
Light
203 22
Furniture and furnishings .
23 65
Repairs :-
Buildings .
310 74
Heating apparatus
.
.
. 03
All other
. 90
Public Buildings Department, City Home Sprinkler System.
Payment on contract
$2,308 00
Plumbing
7 10
Paint
12 00
Water service
277 60
Somerville Hospital.
Aid to sick poor . . $7,000 00
7,000 00
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS.
Soldiers' Benefits, General Administration.
Salaries and Wages :-
Agent
· $300 00
Clerk
.
650 00
Temporary clerk
32 00
Other Expenses :--
12 03
All other
37 55
Soldiers' Relief.
Soldiers' benefits . $21,008 45
Medicine and medical attendance 26 45
21,034 90
Carried forward .
$766,237 67
$216,657 06
. $4,920 04
$723,651 97 $214,052 36
11,593 41
1,925 81
2,604 70
Telephone
1,031 58
.
69
CITY AUDITOR.
Brought forward Military Aid.
$766,237 67
$216,657 06
Soldiers' benefits
$310 00
310 00
State Aid.
Soldiers' benefits
. $14,108 00
14,108 00
State Aid Special (Mexican Border).
Soldiers' benefits
. $2,384 36
2,384 36
Soldiers' Burials.
Burials
$464 00
464 00
EDUCATION.
School Contingent.
Salaries and Wages :-
Superintendent
$3,500 00 ·
Clerks
3,093 00
Truant officer
1,350 00
All other
244 66
General Expenses :-
Printing, stationery and post- age
543 34
Telephone
694 12
Traveling expenses
257 15
Mimeographı
52 00
All other
162 76
Textbooks and Supplies :-
Text and reference books 8,848 02
Printing and stationery . ·
7,341 65
Machinery and equipment Supplies
4,485 85
All other
6 02
Tuition
585 47
Support of truants
615 26
Other Expenses :-
Diplomas and graduation exer - cises
383 58
Miscellaneous printing and ad- vertising
149 12
Auto maintenance
261 92
Power
502 43
All other
76 30
School Teachers' Salaries.
Day schools
$352,033 65
Evening schools . 7,568 50
359,602 15
Maintenance School Buildings, Janitors' Salaries.
Janitors' salaries
. $33,326 34
Maintenance School Buildings, Fuel and Light.
Fuel
. $21,693 80
Light
.
.
.
27,158 92
Carried forward .
$1,240,096 13
.
$216,657 06
.
.
36,504 69
33,326 34
5,465 12
.
.
3,352 04
.
70
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward
$1,240,096 13 $216,657 06
Maintenance School Buildings, Buildings and Grounds.
Labor $6,199 84
Furniture and furnishings
·
3,892 94
Janitors' supplies
· 1,630 04
Repairs :-
Buildings
9,339 59
Heating apparatus
2,098 35
All other .
252 31
Power
245 45
Care of grounds
2,380 46
Telephone
20 00
New automobile .
715 00
Auto maintenance
66 81
All other
1,375 19
S. Newton Cutler School Addition.
Electrical work . $6 00
New School Building, East Somerville.
Labor
$39 20
Contract for construction . ·
18,611 58
Electric wiring and telephone system
849 50
Heating and ventilating system .
6,087 30
Water service
92 56
Plumbing
2,865 12
Piping
195 45
Fixtures
265 00
Furniture and furnishings 4,138 12
Hardware and slate
893 59
Blueprints, specifications, etc. 13 55
All other
155 41
New School Building, Holland Street.
Architect
. $3,250 83
Contract for construction . 30,431 70
Heating and ventilating system 1,530 00
Water service
222 43
All other
168 20
Boys' Industrial School Addition.
Architect
$202 50
202 50
Public Buildings Department, Schoolhouses Sprinkler System.
Installation sprinkler system . $1,661 12
Plumbing 22 89
Water service
258 44
.
Carried forward . · $1,942 45
$1,268,312 11
$286,675 10
28,215 98
6 00
34,206 38
35,603 16
71
CITY AUDITOR.
Brought forward
. $1,942 45 $1,268,312 11 $286,675 10 All other
5 00
1,948 45
Public Buildings Department, High School Sprinkler System.
Labor $76 00
Payment on contract .
·
500 00
Extra sprinklers
85 00
661 00
Bingham Schoolhouse Shower Baths.
Carpenter work
$299 94
Plumbing
591 68
Slate bath stalls
130 00
1,021 62
Bell School Additional Land.
Land
.
$3,412 80
3,412 80
Building Public Buildings.
Claims for damages .
$532 99
532 99
SCHOOL TRUST FUNDS.
S. Newton Cutler Fund.
Books and magazines $392 55
392 55
LIBRARIES.
Central Library.
Salaries and Wages :-
Librarian
$2,750 00
Assistants
12,650 57
Books, Periodicals, Etc .:
Books
5,772 91
Periodicals
682 67
Music
80 23
Binding
1,031 03
Other Expenses :-
Printing and advertising .
310 40
Stationery and postage
479 90
Telephone
121 87
Cards
629 72
Express
102 45
General supplies
86 72
Agencies
42 38
Typewriter
59 10
Traveling expenses
147 11
All other
52 91
24,999 97
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Central Library.
Janitors
$1,510 00
Labor
32 50
Fuel
627 34
Carried forward .
.
.
$2,169 84 $1,293,704 63
$294,251 96
72
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward
$2,169 84 $1,293,704 63 $294,251 96
Light
1,284 07
Furniture and furnishings
161 18
Janitors' supplies
104 51
Repairs :---
Building
166 79
Heating apparatus
90 76
All other
6 25
3,983 40
West Somerville Branch Library.
Salaries and Wages :- Assistants
. $4,469 96
Books, Periodicals, Etc. :-
1,361 91
Periodicals
308 65
Music
10 96
Binding
345 02
Other Expenses :-
Printing and advertising
13 00
Stationery and postage .
32 36
Telephone
43 20
General supplies
7 00
Express
101 67
All other
6 27
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance West Somerville Branch Library.
Janitor
$794 00
Labor
·
17 73
Fuel
265 65
Light
384 10
Furniture and furnishings . .
69 38
Repairs :-
Building
146 00
Heating apparatus
14 03
All other
54 25
East Somerville Branch Library.
Salaries and Wages :- Assistants
. $2,022 51
Books, Periodicals, Etc .:
635 00
Periodicals
112 81
Binding
179 26
Other Expenses :-
Printing and advertising
1 75
Stationery and postage
19 45
Telephone
30 19
General supplies
5 00
Express
93 31
3,099 28
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance East Somerville Branch Library.
Janitor
$265 00
Labor .
.
6 25
Carried forward .
$271 25
$1,309,232 45
$294,251 96
Books
·
·
6,700 00
1,745 14
Books
.
·
.
73
CITY AUDITOR.
Brought forward
$271 25
Fuel
56 78
Light
74 50
Furniture and furnishings
2 71
Repairs :-
Building
82 1
Rent
200 00
687 40
Union Square Branch Library.
Salaries and Wages :--
Assistants
. $2,045 83
Books, Periodicals, Etc. :
Books
655 85
Periodicals
128 50
Binding
196 51
Other Expenses :-
Printing and advertising
1 75
Stationery and postage .
35 07
Telephone
29 31
General supplies
4 88
Express
101 69
3,199 39
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Union Square Branch Library.
Janitor
$564 06
Labor
11 62
Fuel
118 54
Light
89 10
Furniture and furnishings 5 88
Repairs
28 20
All other
37 75
855 15
Land, East Somerville Branch Library. Land $4,500 00
Highway betterment assessment
79 92
4,579 92
PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS.
Martha R. Hunt, Art Fund.
Pictures, vases, etc. $47 35
Marble border for Foss Memo- rial
56 00
103 35
Martha R. Hunt, Book Fund.
Books
$125 52
125 52
Martha R. Hunt Fund, Principal.
Deposited in Warren Institu-
tion for Savings
$702 77
Foss Memorial
500 00
Isaac Pitman, Art Fund.
Books and pictures $219 30
219 30
Carried forward .
.
$1,315,625 33
$298,831 88
.
$1,309,232 45 $294,251 96
1,202 77
4
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward
$1,315,625 33 $298,831 88
Isaac Pitman, Poetry Fund.
Books
$74 70 74 70
RECREATION.
Engineering Department, Parks Maintenance.
Labor
·
$5,891 57
Hired teams
863 95
Equipment
263 99
Trees, shrubs, plants, etc. .
1,375 88
Repairs
925 42
Crushed stone
366 61
All other
111 44
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Park Buildings.
Labor
$293 07
Hired teams
31 00
Fuel
73 18
Light
174 84
Repairs
27 40
All other
107 02
Park Building, Lincoln Park, Addition.
Contract for construction . $621 00
Contract, shower baths
765 00
Heating apparatus
35 25
Piping
14 75
Slate
247 00
Blueprints
55
All other
22 46
Engineering Department, Playgrounds Main- tenance.
Labor .
· $2,674 39
Hired teams
281 78
Apparatus and repairs
184 82
Other repairs
76 25
Hardware and lumber
88 31
Sand and lime
23 70
Constructing bathing booths 24 70
Fountain, Broadway Field
50 41
All other
20 05
3,424 41
School Department, Summer Playgrounds.
Instructors
$1,538 00
Labor
106 20
Hired teams
12 50
Apparatus and equipment .
424 00
Band
61 60
Sand
37 80
All other
119 90
2,300 00
Carried forward .
$1,331,929 81
$300,537 89
.
9,798 86
706 51
1,706 01
75
CITY AUDITOR.
Brought forward
$1,331,929 81 $300,537 89
Field House, Somerville Field.
Blueprints
$ 42
Metal lockers
60 00
60 42
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Bathhouse.
Salaries and Wages :-
Attendants
$885 75
Labor
90 00
Other Expenses :-
Bathing suits
323 95
Towels
8 40
Laundry
305 00
Repairs
102 46
All other ·
27 74
New Bathhouse, Mystic River.
Architect
$135 00
Payment on contract .
2,380 00
Independence Day.
Celebration
$500 00
Reception to Companies K and M.
Decorating .
$83 50
Catering
457 00
Music .
125 00
Printing, etc.
18 48
683 98
UNCLASSIFIED.
Memorial Day.
G. A. R.
$350 00
Spanish war veterans
75 00
425 00
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