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Contagious Hospital .
7,138 48
10,747 57
17,886 05
10,681 42
7,204 63
Inspection of Milk
78 50
372 00
450 50
412 00
38 50
Sanitary Department
226 30
2,793 45
3,019 75
2,904 75
115 00
Sewers Construction
(revenue)
2,962 46
2,861 42
5,823 88
5,136 03
687 85
27 50
27 50
27 50
Sidewalks Maintenance
98 13
98 13
5 47
92 66
New Streets
2 10
92 10
92 1
Maintenance Highway Buildings
240 00
240 00
240 00
Poor Department, miscellaneous
7,957 07
19,479 44
27,436 51
20,680 71
6,755 80
Poor Department, City Home
960 60
3,215 16
4,175 76
3,780 26
395 50
School Contingent
750 32
3,915 80
4,666 12
3,803 64
862 48
Maintenance School Buildings
63 75
1,492 70
1,556 45
1,496 45
60 00
Library Department .
33 67
1 62
35 29
35 29
Somerville Field
200 00
200 00
200 00
$20,822 74
$47,404 56
$68,227 30
$51 713 79
$16,513 51
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Construction Accounts, Pledged to Appropriations.
Permanent Pavement . $366 76
$366 76
$366 76
ANNUAL REPORTS.
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17 00
17 00
17 00
Highway Maintenance
Street Sprinkling
Jan. 1, 1917
$7 81
$7 81
Police Department
WATER DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTS (REVENUE).
. Commitments
Abatements
Metered Rates
$215,773 92
$582 92
Collection $186,042 29
Balance $29,148 71
Annual Rates
47,204 25
1,136 42
46,067 83
Additional Rates
2,059 39
600 45
1,458 94
** Maintenance Bills
3,563 78
21 19
3,542 59
Service Assessments .
3,494 53
3,494 53
Totals
$272,095 87
$2,340 98
$240,606 18
$29,148 71
"Commitment includes balance of $21.19 from 1916
Receipts
$240,606 18
Metered Rates Last Quarter, 1917
29,148 71
Water Revenue, 1917
$269,754 89
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STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REVENUE.
Taxes from State :-
Estimate
Receipts $56,762 76 4,007 56
Excess $9,762 76 7 56
Deficit
Corporation Taxes
National Bank Tax
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Street Railway Tax .
22,000 00
22,000 00
Licenses and Permits : -
Milk
9 00
Health Department
100 00
91 00
9 00
City Clerk's Department
3,000 00
3,403 50
403 50
Executive Department
700 00
739 00
39 00
Pedlers' License Commission
718 00
718 00
Miscellaneous
1 50
1 50
Fines and Forfeits: -
Court Fines
2,500 00
2,727 23
227 23
Departmental Penalties
150 00
183 50
33 50
Grants and Gifts :-
County, Dog Licenses .
2,700 0
2,575 26
124 71
State, Industrial School
· 8,000 00
7,615 15
384 85
Special Assessments :-
Moths
1,000 0
1,255 25
255 25
Sewers
2,000 00
3,172 20
1,172 20
Street Sprinkling
36,500 0
36,708 65
208 65
Sidewalks
8,000 00
10,515 75
2,515 75
Street Betterment
11,000 00
11,697 32
697 32
General Government: --
Treasury Department .
6,000 00
7,143 61
1,143 61
Assessors' Department .
9 00
9 00
City Clerk's Department
1,100 00
1,013 50
86 50
Protection of Persons and Property : -
Police Department
4.00 00
617 20
217 20
Rent of Court Room
·
1,000 00
1,000 00
Fire Department
800 00
534 04
265 96
Sealer of Weights
500 00
542 12
42 12
Electrical Department
.
105 00
105 00
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$47,000 00 4,000 00
291
00
300 00
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Health and Sanitation :-
Health Department
200 00
280 63
80 63
Contagious Hospital
9,500 00
10,035 69
535 69
Inspection of Milk
350 00
433 30
83 30
Inspection of Animals .
1 50
1 50
Sanitary Department
11,000 00
13,451 75
2,451 75
Sewer Department
24 64
24 64
Highways :-
Highway Maintenance .
4,000 00
5,112 59
1,112 59
Highway Buildings
240 00
240 00
Street Sprinkling
30 00
27 50
2 50
Sidewalks Maintenance
5 47
5 47
Charities :-
Poor Department-City Home
5,000 00
9,620 77
4,620 77
Poor Department-Miscellaneous .
18,000 00
20,254 89
2,254 89
Soldiers' Benefits : -
State Aid
15,000 00
13,218 14
1,781 86
Military Aid
240 00
165 00
75 00
Soldiers' Burials
1,000 00
500 00
500 00
State Aid-German War
6,000 00
16,197 52
10,197 52
Education : -
School Department
4,000 00
3,713 14
286 86
Maintenance School Buildings
1,000 00
1,492 20
492 20
Library Department .
1,400 00
1,471 55
71 55
Recreation and Unclassified :-
Electrolysis .
500 00
500 00
Bathhouse
500 00
869 95
369 95
Shower Baths
·
200 00
212 80
12 80
Special Excise Tax
167 80
167 80
State, in Lieu of Taxes
66 68
66 68
Miscellaneous
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37 13
37 13
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STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REVENUE.
Estimate
Receipts
Excess
Deficit
Public Service Enterprises : - Water Department
. 242,000 00
269,754 89
27,754 89
Interest: -
Bank Deposits .
9,000 00
14,015 12
5,015 12
Deferred Taxes
10,700 00
11,503 79
803 79
Special Assessments
400 00
663 02
263 02
$499,010 00
$547,466 56
$73,982 93
$25,526 27
Total Estimate
Total
Actual
$499,010 00 547,466 56
Excess .
$48,456 56
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1917 (REVENUE).
Appropriation
Appropriation Appropriation Trans. from Trans. tc
Receipts and Service Trans.
Total Credit
Expenditures
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
General Government.
Board of Aldermen
Ex-
penses
$1,200 00
$1,200 00
$1,111 90
$88 10
Clerk of Committees
2,300 00
4 00
2,304 00
2,303 59
41
Executive Department
4,800 00
4,800 00
4,748 85
51 15
Auditing Department .
4,620 00
4,620 00
4,582 79
37 21
Treasury Department
16,135 00
75 02
16,210 02
16,180 79
29 23
Assessors' Department
14,050 00
865 00
13,185 00
13,182 00
3 00
Pedlers' License Commis- sion
100 00
100 00
59 35
4.0 65
Certification of Notes and Bonds
750 00
105 00
645 00
645 00
City Clerk's Department .
7,900 00
105 00
1,255 66
9,050 66
8,966 25
84 41
Registration City Laborers
415 00
4 00
411 00
404 01
6 99
Law Department
2,400 00
305 00
56 33
2,761 33
2,723 50
37 83
City Messenger's ment
2,400 00
75 00
2,475 00
2,473 10
1 90
Engineering Department .
12,075 00
60 00
12,135 00
12,132 52
2 48
Commissioner of Public
Buildings
5,640 00
125 00
1,100 00
6,615 00
6,599 41
15 59
Maintenance
Municipal
Buildings
9,800 00
30 00
9,830 00
9,826 26
3,74
City Planning Board
50 00
50 00
10 50
39 50
Election Clerk
Expenses, City
2,400 00
30 00
2,430 00
2,425 48
4 52
Election Expenses, Regis- ·
2,635 00
2,635 00
2,608 94
26 06
Pay of Election Officers ·
4,972 00
4,972 00
4,972 00
Maintenance Polling Places
770 00
770 00
697 34
72 66
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$95,312 00
$97,199 01
$96,653 58
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trars of Voters
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1917 (REVENUE).
Appropriation
Appropriation Appropriation Trans. from Trans. to
Receipts and Service Trans.
Total Credit
Expenditures
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Protection of Persons and Property.
Police Department
$119,200 00
4,850 00
25 41
124,075 41
124,042 32
33 09
Maintenance Police Build- ing
3,500 00
500 00
4,000 00
3,983 50
16 50
Fire Department .
119,000 00
1,097 01
120,097 01
120,045 13
51 88
Maintenance Fire ings .
Build-
8,500 00
4,085 00
12,585 00
12,580 36
: 64
Militia
500 00
125 00
375 00
368 80
6 20
Weights and Measures De- partment ·
3,025 00
3 92
3,071 92
2,956 41
115 51
Electrical Department
12,180 00
385 72
12,565 72
12,504 60
61 12
Maintenance Electrical
800 00
185 00
615 00
509 38
105 62
Suppression of Moths
4,000 00
645 00
3,355 00
3,354 09
91
Care of Trees .
3,600 00
475 00
48 43
3,173 43
3,121 94
51 49
$274,305 00
$283,913 49
$283,466 53
Health and Sanitation.
Health Department .
11,435 00
550 00
515 .00
3 00
11,403 00
11,402 00
1 00
Vital Statistics
1,200 00
1,200 00
1,146 91
53 09
Contagious
Hospital
19,000 00
400 00
310 73
19,710 73
19,709 95
78
Maintenance
Contagious
Hospital
3,400 00
110 00
3,510 00
3,509 36
64
Inspection
Animals and
.
.
1,425 00
110 00
1,535 00
1,531 39
: 61
Inspection Milk and Vine. gar
3,515 00
5 00
550 00
4,060 00
4,017 04
42 96
Inspection
School Chil-
dren
1,655 00
5 00
130 00
1,790 00
1,789 30
70
School Nurses' Salaries :
1,530 00
110 00
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1,420 00
1,403 42
16 58
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
. Department Building
Provisions
Sewers Maintenance 19,100 00 410 00
18,690 00 18,662 48
27 52
Maintenance Sewer Build- ings .
190 00
190 00
167 74
22 26
Sanitary Department .
113,000 00
6,000 00
107,000 00
106,857 91
142 09
Maintenance Sanitary
Buildings
800 00
1,000 00
1,800 00
1,751 60
48 40
Street Cleaning
26,500 00
475 00
26,025 00
25,788 81
236 19
2,027,500 00
198,333 73
197,737 91
Highways.
Highway Maintenance
38,400 00
815 00
24,964 73
62,549 73
61,963 05
586 68
Sidewalks Maintenance
5,300 00
665 00
5,965 00
5,905 51
59 49
Street Sprinkling
35,400 00
550 00
35,950
35,937 41
12 59
Street Lighting
62,000 00
62,000 00
62,000 00
Maintenance
Highway
Buildings
1,000 00
115 00
1,115 00
1,110 79
4 21
142,100 00
167,579 73
166,916 76
Charities and Soldiers'
Benefits.
Poor Department-Miscel-
laneous .
50,000 00
40 00
3,825 00
35 40
53,820 40
53,653 33
167 07
Poor Department - City
Home .
12,000 00
1,340 00
81 63
13,421 63
13,417 77
3 86
Maintenance City Home
2,300 00
110 00
2,190 00
2,176 50
13 50
Somerville Hospital .
7,500 00
7,500 00
7,500 00
. Soldiers' Benefits-General Administration .
1,100 00
1,100 00
1,082 92
17 08
Soldiers' Relief
22,000 00
38 00
22,038 00
21,876 20
161 80
Military Aid
480 00
480 00
330 00
150 00
State Aid .
15,000 00
1,425 00
103 33
13,678 33
13,321 47
356 86
State Aid-German War
6,000 00
10,625.09
186 94
16,811 94
16,803 46
48
Soldiers' Burials
1,000 00
400 00
600 00
500 00
100 00
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117,380 00
131,640 30
130,661 65
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1917 (REVENUE).
Appropriation
Appropriation Appropriation Trans. from Trans. to
Receipts and Service Trans.
Total Credit
Expenditures
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
Education.
School Contingent
42,000 00
660 00
45 19
42,705 19
42,700 05
5 14
School Teachers' Salaries
381,425 00
960 00
380,465 00
380,390 60
74 40
Janitors' Services ·
37,750 00
1,400 00
36,350 00
36,304 74
45 26
Fuel and Light
30,000 00
8,090 00
38,090 00
38,086 50
3 50
Buildings and Grounds
30,000 00
1,330 00
752 60
32,082 60
32,077 54
5 06
Central Library
25,000 00
460 00
12 11
24,552 11
24,552 04
07
Maintenance Central Li- brary .
4,100 00
80 00
4,180 00
4,176 57
3 43
West Somerville Branch Library ·
6,700 00
151 00
6,851 00
6,850 55
45
Maintenance West Somer- ville Branch Library .
2,100 00
300 00
45 00
1,845 00
1,843 60
1 40
East
Somerville Branch
3,100 00
1 00
3,099 00
3,096 26
2 74
Maintenance East Somer-
ville Branch Library .
700 00
80 00
620 00
595 19
24 81
Union Square Branch Li- brary
3,200 00
310 00
3,510 00
3,509 94
06
· Maintenance Union Square Branch Library
3,000 00
1,275 00
4,275 00
4,232 64
42 36
569,075 00
578,624 90
578,416 22
Recreation and Unclassi- fied.
Parks Maintenance
10,500 00
10,500 00
10,485 08
14 92
Maintenance Park Build- ings
1,200 00
4.5 00
26 87
1,181 87
961 30
220 57
Playgrounds Maintenance
4,000 00
9 53
4,089 53
4,045 85
43 68
School Department - Sum-
mer Playgrounds .
2,500 00
50 00
2,550 00
2,507 50
42 50
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Library . .
Maintenance Bathhouse
3,200 00
30 00
5 00
3,495 00
3,489 60
5 40
Celebrations ·
500 00
400 00
225 00
325 00
279 98
45 02
Memorial Day .
425 00
75 00
300 00
650 00
632 35
17 65
Municipal Documents
1,800 00
325 00
1,475 00
1,455 58
19 42
Contingent Fund .
10,000
00
10,000 00
2,690 00
2,633 04
56 96
Pensions .
.
·
19,000 00
2,840 67
16,159 33
16,158 63
70
Damage to Persons and
5,000 00
940 00
4,060 00
4,059 35
65
63,125 00
47,175 73
46,708 26
Municipal Indebtedness.
Interest
100,000 00
1,850 00
6,000 90
562 34
104,712 34
104,657 38
54 96
Reduction of Funded Deht
224,801 57
2,698 43
227,500 00
227,500 00
324,801 57
332,212 34
332,157 38
Water Works.
Water Maintenance
49,500 00
6,465 00
14,478 21
70,443 21
70,413 65
29 56
Water Works Extension .
22,000 00
540 00
152 31
22,692 31
22,678 61
13 70
Maintenance Water Build- ings .
1,700 00
175 00
1,525 00
1,496 99
28 01
Interest on Water Loans
640 00
640 00
640 00
Reduction of Water Debt
5,000 00
5,000 00
5,000 00
Metropolitan
Water As-
sessment
115,900 00
2,525 67
118,425 67
118,425 67
194,740 00
218,726 19
218,654 92
Total .
$1,983,588 57
$35,165 67
$59,320 67
$47,661 85 $2,055,405 42 $2,051,373 21
$4,032 21
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Workmen's Compensation
5,000 00
2,310 00
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Personal Property .
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1917 (REVENUE).
Balance from 1916
Receipts
Total Credit
Expenditures
Balance to 1918
Other Accounts.
Income of Trust Funds :- School :-
S. Newton Cutler Fund Library : -
$316 39
$212 88
$529 27
$128 39
$400 88
S. Newton Cutler Fund
119 74
42 56
162 30
129 07
33 23
Hunt Art Fund .
149 29
85 00
234 29
15 00
219 29
Hunt Book Fund
550 60
294 51
1,045 11
1,003 83
41 28
Hunt Fund for Expenses
202 77
202 77
202 77
Pitman Art Fund
103 53
170 04
273 57
218 09
55 48
Pitman Poetry Fund
6 49
42 52
49 01
41 74
7 27
Wilder Children's Fund
17 96
4 00
21 96
14 95
7 01
Tellers' Overs and Shorts
66 18
66 18
62 21
3 97
Temporary Loans
1,390,000 00
1,390,000 00
Grade Crossings ·
54 16
54 16
State Taxes and Assessments
323,493 43
323,493 43
County of Middlesex .
80,291 55
80,291 55
Advanced to Poor Department
1,200 00
1,200
00
Court Judgments
199 00
199 00
Cash Refunds :-
Taxes
210 19
210 19
National Bank Tax
68 24
68 24
Special Assessments
10 55
10 55
Water Rates
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$1,466 77
$48,374 08 $3,853,643 32 $3,848,639 93
$5,003 39
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126 32
126 32
ANNUAL REPORTS.
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1917 (NON-REVENUE)
Balance from 1916
Appro- priation
Appropriation Appropriation Receipts and Transfer from Transfer to Service Trans.
Total Credit
Expen- ditures
Balance to 1918 .
Protection of Persons and Property. Electrical Depart- ment, Under- grond Wires 798 14
798 14.
495 00
303 14
New Building, Fire Alarm Sig- nal System ·
6,749 22
246 18
6,995 40
6,995 40
Fire Department Additional Ap- paratus
1 71
1 71
Extreme Emer-
gency, Health and Safety .
25,000 00
25,000 00
9,569 55
15,430 45
Health and Sanitation.
Sewers Construc- tion .
7,688 35
7,800 00
301 31
15,789 66
15,020 39
769 27
Highways.
Highways Construction :-
New Streets .
2,357 95
25,000 00
27,357 95
26,716 15
641 80
Permanent
Pavement
19,146 02
35,000 00
3.900 00
366 76
58,412 78
58,411 16
1 62
Macadam Pave-
ment ·
14 58
75,000 00
48 15
36 05
70,235 63
69,971 99
263 64
Sidewalks Con-
struction ·
18 05
25,000 00
915 00
134 28
26,067 33
26,066 90
43
Education.
Bennett
School
Addition
166 71
166 71
166 71
S. Newton Cutler
School
944 79
4,013 64
4,958 43
4,958 43
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1917 (NON-REVENUE).
Balance from 1916
Appro- priation
Appropriation Appropriation Receipts and Transfer from Transfer to Service Trans.
Total Credit
Expen- ditures
Balance to 1918
S. Newton Cutler School Addition New School Build- ing, East Somerville New School Build. ing,
495 34
50 00
1,328 64
6,686 80
5,640 10
1,046 70
Holland Street Schoolhouses
58,896 84
1,574 82
57,322 02
54,556 30
2,765 72
Sprinkler Sys- tem . .
628 23
3,000 00
3,628 23
88 35 .
3,539 88
Baxter School,
4,000 00
4,000 00
4,000 00
Additional Land Bell School, Addi- tional Land
87 20
87 20
9,797 50
8,900 66
896 84
Southern Junior High School
90,000 00
90,000 00
7,579 24
82,420 76
Building Connection : - Forster School- house
2,000 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
Libraries.
New East Somer- erville. Branch Library
286 59
16,000 00
16,286 59
13,571 68 -
2,714 91
Recreation.
Field House, Som- erville Field 2,983 52
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2,983 52
1 02
2,982 50
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Boys' Industrial School Addition
9,797 50'
445 34
445 34
5,358 16
Park Building, Lincoln Park Addition . ·
293 99
145 94
148 05
148 05
New Bathhouse,
Mystic River
2,985 00
1 74
293 32
3,276 58
3,276 58
Unclassified.
Building Public
Buildings
814 77
814 77
266 66
548 11
Grade Crossing
Expenses .
960 79
960 79
960 79
Total appropria-
tions
$121,186 86
$291,800 00
$6,676 41
$10,690 05
$17,131 72
$434,132 22
$316,233 61
$117,898 61
Redemption of
Tax Liens
3,615 80
3,615 80
3,615 80
Totals
. $121,186 86
$291,800 00
$6,676 41
$10,690 05
$20,747 52
$437,748 02
$319,849 41
$117,898 61
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
SERVICE TRANSFERS.
Treasury Department : -
Assessor's Department
City Clerk's Department :-
Election Expenses, City Clerk
$500 00
Election Expenses, Registrars of Voters
750 00
Executive Department -
53
Health Department
4 60
Extreme Emergency
.
1,255 66
Fire Department :-
Executive Department
$12 25
City Messenger
227 15
Engineering Department
207 48
Commissioner of Buildings
291 74
Weights and Measures
Department
92 83
Electrical Department
169 64
Health Department .
22 67
Highway Maintenance
68 00
School Contingent
5 25
1,097 01
Weights and Measures Department :- -
Pedlers' License Commission
$33 00
Soldiers' Benefits-General Administration 13 92
46 92
Electrical Department:
Fire Department
385 72
Care of Trees: -
Parks Maintenance
48 49
Contagious Hospital :-
Poor Department-Miscellaneous
310 73
Inspection of School Children :- School Nurses' Salaries
130 00
Highway Maintenance :-
Suppression of Moths
$229 01
Care of Trees .
535 17
Sanitary Department
3,672 03
Street Cleaning
3,524 59
Street Sprinkling
3,397 54
Sidewalks Maintenance
1,758 93
Permanent Pavement
1,128 25
Police Department
413 08
Water Maintenance
282 92
Parks Maintenance
363 65
Macadam Pavement
6,533 41
Sidewalks Construction
683 53
Maintenance Highway Buildings
92
Maintenance Bathhouse
60
Maintenance City Home Buildings
7 35
New School Building, Holland Street
342 77
New Streets
509 11
School Contingent
40 32
Buildings and Grounds
131 76
Boys' Industrial School Addition
14 76
New East Somerville Branch Library
. 25
Sewers Construction
770 50
$24.621 45
"Carried forward .
$27,962 94
$67 02
53
33
CITY AUDITOR.
Brought forward .
$27,962 94
Poor Department-Miscellaneous :
Soldiers' Relief
35 40
Poor Department-City Home: School Contingent
$56 50
Parks Maintenance .
25 13
81 63
State Aid :-
State Aid-German War .
83 33
School Contingent :-
Buildings and Grounds
8 19
Buildings and Grounds :-
Highway Maintenance
$129 94
School Contingent .
393 00
Damage to Persons and Property
2 35
525 29
Maintenance Park Buildings: - -
Parks Maintenance
26 87
Playgrounds Maintenance :
Summer Playgrounds
89 53
Water Maintenance:
Highway Maintenance
$196 98
Water Works Extension
13,318 74
Street Sprinkling
411 62
Parks Maintenance
116 88
Maintenance Park Buildings
19 24
New Bathhouse
68
New School Building, Holland Street
13 22
Suppression of Moths
41 85
New Streets .
30 97
Permanent Pavement
68 00
Sidewalks Construction
45 20
Sanitary Department
2 70
Sewers Construction
15 90
Fire Department
39 53
Industrial School Addition
138 70
14,460 21
Water Works Extension :- Water Maintenance .
152 31
Sewers Construction:
Maintenance Municipal Buildings
$ 53
Maintenance Union Square Branch Library
53
Boys' Industrial School Addition
53
Maintenance Fire Buildings
65
New Bathhouse
52 60
Water Maintenance .
32 04
Buildings and Grounds
4 24
Macadam Pavement :- Permanent Pavement
36 05
Sidewalks Construction :-
Permanent Pavement
$127 28
Highway Maintenance
7 00
134 28
New Bathhouse, Mystic River: - Maintenance Bathhouse
93 12
293 32
$43,982 47
TEMPORARY LOANS, 1917.
Taken By
Nos.
Issued
Due
Rate 2.99%
Amount $200,000 00
Paid
Harris, Forbes & Co., Inc. .
478
493
Feb. 5, 1917
Nov. 5, 1917
Somerville Co-Operative Bank
494
@
495 Feb.
13, 1917
June
12, 1917
3.00
30,000 00
June 12, 1917
F. 'S. Moseley & Co.
496
@ 497
Feb. 15, 1917
Nov. 7, 1917
3.19
50,000 00
Nov. 7, 1917
Old Colony Trust Co.
498 @
504
Feb. 16, 1917
Nov. 7, 1917
3.875
100,000 00
Nov. 7, 1917
F. S. Moseley & Co.
505
a 507
Mar. 5, 1917
Nov. 7, 1917
4.05
60,000 00
Nov. 7, 1917
F. S. Moseley & Co.
508
509
Mar.
9, 1917
Nov.
20, 1917
3.85
50,000 00
Nov. 20, 1917
Old Colony Trust Co.
510
@
511
Mar. 19, 1917
Nov.
20, 1917
3.70
50,000 00
Nov.
20, 1917
R. L. Day & Co. .
512
515
Mar. 19, 1917
Nov.
20, 1917
3.70
50,000 00
Nov. 20, 1917
Old Colony Trust Co.
516
527
Mar. 27, 1917
Nov. 20, 1917
3.25
200,000 00
Nov. 20, 1917
F. S. Moseley & Co.
528
@ 535
Mar. 31, 1917
Dec.
12, 1917
3.00
200,000 00
Dec. 12, 1917
Harris, Forbes & Co., Inc.
@
@
559
July
20, 1917
Apr.
3, 1918
4.20
50,000 00
F. S. Moseley & Co.
560
561
July
1917
Apr.
3, 1918
4.35
50,000 00
Harris, Forbes & Co., Inc.
562
566
Aug.
7, 1917
Apr.
3, 1918
4.19
50,000 00
F. S. Moseley & Co.
567
568
Aug.
7, 1917
Mar.
20, 1918
4.15
25,000 00
Harris, Forbes & Co., Inc.
569
573
Aug. 15, 1917
May
22,
1918
4.20
50,000 00
R. L. Day & Co. .
574
Sept. 12, 1917
June
28, 1918
4.20
50,000 00
F. S. Moseley & Co.
.
575
576
Nov. 12, 1917
May
13, 1918
4.60
40,000 00
Estabrook & Co. .
.
577
a
578
Nov. 13, 1917
Mar.
29, 1918.
4.60
50,000 00
Old Colony Trust Co.
579
580
Dec. 5, 1917
Sept.
5, 1918
4.69
50,000 00
Old Colony Trust Co.
.
581
@
583
Dec.
10, 1917
May
10, 1918
4.61
45,000 00
Total amount of loans,
1917
$1,500,000 00 400,000 00
Outstanding January 1, 1917
$1,900,000 00
Payments, 1917
.
.
.
.
.
1,390,000 00
Outstanding January 1, 1918 .
$510,000 00
.
·
536
539
May
3, 1917
May
3, 1918
4.05
50,000 00
Estabrook & Co.
550
@
@
@
@
.
.
.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
34
Nov. 5, 1917
.
.
.
@
30,
35
CITY AUDITOR.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. Charges.
State Tax .
1,364 11
Non-Resident Bank Tax .
2,649 42
Fire Prevention Assessment
1,039 56
Metropolitan Sewer Assessment
74,814 24
Metropolitan Park Assessment .
1,467 18
Wellington Bridge Assessment Special
1,695 10
Grade Crossings Assessment
12,774 40
Charles River Basin Assessment
7,335 15
Alewife Brook Assessment
1,226 58
Abatement of Smoke Assessment
276 01
Soldiers' Exemption .
171 49
Total
$323,493 43
State Aid
$14,088 00
Military Aid
155 00
Soldiers' Burials
464 00
State Aid Special
2,231 36
Income Tax
77,055 53
Total .
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
$80,291 55
STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENSES.
Revenue,
Total amount as per assessors' commitments
$1,789,955 80
Less State Taxes
$179,573 53
County Taxes
80,291 55
Overlay
22,473 15
282,338 23
Amount raised for municipal purposes
$1,507,617 57
Other Revenue :-
Sale of Land, Winter Hill
$4,000 00
State Income Tax .
77,055 53
Estimated Revenue Receipts
499,010 00
Excess of Estimated Revenue .
48,456 56
Excess of Appropriations Over Require- ments
4,032 21
Revenue from Taxes, Supplementary War- rants
1,998 68
Transfer from Excess and Deficiency
70,000 00
$704,552 98
Total
$2,212,170 55
Revenue Appropriations
$2,007,743 57
Outlay Appropriations
32,798 68
Metropolitan and Other Assessments
143,919 90
Court Judgments
199 00
Total .
.
$2,184,661 15 $27,509 40
Excess of Revenue
Expenses.
$175,560 00
State Highway Tax
43,120 19
Wellington Bridge Assessment .
Credits.
$93,993 89
County Tax
.36
ANNUAL REPORTS.
REVENUE FROM TAXES, SUPPLEMENTARY WARRANTS.
Credits :-
Balance from 1916 Account .
$3,265 96
Supplementary Warrant No. 1, 1917
92 00
Supplementary Warrant No. 2, 1917
305 80
Supplementary Warrant No. 3, 1917
2 00
$3,665 76
Charges :-
Abatements
$153 94
Transfer to Revenue for Appropriations
for S. Newton Cutler School
1,998 68
2,152 62
Balance December 31, 1917
$1,513 14
GRADE CROSSINGS ADVANCES.
Charges : -
Balance from 1916 Account .
$3,428 42
Advance .
14 80
Transfers to Grade Crossings Adjust- ments
2,054 32
5,497 54
Credits :-
Cash from State . $926 01
Cash from Boston & Maine Railroad 2,582 44
Cash from Fitchburg Railroad Co. 1,611 79
5,120 24
Balance to 1918 Account $377 30
GRADE CROSSINGS ADJUSTMENTS.
Credits : -
From Grade Crossings Advances Ac- count
$2,054 32
· Charges :-
Paid Commonwealth of Massachusetts . $39 36
Transfer to S. Newton Cutler School Ac- . count
2,014 96
$2,054 32
SALE OF LAND, WINTER HILL.
'Credit :-
Cash received
$4,500 00
· Charges: -
"Transfer to Revenue for appropriation ifor Additional Land, Baxter . School
4,000 00
Balance to 1918 account .
$500 00
PREMIUMS ON BONDS.
Credits :- -
Balance from 1916 account $2,698 43
Account of loan dated April 1 190 40
Account of loan dated July 2 880 00
$3,768 83
Charges : -
"Transfer to appropriation for Reduction vof Funded Debt .
2,698 43
Balance to 1918 account .. $1,070 40
37
CITY AUDITOR.
ACCRUED INTEREST ON BONDS.
Credits : - -
Balance from 1916 account .
$169 45
Account of loan dated April 1
392 89
Account of loans dated July 2
1,310 94
$1,873 28
Charges :-
Transfers to appropriation for Interest
562 34
Balance to 1918 account .
$1,310 94
FUNDED DEBT.
The total funded debt of the city January 1, 1917, was: $1,729,000. This debt was increased during the year $261,000. Maturities paid amounted to $232,500, making the funded debt. January 1, 1918, $1,757,500, an increase of $28,500.
The debt January 1, 1917, was classified as follows :-
City Loan
$714,000 00
Municipal Loan
57,000 00
Sewer Loan
293,000 00
Public Building Loan
255,000 00
Highway Loan .
321,000 00
Bridge Loan
33,000 00
Total inside limit
$1,673,000 00~
Sewer Loan
$27,000 00
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan
13,000 00
Water Loan
16,000 00
Total outside limit .
56,000 00.
Total Funded Debt
$1,729,000 00.
Appropriations increasing the debt were made as fol- lows :-
Extreme Emergency
$25,000 00
New Streets
14,000 00
Permanent Pavement
35,000 00
Macadam Pavement
75,000 00
Sidewalks Construction
17,000 00
Sewers Construction
5,000 00
Southern Junior High School .
90,000 00
Total increase
$261,000 00,
Debt reductions by maturities were as follows :-
City Loan
$118,500 00
Municipal Loan
10,000 00
Sewer Loan
19,000 00
Public Building Loan
19,000 00
Highway Loan
56,000 00
Bridge Loan
1,000 00
Total inside limit
$223,500 00=
38
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Sewer Loan
$3,000 00
Metropolitan Park Assessment Loan 1,000 00
Water Loan
5,000 00
Total outside limit .
$9,000 00
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