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64 10
Taxes 1918,
City
of
Waltham
191 88
Miscellaneous
33 34
$63,675 24
Less service transfers for
teams furnished other de-
partments
12,125 96
51,549 28
Highways Construction, New Streets.
Labor
$6,835 07
Hired teams
1,370 93
Contracts
7,141 04
Tools and equipment
392 53
Use of roller and mixer
666 44
Tarvia
2,895 30
Stone, gravel and cement .
4,867 29
Edgestone and circles
6,124 10
Recording documents
29 25
Miscellaneous
.
30,367 61:
Sidewalks Maintenance.
Labor
$4,323 36
Hired teams
763 13
Stone, brick and cement
1,115 32
Other materials
and sup-
plies
5 70
Street Sprinkling.
Labor
$3,626 26
Hired teams
2,197 18
Equipment and repairs
641 80
Oil and other dust layers
24,709 47
Hardware and materials
115 22
Use of car sprinkler .
5,047 15
Carried forward
$36,337 08
$661.417 37
$40,872 89
.
·
.
.
.
45 66
6,207 51
61
CITY AUDITOR.
Brought forward
$36,337 08 $661,417 37 $40,872 89
Maintenance water posts
and hydrants .
255 46
Miscellaneous
33 72
36,626 26
Street Lighting.
Electric lighting in accord- ance with contract .
$63,987 20
Lighting Prospect Hill
Tower
12 80
Public Buildings Department, Main- tenance Highway Buildings.
Labor
$126 75
Fuel
300 43
Light
190 51
Lumber
119 43
Hardware and materials
73 58
Repairs : -
Buildings
46 93
Heating apparatus .
10 10
867 73
CHARITIES.
Poor Department.
Advance for immediate aid $3,000 00
3,000 00
Poor Department, Miscellaneous. General Administration :-
Agent
$1,785 49
Clerks
1,703 24
Books, printing, postage
and supplies
198 71
Telephone
110 65
Miscellaneous
8 00
Outside Relief : -
City Physician
1,800 00
Acting City Physician
95 00
Auto maintenance . 100 00
Board and care
3,055 72
Cash
32,472 72
Cash allowances
378 95
Coal and wood
486. 76
Groceries and provisions
5,398 83
Medicine and medical at- tendance
196 64
Nursing .
139 75
State Institutions .
247 45
Somerville Hospital
7,856 83
Contagious Hospital
62 15
Other Institutions .
392 42
Burials
190 00
Miscellaneous
61 19
Relief by Other Cities and Towns :-
Cities
4,185 95
Towns
454 71
Carried forward
$61,381 16
$765,911 36
$40.872 89
.
.
.
64,000 00
62
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward
$61,381 16 $765,911 36 $40,872 89
Mothers' Aid :-
Other Cities and Towns
1,951 12
63,332 28
Poor Department, City Home. Salaries and Wages :-
Warden and Matron
$1,750 00
Bookkeeper
100 00
Domestic labor
1,940 56
Farm labor
2,444 31
Other Expenses :-
Groceries and provisions
5,078. 69
Ice
97 81
Clothing
223 04
Medicine and hospital
goods
92 51
House furnishings and supplies .
463 02
Farm equipment and sup- plies
1,111 62
Live stock and care
143 50
Hay, grain, feed
straw and
821 88
Garbage .
636 80
Seeds and fertilizer
140 65
Horse shoeing
59 85
Power
58 39
Telephone
61 87
Books, stationery and
21 52
Miscellaneous
144 18
15,390 20
Public Buildings Department, Main-
tenance City Home Buildings.
Labor
$531 25
Fuel .
1,776 46
Light
379 88
Furniture and furnishings
11 14
Lumber
280 80
Hardware and materials .
97 65
Repairs :-
Building
103 96
Heating apparatus
49 80
Insurance
101 61
Miscellaneous
1 60
$3,334 15
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SOLDIERS' BENEFITS.
Soldiers' Benefits, General Administra- tion.
Salaries and Wages :-
Agent
$300 00
Clerk
750 00
Temporary clerk
28 80
Other Expenses :-
65 99
1,144 79
Carried forward
$849,112 78
$40,872 89
postage
.
Miscellaneous
63
CITY AUDITOR.
$849,112 78 $40,872 89
Brought forward Soldiers' Relief.
Cash as per pay rolls
$22,402 72
Medicine and medical at- tendance
23 05
22,425 77
Military Aid.
Cash as per pay rolls .
$170 00
170 00
State Aid.
Cash as per pay rolls . $12,746 00
12,746 00
State Aid-German War.
Cash as per pay rolls.
$67 280 53
67,280 53
Soldiers' Burials.
Burials
$150 00
150 00
EDUCATION.
School Contingent.
Salaries and Wages :-
Superintendent
$3,850 00
Assistant Superintendent
919 15
Clerks
3,714 40
Truant Officer .
1,500 00
Other employees
186 73
General Expenses :-
Printing, postage and of- fice supplies
753 61
Telephone
846 19
Traveling expenses
290 27
Filing case
22 98
Typewriter
48 60
Miscellaneous
478 71
Textbooks and Supplies :- Text and reference books
8,825 34
Maps ·
254 28
Stationery and supplies
13,911 36
Equipment and repairs .
5,450 51
Other Expenses :-
Tuition
647 96
Support of truants .
386 01
Diplomas and graduation
363 46
Miscellaneous printing
615 06
Power
680 14
Auto maintenance .
541 77
Miscellaneous
214 09
School Teachers' Salaries.
Day Schools .
$402,737 58
Evening Schools
5,948 00
Maintenance School Buildings, Janitors' Salaries.
Janitors' Salaries . $39,817 44
39,817 44
Carried forward
$1.444,888 72
$40.872 89
44.500 62
408.685 58
64
ANNUAL REPORTS. -
Brought forward
$1,444,888 72 $40,872 89
Maintenance School Buildings, Fuel and Light.
Fuel .
$55,559 13
Light
5,778 92 -
61,338 05
Maintenance School Buildings, Buildings and Grounds.
Labor
$7,162 73
Furniture and furnishings
2,135 87
Janitors' supplies
1,552 68
Lumber
1,194 87
Glass, hardware and paint
2,120 72
Other materials and sup- plies ·
2,582 07
Repairs :-
Buildings
7,479 48
Heating apparatus .
2,657 55
Care of grounds
430 14
Flags and flag poles .
423 15
Power
386 16
· Telephone for Exemption Board
10 67
Auto maintenance
.
388 75
Insurance
207 88
Use of Armory
382 50
Use of Y. M. C. A. Gym- nasium .
350 00
Miscellaneous .
65€ 23
30,121 45
New School Building, Holland Street.
Payments on contract
$1,800 00
Furniture and furnishings
229 20
Plumbing
23 31
Laying gas pipe
49 46
Hardware and materials
191 26
Grading grounds
129 25
Setting circles
143 24
$2,565 72
Boys' Industrial School Addition
Electric lights and fixtures
$115 00
Furniture and furnishings
183 66
Hardware and materials
13 69
Miscellaneous
11 73
324 08
Boys' Industrial School Addition No. 2.
Contract for construction
$13,168 47
Water service
110 68
Blueprints
5 51
Southern Junior High School
Payments on contract
$57,984 00
Architect
2,438 91
Furniture and furnishings
3,691 22
Clock system .
151 35
Carried forward
$64,265 48
$1.536,348 22
$57.047 35
.
.
13.284 66
65
CITY AUDITOR.
Brought forward
$64.265 48 $1,536,348 22 $57,047 35
Heating and ventilating
8,431 50
Plumbing .
8,238 50
Hardware
975 00
Lumber
264 48
82,174 96
Building Connection Forster School.
Constructing passageway $1,985 25
1,985 25
SCHOOL TRUST FUNDS.
S. Newton Cutler Fund. Books
$104 09
$104 09
Smith-Hughes Fund.
School teachers' salaries . $260 00
260 00
LIBRARIES.
Central Library.
Salaries and Wages :-
Librarian
$2,202 05
Assistants
12,164 66
Books, Periodicals, Etc .:
Books
4,731 02
Periodicals
642 80
Music
103 16
Binding
1.186 94
Other Expenses:
Postage and office sup- plies
947 27
Printing and advertising
473 55
Catalogue cards
100 00
Telephone
149 41
Express .
191 92
Agencies
7 59
Miscellaneous
99 35
22,999 72
Public Buildings Department, Main-
tenance Central Library.
Janitors
$1,429 24
Labor
252 50
Fuel .
246 11
Light
875 88
Furniture and furnishings 23 97
Janitors' supplies
126 50
Hardware and materials
26 37
Repairs :-
Building
.
38 12
Heating apparatus
49 56
Flag pole .
15 00
3,083 25
West Somerville Branch Library. Salaries and Wages :- Assistants
$4.188 21
Carried forward
$4,188 21
$1,562,795 28
$141,207 56
.
66
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward
$4,188 21 $1,562,795 28 $141,207 56
Books, Periodicals, Etc .:
Books
1,446 41
Periodicals
297 40
Music
3 63
Binding .
538 95
Other Expenses :-
Postage and office sup- plies
113 53
Printing and advertising
22 45
Telephone
56 99
Express .
99 35
Miscellaneous
1 38
Public Buildings Department, £ Main- ¿tenance West Somerville Branch Li- brary.
Janitor
$1,074 00
Labor
219 13
Fuel .
467 44
Light
316 75
Furniture and furnishings
13 00
. Janitors' supplies
1 60
Hardware and materials
94 86
Repairs : -
Building
47 56
Heating apparatus .
5 11
Miscellaneous
38 10
East Somerville Branch Library.
Salaries and Wages :- Assistants
$2,119 62
Books, Periodicals, Etc .:
Books
543 35
Periodicals
99 38
Binding
302 55
Other Expenses:
Postage and office sup-
plies
·
118 44
Printing and advertising
14 20
Telephone
35 53
Express .
105 33
Public Buildings Department, Main- tenance East Somerville Branch Li- brary.
Janitor
$680 72
Labor
83 46
Fuel
349 94
Light
96 51
Furniture and furnishings
11 05
Hardware and materials
29 46
Repairs : -
Building
35 08
Rent
100 00
Carried forward
$1,386 22
$1,575,179 53
$141.207 56
·
6,768 30
2,277 55
3,338 40
.
67
CITY AUDITOR.
Brought forward
$1,386 22
$1,575,179 53
$141,207 56
Grading
98 96
Miscellaneous
21 00
1,506 18
Union Square and Branch Library. Salaries and Wages :- Assistants
$2,226 02
Books, Periodicals, Etc .:
Books
876 97
Periodicals
116 02
Binding
280 55
Other Expenses :-
Postage and office sup- plies
90 56
Printing and advertising
10 85
Telephone
34 62
Express
99 32
3,734 91
Public Buildings Department, Main-
tenance Union Square Branch Li-
brary.
Janitor
$799 00
Labor
64 02
Fuel
224 73
Light
144 33
Furniture and furnishings
3 30
Repairs :-
25
Hardware and materials
95
Miscellaneous
13 06
New East Somerville Branch Library.
Architect
$230 00
Payment on contract
2,717 00
Labor
54 00
Lighting fixtures
318 00
Grading grounds
75 79
Furniture and furnishings
1,318 00
Miscellaneous
12
$4,714 91
PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS.
S. Newton Cutler Fund.
Books
$50 00
Martha R. Hunt, Book Fund.
Books
$257 23
$257 23
Isaac Pitman, Art Fund.
Books and music
$94 40
Pictures
45 00
Isaac Pitman, Poetry Fund.
$20 25
$20 25
Carried forward
$1,582,148 14
$145,922 47
$139 40
Books
$50 00
Building
1,260 64
6.8
ANNUAL REPORTS.
RECREATION.
Brought forward
$1,582,148 14 $145,922 47
Engineering Department, Parks Mainte- nance.
Labor
$6,019 23
Teaming
947 57
Equipment
170 60
Trees, shrubs, plants, etc.
261 60
Hardware and materials
212 05
Carpentry and repairs
525 32
Flags and flag poles .
139 19
Miscellaneous
68 86
Public Buildings Department, tenance Park Buildings.
Main-
Labor
$378 70
Teams
39 50
Fuel
64 49
Light
248 51
Janitors' supplies
29 22
Hardware and materials
11 24
Repairs :-
Buildings
11 48
Heating apparatus .
17 15
Laundry
36 33
Miscellaneous
6 10
Engineering Department,
Playgrounds
Maintenance.
Labor
$2,905 92
Teaming
347 66
Apparatus
41 25
Tools and equipment
2 50
Materials and supplies
80 76
Repairing fountains
and
bubblers
47 36
Use steam roller
37 50
Playground and Recreation Commission. Salaries and Wages :-
Supervisors
$937 88
Instructors
1,116 74
Social worker
735 40
Other helpers
270 38
Other Expenses : -
Equipment and supplies .
68 50
Use of auto, plowing and teaming .
216 25
Piping
35 67
Miscellaneous
82 94
Public Buildings Department, Main- tenance Bathhouse.
Salaries and Wages :- Attendants
$1,091 21
Carried forward
$1.091 21
$1,598,261 99
$145.922 47
.
8,344 42
842 72
3,462 95
$3,463 76
1
69
CITY AUDITOR.
Brought forward
$1,091 21 $1,598,261 99 $145,922 47
Labor
82 45
Other Expenses :-
Bathing suits .
184 81
Towels
72 37
Equipment and
supplies
23 49
Repairs
48 56
Laundry
56 07
Telephone
15 09
Insurance
82 40
Sand
80 00
Repairing walks
164 79
Miscellaneous
13 91
1,915 15
Celebration, Victory Day.
Fireworks .
$400 00
Music
269 50
Signs
11 00
680 50
UNCLASSIFIED.
Memorial Day.
Flags and wreaths
$114 73
Music and catering
236 50
Miscellaneous
36 99
Municipal Documents.
Printing:
Annual reports
$1,138 70
Municipal manuals
105 95
Postage
4 66
Miscellaneous
2 88
1,252 19
Workmen's Compensation.
Books, postage and supplies
$4 00
Compensation
2,366 01
Medicine and medical at-
tendance
122 90
2,492 91
Pensions.
Janitors
$1,742 27
Police
6,894 98
Fire
3,567 97
Health
750 00
Poor
6 98
Laborers:
Highway
3.553 24
Sanitary
338 73
Water
1,156 16
18,010 33
Damage to Persons and Personal Prop- erty.
Settlement of claims .
$4,328 21
Plumbing repairs
7 93
4,336 14
Carried forward
$1,627,337 43
$145,922 47
.
388 22
70
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward
$1,627,337 43 $145,922 47
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS.
Interest.
Temporary Loans :-
Anticipation of Revenue .
$48,543 91
General :-
Sewer
11,533 75
Highway
14,325 00
Municipal
2,115 00
City
22,143 75
Bridge
1,102 50
Metropolitan Park
420 00
Public Buildings
13,270 00
Emergency
1,062 50
114,516 41
Reduction of Funded Debt. General Loans :-
Sewer
$23,000 00
Highway
79,000 00
Municipal
8,000 00
City
105,500 00
Bridge
1,000 00
Metropolitan Park .
1,000 00
Public Building
24,000 00
Emergency
5,000 00
246,500 00-
WATER WORKS.
Water Maintenance.
Administration :-
Commissioner
$2,500 00
Clerks
5,407 55
Books, printing, postage
and supplies .
1,529 86
Telephone
234 14
Carfares
71 31
Miscellaneous
476 13
General :-
Labor
32,274 54
Teams
96 25
Pipe and fittings
785 34
Meters and fittings
1,724 03
Hydrants and fittings
898 56
Castings
287 63
Tools, equipment and re-
pairs
1,636 47
Automobiles and mainte- nance .
3,375 34
Horses, feed, shoeing, etc.
606 38
Gasoline
1,273 55
Kerosene
437 16
Other materials and sup-
plies
1,251 80
Freight and express
168 57
Power
40 69
Carried forward
$55,075 30
$1,988,353 84
$145,922 47
·
.
.
71
CITY AUDITOR.
Brought forward Miscellaneous
$55,075 30 $1,988,353 84 $145,922 47
18 02
Other Expenses :
Repair of streets
228 38
Use of thawing machine .
958 59
Less service transfers for teams furnished other de- partments
$268 74
Water Works Extension.
Labor
$1,507 53
Teams
194 00
Pipe and fittings
3,066 27
Meters and fittings
872 32
Tools and equipment .
71 20
Contracts, trench work
110 47
5,821 79
Public Buildings Department, Main- tenance Water Buildings.
Labor
$132 10
Fuel
523 91
Light
244 17
Furniture and furnishings .
9 82
Repairs :- Buildings
34 99
Hardware and materials
94 48
Miscellaneous
27 97
1,067 44
Interest.
Water Loans
$440 00
440 00
Reduction of Water Debt.
Water Bonds
$5,000 00
5,000 00
Metropolitan Water Assessment.
Assessment
$125,358 55
125,358 55
OTHER ACCOUNTS.
Temporary Loans.
Loans in anticipation of
revenue .
· $1,385,000 00
Real Estate Liens.
Titles purchased by city .
$2,413 29
2,413 29
Grade Crossing Advance.
Land damages
$36,800 00
Services as auditor
50 00
36,850 00
State Taxes.
State
$175,560 00
State Highway
1,310 01
Non-Resident Bank
2,863 34
179,733 35
Carried forward .
$3,786,049 81
$145,922 47
$56,280 29
$56,011 55
1,385,000 00
72
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward
$3,786,049 81 $145,922 47
Metropolitan and Other Assessments.
Metropolitan Park
$43,457 01
Metropolitan Sewer
80,430 29
Wellington Bridge
3,173 78
Grade Crossings
12,354 20
Charles River Basin
7,457 52
Alewife Brook .
1,197 94
Abatement of Smoke
307 55
Fire Prevention
975 33
Soldiers' Exemption
124 34
149,477 96
County of Middlesex
County Tax, 1918
$87,003 63
87,003 63
Cash Refunds.
Taxes
$324 28
Moths and Street Sprink-
ling Assessments .
179 70
Water Rates
361 88
Tellers' Overs and Shorts.
Adjustments
$73 25
73 25
PRIVATE TRUST.
Redemption of Tax Titles.
Tax titles redeemed . $2,522 59
2,522 59
Totals
$4,025,993 10
$145,922 47
* Appropriation Refunds
1,349 65
2,399 44
$4,027,342 75
$148,321 91
Total Cash Payments .
$4,175,664 66
·
·
865 86
*Expenditures as shown in all accounts are net.
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CITY AUDITOR.
SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
School Buildings
Land and Buildings
Personal
Prescott
$72,200 00
$3,000 00
Totals $75,200 00
East
Somerville
Junior
High
62,000.00
2,000 00
64,000 00
Hanscom
66,500 00
4,000 00
70,500 00
Davis
52,900 00
6,600 00
59,500 00
Clark Bennett
54,500 00
3,500 00
58,000 00
Knapp
50,000 00
5,500 00
55,500 00
Baxter
35,500 00
1,500 00
37,000 00
Perry
42,000 00
1,500 00
43,500 00
Bell and Southern Junior High
130,000 00
8,900 00
138,900 00
Prospect Hill
18,000 00
18,000 00
Pope .
78,600 00
5,000 00
83,600 00
Cummings
13,400 00
1,200 00
14,600 00
Edgerly
43,000 00
5,000 00
48,000 00
*High
360,000 00
30,000 00
390,000 00
Glines
88,400 00
5,000 00
93,400 00
Forster
59,000 00
8,000 00
104,000 00
Forster (Annex)
37,000 00
*Proctor
44,000 00
44,000 00
Bingham
73,000 00
5,000 00
78,000 00
Morse
54,000 00
5,000 00
59,000 00
Carr
53,600 00
5,000 00
62,600 00
Girls' Industrial School
4,000 00
Durell
20,400 00
1,500 00
21,900 00
Burns
39,000 00
3,000 00
42,000 00
Brown
72,000 00
2,600 00
74,600 00
Highland
66,600 00
5,000 00
71,600 00
Lowe
51,000 00
2,000 00
53,000 00
Hodgkins
98,700 00
5,000 00
103,700 00
¿West
Somerville
Junior
High
80,000 00
4,000 00
84,000 00
Lincoln
19,800 00
1,000 00
20,800 00
Cutler
98,700 00
10,000 00
108,700 00
Total .
$2,037.800 00
$139,800 00
$2.177,600 00
*Land included in Central Hill Park.
+Building and fixtures. Land owned by State.
¿Land included in Holland Street Ledge.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Fire Buildings.
New fire alarm building
$27,500 00
*$103,000 00
$178,200 00
Central
47,700 00
Engine Two
37,000 00
12,000 00
49,000 00
Engine Six
29,000 00
20,000 00
49,000 00
Hose Five
21,500 00
7,500 00
29,000 00
Ladder One
60,000 00
15,500 00
75,500 00
Hose Eight
10,400 00
7,700 00
18,100 00
Ladder Two
17,600 00
15,000 00
32,600 00
Engine Four
19,500 00
7,000 00
26,500 00
Total
$270,200 00
$187,700 00
$457,900 00
*Includes Electrical Department equipment.
Libraries.
Central
$125,000 00
$100,000 00
$225,000 00
East Somerville Branch
24,400 00
24,400 00
West Somerville Branch
30,000 00
6,000 00
36,000 00
Total
$179,400 00
$106,000 00
$285.400 00
Miscellaneous Buildings.
Highway (stables, etc.)
$55,000 00
$30,000 00
$85,000 00
Sewer
6,700 00
500 00
7,200 00
Contagious and Tuberculo- sis Hospital
45,900 00
9,000 00
54,900 00
City Home
92,900 00
17,000 00
109,900 00
Police
64,300 00
8,000 00
72,300 00
¿City Hall
52,000 00
149,000 00
201,000 00
¿City Hall Annex
62,000 00
12,500 00
74,500 00
Parks :--
Broadway
3,100 00
3,100 00
Lincoln
3,000 00
1,000 00
4,000 00
Bathhouse
5,000 00
5,000 00
Polling Booths
1,800 00
1,800 00,
Sanitary
21,000 00
19,200 00
40,200 00
Water
46,700 00
6,500 00
53,200 00
Total
$459,400 00
$252,700 00
$712,100 00
¡Land included in Central Hill Park.
Parks and Playgrounds.
Broadway .
.
$421,200 00
$421,200 00
Central Hill
472,000 00
472,000 00
Lincoln
84,500 00
2,000 00
86,500 00
Prospect Hill
69,800 00
1,500 00
71,300 00
Tufts
109,000 00
109,000 00
Paul Revere
1,000 00
1,000 00
Belmont Street
5,100 00
5,100 00
City Field
70,900 00
70,900 00
Glen Street
17,300 00
17,300 00
Kent Street
12,000 00
12,000 00
Poplar Street
5,500 00
5,500 00
Beacon Street
3,000 00
3,000 00
Webster Avenue
3,000 00
3,000 00
Mason Street
4,200 00
4,200 00
Somerville Field
40,000 00
20,000 00
60,000 00
Total
$1,318,500 00
$23,500 00
$1,342.000 00
.
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CITY AUDITOR.
Miscellaneous Land.
Ledge, Holland Street
$54,500 00
$54,500 00
Somerville Avenue
300 00
300 00
Putnam
400 00
400 00
Murdock Street
600 00
600 00
Lowell Street
100 00
100 00
Spencer Avenue
100 00
100 00
Weston Avenue
2,500 00
2,500 00
Endicott Avenue
600 00
600 00
Powder House Boulevard
400 00
400 00
Waltham Gravel Land
10,000 00
10,000 00
Total .
$69,500 00
.....
...
$69,500 00
SUMMARY. Land and Buildings
Personal
Total
School Buildings
$2,037,800 00
$139,800 00
$2,177,600 00
Fire Buildings .
270,200 00
187,700 00
457,900 00
Libraries
179,400 00
106,000 00
285,400 00
Miscellaneous Buildings
459,400 00
252,700 00
712,100 00
Parks and Playgrounds
1,318,500 00
23,500 00
1,342,000 00
Miscellaneous Land .
69,500 00
..
69,500 00
Total
$4,334,800 00
$709,700 00
$5,044,500 00
Sewers (cost)
1,346,752 00
Water Works (cost)
1,067,010 38
Total value public property
$7,458,262 38
REPORT OF THE CITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Somerville, Mass., January 30, 1919.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :
Gentlemen : In presenting the annual report of the City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for the year 1918, I respect- fully call attention to the following items of interest : The assessors' warrants amounted to . $2,053,862 53
The amount for 1917 was
1,828,330 55
Showing an increase of
$225,531 98
The personal taxes were $111,677.80 more than in 1917 ; the poll taxes, because of exemptions for men in the military or naval service, were $2,412 less than in 1917, but the cash col- lections from polls of 1918 were only $214.00 less than for the corresponding period of 1917; with the larger total to collect, the uncollected December 31, 1918, was only $5,099.12 more than on the corresponding date of the previous year, viz :
Taxes
1917. $359,205 97
1918.
Balance.
$365,013 39
Street Sprinkling
8,771 15
8,145 35
Moths
316 75
234 25
$368,293 87
$373,392 99
$5,099 12
The payments on account of Grade Crossings abolition were $36,850.00, and the receipts on this account were $36,800.00. The decrees of the court on account of Grade Cross- ings abolition from December 26, 1908, to December 31, 1918. were $120,097.10. The amount paid out and the amount to be paid on these decrees will be found in a table following.
The amount borrowed on temporary loans in anticipation of taxes was $1,484,000.00 ; in 1917 the amount was $1,500,000. On account of war conditions, the rates of interest were much higher than in 1917, but it is confidently expected that the rates for 1919 will be considerably less than in 1918. The various rates of interest paid are given in a Temporary Loans table.
The report also contains an interesting statement of the amounts paid on account of Debt, including amounts paid on account of Metropolitan assessments as well as on the city debt ; and your attention is called to the large amount neces- sary to be paid for interest, particularly on the Metropolitan assessments.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH S. PIKE, City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.
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TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
CONDENSED CASH STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS.
PAYMENTS.
Revenue
$4,171,492 56 6,922 03
$4,029,753 56 145,911 00
$4,178,414 59
$4,175,664 66
Cash balance, Jan-
uary 1, 1918
237,246 23
Cash balance; De- cember 31, 1918 . 239,996 16
$4,415,660 82
$4,415,660 82
DETAILED CASH STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Balance from 1918
$237,246 23.
Revenue.
Advances, C. C. Folsom
$1,599 00
Taxes, 1916
$789 74
1917
350,572 04
1918
1,642,301 91
1,993,663 69
Excise taxes, 1918
233 03
Street Sprinkling, 1916
$3 50
1917
8,655 40
1918
28,785 50
37,444 40
Moth assessments, 1917
$311 15
1918
861 50
Highway, 1916
$954 65
1917
8,100 32
1918
4,328 24
13,383 21
Sidewalk, 1916 .
$1,587 77
1917
5,000 22
Sewer. 1916
$1,414 07
1917
589 19
1918
663 60
2,666 86
Meter Water Charges, 1917
Water: Sales, 1918
$237,048 09
Maintenance
3,980 53
Service assess-
ments
1,040 27
Grade Crossings
36,800 00
Real Estate Liens
1,169 97
Temporary Loans
1,484,000 00
Departmental Deposits
21,193 21
(See Table.)
Departmental accounts
50,672 31
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :- Corporation Taxes : Business
$40,087 73
Carried forward
$40,087 73
$3,921,710 24
$237,246 23
1,172 65
6,587 99
29,055 03
242,068 89
Non-Revenue
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward
$40,037 73 $3.921,710 24 $237,246 23
Public Service
10,283 99
Bank . 4,734 94
Street Railway, 1917
20,131 88
1918 15,146 48
90,385 02
Income Tax, 1917 1918
7,980 00
Vocational Schools
8,181 67
Soldiers' Benefits, 1917
30,461 43
In lieu of taxes
70 32
County of Middlesex:
Dog licenses .
2,168 85
Courts, County
$70 50
Police
.
Departmental penalties
171 00
Licenses and permits, (de-
partmental)
4,807 50
Interest: On taxes
$12,063 75
Assessments
542 52
Bank accounts :
Treasurer
9,971 73
City Clerk
8 81
Real estate liens
22 23
Accrued on Tem-
porary loans
9 78
Miscellaneous
84
Treasury Department:
Cost on taxes and re-
demptions .
$6,159 53
Costs on assessments
100 15
· Certificates, Lien and re- demption
253 00
Collecting bank tax
28 62
6,541 30
Edison Electric Illuminat . ing Co., electrolysis
500 00
General expenses, refunds .
1,387 88
Trust Funds Income: School, S. Newton, Cut-
ler
$214 50
Smith-Hughes
1,048 24
Library, S. Newton, Cut- ler
42 88
Hunt, Art
95 00
Hunt, Books
495 29
Pitman, Art
171 32
Pitman, Poetry .
42 82
Wilder, Chil-
dren's
4 25
Poor, Òlive C.
Cummings . 50 00
2,164 30
Tellers' shorts and overs .
10 28
$4,171,492 56
Carried forward
$4,171,492 56
$237.246 23
3,634 61
3,705 11
22,619 66
.
68,628 00
79
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Brought forward .
$4,171,492 56 $237,246 23
Non-Revenue.
Outlay appropriations, re-
funds and offsets . .
$2,399 44
Carnegie Corporation 2,000 00
Redemption of tax liens
2,522 59
6,922 03
4,178,414 59
$4,415,660 82
PAYMENTS.
Revenue.
Advances, Jean M. Hutch- ins, acting agent $3,000 00
Taxes, 1917, refunds
$38 40
1917, under
Chap.
49, Acts 1918, re-
funds
7 22
1918, refunds .
261 28
306 90
Street Sprinkling, 1917, re-
funds
$130 25
Street Sprinkling, 1918, re- funds
48 70
178 95
Moth Assessment, 1918
75
Water Charges:
Previous year, refunds
$26 83
Current year, refunds
352 43
379 26 36,850 00
Grade Crossings
Real estate liens
2,413 29
Temporary Loans
1,385,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
State Tax
$175,560 00
Assessments
150,663 63
Bank Tax, non-resident,
2,863 34
Metropolitan water as- sessments
125,358 55
Soldiers' exemptions .
124 34
454,569 86
County of Middlesex, coun- ty tax
87,003 63
General expenses
1,692,690 39
Interest: Temporary loans $48,543 91
Funded debt 66,412 50
114,956 41
Reduction of Funded debt
251,500 00
Trust Funds :
Schools, S. Newton, Cut- ler
$104 09
Smith-Hughes
260 00
Carried forward
$364 09 $4,028,849 44
80
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward
$364 09
$4,028,849 44
Library, S. Newton Cut- ler.
50 00
Hunt, books .
257 23
Pitman, art .
139 40
Pitman, poetry .
20 25
Tellers' shorts and overs .
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