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1,000 00
6,000 00
Water
5,000 00
5,000 00
5,000 00
5,000 00
4,000 00
2,000 00
26,000 00
Extreme Emergency
·
Total
.
$205,500 00
$212,500 00
$232,500 00
$251,500 00 $236,500 00
$211,500 00 $1,350,000 00
INTEREST REQUIREMENTS ON FUNDED DEBT (SIX YEARS).
Class of Loan
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
Total
City
$37,558 75
$31,768 75
$26,606 25
$22,143 75
$18,162 50
$14,757 50
$150,997 50
Municipal
·
3,465 00
'3,015 00
2,565 00
2,115 00
· 1,755 00
1,395 00
14,310 00
Sewer
13,176 25
12,708 75
12,306 25
11,533 75
10,641 25
9,748 75
70,115 00
Public Buildings
2,040 00
7,240 00
9,980 00
13,270 00
12,285 00
11,300 00
56,115 00
Highway
6,640 00
9,747 50
13,822 50
14,325 00
11,262 50
10,207 50
66,005
00
Bridge
1,207 50
1,172 50
1,137 50
1.102 50
. 1,067 50
1,032 50
6,720 00
Metropolitan Park
525 00
490 00
455 00
420 00
385 00
350 00
2,625 00
Water
1,040 00
840
00
640 00
440 00
240 00
80 00
3,280 00
Extreme Emergency
1,062 50
850 00
637 50
2,550 00
Total
$65,652 50
$66,982 50
$67,512 50
$66,412 50
$56,648 75
$49,508 75
$372,717 50
.
.
.
.
.
.
·
. .
ANNUAL REPORTS.
40
.
5,000 00
5,000 00
5,000 00
15,000 00
.
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CITY, AUDITOR.
BORROWING CAPACITY DECEMBER 31, 1919.
Valuation, 1917
. $78,921,472 00 13,900 00
$78,935,372 00
Valuation, 1918
$84,639,280 00 24,700 00
84,663,980 00
Valuation, 1919
. $87,353,424 00
Supplementary
39,300 00
87,392,724 00
$250,992,076 00
Abatements, 1917
$476,650 00 373,389 00
Abatements, 1918
Abatements, 1919
275,675 00
1,125,714 00
Average valuation for three years
$83,288,787 33
Two and one-half per cent. .
2,092,219 68
Present debt within limit
1,279,500 00
Borrowing capacity December 31, 1919 . Maturities : -
$802,719 68
January 1, 1920
$35,000 00
April 1, 1920
103,000 00
July 1, 1920
$69,500 00 ·
Less outside limit
4,000 00
65,500 00
October 1, 1920
$4,000 00
Less outside limit
2,000 00
2,000 00
Maturities in 1920 within limit $205,500 00
$1,008,219 63
Total maturities on funded debt, 1920
$211,500 00
·
$249,866,362 00
Supplementary
Supplementary
42
ANNUAL REPORTS.
ABATEMENTS SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS PRIOR YEARS.
Charges :-
Street Sprinkling, 1918 . $16 15
Highway Betterments, 1918.
360 58
Sidewalks, 1917
46 72
$423 45
Credit :-
Excess and Deficiency
$423 45
REFUNDS TAXES, CHAPTER 49, ACTS 1918.
Charges :-
Taxes 1917 Refunded
$2 00
Credit :-
Excess and Deficiency
$2 00
WATER CHARGES 1918 REFUNDED OR ABATED.
Charges: -
Metered
$59 46
Annual
28 99
Credit :-
Excess and Deficiency
$88 45
TELLERS' OVERS AND SHORTS.
Credit: -
Balance from 1918 account $10 28
Appropriation from Revenue
67 56
Charges :-
Shortages
$77 84
STATE INCOME TAX, 1917.
Charges : -
To Revenue 1919 $6,384 00
Credit :-
Cash Excess from Commonwealth
$6,384 00
STATE INCOME TAX, 1918.
Charges : -
Balance due from Commonwealth $5,777 52
Excess to Revenue 1919 5,394 48
Credit :-
Cash from Commonwealth
$11,172 00
STATE INCOME TAX, 1919.
Charges:
Estimate account General School Fund $68,000 00
Estimate account General Purposes 26,295 00
Credit :-
Cash from Commonwealth
$87,880 00
Balance due on estimate
$6,415 00
·
$88 45
$77 84
$11,172 00
$94,295 00 .
.
43
CITY AUDITOR.
REAL ESTATE LIENS AND TAX TITLES.
Charges : -
Balance from 1918 account
$1,219 53
Titles purchased
1,576 95
$2,796 48
Credit: -
Cash
717 19
Balance to 1920 account
$2,079 29
SALE OF LAND, WINTER HILL.
Credit :--
Balance · from 1918 account
$500 00
Charge: -
Revenue, 1919 .
500 00
GRADE CROSSINGS ADVANCES.
Balance from 1918 account $427 30
TAILINGS.
Credits : -
Balance from 1918 account
$127 11
Cash, Taxes paid twice
164 54
Balance to 1920 account
$291 65
PREMIUMS ON BONDS.
Credit :-
Premiums, Loan of April 1, 1919 .
$132 00
ACCRUED INTEREST ON BONDS.
Credit :-
Cash, Loan of April 1, 1919
$280 00
Charge :-
Applied to Interest Appropriations, 1919 .
280 00
REVENUE FROM TAXES, SUPPLEMENTARY WARRANTS.
Credit :-
Balance from 1918 account .
$2,214 18
Supplementary Warrants Nos. 1 and 2, 1919 1,427 94
$3,642 12
Charges : -
Abatements
$34 32
Revenue, 1919
2,203 86
2,238 18
Balance to. 1920 account .
$1,403 94
REDEMPTION OF TAX TITLES.
Credit: - Cash received
$2,159 21
Charges :-
Titles redeemed, cash paid
2,159 21
.
44
ANNUAL REPORTS.
OVERLAY ACCOUNT.
Overlay, 1916.
Credit :-
Balance from 1918 account
$1,416 92
Charges :-
Abatements
$1,321 68
Transferred to Reserve Fund .
95 24
$1,416 92
Overlay, 1917.
Credit :-
Balance from 1918 account
$2,734 33
Recommitment
8 00
$2,742 33
Charges: -
Abatements
$1,133 60
Transferred to Reserve Fund .
660 93
1,794 53
Balance to 1920 account
$947 80
Overlay, 1918.
Credit:
Balance from 1918 account
$22,006 30
Recommitment
4 00
Charges : -
Abatements
$5,258 64
Transferred to Reserve Fund .
15,765 74
21,024 38
Balance to 1920 account
$985 92
Overlay, 1919.
Credit :-
Taxes, 1919
$11,426 31
Recommitment
2 00
Charges :-
Abatements
8,472 42
Balance to 1920 account
$2,955 89
RESERVE FUND, SURPLUS FROM OVERLAY.
Credit :-
Balance from 1918 account
$5,564 52
Transfer, from, Overlay, 1916
·
95 24
Overlay, 1917
660 93
Overlay, 1918
15,765 74
$22,086 43
Charges :-
General Appropriations (School Teachers' Salaries)
8,000 00
Balance to 1920 account £
$14,086 43
.
.
$22,010 30
$11,428 31
45
CITY AUDITOR.
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY.
Credit: -
Balance from 1918 account
$73,027 18 24,651 69
Revenue 1919, Excess
$97,678 87
Charges :-
Transfers to reduce tax levy
$71,000 00
Adjustment of charges to Commonwealth
of Massachusetts account State Aid .
368 00
Abatement Special Assessments, Prior Years
423 45
Refund Taxes Chap. 49, 1918
2 00
Water Charges 1918 Abated
.
71,881 90
Balance to 1920 account
$25,796 97
CLASSIFICATION OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Receipts.
General Revenue.
Taxes :-
Taxes, 1919
. $1,970,375 74
Taxes, 1918 .
358,802 43
Taxes, 1917
664 93
Taxes, 1916
95 24
From State:
Corporation
42,626 27
National Bank
5,650 79
Street Railway
13,169 85
Income Tax, 1919
87,880 00
Income Tax, 1918
11,172 00
Income Tax, 1917
6,384 00
Excise Tax, Ship Owners
258 10
Licenses and Permits.
Licenses : -
Amusement
1,119 00
Dealers Motor Vehicles
420 00
Junk
1,000 00
Milk
342 50
Pool and billiards
400 00
Sunday
535 00
Innholders and Victuallers
102 00
Pedlers
710 00
All other
308 50
Permits : -
Marriage
1,228 00
Buildings
1,241 50
Garages
.
580 00
Electrical
1,318 00
Miscellaneous
82 00
Carried forward .
. $2,506,466 05
·
88 45
46
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward . $2,506,466 05
Fines and Forfeits.
Court Fines
2,305 22
Departmental Penalties
375 50
Grants and Gifts.
From State, - Vocational Schools . 8,751 72
Smith-Hughes Fund 1,593 61
From County, - Dog Licenses
2,197 92
From Olive W. Cummings Estate
578 82
All Other General Revenue.
Real Estate Liens
717 19
State, In Lieu of Taxes
78 20
Total General Revenue .
$2,523,064 03
Commercial Revenue - Special Assessments. For Expenses :-
Street Sprinkling, 1919
$30,433 51
Street Sprinkling, 1918
8,129 20
Street Sprinkling, 1917
16 60
Street Sprinkling, 1916
50
Moths, 1919
1,109 50
Moths, 1918
234 25
Moths, 1917
5 60
For Outlays :-
Sewers, 1917
2,583 01
Sidewalks, 1919
562 90
Sidewalks, 1917
857 98
Street Betterments, 1919
1,685 19
Street Betterments, 1918 and 1917
7,958 67
Total Commercial Revenue - Spe-
cial Assessments
$53,576 91
Carried forward . .
$2,576,640 94
47
CITY AUDITOR.
Commercial Revenue - Departmental.
Brought forward
. $2,576,640 94
General Government.
Treasurer and Collector
$7,170 99
Assessors
19 50
City Clerk
966 05
Other
69 57
Protection of Persons and Property.
Police Department :-
Service of Officers
172 15
Cloth .
527 42
Rent of Court Room
1,000 00
Fire Department
3 42
Sealer of Weights and Measures
531 89
Health and Sanitation.
Contagious Hospital
6,903 23
Health Department
635 64
Inspection
350 25
Sanitary Department :-
Garbage
16,201 00
Incinerator
345 00
Highways.
Labor and Materials
3,957 56
Moths
3 00
Sidewalks Maintenance
53 50
Street Sprinkling
37 50
Rent of Tenements
240 00
Charities.
Almshouse:
Sale of produce, etc.
6,225 00
Board
4,465 87
Outside Relief :
Individuals
19 29
Cities and Towns
1,605 87
State
5,390 73
Mothers' Aid :-
Cities and Towns
2,305 73
State
10,222 65
Soldiers' Benefits.
State Aid
79,426 07
Military Aid
85 00
Burials
150 00
Education.
Tuition State Wards
1,014 75
Other Tuition .
3,660 42
Rent High School Hall
795 00
Miscellaneous, School Buildings
239 64
Libraries.
Fines, etc.
1,969 76
Recreation.
Bathhouse
531 45
Shower Baths
317 10
Unclassified.
Municipal Food Supply
6,687 11
Electrolysis
500 00
Miscellaneous
255 41
Total Commercial Revenue - De-
partmental
$165,054 52
Carried forward .
.
.
$2,741,695 46
.
.
·
48
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Commercial Revenue - Public Service Enterprises.
Brought forward
$2,741,695 46
Water Department :- -
Sale of Water :-
Metered, 1919
$176,887 15
Metered, 1918
27,512 21
Annual
41,811 72
Additional
1,706 32
Service Assessments
2,113 67
Maintenance Bills
3,559 31
Total Commercial Revenue - Public Service Enterprises
$253,590 38
Commercial Revenue - Interest.
Deposits
$10,500 09
Taxes
11,922 42
Special Assessments .
416 37
Trust Funds :-
School
214 50
Library
851 82
Poor Department
82 02
Miscellaneous
70 20
Total Commercial Revenue - Interest
$24,057 42
Municipal Indebtedness.
Temporary Loans :-
Anticipation of Revenue
. $1,527,000 00
General Loans :-
Highway
.
40,000 00
Premiums on Loans
132 00
1
Total Municipal Indebtedness
$1,567,132 00
Agency, Trust and Investment.
Redemption of Tax Liens
$2,159 21
Refunds.
Soldiers' Benefits
$1,310 68
General Appropriations
553 04
Outlay Appropriations
13 87
Cash Advances, Poor Department
4,101 00
Miscellaneous
287 67
Total Refunds
$6,266 26
Total Receipts .
$4,594,900 73
49
CITY AUDITOR.
EXPENDITURES.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
Expenses Outlays
Board of Aldermen Expenses.
Books, postage and supplies
$41 32
Printing and advertising .
99 25
Binding
13 75
Auto hire, etc.
17 00
Refreshments
828 38
Badges
84 00
All other
24 26
1,107 96
Clerk of Committees Department.
Salaries and Wages :-
Clerk
$1,901 47
Assistant Clerk
624 90
Other Expenses :-
Books, postage and sup-
plies
54 75
Printing and advertising
6 25
Telephone
83 72
All other
12 00
Executive Department.
Salaries and Wages :-
Mayor
$3,500 00
Secretary and Clerks
2,240 10
Other Expenses :-
Books, postage and sup- plies
237 75
Printing and advertising
106 85
Inaugural expenses
93 00
Telephone
91 20
Auto hire
12 00
Contingent expenses
139 05
All other
.
6,461 72
Auditing Department.
Salaries and Wages :- -
Auditor
$2,802 38
Clerks
·
2,008 34
Other Expenses : -
Books, postage and sup- plies
.
51 14
Printing and advertising
599 55
Binding
28 20
Telephone
46 46
Typewriter
76 25
All other
23 14
.
5,635 46
Carried forward
$15,888 23
·
41 77
2,683 09
50
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward
Treasury Department.
Salaries and Wages :-
Treasurer and Collector
$3,603 10
Deputy Collector
1,700 63
Cashiers
2,121 00
Clerks
6,351 74
Other Expenses :-
Books, postage and sup-
plies
1,690 19.
Printing and advertising
1,272 13
Carfares, teams, etc.
69 37
Telephone
158 44
Bonds
505 00
Convention expenses
67 68
Check writer
37 24
Envelope sealer
49 00
All other
175 38
Assessors' Department.
Salaries and Wages:
Chairman
$2,551 97
Assessors
4,000 00
Assistant Assessors
1,500 00
Clerks (Office)
5,985 49
Clerks (Street)
400 00
Other Expenses : -
Books, postage and sup- plies ·
612 83
Printing and advertising
957 91
Carfares, auto hire etc. .
39 16
Telephone
33 95
All other
62 19
16,143 50
Pedlers' License Commission.
Books, postage and sup-
plies
$19 58
Printing . .
5 50
25 08
Certification of Notes and Bonds.
Certifying .
$275 61
City Clerk's Department.
Salaries and Wages :-
City Clerk
$3,603 10
Assistant City Clerk
1,800 64
Clerks
2,874 76
Other Expenses :-
Books, postage and sup-
plies
209 46
Carried forward
$8,487 96
$50,133 32
.
275 61
.
Expenses Outlay's $15,888 23
17,800 90
.
·
CITY AUDITOR,
Expenses
Outlays
8,807 08
Registration City Laborers.
Salaries and Wages :- Registration Clerk
$400 00
Other Expenses :-
Books, postage and sup- plies
7 40
407 40
Law Department.
Salaries and Wages :- City Solicitor
$2,451 94
Other Expenses :-
Books, postage and sup-
plies
15 00
Printing and advertis-
ing
22 50
Clerical hire
156 00
Witness fees, etc.
33 60
Telephone
·
20 00
All other
20 62
2,719 66
City Messenger's Department.
Salaries and Wages :- Messenger
$2,001 48
Other Expenses :-
Auto maintenance .
669 22
Telephone
·
23 55
Carfares
12 64
New automobile
1,964 71
4,671 60
Engineering Department.
Salaries and Wages :-
City Engineer
·
3,603 10
Assistants
7.054 92
Clerks
939 00
Other Expenses :-
Books, printing, postage etc.
155 59
Telephone
97 39
Auto maintenance
.
1,337 38
Instruments and equip-
ment .
24 16
Carried forward
$13,211 54
$66,739 06
·
11 50
Telephone
.
142 37
Time stamp
.
58 80
Badges
.
7 00
All other
45 70
.
$8,487 96
$50,133 32
Printing and advertising
53 75
Binding
Brought forward
·
·
52
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Expenses Outlays
Brought forward
$13,211 54
$66,739 06
Carfares
222 67
All other
5 21
13,439 42
Public Buildings Department, Commis- sioner of Public Buildings.
Salaries and Wages :-
Commissioner
$2,802 38
Inspector of Plumbing
1,648 86
Clerks
1,323 33
Other Expenses : -
Books, postage and sup-
plies
209 70
Printing and advertising
105 75
Telephone
143 30
Auto maintenance .
703 40
All other
17 31
Maintenance Municipal Buildings, City Hall and City Hall Annex.
Salaries and Wages :-
Janitors
·
$4,166 49
Labor .
525 01
Other Expenses: -
Fuel and light
2,505 24
Furniture and furnish-
ings
1,437 39
Janitors' supplies
298 77
Repairs, buildings
804 28
Heating apparatus
and
equipment .
13 91
Plumbing and supplies .
251 90
Hardware and materials Ice .
279 78
All other
159 77
City Planning Board.
Clerical hire
$5 00
Books, postage and supplies
4 75
Filing cabinets
38 51
48 26
Election Expenses, City Clerk.
Salaries and Wages :- Clerks
$480 91
Other Expenses :-
Equipment and supplies
364 74
Printing and advertising
1,082 41
Carfares and auto hire .
263 25
Ballot boxes and repairs
126 55
Refreshments
22 57
All other
2 40
2,342 83
Carried forward
$100,043 50
.
6,954 03
10,519 90
77 36
53
· CITY AUDITOR.
Expenses Outlays
Brought forward
Election Expenses, Registrars of Voters.
Salaries and Wages :-
Registrars
$1,200 00
Clerks
.
138 00
Clerical hire
798 00
Other Expenses : -
Books, postage and sup- plies
98 52
Printing and advertising
789 94
Binding
10 00
Refreshments
6 98
Auto hire
12 00
3,053 44
Election Expenses, Pay of Election Of- ficers.
Salaries and Wages :-
Wardens and clerks ·
$1,584 00
Inspectors
2,816 00
4,400 00
Public Buildings Department, Mainte- nance Polling Places.
Labor
$192 59
Teaming
84 00
Rent
130 00
Lumber
24 94
Hardware and materials
3 10
Fuel and light
39 66
474 29
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY.
Expenses Outlays
Extreme Emergency, Health and Safety.
Salaries and Wages :-
Clerks .
.
$1,214 60
Investigator
.
Other Expenses :-
Books, postage and sup- plies
177 46
Printing and advertising .
53 75
Telephone
97 36
State Guard
862 80
Emergency Hospital:
Contract for Construc-
tion
1,454 95
Labor and teams 348 58
Carried forward
$4,243 55
$107,971 23
.
.
·
.
34 05
$100,043 50
54
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Expenses Outlays
Brought forward
$4,243 55 $107,971 23
Materials and
equip-
ment .
.
25 90
All other .
113 04
$4,382 49
Police Department.
Salaries and Wages: --
Chief
$2,875 95
Captains and Lieutenants
11,491 33
Sergeants and Inspectors
6,800 00
Patrolmen
116,594 12
Special police
325 75
Matrons
·
884 13
Other employees
3,919 85
Horses and Care of Same:
Hay, grain and straw
208 12
Shoeing
58
All other
20 25
Equipment and Repairs :-
Automobiles and motor- cycles
652 43
New Motor equipment
1,195 00
Equipment for men
355 04
Gasoline, oil and supplies
768 75
All other
188 16
Other Expenses : -
Books, printing, postage and supplies .
233 26
Care of prisoners .
43 74
Telephone
286 12
Laundry
42 41
Bedding
11 42
Travel and disbursements
139 77
All other
146 44
147,240 04
Public Buildings Department, Mainte-
nance Police Buildings.
Salaries and Wages :-
Janitors
$1,905 43
Labor
207 14
Maintenance of Buildings :-
Fuel and light
1,405 03
Janitors' supplies
90 61
Furniture and furnishings
10 64
Repairs, buildings
2 45
Heating apparatus and
40 49
Plumbing and supplies .
40 93
Hardware and materials . .
64 27
All other
28 43
3,795 42
Carried forward
$259,006 69
$4,382 49
.
.
.
.
-
.
equipment
.
·
55
CITY AUDITOR.
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
Fire Department.
Salaries and Wages :-
Chief Engineer
$2,875 95
Assistant Engineers
4,350 94
Firemen
119,215 69
Callmen .
2,419 32
Temporary and Emer-
gency men
60 28
Horses and Care of Same:
Horses
500 00
Hay, grain and straw
.
4,074 41
Shoeing
1,074 50
Medicine and veterinary
17 20
All other
37 05
Equipment and Repairs:
2,166 14
Hose
470 70
Equipment for men
31 99
Power
12 72
Hardware, tools, etc.
145 17
Other Expenses :-
Books, printing, postage and supplies .
38 05
Telephone
491 64
Janitors' supplies
292 07
Furnishings
162 58
Laundry work
332 62
All other
888 48
Supplies : -
Grease and oil
233 39
Gasoline
955 96
Fuel
10 30
Ice
118 86
Soda and acid
94 22
All other
297 88
141,368 11
Public Buildings Department, Mainte-
nance Fire Buildings.
Salaries and Wages :- '
Labor
$828 80
Other Expenses :-
Fuel and light
5,394 42
Furniture and furnishings
331 72
Janitors' supplies .
1 60
Repairs, buildings .
746 70
Heating apparatus and
equipment
918 05
Plumbing and supplies .
1,279 54
Lumber, hardware and
materials
259 74
All other
30 45
9,791 02
Carried forward
$410,165 82
$4,382 49
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
$259,006 69
$4,382 49
Apparatus
56
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
$410,165 82
$4,382 49
Weights and Measures Department.
Salaries and Wages :-
Sealer
$1,450 00
Deputy sealer
1,375 00
Helper
30 00
Other Expenses :-
Books, postage and sup- plies
44 92
Printing and advertising
14 50
Carfares, etc. .
58
Equipment
26 99
Telephone
26 94
Auto maintenance .
.
437 54
All other
6 30
Electrical Department.
Salaries and Wages :
Commissioner
$2,351 93
Clerk
834 67
Labor
10,769 40
Other Expenses :-
Fire Alarm System
162 61
Police Signal System
359 40
Auto maintenance .
436 45
Telephone
102 60
Books, printing, postage
and supplies
118 54
Laundry
9 82
All other
10 68
Public Buildings Department, Mainte- nance Electrical Department Building.
Labor
$151 44
Janitors' supplies
266 20
Fuel
110 20
Furniture and furnishings .
31 00
Heating apparatus
8 25
Suppression of Moths.
Labor
·
$4,102 17
Books, printing, postage
and supplies
74 78
Teams
337 31
Hardware, Tools and equip- ment
71 17
Insecticides
65 41
Material and supplies
39 80
All other
9 36
4,700 00
Carried forward
$434,001 78
$4,382 49
.
.
·
.
.
15,156 10
567 09
·
.
.
.
·
3,412 77
57
CITY AUDITOR.
Expenses
Outlay's
Brought forward
$434,001 78
$4,382 49
Care of Trees.
Labor
$3,801 12
Teams
637 97
Equipment,' hardware
and
tools
·
Lumber and materials .
204 28
Use of steam roller .
108 02
4,896 59
HEALTH AND SANITATION.
Health Department.
General Administration :-
Salaries and Wages :-
Agent
.
$1,375 39
Clerk
1,575 41
Temporary clerk
538 42
Medical Inspector and
Bacteriologist
887 62
Acting Medical Inspector
966 21
Acting Bacteriologist
452 00
Health Nurses
1,740 30
postage
·
$497 00
Telephone
220 33
Convention expenses
55 06
Typewriter
74 78
All other
307 64
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases :-
Board and Treatment :-
Cities and towns .
·
608 32
Other Institutions
579 17
All other
11 33
Tuberculosis : -
Board and Treatment :-
Cities and towns
492 75
State
.
2,773 13
Other Institutions
40 75
Groceries and provi-
sions
1,426 28
All other
18 00
Other Expenses :-
Equipment and supplies
162 91
Auto maintenance .
645 82
Burying dead animals
66 50
All other
90
15,516 02
Carried forward
$454,414 39
$4,382 49
·
·
Books, printing, and
.
.
.
.
Expenses
Outlays
145 20
58
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
$454,414 39
$4,382 49
City Clerk's Department, Vital Statistics.
Canvassing and reporting births
$796 45
Reporting deaths
189 50
Printing and advertising
36 00
Books and supplies .
67 04
All other
42 75
1,131 74
Contagious Hospital.
Salaries and Wages :-
Matron
$1,060 00
Nurses and other help .
9,826 03
Other Expenses :-
Drugs and medicines
213 42
Medical attendance
79 00
Bedding, dry goods and clothing
414 47
Groceries and provisions
8,761 03
Equipment and supplies .
1,726 64
Telephone
87 83
Electric power
107 98
All other
53 30
22,329 70
Public Buildings Department, Mainte-
nance Contagious Hospital.
Salaries and Wages :-
Janitor and labor
$576 94
Other Expenses :-
Fuel
1,667 38
Light
840 84
Janitors' supplies
41 16
Furniture and furnishings
301 29
Repairs, buildings
35 68
Heating apparatus
and
equipment
6 61
Plumbing
73 93
Hardware and materials .
127 82
Granolithic work
172 80
Addition to hospital
677 09
All other
·
4,567 38
Inspection of Animals and Provisions.
Salaries and Wages :-
Inspector
$1,800 64
Other Expenses: -
Telephone
34 24
1,834 88
Carried forward
.
$484,278 09
$4,382 49
.
.
.
.
45 84
·
.
.
59
CITY AUDITOR.
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar.
Salaries and Wages :-
Inspector .
$1,800 64
Milk Collector
1,143 90
Other Expenses :-
Books, printing and post- age
33 75
Maintenance of auto
973 96
Equipment and supplies
104 96
Telephone
28 70
All other
9 95
4,095 86
Inspection of School Children.
Salaries and Wages :-
Inspectors
$1,600 00
Other Expenses : ---
Books, printing and sup-
plies
43 25
Carfares .
79 00
1,722 25
School Nurses' Salaries.
Salaries and Wages :-
Nurses .
$1,713 57
1,713 57
Sewers Construction.
Salaries and Wages :-
Inspector
$70 91
Labor
1,717 42
Other Expenses :-
Teaming
433 71
Pipe and fittings
311 77
Brick and cement
777 37
Sand
30 50
Castings
483 90
Freight
105 14
Storm drain
.
4,611 02
Engineering Department, Sewers Main- tenance.
Salaries and Wages : --
Inspector
$650 42
Labor
11,795 89
Other Expenses : -
Teaming
7,412 03
Tools and equipment
438 63
Brick and cement
28 47
Pipe and fittings
43 72
Castings
14 00
Other materials and sup- plies
138 17
Carried forward
$20,521 33
$491,809 77
$8,993 51
.
.
680 30
$484,278 09
$4,382 49
.
60
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
$20,521 33
$491,809 77 $8,993 51
Care of Medford Street
pump . .
82 66
Telephone
53 50
All other
1 32
20,658 81
Public Buildings Department, Mainte- nance Sewer Buildings.
Salaries and Wages:
Labor
$35 32
Other Expenses:
Fuel
34 48
Light
39
Plumbing
2 22
Hardware and materials
8 42
119 87
Sanitary Department.
General Administration:
Superintendent
$2,101 49
Bookkeeper
300 00
Books, printing and sup- plies
14 83
Telephone
48 11
Auto maintenance .
514 06
All other
·
Ashes, Rubbish and Garbage :-
Labor
88,297 70
Hired teams
33,096 53
Equipment and repairs
2,020 08
Rent of dump
600 00
Materials and supplies
84 88
Stable Expenses :-
Horses
750 00
Hay, grain and straw
9,729 40
Shoeing
488 14
Veterinary and medicine
138 76
Stable equipment
303 10
Other Expenses :-
Fence, Mystic Avenue
37 15
Repairs track, North
65 17
Public Buildings Department, Mainte-
nance Sanitary Buildings.
Labor
$32 39
Fuel
113 00
Light
; 80
Furniture and furnishings .
30
Repairs, buildings
409 17
Plumbing and supplies
14 00
Hardware and materials
157 10
962 76
Carried forward
$652,146 12
$8,993 51
.
.
138,594 91
Somerville
.
·
5 51
61
CITY AUDITOR.
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
$652,146 12
$8,993 51
Street Cleaning.
Labor
$21,408 00
Hired teams
4,419 75
Use of truck
16 89
Equipment
46 06
25.890 70
HIGHWAYS
Highway Maintenance.
General Administration :-
Superintendent
$2,802 38
Bookkeeper and clerk .
2,242 38
Books, printing, postage and supplies ·
182 29
Telephone
214 54
Maintenance Superin-
tendent's auto
213 33
All other
1 27
General: -
Labor
38,097 45
Hired teams .
553 00
Tools, equipment and re- pairs
1,929 21
Autos and supplies .
1,435 76
Broken stone, gravel, etc.
4,234 29
Edgestone, bricks and
cement
558 44
Lumber .
163 91
Tarvia and road oil
.
4,009 75
Fuel
1,150 62
Oil and waste
369 44
Hardware, paint and var- nish
400 11
Other materials and sup- plies
148 24
Horses
1,225 00
Hay, grain and straw
8,475 90
Shoeing
332 70
Veterinary and medicine
170 36
Harnesses and horse
clothing
.
All other
18 02
Other Expenses :-
Signs
213 68
Taxes, City of Waltham .
216 60
Repairing bridges .
247 56
All other
79 17
$70,251 98
Less service transfers for
teams and materials furnished other depart- ments
16,390 04
53,861 94
Carried forward
$731,898 76
$8,993 51
.
.
.
.
.
.
473 58
·
62
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward ·
$731,898 76
$8,993 51
Highways Construction, New Streets.
Contracts
$21,445 44
Edgestone and circles
9,136 25
Tarvia
.
2,526 08
Advertising, etc.
67 25
33,175 12
Highways Construction, Permanent Pavement.
Contracts
$20,318 12
All other
37 50
Highway Reconstruction and Resurfacing.
Labor
$14,430 19
Hired teams and trucks
3,452 74
Use of roller
1,410 15
Tools and equipment
956 74
Tarvia
.
9,533 72
Brick, stone, cement
18,632 13
Other materials
230 03
Sidewalks Construction.
Labor
$268 31
Hired teams
.
24 51
Contracts
14,909 91
Stone, brick, cement
24 66
Edgestone
13 59
Other materials
38
All other
22 50
Sidewalks Maintenance.
Labor
$4,860 77
Hired teams
770 84
Stone, brick and cement
923 56
Use truck and roller
88 91
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