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$960 00
Current
1,222 57
Maintenance
453 28
Labor
1,185 45
Equipment and supplies
1,128 55
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Highway Buildings
Labor
$ 637 53
Fuel
1,525 25
Light
251 40
Expenses
Outlays
$4,949 85
Carried forward $2,414 18
85
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses Outlays
Brought forward
$2,414 18
Hardware and materials
5 87
Lumber
187 29
Repairs to buildings
65 12
Heating apparatus and
equipment
26 82
Plumbing and supplies
9 10
All other
26 07
Special Item :-
Insurance
739 32
$3,473 77
CHARITIES
Welfare Department, Miscellaneous
General Administration :-
Agent
$3,300 00
Clerks
4,832 39
Junior Social Worker.
368 83
Labor
67,251 25
Books, printing, postage and supplies
556 62
Telephone
82 37
Carfares
40 75
All other
31 00
Outside Relief :-
City Physician
2,700 00
Assistant City Physician
1,502 38
Auto Maintenance
1,560 03
Board and care
3,786 67
Cash
118,708 95
Cash allowance
3,523 21
Groceries and provisions
88,772 71
Dry Goods and Clothing
57 25
Medicine and medical at- tendance
2,407 91
Nursing
88 50
State Institutions
6,071 27
Somerville Hospital
1,476 00
Central Hospital
15,720 00
Burials
596 50
All other
48 00
Relief by other Cities or Towns: -
Cities
15,254 87
Towns
4,488 88
Mothers' Aid :-
By City
35,461 00
Other Cities and Towns .. 821 84
Carried forward
$379,509 18
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses Outlays
Brought forward
$379,509 18
Taxi and ambulance hire
18 00
Special Items :-
Conference Expenses 5 00
Typewriter
204 75
$379 736 93
Old Age Assistance
Assistance
$13,695 72
Supplies
14 89
$13,710 61
Welfare Department, City Home
Salaries and Wages :-
Warden and Matron
$2,100 00
Domestic Labor
4,049 68
Farm Labor
1,051 60
Other Expenses :-
Printing, Stationery and
postage
5 84
Miscellaneous Disburse-
ments
93 24
Auto Maintenance
288 06
Groceries and provisions
3,410 26
Clothing
537 04
Medicine and hospital
85 29
Household furnishings
and supplies
130 80
Farm equipment and
supplies
405 50
Hay, grain and feed
382 95
Seeds and fertilizer
110 90
Telephone
68 06
Power
85 90
Disinfectant and Sprayer
127 62
All other
65 67
Special Items :-
Live Stock
376 25
$13,374 66
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance City Home Buildings
Labor
$1,121 04
Fuel
1,106 16
Light and Power
346 90
Carried forward $2,574 10
goods
87
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
$2,574 10
Furniture and furnishings
100 80
Repairs to buildings
41 95
Plumbing and supplies
84 01
Heating apparatus and
equipment
137 57
Hardware and materials.
186 87
All other
21 17
Special Items:
Insurance
170 51
Kelvinator
272 50
$3,589 48
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Soldiers' Benefits, General Administration
Salaries and Wages :-
Agent
$2,500 00
Clerks
2,182 17
Auto Maintenance
1,000 00
Other Expenses
209 49
Special Item :-
Typewriter
101 25
$5,992 91
Soldiers' Relief
Cash as per pay rolls
$42,606 93
Medicine and Medical tendance
929 99
Groceries
111 20
All other
117 00
$43,765 12
State Aid
Cash as per pay rolls $5,169 50
$5,169 50
Military Aid
Cash as per pay rolls
$3,792 00
$3,792 00
Soldiers' Burials
Burials
$100 00
$100 00
At-
SS
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses Outlays
School Contingent
Salaries and Wages :-
Superintendent
$6,500 00
Assistant Superintendent
4,000 00
Clerks
22,284 68
Truant Officer
2,200 00
Other employees
666 81
General Expenses :-
Stationery, postage and office supplies
1,210 31
Telephones
2,328 84
Auto Maintenance :-
Superintendent
400 00
Assistant Superintend- ent
400 00
Truant Officer
400 00
Visiting Teacher
400 00
Travel
38 15
All other and express
149 46
Textbooks and Supplies :-
Text and reference books and Music
20,159 98
Maps
84 23
School Supplies
15,881 18
Equipment and repairs ....
973 42
Manual Training Sup-
plies
5,624 17
Laboratory supplies ...
8 66
Other Expenses :-
Support of Truants
572 58
Diplomas and gradua-
tion
819 78
Miscellaneous Printing
and Advertising
1,392 69
Power
608 41
Binding
1,290 05
Disbursements
799 32
Catering
455 00
All other
20 49
Special Items:
Typewriters
2,160 00
Pupils Transportation
650 00
Convention Expenses
299 00
Adding machines
1,195 11
Piano
75 00
Microscope
177 00
Calculator
148 75
Mimeograph
171 00
Dictaphone
206 80
$94,750 87
89
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
School Department, Outside Tuition
City of Boston
$6,232 69
Other Cities 1,446 10
$7,678 79
School Teachers' Salaries
Day Schools
$1,041,084 00
Evening Schools 10,436 00
$1,051,520 00
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance School Buildings, Janitors' Salaries
Janitors' Salaries
......
$97,765 52
$97,765 52
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance School Buildings, Fuel and Light
Fuel
$37,476 23
Light
23,081 13
$60,557 36
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance School Buildings, Buildings and Grounds
Labor
$26,839 07
Teaming
1,716 86
Furniture and furnishings
1,482 33
Janitors' Supplies
2,630 19
Laundry
1,615 82
Repairs to buildings
2,255 72
Heating apparatus and
equipment
3,489 31
Equipment and repairs
726 16
Plumbing
2,151 70
Glass, hardware and paint
2,991 14
Lumber
679 56
Other materials and sup-
plies
673 79
Care of grounds
455 46
Flags and Flag Poles
299 21
Auto Maintenance
230 61
Reimbursements
66
Power
694 83
Carfares
83 80
Telegraph
232 25
Cleaning
290 00
All other
66 82
Carried forward $49,605 29
90
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses Outlays
Brought forward
$49,605 29
Special Items :-
Adding Machine
254 80
Piping - asphalt floor-
ing-Prescott School.
620 25
Insurance
2,724 60
Window Shades
514 50
Constructing sewer and
catch basin, - Perry School
975 00
Christmas trees
100 00
Kelvinator
400 00
Venthood - High School
215 00
Linoleum-Baxter
225 91
-Bennett
225 91
-Carr
192 42
,,
-Cutler
216 96
-Hanscom
216 96
Huber Stoker-Cutler
350 00
$56,837 60
High School Additions and Alterations
Piping
$27 33
$27 33
Schoolhouse, Ten Hills
Labor
$175 68
Seed and fertilizer
32 34
Furnishings
19 50
Teaming
53 21
$280 73
Southern Junior High School, Additions and Alterations
Architect's Contract
$10,110 50
Electrical Contract
15,550 83
Building Contract
211,426 36
Plumbing Contract
13,675 47
Heating Contract
48,223 05
Furniture and furnishing ..
31,823 45
Teaming
211 50
Interior finish
131 78
Heating apparatus (Oil
Burner )
4,653 75
Radio
6,311 25
Services-(Receiver)
2,450 00
Electrical Work
180 03
Tools
363 40
Wire guards
300 00
Labor
1,136 73
Other
220 68
$346,768 78
91
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Western Junior High School, Additions and Alterations
Architect's Contract
$9,534 98
Construction Contract
267,897 35
Installing bubblers
223 67
Excavation- (Photograph )
54 00
Furniture and furnishings
21,467 27
Radio
5,227 50
Labor
227 42
Bronze Tablet
680 00
All other
286 14
$305,598 33
Elementary School (Cummings)
Labor
73 03
Architect's Contract
4,791 93
Construction Contract
40,435 35
Advertising
10 50
Recording
9 02
Test Borings
99 00
Tearing down building
591 00
Appraising
255 00
All other
8 28
$46,273 11
SCHOOL TRUST FUNDS
S. Newton Cutler Fund
Books
$78.36
$78 36
Caroline G. Baker Fund
Christmas Celebration
$30 00
$30 00
Smith-Hughes Fund
Teachers' Salaries
$3,482 07
$3,482 07
Sarah Winslow Fox Fund
Disbursements
$25 00
$25 00
LIBRARIES
Central Library
Salaries and Wages :-
Librarian
$4,000 00
Assistants 26,745 12
Carried forward
$30,745 12
92
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses Outlays $30,745 12
Brought forward
Other Expenses :-
Books
8,608 92
Periodicals
658 16
Music
43 14
Binding
2,006 18
Postage and office supplies
1,674 88
Printing and advertising ..
663 97
Telephone
240 71
Ice
70 80
Cards
314 20
Express
262 81
Cleaning books
1,668 33
All other
48 17
Special Items :-
Typewriters
148 50
Convention Expenses
84 22
Card Cabinet
204 00
$47,442 11
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Central Library
Janitors
$4,339 80
Labor
850 90
Fuel
546 72
Light
2,009 80
Furniture and furnishings ...
83 10
Janitors' Supplies
88 35
Repairs to buildings
130 85
Hardware and materials
13 10
Heating apparatus and
equipment
34 69
Rent
650 00
Cleaning books
70 00
All other
8 25
Special Item :-
Insurance
364 34
$9,189 90
West Somerville Branch Library
Salaries and Wages :-
Assistants
$7,920 38
Other Expenses :-
Books
3,917 35
Periodicals
246 12
Music
30 12
Binding
780 57
Postage and office sup-
plies
210 56
Carried forward $13,105 10
93.
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays.
Brought forward
$13,105 10
Printing and advertising ..
26 75
Telephone
55 70
Express
202 91
Ice
7 55
$13,398 01
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance West Somerville Branch Library
Janitor
$1,919 94
Labor
400 97
Fuel
596 79
Light
484 95
Furniture and Furnishings ..
22 00
Repairs to buildings and
plumbing
3 00
Care of grounds
22 00
Hardware and materials
24 98
Janitor's supplies
48
Special Items :-
Insurance
98 67
Bronze Rail
142 00
$3,715 78,
East Somerville Branch Library
Salaries and Wages :-
Assistants
$6,384 82
Other Expenses :-
Books
2,295 83
Periodicals'
129 53
Binding
497 12
Postage and office sup- plies
181 60
Printing and advertising
25 25
Telephone
44 45
Express
203 92
Ice
17 25
$9,779 77
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance East Somerville Branch Library
Janitors
$1,458 00
Labor
106 38
Fuel
362 17
Light
260 38
Furniture and furnishings ..
139 50
Hardware and materials ....
1 50
Carried forward $2,327 93
94
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses Outlays
Brought forward
$2,327 93
Care of grounds
22 00
Heating apparatus and
20 79
Special Item:
Insurance .... 86 67
$2,457 39
Union Square Branch Library
Salaries and Wages :-
Assistants
$6,051 47
Other Expenses :- -
Books
3,123 65
Periodicals
157 46
Binding
458 71
Postage and office sup- plies
202 64
Printing and advertising
15 00
Telephone
73 03
Express
200 91
All other
1 75
Special Item :-
Card Cabinet
58 05
$10,342 67
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Union Square Branch Library
Janitor
$1,470 00
Labor
19 92
Fuel
270 50
Light
275 85
Furniture and furnishings ..
20 00
Repairs to building and plumbing
7 65
Hardware and materials
15 75
Heating apparatus and
22 75
All other
15 00
Winter Hill Branch Library
Salaries and Wages :-
Assistants
$1,353 05
Other Expenses :-
Books
753 39
Binding
100 80
equipment
$2,117 42
Carried forward $2,307 24
equipment
95
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
$2,207 24
Postage and office sup- plies
94 25
Printing and advertising ..
6 75
Telephone
33 10
Express
98 02
$2,439 36
PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
S. Newton Cutler
Books
$18 21
$18 21
Martha R. Hunt Art Fund
Books and pictures $33 70
$33 70
Martha R. Hunt Book Fund
Books ....
$604 96
$604 96
Isaac Pitman Art Fund
Books
$211 65
Pictures
31 00
$242 65
Isaac Pitman Poetry Fund
Books
$144 88
$144 88
Sarah Lorane Graves Fund
Books
$30 50
$30 50
Buffum Memorial
Books
.... .... $96 74
$96 74
Eunice M. Gilmore
Books
$103 39
$103 39
96
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses Outlays
RECREATION
Engineering Department, Parks Maintenance
Labor
$31,672 68
Teaming
149 50
Equipment and supplies.
791 42
Trees, shrubs and plants
2,995 24
Repairs
314 99
Light
22 65
Flags and Flag Poles
40 18
All other
30 10
Special Items :-
Foss Park Pond
2,105 78
Foss Park Fountain
4,600 05
Fences
98 94
Grading and seeding parks
2,986 90
Concrete mixer
50 00
$45,858 43
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Park Buildings
Labor
$1,474 04
Fuel
810 54
Light
159 84
Repairs to buildings
27 10
Plumbing
37 76
Hardware and materials
52 82
Laundry and Janitors' Sup- plies
158 54
Heating apparatus and
equipment
81 94
Care of lawn
5 00
All other
90
Special Item:
Shelter
200 00
$3,008 48
Less Service Transfers for
100 00
$2,908 48
Engineering Department, Playgrounds Maintenance
Labor
$14,264 88
Teaming
161 00
Sand and gravel
98 88
Tools and equipment
199 69
Materials and supplies
1,606 23
Repair to fountains, fences and backstops
312 14
Teams
Carried forward $16,642 82
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CITY AUDITOR
97
Expenses Outlays
Brought forward
$16,642 82
Repairing seats
192 96
Light
35 25
All other
19 90
Special Items :-
Trum Field Monument ..
168 42
Fences
419 77
Backstop-Lincoln Park .
1,050 00
Hose
199 89
$18,729 01
Recreation Commission Salaries and Wages :-
Director
$ 4,400 00
Instructors and clerks ...... 19,951 39
Other Expenses :-
Teams and trucks
299 75
Automobile Maintenance :-
Director
330 00
Instructors
186 50
Equipment and supplies
5,336 91
Disbursements
182 82
Office supplies
1,132 41
Telephone
220 75
Clerical Hire
59 30
Music
126 09
All other
84 60
Special Items :-
Convention Expenses
88 93
Radio-Victrolas
429 00
Mimeograph
215 00
$33,043 45
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Bathhouse
Salaries and Wages :- Attendants and Labor $2,065 72
Other Expenses :-
Teams and trucks
$ 47 10
Sand
262 39
Bathing suits
61 52
Repairs to buildings
30 55
Equipment and supplies
24 15
Laundry
74 86
Hardware and materials ..
85 41
Towels
90 75
All other
18 25
$2,760 70
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses
Outlays
Celebrations
Music
$1,396 00
Decorating and fireworks
2,151 05
Entertainment
526 00
Miscellaneous supplies
509 24
Refreshments
1,702 45
Teams, trucks and auto
hire, etc.
117 80
Flowers
60 00
Printing, postage and sup-
plies
245 13
Bronze tablet and stone.
371 50
Bonfire
232 70
All other
273 51
$7,585 38
Field House, Glen St. Playground
Architect's Contract
$ 836 54
Construction Contract
13,942 37
$14,778 91
Improvement, Walter Ernest Shaw Playground
Furnishing and erecting
overhang
$225 00
225 00
Playground, Foss Park
Lumber
$54 00
Repairs to fence
19 50
$73 50
Playground Improvement and Extension
Contract work
$4,932 46
Fences
1,037 68
Grading
4,549 84
Play Apparatus
250 30
Curbing
78 27
$10,848 55
UNCLASSIFIED
Memorial Day
Music and Catering
$804 00
Flowers and Flags
227 58
All other
449 71
$1,481 29
Municipal Documents
Printing
$3,456 87
$3,456 87
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99
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Bandstand
Labor
$243 28
Teaming
127 54
Hardware and materials.
1 60
Lumber
· 26 24
$398 66
Rifle Practice, Co's. A & B, 101st Engineers
Use of Range
$1,154 94
Transportation
835 00
Rent of room
40 00
$2,029 94
Quarters for George Dilboy Post, V. F. W. .
Rent
$930 00
$930 00
Quarters for American Legion
Rent
$330 00
$330 00
Quarters for Spanish War Veterans
Rent
$40 00
$40 00
Workmen's Compensation
Compensation for Injuries ..
$6,779 47
Medical Attendance
2,008 48
Books, postage and supplies
4 00
$8,791 95
Pensions
Engineering
$1,478 80
Janitors
2,233 07
Police
16,650 02
Fire
17,195 17
Welfare
112 73
Laborers :-
Highway
13,230 95
Sanitary
12,684 83
Water
2,331 08
$65,916 65
100
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses Outlays
Somerville Retirement System
Clerk
$408 00
Printing
302 00
Supplies, stationery and
postage
310 25
Investment
15,500 00
Disbursements
26 36
Bond
75 00
Transfer
3,369 14
Other
9 25
$20,000 00
Damage to Persons and Personal Property
Settlement of Claims
$8,446 35
Professional Services
35 00
$8,481 35
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Interest
Temporary Loans :
Anticipation of Revenue .. $36,231 91
General Loans :-
Sewers
3,581 25
Highway
10,825 00
City
740 00
Bridge
647 50
Public Buildings
2,920 00
Schoolhouse
20,700 00
City Hall Additions
3,935 00
High School Additions
and Alterations
48,670 00
Northern Traffic Route ...
20,250 00
Western Jr. High School
13,312 50
Southern Jr. High School
10,445 00
$172,258 16
Reduction of Funded Debt
General Loans :-
Sewer
$16,000 00
Highway
42,000 00
City
12,000 00
Bridge
1,000 00
Public Buildings
15,000 00
Schoolhouse
44,000 00
City Hall Additions
8,000 00
High School Additions
61,000 00
Northern Traffic Route ...
50,000 00
Southern Jr. High School
24,000 00
Western Jr. High School
15,000 00
and Alterations
$288,000 00
101
CITY AUDITOR
WATER WORKS
Water Maintenance
Administration:
Commissioner
$ 3,800 00
Clerks
11,794 26
Books, printing, postage and supplies
2,492 72
Telephone
180 80
All other
137 06
General :-
Labor
65,934 32
Pipe and fittings
3,502 34
Meters and fittings
4,536 50
Hydrants and fittings
942 44
Tools
2,925 22
Autos, trucks and supplies
2,605 94
Horses and equipment
403 27
Power
14 40
Fountain
186 02
Miscellaneous supplies
51 09
Street repairs
1,168 54
All other
85 07
Special Items :-
Convention Expenses
192 42
Rent of B. & M. Land and
Tracks
13 50
$100,965 91
Less Service Transfer Credits
for Teams, use of Com-
pressor, Fountains and
Maintenance Water Posts
611 95
$100,353 96
Water Works Extension
Labor
$5,687 21
Hired teams and trucks
383 14
Pipe and fittings
11,866 89
Hydrants and fittings
587 61
Meters and fittings
605 63
Contract work
4,661 77
Street mains and fixtures.
790 76
$24,583 01
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Water Buildings
Labor
$296 51
Fuel
394 73
Light
554 98
Lumber and materials
36 03
Furniture and furnishings ...
15 00
Carried forward $1,297 25
102
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
$1,297 25
Heating apparatus and
equipment
5 41
Plumbing
1 60
Special Items:
Insurance
768 27
Shelter
200 00
Water Heater
130 00
$2,402 53
Metropolitan Water Assessment
Assessment
$249,830 42
$249,830 42
OTHER ACCOUNTS
Temporary Loans
Loans in anticipation of
Revenue $2,800,000 00
$2,800,000 00
Temporary Loan (Special)
Anticipation of Loan $27,000 00
$27,000 00
Tailings
Tailings
$2 45
$2 45
State Taxes
State
$129,600 00
$129,600 00
Old Age Assistance Tax
Old Age Assistance $32,172 00
$32,172 00
Metropolitan and Other Assessments
Metropolitan Sewer Assess- ment
$77,111 74
Metropolitan Park Assess- ment
98,781 40
Wellington Bridge Assess-
ment
2,801 05
Carried forward $178,694 19
103
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
$178,694 19
State Highways
487 30
Charles River Basin
15,338 10
Alewife Brook
75 57
Abatement of Smoke
1,991 39
Metropolitan Planning
584 01
Southern Traffic Artery
50 05
Auditing
46 34
Needy War Veterans
912 72
Ways in Malden, Braintree, Weymouth and Hingham
1,315 02
West Roxbury - Brookline Parkway
142 82
Broadway - Revere Beach
Crossing
968 12
Canterbury Street Highway
62 68
Metropolitan Transit Dis- trict
1,539 20
Veterans' Exemption
336 68
$202,544 19°
County of Middlesex
County Tax, 1931 ... $238,155 51
$238,155 51
Cash Advances
City Messenger
$186 45
Soldiers' Benefits
100 00
$286 45
Cash Refunds
Taxes
$4,139 10
Water
126 92
Excess and Deficiency
4 50
Special Assessments
13 26
All other
344 20
$4,627 98
Tellers' Overs and Shorts
Short
$98 71
$98 71
104
ANNUAL REPORTS
PRIVATE TRUST
Redemption of Tax Titles
Tax Titles Redeemed $2,484 83
$2,484 83
Total
$8,223,050 28
$885,485 33
Refunds
6,172 40
13,384 85
$8,229,222 68
$898,870 18 $9,128,092 86
Total Cash Payments ...
* Expenditures as shown in all accounts are net.
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CITY AUDITOR
SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY
Land and Buildings
Personal
Totals
School Buildings
Prescott
$72,200 00
$3,000 00
$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
53,500 00
17,500 00
71,000 00
Clark Bennett
54,500 00
3,500 00
58,000 00
Knapp
53,000 00
6,900 00
59,900 00
Baxter
39,200 00
1,500 00
40,700 00
Perry
53,600 00
2,500 00
56,100 00
Bell and Southern Junior High
332,100 00
10,000 00
342,100 00
Pope
83,600 00
5,000 00
88,600 00
Cummings
18,400 00
1,500 00
19,900 00
Edgerly
43,000 00
5,000 00
48,000 00
Northern Eastern Junior High
618,000 00
20,900 00
638,900 00
*High and Gymnasium
1,129,500 00
134,000 00
1,263,500 00
Glines
96,400 00
5,000 00
101,400 00
Grimmons School
96,800 00
4,000 00
100,800 00
Forster
64,000 00
4,500 00
Forster (Annex)
40,000 00
3,500 00
112,000 00
¡Proctor
42,000 00
5,000 00
47,000 00
Bingham
77,000 00
5,000 00
82,000 00
Morse
59,000 00
5,000 00
64,000 00
Carr
58,600 00
4,500 00
63,100 00
Durell
24,600 00
1,500 00
26,100 00
Burns
46,000 00
3,000 00
49,000 00
Brown
80,700 00
3,000 00
83,700 00
Highland
68,600 00
5,000 00
73,600 00
Lowe
57,000 00
2,000 00
59,000 00
Hodgkins
121,200 00
5,000 00
126,200 00
#West Somerville Junior High
475,000 00
8,000 00
483,000 00
Lincoln
24,700 00
1,000 00
25,700 00
Cutler
135,800 00
10,000 00
145,800 00
Total
$4,246,500 00
$292,300 00 $4,538,800 00
* Land included in Central Hill Park.
+ Building and fixtures. Land owned by State.
¿ Land included in Walter Ernest Shaw Playground.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Land and Buildings
Personal
Totals
Fire Buildings
New Fire Alarm Building
$27,500 00 *$105,000 00
$180,200 00
Central
47,700 00
Engine Two
44,000 00
27,000 00
71,000 00
Engine Six
43,100 00
25,000.00
68,100 00
Hose Five
23,500 00
8,000 00
31,500 00
Ladder One
61,400 00
25,000 00
86,400 00
Ladder Two
19,700 00
15,000 00
34,700 00
Engine Four
26,300 00
15,000 00
41,300 00
Total
$293,200 00 $220,000 00
$513,200 00
* Includes Electrical Department Equipment.
Libraries
*Central
$137,500 00
$100,000 00
$237,500 00
East Somerville Branch
25,500 00
2,500 00
28,000 00
West Somerville Branch
42,600 00
6,500 00
49,100 00
Prospect Hill
22,600 00
2,000 00
24,600 00
Total
$228,200 00
$111,000 00
$339,200 00
Miscellaneous Buildings
Highway (Stables, etc.)
$56,500 00
$30,000 00
$86,500 00
Sewer
13,000 00
13,000 00
Contagious
and
Tuberculosis
Hospital
63,500 00
9,000 00
72,500 00
City Home
166,900 00
18,000 00
184,900 00
Police
73,500 00
8,000 00
81,500 00
*City Hall
347,000 00
200,000 00
547,000 00
Power House and Heating Plant ..
142,500 00
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Parks
Field House, Dilboy Field
$12,000 00
$12,000 00
Trum
3,500 00
3,500 00
Broadway
3,100 00
3,100 00
Lincoln
3,000 00
3,000 00
Bathhouse
3,000 00
3,000 00
Polling Booths
1,100 00
1,100 00
Sanitary
21,400 00
45,000 00
66,400 00
Water
47,500 00
6,500 00
54,000 00
Total
$957,500 00
$316,500 00 $1,274,000 00
* Land included in Central Hill Park.
Parks and Playgrounds
Saxton C. Foss Park
$421,200 00
$421,200 00
Central Hill
475,000 00
475,000 00
Lincoln
84,500 00
$4,000 00
88,500 00
Prospect Hill
69,800 00
1,500 00
71,300 00
...
142,500 00
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CITY AUDITOR
Land and Buildings 109,000.00
Personal
Totals
Tufts
.. ..... ..
109,000 00
Paul Revere
1,000 00
1,000 00
Trum Playground
70,900 00
70,900 00
Glen Street
39,000 00
39,000 00
Kent Street
12,000 00
12,000 00
Poplar Street
6,300 00
6,300 00
Dilboy Field
64,900 00
64,900 00
John M. Woods Playground
36,600 00
36,600 00
Walter Ernest Shaw Playground ..
54,500 00
54,500 00
Mt. Vernon Avenue
10,900 00
10,900 00
Belmont Street
5,100 00
5,100 00
Total
$1,460,700 00
$5,500 00 $1,466,200 00
Miscellaneous Land
Roberts Street
$200 00
$200 00
Somerville Avenue
300 00
300 00
Putnam Street
400 00
400 00
Lowell Street
100 00
100 00
Spencer Avenue
100 00
100 00
Weston Avenue
3,800 00
3,800 00
Endicott Avenue
800 00
800 00
Alpine Street
1,800 00
1,800 00
Princeton Street
1,600 00
1,600 00
Wilson Avenue
600 00
600 00
Total
$9,700 00
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SUMMARY
School Buildings
$4,246,500 00
$292,300 00 $4,538,800 00
Fire Buildings
293,200 00
220,000 00
513,200 00
Libraries
228,200 00
111,000 00
339,200 00
Miscellaneous Buildings
957,500 00
316,500 00
1,274,000 00
Parks and Playgrounds
1,460,700 00
5,500 00
1,466,200 00
Miscellaneous Land
9,700 00
9,700 00
Total
$7,195,800 00
$945,300 00 $8,141,100 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS
SOMERVILLE RETIREMENT SYSTEM
BALANCE SHEET December 31, 1931
Assets
Cash in Banks $27,147 66
$27,147 66
Liabilities
Annuity Savings Fund (This account repre- sents members' contributions with part interest)
$11,936 60
Annuity Reserve Fund (This account repre- sents value of pensioners' annuities trans- ferred from Annuity Savings Fund)
148 31
Pension Accumulation Fund (All city appro- priations with interest on bank deposits included in this account) 14,024 41
Expense Fund (Balance of city appropriations for expenses of Retirement System) 1,038 34
$27,147 66
SOMERVILLE RETIREMENT SYSTEM
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR YEAR 1931
Receipts
Annuity Savings Fund:
Members' Contributions
$12,127 04
Interest on Deposits 159 03
Pension Accumulation Fund :
Contribution of City
17,172 00
Expense Fund :
Appropriation of City for
Payment of System
2,828 00
$32,286 07
Expenditures
Pension Accumulation Fund : Payment to Retired Members
$3,197 27
Annuity Savings Fund:
Refund account resignation
91 44
Refund account death
40 44
Refund account errors
5 61
Annuity Reserve Fund:
Annuities Paid 13 99
109
CITY AUDITOR
Expense Fund:
Salary, Clerk
1,048 00
Printing, books, filing cabinets and office supplies
741 66
Cash on Hand:
Pension Accumulation Fund
11,936 60
Annuity Savings Fund
14,172 72
Expense Fund
1,038 34
$32,286 07
110
ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Somerville, Mass., March 7, 1932.
To the Honorable, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :
Gentlemen :
I herewith present the annual report of the City Treasurer and Collecter of Taxes for the year 1931.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH L. MURPHY,
City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.
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TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES
STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENSE
Excess and Deficiency Credit Balance, January 1, 1931
By adjustment credits
$256,836 47 934 46
To adjustment debits
136 66
Assessed in Taxes, 1931
3,986,570 79 883,548 09
Corporation Taxes
$154,259 35
Income Taxes
394,352 67
National Bank Tax
1,074 04
549,686 06
Tax Title Revenue
6,624 31
Accrued Interest
2,461 11
Premium on Bonds
21,760 25
$5,708,284 88
General Expenses
$4,098,083 58
Interest
172,258 16
Reduction Funded Debt
288,000 25
Metropolitan Water Assessment
249,830 42
4,808,172 41
State Tax
$129,600 00
State Assessments
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