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" Bugbee & Barrett, goods to A. J. Grover, 27 00
" John Larrabee, medicines to sundry poor, 8 05
" B. R. Upham, rent to and care of Mrs. E. C. Grover, 25 00
" H. Anderson, care of Mrs. E. C. Grover, 10 00
" Mary Haney, rent to Mrs. E. C. Grover, 12.00
" James Worthen, goods to Mrs. E. C. Grover, 20.94
Amount carried forward,
$2,253 69
36
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward, $2,253 69 Paid Stephen Hyde, sawing wood for Mrs. E. C. Grover, 2 00
" Dr. Parker, attendance upon Mrs. E. C. Grover, (1871-72,) 20 00
" John Warren, rent to Mrs. E. C. Grover, 8 33
2,284 02
To credit of fund,
1,051 18
$3,335 20
Appropriation,
3.000 00
Received from City of Lowell,
77 65
66 66 Boston,
79 50
66
Town of Malden,
32 05
66
66 State on Poor Acct.,
146 00
$3,335 20
CONTINGENT.
Small Pox Bills.
Paid Bugbee & Barrett, goods to Aiken family, $20.55
" S. E. Benson, coal and wood to Aiken and Johnson,
6.05
9.28
" Bugbee & Barrett, goods to Albertson
136.11
" Jos. Holbrook, attendance on families,
14.20
" J. Larrabee, medicines and disinfectants,
11.29
" Bugbee & Barrett, goods to Ford,
" Dr. Smith, attending Stewart Munroe and chemicals used,
66.00
Amount carried forward,
$263 48
37
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward. $263 48
Paid Miss Goss, nursing Stewart Munroe, 30 00
" Philip Granery, " 40 00
" Stevens & Atwood, bedding, &c., Stewart Munroe, 14 90
" William Clark, burying 10 00
" A. B. Pierce, services for 5 10
" J. Larrabee, chemicals for disinfectants and medicine to Stewart Munroe, 12 30
" L. F. Hinckley, goods to Mrs. Fuller, 5 00
" Stevens & Atwood, supplies to Mrs. Fuller, 16 67
" Moses Parker, attending 66 66 18 00
" A. T. Abbott, board and care of M. F. Dav- enport, 90 87
" Moses Parker, attending M. F. Davenport, 18 00
$524 32
Part of the above amount has been refunded by the City of Lowell for the Aiken Family. Bills have been presented to the State for the remainder.
Paid S. A. Boardman, rent of Unity Hall, 1 yr. $300 00
66 gas bill (1872), 7 50
" M. & M. Gas Co. 7 20
" Little, Brown & Co., books,
9 50
" Love & Stevens, putting up railing,
6 15
" Melrose Sign Co., Frank Stevens, agent, 145 70
" G. F. Boardman, rent Concert Hall, 1871-72, 75 00
" Ellis & Co., expressing and labor, 3 75
" J. C. Howes, repairing stove and street lan- terns, 5 00
" A. W. Haskell, printing tax bills, warrants and posters, 36 00 95 85
" Babb & Stephens, printing Report, 1872,
66 66 66 voting lists, &c. 30 25
Amount carried forward, $721 90
5
38
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward,
$721 90
Paid W. & E. Howe, printing highway pay rolls, 14 00
" T. W. Ripley, notices, 5 00
" L. B. Wilder, . . orders,
6 00
" A. B. Pierce, ringing bell, July 4th,
1 50
" O. K. Stebbins, 66 " " & Feb. 23,
4 00
" A. B. Pierce, distributing warrants, &c. 50 40
" S. S. Sharples, analysis Crystal Lake, 30 00
" Third Light Battery (firing salute July 4th),
" G. W. Robinson & Co., padlocks for lock-up, 5 00
" Moses Briggs, cash paid for Police badges, 7 50
" J. P. Deering & Co., lumber, 3 80
" Thomas Mahan, moving fence, (1872), 10 00
" J. R. Norton, services as auditor, 1871 & 1872, 30 00
" E. H. Goss, 66 1872, 15 00
" J. Larrabee, stationery and postage, 6 70
" Cooke, Smith & Co., rubber stamp, 2 50
" W. J. Farnsworth, services as Committee on Common, 20 00
" J. L. Fairbanks & Co., Poor Register, 3 50
" G. E. Thomas, cutting letters on boundary stones, 5 00
" G. Van Buskirk, moving lamp post, 2 00
" T. McCoubry, repairing street lanterns, 2 50
" F. T. & C. E. Palmer, setting glass in street lanterns, 25 00
" G. A. Faxon, setting glass in street lanterns. 14 75
" Nathaniel Howard, returning 37 deaths, 9 25
" John Larrabee, recording, indexing, and re- turning 29 marriages,
4 35
" John Larrabee, recording, indexing, and re- turning 46 deaths, 16 10
" John Larrabee, collecting, recording, index- ing, and returning 84 births, 42 00
" G. G. Nichols, making sidewalk in 1872, 15 00
Amount carried forward, $375 85
25 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward, $375 85
Paid James Marshall, work on Trenton Street, 5 00
66 66 " Wyoming Avenue, 75 30
" Edmands & Co., drain pipe for "
94 24
" G. Van Buskirk, work on Tremont Street,
7 00
" Ellis & Co., clearing snow,
24 00
" H. O. Trafton, land damages,
50 00
" S. E. Benson, coal,
5 50
$1,883 11
POLICE.
Paid Moses Briggs, services as Chief, · $14 10
" A. B. Pierce, 66
9 15
" J. B. Scammon, services July 3d and 4th, 6 00
" N. Howard, services, 3 90
·' H. C. Richardson, services at Swain's Pond, 16 00
" Addison Lane, services, 6 00
" Henry B. Newhall, services, 186 90
" George W. Poole, July 4th, 1873, 5 00
$247 05
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid S. F. Keyes. services as Selectman, $150 00
" C. T. Stevens, “ 66
66 150 00
" Elbridge Green, " " Assessor, 150 00
" Aaron Green, 66 66 66
150 00
" G. W. Farnsworth,. 1 66 66
150 00
" John Larrabee, services as Town Clerk, 200 00
" David Fairbanks, " " Treasurer, & %, 267 10
$1,217 10
40
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
TOWN'S APPROPRIATIONS
FOR GENERAL CONTINGENTS.
For incidentals, $1000 00
" Town Clerk, 200 00
" Selectmen and Overseers of Poor, 450 00
" Assessors, 450 00
" Auditors,
25 00
" Police,
200 00
Balance from last year,
420 11
$2,745 11
Received for two billiard saloon licenses,
40 00
· " auctioneers' 4 00
" grass on Common,
15 00
from Wakefield, for lettering boundary posts, 2 50
$2,806 61
AMOUNT EXPENDED.
Incidentals,
Town Officers,
$1883 11 1,217 10 247 05.
Police,
Deficiency, 540 65
$3,347 26
3,347 26
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
NEW TOWN HALL.
DR.
April 1, 1873, To paid coupons on $26,000 00 " Bonds," $910 00
Oct. 1, " To paid coupons on $63,000 00 " Bonds,"' 2,205 00
To paid, by orders from Committee, to contract- ors,
30,575 62
66
66 by orders from Committee, sundry bills, 4,411 47
66 " Jos. Holbrook, by order of Committee, 190 00
John Stevens, by order of Committee, 1,250 00
$39,542 09
Balance in treasury,
5,849 26
$45,391 35
CR.
March 1, 1873, Balance in treasury,
$5,465 44
By received for sale of thirty-seven Town Hall Bonds of $1,000 each, with coupons at- tached, bearing seven per cent. interest, 20 years, payable semi-annually, April 1 and October 1,
.
3,700 00
By received for sale of four Town Hall Bonds of $500 each, with coupons attached, bear- ing interest as above, 2,000 00
By received accrued interest at time of sale, . 645 91
premium on Bonds, 100 00
66 for nine months' rent Newhall's chambers, 180 00
$45,391 35
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
MELROSE WATER FUND.
1873. DR. April 1, To paid interest coupons on $20,000 " Bonds," $600 00 July 1, To paid interest coupons on $100,000 " Bonds," 3,000 00 Oct. 1, To paid interest coupons on $26,000 " Bonds," 780 00
1874.
Jan. 1, To paid interest coupons on $100,000 " Bonds," 3,000 00
To paid orders on Water Fund, 10,225 37
$17,605 37
CR.
Town's appropriation for contingents, $1,600 00
" use of water, 1,000 00
1873.
May 22, By received for six Bonds, $1,000 each, 5,400 00
Dec. 8, 66 66 " one $1,000 (at par) 1,000 00 66 66 " accrued interest, 60 17
1874.
Mar. 1, « 66 cash on account, at various
times, 7,152 00
$16,212 17
Due the Town,
1,393 20
$17,605 37
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
HIGHWAY.
Paid J. E. Westgate, gravel and labor, 1871 and 1872, $127 50
" Ellis & Co., breaking out roads, 88 00
" H. C. Richardson, labor, 66 00
" J. H. Ward, gravel (1872), 9 10
" E. Fuller, of Malden, labor and gravel (1872), 22 30
" H. C. Richardson, Highway Surveyor, for gravel and cash paid for labor, as per vouchers, 4,193 66
" Ellis & Co., for stone, 36 00
' A. W. Lynde, labor, 20 00
" Town of Malden, use of derrick,
14 00
" Thos. McCoubry, sharpening tools, 85 89
" H. A. Norris, gravel, 3 50
" G. W. Farnsworth, gravel, 41 60
" Mrs. Wm. Lynde, gravel,
5 40
" James Hodges, gravel,
4 00
" W. A. Lent, gravel,
19 10
" Joseph Lynde, gravel,
4 00
" H. A. Leonard, gravel,
16 60
" D. L. Taylor, gravel,
74 30
" A. U. Daily, sundries,
3 50
" J. P. Deering & Co., lumber,
74 99
" S. E Benson, cement,
8 50
" Francis Hemmenway, covering stones,
10 00
" G. G. Nichols, gravel,
3 30
" R. F. Clayton, breaking out roads,
6 00
$4,937 24
52 76
" H. C. Richardson, on account,
$4,990 00
Appropriation, $5,000.
Balance to credit of fund,
10 00
$5,000 00
44
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Bills have been presented by the Highway Surveyor amounting to $459 36. On these he has been paid $52 76, as seen above. There is now due him $406 60.
DRAINAGE.
Appropriation, $100 00
Paid James Marshall, work under bridge at Wyoming, 37 00
Balance, $63 00
NEW STREETS.
Balance remaining from last year's appropriation, 1873.
May 28, Amount paid Ellis & Co., balance due on contract made for the grading and building of Herbert, Prospect, Cleve- land, Tappan, Sanford, Park, and Florence Streets, 800 00
$825 00
$25 00
LIGHT BATTERY.
Paid A. V. Lynde, rent of Armory one year, $200 00
45
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
MALDEN BRIDGE.
Paid Commissioners' assessment, $400 00
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Town's appropriation, $400 00
Balance from last year, 150 00
$550 00
Paid E. H. Goss, Treasurer of Trustees, $550 00
The Dog Tax has not, as yet, been received.
-
STATE AID.
Samuel Sprague,
$120 00
Sara E. Stilphen,
96 00
C. H. Isburgh, guardian H. E. Morse,
48 00
William Story,
120 00
Sarah Barrett,
48 00
Mary F. Howard,
48 00
Joseph S. Eastman,
72 00
Jennie T. Upham, guardian F. E. Jackson,
56 00
Helen E. Poole,
68 00
H. W. Cushman (overpaid in '72), balance due,
75
T. P. Nelson, guardian W. L. and A. I. Champney,
48 00
$796 75
DECORATION AND CARE OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
Paid Post 4, Grand Army of the Republic, Appropriation, $200 00
$200 00
Balance from last year, 12 96
$212 96
Amount in treasury to credit of fund, $12.96
6
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
TOWN'S NOTES.
June 2, 1873, Paid Henry Bancroft, of April 29, 1861, $1,000 00
.. .. 66 Paid Henry Bancroft, of July 26, 1861, 1,000 00
.. .. 66 Paid Henry Bancroft, of June 1, 1864, 4,000 00
.. . 6 Paid Henry Bancroft, of Dec. 1, 1864, 1,200 00
Oct. 15, " Paid State Treasurer, of Oct. 15, 1868, 5,000 00
$12,200 00
INTEREST.
Paid State Treasurer, 1,200 00
" Seaman's Savings Bank, 700 00
" Henry Bancroft,
224 84
" R. G. Shedd, trustee,
1,750 00
Paid M. A. Simonds,
60 00
" Executor of H. Temple,
300 00
66
120 00
" Mary Dix,
199 30
" Lowell Institution for Savings,
1,200 00
" Dexter Pratt, trustee,
84 00
" Eri Upham, 30 00
$5,868 14
Town's appropriation, $8,200 00
Oct. 15, Received discount for
prepayment of State Tax, 30 88
To credit of fund, 2,362 74
$8,230 88
$8,230 88
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECAPITULATION.
EXPENDITURES.
Schools .
$13,706 03
School Contingents
1,951 81
Highways
4,990 00
Drainage
37 00
Support of the Poor
2,284 02
Fire Department
1,868 01
Street Lights
1,184 01
Decoration Day
200 00
Contingents
3,347 26
Interest .
5,868 14
Town Notes paid
12,200 00
Due from Water Works
1,393 20
Public Library
550 00
State Aid
796 75
Malden Bridge
400 00
State Tax
4,117 50
County Tax
2,345 72
Armory .
200 00
New Streets
800 00
Cemetery
293 75
ASSETS AVAILABLE.
Cash in the Treasury
$6,949 18
Uncollected Taxes (estimated)
11,000 00
Due from State on State Aid .
879 75
" for rent of Battery . 350 00
6 " County Treasurer (Dog Tax) . 324 87
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
DR.
DAVID FAIRBANKS, TREASURER,
Cash in Treasury, March 23d, 1874,
8,482.07 received from G. F. Boardman, Collector for 1871, 400.00
66
" 1872, 4,806.00
66 66 66 A. B. Pierce, 66 " 1873, 43,840.51
66 66 State Treasurer, on acc't State Aid, 990.00
Wyoming Cemetery, sale of lots, 779.00
66 for Town Hall Bonds and Interest, 39,925.91
66
60 " Billiard Saloon Licenses, 40.00
66 66
" Auctioneer's License, 2.00
66 66 from Wakefield, marking boundary stones, 2.50
66
on Poor Account, 167.15
66 Discount Prepayment State Tax, - 30.88 66
66 for Treasurer's Note, Temporary Loan,
2,400.00
66
of State Treasurer, on Corporation Tax, 1,151.06
66 66
" '71-'72 140.09 66 66
66
66
66 of Addison Lane, Sup't, for Water Rates, 2,823.00 66 for Water Bonds and Interest, - 6,460.17
$112,440.34
49
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF MELROSE. CR.
By paid State Treasurer's Note,
5,000.00 Ex. of Henry Bancroft's Estate, four Notes, 7,200.00
66
Orders on School Fund, -
School Contingent, -
1,529.18
66
Highway and Drainage, - 4,941.90
66
66 Street Lights and Lighting,
1,184.04
66
Cemetery, - 293,75 66
Fire Department, -
1,597.81
66
66
Town Hall,
31,427.09
66 66 66
66
Town Hall Coupons,
3,115.00
66 Poor Fund, - - - 1,707.95
. - 66 for General Contingents, - 2,679.16
Decoration Day, 200.00
66 Armory Rent, nine months, 150.00
Malden Bridge Commissioners assessm't 400.00 State Treasurer, State Tax, - 4,117.50
County Treasurer, County Tax, - 2,345.72 -
Interest, 5,268.14
66 Orders on account, Melrose Water Works, 8,263.23
66 Coupons and Interest, "Water Bonds," 7,380.00
66
Orders for Public Library, - 400.00
66
66 " new Streets, 800.00 66
to George Newhall, Treasurer pro tem. - 11,334.75
$112,440.34
We have examined in detail the accounts and vouchers of David Fairbanks, the late Town Treasurer, and find them cor- rect.
E. H. GOSS,
J. R. NORTON. - Auditors.
Melrose, March 24, 1874.
66 66 66 66 66
66
State Aid,
644.75
10,460.37 66
50
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
DR. GEORGE NEWHALL, TREASURER PRO TEM.
Received from David Fairbanks, Treasurer,
11,334.75
“ State, on School Fund,
215.27
66
" Poor Fund, 136.00
66
" " Corporation Tax,
562.14
66 66 Town of Malden, on account of Poor, 32.05
66
66 Helen E. Poole, on account of State Aid, 4.00
66
66 W. J. Farnsworth, for Grass sold from the Common. - 15.00
66
George Stockwell, Auctioneer's License, 2.00
66
66 A. B. Pierce, Collector, - 3,500.87
66
66 A. Lane, Sup't, on acc't of Water Fund, 4,329.00
$20,131.08
51
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF MELROSE. CR.
By paid orders on School Fund,
3,241.66
66
66 School Contingent,
426.63
66
Highway, -
85.10
66 66 66 Water Fund,
1,962.14
66
66 State Aid, -
152.00
66 66 Fire Department,
270.20
66 66 Contingent Fund,
668.10
66 66
66 Public Library, -
150.00
66
66 66 Poor Fund,
576.07
66 Town Hall Fund,
5,000.00
66
Interest,
600.00
66
order for Battery, (rent,)
50.00
$13,181.90
By Cash in the Treasury,
6,949.18
$20,131.08
We have examined the above account of Geo. Newhall, Town Treasurer pro tem, and find it correct and properly vouched.
E. H. GOSS, J. R. NORTON,
Auditors.
Melrose, March 24, 1874.
52
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT, MARCH 1ST, 1874.
Nature of Obligation.
Date.
When Due.
Rate of Interest.
Interest paid to
Amount.
Treasurer's Note,
-
-
-
June 12, 1858
On demand.
6 per ct.
June 12, 1873
500.00
Dec. 8,
1862
66
6
66
Dec. 8,
1873
5,000.00
July 2,
1864
6
Jan. 2,
1874
2,000.00
Feb. 13, 1865
6
66
March 7, 1874 20,000.00
66
-
-
July 11, 1868
September 7, 1885. July 11, 1873.
6
Jan. 11,
1874
1,000.00
66
-
-
Oct. 15, 1868
October 15, 1878.
6
Oct. 15,
1873
5,000.00
Oct. 15,
1868
October 18, 1883.
6
66
Oct. 15,
1873
5,000.00
Oct. 15,
1868
October 15, 1888.
6
66
Oct. 15,
1873
5,000.00
כי
-
-
June 1,
1870
June 1,
1870
December 1, 1880. December 1, 1880. On demand. 66
7
66
Oct. 26,
1873 10,000.00
66
66
66
May 13, 1872
6
66
Oct. 1,
1873
4,439.80
יי
66
66
66
June 2, 1873 60 days after demand, 7
66
Dec. 2,
1873
2,400.00
Total,
Water Fund Bonds, First Issue, due July 1st, 1890, 6 per cent. -
100,000.00
66
66 Second « Oct. 1st, 1892, 6 -
-
-
27,000.00
Town Hall Bonds, due October 1st, 1892, 7 per cent.
-
-
65,000.00
$277,439.80
-
5,849.26
-
3,635.00
-
-
-
-
-
66
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
Dec. 1,
1873 12,500.00
7
66
Dec. 1,
1873 12,500.00
66
Temporary Loans, April 26, 1872
85,439.80
-
.
Due to Town Hall Appropriation, - - - - Melrose Water Fund, (which the town cannot use,) - -
$286.924.06
6
Feb. 13, 1873
100.00
Sept. 7, 1865
-
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
In accordance with the provisions of an Act, approved April 2, 1870, your Commissioners respectfully submit this their Fourth Annual Report.
POND.
We are glad to report that the supply of water has been amply sufficient for the increased demand of the three towns. The pond remained at high-water mark until the last of May. On the 12th of July it was fourteen inches below, and con- tinued to fall two inches per week till Sept. 22, when it reached its lowest point, thirty inches below. After remain- ing stationary till Nov. 8, it began to gain, and run over the dam January 17.
CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES.
It was hoped, at the date of our last report, that the claims for damages to water rights would all have been adjusted during the then coming year, but no final settle- ment has been reached.
The suits of Henry Barrett et als., and of Geo. W. Phil- lips, administrator of the estate of David Dyer, have been tried before the sheriff's jury ; and in the former case a ver- dict of $11,500, with interest, was returned, and in the latter case $50,397.78, interest included. Exceptions have been filed by the Defendant Towns, and both suits are now pend- ing in the Supreme Judicial Court -on the exceptions.
The claim of the Haywardville Rubber Co., and that of the owners of the mill powers above, are yet to be passed upon by the jury.
We here insert the Report of the Treasurer for the Boards of the three towns, Malden, Melrose and Medford, showing the expense incurred in defending the above suits.
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
J. D. Wilde, Treasurer of Malden, Melrose, and Medford Water Boards, in Acc. with Towns of Malden, Melrose, and Medford.
1872.
DR.
May 20, Town of Melrose,
$200 00
1873.
June 20, 66
66
200 00
July 14,
66 66
200 00
Oct. 25,
66
66
200 00
Nov. 25,
66
1,200 00
1872.
66
Malden,
200 00
June 12,
66
66
200 60
July 12,
66
66
400 00
Oct. 25,
66
66
200 00
Nov. 21,
66
66
1,200 00
$2,200 00
1872.
July 19,
66
Medford,
200 00
1873.
July 7,
66
66
600 00
1874.
Jan. 22,
66
.
1,400 00
$2,200 00
$6,400 00
Examined and Approved:
L. L. FULLER.
$2,000 00
May 28, 1873.
.
55
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
1872.
May 28, H. W. Paine, $200 00
66
E. R. Hoar, 200 00
July 19, E. R. Hoar, 100 00
1873.
Jan. 14, J. R. Nichols & Co., 30 00
July 12, Phineas Sprague,
187 70
July 18, D. W. Gooch, 300 00
B. F. Hayes, . 300 00
66
E. R. Hoar, 300 00
Hiram F. Mills, of Lawrence, 175 00
66
Jas. B. Francis, of Lowell, . 204 50
66
G. H. Bishop, of Middletown, . 165 00
Sept. 10, Wilson Quint,
15 00
66
29, Telegram to G. H. Bishop,
46
Oct. 10, 66 40
25, Jackson & Clark, 66 00
25, J. B. Smith, 121 00
30, Geo. H. Bishop, 225 00
Nov. 8, J. L. Crombie, 3 00
" 24,
D. W. Gooch,
800 00
" 25,
Philander Ames,
11 25
25,
E. R. Hoar,
1,200 00
26,
E. Buckman, .
6 00
D. Buckman, .
40 00
66
66
Silas Dean,
4 25
66
66
W. W. Pratt,
9 00
Dec. 8,
Phineas Sprague,
201 75
Dec. 8,
D. F. Jackson & Clark,
28 00
1874.
Jan. 22,
B. F. Hayes, . 550 00
66
J. M. W. Yerrington, . 229 00
66
James B. Francis, 200 00
66
E. O. Holmes, 45 00
66
66 45 00
Record book, stationary and stamps, 1 25
$5,963 56
Balance on hand,
436 44
$6,400 00
Respectfully submitted,
JOS. D. WILDE, TREASURER, M., M. & M. Water Board.
Jan. 29, 1874.
CR.
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
WATER TAKERS.
Whole number of Water takers, per Register,
As follows :
637
Boarding-houses,
3
Stores and shops,
12
Truck and cart stables,
6
Livery and boarding stables,
3
Private stables,
29
Greenhouses,
5
Manufactories,
6
Halls,
5
Churches,
4
Ornamental fountains,
13
Public ornamental fountains,
2
66 drinking
5
Hand hose,
208
School-houses,
7
Engine-houses,
2
Hydrants,
71
Whole number of Water takers for 1872, was 599
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT.
Net cost of constructing Water Works, without
interest, to Jan. 1, 1873, per, last report, $120,176 11
Expenditures this year, as follows :
Dalton & Ingersolls, per bills, $282 47
Thos. Cunningham, bills for pipe,
208 74
Thos. McCoubry, 61 00
Salem Foundry and Machine Shop, 18 27
Patrick Drew,
3 00
S. E. Benson, cement,
47 35
T. P. Barnes, 5 00
Amount carried forward, $625 83
$120,176 11
671
Dwelling-houses,
57
.REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Amount brought forward,
$625 83 $120,176 11
Joel Atwood,
17 62
J. C. Reid, 26 75
Bugbee & Barrett, 6 85
D. R. Woodward,
3 00
Labor, trenching for street pipes, 763 50 66 " service " 332 50
Half am't p'd for horse hire and teaming, 60 25
Half salary of Superintendent,
500 00
Half W. P. Sargent's bill, water comm'r, 50 00
Half W. J. Ellis'
50 00
Half J. D. Wilde's . 6
50 00
Geo. H. Norman's bill for work and
materials, this year, $4,866 95
Allowed for work done,
trenching and repairs, 1,178 35
Net am't of Norman's bill,
$3,688 60
6,174 90
Cost of Water Works to Jan. 1, 1874, $126,351 01 For which the Water Commissioners have issued Water-Fund Bonds, dated July, 1870, twenty years, with interest, at 6 per cent., payable in January and July, which were taken by Geo. H. Norman, at par, $100,000 00 Also, second issue of Water-Fund Bonds, twenty years, dated Oct. 1, 1872, with 6 per cent. interest, payable in October and April, - $20,000 sold for 90 per cent., 18,000 00
Also, sold of second issue of Water-Fund Bonds, $6,000, interest payable in October and April, sold at 90 per cent., Also, sold $1,000 Bond, at par,
5,400 00
1,000 00
$124,400 00
Amount to balance account,
1,951 01
$126,351 01
58
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
EXPENSE ACCOUNT FOR 1873.
Dalton & Ingersoll's bills, materials, $119 06
Thos. Cunningham, pipe, &c., 255 63
Babb & Stephens, printing, 64 27
J. C. Howes, plumbing, 474 21
Thos. McCoubry,
22 12
Salem Foundry and Machine Shop,
10 00
J. H. Ward, 4 25
Ellis & Co.,
41 67
Doane & Greenough,
10 00
Boston & Maine Railroad,
1 80
D. H. Walker,
6 80
W. Littlefield,
25 00
Stephen Nichols, '
10 00
T. R. Spear,
17 25
W. F. Beadle,
2 50
E. E. Perkins,
3 00
O. Emerson,
3 50
E. Pearl,
2 50
Gray & Metcalf,
1 50
H. C. Richardson,
54 35
Asa Church,
1 75
A. W. Lynde,
5 00
Levi Martin,
5 00
Pliny Edson,
6 71
L. B. Wilder,
7 00
M. C. Warren,
2 69
J. Worthen & Co.,
26 24
Labor, trenching for service pipe,
332 50
Addison Lane,
21 25
P. G. O'Neil,
75
George Walton,
1 92
One-half horse-hire and teaming,
60 25°
One-half salary of Superintendent,
500 00
Amount carried forward,
$2,100 47
59
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Amount brought forward, $2,100 47
Half W. P. Sargent's bill (Water Commissioner), 50 00 Half W. I. Ellis' 50 00
Half J. D. Wilde's
66 66 50 00
$2,250 47
Rec'd of water takers for service pipe, $1,734 90
66 Malden for care gate-house, 100 00
1,834 90
$415 57
Stock and tools on hand, $650 00.
INCOME FROM WATER WORKS FOR 1873.
Received on water rates for 1873, $6,102 18
66 66 " 1872. 33 00
66 " Town appropriation (water), 1,000 00
66
(contingents), 1,600 00
66 for accrued interest, 60 17
$8,795 35
1873.
April 1, Coupons on $20,000 Bonds, $600 00
July 1, - " 100,000
3,000 00
Oct. 1, " 26,000 66 780 00
1874.
Jan. 1, " 100,000 66 3,000 00
7,380 00
$1,415 35
ESTIMATED INCOME FOR 1874.
From water rates, $6,781 21
Your Commissioners would recommend the following ap- propriations for the year 1874: -
For Hydrants, School-houses, Town Hall, En- gine-house, &c., $1,500 00
" Balance of interest on Water Bonds, 800 00
" Contingent, 1,500 00
$3,800 00
60
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
TOTAL AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF DISTRIBUTION PIPES TO THE PRESENT TIME.
Feet of Pipe.
Gates.
Streets.
6-inch.
4-inch.
2-inch.
Hydrants.
6-in.
4-in.
First .
Main .
3,784
Green,
2,700
Franklin
3,1552
Vinton
3,133₺
426
1
1
1
Trenton
1,233
1,3311
f
2
2
Melrose .
1,960}
1
Ashland
1,467₺
1
Tremont
2,433
2
Greenwood
.
324
Perkins .
236
Baxter
484
1
1
Florence
1,3352
Maple and Poplar
2,265₺
·
4
4
Youle
9983
780
Oakland
1,161
1
1
Linden Place
Cedar Park
8983.
457
Cottage .
1,142
193
2
2
Hurd
768
Berwick
1,226₺
Herbert .
220
1583
West Grove
2873
Waverley Place
690층
1
1
Foster
·
Myrtle and Lake Ave.
3,170
Winthrop
6953
Vine .
691
Essex
1,437
.
Willow .
663
Short and Main
470%
Reading Hill .
237
Porter
2,514}
2
1
School
495
.
6
2
3
1
.
4
1
2
1
Emerson
3,971
1
1
Otis
286
2
·
1
2
1
1,470}
1
3
4
.
2
2
1
2
Laurel
288
61
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
TOTAL AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF DISTRIBUTION PIPES TO THE PRESENT TIME .- ( Continued.)
Feet of Pipe.
Gates.
Streets.
6-inch.
4-inch.
2-inch.
Hydrants.
6-in.
4-in.
Upham .
Stevens Place .
216
.
2
Grove
1,366
1
Walnut
187
Lynde and Linwood
2,960
3
Summer
701
2
East Wyoming Ave.
1,076
West
66
Chestnut
572
Mt. Vernon
394
1
1
Winthrop and High
520
Belmont
376
1
High .
376
1
Prospect
1,026
1
1
Essex and L Avenue
1,082
2
Avon
422
1
Elm
657
1
1
Upham and Dell .
3,488
3
2
East
534
1
Washington
760
2
.
1
Emerson Place
251
1
Seventh .
175
1
Wastes 27 × 24
51
80 Plugs
80
East Grove Street
1,865
16
2
1
1
Totals .
16,085
57,934
5,169
71
9
54
.
1
1
3
Auburn .
372
1
Howard .
272
Irving
387
2
2
3,223
Lebanon
2,750
1
Emerson St.
214
8
62
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
WATER RATES.
Dwelling Houses.
Per Year.
Occupied by one family, for the first faucet .
$6 00
For each additional faucet to be used for the same family 2 00
When a house is occupied by more than one family and less than four, one faucet only being used by all, for each family 5 00
When a house is occupied by four or more families and but one faucet is used for all, for each family · Where a house is occupied by more than one family, the highest rates will be charged for each family having water carried into their part of the house.
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