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Members for services to Feb. 1. 1875, $463 74
Joseph Baker, steward, three months, 10 00
C. W. Burnham, “ nine 30 00
J. R. Norton, cash paid repairing box,
6 25
M. &. M. Gas Co., 2 25
J. Larrabee, sponge, 1 25
F. C. Anthes & Co., plating, 9 00
M. C. Warren & Co., duster,
4 50
F. Curtis, guy poles,
7 82
E. C. Dutton, 2 30
D. H. Walker, ladders and repairs, 22 75
F. A. Robinson, concrete,
50 00
T. S. Clogston, radiator,
50 00
F. T. & C. E. Palmer, painting,
50 07
J. P. Deering & Co., lumber,
134 91
T. B. Stantial, carpenter work,
92 50
S. Ellison, plastering, 19 00
P. E. Burnham, lathing,
8 70
Bugbee & Barrett, nails, etc.,
13 97
Daily & Harrigan, gas piping,
30 26
Amount carried forward, $1,009 27
24
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward, $1009 27
M. C. Warren & Co., hardware, 27 14
J. C. Howes, pipe, etc., 22 46
Hamblen & Matthews, sink, 2 00
Lawrence, Wilde & Hull, furniture, 50 50
Hardy & Co., doors, 4 25
Chandler & Co., moulding and badge,
5 59
T. F. Hanly, weather strips, 1 18
Thomas McCoubrey, fire hook, etc., 11 92
1,134 31
Russell Hose Co., No. 1.
Members for services to Feb. 1, 1875, 281 25
W. T. Howard, steward one year, 40 00
W. T. Howard, extra work, 75
J. R. Norton, cash paid for straps, 2 50
Franklin Curtis, hooks and thimbles,
2 30
E. C. Dutton, hose strap, 1 50
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries,
6 14
M. & M. Gas Co.,
21 15
S. E. Benson, coal, 21 20
T. McCoubrey, iron work,
8 58
J. P. Deering & Co., lumber, 31 04
Hardy & Co., doors, 61 25
P. E. Burnham, lathing, 6 00
S. Ellison, plastering,
47 50
T. B. Stantial, labor, 43 75
S. Valler, labor, 8 25
F. T. & C. E. Palmer, painting, 16 87
Daily & Harrigan, gas piping, 3 50
R. M. Rand, paper hanging, 2 00
William Keith, curtains and paper,
8 40
Murphy, Leavens & Co, duster, 4 00
A. W. Lynde, gravel, 6 00
$623 93
25
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Wyoming Hose Co., No. 2.
Members for services to Feb. 1, 1875, $276 25
Frank Gibbons, steward, one year, 40 00
Waverly Masonic Association, rent, fif- teen months, 187 50
S. E. Benson, coal and wood, 21 30
M. & M. Gas Co.,
13 05
Goodyear Rubber Co., coats,
11 00
J. C. Howes, pipe, etc.,
5 25
F. Curtis, hooks and thimbles, 2 30
Bugbee and Barrett, oil, etc., 1 20
T. McCoubrey, iron work, 75
J. R. Norton, record book and sponges, 7 50
566 10
Highland Hose Co., No. 3.
Members for services to Feb. 1, 1875, 281 25
Webster Brown, steward, three months, 10 00
J. M. Crowell, steward, nine months, 30 00
J. R. Norton, badge and hook,
2 00
E. L. & F. S. Rollins, shades,
5 75
W. T. Howard, oiling hose,
4 00
F. Curtis, hooks and thimbles,
2 30
A. French & Co., lamps,
11 50
F. E. Stuart, settees,
20 00
Thomas Gaffney & Co., scorcher,
13 75
S. E. Benson, coal,
18 00
J. Singer, oil, etc.,
3 12
William Keith, curtains,
8 00
J. C. Howes, stove pipe, etc.,
20 09
J. P. Deering & Co., lumber,
14 28
Water Commissioners, service pipe,
44 56
J. M. Crowell, painting,
26,30
$514 90
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECAPITULATION.
Hook and Ladder Co.,
$1,134 31
Russell Hose Co.,
623 93
Wyoming
566 10
Highland
514 90
Engineers and others,
374 80
$3,214 04
Balance unexpended last year,
131 99
Appropriation,
3,000 00
additional,
150 00
To credit of fund,
67 95
$3,281 99
$3,281 99
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
Appropriation,
$1,500 00
Received for auctioneer's license, H. C. Richardson, 2 00
J. R. Jones, 2 00
66 66
A. Durant, 2 00
66
G. Stockwell, 2 00
old pump at the Highlands, 1 00
66 for rent of Newhall House, 230 00
$1,739 00
Expended .- Contingent.
A. H. Briggs, trial justice costs and expenses of fire inquest, (J. E. Westgate's stable,) $100 05
A. H. Briggs, services, case of Commonwealth vs. Lyons, 45.00
Amount carried forward, $145 05
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward, $145 05
S. A. Boardman, rent of Unity hall, six months, 150 00
S. A. Boardman, gas, and use of hall Decoration Day, 30 00
C. K. Darling, ledger, 3 50
Ellis Bros., moving safe and furniture.
15 00
John Larrabee, collecting, recording, and index- ing 102 births, 51 00
Do., recording and indexing 33 marriages,
Do., 79 deaths, 4 95
9 90
Nathaniel Howard, returning 60 deaths,
15 00
Eliza Green, Stoneham, for injuries received on Porter street, 150 00
S. F. Keyes, services, case of Green vs. Town, 35 00
Moses Parker, medical attendance and advice, case of Green vs. Town,
25 00
Richmond Barss, medical attendance and advice, case of Green vs. Town, 20 00
Nelson Cochrane, surveying streets,
9 00
Nelson Cochrane, gravel furnished in 1872,
20 00
Board of Assessors, clerical assistance, and mak- ing returns to the State, 125 00
W. W. Boardman, carriage hire for the Assessors, 9 00
G. W. Bartlett, 66 66 66
18 00
J. L. Fairbanks, book for Assessors,
3 00
E. B. Smith, services, case of Commonwealth vs. Hirsch, 5 00
M. F. Eastman, expressing, 10 20
E. A. Robinson, expressing,
6 00
D. H. Walker, repairing hearse,
27 25
E. H. Goss, services as Auditor, 1874,
12 50
J. R. Norton, " 12 50 66
J. A. Lambert, moving weights and measures, 3 00
Amount carried forward, $914 85
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward,
$914 85 Battery " C," M. V. M., firing salute July 4th, 30 00 W. T. Howard, ringing bell, July 4th, 2 00
A. Durant 66 66 2 00
H. G. Fields, 66 66 2 00
O. K. Stebbins, 66 66 (2 bills,)
66 3 50
David Fairbanks, cash paid for sundries, 13 50
P. G. O'Neil, charcoal, 50
Doane & Greenough, stationery, 10 38
A. W. Haskell, printing, 9 50
82 25
Babb & Stephens, printing,
S. F. Keyes, examining title of land for hose house,
25 75
Do., examining records, making copies, etc., as to the location of ditch from Essex St. to Dix Pond, 75 00
Do., examining records, copies, deeds, etc., 16 95
Town of Everett, assessment for services of I. S. Morse before the Legislature, on Malden Bridge, 12 50 M. &. M. Gas Co., 6 30
F. T. & C. E. Palmer, repairing street lanterns, 118 67
H. C. Richardson, conveying prisoners, etc., 24 00
A. B. Pierce, distributing warrants, notices, etc., 55 00
J. C. Howes, repairing lanterns and water pipes, 19 02
G. W. Randall, stone for culvert, Essex St., 3 00 Labor on culvert as per vouchers, 44 50
Geo. P. Fuller, building culvert and material fur- nished, 43 96
J. Marshall, labor on fence, Main Street, 7 50
H. C. Gray, advertising, 1 00
J. P. Deering, lumber, 7 68
S. E. Benson, coal, 8 25
$1,539 56
Balance unexpended,
199 44
$1,739 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Town of Woburn, support of L. W. Harris and family, $271 33
" Malden, " Frank Tainter, 222 75
City of Boston, 66 " Harriet P. Krantz, 160 21
66 66 66 " Maria E. Waitt (re- funded) 165 44
66 aid to W. A. Johnson & A. B. Howard, 37 56 M. S. Shedd, support of Charles Howard, 9 mos., 135 00
Hill Bros., supplies to 66 £ 6 4 92 21
Bugbee & Barrett, supplies to Mrs. L. G. Davis and Mrs. Barter 185 80
Bugbee & Barrett, supplies to Mrs. Aiken, 54 00
וי 66 " sundry poor, 59 44
Simeon Locke, rent for Mrs. Adams,
104 20
John S. Page, board of Lucy Barron,
108 00
Worcester Lunatic Hosp., board of Mrs. Thomas, (refunded) 183 11
J. W. Simonds, board of Abigail Conner, 160 00
H. P. Hollis, allowance,-cash 132 00
City of Cambridge, aid to F. W. Loan,
25 00
St. Vincent's Asylum, board Katie Lyman,
54 00
Mary Henney, rent for Mrs. E. C. Grover, 23 00 .
Eliza McAlmond, board of « .. .. 66
54 00
Dr. Parker, med. attend. on " " " 14 00 66
Abby Barter, board of .. .. ..
17 14
Mrs. E. C. Grover, allowance, cash, 24 00
Horace B. Runey, burial William Stinson, 24 00
A. B. Pierce, services, removing body of William Stinson, 5 00
Nathaniel Howard, burial Joshua and Chauncy Follansbee, 45 00
Hiram Parker, burial Hollis' child, in 1873, 6 00
Geo. Newhall & Co., shoes to Howard and Conner, 5 25
Amount carried forward. $2,367 44
4
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward, $2,367 44
J. B. Souther, for bedstead, 4 50
F. Hamilton, board of pauper, 3 00
HI. G. Fields, expenses, 7 91
Geo. Lynde, coal and wood, sundry poor, 81 39
S. E. Benson, "
66 23 70
James Worthen & Co., supplies to sundry poor, 45 00
L. F. Hinckley, 39 06
J. Larrabee, medicine, sundry poor, 6 00
James Killion, sawing wood, 2 38
Sabina Mahan, lodging 53 tramps,
53 00
Dennis and Bridget Kelly, lodging 63 tramps, 63 00
George G. Lunt, meals to tramps, 35 25
S. F. Barrett, tickets to tramps, 5, 10
$2,736 73
Appropriation, 1,000 00
Balance unexpended last year,
1,051 18
Received from James Worthen, guardian M. E. Waitt, . 165 44
Received from J. & G. A. Thomas,
183,11
.6
Town of Malden,
134 60
66
City of Lowell, 45 00
66
66 State Treasurer, 106 20
2,685 53
Expenditures exceed appropriation and receipts, 51 20
$2,736 73
Paid bills of last year, as follows :
Bugbee & Barrett, goods to Davis and Aiken, $18 00
Dennis Kelly, lodging 20 tramps,
20 00
Simeon Locke, rent, 10 42
Amount carried forward, $48 42
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward, $48 42
H. B. Newhall, care of tramps, 9 50
W. J. Farnsworth, tickets to tramps,
60
George Newhall, boots,
1 75
H. P. Hollis, aid, 12 00
72 27
Including bills of 1873 and 1874,
$2,809 00
Expenditures exceed appropriation and receipts, as shown, $123 47
Receipts, 2,685 53
2,809 00·
Bills are due this department as follows :
From State, 86 89
City of Boston, 18 00
Town of Norfolk, 20 35
125 24
NEW TOWN HALL.
Balance unexpended to credit of fund, $5,849 26 Town's appropriation to replace
amount paid for Newhall lot and building, 6,000 00
Amounts refunded to this account, which was paid for interest, in 1873, 1,898 52
$13,747 78
Paid on committee's orders to con- tractors and others, $12,162 59
To credit of fund, 1,585 19
$13,747 78
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
ARMORY.
DR.
Paid rent for Battery "C," M. V. M. :
" P. R. Ellis, 62 50
" A. V. Lynde, 100 00
" H. A. Leonard, 300 00
$462 50
CR.
By received one year's rent, from Jan. 1, 1874, to Jan. 1, 1875, 437 50
CENTRE SCHOOL HOUSE.
Appropriation,
$10,000 00
Paid by orders from Committee to con- tractors and others, 9,691 12 1
Balance unexpended, 308 88
10,000 00
MELROSE WATER FUND.
DR.
Due the Town from last year,
$1,393 20
1874.
May 1, To paid int. coupons on $6,000 Bonds, 180 00
June 3, To paid int. coupons on $20,000 Bonds, 600 00
June 30, To paid int. coupons on $1,000 Bonds, 30 00
Amount carried forward, $2,203 20
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward,
$2,203 20
July 29, To paid int. coupons on $100,000 Bonds, 3,000 00 Oct. 1, To paid int. coupons on $27,000 Bonds, 810 00
1875.
Jan. 1, To paid int. coupons on $100,000 Bonds, 3,000 00
To paid orders on Water Fund, 7,712 92
Paid Ann E. & Charles Copeland, land damage, 875 00
Paid J. D. Wilde, Treas. M. M. & M. Water Boards, amount ordered to settle claims, 23,104 58
23,979 58
$40,705 70
CR.
Town's appropriation for use of water, $1,500 00 1874.
Dec. 26. By received for twenty-three Bonds, $1,000 each, sold at 96, 22,080 00
314 00
Dec. 26. By received for accrued interest, By received cash on account at va- rious times, 9,696 23
Due the Town,
33,590 23
7,115 47
$40,705 70
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
INSURANCE.
Appropriation,
DR. 800 00
Received from Manufacturers Ins. Co., dividend,
221 82
" Dorchester Mutual, "
30 00
66
" Quincy 66 66
18 00
66
" Mechanics & Farmers Ins. Co., dividend, 9 00
66
Howard Ins. Co., dividend, 11 74
" Merrimack " 66
7 20
" Weymouth & Braintree Ins. Co., dividend, 15 00
$1,112 76
CR.
George M. M'Coy, insurance agents, 9 policies of 5,000 each, for 5 years, on Town Hall,
720 00
J. E. Westgate & Son, 76 50
40 50
George M. McCoy,
1 87
838 87
Balance unexpended,
273 89
$1,112 76
STATE AID.
Samuel Sprague,
120 00
William Story,
120 00
Sara E. Stilphen,
96 00
Joseph S. Eastman,
72 00
Luzon Weeks,
72.00
Amount carried forward,
$480 00
Central Mutual Ins. Co., assessment,
35
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward, $480 00
Sarah Barrett, 48 00
Mary F. Howard. 48 00
Helen E. Poole, 48 00
Jennie T. Upham. guardian F. E. Jackson, 48 00
C. H. Isburgh, guardian H. E. Morse.
48 00
T. P. Nelson, W. L. and A. I. Champney, 48 00
Abigail W. Bryant, 5 months,
20 00
Bridget Dolan, 5 months, 20 00
H. W. Cushman, 5 months, 22 50
830 50
TOWN HALL.
DR.
Appropriation for furnishing the same,
1,500 00
Received from Melrose Lyceum, use of Hall. 325 00
other parties for 66 435 00
2,260 00
CR.
Lawrence, Wilde & Hull, furniture,
514 25
Charles Taylor, labor, and stock furnished, 503 39
S. E. Benson, coal,
433 50
M. & M. Gas Co., 204 75
Frank Stevens, painting and lettering,
54 68
D. O. Morton, wire screens,
48 16
American Rubber Co., spittoons,
39 00
M. C. Warren & Co., hardware,
17 51
J. C. Howes, sundries,
12 57
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries,
7 93
J. H. Wilson, balusters,
15 00
Amount carried forward,
$1,850 74
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward, $1,850 74
J. McCarthy, charcoal, 10 00
P. G. O'Neil, 66
2 50
H. G. Fields, cash paid for sundries, 9 90
J. Larrabee, 8 50
G. G. Nichols, mason work, 6 80
T. McCoubrey, wrench, etc., 2 25
Small Bros. & Lovejoy, poles,
5 25
H. G. Fields, services as janitor, 6 months, 200 00
Balance on hand,
164 06
2,260 00
LOCK UP.
Appropriation,
$500 00
Paid Geo. G. Nichols, as per contract, $367 90 66 66 iron bedsteads, etc., 53 50
" T. S. Clogston & Co., radiator, etc., 56 22 " Lawrence, Wilde & Hull, mattresses, 16 50
. $494 12
Balance unexpended, 5 88
$500 00
HOSE HOUSE AT THE HIGHLANDS.
$1,000 00
Appropriation,
Paid Committee's orders to Bodge &
Emery, $1,045 00
Expenditures exceed appropriation, 45 00
$1,045 00 $1,045 00
2,095 94
37
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
DRAINAGE.
Appropriation,
$100 00
Balance unexpended iu 1873, 63 00
$163 00
Paid James Marshall, work under bridge at Wyoming, 16 00
" Geo. P. Fuller, work done on cul- vert, Dell Avenue, 33 70
Balance unexpended, 113 30
$163 00
LAND FOR HOSE HOUSE AT THE HIGHLANDS.
Appropriation, $1,100 00
Paid Nathan Green,
$1,091 43
Balance unexpended,
8 57
$1,100 00
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation, $1,300 00
Paid N. E. Gas Light Co., lighting and care of street lanterns one year, $1,239 15 Balance unexpended, 60 85
$1,300 00
LAND DAMAGE.
Appropriation, in 1872, for land taken for widening Myrtle Street, 100 00
Paid C. H. Isburgh,
100 00
5
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
ADDITIONAL STREET LAMPS.
Appropriation, 350 00
Paid N. E. Gas Light Co., 12 street lanterns, posts, etc., set and painted, all complete, 278 61
Balance unexpended, 71 39
NEW STREETS.
Appropriation for Charles Street, 150 00
Paid C. Hoffman, building same, per order of Com., 112 00
38 00
ALARM BELL.
Appropriation, 1,000 00
Paid William Blake & Co., bell complete,
hung in tower of Town Hall, 922 70
" M. C. Warren & Co., rings, etc., 6 70
" Thompson & Hearn, bulls-eyes, 1 60
" Franklin Curtis, rope, 8 25
" Charles Taylor, labor, 18 00
957 25
Balance unexpended,
42 75
1,000 00
DECORATION DAY.
Appropriation, 200 00
Balance from 1872, 12 96
212 96
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Paid Post 4, G. A. R., 200 00
Amount in treasury, 12 96
212 96
GRADING PLAN.
Appropriation at April meeting,
300 00
November meeting, 300 00
600 00
Paid Fuller & Whitney,
300 00
To credit of account,
300 00
600 00
POLICE.
Appropriation,
400 00
Paid H. C. Richardson, for services, 192 50
" H. B. Newhall, 66
133 50
" A. B. Pierce,
26 75
" G. W. Bartlett, carriage hire,
9 00
" G. Van Buskirk, services in 1873,
7 00
368 75
Balance unexpended,
31 25
400 00
WYOMING CEMETERY.
DR.
Paid Nath'l Howard, labor performed and furnished, $264 20
" Small Bros. & Lovejoy, stakes, 30 00
" Brigham & Co., stencil, etc. 1 00
40
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Paid Babb & Stephens, deeds and books,
25 50
" John Stevens, tracing plan,
10 00
" Nelson Cochran, surveying,
5 00
" David Fairbanks, services on books,
50 00
" John Larrabee, 66
25 00
66 66
66 66 in cemetery,
15 00
" George Newhall,
1874, 25 00
. 6 66
1873, 15 00
$465 70
CR.
By cash received for 12 lots sold,
$435 00
66 in exchange for lot, 5 00
66
66 balance on lot sold last year, 10 00
66 66
66 for four single graves,
20 00
$470 00
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Town's appropriation,
$500 00
66 for fitting up rooms, 500 00
Received from County Treasurer, dog tax, 1873, 324 87
66 * 1874, 367 08
$1,691 95
Paid E. H. Goss, Treas. of Trustees, on orders, 1,324 87
To credit of account, $367 08
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Walter Babb, services as selectman,
$250 00
" H. G. Fields, 66 66
250 00
" Geo. A. Mansfield," 66 66
250 00
" John Larrabee,
" town clerk,
225 00
" C. H. Edmonds, 66 " assessor,
200 00
" M. L. Ray, 6. 6.
200 00
" G. F. Boardman, 66 66 66
200 00
" George Newhall, “ " treasurer, 300 00
$1,875 00
INTEREST.
Appropriation, $14,000 00
Balance from last year, 2,362 74
Received from Merrimack Fire Ins. Co., accrued interest, 66 50
$16,429 24
Amount refunded to Building Fund, Town Hall, for interest paid in 1873, .
$1898 52
Paid coupons on Town Hall bonds, 4,550 00
" R. G. Shedd, trustee, 1,750 00
" State Treasurer, 900 00
" Seaman's Savings Bank, 700 00
" Lowell Institution for Savings, 1,200 00
" Dexter Pratt, trustee, 378 00
·· Mary Dix, 266 37
" executor H. Temple, 123 84
" Mary A. Simonds, 60 33
" Melrose Savings Bank 16 05
" Eli Upham, 30 00
" Charlotte Sprague,
6 50
" on temporary loans in anticipation of taxes, 821 34
$12,700 95
To credit of fund, 3,728 29
-$16,429 24
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
SINKING FUND.
Vote of the town was as follows :-
It shall be the duty of the treasurer of the town, under the direction of the selectmen, to levy annually upon all taxable property of the town, a tax of two mills on a dollar; such levy to be made with the annual levy of the town, and collected with the other taxes ; and when collected, shall be and remain in the treasurer's hands, a specific fund on in- terest at 7 per cent. for the ultimate redemption of the principal of the debt of the town, contracted prior to the first day of January, 1874, and shall be used for no other purpose.
Amount raised for the year 1874, $8356 84
DR.
Paid executor of H. Temple, note dated Dec. 8th, 1862, 5,000 00
Paid executor of H. Temple, note dated
July 2d, 1864, 2,000 00
Paid Mary A. Simonds, note dated July 11th, 1868, 1,000 00
Paid Charlotte Sprague, note dated
Feb. 13th, 1865, 100 00
8,100 00
To credit of fund, 256 84 -
$8.356 84
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VALUATION.
VALUATION OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.
In the following table is exhibited the valuation of real and personal property in the town of Melrose, together with the rate per thousand, and the number of polls assessed for different years, from 1850 to 1874 inclusive.
Year.
Real Estate.
Personal Estate.
Total.
Rate.
Polls.
1850
$423,497 00
$59,949 00
$483,446 00
$4 40
317
1851
547,974 00
73,894 00
621,868 00
5 50
1853
800,538 00
97,139 00
897,677 00
7 80
1854
906,794 00
117,631 00
1,024,425 00
8 50
1855
1,021,712 00
124,785 00
1,146,497 00
8 30
1856
1,114,448 00
136,074 60
1,250,522 00
8 70
573
1857
1,197,476 00
145,904 00
1,343,380 00
11 77
622
1858
1,165,224 00
121,883 00
1,287,107 00
7 20
567
1859
1,246,781 00
122,971 00
1,369,752 00
7 80
610
1860
1,276,150 00
137,021 00
1,413,171 00
7 80
621
1861
1,288,066 00
134,754 80
1,422,820 00
9 50
618
1862
1,320,280 00
126,792 00
1,447,072 00
11 60
615
1863
1,334,643 00
161,186 00
1,495,829 00
15 80
659
1864
1,329,685 00
126,057 00
1,455,742 00
13 40
667
1865
1,366,485 00
311,369 00
1,677,854 00
15 70
714
1866
1,386,502 00
242,310 00
1,628,812 00
21 00
761
1867
1,511,624 00
283,682 00
1,795,306 00
16 00
775
1868
1,608,974 08
365,042 00
1,974,016 00
17 00
825
1869
1,674,985 00
437,684 00
2,112,669 00
20 00
800
1870
2,101,126 00
523,933 00
2,625,059 00
15 00
846
1871
2,408,241 00
404,515 00
2,812,756 00
15 00
881
1872
3,007,928 00
645,742 00
3,653,670 00
16 50
917
1873
3,234,658 00
409,249 00
3,643,907 00
15 50
967
1874
3,797,965 00
380,460 00
4,178,425 00
15 80
1039
44
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT, MARCH 1, 1875,
To whom Payable.
Date.
When Due.
Rate of Interest.
Amount.
Eli Upham
I
1
-
June, 12, 1858,
On demand,
6 per cent.
$500 00
Lowell Institution for Savings
Sept. 7, 1865,
September 7, 1885,
6
20,000 00
State Treasurer -
Oct. 15, 1868,
October 15, 1878,
6
-
-
Oct. 15, 1868,
October 15, 1883,
6
66
5,000 00
66
-
-
-
Oct. 15, 1868,
October 15, 1888,
6
66
5,000 00
June 1, 1870,
December 1, 1880,
1
12,500 00
R. G. Shedd, trustee, - 66 " 66 -
June 1, 1870,
December 1, 1880,
12,500 00
April 26, 1872,
On demand,
10,000 00
Seaman's Savings Bank, Provincet'n, D. Pratt and S. B. Robinson, trustees, 6
June 2, 1873, June 24, 1874,
On demand, 66
1
2,000 00
Mary Dix,
.July
1, 1874,
66
4,000 00
D. Pratt and S. B. Robinson, trustees, Sept. 9, 1874, James Worthen, guard'n M. E. Waitt, Sept. 9, 1874,
90 days after demand, On demand,
1
234 56
Home Savings Bank, Boston, - -
Nov. 10, 1874,
November 10, 1875,
66
10,000 00
Total,
$93,534 56
Water Fund Bonds, First Issue, due July 1st, 1890, 6 per cent. 66 66 Second " Oct. 1st, 1892, 6 66
-
-
-
-
-
-
50,000 00
Town Hall Bonds, due October 1st, 1892, 7 per cent.
-
-
-
-
65,000 00
Due to Melrose Water Fund (which the town cannot use),
-
-
-
-
3,635 00
$312,169 56
$8,100 00 of the Town Debt has been paid this year by the Sinking Fund, (see p. 42.)
TOWN DEBT.
-
-
-
100,000 00
66
4,400 00
60 days after demand,
2,400
00
-
$308,534 56
-
5,000 00
-
45
SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY January 1st, 1875.
ESTIMATED VALUE. Real Estate.
Town Hall and lot, $75,500 00
Lot of land to be used as a public
common,
2,000 00
Wyoming Cemetery,
15,000 00
$92,500 00
School Department.
High School house and lot,
27,500 00
Centre "
13,000 00
Lynde St. school house and lot,
3,000 00
Vinton 66 66
3,000 00
Green 661 66
3,000 00
Highland " 66
66
2,500 00
Upham 66
2,000 00
54,000 00
Fire Department.
Highland Hose house and lot,
2,250 00
Russell 66 1,500 00
. 3,750 00
Other Property.
Newhall house (so called),
2,000 00
Hearse house, 250 00
2,250 00
Water Works.
Main pipes, hydrants, etc.,
150,000 00
150,000 00
Total real estate, 6
$302,500 00
46
SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY.
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Fire Department.
Russell Hose Carriage,
$1,000 00
Wyoming " 66
800 00
Highland " 66
800 00
Bigelow Hook and Ladder truck, 800 00
Endeavor hand engine, 500 00
Hose furniture, etc.,
2,100 00
$6,000 00
Public Library.
Books,
2,000 00
Furniture, shelving, etc.,
500 00
2,500 00
Other Property.
Weights and measures,
150 00
Hearse,
100 00
250 00
Total personal property,
8,750 00
Total real estate,
302,500 00
$311,250 00
47
APPROPRIATIONS, 1874.
Alarm bell,
$1,000 00
Fire department,
150 00
Highland Hose house,
1,000 00
Library, for furnishing,
500 00
Decoration Day,
200 00
Interest on Town Debt and Bonds,
14,000 00
Deficiencies,
3,000 00
Support of the Poor,
1,000 00
Schools,
13,800 00
School Contingents,
2,300 00
Highways,
3,000 00
Sidewalks,
1,000 00
Contingent Expenses,
1,500 00
Fire Department,
3,000 00
Lighting Streets,
1,300 00
Drainage,
100 00
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor,
750 00
Town Clerk,
225 00
Assessors,
600 00
Police,
400 00
Auditors,
30 00
Treasurer,
300 00
Collector (24 of one per cent.),
Water for the use of the town,
1,500 00
Public Library,
Dog tax, and 500 00
Additional Street Lamps,
350 00
Insurance on the Town Hall,
800 00
Grading Plan, 300 00
Land for Hose House at the Highlands,
1,100 00
Amount carried forward, $53,705 00
48
APPROPRIATIONS.
Amount brought forward, $53,705 00
State Tax,
3,660 00
County Tax,
2,504 53
Overlay,
909 74
Sinking Fund,
8,356 84
$69,136 11
APPROPRIATED AFTER THE ANNUAL MEETING.
Centre School House,
10,000 00
Lock up,
500 00
Town Hall, to replace amount paid for Newhall Building, 6,000 00
Town Officers' Rooms, furnishing of, 1,500 00
Charles Street, 150 00
For settling claim of G. F. Boardman, collector, 327 48
Grading Plan, additional, 300 00
$18,777 48
49
DEFICIENCES IN APPROPRIATIONS.
Appropriations,
3,000 00
Balance from 1873, 1,315 38
4,315 38
Contingent fund was exceeded as shown, 540 65
Street Light appropriation exceeded, as shown,
84 04
Paid in 1874 bills of previous year :
Contingent,
951 07
Highway,
650 63
Street Lights,
183 34
2,409 73
Balance,
$1,905 65
50
AGGREGATE OF EXPENDITURES AND RECEIPTS AND PRESENT STANDING OF ACCOUNTS.
Accounts.
Expendi- tures.
Appropria ns Excess and Deficiency. & Receipts.
DR.
CR.
Town Hall Building,
$12,162 59
$13,747 18:
$1,585 19
Foor Fund
2,809 00!
2,685 53
$123 47
Contingent
1,539 56
1,739 00
199 44
Town Hall .
2,095 94|
2,260 00
164 06
School Fund
14,655 17
15,069 65
414 48
Cemetery
465 70
470 00
4 30
Drainage
49 70
163 00
113 30
Highway
3,922 89
4,010 00
87 11
Police
368 75
400 00
31 25
Fire Department .
3,214 03
3,281 99
67 96
School Contingent
2,345 71
2,548 19
202 48
Street Lights
1,239 15
1,300 00
60 85
Insurance
847 87
1,121 76
273 89
Lock-up
494 12
500 00
5 88
Additional Street Lamps
278 61
350 00
71 39
Grading Plan .
300 00
600 00
300 00
Alarm Bell .
957 25
1,000 00
42 75
Hose Houses
1,045 00
1,000 00
45 00
Decoration Day
200 00
212 96
12 96
Land Damage.
100 00
100 00
Centre School House
9,691 12
10,000 00
308 88
Public Library
1,324 87
1,691 95
367 08
Town Officers Salaries .
1,875 00
1,905 00
30 00
Interest .
12,700 95
16,429 24
3,728 29
Land for Hose House
1,091 43
1,100 00
8 57
Melrose Water Fund
39,312 50
33,590 23
5,722 27
Armory Rent .
462 50
437 50
25 00
Charles Street .
112 00
150 00
38 00
$115,661 41
$5,915 74
Excess of Appropriations and receipts over Expenditures.
2,202 37
2,202 37
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