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Corner Lake Avenue and Tremont Street.
Youle Street, nearly opposite residence of M. C. Fitch. Otis Street, near the residence of R. F. Maxwell. Cedar Park, near the residence of H. Munroe. Upham Street, opposite Dell Avenue.
In addition to these, Mr. H. F. Ehlert, of Linwood Avenue, offered to erect a post at his own expense, provided the town would light it, to which proposition we acceded, thus making six posts additional for the year, and a total of ninety in the town.
BERWICK STREET.
In accordance with the vote of the town, we received proposals for the grading and drainage of Berwick Street. We soon found that to do all that was expected for the
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amount of appropriation, $300, was out of the question. We therefore gave the contract to the lowest bidder, who has acceptably performed his contract and put the street in a serviceable condition. Mr. Furber, of the Boston & Maine Railroad, has time and again promised to fill in on his land at the lower end of the street, and when this is done we believe that it will compare favorably with the average of streets in our town.
FUEL FOR TOWN PURPOSES.
Until last year the fuel for the poor and for public build- ings was purchased in the ordinary way, each department purchasing what was needed for its special use and paying the regular rates.
Last year, in conjunction with the School Board, we advertised for proposals, and the result was a great saving to the town. This plan was adhered to this year, and our supply has been furnished at a very low rate, the contract having been given to the lowest bidder. .
HIGHWAYS.
Our streets have been well taken care of, and we think general satisfaction given by the surveyors. It is impos- sible, with a limited appropriation, to comply with every request, but we believe that courteous treatment has been received by all who have had business with them, and all has been done that the appropriation would allow.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Our Fire Department was never in better condition, and the prompt manner in which all alarms have been responded
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to the past year can but inspire confidence in this branch of service.
It is composed of men who shrink from no duty, and we are glad to know that our citizens fully appreciate their ser- vices. The standard of membership is high, and is about as difficult to attain as in most of our other organizations. Some of our companies have a fund set apart for those of their members who may be injured or sick by reason of service, - an object which will commend itself to all thinking minds.
POLICE.
Our community has become so peaceable as to hardly need a police force, except for special duty from time to time.
No appropriation was made last year, and we have been running this department for two years on one appropriation. A small appropriation will be necessary this year.
RECEIVING TOMB.
During the year a receiving tomb has been erected in Wyoming Cemetery. The matter of building, contracting, etc., has been done under the direction of the cemetery committee, and we are convinced that the money has been well expended. For a detailed account, we refer you to the report of the committee.
STATE AID.
It is gratifying to note that the whole amount paid by our town for aid, during the year 1875, has been approved at the State House and properly refunded to our treasurer.
DRAINAGE.
There is, probably, no money spent which gives such general satisfaction to all interests as that spent in thorough,
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permanent drainage. During the year we have had the brook cleaned out its entire length and every obstacle which would impede its flow removed. Several other portions of the town have been attended to, notably one at Otis and Vinton Streets, also the easterly portion of Emerson Street, as well as several smaller jobs that have required but a small outlay.
We would recommend a small appropriation for drainage each year, feeling that in no other way ean a limited amount be so satisfactorily expended.
TOWN HALL.
The hall has not been let enough to pay the running expenses of the building ; but it should be borne in mind that all of the town officers have nice rooms rent free, which, if compelled to pay rent therefor at current rates, would yield a handsome ineome.
The building is now well supplied with everything neces- sary to enable it to hold its reputation as one of the finest town buildings in our State.
At the beginning of the year, in accordance with the vote of the town, we advertised for proposals for the janitorship, and awarded the same to Mr. H. G. Fields for the sum of $300 per annum.
SUITS.
The petition of Geo. Wm. Philips, administrator, to the County Commissioners for a jury to assess damages for re- moval of Dyer Dam, was, on motion of counsel for the town, dismissed. The petitioner took the case by certiorari to the Supreme Court. The judge presiding sustained the order dismissing the petition, but reported the whole matter to the full bench to pass upon the question whether the town is liable for further assessment. The case has been argued, and
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is awaiting the decision of the Court. Anticipating a final decision dismissing this suit, a new petition for jury trial has been brought, returnable to the Superior Court for Middlesex, March term.
The suit of Nelson Cochrane vs. the town, in which the Court ordered verdict for the town and reported to the Su- preme Court as to whether the plaintiff could, on the facts as he claims them to be, recover for any of the items in his account, was heard, and the Court decided "that the case should be submitted to the jury on the item of car fares at least."
The suits of Taylor for water damage, and the town of Malden for support of pauper, were not reached at the last term of Court, and will be tried at the present term.
The exceptions in the case of Farnsworth vs. the town were argued at the January term of Supreme Judicial Court, and at the present writing no decision rendered.
ARMORY.
Last year the State, instead of paying back to our town the sum agreed upon ($600) for rent, only paid $484, with the statement by the adjutant general that the appropriation would not allow the full amount agreed upon. This we sub- mitted to, as we were told that the whole appropriation had been divided pro rata, and that all had fared alike.
This year we were surprised to learn that the appropriation would allow the payment of only sixty per cent of the amount agreed upon. We at once drew up a petition asking the Legislature to refund the amounts held back. Our rep- resentative, W. I. Ellis, presented the petition and had it referred to the Committee on Claims. At this writing no report has been made. We have been assured a. hearing before the committee, and hope to report a favorable result.
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CONCLUSION.
In closing this part of the report we feel to congratulate our citizens upon the favorable condition which every depart- ment of our town is found by the report herewith submitted. Every appropriation, with one exception (school contingent), has a credit to its fund. This has been accomplished by a careful expenditure in all departments, and a rigid scrutiny of every bill presented.
During the three years last passed our town debt has been reduced $30,000. Our rate of taxation has been reduced from $16 per thousand to $13 per thousand, and with care in making appropriations may be still further reduced the present year.
Our interest account is growing perceptibly less each year, and we find ourselves in the healthiest financial condition possible. With all the great benefits derived from being in possession of the improvements of modern times, we feel that nothing is wanting but the revival of the business inter- ests of the country to place our town in the front rank of the old Bay State.
Respectfully submitted.
WALTER BABB, H. G. FIELDS, N. D. BLAKE,
Selectmen of Melrose.
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
WE have been called upon many times during the year to abate nuisances, mostly trivial in their nature, one great cause of complaint being the cleansing of vaults during the hot summer weather. This should be strictly avoided, and with care it seems as if it could always be done at a season of the year when little or no offence would be given to the neighbors.
We trust there will be no cause for complaint in this direc- tion during the year before us.
The scarlet fever having made its appearance in our com- munity, and being contagious in its character, we made such rules as to us seemed called for to protect our people from its ravages, and in conjunction with the School Board feel that, unitedly, everything was done of a sanitary nature that the circumstances called for.
Our town, generally, was never in a more healthy condi- tion, or with less cause of complaint from disturbing elements affecting its sanitary condition.
Respectfully submitted.
NATHAN D. BLAKE, WALTER BABB, H. G. FIELDS,
Board of Health.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
Statistics of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in the Town of Melrose, during the Year 1876.
BIRTHS.
Whole number
89
More than last year
7
Males, 49 ; females, 40.
Born of American parents
61
foreign 19
ce American male and foreign female 4
foreign male and American female 5
89
Average of one birth to 45 inhabitants.
Number of children in town, Jan. 1, 1877, born in other places during the year 1876 8
INTENTIONS OF MARRIAGE RECORDED.
Whole number of couples 32
Both parties residing in Melrose
16
But one party residing in Melrose
16
MARRIAGES.
Whole number
32
More than last year
1
Both parties American
25
foreign
2
Parties American and foreign .
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5
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32
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First marriage of persons
49
Second ce
14
Third ce
1
64 -32 couples.
The oldest person married
66
The youngest "
· 17 Average of one marriage to 125 inhabitants.
DEATHS.
Whole number
61
Less than last year
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Males (married)
15
Females ce
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8
Widows
9
Widowers
2
Males (single)
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Females
14
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DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH.
Apoplexy, 2; Anæmia, 1; Adenitis Maligna, 1; Acute Congestion of Lungs and Angina Pectoris, 1; Anæmia and Cardiac Embolism, 1; Bright's Disease and Heart Disease, 1 ; Consumption, 9; Congestion of Lungs, 1; Cerebral Disease and Apoplexy, 1; Cancer, 2; Cystitis, 1; Cholera Infan- tum, 1; Canker, 1; Cardiac Dropsy, 1; Diphtheria, 1; Dysentery, 1; Dysentery Typhoid, 1; Drowned and acci- dental, 2; Epilepsy and Convulsions, 1; Fracture of Thigh and Congestion, 1; Fracture of Spine, 1; Hepatitis, 1; Heart Disease, 2; Inanition, 3 ; Intro-susception and Morti- fication, 1; Injury of Spine and Anæmia, 1; Lung Fever, 1; Old Age, 4; Paralysis, 1; Pneumonia, 3; Premature Birth, 3; Rheumatism and Heart Disease, 1; Taxæmia and Puerperal Eclampsia, 1; Typhoid Fever, 5; Uræmia and Pneumonia, 1; Whooping Cough and Scarlet Fever, 1.
The age of the oldest person who died during the year was 89 years 7 months 14 days.
The places of their nativity : -
Melrose . 16
Other places in the United States 37
Foreign
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Number of dogs licensed in Melrose during the year 1876, 265.
Amount of money paid to County Treasurer as required by law, to be refunded to the town and expended for Public Library, $525.00.
JOHN LARRABEE,
Town Clerk.
REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
YOUR committee would respectfully report that during the past year there has been expended in and about Wyoming Cemetery the sum of $899.99. The receipts from the sale of lots and graves have amounted to $796. A larger portion of the amount expended was for the purpose of building a
RECEIVING TOMB,
in compliance with a vote of the town passed at the last annual meeting, which was : "That the Cemetery Committee be authorized to build a receiving tomb on the cemetery grounds, at a cost not exceeding $500, and pay for the same out of the money derived from the sale of lots." We sug- gested in our last report that the tomb in the " Old Burial- Ground " be removed and enlarged. This was deemed inad- visable, as the material could only be used in building the wall of a new structure, and for that purpose would hardly be worth the cost of removing ; and, as has been the case the past winter, during the extreme cold weather the older tomb was easily accessible and could be used when necessity required, while the other could not be reached without diffi- culty, owing to the heavy fall of snow.
We have caused to be erected near the easterly entrance in Wyoming Cemetery a tomb, the dimensions of which are
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as follows : depth, 22 feet; width, 15 feet ; height, 9 feet in centre, 5 feet on sides. (Inside measure.)
The walls are of stone and mortar, surmounted by a brick arch, laid in cement, rising four feet above the walls men- tioned. The front is of Milford granite, light in color, and consists of 6 posts or pillars, each 1 foot thick and 7 feet high, between which are eight large pieces or panels. Rest- ing upon the above are two layers of capping stone, the upper being in one piece, 16 feet long, 2 feet thick at centre. On each side there is a large stone, 6 feet high, to prevent the embankment from falling.
The whole front rests upon a base of granite 23 feet long, before the laying of which a solid foundation was made by digging a trench and filling the same with stone and cement. Iron clamps were used where needed, thus binding the whole structure firmly together. Over the door, which is of iron, there rests a stone with the figures 1876 in a panel upon it.
The contract for building was awarded to our fellow- townsman, Samuel Ellison, who superintended the work from the beginning.
The granite was furnished by Henry J. Rice, of Malden, and commends itself by its superior quality, and the work- manship we regard as excellent.
The plans for the tomb were drawn by the committee after visiting other towns and examining similar places.
We have not been able to expend a large amount upon the avenues and paths, the committee not feeling justified in going further than the sale of lots would warrant. We are gratified to state that there is an increased interest in the cemetery ; that many of our citizens have beautified and adorned their lots during the past year by erecting monu- ments to the departed, by the addition of shrubs and plants, and the care bestowed, all of which speaks in language, though silent, yet more forcible than any words that could be uttered.
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We hope in the future the same care will be manifested, the interest continue and increase, so that in point of beauty and attractiveness " our city of the dead " may compare favorably with others.
Respectfully submitted.
GEO. NEWHALL, NATH'L HOWARD, JOHN LARRABEE,
Cemetery Committee.
APPROPRIATIONS, 1876.
MARCH 27.
Interest on town debt
$10,500 00
Reduction of town debt .
6,000 00
Support of the poor
3,500 00
Schools (including compensation of committee)
14,000 00
School contingent
1,000 00
Highways, sidewalks, and culverts
3,000 00
Town contingent
1,000 00
Fire Department
2,500 00
Lighting streets
1,300 00
$42,800 00
APRIL 11.
Additional street lamps
$ 100 00
Water for the use of the. town
2,000 00
Water maintenance
.
1,500 00
Water damages
4,500 00
Public Library, Dog-tax and . 450 00
Town officers' salaries
2,275 00
To be paid as follows : -
Selectmen, Overseers of the
Poor, etc.
$750 00
Town Clerk
225 00
Amounts carried forward
$975 00
$53,625 00
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APPRORIATIONS, 1876.
Amounts brought forward $975 00 $53,625 00
Assessors .
600 00
Treasurer .
300 00
Auditors .
50 00
For the purpose of paying
the Collector ¿ per cent
on the amount actually
collected and paid into the
treasury
350 00
$2,275 00
Dyer Dam Case . 660 00
Berwick Street, building and grading
300 00
Drainage
500 00
Deficiency
500 00
$55,585 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENSES OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
HIGH SCHOOL.
A. G. Whitman, salary one year, to March 1, 1877 $1,800 00
Mary L. Charles, salary one year, to March 1, 1877
1,000 00
Emma A. J. Bugbee, salary one year, to March 1,1877 700 00
$3,500 00
FIRST GRAMMAR.
Frances H. Turner, salary one year, to March
1,1877 1,000 00
SECOND GRAMMAR.
Lucy W. Bisbee, salary 16 weeks,
at $600 per annum $240 00
Lucy W. Bisbee, salary 24 weeks,
at $700 per annum . 420 00
Emily Porter, services as assistant 152 00
Annie R. Lecraw, " 66 15 00
827 00
THIRD GRAMMAR. Julia M. Porter, salary one year, to March 1, 1877 600 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
CENTRE GRAMMAR.
Emma M. Cate, salary one year, to March 1,
$600 00 1877
CENTRE INTERMEDIATE.
Chastine Emerson, salary one year, to March 1,1877 550 00
LYNDE ST. INTERMEDIATE.
Louise P. Arnold, salary 8 weeks,
at $500 per annum . $100 00
Louise P. Arnold, salary 32 weeks,
at $550 per annum
440 00
540 00
. VINTON ST. INTERMEDIATE.
Mary E. Norris, salary one year, to March 1,
1877 550 00
CENTRE PRIMARY.
Sarah E. Pratt, salary one year, to March 1,
1877
550 00
LYNDE ST. PRIMARY.
Mary M. Gilman, salary one year, to March 1,
1877 550 00
VINTON ST. PRIMARY.
Hannah F. Lewis, salary 16 weeks,
at $450 per annum . $180 00
Hannah F. Lewis, salary 24 weeks, at $550 per annum . 330 00
550 00
UPHAM ST. (MIXED) SCHOOL.
Susan D. Melcher, salary one year, to March
1,1877 550 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
GREEN ST. (MIXED) SCHOOL.
Lydia Mendum, salary one year, to
March 1, 1877 . $550 00
Alice H. Long, services as assistant 85 00 $635 00
HIGHLAND (MIXED) SCHOOL.
Etta W. Kilbreth, salary one year, to March 1, 1877 550 00
MUSIC.
Mrs. G. N. Bordman, salary 32 weeks, at $300
per annum
240 00
JANITORS.
Augustus Durant .
$250 00
O. K. Stebbins
300 00
Benjamin Stones
100 00
J. W. Simonds
62 50
A. L. Upham
50 00
G. W. Wyman
50 00
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812 50
FUEL.
S. E. Benson, coal
925 60
John McCarty, charcoal
10 00
Aiken & Woodward, " ·
5 60
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Mrs. A. J. Lynde, services, 1875 . $75 00
Miss P. A. Norris,
1875 75 00
S. A. Ranlett,
1876 . 100 00
Geo. F. Stone, 66 1876 .
30 00
W. Irving Ellis, 66 1876 . 75 00
Mrs. M. W. Currier,
1876 75 00
Mrs. A. J. Lynde, 66 1876 . 50 00
Miss P. A. Norris, 66 1876 . 75 00
Lafayette Burr,
1876 . 37 50
.
.
941 20
592 50
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECAPITULATION.
Teachers' salaries .
. $11,752 00
Janitors
812 50
Fuel
941 20
Committee, services 1875
$150 00
66 1876 442 50
592 50
$14,098 20
CONTRA.
Appropriation . $14,000 00
Balance unexpended last year
254 00
Received from State 231 30
" for tuition of scholar from
out of town
10 00
$14,495 30
Amount unexpended
.
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397 10
$14,495 30
$14,495 30
SCHOOL CONTINGENT.
Appropriation $1,000 00 .
Received from Merrimack M. F. Ins.
Co., for damage to Vinton Street school-house 230 75
Received from Wakefield Rattan Co. 1 25
$1,232 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENDED.
A. G. Whitcomb, school furniture $471 09
W. G. Shattuck, 66 66
7 45
Lawrence Wilde & Co., awnings 16 00
66 66 office furniture 46 50
J. C. Howes, repairing stove and water pipes, stock and labor furnished 309 05
Joel Atwood, repairs on Vinton Street school- house . 231 59
Joel Atwood, labor and stock on other buildings 146 82
C. A. Eastman, books and stationery 135 80
J. L. Hammett, 66 66
58 41
J. H. Daniels, diplomas ·
35 35
S. A. Ranlett, ribbons and paper furnished
7 70
Nichols & Hall, stationery
3 70
Knight, Adams & Co., ink
75
A. R. Sweetser & Co., programmes . 2 50
G. A. Kimball & Co., printing permits 2 25
L. Prang & Co., manuals and cards . 14 40
Babb & Stephens, printing extra school reports, 1876 10 00
Babb & Stephens, printing programmes
13 00
Alfred Mudge & Son, centennial exercises 2 83
Samuel Ellison, whitewashing . 17 00
F. T. & C. E. Palmer, painting and glazing 17 36
A. W. Parker, 60 6 6
5 15
A. B. Rogers, 66 24 25
Mackett & Howes, 66 11 79
H. McElwin, repairing and making blackboards 35 00
Henry Barron, expressing 13 70
M. F. Eastman, 66 9 50
L. T. Freeman, carting furniture
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11 75
Amount carried forward . . $1,660 69
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . . $1,660 69
J. W. Brackett, carting piano . 10 00
G. P. Reed, repairing clocks, etc. 16 87 .
J. G. Roberts & Co., bookbinding 2 50
Geo. B. Sargent, hand stamp 6 00
James Worthen & Co., sundries, brooms, oil, etc. 11 32
Joseph Baker, claw poker 1 00 ·
L. F. Hinckley, axe, brush, and brooms .
3 42
Bugbee & Barrett, broom ·
50
J. W. Simonds, broom
40
C. E. Keith, tuning piano
2 00
A. Durant, sundries 1 25
James Killion, labor
31 50
M. C. Warren & Co., hardware 3 29
G. W. Bartlett, carriage hire . 6 00
Wakefield Rattan Co., mats and baskets
9 62
Walter Hicks, repairing tables .
10 00
Mrs. C. Wing, cleaning
3 60
Thos. McCoubry, iron
5 82
$1,785 78
Appropriations and receipts as shown $1,232 00
Expenditures exceed 553 78
$1,785 78
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation . $2,500 00
Balance from last year 191 15
Received from town of Wakefield for use of
Endeavor Engine . 5 00
$2,696 15
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
Engineers' services of Board of 1875, three members $60 00 N. E. Linen Hose Manufacturing Co., 600 feet hose and couplings 510 00
Belt and Leather Stuffing Co., oil hose dressing 44 25
Scrannage Bros. & Cook, valves and washers 73 25
Hunneman & Co., repairing hose 13 25
M. F. Eastman, expressing and hauling engine . 4 10
Henry Barron, expressing
3 80
S. E. Benson, cedar posts
75
R. W. Chandler, keys, etc., furnished
2 55
Bugbee & Barrett, groceries 9 00
B. & M. R. R. Co., freight on ladder 3 00
$723 95
BIGELOW HOOK AND LADDER CO., NO. 1.
Services of men to Feb. 1, 1877 $492 15
C. W. Burnham, steward 1 year
40 00
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries, oil, brushes,
matches, etc. 3 93
P. O. Masse, repairing straps 1 25
Thos. McCoubry, chain on fire-hook and key 2 10
60 stock and labor furnished for
runs
15 75
M. F. Eastman, hauling carriage to fire 2 50
S. E. Benson, coal . 8 00
$565 68
RUSSELL HOSE CO., NO. 1.
Services of 15 men, 1 year, to Feb. 1, 1877
300 00
W. T. Howard, steward 3 months 10 00
R. M. Rand, 9 30 00
66 extra work on hand engine 6 00
Amount carried forward
$346 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . $346 00
James M. Crowell, painting
50
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries 3 25
S. E. Benson, coal . 36 50
. J. C. Howes, stove pipe, labor, etc. . 24 85
Lemuel Merrill, lock and keys 1 75
Malden and Melrose Gas Light Co. . 2 75
$415 60
WYOMING HOSE CO., NO. 2.
Services of men to Feb. 1, 1877 $275 00
Wm. Fanley, steward 3 months 10 00
Frank Gibbons, " 9 66
30 00
Trustees Wyoming Lodge, rent 1 year
150 00
Malden and Melrose Gas Light Co. .
5 95
S. E. Benson, coal .
12 00
John Larrabee, sponge
45
J. C. Howes, stove pipe .
75
Bugbee & Barrett, scrub-brush
35
R. W. Chandler, keys and badge furnished 1 75 Joseph Edwards, repairing and painting hose carriage 50 00
Thos. McCoubry, iron work on carriage 21 00
H. Barron, expense on hose strap 35
M. F. Eastman, hauling carriage to fire 2 50
$560 10
HIGHLAND HOSE CO., NO. 3.
Services of men to Feb. 1, 1877
$261 67
James M. Crowell, steward 5 months 16 67
Webster Brown, 7 23 33 .
J. A. Thomas, 3 rubber coats
7 00
John Singer, oil, matches, etc.
3 72
Amount carried forward . $312 39
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward .
$312 39
James M. Crowell, painting
75
Bugbee & Barrett, axe handle
30
S. E. Benson, wood and coal
16 50
J. C. Howes, stove pipe, repairing roof, etc. 7 71
$337 65
RECAPITULATION.
Contingent expenses
$723 95
Bigelow H. & L. Co.
565 68
Russell Hose Co.
415 60
Wyoming Hose Co.
560 10 .
Highland Hose Co.
337 65
$2,602 98
Appropriation
$2,500 00
Unexpended balance and receipts
196 15
$2,696 15
To credit of fund
93 17
$2,696 15 $2,696 15
HIGHWAYS, SIDEWALKS, AND CULVERTS.
Appropriation ·
$3,000 00
Balance from last year unexpended . 234 00
$3,234 00
EXPENDED.
Bills presented and approved by George P. Fuller, surveyor, as follows : -
Paid George P. Fuller for labor, 99 days at $3 per day 297 00 ·
Paid George P. Fuller for use of horse and team 91 days at $1.50 per day . 136 48
Amount carried forward .
$433 48
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . $433 48 Paid laborers -
74 days' work at $2 per day . $14 50
189& days' work at $1.75 per day · 332 06
182 days' work at $1.50 per day . 28 12
374 68
Paid for horses and teams -
241 days at $1.50 per day
36 75
Paid J. P. Deering & Co., lumber $22 47
Thos. McCoubry, sharpening tools and iron work 34 20
M. G. Vinton, gravel 13 80
W. H. Wells, 7 20
G. P. Fuller, railroad ties . 6 00
S. E. Benson, cement and sand . 2 00
85 67
$930 58
Bills presented and approved by L. T. Free- man, surveyor, as follows : -
Paid L. T. Freeman for labor, 801 days, at $3 per day ·
241 50
L. T. Freeman for horse and team, 70 days, at $1.50 per day . 105 00
$346 50
Paid laborers -
20} days' work at $2 per day $41 00
302 days' work at $1.75 per day . 528 45
569 45
Paid for horses and teams -
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