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33 days at $1.50 per day
49 50
Paid Thos. McCoubry, sharpening tools, etc.
$19 95
D. L. Taylor, for gravel . 25 00
J. D. Hodges, 23 00
67 95
.$1,033 40
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Bills presented and approved by James Mar- shall, surveyor, as follows : -
Paid James Marshall for labor, 86 days at $3 per day $258 00 James Marshall for horse and team, 70% days, at $1.50 per day . 106 13
$364 13
Paid laborers -
2 days' work at $2 per day . $4 00
200g days' work at $1.75 per day . 438 83
442 83
For horses and teams - .
9 days at $1.50 per day 13 50
Paid Thos. McCoubry, sharpening tools, etc. . $19 50
James Marshall, gravel
26 88
J. C. Howes, drain pipe ·
2 00
J. P. Deering, lumber
6 13
54 51
$874 97
Appropriation divided equally among sur- veyors, together with balances from last year. The accounts stand as follows : -
Geo. P. Fuller -
One third of appropriation
. $1,000 00
Balance from last year . 101 85
$1,101 85
Expended this year, as shown
930 58
Balance
$171 27
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
L. T. Freeman -
One third of appropriation
. $1,000 00
Balance from last year .
89 23
$1,089 23
Expended this year, as shown
1,033 40
Balance
$55 83
James Marshall -
One third of appropriation
. $1,000 00
Balance from last year .
42 92
$1,042 92
Expended this year, as shown
874 97
Balance
$167 95
Total amount expended .
. $2,838 95
To the credit of the account
395 05
$3,234 00
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
Appropriation
. $1,000 00
Balance unexpended last year
496 15
$1,496 15
RECEIPTS.
From John R. Jones, auctioneer's
license
$2 00
George Stockwell, auctioneer's license
2 00
Moses Briggs, auctioneer's
license 2 00
County for use of lock-up 8 67
A. Worthen, old stove . 2 00
Mrs. T. Spear, old fence
2 00
$18 67
$1,514 82
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENDED.
Babb & Stephens, printing annual report, 1876, $298 83
John Larrabee, preparing annual report, 1876, 35 00
Knight, Adams & Co., books and stationery 13 95
Geo. B. Sargent, lever stamp
9 00
Henry Barron, expressing 2 30
Globe Gas L. Co., repairing, painting and set- ting lanterns 44 66 H. C. Richardson, setting glass in street lanterns, 38 77
Babb & Stephens, printing warrants, notices, tax bills, etc. 63 00
A. W. Haskell, tax collector's book 3 00
C. H. Edmonds, maps and books for assessors, 7 25
G. G. Nichols, building sidewalk
17 50
F. E. Orcutt, services on collector's books 25 00
Joel Atwood, building and repairing fence around old burial-ground 23 42
Thos. McCowdry, repairing hearse 5 25
John Larrabee, recording, indexing and return-
ing births, deaths and marriages, year 1876 Nath'l Howard, making return of 36 deaths
61 40
9 00
A. B. Pierce, 10 deaths 2 50
Edward Bucknam, surveying on Franklin Street,
2 00
A. C. Chick, blasting ledge 66
25 00
R. M. Pulsifer & Co., advertising proposals
3 37
G. A. Kimball & Co., 1 00
G. W. Bartlett, carriage hire '. 17 00
A. B. Pierce, distributing warrants, notices and services at meetings 29 00
H. G. Fields, care of tramps and lock-up 50 00
John Larrabee, stamps, stationery, etc. 4 90
M. F. Eastman, expressing 6 22
Amount carried forward
$798 32
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . $798 32
R. F. Clayton, ringing bell Feb. 22, 1876 2 00
J. M. Crowell, 66 66
66 2 00
A. Durant, 66 and July 4,
1876 .
. 4 00
Webster Brown, ringing bell Feb. 22 and July 4,1876 4 00 · H. G. Fields, ringing bell Feb. 22 and July 4, 1876 4 00
C. J. Wing, ringing bell Feb. 22 and July 4, 1876 4 00
.
Caldwell & Odiorne, flag staff . 76 75 ·
Francis Low & Co., raising flag staff 20 50
Charles Taylor, stock and labor
38 95
S. A. Robinson, use of team July 4 7 00
E. E. Fuller, stone for wall 5 25
Battery " C," M. V. M., firing salute July 4
50 00
$1,016 77
Balance unexpended
498 05
$1,514 82
MELROSE WATER FUND.
Dr.
Due the Town for advances last year . $4,457 03 1876.
May 1. To paid interest coupons on $50,000 bonds . 1,500 00
July 1. To paid interest coupons on $100,000 bonds 3,000 00
Amount carried forward . $8,957 03
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . . $8,957 03
Oct. 1. To paid interest coupons on $50,000 . bonds 1877.
1,500 00
Jan. 1. To paid interest coupons on $100,000 bonds . 3,000 00
To paid bills on account of construction and maintenance, for a detailed statement of which see commissioner's report 4,140 51
To paid Treas. Joint Water Boards
700 00
$18,297 54
Cr.
Appropriation by the town for the
use of the water
· $2,000 00
For maintenance · ·
1,500 00
For deficiency on water damages
.
4,500 00
$8,000 00
Received from A. Lane, supt., cash at various times, water rates col- lected, etc. 8,770 55
$16,770 55
March 1, 1877. Due the town for
advances
1,526 99
$18,297 54 $18,297 54
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
SUPPORT OF POOR. EXPENDED.
For groceries, provisions, supplies, etc., for sundry poor persons, -
L. F. Hinckley, groceries $290 55
Bugbee & Barrett, "
277 09
James Worthen,
.
42 00
W. H. Wells,
22 00
J. A. Worthen,
15 00
John Larrabee, medicines
30 55
George Newhall, boots, shoes and rubbers
30 50
For fuel, -
James Marshall, wood and coal
$84 90
George Lynde, 66 66
35 16
Robert Philpot, 66 66 23 75
S. E. Benson, 66 21 50
165 31
Mary Lynde, rent 8 months
40 00
Simeon Locke, rent 1 year (Mrs. Adams)
125 04
Overseers of poor, expenses
9 93
H. G. Fields,
6 30
Dr. Parker, medical attendance
38 10
S. F. Barrett, tickets to travellers
5 50
G. G. Lunt, meals
3 60
E. A. Robinson, moving furniture
1 00
City of Somerville, aid to Ann E. Arnold
41 21
Town of Woburn, supplies to L. W. Harris and family ·
241 33
City of Boston, relief to 6 persons 67 36
Amount carried forward . . . $1,452 37
$707 69
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . . $1,452 37
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, board and clothing F. E. Taintor $201 25 Taunton Lunatic Hospital, board and clothing Mary Cordon .
87 15
Worcester Lunatic Hospital, board and clothing Abigail Thomas 183 29 . · Worcester Lunatic Hospital, board and clothing G. N. Bodwell 117 37 · St. Vincent's Asylum, board of Katie Lyman, 1 year 72 00 · · Dr. E. A. L. Francois, attendance on Jane Woodward . 5 00 H. G. Fields, paid for care of Alvah Penney (refunded) . 39 00 · Dr. J. V. Smith, medical attendance Alvah Penney (refunded) 37 00
& W. J. Farnsworth, coal and wood to Barter Davis . · 13 50
Bugbee & Barrett, goods delivered Barter Davis (18 weeks) ·
&
Abbie Barter, board of Mrs. L. G. Davis and child, 35 weeks . 105 00
68 00
Abbie Barter, board of E. M. Waitt, 15 weeks 2 days . 45 83
Abbie Barter, dress for E. M. Waitt 5 00
C. W. Polk, dry goods “ 2 55
Wm. Keith, 66 3 57
F. McBriarty, rent and supplies to Chas. How- ard 1 year . . 181 00
Town of Malden, aid to Chas. Howard 13 88
P. J. Homer, groceries " . 1 75
Dr. A. Towle, medical attendance on Chas. Howard, 23 00
Amount carried forward
. $2,657 51
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . . $2,657 51 Dr. W. G. Dawes, medical attendance on Chas.
Howard 15 00 Mrs. A. Frye, 2 months' rent, F. Hamilton (re- funded) 14 00
John Warren, 10 months' rent, F. Hamilton (refunded) . 75 00
Abigail Fuller, rent to Mrs. E. C. Grover
24 00
Adeline Rowe, nursing «
10 00
C. W. Polk, dry goods " 66 4 20
Mrs. M. B. Hopkins, dry goods 6 37
H. P. Hollis, cash allowance .
83 00
W. M. Chandler, burial of H. P. Hollis 25 00
Mrs. M. A. Hollis, cash allowance
24 00
Bills paid for Mrs. H. P. Krantz :
J. K. Little, board 462 weeks $186 00
66 expense, paid medicine, etc. ·
5 70
Mrs. W. H. Crowe, board and
nursing 52 50
Dr. C. T. Bean, attendance 25 00
John Buck, medicine 1 90
Carney Hospital, board and nursing . 10 00
A. B. Pierce, burial services, etc. . 25 00
306 10 M. J. Crowley, rent to Mrs. Callahan, 11 mos. . 55 00 Mrs. Tisdale, nursing 10 00
M. J. Crowley, rent to Mrs. McCarty, 11 mos. . 55 00 J. W. Simonds, board Abigail Connor, 39 weeks 117 00 66 clothing for “ 5 40
John S. Paige, board Lucy Barron, 9 mos. 81 00
Thos. D. Mann, " 66 3 . 27 00
Amount carried forward . . $3,594 58
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . · $3,594 58
J. P. Stickney, care of Ezra Tainter 5 00
W. P. Sheldon, medicine for " 10 35
Dr. A. Towle, attendance on " 31 00
Wm. Cooley & Co., funeral expenses Ezra Tainter
25 00
71 35
Nath'l Howard, funeral expenses A. J. Grover . 19 00
66 " Mrs. M. A. Hayes 24 00
Dexter Bryant, rent, Edward Moore, 5 mos. 30 00
$3,738 93
CONTRA.
Appropriation .
. $3,500 00
RECEIPTS.
Town of Provincetown, for aid to Francis Hamilton, $141 15
Norton,
E. Tucker 31 30
Falmouth, 66 66 A. F. Fisher 8 00
City of Boston,
Charlotte Rollins,
19 00
From Alvah Penney, on account of bills paid for his care
76 00
$3,775 45
Expended as shown .
3,738 93
Balance
$36 52
The following claims have been presented, and are now due : -
From State
$120 08
Town of Provincetown
36 50
City of Lynn .
25 00
Town of Norton
3 00
$184 58
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
TOWN HALL.
RECEIPTS.
From Melrose Lyceum, use of hall .
$250 00
Catholic Society, "
270 00
Other parties, use of hall for concerts, meetings, etc. 385 74
Melrose Savings Bank, use of room
50 00
R. B. Leighton, 66 5 00 ·
French Class, 66 66
6 00
$966 74
EXPENDED.
H. G. Fields, janitor from Jan. 17, 1875, to July 1, 1876 . $214 25
H. G. Fields, janitor from July 1, 1876, to Jan. 1, 1877 . ·
150 00
Malden & Melrose Gas Co., gas con- sumed
286 75
S. E. Benson, 40 tons furnace coal . 270 00
66 wood and coal .
17 48
Aiken & Woodward, charcoal . 10 70
J. C. Howes, plumbing, etc. .
37 31
W. H. Adams, painting and glazing, Charles Taylor, stock and labor, (repairs) ·
34 25
29 00
Bugbee & Barrett, brushes, brooms, pails, etc. 9 03
John Larrabee, sundries . 2 12
Samuel F. Oliver, gas pipe and labor,
15 00
Ingalls & Kendricken, repairing boiler 2 25
E. Howard, repairing tower clock 3 52
J. P. Deering & Co., lumber 6 91
$1,088 57
Expenditures exceed receipts
$121 83
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
STATE AID.
Received from State Treasurer for aid paid dur-
ing year 1875
$856 00
Names of soldiers and the families of the slain who have received State aid during the year ending March 1, 1877 :-
Samuel Sprague
$120 00
Sara E. Stilphen
48 00
Sarah Barrett . 48 00
Luzon Weeks 72 00
Joseph S. Eastman
72 00
H. W. Cushman
. 54 00
Mary F. Howard
48 00
Helen E. Poole
48 00
Maria G. Colson
48 00
Anna W. Martin
48 00
Abigail W. Bryant, five months
20 00
$626 00
INTEREST.
Appropriation
$10,500 00
Balance unexpended last year
4,382 15
$14,882 15
EXPENDED.
Interest coupons on Town Hall bonds
$4,550 00
R. G. Shedd, trustee
1,750 00
Lowell Institution for Savings
1,200 00
State Treasurer ·
900 00
Amount carried forward
$8,400 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward
$8,400 00
Dexter Pratt, trustee
274 29
Mary Dix
231 00
W. H. Leonard
67 50
Eli Upham ·
51 67
James Worthen, guardian E. M. Waitt . 4 64
Paid on temporary loans in anticipation of taxes 944 10
$9,973 20
Balance unexpended to credit of fund . 4,908 95
$14,882 15
WYOMING CEMETERY.
Dr.
Paid Nathaniel Howard for labor performed,
teams and labor furnished
$167 37
Paid other bills for labor as follows : -
Michael Murray, 38 days, at $1.75 per day . $66 50
Michael Murray, 20 days, at $1.50 per day . 30 00
Edward Duffy, 362 days, at $1.75 per day . 63 87
James Gorman, 62 days, at $1.50 per day . 9 75
Jeremiah Casey, 122 days, at $1.50 per day . 18 75
W. F. Serrat, 42 days, at $1.50 per day . · 6 75
Stephen Hyde, 42 days, at $1.50 per day . 6 75
Amount carried forward . 202 37
$369 74
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . .
$369 74
David Heaton, 12 days, at $1.50
per day . 2 25
Thos. Mahan, ¿ day, at $1.50 per day .
75
George Gobel, 31 days, at $1.00 per day . 3 50
6 50
Paid J. Doherty, labor performed with team 14 25
Paid Geo. Newhall, Treasurer, making and ac- knowledging deeds 9 50
$399 99 Paid Samuel Ellison for furnishing material and building " Receiving Tomb," as per contract . 500 00
$899 99
Cr.
By cash received for
6 lots sold in 1875, at $35 each $210 00
11 « 6 at $40 each ·
440 00
1 lot " for $50 50 00
1 small lot sold for $30
30 00
One half lot
18 00
Graves sold
.
48 00
$796 00
TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation .
. $2,275 00
EXPENDED.
E. H. Goss, services as auditor, 1875 $15 00
John R. Norton, services as auditor, 1875 15 00
Amount carried forward
$30 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward .
$30 00
Walter Babb, services as selectman,' 1876 .
250 00
H. G. Fields, · 66 250 00 .
N. D. Blake,
. 250 00
John Larrabee, services as town clerk, 1876 225 00
George Newhall, " " treasurer, 66 300 00
Chas. H. Edmonds, services as assessor, 1876 200 00
J. C. Currier,
. 200 00
G. W. Farnsworth, 66 66
. 200 00
A. B. Pierce, services as collector
-
For collecting taxes of the year 1875
79 59
66 66 £ 1876 233 20
$2,217 79
Balance
57 21
$2,275 00
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation .
· $1,300 00
Balance from last year 169 22
$1,469 22
Paid Globe Gas Light Co. for lighting and care of street lamps to June 1, 1876, 4 months $433 32
For lighting and care of 89 lamps to Oct. 1, 1876, 4 months, at $1.21 per lamp, each month 430 76
For lighting and care of 90 lamps to March 1, 1877, 5 months, at $1.21 per lamp each month 544 50
$1,408 58
Balance
60 61
$1,469 22
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
POLICE.
Balance from last year
$158 35
No appropriation in 1876.
Paid A. B. Pierce, services
$71 50
Joseph Holbrook, services
20 51
H. B. Newhall, 66 .
18 50
H. C. Richardson, 66 9 00
A. W. Mitchell & Co., badges . 8 00
$127 51
Balance unexpended
30 84
$158 35
TOWN HALL BUILDING FUND.
To credit of fund
$351 87 Paid to estate of John Pike, bill for gas pipe and fitting .
12 48
Balance
$339 39
ADDITIONAL STREET LAMPS.
Appropriation .
$100 00
Balance from last year 2 89
$102 89
Paid Globe Gas Light Co., for five copper lan- terns, posts, frames, freight, setting and paint- ing
95 40
Balance
$7 49
4
50
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
.
To credit of fund, balance from last year $460 80 Appropriation . - 450 00
Received from county treasurer, dog tax, 1876 . 498 75
$1,409 55
Paid E. H. Goss, treasurer of trustees
on orders $960 80
Balance to credit of fund . 448 75
$1,409 55
ARMORY.
Dr.
Paid H. A. Leonard, rent one "year to Feb. 17,
1877
$600 00
Cr.
Received from State Treasurer on account of rent for the year 1876 ($227.40 discount) . $372 60
BERWICK STREET.
Appropriation for building, grading, and drain- ing
$300 00
Paid Robert Philpot, for building street as per agreement $270 00
Paid Robert Philpot, stock and labor on fence, moving lamp-post . 23 67
$293 67
Unexpended
6 33
$300 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
DRAINAGE.
Appropriation .
$500 00
Unexpended balance from last year .
85 50
$585 50
EXPENDED. ,
Waldo Bros., drain pipe .
$123 95
Henry Barron, expressing drain pipe L. T. Freeman, building culvert on Vinton Street
160 00
L. T. Freeman, laying pipe on Foster Street
10 00
Geo. P. Fuller, laying pipe, digging drains, etc. .
91 76
James Marshall, clearing Ell Pond Brook
52 50
James Marshall, covering stone
15 60
clearing drains ·
12 00
Henry J. Rice, granite, edgestones, etc.
15 88
$494 82
Balance unexpended ·
90 68
1
$585 50
13 13
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
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 the different years, from 1850 to 1876 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 00
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
40),249 00
3,643,907 00
15 50
967
1874
3,797,965 00
380,460 00
4,178,425 00
15 80
1,039
1875
4,062,450 00
390,378 10
4,452,828 10
16 00
1,099
1876
4,178,765 00
488,124 00
4,666,889 00
13 00
1,102
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
AGGREGATE OF EXPENDITURES AND RECEIPTS AND PRESENT STANDING OF ACCOUNTS.
Accounts.
Expendi- tures.
Appropriat'n and Receipts.
Excess.
Deficiency.
Poor Fund .
$3,738 93
$3.775 45
$36 52
Contingent Fund
1,016 77
1,514 82
498 05
School Fund .
14,098 20
14,495 30
397 10
Highways
2,838 95
3,234 00
395 05
Drainage
494 82
585 50
90 68
Additional Street Lamps
95 40
102 89
7 49
Town Hall Building Fund
12 48
351 87
339 39
Armory
600 00
372 60
$227 40
School Contingent
1,785 78
1,232 00
553 78
Fire Department
2,602 98
2,696 15
93 17
Lighting Streets
1 408 58
1,469 22
60 64
Water Fund
18.297 54
16,770 55
1,526 99
Library Fund
960 80
1,409 55
448 75
Town Officers
2,217 79
2,275 00
600 00
Berwick Street .
293 67
300 00
6 33
Town Hall .
1,088 57
966 7
121 83
Wyoming Cemetery
899 99
796 00
103 99
Police
127 51
158 35
30 84
Interest
9,973 20
14,882 15
4,908 95
Insurance
416 89
416 89
Centre School House
19 10
19 10
$62,551 96 $68,424 13
$8,406 16
$2,533 99
Excess of appropriations and receipts over expenditures .
5,872 17
5,872 17
$68,424 13 $68,424 13
$8,406 16
$8,406 16
Dyer Dam Case
600 00
57 21
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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS
FOR YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1877.
MELROSE, March 7, 1877.
SINCE our last report there has been no change numeri- cally either in the apparatus or membership of the Fire Department, which is under the control of a board of three engineers, and embraces a membership, at its maximum, of seventy men, comprising four different companies having in charge apparatus and located in the different sections of the town, as follows : -
Liberty Bigelow H. & L. Co , twenty-five men ; having in charge one H. & L. truck, with the ladders, hooks, etc., belonging to the same ; located in the basement of the Town Hall. The house is in good repair, and apparatus in good order.
Russell Hose Co., No. 1, fifteen men ; having in charge one hose carriage and appurtenances and eight hundred feet of serviceable hose, of which four hundred feet is leather, and the rest rubber-lined linen hose ; located in the old engine- house on Main Street. The house is in good repair, and apparatus in good working order.
Wyoming Hose Co., No. 2, fifteen men; having in charge one hose carriage and appurtenances and six hundred and fifty feet of serviceable hose, of which two hundred feet is linen, rubber-lined, and the rest leather ; located in base- ment of the Masonic Hall. The apparatus is in good working order.
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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS.
Highland Hose Co , No. 3, fifteen men ; having in charge one hose carriage and appurtenances and six hundred and fifty feet of serviceable hose, all leather; located in hose- house on Franklin Street at the Highlands. The house is in good repair ; apparatus in good working order.
The Endeavor hand-engine and hose-jumper, in engine- house with the Russell hose-carriage, is, at present, in fair working order, but will need some repairs this spring to keep it so. There is no company in charge of this apparatus.
In April last the supply of hose was increased by the pur- chase of six hundred feet of rubber-lined linen hose, which, with the fifteen hundred feet of leather hose already in use (several hundred feet of which is unfit for any considerable pressure), makes a total of 2,100 feet of serviceable hose in the care of the department, and distributed in the different sections of the town, as above mentioned.
There is, besides this, in the centre hose-house, two hun- dred and fifty feet of leather hose which is nearly unservice- able, and one hundred feet leather hose condemned.
During the year ending March 1, 1877, there have been given sixteen alarms of fire, as follows : -
July 1, 1876, S. Sprague's shoe shop on Waverley Court, at Wyoming.
July 2, 1876, Vinton Street School-house, struck by light- ning.
July 16, 1876, fire in woods south of cemetery, at Wyo- ming.
Aug. 2, 1876, Duffee's house in Stoneham, at head of Emer- son Street.
Aug. 13, 1876, J. Johnson's house on Upham Street. Sept. 5, 1876, H. Vinton's house on Howard Street. Sept. 14, 1876, T. McCoubry's shop on Main Street. Sept. 16, 1876, T. Keating's barn on Hurd Street.
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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS.
Oct. 28, 1876, Parker's shed on Upham Street.
Nov. 1, 1876, church in Malden.
Dec. 2, 1876, William J. Farnsworth's house on Howard Street.
Dec. 22, 1876, Geo. Hemmenway's house on Porter Street. Jan. 7, 1877, H. H. Westgate's houses in rear of Masonic Hall.
Jan. 27, 1877, J. Riley's house on Linden Street.
Jan. 27, 1877, S. Valler's house, near Ashland Street.
Feb. 22, 1877, Observatory at Highlands.
The aggregate value of the property damaged by fire is .
. $16,350 00 ·
Ins. on the property $16,400 00
Amount of loss by fire 8,904 00
Amount of insurance above loss, $7,496 00
As it will be necessary during the present year to provide quarters for the Wyoming Hose Company and apparatus, the lease of the place now occupied by them expiring the first of July, 1877, we recommend that land be purchased and a house built near the present location of the apparatus. This course we believe is necessary to give proper facilities for the care of hose and apparatus, as well as for an alarm bell, which we think is needed in that part of the town. We also recommend the appropriation of $2,400 for the expenses of the Fire Department for this year.
Respectfully submitted.
J. G. EMERSON. R. W. CHANDLER, J. A. THOMAS, Engineers of Fire Department.
REPORT OF ASSESSORS.
Total number of inhabitants,
as reported 4,185
Total number of children be-
tween five and fifteen years of age 815
Total number of polls taxed .
1,102
Amount of tax on polls $2,204 00
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" real and personal estate
Total tax assessed .
$62,873 56
Amount of appropriations
$55,585 00
66 " county tax .
1,495 01
66 " State 66 4,284 00
overlay . 1,509 55
Total
$62,873 56
Total valuation of real estate, $4,178,765 00
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60 " personal " 488,124 00
Total
.
. $4,666,889 00
Rate of taxation, $13 for $1,000.
Number of dwellings and buildings for busi-
ness purposes
1,027
Number of horses
250
66 "' cows .
148
" acres of land taxed
2,700
Respectfully submitted.
CHAS. H. EDMONDS, J. C. CURRIER, GEO. W. FARNSWORTH,
March, 1877.
Assessors of Melrose.
60,669 56
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
Cash in the treasury March 9, 1876 $3,128 95
Total receipts for the year · 124,157 15
$127,286 10
Total disbursements for the year
126,166 36
Cash in the treasury March 5, 1877 $1,119 74
For a detailed statement of the amounts received and expended in the several departments, I will refer to the town book.
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Paid notes of previous year, see last report. 1876.
Jan. 3. W. H. Leonard, for 3 months, 6 per cent ·
$4,500 00
Feb. 16. Richardson, Hill, & Co., for 60
* days, 4 per cent 5,000 00
$9,500 00
Borrowed in anticipation of the taxes, and paid during the past year. 1876.
Mar. 29. Richardson, Hill, & Co., for 6 months, interest 4 per cent ·
$10,000 00
April 20. Fogg Bros. & Co., for 6 months, interest 4 per cent 5,000 00
Amount carried forward
$15,000 00
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
Amount brought forward . . $15,000 00
May 6. Richardson, Hill, & Co., for 5 months 22 days, interest 3} per cent 10,000 00
July 1. Richardson, Hill, & Co., for 6 months, interest 32 per cent . 5,000 00
Aug. 1. Richardson, Hill, & Co., for 4 months, interest 3& per cent . 5,000 00
Dec. 27. C. A. Sweet & Co., for 2 months, interest 6 per cent 5,000 00
$40,000 00
PERMANENT LOANS.
The following notes have been paid : -
Eri Upham . $500 00
James Worthen, guardian E. M. Wait . 66 42
Dexter Pratt and S. B. Robinson, trustees
1,200 00
66 2,000 00
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66 66 66
66 4,000 00
$7,766 42
STATEMENT OF THE TOWN DEBT.
NOTES PAYABLE.
Mary Dix, on demand, interest 5 per cent $4,400 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, due Oct. 15, 1878, interest 6 per cent . 5,000 00 R. G. Shedd, trustee, due Dec. 1, 1830, inter- est 7 per cent 25,000 00 · Commonwealth of Massachusetts, due Oct. 15, 1883, interest 6 per cent . 5,000 00 Lowell Institution for Savings, due Sept. 7, 1885, interest 6 per cent . 20,000 00 · Commonwealth of Massachusetts, due Oct. 15, 1888, interest 6 per cent 5,000 00
Permanent loans
$64,400 00
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
BONDS.
Melrose Water Fund, 1st issue, due July 1, 1890 $100,000 00
2d Oct. 1, 1892 50,000 00
Town Hall Bonds, due Oct. 1, 1892 65,000 00
$215,000 00
TEMPORARY LOANS.
1876.
Nov. 27, Richardson, Hill, & Co., for 6 mos.
interest 4 per cent
$10,000 00
1877.
Feb. 28, Richardson, Hill, & Co., for 6 mos.
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