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Pulmonary embolism
Boston.
Howard F. Smith
2
4
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Hydrocephalus (hydræmia) .
South Boston.
Sept'ber 26.
Old age
Enteritis
Premature birth
Melrose.
October
6.
- Brown .
7.
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94
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Old age
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Boston.
November 3. December 6.
William Andrew O'Berg Ellen Cowhey
1
4
4
Membranous croup
South Boston.
10.
11.
Walter R. Ellis
19.
Annie P. Robbins
37
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Peritonitis
Belfast, Me.
21.
Clara Bell Outhouse
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17
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Pelvic peritonitis .
Sackville, N.B.
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45
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2
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71
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· Consumption
Ireland. Melrose.
June
24. 26. 31. 6. 24.
30. Robert Coburn Margaret C. Powers Frederic Boyd Susie H. Judkins . 6.
John O'Connell Bale
Charles T. Holbrook Ella M. Richardson
South Reading. Boston.
July
66
7.
17.
Sarah J. Snowden
9
28
Marasmus
Boston.
19.
Caroline M. Hatch John Atwood Sanborn
21 27 33 77
3 8
5
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Paralysis
Asphyxia
. S. B. Typhoid fever Tuberculosis . · Phthisis .
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Charlestown.
26. 5.
Wellfleet.
Melrose.
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Gunshot wounds (suicide)
Malden.
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Portland, Me.
15.
Dorchester.
22.
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28.
28.
Phœbe Lynde
87"
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30.
Murray Ballou
2
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Melrose.
14.
Polly W. Hayward Lizzie S. Sargent .
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Obstruction of bowels Burn
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Ireland.
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3
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29 25
Tuberculosis pulmonalis Apoplexy Pulmonary apoplexy Anæmia.
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St. John, N.B. Ireland. Charlestown. Stoneham.
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
Melrose.
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Injury of brain (murder)
56
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Stoneham.
Boston.
Parker
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Boxborough.
· Melrose.
April May
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APPROPRIATIONS, 1878.
For schools, support of . $11,000 00
Counsel fees (F. S. Hesseltine)
876 66
School contingent .
1,000 00
Highways
1,500 00
Sidewalks
1,000 00
Water (use of)
2,000 00
Water maintenance
1,000 00
Deficiencies in accounts, 1877, viz. : -
School contingent $800 00
Counsel fees 542 33
Forest Street 400 00
Poor fund
.
976 11
Town Hall .
527 96
Reduction of town debt .
6,000 00
, Poor, support of .
4,000 00
Relief of soldiers, or for headstones .
200 00
Fire department . $2,200 00
New hose
400 00
2,600 00
Street lights .
1,650 00
Public Library, dog tax and
400 00
Contingent expenses
800 00
Police
200 00
Drainage and culverts
300 00
Town officers' salaries
1,880 00
Guide-posts .
50 00
Interest on debt
4,000 00
$43,703 06
3,246 40
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APPROPRIATIONS.
It was voted at the annual meeting, " That the unexpended bal- ances from previous year be added to the appropriations for 1878, and credited to the several departments."
At a special meeting held Sept. 20, 1878, the Treasurer was authorized to borrow the following sums, for the purposes named, the same to be assessed in the taxes of 1879 : -
Highways .
$1,000 00 Draining Emerson Street (near D. L. Taylor's) 829 19
. Settlement of Waitt case (paupers)
2,135 46
$3,964 65
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENSES OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
PAID TEACHERS' SALARIES TO JAN. 1, 1879.
Alonzo G. Whitman
$1,210 00
Mary L. Charles
170 00
Emma A. J. Bugbee
575 00
Ellen A. Stone
120 00
Frances M. Henshaw
200 00
Frances H. Turner .
120 00
Marie H. Friend
422 50
Lucy W. Bisbee
445 00
Julia M. Porter
445 00
Susan D. Melcher
405 00
Emma M. Cate
405 00
Chastine Emerson
365 00
Louise P. Arnold
95 00
Mary J. Arnold
80 00
Alice H. Long .
320 00
Caroline E. Southwick
320 00
Lydia Mendum
365 00
Etta Hallowell .
185 00
Myra A. Whitney
160 00
Sarah E. Pratt
95 00
Lydia B. Thomson .
175 00
Florence B. Howland
60 00
Mary M. Gilman
365 00
Hannah P. Lewis
325 00
Kate W. Bascom
160 00
M. W. Bachelder
160 00
Clara I. Nichols
144 00
P. A. Norris (substitute)
5 00
$7,896 50
Mrs. G. N. Bordman
Music.
$222 50
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
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PAID JANITORS FOR SERVICES TO DEC. 1, 1878.
Augustus Durant
$206 25
Orice K. Stebbins
211 50
Benjamin Stones
75 00
Joseph W. Simonds
55 00
Arthur L. Upham
37 50
John Singer .
37 50
$622 75
FUEL.
S. E. Benson, wood and coal
$474 90
Bugbee & Barrett, coal
25 00
Orne Upham, wood
3 00
John N. Thomas, wood .
4 00
John McCarty, charcoal .
10 00
Aiken & Woodard, charcoal
4 00
$520 90
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Thomas B. Peck, services 10 months
$58 33
A. M. Kunhardt, services 8 months 33 33
M. W. Currier, services one year
50 00
P. A. Norris, services one year
50 00
La Fayette Burr, services one year . 50 00
50 00
$291 66
RECAPITULATION.
Teachers' salaries
$7,896 50
Music-teacher's salary
222 50
Janitors' services
622 75
Fuel
520 90
Committee
291 66
CONTRA.
$9,554 31
Appropriation for one year
$11,000 00
Balance from last year
.
413 07
$11,413 07
Amount unexpended
1,858 76
$11,413 07
.
Moses S. Page, services one year
.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
SCHOOL CONTINGENT FUND.
EXPENDED.
J. C. Howes, repairing furnaces, stoves, water-pipes,
&c., stock and labor $165 94 ·
Joel Atwood, carpenter-work, stock, &c. 118 80
J. P. Deering & Co., lumber 88 94
Densmore & Brackett, outside windows 28 10
George G. Nichols, mason work . 21 87
C. S. Parker & Sons, repairing roof high school house
31 36
Walter B. Ellis, concrete walks, &c.
53 63
A. W. Parker, painting
12 62
T. R. Spear, painting blackboards
16 00
F. T. & C. E. Palmer, glazing
3 05
E. O. Howes, painting and glazing
10 53
R. Sherburne, light of glass .
1 75
Eri Upham, grading grounds Upham Street, and mak- ing wall 20 00
James Fleming, labor .
8 00
A. G. Whitcomb, furniture, desks, &c. 232 17
J. L. Hammett, books, reward cards, &c.
7 05
C. A. Eastman, books and stationery
103 89
Hooper, Lewis, & Co., pens, &c.
22 25
Maynard & Noyes, ink
16 00
Knight, Adams, & Co., books
2 89
N. J. Bartlett & Co., books
10 12
Nichols & Hall, books .
3 93
John Larrabee, one thermometer .
50
Tolman & White, printing extra reports
10 00
Babb & Stephens, printing permits
1 50
J. P. Baker, printing notices
1 50
Amount carried forward
$992 39
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward $992 39
T. W. Ripley, printing certificates, outlines, &c. . 14 25
C. E. Keith, tuning and repairing piano 2 00
A. B. Pierce, taking census of children 21 50
R. P. Barry, sundries furnished
8 71
E. W. Burdett, expense
4 09
LaFayette Burr, expense 4 15
F. A. Packard & Co., stationery 5 70
A. E. Burton & Co., dusters 5 00
Wakefield Rattan Company, brush mats 6 00
Walter Hicks, repairing furniture, &c. . 40 87
Lawrence, Wilde, & Co., desks, window-shades, &c. 53 30
J. H. Daniels, diplomas 23 50
C. G. Harris, ribbon for diplomas 5 00
H. W. Cushman, services as truant-officer 40 63
R. A. Freeman, carting settees and desks 30 00
M. S. Page & Co., clocks, &c. 15 25
G. P. Reed, cleaning clocks, door-keys, &c .. 7 50
L. Van Buskirk, repairing poker .
75
R. T. Huntington, locks and keys 2 12
Bugbee & Barrett, brush, brooms, &c. . 2 50
E. W. Frentz, ruling slates for primary schools 5 00
Augustus Durant, sundries furnished 3 45
John Singer, sundries furnished
3 00
$1,296 66
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Balance from last year
80 18
$1,080 18
Expenditures exceed .
216 48
$1,296 66
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
SUPPORT OF POOR.
EXPENDED.
For Groceries, Provisions, Supplies, &c.
Bugbee & Barrett, groceries . $364 19
L. F. Hinckley, groceries 363 39 ·
William H. Wells, groceries 21 00 ·
L. W. Gilman, groceries
109 50
James Worthen, groceries
69 00
G. W. Woodman, groceries
6 00
M. C. Trow, groceries
26 00
S. H. Nowell, milk
8 35
George E. Fuller, milk
19 08
B. R. Upham, milk
1 44
$987 95
For Fuel.
S. E. Benson, wood and coal $111 52
James Marshall, wood and coal
75 75
Robert Philpot, wood and coal .
15 23
James Bessant, wood
13 50
B. R. Upham, wood
3 00
219 00
For Rents.
Jeremiah Crowley, 3 months to John Con- nell
$15 00
Sarah A. Lynde, 2 months to H. F. Simonds 10 00
88 00
M. J. Ellis, 11 months to Sanborn family Dexter Bryant, 6 months to Edward Moore
30 00
John Warren, 5 months to F. Hamilton . 37 50
Amounts carried forward
$180 50
$1,206 95
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward $180 50
18 00
Thomas Mahan, 3 months to E. Fitzhenry John Gately, one year to William Dutton A. W. Lynde, 2 months to Mrs. Stinson Mary Henney, one year to Ellen McCarty B. R. Upham, one year to Mrs. E. C. Grover
78 00
4 00
60 00
36 00
Edward Duffy, 5 months to Mrs. Callahan 25 00
Charles Larrabee, 252 weeks to George W. Grover
25 50
427 00
For Relief of Persons out of Town.
City of Boston, aid rendered . $78 13.
City of Lynn, aid rendered to Mrs. H. P. Hollis'.
36 00
City of Somerville, aid rendered
76 62
Town of Woburn, aid rendered to Harris family .
62 75
Town of Stoneham, aid rendered to Jere- miah Martin and family 51 25
Town of Malden, aid rendered 68 50
Edward Dean & Co., supplies furnished Charles Howard . 125 57
J. B. Kimball & Son, supplies furnished Charles Howard . 45 00
543 82
Medical Attendance, Medicine, Nursing Sick, &c.
J. Vincent Smith, M.D., attendance $82 00
Julius S. Clark, M.D., attendance . 54 00
J. Richmond Barss, M.D., attendance 9 00
John Larrabee, medicine 46 73
S. C. Atwood, medicine .
2 00
P. M. Dewolfe, medicine 4 02
Francis Fountain, care of George Lynde . 112 00
J. Casey, care of Henry Kramer 9 00
James A. Lambert, care of Charles T. Hol- brook . 114 00
Amounts carried forward · $432 75
$1,206 95
$2,177 77
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward $432 75 $2,177 77
A. P. Dalrymple, care of Charles T. Hol- brook . 14 00
O. Emerson, care of Charles T. Holbrook, 1 00
William Murphy, care of Wm. Matthews, 6 00
Adeline Rowe, care of Mrs. E. C. Grover, 6 00
459 75
For Support of Insane Persons.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (David
Heaton) $21 00
Worcester Lunatic Hospital 498 08
Asylum for Chronic Insane, at Worcester, 528 43
A. B. Pierce, removing Matthews and Mrs. Kelly . 22 21
J. A. Lambert, expense to Worcester ·
5 90
1,075 62
Burial Expenses.
A. B. Pierce
$70 00
Cooley & Jacobs
16 00
Peak Brothers .
40 00 .
J. A. Lambert .
45 30
171 30
Board and Clothing.
E. A. Alden, board Charles T. Holbrook, $144 00 J. W. Simonds, board Abigail Connor 39 weeks . 117 00
J. W. Simonds, clothing for Abigail Con- nor
8 50
Henry Woodward, board Lucy Barron 8 months 72 00
Samuel Woodward, board Lucy Barron 2 months
18 00
Children's Friend Society, board Arthur Grover 26 weeks
52 00
James D. Kyle, board and clothing chil- dren of P. R. Waitt
43 45
Abbie Barter, board of Mrs. L. G. Davis and child 47 weeks 141 00
Amounts carried forward · $595 95
$3,884 44
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward $595 95 $3,884 44
Abbie Barter, board of Phœbe E. Waitt 14 weeks 56 00
Abbie Barter, clothing for Phœbe E. Waitt .
1 00
C. W. Polk, dry goods
5 97
658 92
Sundries.
George G. Lunt, meals to tramps
$9 59
S. A. Stevens, supplies .
88 00
George Newhall, boots, shoes, and rubbers 42 90
J. C. Howes, stovepipe and labor
2 30
A. B. Pierce, services and expenses
29 45
Josiah R. York, sawing wood .
7 57
F. R. Upham, use of team
2 00
George W. Bartlett, carriage hire
16 50
Obed Ramsdell, cash allowance (re-
funded) 50 00
Eliza Fuller, cash allowance (refunded) 110 00
H. G. Fields, expenses paid 10 46
Overseers of Poor, aid to Stephen Hyde . 184 50
Overseers of Poor, aid to Mrs. Williams . 2 00
555 27
$5,098 63
CONTRA.
Appropriation
$4,000 00
RECEIPTS.
From City of Boston
$158 87
" Fitchburg
60 00
" Lynn .
24 48
State Treasurer
119 00
Town of Malden
26 50
Nantucket, for aid rendered to Obed Ramsdell . 50 00
66 Provincetown, for supplies to F. Hamilton 188 67
Amounts carried forward
$627 52
$4,000 00
30
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward $627 52 $4,000 00 eanor Tucker 38 00
From Town of Norton, for supplies to El-
From H. G. Fields, amount refunded by persons for aid received 43 50
$709 02
Expenditures exceed appropriations and receipts 389 61
$5,098 63
The following claims have been presented, and are now due : -
From State $90 22
City of Boston
97 25
60 Fitchburg . 50 00
Town of Malden
240 00
Medford
6 50
66 Norton
31 80
66 Woburn 17 33
Estates P. R. & Phobe Waitt . 231 20
For support of children of M. F. Kelly 68 50
For support of Mrs. Annie Kelly 169 36
$1,002 16
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
Appropriation .
$800 00
Balance unexpended last year
110 98
RECEIPTS.
For auctioneers' licenses :
John R. Jones
$2 00
George Stockwell
2 00
Moses Briggs ·
2 00
Amounts carried forward .
$6 00
$910 98
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward . $6 00 $910 98
For auctioneer's licenses, continued :
Ai Libby 2 00
H. C. Richardson 2 00
James E. Spear ·
2 00
12 00
For use of lock-up .
2 00
From Treasurer Crystal Lake Fishing Association 5 00
$929 98
EXPENDED.
Tolman & White, printing annual reports, 1878 . $217 00
Babb & Stephens, printing warrants, &c. 12 25
J. P. Baker, printing warrants, tax-bills, notices, by- laws, &c. 56 00
J. P. Baker, advertising 14 00
T. W. Ripley, printing notices, &c.
6 00
A. W. Haskell, tax-collector's book . 3 00
H. A. Leonard, stationery for assessors
5 24
William A. Davis, stationery and printing
3 00
Knight, Adams, & Co., stationery
3 95
C. K. Darling, record-book 4 50
5 50
George B. Sargent, steel stamps and brands
5 25
Clerk of Courts, making record of by-laws . F. E. Orcutt, services settling with Coll. for 1875 Henry N. Cass, framing map
15 00
1 00
H. G. Fields, care of tramps to July 1, 1878, ringing bell, &c. 19 59
A. B. Pierce, returning 45 deaths, 1878 11 25
Nathaniel Howard, returning 9 deaths, 1878
2 25
P. O. Masse, repairing hearse harness
80
Henry Barron, expressing .
50
Bugbee & Barrett, matches
60
P. M. Dewolfe, message by telegraph
29
H: C. Richardson, removing dead horse
2 00
Frank A. Grover, posting bills .
1 50
G. W. Bartlett, team for assessors
3 00
C. H. Austin, team for selectmen
3 00
Amount carried forward
$403 47
Doane & Greenough, record-book
7 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward $403 47 Fuller & Whitney, services, making surveys and plans, vicinity of Taylor's greenhouse .
31 75 John Larrabee, services, compiling annual reports, 1878, keeping register of voters, stationery fur- nished, &c. 52 17
Chick & Heaton, blasting ledge, Oakland Street 62 25
D. L. Taylor, damages from blasting ledge, Oakland Street 20 00
A. B. Pierce, services distributing warrants, serving notices, &c. £ 44 00
Augustus Durant, ringing bell Feb. 22 and July 4 4 00
O. K. Stebbins, ringing bell Feb. 22 and July 4 . 4 00 .
Edward P. Fuller, ringing bell Feb. 22
2 00
Samuel Lear, ringing bell July 4
2 00
S. L. Walton, ringing bell July 4
2 00
Battery C, M.V.M., firing salute July 4
50 00
Paid for recording deeds, right of way through Taylor
estate
1 85
$679 49
Balance unexpended .
250 49
$929 98
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
. $2,200 00
Appropriation for new hose
400 00
Balance from last year
3 39
Received for old windows sold
4 40
$2,607 79
EXPENDED.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES. .
Board of Engineers, services to April 1, 1878 $60 00
Andrew J. Morse & Son, 600 feet hose 400 00
Amount carried forward
$460 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward $460 00
Henry Barron, expressing .
2 00
Scrannage Bros. & Cook, nozzles
24 00
Bugbee & Barrett, inkstand and stationery
1 50
BIGELOW HOOK AND LADDER Co., No. 1.
Services of 25 men 9 months to Nov. 1, 1878 375 00
C. W. Burnham, services as steward, 9 months 30 00
Joseph Edwards, repairing ladders
9 00
Thomas McCoubry, blacksmithing
3 40
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries
1 73
John Fitzpatrick, whitewashing .
8 00
Samuel Perrins, plating handles of truck
15 00
Walter B. Ellis, repairing concrete
3 00
F. T. & C. E. Palmer, painting
9 50
J. C. Howes, gas fixtures, piping, &c.
16 79
Bugbee & Barrett, one ton coal .
6 50
$477 92
RUSSELL HOSE Co., No. 1.
Services of 15 men 9 months to Nov. 1, 1878 $225 00
R. M. Rand, services as steward, 9 months to Nov. 1, 1878 30 00
M. & M. Gas Co., 5,400 cubic feet of gas
18 90
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries
4 25
Brown & Murphy, curtains
7 90
J. C. Howes, stock and labor
13 43
P. J. Finn, plastering
13 00
Richard Whowell, carpenter work and stock furnished
36 57
Albon W. Parker, painting
13 60
Phillips, Taylor, & Co., 3 tons coal
17 25
$379 90
N. D. BLAKE HOSE Co., No. 2.
Services of 15 men 9 months to Nov. 1, 1878
$225 00
Frank Gibbons, services as steward 9 months to Nov. 1,1878 . 30 00
L. W. Gilman, rent 1 year 150 00
Amount carried forward
$405 00
$487 50
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward
$405 00
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries 1 72
Joseph Edwards, painting and lettering
4 00
Joseph Edwards, making hose sled
21 00
Thomas McCoubry, ironing hose sled
16 00
M. & M. Gas Co., 2,000 cubic feet gas
7 00
F. T. & C. E. Palmer, glazing . 1 00
2 37
Phillips, Taylor, & Co., 2 tons coal 11 50
S. E. Benson, coal
3 50
$473 09
HIGHLAND HOSE CO., No. 3.
Services of 15 men 9 months to Nov. 1, 1878
$225 00
Samuel Lear, services as steward 9 months to Nov. 1, 1878 . 30 00
S. E. Benson, coal and wood
6 75
John Singer, jun., sundries
4 05
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries
3 82
A. W. Parker, painting
2 85
J. C. Howes, pipe, coal-hod, &c.
2 00
Joseph Edwards, repairing and painting carriage, &c. 41 50
Thomas McCoubry, ironwork
10 32
Board of Engineers, keys, brush, &c., furnished . 1 08
75
P. J. Finn, whitewashing .
5 00
Hunneman & Co., repairing hose
2 75
Phillips, Taylor, & Co., 2 tons coal
11 50
$347 37
RECAPITULATION.
Contingent expenses
$487 50
Bigelow H. & L. Co.
477 92
Russell Hose Co.
379 90
N. D. Blake Hose Co.
473 09
Highland Hose Co. .
347 37
$2,165 78
Appropriations
$2,600 00
Unexpended balance and receipts
7 79
To credit of fund
442 01
$2,607 79
$2,607 79
Richard Whowell, building coal-bin
Clark & Phillips, 1 roll
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
HIGHWAYS.
EXPENDED.
Paid laborers
. $1,814 40
for teams
363 13
$2,177 53
Macomber, Bigelow, & Dowse, shovels and nails .
$8 15
J. P. Deering & Co., lumber
· 5 54
Marcellus Day & Co., drain-pipe
6 60
Waldo Brothers, drain-pipe
11 55
M. C. Warren & Co., nails
2 50
Bugbee & Barrett, nails
2 16
Thomas McCoubry, sharpening tools, &c. ·
50 88
J. O. Norris, putting down crossing
10 00
J. O. Elms, labor on Forest Street .
10 00
107 38
Nelson Cochran, 601 loads gravel .
. $48 08
James Marshall, 215 loads gravel .
17 20 ·
65 28
$2,350 19
CONTRA.
Appropriation at annual meeting ·
$1,500 00
Special appropriation Sept. 20, 1878 1,000 00
$2,500 00
Balance unexpended
$149 81
$2,500 00
Of the amount paid for labor and teams there was expended in -
March, 1878
$10 42
April, 1878
238 01
May, 1878
681 02
.
Amount carried forward
$929 45
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward .
$929 45
June, 1878
335 31
July, 1878
207 63
August, 1878
156 66
September, 1878
362 85
October, 1878 .
109 00
November, 1878
66 38
December, 1878
10 25
$2,177 53
MELROSE WATER FUND.
Appropriation for the use of the water . $2,000 00
" maintenance . 1,000 00
Received from A. Lane, Supt., cash at various times, water-rates collected, &c. · 6,067 47
Received from J. D. Wilde, Treasurer of Joint Water Boards, money refunded .
33 33
$9,100 80
EXPENDED.
Paid interest coupons on bonds, $150,000, at 6 per cent
$9,000 00
Paid bills on account of construction and maintenance (for a detailed statement of which see Commissioners' Report) . 1,999 34
Due the town for advances 1,898 54
$10,999 34 ·
$10,999 34
DYER DAM CASE.
Balance unexpended from previous year $51 90 Paid Artemas Barrett, amount awarded by County Commissioners for damages sustained in laying out L. Pond stream 50 00
Balance
$1 90
.
37 ·
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
.
TOWN HALL.
No appropriation.
EXPENDED.
H. G. Fields, services as janitor, 6 months to July 1, 1878 $150 00
H. G. Fields, window-cleaners . 1 00
S. L. Walton, services as janitor, 6 months to Jan. 1, 1879 100 00
Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co., 80,200 cubic feet gas consumed to Jan. 1, 1879 . 267 35
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries 12 26
J. C. Howes, stock and labor, repairing gas and water pipes, &c. 29 89
J. P. Deering & Co., lumber 5 37
E. Howard & Co., clock oil 1 00
Abram French & Co., gas globes
4 88
Phillips, Taylor, & Co., 4546% tons coal
230 67
Aiken & Woodard, 25 baskets charcoal
10 00
Mrs. M. B. Hopkins, cloth for curtains
1 05
John Larrabee, sundries
1 50
M. C. Warren & Co., hardware .
7 20
L. F. Hinckley, nails
83
Walter S. Upham, painting outside doors, stock and labor 16 36
Thomas McCoubry, ironwork 10 52
Charles Taylor, stock and labor, making ventilators, repairs, &c. . 179 58
Watson & Bisbee, ash sawed, moulded, &c., for ven- tilator
37 02
$1,066 48
RECEIPTS.
From Melrose Lyceum, use of hall . $250 00
Baptist Society, use of hall 25 00
Amounts carried forward. $275 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward $275 00 From Republican Town Committee, use of hall 17 00
Mrs. G. N. Bordman, use of hall . 25 00
Emerson benefit concert, use of hall,
25 00
Post 4, G.A.R., and committee on reception to Mrs. Livermore 25 75
$367 75
Expenditures exceed receipts
698 73
$1,066 48
NOTE. - Since the closing of the above account, there has been received for use of hall, for Butler meeting, $25.00; Boynton meeting, $25.00; Hoar meeting, $25; use of small room, three evenings, $15.00 : total, $90.00
DRAINAGE.
Appropriation .
$300 00
Balance from last year
219 54
$519 54
EXPENDED.
Dix Pond Drain.
Glendon Company, hemlock plank $50 08
J. P. Deering & Co., lumber
15 57
Bills for labor 92 64
W. H. Stewart, carpenter-work 24 25
L. F. Hinckley, nails . 2 40
$184 94
Ell and Spot Pond Brooks.
Clearing same to Malden line, -
John Keating, 32} days' labor $48 75
John Hawkins, 27} days' labor 41 25
90 00
Wyoming Avenue.
P. R. Ellis, 303 yards concrete gutter . $96 96
P. R. Ellis, 129 yards concrete crossing ·
64 50
161 46
Amounts carried forward
. $436 40
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward . $436 40
Berwick Street.
James Marshall, labor and teams . $20 37
James Marshall, gravel
1 44
21 81
Sundry Bills.
H. J. Rice, culvert edgestone, and curb $10 50
Richard Whowell, carpenter-work
75
S. E. Benson, cement and sand
7 50
Waldo Brothers, 84 feet 15-inch pipe
42 00
Marcellus Day & Co., 90 feet 6-inch pipe
14 85
75 60
Expenditures exceed $14.27. $533 81
WYOMING CEMETERY.
RECEIPTS.
For 13} lots sold to residents of the town
$600 00
3 lots sold to non-residents .
450 00
3 large graves sold
18 00
3 small graves sold
11 00
use of tomb (non-residents)
5 00
From Charles Hutchins, for clearing path
1 00
Ai Libby, for grass .
7 50
residents on account of lots sold
25 00
$1,117 50
EXPENDED.
Henry N. Cass, framing plan
$2 75
Justus Geist, plants .
24 00
F. T. & C. E. Palmer, paint
75
E. O. Howes, painting stakes
7 20
M. C. Warren & Co., padlock
1 12
Amount carried forward
$35 82
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward
$35 82
B. R. Upham, manure 3 00
Waldo Brothers, drain-pipe 4 75
Norcross & Murch, marble headstones
25 00
Aaron Tay, labor
2 25
J. A. Lambert, labor
7 00
Thomas McCoubry, granite roller and iron door for tomb 35 50
George Gobel, labor . 94 84
Nathaniel Howard, labor . 100 50
Thomas Marshall, labor and teams
180 37
George Newhall, services .
25 00
John Larrabee, services
25 00
$539 03
Surplus over expenses for year .
578 47
$1,117 50
STATE AID.
Received from State Treasurer, for aid paid during year 1877
$867 00
NAMES OF PERSONS RECEIVING AID, AND AMOUNT PAID TO EACH, DURING TEN MONTHS ENDING JAN. 1, 1879.
Samuel Sprague
$100 00
George C. Bucknam .
100 00
William Story .
100 00
Isaac C. Dowling
60 00
Luzon Weeks
60 00
Joseph S. Eastman
60 00
Horace W. Cushman
46 50
Sara E. Stilphen
40 00
Mary F. Howard
40 00
Sarah Barrett
40 00
Amount carried forward
$646 50
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward
$646 50
Helen E. Poole
40 00
Maria G. Colson
40 00
Anna W. Martin
20 00
Harriet N. Lynde
40 00
Harrison French
8 50
Lionel D. Phillips
60 00
James F. Ramsay
15 00
Angus McDonald
12 00
George A. Tainter
20 00
$902 00
TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation .
. $1,880 00
Balance from last year
224 10
$2,104 10
EXPENDED.
John R. Norton, services as Auditor, 1877, $15 00
Frank E. Orcutt, services as Auditor, 1877, 15 00
Nathan D. Blake, services as Selectman, 1878
200 00
Charles H. Edmonds, services as Select- man, 1878
200 00
Henry G. Fields, services as Selectman and Overseer of Poor, 1878 .
250 00
John Larrabee, services as Town Clerk, 1878, George Newhall, services as Treasurer, 1878, James C. Currier, services as Assessor, 1878, Charles T. Stevens, services as Assessor, 1878
175 00
275 00
150 00
150 00
Henry A. Leonard, services as Assessor, 1878 . .
150 00 .
John R. Jones, services as Collector, for collecting $29,234.91 at one-half of one per cent
146 17
$1,726 17
Balance
377 93
$2,104 10
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
POLICE.
Appropriation .
$200 00
Balance from last year
10 21
$210 21
EXPENDED.
Joseph Holbrook, services
$4 00
H. W. Cushman, 60
11 00
A. B. Pierce, 66
77 50
H. B. Newhall,
14 50
A. C. Chick,
66
29 00
136 00
Balance unexpended .
.
$74 21
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation, Dog Tax and .
$400 00
· Balance from last year ·
437 47
$837 47
Paid E. H. Goss, treasurer of trustees, on orders 837 47
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation
$1,650 00
Balance from last year
237 69
Amount carried forward .
$1,887 69
.
43
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . $1,887 69
EXPENDED.
Paid Globe Gas Light Co., for lighting and care of :- 100 lamps, 3 months, to May 1, 1878 $375 00
110 lamps, 8 months, to Jan. 1, 1879 1,075 12 $1,450 12
Paid Globe Gas Light Co. for : - 13 copper lanterns $78 00
10 iron lamp-posts complete 90 00
168 00
$1,618 12
Balance unexpended .
$269 57
ARMORY RENT.
Paid Henry A. Leonard, rent 10 months to Dec. 17, 1878
Cr. . $500 00
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