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Received from State Treasurer,
Amount paid by town during the year 1878 600 00
COUNSEL FEES.
Appropriation . $876 66
Paid F. S. Hesseltine, for services and ex- penses in case of Waitt brothers, pau- pers, Town of Malden v. Melrose . $169 50
Amount carried forward $169 50
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . $169 50
For services defending suit of Gilbert Wil-
liams, assignee, v. Melrose . 150 00
For services and expenses in Dyer Dam Case 557 16
$876 66
CASE OF WAITT BROTHERS, PAUPERS.
Appropriation . $2,135 46
Paid Town of Malden in settlement for board and cloth-
ing G. W. Waitt, to March 15, 1876, burial ex- penses, &c. ; for board and clothing Ezra Waitt, to Sept. 7, 1878, court expenses bringing suit, &c. . 2,135 46
RELIEF TO SOLDIERS.
Sums paid under an act of the legislature for the year 1878, entitled " An Act to provide Additional Pay to Poor and Indigent Soldiers and Sailors." The amount paid is to be re-imbursed to the town by the Commonwealth in the same manner as State aid is now re-imbursed.
Charles S. Jones
$30 00
William J. Riley
80 00
George W. Grover, jun.
80 00
Daniel D. Penney
40 00
Joseph J. Wilkinson .
60 00
Ede K. Chase
32 00
John W. Buttrick
32 00
Philip McMahan
36 00
John Mclaughlin
36 00
Amount carried forward
$426 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward
$426 00
William H. Richardson
30 00
William B. York
16 00
Moses P. Mitchell
16 00
Charles H. Howard
16 00
Amos Rowe
16 00
Horace W. Stevens
16 00
Josiah B. York .
12 00
George S. Hyde
16 00
William H. Earle
16 00
Robert H. Terry
24 00
Albert P. Dalrymple .
8 00
Willard Edmunds
24 00
$636 00
DRAINAGE EMERSON STREET. (Near D. L. Taylor's.)
Appropriation
$829 19
EXPENDED.
Paid laborers .
$340 84
for teams .
39 99
D. L. Taylor, expense ·
24 65
P. R. Ellis, gravel delivered
18 60
Waldo Brothers for 450 ft. 15-inch pipe for 3 Y's . 7 11
198 00
Samuel E. Sewall and others for right of way through Taylor estate, dam- age, &c.
200 00
$829 19
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
GUIDE-BOARDS.
Appropriation .
$50 00
Paid T. R. Spear for 12 sign-boards, painting and lettering same . $15 00
Paid T. R. Spear for one double sign and iron 2 25
W. A. Goodno, labor on posts 4 00
James Marshall, cedar posts
4 00
25 25
Balance unexpended
24 75
$50 00
INTEREST.
Appropriation ·
. $4,000 00
Balance from last year
. 4,413 84
$8,413 84
EXPENDED.
Interest coupons on Town Hall bonds $4,550 00
Interest on notes made to R. G. Shedd as trustee . 1,727 70
Lowell Institution for Savings 600 00
State Treasurer . 900 00
$7,777 70
Paid on temporary loans in anticipation of
taxes
740 79
$8,518 49
Appropriation exceeded
$104 65
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
SIDEWALKS.
Appropriation .
. $1,000 00
EXPENDED.
Walter B. Ellis, one-half of the expense of laying 2,9197g square yards of concrete, P. R. Ellis, one-half of the expense of lay- ing 2,0123 square yards ·
$476 70
322 02
Michael Murray, one-half of the expense of laying 626 square yards . ·
100 16
H. A. Leonard, one-half of the expense of laying 27} square yards .
4 40
$903 28
Paid laborers for preparing walks
94 26
997 54
Balance unexpended .
2 46
$1,000 00
By vote of the town the Selectmen were instructed to expend the amount appropriated for sidewalks, for good and substantial concrete or asphalt walks, under the provisions of chap. 303 of the acts of 1872 as amended by the first section of chap. 107 of the acts of 1874, General Statutes, which were adopted March 27, 1876. Said laws provide that the abutters pay one-half of the expense, and towns the other half. In accordance with the above, concrete walks have been laid in front of the following-named estates : -
Yards.
A. C. Goss, Summer Street
. 744
Simeon Locke, Summer Street
· 353
Foster & Webster, Essex Street .
156
David Webster, Essex Street
. 74
John Hawkins, Essex Street
. 56
James Fallon, Vine Street . ·
363
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Yards.
Mrs. Cobb, Vine Street 544
George Tyler, Vine, corner of Myrtle Street 963
George Simmons, Myrtle Street
T. T. Shepard, Myrtle Street 427
Provincetown Savings Bank, Myrtle Street Unitarian Society, corner Myrtle Street
.
.
577
T. J. Kimball, Foster Street 64} .
H. G. Fields, Main Street
60
S. S. Bugbee, Main Street
39元
P. R. Ellis, Myrtle Street . 473 .
W. Irving Ellis, Vine Street 783 .
J. A. Barrett, Myrtle Street 78₺ .
Elisha Kent, Lynde Street 85 .
. E. R. Cleaveland, Wyoming Avenue .. 641
W. H. Jones, corner Myrtle and Foster Streets .
127
George Stevens, corner Myrtle and Vine streets
64
W. B. Burgess, Myrtle Street .
273
John Goggin, Foster Street
. 32
O. K. Stebbins, Myrtle Street
. 233
C. A. Whittemore, Foster Street
. 43
Artemas Barrett, Foster and Myrtle Street 141 .
.
50
A. W. Haskell, Foster and Myrtle Streets .
122 .
A. P. Perkins, Myrtle Street
643
Mrs. Shattuck, Myrtle Street
44
E. H. Goss, Cedar Park
273 34
C. H. Isburgh, Cedar Park
240
E. H. Walker, Vinton Street and Cedar Park
. 172
Mrs. H. Whitney, Cedar Park 28 .
· John Buffum, Lebanon Street 41
John Kohr, Lebanon Street 39 .
Charles Larrabee, Lebanon Street
43
John Walters, Lebanon Street .
29
Pulsifer, Elm Street
49
M. S. Page, Elm Street
49
D. W. Foster, Vine Street
933
J. C. Howes, Emerson Street
George T. Stantial, Poplar Street
· 100%
.
.
.
.
.
·
. 722
.
Elisha Myrick, Foster Street
H. A. Leonard, Main Street
.
.
413
305
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Yards.
H. A. Norris, Elm Street .
504
H. A. Norris, Elm Street .
533
H. A. Norris, Elm Street .
191}
A. W. Sewall, Elm Street
523
J. A. Parker, Elm Street . Emerson estate, Emerson Street
. 69
Anthony Crosby, Emerson Street
. 66
W. F. Poole, Emerson Street
79
D. L. & J. G. Webster, Emerson Street
1253
Unitarian Society, Emerson Street
73
Mrs. Ward, Emerson Street Town of Melrose (driveway), Emerson Street
17
Small Brothers, Emerson Street
72 182
Orthodox Society, Foster Street
98%
John C. Maker, corner Main Street 40%
343
J. D. Wilde, Vinton Street 127ª
321
S. E. Benson, Cedar Park
1175
Mrs. Ward, Cedar Park
723
G. H. Ricker, Upham Street
471
Mrs. A. Webster, Myrtle Street
35를
William Bailey, Wyoming Avenue
190₴
E. R. Cleaveland, Wyoming Avenue .
97
W. B. Kent, Florence Street
842
H. A. Norris, corner Green and Avon Streets 124₴
J. B. Souther, corner Green and Avon Streets
117}
J. Owen Littlefield, Avon Street Miles Mayall, Avon Street
59
31
John McQuinn, Avon Street
54
- Lecraw, Avon Street 31
Miss L. Porter, Avon Street
57
. 593
. 72
William Bogle, Foster Street
H. H. Boardman, Vinton Street
M. F. Eastman, Main Street
REPORT OF COLLECTOR.
FOR FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1878.
Amount collected of residents $24,077 23 non-residents 4,763 30 additional 394 38
$29,234 91
Cr.
Paid George Newhall, treasurer . ·
$29,088 74
Commission on amount collected at
per cent
.
146 17
$29,234 91 Respectfully submitted.
MELROSE, Dec. 31, 1878.
J. R. JONES, Collector.
REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS,
FROM MARCH 1, 1878, TO JAN. 1, 1879.
It is with no slight degree of satisfaction that we tender this, our ten months' report, to the citizens of the town.
By strict economy we have been able to keep the expenses of the department within the appropriation for the ten months, with a balance on hand that the engineers think will meet all current expenses to March 1 ; and we believe the department fully up to its high standard, with improvements which we deemed necessary to the department apparatus and appurtenances during the ten months.
FIRES.
It is a cause of self-congratulation to the people of the town, that there have been no fires the past year.
Two alarms have been given, as follows : -
June 10, 1878, seven to nine P.M., caused by the loss of a child from Saugus.
Oct. 3, 1878, twelve to ten A.M., caused by the burning of the asylum at Greenwood.
MEMBERSHIP.
During the past ten months there have been but two changes in the membership of companies, of which there are four, one hook- and-ladder and three hose companies ; each company being filled with competent and reliable men.
The number of men allowed each hose company is 15, and the hook-and-ladder company 25.
HOUSES AND APPARATUS.
The hook-and-ladder truck is located in the basement of the Town Hall, and is in the care of Liberty Bigelow Hook-and-Lad-
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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS.
der Company, No. 1. The carriage and ladders are in good condi- tion ; the house requires some repairing.
The Russell hose carriage, in the care of Russell Hose Com- pany, No. 1, is located in the old engine-house on Main Street, near the Town Hall, and is in good working order. The house was repaired upon the inside the past season, but will have to be shingled the coming year.
N. D. Blake hose carriage, in the care of N. D. Blake Hose Company, No. 2, is located in the Masonic Building on the corner of Main Street and Wyoming Avenue. The carriage and house are in good repair. We have had a hose-sled built and placed in this house, as it was almost impossible to respond with any degree of alacrity to an alarm with the carriage in winter.
The Highland hose carriage, in the care of Highland Company, No. 3, is located in its house on Franklin Street, at the High- lands. This carriage has been put in good repair. We have also had the sled made for this company repaired, but it needs a small outlay to make it more efficient.
It would be economy to the town to appropriate money to build a tower at this house, as they have no proper place for drying hose.
The Endeavor hand-engine is located in the house with the Russell hose carriage, and is in good working order at the pres- ent time. The hose jumper belonging to this engine is used dur- ing the winter by the Russell Hose Company, being placed upon runners for that purpose.
HOSE.
The amount of hose in the department is 2,700 feet; 600 feet is rubber-lined linen hose, 600 feet rubber-lined cotton hose, 1,500 feet leather. Three hundred feet of the leather hose is unfit to stand much pressure, and will soon have to be condemned.
The hose is apportioned to the different sections of the town as follows : -
In care of Russell Hose Company, 1,000 feet. N. D. Blake and Highland hose companies, 850 feet each. Two hundred feet of old leather hose has condemned and sold during the year.
Six hundred feet of rubber-lined cotton hose was bought in May last with the $400 appropriated by the town.
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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS.
APPROPRIATION.
Believing economy necessary in every department, we therefore ask for an appropriation only sufficient to pay the running expenses, and to keep the department, apparatus, and buildings in good order.
Therefore we recommend an appropriation of $2,200 for the support of the fire department, and $400 for the purchase of new hose.
Respectfully submitted.
A. E. WORTHEN, R. WHOWELL, HENRY BARRON, Engineers Melrose Fire Department.
A
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
Cash in the treasury, March 8, 1878
$3,976 60
Total receipts for the year 115,236 00
$119,212 60
Total disbursements for the year
117,341 91
Cash in the treasury, Jan. 13, 1879
$1,870 69
Temporary Loans.
Paid notes of previous year $20,000 00
Borrowed in anticipation of taxes during the year . $54,500 00
Of this amount has been paid 29,500 00
$25,000 00
1878.
Notes Outstanding.
Sept. 25, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on 6 months' interest, 34 per cent per annum $10,000 00
Dec. 9, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on 6 months' interest, 34 per cent per annum 5,000 00
1879.
Jan. 1, John Pickering and Moseley, on 6 months' interest, 3} per cent per annum . 10,000 00
$25,000 000
PERMANENT LOANS.
Notes Outstanding.
R. G. Shedd, trustee, due Dec. 1, 1880, interest 7 per cent $24,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, due Oct. 15, 1883, interest 6 per cent 5,000 00
Amount carried forward
$29,000 00
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
Amount brought forward .
$29,000 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
$54,000 00
Since last report there has been paid to : -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, note due Oct. 15, 1878, interest 6 per cent $5,000 00
On account of note made to R. G. Shedd, trustee, interest 7 per cent 1,000 00
$6,000 00
REDUCTION OF TOWN DEBT. - 1874-1879.
PERMANENT LOANS.
Notes outstanding March 1, 1874 . $85,439 80
Increase.
The treasurer was instructed to borrow on ac- count of building Centre Schoolhouse . $10,000 00
For purchase of Newhall building . 6,000 00
Borrowed of James Worthen, guardian E. M. Waitt, 234 56
Debt and increase exclusive of Water Fund and Town Hall bonds .
$101,674 36
The following notes have been paid during the five years mentioned, as shown below.
1874.
Paid executor of H. Temple, note dated
Dec. 8, 1862, interest 6 per cent Paid executor of H. Temple, note dated
$5,000 00
July 2, 1864, interest 6 per cent Paid Mary A. Simonds, note dated
2,000 00
July 11, 1868, interest 6 per cent . Paid Charlotte Sprague, note dated
1,000 00
Feb. 13, 1865, interest 6 per cent
100 00
Amounts carried forward . $8,100 00
$101,674 36
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
Amounts brought forward . · Paid Mary Dix on account of note dated
$8,100 00 $101,674 36
39 80
Paid Seamen's Savings B'nk, Province- town, note dated April 26, 1872, interest 7 per cent
Paid Home Savings B'nk, Boston, note dated Nov. 10, 1874, interest 7 per cent
10,000 00
Paid Dexter Pratt, trustee, on note dated June 2, 1873, interest 7 per cent
1,200 00
Paid James Worthen, guardian, on ac- count of note dated Sept. 9, 1874, interest 7 per cent
168 14
1876.
Paid Eri Upham; note dated June 12, 1858, interest 6 per cent 500 00
Paid James Worthen, guardian, bal- ance of note dated Sept. 9, 1874, interest 7 per cent 66 42
Paid Dexter Pratt and S. B. Robins- ton, trustees, three notes, dated June 2, 1873, June 24, 1874, and Sept. 9, 1874.
1,200 00
2,000 00
4,000 00
1877.
Paid Mary Dix, note dated Oct. 2, 1876, interest 5 per cent 4,400 00
1878.
41,674 36
101,674 36
Paid Commonwealth of Massachusetts, note dated Oct. 15, 1868, interest 6 per cent
5,000 00
Paid on account of note made to R. G. Shedd, dated June 1, 1870, in- terest 7 per cent
.
1,000 00
$47,674 36
1879.
Jan. 13, Permament loans outstanding as previously shown
$54,000 00
May 13, 1872, interest 6 per cent . 1875.
10,000 00
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
There has also been paid to the Water Loan Sinking Fund Com- missioners, the sum of $3,811.90 ; surplus to March, 1878, over expenses, $3,811.90.
STATEMENT OF THE TOWN DEBT. - JAN. 1, 1879.
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
Permanent loans .
54,000 00
Temporary "
25,000 00
$294,000 00
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Due from State on account of State aid, 1878
$1,092 00
Due from State on account of relief to soldiers, 1878
636 00
Bills due on poor account
1,002 16
Uncollected taxes, estimated
20,000 00
Cash in treasury .
·
1,870 69
Water Loan Sinking Fund
3,811 90
$28,412 75
Net debt more than assets available . $265,587 25
Respectfully submitted.
E. & O. excepted. 5
GEO. NEWHALL, Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
DR. GEORGE NEWHALL, TREASURER,
Cash in Treasury, March 8, 1879 .
$3,976 60
RECEIPTS.
From State Treasurer : -
On account of State aid
· $867 00
Armory rent
600 00
Corporation Tax
1,060 43
Bank Tax
691 52
3,218 95
From various sources : -
On account of Poor Fund .
$709 02
Contingent Fund
19 00
Fire Department
4 40
From J. D. Wilde, Treasurer Joint Water Boards
33 33
From A. Lane, Supt., on account of Water Fund
. 6,067 47
For lots, graves, &c., in Wyoming Cemetery
. 1,117 50
For use of Town Hall
367 75
Interest on bonds, Water Loan Sinking Fund
78 74
8,397 21
TAXES.
From A. B. Pierce, Collector, taxes for 1877 $19,884 93
J. R. Jones, Collector, taxes for 1878 29,234 91
49,119 84
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Received on Treasurer's notes
54,500 00
$119,212 60
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MELROSE, CR.
By paid Clerk's orders, as follows : -
School Fund .
$9,554 31
School Contingent
1,296 66
Poor Fund
5,096 63
Contingent Fund
677 64
Cemetery Fund
539 03
Police
136 00
Town Officers
1,726 17
Highways
2,350 19
State aid
902 00
Town Hall
1,066 48
Street lights .
1,618 12
Fire Department
2,165 78
Water Fund .
1,999 34
Drainage
533 81
Counsel fees .
876 66
Armory rent
500 00
Dyer Dam case
50 00
Drainage Emerson Street (near D. L. Taylor's) .
829 19
Waitt brothers' case (paupers)
2,135 46
Sidewalks
997 54
Guide-boards .
25 25
Soldiers' relief
636 00
By paid interest coupons on Water Bonds
$9,000 00
for recording deeds
1 85
order of Overseers of the Poor
2 00
for four per cent U.S. bonds, for Water Loan Sinking Fund
3,670 62
interest on notes and Town Hall bonds
8,518 49
orders Trustees Public Library
837 47
State tax
2,380 00
County tax
1,719 22
Treasurer's notes, temporary loans
55,500 00
81,629 65
$117,341 91
Jan. 13, 1879. By cash in Treasury .
1,870 69
$119,212 60
We having examined the books and vouchers of the town, in detail, find them to be correctly and carefully kept.
JOHN R. NORTON, F. E. ORCUTT, Auditors.
MELROSE, Jan. 25, 1879.
$35,712 26
REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
OF THE
TOWN OF MELROSE,
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1878.
-
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
JOSEPH D. WILDE, W. IRVING ELLIS, J. R. SIMONDS.
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
IN compliance with an act of the Legislature approved April 2, 1870, we respectfully submit this our Ninth Annual Report ; to- gether with a detailed report of our Superintendent, showing the condition of the works, to Jan. 1, 1879.
The adoption by the town, of the by-laws, makes the financial year end the last day of December instead of the last day of Feb- ruary ; an improvement on the old system, as our water-rates are from January to January.
The apparent difference in receipts is owing to the above change, the collections being for ten months instead of a full year.
WATER-RATES.
The desire of the Water Board has been to act justly and im- partially towards all, conscious of the fact that they have public trusts to manage. Many persons make demands as though they deemed it optional with the commissioners to comply or refuse ; the parties forgetting that any private or pecuniary interest does not belong to the commissioners, beyond that of any citizen.
The rates are established ; and a party must pay accordingly, whether a quart or barrel of water is used.
WASTE OF WATER.
Complaints are frequently made, and justly too, by persons living on elevated land, that they do not get a supply of water in the heat of the summer, caused partially by persons on the plain letting their hose run continually. Now, this is all wrong, as no one has a legal or moral right to this waste of water. And we would call the attention of persons using hose, that greater dis- cretion must be used. Also, that persons having fountains must comply with the regulation covering the same.
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
SIXTEEN-INCH MAIN.
The time is not far distant when this town must own an inde- pendent main-pipe from the pond to Masonic Hall, connecting with the old one at that place ; and we should urge the same at this time if times were better. Our reasons are as follows : The town of Malden being thirty-five or forty feet lower than Melrose, and having a large number of takers, we do not get the pressure that we ought to supply elevated places. And, if any serious break should occur in the main, we could only get what little water would flow through the pipe from Medford. A part of the expense would be borne by the town of Malden.
Your Commissioners recommend appropriations for the coming year, as follows : -
For hydrants, schoolhouses, town hall, engine-houses, &c. $2,000 For maintenance 1,500
Water-takers, Jan. 1, 1879.
Families .
876
Apothecaries
2
Aquariums
2
Armory ·
1
Barber-shops
2
Bake-house
.
1
Bookbindery
1
Churches .
6
Engine and hose houses
4
Fish-markets
2
Greenhouses
8
Hand-hose
.
258
Hydrants .-
81
Henneries
Halls ·
4
Manufactories.
.
7
Ornamental fountains
13
Private stables .
· 37
Printing-office .
1
.
1
6
.
Livery and boarding stables
.
.
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Public drinking-fountains .
5
Public ornamental-fountains
2
Railroad depots
2
Standpipes
2
Schoolhouses
7
Stores and shops
21
Truck and cart stables
16
Number of water-takers as per register 1879
938
Number of water-takers as per register 1878
. 910
Increase over 1878
· 28
RECEIPTS FOR WATER.
Amount received for Water-rates exclusively.
1870-71
. $3,909 29
1872
. 5,141 84
1873
. 6,133 88
1874
. 7,202 31
1875
. 7,882 85
1876
. 8,788 93
1877
. 8,850 45
1878 .
. 9,267 95
Estimated income for 1879 .
. 9,200 00
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT.
Cost of water-works to Jan. 1, 1878, as per report $174,089 36
Expended this year as follows : -
Thomas Cunningham, pipe . $133 15
George Woodman, pipe 32 73 .
Thomas McCoubry, sharpening tools 13 10 .
. J. C. Howes, material and labor 28 26
R. C. Huntress, boxes . '7 50
Levi S. Coffin, fittings . 3 17
Summers & Hunt, fittings for services 84 50
Amount carried forward
302 41
·
·
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Amount brought forward . $302 41
H. C. Richardson, stand-pipes 21 00 ·
Bills for trenching . 172 00 ·
1
$495 41
CR.
By amount received from J. D. Wilde, Treas-
urer Joint Water Boards . $33 33
$462 08
Cost of water-works to Jan. 1, 1879
174,551 44
MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT, 1878.
Tolman & White, printing reports $8 50
M. C. Warren & Co., hardware 9 91
Thomas McCoubry, sharpening tools . 9 01
J. C. Howes, material and labor 54 50
35 46
R. C. Huntress, gate-boxes Lowering pipe, and repairs 351 86
J. D. Wilde, services as Commissioner 50 00 .
W. I. Ellis, 66
50 00
J. R. Simonds, 66 66
·
50 00
F. C. Hastings, drawing-book
1 25
James Worthen, sundries .
3 29
Addison Lane, expense 8 75
S. E. Benson, cement 15 40
Henry Barron, expressing . 4 35
Bugbee & Barrett, nails
2 65
Robert Philpot, hauling gravel
3 50
C. W. Badger, oil 1 70
Joel Atwood, boxes .
1 75
George W. Bartlett, use of team 24 00
Babb & Stephens, printing 11 00
Joseph Edwards, repairing tools 3 50
George Newhall, rubber-boots . 5 50
New England News Co., blank-books 3 00
Amount carried forward . $708 88
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Amount brought forward . . $708 88 Addison Lane, services as Superintendent . 750 00
J. P. Baker, advertising reward 3 00
M. F. Whiton & Co., coil sizel . .
11 55
C. M. Clapp, enamelled cloth
3 00
Dalton & Ingersoll, plumbers' stock
.
2 60
C. F. Curwin, hydrant-covers
10 15
R. A. Freeman, teaming . 3 50
J. P. Deering, lumber
4 25
Malden Water Works, branches
7 00
$1,503 93
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
1878.
April 1, Coupons on $50,000
$1,500 00
July 1,
100,000
3,000 00
Oct. 1, 66
50,000
1,500 00
1879.
Jan 1, 66 100,000
3,000 00
$9,000 00
$10,503 93
Receipts.
Received from town for use of water . $2,000 00
66 for maintenance . 1,000 00
66 Town of Malden for care of gate-house and repairs .
279 10
66
for service-pipe
153 74
" water - rates from
March 1 to Dec.
1,1878 .
5,631 03 1
60
for stock sold
3 40
6:
" notice
20
$9,067 47
Expenditures exceed receipts
$1,436 46
1
$10,503 93
68
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Furniture, stock, and tools on hand Jan. 1, 1879.
Office furniture .
$200 00
Tools of all kinds
240 70
Stock
378 86
$819 56
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
MELROSE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Gentlemen, - In accordance with the usual custom I herewith submit my Annual Report.
THE POND.
Some time since, the shore of the pond near the gate-house was graded, and the stones taken out so that the leaves and grass floating in, could be more easily removed. The strong west winds that sweep across the pond in the fall caused the water to wash away the gravel and embankment; to prevent which, a bank .wall has been built on each side of the gate-house, and filled in with stones and gravel, which answers the purpose, and adds to the appearance of the grounds.
A small amount of grading has been done about the gate-house, the underbrush cleared up, out to the main road, and a channel cut below the wasteway, for the overflow. This is only a beginning of what needs to be done; but what has been accomplished has been done without extra expense.
The record at the pond shows an average amount of water greater than in 1877, as will be seen by the following
RECORD.
Rise and Fall of Pond in 1878.
1878.
Feb. 28. At the close of the last report the pond was full and running over. May 13. At high-water mark.
20. 1 inch below high-water mark.
30. 3} inches “
66
66
June 10. 5 66
66 66
66 66 66
66 30.
20. 8 10
66 66 60 66
.
69
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
July 10. 15 inches below high-water mark.
20. 17 66
66
66
30. 20
66
66
66
66
66
20. 15 66
66
66
66
66 66
66
66
Oct. 10.
26
27
66
30. 25
66
66
66
66
Nov. 10. 26 66 27₺
13.
the lowest point.
20 30.
23
66
66
66
11
66
66
66
66
66
Dec. 10. 5
66
66
6
66
" 14. Pond full and running over at waste-way, and continuing at the present time, Dec. 31.
COMPARATIVE RECORD.
Showing the lowest points below high-water mark to which the pond has been drawn since 1874.
1874.
Lowest point, 43 inches, Dec. 7.
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