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1878
. $394 92
1879
719 51
1880
. 21,755 04
22,869 47
Water Loan Sinking Fund
5,385 00
Cash in the treasury
672 48
Net debt more than assets available
236,112 70
$267,000 00
Respectfully submitted. E. and O. excepted.
GEO. NEWHALL,
Treasurer.
MELROSE, Jan. 24, 1881.
$30,887 30
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
DR.
GEORGE NEWHALL, TREASURER,
Jan. 20, 1880. Cash in treasury · $2,272 74
RECEIPTS.
From State Treasurer :-
On account of School Fund $179 93
Armory rent, 1880
600 00
State aid, 1879
1,241 50
Corporation tax, 1879
63 89
1880
2,007 96
Bank tax, 1879
20 93
1880
742 76
Relief to soldiers
117 75
Military aid, 1879
63 00
5,037 72
From various sources :-
On account of Poor Fund . $1,542 08
School Fund 2 75
Contingent Fund
8 00
Sidewalks
195 51
For use of Town Hall
557 83
County Treasurer, dog tax, 1879
392 16
For lots, graves, &c., Wyoming Cemetery
688 00
From A. Lane, superintendent, water rates collected, &c. . . 10,601 58
For stone sold from Franklin street 28 05
14,015 96
TAXES.
From A. B. Pierce, Collector :- Taxes for 1873
$56 00
1877
228 80
284 80
From John R. Jones, Collector :-
$488 20
1879
. 24,978 26
25,466 46
From Moses Briggs, Collector :- Taxes for 1880
32,565 03
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Received on Treasurer's notes
35,500 00
$115,142 71
Taxes for 1878
.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MELROSE. CR.
By paid Town Clerk's orders as follows :-
School Fund
. $12,491 37
School contingent expenses
1,477 94
Contingent Fund
924 34
Poor Fund
6,313 04
Fire Department
1,895 95
Town Hall
853 50
Street-lights
1,217 43
Cemetery
488 25
Police
994 37
Town officers' salaries
2,112 09
State aid ..
1.309 50
Water Fund
2,407 46
Drainage .
507 28
Armory rent
600 00
Main Street Cemetery
190 00
Insurance .
85 80
Additional Street Lamps
88 75
Concrete sidewalks
1,248 44
Concrete crossings
346 75
Military aid
737 75
Highways
2,750 93
Drainage Emerson Street
255 58
Franklin Street
328 00
Improvement on Town Hall grounds .
41 71
$39,666 23
By paid interest on Water Fund bonds .. $9,000 00 interest on notes and Town-hall bonds . 8,531 79
order of Overseers of Poor 15 00
order of Trustees Public Library
892 16
Referees Judkins case
20 00
State tax, 1880
3,570 00
County tax, 1880
1,793 96
National Bank tax (refunded) .
277 20
Treasurer Water Loan Sinking Fund
1,203 89
$25,304 00
TEMPORARY LOANS.
By paid Treasurer's notes
49,500 00
$114,470 23
Jan. 24, 1881. By cash in the treasury .
672 48
$115,142 71
AUDITORS' REPORT.
We have examined the Treasurer's books, and find them correctly kept, and vouchers to correspond therewith.
The amount reported "Balance on hand Jan. 29, 1881," we find standing to the credit of the Town of Melrose on the books of the Everett and Freeman's National Banks, of Boston.
We were unable to audit the Treasurer's account with the Collector, the same not being complete, as the Assessors had not certified to the Treasurer the amount of taxes com- mitted to the Collector for collection or the amount of abatements made by them, if any, as per vote of the Town March 12, 1879, and the Collector having failed to turn over to the Treasurer, with the moneys collected, the stubs of the tax bills, as per the same vote.
We were unable to audit the Collector's books, as he stated they were not complete at that time, but his receipts for money paid to the Treasurer corresponded with the amount to his credit on the Treasurer's books.
We would recommend that in future the Collector be required to turn in the stubs, in order that the accounts may be audited and his report verified.
We have also examined the account of E. H. Goss, Treasurer of the Public Library Trustees, and find the same to be correct and vouchers therefor. We would suggest that in future the bills against the Library Fund be first approved by the Trustees and then by the Selectmen, as other bills now are, as provided for in the By-Laws, Sect. 3, Art. II.
Respectfully submitted.
FRANK E. ORCUTT, JOHN R. NORTON, Auditors.
ERNEST MENDUM,
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
FOR YEAR 1880.
Number of inhabitants . . 4,443
of children 5 to 15 years of age .
888
of dwellings 1,001
of horses
286
of cows
169
of dogs
231
of acres of land taxed (about)
. 2,728
Value of real estate .
$3,356,000 00
of personal estate
294,384 00
Total valuation
$3,650,384 00
Rate of taxation, $14.25 per $1,000.
Amount of appropriations
. $47,545 61
of State tax
3,570 00
of County tax
1,793 96
of overlay . .
1,498 40
$54,407 97
Assessed as follows : - Number of polls, 1,195.
Amount of tax on polls, $2 each
$2,390 00
of tax on real estate .
47,823 00
of tax on personal estate
4,194 97 .
Amount of warrant committed to the Collector Additional assessments 34 26
$54,407 97
66 women
27 65
$54,469 88
Less abatements
217 95
Net amount, January 1, 1881 On which there has been collected . . And interest . .
$54,251 93
$32,496 89
67 68
.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
ABATEMENTS 1880.
Lucius Beebe & Sons $7 12
John Gateley Estate $3 81
Levi Miles Estate 4 95
George E. Phillips 2 13
Mrs. R. M. Mclaughlin
4 56
Thomas Keating 1 64
Mrs. Elizabeth Woodward
5 67
Mrs. Z. Butler
2 47
Mrs. Mary G. Vinton
1 03
Mrs. B. H. Rowe
5 00
William H. Jones 1 05
Orin Brown
1 42
Charles Barrett Estate
7 81
T. J. Kimball Estate
87
John Hurley Estate
4 43
Benjamin Clapp & Co.
2 85
Matthew Cassells
2 84
Timothy Corey
6 67
Levi Green, guard'n Cordelia 2 85
James Sayse
20 67
Mrs. John Collegan 12 07
Miss Nancy S. Wilson
7 12
Mrs. Lyman Elmes
1 55
Mrs. Samuel Fiske
13 37
Mrs. Abigail Cutler
4 21
William Hallahan
2 00
Mrs. Louisa Kendall
4 93
Mrs. Lucy S. Whorf
4 57
Mrs. Miner L. Ray 8 07
Miss Louisa Lynde
7 00
Mrs. B. R. Higgins 1 10
Miss H. Whitney
12 05
Mrs. C. W. Clinckard 4 62
C. H. Simpson
17 09
Miss Joanna Stackpole 4 23
3 20
Uriah Huntley
73
Mrs. S. S. Twombly
7 12
Mrs. Caroline E. Stevens 3 39
$217 95
Mrs. C. A. Shattuck
7 79
FOR YEAR 1879.
Net amount of Collector's book Jan. 1, 1880, as per
last report .
$57,517 60
Additional assessments in 1880
52 10
$57,569 70
Abatements made in 1880
391 63
Net amount Jan. 1, 1881
$57,178 07
On which there has been collected
$56,458 56
And interest
972 79
ABATEMENTS ON 1879, DURING 1880.
Mrs. Louisa Kendall $6 88
Michael Powers 33 12
Mrs. Miner L. Ray
18 88
Miss L. Lynde 18 00
Miss Cynthia Howard
6 38
Henry Robinson 15 88
Robert Emerson
60
Mrs. H. A. Avery 6 08
William Coyle
2 00
Charles W. Iliggins
3 37
J. E. McGlinn
2 00
Mrs. Caroline E. Stevens
3 00
Mrs. W. P. Sargent
29 40
Michael Murray
9 50
Misses E. and M. Moody
15 00
Edward F. Young
2 00
Mrs. Conway
7 63
Charles M. Blake
5 75
George Upham
5 00
William B. Burgess
32 37
Mrs. Stilphen
2 00
William Warren
18 13
Fred M. Goss
3 62
Moses P. Mitchell
12 00
A. W. Brainard
1 90
Mrs. Ann M. Stevens
69
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Mrs. John Collegan
14 25
James Lovejoy 2 00
J. H. L. Anderson
1 12
Albert P. Lovejoy 2 00
William S. Marshall
2 37
Charles Leavens 2 00
Asa Upham
1 17
Ai Libby
4 25
A. G. Bale
6 00
L. N. Leslie 2 00
Charles H. Fuller
75
Reuben T. Robinson
2 00
Mrs. Anna Stevens
3 25
Samuel Reid
2 00
Albert Bradley
2 00
Walton
2 00
J. S. Adams
2 00
E. H. Young
2 00
Matthew Cassells
2 00
Margaret T. Crowley
2 00
E. Humphrey
2 00
H. Emma Fuller
7 12
George R. Spear
2 00
Edwin A. Alden
6 13
George W. Woodman
2 00
Thomas Currier
2 00
A. T. Abbott
2 00
Wilbur F. Cobb
2 00
Alexander Anderson 2 00
James Dean
2 00
Thomas Brown, Jr.
2 00
W. H. Doolittle
2 00
Maxwell Carpenter
2 00
John Godfrey
2 00
Charles M. Curriea
2 00
John B. Horne
2 00
John H. Clark
2 00
Thomas W. Lay
2 00
Frank Chandler
2 00
Oliver S. Nowell
2 00
Patrick Drew
2 00
J. W. Kennedy
2 00
William Donnavan
2 00
William J. Riley
2 00
William Dutton
2 00
John Snowden
2 00
Thomas Dermott
2 00
E. D. Swain
3 13
Cyrus H. Ford
2 00
George Hunt
2 00
Arthur E. Ford
2 00
George Lee
2 00
Francis Hole
2 00
- Josselyn
75
Charles B. Harraden
2 00
Charles E. Keith
2 00
$391 63
A. A. Kittendorff
2 75
FOR YEAR 1878.
Net amount of Collector's Book, Jan. 1, 1880, as per
last report .
$50,016 66
Abatements in 1880
289 96
Net amount Jan. 1, 1881
$49,726 70
On which there has been collected . . $49,331 78 .
And interest .
892 13
ABATEMENTS ON 1878, DURING .1880.
James L. Wheeler
$2 00
John HI. Clark $2 00
John Higgins
2 00
Thos. Dermott 2 00
Sarah Conway
12 00
Dustin Fontain 2 00
E. O. Phinney
02 00
John H. Follansbee
2 00
Chas. T. Stevens
27 02
L. W. Lovering
2 00
James Duffers 2 00
Levi P. Martin
2 00
A. D. Bradley
2 00
Wm. F. Bacon
2 00
John Bragden
2 00
T. Baxter
2 00
John Brownie
2 00
Allen J. Bacon
00
John Clark
2 00
James T. Cragin
2 00
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Joseph Coolidge
$2 00
Geo. Patch $2 00
Patrick Curtin
2 00
Daniel S. Pratt
2 00
Wilbur F. Cobb
2 00
Wm. Partridge 2 00
John Cox
2 00
H. S. Roe
2 00
Wm. T. Donahue
2 00
J. W. Mccullough
2 00
Wm. Dill
2 00
Thos. Morong
2 00
F. W. DeCostra
2 00
Chas. H. Martin
2 00
Daniel Evans
2 00
Moses R. Palmer
2 00
Frank A. Grover
2 00
J. C. Rourke
12
F. A. Gowan
2 00
Wm. J. Riley
2 00
Joseph Garvin
2 00
O. N. Horton
2 82
Jacob Goodwin
2 00
Geo. T. Gateley
2 00
Wm. Gray
2 00
James Cutler
2 00
D. A. Gray
2 00
H. G. Abbott
2 00
C. F. Glover
2 00
S. R. Atwood
2 00
R. W. Goodall
2 00
Isaac Burditt
2 00
C. W. Gray
2 00
Fred Burditt
2 00
Stephen Hyde
2 00
Loring Beverly
2 00
Abram Hale
2 00
James Brewster
2 00
Joseph Hale
2 00
Harry Robinson
2 00
Chas. Kennedy Lawson
2 00
Wm. R. Reynolds
2 00
Walter Lewis
2 00
Samuel Rice
2 00
Frank Larrabee
2 00
Albert Smith
2 00
M. D. Littlefield
2 00
A. S. Snow
2 00
Geo. Lunt
2 00
Geo. W. Stillman
2 00
Chas. Musgrove
2 00
J. B. Stearns
2 00
Sumner Morton
2 00
Geo. H. Tinkham
2 00
W. F. Mitchell
2 00
Lawrence Van Buskirk
3 20
Daniel N. Merrill
2 00
E. A. Vogle
2 00
Samuel E. McAlmon
2 00
W. S. Weymouth
2 00
Wm. Mitchell
2 00
H. B. Whitehead
2 00
Frank Marshall
2 00
Geo. Walton
2 00
Enoch A. Merrill
3.00
E. H. Young
2 00
James F. Marshall
2 00
Josselyn
60
F. A. Marden
2 00
E. Gerry Russ
2 00
H. P. Morcomb
2 00
Mrs. Wm. Stevens
1 20
John Miller 2 00
John H. Dowd
: 00
Thos. H. Means
2 00
Andrew G. Oberg
2 00
$289 96
GEO. C. STANTIAL, JAMES C. CURRIER,
DEXTER PRATT,
Assessors.
2 00
James O. Riley
2 00
COLLECTORS' REPORT.
TAXES FOR YEAR 1878.
Balance unpaid Jan. 1, 1880, as per last report . $1,119 13
Abatements in 1880 (see Assessors' Report) 289 96
$829 17
Interest collected in 1880 .
53 95
$883 12
Paid Treasurer in 1880
488 20
Balance unpaid, Jan. 1, 1881 . $394 92
TAXES FOR YEAR 1879.
Balance unpaid Jan. 1, 1880, as per last report $25,114 54
Additional in 1880 . 52 10
$25,166 64
Abatements in 1880 (see Assessors' Report) 391 63
$24,775 01
Interest collected in 1880
922 76
$25,697 77
Paid Treasurer in 1880
24,978 26
Balance unpaid Jan. 1, 1881 . $719 51
JOHN R. JONES, Collector.
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COLLECTORS' REPORT.
TAXES FOR YEAR 1880.
Amount of warrant and tax list, as received from the
Assessors .
$54,407 97
Additional assessments
34 26
women
27 65
$54,469 88
Abatements (see Assessors' Report)
217 95
$54,251 93
Interest collected
67 68
$54,319 61
Paid Treasurer
32,564 57
Balance unpaid Jan. 1, 1881 $21,755 04
MOSES BRIGGS, Collector.
REPORT OF THE BOARD
OF
WATER COMMISSIONERS
OF THE
TOWN OF MELROSE,
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1880.
WAKEFIELD : CITIZEN & BANNER PRESS. 1881.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
JOSEPH D. WILDE. W. IRVING ELLIS. J. R. SIMONDS.
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
The Board of Water Commissioners respectfully submit this their Eleventh Annual Report, including the report of the Superin- tendent, showing the condition of the works to January 1st, 1881.
The year just passed has been one of extreme drought, following the very dry season of 1879, so that the pond did not reach high water mark by 12 inches, a circumstance that has not happened since the completion of the works. The highest point being reached May 10th, and then commencing to fall until Jan. 7th, 1881, when it was just even with the top of conduit that leads to the gate house.
During the year several meetings of the joint Water Boards were held, at which the subject of water supply was carefully con- sidered.
In November a committee was appointed to confer with a com- petent Engineer in order to decide what steps had better be taken to furnish a supply of water if the Pond should fall below the con- duit. The services of W. S. Barbour, Esq., Engineer of the Cam- bridge Water Works, was secured, and he was present at a meet- ing of the joint Water Boards, held at the pond, and, after due deliberation, decided that we should at once adopt some means which would place us beyond any contingency, (for what could be more disastrous than the failure even for a day ?)
There were two plans presented. One was to lay a new pipe at a lower depth and connecting with the present pipe, say at a dis- tance of about 2,000 feet down the Ravine Road. The other of placing a Pump at the Pond, and pumping the water into the pipes as now laid. But with the lateness of the season, the cold weather, and the depth of frost in the ground, it was decided to adopt the latter, and arrangements were entered into with the Geo. F. Blake Manufacturing Co., of Boston, to furnish one 16 inch Knowles Pump with Boiler of 25 Horse Power, Feed Pump, and all neces-
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
sary connections, suction and discharge pipes, and the same was completed under the immediate supervision of Maj. W. D. Fiske, Jan. 7th, 1881, and pumping commenced the day following.
Your Commissioners recommend appropriations for the coming year as follows :-
For hydrants, Town Hall, school-houses, &c. $2,000 00
For maintenance . 1,500 00
Water-takers, Jan. 1, 1881.
Families .
. 858
Apothecaries
2
Aquarium .
.
1
Armory
1
Barber-shops
2
Bakehouse .
1
Bookbindery
1 6
Churches .
Engine and hose houses
2
Greenhouses
8
Hand-hose
262
Hydrants. .
85
Halls
.
6
Livery and boarding stables
.
4
Manufactories
4
Ornamental fountains .
11
Private stables
25
Printing-office
1
Public drinking-fountains
·
5
Public ornamental fountains
2
Railroad-depots .
2
.
Standpipes
2
Schoolhouses
7
Stores and shops
18
Truck and cart stables
13
Number of water-takers as per register 1881 980
Number of water-takers as per register 1880 952
Increase over 1880 . 28
.
4
Fish-markets
77
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
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
1879
9,717 13
1880
9,863 14
Estimated income for 1881
$10,000 00
1
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT.
Cost of water-works to Jan. 1, 1880 Expended this year as follows : - -
$175,457 47
Richard Pattee, hydrants
$70 00
Boston and Maine Railroad, freight
3 97
Thomas Cunningham & Son, pipe 85 33
Town of Malden, one branch 4 40 .
93 45
Davis & Farnum, iron boxes
.
46 94
J. C. Howes, labor and material
32 87
Summers & Hunt, fittings
35 00
371 96
Cost of water-works to Jan. 1, 1881
$175,829 43
MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT, 1880.
Thomas Cunningham & Son, pipe $73 94
J. C. Howes, labor and material 48 00 .
Albon Parker, painting boat ·
6 35
Geo. B. Sargent, repairs on stamp
1 25
M. C. Warren, hard ware .
11 01
Boston Machine Co., nuts and castings 3 45
John Larrabee, auditing books, &c. . 10 00
Amount carried forward $154 00
·
.
.
·
Bills for trenching
.
.
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Amount brought forward
$154 00
Reynolds & Dunton, printing 29 50
Dalton & Ingersoll, fittings 8 75
Town of Malden, expense
15 00
Geo. W. Bartlett, horse hire
19 00
Peris P. Ellis, teaming 3 00
New England News Co.
4 95
Benj. Ames, labor at gate house
1 73
Bishop Brothers, ladder
1 88
David R. Woodward, labor on screens .
12 61
S. L. Walton, distributing notices 3 25
Bughec & Barrett, sundries 2 35
M. F. Eastman, expressing 7 35
W. W. Boardman, use of team . 9 00
Thomas McCoubry, sharpening tools 12 97
S. E. Benson, cement and coal .
25 75
S. P. Rowell, lounge for gate house 8 00
James Worthen, sundries .
4 41
Morss & Whyte, wire screen
5 50
Joseph D. Wilde, services as commissioner
50 00
W. I. Ellis, 66 50 00
Joseph R. Simonds, ". 66
50 00
Addison Lane,
" superintendent 900 00
Bills for trenching and repairs
642 89
Addison Lane, expense
13 61
$2,035 50
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
1880.
April 1. Coupons on $50,000 $1,500 00
July 1. Coupons on $100,000 . .
3,000 00
Oct. 1. Coupons on $50,000 1,500 00
1881.
Jan. 1. Coupons on $100,000 3,000 00
-
9,000 00
$11,035 50
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
RECEIPTS.
Received from town for use of water $2,000 00
from town for maintenance
1,500 00
from Malden for care of gate- house, &c.
344 89
from Medford for } expense on boat
4 68
for water rates
9,863 14
for stock sold
14 65
for notice
20
on pipe account
374 02
$14,101 58
CONTRA.
Interest account
$9,000 00
Expenses .
2,035 50
11,035 50
Surplus for the year .
$3,066 08
Furniture, Stock, and Tools on Hand, Jan. 1, 1881.
Office furniture .
$175 00
Tools of all kinds
250 00
Stock .
425 00
$850 00
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
MELROSE WATER COMMISSIONERS :
Gentlemen :- I herewith present to you my Annual Report, showing briefly some of the work done, and the present condition of the Works.
THE POND.
The arrangements entered into with the joint Water Boards in 1879, have been carried out the past year, the Superintendents of the three towns going over the pond once a week each, and a re-
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
port being made to the Secretary of the Joint Water Boards, once a month.
On account of the extreme drought which has prevailed through- out the country, the pond did not fill as it has in years past. The highest point reached was May 10th, when it was twelve inches below high water mark ; so that the capacity of the pond has been severely taxed, having been drawn to a point lower than at any · time since the introduction of water.
At the close of the last report, Dec. 31, 1879, the water was 45 inches below high-water mark, that being the lowest point reached during the year.
RECORD.
Rise and Fall of Pond in 1880.
Jan. 10
Pond 422 inches below high-water mark.
40
66
66
66
66
Feb. 10
66
20
66
24
66
66
60
66
21
66
66
Mar. 10
66
18
66
66
66
20
163
66
.6
66
66
6:
121
30
66
13
May
10
66
12
66
(The highest point.)
below high-water mark.
66
16
66
66
66
66
66
20
66
20
66
66
66
66
66
20
66
262
30
. 6
66
66
July
10
.
6.
20
..
66
312
Aug.
10
333
66
66
66
20
·
.
30
66
39
66
66
66
66
20
20
66
13
66
66
66
June 10
60
66
66
31
30
66
.
66
66
20
30
33
313
66
66
66
28
30
66
14}
April 10
66
124
30
.
18
66
66
6:
37
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Sept. 10
Pond 43 inches below high-water mark.
66
66
20
48
66
52
66
66
66
66
66
20
66
541
66
66
66
66
66
30
66
553 56
66
66
66
66
66 581 60
66
6.
6.
66
6€
Dec.
10
20
621
66
66
60
30
631
66
RECORD.
The following record will show the height of the pond in 1874-5 as compared with 1880 :-
Rise and Fall of Pond in 1874-5.
1874.
July
5
2 inches below high water mark.
4
66
66
66
66
66
22
66
60
66
66
29
66
66
66
Aug.
14
66
18
14
66
66
66
66
66
Sept.
2
18
66
66
66
66
66
9
23
66
66
66
66
66
66
21
27
66
66
€ 6
6:
66
66
26
29
66
.6
66
66
Oct.
1
30
66
66
66
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82
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
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.
1875.
Lowest point, 61 inches, Feb. 22. Pond full June 23. Next lowest point, 33 inches, Nov. 10.
1876.
Lowest point, 37 inches, Nov. 6. Pond full March 25.
1877.
Lowest point, 33 inches, Sept. 30. Pond full March 15.
1878.
Lowest point, 273 inches, Nov. 13. Pond full Jan. 15. Pond full second time Dec. 14.
1879.
Lowest point, Dec. 30. Pond full and running over at waste- way from Jan. 1 to May 20.
1880.
Lowest point Dec. 30. Highest point May 10, being then 12 inches below high water mark.
GATE HOUSE.
As the water in the pond continued to lower, the leaves and grass collecting on the screens, thereby checking the flow of water, I have placed a new screen outside of the gate house, obviating that trouble.
The bank wall south of the gate.house has been extended, the large stones taken out of the water at the edge of the pond, and the shore near the outlet much improved.
83
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
STREET MAINS.
With the exception of 300 feet of 14-inch iron pipe laid on War- ren Street at the Highlands, the street mains have not been. extended.
But two leaks have occurred since the last report. One, a joint in the 16-inch main on Wyoming Avenue, and the other on a 4- inch branch near Wyoming Depot, caused by a pick-hole made by men laying drain pipe.
This fact is conclusive evidence that the cement-and-iron pipe, if well cemented and carefully laid, is the best that can be used.
Repairs made in 1880.
Jan. 5 .- Repaired service-pipe on Upham Street. Leak in lead connection.
Jan. 27 .- Repaired 16-inch main on Wyoming Avenue. Leak in joint.
March 8 .- Repaired service-pipe on Main Street. Rust in cor -. poration.
June" 24 .- Repaired service-pipe on Upham Street. Broken pipe, caused by a team driving over the stop-box.
July 27 .- Repaired hydrant in Essex Street. Put in a new valve.
Sept. 13 .- Repaired hydrant in Cedar Park. Put in a new valve.
Sept. 14 .- Hydrant on Melrose Street leaking. Replaced with a new one.
Oct. 5 .- Took an eel out of the service-pipe on Greenwood Street.
Oct. 28 .- Repaired leak in 4-inch pipe on Berwick Street. Leak caused by a pick-hole.
GATES AND GATE-BOXES.
The number of gates now in use is the same as reported last year, namely, 87.
Quite a number of the gate-boxes have been replaced with new ones, the old being badly decayed.
84
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
HYDRANTS.
One new hydrant has been added the past season, located on Franklin Street.
Another, on Melrose Street, being out of order, has been re- placed with a new one.
And one on Cedar Park has been repaired, by putting in a new valve.
All have been carefully examined, and put into good working order.
DRINKING FOUNTAINS.
Three of the five drinking fountains have had additional stops put in, so as to better regulate the flow of water.
SERVICE-PIPES.
Sixteen new services have been put in during the past season. Whole number now in use, 835.
PIPE LAID IN 1880.
2-inch from main pipe to street-line
. 323 feet
inside of street-line .
· 617 “
"1 " on Warren street -
300 “
Total in feet
1,240 .
STOCK AND TOOLS.
Estimated value of stock on hand $425 00
Tools of all kinds 250 00
$675 00
I have also, with few exceptions, personally inspected all the premises where water is used, and have collected for water rates the sum of $9,863.14, and from other sources $738.44, all of which has been paid to the Town Treasurer.
The following table will show the different classes of water- takers and the amount paid by each, together with the amounts received from other sources :-
85
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Received from families $8,055 14
manufactories
218 00
use of hose .
780 00
stables .
432 00
greenhouses .
95 00
ornamental fountains
46 00
halls
64 00
churches
42 00
depots .
12 00
henneries
6 00
stores and shops
113 00
Received from town of Malden
344 89
town of Medford
4 68
stock sold
14 65
on pipe account
374 02
notice
20
738 44
$10,601 58
Respectfully submitted,
ADDISON LANE, Superintendent.
MELROSE, Jan. 24, 1881.
At the request of the Board of Water Commissioners, I have examined the Water Register for 1880, and find that the total amount charged for water rates during the year is $9,863.14, all of which has been collected and paid to the Town Treasurer by the Supt. Addison Lane.
There has also been paid to the Treasurer the sum of $738.44, received on account of service-pipe laid, stock sold, etc., making a total of $10,601.58. JOHN LARRABEE,
Town Clerk.
$9,863 14 .
86
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
TOTAL AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF DISTRIBUTION PIPES TO THE PRESENT TIME.
FEET OF PIPE.
GATES.
STREETS.
6-inch.
4-inch.
2-inch.
6-inch 4-inch 2-inch
Eleventh
Third
-
-
.
287
1
Main
-
3,784
478
9
2
Green
-
2,700
3
1
Franklin
3,155₺
360
4
1
.
Vinton
3,497₺
436
6
2
Trenton
1,233
1,331}
1
3
Melrose
2,339₺
1
Ashland
1.475
2
Tremont
3,180
2
Greenwood
324
Perkins
236
Baxter -
-
484
1
Florence
1,340}
1
Maple and Poplar
2.265%
2
Emerson
3,977
6
Youle
9983
342
1
Otis
780
Oakland
1,161
1
1.
Linden Place
286
Cedar Park
1,206₺
2
2
Laurel
457
Cottage
1,142
193
2
2
Hurd
768
1
Berwick
1,2263
1
2
Herbert
220
1584
Grove (West)
287₺
1
Waverley Place
6903
1
1
Foster -
1.470₺
1
3
Myrtle and Lake Avc.
3,170
3
5
Winthrop
-
6953
1
Vine
691
1
Essex -
1,437
4
2
Willow
663
1
Short and Main
470₫
Reading Hill
723
1
1
Porter
2,514}
3
1
School
-
495
1 12124113341 2 1 4 1 1 1
1
-
255
HYDRANTS.
-
87
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
TOTAL AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF DISTRIBUTION PIPES TO TIIE PRESENT TIME-Concluded.
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