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503 81
Highland Hose Company
357 76
Contingent expenses
124 99
CONTRA.
Appropriation. .
$2,000 00
Balance from last year .
141 56
$2.141 56
Balance unexpended
206 09
$2,141 56
HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation
. $3,000 00
Balance from last year
249 07
EXPENDED.
$3,249 07
Paid A. W. Lynde, services as Surveyor and Superintendent 128₺ days @ $2.00 per day $256 50
Paid for teams, 403 days @ $1.50 per day $604 48
oxen, 2 " @ 1.75
3 50
$607 98
Paid for labor, 1214} days @ $1.50 per day $1,821 68
2} " @ 1.00 2 50
$1,824 18
$2,688 66
Paid each month as follows : -
January.
Surveyor, 6₺ days @ $2.00 . $13 00
Teams, 22 @ 1.50 . 33 00
Laborers, 26} " @ 1.50 . 39 75
Amount carried forward .
$85 75
$1,935 47
39
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward .
$85 75
February.
Surveyor, 11 days @ $2.00.
$22 00
Teams,
15¿
@ 1.50 .
23 62
Laborers, 391 @ 1.50 .
58 88
$104 50
March.
Supt.,
10} days @ $2.00 .
$21 00
Teams,
684
@ 1.50.
102 38
Laborers, 145ª
66 @ 1.50.
218 62
2를
66 @ 1.00 . 2 50
$344 50
April.
Supt.,
20} days @ $2.00.
$41 00
Teams, 126}
1.50.
189 74
Laborers, 378
" @ 1.50 .
567 00
May.
Supt.,
20₴ days @ $2.00 .
$41 50
Teams,
544
" @ 1.50 .
81 37
Laborers, 1814
@ 1.50. ·
$394 73
. June.
Supt.,
14
days @ $2.00 .
$28 00
Teams,
31
66 @ 1.50 .
46 50
Laborers, 1454
" @ 1.50.
217 87
July.
Supt.,
15} days @ $2.00 .
$31 00
Teams,
25₺
" @ 1.50 .
37 87
Laborers, 98}
" @ 1.50 .
147 70
August.
Supt.,
21 days @ $2.00.
$42 00
Teams,
272
@ 1.50 .
41 25
Oxen,
2
@ 1.75 .
3 50
Laborers, 92}
" @ 1.50 .
138 75
September.
Supt.,
5
days @ $2.00 .
$10 00
Teams,
20
6 @ 1.50 .
30 00
Laborers, 70
" @ 1.50 .
105 00
$145 00
Amount carried forward .
$2,606 66
$797 74
271 86
$292 37
$216 57
$225 50
40
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward .
$2,606 66
October.
Teams, 8} days @ $1.50 . $12 75
Laborers, 31
" @ 1.50 . 46 50
$59 25
December.
Supt., 3} days @ $2.00 . $7 00
Teams, 4 " @ 1.50 . 6 00
Laborers, 63 " @ 1.50 . 9 75
$22 75
$2,688 66
TRIMMING TREES.
Paid for labor, 21} days, @ $1.50 per day
$32 25
5} " @ 1.75 66
9 62
team, 11 @ 1.00
11 00
$52 87
SUNDRIES.
Dexter Pratt, surveying
$15 40
Bugbee & Barrett, spikes and powder
1 25
Alex. McBeth, sharpening tools .
5 55
Thos. McCoubry, " etc.
81 70
Edwards Brothers, snow-plough and sharpening tools .
19 77
Whittemore Brothers, shovels
23 85
George R. Palmer, labor and team
12 00
J. P. Deering, lumber
4 68
J. C. Howes, lanterns
2 20
$166 40
GRAVEL.
D. W. Gooch, 1224 loads at 10c. $122 40
D. W. Gooch, 1386 loads at 8c. (1880)
110 88
A. H. Heath, 425 loads at 10c. .
42 50
R. Philpot, 11 loads (delivered)
4 12
$279 90
RECAPITULATION.
Appropriation and balance .
. $3,249 07
·
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENDED.
Labor and teams
2,688 66
Trimming trees
52 87
Sundries
166 40
Gravel .
279 90
$3,187 83
Balance unexpended ·
61 24
$3,249 07
MELROSE WATER FUND.
Jan. 1, 1881. To the credit of the account . $2,694 12
Appropriations for the use of the water 2,000 00 .
for maintenance . 1,500 00 · for deficiency, construction account, 1880 371 96 Received from A. Lane, Superintendent, cash at vari-
ous times, water-rates collected, etc. . 11,048 00
$17,614 08
EXPENDED.
Paid interest on bonds, $150,000, at 6 per cent per annum $9,000 00
bills on account of construction and maintenance (for a detailed state- ment of which, see Commissioners' report) 4,007 60
Treasurer of Water Loan Sinking Fund Commissioners, per order, surplus over expenses for 1880 3,066 08
$16,073 68 Jan. 1, 1882, To the credit of the account 1,540 40
$17,614 08
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
TOWN HALL.
No appropriation.
EXPENDED.
Samuel L. Walton, services as janitor six months $100 00
Samuel L. Walton, 125 00
Seth E. Benson, 30 tons coal 174 00
John Lahy, charcoal . 4 00
Malden and Melrose G. L. Co., 72,700 feet gas .
218 10
D. R. Woodward, stock and labor 13 00
C. Taylor, stock and labor . 54 11
Thomas Cunningham, repairing steam boiler
56 37
S. L. Walton, radiators, etc.
3 75
J. C. Howes, stock and labor
22 62
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries
5 86
John Larrabee, chemicals .
80
W. J. Silver, repairing flag
1 00
$778 61
RECEIPTS.
Melrose Lyceum, use of hall
$200 00
Melrose Musical Association, use of hall
26 00
Spaulding's Bell Ringers,
66
25 00
Republican caucus,
66 66
5 04
Melrose Savings Bank, rent
50 00
A. B. Pierce, use of lock-up
2 00
$308 04
Expenditures exceed receipts
470 57
$778 61
DRAINAGE, BRIDGES, AND CULVERTS.
$800 00
Appropriation
Balance from last year
142 00
$942 09
43
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENDED.
Marcellus Day & Co., 18 in. pipe .
$216 15
Waldo Brothers, 12 26 33
B. & M. R. R., freight on pipe 15 32
J. P. Deering, boards
9 45
S. E. Benson, sleepers
4 64
T. R. Newhall, granite covers 44 10
Kidney & Libby, cesspool stones
31 62
James Marshall, repairing bridge . 3 00
Walter B. Ellis, -
27} square yds. concrete . $13 67
Covering stones
40 00
Labor, 2 days . 3 00
56 67
$407 28
For Labor and Teams.
A. W. Lynde, 37} days labor, at $2.00 per day .
$75 00
Dexter Pratt, 2 days labor, at $2.00 per day
4 00
Teams, 54 days, at $1.50 per day . 81 00
Laborers, 217 days, at $1.50 per day
325 50
$485 50
$892 78
Balance unexpended
49 31
$942 09
ARMORY RENT.
Received from State Treasurer rent for one year to
Jan. 1, 1882
$600 00
Paid Henry A. Leonard rent to Jan. 1, 1882 . ·
600 00
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation
$800 00
Balance from last year
522 69
$1,322 69
44
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENDED. Paid Globe Gas-Light Company of Boston for light- ing and care of 125 lamps 6 months $499 98
129 1 month 86 01
130 5 months 433 40
$1,019 39
Balance unexpended .
303 30
ADDITIONAL STREET LAMPS.
Appropriation
$100 00
Balance from last year
11 25
$111 25
EXPENDED.
Paid Globe Gas-Light Company for 5 iron posts,
frames, and 7 copper lanterns $86 35
Balance unexpended . ·
24 90
$111 25
WYOMING CEMETERY.
RECEIPTS.
For 2 lots sold residents, at $55 each . $110 00
11 at $40 each .
440 00
From residents on account of lots sold
20 00
For lots sold non-residents, two at $165 each
330 00
For graves sold non-residents residents
17 00
27 00
For grass sold .
5 25
$949 25
EXPENDED.
Thomas Marshall, for labor, 681 days at $1.50 per day
$102 37
team, 19 " 66
28 51
manure and sods 4 95
George Gobel, labor, 63 days at $1.50 per day ·
94 51
B. F. Smith, driving tubular wells, pumps, etc. .
160 00
R. Whowell, sign-boards
1 00
Justus Geist, plants
15 20
Thomas McCoubry, sharpening tools .
10 86
Amount carried forward
$417 40
$1,322 69
45
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward
$417 40 90
Bugbee & Barrett, pails
Geo. Newhall, making 23 deeds (1880-81)
11 50
H. J. Rice, granite posts, for signs
10 50
E. O. Howes, stock and labor
6 40
J. P. Deering, lumber
4 43
Moses P. Mitchell, whitewashing tomb
4 00
Henry E. Murch, marble markers
34 00
George Newhall, services on committee
25 00
John Larrabee 66 66
25 00
$539 13
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES.
Appropriation
. $2,250 00
Balance from last year
297 90
$2,547 90
EXPENDED.
Daniel Norton, Jr., Selectman and Overseer of Poor
$200 00
Joseph F. Boyd, Selectman and Overseer of Poor
200 00
Henry G. Fields, Selectman and Chairman Overseers of Poor 250 00
John Larrabee, Town Clerk
175 00
George Newhall, Treasurer
500 00
George C. Stantial, Assessor
150 00
James C. Currier, Assessor
150 00
Dexter Pratt, Assessor
150 00
John R. Norton, Auditor, 1880
15 00
Frank E. Orcutt, Auditor, 1880
15 00
Ernest Mendum, Auditor, 1880 .
15 00
Moses Briggs, Collector, one-half of 1 per cent. for collecting $31,892.68, general taxes of 1880 159 46
Moses Briggs, Collector, 5 per cent. for col-
lecting $672.35, poll-taxes of 1880 33 62
$2,013 08
Balance unexpended
534 82
$2,547 90
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
INTEREST.
Appropriation $6,300 00
Received as interest from Collector, on taxes for year 1880 ·
861 81
Received as interest from Collector, on taxes for year 1881 61 51
Balance from last year . 415 63
EXPENDED. $7,638 95
Interest on Town Hall bonds ($65,000) at 7 per cent $4,550 00
on notes to Lowell Institution for Savings 1,200 00
on notes to Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1,000 00
on temporary loans in anticipation of taxes 556 22
$7,306 22
Balance unexpended
332 73
$7,638 95
POLICE AND NIGHT WATCHMEN.
Appropriation
$900 00
EXPENDED. Night Watch.
A. B. Pierce, 365 nights* Police.
$730 00
A. B. Pierce, 132 hours 33 00
Samuel L. Walton, 40 hours 10 00
Joseph Holbrook, 390 hours .
97 50
H. W. Cushman, 14} hours .
3 63
A. C. Chick, 21 hours .
5 25
$879 38
Balance unexpended .
20 62
$900 00
STATE AID.
Received from State Treasurer on account of amount paid during year 1880 (in full) $1,309 50 * Includes street duty evenings.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
PAID DISABLED SOLDIERS AND DEPENDENT RELATIVES DURING YEAR 1881.
Samuel Sprague
$120 00
Isaac C. Dowling
120 00
George C. Buckman .
120 00
William Story
120 00
George A. Tainter
120 00
Horace W. Cushman
100 00
Luzon Weeks
72 00
Joseph S. Eastman
72 00
Theodore L. Palmer .
72 00
Sara E. Stilphen
12 00
Sarah Barrett
48 00
Mary F. Howard
48 00
Maria G. Colson
48 00
Helen E. Poole
48 00
Harriet N. Lynde
36 00
Angus McDonald
66 00
Charles H. Young
66 00
George W. Babcock
6 00
James F. Ramsey
9 00
Ann M. Jewett
12 00
$1,315 00
MILITARY AID.
Received from State Treasurer on account of aid paid in
1880 (one-half of amount paid) . $368 88
[Sums paid under provisions chap. 252, Acts of 1879.]
Avery B. Howard
$98 00
Daniel D. Penney
73 50
Martin Shannon
22 00
George W. Grover, Jr.
111 00
Philip McMahan
98 00
William J. Riley
73 50
Wm. H. Richardson .
80 00
Amount carried forward
$556 00
.
.
.
.
48
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward
$556 00
Moses P. Mitchell
49 00
Ede K. Chase .
73 50
Edwin H. Downing
80 00
William B. York
16 00
Horace W. Stevens
18 00
John K. Roberts
53 00
William A. Johnson
8 00
$853 50
TOWN HALL.
IMPROVEMENT OF GROUNDS, ETC.
Appropriation
. $1,000 00
Expended last year, for freight on granite . 41 71
Balance
$958 29
EXPENDED.
A. Parker, for 1,248 feet edgestone, 1-6×6, 6 posts,
6 feet, 8×8, capping, 49×3 $499 29
B. & M. R. R., freight on stone .
49 30
Walter B. Ellis, teaming and setting 1,248 feet edgestone 99 84
setting posts and capping 4 00
concreting walks 36 00
37 60
labor, teams, and cement furnished teaming 40 loads loam
10 00
P. R. Ellis, 41 loads loam at 40 cents .
16 40
J. C. Ingalls, 51
50 “
25 50
40 20 66
8 00
man and team, 2} days
7 50
Dexter Pratt, 45 loads loam
12 50
25
6 25
labor on grounds . 30 00
expense for wire, grass seed, etc. .
4 66
Robert Philpot, teaming 25 12
Patrick Kiervan, labor 343 days, at $1.50
52 12
Amount carried forward
$924 08
.
49
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . Thomas Brown, labor 74 days, at $1.50
$924 08
10 88
Philip McMahan, labor ¿ day
1 13
A. W. Lynde, labor 1 day .
$2 00
man and horse, 1 day · 3 00
5 00
$941 09
Balance unexpended
17 20
$958 29
MAIN STREET CEMETERY.
Balance from last year
$60 00
Paid Aaron Green for services as Special Committee . 25 00
Balance unexpended
$35 00
FRANKLIN STREET.
Appropriation
$400 00
Balance
05
$400 05
Paid Ammi C. Chick, for blasting stone and widening street, as per contract . ·
400 00
Balance .
$ 05
HEARSE.
Appropriation .
·
$75 00
Paid Edwards Brothers, repairing and painting hearse 29 00
Balance unexpended
$46 00
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation authorized, dog tax and
$500 00
Received from Amos Stone, County Treasurer, dog tax for 1880
401 58
$901 58
Paid to E. H. Goss, on orders from Trustees $901 58
.
50
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
CROSSINGS AND GUTTERS.
Appropriation
$500 00
Balance from last year
14 79
EXPENDED. $514 79
Walter B. Ellis, for laying -
693} square yards concrete crossings, at 50 cents per yard .
$346 67 419§ square yards concrete gutters, at 37 cents per yard . 155 36
15 square yards concrete for driveway 5 55
$507 58
For Labor and Teams, Grading, Etc.
A. W. Lynde, 2 days
$4 00
Teams, 4 . 6 00
Laborers, 32. “ . 48 00
$58 00
$565 58
Expenditures exceed $50.79.
SIDEWALKS.
Appropriation .
. $1,000 00
RECEIPTS.
Estate of A. P. Lynde .
$22 28
Timothy Corey
29 10
Thos. Hawkins
7 66
$59 04
$1,059 04
EXPENDED.
Walter B. Ellis, one-half the expense of laying 346513 square yards concrete, at 37 cts. per yard Walter B. Ellis, for laying 1513 square yards con- crete, at 37 cents per yard . . A. W. Lynde, one-half the expense of laying 74 square yards concrete, at 37 cents per yard
$641 09
56 15
13 69
$710 93 Amount carried forward
.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
51
Amount brought forward
$710 93
For labor and teams, grading sidewalks for concrete.
A. W. Lynde, 12} days, at $2 $25 00
Teams, 12} days, at $1.50 18 75
Laborers, 963 days, at $1.50
145 12
$188 87
Dexter Pratt, surveying . $18 50
W. B. Ellis, re-setting fence (Vine st.) 7 00
$25 50
$925 30
Amount expended in 1880 over appropriation and
receipts
52 93
$978 23
To the credit of the account
80 81
$1,059 04
Concrete walks have been laid in front of estates owned or occu- pied by the following named persons : -
Square yards.
S. H. Nowell, Main street 1223
James McIntyre, “
79
Fernando C. Taylor, Main street 604
Ansel B. Pierce, Main and Emerson streets 875
Mrs. Mary Faxon, 66
983
Estate A. P. Lynde, Emerson street
120$
Mrs. A. S. Holbrook,
62$
Stephen Shelton, 60 673
S. E. Benson, Tremont street . 39$
Charlestown Savings Bank, Emerson and Tremont streets 150g
D. L. & J. G. Webster, Tremont street
110
J. L. Withey, 66
42
R. B. Leighton,
60
E. P. Holmes, 66
589
S. H. Buttrick, 66
66§
Robert Burlen,
74
W. I. Ellis, Lebanon
126
Timothy Corey, Emerson street
34₫
D
.
52
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Lemuel Nickerson, Lebanon street . 42
H. E. Trowbridge, Foster and Cottage streets 178
Luzon Weeks, Trenton street
42%
A. E. Worthen, Irving street 293
Addison Lane, 66
538
J. L. Hanaford, Myrtle and Irving streets
66§
John Green, Foster street
373
George P. Reed, Main street
Elbridge Green, 66
H. A. Leonard,
George Stockwell,
583
Dudley Chandler, Essex street
88
W. W. Boardman, 66 366
Estate Enoch Boyd, Irving street 966 .
Mary Davenport, .
36
Walter B. Ellis, Winthrop street
333
T. W. Ripley, Franklin
114
F. F. Preble, Trenton
58
D. D. Stratton, Chestnut
50
Mrs. A. F. Dearborn, Wyoming avenue
48
Martin V. Stetson, 47
Lafayette Burr, Trenton street and Wyoming avenue .
40
S. S. Houghton, Wyoming avenue .
78
Charlestown Savings Bank, Emerson street
653
D. L. & J. G. Webster, 44를
Estate Lucy Westgate, Main street . 119₴ .
George F. Boardman,
240
Mrs. George F. Boardman
363
Vine-street, walks widened 313 .
A. W. Lynde, Emerson street . 74
.
127
John O. Hayes,
.
313 803 1456
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
-
We have examined the books of the Treasurer, and find them correct, and vouchers accompanying them.
The balance cash on hand Jan. 23, 1882, stands to the credit of the Town of Melrose on the books of the Everett National and Freeman's National Banks of Boston.
The receipts held by the Collectors for moneys paid to the Treas- urer on account of taxes for the several years, were found to agree with the amounts credited to them on his books.
We have audited the accounts of the Treasurer of the Public Library, and find them correct and properly vouched.
Respectfully submitted.
FRANK E. ORCUTT,
JOHN R. NORTON, ERNEST MENDUM,
Auditors.
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
Cash in the treasury Jan. 24, 1881 $672 48 Total receipts for the year . . 79,376 08
$80,048 56
Total disbursements for the year
. 79,410 17
Cash in the treasury Jan. 23, 1882 .
$638 39
PERMANENT LOANS.
December 1, 1881, paid note to Commonwealth of
Massachusetts . $5,000 00
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Borrowed of Melrose Savings Bank during April and July, and paid in October . . $5,000 00
STATEMENT OF THE TOWN DEBT. - JAN. 1, 1882.
BONDS.
Melrose Water Fund, 1st issue, due
July 1, 1890 .
$100,000 00
Melrose Water Fund, 2d issue, due Oct. 1, 1892 . . 50,000 00
Town Hall bonds, due Oct. 1, 1892 . 65,000 00
Amount carried forward . $215,000 00
55
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
Amount brought forward .
$215,000 00
PERMANENT LOANS.
Notes Outstanding.
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
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, due Dec. 1, 1882, interest 4 per cent 5,000 00
35,000 00
TEMPORARY LOAN. Alvah A. Smith of Boston, due Dec. 24, 1882, inter- est 4 per cent. (renewed for one year) 12,000 00
Total . AVAILABLE ASSETS.
. $262,000 00
Due from State of Massachusetts on account of State aid (1881)
$1,315 00
Due from State of Massachusetts on account of mili- tary aid (1881)
426 75
Bills due on poor account
312 87
Uncollected taxes :
1878
$192 81
1879
553 48
1880
919 71
1881
. 20,980 42
22,646 42
Water Loan Sinking Fund, Jan. 23, 1882 ..
8,715 02
Cash in the treasury .
638 39
$34,054 45
Net debt more than assets available
227,945 55
$262.000 00
Respectfully submitted. (E. and O. excepted.)
GEO. NEWHALL,
Treasurer
MELROSE, Jan. 23, 1882.
1
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
DR. GEORGE NEWHALL, TREASURER.
Jan. 24, 1881. Cash in treasury RECEIPTS.
.
$672 48
From State Treasurer : -
On account of School Fund $181 96
Armory rent, 1881 600 00
State aid, 1880 .
.
. 1,309 50
Corporation tax, 1880 66 1881
.365 73
. 1,938 36
Bank tax, 1880
20 84
66 1881
617 32
Military aid, 1880
368 88
5,402 59
From various sources : -
On account of Poor Fund . $1,182 12
School Fund
12 00
Contingent Fund
10 00
Sidewalks
22 28
For use of Town Hall
308 04
County Treasurer, dog tax, 1880
401 58
For lots, graves, etc., Wyoming Cemetery
949 25
From A. Lane, Superintendent, water rates collected, etc. . . 11,048 00
13,933 27
TAXES.
From A. B. Pierce, Collector, taxes for 1877 . 103 39
Moses Briggs, Collector, taxes for 1880 . 21,436 83
Jonathan C. Howes, Collector, taxes for 1881 33,500 00
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Received on Treasurer's notes 5,000 00
$80,048 56
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MELROSE. CR.
By paid Town Clerk's orders as follows : -
School Fund
$13,230 85
School contingent expenses
1,928 32
Contingent Fund
812 87
Poor Fund
6,806 20
Fire Department
1,935 47
Town Hall
778 61
Street lights
1,019 39
Cemetery (Wyoming)
539 13
Police
879 38
Town officers' salaries
2,013 08
State aid
1,315 00
Water Fund
4,007 60
Drainage
892 78
Armory rent
600 00
Main-street Cemetery
25 00
Additional street lamps
86 35
Concrete sidewalks .
925 30
Concrete crossings and gutters
565 58
Military aid
853 50
Highways
3,187 83
Franklin street
400 00
Improvements Town Hall grounds .
941 09
Hearse (repairs)
29 00
$43,772 33
By paid interest on Water Fund bonds $9,000 000
" notes and Town
Hall bonds 7,306 22
order of Trustees Public Library
901 58
State tax, 1881
3,570 00
County tax, 1881 .
1,793 96
Treasurer Water Loan Sinking
Fund (surplus 1880) .
3,066 08
25,637 84
TEMPORARY LOANS.
By paid Treasurer's notes
10,000 00
$79,410 17
Jan. 23, 1882. By cash in the treasury . ·
638 39
$80,048 56
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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS.
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
Gentlemen, - The Board of Fire Engineers herewith submit their annual report for your approval, with list of fires, losses and insur- ance as far as could be ascertained. With the exception of the fire at Jonathan Barrett's building on Emerson street, the losses are small, and we think the Department has acquitted itself in a cred- itable manner when called upon.
We would again call your attention to the fact, that if a fire should get under good headway in any part of the Town, and more especially among the residences on the hills, we should be unable to successfully cope with it, unless we resorted to the rather humiliating and worn-out plan of sending to Malden for help. Many parts of the Town are too high for the hydrant service to be effective, even under the most favorable condition of the pond ; and, in the centre, when we tap several hydrants in close proximity to each other, the streams are so weakened as to be almost useless.
The house of the Russell Hose Company is in need of repairs and should be moved forward on the street; but we have hesi- tated about laying out the money, as, in case the Town should purchase a steamer it would, probably, be located there, and the repairs and alterations should be made with a view to accommodate it. The old Endeavor hand engine could proba- bly be sold to good advantage, in exchange for a steam fire engine.
FIRES.
May 7. The house owned and occupied by Mr. Burns, on Sec- ond street, caught fire from a defective chimney and was partly consumed. Insured.
June 21. The building on Emerson street owned by Jonathan Barrett, and occupied by Messrs. Luce and Manning, was totally
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destroyed. Loss, as near as could be ascertained, $10,000. Cause unknown.
Oct. 19. Slight fire in the Methodist parsonage, caused by a defect in the chimney.
There have also been several alarms for wood fires where no damage ensued, but which, nevertheless, are a source of much trouble to the firemen, and generally result in some damage to the apparatus.
We would respectfully suggest to the people living in places where small brush fires are constantly occurring, that they cause an alarm to be rung only when it is needed, and the Department can do some good.
The expenses of the year have been $1,935.47. The appropria- tion was $2,000, and the unexpended balance, $141.56, leaving the sum of $206.09 to the credit of the Department.
Respectfully submitted for the Board of Engineers.
F. E. HOWE, Chief. J. R. SIMONDS. L. F. HINCKLEY, Clerk ..
MELROSE, Jan. 1, 1882.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
FOR YEAR 1881.
Number of inhabitants 4,508
children 5 to 15 years of age
919
dwellings
1,014
horses
296
coWS
150
dogs .
213
acres of land taxed (about)
2,700
Value of real estate
$3,376,200
personal estate
328,858
Total valuation
$3,705,058
Rate of taxation, $13.80 per $1,000.
Amount of appropriations
$46,624 12
State tax .
3,570 00
County tax
1,793 96
overlay
1,593 69
sidewalk assessments .
103 60
$53,685 37
Assessed as follows : -
Number of polls, 1,226.
Amount of tax on polls, $2 each .
$2,452 00
personal estate
4,538 21
real estate
46,591 56
sidewalk assessments . 103 60
Amount of warrant committed to the Collector Additional assessments
$53,685 37
898 19
66
66 women
5 00
Amount carried forward
$54,623 75
66
66 re-assessed
35 19
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Amount brought forward
$54,623 75
Less abatements . · .
$169 65
66
60 re-assessed
. 35 19
204 84
Net amount Jan. 1, 1882 .
$54,418 91
On which there has been collected $33,438 49
And interest
61 51
$33,500 00
ABATEMENTS ON 1881.
Charles Barrett Estate $2 25
Mrs. Ellen J. Wing . $5 52
Emery Close 8 28
Mrs. Abigail Cutter 1 66
Matthew Cassells 59 Mrs. Zilpha Butler. 2 08
Jacob Gobel Estate 5 52
Mrs. S. S. Twombly 6 90
Samuel D. Taylor 84
Mrs. Louisa Kendall. 3 98
Levi W. Green, guardian 2 76
John Gateley Estate 1 92
Charles Pratt. . : 00
Levi Miles Estate.
4 32
J. P. Mendum. 20 01
Melrose Savings Bank, re-
assessed . 26 22
Charles T. Stevens, re-assessed 8 97
Mrs. C. W. Clinckard 6 90
Misses Moody 11 04
Mrs. Lyman Elmes , 00
Misses Conway 11 04
Mrs. Ellen Hurley. , 94
Mrs. Esther M. Morcombe 7 59
$204 84
FOR YEAR 1880.
Net amount of Collector's book Jan. 1, 1881, as per last report
$54,251 93
Additional assessments in 1881
11 26
$54,263 19
Abatements made in 1881
271 11
Net amount Jan. 1, 1882 . On which there has been collected $53,072 37
$53,992 08
And interest 929 49
$54,001 86
.
Mrs. Hiram Whitney 8 38
Miss Mary A. O'Riley 6 90
Miss Nancy S. Wilson 2 76
Miss Joana Stackpole. 3 63
James Sayse. 20 01
George Upham. 6 83
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
ABATEMENTS ON 1880, DURING 1881.
Geo. W. Crocker Estate. $34 91
W. H. Richardson 2 00
John K. Roberts $ 70
Fred Mausmann 2 00
Mitchell. 2 00
John Mc Murray 2 00
William J. Riley. 2 00
M. Belisle 2 00
E. C. Ellison 2 00
John W. Furbush 2 00
Geo. B. Farrar. 00
Joseph Fernald. 2 00
Wm. Dolphin 2 00
Lyman Elmes 2 36
Peter Fleming. 2 00
Napoleon Gagnon 2 00
Bryan Griffin. . 2 00
George A. Gould. 2 00
Wm. P. Emerson. 1 00
Miss Cynthia Howard. 5 34
Miss Mary A. O'Riley 6 50
Mrs. Mary F. Howard. 2 49
Mrs. Mary E. Cushman 1 72
Mrs. H. A. Avery. 1 56
Mrs. Sarah E. Stilphen 3 16
Mrs. Mary A. Wheeler 7 06
Mrs. Achsah Pratt
36
Misses Moody . 11 40
Mrs. Michael Powers 13 90
Mrs. Lucy A. Barrett 4 27
Mrs. Maria F. Hill. 2 00
Mrs. Esther M. Morcombe 7 84
Mrs. Mary E. Howard 5 70
Mrs. Harriet M. Smith 6 39
Chas. T. Stevens, re-assessed . 9 26
F. A. Messenger 1 25
Horace P. Milton. 2 00
$271 11
FOR YEAR 1879.
Net amount of Collector's book, Jan. 1, 1881, as per
last report
$57,178 07
Abatements made in 1881
166 03
Net amount Jan. 1, 1882
$57,012 04
On which there has been collected . $56,458 56
And interest . 972 79
$57,431 35
John Higgins. 2 00
William C. Jenkins 2 00
James Killian 2 00
George Lee. 2 00
Michael McIlhargie. 2 00
Hiram Mace 4 85
George W. Odell 2 00
George R. Palmer 2 00
Putney 2 00
- Parrow
2 00
Frank G. Parker. 2 00
Clarence A. Rowell. 2 00
E. A. Vogel. . 2 00
Charles Whitney
2 00
Edward A. Alden. 2 00
Warren Cunningham 2 00
Robert Chisholm 2 00
Edward Johnson 2 00
Charles H. Hall $2 00
Misses Conway 16 57
G. A. Lans Estate 2 48
James L. Wheeler 2 00
George Upham 98
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