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Hooper, Lewis, & Co., pens
18 75
Maynard & Noyes, ink .
16 00
Babb & Stephens, printing programmes .
14 00
L. B. Wilder & Co., printing extra reports 15 00
T. W. Ripley, printing cards, &c. 13 00
R. P. Haines, blanks 1 25
P. D. Meston, binding books . 11 00
J. L. Hammett, sundries, rewards, charts, crayons, &c. 32 30
A. G. Whitcomb, furniture, desks, and pedestals Lawrence Wilde & Co., chairs .
71 25
Braman, Souther, & Co., table and hassocks
9 00
S. P. Rowell, repairing furniture
6 65
M. S. Page, supplies furnished
1 77
Kate Gallagher, cleaning rooms, High-school building
30 00
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries
6 69
James Worthen, sundries .
5 25
L. W. Gilman, sundries . 6 05
John Singer, jun., sundries
4 25
W. H. Wells, sundries 2 15
B. O. & G. C. Wilson, disinfectants
4 05
Amount carried forward .
$550 87
.
3 00
R. P. Barry, supplies furnished
8 25
43
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward $550 87
Orne Upham, wood .
3 13
M. F. Eastman, expressing 8 55
Henry Barron, expressing 2 50
R. A. Freeman, carting settees
18 50
Walter B. Ellis, 270} square yards concrete walks 91 96
Walter B. Ellis, labor 3 00
Joel Atwood, carpenter-work, stock, &c. . 178 04
A. E. Upham, carpenter-work . 1 00
J. P. Deering & Co., lumber 49 11
Densmore & Brackett, doors and windows
14 50
Samuel Ellison, mason-work 80 00
J. C. Howes, repairing furnaces, stoves, and water-pipes 215 07
Holbrook & Lafreniere, plumbing 6 80
George W. Dew, painting buildings, graining, &c. 145 00
F. T. & C. E. Palmer, painting buildings, glazing, &c. 90 80
Albon W. Parker, painting buildings, glazing, &c. 68 60 50
Mitchell & Vanbuskirk, iron-work
Thomas Ireland, cleaning clock 2 00
Joseph Holbrook, repairing and cleaning clocks 3 50
C. E. Keith, tuning and repairing piano 4 00
S. L. Walton, moving seats 3 50
James Fleming, labor 2 00
Benjamin Stones, labor
5 00
John Singer, repairs 2 25
H. W. Cushman, truant-officer, services 41} hours 10 37
$1,560 55
Balance unexpended .
139 45
$1,700 00
SUPPORT OF POOR.
EXPENDED.
For Groceries, Provisions, Supplies, &c.
Bugbee & Barrett, groceries and provisions ·
.
· $323 28
L. F. Hinckley, groceries and provisions . .
.
· 212 45
Amount carried forward
. $535 73
.
44
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . . $535 73
William H. Wells, groceries 285 21
L. W. Gilman, groceries and provisions 165 81
T. J. Kimball, groceries . 59 04
M. C. Trow, groceries
76 09
James Worthen, groceries
119 50
C. S. Dennis & Co., provisions
13 41
C. F. Shute, milk .
21 63 ·
S. H. Nowell, milk .
13 13
G. R. White, milk 10 79
Michael Fleming, milk 2 80
B. R. Upham, supplies, including rent 64 70
W. J. Farnsworth, supplies, including rent 72 00
S. A. Stevens, supplies, including rent 104 00
N. D. Blake, cash paid Stephen Hyde 51 50
Daniel Norton, jun., cash paid Stephen Hyde
45 00
$1,640 34
Fuel.
S. E. Benson, wood and coal
$193 25
Robert Philpot, wood and coal .
28 25
James Marshall, wood and coal
66 42
$287 92
Medical Attendance, Medicine, Nursing Sick, &c.
J. Richmond Barss, M.D. $51 00
G. B. Langmaid, M.D. 18 50
J. S. Clark, M.D. 26 50
J. Vincent Smith, M.D.
55 00
J. Heber Smith, M.D. 21 00
John Larrabee, medicines
33 10
P. M. Dewolfe, medicines
2 25
Jeremiah Casey, care of H. Kramer . 40 50
Mrs. Sanborn, care of Mrs. Jefts 6 00
242 00
N. Q. Bachelder, care of George Lynde Mary E. Cushman, care of George Lynde
3 00
.
$498 85
45
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Burial Expenses.
Ansel B. Pierce, burial E. Fitzhenry $25 50
Nathaniel Howard, burial Charles A. Grover 8 50
$34 00
For Support of Insane Persons.
Worcester Lunatic Hospital $275 19
Asylum Chronic Insane . 359 01
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 59 15 .
A. B. Pierce, services and expenses removing persons ·
12 10
H. B. Newhall, services . 2 00
John Gately, services
10 00
$717 45
For Relief of Persons out of Town.
City of Boston
$55 91
City of Somerville
106 30
Town of Stoneham . 24 87
Town of Woburn
103 61
Town of Watertown 15 82
Town of Malden
300 75
J. P. Murphy, guardian A. M. Kelly, supplies, rent, &c.
246 29
J. B. Kimball & Son, supplies to Charles Howard .
15 00
John S. Hill, supplies to Charles Howard .
15 00
W. L. Prouty, supplies to Charles Howard 180 00
D. W. Fitzgerald, coal delivered to Charles Howard . 9 50
$1,073 05
For Rents.
Estate S. A. Lynde, 13 months, H. F. Simonds Estate S. A. Lynde, 3 months, G. A. Palmer
$65 00
Thomas Mahan, 1 year, Mrs. Fitzhenry 72 00
M. J. Ellis, 1 year, Mrs. Sanborn . . 96 00
Patrick Murphy, 13 months, Henry Kramer 58 50 Jeremiah Crowley, 5 months, Mrs. Connell 25 00
John Warren, 5 months, J. Callahan 25 00
Mary Henney, 1 year, Ellen McCarty 60 00
John W. Cobb, 9 months, R. H. Terry
36 00
Amount carried forward .
$452 50
.
.
15 00
46
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . $452 50
John Gately, 9 months, William Dutton 58 50
A. B. Rogers, 3 months, William Dutton . 10 50
Dexter Bryant, 6 months, Edward Moore . 30 00
A. W. Lynde, 2 months, Mrs. Stinson
4 00
Board and Clothing.
Abbie Barter, board of Mrs. L. G. Davis and child, 53 weeks
$159 00
Abbie Barter, board of Marietta E. Waitt, 53 weeks 212 00
Abbie Barter, clothing for Marietta E. Waitt . 4 25
Abbie Barter, board of Kelly child, 17 weeks .
34 00
Samuel Woodward, board of Lucy Barron, 3 months 27 00
Samuel Woodward, board of Lucy Barron, 9 months
99 00
Ellen Conway, board of Margaret Harris, 56 weeks and 3
days . 141 08
Boston Children's Friend Society, board of child, 31 weeks, 62 00
Florence E. Upham, board of child, 19 weeks . 57 00
Florence E. Upham, clothing for child
10.20
J. W. Simonds, board of Abigail Connor, 1 year
156 00
J. W. Simonds, clothing for Abigail Connor 2 00
Stephen J. Haraden, board of Abby G. Fuller, 23 weeks,
46 00
$1,009 53
Sundries.
George Newhall, boots, shoes, and rubbers $45 80
R. A. Freeman, carting furniture
2 00
Henry Barron, expressing
75
J. P. Baker, printing
4 00
S. L. Walton, meals to tramps
4 50
S. F. Barrett, railroad-tickets to travellers
2 50
J. C. Howes, repairing stoves
5 95
Mrs. M. B. Hopkins, dry goods
2 00
C. G. Harris, dry goods
4 91
H. B. Newhall, services .
2 00
H. G. Fields, expenses .
20 71
$95 12
.
$555 50
47
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Recapitulation.
Groceries, provisions, supplies, &c.
$1,640 34 .
Fuel
287 92
Medical attendance, nurses, &c.
498 85
Burial expenses
34 00
Support of insane
717 45
Outside relief
1,073 05
Rents
555 50
Board and clothing
1,009 53
Sundries
95 12
$5,911 76
CONTRA.
Appropriation
. $4,000 00
RECEIPTS.
From Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$251 59
city of Boston
214 75
city of Fitchburg
50 00
town of Malden
439 75
town of Medford
42 25
town of Norton
31 00
estate of P. R. Waitt, on account of burial expenses, 38 03
H. G. Fields, money refunded by persons assisted . 57 00
$5,124 37
Expenditures exceed appropriation and receipts .
787 39
$5,911 76
The following claims have been presented by the Chairman of the Overseers of the Poor, and are now due this department : - From State of Massachusetts .
$412 33
city of Boston
84 75
city of Somerville .
69 00
town of Malden
167 50
town of Falmouth .
18 00
town of Beverly
17 50
town of Stoneham
46 40
$815 48
.
48
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RELIEF FOR SOLDIERS, OR FOR HEADSTONES.
Appropriation 1878 $200 00 Paid on orders of H. G. Fields, to commander Post No. 4, G.A.R. $200 00 ·
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
Appropriation
$800 00
Balance from last year
250 49
RECEIPTS.
For auctioneers' licenses : -
Moses Briggs .
2 00
John R. Jones .
2 00
George Stockwell
2 00
use of lock-up .
50
$1,056 99
EXPENDED.
L. B. Wilder & Co., printing annual reports 1878 . $239 40
J. P. Baker, printing warrants, notices, &c. 19 00
Babb & Stephens, printing orders 8 25
Reynolds & Dunton, printing voting-lists, war- rants, and notices . 27 84
A. B. Pierce, distributing warrants and serving notices . 45 00
H. B. Newhall, posting notices 1 00
Frank A. Grover, posting notices 50
Nelson Cochran, surveying sidewalks, crossings, &c. 19 50
Frank E. Orcutt, services on Collector's books,
1875, 1876, and 1877 25 00
Amount carried forward . $385 49
49
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . . $308 49
Lyman Haskell, police-badges 3 75 .
I. C. Dowling, repairing flag 1 10 ·
J. P. Baker, advertising Assessors' notice 2 00 ·
J. P. Baker, printing tax-bills . 10 00
T. W. Ripley, printing schedules and tax-bills 17 25
T. W. Ripley, printing for Collector . .
4 50
A. W. Haskell, Collector's book 3 50 .
Hooper, Lewis, & Co., book for Assessors ·
4 50
S. E. Eastman, stamps for Assessors 6 00
J. R. Simonds, binding valuation-books 3 00
John Larrabee, services, preparing Annual Re- port 30 00
John Larrabee, expense, postage, stationery, &c. 8 30
John Larrabee, collecting, recording, and re-
turning births, deaths, and marriages, 1878 . 61 20
A. B. Pierce, returning 49 deaths, 1879 12 25
Nathaniel Howard, returning 4 deaths . 1 00
Benjamin Ames, repairing fences 10 42
Henry Barron, expressing 1 00
M. F. Eastman, expressing
38 93
W. B. Ellis, labor, altering walk
10 00.
George B. Sargent, repairing stamp and ribbon,
1 50
Joseph Edwards, repairing carriage
2 25
W. H. Pierce, repairing carriage 3 00
George P. Fuller, sign-boards . 3 00
Mrs. N. A. Beal, expense, on sidewalk 12 38
S. W. Nichols, building cesspool (near D. L. Taylor's) .
7 00
W. B. Ellis, filling in gravel (C. Buffum's) .
12 00
G. W. Bartlett, carriage-hire .
10 00
O. K. Stebbins, ringing bell .
6 00
S. L. Walton, ringing bell .
6 00
Samuel Lear, ringing bell . 6 00
Augustus Durant, ringing bell .
6 00
Globe Gas Light Co., lamp-post and expense resetting post 11 00
Amount carried forward
.
$700 32
$700 32 .
50
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . $700 32
Expenses Board of Health.
J. P. Baker, advertising . $1 00
E. A. Alden, carriage-hire 50
G. W. Bartlett, carriage-hire 4 00
J. Heber Smith, M.D., services 3 00
J. Vincent Smith, M.D., services 2 00
10 50
Judkins' Case.
Dr. J. L. Sullivan, services .
$15 00
Dr. Nathan French, services as referee 10 00
Paid by order of Superior Court, Middlesex County, judgment in favor of F. W. Judkins . 50 00
Expense on above order 25
Bounty-Claim. 75 25
H. G. Fields, expense to Laconia, N.H. . $15 25
Charles A. Hackett, attorney for William H.
Pearson, settlement in full
125 00 ·
140 25
$926 32
Balance unexpended
130 67
$1,056 99
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
. $2,200 00
Appropriation for new hose
400 00
Balance from last year
442 01
Received for material sold
50
$3,042 51
EXPENDED.
Andrew J. Morse & Son, 600 feet hose, including coup-
lings, straps, &c.
$390 00
Engineers' services to April 1, 1879
75 00
Amount carried forward
$465 00
51
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . $465 00 A. E. Worthen, services as engineer, 6 months 15 days 16 25
Richard Whowell, services as engineer, 7 months 14 58
A. W. Mitchell & Co., 5 police-badges .
7 50
M. F. Eastman, expressing
1 50
Henry Barron, record-book and expressing
2 00
James Boyd & Sons, straps and rivets 3 20
Hunneman & Co, spanners and ropes
4 00
$514 03
BIGELOW HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY, NO. 1.
Services of men, 14 months, to Jan. 1, 1880 . $579 99
Steward, for services 14 months 46 67
Joseph Edwards, stock and labor, new runs 14 00
Bugbee & Barrett, 4 rubber coats . 16 00
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries 3 17
Thomas McCoubry, ironing sleds, wrenches, &c.
24 40
Philip Stevens, lettering lanterns .
1 00
Edwards Brothers, double sleds, handles to fire-rakes, axe- handles, &c. 44 50
J. C. Howes, gas-shade .
50
S. E. Benson, coal
4 25
F. T. & C. E. Palmer, glazing
2 00
Thomas B. Johnson, hanging door .
3 00
$739 48
RUSSELL HOSE COMPANY, NO. 1.
Services of men, 14 months,. to Jan. 1, 1880 $348 33
Steward, for services 14 months 46 67
Malden and Melrose Gas-Light Company, gas 20 60
Water Commissioners, stop and box
1 75
W. T. Howard, building coal-bin
1 75
F. T. & C. E. Palmer, glazing
1 50
S. E. Benson, coal . 20 00
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries
4 54
J. C. Howes, water-pipe, labor, &c.
9 48
C. T. Stevens, repairs
1 90
Daniel Norton, jun., ensign
11 00
R. M Rand, work on engine .
4 00
$471 52
52
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
N. D. BLAKE HOSE COMPANY, NO. 2.
Services of men, 14 months, to Jan. 1, 1880 $350 00
Steward, services 14 months 46 67
L. W. Gilman, rent of room one year 150 00
Malden and Melrose Gas-Light Company, gas 12 65
S. E. Benson, wood and coal 11 50
W. A. Remick, glazing
2 00
Bugbee & Barrett, duster, oil, &c. 4 25
F T. & C. E. Palmer, painting carriage
8 50
J. C. Howes, oiler .
15
Thomas McCoubry, ironing sled, &c.
12 00
William Fanley, stock and labor on sled
6 76
$604 48
HIGHLAND HOSE COMPANY, NO. 3.
Services of men, 14 months, to Jan. 1, 1880
$350 00
Steward, services 14 months 46 67
John Singer, jun., sundries
9 91
J. P. Deering & Co., lumber
7 75
S. E. Benson, wood and coal
21 25
A. W. Parker, painting .
75
Walter B. Ellis, concrete walk, 462 yards
15 81
Walter B. Ellis. gravel
8 10
Samuel Lear, building coal-bin and fence
7 15
Richard Whowell, building hose-tower, as per agreement,
165 00
P. R. Ellis, grading lot 15 00
70
Joseph Edwards, hose-sled, rollers, &c.
6 25
Thomas McCoubry, ironing sled, &c.
12 65
F. T. & C. E. Palmer, painting carriage .
8 50
$675 49
RECAPITULATION.
Contingent expenses
$514 03
Bigelow Hook and Ladder Company
.
739 48
Russell Hose Company
471 52 .
N. D. Blake Hose Company
. 604 48
Amount carried forward
. $2,329 51
Bugbee & Barrett, sperm-oil
53
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . $2,329 51
Highland Hose Company .
675 49
$3,005 00
Appropriation
Unexpended balance and receipts
$2,600 00 442 51
To credit of fund
37 51
$3,042 51 $3,042 51
HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation .
. $2,000 00
Balance from last year .
149 81
$2,149 81
EXPENDED UNDER DIRECTION OF JAMES MARSHALL, Surveyor.
Paid to laborers for 2943 days' labor, at $1.50 per day $441 50
laborers for 23 days' labor, at $1.25 per day 28 75
for teams, 402 days, at $1.25 per day 50 93 .
James Marshall for labor, 442 days, at $2 .
89 00
James Marshall, team, 53} days, at $1.25 per day 66 66
Thomas McCoubry, sharpening tools 16 38
J. P. Deering & Co., lumber 5 21
L. W. Gilman, nails 80
$699 23
EXPENDED UNDER DIRECTION OF GEORGE P. FULLER, Surveyor.
Paid to laborers for 2024 days' labor, at $1.50 per day . $303 33
for teams, 502 days, at $1.25 per day 63 43 ·
George P. Fuller for labor, 342 days, at $2 per day 69 50 George P. Fuller for team, 46} days, at $1.25 per day, 58 13
Thomas McCoubry, sharpening tools, &c. . 13 00
J. P. Deering & Co., lumber 4 21
Mary Vinton, 390 loads gravel, at 8 cents 31 20
George P. Fuller, 44 loads gravel, at 8 cents 3 52
George P. Fuller, screen and hoes 8 00
$554 32
54
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENDED UNDER DIRECTION OF WALTER B. ELLIS, Surveyor.
Paid to laborers for 1633 days' labor, at $1.50 per day . $245 22
for teams, 16 days, at $1.25 per day . · 20 00
Walter B. Ellis, labor, 302 days at $2 per day . 61 00 .
Walter B. Ellis for teams, 744 days, at $1.25 per day . 92 79
J. Oscar Lynde, 196 loads gravel, at 8 cents 15 68
Nathaniel P. Jones, 365 loads gravel, at 8 cents . .
29 20
Walter B. Ellis, 541 loads gravel, at 8 cents
43 28
Edwards Bros., snow-plough
· 4 00
J. C. Howes, stock and labor
1 60
Thomas McCoubry, sharpening tools, &c.
21 95
$534 72
Of the amount paid for labor and teams there was expended in -
Marshall.
Fuller.
Ellis.
January
$43 96*
-
-
February
127 13*
March
$69 80
April
36 75
$119 36
111 42
May .
158 75
45 25
43 25
June .
147 00
8 50
July .
55 50
148 98
20 12
August
-
120 30
32 55
September
44 50
22 25
October
52 00
31 50
November
55 75
-
52 75
December
-
16 00
26 87
$676 84
$494 39
$419 01
* As Superintendent under Board of Selectmen, 1878-79.
Accounts of the Surveyors stand as follows : -
JAMES MARSHALL.
One-third of appropriation
. $666 66
Balance from last year
. 149 81
Expended as shown
· 699 23
Balance .
.
. $117 24
.
-
-
$816 47
55
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
GEORGE P. FULLER.
One-third of appropriation
. $666 67
Expended as shown
. 554 32
Balance .
. $112 35
WALTER B. ELLIS.
One-third of appropriation .
. $666 67
Expended as shown
. 534 72
Balance .
. $131 95
Total expenditure
$1,788 27
Balance unexpended .
361 54
$2,149 81
MELROSE WATER FUND.
DR.
Jan. 1, 1879, due the town for advances . . $1,898 54
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 statement of which, see Commis- sioners' report) .
3,050 55
CR.
$13,949 09
Appropriation for the use of the water . $2,000 00
for maintenance 1,500 00
for deficiency construction ac- count, 1878 462 08
Received from A. Lane, Superintendent, cash
at various times, water-rates collected, &c. 10,284 87
$14,246 95
To the credit of the account . 297 86
$14,246 95
56
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
TOWN HALL.
No appropriation.
EXPENDED.
Samuel L. Walton, services as janitor one year $200 00
Malden and Melrose Gas Company, gas 275 80
Charles Taylor, repairs, stock, and labor 185 85
S. E. Benson, 40 tons coal
170 00
Braman, Souther, & Co., shades
22 00
J. L. Hammett, settee arms and castings
18 80
Lemuel Merrill, keys
1 40
J. C. Howes, repairs, stock, and labor
19 18
S. L. Walton, expense, tubes and sockets 7 87 John Larrabee, disinfectants, brushes, combs, &c. 2 80
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries 4 29
Robert Gibbons, repairing roof
14 62
Story & Wilbur, slates and nails
16 03
F. T. & C. E. Palmer, paint .
35
Henry J. Rice, pier-stones
6 00
Samuel Ellison, mason-work .
29 62
J. P. Deering & Co., timber .
12 19
$986 80
RECEIPTS.
Melrose Savings Bank, rent one year
$50 00
Boynton meeting, 1878
25 00
Butler meeting, 1878
25 00
Hoar meeting, 1878
25 00
Talbot and Long Club, use of small room, 1878
10 00
Young Men's Republican Club, use of small room, 1878,
5 00
Walking-matchı
25 00.
C. E. Keith's benefit
25 00
Guy family .
45 00
Mrs. G. N. Bordman's concert
25 00
Spaulding's Bell-Ringers
25 00
Amount carried forward
$285 00
.
.
57
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward
$285 00
Uncle Tom's Cabin Company
25 00
Republican Committee .
37 36
Melrose Lyceum, season 1879-80
200 00
$547 36
Expenditures exceed receipts .
439 44
$986 80
DRAINAGE.
Appropriation
$400 00
EXPENDED.
Extension of Drain from D. L. Taylor's to Brook.
Paid laborers and teams . $34 26 .
Waldo Brothers, 207 feet 15-inch pipe. ·
90 00
$124 26
Emerson Street, near D. L. Taylor's.
Dexter Bryant, 402 loads gravel $32 16
Frederick Stocker, bricks . 8 85
41 01
Ell-Pond Brook.
Paid John Keating, per agreement, for clearing brook
from pond to Malden line .
50 00
Drain on Winthrop Place (so called) at the Highlands.
Paid Dexter Pratt, building culvert, &c., per agreement . 25 00
Drain on Sylvan Street, near Cemetery.
Paid Michael Kelly for labor, per agreement . 20 00
Sundry Bills.
Walter B. Ellis, making crossing · $10 75
George P. Fuller, labor and material 26 31
Amounts carried forward . $37 06
$260 27
MELROSE PUBLIC LIBRARY MELROSE, MASS.
58
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward . $37 06
$260 27 Waldo Brothers, 290 feet 10-inch pipe and one Y . 50 30 S. E. Benson, cement 3 00
90 36
$350 63
Balance unexpended
49 37
$400 00
DRAINAGE EMERSON STREET.
(Near Depot.)
No appropriation.
Paid Walter B. Ellis, 52 days' labor
$11 50
laborers, 40} days' labor .
60 80
for teams, 13 days . .
.
16 25
$88 55
ARMORY RENT.
Received from State Treasurer, rent for one year to Jan. 1,1880
· $600 00 Paid Henry A. Leonard 12} months' rent to Jan. 1, 1880, 625 00
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation (to include the purchase of 10 new lamps), $1,500 00 Balance from last year . 269 57
$1,769 57
. EXPENDED.
Paid Globe Gas-Light Company of Boston for lighting and care of 110 lamps, 5 months . $671 95 Amounts carried forward . . $671 95 $1,769 57
59
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward . . $671 95 $1,769 57 Paid Globe Gas-Light Company of Boston for lighting and care of 120 lamps, 7 months · 857 50
1,529 45
Balance unexpended $240 12
COUNSEL FEES.
Paid F. S. Hesseltine as follows : -
For services, arranging bill of exceptions, preparing brief, and at hearing on same before the Supreme Court, on exceptions of George William Phillips, adminis- trator, to verdict for defendant in the "Dyer Dam Case," and in full for all services to final settlement and judgment for the town . $100 00 expenses in above suit, printing briefs, &c. 9 50 services in action of Artemus Barrett v. town of Melrose, 50 00 services in action of George N. Black in Superior Court, 50 00 services in action of F. W. Judkins v. town of Melrose, 50 00
expenses in last-named suit 1 70
$261 20
INSURANCE.
Balance on hand . $635 28
Received from Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
Worcester 12 15
$647 43
EXPENDED.
Paid H. H. Westgate, insurance agent, for 7 policies of $5,000 each, for 5 years, on Town- hall building · $255 00
$647 43 Amounts carried forward . . $255 00
60
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward . . $255 00
$647 43
Paid George M. M'Coy, insurance agent, for policies on High-school building, $15,000 for 5 years ·
159 38 ·
414 38
Balance unexpended . $233 05
WYOMING CEMETERY.
RECEIPTS.
For 12 lots sold residents, at $40 each
. $480 00
1 lot sold in 1857
35 00
4 half-lots sold residents
84 00
grass and loam sold
5 50
graves, one large and two small
20 00 .
small lot in public ground .
20 00
From residents in exchange
30 00
non-resident, one small lot
100 00
residents on account of lots sold
60 00 ·
$834 50
EXPENDED.
Thomas Marshall, labor and teams . $117 49
Nathaniel Howard, labor .
31 50
Walter B. Ellis, labor and teams
34 94
. George W. Grover, jun, labor . 65 25
George Gobel, labor . 74 04 .
Thomas McCoubry, shafts for roller .
3 25
F. T. & C. E. Palmer, painting tomb-doors
1 12
. J. P. Deering & Co., lumber 1 75
D. R. Woodward, stock and labor
8 50
Water Commissioners, pipe
2 67
J. C. Howes, stock and labor
6 30
George K. Paul & Co., pipe, couplings, &c.
.
14 55
Amount carried forward
. $361 36
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward .
$361 36
Nelson Cochran, surveying
14 00
Frank Gibbons, labor
4 00
Michael Murray, labor
75
Patrick Kelly, sods
6 75
Justus Geist, plants
15 00
Bugbee & Barrett, hogshead .
1 00
John Larrabee, services on Committee
25 00
George Newhall, services on Committee .
25 00
George Newhall, making 36 deeds .
18 00
$470 86
RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES FOR TEN YEARS PAST.
Expended.
Receipts.
1870
$160 91
$547 00
1871
130 50
672 00
1872
114 66
886 00
1873
293 75
779 00
1874
465 70
470 00
1875
177 50
1,290 00
1876
899 99
796 00
1877
.
400 58.
630 00
1878
539 03
1,117 50
1879
470 86
794 50
Expended and received 14 years previous to 1870, including pur- chase of land for cemetery
11,334 33
4,443 47
Totals
$14,987 81
$12,425 47
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation Balance from last year
. $1,530 00
377 93
$1,907 93
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENDED.
Daniel Norton, jun., Selectman and Overseer of Poor · $100 00 Joseph F. Boyd, Selectman and Overseer of Poor . 100 00
Henry G. Fields, Selectman and Chairman Overseers of Poor 200 00
John Larrabee, Town Clerk 175 00
George Newhall, Treasurer 275 00
George C. Stantial, Assessor (on account)
125 00
James C. Currier, Assessor (on account)
125 00
Dexter Pratt, Assessor ( on account) 125 00
John R. Norton, Auditor, 1878
15 00
Frank E. Orcutt, Auditor, 1878 .
15 00
Ansel B. Pierce, one-half of one per cent on taxes collected for years 1875 and 1876 .
242 94
$1,497 94
Balance unexpended
409 99
$1,907 93
INTEREST.
Appropriation . $8,000 00
Received as interest from Collector, on taxes for year 1878, 838 18
EXPENDED. $8,838 18
Interest on Town Hall bonds $65,000, at seven per cent . $4,550 00 on notes made to R. G. Shedd, as trustee . 1,680 00
on notes to Lowell Institution for Savings . 1,200 00
on notes to Commonwealth of Massachusetts 600 00
on temporary loans in anticipation of taxes 483 52
$8,513 52
Balance unexpended
324 66
$8,838 18
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
POLICE.
Appropriation
$200 00
Balance from last year
74 21
$274 21
EXPENDED.
Albon W. Parker, services July 4 .
$2 50
George H. Robinson, "
July 4 .
2 50
Walter B. Ellis, 66 July 4 .
5 00
Samuel L. Walton, 66 44 hours
11 00
Henry B. Newhall, 66 49 66
12 25
Horace W. Cushman, 66 892 66
22 37
Ansel B. Pierce, 66 130 66 .
32 50
Ami C. Chick, 66 142 66 .
35 50
Joseph Holbrook,
" 562 66
.
140 50
$264 12
Balance unexpended
10 09
$274 21
STATE AID.
Received from State Treasurer amount paid during year 1878 .
. $1,092 00
PAID DISABLED SOLDIERS AND DEPENDENT RELATIVES DURING YEAR 1879.
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
96 00
Luzon Weeks
72 00
Joseph S. Eastman
72 00
Theodore L. Palmer, 10 months
60 00
Sara E. Stilphen
48 00
Amount carried forward .
$948 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward .
$948 00
Sarah Barrett
48 00
Mary F. Howard
48 00
Maria G. Colson
48 00
Helen E. Poole
48 00
Harriet N. Lynde
48 00
Angus McDonald, 10 months .
30 00
Lionel D. Phillips, 4 months .
24 00
James F. Ramsay, 10 months
15 00
Edward Fitzgerald, 2 months .
3 00
$1,260 00
Of the above amount, $518.50 was paid under the law of 1877, and $741.50 under law of 1879, chap. 301.
MILITARY AID.
[Sums paid under provisions chap. 252, Acts of 1879.]
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