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165 13
Amount carried forward
$436.53
.
. 3 00
George B. Langmaid, M. D., “
.
.
115 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward $436.53
H. B. Newhall, posting notices . 5 00
George C. Stantial, services on committee, settling collectors' accounts, 1878, 1879, 1880 25 00
J. A. Dill, lunch, election day . 4 00
G. W. Reynolds, printing notices
4 00
W. R. Warren, document boxes 10 75
T. W. Ripley, printing reports, 1883
183 25
A. B. Pierce, posting and distributing warrants, no- tices, and other services rendered 50 25
A. B. Pierce, returning 53 deaths, 1884 13 25
Samuel Sprague, ringing bell 6 00
Samuel Lear, 60 6 00
Walter C. Stevens, 66 4 00
F. M. Mclaughlin, 6 00
Babb & Stephens, printing orders, etc. 18 50
T. W. Ripley, printing books for assessors 9 00
Joseph McIntire, printing book for Collector
6 00
Peter D. Meston, binding book
1 25
S. E. Eastman, stamps
4 00
Cunninghams' Express, expressing ballot-box
65
Harry Stevens, expressing
2 60
M. F. Eastman, 66
2 55
W. E. Locke,
90
G. W. Bartlett, carriage hire
16 50 1
French & Fitch, engrossing and framing testimonial to Moderator 25 00
H. H. Westgate, expense, stamps and stationery 1 50
Battery "C" M. V. M., firing salute July 4 50 00
Geo. F. King & Merrill, record book for Registrars
1 00
Secretary of the Commonwealth, record book for Reg- istrars 2 20
$895 68
Malden Firemen's Relief Association, services rendered
by department
100 00
$995 68
Balance unexpended . 5 35 .
$1,001 03
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
SUPPORT OF POOR.
EXPENDED.
For Groceries, Provisions, Supplies, etc.
William H. Wells, groceries
$38 10
Bugbee & Barrett, groceries and provisions
313 86
L. F. Hinckley,
66 66
101 50
L. W. Gilman 66
66
58 00
James Worthen 66 66 66
139 16
Frost & Hawes, 66 66 66 28 00
W. H. Converse, 66 66 66 11 62
Lawrence Leonard, supplies and rent Kelley family
156 00
Angevine Bros., milk
3 41
J. A. Dill, bread
26 85
$876 50
Fuel.
M. F. Eastman
6 26
S. E. Benson
114 94
James Marshall
86 94
B. R. Upham
10 00
William Knollin
3 50
Frank R. Upham
2 50
$224 14
Medical Attendance, Medicines, and Nurses.
J. Vincent Smith, M. D.
$11 00
Julius S. Clark, M. D.
49 00
Charles C. Odlin, M. D.
41 50
John Larrabee, medicines .
40 30
Maria Dean, nursing and boarding
40 00
Michael Kelly, labor
5 72
Sarah Sanborn, nursing and boarding
33 00
Amount carried forward
$220 52
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward
$220 52
Susan Barron, nursing
20 00
Daisy Young, nursing
4 00
O. K. Stebbins, labor
12 00
Charity Elms, labor .
6 00
$262 52
For Support of Insane.
Danvers Lunatic Hospital .
$774 26
Asylum for Chronic Insane, Worcester
267 56
Worcester Lunatic Hospital
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1
536 35
$1,578 17
Burial Expenses.
A. B. Pierce, undertaker, services, etc.
43 00
Outside Relief.
City of Boston .
49 26
Town of Woburn
62 25
City of Malden :-
Board of Ezra Waitt, 1 year $208 00
" Asa Slocumb, " 208 00
Board and aid to E. C. Grover and
K. Lyman
39 00
455 00
Rents. $566 51
B. R. Upham, 11 weeks, Mrs. Stinson $11 00
W. J. Farnsworth, rent and supplies to Martha J. Paine 20 50
Charles Ramsdell, 52 weeks, J. H. Howes 52 00
Dexter Bryant, 11 months, Dennis Sullivan 22 00
John W. Cobb, 6 months, Mrs. Robert H. Terry 24 00
Estate T. J. Kimball, 1 month 5 00
George B. Rogers, 2 months, Eunice B. Snow 16 00
James Eaton, 10 1-2 months, Abigail Fuller 31 50
$182 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Board and Clothing.
Abbie Barter, board of Phœbe M. Waitt, 26 weeks $78 00
Abbie Barter, hat for Phœbe M. Waitt 0 75
Florence E. Upham, board of Arthur J. Richardson, 58 weeks 58 00
15 50
Florence E. Upham, clothing for Arthur J. Richardson, Mrs. Ann Stebbins, board of Abigail Connor, 12 mos. A. M. Conway, board of Margaret Harris, 53 weeks . E. J. Barron, board of Lucy Barron, 11 months
156 00
132 50
Mrs. Eliza McCalman, board of Eliza C. Grover, 12 weeks 36 00
150 00
C. S. Jones, board of Stephen Hyde, 50 weeks . Jane H. Furber, board of Abbie G. Fuller, 17 weeks . Kate Gallagher, board of Phœbe M. Waitt, 6 weeks
34 00
24 00
$827 75
Sundries.
C. G. Harris, dry goods
$14 27
H. G. Fields, boots and shoes
93 45
A. B. Pierce, removing persons
3 00
S. F. Barrett, tickets
1 40
H. G. Fields, expense fares, etc.
17 90
G. W. Bartlett, carriage hire
16 50
W. E. Locke, moving goods ·
1 25
O. E. Drown, 15 meals to tramps
3 75
11 00
Samuel Sprague, 44 meals to tramps William L. Williams, printing orders M. F. Eastman, filling tick
6 00
1 00
$169 52
143 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECAPITULATION.
Groceries, provisions, supplies, etc.
$876 50
Fuel
224 14
Medical attendance, medicines, and nursing
262 52
Support of insane
1,578 17
Burial expenses
43 00
Outside relief
566 51
Rents
182 00
Board and clothing
827 75
Sundries
169 52
$4,730 11
CONTRA.
Appropriation
$5,000 00
Receipts.
From City of Boston
47 75
66 Somerville
81 00
Town of Beverly
28 50
Falmouth
23 50
Peter Edgerly, board of daughter
170 92
Mrs. James Cassell, board of husband
14 08
Post 4, G. A. R., burial G. W. Elliott
10 00
$5,375 75
Balance unexpended . 645 64
5,375 75
Claims have been presented by the Chairman of the Overseers of the Poor, and are now due this department, as follows : - Commonwealth of Mass.
City of Boston
82 48
66 Somerville
19 38
Town of Beverly
51 88
Falmouth
15 75
66 Stoneham
68 75
66 Woburn
10 53
66 Millbury
9 38
City of Cambridge
145 90
$564 43
$160 38
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation .
$2,000 00
Balance from last year
155 21
Expended
$2,155 21
Bigelow Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1.
Services of 25 men
$500 00
Services of steward, one year .
40 00
Edwards Brothers, repairs on truck .
100 00
M. F. Eastman, hauling truck to fires
21 00
Harry Stevens, hauling truck .
6 00
S. E. Benson, coal .
2 65
A. W. Parker, painting
10 00
A. Goodno, laying floor
43 00
$722 65
Russell Hose Company, No. 1.
Services of 15 men, one year ·
$300 00
Services of steward, one year ·
40 00
Malden and Melrose Gas Co., 8,000 feet gas
21 05
S. E. Benson, wood and coal .
56 93
Edwards Brothers, repairs on carriage
6 75
J. C. Howes, furnace, etc.
92 22
G. W. Bartlett, horse hire
22 00
Hose Co., expense on carriage
12 00
$550 95
N. D. Blake Hose Company, No. 2.
Services of men, one year .
$298 33
Services of steward, one year
40 00
Malden and Melrose Gas. Co., 9,200 feet gas
24 28
S. E. Benson, wood and coal
23 70
Hose Co., expense hauling carriage
14 00
Wm. Fanley, labor .
3 68
Albon W. Parker, tinting ceiling
4 75
L. W. Gilman, rent 9 mos.
112 50
$521 24
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Highland Hose Company, No. 3.
Services of men, one year $278 33
Services of steward, one year . 40 00
S. E. Benson, wood and coal 29 10
Hose Co., expense hauling carriage .
4 00
Edwards Brothers, step .
10 00
J. L. Holbrook, plumbing
3 45
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
$364 88
Board of Engineers (1883), services 6 months $37 50 66 66 (1884), 54 00
R. M. Rand, care of Endeavor Engine
15 00
A. J. Morse & Son, couplings
2 50
Harry Stevens, expressing
30
W. E. Locke,
75
S. E. Benson, coal for steamer 2 38
M. F. Eastman, coal and wood for steamer, carting, etc.
22 00
G. W. Bartlett, stabling steamer horses
4 00
L. F. Hinckley, sundries
1 68
Bugbee & Barrett, “
15 18
J. A. Dill, coffee, etc.
13 16
C. M. Clapp & Co., rubber coats
37 75
$206 20
RECAPITULATION.
Bigelow Hook and Ladder Company $722 65
Russell Hose Company
550 95
N. D. Blake Hose Company
521 24
Highland Hose Company .
364 88
Contingent expenses
206 20
$2,365 92
CONTRA.
Appropriation .
$2,000 00
Balance from last year
155 21
$2,155 21
Expenditures exceed ·
210 71
$2,365 92
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
TOWN HALL.
Samuel Sprague, janitor, 11 months
$275 00
60 66 expense for sundries 15 75
Osborne E. Drown, janitor, 1 month . 66 expense for repairs 2 00
25 00
S. E. Benson, coal £ 248 00
Ingalls & Kendricken, repairing boiler
58 71
Samuel Ellison, labor and material repairing boiler
6 00
W. A. Goodno, repairs, stock, and labor
14 10
Edwards Brothers, repairing lawn mower, etc.
3 85
J. L. Hammett, settee castings
9 60
Malden and Melrose Gas Light Co., 129,400 feet gas . 340 58
A. W. Parker, glazing
3 50
John Larrabee, disinfectants, etc. 3 10 .
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries
1 68
Hall Rubber Company, piano cover
5 00
D. R. Woodward, stock and labor
5 30
M. McCarthy, charcoal
2 00
Harry Stevens, moving piano
2 00
$1,021 17
RECEIPTS.
For use of hall :-
Orthodox Congregational Society
$65 00
Unitarian Society
25 00
Baptist Society and S. School
40 00
Universalist Society
30 00
Trinity Church .
30 00
United Order Workmen
25 00
Athletic Association
37 00
Firemen's Ball
25 00
Odd Fellows
25 00
Independents
70 00
Democratic party
25 00
Republican party
25 00
Spaulding's Bell Ringers
25 00
Melrose Lyceum
200 00
$647 00
Amount carried forward
$647 00
.
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44
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward .
$647 00
For rent of room :-
Melrose Savings Bank, 1 year
100 00
$747 00
Expenditures exceed
274 17
$1,021 17
STATE AID.
Received from State Treasurer on account of amount
paid during the year 1883 .
$702 00
PAID DISABLED SOLDIERS AND DEPENDENT RELATIVES DURING YEAR 1884.
Samuel Sprague
$36 00
George C. Bucknam .
60 00
William Story .
60 00
George A. Tainter
36 00
Luzon Weeks
18 00
Joseph S. Eastman
15 00
Sarah Barrett
48 00
Mary F. Howard
48 00
Maria G. Colson
48 00
Helen E. Poole
48 00
Angus McDonald
24 00
Charles H. Young
72 00
Daniel D. Penney
24 00
James F. Ramsey
8 00
Harriet N. Lynde
20 00
Rebecca H. French
24 00
Mary D. Pratt
4 00
Alvin Drake, Jr.
27 00
Benjamin F. Gibbs
12 00
Sarah P. Roberts
28 00
$669 00
9 00
Ann M. Jewett
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
MILITARY AID.
Received from State Treasurer on account of aid paid
in 1883
$253 00
[Sums paid under provisions chap. 252 Acts of 1879.]
Daniel D. Penney
20 00
George W. Grover, Jr.
72 00
Philip McMahan
30 00
Moses P. Mitchell
16 00
Ede K. Chase .
72 00
William B. York
96 00
Horace W. Stevens
60 00
Benjamin F. York
25 00
$391 00
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation
$1,804 00
Balance from last year
113 82
$1,917 82
EXPENDED.
Globe Gas Light Co., for lighting and care
of 139 lamps, 3 months $386 10
140 66
2 66 259 26 ·
$645 36
Wheeler Reflector Co., for lighting and care
of 111 lamps, 1 month 99 90
113 66 5 months
507 56
119 66 1 month 107 10
714 56
Malden and Melrose Gas Light Co., for lighting and care of 29 lamps, 6 months 272 37
Repairs.
Wheeler Reflector Co.
25 00
Malden and Melrose Gas Light Co.
35 77
$1,693 06
Balance unexpended
224 76
$1,917 82
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD STREETS.
Balance from last year
$71 39
EXPENDED.
For Labor.
James Marshall, 74 days, at $2.50
18 13
Laborers, 20} days, at $1.76 .
36 08
For Teams.
James Marshall, 74 days, at $1.50 .
10 88
$65 09
Balance unexpended
6 30
$71 39
GUIDE BOARDS.
Balance unexpended (appropriation 1878)
$24 75
Albon W. Parker, painting and furnishing signs 6 00
Balance
$18 75
DRINKING FOUNTAIN.
Appropriation .
$250 00
EXPENDED.
Patrick Cullen, one stone fountain
150 00
Balance unexpended
$100 00
MEMORIAL DAY,
Appropriation $200 00
Paid to Committee of Post 4, G. A. R., E. C. Gould Chairman 200 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
ADDITIONAL STREET LAMPS.
Appropriation .
$100 00
Balance from last year
62 40
$162 40
EXPENDED.
Wheeler Reflector Co., 7 iron posts, frames, and cop-
per lanterns
99 05
Harry Stevens, expressing
7 90
$106 95
Balance unexpended
55 45
$162 40
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation .
$500 00
Received from Amos Stone, County Treasurer,
dog tax of 1883, refunded
509 83
$1,009 83
Paid E. H. Goss, Treasurer, on order from Trustees 1,009 83
SUPPRESSION LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
Balance unexpended
$271 80
EXPENDED.
Wiggin & Wood, detectives
85 80
Balance unexpended
$186 00
. ARMORY RENT.
Henry A. Leonard, rent of building 1 year, to Jan. 1, 1885 $600 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
INTEREST.
Appropriation
$6,000 00
Balance from last year
226 18
Received as interest collected on taxes from
Jona. C. Howes, 1881
83
66 66 1882
24 44
66 66 1883
742 24
Lewis G. Coburn, 1884
51 66
819 17
$7045 35
EXPENDED.
Interest on Town Hall bonds ($65,000) at 7 per cent. $4,550 00
on note to Lowell Institution for Savings 1,200 00
on notes to Commonwealth of Mass. 300 00
on notes to Melrose Savings Bank 219 33
on note of $12,000 to H. A. Willis, Treasurer
480 00
$6749 33
Balance unexpended
296 02
$7045 35
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES.
Appropriation
$1,800 00
Balance from last year 763 89
$2,563 89
EXPENDED.
Estate of Joseph F. Boyd (services 1883).
$100 00
Daniel Norton, Selectman
200 00
William Boynton, “
200 00
Henry G. Fields, Selectman and Chairman of Overseers of Poor
250 00
Amount carried forward
$750 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward
750 00
John Larrabee, Town Clerk 175 00
George Newhall, Treasurer
300 00
Herbert H. Westgate, Assessor
150 00
Dexter Pratt, Assessor . 150 00
George F. Boardman, Assessor
150 00
John R. Norton, Auditor, 1883
15 00
Frank E. Orcutt, Auditor, 1883
15 00
Gilbert N. Harris, Auditor, 1883
15 00
Jonathan C. Howes, Collector, collecting taxes of 1882, ¿ of one per cent. on $19,880.41
$99 40
Jonathan C. Howes, Collector, 5 per cent. on simple poll taxes, $319.59 15 98
115 38
Jonathan C. Howes, Collector, collecting taxes of 1883, ¿ of one per cent. on $39,910.40
$199 55
Jonathan C. Howes, Collector, 5 per cent. on simple poll taxes, $832.05
41 60
241 15
Moses Briggs, Collector, collecting taxes of 1880, ¿ of one per cent on $21,749.10 108 74
Moses Briggs, Collector, 5 per cent. on simple poll taxes, $485.24
2.1 28
133 02
$2,209 55
Balance unexpended
354 34
$2,563 89
MELROSE WATER FUND.
DR.
Paid interest on bonds, $150,000, at 6 per
cent. per annum . $9,000 00
bills on account of construction and
maintenance for the year 1884 . 6,981 33
Amount carried forward
15,981 33
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . . $15,981 33
Paid Treasurer of Water Loan Sinking Fund Commissioners, per order, surplus of maintenance account for 1883 3,472 82
Town Treasurer, cash paid on ac- count of construction, 1883 . 551 96
$20,006 11
CR.
Town appropriations : -
For use of the water $2,000 00
For cost of construction, 1883 . 4,024 78
6,024 78
Received from Addison Lane, Super-
intendent and Water Registrar,
cash at various times, water rates collected, etc., for 1884 14,869 90
$20,894 68
In treasury to the credit of the fund . . $888 57
INSURANCE.
Appropriation
EXPENDED. $300 00
H. H. Westgate, agent, policies on Town Hall $525 00
H. W. Westgate, agent, policy on Town Hall piano 11 25
Royal B. Leighton, agent policies on High- land School Building and furniture 170 00
William D. Serrat, agent policies on High School Building 337 50
$1,043 75
Expenditures exceed
$743 75
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
POLICE AND NIGHT WATCH ..
Appropriation . . $1,200 00
EXPENDED.
Police Service.
H. B. Newhall, 51 hours
$12 75
A. B. Pierce, 20 hours
5 00
George Campbell, 32 hours
8 00
Joseph Holbrook, 282 hours
70 50
Frank M. Mclaughlin, 438 hours
109 50
A. Wilbur Lynde, 36 hours
9 00
C. T. Stevens, 19 hours
4 75
O. E. Drown, 63 hours
15 75
$235 25
Night Watch.
First half, 4 hours.
George Campbell, 175 nights
$175 00
Osborn E. Drown, 190 nights
190 00
365 00
Second half, 5 hours.
Henry B. Newhall, 366 nights
457 50
822 50
George W. Bartlett, carriage hire
22 00
John P. Lovells' Sons, hand-cuffs
4 75
1,084 50
Balance unexpended
115 50
$1,200 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
DRAINAGE.
Appropriation .
$500 00
EXPENDED.
James Marshall, labor, 264 days @ $2 50 $65 63
66 team, 62 " @ 1 50 · 10 13
66 laborers, 1392 days @$1 76 245 96
321 72
Waldo Brothers, 42 feet 18 inch pipe $33 60
66 40 “ £
8 66 66
9 01
42 61
M. F. Eastman, teaming
5 65
J. P. Deering, lumber
13 55
$383 53
Balance unexpended
116 47
$500 00
CROSSINGS AND GUTTERS.
Appropriation .
$200 00
Balance from last year
65 44
$265 44
EXPENDED.
Walter B. Ellis, for laying 3283 yards concrete cross- ings, at 40 cents per yard . $131 32
Walter B. Ellis, for laying 239 yards concrete gutters, at 30 cents per yard . 71 73
$203 05
Balance unexpended
62 39
$265 44
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation
$3,800 00
Balance from last year
116 47
$3,916 47
EXPENDED. - FOR REMOVING SNOW.
A. W. Lynde :-
14 days labor, at $1.76 per day · $24 64
9 66 " $1.75
15 75
Horse, 12 days, at $1.50 per day
18 00
$58 39
James Marshall :-
132 days labor, at $2.50 per day
$34 37
363 " 66 " $1.76
64 68
Horse, 202 days at $1.50 66 31 12
130 17
Robert Philpot :-
35} days labor, at $1.76 per day
$62 48
Horse, 12} days at $1.76 “
22 00
66
2 " " $1.50 " ·
3 00
87 48
$276 04
FOR LABOR.
James Marshall :-
1093 days labor, at $2.50 per day
$274 37
Laborers, 1,042} days, at $1.76 “ . 1,834 36
66 25 66 " $1.25 66
31 26
1,865 62
$2,139 99
TEAMS.
James Marshall :- 160 days, at $1.50 per day .
$240 00
Benjamin R. Upham :- 55 days, at $1.50 per day
83 63
Walter B. Ellis :- 76} days, at $1.50 per day .
114 75
William Story :- 50₺ days, at $1.50 per day A. W. Lynde :- 2 days, at $1.50 per day Eri Upham, 5} days, at $1.50 per day
75 76
3 00
$7 88
66 66 25 “ "$1.25
31 25
39 13
.
$556 27
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
SUNDRIES.
Daniel W. Gooch, 993 loads gravel . $99 30
J. O. Chandler, sharpening tools, etc. 45 80
Thos. McCoubry, 66 66 2 75
Bugbee & Barrett, nails, kerosene, etc. N. Cochran, surveying
1 50
H. C. Richardson, sprinkling street .
2 00
J. P. Deering, lumber
35 68
S. E. Benson, cement 3 20
A. W. Parker, street signs
49 00
Edwards Brothers, repairing snow-ploughs
4 30
Robert Philpot, grading on Washington Street .
90 00
D. R. Woodward, stock and labor
59 95
E. N. Sargent, building fence .
11 70
A. C. Chick, blasting rock
2 00
$412 15
RECAPITULATION.
Appropriation and balance
$3,916 47
EXPENDED.
Removing snow
. $276 04
For labor
. 2,139 99
For teams
. 556 27
Sundries
412 15
$3,384 45
Balance unexpended
532 02
$3,916 47
Sums paid for labor and teams were expended in months as follows :-
Supt.
Labor. $553 45
Teams. $185 63
May
61 25
662 73
190 26
June
37 50
233 20
47 25
July
29 37
97 68
26 63
August
46 25
80 08
16 50
September
24 64
1 50
October .
54 56
12 00
November
35 00
146 08
58 25
December
13 75
13 20
8 25
$274 37
$1,865 62
$556 27
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·
April
$51 25
4 97
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
WYOMING CEMETERY.
RECEIPTS.
From sale of lots to residents : -
one-half lot
$25 00
one public lot
25 00
one small lot
30 00
two lots at $40 00
80 00
one lot at $55 00
55 00
one lot at $60 00
60 00
one lot at $70 00
70 00
three lots at $75 00 .
225 00
On account of lots sold, no deeds given, 292 00
$862 00
From sale of lots to non-residents : -
one lot
$165 00
one lot
175 00
340 00
For care of lots (season 1884) .
148 00
For grading and sodding lots,
foundations, graves, etc.
299 40
For wood sold
4 50
From Post No. 4, G. A. R., labor and
foundations for soldiers' tablets
12 00
$1,665 90
EXPENDED.
Nelson Cochran, surveying
$10 25
A. W. Lynde, 174 days' labor at $1 87
32 27
Thos. Marshall, labor,
5 months at $43 00
$215. 00
42 days at 1 76 .
73 92
30 days at 1 75
52 50
341 42
Thos. Marshall, teams, manure, etc.
48 55
Daniel Dowd, labor, 1924 days at $1 50 .
288 38
Michael Kelly, labor, 33 days at $1 75
$57 75
16} “ “ 1 76
29 04
86 79
Amount carried forward
$807 66
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . $807 66
Michael Kelly, 250 feet sods 2 50
Thos. McCoubry, sharpening tools 2 62
S. E. Benson, cement 15 45
Josiah York, whitewashing tomb 3 00
J. P. Deering, lumber
1 00
Bugbee & Barrett, grass seed, tools, etc.
7 86
S. E. Eastman, stamps 2 00
Charles Pratt, 3,670 feet sods . 36 70
E. O. Howes, painting ·
6 90
A. C. Goss, man, 92 days at $1 75 $16 62
team, 8} 66 1 50 12 75
1 75 2 63
A. C. Goss, 300 feet sods
3 00
Justus Geist, plants and planting
30 00
Frank Gibbons, labor
1 00
Jacob W. Manning, trees
14 00
O. F. Ingalls, finials
2 50
H. J. Rice, 220 ft. granite capping at .55 $121 00
30 " " (circle) " at . 70 21 00
labor
12 00
154 00
George Newhall, services on committee
25 00
John Larrabee 66
25 00
$1,172 19
Surplus for year
. $493 71
FRANKLIN SCHOOL BUILDING (HIGHLANDS).
Appropriation .
$8,000 00
Amount transferred from appropriation for purchase of the land to be expended by the committee for .
grading grounds, as per vote of the Town . 200 00
$8,200 00
EXPENDED.
Paid orders of building committee
$7,669 42
Balance unexpended 530 58
$8,200 00
32 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
Paid State Treasurer
$4,440 00
County Treasurer
2,042 40
BANK AND CORPORATION TAXES.
Received from State Treasurer National Bank Taxes $673 89
Corporation Taxes . 2,253 56
SIDEWALKS.
Appropriation
. $1,000 00
Balance from last year
33 77
Received as assessment (Est. Wm. Larrabee)
35 89
$1,069 66
EXPENDED. Labor and Teams.
James Marshall, 22} days, at $2.50 . $56 25
Laborers, 138} days, at $1.76 .
243 32
Teams, 293 days, at $1.50
44 63
$344 20
Concrete.
O. N. Kennard, one-half expense of laying 252 yards concrete, at 35 cents . $44 10
Walter B. Ellis, one-half expense of laying 3,307 yards concrete, at 30 cents 496 04
540 14
Sundries.
J. C. Howes, 30 loads gravel
$3 00
N. Cochran, surveying
19 70
D. R. Woodward, repairing fence
0 75
23 45
$907 79
Balance unexpended
161 87
$1,069 66
58
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Concrete walks have been laid opposite estates owned and occupied by persons, as follows :-
F. H. Damon, Bellevue Avenue
Square Yards. 142}
E. C. Fletcher,
59
F. W. Thomas, 66
121}
G. W. Woodman, 66
1163
F. H. Torrey, 66
59
L. J. Backer, 66
773
G. A. Hardy, 66
133}
J. S. Dyer, corner 66 and Emerson St. 161
653
High School grounds 66
181
A. G. Whitman, Emerald Street 52
78
H. A. Leonard, Lebanon and Upham Streets
184
Charles Larrabee, " Street
831
G. R. White, Upham Street 843
Centre School grounds, Upham Street
108
Grove Street School grounds, Grove and Myrtle Sts. 252
Daniel Russell, Trenton Street 287
L. T. Terwilleger, Wyoming Avenue 85
W. H. Webster, Cottage Street 49} William Bogle, Berwick Street 614 22
Mrs. J. C. Bisbee, Green Street
George Baker,
683
L. T. Everson,
573
Wm. W. Boardman, Myrtle Street W. I. Ellis,
26
George Newhall, 66
1993
W. A. Shapleigh, .
733
Roswell C. Taylor, Vinton Street J. A. Dill, Foster Street
121
45
John Larrabee, “
45
John S. Valentine, Hurd Street
86
Fenno & Blake, 66
197
A. E. Steele, Ashland Street
713
George Woodward, Emerson Street
J. C. Howes, 66
104
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
Cash in the treasury Jan. 31, 1884
$101 85 Total receipts for the year 103,399 76
$103,501 61
Total disbursements for the year
103,457 43 .
Cash in the treasury Jan. 28, 1885
$44 18
NOTES GIVEN AND PAID DURING THE YEAR.
Melrose Savings Bank, borrowed on notes and paid during the year $12,000 00 $12,000 00 . Melrose Savings Bank, paid note of last year (temporary loan) 1,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts bor- rowed on note dated Aug. 6, 1884, on account of building school-house at the Highlands . 8,000 00
Paid note dated May 4, 1883, given to John Pickering & Moseley 5,000 00
$20,000 00
$18.000 00
STATEMENT OF THE TOWN DEBT. - JAN. 1, 1885.
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
$215,000 00
60
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
Amount brought forward $215,000 00
PERMANENT LOANS.
Notes Outstanding.
Lowell Institution for Savings, due
Sept. 7, 1885, interest 6 per cent. . $20,000 00
Commonwealth of Mass., due Oct. 15, 1888, interest 6 per cent. 5,000 00
Commonwealth of Mass., due Aug. 6,
1889, interest 4 per cent. 8,000 00
33,000 00
TEMPORARY LOAN.
Note given Alvah Smith, due June 21, 1885, interest 4 per cent. 12,000 00
Total debt
$260,000 00
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Due from State of Massachusetts on
account of State aid
$669 00
Due from State of Massachusetts on
account of Armory rent . . 600 00
Due from State of Massachusetts on account of Military aid .
195 50
Bills due on poor account .
564 43
Uncollected taxes : -
1881
$152 62
1882
527 37
1883
2,576 48
1884
24,602 42
Water Loan Sinking Fund
17,687 48
Cash in the treasury .
44 18
47,619 48
Net debt more than assets available . $212,380 52
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. NEWHALL,
Treasurer.
(E. and O. excepted.)
MELROSE Jan. 28, 1885.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
GEORGE NEWHALL, TREASURER,
In account with Commissioners of Melrose Water Loan Sinking Fund.
DR.
February 1884. Cash on hand $698 73
To received as surplus from Water Fund, 1883 3,472 82
To received as interest on bonds ·
627 48
To received as interest on mortgage note .
165 00
To received as dividend on deposit . 29 81
To received as principal on mortgage note
100 00
$5,093 84
CR.
By paid rent for box in safe deposit vault 10 00
By paid for bonds, premiums and accrued interest 4,596 36
February, 1885. By cash on hand deposited in Mel- rose Savings Bank 487 48
$5,093 84
62
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
DR. GEORGE NEWHALL, TREASURER.
Jan. 30, 1884. Cash in treasury $101 85
RECEIPTS.
From State Treasurer :-
On account of School Fund . $197 76
State aid, 1883 . 702 00
Corporation tax . 2,253 56
Bank tax . · . 673 89
Military aid, 1883 · 253 00
4,080 21
From various sources :-
On account of School Contingent, books sold, etc.
156 45
On account of Poor Fund Contingent Fund
18 50
For use of Town Hall
747 00
County Treasurer, dog tax, 1883
509 83
For lots, graves, etc., Wyoming Cemetery, 1,665 90
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