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George S. Hyde
· $48 00
Avery B. Howard
44 00
Daniel D. Penney
15 00
Martin Shannon
7 00
George W. Grover, jun.
12 00
$126 00
ONE-HALF of the above amount will be reimbursed by the State.
RELIEF TO SOLDIERS.
[Sums paid under chap. 282, Acts of 1878, previous to the repeal of the law Jan. 22, 1879.]
Charles S. Jones
$10 00
William J. Riley
8 00
George W. Grover, jun.
8 00
Daniel D. Penney
4 00
Joseph J. Wilkinson .
6 00
Ede K. Chase
4 00
John W. Buttrick
2 00
Philip McMahan
9 00
John Mclaughlin
4 00
Amount carried forward
$55 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward
$55 00
William H. Richardson
4 50
William B. York
8 00
Moses P. Mitchell
6 00
Charles H. Howard
8 00
Amos Ro.we
8 00
Horace W. Stevens
8 00
Josiah B. York .
4 00
George S. Hyde
4 00
William H. Earl
6 00
Albert P. Dalrymple .
1 25
James L. Phillips
5 00
$117 75
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation authorized, dog tax and . $200 00
Received from Amos Stone, County Treasurer, dog tax for 1878
419 24
$619 24
Paid to E. H. Goss, treasurer of trustees, on orders . $619 24
CONCRETE CROSSINGS.
Appropriation . $200 00
EXPENDED.
Paid Walter B. Ellis for laying 204 square
yards concrete
$102 00
Peris R. Ellis for laying 200 square
yards concrete 100 00
$202 00
Expenditures exceed $2.
SIDEWALKS.
Appropriation
. $1,000 00
Balance from last year
2 46
$1,002 46
EXPENDED.
Walter B. Ellis, one-half the expense of laying 3,41217% yards of concrete, including labor excavating for same, P. R. Ellis, one-half the expense of laying 2,507 fl yards of concrete, including labor excavating, &c. 424 71
578 54
$1,003 25
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
In compliance with the vote of the town, concrete walks have been laid in front of the following estates : -
Yards.
Henry Herrick, Franklin Street .
46.88
Francis W. Hunt, Franklin Street
46.43
William N. Todd, Franklin Street 78.49 .
Josiah P. Mendum, Franklin Street
43.64
Mary E. Carleton, Franklin Street
. 47.16
Emma G. Snow, Franklin Street
45.86
Heirs Albert Green, Franklin Street .
46.66 .
William H. Greenleaf, Franklin Street
.
48.
Town of Melrose, schoolhouse lot, Franklin Street .
44.26
Town of Melrose, hose-house lot, Franklin Street 46.66
Horatio N. Perkins, corner Vinton and Franklin Streets 301.5
B. Marvin Fernald, Youle Street 58.05 ·
George M. T. Piper, Youle Street
54.57
. Marshall S. French, Youle Street 60.41
. William H. Stone, Youle Street . 69.10
Mrs. Betsey R. Higgins, Youle Street 70.36 .
Morris C. Fitch, Youle Street
72.19
Charles W. Ellison, Youle Street
28.60
George P. Reed, Youle Street 27.90
Samuel Rice, Youle Street
24. .
Melbourne S. Halliday, Youle Street . 139.38
Joel C. Page, corner Vinton and Youle Street
94.25
. Augustus Durant, Vinton Street 38.34
Lewis C. Fernald, Vinton Street 35.08 .
James G. Graves, Vinton Street
. 39.05
Mrs. Maria E. White, Vinton Street . 59.74 .
William Finnegan, Vinton Street
16.40
Daniel W. Gooch, Emerson and Vinton Streets .
513.07 .
David L. Taylor, Emerson Street
241.6
Frederic Kidder, Emerson Street
. 70.
Carlon Buffum, Emerson Street . . 70.63
Milo N. Robbins, corner Emerson and Charles Streets · 144.
Henry Brown, corner Emerson and Poplar Streets
. 125.
William L. Williams, Emerson Street 46. .
James C. Currier .. Emerson Street
.
97.75
Benjamin F. Upham, Emerson Street . 63.55 .
A. Wilbur Lynde, Emerson Street
.
75.
Moses R. Burgess, Myrtle Street
. 40.83
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.
.
.
.
.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Yards.
Addison Lane, Myrtle Street
28.20
Charles A. Lerned, Myrtle Street
36.66
Stephen A. Lovejoy, Myrtle Street
28.86
William J. Farnsworth, Myrtle Street 28.75 .
Edwin P. Holmes, Winthrop Street
24.70
David S. Lyall, Winthrop Street
28.26
George L. Sawtelle, Vine Street
37.45
Mrs. Abby Smith, Vine Street
37.20
Mrs. Mary K. Hersey, Vine Street
34.60
Universalist Society, corner Essex and Willow Streets
108.55
Sidney H. Buttrick, Essex Street
55.68 .
W. Truman Howard, Essex Street
.
33.
Dudley Chandler, Main Street .
.
58.36 39.
Mrs. S. J. Larrabee, Main Street
39.75
Benjamin F. Bradbury, Main Street
.
72.66 47.
Mrs. Caroline Cox, Main Street
23.2
George A. Safford, corner Wyoming Av. and Main Street,
216.95
Walter Littlefield, Chestnut Street
157.36
Charles M. Leland, Chestnut Street
138.70
Daniel Norton, jun., Chestnut Street .
79.16
Samuel S. Houghton, cor. Chestnut and Mt. Vernon Streets, 320.03
Mrs. Charles F. Bowker, Summer Street
80.97
Joseph McIntire, Lynde Street .
32.70
John E. Marshall, Lynde Street
39.7
Jeremiah Crowley, Lynde Street
52.86
William A. Remick, Lynde Street
130.1 ·
Jonathan Cochran, Lynde Street Peter McNally, Foster Street
. . 66. 40.
Moses Parker, Foster Street
39.33
W. Irving Ellis, Foster Street Liberty Bigelow, Foster Street
41.28
Peter Edgerly, Cottage Street Lafayette J. Backer, Florence Street
43.70
Marcus A. Bush, Lebanon Street
. 81.3
Clark B. Baldwin, Poplar Street
. 82.58
William E. Babb, corner Avon and Elm Streets .
. 82.53
.
.
.
.
.
.
Levi S. Gould, Main Street
.
·
.
.
179.66
83.33
.
5,920.51
Mrs. M. B. Hopkins, Main Street
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
Cash in the treasury Jan. 13, 1879 $1,870 69 Total receipts for the year 109,409 64 .
$111,280 33
Total disbursements for the year .
109,007 59
Cash in the treasury Jan. 20, 1880 $2,272 74
Temporary Loans.
Paid notes of previous year $25,000 00
Borrowed, in anticipation of taxes during the year $37,000 00
Of this amount has been paid 25,000 00 ·
Outstanding
. $12,000 00
STATEMENT OF THE TOWN DEBT. - JAN. 1, 1880.
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
PERMANENT LOANS. Notes Outstanding.
R. G. Shedd, trustee, due Dec. 1, 1880,
interest 7 per cent
$24,000 00
·
Amounts carried forward
$24,000 00 $215,000 00
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
Amounts brought forward $24,000 00 $215,000 00 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
54,000 00
TEMPORARY LOAN.
Dec. 25, 1879, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for 6 months, interest 45 per cent 12,000 00
$281,000 00
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Due from State of Massachusetts on ac- count of State aid · $1,260 00
Due from State of Massachusetts on ac- count of relief to soldiers .
117 75
Due from State of Massachusetts on ac- count of military aid . ·
63 00
Bills due on poor account ·
815 48
Uncollected taxes, 1878 and 1879
26,238 67
Cash in treasury
2,272 74
30,767 64
Net debt more than assets available . $250,232 36 Respectfully submitted. E. and O. excepted.
MELROSE, Jan. 16, 1880.
GEO. NEWHALL, Treasurer.
.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
DR. GEORGE NEWHALL, TREASURER,
Jan. 13, 1879. Cash in treasury $1,870 69
RECEIPTS.
From State Treasurer: -
On account of School Fund
$180 43
Armory rent
600 00
State aid .
1,092 00
Corporation tax
1,261 31
Bank tax .
518 63
Relief to soldiers
636 00
4,288 37
From various sources : -
On account of Poor Fund
. $1,124 37
School Fund
25 00
Contingent Fund
6 50
Fire Department
50
Water Loan Sinking Fund, interest
39 37
Dividend on insurance policy .
12 15
For use of Town Hall .
547 36
County Treasurer, dog tax, 1878
419 24
For lots, graves, &c., Wyoming Cemetery
834 50
From A. Lane, superintendent, water rates col- lected, &c. .
. 10,284 87
13,293 86
TAXES.
From A. B. Pierce, Collector: -
Taxes for 1873
$50 96
1874
12 64
1875
160 79
1876
272 57
1877
. 1,376 46
1,873 42
From John R. Jones, Collector:
Taxes for 1878
. $20,500 90
1879
. 32,453 09
52,953 99
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Received on Treasurer's notes .
37,000 00
$111,280 33
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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
. $12,144 58
School contingent expenses
· 1,560 55
Contingent Fund
741 07
Poor Fund
5,895 76
Fire Department
3,005 00
Town Hall
986 80
Street-lights
1,529 45
Cemetery .
470 86
Police
264 12
Town officers' salaries
1,497 94 ·
State aid .
1,260 00
Water Fund
3,050 55
Drainage .
350 63
Armory rent
625 00
Soldiers' relief
117 75
Insurance .
414 38
Counsel fees
261 20
Concrete sidewalks
1,003 25
Concrete crossings
202 00
Military aid
126 00
Highways .
1,788 27
Drainage Emerson Street .
88 55
$37,383 71
By paid interest on Water. Fund bonds . · $9,000 00
interest on notes and Town-hall bonds
8,513 52
order of Overseers of Poor
16 00
order of Trustees Public Library
619 24
Headstones for soldiers' graves .
200 00
Claim of William H. Pearson .
125 00
Judkins case
60 25
State tax .
1,190 00
County tax
1,719 22
Treasurer Water Loan Sinking Fund
· 82 49
Treasurer Water Loan Sinking Fund
.
98 16
21,623 88
TEMPORARY LOANS.
By paid Treasurer's notes
50,000 00
$109,007 59
Jan. 20, 1880. By cash in the treasury · .
2,272 74
$111,280 33
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
We have examined the books of the Treasurer for the year 1879, and føad them correct and properly vouched. We have seen the balance, cash on hand, and find that amount actually in his possession.
F. E. ORCUTT, J. R. NORTON, ERNEST MENDUM,
Auditors.
MELROSE, Feb. 5, 1880.
REPORT OF THE BOARD
OF
WATER COMMISSIONERS
OF THE
TOWN OF MELROSE,
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1879.
MELROSE : REYNOLDS & DUNTON, PRINTERS. 1880.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
JOSEPH D. WILDE. W. IRVING ELLIS. J. R. SIMONDS.
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
THE Board of Water Commissioners, in compliance with Acts of the Legislature, respectfully submit this their Tenth Annual Report, together with the report of the Superintendent, showing the condition of the works Jan. 1, 1880.
THE POND.
Notwithstanding the extreme drought of the past season, we find that the supply has been ample, and that the water was not drawn so low by sixteen inches as it was in 1865, as will be seen by referring to the report .of our Superintendent, thus giving evidence that the supply is sufficient for a large increase of water-takers.
The several Water Boards of Malden, Melrose, and Medford, have joined in a petition to the Legislature for police supervision of the pond.
Your Commissioners recommend appropriations for the coming year as follows : -
For hydrants, Town Hall, schoolhouses, &c. . . $2,000 00
For maintenance
. 1,500 00
Water-takers, Jan. 1, 1880.
Families
· 879
Apothecaries
2
Aquariums
2
Armory
1
Barber-shops
2
Bakehouse
1
Bookbindery
.
1
Churches
.
6
76
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONER .
Engine and hose houses
4
Fish-markets
2
Greenhouses
8
Hand-hose
264
Hydrants
84
Hennery
1
Halls ..
6
Livery and boarding stables
4
Manufactories
7
Ornamental fountains
13
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 .
15
Number of water-takers as per register 1880 . 952
Number of water-takers as per register 1879 .
938
Increase over 1879 . 14 ·
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 ·
Estimated income for 1880
. $9,700 00
·
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT.
Cost of water-works to Jan. 1, 1879 . . $174,551 44
Expended this year as follows : -
$124 52
Boston and Maine Railroad, freight
Seth E. Benson, cement
53 00
Bills for trenching
217 35
Town of Malden, pipe
293 50
J. C. Howes, labor and material
58 32
Bisbee & Endicott, gate-covers . 17 51
Osgood & Hart, iron boxes 15 00
Thomas McCoubry, sharpening tools . 12 43
Boston Machine Company, gates 60 00 .
Thomas Cunningham & Son, pipe · 46 92
906 03
Cost of water-works to Jan. 1, 1880 . . $175,457 47
MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT, 1879.
Boston Machine Company, hydrant-valves . $15 00
M. F. Eastman, expressing 9 15
Thomas McCoubry, sharpening tools 20 46
J. P. Baker, printing notices
3 50
Dexter Brothers, white lead
6 00
James Worthen, sundries .
3 39
W. W. Boardman, use of team . 20 75
Town of Malden, one-third boat, &c. 20 43
4 00
Boston Rubber Shoe Company, long boots . Summers & Hunt, fittings .
46 75
Bugbee & Barrett, powder, fuse, &c. .
4 96
G. G. Nichols, stone-hammer, &c. 3 50
L. B. Wilder & Co., printing
10 00
H. S. Ingalls, gate-box
1 25
F. U. Corson, grindstone . 5 50
Babb & Stephens, printing
11 00
Worthley & Downs, rubber mittens
4 00
P. R. Ellis, carting gravel .
17 80
Joel Atwood, work at gatehouse
6 25
Amount carried forward
$213 69
Pattee & Perkins, hydrants 7 48
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Amount brought forward $213 69 Josephi D. Wilde, on account of services as · commissioner *33 34
Joseph R. Simonds, on account of services as commissioner 33 33
W. Irving Ellis, on account of services as commissioner 33 33
New-England News Company, blank-books, 3 00
John Larrabee, auditing books, &c.
15 00
Hardy & Co., window
1 35
R. A. Freeman, teaming . 11 50
Davis & Farnum, iron bend
2 70
Addison Lane, expense 11 53
Dalton & Ingersoll, fittings
5 38
Jewett & Co., service-boxes
20 00
H. A. Leonard, cotton cloth
1 00
Thomas Cunningham & Son, pipe 118 83
Addison Lane, services as superintendent 900 00
J. C. Howes, labor and material 73 27
Bills for trenching and repairs
615 00
George W. Bartlett, use of team
18.50
Seth E. Benson, cement
28 70
J. P. Deering, lumber
5 07
$2,144 52
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
1879.
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
1880.
Jan. 1. . Coupons on $100,000 3,000 00
9,000 00
$11,144 52
RECEIPTS.
Received from town for use of water . . $2,000 00
from town for maintenance . 1,500 00
Amount carried forward . $3,500 00
* Paid to the Water Loan Sinking Fund Commissioners.
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Amount brought forward . $3,500 00
Received from Malden for care of gatehouse, &c. 271 31
for water rents
9,717 13
for stock sold
46 97
for notices .
60
for shutting off
2 00
on pipe account
246 86
$13,784 87
CONTRA.
Interest account
. $9,000 00
Expenses .
. 2,144 52
$11,144 52
Due the town from this account Jan. 1, 1879, 1,436 46
12,580 98
Surplus for the year
$1,203 89
Furniture, Stock, and Tools on Hand, Jan. 1, 1880.
Office furniture .
$200 00
Tools of all kinds
250 00
Stock
493 00
$943 00
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
MELROSE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Gentlemen, - In accordance with the usual custom, I herewith sub- mit my Annual Report.
THE POND.
Under instructions from the joint Boards of Water Commissioners, a boat was purchased and arrangements made by the Superintendents of Malden, Melrose, and Medford, to inspect the pond and its borders three times each week, to see that there was nothing in or about the pond to affect the purity of the water.
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
The above instructions were at once entered into ; the Superintend- ent of Melrose going over the pond Tuesday, the Superintendent of Malden on Thursday, and the Superintendent of Medford on Saturday.
GATE-HOUSE.
A new floor has been laid in the gate-house, a window put in, and other needed improvements made.
An addition has been made to the bank wall on the north side of the outlet to the pond, and the bank graded to correspond with the grounds near the gate-house.
The following record will show the height of the water in the pond during the year 1879 : -
RECORD.
Rise and Fall of Pond in 1879.
The last printed record closed Dec. 31, 1878.
At that time the pond was full and running over at wasteway, and continued full and running over at intervals until about May 10, remaining at high-water mark until May 20, 1879.
May 27 .
1 inch below high-water mark.
" 30
2 inches “
3
66
66
66
4
66
66
66
66
6
66
66
66 66
" 30
66
66
6.
66
66
66
66 66
66
Sept. 10
66 20
30
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
Oct. 10
66
66
66
66
66 30
Nov. 10
66 20
" 30
Dec. 10
20 30
· 45 45
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
9 13 15 20 18 21 23 26 29
66
66
66
66
66
Aug. 10
' 20
" 30
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66 66
66
66
June 10
" 20 " 30
July 10
20
20
33 36 39 41 42 44 44
66
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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 low- est 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. 1 Pond full Jan. 15. Pond full second time Dec. 14.
1879.
Lowest point, Dec. 30. Pond full and running over at wasteway from Jan. 1 to May 20.
STREET-MAINS.
Since my last report, 988 feet of main-pipe has been laid as fol- lows : 360 feet of four-inch pipe on Franklin Street, 196 feet of four- inch pipe on Warren Street at the Highlands, 14 feet of six-inch on Vinton Street, 310 feet of four-inch pipe on Cedar Park, and 108 feet of two-inch pipe at the west end of Emerson Street.
A portion of the four-inch pipe on Winthrop Place at the High- lands has been taken up and relaid, so as to carry it below the bot- tom of the culvert.
GATES.
Six gates have been added to the pipe-lines the past year ; viz., one on Willow Street, two on Cedar Park, two on Poplar Street, and one on Warren Street at the Highlands. Seven boxes covering the gates have been replaced ; and many of those remaining are badly decayed, and should be replaced next season. I would recommend that to some extent, at least, cast-iron boxes be substituted in place of the wooden boxes now in use. Whole number of gates now in use, 87.
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
HYDRANTS.
There are now 84 hydrants in use. Three have been added the past season ; viz., one on new pipe on Warren Street at the Highlands, one on Winthrop Place, Highlands, and one on Vinton Street. New valves have been put into hydrants on Poplar Street and Lake Ave- nue. All have been repainted, and are in good condition. The hydrants set this year have been of the Pattee & Perkins make of IIolyoke.
LEAKS.
The following record will show the number of leaks that have occurred, and when repaired : -
Feb. 7. - Repaired leak in four-inch pipe on Grove Street. Rust- hole. Wound in new pipe.
Feb. 13. - Repaired leak in four-inch pipe running into Youle Street. Rust-hole. Wound in new pipe.
March 3. - Repaired leak in service-pipe on Emerson Street in lead connection.
March 29. - Repaired leaks in four-inch pipe on Linwood Avenue, two places. Rusty pipe. Wound in new pipe.
April 9. - Repaired leak in branch-pipe to hydrant on Essex Street. Wound new joint.
April 12. - Repaired leak in service-pipe on Winthrop Street in lead connection.
May 12. - Repaired leak in service-pipe on Waverley Place in lead connection.
May 13. - Repaired hydrant on Lake Avenue. Put in new valve. May 14. - Repaired four-inch gate on Essex Street.
Aug. 26. - Repaired hydrant on Poplar Street. Put in new valve. Sept. 16. - Repaired drinking-fountain on Franklin Street.
Oct. 14. - Repaired leak in four-inch pipe on Mount Vernon Street.
Oct. 15. - Repaired leak in hydrant on Mount Vernon Street. Set new hydrant.
Oct. 28. - Repaired leak in service-pipe on Winthrop Street in lead connection.
DRINKING-FOUNTAINS.
The drinking-fountains have received the usual care and attention, and have been kept in good running order.
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
The fountain near the Melrose Depot has been moved a short dis- tance, so as to be out of the line of the Tremont-street sidewalk.
SERVICE-PIPES.
Seventeen new services have been put in during the year, making a total number of 819 laid by the town since the introduction of water. Discontinued, 34; now in use, 785.
AMOUNT OF PIPE LAID SINCE LAST REPORT. Street-Mains.
6-inch pipe on Vinton Street
14 feet
4-inch pipe on Cedar Park 310 "
4-inch pipe on Franklin Street
360 “
4-inch pipe on Warren Street .
196
2-inch pipe on Emerson Street
'108 “ .
Service-Pipe.
2-inch from main-pipe to street-line 391
2-inch inside of street-line .
741
1,132 "
Total in feet
2,120 " .
STOCK AND TOOLS.
Estimated value of stock on hand
$493 20
Tools of all kinds .
250 00
$743 20
In addition to the above, I will say that I have, with a few excep- tions, personally inspected all the premises where water is used, and have collected for water rates the sum of $9,717.13, and from other sources, $567.74, all of which has been paid over to the Town Treas- urer, according to law.
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 : -
988 “
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Received from families . . $7,884 26
stores and shops
148 00
use of hose
825 00
stables .
390 00
manufactories .
234 00
ornamental fountains
34 00
halls
43 87
churches
42 00
railroad-depots
12 00
greenhouses ·
98 00
henneries
6 00
$9,717 13
Received from town of Malden
271 31
on pipe account
246 86
from stock sold
46 97
from notices and shutting off
2 60
567 74
$10,284 87
Respectfully submitted.
ADDISON LANE, Superintendent.
MELROSE, Jan. 28, 1880.
At the request of the Board of Water Commissioners, I have ex- amined the accounts kept by Addison Lane as Water Registrar for the year 1879, and find the same to be correctly and carefully kept.
The total amount charged on the register for water rates is $9,717.13, which has been collected and paid to the Town Treasurer, together with the sum of $567.74, received for service-pipe, stock sold, &c.
JOHN LARRABEE,
Town Clerk.
85
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.
HYDRANTS.
6-inch.
4-inch.
2-inch.
Eleventh
255
. .
...
Third
·
.
287
. .
. . . .
. . . .
Main
3,784
478
9
2
. . .
... .
Green
2,700
360
3
1
. . . .
. . . .
Vinton
3,4973
436
6
2
· 1
. . . .
Trenton
1,233
1,3311
.. .
1
3
2
. . . .
Melrose
2,339}
1
. . . .
1
. . . .
Ashland
1,475
2
2
. . . .
Tremont
. . . .
3,180
2
. . . .
4
. .. .
Green wood
. .. .
. .
. . . .
. . . .
Perkins
236
.. .
. .
. . . .
. . . .
Baxter
. .. .
.. .
. . .
1
.. .
Florence
1,340}
1
. . . .
3
. . . .
Emerson
. . . .
3,977
6
. . . .
. . . .
Youle
. .. .
9983
312
1
. .. .
· · · ·
Otis
....
. .
. . .
. ... .
Oakland
. ...
.
.
. . .
·
...
Cedar Park
...
1,206}
2
2
. . . .
Laurel
. .. .
. . . .
...
. . . .
Cottage
1,142
193
2
2
. . . .
Hurd
. . . .
.
. .
. . . .
2
...
Herbert
220
1583
. .. .
...
. . . .
Grove (West) ·
. .. .
2873
1
. . . .
. . .
. . . .
Waverley Place .
. .. .
6903
1
. . . .
. . . .
Foster
. . . .
1,470
1
. . . .
. . . .
Myrtle and Lake Av. .
3,170
3
5
. . . .
Winthrop .
6951
.. .
. .
. . . .
. . . .
Vine .
. . . .
..
. .
. . . .
...
Essex
. .. .
1,437
4
.. . .
. .. .
Willow
. . . .
663
. .
. . . .
. . . .
1
Short and Main
. . .
. . . .
4701
. .
. . . .
. . . .
Reading Hill
. . . .
...
· .
....
1
1
Porter
. . . .
. .
..
. .
...
. . .
Albion
222
1
. . . .
1
Pleasant
. . . .
1,125
1
. . . .
Winter
. .. .
241
. . . .
. .
. . . .
..
Charles
. . . .
335
. .. .
. . . .
. . . .
...
. .
...
. . . .
3
Maple and Poplar
. .. .
...
2
. . . .
1
. . . .
Linden Place
...
. . . .
1
. . . .
Berwick
1,226}
1
. . .
...
.
.
. .
. . . .
. . . .
1
. .. .
691
723
3
. . . .
1
School
495
. . .
1
1
1
. . . .
. . . .
.. .
3
1
Franklin
3,1553
...
. . .
..
..
780
1,161
1
. .. .
1
. .. .
484
1
...
2,265.
4
1
286
457
. . . .
1
1
.. .
.. .
1
3
1
2
2,514}
... .
768
324
...
86
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
TOTAL AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF DISTRIBUTION PIPES TO THE PRESENT TIME - Concluded.
FEET OF PIPE.
GATES.
STREETS.
6-inch.
4-inch.
2-inch.
HYDRANTS.
6-inch.
4-inch.
2-inch1.
Warren
. . . .
196
1
1
. . . .
Bellevue Avenue
....
100
. . . .
.
.. . .
Stevens Place
...
. .
. .
. .. .
Lebanon
2,750
. .
2
. .
1
. .. .
Grove
...
1,366
. .
1
. .
.
. .. .
Walnut
. .. .
1873
. . . .
·
. ..
. . . .
Lynde and Linwood .
. .. .
2,960
3
. .. .
. . . .
Suminer
. . . .
701
. . . .
.
. .
....
Wyoming Av. (East) .
. .. .
1,076
. . . .
. .
. .. .
....
Wyoming Av. (West)
....
. . . .
. . .
3
. . . .
...
Chestnut
. . . .
572
. . . .
. .
. .. .
. .. .
....
Mt. Vernon
394
. . . .
. .. .
. .
. . . .
Auburn
.
.. .
. . . .
. .
. . . .
1
. . . .
Winthrop Place
520
1
1
. . . .
Belmont
....
. . . .
. .
. . . .
. . . .
High
. . . .
. .
. .
. . . .
1
. . . .
Prospect
. . . .
1,026
. . . .
1
. . . .
. . . .
Essex and Lake Av.
. . . .
1,082
. . .
. .
. .. .
. . . .
Avon
.. .
. . . .
. .
...
1
. . . .
Elm
....
1,057
1
. . .
.
. . .
Howard
· · · ·
272
550
. .
. . . .
1
1
Upham and Dell Av ..
3,488
. . . .
. .. .
2
.
,
East .
...
. . . .
. . . .
1
. . . .
Washington
. .. .
760
. . . .
. . . .
. .
. . . .
Irving
. . . .
...
. .
. .. .
. . . .
Emerson Place
. .. .
. . . .
288
. .
. . . .
. .. .
1
Wastes 27 x 24 .
. . . .
. . . .
. .
. . . .
. . . .
.
80 Plugs
80
· · · ·
. .
. . . .
... .
. . . .
Grove Street (East)
1,865
16
· · · ·
2
1
. . . .
. ...
Emerson Street (East)
7433
10
. . . .
. .
. .. .
. . . .
Rowe Street
.
...
. .
.
. .. .
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