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20 00
15 00
20 00
32 00
D. A. Ireson, rent to E. C. Grover
2 25
$561 45
Board and Clothing.
Abbie Barter, board of Mrs. L. G. Davis and child, 40 w'ks $120 00 Abbie Barter, board of Phœbe M. Waitt, 40 weeks 160 00
Abbie Barter, board of Phœbe M. Waitt, 14 weeks 35 00
Abbie Barter, clothing for Phoebe M. Waitt 4 00
Florence E. Upham, board of Arthur J. Richardson, 50 w'ks 150 00 Florence E. Upham, clothing for Arthur J. Richardson 3 50
Joseph W. Simonds, board of Abigail Connor, 52 weeks 156 00
Joseph W. Simonds, clothing for Abigail Connor 5 00
Ellen Conway, board of Margaret Harris, 18 weeks 45 00
100 00
A. M. Conway, board of Margaret Harris, 40 weeks Samuel Woodward, board of Lucy Barron, 52 weeks ·
132 00
S. J. Haraden, board of Abby G. Fuller, 37 weeks .
·74 00
$984 50
39
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Sundries.
C. G. Harris, dry goods . $26 81
S. F. Barrett, tickets to travellers
2 10
S. L. Walton, meals, etc., tramps R. A. Freeman, moving furniture 12 50
11 75
William T. Hill, filling tick
60
J. C. Howes, stove pipe and lining
2 70
Holbrook & Hunt, grate, etc.
2 00
E. W. Dowling, hats
2 80
Samuel Sprague, boots, shoes, etc.
18 85
George Newhall, boots, shoes, etc.
36 45
30 76
H. G. Fields, expense, cash paid A. B. Pierce, expense, removing juveniles Family of George R. Spear, expense to New York
3 30
15 00
$165 62
Recapitulation.
Groceries, provisions, supplies, &c.
$2.202 83
Fuel ·
276 12
Medical attendance and medicines
184 85
Burial expenses
46 00
Support of insane
1,185 55
Outside relief
721 12
Rents
561 45
Board and clothing
984 50
Sundries
165 62
$6,328 04
CONTRA.
Appropriation
$4,000 00
RECEIPTS.
From Commonwealth of Massachusetts $154 74
city of Boston
196 75
city of Somerville
131 50
Amount carried forward $482 99
40
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward $482 99
From town of Malden .
487 50
town of Wenham 40 20
town of Yarmouth
5 00
town of Stoneham
31 40
H. G. Fields, money refunded by persons assisted . 129 25
D. Alvin Lynde, board of wife at Danvers 199 03
Peter Edgerly, board of daughter at Danvers 166 71
$1542 08
Total
5,542 08
Expenditures exceed appropriation and
785 96
receipts
$6,328 04
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
$100 68
city of Boston* 96 50
city of Somerville .
85 00
$282 18
*Received since Jan. 1, 1881.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
Appropriation .
$800 00
Balance from last year
130 67
RECEIPTS. ·
For auctioneers' licenses :-
Moses Briggs
$2 00
John R. Jones
2 00
Nelson Cochran
·
2 00
Jacob Kimball
2 00
$8 00
$938 67
41
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENDED.
Craig & Tucker, Diebold safe $243 00
Reynolds & Dunton, printing annual reports, 1879 177 78 Reynolds & Dunton, print'g warrants, bills, advertising, etc. 59 00 G. W. Reynolds, printing warrants and notices 18 00
T. W. Ripley, printing tax bills, etc., 19 50
A. W. Haskell, collector's book 3 50
Knight, Adams & Co., stationery
7 09
Hooper, Lewis & Co., books for Assessors
30 00
C. S. Dennis & Co., damage to horse
Crystal Lake Fishing Association, alewives furnished 12 50
Battery "C," M. V. M., firing salute July 5 50 00
W. H. Stone, lamp post and lamp 15 00
Wiggin & Fernald, legal services and advice 12 00
A. B. Pierce, distributing warrants and serving notices 37 50
A. B. Pierce, returning 49 deaths, 1880 12 25
Jobin Larrabee, collecting, recording and returning births deaths and marriages, 1879 64 85
John Larrabee, services preparing reports, 1879, regis- ter of voters, check lists, etc. 30 00
John Larrabee, cash paid for stationery, etc. 6 20
Nelson Cochran, surveying 11 50
R. R. Spear, lettering ballot boxes 1 00
Twitchell & Blodgett, police badges
4 50
Henry Barron, expressing
2 30
Little, Brown & Co., Herricks' Town Officer
3 00
J. C. Brock, vote register 1 07
S. L. Walton, ringing bell 6 00
Augustus Durant, ringing bell 6 00
O. K. Stebbins, ringing bell 4 00
Samuel Lear, ringing bell
6 00
$898 04
Board of Health Department.
G. W. Bartlett, teams furnished $6 00
John Larrabee, chemicals and medicines 2 30
G. W. Reynolds, advertising . 9 00
J. A. Lambert, services fumigating house 5 00
22 30
4 50
G. W. Bartlett, teams furnished 50 00
42
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Judkins Case.
Paid referees :-
J. Vincent Smith, M. D. $10 00
J. L. Sullivan, M. D. 10 00
H. G. Fields, expense 4 00
24 00
$944 34
Expenditures exceed appropriation and receipts $5 67
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$2000 00
Balance from last year
37 51
$2,037 51
EXPENDED.
BIGELOW HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY, NO. 1.
Services of men, one year
$494 99
Services of steward, one year
40 00
W. J. Silver, rope
1 74
T. B. Johnson, stock and labor
4 50
Bagnall & Loud, blocks
7 20
T. McCoubry, guy poles, hooks, etc.
3 20
$551 63
RUSSELL HOSE COMPANY, NO. 1.
Services of men, one year
$300 00
Services of steward, one year
40 00
Malden and Melrose Gas Co., 4200 feet gas
12 60
Albon W. Parker, painting .
3 25
Bugbee & Barrett, 3 tons coal .
16 77
L. F. Hinckley, oil, matches, cans, etc.
7 64
·
$380 26
43
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
N. D. BLAKE HOSE COMPANY, NO. 2.
Services of 15 men, 1 year $300 00
Services of steward one year 40 00
L. W. Gilman, rent one year
150 00
Malden and Melrose Gas Co., 4300 feet gas
12 90
Bugbee & Barrett, ton coal
5 59
L. F. Hinckley, rope, oil and broom 1 27
J. C. Howes, stove pipe and labor 7 95
T. McCoubry, repairing wheel, tire, etc.
1 40
$519 11
HIGHLAND HOSE COMPANY, NO. 3.
Services of men, one year
$275 00
Services of steward, one year
40 00
Holbrook & Lafreniere, stock and labor
6 31
Bugbee & Barrett, 2 tons coal
11 18
Samuel Lear, stock and labor
30 05
L. F. Hinckley, rope
1 00
John Singer, Jr., sundries
4 66
$368 20
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
J. A. Thomas, services as engineer, 1879,
$20 00
L. F. Hinckley,
1879,
10 40
F. E. Howe, 66 1879,
8 25
J. A. Thomas, keys .
60
Board of Engineers, 1880, six month services
37 50
$76 75
RECAPITULATION.
Bigelow Hook and Ladder Company
$551 63
Russell Hose Company .
380 26
N. D. Blake Hose Company ·
519 11
Highland Hose Company
368 20
Contingent expenses
76 75
$1,895 95
44
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Appropriation
$2000 00
Balance from last year
37 51
$2,037 51
Balance unexpended 141 56
$2,037 51
HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation
$3,000 00 ·
Balance from last year expended for Concrete Crossings,
per vote of town.
EXPENDED.
Under direction of Surveyors Marshall, Fuller and Ellis, previous to annual meeting :
JAMES MARSHALL.
Paid laborers, 4} days, at $1.50 per day $6 75
teams, 6 days, at $1.25 per day 7 50
James Marshall, 5g days, at $2.00 per day
11 00
James Marshall, 280 loads gravel at 8 cts. 22 40
Bugbee & Barrett, nails
90
$48 55
GEORGE P. FULLER.
Paid laborers, 22 days, at $1.50 per day $3 75
teams, 3 days, at $1.25 per day 3 75
Geo. P. Fuller, 3 days, at $2.00 per day . 6 00
$13 50
45
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
WALTER B. ELLIS.
Paid laborers, 4 days, at $1.50 per day $6 00
teams, 42 days, at $1.25 per day . 5 94
W. B. Ellis, 6 days, at $2.00 per day 12 00
$23 94
Under direction of A. Wilbur Lynde, Surveyor, from March 1, 1880 to Jan. 1, 1881.
Paid laborers, 1073 days, at $1.50 per day . . $1,609 32
teams, 3714 days, at $1.50 per day 556 86 .
A. W. Lynde, 91 days, at $2.00 per day
· 182 00
$2,348 18
FOR GRAVEL.
Heirs Joseph Lynde, 2,000 loads
$160 00
Nelson Cochran, 454 loads
36 32
· J. Oscar Lynde, 119 loads
9 52
Louisa Lynde,
71 loads
5 68
Otis Howard,
75 loads
6 00
W. B. Ellis,
158 loads
15 80
A. W. Lynde,
75 loads
6 00
Dexter Bryant,
82 loads
6 56
John Larrabee,
49 loads
3 92
Asa Church,
30 loads
2 40
Total 3,113
$252 20
2955 loads at 8 cents
$236 40
158 loads at 10 cents
15 80
$252 20
SUNDRIES.
A. W. Lynde, plank .
$1 50
Thomas McCoubry, sharpening tools 34 30
Edwards Bros., sharpening tools .
12 15
J. P. Deering & Co., posts, etc., for railing . 14 50
Bugbee & Barrett, powder, fuse and nails
2 11
$64 56
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Table showing amount of labor performed each month, and cost of same :
1880.
No. Days. Surveyors. Days No.
Laborers.
No. Days.
'Teams.
Total.
Jan. and Feb.
14₺
*$29 00|
11
*$16 50
13% *$17 19
*$62 69
March
7
14 00,133
199 50
58
87 00
300 50
April
20₺
41 00 3742
562 04 1342
202 12
805 16
May
18
36 002564
384 33
854
127 87
548 20
June
182
37 50,1814
271 85
52
78 00
387 35
July
10
20 00
70₺
105 75
13
19 50
145 25
October
74
14 50
204
30 36
64
9 37
54 23
November .
5
10 00
26
38 99
9 75
58 74
December .
43
9 00
11
16 50
153
23 25
48 75
1053
211 00 1084 1625 82 385
574 05 2410 87
*Expended under direction of Surveyors Marshall, Fuller and Ellis ; remainder of the year under Surveyor A. Wilbur Lynde.
RECAPITULATION.
Appropriation
$3,000 00
Expended previous to March 1, 1880
$85 99
Expended under direction of Surveyor
Lynde.
Labor and teams
. 2,348 18
Gravel .
252 20
.
Sundries
64 56
$2,750 93
Balance unexpended
249 07
$3,000 00
47
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
MELROSE WATER FUND.
Jan. 1, 1880. To the credit of the account $297 86
Appropriations :-
for the use of the water . $2,000 00 for maintenance 1,500 00 for deficiency, construction account, 1879 906 03 Received from A. Lane, Superintendent, cash at vari- ous times, water-rates collected, etc. . . 10,601 58
$15,305 47
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 ) 2,407 46
Treasurer of Water Loan Sinking
Fund Commissioners, per order, surplus over expenses for 1879 . 1,203 89
$12,611 35
Jan. 1, 1881, To the credit of the account 2,694 12
$15,305 47
TOWN HALL.
No appropriation.
EXPENDED.
Samuel L. Walton, services as janitor one year . $200 00
Charles Taylor, stock and labor · 186 55
Malden and Melrose G. L. Co., 79,700 feet gas . 239 10
Amount carried forward
$625 65
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward
$625 65
F. M. Holmes & Co., mats
12 00
Bugbee & Barrett, 34 695 tons coal 192 00
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries 2000
5 40
John Larrabee, sundries
1 00
W. J. Silver, repairing flag
1 00
Samuel Ellison, whitewashing lockup
3 00
J. C. Howes, stock and labor
2 80
Thomas Cunningham, testing boiler 3 40
Albon W. Parker, paint and labor
7 25
$853 50
RECEIPTS.
Melrose Savings Bank, rent one year .
$50 00
Lilliputian Opera Company
25 00
C. E. Keith's Benefit
25 00
Mrs. G. N. Bordman's concert, 2 nights
40 00
James Murphy
25 00
Kate Bowers' Concert Company
25 00
Wyoming Musical Association
25 00
H. E. Robinson's Benefit 30 00
Society Prevention Cruelty to Children
15 00
C. H. Isburgh
35 00
Republican committee .
52 03
Democratic committee
10 00
S. L. Walton, for old iron sold .
80
Melrose Lyceum.
200 00
$557 83
Expenditures exceed receipts
295 67
$853 50
49
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
DRAINAGE, BRIDGES AND CULVERTS.
Appropriation
$600 00
Balance from last year
49 37
$649 37
EXPENDED.
J. A. Harrington, (award of County Com-
missioners in 1875) for land taken in widen- ing Ell Pond brook ·
$40 00
Waldo Brothers, drain pipe 80 27
Henry J. Rice, edge stone, etc. 35 70
M. I. Newhall, bridge stone 24 00
A. W Lynde, 900 bricks . 7 20
B. & M. R. R. Co .. old ties 3 66
W. B. Ellis, clearing Eli Pond brook
40 00
J. P. Deering, lumber
10 60
S. E. Benson, sand and cement 3 75
For Labor and Teams.
A. W. Lynde, 24 days' labor at $2.00 per day . 48 00
Laborers, 1174 days' labor at $1.50 per day .. · 175 85 Teams, 25g days' labor at $1.50 per day, 38 25
$507 28
Balance unexpended 142 09
$649 37
DRAINAGE EMERSON STREET.
(Near Depot.)
No appropriation.
EXPENDED. Paid for Labor and Teams.
A. W. Lynde, 10g days at $2.00 per day $21 00
Amount carried forward
$21 00 .
50
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward $21 00
Laborers, 108₺ days at $1.50 per day 162 75
Teams, 24 days at $1.50 per day . 36 00
$219 75
Paid Dexter Pratt, services .
14 00
Walter B. Ellis, 59 yards concrete gutter at 37
cents per yard . 21 83
$255 58
ARMORY RENT.
Received from State Treasurer, rent for one year to Jan.
1,1881 .
$600 00
Paid Henry A. Lecuard, rent to Jan. 1, 1881, 600 00
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation . .
$1,500 00
Balance from last year
240 12
$1,740 12
EXPENDED.
Paid Globe Gas-Light Company of Boston for lighting and care of 121 lamps, 5 months
$618 25
121 3 249 99
333 32 125 4 ·
One iron lamp-post, frame and copper lantern 15 87
$1,217 43
Balance unexpended .
522 69
$1740 12
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
ADDITIONAL STREET LAMPS.
Appropriation
· $100 00
EXPENDED.
Paid Globe Gas-Light Co. for 4 iron posts, frames and
lanterns
$60 00
5 lanterns .
· 28 75
$88 75
Balance unexpended .
11 25
$100 00
INSURANCE.
Balance on hand
$233 05
EXPENDED.
Paid H. H. Westgate, insurance agent, policy of $8,000 for 5 years, on Centre School building, and on High- land Hose House $800
85 80
Balance unexpended
$147 25
WYOMING CEMETERY.
RECEIPTS.
For 2 lots sold residents, at $50 each
. $100 00
66 66 at $55 each
· 110 00
· 105 00
From residents on account of lots sold . For lots sold non-residents : One for One for ·
.
150 00
165 00
For graves suld : Non-residents .
24 00
Residents
33 00
From non-resident for use of tomb
1 00
.
$688 00
52
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENDED.
Paid for labor : 1742 days, at $1,50 per day $262 06
52 days, at $2 per day 11 50
Paid for teams : 37 days, at $1.50 per day . 55 50
Jacob W. Manning, 50 spruce trees 12 50
Nelson Cochran, surveying . 24 50
A. E. Upham, making plan .
2 00
Aaron Tay, sodding, etc., half lot
5 00
Eri Upham, 2,274 feet sod
22 74
Philip Stevens. street signs ".
19 50
H. E. Wiley, plants ·
15 00
A. B. Pierce, expense, for tomb
4 00
Reynolds & Dunton, printing 2 00
1 95
John Larrabee, expense, re-setting stones services on committee 25 00
George Newhall, "
25 00
$488 25
TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation .
$2,000 00
Balance from last year 409 99
$2,409 99
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 · . 275 00
George C. Stantial, Assessor 1880 · 150 00
Amount carried forward $1,250 00
53
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward $1,250 00
James C. Currier, Assessor 1880 150 00
Dexter Pratt, Assessor 1880 . 150 00
George C. Stantial, extra services, making duplicate valuation book, 1880 50 00
George C. Stantial, Assessor, balance, services
1879 25 00
James C. Currier, Assessor, balance, services 1879 25 00
Dexter Pratt, Assessor, balance, services 1879, 25 00
John R. Norton, Auditor 1879 15 00
Frank E. Orcutt, Auditor 1879 15 00
Ernest Mendum, Auditor 1879 15 00
John R. Jones, Collector, one-half of 1 per cent. for collecting taxes of 1878, $20,- 989.00 104 94
John R. Jones, Collector, one-half of 1 per cent. for collecting taxes of 1879, $57,- 431.35 287 15
$2,112 09
Unexpended balance
297 90
$2,409 99
INTEREST.
Appropriation .
$7,700 00 ·
Received as interest from Collector, on taxes for year 1879
922 76
Balance from last year
324 66
$8,947 42
EXPENDED.
Interest on Town Hall bonds ($65,000) at 7 per cent. $4,550 00
on notes made to R. G. Shedd, as trustee 1,680 00
Amount carried forward $6,230 00
54
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward ·
·
$6,230 00
Interest 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 . 501 79
$8,531 79
Balance unexpended
415 63
$8,947 42
POLICE AND NIGHT-WATCHMEN.
Appropriation
$800 00
Balance from last year .
· .
10 09
$810 09
EXPENDED.
A. B. Pierce, 592 hours .
$148 00
177 nights
265 50
Samuel L. Walton, 70 hours
17 50
196 nights
294 00
Joseph Holbrook, 356 bours
89 00
H. W. Cushman, 120 hours
30 00
A. C. Chick, 3072 hours .
76 87
H. B. Newhall, 34 hours
8 50
Benjamin Gallupe, special services and ex-
penses
65 00
$994 37
Expenditures exceed . $184 28
STATE AID.
Received from State Treasurer on account of amount paid during year 1879 $1,241 50
55
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
PAID DISABLED SOLDIERS AND DEPENDENT RELATIVES DURING YEAR 1880·
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 .
120 00
Luzon Weeks
72 00
Joseph S. Eastman
72 00
Theodore L. Palmer
72 00
Sara E. Stilphen
48 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
36 00
Edward Fitzgerald, one month
1 50
Charles H. Young, 8 months
48 00
$1,309 50
MILITARY AID.
Received from State Treasurer on account of aid paid in
1879
· ·
0
$63 00
[Sums paid under provisions chap. 252, Acts of 1879.]
Avery B. Howard
$103 00
Daniel D. Penney
56 00
Martin Shannon .
51 50
George W. Grover, Jr.
116 25
Philip McMahan .
77 50
William J. Riley
102 75
Wm. H. Richardson .
77 50
Amount carried forward
$584 50
56
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward
. $584 50
Moses P. Mitchell
· 56 50
Ede K. Chase
63 75
Edwin H. Downing
26 00
William H. Earl .
4 00
Josiah R. York
3 00
-
$737 75
TOWN HALL.
IMPROVEMENT OF GROUNDS, ETC.
Paid Boston & Maine R. R. freight on granite $41 71
MAIN STREET CEMETERY.
Appropriation
$250 00
Paid Walter B. Ellis for labor performed under direction of Aaron Green, special committee 190 00
Balance unexpended .
$60 00
FRANKLIN STREET.
Appropriation .
$300 00
Received from Joseph F. Boyd for stone sold 28 05
$328 05
57
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENDED.
Paid Ammi C. Chick for blasting stone and widening street, as per contract
$300 00
Paid A. W. Lynde, for
labor andl teams 2 days, at $2.00 per day $4 00
123 days at $1.50 per day 18 75
teams 3g days at $1.50 per day 5 25 $28 00
$328 00
Balance
05
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation authorized, dog tax and
$500 00
Received from Amos Stone, County Treasurer, dog tax
for 1879
392 16
$892 16
Paid to E. H. Goss, on orders from Trustees $892 16
-
CONCRETE CROSSINGS.
Appropriation, unexpended balance from Highway Ac-
$361 54 count for 1879, as per vote of the town .
EXPENDED.
Paid Walter B. Ellis, for laying 448 square yards con- crete at 50 cents per yard $224 00
Paid Peris R. Ellis, for laying 245} square yards con- crete at 50 cents per yard 122 75
$346 75
Balance unexpended
14 79
$361 54
58
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
SIDEWALKS.
Appropriation .
$1,000 00
RECEIPTS.
Frank W. Hamlin
$12 09
Robert Burlen .
10 84
A. J. Bodge
10 16
Provincetown Savings Bank
15 38
Nathaniel Howard
10 97
W. J. Farnsworth
72 72
Masonic Association
14 03
J. P. Averill
5 61
W. A. Remick .
7 71
H. H. Westgate
12 33
C. A. Patch
5 73
Simeon Locke ,
17 94
$195 51
$1,195 51
EXPENDED.
Paid Peris R. Ellis, one-half the expense of lay- ing 683.22 square yards concrete, at 37 cents per yard .
$126 51
Peris R. Ellis (for laying 1,617.14 square yards, at 37 cents per yard, 598 33
- $724 84
Walter B. Ellis, one-half the expense of laying 2,759.52 square yards concrete, at 37 cents per yard . $510 51
John G. McConnell, one-half of expense laying (in 1879) 32 square yards concrete, at 34 cents per yard 5 44
Ellen Wing, one-half of expense laying (in 1879) 45 square yards concrete, at 34 cents per yard, 7 65
$1,248 44 Expenditures exceed appropriation and receipts $52 93
.
.
.
59
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Bills have been presented and are due this de-
partment from Timothy Corey $29 10
William Larrabee 35 89 ·
Mary Lynde
30 95
·
$95 94
Concrete walks have been laid in front of estates owned or occu- pied by the following named persons : -
Square yards .
John G. McConnell, Main Street
. 32.
Ellen Wing, Main Street
45. 34.
George Newhall, Green Street
.
43. .
.
98. 76. .
A. R. Potter, Ashland Street
48.66
G. W. Chipman, Ashland Street
83.33 47.
M. F. Eastman, Main Street . Joseph Edwards, Main Street Harriet A. Avery, Upham Street Eliza Robinson, Willow Street George Hart, Hurd Street
38.33 34.
Moses Briggs, Ashland Street Esther C. Ray, Ashland Street Charles O. Boyd, Willow Street Pichard, Ashland Street Mark Safford, Willow Street
·
48.75
.
40.
71.
Solon Dow, Upham Street F. E. Orcutt, Upham Street 34.50 42.75 57. A. M. Nelson, Ashland Street John A. Keene, Ashland Street C. A. Messenger, Ashland Street 159.75 William J. Farnsworth, Grove Street 250.55
Masonic Temple, corner Main St. and Wyoming Avenue, John P. Averill, Main Street C. A. Patch, 66
75.8
30.33 31. ·
Emery Close, Emerson Street S. E. Benson, Tremont Street C. M. Field, Lebanon Street . L. W. Gilman, Wyoming Avenue
47.50
.
91.50
179.33 83. 55. 44.
.
60
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Square yards.
H. H. Westgate, Main Street
66.66
Timothy Corey,
· 157.33
William A. Remick,
42.
William Larrabee, 66
194.
Mary Lynde, 66
167.33
Nathaniel Howard, 66
59.33
Provincetown Savings Bank, Main Street
. 83.10
Frank W. Hamlin, Grove Street
65.33 .
Robert Burlen, 66
58.61
Simeon Locke,
. 96.94
A. J. Bodge, 66
54.91
Thomas Hawkins, 41.39
142.53
Alfred Hocking, Emerson Street
. 66.67
Robert Burlen, Emerson Street
69.37
William F. Conant, Prospect Street
65.63
Liberty Bigelow, Foster Street 213.71
Estate corner Florence Street and Wyoming Avenue ·
85.42
LaFayette Burr, Wyoming Avenue
87.07
William F. Morse,
79.75
George Phillips, 66
63. .
·
59.86
- Milton, 66
. 55.11
S. S. Bugbee, .
.
66.47
-- Brown, 66
58.21 .
Rufus Leavitt, 66
152.80 .
J. R. Jones, Berwick Street
62.56
John S. Austin, Vine Street .
·
56.11
G. W. Stevens, Myrtle Street
24.27 .
J. S. Clark, Essex Street
143.
Thomas McCoubry, Essex Street
. 46.84
A. V. Lynde, Franklin Street
· 40.
L. H. Curtis, Wyoming Avenue · Boston & Maine Railroad, Wyoming Avenue . 29.75
J. C. Ingalls, Main Street
· 98.
T. S. Love,
· 32.16
G. W. Stevens, · · .
· 49.46
Methodist-Episcopal Society, Main Street
. 113.19
.
·
J. A. Worthen,
73.06 .
Jefferson Lowe, 66
.
.
.
106.55
.
·
.
William J. Farnsworth,
61
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
TABULAR STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES AGAINST APPROPRIATIONS, 1880.
Departments.
Appro. 1880.
Bal'ces from last y'r.
Receipts. Exp'ded.
Bal'ces Unex
Defici- ency.
School Fund ..
$11000 00 $2119 61
$182 68
$12491 37 $1110 92
School Contingent ..
1700 00
139 45
1477 91
361 51
Contingent Expenses
800 00
130 67
8 00
944 34
$5 67
Poor Fund
4000 00
1542 08
6328 04
785 96
Fire Department.
2000 00
37 51
557 83
853 50
295 67
Street Lights ...
1500 00
240 12
1217 43
522 69
Police and Watchmen.
800 00
10 09
994 37
184 28
Salaries.
2000 00
409 99
2112 09
297 90
State Aid.
3500 00
297 86
10601 58
11407 46
2694 12
Drainage.
600 00
49 37
507 28
142 09
Armory Rent.
600 00
Main Street Cemetery.
250 00
28 05
328 00
05
Insurance
233 05
688 00
488 25
199 75
Sidewalks.
1000 00
195 51
1248 44
52 93
Crossings.
*361 54
63 00
737 75
Highways.
3000 00
2750 93
249 07
Drainage Emerson Street.
255 58
255 58
Town Hall, impr'g grounds, etc.
Interest ..
7700 00
324 66
1922 76
8531 79
415 63
Public Library
500 00
392 16
892 16
State Tax.
3570 00
County Tax
1793 96
1203 89
Reduction of Debt.
4250 00
Deficiencies.
1639 58
Deficiencies Water Construction
906 03
2071 85
Bank Tax.
763 69
277 20
Soldiers' Relief.
117 75
$47545 61 $4653 92
$19976 44
$64970 23 $6368 58 $1580 09
60 00
147 25
Wyoming Cemetery ...
Additional Street Lamps
100 00
88 75
11 25
346 75
14 79
Military Aid.
600 00
190 00
Franklin Street
300 00
1241 50
1309 50
Water Fund.
1895 95
141 56
Town Hall.
85 80
41 71
Water Loan Sinking Fund.
Corporation Tax
*From Highway accounts, as per vote of the town.
¡ Interest collected on taxes of 1879.
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER,
-
Cash in the treasury Jan. 20, 1880 $2,272 74
Total receipts for the year .
112,869 97
$115,142 71
Total disbursements. for the year
114,470 23
Cash in the treasury Jan. 24, 1881 $672 48
PERMANENT LOANS.
Paid note made to R. G. Shedd, Trustee, due
Dec. 1, 1880, interest 7 per cent.
$12,500 00
Paid note made. to R. G. Shedd, Trustee, due Dec. 1, 1880, interest 7 per cent. 11,500 00
$24,000 00
Borrowed on notes to Commonwealth of Massachu . setts, due Dec. 1, 1881, interest 4 per cent $5,000 00
Borrowed on notes to Commonwealth of Massachu. setts, due Dec. 1, 1882, interest 4 per cent 5.000 00
$10,000 00
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Paid note of previous year $12,000 00
Borrowed in anticipation of taxes during the year $25,500 00
Paid notes borrowed as above 13,500 00 ·
Outstanding, . $12,000 00
STATEMENT OF THE TOWN DEBT .- JAN. 1, 1881.
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 bond, due Oct. 1, 1892 · 65,000 00
$215,000 00
63
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
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
5,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, due Dec. 1, 1881, interest 4 per cent. . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, due Dec. 1, 1882, interest 4 per cent. · 5,000 00
$40,000 00
TEMPORARY LOAN. Alvah A. Smith of Boston, due Dec 24, 1881, inter- est 4 per cent. 12,000 00
$267,000 00
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Due from State of Massachusetts on account of State aid
$1,309 50
Due from State of Massachusetts on account of mili- tary aid 368 67
Bills due on poor account
282 18
Uncollected taxes :-
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