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1877 ·
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8,850 45
1878 ·
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9,267 95
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1870-71
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
I879
$9,717 13
1880
9,823 14
1881
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10,223 84
1882
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10,818 84
1883
12,826 05 ·
1884
13,695 51 .
1885
15,192 79
1886
17,300 66
1887
19,169 99 .
Estimated income for 1888, $21,000.
MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT, ISS7.
W. D. Fiske, gauge $10 00
Walworth Manufacturing Company, repairs 4 25
A. L. Cutler & Co., varnish 90
James S. Adams, sketch book
3 50
Jesse A. Dill, lunch
14 50
Frost & Hawes, lanterns
10 44
James Marshall, gravel
17 20
Alfred Mudge & Son, printing reports
21 75
W. W. Boardman, horse hire
46 25
A. W. Lynde, drain pipe
27 63
F. H. Tyzer, painting wagon
21 00
W. A. Burrell, trowels 1 40
J. H. Bufford's Sons, printing bonds
34 00
Frost & Adams, sketch book
5 02
John Heaton, labor
3 88
J. B. Johnson, repairs .
20 46
Geo. Smith, glass
I 50
W. P. Sargent, commissioner
50 00
W. D. Fiske, commissioner 50 00
J. R. Jones, commissioner .
50 00
Mrs. P. R. Ellis, rent of stable
20 00
Town of Melrose, taxes
3 50
Expense account, expense .
39 43
Amount carried forward .
$456 61
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. 113
Amount brought forward .
$456 61
H. S. Ingalls, iron work
I 20
O. E. Drown, services
5 50
Lyman & Whyte, stationery
I 25
F. W. Hamlin, damages · .
9 00
Davis & Farnum Manufacturing Company,
bands . 242 36
Asa N. Wheeler, dies .
.
32 85
Geo. W. Bartlett, horse keeping .
311 78
J. H. Cunningham, pipe
I2I 20
Charles D. Jones, services .
56 35
David R. Woodward, repairs
2 76
Maurice Reardon, horse collar
5 50
Waldo Brothers, clay .
3 35
Ætna Rubber Mills, mittens and duck
55 18
Ames Plow Co., tip cart
76 13
Addison Lane, shop rent
72 00
Thomas McCoubry, repairing tools
I12 4I
Perry Brothers, hardware
12 07
M. F. Eastman, hay and grain
61 54
Wm. Nokes, horses .
335 00
Edward Wood, analysis .
20 00
Addison Lane, one half salary
500 00
Daniel Norton, canvas
6 75
Robert Philpot, teaming
97 25
Geo. F. King & Merrill, printing
4 25
Alden B. Smith, handles
8 90
Joseph Edwards, repairs
17 92
S. E. Benson, cement
55 43
F. McLaughlin, services
3 00
Geo. W. Dew, painting
43 82
A. & E. Burton, brushes
5 00
Geo. H. Kitching, services
5 00
H. McDonald, cutting stone
33 75
New England News Company, stationery . 3 20
Boston Lead Manufacturing Company, lead pipe,
78 29
Amount carried forward .
$2,855 60
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Amount brought forward $2,855 60
Joel Atwood, carpenter work 20 50
Winckley, Dresser & Co., book . 7 25
John Edwards, buggy 35 00
Boston Bolt Company, bolts
70 84
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries
108 74
Harry Stevens, expressing
73 13
John Larrabee, sundries
10 00
Edson Manufacturing Company, diaphragm
2 30
M. C. Warren, hardware
4 10
Dodge, Haley & Co., anvil and forge .
34 00
John Hallahan, files
I 20
C. F. Hastings, drawing book
3 05
Dalton & Ingersoll, fittings
68 15
M. F. Whitten & Co., machine work .
12 84
Coffin Valve Company, derrick . 35 03
A. J. Wilkinson, hardware . 4 48
Mosler, Bowen & Co., safe . 149 00
J. Q. A. Avery, tub I 25
L. B. Wilder & Co., stationery
21 90
Westgate & Johnson, insurance .
15 00
L. T. Freeman, teaming
II OO
Boston Rubber Shoe Company, boots
7 50
J. C. Howes, labor and material .
64 26
Norwich Insurance Company, insurance
18 75
American Insurance Company, insurance
6 00
David McDonald, bound stones .
3 75
Whittier Machine Company, valves
12 75
Daniel Conway, rent .
4 00
Walter C. Stevens, surveying plans
15 85
J. H. Gateley, repairing shades .
2 50
C. F. Churchill, rent .
125 00
W. L. Williams, printing
96 78
Andrew Maclachlan, harness
74 80
Boston and Maine Railroad, freight 16 02
J. P. Deering, lumber . 56 22
Amount carried forward .
$4,048 54
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Amount brought forward
$4,048 54
O. F. Ingalls, wood-work
9 33
Gardner & Chandler
2 48
S. E. Benson, coal
1,246 98
John B. Souther, furniture .
26 00
Matchless Metal Polish Company, polish
4 00
Leonard & Ellis, oil
51 00
J. H. Gateley, shades .
10 80
John M. Wood, lumber
I 43
J. P. Deering, lumber .
7 48
William Morss, labor .
5 10
Albert B. Franklin, fittings IO 81
H. A. Hartley & Co., matting 33 38
Thomas Groom & Co., reports 12 25
Jenkins Brothers, packing .
6 08
T. F. Freeman, repairs
I 95
American Steam Gauge Company, tubes
5 67
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries
15 17
Gould Packing Company, packing
19 60
A. M. Gardner, hose .
II 40
Knowles Steam Pump Company, valves
27 84
M. F. Eastman, coal .
36 00
Sherburne & Co., water gauge
16 86
E. H. Tarbell, lamp .
6 00
C. F. Churchill, salary
799 92
Chapman Valve Company, valves
45 00
Labor bills .
2,560 87
$9,022 94
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT.
Cost of water works to Jan. 1, 1887, $240,969 14 High service bills, estimated but unpaid Jan. 1, 1887 60 00
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-$241,029 14
Amount carried forward .
. $241,029 14
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Amount brought forward . . $241,029 14
Expended this year as follows : -
S. E. Benson, cement . . $865 10 .
M. F. Eastman, cement ·
52 50
Chapman Valve Mfg. Company, gates, I20 78
Boston Lead Manuf. Company, lead 94 37
Geo H. Sampson, forcite powder . ·
184 19
Parker & Wood, hardware ·
70 99
Harry Stevens, expressing 143 14 ·
Dalton & Ingersoll, stopcocks 87 45 .
Ward & Curley, corporation bands 116 51
J. C. Howes, labor and material .
32 23
Whittier Machine Company, gates ·
44 00
Walworth Mfg. Company, stop boxes 864 50
Somerville Iron Foundry, castings ·
408 65
Harry Hunt, corporation stops 90 68
Charles W. Badger, asphalt varnish 52 15
Fuller, Dana & Fitz, pipe iron 817 85 .
L. B. Rowe, sand .
112 40
Holyoke Hydrant and Iron Company, hydrants 143 00
J. H. Cunningham, pipe 266 20 .
Osgood & Hart, castings 8 50 .
Medford Water Works, pipe ·
45 23
Thomas McCoubry, repairing tools
96 23
Addison Lane, one half salary .500 00
M. P. Hood, sand .
17 00
Henry R. Worthington, meter
60 00
Labor bills . . 4,022 77
Engineer's house at pumping station . 2,596 66
11,913 08
Cost of water works to Jan. 1, 1888 . $252,942 22
I have collected, as specified below, for water rates, includ- ing $2,000 appropriated by the town, the sum of $21, 169.99,- and from other sources $1,405.23, making a total of $22,-
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
575.22, which sum has been paid to the town treasurer, and for which I hold his receipts.
The following table shows the different classes of water- takers, and the amount paid by each; also the amounts received from other sources : -
Received from families
. $16,082 04
stores and shops
242 50
manufactories
386 00
66
use of hose
1,221 00
66
stables
639 50
66
meters
176 07
66
greenhouses
116 00
halls .
84 00
66
fountains . .
27 75
66
66 churches
57 00
depots
86 34
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use of stand pipes
30 00
private school
6 00
$19,169 99
66
pipe accounts
$1,222 32
stock sold .
154 55
66
return premium in-
surance
28 36
town of Melrose
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2,000 00
3,405 23
$22,575 22
Respectfully submitted,
ADDISON LANE, Superintendent.
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motors
15 79
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
WATER RATES.
DWELLING-HOUSES.
PER YEAR.
Occupied by one family, for the first faucet . $6 00 For each additional faucet to be used for the. same family . 2 00
When a house is occupied by more than one fam- ily and less than four, one faucet only being used for all, for each family 5 00
When a house is occupied by four or more fam- ilies, and but one faucet is used for all, for each family . 4 00
When a house is occupied by more than one family, the highest rates will be charged for each family having water carried into their part of the house.
For the first water-closet 5 00
For each additional water-closet . 3 00
For the first bath-tub . 5 00
For each additional bath-tub 3 00
Provided that no private house occupied by one family shall pay more than $25 per year.
For each additional family using either a bath- tub or water-closet ·
3 00
When two faucets are used, one for hot and one for cold water, both emptying into one vessel, but one charge will be made for both.
BOARDING-HOUSES.
For the first faucet $10 00
For each additional faucet . 2 00
For water-closet or bath-tub, when used for boarders 10 00
Other charges as above.
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
STORES.
Occupied as office, shop, or similar purpose, for first faucet . . $6 00 to 20 00
For each additional faucet . 2 00
For water-closet or urinal
6 00
STABLES.
For first horse
$4 00
For each additional horse .
2 00
For first cow
2 00
For each additional cow
I 00
LIVERY, CLUB, AND BOARDING STABLES.
For first horse
$4 00
For each additional horse . 2 00
The above includes water for washing carriages.
Where hose is used, $5.00 additional.
TRUCK AND CART STABLES.
For first horse
$3 00
For each additional horse 1 00
The above includes water for washing carriages.
HOSE.
For use of hose .
$3 00 to 10 00
As may be agreed upon by the water commis- sioners.
HOTELS.
For each bed for boarders and lodgers
$3 00
BATHS.
For public baths, and for each bath in any hotel, $10 00 For water-closet in public bath-houses 10 00
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
STEAM-ENGINES.
For stationary steam-engine working not over ten hours a day, for each horse-power $6 00
BUILDING PURPOSES.
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For every cask of lime or cement used $0 05
ORNAMENTAL FOUNTAINS.
Ordinarily used three hours a day for a period of not more than four months a year.
For a jet of one sixteenth of an inch
$3 00
For a jet of one eighth of an inch .
5 00
For a jet of one quarter of an inch .
8 00
To be cut off at the discretion of the superin- tendent.
And for all purposes not enumerated in the foregoing rates, special contract must be made with the water commissioners.
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
TOTAL AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF MAIN AND DISTRIBUTING PIPES TO PRESENT TIME.
FEET OF PIPE.
GATES.
STREETS.
16-in.
14-in.
12-in.
8-in.
6-in.
4-in.
2-in.
HYDRANTS.
16-in.]
12-in.
8.in.
6-in.
4-in.
2-in.
Albion.
477
1
Allen Place
138
Ashland
1,955
2
4
Auburn
372
1
Avon.
422
1
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Baxter
484
1
1
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Battery Place
150
1
Union
530
1
Borneo.
924
2
1
Bellevue Avenue
410
1,000
2
1
1
Belmont
376
1
.
Berwick
1,2261
1
2
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Brazil.
1,115
2
2
Cedar Park
1,206}
595
2
2
1
Charles
335
1
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Chestnut
572
1
2
Circuit
438
Cleveland
682
1
1
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Cottage.
1,142
193
2
2
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East ..
534
1
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Ellsworth Avenue.
314
1
Elm ..
1,057
1
1
Emerald ..
508
1
Emerson Place.
1,1592
3,987
6
2
4
Essex.
1,890
3
2
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Felton Place
245
..
1
Fifth
934
3 .
First ..
1,455
2
2
...
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Florence.
1,3401
1
2
Foster.
682
1,4702
2
1
2
.
Franklin
3,155₺
1,169
4
2
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Glen
1,235
398
4
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Green.
2,700
3
2
. ..
.
1
Grove ...
1,865
1,669}
4
1
.
1
Herbert
220
1581
1
High
376
600
1
1
1
Hillside Avenue
337
291
1
1
Howard.
922
383
1
2
. .
Hurd.
768
1
..
.
1
2
Lebanon
2,970
2
3
Linden.
200
1
Linden Place.
286
Linwood Av. & Lynde.
2,960
3
1
Main ..
4,010
3,784
1,069
447
9
2
1
1
Melrose ...
2,339,1
2
3
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Melrose Place
510
1
Mt. Vernon ...
551
1
1
Mt. Vernon Place
224
Myrtle
2,230
3
6
Ninth
255
...
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Oakland
1,161
1
1
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Orient ..
....
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...
440
1
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Irving
387
1
Lake Avenue
1,230
637
1
Grundy Place
202
Highland Avenue
250
1
Maple and Poplar
2,2651
2
3
7
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1
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Dell Avenue.
1,190
1
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.
251
....
1
Emerson
532
1
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Goodyear Avenue.
Greenwood.
353
...
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1
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..
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2
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. .
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
TOTAL AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF MAIN AND DISTRIBUTING PIPES TO PRESENT TIME. - Continued.
FEET OF PIPE.
GATES.
STREETS.
16-in.
14-in.
12.in.
8.in.
6-in.
4-in.
2-in.
Ilydrants.
16-in.
12-in.
8-in.
6-in.
4.in.
2-in.
Orient Place
184
1
Orris
1,120
148
3
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Otis
780
Panama
112
Para
268
236
1
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Pine
338
1
Pleasant
1,125
1
1
Porter
2,514}
3
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Pond to Wyoming Av.
3,810
....
...
378
1
1
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Prospect Avenue.
500
1
1
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Pump to intersection
3,032
2
2
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Prospect .
1,026
1
1
.
Reservoir
96
950
552
2
3
1
Reservoir to Ravine Rd
1.370
Russell
448
1
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School
495
Second
1,185
3
1
Seventh
288
1
Short and Main.
292
2
Stevens Place.
110
216
Summer
701
2
1
. .
Suction
250
521
1
Tenth
419
Third
287
247
1
1
Tremont
3,180
500
2
4
1
Trenton ..
1,233
1,3313
1
2
.
Upham.
5,581
6
3
·
Vine
691
Vinton
4,817₺
436
.
.
Walnut
1873
.
. .
Walton Park
1,097
2
Warren ..
632
2
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.
3,025
3
. . . .
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Waverly Place
690층
1
1
·
West Hill
158
1
·
Wing
375
1
.
Willow
663
1
Winter.
241
1
. .
Winthrop Place
520
1
... .
..
...
...
1.076
3
1
1
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. .
55
51
3
2
. .
Youle
.. .
. .
1,655}
?
1
7,170
96
8,752
1,235
23,805}
81,286}
11,785
122
3' 6
2,26
113 23
1
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..
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Winthrop
6951
2
Wyoming Avenue Waste
3,360
..
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. .
Tappan
... .
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..
.
Sixth ..
.
1
2
.
Perkins
1
.
...
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. .
Total length of main and distributing pipes, 25.40 miles.
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4701
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...
2
Washington
1
Pratt ..
Rowe
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
The following analyses of Spot Pond water were made by Prof. Edward S. Wood, of Harvard College, as specified below : -
Date of reception, April 19, 1887. Free ammonia, 0.0006 ; albuminoid ammonia, 0.0154 ; chlorine, 0.55 ; residue, - fixed, 0.80 ; volatile, 3.70, - total, 4.50 ; hardness, ¿ ; transparency, clear ; color, very slight ; characteristics of ignition, slight blackening ; odor, none ; nitrates, absent by sulphate test. Remarks. - This is a very good water. There is no evidence of injurious contamination. It is suitable for drinking and other domestic purposes, and is an exceptionally soft water.
Date of reception, May 14, 1887. Free ammonia, 0.0004 ; albuminoid ammonia, 0.0212 ; chlorine, 0.50 ; residue, - fixed, 0.60 ; volatile, 3.50, - total, 4.10 ; transparency, clear; color, slight ; odor, slight, somewhat marshy; characteristics of ignition, slight blackening ; nitrates, absent by ferrous sul- phate test. Remarks. - This examination shows an increase of one third in the amount of vegetable matter in Spot Pond water since April 19. There is no evidence of sewage con- tamination. This increase in vegetable matter may be due to the stirring up of the products of the vegetable decomposition which has been going on all winter at the bottom of the pond, in which case it will soon disappear as the water becomes aerated, - thorough aeration of the water having been pre- vented when the pond was covered with ice. It also may be due to the fact that vegetation, which sprung up in shallow places during the recent low condition of the pond, is now decomposing rapidly on account of having been covered by a deep layer of water. These products of vegetable decompo- sition are liable to impart a disagreeable odor and taste to the water, but they do not render it particularly unhealthy. If this latter explanation is the true one, - and it probably is, if there is much shallow flowage, - it would be beneficial to the water, and tend to prevent future trouble, to dredge out the muddy bottom in the shallow places, when the water gets low again during the coming summer.
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REPORT OF WATER LOAN SINKING FUND COMM'RS.
REPORT
OF THE
WATER LOAN SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
MELROSE, Dec. 31, 1887.
The Water Loan Sinking Fund Commissioners present the following report for the year : ---
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1887, as per last statement rendered $930 07
Interest on investments
1,363 93
Received from Water Board, being balance due on surplus income, 1886 1,943 19
We have bought the past year $3,000 Melrose Water Bonds, series of 1887, 4's, at 105 and accrued interest 3,180 00
We have on deposit in Melrose Savings Bank, pending investment 1,157 19
We refer to our treasurer's report for a full account of receipts and payments.
The present condition of your sinking fund is as follows : - Town of Melrose, High Service 4's . $13,000 00 66 66 66 Water Bonds, series 1887, 4's, 3,000 00
Mortgages on real estate in Melrose . 10,800 00
U. S. Bonds, 43's 3,500 00
City of Providence 5's 1,000 00
Cash in Melrose Savings Bank . 1,157 19
$32,457 19
Respectfully submitted, DANIEL RUSSELL, JOHN W. FARWELL, ROYAL P. BARRY, Water Loan Sinking Fund Commissioners.
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MELROSE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES. OF THE MELROSE PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1887.
The trustees of the public library respectfully present their seventeenth annual report.
We regret to announce the removal from town of our co- trustee, Thomas Bellows Peck, Esq., now a resident of Wal- pole, N. H.
A quiet and unassuming gentleman of scholarly tastes and habits, with rare judgment in the selection of books, his advice and assistance in the formation of the library were valued and important. His departure from our midst is a loss to the town, and especially to its public library. Before coming to Melrose, he had for many years attended to the purchase of books for the library in Walpole, and it is hoped by all his friends and associates that with renewed health, he may be able to use his rare gifts for the good of the public. It will be necessary for the town to choose his successor, as also a full Board of Trustees, at the March meeting.
The income of the Horatio Nelson Perkins Fund, which has been heretofore devoted to the purchase of the works of Alexander Hamilton, edited by Mr. Lodge, is now set apart to the purchase of the Complete Works of Benjamin Franklin, as complied and edited by Mr. John Bigelow.
In November, 1887, our fellow-citizen, William Emerson Barrett, Esq., having been chosen to represent the town in
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the Legislature, generously presented to the trustees the sum of one hundred dollars as a mark of his appreciation of the value of the public library and reading-room to the people of the town, and especially to the younger portion.
The trustees, acknowledging the gift with pleasure, have prepared a list of books of lasting value, which are to be designated in a fitting manner as purchased with this gift.
"The History of Rome, and of the Roman People," by Victor Duruy, imperial edition, richly illustrated, ten vol- umes, is the first fruits of this donation. In this particular case, as in other matters, we trust Mr. Barrett may have a good following.
Thomas D. Lockwood, Esq., electrician, now a citizen of Melrose, is not only an inventor of considerable repute, but the author of several books, which, according to the happy custom of resident authors, he has kindly donated to the li- brary. Mr. Lockwood's books now to be found on the library shelves are designated as follows: "Electricity, Magnetism and Electric Telegraphy," " Electrical Measurement and the Galvanometer," and "Practical Information for Telephonists." Another volume, in press, will be issued during the year, and be added to the enlarging list of books written by the citizens of our town.
The reading-room has been patronized generously during the year, and the number of its calls now exceeds ten thou- sand. A list of the papers and periodicals to be found in this department will repay careful perusal, and is given here- with for the information of the citizens.
Reading-room. Donors.
American Naturalist.
Atlantic Monthly Magazine. American Agriculturist.
Art Amateur. Cassell's Magazine of Art. British Quarterly.
Bay State Monthly Magazine. H. E. Davidson.
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Reading-room.
Donors.
Chambers Monthly Magazine.
Century
Chautauquan
Cottage Hearth.
F. P. Shumway.
Eclectic Monthly Magazine.
Edinburgh Review.
English Mechanic.
Electrician.
H. E. Davidson.
Gartenlaube.
Harper's Monthly Magazine.
Young People.
Bazar. Weekly.
Littell's Living Age.
London Punch.
London Illustrated News.
Literary World. Daniel Jefferson.
Magazine of American History.
North American Review.
The Nation.
Outing Monthly Magazine.
Overland
Scribner's "
St. Nicholas Magazine.
Science. Scientific American.
Popular Science Monthly. Wide Awake.
Woman's Magazine. Alta Californian
Publishers.
Christian Register.
Cincinnati Gazette.
Melrose Journal.
Melrose Reporter.
New York Tribune.
Weekly Courier-Journal, of Louisville, Ky.
W. L. Williams.
Woman's Aux. Unit. Ch.
W. L. Williams. Dunton & Potter.
Daniel Jefferson.
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Reading-room. Donors.
Weekly News and Courier, of Charleston, S C.
Weekly Inter-Ocean, of Chicago, Ill. Springfield Republican.
Youth's Companion.
London Weekly Times.
The National Tribune, G. A. R. The Pilot.
The Eastern Farmer.
Daniel Jefferson.
The reference library, located in the reading-room, is fast assuming creditable proportions. The Encyclopædia Britannica is now complete. As fast as the funds will per- mit, books of value to the special student will be purchased and made accessible.
All the Congressional Records and Government Reports, including the library donated by Hon. Daniel W. Gooch, are now arranged, classified, and located, for the present, in the loft of the Town Hall. Shelving has been built, and proper arrangement made for the care of this class of books.
Mr. W. E. Keating has had the entire charge of the arrangement and classification of this material, and he is now preparing a catalogue of all the books in this department. It is hoped that a complete set of all important Government Records may now be obtained, through the kind offices of our Senators and Representatives in Congress.
The statistics of the library for the year 1887 are as follows : -
DONATIONS.
Pamphlets.
Number of pamphlets reported last year
Annual report of the Boston Public Library
. 875
I
66 Chicago “ 66
.
I
6600 66 Hopedale " 66
I 66
66 Lancaster “ 66
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Annual report of the Malden Public Library I
Manchester, N. H., Public Library, I
Newton
I
Watertown I
66 66 Woburn I
Official Gazette of the U. S. Patent Office .
50
The Tuftonian, Tufts College 22 I
Bulletin of the Boston Public Library .
Tribute of the Massachusetts Historical Society to Fran- cis E. Parker I
The Republic of Mexico in 1876 I . .
Report on Education in Alaska
I
The West Roxbury Park, 1873-1887
I . Tribute to William Cullen Bryant, Robert C. Waterston, I
William Greenleaf Eliot, John H. Heywood
.
Number of pamphlets now in library 963 ·
Books.
Donors.
A Sketch of the Life of Frederic Kidder
John W. Dean.
Origin and Growth of the Religious Movement at Melrose Highlands Rev. John G. Taylor.
The Roman Traitor · Miss Broad.
The Mystic and other Poems
Sir Theodore Broughton
The Experience of a Barrister
66 The Ins and Outs of Paris
66
Memorial Address of Life of Abraham Lincoln, Memorial Address of Life of Henry Wilson
C. S. Mixter.
66
Records of the 44th Mass. Vol. Militia
R. P. Barry.
History of the 42d Regiment Mass. Infantry .
Tenth Census of the United States
.
Census of Massachusetts .
The State.
Miss S. E. Wheeler. 6 vols.
Records of Massachusetts Bay . Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts Bay .
.
Women and Temperance . . D. P. Livermore.
Practical Information for Telephonists . Electricity, Magnetism, and Electric Telegraphy, Electrical Measurement and The Galvanometer,
T. D. Lockwood. 66
The trustees desire to express their hearty thanks to all donors of books, magazines, and pamphlets.
9
A Memorial of Charles Sumner
S. H. Buttrick. H. M. Lovering. 3 vols.
The State.
.
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STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1887.
Number of volumes in library, Jan. 1, 1887
6,999
66 66 purchased this year . 375
66
66 donated "
. 27
402
66 66 66 in library, Jan. 1, 1888 . 7,40I
Number of persons using library, Jan. 1, 1887
2,551
" cards issued this year .
· 333
66
relinquished 33
300
Number of persons using library, Jan. 1, 1888 Largest number of volumes issued in one day Smallest 66 in one day
2,85 1
45 I
(stormy Monday)
38
Average number of vols. issued Mondays .
86
Whole number
66
in March.
3,125
66 66 66 66
in May
2,500
66
66
66
in November
2,598
in December 2,698
66
66
66 this year
31,336
Books replaced this year
I53
rebound
685
Magazines from reading-room bound for library
52
Number of persons using reading-room this year
10,680
Largest number in one month
1,056
Books brought from library used in reading-room
57
Increase in circulation this year, in library 2,384
66
66 " reading-room
1,177
66 60 " 66
Saturdays
35I
1
66
" " day
I30
The library has been opened Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evenings and Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, throughout the year, with the exception of the legal holidays.
The reading-room has been open every evening during the
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week, and also Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, with the exception of the legal holidays and monthly meetings of the school committee.
In addition to the donations already enumerated, there have been received since the close of the library year : Littell's Living Age, 1886-87 ; Popular Science Monthly, 1886-87 ; The Atlantic Monthly, 1886-87, the gift of Mrs. Sarah A. Cheever.
The supplemental catalogue has been in the office of the Melrose Fournal for some time, and is nearly all printed. It will make a pamphlet of eighty pages, and will now also include the more recent additions to the library. While the expense to the town will be considerable, it is believed by the trustees that it will render the library of so much greater ser- vice to the public as to compensate for the outlay.
The librarian, Miss Worthen, and her assistants, have attended to the duties assigned to them with commendable fidelity.
Your trustees will shortly be forced to request a much larger appropriation from the town for the purpose of furnish- ing additional alcoves for books. We have nearly reached the limit of our available shelf room, and when forced to plan for the future, can but regret that we have no library building suited to the needs of so thriving a community.
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