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54 II
Teams 52 3-4 days, at $1.50,
79 12
$321 92
Paid in Months.
May,
$43-60
June,
76 75
July,
56 64
August,
83 18
September,
61 75
$321 92
58
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
For Gravel.
LOADS.
Boston and Maine Railroad Co. 628 at
5 cents, $31 40
Frank Gibbons
345 “
5
17 25
George W. Chipman
947 " 6 56 82
M. G. Cochran .
383 “ 8
30 64
Dexter Bryant .
74 " 8
5 92
George F. Boardman
309 " IO
66 30 90
E. L. Whittier
148 “IO 66 14 80
Sylvanus Upham
131 " IO
13 10
William N. Folsom
798 " 10 79 80
D. W. Gooch
516 " IO
51 60
A. W. Lynde, (hauled, delivered and spread) 305 “ 25
76 25
Total
4584 $408 48
Sundries.
J. O. Chandler, sharpening tools, $40 00
Melrose Improvement Society, trimming trees, etc. 100 90
Mrs. E. L. Crocker, steps . 5 50
Walter C. Stevens, plans and surveys
160 00
Joel Atwood, labor and nails
2 62
J. C. Howes, drain pipe
I IO
J. P. Deering, lumber 54 74
N. D. Blake, repairs on Mt. Vernon street
II 20
Bugbee & Barrett, lanterns, etc.
21 78
Joseph Edwards, repairing snow plough
4 10
Thomas McCoubry, 4 00
A. McBeth, sharpening picks, etc.
14 95
Ames Plow Co .. shovels
15 39
Eastman's Express,
7 60
Locke's Express
50
Berry & Ferguson, drain pipe
31 80
A. J. Morse & Son, pipe and sprinkler
6 50
Morse & Whyte, gravel screen
7 50
S. E. Benson, sleepers
3 13
George H. Sampson, forcite
3 60
George Hemmenway, labor.
80
Robert Philpot, removing ledge, Greenwood street,
70 00
66
$567 71
59
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECAPITULATION.
Expended for Superintendence.
James Marshall
$437 49 188 69
$626 18
For labor
$5.903 63
54 II
$5,957 74
For teams
$1,612 84
79 12
$1,691 96
$8,275 88
Gravel,
408 48
Sundries
567 71
$9,252 07
CONTRA.
Appropriation .
$6,000 00
Deficiency, 1887
2 62
, First street
300 00
New Streets.
Gooch street
$500 00
Sewall street
150 00
Swains Pond avenue
1,000 00
School street
300 00
Larrabee street .
300 00
Albion street
300 00
Second street extension
200 00
$2,750 00 9,052 62
Treasurer authorized to borrow, and selectmen to expend on Howard street, (which has been paid from this appropriation ) 200 00
$9,252 62
Balance unexpended
55
$9,252 62
Calvin Locke
60
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
MAIN STREET CEMETERY.
EXPENDED.
O. F. Ingalls, fence, rail posts and balusters $155 25
D. R. Woodward, labor, bolts, etc. 90 14
E. O. Howes, labor, painting 33 75
Perry Bros., hardware, lead, oil
18 27
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., sand 4 00
Robert Gibbons, moving hearse house 20 00
Robert Gibbons, labor and material
7 88
$329 29
CONTRA.
Received from stock, etc., sold
5 50
$323 79
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TOWN HALL.
Appropriation
$600 00
RECEIPTS.
St. Mary's C. T. A. Society
$ 40 00
Thatcher Benefit Concert
18 00
Unitarian Society
55 00
Melrose Bicycle Club
30 00
Universalist Society
100 00
Melrose Athletic Club
15 00
Fire Department
15 00
St. Bridget's Society
70 00
K. I. D. C. Club, .
30 00
Miss Millie Dowling
25 00
Amount carried forward,
$998 00
61
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward,
$998 00
Sons of Veterans .
30 00
Uncle Tom's Cabin Co.
25 00
Lawn Tennis Club
32 00
Post 4, G. A. R.
15 00
Republican Committee
8 00
Odd Fellows
35 00
Melrose Savings Bank, rent of room
125 00
$1,268 00
EXPENDED.
O. E. Drown, janitor, I year
$300 00
C. S. Parker & Sons, slating roof
59 02
Kerwin & Jones, cleaning vaults 6 50
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., doorcheck
8 23
Eastman's express, moving piano and expressing 14 35
A. & E. Burton & Co., brushes
3 75
John Lahey, charcoal .
5 25
John H. Edwards, sharpening lawn-mower
I 75
Malden and Melrose Gas Light Co., 334,500 feet gas . 669 00
John Larrabee, alcohol
I 80
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries .
6 68
George W. Dew, painting and glazing
82 50
M. F. Eastman, coal
65 00
J. C. Howes, labor, plumbing, etc.
14 05
$1,237 88
Balance unexpended
30 12
$1,268 00
DRAINAGE, BRIDGES AND CULVERTS.
Appropriation for drainage of Emerson street, 250 00
$1,000 00
$1,250 00
62
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENDED.
S. E. Benson, cement, $ 7 50
E. L. Whittier, labor on Spot pond brook, 40 00
T. R. Newhall, bridge stone, 119 07
Berry & Ferguson, 8 in drain pipe 85 31
Waldo Brothers, drain pipe I 62
Burrell & Swett 66 56 24
J. C. Howes
II 39
C. B. & F. H. Goss “
43 02
H. W. Clapp & Co., grates ·
28 80
B. and M. R. R. Co., freight on grates
I 77
W. C. Stevens, surveying
16 00
Dexter Pratt, labor
7 50
Walter B. Ellis, 561.9 yards concrete gutters, at 34 cents per yard . 191 05.
Walter B. Ellis, 55.6 yards gutters, at 50 cents per yard 27 80
For Labor and Teams.
Laborers, 284 3-4 days, at $1.76 $501 16
Teams, 85 1-4 days, at $1.50 127 87
Superintendent, 33 1-2 days, at $2.50 . 83 75
$712 78
$1,349 85 Expended for the drainage of Cedar Park, as per vote of the town, for labor, concreting, etc., and charged to this department $114 25
$1,235 60
Balance unexpended, to the credit of drainage appropriation $14 40
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$1,250 00.
63
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
Appropriation
$1,400 00
Board of Health . 200 00
Park Commissioners, expenses 100 00
$1,700 00
RECEIPTS.
For auctioneers' licenses :
C. W. Ellison . $2 00
Moses Briggs 2 00
John R. Jones
2 00
$6 00
Joseph Edwards, for rent of land near Town Hall,
one year 10 00
Crystal Lake Fishing Association, rent of pond 10 00
$1,726 00
EXPENDED. Health Department.
O. E. Drown, fumigating and disinfecting $19 00
E. S. Jack, M. D., services 2 00
C. W. Ellison, P. M., stamps 1 00
F. M. McLaughlin, killing and burying horse
5 00
Thomas Keating, carriage hire I 50
Bugbec & Barrett, bowls. .
45
W. W. Boardman, carriage hire
5 00
John Larrabec, disinfectants
85
J. H. Draper,
12
W. A. Hitchcock, M. D. V., services
2 00
F. A. Pratt, load covering
50
P. Kiervan, labor 50
Dunton & Potter, advertising regulations, and printing placards 16 25
L. F. Williams, advertising regulations 25 00
J. H. L. Anderson, carriage hire 10 00
$89 17
64
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Park Commissioners.
Dexter Pratt, surveying and plans 50 00
Ernest W. Bowditch, examination, etc., 50 00
$100 00
Printing.
P. B. Murphy, license blanks $4 25
L. B. Wilder & Co., tax bills, 1888 25 00
L. F. Williams, warrants, notices, advertising, etc. 91 00 W. L. Williams, 46 50 66 .6
Dunton & Potter, voting lists, notices, adver- tising etc. III 14
T. W. Ripley, ballots ( Park Commissioners ) 3 00
A. W. Haskell, collector's book 7 00
Alfred Mudge & Son, 1800 reports, 1837 294 88
$582 77
Forest Fire Wards.
Chase C. Worthen, services 1886-87
$18 20
Dexter Pratt, ١١
19 00
Henry Barron,
15 00
James Marshall, ..
15 00
Calvin Locke, ١١ . .
15 00
$82 20
Sundries.
Geo. F. King & Merrill, record books and stationery, $35 37
Hooper & Lewis, assessors' book I 25
A. B. Pierce, serving warrants, and services
64 00
American Enamel Company, street signs and guide boards 19 00
B. & M. R. R. Co., freight on signs
-
Amount carried forward, $119 8I
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
65
Amount brought forward, $119 81
H. B. Newhall, posting notices 6 50
O. E. Drown, posting voting lists 1 00
Craig & Tucker, cleaning safe lock
2 78
W. W. Boardman, carriage hire
3 75
W. E. Locke, expressing
45
George Newhall, postage stamps,
4 00
Eldridge's Express, expressing .
40
George E. Fogg, ringing bell
6 00
F. M. Mclaughlin,
6 00
O. E. Drown, 66 66
6 00
J. B. Johnson, 6 00
H. B. Jacobs, returning 8 deaths, 1887
2 00
P. J. McMahon, 5 " 66
I 25
A. G. Jewett, 5 I 25
19 75
Clerk of Courts, entering "By-Laws"
6 90
W. W. Gooch, services, Geist vs. Town
10 00
Eastman's Express, expressing
60
W. A. Burrell, nails .
2 55
Perry Brothers, wire netting, etc.
6 66
John Larrabee, services as clerk of selectmen, 1887 25 00
cash paid for sundries 6 75
66 compiling annual reports, and ser-
vices 50 00
John Larrabee, collecting, recording and indexing births, deaths and marriages, 1887,
99 30
J. Garfield, M. D., returning births, 1887 C. B. Shute, M. D.,
50
F. L. McIntosh, M. D. "
2 75
C. C. Odlin, M. D.,
13 25
E. S. Jack, M. D.,
2 25
E. L. Warren, M. D., 66
50
A. M. Selee, M. D.,
66
4 25
P. Wadsworth, M. D .. 66
6
50
J. S. Clark, M. D.,
5 00
F. H. Morse, M. D.,
4 00
Amount carried forward,
$433 45
A. B. Pierce, 66 79 1888
C. F. Loring, services presenting "By-Laws" 5 00
75
66
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward, . $433 45
Fire Department, 200 feet old leather hose 24 00
J. S. Austin, carriage hire . 5 00 .
F. M. McLaughlin, services, (dogs)
12 00
O. E. Drown, meals to prisoners care of lock-up
25 00
J. A. Dill, lunches at polls, election days .
33 00
For the detection, prosecution and conviction of liquor sellers, expenses, etc. . 210 00
$748 45
RECAPITULATION.
Board of Health, expenses . $ 89 17
Park Commissioners, expenses
100 00
Printing
582 77
Forest Fire Wards, services
82 20
Sundries
748 45
$1,602 59
Appropriation and receipts
123 41
$1,726 00 $1,726 00
STATE AID.
Received from State on account of amount paid
during the year 1887
$608 00
PAID DISABLED SOLDIERS AND DEPENDENT RELATIVES DURING YEAR 1887.
George C. Bucknam
$12 00
William Story .
.
48 00
Daniel D. Penney .
48 00
Amount carried forward,
$108 00
$1,726 00 Balance unexpended. .
6 00
67
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward,
$108 00
Sarah Barrett
48 00
Mary F. Howard
48 00
Maria G. Colson
48 00
Helen E. Poole
48 00
Alvin Drake
36 00
Charles H. Young ·
48 00
Benjamin F. Gibbs
48 00
Ann M. Jewett
48 00
Rebecca H. French
48 00
John H. Guild
24 00
William B. York
48 00
Moses P. Mitchell .
36 00
William Boyd
9 00
$645 00
MILITARY AID.
Received from State on account of aid paid in 1887 .
$264 50
[Sums paid under provisions Chap. 252, Acts of 1879. One-half refunded by the State. ] George W. Grover
48 00
Lawrence Reardon
96 00
Ede K. Chase
28 00
Horace W. Stevens
72 00
Benjamin F. York .
60 00
William A. Johnson
32 00
Edwin H. Downing
42 00
Charles S. Jones
12 00
Ebenezer Tucker
84 00
Paschal E. Burnham
48 00
Josiah York
8 00
Loami G. Davis
5 00
$535 00
68
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Appropriation $300 001 One-half of amount expended to be refunded 267 50
Balance unexpended $32 50
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation . $4,500 00
Unexpended balance, 1887 569 62
$5,069 62
EXPENDED.
Wheeler Reflector Company, for lighting and care of 136 to 152 lamps, one year $1,669 35 Malden & Melrose Gas Light Company, lighting and care of 32 lights, five months 154 03
Lantern, cocks and burner 2 40
Malden Electric Light Company,
14 arc lights, 4 months . $466 68
24 “ 2 400 00
26 “ 6 1,300 02
40 incandescent lights, 5 months .
300 00
39 I month and
2-3 of month 59 87
2,526 57
J. C. Howes, repairs, on lantern 1 00
C. A. Messenger, Jr., arc light furnished 3 months 5 40
$4,358 75
Balance unexpended 710 87
$5,069 62
CROSSINGS AND GUTTERS.
Appropriations $600 00
69
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENDED.
Walter B. Ellis, for laying 463.2 yards concrete
crossings, at 34 cents .
$157 49
For laying 1269.6 yards
concrete gutters, at 34 cents
431 66
Grading for crossings
9 04
$598 19
Balance unexpended
I 81
$600 00
ADDITIONAL LAMPS.
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDED.
Wheeler Reflector Company, six iron
posts and frames
$60 00
Repairs on lanterns 9 75
69 75
Eastman's Express, teaming posts and frames
15 40
85 15
Balance unexpended
64 85
$150 00
MALDEN AND MELROSE BOUNDARY LINE.
EXPENDED.
Daniel McDonald, granite posts $4 40
One-half payment for boundary post on Main street . · 12 00
City of Malden, one-half expense of setting stone bounds 8 50
$24 90
6
70
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
INSURANCE.
Appropriation
$600 00
EXPENDED.
J. L. Hanaford & Co. $375 37
Westgate & Johnson
146 26
R. B. Leighton
56 25
577 88
Balance unexpended
22 12
$600 00
DRAIN, FRANKLIN AND WARREN STREETS.
EXPENDED.
Robert Philpot, furnishing and laying drain pipe,
building catch basins, grates, etc., as per con- tract $600 00
Walter C. Stevens, laying out and superintending construction of drain 14 00
$614 00
SURVEYING AND NUMBERING ESTATES.
Appropriation
EXPENDED. $500 00
Walter C. Stevens, surveying and making plans . $300 00 S. M. Tinkham & Son, numbering houses 200. 00
$500 00
71
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
MAIN STREET WIDENING.
EXPENDED.
Walter C. Stevens, line, grade, profile and specifi- cations $25 00
Estate of John R. Jones, award of county com- missioners for land taken 700 00
D. Alvin Lynde, award of county commissioners for land taken 400 00
E. McKenna & Co., on account of contract 500 00
$1,625 00
FIRE ALARM.
Appropriation . $1,700 00
EXPENDED.
Paid The Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Co., for 13 signal stations, large bell striking ma- chine on Town Hall, two 15-inch out-door gongs (at Wyoming and Highlands), batter- ies, galvanometers, line testers, switch boards, commutators, chains, weights, wires, etc., guaranteed for five years, against all defects due to faulty workmanship or defective ma- terial in machinery . $1,700 00
MELROSE COMMON.
Appropriation $150 00
Received from Geo. W. Farnsworth, Esq. 50 00
$200 00
Paid treasurer Melrose Improvement Society for labor, trees, shrubs, etc. . $200 00
72
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation $200 00
Paid commander of U. S. Grant Post, No. 4, G. A. R., for decoration and care of soldiers' graves $200 00
MAPLE STREET WIDENING.
Paid Seth E. Benson, for 2,032 square feet of land taken for the widening of said street, as laid out and awarded by the selectmen, accepted by the town April 30, 1888 $508 co
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES.
Appropriation . $3,000 00 .
EXPENDED.
F. E. Orcutt, auditor, 1887
$25 00
J. R. Norton,
25 00
W. I. Nickerson
25 00
Alfred Hocking, registrar of voters, '87
25 00
Walter Babb,
25 00
Victor C. Kirmes,
25 00
John Larrabee,
66
25 00
Henry G. Fields, (chairman), overseer of poor
200 00
John Singer, Jr., overseer of poor
50 00
Martha D. Bale, .
50 00
John R. Norton, assessor
150 00
Albon W. Parker, -
150 00
Moses Briggs,
150 00
Board of assessors, for clerical services
250 00
Amount carried forward,
$1,175 00
73
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward,
. $1, 175 00
Levi S. Gould, selectman
200 00
John P. Deering, 66
200 00
Charles W. Higgins, selectman
200 00
John Larrabee, town clerk
300 00
George Newhall, town treasurer
500 00
Parker Merrill, collector, 1888,
5 per cent. on $1,762.50 poll taxes $88 12
I-2 of I per cent. on $53,064.54 real estate taxes 265 31
353 43
$2,928 43
Balance unexpended
71 57
$3,000 00
WYOMING CEMETERY.
RECEIPTS, 1888.
For care of lots
$394 CO
Labor and material furnished, in- terments, etc.
325 00
Wood sold
8 00
Use of tomb .
6 00
Grass and pasturage, Pratt farm
47 50
$780 50
For Lots Sold.
I at $200
$200 00
2 at $100
200 00
I at $75
75 00
I at $74
74 00
I at $65
65 00
I half lot at $100 .
100 00
4 half lots at $40 .
160 00
3 half lots at $30 .
90 00
I half lot at $35
35 00
I half lot at $38
38 00
On account of lots sold
104 00
.
.
.
.
1,141 00
$1,921 50
74
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENDED ..
Thomas Marshall, superintendent, 6 months $300 00
extra labor, 48 1-2 days . 97 00
labor and material furnished 23 28
J. William Boyce, labor, 152 3-4 days, at $1.76 268 84
Willard Fenton, labor, 126 3-4 days, at $1.76 ·
223 08
John Lloyd, labor, 108 1-4 days, at $1.76
190 52 88
Thos. Cassell, labor, 1-2 day, at $1.76
William Forbes, labor, 2 1-2 days, at $1.76 4 40
A. Wilbur Lynde, man and team, I day 3 26 F. R. Upham, man, 35 1-2 days, at $1.76 62 48 team, 35 1-2 days, at $1.50 53 25
9 68
James Marshall, man, 5 1-2 days, at $1.76 team, 5 1-2 days, at $1.50
8 25
J. P. Deering, lumber
4 62
S. E. Benson, cement
IO 45
M. F. Eastman, lime and cement . 5 85
C. W. Ellison, postmaster, stamps 2 00
Berry & Ferguson, drain pipe
59 90
John H. Edwards, sharpening lawn mower
3 50
Dunton & Potter, envelopes and printing
2 50
H. W. Clapp & Co., base and grate
7 20
B. & M. railroad, freight on grate
50
Justus Geist
25 00
Perry Brothers, grindstone and tools
18 25
Bugbee & Barrrett, tools, etc.
2 57
Thos. McCoubry, sharpening tools
7 45
George Newhall, services 25 00
John Larrabee,
25 00
$1,481 46
Interest on note to Charles Pratt .
325 00
$1,806 46
Surplus for the year
115 04
$1,921 50
W. C. Stevens, surveying lots, plans, etc. J. W. Foley, plants
31 25
5 50
75
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
INTEREST.
Appropriation
· $5,500 00
Unexpended balance, 1887
498 06
$5,998 05
RECEIPTS.
From collectors,
On taxes, 1887
. $1,023 67
", 1888
114 4I
4
1,138 08
$7,136 14
EXPENDED.
Interest coupons on Town Hall bonds, $65,000 at 7 per cent $4,550 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on notes 1,205 32 Melrose Savings Bank, on notes, temporary loans 323 10
$6,078 42
Balance unexpended
1,057 72
$7,136 14
POLICE AND NIGHT WATCH.
Appropriation
· $2,500 00
deficiency, (1887) 48 25 ·
$2,548 25
76
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENDED. -
Price paid, 25 cents per hour of Service Rendered.
F. M. McLaughlin, chief $560 50
H. B. Newhall 482 75
O. E. Drown .
448 75
C. F. W. Fogg
379 75
W. A. Caswell
337 25
C. H. Fuller
40 00
R. M. Rand
37 50
D. O. Parker
32 25
J. W. Davis
27 00
D. T. Stockwell
18 75
A. B. Pierce .
II 25
A. W. Lynde .
7 50
Henry Barron
5 50
$2,388 75
SUNDRIES.
F. M. McLaughlin, cash paid for fares,
postals, etc. $10 15
George W. Bartlett, carriage hire 39 50
W. A. Greenough, directory 2 00
Dunton & Potter, printing . ·
4 00
O. E. Drown, meals to prisoners .
8 50
$64 15
$2,452 90
Balance unexpended
95 35
$2,548 25
WATER FUND.
CR.
Cash in treasury Jan., 1888 . $5,007 23
Received from sale of bonds Nos.
21-30, series 1887, premium and interest . 10,316 66
Appropriation, for use of water . 2,000 00
Water rates, etc. . 22,769 06
$40,092 95
77
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
DR.
Paid interest on bonds $11,280 00
Treasurer of Water Loan S. F. Commission- ers, surplus, 1887 2,832 28 Bills on account of construction and mainte- nance
19,415 87
$33,528 15
Cash in treasury to credit of fund 6,564 80
$40,092 95
TAX SALE.
Received from M. F. Eastman, collector of taxes for year 1887, sum received as surplus over- tax, assessed upon estate of J. Vincent Smith $692 26
Paid executors of estate of J. Vincent Smith .
692 26
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation
$750 00
Dog Tax, 1887 961 78
Received from Carrie M. Worthen, li-
brarian, fines, etc. 39 91
$1,751 69
EXPENDED.
For books, magazines, papers, etc., De- wolfe, Fiske & Co. $384 96
A. H. Roffe & Co.
132 00
Cupples & Hurd .
35 10
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
5 50
Amount carried forward, $557 56 .
.
78
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward, $557 56
Willard Small 5 16
Iconographic Publishing Co.
II 50
The Cottage Hearth Co.
6 75
Rand, McNally & Co.
12 50
Henry C. Nash & Co.
25 00
C. F. Jewett Publishing Co.
96 00
First Maine Cavalry Association
5 00
$719 47
REPAIRS.
Charles Taylor, new alcoves, stock and labor $127 52
Clark and Smith, lumber
25 75
George W. Dew, painting
36 00
S. F. Oliver, gas fitting
2 00
$191 27
SUNDRIES.
Library Bureau, binders, etc. $3 20
Geo. F. King & Merrill, cards, etc.
5 55
P. D. Meston, rebinding books
107 45
L. B. Wilder, printing cards
6 75
L. F. Williams, printing slips and cards 39 25
L. F. Williams, printing catalogues
230 00.
Alfred Mudge & Son, printing extra reports
8 00
T. W.Ripley, printing labels
75
Geo. B. Sargent & Son, ribbon for stamp
50
C. W. Ellison, P. M., box rent
50
W. L. Williams, P. M., box rent
50
W. E. Locke, expressing
I 50
Eastman's Express, expressing
4 25
Westgate & Johnson, insurance
3 75
O. E. Drown, care of room 9 months
75 00
Carrie M. Worthen, services as librarian
318 75
Carrie M. Worthen, cash paid for sundries . 4 36
William Keating, arranging and cataloguing U. S. Public Documents . 25 00 ·
Thomas Ireland, repairing clock 1 00
$836 06
.
79
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECAPITULATION.
Books, magazines, etc.
$719 47
Repairs
.
191 27
Sundries
836 об
$1,746 80
Balance unexpended
4 89
$1,751 69
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
Paid State treasurer, tax 1888
County treasurer, " "
. $5,895 00 . 3,307 77
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Rec'd corporation taxes $3,292 86
National bank taxes 798 97
80
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MELROSE, DEC. 31, 1888.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The report of the Police Department, for the year ending at date, is as follows :
CASES BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURT.
Assaults 16 Liquor nuisance 4
Breaking and entering
2
Larceny . 3
Contempt of court ·
2
Lewd conduct .
I
Drunks . ·
16
Malicious mischief ·
2
Disorderly house
2
· Non-support . I
Disturbing the peace 16
Disobedient child . ·
I
Evading car fare
I
False pretence
I
" liquor, 6 Threats 2
Keeping and exposing I
Lodgers accommodated
· 75
Patients carried to insane hopital
3
Notices delivered .
125
Railer and brawler .
I Search warrants for goods, 2.
Respectfully submitted,
F. M. MCLAUGHLIN, Chief.
81
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
Cash in treasury, Jan. 27, 1888
$4,472 58
Total receipts for the year 148,603 69
$153,076 27
Total disbursements for the year
149,454 16
Cash in treasury, Jan. 28, 1889 $3,622 II
CEMETERY "TRUST FUNDS."
1885. Estate of Sally Upham
$200 00
1886. S. B. Cochran, Omaha, Neb.
200 00
1887. Estate of William H. Jones 100 00
1888. Estate of Mrs. Lynthia L. Burgess . 100 00
1888. Mrs. Chas. O. and Mrs. Thomas Robinson 100 00
$700 00
STATEMENT OF THE TOWN DEBT.
WATER BONDS.
Melrose Water Fund, due July 1, 1890 . $100,000 00
Melrose Water Fund, due Oct. 1, 1892 50,000 00 Melrose Water Loan, high service, due Nov. I, 1905 37,000 00 . Melrose Water Fund, series 1887, due May I, 1907 30,000 00
$217,000 00
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
Amount brought forward, $217,000 00
TOWN HALL BONDS.
Melrose Town Hall, due Oct, 1, 1892 65,000 00
PERMANENT LOANS.
Note dated Aug. 6, 1884, due Aug.
6, 1889, interest 4 per cent. 8,000 00
Note dated July 23, 1886, due July
23, 1891, interest 3 1-2 per cent . 14,000 00 Note dated May 7, 1887, to Charles
Pratt, interest 6 1-2 per cent . 10,000 00
32,000 00
Total
. $314,000 00
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Due from State, State aid .
$535 00
Due from State, military aid
267 50
$802-50
Uncollected taxes :-
1881
$87 93
1882
204 71
1883
275 75
1884
293 18
1885
725 55
1886
765 50
1887
1,647 39
1888
.
$32,012 21
Water Loan Sinking Fund
36,718 05
Cash on hand
3,622 II
$73,154 87
Net debts more than assets available
240,845 13
$314,000 00
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE NEWHALL, Treasurer.
(E. and O. accepted.)
MELROSE, February, 1889.
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·
28,012 20
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
GEORGE NEWHALL, TREASURER. In account with the TOWN OF MELROSE. Dr.
Jan. 27, 1888. Cash in the treasury $4,472 58
RECEIPTS.
M. F. Eastman, collector of taxes, 1887
28,100 00
Parker Merrill, 1888 57,826 71
Water rates, etc. 1888 .
22,769 06
Water Fund Bonds, series of 1887, ten bonds, $1000 each, premium and accrued interest
10,316 66
County Treasurer, dog tax, 1887 961 78
Wyoming Cemetery, lots, graves, etc.
1,921 50
Cemetery Trust Funds
200 00
Tax sale (Smith estate )
692 26
G. W. Farnsworth ( Melrose Common )
50 00
Notes, temporary loans
19,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :-
School fund
$91 82
Military aid .
264 50
State aid
612 00
Corporation Tax
3,292 86
Bank tax
798 97
5,060 15
From various sources on account of
Public Library
39 91
School Fund
20 00
School contingent
I 46
Sidewalks
169 26
Poor Fund .
751 44
Fire Department
24 00
Contingent .
26 00
Town Hall .
668 00
Main street Cemetery
5 50
$153,076 27
84
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
CR.
Paid town clerk's orders, as follows:
Crossings and gutters
$ 598 19
Sidewalks
2,429 51
Insurance
577 88
Military aid
535 00
State aid
645 00
Drainage
1,349 85.
Maple street widening
508 00
Boundary line
24 90
Melrose Common
200 00
Public Library
1,746 80
Memorial Day
200 00
Main street cemetery
'329 29
School fund
21,840 62 .
School contingent
3,809 29
Contingent
1,602 59
Fire Department
2,116 39
Cemetery, Wyoming
1,481 46
Streets lights .
4,358 75
Fire alarm
1,700 00
Additional lamps
85 15
Surveying and numbering streets
500 00
Police
2,452 90
Salaries
2,928 43
Town Hall
1,237 88
Water fund
19,415 87 ·
Highways
9,252 07
Main street widening
1,625 00
Franklin street drain
614 00
$90,043 43
Poor fund
5,878 61
85
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
Amount brought forward,
$90,043 43
Paid notes :-
Temporary loans
$24,000 00
Permanent loan .
5,000 00
Tax sale refunded
692 26
State tax
5,895 00
County tax .
3,307 77
Interest on notes
1,528 42
Interest coupons, Town Hall
bonds
4,550 00
Interest coupons water fund bonds,
11,280 00
Interest on cemetery note to Charles Pratt
325 00
Water Loan S. F. Commis-
sioners surplus, 1887
2,832 28
59,410 73
$149,454 16
Jan. 28, 1889, cash in treasury
3,622 II
$153,076 27
GEORGE NEWHALL, TREASURER,
In account with COMMISSIONERS OF MELROSE WATER LOAN SINKING FUND.
DR.
February, 1888. Cash on hand
$1,157 19
To received as surplus from Water Fund for year 1887
2,832 28
To received as interest on bonds and mortgages
1,438 58
$5,428 05
CR.
By paid rent for box in safe deposit vault
$10 00
For mortgage on real estate in Melrose
3,000 00
$3,010 00
February, 1889. Cash deposited in Melrose Savings Bank
2,418 05
$5,428 05
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
FOR YEAR 1888.
No. of inhabitants
7,535
school children .
1,263
dwelling houses . 1,630
66 horses
486
COWS
2II
oxen
6
66
dogs
485
swine
II3
Valuation of real estate
$5,574,705 00
" personal estate
426,861 00
Total
$6,001,566 00
Amount committed to collector
. $85,857 31
Additional
300 52
Total
. $86,157 83
Rate, $13.60 per $1,000.
Number of polls assessed
2,134
Number of women assessed .
118
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