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Elmer P. Sargent, Franklin “ I73 25 95
Ida L. and Mary Hallett, Otis st., 65.3 yds. 9 80
$102 96
93
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
WYOMING AVENUE SIDEWALK.
Appropriation, March 18, 1889 $356 44 Expended in 1888, as shown in last re-
port ·
$266 85
J. N. Lombard, for 28.9 perch of retain- ing wall on north side of Spot Pond brook, the same being one-half of wall laid adjacent to Wyoming ave- nue, at $3.10 per perch . 89 59
$356 44
CROSSINGS AND GUTTERS.
Appropriation, March 11, 1889 $500 00
Balance unexpended, 1888 I 81
$501 81
EXPENDED.
C. L. Hoffman, 431.2 yards concrete crossings (including grading) at 34 cents . $146 60
1,031.3 yards concrete gutters (including grading ) at 32 cents . 329 99
66.4 yards top dressing at 12 cents 7 97
$484 56
Walter C. Stevens, surveying
10 00
$494 56
Balance unexpended . .
$7 25
$501 81
94
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
TOWN HALL.
Appropriation March 18, 1889, for expenses ·
$600 00
Balance unexpended 1888 30 12
$630 12
RECEIPTS FOR USE OF HALL.
Melrose Republicans Committee . $20 00
F. S. Hesseltine 20 00
St. Bridget's Society
135 00 .
Pastime Club 35 00
Melrose Cycle Club
34 90
Methodist Church 8 00
Prof. Morris' Combination Show 45 00 .
Melrose Fire Department 15 00
Melrose Orchestral Club 25 00 .
Melrose Lodge I. O. O. F. .
35 00
Lawn Tennis Club 32 00 .
Mrs. Wilkins' Benefit
.
30 00
Miss Sigrid Lunde 20 00
Melrose Athletic Club 15 00
Melrose Base Ball Club
15 00
Amendment Campaign Committee 10 00
Universalist Society 30 00
Women's Christian Temperance Union 10 00
Wide Awakes 10 00
Trinity Church and St. Andrew's Chapter 115 00
U. S. Grant Relief Corps 15 00
Melrose Lyceum 1888-1889
300 00
From Melrose Savings Bank, rent of room $150 00
$974 90
From F. M. Mclaughlin for use of lock-up (court fees) 25 00
Joseph Edwards, rent of land 10 83
$185 83
$1,790 85
95
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENDED.
Malden and Melrose Gas Light Co., 374,900 cubic feet of gas $749 80
J. C. Howes, plumbing and repairs 9 86
William A. Jefts, plumbing 60 00
C. L. Hoffman, repairing concrete I 96
S. E. Benson, 50 tons coal @ $6.25 (1888) 325 00
C. B. & F. H. Goss, 20 tons @ $6.00 (1889) 120 00
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries . I 02
Geo. F. King & Merrill, book
25
John Larrabee, alcohol and sponge 2 85
A. & E. Burton & Co., floor brushes and dusters . 5 50
O. E. Drown, janitor, one year 300 00
66 labor and stock 10 00
George W. Dew, painting
116 00
Thomas S. Love, building fence 10 55
J. P. Deering, lumber II 79
Nathaniel Wright, washing floors . 3 00
Jerome T. Smith, labor . 3 25
Harry Stevens, moving piano and booths 20 00
Robert Philpot, removing cesspool contents .
6 50
J. H. Edwards, sharpening lawn mower I 50
Perry Bros., lawn mower and hardware
15 51
John Lahey, charcoal
3 50
Ames Plow Co., wheelbarrow
4 00
$1,781 84
Balance unexpended
9 0I
$1,790 85
96
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
Appropriation March 1I, 1889 ($416 88 for fire
inquest included ) . $2,000 00
Balance unexpended . · .
12 58
RECEIPTS.
For auctioneers' licenses.
S. A. Lovejoy
. $2 00
C. W. Ellison 2 00
$4 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, from Cattle
Commissioners 4 00
$2,020 58
EXPENDED. 1
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., book for assessors · Babb & Stephens, assessors' and collector's books 21 75
$4 50
L. B. Wilder & Co., printing tax bills . 25 00
Dunton & Potter, 1800 reports ( 1888) . 273. 00
printing voting lists, posters,
notices and advertising . . 183 55
L. F. Williams, printing and advertising
26 25
W. B. Howe, = 79 19
T. W. Ripley, book for inspector of buildings ·
6 00
Dexter Pratt, cash paid men for services at for- est fires 4 15
John Davidson, labor at forest fire 2 25
Geo. F. King & Merrill, stationery, etc 25 66
P. D. Meston, binding reports 8 00
H. C. Dimond & Co., rubber stamps 8 00
Geo. B. Sargent & Son, 16 25
Amount carried forward,
$683 55
97
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward, $683 55
A. B. Pierce, serving warrants and services . 116 00
J. A. Dill, lunch election day 15 00
Robert Burlen, binding and mounting street sur-
veys 31 20
Mrs. Mary O. Fuller, set of town reports, 1850- 1888 10 00
C. W. Ellison, P.M., stamps . 14 30
Geo. Newhall, cash paid for stamps . 6 00
Water Commissioners, stand-pipes for watering streets 67 31
C. F. Loring, legal services and expenses pre- senting amendment to by-laws 10 00
A. V. Lynde, Esq., legal services prosecuting liq- uor cases 40 00
F. S. Hesseltine, Esq., legal services Harriman vs. Melrose
250 00
Cash paid witnesses 21 04 271 04
F. L. McIntosh, M.D., returning births, 1888 ·
I 25
F. H. Morse, M.D., 66
66
.
6 50
A. M. Selee, M.D.,
66
.
6 50
E. L. Warren, M.D.,
25
John Dike, M.D.,
50
E. S. Jack, M.D.,
4 00
J. S. Clark, M.D., 60
6 50
C. C. Odlin, M.D.,
66
6
,
.
5 00
H. C. Williams, M.D.,
2 75
Peleg Wadsworth, M.D.,
" & 1889
I 25
J. Garfield, M.D.»
" & 1889
75
A. B. Pierce, returning 75 deaths, 1889 18 75
Town of Tewksbury, burial of soldier 10 00
W. A. Caswell, I pair pants destroyed by prisoner 7 00
Amount carried forward,
$1,335 40
.
66
·
.
·
98
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward, $1,335 40
C. E. Prior, M.D., services 2 00
Daniel McDonald, boundary posts 23 60
J. S. Austin. carriage hire 13 00
W. W. Boardman, carriage hire 4 00
John Larrabee, services, clerk of selectmen, 1888 25 00
compiling reports, 1888 50 00
60 collecting, recording and index-
ing births, deaths and marriages, 1888 108 15
H. B. Newhall, posting notices 8 25
O. E. Drown, labor on guide boards, etc., 3 75
Eldridge's Express
20
Eastman's Express
I 50
Robinson & Co., expressing .
35
George Woodward, distributing ballots
3 00
William T. Henney
3 00
F. M. McLaughlin, ringing bell
5 33
I. C. Weeks, 66
4 67
O. E. Drown,
6 00
Henry M. Meek, tally sheets
2 00
The Boston Herald Co., advertising
4 50
$1,603 70
EXPENSES OF FIRE INQUEST.
John W. Pettengill, Esq., Judge $52 60
E. M. Ransom, Clerk 63 60
F. M. McLaughlin, Constable
28 62
$144 82
Furors.
Geo. W. Burke
$36 96
John Miller
36 96
Addison Lane
36 96
Henry A. Leonard
36 96
George W. Dew
36 96
George Newhall
.
36 96
.
.
$221 76
Amount carried forward,
$366 58
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
99
1
Amounts brought forward,
$366 58 $1,603 70
Witnesses' fees
31 30
Engineers of Fire Dep't
19 00
$416 88
Total
$2,020 58
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation, March II, 1889 $200 00
Balance unexpended, 1888 IIO 83
$310 83
EXPENDED.
/ O. E. Drown, services, fumigating, etc. $8 00
John Larrabee, sulphur
30
Bugbee & Barrett, chloride lime
30
Robert Philpot, removing contents of vaults, etc.
36 00
Dunton & Potter, printing and advertising
17 00
W. B. Howe, printing and advertising 27 20
F. M. Mclaughlin, services 6 50
J. S. Austin & Co., carriage hire 6 00
J. H. L. Anderson, carriage hire 12 00
W. W. Boardman & Co., carriage hire .
4 25
$117 55
Balance unexpended
193 28
$310 83
STATE AID.
Received from State on account of amount paid during the year 1888 · $645 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
PAID DISABLED SOLDIERS AND DEPENDENT RELATIVES DURING YEAR 1889.
William Story,
I year
$48 00
Daniel D. Penney,
66
48 00
Sarah Barrett,
48 00
Mary F. Howard,
7 mos.
28 00
Maria G. Colson,
I year
48 00
Helen E. Poole,
48 00
Alvin Drake,
36 00
Charles H. Young, 2[mos.
8 00
Mary E. Young,
5 mos.
20 00
Benjamin F. Gibbs, I year
48 00
Rebecca H. French,
6
48 00
John H. Guild,
24 00
William B. York,
48 00
Moses P. Mitchell,
48 00
William Boyd,
36 00
Daniel G. Pinkham, 6 mos.
36 00
George W. Babcock, 9 mos.
27 00
Bridget Dolan,
7 mos.
28 00
Lydia J. Bryant,
28 00
William F. Irwin,
3 mos.
18 00
$721 00
MILITARY AID. [One-half refunded by the State. ]
Received from State on account of aid paid in
1888
$267 50
George W. Grover, one year
48 00
Lawrence Reardon, "
96 00
Horace W. Stevens, "
72 00
. Amount carried forward, .
$216 00
FINANCIAL STATEMENT. IOI
Amount bronght forward,
$216 00
Benjamin F. York, 8 months 40 00
William A. Johnson, 3 months
24 00
Edwin H. Downing, one year
72 00
Paschal E. Burnham, one year
132 00
Josiah York, 2 months .
16 00
Loami G. Davis, one year
60 00
$560 00
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INSURANCE.
Appropriation
. $1,000 00
Unexpended Balance 1888
·
22 12
$1,022 12
EXPENDED.
J. L. Hanaford & Co.
$262 50
Westgate & Johnson .
262 50
R. B. Leighton .
281 25
Geo. M. M'Coy . .
232 50
$1,038 75
Deficit
$16 63
LAND DAMAGES.
Susan M. Ireson for land taken for the widening of Swains Pond avenue in 1888, as per vote of town 8
$100 00
I02
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
TAXES REFUNDED.
Boston Rubber Shoe Company, amount of taxes improperly assessed upon personal property belonging to said corporation $60 80
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation, March II, 1889 · $4,000 00
Unexpended balance, 1888 710 87 .
Nov. 9, 1889, treasurer authorized to borrow .
300 00
$5,010 87
EXPENDED
Malden Electric Light Company.
26 arc lights, 1,200 candle power, one year . $2,604 00
40 incandescent lights, 25 candle power 720 00
$3,320 04
Wheeler Reflector Company, for lighting and care of 147 to 151 lamps, II months . $1,516 61
J. C. Howes, repairing lantern I 75
$4,838 40
(Bill of Wheeler Reflector Co. for December not presented. )
Balance unexpended 172 47
$5,010 87
ADDITIONAL LAMPS.
Appropriation March 1I, 1889 $100 00
Balance unexpended, 1888 64 85
$164 85
103
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENDED.
Wheeler Reflector Company, ten
iron posts and frames $87 50
Three iron posts and frames 30 00
Eastman's Express, teaming posts and frames 4 00
$121 50
Balance unexpended 43 35
$164 85
MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation March 18, 1889 $200 00
Paid commander of U. S. Grant Post, No. 4, G.A.R., for decoration and care of soldiers' graves
200 CO
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
Paid state treasurer, state tax of 1889 . . $5,880 00
Paid county treasurer, county tax of 1889
·
£
4,558 50
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE.
Paid committee's order to David L. Webster, on account of bond for land for a building $100 00
POLICE AND NIGHT WATCH.
Appropriation . .
$4,000 00
Balance unexpended, 1888 95 35
Received from F. M. McLaughlin, court fees 48 00
$4,143 35
104
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENDED.
Price paid, 25 cents per hour of Service Rendered.
F. M. McLaughlin, chief . $712 75
H. B. Newhall 137 17
O. E. Drown ·1 535 61
C. F. W. Fogg
693 58
W. A. Caswell
684 28
C. H. Fuller
.
45 95
R. M. Rand
66 29
Jerome T. Smith
587 71 ·
Samuel Lear . 7 00
D. T. Stockwell
9 12
A. W. Lynde .
9 75
Henry Barron
7 00
$3,496 21
Sundries.
J. P. Deering, lumber $3 53
O. E. Drown, meals to prisoners 21 00
care of lock-up 25 00
material and labor for
lockers 41 00
S. A. Robinson & Co., carriage 2 00
M. S. Page & Co., clock 5 00
H. A. Winship & Co., belts 9 00
J. P. Lovell Arms Company, handcuffs and twisters 17 50
A. W. Mitchell, badges 4 50
D. Evans & Co., coat buttons 7 08
J. C. Howes, lanterns 1 50
F. M. Holmes Furniture Co., desk 23 00
Lemuel Merrill, padlock keys I 25
Amounts carried forward, $161 36 $3,496 21
.
105
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward, $161 36 $3,496 21
W. B. Howe, printing
4 50
Frost & Hawes, crackers I 53
Jeremiah Casey, white washing lock-up 2 25
George W. Bartlett, teams
48 50
Richard J. Hiatt, use of boat
I 15
$219 29
$3,715 50
Balance unexpended .
427 85
$4,143 35
FOSTER STREET DRAIN.
May 28, 1889. Treasurer authorized to borrow . $150 00
EXPENDED.
A. W. Lynde, furnishing and laying pipe, as per
agreement
$150 00
UPHAM STREET LEDGE.
Appropriation March 18, 1889 $100 00
EXPENDED.
A. W. Lynde, removing ledge, as per bid $87 00 W. C. Stevens, surveying 12 00
$99 00
Balance unexpended
$1 00
REMODELLING HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. W. A. Rodman, services as architect for committee $75 00 Treasurer authorized to borrow . $7,500 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
TOWN COMMON.
Appropriation March 18, 1889 $150 00
EXPENDED.
A. W. Lynde, labor and teams 148 00
Balance unexpended $2 00
RELIEF TO SOLDIERS.
Nov. 9, 1889. Treasurer authorized to borrow . $300 00
EXPENDED.
Worthen & Goodridge, groceries, etc. $20 00
S. E. Benson, wood and coal . 6 50
John Larrabee, knee cap
3 00 29 50
Balance unexpended
$270 50
·
CEDAR PARK AND WOODLAND AVENUE DRAINS
Nov. 9, 1889. Treasurer authorized to borrow.
Cedar Park drain $1,000 00
Woodland avenue drain
500 00
$1,500 00
EXPENDED.
W. C. Stevens, surveying, plans and specifications 45 00
Balance unexpended
$1,455 00
107
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES.
Appropriation March 18, 1889 $3,025 00
Balance unexpended, 1888 71 57
Nov. 9. Treasurer authorized to borrow 700 00
$3,796 57
EXPENDED.
F. E. Orcutt, auditor, 1888
$25 00
G. N. Harris,
25 00
W. I. Nickerson, “ 66 25 00
Alfred Hocking, registrar of voters, 1888 25 00
Walter Babb, .. 66
25 00
Victor C. Kirmes, 66 25 00
John Larrabee, 66 25 00
Henry G. Fields (chairman) overseers of poor 200 00
John Singer, Jr., overseer of poor
50 09
Martha D. Bale, 66 50 00
John R. Norton, assessor (on account) 100 00
Albon W. Parker, 66
150 00
Charles W. Cook, 66 150 00
Board of assessors, for clerical services, 1888 50 00
1889 300 00
Levi S. Gould, selectman
200 00
John P. Deering, ·
200 00
Chas. W. Higgins, 66
200 00
John Larrabee, town clerk
300 00
George Newhall, town treasurer
500 00
Parker Merrill, collector, 1888 147 85
1889
300 70
J. C. Howes, collector, 1881 .
IO 29
I882
6 93
66
٠،
66 1883 . 17 92
Amount carried forward,
$3,108 69
108
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward,
. $3,108 69
M. F. Eastman, collector, 1885
130 00
1886 30 00 66 66 66 1887 ·
240 00
James Marshall, forest fire ward, 1888 15 00
Henry Barron,
15 00
Dexter Pratt,
15 00
Calvin Locke,
15 00
Chase C. Worthen
15 00
$3,583 69
Balance unexpended
.
212 88
$3,796 57
DRAINAGE, BRIDGES AND CULVERTS.
Appropriation March 18,1889 . $1,000 00
Balance unexpended, 1888 .
14 40
RECEIPTS.
Edward McKenna, for drain pipe $9 00
John Duff, catch basin and freight 7 60
Walter B. Ellis, catch basins “ 15 17
31 77
$1,046 17
EXPENDED.
T. R. Newhall, 80 feet bridge stone $21 60
W. C. Stevens, surveying 27 00
E. L. Whittier, labor on Ell Pond and Spot Pond brooks and culverts 173 40
Boston and Maine Railroad, freight on catch basins 4 83
Burrell & Swett, drain pipe 62 10
Amount carried forward,
$288 93
109
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward, $288 93
H. W. Clapp & Co., catch basins.
I-No. 24 base and grate $10 80
2-No. 20 18 00
13-No. 18 93 60
122 40
J. P. Deering, lumber 20 67
John Duff & Co., labor .
8 20
C. B. & F. H. Goss, drain pipe 109 03
A. W. Lynde,
94 80
Berry & Ferguson
27 49
For labor and teams.
Superintendent, 14 days @ $2 50 $35 00
Laborers, 133 days @ $1 76 . 234 08
Teams, 33/2 days, @ $1 50 .
50 25
319 33
J. O. Chandler, sharpening tools 34 20 &
$1,025 05
Balance unexpended
21 12
$1,046 17
PUBLIC LIBRARY AND READING ROOM.
Appropriation, March II, 1889 ·
$750 00
Balance unexpended, 1888 4 89
RECEIPTS.
From county. treasurer, dog tax for 1888 . $1,090 96
Carrie M. Worthen, librarian, catalogues, fines, etc.
64 52
$1,910 37
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENDED.
Books, Papers, Etc.
George H. Walker & Co. $15 00
Cupples & Hurd 13 69
T. A. Renshaw, agent 12 50
Henry C. Nash 15 00
A. H. Roffe & Co. 130 60
E. A. Powers . 4 00
Willard Small 5 00
E. Whitefield 10 00
DeWolfe, Fiske & Co. 399 31
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
II 00
D. Appleton & Co. 60 00
Macmillan & Co.
5 85
Ginn & Co.
3 00
Little, Brown & Co.
5 25
William Cushing
15 00
A. E. Wells
25 00
Publishers' Weekly
6 00
George M. Smith & Co.
2 75
$738 95
Sundries.
P. D. Meston, binding books $184 90
W. B. Howe, printing 18 70
Dunton & Potter, printing · 40 00
George F. King & Merrill, sundries
3 95
Library Bureau, sundries II 36
Whidden, Curtin & Co., matting, etc. . 25 85
Burrell & Swett, door checks and stops 23 61
R. B. Leighton, insurance 5 28
Westgate & Johnson, insurance . 78 75
Amounts carried forward,
$392 40 $738 95
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward, $392 40 $738 95
Eastman's Express IO 75
George B. Sargent & Son, dating stamp 7 00
Babb & Stephens, printing cards . 6 00
Henry E. Murch, marble tablet 17 50
Clark & Smith, ash lumber 18 13
J. P. Deering, lumber 4 03
William A. Fernald, gas pipe and fittings 17 85
O. E. Drown, care of rooms, 15 months 125 00
Carrie M. Worthen, librarian, I year ·
425 00
3 months 108 75
sundries furnished 26 77
$1,159 18
$1,898 13
Balance unexpended .
12 24
$1,910 37
DAMAGES.
Mrs. Jennie G. Fox, in settlement for injuries re- ceived by fall on Franklin street ·
$175 00
Jackson Locke, Carrie M. Locke and Nellie A. Locke, in settlement for injuries received by fall, near corner of Green and Short streets 100 00
$275 00
HIGHLAND STREET.
Appropriation, March 23, 1889 $300 00
EXPENDED.
Robert Philpot, grading street, as per bid $265 00
extra labor 21 00
W. C. Stevens, surveying 14 00
$300 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
SOLDIERS' LOTS, "WYOMING."
Appropriation, March 18, 1889 $300 00
EXPENDED.
Teams, 38 days at $1.50 per day .
$57 00
Laborers, 138 days at $1.76 per day . 243 00
$300 00
DRAINAGE COMMITTEE.
Appropriation, March 18, 1889 $250 00
EXPENDED.
Expense of committee to Coney Island and East Orange, N. J., to examine sewage disposal works 66 20
Balance unexpended
$183 80
RUSSELL AND ADAMS STREETS.
Appropriations, March 23, 1889:
Russell street ·
$100 00
.
£ Adams street 100 00
$200 00
EXPENDED.
Robert Philpot, building streets, as per
bid . $180 00
Extra labor and material furnished · 20 00
$300 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
VÍNTON STREET LEDGE.
Appropriation
EXPENDED. $300 00
Robert Philpot, removing ledge and
grading street, as per bid . $285 00
W. C. Stevens, surveying 10 00
$295 00
Balance unexpended
5 00
$300 00
MAIN STREET WIDENING.
Appropriation March 18, 1889 . $3,200 00
Received from county treasurer, amount awarded by county commissioners 600 00
$3,800 00
EXPENDED.
Paid in 1888, as per last report . $1,625 00
W. C. Stevens, re-locating and testing . 17 00
C. B. & F. H. Goss, 60 feet 18 inch drain pipe . 53 33
E. McKenna & Co., balance on account of con- tract (paid in 1888 $500 00) . 2,050 00
E. McKenna & Co., extra labor 25 00
Balance unexpended
$3,770 33
29 67
$3,800 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
WATER FUND.
CR.
January, 1888. To the credit of account · $6,564 So
Received from Parker Merrill, water registrar, for
water rates, etc., collected for 1889 ·
· 23,746 43
$30,31I 23
DR.
Water loan sinking fund commissioners, surplus, 1888 . $3,829 22
Interest on water fund bonds . 11,680 00
Bills on account of construction and mainte-
nance, for detailed statement see water com- missioners' report
14,017 63 ·
$29,526 85
To the credit of account
784 38
$30,31I 23
INTEREST.
Appropriation March II, 1889 $5,000 00
Balance unexpended, 1888
1,057 72
RECEIPTS.
From collectors of taxes, interest collected.
J. C. Howes, 1881
$3 54
1882 3 00
66 1883 6 51
Parker Merrill, 1888
1,022 55
1889 77 80
$1,113 40
Amount carried forward, .
.
$7,171 15
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward, . . $7,171 12
Received from town treasurer as interest on de- posits, balance as per report of committee appointed April 25, 1889, deducting allow- ances as per said report and in accordance with vote of town May 6, 1889 ·
307 64
Received as interest on deposits from May I,
1889, to Jan. 1, 1890 91 03
$7,569 79
EXPENDED.
Interest coupons on town hall bonds, $65,000 @ 7 per cent. . $4,550 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on notes . · 810 00 Melrose Saving Bank, on notes, temporary loans 270 62 S. H. Nowell, ex'r of est. of Chas. Pratt, on note 532 63
$6,163 25
Balance unexpended
1,406 54
$7,569 79
WYOMING CEMETERY.
RECEIPTS, 1889.
For care of lots
$470 23
Labor and material furnished, interments, etc. 458 25
Stone sold
20 00
Building wall .
15 00
Rent of Pratt farm:
E. McKenna, 5 months
. $50 00
H. H. Elms, 7 months . · 73 50
123 50
Amount carried forward, .
. $1,086 98
116
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward, $1,086 98 Lots sold:
One at $200
. $200 00
Three at $175
· 525 00
Three at $100
300 00
One at $90
90 00
Six at $75
450 00 ·
Six half lots at $40
240 00
$1,805 00
On account of lots sold
160 00
1,965 00
$3,051 98
EXPENDED.
Thomas Marshall, supt., 5 mos.
$250 00
Extra labor, 1001/2 days
201 00
Manure furnished
13 00
$464 00
Laborers, 55614 days @ $1 76 $978 88
Teams, 48 days @ $1 50
71 99
Labor, I day @ $2 50
2 50
1,053 37
S. E. Benson, cement
12 00
C. B. & F. H. Goss, cement
3 20
John Larrabee, brimstone
24
J. P. Deering, lumber
I 25
W. B. Howe, printing
6 50
Dunton & Potter, printing
6 50
L. C. Hoyt, plants
25 00
Daniel Norton, sail cloth
15 37
Perry Bros., paint .
97
Bugbee & Barrett, lawn seed, powder, etc. 5 06
A. E. Upham, repairs, Pratt building 109 42
Amount carried forward,
$1,702 88
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT. II7
Amount brought forward, . $1,702 88
Samuel Clark, wooden pump 10 00
Brackett & Roberts, examination of titles, etc.
20 00
Middlesex registry, recording deeds
I 34
W. C. Stevens, surveying
14 00
C. W. Ellison, P.M., stamps .
2 00
Thos. McCoubry, sharpening tools
7 20
George Newhall, making and acknowledging 118 deeds, from 1885-1889 . 59 00
George Newhall, services on committee
25 00
John Larrabee,
25 00
$1,866 42
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PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL LAND.
George W. Farnsworth, lot of land on south side of Sylvan street, adjoin- ing cemetery $150 00
Mrs. Sarah Whowell, lot of land on corner of Lebanon and Sylvan sts. adjoining Pratt farm
200 00
$350 00
Surplus for the year
$2,216 42
835 56
$3,051 98
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER.
Cash in treasury, Jan. 28, 1889 $3,622 II Total receipts for the year 161,588 36
$165,210 47
Total disbursements for the year
165,096 27
Cash in treasury, Jan. 28, 1890 $114 20
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. Mr. Chas. O. and Mrs. Thomas Robinson 100 00
1889. Mrs. Caroline Curtis .
100 00
1889. Charles E. Daniels, treasurer Winchester
Home for Aged Women 300 00 1889. Estate of J. Vincent Smith 200 00
I 889. Estate of Peter Edgerly 100 00
$1,400 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,C00 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 July 23, 1886, due July 23, 1891, in- terest 31/2 per cent., borrowed on account of building Vinton street schoolhouse . $14,000 00
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Melrose Savings Bank
$15,500 00
$311,500 00
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Due from State, State aid, 1889
$721 00
Due from State, military aid, 1889
265 00
$986 00
Uncollected taxes :
1884
$293 18
1885
673 72
1886
706 71
1887
804 99
1888
2,089 07
1889
33,340 35
$37,908 02
Water Loan Sinking Fund
42,224 58
Cash on hand
114 20
$81,232 80
Net debts more than assets available
230,267 20
$311,500 00
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE NEWHALL,
(E. and O. excepted.) Treasurer. MELROSE, January 29, 1890.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
GEORGE NEWHALL, TREASURER, In Account with the TOWN OF MELROSE. DR. Jan. 28, 1889. Cash in treasury $3,622 II
RECEIPTS.
J. C. Howes, collector taxes, 1881 1882 31 14
1883
78 29
M. F. Eastman, coll. of taxes, 1885 $51 83
1886
58 79
1887
1000 00
I,IIO 62
Parker Merrill, coll. of taxes, 1888 $26,801 93
1889 58,390 15
Parker Merrill, water registrar, water rates, etc.
23,746 43
Wyoming cemetery, lots, graves, etc. ·
.
3,051 98
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Military aid, 1888
$267 50
State aid, 1888 .
645 00
School fund
39 87
Bank and corporation tax
3,993 68
$4,946 05
Cemetery Trust Funds, for perpetual care of lots Temporary loans, notes
700 00
C. W. Higgins, Orris street damages
86 80
Interest on deposits
398 67
Highways
I10 97
Drainage
31 77
Sidewalks
651 26
Poor Fund
960 55
Contingent
8 00
Police
48 00
Town Hall
1,160 73
Public Library
1,155 48
Main street widening, from county treasurer 600 00
$165,210 47
$19 54
128 97
85,192 08
37,500 00
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
CR.
Paid town clerk's orders, as follows :
Crossings and gutters
$494 56
Sidewalks
. 2,646 66
Insurance
1,038 75
Military aid
560 00
State aid .
721 00
Drainage
· 1,025 05
Soldiers' lots .
300 00
Melrose Common
148 00
Public Library
1,898 13
Memorial Day
200 00
School fund
. 22,194 21
School contingent
. 4,113 17
Poor fund
. 7,023 54
Contingent
2,020 58
Fire department
· 3,491 49
Cemetery, Wyoming
1,866 42
Street lights
4,838 40
Additional lamps
121 50
Police
3,715 50
Salaries .
.
3,583 69
Town Hall 1,781 84 ·
Water fund
14,017 63
Highways
. 10,600 4I
Main street widening
2,145 33
Orris street damages
86 80
Wyoming avenue sidewalk
89 59
Drainage committee expenses
66 20
Foster street drain 150 00
Remodelling high school building
75 00
Health department
II7 55
Amount carried forward, .
$91,131 00
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
Amounts brought forward,
$91,131 00
Land damages
100 00
Taxes refunded 60 80
Soldiers' relief
29 50
Cedar park and Woodland avenue drains
45 00
Russell and Adams streets
200 00
Highland street
300 00
Vinton street ledge
295 00
Upham
99 00
$92,260 30
Paid temporary loans, notes
$22,000 00
Permanent loans, notes
18,000 00
Interest on notes
1,613 25
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