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THE POND.
The following record will show the condition of the pond during the year. The lowest point October 10th, and over the dam at three different times.
RECORD. Rise and fall of pond in 1890.
Jan.
Full pond.
3/8 in. above high water mark.
1/2 in. 12 in. 46 .6 Feb.
I 10 20 30 10 20 28 IO 20 21/2 in.
Full pond.
Mar.
1 14 in. above high water mark.
30 3 in.
66 April 10 178 in. 20 14 in. below
30 3/8 in. .. 16
May IO 1/2 in. above 6.
20 34 in.
. €
30
1 in.
14
WATER REPORT.
June IO 1/2 in. below high water mark. 20 I in. 66 66
30 572 in.
..
..
July 10 'Ⅰ in.
20 1614 in.
66
..
30 1912 in.
.6
6. ..
Aug. IO 25 in.
..
..
20
2714 in.
66
30
29 in.
66
66
Sept. 10
3234 in. 6
20
321/2 in.
6.
..
..
Oct. IO 3914 in.
٠٠
..
..
20 36 in.
..
6.
30
2812 in.
..
Nov.510
281/2 in.
.6
20
30
in.
66
30
3012 in.
66
..
Dec.
IO
3012 in.
66
66
20
27
in.
..
66
.
6. ١١
30
2112 in.
COMPARATIVE RECORD.
Showing the lowest points below high-water mark to which the pond has been drawn since 1874.
1874-Lowest point, 43 inches, Dec. 7. 1875-Lowest point, 61 inches, Feb. 22. Pond full, June 23. Next lowest point, 33 inches, Nov. 10. 1876-Lowest point, 37 inches, Nov. 6. Pond, full, March 25 1877-Lowest point, 33 inches, Sept. 30. Pond full, March 15. 1878-Lowest point, 27 1-2 inches, Nov. 13. Pond full, Jan.
.6
..
30
3712 in.
6. ..
15
WATER REPORT.
15. Pond full, second time, Dec. 14.
1879-Lowest point, 45 inches, Dec. 20. Pond full and run- ning over at waste-way from Jan. I to May 20.
1880-Lowest point, 63 1-4 inches, Dec. 30; highest point May 10; being then 12 inches below high-water mark. 1881-Lowest point, 65 inches, Jan. 8, at which time the water was down to the top of the pipe at the gate-house; commenced pumping, and continued until Jan. 22. The pump was started again Feb. 6, and run until Feb. 13. Pond full and running over from March 22 to April 30. Next lowest point 32 inches, Dec. 22.
1882-Lowest point, 37 1-2 inches, Dec. 21. Pond full and running over at waste-way from March 3 to April 3.
1883-Lowest point, 82 inches, Dec. 30. The highest point reached was 15 inches below high-water mark, May 30. Commenced pumping Sept. 23, and continued to pump to this time, Dec. 31.
1884-Lowest point, 82 1-2 inches, Jan. I. Pond full and running over from April 16 to May 10. Next lowest point 40 1-4 inches, Nov. 23.
1885-Lowest point, 41 1-2 inches, Oct. 31. The highest point reached was on May 24, when it was 4 1-2 inches below high-water mark.
1886-Lowest point, 55 inches, Nov. 10. Full pond, running over at water-way from Feb. 14 to April 26.
1887-Lowest point, 41 3-4 inches, Dec. 10. Full pond from March 20 to May 10.
, 1888-Lowest point, 38 inches, Feb. 17. Full pond from April 3 to June 2, and from Nov. 30 to Dec. 31.
1889-Lowest point, 14 3-4 inches, Oct. 20. Full pond, run- ning over water-way Dec. 10.
1890-Lowest point, 39 inches, Oct. 10. Full pond, running over water-way, Jan. 10 to 30, March 10 to April 10 and May 10 to 30th.
16
WATER REPORT.
TABLE SHOWING LEVELS BELOW SPOT POND ROLLWAY.
Surveys made in 1884 by PERCY M. BLAKE, C. E., and GEORGE H. BISHOP, C. E.
Below Rollway.
Reservoir 98 feet above rollway.
Feet.
Rollway.
5.61
Lowest point on pipe line bet'n Woodland ave. and Ravine rd. Summit of Ravine road, near spring barrel in ground.
22.39
Northwest corner Ravine road and Washington Street.
83.00
Intersection of Ravine road and Wyoming Avenue. Intersection of Trenton street and Wyoming Avenue.
97.19
West rail Boston & Maine Railroad at Wyoming station.
98.53
0.37
Piazza floor of WV. A. Smith's house on Wyoming Hill. Intersection Berwick street and Wyoming Avenue. Corner Main and Foster streets.
99.62
Fall from rollway to top of underpinning of Town Hall.
86.06
Sill of lower window of J. T. Chase's house, Cedar Park.
32.00
Intersection of Main and Essex streets.
41.09
Intersection of Upham street and Bellevue Avenue. Sill of Upham street schoolhouse.
13.78
In front of G. W. Chipman's house on extension of Tremont st.
18.00
3.00
Top of hill, opposite G. W. Chipman's house.
73.00
Track of Boston & Maine railroad, 100 ft. north of Franklin st. Foundation of P. W. Curry's house, Orris street.
18.00
3.16
Doleful Pond above Spot Pond, Nov. 13, 1884.
0.00
92.20
91.56
92.17
WATER REPORT.
HYDRANTS. 17
The hydrants have been thorougly examined, cleaned, oiled and painted.
Nineteen new ones have been added and replaced this year, located as follows:
One on Sanford, street opposite Cutter.
One on Ashland street, opposite F. J. White's house.
One on Garden street.
One on Adams street, cor. Adams place.
One on Second street, opposite F. E. Perham's house.
One on Porter street, opposite E. H. Moore's.
One on Wyoming ave., at Ravine Road.
One on Main street, on Reading Hill. Seven on Main street, for new main.
One on Russell street, cor. E. Russell.
One on High street.
One on Sargent street.
One on Berwick street.
39 GATES SET IN 1890.
One 4-inch on Tappan street.
One 4-inch on Cutter street.
One 6-inch on Highland ave. One 6-inch on Sargent street. One 4-inch on Howie court.
One 4-inch on Garden street.
Four 6-inch on Second street. One 6-inch on Third street.
One 4-inch on Porter street. One 6-inch on Wyoming ave. One 6-inch on Baxter street. One 6-inch on Orient pl.
One 6-inch on Holbrook court.
14
18
WATER REPORT.
One 6-inch on Crystal street.
One 12-in on Main street, for new main.
Three 10-inch on Main street, for new main. Six 8-inch on Main street, for new main.
Nine 6-inch on Main street, for new main. One 4-inch on Main street, for new main.
One 4-inch on Clifton Park.
One 4-inch on Franklin street.
PUMPING STATION.
The buildings are in good order, except the coal sheds, which should be painted this year. The pumps and boilers are in good repair, and have been well kept. Expenses for repairs have been slight the past year, the engineer having done the work required.
FURNITURE, STOCK, &C., ON HAND JAN. 1, 1890.
Stock on hand, $1,770 41
Office furniture 475 00
Tools and fixtures at pumping station 100 00
Tools and fixtures at shop 850 00
Horses, wagons, &c., 850 00
$4,045 41
Respecfully submitted,
JAMES W. RILEY, Superintendent.
19
REPORT OF WATER SUPERINTENDENT.
TOTAL AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF MAIN AND DISTRIBUTING PIPES TO PRESENT TIME.
FEET OF PIPE.
GATES.
STREETS.
16-in.
14-in.
12-in.
10-in1.
E-in.
6-i11.
4-in1
2-111.
Hydrants.
16-in1.
12-in.
10-111.
S-in.
6-in.
4-in.
2-111.
Adams Street
340
I
1
Adams Place.
160
Albion ..
631
I
T
Allen Place.
138
Ashland.
2,065
3
4
Auburn
372
I
Avon
422
I
Baxter
1,181
494
3
2
I
Battery Place.
150
Batchelder
834
I
2
Borneo.
924
2
I
.
Bellevue Avenue.
1,416
4
2.
2
2
2
Belmont
376
I
Berwick
1,2261/2
I
2
Brazil ..
1,115
2
Cedar Park
1, 206 1/2
595
2
1
Charles .. .
335
I
Chestnut
817
I
2
Circuit
438
2 .
Cleveland
1,065
I
I
Clifton Park
390
I
Crystal.
450
Cutter
338
I
. .
Cottage
1,142
193
2
2
Chestnut Park
226
I
Dell Avenue
1,190
I
Dill's Court
360
I .
East ..
534
I
..
Ellsworth Avenne.
314
I
.
Emerald .
508
I
2
Emerson Place
251
1
Emerson
1, 15972
3,987
6
2
4
. .
Essex.
1,890
3
2
Felton Place.
245
Fifth
934
3
First
1,995
3
2
Florence
1,3401/2
I
2
·
Foster
682
2
I
2
.
Franklin
3,452
4
2
2
.
Garden
326
I
Goocl
657
I
Glen ..
532
I
Goodyear Avenue.
1,235
398
4
Green .
2,700
3
2
1,263
I
2
Grove ..
87
1,922
4
I
. .
Herbert .
220
1581/2
High.
376
600
I
1
Highland Avenue.
140
250
I
Hillside Avenue ...
337
291
I
1
Holbrook Court ..
250
Howie Court.
210
Howard ..
922
383
I
2
Hurd ..
768
I
Ingalls Court
209
Irving
387
I
Lake Avenue
1,230
I
2
Lebanon
3,175
2
3
Linden
200
I
Linden Place. .
286
Lynde Place
380
1
I
Main.
3000
4010
1,359
1,264
701
2
2
3
I
Malvern
232
Maple and Poplar.
2,2651/2
2
3
Melrose ..
2,44972
2
5 .
Melrose Place .
673
I . .
Mt. Vernon .
551
I
.
..
.
I
Mt. Vernon Place
...
.
... ..
...
224
... . .
.
..
I ..
.
.
..
.
3,336
3
2
.
Lin'd Ave.& Lynde
1,6691/2
Grundy Place
202
. .
I
I
I
1
Elm ..
1,057
I
Botolph
232
847
2
2
I
1,026
I
..
Greenwood.
1,4701/2
1,169
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REPORT OF WATER SUPERINTENDENT.
TOTAL AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF MAIN AND DISTRIBUTING PIPES TO PRESENT TIME. - Continued.
FEET OF PIPE.
GATES.
STREETS.
16-In.
14-in.
12-111.
IO-in.
8:in
6-in.
4-in.
2-in.
I-111.
Hydrants.
16-in .:
12-II).
IO-İn.
S-in.
6-111.
4. in.
2-in.
Myrtle
2,230
3
6
·
Ninth .
255
. .
J
Oakland
1,161
I
I
Orient
1,047
I
2 . .
Orient Place
263
184
I
I
Orris.
1,268
3
Otis.
780
Panama
112
Para .
268
Perkins
236
I
Pleasant
186
1,125
I
I
Porter.
Pond to Wy'g Ave.
3,810
Prait ..
378
1
I
Pump to int'section
3,032
1,026
I
I
Renaalı Piace.
. .
170
Reservoir
96
1,200
552
2
3
I
Res. to Ravine Rd.
1,370!
Russell.
448
I
Sanford
6
I
Sargent
900
I
I
·
School
495
Second.
2,545
4
I
.
Seventh
288
Short
216
2
Sixth.
810
Stevens Place.
110
216
2
.
Summit Avenue ...
442
I
I
Suction.
230
. .
Tappan.
230
521
36
I
I
Tenth
419
2
.
130
247
I
2
I
Tremont
3,180
500
3
4 I
Trento11 .
1,223
2
2
2
. .
Tibbetts Place Union
673
2 . .
Upham
5,581
3
. .
Vine
691
2
Vinton
436
7
4
..
Wlanut.
187%
I
.
Walton Park
1,097
2
Warren .
1,342
2
2
Washington
960
3
2
I
I
.
West Hill
158
I
Willow
663
Winter
2.41
I
..
Winthrop Place ..
520
I
.
Winthrop ..
69512
2 ..
Woodland Ave ....
630
I
..
Wyoming Avenue.
3,360
1,396
4
I
I
. .
Waste .
55
51
3
2 ..
Youle .
1,6552
2
I
. .
Grove, South.
618
3' .
. .
Bellemont, West
302
...
...
.
. .
. .
I
..
7,170 3096 8,642 960 I
1,342
29,497
94,052
10,99272
206
146
5
6 4 2 39
147
22
.
...
Summer
961
2
Prospect ..
590
2,5141/2
4
2
Pine .
338
I
I
.
. .
...
Third
.. .
371
1,3311/2
144
I . .
6
4,8171/2
3,025
Waverly Place.
6901/2
I
Orris, South.
....
162
... .
..
Total length of main and distributing pipes, 28 45-100 miles.
I
3 .
Rowe
235
REPORT
OF THE
WATER LOAN SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS,
MELROSE, Dec. 31, 1890.
The Water Loan Sinking Fund Commissioners present the following report for the year ending with the above date.
Since their last report the first issue of bonds for the con- struction of water works has fallen due, July 1, $100,000 and all securities heretofore held by this fund, have been sold and the proceeds handed over to the town treasurer toward the payment of said bonds. The particulars of this transaction will be found in the following report, as also'in a supplement- ary statement of the town treasurer.
By reference to our last report it will
be seen that we had on hand at
the beginning of this year, in cash deposited in sundry Savings Banks, the sum of . . $5,424 58
Invested in mortgages and bonds
· 36,800 00
$42,224 58
Early in the year there was received
from water bonds, surplus income of 1889 4,284 50
Making a total amount at the begin-
ning of the fiscal year invested and uninvested of . . $46,509 08
22
WATER REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $46,509 08 The fund has been'increased by inter-
est on securities to July . 845 23
Gains on sale of $13,000 00 Melrose 4s
$780 00
Gains on sale of $3,000 00 Melrose 4S . 191 25
Gains on sale of $3,500 00 U. S. 41/2
113 75
Gains on sale of $1,000 00 City of Providence 5s . 186 25
Gain on purchase prior to due date of $29,000 00 Melrose, 6s, due July, 1890 366 53
$48,992 09
The disbursements have been as follows:
Paid Town Treasurer July 1, 1890 to-
ward the payment of the bonds which fell due on said date $48,705 00
Paid Geo. Newhall, treasurer, ser- vices $50 00
Paid rent of safe deposit box $10 00
Paid recording transfer of mortgage $1 00
$48,766 00
Cash on hand in Melrose Savings
Bank . 226 09
$48,992 09 $48,992 '09
The fund will also receive from the water board
the surplus income of 1890, viz .: $5,002 76
Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL RUSSELL, JOHN W. FARWELL, R. P. BARRY, Water Loan Sinking Fund Commissioners.
WARRANT.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Melrose, in the County of Middlesex: GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Melrose, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, on Monday, the second day of March, A. D. 1891, at 7 o'clock, A. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz:
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2. To bring in their votes for Town Officers, and in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" All ballots are to be furnished by the Town, and will be distributed at the polls by officers duly appointed, as provided by Chap. 386, Acts of 1890, as amended by the acts of 1891, recently ac- cepted by the Town. Polls to be kept open until 5 P. M.
3. To choose any other Town Officers deemed necess- ary or required by law.
4. To authorize the Town Treasurer to borrow money for the purpose of meeting the demands of the town, with the approval of the Selectmen.
5. To raise money for Schools.
6. To raise money for School Contingent Expenses.
7. To raise money for Highways.
8. To raise money for Sidewalks.
9. To raise money for Crossings and Gutters.
IO. To raise money for the support of the Poor.
II. To raise money for the Fire Department.
12 To raise money for lighting and care of Street Lights.
13 To raise money for additional Street Lamps.
14. To raise money for Police and Watchmen.
15 To raise money for Contingent Expenses.
16. To raise money to pay interest on the Town Debt.
17. To raise money for the Reduction of the Town Debt.
18. . To raise money for the Public Library.
19. To raise money for the use of Water, in hydrants, public buildings, etc.
20. To raise money for the relief of needy soldiers and sailors as provided by Chap. 298, Acts of 1889.
21. To raise money for the Salaries of Town Officers, and to fix the compensation of all officers and committees elected or appointed by the Town.
22. To raise money for Drainage, Bridges and Culverts.
23. To raise money for the purposes for which the Treas- urer has been authorized to borrow and the Selectmen to expend during the past year, and for any other necessary expenses for the ensuing year.
24. To determine the method by which the taxes for the year shall be collected.'
25. To authorize the Town Treasurer to issue Water Bonds for the purpose of paying the cost of construction for the ensuing year. 1
26. To see if the town will raise the sum of $200 for keeping in repair and decorating the graves of Soldiers on Memorial Day.
27. To see if the Town will raise money to grade and improve the "Soldiers' Lot" in Wyoming Cemetery, as set apart by the Selectmen.
28. To see if the Town will place edgestones on Main street when macadamized, and assess abutters one-half the expense of the same.
29. To sce if the Town will build and finish Washington street as laid out and ordered by the County Commissioners and raise money for the same, on petition of 21 citizens.
30. To see if the Town will put. in catch basins at the junction of Main and Grove streets, and build a gravel side- walk on the north side of Grove street from Main street to Dell avenue, and raise money for the same, by request of Justus Geist.
31. To see if the Town will place three or four electric lights on Swain's Pond avenue, from the Malden and Melrose line, running towards Swain's Pond, on petition of 12 citizens.
.32. To sce if the Town will appropriate money for the building of a portable band stand, to be used at open air band concerts, on petition of 13 citizens.
33. To see if the Town will authorize the purchase of a sufficient number of covers, for the protection of merchan- dise, furniture, etc. to be used by and under the control of the Fire Department, and raise money for the same, on petition of 23 citizens.
34. To see if the Town will revise the By-Laws and alter and amend the same, as suggested by the Inspector of Buildings and the Board of Health, in their reports.
35. To see what action the Town will take in the matter of widening, deepening and straightening Ell Pond brook, enlarging the culverts over the same, and removing any and all obstructions now existing therein, and raise money for the same, on petition of 23 citizens.
36. To see if the Town will properly grade Second street, from Lebanon street to Larrabee street, and build a gravel sidewalk on the south side . of said street, from Lebanon street to Gooch street, and raise money for the same, on petition of 10 citizens.
37. To see if the Town will build a culvert across Grove - strect near Gooch street, to receive water now over-flowing and running in the street, and raise money for the same, on petition of 24 citizens.
38. To see if the Town will accept the following streets as laid out by the Selectmen and raise money for the build- ing and grading of the same, if necessary.
I. Street leading from Orris street to Franklin street.
2. Street running northwesterly from Franklin street, the same being of a continuation of Ashland street.
3. An extension of Highland street westerly to street known as Chipman avenue.
4. Street now known as Chipman avenue, running northerly from Franklin street.
5. An extension of Summit avenue from Botolph street to a point opposite the estate of J. T. Now- ell.
6. An extension of Grove street, easterly.
39. To hear and act upon the reports of committees, and for the transaction of any other business which may legally come before this meeting.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Town Hall, cach of the Post Offices and Depots in the town, not less than seven days before the day appointed for said meeting, and by leaving printed copies of the Warrant at the dwellings of the legal voters before the day of meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this seventeenth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-onc.
LEVI S. GOULD, ¡ Selectmen J. P. DEERING, of C. W. HIGGINS, \ Melrose.
A true copy. Attest,
A. B. PIERCE, Constable.
REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF MELROSE
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR
ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1891.
MELROSE : DUNTON & POTTER, PRINTERS, REPORTER OFFICE. 1892.
CONTENTS.
Town Officers
3-4
Selectinen's Report
5
Town Records
25
Metropolitan Sewage System 77
Appropriations Authorized .
76
Auditor's Report - Financial Statement :
88-89
Band Stand .
Contingent .
Electric Light Committee .
94
Fire Aların Extension
94 95
Fire Department
95
Grove Street School Building Extension
IOI
Health Department
IOI
Highways
103
Insurance
IIO
Interest
III
Melrose Common
II2
Memorial Day
112
Military Aid
112
New School Buildings
113
Numbering
II3
Police Department
114
Poor
I16
Public Library
119
Salaries of Town Officers
I21
School Department
123
Sidewalks
132
Soldiers' Lot
134
Relief
134
Spot Pond Brook
I35
6.
66 Improvement
I35
State Aid
I35
Steam Road Roller
I37
89 89
E11 Pond Brook .
304
CONTENTS.
Stone Crusher
137
Street Lights
- I37
" Signs
138
Taxes-County and State
138
Tool Shed
138
Town Hall .
139
Water Fund
142
Wyoming Cemetery
143
Report of Assessors
152
Collector
154
Buildings, Inspector of,
156
Electric Light Committee
179
Fire Department, Engineer
191
Healthı Board
162
Police Department, Chief.
158
Poor Overseers
155
Publie Library Trustees
229
School Committee
239
Street Superintendent
171
Town Clerk's Report :
Statistics, Births, Deaths and Marriages
194
Registration of Voters
196
Dog Licenses
108
Town Treasurer .
145
Water Commissioners
201
Water Loan Sinking Fund Commissioners
226
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1891-92.
SELECTMEN.
LEVI S. GOULD, Chairman,
JOHN P. DEERING,
CHARLES W. HIGGINS.
TOWN CLERK AND CLERK OF SELECTMEN. JOHN LARRABEE.
TREASURER. GEORGE NEWHALL.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES. ADDISON LANE.
ASSESSORS.
HENRY A. LEONARD, Chairman, JOHN R. NORTON,
Term expires 1894.
1893.
DEXTER PRATT,
66
1892.
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
WILBUR D. FISKE, Chairmall, WILLIAM H. MILLER,
66
1893.
GEORGE J. BICKNELL,
66
1894.
WATER LOAN SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
DANIEL RUSSELL, Chairman, ROYAL P. BARRY, JOHN W. FARWELL,
Terin Expires 1893.
66
1894.
66
1892.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
JOHN O. NORRIS, Chairman,
Term expires 1893.
MRS. SARAH W. BRADBURY,
66
1894.
MRS. ARETHUSA K. MILLER,
66
1894.
CHARLES F. LORING, (deceased)
66
1892.
MRS. A. B. P. WATERHOUSE,
66
1892.
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
ELBRIDGE H. GOSS, Chairman, CHARLES A. PATCH, Treas., CHARLES C. BARRY, MARY L. CHARLES, Secretary, RUBY F. FARWELL.
AUDITOR. EDWIN C. GOULD).
SUPT. OF STREETS. WALTER B. ELLIS.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
HENRY G. FIELDS, Chairman, JOHN SINGER, JR., MRS. MARTHA D. BALE,
Term expires 1894.
6 1893.
66
1892.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
ERNEST S. JACK, M. D., Chairman, FRANK L. WASHBURN, GEORGE W. BURKE, Secretary, .
Term expires 1894.
1893.
1892.
1893.
JOHN C. MAKER,
Term Expires 1892.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1891-92.
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
NATHANIEL P. JONES, WILLIAM N. FOLSOM, .
Term expires 1894. 66
1893.
GEORGE T. BROWN,
66
1892.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
ALFRED HOCKING, Chairman, WALTER BABB, VICTOR C. KIRMES, JOHN LARRABEE, Town Clerk,
Term expires May 1, 1893. 66
1892.
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CONSTABLES.
ANSEL B. PIERCE, OSBORNE E. DROWN,
FRANK M. MCLAUGHLIN, C. F. W. FOGG.
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
A. WILBUR LYNDE, Chief,
ALBON W. PARKER,
SAMUEL LEAR, Clerk.
FOREST FIRE WARDS.
DEXTER PRATT, Chairman, CALVIN. LOCKE.
CHASE C. WORTHEN, Clerk, JAMES MARSHALL,
HENRY BARRON.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK, WEIGHERS OF HAY AND COAL. CHARLES B. GOSS, SETH E. BENSON, FRED M. GOSS.
COMMITTEE ON CEMETERIES.
GEORGE NEWHALL, Chairman,
JOHN LARRABEE, Secretary.
FENCE VIEWERS.
DEXTER PRATT,
WALTER C. STEVENS.
OTIS HOWARD,
FRANK GIBBONS.
POUND KEEPER. INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS. IDEXTER PRATT,
INSPECTOR OF MILK AND SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. FRANK M. MCLAUGHLIN.
POLICE OFFICERS. PERMANENT FORCE.
F. M. MCLAUGHLIN, Chief, JEROME T. SMITH, CHARLES F. W. FOGG,
OSBORNE E. DROWN. WILLIAM A. CASWELL, REDFORD M. RAND.
SPECIAL OFFICERS.
JAMES DAVIDSON, ANDREW W. McDONALD. A. WILBUR LYNDE, GEORGE W. BURKE, CEYLON S. DAVIS, JOSEPH D. LORD.
GEORGE E. FULLER, ALLSTON H. PINEO, CHAS. H. FULLER, JOHN W. DAVIS, WM. A. LIVINGSTON, HERBERT H. ELMS,
FIELD DRIVERS.
DANIEL RUSSELL,
JOSEPH EDWARDS.
66 1894.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
To the Citizens of Melrose :
Your Board of Selectmen hereby respectfully report upon the various public matters specially confided to their care, as well as others demanding official attention during the past year.
HIGHWAYS, DRAINAGE AND SIDEWALKS.
The general administration of the interests involved in these three items is readily the most important of any devolving upon your Board. It has been our earnest en- deavor to so guard the expenditure of your money as to show in each department the best results. In this we have been ably assisted by the Superintendent of Streets, Mr. Walter B. Ellis, who has brought to the work his well-known energy, as well as an economic and skill- ful manipulation of men and material. As a result, our streets are constantly improving. With the continued use of our stone-crushing plant and steam roller, and similar skill in their management, it is safe to predict that a few years hence the streets of Melrose will be second to none in this Commonwealth. This condition ought to be reached
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without any extraordinary increase over the appropriations of 1891. We desire to call the special attention of our citi- zens to the excellence of the work done on Wyoming avenue, Franklin, Emerson and Essex streets as examples of what can be accomplished by a judicious application of of the material we have at hand. The expense attending this method of treating our streets is detailed elsewhere and is much less, as we confidently assert, than can be shown by other municipalities which undertake to do similar work, while the work itself, especially on Essex street, is not ex- celled. Following the instructions voted by the town, we have caused to be published under appropriate headings and in detailed form "as near as may be" the amount ex- pended for each street, for crossings and gutters, drainage, bridges, etc .; also for maintenance of stone-crusher, amount of material produced, etc. Each of these items show a smaller average of cost than had been predicted.
THE STONE CRUSHING PLANT AND STEAM ROLLER
Have proved an unqualified success, although the exceed- ing hardness of the ledge as it is opened up, makes it more difficult and expensive to break than when we were using the softer outside shell. This is, however, offset by the better quality of product, which will be more durable in a term of years and thus make up for the extra cost of break- ing. By studying the detailed statement of product, cost, etc., it can be readily seen that we are producing the material for macadamizing cheaper than it can be bought elsewhere, and keeping all the cost within our own town by paying it out to our own citizens in labor. Figuring the Steam Roller at what we should have been obliged to pay had we hired one during the time it has been in commission, we
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find that it has more than paid for itself, and in point of fact we have the machine to-day absolutely free of cost and with over $100 in work to its credit.
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