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Geo. L. Ditman, wood . IO 50
Larrabee & Stearns, sundries
1 55
C. F. Churchill, sundries
3 26
Jos. Gibbons, labor at pumping station, .
5 00
City of Malden, one-third of amount expended at Spot pond 867 30
Sundry laborers . 5,075 02
From stock account: Stock for repairing 451 leaks, service pipes, resetting hydrants, street boxes, repairs at pumping station, etc. $3,126 06
Total, . $17,088 20
CONSTRUCTION.
Cost of construction as per report of January I, 1892 $290,224 24
Cost of stock for construction during the year 1892 9,395 20
Paid sundry laborers on same 4,688 41
Cost of stock for street services . 1,258 89
Paid sundry laborers on same 984 56
. Cost of works, Jan. 1, 1893 $306,551 30
269
WATER REPORT.
STOCK.
Stock on hand January 1, 1892 $1,473 08
Purchased of
New England Water Pipe Co., pipe, $1, 190 90
Chadwick Lead Works, pig lead and pipe 582 63
F. H. Holton & Co., corporation bands, etc., 352 40
Fitz, Dana & Co., sheet iron and rivets 2,391 07
B. & M. R. R. Co., freight . 224 46
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., hydrants, gates, etc. 1,171 07
J. H. Cunningham Co., enamelled pipe and fittings 760 40 Davis & Farnum Mfg. Co., iron pipe and castings 4,137 23
John Hawkins, dies ,
4 00
Scrannage Bros., stops
387 49
Walworth Mfg. Co., gate boxes, corporation bands, etc., 121 83
Catherine Johnston, sand
II 60
Geo. M. Winslow & Co., cement .
1,176 00
Whittier Machine Co., gates
24 00
George H. Sampson, forcite
33 84
Harry Hunt, corporation bands
19 00
Osgood & Hart, castings
214 89
Robert Philpot, sand, teaming, etc.
115 98
Boston Bolt Co., bolts
9 00
Sewall'& Day Cordage Co., packing
6 83
Eastman's express
56 49
Holyoke Hydrant Works, hydrants
54 30
Ludlow Valve Co., valves
203 05
James Marshall, wood
8 50
National Meter Co., meters
1,15I 50
Builders Iron Foundry, castings
67 52
Burrell & Swett, pick handles
75
Thomson.Meter Co., meters
133 25
C. G. H. Bennink, bands
47 50
J. W. Hunnewell, pipe
I 50
Paid sundry laborers on stock
944 87
Amount carried forward
$17,076 93
270
WATER REPORT.
Amount brought forward . $17,076 93
CR.
STOCK USED.
For maintenance
$6,310 68
For construction
7,358 21
For inside services
2,083 49
15,752 38
Stock on hand, Jan. 1, 1893, $1,324 55
STATISTICS.
Number of water takers Jan. 1, 1893
2,417
" families
2,275
16
" stores and shops
102
66
" motors
I3
66
" boarding houses
IO
66
" hotels
2
66
" churches
7
66
" greenhouses
6
66
" laundries
6
66
" railroad stations
4
66
" horses
436
66
" COWS
104
TOWN.
Town Hall, twelve school houses, five hose houses, one engine house, four stand pipes, two ornamental fountains, five drinking fountains.
Respectfully submitted,
ELBRIDGE H. GOSS,
Water Registrar.
" manufactories
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
To the Board of Water Commissioners :
Gentlemen :- In accordance with the usual custom, I here- with .submit my annual report, giving in detail the opera- tions of this department.
THE POND.
The following record will show the condition of the pond during the year. The lowest point Dec. 30, and not over the dam during the year.
RECORD.
Rise and fall of pond in 1892.
Jan.
I
801/2 in. below high water mark.
IO
7412 in.
66
30
61 in.
Feb.
IO 621/2 in.
20 6334 in. 6. ..
28
63
in.
66 66
Mar.
IO
5934 in.
20
5434 in.
66
30
4914 in.
April
IO
4734 in,
6
20
5I
in.
66
66
..
30
555/8 in.
66
66
May
IO
5914 in.
20
60
in.
66
30
52
in.
66
،٠
20 63 in
..
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272 June IO
WATER REPORT.
5634 in. below high water mark. 20
30
6534 in. ..
July IO
7034 in.
20 7712 in. .6
16
30
8612 in.
Aug.
10
9058 in.
١١
20
9534 in.
..
6 4
Sept.
20
1061/2 in.
66
30
113
in
Oct.
IO
11712 in.
20
I2214 in.
١١
66
30
12812 in.
Nov.
IO
13014 in.
20
1261/2 in.
30
1291/2 in.
Dec.
IO
1291/2 in.
6
20
12878 in.
،٠
30
I33
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 I-2 inches, Nov. 13. Pond full Jan. 15. Pond full, second time, Dec. 14.
. 6
30
981/2 in.
1021/2 in.
. 6
.6
61 in.
273
WATER REPORT.
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 I-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 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 I-4 inches, Nov. 23.
1885-Lowest point, 42 1-2 inches, Oct. 31. The highest point reached on May 24, when it was 2 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 30.
1891-Lowest point, 83 3-4 inches, Dec. 20. Full pond, run- ning over water-way, Feb. 6 to April 26.
1892-Lowest point, 133 inches, Dec. 30. Has not run over water-way during the year.
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274
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.
Lowest point on pipe line between Woodland avenue and Ravine Road.
22.39
Summit of Ravine Road, near Spring Barrel in ground.
83.00
Northwest corner Ravine Road and Washington Street.
92.20
Intersection of Ravine Road and Wyoming Avenue.
97.19
West Rail Boston & Maine Railroad at Wyoming Station. Piazza floor of C. S. Adams' house on Wyoming Hill.
98.53
Intersection of Berwick Street and Wyoming Avenue.
0.37
Corner Main and Foster Streets.
99.62
Fall from Rollway to top of underpinning of Town Hall.
91.56
Sill of Lower Window of J. T. Chase's house, Cedar Park. Intersection of Main and Essex Streets.
92.17
Intersection of Uphanı Street and Bellevue Avenue.
41.09
Intersection of Trenton street and Wyoming avenue. Sill of Uphanı Street Schoolhouse.
13.78
18.00
In front of G. W. Chipman's house on extension of Tre- 111011t Street.
3.00
Top of hill, opposite G. W. Chipman's house.
73.00
Track of Boston & Maine Railroad, 100 feet nortli of Franklin Street.
18.00
3.16
Foundation of P. W. Curry's house, Orris Street. Doleful Pond above Spot Pond, November 13, 1884.
0.00
Rollway.
5.61
86.06
32.00
275
WATER REPORT.
HYDRANTS.
The hydrants have been thoroughly examined, cleaned and oiled, during the year, and recently painted.
Nineteen new ones have been added, and located as fol- lows :
One on Ferdinand street.
Two on Third street.
One at the Langwood Hotel.
One on Main street.
One at the Red Mills, Wyoming avenue.
One on First street.
One on Lynde street.
Two on Beach avenue.
One on Highland avenue, off Upham street.
One on Maple street.
One on West Hill avenue.
One on Spear street.
One on Swain's Pond avenue.
One on Melrose street.
Two on Howard street.
One on Wyoming Park.
45 GATES SET IN 1892.
One 16-inch on Wyoming avenue, near R. R. station. One 4-inch on North avenue.
One 4-inch cor. Upham street and Dell avenue.
One 4-inch on Walton Park.
One 4-inch on Third street. One 4-inch on Burrell street.
One 4-inch on Highland avenue, off Upham street.
One 6-inch on Briggs street.
One 6-inch on Morgan street.
One 4-inch on West Hill avenue.
276
WATER REPORT.
One 6-inch on Spear street.
One 6-inch on Park street.
One 6-inch on Meridian street. One 4-inch on Park street, cor Linwood avenue Two 4-inch on Grove street. One 4-inch on Sixth street.
One 6-inch on Vinton street.
One 4-inch on Franklin street.
One 6-inch on Franklin street.
One-4-inch on Vinton street.
One 6-inch on Vinton strect. One 2-inch on Stevens' place. Four 6-inch on Melrose street. Two 6-inch on Wyoming avenue. One 4-inch on Beverly street.
One 4-inch on Howard street.
One 4-inch on Wyoming Park. One 2-inch on Ashburton place. One 6-inch on Bateman street.
One 4-inch on Bateman street. One 6-inch on Ferdinand street,
One 4-inch corner Jefts and Trenton streets.
One 6-inch on Trenton street. One 4-inch on Florence street. One 6-inch on Porter street court.
One 4-inch on Elliot street.
One 4-inch on Beach avenue.
One 6-inch on Beach avenue.
One 6-inch on Harvard street. One 6-inch on Irving street.
277
WATER REPORT.
PUMPING STATION.
The buildings are in good order. 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. I, 1893.
Stock on hand $1,224 55
Office furniture 400 00
Tools and fixtures at pumping station . 100 00
Tools and fixtures at shop 750 00
Horses, wagons, harnesses, robes, blankets, etc. 800 00
$3.364 55
I would most respectfully recommend that no two streets have the same name, as it causes confusion in more ways than one ; for instance we have two Highland avenues, and two Mountain avenues.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES W. RILEY, Superintendent.
278
TOTAL AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF MAIN AND DISTRIBUTING PIPES TO PRESENT TIME.
FEET OF PIPE.
Hyd-
GATES.
STREETS.
16-in. 14-in. 12-in. 10-in.
8-in.
6-in.
4-in.
2-in.
1-in.
rants. 16-in. 12-in. 10-in.
8-in.
6-in.
4-in.
2-in.
Adams Street ....
340
1
....
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.
.
.
.
Adams Place
160
Albion .
......
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1,181
494
2
1
1
Battery Place
834
Bateman .
535
.
. . ..
. .
.
. .
. . .
..
..
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. .
636
455
Bellevue Avenue
1,416
1,026
4
Belmont.
376
Berwick .
1,22612
1
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924
1
Botolph ..
232
847
2
2
2
1
Briggs .
337
Burrell
270
Cedar Park
1,206 12
595
2
.
.
. ...
.
.
.
387
1
1
Chestnut .
817
1
. .
.
.
.
. .
226
1
Chipman Avenue.
210
Circuit ...
438
2
Cleaveland
1,065
1
1
Clifton Park.
390
1
Cottage .
1,142
2
Crystal
450
Cutter
338
1
1
Dell Avenue .
1,190
Dill's Court
360
1
East . .
... .
.
..
.
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...
East Russell.
448
Eastinan Place
300
Elliott
28
Ellsworth Avenne.
314
.
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.
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631
1
.
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Aslıburton Court ..
420
3
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Auburn.
372
1
... .
Avon ..
422
1
Baxter ..
150
.
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.
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Beach Avenue
2
.
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2
204
407
2
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335
1
Cherry ..
2
Chestnut Park
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2
Batchelder
.. .... .. .
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Beverly.
Borneo .
2
Brazil ..
1,115
2
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534
1
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2,065
4
Ashland
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2
193
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WATER REPORT.
TOTAL AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF MAIN AND DISTRIBUTING PIPES TO PRESENT TIME .- Continued.
GATES.
FEET OF PIPE.
Hyd-
STREETS.
16-in. 14-in. 12.in. 10-in .!
8-in.
6-in. 4-in.
2-in.
1-in.
rants. 16-in.|12-in. 10-in.' 8-in.
6-in.
4-in.
2-in.
1,057
1
Emerald ...
508
1
Emerson Place
2
4
.....
Emerson
2
. .
...
.
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3
Fifth .
2,301
357
First .
3
.
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.
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.
1
3
·
.
2
2
.
..
.
3,452
1,169
4
Franklm
326
1
Garden
100
92
Gooch .
Goodyear Avenue
2
Green
2
1
Greenwood
1
I
Grove ..
87
1,922
2,523
Grove Court
1
Grundy .
260
1
...
Herbert ..
High
2
Highland Avenne ..
406
250
. .
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.
.
440
Hillside Avenue ..
337
291
.
.
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1
Holbrook Court
2
Howard ...
2,112
940
383
Howie Court ..
1
.
. . .
...
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768
209
Irving
267
138
Lake Avenne
1
Lebanon.
3,546
Linden .
159
200
Linden Place ..
5
Linden Avenue and Lynde
774
3,776
2
1
380
Lynde Place
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1,627 %
3,987
Essex
245
Felton Place
1,130
Ferdinand ..
934
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.
150
1,340
1
Florence ..
3,959
1,4702
6
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1
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1,235
398
4
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1
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202
Harvard
220
1581/2
376
600
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1
250
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.
210
Hurd .
....
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260
1
Jefts.
1,230
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279
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Foster
1
Glen .
942
1
2,700
3
1,263
4
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Highland Avenue E.
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Ingalls Conrt
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$110
2,900
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286
3
1,890
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162
.
251
2
1
1
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280
TOTAL AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF MAIN AND DISTRIBUTING PIPES TO PRESENT TIME .- Continued.
FEET OF PIPE.
Hvd-
STREETS.
16-in. 14-in. 12-in. '10-in. 8-in.
4-in.
2-in.
1-in. 1ants. 16-in. 12-in. 10-in. 8-in. 6-in.
4-in.
2-in.
Main
3,000 4,010
6-in· 2.478 8.0
1,272
701
11
2
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Malvern
Maple and Poplar
2,265 %
Melrose
2,449%
Melrose Place
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1,536 240
Morgan.
144
Mountain Avenue.
951
1
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1
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1
310
635
North Avenue
310
202
75
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2
Oakland
1,161
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Orient Place
263
184
Orris
1,017
1,268
Otis
112
Panama
268
Park.
1,526
4
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Pleasant
186
1,125
1
779
2,5141%
Porter Street Court
225
Pond to Wyoming Avenue 3,810
1
Pratt
1,026
1
1
Prospect
Pump to intersection
3,032
170
Reservoir
06
Rowe .
63
1,331
552
3
4
1
Reservoir to Ravine Road
1
Russell
1
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Sargent . .
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School ...
495 288
Seventh
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Short
216
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1
673
Meridian
1
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Mt. Vernon
224
Mt. Vernon Place
. .
Myrtle.
2,230
Mystic and Glen Ave.
1
Orient Avenne
1,047
1
1
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Perkins
236
Pine .
338
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Porter
2
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1,370
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706
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Sanford
2
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485
900
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816
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WATER REPORT.
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378
Rendall Place.
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1
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780
Para
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WATER REPORT,
TOTAL AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF MAIN AND DISTRIBUTING PIPES TO PRESENT TIME .- Continued.
FEET OF PIPE.
Hyd-
STREETS.
16.in. 14-in. 12-in. 10-in. S-in.
6-in.
4-in.
2-in.
1-in. rants. 16-in. 12-in. 10-in. 8-in. '6-in. 4-in. 2-in.
3
810
Sixth.
823
Spear ..
164
Spear Street Court ..
110
216
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Stevens Place ..
961
Summer ..
1
442
1
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Summit Avenne.
...
Suction ..
230
.
.
680
Swain's Pond Avenue.
320
1
1
230
521
36
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Tappan.
419
2
247
Third.
3,180
500
Tremont ..
2
2
1,223
1,3312
Trenton ..
673
Union ...
5,581
Upham ..
691
Vine ...
4
.
.
4,817%
436
Vinton ...
18712
Walnut ..
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REPORT OF THE
Water Loan Sinking Fund Commissioners.
MELROSE, January 1, 1893.
To the Town of Melrose :
On the date of our last report, January 1, 1892, there was on hand in cash in the
Melrose Savings Bank
$75 54
The sinking fund also owned five Melrose water bonds, issue of 1887, par valuc 5,000 00
There has been received from water board, being the surplus of 1891, the sum of . 7,327 02
Other receipts, from premium on sale of above bonds and from interest 361 90.
On Oct. 1, 1892, the second issue of water bonds, $50,000, fell due, and the sinking fund con- tributed toward the payment of said bonds the sum of . 12,260 00
The remainder of the bonds were paid by a new issue of 4 per cent. bonds of $37,000, the premium realized from their sale sufficing to pay the remainder of the loan.
The sinking fund has on hand this day, deposited in Mel- rose Savings Bank, $444.46, and there is due us from the water board, being surplus of last year (1892), $3,888.76
We refer to the report of our treasurer, Mr. George New- hall, for a full statement of the sinking fund for the past year.
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WATER LOAN SINKING FUND.
The water debt now stands as follows:
Issue of
1885. High service bonds, due Nov. I, 1905 . $37,000 00 . 50,000 00
1887. Construction bonds, due May 1, 1907
1889. To retire maturing bonds (first issue,) due in 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899 and 1900, $10,000 each year . · 50,000 00
1892. Construction bonds . 14,000 00
1892. To pay maturing bonds (second issue) . 37,000 00
$188,000 00
Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL RUSSELL, JOHN W. FARWELL, ROYAL 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 sixth day of March, A. D., 1893, at 7 o'clock, a. m., then and there to act on the following Articles, viz .:
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator.
2. To bring in their votes for Town Officers, and in an- swer 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 in accordance with provisions of laws accepted by the town. Polls to be kept open until 5.30 p. m.
3. To choose any other Town Officers deemed necessary, 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 hear and act upon the report of the Finance Com- mittec, appointed at meeting Dec. 6, 1892.
6. To determine the amount of money to be raised and appropriated to defray town charges for the ensuing year and for payment of the town debt.
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7. To fix the compensation of all officers and committees elected or appointed by the town.
8. To raise money for the use of water in hydrants, public buildings, etc., and for any other necessary expenses for the ensuing year.
9. To determine the method by which the taxes for the year shall be collected.
IO. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to issue Water Fund Bonds for the purpose of paying the cost of constructing and extending the water works.
II. To see if the town will raise the sum of $200 for keeping in repair and decorating the graves of soldiers on Memorial Day.
12. To see what action the town will take on the order of the County Commissioners for the widening, straighten- ing and re-location of the lines of Main street, from Mount Vernon street northerly to its junction with Green street and raise or appropriate money for the same.
13. To see if the town will build a house for Hose Co. No. 2, on lot of land purchased for that purpose, corner Main and Lynde streets and raise or appropriate money for the same.
14. To see if the town will build a sidewalk on Lebanon street from Sylvan street to the Malden line, and make other improvements on said street and raise money for the same.
15. To see if the town will raise or appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for the purpose of improving and beautifying Melrose Common.
16. To see if the town will place a fire alarm box on the corner of First and Sewall streets and appropriate money therefor.
17. To see what action the town will take in the matter
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of completing the widening and deepening of Ell pond brook, building of culverts, etc., and raise or appropriate money for the same.
18. To hear and act upon the report of the committee on additional water supply, to raise or appropriate money necessary to carry out the recommendations of the com- mittee in procuring said supply, to meet expenses and to purchase land required.
19. To see what action the town will take in the matter of purchasing land for an additional water supply, whether they will take or purchase, and authorize if necessary an application to the Legislature for the right so to do.
20. To see if the town will change the name of street now known as an Old County Road leading off Upham street, to Altamont avenue.
21. To see if the town will raise or appropriate the sum of $92.51, being the amount expended by the committee on school house at the Highlands in excess of appropria- tion.
22. To see if the town will place a fire alarm box at the corner of Youle and Vinton streets and raise or appropriate money for the same.
23. To see if the town will change the name of street now known as West Hill avenue, running from Franklin street northerly to Botolph street, to be hereafter known as Botolph street.
24. 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 Franklin street to Albion street and street leading from said street to Ashland street.
2. Street running northerly from Botolph street.
25. To see if the town will purchase an alarm bell for
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the easterly section of the town and raise or appropriate money for the same.
26. To see if the town will vote to pay the members of Hose Co. No. 4, the same salaries as paid other hose com- panies in the town.
27. To see if the town will complete and widen Cleave- land street according to the original plan and appropriate money for the same.
28. To see if the town will reconsider the votes whereby it fixed the number and terms of office of the Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health, and consolidate said Boards with the Board of Selectmen, as soon as may be possible.
29. 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, each of the Post Offices and depots in the town, not less than seven days be- fore 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 twenty-first day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.
LEVI S. GOULD, -
JOHN P. DEERING, C. W. HIGGINS,
Selectmen of Melrose.
A true copy. Attest.
A. B. PIERCE, Constable.
CONTENTS.
Page.
Town Officers
Selectmen's Report
3 5
Town Records
14
Town Clerk's Statistics
I79
Auditor's Report-Financial Statement
66
Contingent
Electric Light Committee
Fire Alarını Extension .
" Department
71
Health Department
79
High School Committee
Highways
Hose House, East Side .
Insurance
Interest .
Lock-up, removal of
Main Street Widening
Melrose Com11101 .
Memorial Day
Military Aid .
Numbering Buildings
Perkins Street Extension
Police Department
Poor Department .
Public Library
Salaries of Town Officers
School Buildings, Grove Street Extension 66 Warren Street (Highlands)
66
Construction and Remodelling Vinton Street Extension
66 Fund,-Support of Schools
Sewall Woods Road
Sidewalks
Soldier's Lot .
IIO
Relief
IIO
Spot Pond Improvements
III
State Aid
III
Street Lights
113
Signs
113
Taxes, County, State and Sewer
II3
Town Hall
I14
Town, Use of Water
116
Water Fund
116
Wells, Experimental
II7
Wyoming Cemetery ,
Town Treasurer's Reports, Town Debt., etc.
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