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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
OF THE
MELROSE PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1894.
MELROSE : DUNTON & POTTER, PRINTERS, REPORTER OFFICE. 1895.
TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE MELROSE PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1894.
The trustees of the public library respectfully present their twenty-fourth annual report.
The number of persons holding cards permitting them to take books from the library for home reading on January I, 1894, was 1,300; the number on January 1, 1895, was 2,116, an apparent gain of 816. Of this gain, 268 then held cards which have since been exchanged for those of the new issue, and 548 are new card holders. The number of books issued during 1893 was 32,157; 41,298 were issued during 1894, an increase of 9,141. This increase is partly due to lack of employment and the dull times, which have given more leisure for reading, and in part to the wider acquaintance of the library.
During the year 41I books have been added by purchase, 12 by gift; 46 periodicals have been bound, and the whole number now in the library is about 10,662. The library has been open 305 days, and the average number of books issued each day was 135.3. The number of visitors to the reading room has increased by 3,672. Lack of employment and consequent leisure account for part of this increase, but the librarian reports a larger number of scholars from the pub-
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lic schools than ever before, and more inquiries for books of reference and of general information. Children are among the most constant and eager of visitors. In many reading rooms for sufficient reasons children are not allowed to handle the books, and this keeps them out of the room. Our trustees have not found it necessary to forbid the use of books to any on account of age, and it is a sight to make one thoughtful to see these little people of eight or ten years on almost any afternoon turning over the leaves of the St. Nicholas and Harper's Young People, or the Youth's Companion and some illustrated papers which the thoughtful librarian asked to have bound for them; and not seldom under her supervision they are poring over the illustrated books on natural history or the maps. How deeply the lesson of the quiet room, the fascinating pictures with the few bits of reading they can make out, the studiousness of the grown up people who are also reading and looking must impress these little folks, and tend to develop and deepen the feeling of content and love of quiet so essential to worthy manhood and womanhood. Surely later on they will seek the restful society of books and the entertainment and innocent amusement which they afford in preference to noiser distractions and less ennobling diversions. A chil- dren's reading room in which so many libraries are now glorying is good, but better is our room for all ages and all classes. The demeanor of the older people is a natural and unresented restraint, and the feeling of the young people that there is something more attractive to look forward to, something the older people enjoy and which will come to them by and by, is a great encouragement to good behavior upon which depends all their pleasure.
For several years the money collected for keeping the books beyond the allotted time has been set apart as a cat - alogue fund ; and for the last two years a fixed sum has been
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added each year to this fund, taken from the appropriation. When the library is classified and renumbered a new cata- logue must be printed, and the expense of such a catalogue for our library will be from $1,500 to $2,000. This expense will have to be met in a few years. The last of the cata- logues are now in use, and they do not last long when in active service. The manuscript catalogues and the bound bulle- tins, which contain merely the last"two thousand books, will be the only available substitutes.
The purpose of the trustees is to make the library a thor- oughly useful library to the citizens. They do not consider it advisable at present to go to any large extent into special- ties, professional literature or rare and costly publications. Try as we may our library cannot furnish for special inves- tigators the facilities which the great libraries of Boston proffer, nor even those which the wealthy and well equipped library of Malden has at its disposal. Moreover there is reason to hope that in a few years some system of inter- change will be arranged, whereby these facilities can be offered to scholars of towns other than the one where the library happens to be located. The trustees try, to the limit of their means, to keep the library well supplied with a good collection of English works, with a large selection of the best periodical literature, with the most comprehensive and latest books of reference. Larned's "History for Ready Reference and Topical Reading," which gives the history of all countries in brief and comprehensive selec- tions from the best historians of those countries, has been bought for the reference library. The "Cyclopedia of Names," which gives the pronunciation and derivation of names in biography, geography, mythology, art and archeol- ogy, has been bought, and the "Standard Dictionary" which tells all about the words and many idiomatic phrases in use among the English speaking peoples.
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The trustees wish to remind the citizens that the library is the proper repository for any book, in manuscript or print, about Melrose. Has anyone a scrap book of written frag- ments concerning the town, or any family in the town; any genealogical or church records, complete or unfinished ; any club records? The library will receive and take care of all such and they will be of value when our beginnings shall have become ancient history.
The Horatio Nelson Perkins fund has accumulated during the year as has the William Emerson Barrett fund.
We kindly thank those who have given to the library and reading room books and periodicals during the year.
By an agreement between the selectmen, the Y. M. C. A. and the trustees, a room for the library and reading room has been rented in the new building nearly completed on Main street. The library will take possession as soon as the town has fitted it up, in March or April it is hoped. The expenses will be slightly increased in the new quarters. From 1890 each year the trustees have asked for the same sum, though the demands have been constantly more press- ing ; the circulation is larger than then by more than 10,000. The trustees hope they will not be thought unreasonable if they respectfully ask for 1895 an appropriation of $1,500 and the dog tax.
Respectfully submitted,
MARY L. CHARLES,
Secretary. CHARLES A. PATCH, RUBY F. FARWELL,
ELBRIDGE H. GOSS,
CHARLES C. BARRY,
MARY L. CHARLES,
GEORGE E. MUNROE,
Trustees.
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STATEMENT OF THE HORATIO NELSON PERKINS FUND. JANUARY I, 1894, TO JANUARY I, 1895. CR.
By balance on hand Jan. 1, 1894, $526 54
Interest from Melrose Savings Bank, 21 26
$547 80
DR.
Balance on hand,
$547 80
STATEMENT OF THE WILLIAM EMERSON BARRETT FUND.
JANUARY I, 1894, TO JANUARY I, 1895. CR.
By balance on hand Jan. I, 1894, $69 46
Interest from Melrose Savings Bank, 2 78
$72 24
DR.
Balance on hand,
$72 24
CATALOGUE FUND. CR.
By balance on hand Jan. 1, 1894, $499 24
Fines collected by librarians in 1894, 128 30
From appropriation,
150 00
Interest from Melrose Savings Bank,
20 64
$798 18
DR.
Balance on hand,
$798 18
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES A. PATCH,
Treasurer.
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STATISTICS FOR 1894.
No. of volumes in the library Jan. 1, 1894,
10,193
purchased in 1894, 4II,
donated in 1894, 12,
423
in the library Jan. 1, 1895, .
10,616
No. of persons using library Jan. 1, 1894,
1,300
cards issued in 1894, 548,
in 2d registration, 314,
862,
66
relinquished in 1894, 46,
816
66 persons using library Jan. 1, 1895, . 2,116
No. of volumes replaced in 1894, .
103
rebound in 1894, . 672
No. of magazines bound in 1894, . 46
Largest number of books issued in one day 472
Smallest
39
Whole number of books issued in 1894, 41,298
sent to Highlands, 1,92I
No. of persons using the reading room in 1893, 15,641
1894, 19,313
Largest number of visitors in one month,
2,201
Smallest 66
66
1,042
Largest 66 in one day, I43
Books brought from library for use in reading room,
302
Books taken on teachers' card, 149
No. of days library and reading room open in 1894,
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PERIODICALS IN READING ROOM.
American Agriculturist.
American Architect and Building News. Arena.
Around the World, Miss Mary L. Charles.
Art Amateur.
Art Interchange. .
Atlantic Monthly Magazine.
Century Monthly Magazine. Chatauquan. Cosmopolitan Magazine.
Critic. Eclectic Magazine.
Engineering, .
Family Magazine,.
Mr. W. H. Wiley. Mr. Frank Harrison.
Forest and Stream.
Forum. Gartenlaube.
Harper's Monthly Magazine.
Bazar.
66 Week!y. Young People.
Kindergarten Magazine. Land of Sunshine, . Le Francais. Library Journal. Life.
. F. A. Patten & Co.,
Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Littell's Living Age. London Illustrated News. Literary World, Nation.
. Mr. Daniel Jefferson.
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North American Review.
New England Magazine.
Outing Monthly Magazine.
Overland.
Popular Science Monthly.
Popular Science News, . Miss Mary L. Charles.
Review of Reviews,
. Mrs. Ruby F. Farwell.
Scientific American.
Scientific American Architect and Builder.
Scientific American Supplement.
Scribner's Monthly Magazine.
Shorthand Magazine, . . Mr. Frank Harrison.
St. Nicholas Magazine.
PAPERS IN READING ROOM.
Charleston News and Courier.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Christian Register. Cincinnati Gazette. London Weekly Times.
Louisville Weekly Courier Journal.
Melrose Journal, . Charles H. Adams. Dunton & Potter,
Melrose Reporter, .
National Tribune, G. A. R.
New York Tribune, Weekly.
Pilot.
San Francisco Call.
Springfield Republican, Weekly.
Woman's Journal, Mrs. Mary A. Livermore. Youth's Companion.
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DONATIONS. Books.
The University Library, William F. Poole.
History of Town of Harvard, Mass., . Warren Hapgood. History of New England Woman's Club, Miss S. A. Cheever. History of 52d Reg. Mass. Volunteers, State. Fainalls of Tipton, Virginia W. Johnson.
Tulip Place, . , House of Musicians,
Terra-Cotta Bust,
Animals' Rights, .
American Humanitarian League.
Mrs. Sibley.
Gudrun .- A Mediæval Epic, Miss Mary P. Nichols.
King's Handbook of New York City, Mr. Isaac Emerson. Miss S. A. Cheever.
Popular Science Monthly for 1892-1893,
Official Catalogue of Exhibition at Chicago of the German Empire,
Mr. H. S. Libby
Pamphlets.
Number of pamphlets in library, Jan. I, 1894,
1,572 Annual report of the Boston public library,
66 66 Brockton I
66
Concord I
Hopedale
I
Malden
I
66
Manchester N. H. I
Newton I
I
Saugus
I
Somerville
.
I
. .
Springfield
I
Waltham
I
Carried forward,
1,584
15
Quincy
I
Littell's Living Age for 1892-1893,
A Common Man, .
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LIBRARY REPORT.
Brought forward,
1,584
Annual Report of the Woburn 66 I
Peabody Insitute I
The Tuftonian. 12
Official Gazette of the U. S. Patent Office, . 52
Literary Sketches of Argentine Writers, S. P. Langley, I Report of the National Divorce Reform League, . I Webster on Protection, Rev. W. C. Wood, . I Modern Taxation and the Single Tax, Thomas Hill, I
Henry G. Pearson, a Memorial Address, E. L. Godkin, I American Temperance University Year Book, A. M. Burr, I Indians and Indian School, I
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CARRIE M. WORTHEN, Librarian.
Statistics of Births, Marriages and Deaths
REGISTERED IN THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE FOR THE YEAR 1894.
Births.
Marriages.
Deaths.
January,
21
8
I7
February,
I8
4
I4
March,
22
8
I3
April, .
29
7
29
May,
23
3
14
June,
28
I4
17
July,
31
3
15
August, .
24
8
I3
September,
26
14
I4
October,
28
I4
IO
November.
18
I4
I5
December,
19
IO
19
287
107
190
INTENTIONS OF MARRIAGE RECORDED.
No. of couples,
· 106
Both parties residing in Melrose, .
50
But one party residing in Melrose,
52
Neither party residing in Melrose,
4
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1
106
.
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TOWN CLERK'S STATISTICS.
BIRTHS.
Number registered,
287
More than last yea ,
49
Males,
157
Females,
130
Born in Melrose, . 278
elsewhere,
9
Born of American parents, .
141
Foreign parents, 84
American father and foreign mother, 30
Foreign father and American mother, 32 - 287
.
MARRIAGES.
Whole number of couples registered,
107
Less than last year, 23
Both parties American,
59
Both parties foreign,
29
American and foreign,
19
107
First marriage of persons, .
183
Second marriage of persons,
.
26
Third marriage of persons, .
4
Fourth marriage of persons,
I
214
287
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TOWN CLERK'S STATISTICS.
DEATHS.
Whole number registered,
. 190
More than last year,
32
Males (married),
37
Females
26
Widowers,
7
Widows, .
24 IO
Males (single),
.
. Females, " 15
Male children,
.
40
Female children,
3I 190
Under one year (still-born or premature birth II), 45
From I to 5,
15
5 to IO,
5
IO to 20, II
20 to 30, I4
... 30 to 40,
I3
66 40 to 50,
9
.
66 50 to 60
. 17
66 60 to 70
24
70 to 80
24
IO
80 to 90 90 to 96
3
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190
230
TOWN CLERK'S STATISTICS.
JURORS DRAWN DURING THE YEAR.
February 6, 1894,
Clifton Fletcher.
David Baker.
March 6, 1894,
Edwin C. Abbott. Joseph Edwards.
April:10, 1894,
James H. Fernald.
June II, 1894,
Chase C. Worthen.
Erastus A. Waitt.
August 21, 1894,
Curtis S. Gordon.
L. Frank Hinckley.
DOG LICENSES 1894.
Total number issued,
510
Less than last year,
19
Males, .
. 463
Females,
. 46
Breeders,
·
I
Paid county treasurer ;
June 1, 1894,
$530
Nov. 20, 1894,
549
-$1,079
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REPORT OF THE BOARD
OF
SEWER COMMISSIONERS
OF THE
TOWN OF MELROSE, MASS.,
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1894.
MELROSE : DUNTON & POTTER, PRINTERS, REPORTER OFFICE. 1895.
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REPORT OF SEWER COMMISSIONERS.
To the Citizens of Melrose :
Your commissioners submit herewith their first annual report. Elected to office March 5, 1894, our first public duty was the opening of bids on March 24, which were for the construction of section five, and a portion of sections two and eight of the sewer, plans and specifications for all of which had been obtained under the direction of a committee appointed by the town; the plans, specifications, form of contract, etc., had also been accepted by the town, and authority given the committee to advertise for proposals for the construction of that portion of the sewer referred to. In response to their advertisements thirteen bids were pre- sented, which are tabulated elsewhere, showing a wide vari- ance in prices for the labor involved. Nearly a month was spent by the board in investigating and visiting communities where similar work had been performed by the parties who had submitted proposals, and after consultations with engi- neers of experience, on April 20th it was decided that the bid from Frank L. Allen, of Worcester, Mass., be accepted. Shortly after we received notice from James A. Heath & Son, of Lynn, Mass., that a suit had been entered by them for an action of contract ; inasmuch as we had never awarded Messrs. Heath & Son the contract, and the com- mittee had caused to be placed in their advertisement this clause : "The committee or board having charge of the awarding of contracts are allowed, and the right is reserved, to reject any and all bids," we have failed to comprehend what cause they can have for their action.
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In May the work was begun at the junction of Grove and Main streets, and has progressed continually until the present time; we regret that it was not completed .before the close of the financial year, but owing to delays which seemed unavoidable, the contractor was unable to finish as anticipated, unforeseen difficulties, such as pumping im- mense quantities of water, the removal of quicksand, which could only be stayed in many instances by double sheeting with plank, have occasioned delays and greatly inconven- ienced the public.
We feel justified in saying that the work has been well and faithfully performed, and with as much promptness as could be reasonably expected in a work of so great magnitude and under such difficulties.
MATERIAL FOR CONSTRUCTION.
All the material necessary has been furnished the con- tractor by the town. Bids were received for the furnishing of drain pipe, to be delivered t. o. b. cars at Melrose, as fol- lows :
Perrin, Seamans & Co., of Boston; on 15, 18, 20 and 24 inch pipe 60 per cent. discount, and on 6, 8, 10 and 12 inch pipe 70 per cent. discount from manufacturer's standard list.
Portland Stone Ware Co., of Boston; on 'standard pipe 75 per cent. discount ; pipe according to specification of engi- neer, extra length and thickness, 701/2 per cent. discount; special heavy pipe, their own design, 66 per cent. discount.
Kennedy, Kling & Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa .; No. I fire clay, vitrified pipe, from Ohio river, made as per specifications of engineer, extra length and thickness, 68 per cent. discount from list; standard pipe, all sizes, on No. 1, 75 per cent. dis- count from list; on No. 2, 781/2 per cent. discount from list.
Samples were submitted by each bidder. Believing that
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the pipe made by the last named firm was equal, if not superior in strength, which in pipe of large capacity is a most important requisite, we awarded them the contract.
Iron man hole covers and rings have been furnished by Osgood & Hart, of Charlestown district, Boston, their price being the same as the Concord Foundry Co., of Con- cord, N. H., with the additional advantage that they have delivered all their work where directed along the lines of sewer without charge for teaming.
331,123 brick have been bought of the Bay State Brick Co., and in N. H. 1,578 bbls. of Portland cement and 641 bbls. of Rosendale cement have been used, all of which were purchased in car load lots, sent direct at lowest possible prices. The use of Portland cement has increased the cost of the work, but will repay the outlay in durability and last- ing qualities.
Gravity flushers have been put in place at ends of pipes in courts and places, which are highly commended by the engineer; they are a new invention designed to overcome the difficulty and inconvenience of flushing the sewers in cold weather especially, and it is claimed that there will also be a great saving in the amount of water necessary to flush by the old method of attaching the hose to hydrants. The flushers work automatically, require bur little care, and are easily accessible through the man-holes. The importance of proper flushing will be apparent when the sewer comes into actual operation.
STOCK YARD.
The town has under consideration the securing of a loca- tion near the railroad for a receiving station for material used upon the water works, sewers and highways, and the matter has been referred to the selectmen. We were com-
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pelled to take immediate action and secured a portion of the premises of S. E. Benson on Tremont street, where the pipe and cement have been unloaded from the cars and ex- pense saved in handling the same. A building has been erected by Mr. Benson for the storage of the cement, and the town has fenced the premises ; the rental the past year has been at the rate of $300 per annum ; if the arrange- ment is continued more room will be required the coming season.
LABOR.
At the town meeting held March 19, it was voted, "That in making contracts for the putting in of the proposed sewer system, the board of sewer commissioners be directed to require that in all work in this town, preference shall be given to the voters of Melrose, ; and that the rate of com- pensation be the same as that fixed under similar conditions for work in the highway department of this town." At the time of the passage of the above vote, advertisements had been published and a orm of contract approved by the committee appointed by the town, delivered to each bidder. The bids submitted five days thereafter, were based on that form of contract. So far as we were able to learn not one of the bidders would have accepted the contract under the conditions imposed by the vote of the town. In making the contract we were enabled to insert the following: "It is understood and agreed on the part of the contractor, that in the employment of laborers upon said sewer, preference shall be given to voters of Melrose." In no instance to our knowledge has an application for work on the part of any citizen been refused, on the contrary a large number have found employment, some during the entire season.
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BONDS.
By vote of the town the selectmen were authorized to pe- tition the legislature for an act enabling the issue of bonds, and the following was passed :
[CHAPTER 323. ]
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF MELROSE TO INCUR INDEBTEDNESS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCT-
ING A SYSTEM OF SEWERAGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
SECTION I. The town of Melrose for the purpose of de- fraying the expense of laying, making and maintaining a system of main drains and common sewers, is hereby au- thorized to issue from time to time as may be required there- for, bonds, notes or scrip to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars. Such bonds, notes or scrip shall bear on their face the words, Melrose Sewerage Loan, Act of 1894, shall be payable at the expiration of periods not ex- ceeding thirty years from the date of issue, shall bear inter- est payable semi-annually at a rate not exceeding four per cent. per annum, and shall be signed by the treasurer and countersigned by the sewerage commissioners of the town. The said town may sell such securities or any part thereof from time to time, at public or private sale, but none of said bonds, notes or scrip shall be issued or sold except in com- pliance with the vote of the town, nor for less than the par value thereof.
SEC. 2. The receipts from payments, assessments and from such annual rates for the use of such sewers as said town may by vote establish, after deducting the expenses, shall be applied, first to the payment of the interest upon the bonds, notes or scrip issued under the authority of this act
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not otherwise provided for, and the balance shall be set apart to meet the requirements of the sinking fund for the payment or redemption of said bonds, notes or scrip as pro- vided by section nine of chapter twenty-nine of the Public Statutes. If the said receipts in any year shall be insufficient to pay the interest on said bonds, notes or scrip, and to meet the requirements of law as to said sinking fund, then in such case the town, to meet said deficiency, shall raise forthwith such sum as will with said net income be sufficient to meet said requirements. Said sinking fund shall remain inviolate and pledged to the payment and redemption of such bonds, notes or scrip, and shall be used for no other purpose.
SEC. 3. The board of sewerage commissioners of said town on the written request, made within three months af- ter notification of assessment, of any owner of an estate assessed by said commissioners for its proportional part of the charge of making and maintaining such main drains or common sewers, shall apportion such assessment into such number of equal parts or instalments, not exceeding five, as said owner shall state in such request, and said board shall certify such apportionment to the assessors of said town, and one of said parts or instalments, with interest from the date of said apportionment at the rate of five per cent. per annum, shall be added by the assessors to the annual tax on such estates for each year next ensuing until all said parts have been so added and paid : provided, that nothing herein con- tained shall be construed to prevent the payment at any time in one payment of any balance of said assessments then remaining unpaid, notwithstanding such prior apportion- ment. All liens for the collection of such assessment shall continue until the expiration of two years from the time when the last instalment is added by the assessors and re- mitted to the collector.
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