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1889. 1889. Estate of J. Vincent Smith, M. D., 200 00
1889. Estate of Peter Edgerly, 100 00
1890. Mrs. Sarah Whowell, 50 00
1 890. William A. Fuller, 150 00
1891. Mrs. J. P. Beckett, 100 00
1891. Louis Earl, 100 00
1892. Daniel Russell, 200 00
1892. Estate of Jonathan Lynde, 100 00
1892. Mrs. Joana Stackpole, 100 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
1892. Estate of Eliza L. Crocker,
$100 00
1892. Hannah Scrannage, 50 00
1893. Estate of George N. Noyes, 100 00
1893. Estate of James H. Little, 150 00
1893. Estate of George N. Noyes, 100 00
1893. Estate of James H. Little, 150 00
1894. Estate of Lucy M. A. Payne,
150 00
1894. Estate of Charles D. Wild,
100 00
1894. Estate of Mary G. Upham,
100 00
1894. Elizabeth and George E. Fenn,
100 00
1894. Mrs. Susan P. Whitney,
50 00
1894. Mrs. Lizzie M. Liniken,
150 00
1805. Orrin Brown,
100 00
1895. Mrs. Mary N. Williams,
100 00
1895. William A. and Walter A. Stone, 100 00
1895. Norman F. Hesseltine, 200 00
1895. Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson,
100 00
$3,850 00
GEORGE NEWHALL, Treasurer, In account with the TOWN OF MELROSE. DR.
Cash in treasury Jan. 12, 1895,
$4,900 03
RECEIPTS.
A. Lane, collector of taxes, 1890, $5 45
1891, 3 41
1892, 26 96
1893,
. 3,598 14
1894,
. 61,651 91
.6
66 1895,
. 92,193 99
157,479 86
Amount carried forward, · $162,379 89
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $162,379 89
Water rates, .
$40,876 51
IO water bonds sold,
10,000 00
Interest and premiums, .
725 II 51,601 62
Cemetery trust funds,
600 00
Dog tax,
1,052 24
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :
Military aid,
211 00
State aid,
1,993 00
Bank and Corporation tax, 6,383 91
Burial of Soldiers, 105 00 8,692 91
85 sewer bonds sold,
85,000 00
Premium,
5,342 50
Interest, .
623 33 90,965 83
Ira Hiland, judgment of court,
636 46
Old road roller,
100 00 736 46
Temporary loans, .
119,500 00
Permanent loans, .
30,000 00 149,500 00
From various sources on account of
Contingent,
77 00
Central Fire Station, premium on
notes,
274 00
Health department,
43 00
Highway,
. 1,474 03
Interest, .
380 92
Main street widening,
. 6,500 00
Police,
697 43 .
Poor,
1,692 72
Schools,
648 58
Sewer,
5,705 06
Sidewalks,
. 1,512 54
Street sprinkling,
250 00
Town Hall,
874 55
Wyoming Cemetery,
. 4,534 15 24,663 98
.
$490, 192 93
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
CR.
Paid Bills per Warrants.
Burial of indigent soldiers, $35 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 632 28 ·
Contingent, . 3,570 31
Contingent special,
. 2,391 44
Central fire station,
. 12,508 09
66 drain, · 439 84
Cleaveland street, .
. 1,200 00
Fire department,
· 9,010 51
Health, .
. 1,790 93
Highways,
. 19,611 66
Insurance,
888 84
Interest,
· 7,284 10
Main street widening.
.
1,774 61
Memorial day,
200 00
Military aid, .
526 00
Metropolitan sewer, interest, sinking
fund, and maintenance, . 5,581 48
Numbering buildings,
48 90
Park department, .
308 41
Police department,
. 8,691 14
Poor department,
. 8,197 72
Public library,
. 4,536 95
Salaries, .
. 4,852 78
Schools, .
· 49,682 69
Sewers, .
100,480 84
. 4,472 63 Sidewalks,
Soldiers' lots,
15 73
Soldiers' relief,
1,566 44
State aid,
22 86
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Steam road roller, .
. $3,000 00
Street lights, . .
. 8,434 79
Street signs, .
5 40
Street spinking,
. 1,749 76
Taxes, county,
· 9,307 02
state,
· 5,895 00
refunded,
16 47
Town Hall,
. 2,356 86
Water department,
. 44,445 13
town use of .
· 3,000 00
loan sinking fund commission- ers, surplus of 1894,
427 26
Wyoming Cemetery,
. 4,539 17
Loans, permanent .
. 17,000 00
44 temporary,
132,500 00
-- $485,262 18
Cash in treasury,
$4,930 75
$490,192 83
STATEMENT OF THE TOWN DEBT.
WATER BONDS.
Melrose water loan, high service issue of 1885,
due Nov. 1, 1905, $37,000 00
Melrose water fund, series of 1887, due May I, 1907, 50,000 CO Melrose water fund, series of 1890, renewal, due
1896-97-98-99, 1900, $10,000 each year, 50,000 00
Melrose water bond, series of 1892, due 1912, . 25,000 00 Melrose water bond, series of 1892, renewal, due 1912, 37,000 00
Melrose water bond, series of 1893, due 1913, . 50,000 00 Melrose water bond, series of 1895, due 1925, . 10,000 00
Amount carried foward,
$259,000 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, .
$259,000 00
TOWN HALL BONDS.
Melrose Town Hall, due 1912, . $45,000 00
SEWER BONDS.
Melrose sewerage loan, series of 1894,
due 1924. 100,000 00
Melrose sewerage loan, series of 1895,
due 1925, 60,000 00 $160,000 00
PERMANENT LOANS.
Loans on account of Building and Re-
modelling School Buildings, as per
vote May 20, 1890.
Provident Inst. for Savings, due Dec.
8, 1898, @ 4 per cent., 10,000 00
Loans on account of Grove Street School
Building, as per vote of Jan. 22, 1891.
Provident Inst. for Savings, due Dec.
8, 1900, I 1,000 00
Loans on account of Warren Street and
Vinton Street School Buildings, as per vote of 1892.
C. N. Barnard & Co. @ 4 per cent., due Aug. 1, 1896, . · 7,000 00 . C. N. Barnard & Co. @ 4 per cent .. due Aug. 1, 1897, . · 7,000 00
Melrose Savings Bank, due Aug. 26, 1899, 10,000 00 Loans on account of Central Fire Station.
Coupon notes, due Aug. 1, 1901, 10,000 00
1, 1902, 10,000 00 65,000 00
$529,000 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, .
$529,000
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Elizabeth T. Baker, dated Aug. 2, 1893,
@ 4 per cent., . $500 00
C. C. Odlin, dated Aug. 16, 1893, @ 4 per cent., 7,00 00
Elizabeth T. Baker, dated Aug. 26, 1893,
@ 4 per cent., 1,000 00 . .
Sarah F. Brown, dated Sept. I, 1893, @ 4 per cent., 200 00 John S. Austin, dated Sept. 12, 1893,
@ 4 per cent., 2,000 00 .
Lizzie C. Haskell, dated July 9, 1894,
@ 4 per cent., .
5,000 00
Water loan sinking fund, dated Jan. I,
1894, @ 4 per cent., 7,221 55
Melrose Savings Bank, dated March 23, 1895, @ 4 per cent., 15,000 00 Melrose Savings Bank, dated March 23, 1895, @ 4 per cent., 15,000 00 E. H. Goss, treasurer Public Library,
dated April 10, 1895, @ 4 per cent., 2,000 00 Melrose Savings Bank, dated Nov. 9, 1895, @ 4 per cent., · 5,000 00 Melrose Savings Bank, dated Nov. 25, 1895, @ 4 per cent., 15,000 00 Melrose Savings Bank, dated Dec. 5,
1895, @ 4 per cent.,
10,000 00 $78,621 55
$607,621 55
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
AVAILABLE ASSETS,
Due from state, state aid, 1885,
$2,286 00
military aid, 1895, 263 00
66
.. burial of soldiers, 35 00 $2,584 00
Uncollected taxes, 1890, 8 00
66 1891, ,
94 92
66 1892,
955 4I
66
1893,
1,479 42
1894,
· 3,792 33
66 1895,
72,362 28 $78.692 36
Water loan sinking fund, $12,900 50 4,930 75
Cash on hand,
$99,107 61
Net debt more than assets available,
508.513 24
$607,621 55
Net debt,
508,513 94
Sewer bonds,
160,000 00
Water bonds,
259,000 00 419,000 00 -- -
Net debt, less sewer and water
bonds,
$89,513 94
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE NEWHALL, Treasurer.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
GEORGE NEWHALL, Treasurer,
In account with WATER LOAN SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
DR.
Cash on hand at last report, $820 95
-
Received from town of Melrose, sur-
plus of 1894, 427 26
Received interest on four bonds from town of Melrose, . 160 00
Received interest on treasurer's note
from town of Melrose, . 288 86
Received interest from Melrose Savings Bank, 41 88
- $1,738 95
CR.
By paid Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co., box rent, . $10 00
By paid Geo. Newhall, services as treas- urer, one year, ending June 1, 1895, 50 00
Balance in Melrose Savings Bank, 1,678 95 $1,738 95
ASSESSORS' REPORT
FOR YEAR 1895.
No. of dwelling houses, 2,836
inhabitants,
11,651
" military, 18 to 45, 2,414
school children, 5 to 14, inclusive, 1,923
" horses,
672
COWS,
198
dogs,
555
swine,
700
VALUATION.
Real Estate.
Buildings,
$6,207,475 00
Land,
3,874,625 00
$10,082,100 00
Personal estate,
$494,805 00
Resident bank stock,
61,845 00
556,650 00
Total valuation, Tax rate, $14.80.
$10,638,750 00
Tax assessed on real estate,
$149,215 08
١١
personal estate,
7,323 10
66
" resident bank stock, 915 30
66
3361 polls, . 6,722 00
Amount of warrant to collector,
$164,175 48
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
TAXES ASSESSED 1895.
Tax.
Per cent.
Polls, 3361 @ $2.00
$6,722 00
4.09
Buildings,
6,207,475
91,870 63
55.96
Land,
3,874,625
57,344 45
34.93
$10,082,100
Personal,
494,805
7,323 10
4.46
Bank,
61,845
915 30
.56
Valuation,
$10,638,750
$164,175 48
100
APPROPRIATIONS 1895.
Appropriation.
Per cent.
Schools,
$49,000 00
29.85
Highways,
15,000 00
9.14
Fire,
9,100 00
5.54
Health,
1,700 00
1.04
Interest,
5,000 00
3.05
Insurance,
600 00
.37
Contingent,
3,500 00
2.13
Numbering buildings,
75 00
.05
Police,
8,000 00
4.87
Poor,
7,000 00
4.26
Public Library,
3,500 00
2.13
Sidewalks,
3,000 00
1.83
Street Lights,
8,500 00
5.17
Town Hall,
1,000 00
.61
Military Aid,
200 00
.12
Soldiers' Relief,
1,000 00
.61
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Appropriation.
Per cent.
Parks,
$250 00
.15
Reduction of Debt,
5,000 00
3.05
Deficiencies,
4,673 25
2.84
Water, Town use,
3,000 00
1.83
Salaries, .
4,975 00
3.03
Memorial Day,
200 00
.12
Road Roller,
3,700 00
2.25
Total, Town,
$137,973 25
84.04
State Tax,
5,895 00
3.59
County Tax,
9,307 02
5.67
Sewerage Tax :
Interest,
$3,882 00
Fund,
843 88
Maintenance,
855 60
5,581 48
3.40
Overlay,
·
5,418 73
3.30
$164,175 48
100.00
GEO. C. STANTIAL,
HENRY A. LEONARD,
DEXTER PRATT,
Assessors for 1895.
Tax Statistics, from 1850 to 1895, inclusive ; Forty-six Years.
Year.
Census.
Dwell- ings.
Polls.
Val. Per- sonal Est.
Val. Build'gs.
Value Land.
Total Value Real Estate.
Total Valuation.
Rate per $1000.
Town Appropriat'n.
Sewerage Tax.
State Tax.
County Tax.
Overlay.
Total Tax Levy.
Year.
1850
1,260
125
317
$59,949
$423,497
$483,44G
$4 40
$1,472 10
$505 08
$88 90
$4,323 15
1851
1852
......
....
350
74,927
576,542
651,469
6 50
4,150 00
191 43
4,840 26
1852
1853
......
....
420
97,139
800,538
897,677
7 80
6,850 00
$270 00
505 09
108 14
7,733 23
1853
1854
....
496
117,631
906,794
1,024,425
8 50
8,550 00
270 00
527 40
270 14
9,617 54
1854
1855
1,976
361
523
124,785
......
1,021,712
1,146,497
8 30
9,200 00
405 00
527 40
353 09
10,485 49
1855
1856
2,206
....
573
136,074
....
1,114,448
1,250,522
8 70
10,450 00
540 00
527 40
398 34
11,915 74
1856
1857
....
622
145,904
1,197,476
1,343,380
11 77
15,000 00
810 00
659 25
480 59
16,949 84
1857
1858
2,297
567
121,883
. ...
1,165,224
1,287,107
7 20
9,100 00
324 00
570 06
350 40
10,344 46
1858
1859
2,431
610
122,971
.....
1,246,781
7 80
10,480 00
...
270 00
620 73
399 04
11,769 77
1859
1860
2,482
545
621
137,021
.......
1,276,150
7 80
10,850 00
225 00
658 74
413 31
12,147 05
1860
1861
.....
496
618
134,755
.....
.....
1,320,280
1,447,072
11 60
13,800 00
2,929 15
1,190 81
268 28
18,188 24
1862
1863
.....
523
659
161,186
.....
1,329,685
1,455,742
13 40
17,550 00
3,864 00
1,189 19
21,150 87
1864
1865
2,866
550
714
311,369
1,366,485
1,677,854
15 70
17,800 00
8,413 00
1,298 01
516 33
28,027 34
1865
1866
....
550
761
242,310
1,386,502
1,628,812
21 00
29,343 47
5,370 00
1,423 26
36,136 73
1866
1867
567
775
283,682
1,511,624
1,795,306
16 00
8,950 00
1,594 05
.....
30,490 90
1867
1868
586
825
365,042
..
......
1,608,974
1,974,016
17 00
28,950 00
3,580 00
1,650 98
1,365 55
35,546 53
1868
1869
.....
590
800
437,684
1,674,985
2,112,669
20 00
36,100 00
4,475 00
1,821 77
2,225 71
44,622 48
1869
1870
629
850
523,933
2,106,326
15 00
33,716 00
4,475 00
1,821 77
1,410 13
41,422 90
1870
1871
665
404,515
..
.....
2,408,241
2,812,756
15 00
37,570 00
4,475 00
1,821 77
87 00
43,953 77
1871
1872
706
645,742
3,007,928
3,653,670
16 50 15 50
4,117 50
2,345 72
627 04
58,415 26
1873 1874
1875
3,990
946
1,099
390,378
4,062,450
4,452,828
16 00
3,660 00
2,347 99
1,445 10
73,443 25
1875
1876
4,185
1,027
1,102
488,124
4,178,765
4,666,889
13 00
4,284 00
1,495 01
1,509 55
62,873 56
1876
1877
4,101
1,037
1,121
451,400
3,743,844
12 50
3,570 00
2,093 03
912 53
54,682 56
1877
1878
4,221
1,045
1,183
364,298
3,661,500
12 00
43,703 06
2,380 00
1,719 22
2,873 29
50,675 57
1878
1879
4,365
1,002
1,203
326,093
$1,697,350
3,340,250
3,666,343
51,861 55
1,190 00
2,630 37
57,401 14
1879
1880
4,443
1,001
1,195
294,384
1,729,050
1,626,950
3,650,384
47,545 61
3,570 00
1,498 40
54,407 97
1880
1881
4,508
1,014
1,226
1,747,950
1,628,250
3,705,058
13 80
46,624 12
3,570 00
1,793 96
1,593 69
53,581 66
1881
1882
4,739
1,038
1,292
1,803,425
1,644,425
3,447,850
3,750,789
14 80
......
4,760 00
1,793 96
1,492 84
58,095 61
1882
1883
5,071
1,126
1,388
2,130,039
1,690,386
4,197,801
55,393 71
3,330 00
2,242 45
2,258 13
63,224. 29
1883
1884
5,607
1,206
1,607
2,357,814
4,100,225
4,469,938
56,777 52
.....
4,440 00
2,042 40
1,639 21
64,899 13
1884
1885
6,110
1,323
1,772
395,415
1,789,236
4,374,250
4,769,665
63,753 64
3,330 00
2,373 35
1,817 24
71,274 23
1885
1886
6,536
1,870
403,750
1,872,225
5,071,400
65,306 23
.......
3,930 00
1,112 12
72,711 04
1886
1887
7,073
1,580
1,994
430,088
3,075,925
2,096,025
5,171,950
5,602,038
72,350 50
......
5,895 00
2,756 47
1,414 56
82,416 53
1888
7,535
1,674
2,134
426,861
3,360,950
2,213,755
5,574,705
13 60
75,104 03
5,895 00
3,307 77
1,550 49
85,857 29
1888
1889
7,821
1,765
2,204
413,490
3,706,375
2,315,755
6,022,130
6,435,620
13 60
79,552 69
5,880 00
4,558 50
1,923 21
91,914 40
1889
1890
8,127
1,911
2,321
369,630
3,999,375
2,355,700
6,355,075
6,724,705
13 70
85,335 80
5,145 00
4,733 83
1,536 56
96,751 19
1890
1891
8,827
2,032
2,412
405,690
4,272,025
3,093,275
7,372,025
7,777,715
14 20
104,061 87
4,410 00
4,733 83
1,779 04
114,984 74
1891
1892
9,539
2,282
2,723
430,715
4,786,150
3,379,700
8,165,850
15 80
123,604 46
$646 75
5,757 50
6,428 39
4,834 62
141,271 72
1892
1893
10,474
......
3,048
500,655
5,308,500
3,590,975
8,899,475
14 40
121,014 98
1,649 14
8,225 00
6,716 22
3,927 41
141,532 75 1893
1894
10,847
2,583
3,126
538,098
5,677.800
3,708,975 9,386,775
147,185 20
1894
1895
11,651
2,836
3,361
556.650
6,207,475
3,874,625
10,082,100
137,973 25
5,581 48
5,895 00
9,307 02
5,418 73
164,175 48
1895
1851
....
....
335
73,894
547,974
621,868
5 50
3,729 17
...
483 00
1,403 15
500 00
14,346 15
1861
1862
.....
521
615
126,792
1,334,643
1,495,829
15 80
19,125 00
..
3,864 00
1,190 81
880 00
25,059 81
1863
1864
524
667
126,057
. .
...
. . .
.......
........
...
3,234,658
3,643,907
51,325 00
......
62,061 84
3,660 00
2,504 53
909 74
69,136 11
1874
...
786
1,039
380,460
3,797,965
4,178,425
15 80
.......
65,990 16
........
55,585 00
........
48,107 00
........
......
......
.......
........
50,048 81
14 40
......
13 80
14 20
........
2,122 32
64,042 46
1872
1873
......
742
967
409,249
1,288,066
1,422,820
9 50
11,960 00
....
.....
......
........
.... ...
........
......
......
.......
3,660 00
......
917
.......
.........
2,630,259
4,195,244
4,025,798
$1,642,900
3,356,000
3,776,200
3,829,425
369,713
1,742,411
2,585,014
2,795,425
4,667,650
13 60
14 00
6,001,566
8,596,565 9,400,130 9,924,873 10,638,750
14 20 14 80
123,852 57
4,041 90
6,580 00
7,195 97
5,514 76
GEORGE C. STANTIAL, HENRY A. LEONARD, DEXTER PRATT,
Assessors for 1895
1887
........
......
.......
1,719 22
1,793 96
328,858
302,939
368.376
1,443
2,362 69
...
......
3,181
......
881
.....
....
1,369,752
1,413,171
1850
...
15 00 14 25
.....
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TAXES OF 1890.
Uncollected, as per last report,
$10 00
Additional, 2 74
$12 74
Interest in 1895,
71
$13 45
Collected and paid treasurer,
5 45
Uncollected,
$8 00
TAXES OF 1891.
Uncollected, as per last report,
$97 76
Interest in 1895, .
57
$98 33
Collected and paid treasurer,
3 41
Uncollected,
$94 92
TAXES OF 1892.
Jncollected, as per last report,
$981 57
Interest in 1895,
80
$982 37
Collected and paid treasurer,
26 96
Jncollected,
$955 41
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TAXES OF 1893.
Uncollected, as per last report,
$4,694 05
Interest in 1895,
383 51
$5,077 56
Collected and paid treasurer,
3,598 14
Uncollected,
$1,479 42
TAXES OF 1894.
Uncollected, as per last report,
$63,382 99
Additional,
14 84
$63,397 83
Interest in 1895,
2,352 36
$65,750 19
Abated,
305 95
$65,444 24
Collected and paid treasurer, ·
61,651 91
Uncollected,
$3,792 33
TAXES OF 1895.
Amount of warrant,
. $164,175 48
Additional,
472 14
Interest in 1895,
$164,647 62 188 25
Abated,
$164,835 87 279 60
$164,556 27
Collected and paid treasurer, 92,193 99
Uncollected January 18, 1896, $72,362 28
ADDISON LANE, Collector.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
Two hundred and thirty-two persons have been more or less aided within the year. This includes the children of forty-six families, also thirty-nine single persons.
Of the whole number, sixty-six persons, have their settle- ments in other places, namely, fifty-one having their settle- ments in other towns or cities, and fifteen belonging to the state poor, for whom we are to be reimbursed for the aid rendered to them.
One hundred and sixty-six persons have their settlements in this town, twenty-one of whom belong to the insane de- partment.
There are at the present writing of this report seventeen persons in the several receptacles for the insane. Four per- sons have been discharged within the year.
Thirteen indigent persons are being boarded in private families in the town, and five are cared for in almshouses outside of the town.
We are glad that we have the opportunity to thank, in behalf of the town, the members of the several charities in our midst who have proffered their aid and worked so per- sistently to bring comfort to many poor families among us. While the world may take no note or make no record of their kind acts, we feel that they have won a tribute of love and gratitude from every heart.
It certainly must have greatly helped to lighten the finan- cial burden which otherwise must have been carried to the public fund.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
We have tried to do the business of this department in a careful and guarded manner, with a due observance of the law, which is imperative, in granting the ordinary comforts and necessaries of life to which the poor are entitled under its provisions.
It is to be expected that the expense of our poor will necessarily increase with the growth of the town, but we must be careful that this increase does not become out of proportion to the increase of population.
Considering the nature of several cases we have had, the stringency of the times in the later winter and the early spring months, and our increase in growth, we think that the showing will be satisfactory to the citizens of the town, for which we refer them to the auditor's columns in another part of this report, in which he has prepared a detailed ex- hibit of the receipts and expenditures of this department.
H. G. FIELDS, THOMAS W. RIPLEY, M. D. BALE,
Overseers of the Poor.
Report of Inspector of Buildings.
MELROSE, Jan. 1, 1896.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
GENTLEMEN :- I herewith present my sixth annual report. During the year 1895 the whole number of applications for permits to build, were 183, of which two were for stables for more than four horses, which the selectmen granted, one on Winthrop street, one on Linwood avenue.
There have been three public buildings erected at an ex- pense of about $45,000 00, which are exempt from taxation.
There have been 180 houses built, valued at about $400,000 00.
Section 45. It shall be the duty of the inspector of build- ings of every city or town in the Commonwealth in the month of May of each year, to inspect every room of every hotel or lodging house of ten or more rooms above the second story, in the city or town in which he is performing the duty of inspector of buildings, and to ascertain if the provision of this Act is complied with and report the condi- tion of the rope or other better appliances to the chief of
the district police. I have examined and reported the same. I recommend that some action be taken or by-laws made in regard to placing bay-windows out over the line of the streets, as complaints are made on account of it, there being nothing in the by-laws to prohibit the same.
DEXTER PRATT,
Inspector of Buildings.
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE.
MELROSE, Dec. 31, 1895.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN :- I have the honor to submit my annual re- port for the year ending Dec. 31, 1895.
During the past year the amount of six hundred and ninety-seven dollars and forty-three cents ($697.43) has been received for fines, after deducting the expenses of the court and the town's proportionate share of expense for transferring prisoners to East Cambridge.
Causes for arrest and cases brought before the court
for the year 1895.
Assault.
20
Bastardy,
2
Board of health rules,
$
Breaking and entering,
3
Cruelty to animals,
5
Destroying town property,
I
Disobedient child,
I
Disturbing the peace,
16
Default warrants,
4
Drunkenness,
107
Embezzlement,
1
False pretences,
I
Defrauding boarding house, .
I4
Interfering with officer,
I
Illegal transportation of liquor,
.
4
Keeping pool room,
I
151
Larceny,
I5
Malicious mischief,
I
Non-support,
6
Neglected children,
2
Rape,
I
Riding on sidewalk,
5
Search warrants for liquor, .
Town by-laws,
Threats, .
I
Trespass,
I
Truancy,
I
Vagrancy,
8
Miscellaneous Work Done by the Department.
Fire alarms given, I
Arc lights reported out,
16
Small " 108
Defects in street and sidewalk reported,
41
Disturbances suppressed, · 2I
Lanterns hung in dangerous places, 28
Water breaks reported, . 26
Lost children taken home. IO
Electric wires reported down,
7
Doors found unlocked, . 24
Stray horses found,
2
Stray teams found and stabled,
5
Arrested for out of town officers,
6
Dogs killed, .
5
Cases investigated,
49
Notices delivered, 163
Wagon runs made, 60
Patients taken to hospital in ambulance,
Persons assisted home, .
5
POLICE REPORT.
II 2
152
POLICE REPORT.
Lodgers accommodated,
. I 380
Contagious disease cards put up,
· 87
Amount of property reported lost and recovered,
$200 00
Insane conveyed to Danvers.
5
.6 " Westboro,
I
66
66 " St. John N. B.,
-
I
Beyond the usual routine work no special demand has been made upon the department during the last year. Two additional regular officers have been added to the force, one of whom was assigned to the east side of the town. Two have been dropped, one regular and one special.
At the meeting in November last I deemed it necessary to ask for the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars to meet the necessary expense for the rest of the year. But the court fines reimbursed to the town under the statutes were much larger than I had reason to anticipate, consequently I was not obliged to draw upon this sum for expenses, and the same remains intact in the hands of the treasurer. No large sum has been expended for incidentals except the sum of one hundred dollars used for the purchase of a horse. The use of the patrol wagon for police service, together with the Emergency Hospital calls, have proved of as great a benefit to the department as I indicated in my report of last year it would be if purchased. The arrests for drunkenness this year compared with 1894 show an excess of eight only, which, considering the growth of the town and the large number of non-residents employed upon the sewer construc- tion, and when we consider as well that of the whole num- ber ot arrests for this misdemeanor fully ninety per cent. were arrested at the depots or soon after their arrival in town from the city, we certainly have as good a record for order within our borders as can be claimed by any of our neighbors. We have also been very free from burglaries
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during the year. The arrest and sentence of twenty years to the state's prison of the party who operated on the East side for a time, has, I trust, proved a warning to others in- clined to operate in this line.
The liquor nuisances have given little cause for com- plaint. Five of those complained of during the year have abandoned the business and left town, possibly for new fields of operation.
The care and lodging of persons, applying for such, now demands the attention of the town. The care of so many men of all classes and conditions within the limits of our small guard room in close proximity to the prisoners (if there are any) is not for the best interests of either the lodgers or the town. The number, however, was some two hundred less than in 1894, and with the gradual improve- ment in business, the trouble may in a short time adjust itself. During the past year we have had three insane per- sons at the station. There should be a padded cell built for such cases, which could be used when necessary.
Additional police service is demanded at the Highlands. one officer only now being assigned there for night duty, who cannot care for more than a section of that territory. Two men, one on the east side of the Boston & Maine rail- road, and one on the west should be provided.
To your honorable board and to the justices of the First District court and to the officers of the department, my thanks are extended for courtesies received and assistance rendered.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK M. MCLAUGHLIN, Chief of Police.
Report of Superintendent of Streets.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
GENTLEMEN :- I respectfully submit the following report of the distribution of labor expense for the year ending December 31, 1895 :
Avon street,
$125 00
Beverly street,
85 00
Berwick street,
175 00
Bartlett street,
156 00
Botolph street,
12 00
Breaker,
1,652 00
Cemetery,
143 50
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