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Received for ten water bonds sold,
. 10,000 00
..
interest and premiums, .
·
704 12
Amount carried forward, .
- $61,415 55 $61,415 55
EXPENSES OF THE TOWN.
Amount brought forward, . $61,415 55
DR.
Water loan sinking fund commission- ers' surplus, 1897, . $15,965 09
Interest coupons on water bonds, 10,420 00
Bills on account of construction and maintenance (see registrar's re- port ), .
19,961 39
$46,346 48
Balance to credit of fund,
$15,069 07
REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER.
Cash in treasury, Jan. 11, 1898,
$7,037 03 Total receipts for year, .
492,820 59
$499,857 62
Total disbursements,
491,940 34
Cash in treasury, Jan. 7, 1899
$7,917 28
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS.
Amount on hand last report, . $4,462 50
1898, Miller, John
50 00
Feeley, James E.,
50 00
Kimball, Mary J.,
100 00
- $4,662 50
GEORGE NEWHALL, Treasurer,
In account with the TOWN of MELROSE.
DR.
Cash in treasury, Jan II, 1898, . $7,037 03
Amount carried forward, $7,037 03
10
146
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$7,037 03
RECEIPTS.
Addison Lane, collector, taxes 1891,
$II 23
6
1893,
72 28
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.6
1894,
135 60
66
..
1895,
491 68
66
66
،،
1896,
16,704 60
-
1897,
99,546 10
James W. Murray, “
sewer asst., 1898, 46,336 00
- $271,309 64
Cemetery trust funds,
200 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :
Bank and corporation tax,
$8,238 57
Burial of soldiers,
175 00
Military aid,
290 00
State aid,
2,695 00
11,398 57
County treasurer, dog tax,
1,031 23
Schoolhouse loan, bonds sold,
50,000 00
Water loan sinking fund commis- sioners,
10,000 00
Loans, permanent,
9,000 00
temporary,
62,000 00
From various sources on account of
Cemetery, . -
$3,815 81
Contingent,
179 25
Fire department,
10 00
Health,
1 00
Highway, .
3,281 33
Amount carried forward,
$421,976 47
1898,
108,012 15
147
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, ·
$421,976 47
Insurance, .
$9 08
Interest,
717 24
Police,
756 54
Poor, .
2,037 72
Schools,
371 56
Schoolhouse loan sinking fund, premium,
2,909 50
Schoolhouse loan sinking fund, interest, ·
425 15
Sewer loan sinking fund, interest,
226 57
Sewer department,
5,395 97
Sidewalks, .
1,168 82
Soldiers' relief .
641 50
Street sprinkling,
2,787 83
Town hall,
430 00
Water rates,
41,971 67 ·
loan bonds sold,
10,000 00
interest, .
122 22
" premium, .
581 90
High school building,
7 00
Toothaker, E., fund, .
33 49
$77,881 15
$499,857262
CR.
Bills paid as per Warrants.
Cemetery, .
$4,804 72
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, bank tax, 767 85
148
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Contingent, assessors,
$444 25
town clerk,
276 14
66 general, .
3,646 20
Fire,
12,063 97
Health,
1,912 14
Highways,
28,143 26
Insurance,
1,507 43
Interest,
28,547 54
Melrose hospital,
500 00
Memorial day,
200 00
Military aid,
532 00
Parks,
293 21
Police,
10,519 22
Poor,
10,938 08
Public library,
3,650 89
Salaries,
7,036 98
Schools,
71,564 26
School building, high,
56,174 90
" house loan sinking fund, 5 00
Sewer,
23,136 45
Sidewalks,
4,602 25
Soldiers, burial of indigent,
105 00
lot,
30 00
relief
1,735 70
State aid,
3,061 00
Street lights,
10,977 60
sprinkling,
3,762 37
Taxes,
24,763 84
Toothaker, E. B., fund,
157 32
Town hall,
1,759 29
Town officers' bonds,
$275 00
Water fund,
30,381 39
I49
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Water loan sinking fund commis-
sioners' surplus of 1897, ·
15,965 09 Water bonds, issue of 1890,
· 10,000 00
Loans, permanent, . 10,000 00 .
temporary,
.
107,700 00
Cash in treasury, Jan 7, 1899,
$491,940 34 7,917 28
$499,857 62
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT.
LIABILITIES.
Cemetery trust funds,
$4,662 50
SCHOOLHOUSE LOAN BONDS.
Melrose schoolhouse loan, series of
1896, due 1916, . , , $200,000 00
SEWER LOAN BONDS.
Melrose sewerage loan, series of 1894, due 1924, . . $100,000 00 Melrose sewerage loan, series of 1895, due 1925, . . . 100,000 00
Melrose sewerage loan, series of 1896, due 1926, . .
50,000 00
Amount carried forward,
$204,662 50
150
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $204,662 50
Melrose sewerage loan, series of
1897, due 1907, . . $25,000 00 Melrose sewerage loan, series of 1897, due 1912, . 25,000 00 · .
Melrose sewerage loan, series of
1897, due 1917, · 50,000 00
-- $350,000 00
TOWN HALL BONDS.
Melrose town hall, due 1912,. $45,000 00
WATER BONDS.
Melrose water loan, high service,
series of 1885, due Nov. 1, 1905, $37,000 00 Melrose water loan, series of 1897, due May 1, 1907, 50,000 00
Melrose water loan, series of 1890, due July 1, 1899,
10,000 00
Melrose water loan, series of 1890, due July 1, 1900, .
10,000 00
Melrose water loan, series of 1892, due July 1, 1912, · Melrose water loan, series of 1892, due July 1, 1912,
25,000 00
37,000 00
Melrose water loan, series of 1893, due July 1, 1913, 50,000 00
Melrose water loan, series of 1895, due July 1, 1925, 38,000 00
--- $257,000 00
Amount carried forward, .
$856,662 50
151
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, .
$856,662 50
PERMANENT LOANS.
Loans on account of Grove Street
School Building, as per vote of Jan. 22, 1891.
Provident Inst. for Savings, due Dec. 8, 1900, · $11,000 00
Loans on account of Warren Street and Vinton Street School Build- ings, as per vote of 1892, 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
Loans on account of Land Adjoin- ing Old Cemetery and Upham Street.
Melrose Savings Bank, due April 22, 1902, · 10,000 00
Loan on account of New Stone Crusher.
Melrose Savings Bank, due Jan. 1893, . · 8,000 00
Loans on account of New School
Buildings, as per vote of town, Nov. 9, 1896.
Melrose Savings Bank, due Sept.
21, 1901, 6,000 00
Amount carried forward,.
$856,662 50
152
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $856,662 50
Loan on account of Grading High
School Grounds, as per vote of town, Aug. 1, 1898.
Melrose Savings Bank, due Sept. 21,
I90I. $3,000 00
$68,000 00
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Odlin, C. C., Aug. 16, 1893, @ 4 per cent, interest, $700 00
Baker, Elizabeth T., Aug. 23, 1893,
@ four per cent. interest, . 1,000 00
Austin, J. S., Sept. 12, 1893, @ four per cent. interest, 2,000 00
Melrose Savings Bank, April 10,
1898, @ 314 per cent. interest, . 10,000 00
Trustees Public Library, Oct. 10, 1898, 31/2 per cent interest, ·
2,000 00
Todd, Melissa A., Dec. 21, 1898, @, 3 14 per cent. interest, 5,000 00
Melrose Savings Bank, Dec. 23,
1898, @ 314 per cent. interest. . 5,000 00
$25,700 00
$950,362 50
153
TREASURER'S REPORT.
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Due from state, state aid, 1898,
$3,061 00
military aid, 1898, . 266 00
soldiers' burial, 1897, 105 00
$3,432 00
Uncollected taxes, 1891,
$16 00
1892,
43 61
1893,
103 92
66
1894
208 88
1895,
1,251 92
1896,
1,562 98
-
1897
2,763 45
66
66
1898,
107,192 00
-- $113,142 56
Sinking fund, schoolhouse loan,
$11,783 55
.. sewer loan,
5,890 82
water
21,198 59 ·
Sewer assessments collected,
46,336 00
$85,208 96
Cash on hand, Jan. II,
$7,917 28
$209,700 80
Net debt more than assets available,
$740,661 70
$950,362 50
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE NEWHALL, Treasurer.
154
TREASURER'S REPORT.
GEORGE NEWHALL, Treasurer,
In account with WATER LOAN SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
1898.
DR.
Jan. 3. Balance, . $11,233 50
Apr. 20. Surplus of 1897, 15,965 09
Interest from Town of Mel- rose, on surplus of 1897 (3 mos., 20 dys.), 195 13
July I. Melrose National Bank, in-
terest, 97 47
Dec. 3. For twenty-eight coupons of Melrose water bonds @ $20, 560 00
1899.
Jan. 2. Melrose National Bank, in- terest, 33 27
Melrose Savings Bank, in- terest, . I37 04
$28,221 50
1898.
CR.
Apr. 2. By paid rent of box in Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co.'s vaults, $10 00
Apr. 20. By paid Town of Melrose
for ten water bonds, . 10,000 00
Premium on above bonds, 581 90
Interest
122 22
Amount carried forward, $28,221 50
155
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $28,221 50
June 3. By paid George Newhall, for one year's services as treasurer to June I, '98, $50 00
July 5. By paid treasurer, town of Melrose, to pay ten wa- ter bonds, due July I, 1898, 10,000 00 .
By balance, .
7,457 38 .
-- $28,221 50
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE NEWHALL, Treasurer.
ASSESSORS' REPORT FOR YEAR 1898.
Number of dwelling houses, .
3,212
66
inhabitants, 12,630
66
" Military, 18 to 45,
2,550
66
school children, 5 to 14, viz:
5 years of age,
260
6 6
228
7
66
66 222
226
9
222
IO
227
II 60
207
12 66
66 .4
205
I3
198
14
66
.6
193
Number of horses,
675
66
" COWS,
176
66
" dogs,
553
" swine,
144
VALUATION.
Buildings,
$7,430,000 00
Land, .
4,320,895 00
$11,750,895 00
Personal, $664 084 00
Resident bank stock, .
60,165 00
$724,249 00
Rate, $16.70.
Total valuation,
$12,475,144 00
8
16
66 6 6
66
2,188
157
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
TAXES ASSESSED IN 1898.
Tax.
Per Cent.
On real estate,
$196,239 95
90.96
" personal estate,
11,090 19
5.15
" resident bank stock, .
1,004 76
.47
" 3,690 polls,
7.380 00
3.42
Amount of warrant to collector,
$215,714 90
100.00
Additional, 650 30
$216,365 20
ABATEMENTS.
For re-assessment, $61I 46
causes as per list of abate- ments following, . 721 79 $1,333 25
$215,031 95
APPROPRIATIONS.
Appropriations.
Per Cent.
Bonds for town officers, .
$325 00
.15
Contingent,
4,025 00
1.86
Deficiencies of 1897,
3,186 21
1.48
Fire department,
12,040 00
5.58
Health
2,000 00
.93
Highway 66
20,000 00
9.27
Insurance,
712 62
.33
Interest,
25,072 36
II.62
-
Amounts carried forward, . $67,361 19
31.22
I58
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Appropriations.
Per Cent.
Amounts brought forward,
. $67,361 19
31.22
Melrose hospital,
500 00
.23
Memorial day,
200 00
.09
Military aid,
250 00
.12
Parks,
300 00
.14
Poor department,
7,500 00
3.47
Police
9,675 00
4.49
Public library,
2,600 00
1.21
Salaries,
6,500 00
3.01
Schools,
75,000 00
34.77
Sidewalks,
3,500 00
1.63
Soldiers' relief,
1,250 50
.58
Street lighting,
11,000 00
5.10
Street sprinkling,
1,000 00
.46
Town hall,
1,000 00
.47
Total town appropriations,
$187,636 69
86.98
State tax,
6,645 00
3.08
County tax,
11,018 42
5.II
Metropolitan sewerage tax :
Interest,
$5,064 36
Fund,
1,274 66
Maintenance .
·
761 40
$7,100 42
3.29
$212,400 53
98.46
Overlay, ·
3,314 37
1.54
Total levy, .
$215,714 90
100.00
STREET SPRINKLING ASSESSED IN 1898.
No. of feet, 101,560, @ 3 cents, per foot, $3,046 80
159
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
ABATEMENTS ON 1898 TAXES.
NAME.
AMOUNT.
CAUSE.
NO. 251 253 254 D. H. Andrews
Mrs. Eliza D. Burnham
$8.35
Soldier's widow; exemption, $500
Over-valuation of $200
66 on ice stock, $500
258 Jabez S. Dyer
8.35
on stable, $500
259 Elenora M. Wright
8.35
261
Mrs. C. W. Kelly
8.35
263 Chas. E Gassett
16.70
264 Rufus W. Smith
1.08
265 Levi W. Green
2.40
266 Fred I. Ordway
16.70
Claims no income over am't exempt
267 Wm. R. Dempsey
1.74
To adjust area of lot
268 Wm. P. Whyland
2.00
Error in assessment
270 Mrs. G. H. Bent
1.67
Over-valuation on stock, $100
271 Hannah Collins
8.35
Widow; allowance on $500
272 Mary Moody
7.95
no means of support
273 John E. Sanborn
5.10
To adjust area of lot Overvaluation on pers'l est. $2500
274 John W. Farwell
41.75
276 Louis Finger 1.00
278 Josiah J. Garrett
1.33
282 John Schoonmaker
.83
Claims had no personal estate
283 Elijah W. Jones
8.35
284 Charles H. Bean
3.34
285 Albert E. Jones
.91
To adjust area of lot
286
Miss M. M. Enwright
5.36
66
287 Daniel H. Howie 10.02
Overvaluation of $600
288 Mrs. Elizab'h D. Pratt
2.50
To adjust area of lot
289 Mrs. Mary A. Cobb
5.00
Overvaluation of $300
290 Mrs. J. B. Johnson 8.35
Husband old soldier; small means
291 Miss Mary R. Prince 12.62
292 Charles A. Waggett
9.18
Overvaluation of $550
293 Clifton A. Pendleton
1.00
To adjust area of lot
294 Marcus Malcolm est. 6.72
Aged widow; small means
Richard Whowell 3.34
8.35
Widow; allowance on $500 60
66 500
Claims no income over am't exempt To adjust area of lot 66
To adjust area of lot 66
Overvaluation of $500 66
" $200
Old age; helpless
Amount carried forward, $227.04
160
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
NO. NAME.
AMOUNT.
CAUSE.
Amount brought forward, $227.04
295 Dennis Murphy
3.34
297 Otis Howard
2.00
Overvaluation of $200 To correct area of lot
300 Stephen W. Harvey 13.36
Overvaluation of $800 66
301 Henry Arnold
9.19
$550
303 Mrs. Rosa M. Burrell
3.34
304 Gilbert N. Harris
3.36
To adjust area of lot
305 Ezra B. Kenah 1.17
309 Charles Downer
1.41
66
6
66
311 Mrs. E. B. Phinney
4.51
314 Gilbert N. Harris
3.34
315 Mary E. Murray
6.75
316 Mary A. Finn
5.00
Widow; allowance on $300
Soldier's widow; allowance on $675
Widow; allowance on $300
Overvaluation of $500 on machin'y
322 Alonzo V. Lynde 3.34
323 Daniel K. Collamore 16.70
324 F. S. Hesseltine
6.68
325 J. Aug. Barrett 8.35
337 Joseph S. Eastman 33.40
340 Mrs. Lucy Dalby
13.14
342 Samuel D. Meacham 66.80
343 Sarah A. V. Loring 12.25
344 Susie E. Smith
8.35
345 George W. Higgins
1.67
To adjust area of lot
Overvaluation
Sick and in hospital
351 Gertrude F. Nash
8.44
Husband helpless
352 Sarah Barrett est. 8.35
355 Julius S. Clark 5.01
357 Leah Lane 3.34
358° Benj. F. Bucknam
1.25
359 Mrs. Isabella A. Whowell 4.26
361 Mrs. Mary E. Tebbitts .67
400 Ellen A. Mansfield 3.75
Amount carried forward $531.82
66
66
66 66 66
Overvaluation of $200
Sickness, etc.
317 Mrs. J. B. Woodbury
11.27
318 Mrs. Sarah A. Dean
5.00
319 A. W. Chesterton & Co. 8.35
To adjust area of lot
Overvaluation of stock
66 " $400
$500
Disabled soldier.
To adjust area of lot
"Personal." Resides in Canada.
Error in assessm't allow. for b'd'gs Soldier's widow; allow. on $500
348 Daniel Russell 10.54
349 George M. Goodwill 7.10
Widow; small means
Overvaluation of $300
" $200
Error assessing personal Widow; small means To adjust area of lot .6 66 .. ..
$200
161
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
NO. NAME.
AMOUNT.
CAUSE.
Amount brought forward $531.82
401 Samuel Sprague
33.40
Soldiers' exemption
402 Mrs. Margaret Sayse 17.67
Widow; no means
403 A. J. Philbrick & Sons 8.35
Overvaluation on $500
404 Daniel J. Prior 5.01
To adjust area of lot
406 George Lynde estate
32.33
407
Mrs. Jessie Loring
7.15
Widow; small means
no
410 Fred H. Curry
2.50
Error in assessing personal
413 Andrew J. Burnett
10.02
Overvaluation
415 Wm. A. Burrell
2.50
Land not in Melrose
481 Henry P. Ingalls
3.34
Overvaluation of $200
482 Justus Geist
6.68
6
" $400
483 Sidney D. Farrar
16.70
.6
" $1,000 stock
525 Wm. N. Folsom
16.70
on block
527 Herbert H. Slocomb
3.34
66
of $200
528 A. D. Maclachlan
3.76
To adjust area of lot
$721.79
Abated and reassessed
611.46
Total,
. $1,333.25
ABATEMENTS ON 1897 TAXES.
NO. NAME.
AMOUNT.
CAUSE.
Abatem'ts previous to May 1, $240.68
202 Mrs. Susie E. Smith 7.80
203 Hanson E. Hunnewill 21.06
204 Gertrude F. Nash 11.92
Husband helplesss
[means
206 Mrs. Margaret Sayse 10.96
207 Albert B. Franklin
7.80
209 George L. Morse
15.60
210 Seth L. Brewer
2.00
211 Fred M. Crosby 2.00
Soldier's widow; allow. on $500
To adjust claim on land
Overvaluation. Widow; small Claims no income over am't exempt Claims no income over am'texempt Assessed in Gloucester, Mass. 66 " Hampton, N. H.
Amount carried forward, $319.82
11
..
..
408 D. O. Morton estate 20.52
162
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
NO. NAME.
AMOUNT.
CAUSE.
Amount brought forward, $319.82
212 Mrs. Kate P. Murray
7.80
Widow; sick and small means
213 Alexander Whitehead .47
Error in assessing personal
216 Mrs. Dicey Hodnett
7.80 Widow; exemption on $500
217 Andrew Hare estate 3.79 Widow; small means
218 Mrs. Emma J. Sprague 27.30 Double assessment
[means
219 Mrs. J. A. Pendleton
2.81
Bal. of a bill of $30.81; small
221 George Harvey
2.00
Assessed in Keene, N. H.
223 Robert Fleming
2.00
Has town aid
224 Mrs. Elizabeth F. Hunt
31.59
Husband ill and no means
225 Francis D. Howe estate
5.35 Widow; small means
226 James O' Brien
3.12
Error in assessment of personal
227 George M. Small
.78 6: .. 6.
..
229 Mary A. Davenport est.
9.25
Widow; small means
230 Fred W. Smith
5.46
Error in assessment of personal
231 Mary A. Laskie
5.30 Widow; small means
232 Hannah M. Lynde
3.13
Overvaluation
233 Winfred H. Littlefield
2.34
Error in assessment of personal
235 Nellie E. Hatch
3.12
Overvaluation
236 Miss Mary B. Prince
12.37
Very old; helpless
237 A. W. Birdsall
2.00 Double assessment
238 John J. Scott 1.95
Error in assessment of personal
239 Parker M. Greenlaw
5.00
Overvaluation
243 Mrs. S. V. Westgate
6.79
Widow
245 Robert C. Higgins
2.00
Old age
249 Young Men's C. A. 10.92
Overvaluation on $700
250 George W. Woodland
3.12
· $200
299 Stephen W. Harvey
12.48
353 William J. Riley
2.00
Old soldier; small income
-
409
Mrs. Margaret Driscoll
5.00
Widow; small means
411 James L. Riley
2.00
To correct error in assessment
414 William A. Burrell
30.42
Error in asst. ; prop'ty in Stoneham
418 Charles Foss'
2.00
Double assessment
420 C. A. Thomas
3.56
Deceased.
480 Catherine Vickery
5.00 Old age and sickness
484 Charles E. Critchett 2.00
Has town aid
Amount carried forward $551.84
163
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
NO. NAME.
AMOUNT.
CAUSE.
Amount brought forward, $551.84
485 Charles E. Foss
2.00
Cannot locate
486 William F. Morse
2.00
Assessed in Brookline
487 Eri Upham
2.00
Deceased.
488 Mrs. Hannah Rowell 12.33
Disabled husband; small means
490
Thomas Fernald
2.00
Assessed in N. H.
491 Francis W. Perkins
4.68
Assessment on passageway
492 James Geary
2.00
Cripple
493 Albert Gibbons
2.00
Error in assessment
494
William L. Anderson
2.00
Cannot locate 66 66
495 Marsoob Antaramian 2.00
496 Walter Babb
2.00
Deceased
497 Stephen A. Bartlett
2.00
498 John Beckwith
2.00
Cannot locate
499 William S. Bliss
2.00
66
500 William Boyd
2.00
Cripple
501 William W. Brown
2.00
Cannot locate
502 Percey E. Buck
2.00
Assessed in Belmont
503 Leonard E. Crocker
2.00
Not eligible
504
William H. Crocker
2.00
505 James W. Cook
2.00
Deceased
506 George D. Clark
2.00.
Not eligible
507 Christopher Cummings
2.00
Cannot locate
509
Charles Duncan
2.00
66
510
Thomas Fitzgerald,
2.00
66
66
511 George C. Glover
2.00
Not eligible
512 James Gratto 2.00
Deceased
513 Francis N. Haddon
2.00
Assessed in Boston
514 James A. Harding
2.00
Assessed in Tisbury
515 Warren M. Hayward 11.36
Cannot locate 66 .6
517 Charles F. Hunt
2.00
Deceased
526 Kate Gallagher
7.02
Widow; small means
639 J. J. Garrett 59.28
Error in assessment (reassessed).
Total
$702.51
516 Harry Hoc (or Gregor) 2.00
164
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
ABATEMENT ON 1896 TAXES.
NO. NAME. AMOUNT.
CAUSE.
Amount abated previous to
May 1, 1898,
$85.28
210 Seth L. Brewer
2.00
Assessed in Gloucester 66
211 Fred M. Crosby 2.00
" Hampton, N. H.
215 William McKenzie 2.00
Not eligible
221 George Harvey
2.00
Assessed in Keene, N. H.
223 Robert Fleming
2.00
Has town aid
228 George P. Marsh
3.09
Excessive assessment
246 Robert C. Higgins
2.00
Old age
350 Edward Nash
2.00
Helpless; illness
353 William J. Riley
2.00
Old soldier; small means
362 Zenas P. Adams
2.00
Assessed in New Hampshire
363 Charles W. Allen
2.00
Cannot locate
364 Fred M. Allen
2.00
365 Walter Andrews
2.00
66 66
366 James A. Archibald
2.00
60
66 66
368 Josiah Bardwell
7.32
66
66
369 Premzo Baffoel
2.00
66
66
370 Mark Barrett
2.00
66
371 Frank T. Barrows
2.00
372 William F. Barrows
2.00
Assessed in New York
373
Robert Barry
2.00
" New Hampshire
373 George N. Bartlett
2.00
Deceased
375 F. D. Beardsley
2.00
A visitor only
376 Joseph B. Belleveau
2.00
Cannot locate
377
Charles Benson
2.00
378
James Benzansen
2.00
66
519 Albert P. Bicknell
2.00
66
380 Scott S. Bigelow
2.00
66
66
381 Andrew J. Blackwood
2.00
66
382 Charles Blackwood
2.00
66
6
38: William Boyd
2.00
Cripple
Amount carried forward, $153.69
367 Astley Atkins
2.00
165
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
NO.
NAME.
AMOUNT.
CAUSE.
Amount brought forward, $153.69
384 Ralph Bradbury
2.00
Cannot locate
385 James R. Brown
2.00
Deceased
386 James A. Burnham
2.00
Cannot locate
387 James Burton
2.00
..
388 William Cairnes
2.00
389 - Campbell
2.00
390
William H. Carter
2.00
6.
391 David Cassell
2.00
..
66
392 George H. Darling
4.28
Deceased
393 Henry Davis
2.00
Cannot locate
394 Thomas Fernald
2.00
Assessed in New Hampshire
395 Herbert F. Carleton
2.00
Deceased
396 John M. Case
2.00
Assessed in New Hampshire
397 Parnell M. Coy
2.00
Cannot locate
398
Harry B. Coxford
2.00
399 Bernard A. Gilbride
2.00
Assessed in New Hampshire
417 Charles Foss
2.00
Double assessment
419 Samuel H. Barker
2.00
421 D. Mckenzie
2.00
Not eligible
489 Hannah Rowell
10.86
Husband helpless
Total,
$204.83
ABATEMENT ON 1895 TAXES.
NO. NAME. AMOUNT.
CAUSE.
Amount abated previous to
May 1, 1898,
$9.85
210 Seth L. Brewer
2.00
Assessed in Gloucester
221 George Harvey 2.00
223 Robert Fleming
2.00
Has town aid
350 Edward Nash
2.00
Helpless; illness
353 William J. Riley
2.00
Old soldier; small means
416 Charles Foss 2.00
Double assessment
Total,
$21.85
.. ..
" Keene, N. H.
166
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
ABATEMENT ON 1894 TAXES.
NO.
NAME.
AMOUNT.
CAUSE.
222 William S. Blake
$2.00
Assessed in Cambridge
350
Edward Nash
2.00
Helpless; illness
353 William J. Riley
2.00
Old soldier; small means
423 Winfield S. Hoft
2.00
Assessed in New Hampshire
424 Carroll Fiske
2.00
Not eligible
Edwin W. Gilchrist
2.00
Cannot locate
425 426
J. A. Clisbee
9.23
427
Charles F. Daniell
2.00
Assessed in New Hampshire
428 Oscar A. Ham
2.00
No means
429 James Hawley
2.00
Cannot locate
430 Charles S. Jones
2.00
Has town aid
431 Edwin Lewis
2.00
Cannot locate
432 John Lucey
2.00
Old age
433 Ira S. McNeil
2.00
Deceased
434 William McGah
2.00
Cannot locate
435
Charles M. McGonigle
2.00
436 Charles H. Morrison
2.00
Cripple; no means
437 Dennis Murphy
2.00
Double assessment
438 Thomas Murphy
2.00
Cannot locate
439 James F. Murray
2.00
441 William F. Russell
2.00
Cripple
442 A. P. Sanborn
2.00
Cannot locate -
443 T. E. Thayer
2.00
66
66
444 Walter B. Ward
2.00
445 Edward O. Goodrich
2.13
Error in assessment
446 Fred Paul Collins
2.00
Cannot locate
447 Frank Cook 2.00
2.00
No means
450 Charles O. Wheeler
2.00
Assessed in Maine
451 Andrew J. Blackwood
2.00
Cannot locate
452 Albert P. Bicknell 2.00
347 Henry V. Clark 2.00
Not in town
66
66
449 George W. Dixon
Total,
$71.36
167
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
ABATEMENT ON 1893 TAXES.
NO. 298 353
NAME.
AMOUNT.
CAUSE.
J. Lawrence Martin
$2.00
Double assessment
William J. Riley
2.00
Old soldier; small means
James L. Riley
2.00 Assessed in Malden
412 422 Winfield S. Hoft 453 454 Fred Paul Collins
2.00
" New Hampshire
Albert P. Bicknell 2.00
Cannot locate
2.00
455
George W. Dixon
2.00
No means
456 George H. Farrar
2.00
Not in town
458 Charles McGonigle
2.00
Cannot locate
459 Charles H. Morrison
2.00
Cripple; no means
460 William Ormsby
6.32
Deceased
461 Charles L. Smith
2.00
Assessed in New Hampshire
462 Joseph Smith 2.00
Cannot locate
463 Samuel J. Stone
2.00
46 Walter B. Ward
2.00
465 Theodore B. Thayer
2.00
466 Oscar Ham
1.00
No means
467 James B. Hooper
2.00
Assessed in Maine
Total,
$39.32
ABATEMENT ON 1892 TAXES.
NO. NAME.
AMOUNT.
CAUSE.
Abated previous to May 1,'98, $2.00
248 Thomas B. Daw 3.95
Error in assessment of personal
468 John W. Short 22.21
Insolvency.
469 Patrick F. Crosby
2.00
Cannot locate
470 John W. Short
4.74
Insolvency
471 John S. Hardy
2.00
Cannot locate
472 Michael Reardon 2.00
Total,
$38.90
168
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
ABATEMENT ON 1891 TAXES.
473 Thomas R. Higgins $2.00
Double assessment
474 John S. Hitchins
475 Wm. F. M. McArthur 2.00
2.00
Not in town
Cannot locate
Total,
$6.00
H. A. LEONARD, JOSEPH EDWARDS, FRANK R. UPHAM, Assessors for year 1898.
1
Year.
Census.
Dwell- ings.
Polls. Val. Build'gs. Val. Land.
Total Value Val. Per- Real Estate. sonal Est.
Total Valuation.
Rate per $1000
Town Appropriation.
Sewerage Tax.
State Tax. County Tax. Overlay.
Total Tax Levy.
Year.
1850
1,260
125
317
8423,497
$59,949
$483,446
$4 40
$1,472 10
5 50
3,729 17
$505 08
$88 90
$4,323 15
1851
1852
..
....
350
576,542
74,927
651,469
6 50
4,150 00
191 43
4,840 26
1852
1853
.....
....
..
800,538
97,139
897,677
7 80
6,850 00
$270 00
505 09
108 14
7,733 23
1853
1854
496
906,794
117,631
1,024,425
8 50
8,550 00
270 00
527 40
270 14
9,617 54
1854
1855
1,976
361
523
1,021,712
124,785
1,146,497
8 30
9,200 00
405 00
527 40
353 09
10,485 49
1855
1856
2,206
....
573
1,114,448
136,074
1,250,522
8 70
10,450 00
540 00
527 40
398 34
11,915 74
1856
1857
....
622
1,197,47G
145,904
1,343,380
11 77
15,000 00
810 00
659 25
480 59
16,949 84
1857
1858
2,297
....
567
1,165,224
121,883
1,287,107
7 20
9,100 00
324 00
570 06
350 40
10,344 46
1858
1859
2,431
G10
1,246,781
122,971
1,369,732
7 80
10,480 00
270 00
620 73
399 04
11,769 77
1859
1860
2.482
545
621
1,276,150
137,021
1,413,171
7 80
10,850 00
225 00
658 74
413 31
12,147 05
1860
1861
496
618
1,288,066
134,755
1,422,820
9 50
11,960 00
483 00
1,403 15
500 00
·14,346 15
1861
1862
521
615
1,320,280
126,792
1,447,072
11 60
13,800 00
2,929 15
1,190 81
268 28
18,188 24
1862
1863
...
523
659
1,334,643
161,186
1,495,829
15 80
19,125 00
3,864 00
1,190 81
880 00
25,059 81
1863
1864
524
667
1,329,685
126,057
1,455,742
13 40
17,550 00
3,864 00
1,189 19
21,150 87
1864
1865
2,866
550
714
1,366,485
311,369
1,677,854
15 70
17,800 00
8,413 00
1,298 01
516 33
28,027 34
1865
1866
550
761
1,386,502
242,310
1,628,812
21'00
29,343 47
5,370 00
1,423 26
36,136 73
1866
1867
567
775
825
1,608,974
365,042
1,974,01G
17 00
28,950 00
3,580 00
1,650 98
1,365 55
35,546 53
1868
1869
590
800
1,674,985
437,684
2,112,669
20 00
36,100 00
4,475 00
1,821 77
2,225 71
44,622 48
1869
1870
3,181
629
850
2,106,326
523,933
2,630,259
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