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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
- $491,940 34
Cash in treasury, Jan 7, 1899,
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. I, 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, · Melrose water loan, series of 1892, due July 1, 1912,
10,000 00
25,000 00
Melrose water loan, series of 1892, due July 1, 1912, 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
I, 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,
1901. . $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, @ 314 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
66
،، military aid, 1898, . 266 00
66
66 soldiers' burial, 1897, 105 00
$3,432 00
Uncollected taxes, 1891,
$16 00
66
1892,
43 61
66 1893,
103 92
66
66
1894,
208 88
4
66
1895,
1,251 92
١١ 1896,
1,562 98
1897
2,763 45
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, . 137 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 1, '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
inhabitants, 12,630
Military, 18 to 45,
2,550
66
66 school children, 5 to 14, viz:
5 years of age,
260
6 6
228
7
222
8
.. ١١ 226
222
IO
227
II 66
..
207
I2
205
I3
66
198
14
.6
193
Number of horses,
675
" cows,
176
" 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
·
9
6 6
66
2,188
I57
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, . $611 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 -
20,000 00
9.27
Insurance,
712 62
.33
Interest,
25,072 36
II.62
-
Amounts carried forward, . $67,361 19 31.22
158
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.
NO. NAME.
AMOUNT.
CAUSE.
251 Mrs. Eliza D. Burnham
$8.35
Soldier's widow; exemption, $500
253
Richard Whowell
3.34
Over-valuation of $200
254 D. H. Andrews 8.35
258 Jabez S. Dyer
8.35
66
on stable, $500
259 Elenora M. Wright
8.35
Widow; allowance on $500 66
66
500
263 Chas. E Gassett
16.70
Claims no income over am't exempt
264 Rufus W. Smith
1.08
To adjust area of lot 66
265 266 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
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
Overvaluation of $500 66 " $200
284 Charles H. Bean
3.34
285 Albert E. Jones
.91
To adjust area of lot
286 Miss M. M. Enwright 5.36
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
Old age; helpless
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
66 on ice stock, $500
261 Mrs. C. W. Kelly
8.35
Levi W. Green
2.40
.. ...
274 John W. Farwell
41.75
To adjust area of lot 66 66
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
301 Henry Arnold
9.19
" $550
303 Mrs. Rosa M. Burrell
3.34
"' $200
304 Gilbert N. Harris 3.36
To adjust area of lot
305 Ezra B. Kenalı 1.17
309 Charles Downer
1.41
66
66
66 66
314 Gilbert N. Harris
3.34
Overvaluation of $200
315 Mary E. Murray
6.75
Sickness, etc.
316 Mary A. Finn
5.00
Widow; allowance on $300
317 Mrs. J. B. Woodbury
11.27
Soldier's widow; allowance on $675
318 Mrs. Sarah A. Dean
5.00
Widow; allowance on $300
319 A. W. Chesterton & Co. 8.35
322 Alonzo V. Lynde 3.34
To adjust area of lot
323 Daniel K. Collamore
16.70
Overvaluation of stock
324 F. S. Hesseltine
6.68
“ $400
325 J. Aug. Barrett
8.35
$500
337 Joseph S. Eastman 33.40
340 Mrs. Lucy Dalby
13.14
To adjust area of lot
342 Samuel D. Meacham
66.80
"Personal." Resides in Canada.
343 Sarah A. V. Loring 12.25
344 Susie E. Smith
8.35
Soldier's widow; allow. on $500
345 George W. Higgins
1.67
To adjust area of lot
348 Daniel Russell
10.54
Overvaluation
349 George M. Goodwill
7.10
Sick and in hospital
351 Gertrude F. Nash
8.44
Husband helpless
352 Sarah Barrett est.
8.35
Widow; small means
355 Julius S. Clark
5.01
Overvaluation of $300
357 Leah Lane
3.34
" $200
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
Error assessing personal Widow; small means To adjust area of lot ..
.. .. ..
Amount carried forward $531.82
6
311 Mrs. E. B. Phinney
4.51
66
Overvaluation of $500 on machin'y
Disabled soldier.
Error in assessm't allow. for b'd'gs
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 66
.. ..
407 Mrs. Jessie Loring
7.15
Widow; small means 66 no 6.
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
66
" $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
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
Soldier's widow; allow. on $500
203 Hanson E. Hunnewill 21.06
To adjust claim on land
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
Assessed in Gloucester, Mass. 66 " Hampton, N. H.
211 Fred M. Crosby 2.00
Overvaluation. Widow; small
Claims no income over am't exempt Claims no income over am't exempt
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 6. ..
227 George M. Small
.78
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
6. : $200
299 Stephen W. Harvey
12.48
358 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
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
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
66
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
516 Harry Hoc (or Gregor)
2.00
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
66
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
" Hampton, N. H.
211 Fred M. Crosby 2.00
215 William Mckenzie 2.00
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
66 66
365 Walter Andrews
2.00
66
366 James A. Archibald
2.00
6.
66 66
368 Josiah Bardwell
7.32
66
369 Premzo Baffoel
2.00
370 Mark Barrett
2.00
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
380 Scott S. Bigelow
2.00
66
381 Andrew J. Blackwood
2.00
382 Charles Blackwood
2.00
383 William Boyd
2.00
Cripple
Amount carried forward, $153.69
367 Astley Atkins
2.00
Not eligible
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
.. ..
39 William H. Carter
2.00
..
..
39 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
" Keene, N. H.
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
66
391 David Cassell
2.00
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
425
Edwin W. Gilchrist
2.00
Cannot locate
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
66 66
441 William F. Russell
2.00
Cripple
442 A. P. Sanborn
2.00
Cannot locate
443 T. E. Thayer
2.00
66
444 Walter B. Ward
2.00
66
66
445 Edward O. Goodrich
2.13
Error in assessment
446 Fred Paul Collins
2.00
Cannot locate 66
447 Frank Cook 2.00
449 George W. Dixon
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
Total,
$71.36
167
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
ABATEMENT ON 1893 TAXES. .
NO.
NAME.
AMOUNT. CAUSE.
298 J. Lawrence Martin
$2.00
Double assessment
353 William J. Riley
2.00
Old soldier; small means
412 James L. Riley
2.00 Assessed in Malden
422 Winfield S. Hoft
2.00
" New Hampshire
453 Albert P. Bicknell 2.00
Cannot locate
454 Fred Paul Collins 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
464 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
66
Total,
$38.90
168
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
ABATEMENT ON 1891 TAXES.
473 Thomas R. Higgins
$2.00 Double assessment
474 John S. Hitchins
2.00
Not in town
475 Wm. F. M. McArthur 2.00
Cannot locate
Total,
$6.00
H. A. LEONARD, JOSEPH EDWARDS, FRANK R. UPHAM,
Assessors for year11898.
Year.
Census.
Dwell- ings.
Polls. Val. Build'gs.
Val. Land.
Total Value Real Estate.
Val. Per- 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
$423,497
$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
. .
....
420
800,538
97,139
807,677
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
....
622
1,197,476
145,904
1,343,380
11 77
15,000 00
810 00
659 25
480 59
16,949 84
1857
1858
2,297
....
610
1,246,781
122,971
1,369,752
7 80
10,480 00
270 00
620 73
399 04
11,769 77
1859
1800
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
1801
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
516 33
28,027 34
1865
1860
550
761
1,386,502
242,310
1,628,812
21.00
29,343 47
5,370 00
1,423 26
........
30,490 90
1867
1868
586
825
1,608,974
365,042
1,974,016
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
15 00
33,716 00
4,475 00
1,821 77
1,410 13
41,422 90
1870
1871
665
881
2,408,241
404,515
2,812,756
15 00
37,570 00
4,475 00
1,821 77
87 00
43,953 77
1871
1872
....
706
917
3,007,928
3,234,658
409,249
3,643,907
15 50
51,325 00
4,117 50
2,345 72
627 04
58,415 26
1873
1874
786
1,039
3,797,965
380,460
4,178,425
15 80
62,061 84
3,660 00
2.504 53
909 74
69,136 11
1874
1875
3,990
946
1,099
4,062,450
390,378
4,452,828
16 00
65,990 16
3,660 00
2,347 99
1,445 10
73,443 25
1875
1876
4,185
1,027
1,102
4,178,765
488,124
4,666,889
13 00
55,585 00
4,284 00
1,495 01
1,509 55
62,873 56
1876
1877
4,101
1,037
1,121
3.743.844
451,400
4,195,244
12 50
48,107 00
3,570 00
2,093 03
912 53
54,682 56
1877
1878
4,221
1,045
1,183
3,661,500
364,298
4,025,798
12 00
43,703 06
2,380 00
1,719 22
2,873 29
50,675 57
1878
1870
4,365
1,002
1,203
$1,697,350
$1,642,900
3,340,250 3,356,000
294,384
3,650,384
14 25
47,545 61
3,570 00
1,793 96
1,498 40
54,407 97
1880
1881
4,508
1,014
1,226
1,747,950
1,628,250
3,776,200
328,858
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 3,829,425
368,37G
4,197,801
14 40
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
1,742,411 1,789,236
4,100,225 4,374,250
395,415
4,769,665
14 20
63,753 64
3,330 00
2,373 35
1,817 24
71,274 23
1885
1886
6,536
1,443
1,870
2,795,425
1,872,225
4,667,650 5,171,950 5,574,705
426,861
6,001,566
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
3,706,375 3,999,375 4,272,025
2,315,755 2,355,700 3,093,275 3,379,700 3,590,975
8,165,850
430,715
8,596,565
15 80
123,604 46
$646 75
5,767 50
6,428 39
4,834 62
141,271 72
1892
1893
10,474
2,484
3,048
4,786,150 5,308,500 5,677,800
3,708,975
538,098
556,650
10,638,750
14 80
137,973 25
5,581 48
5,895 00
9,307 02
5,418 73
164,175 48
1895
1890
12,314
3,022
3,591
6,786,100
4,010,250
10,796,350
637,815
11,434,165
15 20
154,992 74
5,581 48
6,877 50
0,865 44
3,664 11
180,981 27
1896
1897
12,520
3,145
3,673
7,143,950
11,450,600
758,215
12,208,815
15 60
165,521 31
12,182 21
6,877 50
9,307 02
3,915 46
197,803 50
1897
1898
12,630
3,212
3,690
7,430,000
4,306,650 4,320,895
11,750,895
724,249
12,475,144
16 70
187,636 69
7,100 42
6,645 00
11,018 42
3,314 37
215,714 90
1898
..
....
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
. .
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
1865
2,866
550
714
1,366,485
311,369
1,677,854
15 70
17,800 00
8,413 00
1,298 01
36,136 73
1860
1867
567
775
1,511,624
283,682
1,795,306
16 00
16 50
3,660 00
2,122 32
64,042 46
1872
1873
742
967
..
4.443
1,001
1,195
1,729,050
1,626,950
302,939
3,750,789
14 80
50,048 81
4,760 00
1,793 96
1,492 84
58,095 61
1882
1883
5,071
1,12G
1,388
2,130,039
1,690,386
369,713
4,469,938
13 80
56,777 52
4,440 00
2,042 40
1,639 21
64,899 13
1884
1885
6,110
1,323
1,772
2,585,014
2,096,025 2,213,755
6,022,130
413,490
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
2,412
1892
9,539
2,283
2,723
1894
10,847
2,583
3,126
3,361
6,207,475
3,874,625
8,899,475 9,386,775 10,082,100
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