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Ellison, Charles W., 20 Youle street Real Estate
Evers, Andrew F., Ferdinand street Publisher
Fernald, Frank A., 37 East street . Clerk
Fernald, James H., 37 East street Carpenter
Field, Chas. M., 487 Lebanon street Machinist
Field, Frank S., 72 Melrose street Machinist
Fish, John A., 20 Gooch street. Heater
354
LIST OF JURORS.
Fowler, Charles N., 17 Auburn street Window Shades
Gile, Daniel D., 12 Hillside avenue Shoes Gibbons, Robert, 121 Trenton street Carpenter
Gilman, John H., 268 E. Foster street . Grocer
Gordon, Curtis S., 21 Winthrop street Gypsy Moth
Goss, Willis C., 20 Chestnut park. Salesman
Gray, John, 18 Bellevue avenue. Books
Green, Levi W., 307 Franklin street Farmer
Hayden, Arthur L., 42 W. Foster street
Real Estate
Hunt, Harry, 74 Prospect street . Brass
Hyde, George E., 57 Rowe street. Rubber Worker Henney, William T., 65 Grove street. . Painter Houdlette, Marcellus R , 260 Franklin street. . Iron and Steel Jefferson, Henry E., 27 Pine street .Clerk
Johnson, Henry E., 36 Malvern street Insurance
Keefe, John, 36 Crescent avenue. Rubber Worker
Kirmes, Victor C., 85 Cleaveland street . Clerk
Knights, Edw. R., 48 Mt. Vernon street. Dry Goods
Kohr, John, 466 Lebanon street Clerk
Kitching, Edwd. J., 79 E. Emerson street Clerk
Lane, Addison, 74 Myrtle street. Tax Collector
Lawson, John H., 276 Franklin street Manufacturer
Littlefield, Homer S., 65 Green street Clerk
Lord, Joseph D, 51 Cleaveland street Butter and Eggs
Lewis, Frank W., 28 Albion street. Express
Lothrop, Ellsworth F., 139 Myrtle street. Clerk
Loveland, Charles H., 331 Grove street Insurance
Love, Thomas S, 155 Myrtle street. Carpenter
Lucey, Jeremiah F., 114 Maple street. . Grocer
Lyon, Charles W., 57 West Hill avenue Marketman
Maxwell, R. F., 116 Ashland street.
Retired
Marsh, Herbert A., 39 Cleaveland street . . Butter and Eggs
McFarlin, William J., 36 Cass street . Variety Store
Mccullough, John J., 54 Summer street, Foreman Miller, John, 76 W. Foster street . Retired
Morton, Frank E., 35 Reading Hill avenue. Carpenter
Newhall, George G, 20 Trenton street Insurance
Nickerson, Lemuel, 35 Irving street. Sailmaker
Nowell, Samuel H., 743 Main street. Milk
355
LIST OF JURORS.
Osgood, Francis T., 121 E. Foster street. Clerk
Palmer, Frank T., 146 Trenton street Painter
Palmer, Charles E., 146 Trenton street Painter Parker, Albon W., 181 Upham street Painter
Philpot, Robert, 75 Dell avenue Livery Stable
Pierce, William P., 498 Lebanon street . Clerk
Pulley, James M., 33 Porter street
Cutter
Putnam, Elijah B., 33 W. Emerson street Grocer
Philpot, John, 42 Sargent street Contractor
Pike, John R., 34 Otis street. . Cook
Robbins, Milo N., 277 W. Emerson street. Janitor
Sanborn, George I., 123 First street Merchant
Sawyer, Henry W., 8 Bellevue avence. Buyer
Seaver, Walter L., 289 Porter street Clerk
Smith, Alden B., 126 Green street. Conductor
Snow, George A., 224 Grove street . Clerk
Santial, George C., 23 Poplar street. Accountant
Schofield, William E., 101 Cleveland street. Bookkeeper
Turner, William, 454 Main street Gate Tender
Thompson, George A., 94 Foster street. . Clerk
Upham, Frank R., 131 Grove Estreet Real state
Wheeler, Charles O, 84 Essex street Cutter
Wiswell, Dexter W., 181 Upham street Painter
Woodman, George F., 24 Poplar street Retired
Worth, Henry W., 138 Porter street . Farmer
Worthen, Chase C., 103 Youle street Milk Dealer
Wilson, Thomas, 362 Upham street . Painter
Woodbury, Merton G , 14 E. Wyoming avenue. Salesman Woodman, Julian C., 35 Bellevue avenue Lawyer
Report of City Treasurer FOR MONTH OF JANUARY, 1900.
Cash in treasury, Jan. 1, 1900, · . $5,660 02 Total receipts for month of January, . 10,067 99
$15,728 OI
Total disbursements for month of Jan'y,
4,909 46
Cash in treasury, Jan. 31, 1900, $10,818 55
W. R. LAVENDER, City Treasurer, In account with CITY OF MELROSE. DR.
Cash in treasury, Jan. 1, 1900, $5,660 02
Receipts for month of January from:
J. W. Murray, collector, sewer assessments,
$1,765 99
S. A. Lovejoy, water registrar, water rates, .
7,380 00
Geo. Newhall, executor, E. Tooth- aker fund, .
922 00
$10,067 99
$15,728 OI
CR.
Payments for month of January, 1900:
Cemetery,
$52 37
Fire department,
166 88
Interest,
500 00
Police department,
416 66
Sewer 66
278 87
Street
639 44
Tax titles, .
2,347 04
Town hall,
25 00
Water department,
483 20 .
4,909 46
Cash in treasury, Jan. 31, 1900, . $10,818 55
Examined and found correct. June 10, 1901. EDWIN C. GOULD, Auditor.
Report of City Treasurer.
FOR FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1901.
Cash in treasury Jan. 31, 1900, $10,818 55 Total receipts for year, . · 485,934 13
$496,752 68
Total disbursements for year,
.
$494,284 27
Cash in treasury Jan. 31, 1901, $2,468 41
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS.
Amount to credit of account Jan.
31, 1900,
$5,212 50
Received during year, viz :
Charles W. Warner,
$ 50 00
Ernest A. Neiley,
50 00
G. N. Harris, executor estate Wm.
Bogle, .
150 00
Estate S. J. Bartlett,
150 00
Estate C. P. F. Frentz,
150 00
Sarah M. Coats,
100 00
Estate Isaac Emerson,
150 00
Samuel H. Nowell,
150 00
Mrs. Evora Brown,
100 00
Mrs. Bertha Barentine,
100 00
Hiram Cobb,
100 00
$1,250 00
Amount to credit of account, Jan.
31, 1901, $6,462 50
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W. R. LAVENDER, City Treasurer, In account with CITY OF MELROSE.
DR.
Cash in treasury Jan. 31, 1900,
$10,818 55
Receipts of year from
Addison Lane, col- lector of taxes for year 1896, $16 30
1897,
15 50
Receipts from J. W.
Murray, col. of
taxes, for year 1895,
9 12
1896,
13 II
1897,
24 05
1898,
587 79
1 899,
96,138 39 .
1900,
. 131,046 79
$227,851 05
J.W. Murray, collector taxes, sewer assessment.
.22,050 65
J. W. Murray, collector taxes, street sprinkling, 3,618 33
Redemption tax titles, 1898,
1,247 62
Cemetery trust funds,
1,250 00
Temporary loans,
1 29,600 00
Water loan sinking fund commis- sioners, .
10,000 00
Commonwealth of Mass.
Corporation and bank
tax, $12,669 41
Street railways, . . 1.317 96
Military aid,
. 285 00
State aid,
2,904 00
Burial of soldiers,
70 00
$17,246 37
Amounts carried forward,
. $412,864 02 $10,818 55
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Amounts brought forward,
$412,864 02
$10,818 55
Cemetery,
4,389 96
Health department,
41 70
Highways,
2,238 13
Insurance,
22 57
Interest,
7,244 47
Police department,
5 00
Poor department,
1,934 25
Public library, dog tax,
1,016 57
Public works office,
3 78
Sewer department,
7,216 OI
School department,
1,176 08
Sidewalks,
267 64
Soldiers' relief,
364 51
TREASURY ACCOUNT.
Acct. city hall, . $657 12
Fees, city clerk, · 296 00
clerk court,
136 42
" house of correction, 25 00
6 inspector milk, 61 00
sealer W. & M., 56 4I
Highways, 35 10
Poor dept.,
383 84
Sewer
9 60
School “
772 50
Sidewalks,
203 13
2,636 12
Water rates, .
44,513 32
485,934 13
$496,752 68
CR.
Payments for year as follows: Aldermanic chamber, $490 00 . alterations, 436 87
Amounts carried forward,
$926 87 $496,752 68
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Amounts brought forward,
$926 87 $496,752 68
Cemetery,
4,963 20
City clerk's clerical assistance,
600 00
City hall,
2,959 30
Claims, .
200 22
Contingent, aldermanic,
510 52
assessors',
884 22
city clerk's,
496 00
collector's,
865 48
general,
2,526 63
Ell Pond park,
3,255 69
Engineer's office, .
2,757 86
Fire department, .
12,346 90
Fourth of July celebration, .
569 68
50th anniversary, town of Melrose,
86 00
Health department,
2,730 22
Highways,
22,248 36
Insurance,
841 34
Interest,
30,944 43
Inspector of buildings, .
27 50
Melrose hospital,
1,083 33
Memorial day,
200 00
Military aid, .
451 00
Parks, .
281 72
Permanent loans, .
12,000 00
Police department,
12,067 26
Poor department, .
12,302 06
Public library,
3,897 77
Public works office,
1,136 21
Refunded taxes,
323 67
Salaries,
11,799 30
School department,
84,823 09
Sewer department,
9,763 21
Sidewalks,
2,587 81
Soldiers' burial,
140 00
Soldiers' relief,
2,377 87
State aid,
2,891 00
Amounts carried forward,
$248,865 72 $496,752 68
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Amounts brought forward,
$248,865 72 $496,762 68
Street lights, .
12,397 50
Street sprinkling, .
4,334 60
Surety bonds, city officers,
134 00
Surface drainage, .
1,037 14
Taxes, bank, .
883 15
county,
11,857 II
66
sewer,
9,431 OI
state, .
6,645 00
Tax titles,
2,453 78
Temporary loans, .
147,374 37
Toothaker, E., fund,
149 67
Water bonds,
10,000 00
Water department,
38,721 22
$494,284 27 $496,752 68
Cash in treasury, Jan. 31, 1901,
2,468 4I
$496,752 68 $496,752 68
STATEMENT OF CITY DEBT.
Cemetery trust funds,
$6,462 50
$6,462 50
SCHOOL HOUSE LOAN BONDS.
Melrose school house loan, series 1896, due Feb 24, 1916, . $200,000 00 $200,000 00
SEWER LOAN BONDS.
Melrose sewerage loan, series 1894, due June 1, 1924, . $100,000 00 Melrose sewerage loan, series 1895, due June 1, 1925, 100,000 00 ·
Amounts carried forward,
$200,000 00
$206,462 50
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Amounts brought forward, $200,000 00 $206,462 50
Melrose sewerage loan, series 1896, due July 1, 1926, . 50,000 00
Melrose sewerage loan, series 1897, due June 1, 1907,
25,000 00
Melrose sewerage loan, series 1897, due June 1, 1912, .
25,000 00
Melrose sewerage loan, series 1897,
due June 1, 1917, .
50,000 00
- $350,000 00
TOWN HALL BONDS.
Town hall loan, due Sept. 1, 1912, $45,000 00
$45,000 00
WATER BONDS.
Melrose water loan, high service, series of 1885, due Nov. 1, 1905, Melrose water loan, series of 1897, due May 1, 1907,
Melrose water loan, series of 1892, due May 1, 1912, .
Melrose water loan, series of 1892, due Sept. 1, 1912, .
Melrose water loan, series of 1893, due Oct. 1, 1913, 50,000 00
Melrose water loan, series of 1895, due July 1, 1925,
$37,000 00
50,000 00
25,000 00
37,000 00 ·
38,000 00 -- $237,000 00
PERMANENT LOANS.
Loans on account Central fire sta-
tion, coupon note, due Aug.I, 1901, · . $10,000 00
Coupon note due Aug. 1, 1902, . 10,000 00
Amounts carried forward, . $20,000 00 $838,462 50
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, Loans on account of land adjoin- ing old cemetery and Upham street, Melrose savings bank, due April 22, 1902,
Loans on account of new stone crusher, Melrose savings bank, due Jan., 1903,
Loan on account new school build- ings as per vote of town, Nov. 9, 1896, Melrose savings bank, due Sept. 21, 1901,
Loan on account of grading high school grounds, as per vote of town, Aug, I, 1898, Melrose savings bank, due Sept. 21, 1901,
$20,000 00 $838,462 50
10,000 00
8,000 00
6,000 00
3,000 00
Park loan coupon notes,
Due May, 15, 1901,
1,000 00
Due May 15, 1902,
1,000 00
Due May 15, 1903,
1,000 00
Due May 15, 1904,
1,000 00
Due May 15, 1905,
1,000 00
Due May 15, 1906,
1,000 00
Due May 15, 1907,
1,000 00
Due May 15, 1908,
1,000 00
Due May 15, 1909,
6,000 00
$61,000 00
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Rogers, Newman & Tolman, note due March 9, 1901, $25,000 00
Harriet A. Austin, note due May 22, 1901, @ 31/2%, . 7,000 00
Andrew J. Bodge, note due May
28, 1901, . ,
2,000 00
Amounts carried forward,
$34,000 00 $899,462 50
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, . Annie M. Selee, note due May 28, 1901,
Water loan sinking fund com'rs, note dated July 2, 1900, on demand @ 31/2 %,
Elizabeth T. Baker, note due Aug. 27, 1901, @ 31/2%. . ·
1,000 00
2,000 00
5,000 00
8,000 00
2,000 00
64,600 00
$964,062 50
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Due from state:
State aid, 1900, .
$2,676 00
Military aid, 1900,
246 71
Soldiers' burial, 1900,
105 00
Soldiers' relief, 1900,
98 00
Uncollected taxes, 1895, $31 54
1 896, 106 71
1897,
144 39
1898, 714 61
1899,
3,926 55
1900, 104.736 23
109,660 03
Amount carried forward,
. $112,785 74
$34,000 00 $899,462 50
2,600 00
10,000 00
Trustees of public library, note dated Dec. 26, 1900, on de- mand @ 31/2 %,
Melissa A. Todd, note dated Dec. 21, 1900, on demand @ 31/2 %, Sewer loan sinking fund com'rs, note dated Dec. 27, 1900, on demand @ 31/2%, . School house loan sinking fund com'rs, note dated Dec. 27, 1900, on demand @ 31/2 %, .
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Amount brought forward, . $112,785 74 Tax titles,
3,553 20
Sewer assessments uncollected, 81,735 39 School house loan sinking fund, .
13,118 67
Sewer loan sinking fund,
49,404 22
Water loan sinking fund,
26,404 30
Cash on hand Jan. I, 1901,
2,468 4I
$289,469 93
Respectfully submitted, W. R. LAVENDER,
City Treasurer.
Examined and found correct.
June 10, 1901.
EDWIN C. GOULD, Auditor.
W. R. LAVENDER, Treasurer, In account with SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
WATER LOAN SINKING FUND. DR.
I 900. Feb. I .
Balance,
$16,692 99
17. Interest, Melrose National Bank, . $19 37 23. Interest, Melrose National Bank, . 14 73 Interest four coupons, water bonds, . 80 00
July
2. Interest, Melrose National Bank, . ·
15 07
7. Interest ten coupons, water bonds, . 200 00
7. Interest, City of Melrose, 6 mos., 3 dys., to July 2, 1900, note $5,000.00 @ 4%, IOI 67
Amounts carried forward,
$430 84 $16,692 99
June.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, . ·
$430 84 $16,692 99 July 7. Interest, City of Melrose, 4 mos. 10 dys., to July 2, 1900, note $15,000, 188 58
7. City of Melrose, note of Dec. 30, 1899, 5,000 00 . · 7. City of Melrose, note of Feb. 20, 1900, · 15,000 00 .
Oct. I. Interest, 4 coupons, water bonds, . 80 00
Dec. 6. Interest, one coupon, water bond, . 20 00
I90I. Jan. 2. Interest, Melrose Savings Bank, . .
21 89
20,741 3I
$37,434 30
CR.
1900. Feb. One half rent box, Boston Safe D. & T. Co., . 5 00
20. City of Melrose, demand note @ 31/2%, .
15,000 00
July 7. Treasurer City of Melrose, for payment of ten wa- ter bonds, due July I, 1900, . .
10,000 00
7. City of Melrose, demand note, July 2, 1900, @ 31/2 %, . · 10,000 00 Sept. 24. B. Williams, one Melrose water bond, No. 32, due Nov. 1, 1905, 1,000 00 B. Williams, interest on above, 4 mos. 24 dys., . 16 00
Amounts carried forward,
$36,021 00 $37,434 30
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, . . $36,021 00 $37,434 30 B. Williams, premium on above, 40 00 . 1901. Feb. I. John Larrabee, salary as treasurer, I year, . 25 00
36,086 00
Balance in Melrose Savings Bank,
$1,348 30
SEWER LOAN SINKING FUND.
DR.
1 900.
Jan. 12. Balance, $1,299 9I Interest, 10 coupons, sewer bonds, . $200 00 · Interest, 9 coupons, park loan, @ $20, 180 00
Interest, I coupon, park loan, @ $120, 120 00
May. City of Melrose, I coupon note, park loan, No. I, due May 15, 1900, 1,000 00
July I. Interest, city of Melrose, 6 mos. to July I, on note $5,890.82 @ 4%, .
117 81
I. Interest, Melrose Savings Bank, . II 32
Dec. 5. City of Melrose, note Jan. 1, 1899,
5,890 82
5. City of Melrose, note March 14, 1899, 14,000 00 . Interest, II mos. 5 days on note $5,890.82, 219 27
Interest, II mos. 5 days on note $14,000.00, 521 II
Amounts carried forward,
.
. $22,260 33 $1,299 91
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Amounts brought forward, . $22,260 33 $1,299 91 1900.
Dec. 5. Interest, coupons [ $160 00 ) 280 00 park loan, 120 00 5 Interest, 10 coupons sewer bonds, 200 00
1901.
Jan. 2. Interest, Melrose Savings Bank, .
50 14
2. Interest, C. B. & Q. R. R. coupons, 3 @ $17.50, . 52 50 Interest, Melrose National Bank, . 6 88
Feb. I. City of Melrose, note dated Dec. 27, 1900, · Interest, I mo. 4 days on note $8,000, 26 41
8,000 00
$30,876 26
$32,176 17
CR
1900.
Feb. 16. One-half rent of box Bos- ton Safe Dep. & T. Co., Dec. 5. 4 city of Waltham bonds, due April, 1913 (@ 4%, Premium on above @ 1.0914 , Interest on above to date, 5 Fitchburg R. R. 5% bonds, due Dec. 1903, Premium on above @ 1.05, Interest on above to date, . 3 Boston and Lowell R. R. 4% bonds, due Sept. 1905,
5 00
4,000 00
370 00
28 44
5,000 00
250 00
2 78
3,000 00
Premium on above @ 1.033/8, IOI 25
Interest on above to date, 31.33
Amounts carried forward,
$12,788 80 $32, 176 17
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Amounts brought forward, . $12,788 80 $32,176 17 I 900.
Dec. 5. 3 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. 31/2 % bonds, due July 1949, . 3,000 00
Premium on above @ 1.0334, 112 50
Interest on above to date, .
44 92
27. City of Melrose, demand note dated Dec. 27, 1900, @ 31/2 %, . 8,000 00
1901. Feb.
I. 3 city of Malden 4% bonds, due Aug. I, 1903, 3,000 00 . Premium on above @ 102.15, 64 50
2 city of Malden 4% bonds, due Aug. 1, 1904, 2,000 00
Premium on above @ 102.96, 59 20
City of Melrose, demand note @ 31/2%, 3,000 00
John Larrabee, services as treasurer, one year, .
25 00
$32,094 92
Balance in Melrose Savings Bank,
$81 25
SCHOOL HOUSE LOAN SINKING FUND.
DR.
1900.
Feb'y I. Balance, $471 34
July I. Interest, city of Melrose, 6 mos. on note Jan. I, 1899, $11,783.15, $235 67 Interest, Melrose Savings Bank, 4 12
Dec. 5. City of Melrose, for note dated Jan. 1, 1899, 11,783 55
Interest on above to date, 438 61
Amounts carried forward,
. $12,461 95
$471 34
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, . . $12,461 95 $471 34 1901.
Jan. 2. Interest, Melrose Savings Bank, . .
10 38 Interest, 10 coupons town of Clinton bonds, · 175 00
12,647 33
$13,118 67
CR.
1 900.
Dec. 5. IO town of Clinton 31/2 % bonds, due July, 1930, $10,000 00
Premium on above @ 1.0734, 775 00 Interest on above to date, . 149 72 1901.
Jan. 2. City of Melrose, demand note dated Dec. 27, 1900, @ 31/2 %, 2,000 00
12,924 72
Balance in Melrose Savings Bank, $193 95 Respectfully submitted, W. R. LAVENDER, Treasurer.
Examined and found to agree with his books.
EDWIN C. GOULD, Auditor.
June 10, 1901.
MELROSE, MASS., June 10, 1901.
To the Committee on Treasurer's and Assessors' Accounts :
GENTLEMEN: I hereby certify that I have examined the two reports of the treasurer, submitted to me by your
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committee, one for the month of January, 1900, and one for the year from January 31, 1900, to January 31, 1901, and find them to agree with the books of this department.
I have also examined his reports as treasurer of the sink- ing funds and find them to agree with his books.
Respectfully, EDWIN C. GOULD, City Auditor.
Mayor Gould's Closing Address to the Board of Aldermen.
MELROSE, MASS., Dec. 26, 1900.
Gentlemen of the Board of Aldermen:
The waning hours of the nineteenth century remind me that our official relations are soon to cease forever. Such kindly elements of esteem and reciprocal friendship how- ever as has existed between us, will not become extinct with the termination of this year of mutual labor, nor can they be until our career on earth shall have ended.
Most of your board will remain to continue the work which a trusting public has confided to your care, but the functions of chief executive will be performed by other and willing hands.
To me this is indeed a solemn moment. It marks the conclusion of more than a third of a century of varied of- ficial duties in behalf of the people of the home of my child- hood.
To these positions it has been my honor to be called, in most instances by such practical unanimity as to warrant a reasonable feeling of personal pride in the unbounded con-
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fidence bestowed by an intelligent and exacting yet gener- ous public.
If such a remarkable period of service, always cheerfully rendered, has compensated the community for the rudi- ments of an education at their hands; for the great privi- lege of growing from youth to manhood and from manhood to age among them; for the bringing up of a family in joint possession of that moral, social and intellectual atmosphere so happily established and so rigidly maintained as an ele- ment of the common-weal in guiding the youthful mind to those paths which point to happiness and end in peace; then am I content, for a solemn duty to society is fully accom- plished, the performance of which, however, might have been abler, but could not have been more sincere.
Few, and perhaps none of you, my friends, will have so lengthy, varied and satisfactory an experience in public af- fairs, but if you continue faithful to the end, no matter what may be the criticisms, no matter from whom they may come, no matter how biting and unjust may be the tongue of slander, remembering always that your own conscience is the crucial test of faithful service, and that he who wears a stainless garment is the last to wound a friend or criticise a foe, you will retire in due time possessed of that sweet satisfaction, resulting from duties honestly performed, "which nothing earthly gives or can destroy."
As to the record of the past: You have served your con- stituents with diligence and ability, and while we have not always agreed upon certain matters of vital interest to the public welfare, I fully believe, that as a board, you have not questioned the sincerity of my motives wherein the veto power has been exercised, because in nearly every instance that action has been sustained by you, and where it has not, I certainly maintain a similar opinion of the integrity of your purposes. It is not unusual for people to differ upon questions of public policy at all times and under all condi- tions, but considering certain peculiar political and indi- vidual complications which have necessarily arisen, it is a matter of sincere congratulation that no discord has de-
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veloped which could be considered as prejudicial to the pub- lic good:
" To differ is not crime,
The varying bells make up the perfect chime."
And now gentlemen, whatever the future may reveal, and wherever my paths may lead, let me assure you that I shall look back to the first year of the life of this new city, in the interests of which we have mutually and earnestly labored, with the most sincere pleasure, and could I distribute the contents of a heart overflowing with gratitude for the honors which have been heaped upon me by the people of my happy home, all would receive a token, for there are none among them to whom I would not cheerfully extend the glad hand of friendship as we pause at the threshold of a century which should ring with the blessed tidings of peace on earth and good-will to men.
May peace and prosperity flourish within thy walls and may the choicest blessings of heaven rest upon and abide with you and with all our people.
Very sincerely,
LEVI S. GOULD, Mayor.
CONTENTS.
Inaugural Address of Mayor Gould,
5
Standing Committees of the Board of Aldermen, City Officers,
24
Election Officers,
26
Report of School Committee, . Contents of School Report,
123
Collector's Report, .
124
Board of Health Report,
127
Report of Board of Examiners of Plumbers, . Inspector of Plumbing,
135
136
Assessors' Report, . Report of Trustees of Melrose Public Library, 66 " Inspector of Animals and Provisions,
146
66 Inspector of Milk and Vinegar,
151
" Chief of Police, 152
156
Melrose Hospital Report,
165
Report of Engineer and Supt. of Public Works Dept., 169 to 263
Organization, .
171
Public Works Office,
173
Water Division,
174
Sewer 66
197
Highway “
206
Drains,
226
Sidewalks,
228
Lighting,
240
Street watering, numbering,
247
Parks,
Engineering Division,
248 251
City Hall, .
259
Miscellaneous Work,
262
Page
Government of the City of Melrose,
23
25
27
66 " Inspector of Buildings, : 147
137
139
" Engineers of the Fire Department,
241
376
CONTENTS.
Page .
City Auditor's Report, . . 264 to 330
Detailed statement of finances, appropriations and expendi- tures.
Finances, .
265
Municipal Debt, Jan. 31, 1901,
· 265
School House Debt, .
. 266
Sewerage Debt,
266
City Hall Debt, .
267
Water Debt,
. 267
Funded Debt Statement, .
268
Cash Account for 1900,
268
Ledger Balance, Jan. 31, 1901, .
269
Balance Sheet, Jan. 31, 1901,
271
Assets and Liabilities,
272
Treasury,
Table Showing Aggregate Transactions in each Account,
274
Aldermanic Chamber, Alterations, etc.,
276
Desks and Chairs,
276
Cemetery, .
277
Charity Department,
279
City Clerk's Office, Clerical Assistance, .
285
Claims,
285
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
286
Contingent, Aldermanic, .
286
287
66 City Clerk's, .
288
66 Collector's,
289
66 General, .
290
Ell Pond Park, .
293
Fiftieth Anniversary of Town,
294
Fire Department,
294
Fourth of July Celebration,
298
Health Department,
298
Insurance,
300
Interest,
301
Inspector of Buildings,
301
Loans, Permanent, Temporary, .
302
Melrose Hospital,
303
Memorial Day,
303
Military Aid,
303
Overlays, Additionals and Abatements, .
304
Police Department, .
305
Public Library,
306
Salaries,
309
.
.
.
.
Assessors',
.
.
County Taxes, .
293
302
.
.
273
377
CONTENTS.
School Department, .
Page. 310
Sewer Assessments, .
311
Soldiers' Burial,
311
Soldiers' Relief,
311
State Aid, .
313
State Tax, .
313
State Sewerage Tax,
313
Surety Bonds,
Taxes,
Refunded Taxes,
316
Tax Title Takings,
316
Trust Funds, Cemetery,
316 317
Water Bonds, .
317
Public Works Department,
318
Highway Division, ·
318
Schedule of City Property,
322
Appropriations for 1900, .
327
Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures,
330
" Soldiers' Relief, State and Military Aid, .
336
" Overseers of the Poor,
337
66 " Cemetery Committee,
342
66 6 City Clerk,
345
List of Jurors, .
352
Report of City Treasurer, 356
Mayor Gould's closing address to the Board of Aldermen, 371
314 314
E. Toothaker Fund,
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