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FIRE REPORT.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I would recommend the appropriation of $11,906.00 for the ensuing year.
There should be a permanent man and horse for Hose 4, on the East Side, and also for Hose 2.
I would recommend a storage battery instead of the gravity battery for the fire alarm, as after it is in it will be a great saving in supplies; also the purchase of a chemical engine by the aid of which many fires could be extinguished without the use of much water and thus save much damage to property.
A permanent engine man is much needed and I would recommend one be appointed in accordance with the city charter.
There should be a change in several of the horses as they are getting old and unfit for service. It is for the best interests of the department and city that this should be done.
CONCLUSION.
My acknowledgements are tendered the mayor, the heads of the several departments, and the members of the police force for their hearty support.
To the officers and members of the several companies and the permanent men, I wish to express my appreciation for their promptness in responding to all calls for duty, the support and good will extended me on all occasions and for their effort to sustain the reputation of the department.
Respectfully submitted,
A. WILBUR LYNDE,
Chief Engineer.
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FIRE REPORT.
ROLL OF FIRE COMPANIES.
STEAMER AND HOSE COMPANY NO. 1, Central Station.
Name.
Occupation. Age.
Residence.
Admitted.
Capt. Thomas J. Hawkes ... Barber .45
25 Russell
July 1, 1881
Lieut. Chas. F. Woodward . . Surveyor
.32 39 Upham
Sept. 2, 1890
J. Waldo Emerson
Perman't man 57 51 Dell av April 2, 1872
Thomas B. Stantial
Carpenter 66 15 Winthrop ... Dec. 7, 1875
Arthur L. Upham
Carpenter
47 253 First
Aug. 1, 1883
Dean T. Stockwell
. Perman't man 40 11 Upham
Nov. 3, 1891
John H. Edwards
Engine man . .. 55 31 Waverly pl .. April 1, 1892
Chas. W. Edwards
Perman't man 31 612 Main
April 1, 1892
David R. Woodward
Carpenter 34
39 Upham.
April 2, 193
Walter M. Barrett.
Painter
26 290 W. Emerson
April 6, 1897
Frank A. Howe
Laundry 44 13 Lynde
Feb. 1, 1899
Geo. A. Dean
Expressman .26
73 Essex
Dec. 5, 1899
William J. McCoubry
Blacksmith
.35 53 Upham
Feb. 1, 1899
HOSE COMPANY NO. 2, Central Station.
Name.
Occupation. Age. Residence.
Admitted.
Capt. J. M. Hamlin
Produce . .33 269 Main
July 11, 1893
Lieut. R. Gibbons
Carpenter 44 121 Trenton
Mar. 3, 1874
J. R. Gibbons
B'l'd'g mover . . 38 124 Trenton
May 2, 1882
H. W. Simpson
Boot maker .33
Hose No. 2.
July 3, 1899
W. H. Riley, Jr
Clerk .28
24 Lynde
Feb. 2, 1897
C. F. Doherty
Barber .34
22 Lynde
Aug. 7, 1894
F. E. Newell
Coal and wood.41
35 Hurd
Dec. 5, 1899
P. Hamlin.
Produce. .30
58 Pleasant April 1, 1900
M. I. Pullen
Drug clerk 29
66 Summer
April 1, 1900
HOSE COMPANY NO. 3, Franklin Street, Melrose Highlands.
Name.
Occupation. Age.
Residence.
Admitted.
Capt. Frank H. Cheever .... Clerk
.28 894 Main
Feb. 5, 1895
Lieut. Herbert E. Singer. .. Clerk .29 147 Franklin June 2, 1896 George E. Burnham Carpenter .36 1 Orient pk .. . July 5, 1899
Leverett D. Newhall
Perman't man 46 23 Ellsworth av Jan. 9, 1885
William R. Holly
Carpenter 34
24 Sargent ... . Jan. 3, 1899
Edgar W. Mansfield
Painter 23
92 Ashland .... April 3, 1900
William F. Simpson
Grocer 29 Renwick rd. April 3, 1900
Oscar F. Low. Lather 24 112 Ashland ... Ang. 1, 1899
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FIRE REPORT.
HOSE COMPANY NO. 4, East Foster Street.
Name.
Occupation. Age.
Residence.
Admitted.
Capt. Chas. E. Mckinnon . . . Clerk
.37 159 Laurel . ... . . May 1, 1890
Lieut. Edward W. Russell . . Engineer 29 4 Perham ct .. April 1, 1894
Charles Critchett
Railroad 38 Whitman ave May 1, 1892
George D. Russell Clerk
27 142 Laurel April 1, 1894
George M. Bayne
Clerk 25 26 Oakland
May 1, 1898
Frank C. Newman
· Decorator
35 293 Grove
May 1, 1898
Edgar J. Smith
· Carpenter .22 151 Laurel
July 1, 1900
Vernon V. Vaughn
Carpenter .25 Argyle July 1, 1900
Fred S. Boardman
. Baker
.25 346 E. Foster. July 1, 1900
Frank W. Johnson
Plumber .27 23 Sewall
Jan. 1, 1900
HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 1, Central Station.
Name.
Occupation. Age. Residence.
Admitted.
Capt. Joseph Edwards.
Wheelwright . . 48 612 Main ...
May 4, 1877
Lieut. Harry R. Norton
Grocer 42 27 E. Emerson . Mar.
1, 1895
Daniel E. Gibson.
Clerk .38
13 Florence.
Aug. 1, 1900
Robert H. Whidden
Perman't man 34 26 Winthrop ... Sept. 5, 1890
Curtis S. Gordon
.63
21 Winthrop .. . May
2, 1890
William H. Stewart
· Carpenter .51
36 Albion . .. June 6, 1873
Josiah Tyzzer
Blacksmith 65
5 Central ter .. Aug.
6, 1880
William A. Lynde
Farmer
529 Lebanon.
Mar. 7, 1876
Frank H. Tyzzer
Painter .37 5 Central ter .. Oct.
7, 1887
Edward H. Carley
. Carpenter
27 147 Myrtle.
Jan. 6, 1899
William J. Warren
Painter .35 187 Grove
July 1, 1900
Henry S. Robertsor
Painter
34 102 Grove
Oct. 7, 1887
Frank I. Storey
Painter 36 40 Linwood av. Jan.
1, 1900
STATEMENT OF FIRES AND ALARMS FOR THE YEAR ENDING
JANUARY 31, 1901.
February 1; box 42; building Third street; owned by Henry Osborne; occupied by J. Canney; value of building and contents, $800; insurance, $500.
February 8; box 54; building Brunswick park; owned and occupied by George A. Mitchell; value of building and contents, $3,500; damage, $985; insurance, $2,800; insurance paid, $985.
February 14; still alarm; building Emerson street; owned by Webster; occupied by Dr. Holden; value of building and contents, $4,000; insurance, $3,500.
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February 16; box 56; building Ferdinand street; owned and occupied by H. J. Tuttle; value of building and con- tents, $7,500; damage, $2,200; insurance, $5,500; insurance paid, $2,200.
February 22; box 45; building Emerson street; false.
February 23; box 47; building First street; owned and occupied by Sterling Jones; value of buildings and contents $5000; damage, $75; insurance, $4000; insurance paid, $60.
April 13; box 54; building Melrose street; owned and occupied by W. S. Mitchell; value of buildings and contents, $3000; damage, $1080; insurance, $1500; insurance paid, $1080.
April 13; still alarm; Washington street; woods and grass.
April 13; box 27; Whitman avenue ; woods.
April 13; box 43; building Myrtle street; owned by Dr. J. S. Clark ; occupied by Mrs. McConnell; value of build- ing and contents, $4000; damage, $13; insurance, $3000; insurance paid, $10.
April 21; still alarm; building Myrtle street ; owned by Dr. J. S. Clark; occupied by Mrs. McConnell; value of building and contents, $4000; damage, SI0; insurance, $4000; insurance paid, $10.
April 24; box 41; building Malvern street; owned and occupied by Harry Pratt; value of building and contents, $5000; damage, $Io; insurance, $2000; insurance paid, $10.
April 29; still alarm; Melrose street; grass.
May 4; still alarm; Reading Hill avenue; grass.
May 4; box 51; Hesseltine avenue; woods.
May 6; box 51; Green street ; woods.
May 9; box 49; building Poplar street; owned by Mrs. C. B. Baldwin; value of building and contents, $4,000; insur- ance, $2,500.
June 6; still alarm; building Main street; owned and occu- pied by William J. McCoubry.
June 17; box 38 and still alarm; building Maple street; owner Mrs. D. Finnigan; of no value.
July 16; box 54; owner Mrs. L. Mitchell; occupied by John Duff; value of building and contents, $6500; damage, $1900; insurance, $5600; insurance paid, $1080.
July 21; box 41; building Lebanon street; owned and
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FIRE REPORT.
occupied by E. McCarthy; value of building and contents, $1300; damage, $850; insurance, $850; insurance paid, $850.
July 27; box 43; building Upham street; owned by Ram- sey; occupied by Mitchell; value of building and contents, $2000; damage, $800; insurance, $1500; insurance paid, $500.
August 25; box 32; building Main street; owned by Sir- com Bros .; damage, 10 casks lime.
August 29; still alarm; building Ellsworth avenue; owned by W. D. Evering; occupied by L. D. Newhall; value of building and contents, $2,300; insurance, $2,000.
September 10; box 49; building Pine street; owned by O. F. Timlin; occupied by L. A. Timlin; value of building and contents, $2,300; insurance, $2,000.
September 15; still alarm; building Grove street; owned by S. A. Lewis; occupied by George Russell; value of build- ing and contents, $2,000; insurance, $1,800.
September 19; still alarm; building Rowe street; owned by F. Lancier; occupied by Mary A. Gott; value of building and contents, $3,300; damage, $10; insurance, $2,500.
September 19; box 27; building Gooch street; owned and occupied by J. A. Fish; value of building and contents, $5,700; damage, $205; insurance, $5,700; insurance paid, $205.
September 27; box 32; building Main street; owned by Mrs. F. Massey; occupied by W. B. Webster; value of build- ing and contents, $3,500; damage, $56; insurance, $3,500; insurance paid, $56.
October 3; box 32; building Chestnut street ; owned and occupied by Mrs. W. D. Fiske; value of building and con- tents, $8000; damage, $5000; insurance, $5000; insurance paid, $5000.
October 4; box 35; building Vinton street; owned by S. F. Barrett estate; value of building and contents, $1 200; no loss.
October 17; box 26; building Fairmount street; owned and occupied by F. H. Smith; value of building and contents, $2000; insurance, $2000.
October 21; box 35; building Florence street; owned by R. Gibbons estate; occupied by T. J. Gunning; value of
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FIRE REPORT.
building and contents, $2640; damage, $177.50; insurance, $2133; insurance paid, $177.50.
October 26; still alarm; Meridian street; grass.
October 27; box 46; building Main street; owned by S. E. Benson; occupied by Fells Ice Co .; value of building and contents, $3000; insurance, $2500.
October 29; still alarm; Porter street; woods.
October 30; still alarm; Porter street; woods.
October 31; still alarm; building corner Winthrop and Myrtle streets; owned by Miss R. Howe: occupied by John Holden; value of building and contents, $3,200; damage, $25; insurance, $2,000.
November 2; still alarm No. 1; Winthrop place; woods.
November 2; still alarm No. 2; Winthrop place; woods.
November 3; box 26; Appleton street; woods.
November 4; box 55; Ashland street; false.
November 10; still alarm; Porter street; grass.
November II; box 61; building School street; owned by Charles Sawyer; occupied by James Fahey; value of build- ing and contents, $2800; insurance, $2600.
November 11; box 43; building Myrtle street; owned by Miss R. Howe; occupied by John Holden; value of build- ing and contents, $3200; damage, $25; insurance, $2000.
November 20; box 51; building Main street; owned by G. W. Chipman estate; value of building and contents, $3000; insurance, $2700.
November 22; box 49; building Emerson street; owned by A. H. Sturges ; value of building and contents, $3000 ; insurance, $2500.
December 12; box 51; building Franklin street; owned and occupied by Chester B. Shepard; value of buildings and contents, $12,000; damage, $5,900; insurance, $8,000; insur- ance paid, $5,300.
Total value of buildings and contents, $100,240; total damage, $19,548.50; total insurance, $87,183; total insurance paid, $17,763.50; total loss, $1,785.
Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures.
To His Honor the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Melrose :
GENTLEMEN: I herewith respectfully submit the annual report of the sealer of weights and measures department for the year ending January 31, 1902.
EXPENSES.
Salary from February 1, 1901, to February 1, 1902, $200 00
I Branding iron, I 50
2 Stencils, . 50
I Set of seals, 2 40
Printing,
3 50
Total expenses from February 1, 1901, to Feb-
ruary I, 1902, $207 90
EARNINGS OF DEPARTMENT.
Total amount of earnings from February 1, 1901, to
February 1, 1902, $47 44
The amount uncollected due department, 2 44
Balance paid to city treasurer, $45 00
Unpaid bills of previous financial year paid to .
treasurer, 3 20
Total amount collected which has been paid to the city treasurer to be credited to the department of weights and measures, from February 1, 1901, to February 1, 1902, ·
$48 20
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT FROM FEB. I, 1901, TO FEB. I, 1902.
Number of scales 5000 lbs. to 10 tons capacity tested
3
" portable platforms tested, 27
6 6 " counter ١١
3
" spring balances tested, 47
.. " trip scales tested, 7
" counter balances tested, 65
Total number of scales tested, 152
Number of scales tested and found correct 143
16 66 adjusted before sealing, 7
that were condemned, 2
Total number of scales tested, 152
Number of weights tested and found correct, . 452
.6 light and ad-
justed, 60
Number of weights tested and found heavy and ad- justed, . 5
Total number of weights tested, . 517
Number of dry measures tested and found correct, I35
6 condemned. 2
Total number of dry measures tested, I37
Number of wet measures, including glass milk jars and cans tested and found correct, 3,122
Number of wet measures, including glass jars, tested and condemned, 86
Total number of wet measures tested, 3,208
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
THE AMOUNT OF WORK DONE IN THE OFFICE FROM
FEBRUARY I, 1901, to FEBRUARY I, 1902.
Scales of all descriptions tested, 23
Weights tested, 78
Dry measures tested, 45
Wet measures, including milk cans tested, 3,010
Yardsticks, 12
Total pieces tested in the office, 3,168
Yours respectfully,
WILLIAM L. PIERCE, Sealer of Weights and Measures. Melrose, February 17, 1902.
Report of the Overseers of the Poor.
To His Honor the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen, City of Melrose :
GENTLEMEN :- The overseers of the poor respectfully sub- mit the following report for the year ending Jan. 31, 1902.
There have been aided by the charity department during the year, 323 persons, 283 receiving partial support and 40 full support. Of those receiving partial support there were 45 families consisting of 113 adults and 170 children. Of the fully supported 20 were insane, 19 sane, and one feeble minded. They were supported at the following places : 20 in insane hospitals, one at Baldwinsville hospital for child- ren, 2 at the House of the Angel Guardian, 13 at the Pratt farm and 4 in private families.
We are pleased to note that while the number of persons aided is in excess of last year, the expense has not increased in proportion. We have the same problem to solve every year with reference to how best we can relieve the poor and distressed at the least expense. The Pratt farm still acts as a deterrent to many who would apply for aid but who
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would necessarily be sent to the farm on account of their inability to work, and no immediate possibility of their becoming self-supporting.
The principal reasons for granting aid to the many that we do is owing to the fact that in most of the families are young children. It has been the rule and practice of the board not to send families or those with young children to the Pratt farm as we deem it for the best interests of the child and of the city that it should be given an opportunity to become self-supporting.
If measures were taken in this city as in larger cities, and families were broken up, children sent to the state for adop- tion in families in the country, and the fathers and mothers sent to the farm, we should reduce our expenses very much, but it does not seem wise as yet for the department to enforce a rule which carries with it a seeming severity and inhumanity.
All cases that have been aided during the past year have been investigated and the conditions of the home and the character of the parents have been considered, and advice given as to the best method that the applicants might use in their endeavors to become self-supporting. We are pleased to note that employment has been provided for many of our citizens during the year which has kept them from applying to this board for relief.
PRATT FARM.
The work of this department has been carried on under the management of Mrs. Christie L. Chandler as matron, whose labors have been untiring in behalf of the poor peo- ple that have come under her charge and her service has been entirely satisfactory to the board.
There have been a number of improvements made in the farm but at a very little expense. We recommend the light- ing of the buildings by electricity as a safeguard from fire, thus keeping the inmates from the use of lamps. The laundry work also should be removed from the kitchen and placed in a room by itself.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
The health of the inmates has been good during the year.
We have met with two serious problems in the manage- ment of the Pratt farm during the year which deserve per- haps more than passing notice. Certain persons objecting to the department's improving land belonging to the farm and raising fodder for the keeping of cows, and selling milk therefrom, petitioned the mayor to request the department to stop the selling of milk. The opinion of the city solici- tor was requested, which we herewith enclose.
Hon. John Larrabee, Mayor, Melrose, Mass.
DEAR SIR: In response to your communications of Feb- ruary 27 and April 1, 1901, relative to protest of certain milk dealers against the city selling milk produced on the town farm, I have to say as follows:
The law gives the overseers of the poor authority to carry on the farm for the best interest of the city, taking into consideration the number of inmates, whether male or female, their condition of health, ability to work, and kinds of work that each is able to do. Taking the facts as stated in this case, it seems to me that the overseers of the poor are well within the law and nothing which has been called to my attention has been done by them which to my mind in any degree exceeds their authority or oversteps the bounds of reasonable and prudent administration of the powers conferred upon them to manage the work house or poor farm. The keeping of cows may be and probably is . the most profitable employment in which the inmates may be engaged. It also appears that the hay and fodder necessary for the keeping of the cows is raised on the farm, and taking everything into consideration it appears that the overseers of the poor are conservative in the exercise of their powers and authority.
Section 19, Chapter 33, of the Public Statutes is as fol- lows:
"The profits and earnings arising from the work of per- sons committed to a workhouse or almshouse shall, with the stock remaining on hand, be disposed of as the over- seers of the poor of the several places shall think proper,
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
either to the use of their cities or towns, of the persons committed or to the families of such persons."
The statutes assumes that profits may be made and cer- tain earnings obtained from the work of the inmates, and the fact that the overseers have made and probably will make some profits speaks well of their ability in carrying on the business entrusted to them as overseers of the poor, and in so doing they are simply acting within the express provisions of the above quoted section.
Very truly yours, FRANK L. WASHBURN, City Solicitor.
The other matter was the removal of a woman, who had · been aided by the city, to the Pratt farm. She was in need of aid but objected to staying at the farm. Through her friends she employed counsel to enter a writ of habeas corpus for her release from the farm, which was acted upon in the supreme court. The decision of the supreme court was that the woman was a pauper and that the overseers of the poor had acted within their authority, but that if her friends desired to remove her from the almshouse and take care of her they were at liberty to do so by furnishing the city of Melrose with suitable bonds agreeing so to do. This was done and the city has been relieved during the year of any expense for the care of this person.
The products of the farm for the year are as follows :
101/2 tons of English hay. 3 1/2 tons winter rye. 71 bushels potatoes. 1812 bushels beans.
31/2 bushels white beans.
12 bushels beets. 6212 bushels carrots.
2 bushels onions.
I bushel cucumbers. 3 bushels peas. 16 bushels tomatoes.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
3 bushels yellow corn. 64 bushels turnips. 140 summer squash. 54 winter squash. 20 pumpkins. 2 tons of fodder corn.
40 boxes of strawberries.
47 dozen of eggs. 54 chickens. 16,369 quarts of milk.
STOCK, TOOLS, AND FARMING IMPLEMENTS BELONGING TO THE PRATT FARM.
2 horses.
2 iron rakes.
8 cows.
2 square shovels.
35 hens. 2 round point shovels.
56 chickens.
2 scythes.
I cultivator.
2 sickles.
I single plough.
I corn knife.
I double plough.
2 snathes.
I harrow.
2 single harnesses.
I drag rake.
I pair chain traces.
I wheelbarrow.
I working harness.
4 hay rakes.
I democrat wagon.
4 hoes.
I express wagon.
I shove hoe.
I farm wagon.
2 manure forks.
I sled.
3 pitch forks.
225 feet hose.
I sledge hammer. 100 feet cow chain.
I pick axe.
I log chain.
I iron crowbar.
2 ladders.
3 axes.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS AND REIMBURSEMENTS.
Appropriation, .
$9,000 00
Commonwealth of Mass., refund, $812 54
Cities and towns, refund,
1,118 93
Board of health, refund,
I21 46
Pratt farm, sale of produce,
863 20
3,333 87
$12,333 87
EXPENDITURES.
Outside Aid.
Food,
$1,714 87
Fuel,
740 21
Rent,
1,022 33
Board,
432 56
Shoes,
278 15
Clothing,
53 42
Medicine, .
101 50
Medical aid,
395 40
Burial,
63 CO
Cash,
127 50
Care of insane, .
2,892 10
Baldwinsville Hospital for children,
169 45
Cities and towns on our account, 589 90
Office expenses, fares, etc.,
312 66
$8,892 95
Pratt farm supplies, . $2,358 28
" perm. repairs, . 281 40
6 live stock, 162 00
2,80I 68
$11,694 63
Balance to treasury, .
639 24
12,333 87
.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
PRATT FARM.
House expense, food,
$577 OI
Fuel, .
59 00
Telephone,
24 58
Supplies,
211 76
House labor,
72 93
Medicine,
34 05
Medical aid,
35 00
Repairs,
46 52
Sundries,
52 30
Salary of matron,
300 00
$1,413 15
Farm expense, labor,
$433 75
Supplies,
5II 38
Live stock,
162 00
Permanent repairs,
281 40
1,388 53
$2,801 68
Less for live stock, .
$162 CO
.. permanent repairs,
281 40
Credit by sale of produce,
808 II
wood delivered,
48 60
١١
" milk delivered,
63 94
$1,364 05
$1,437 63 Net cost of support per inmate, $3.50 per week.
Amount paid for support at our almshouse, viz .:
Salaries,
$300 00
Supplies, 1,428 20
Miscellaneous, . 630 08
Improvements at farm,
281 40
Miscellaneous purposes,
162 00
$2,801 68
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
Paid for full support at insane hos-
pitals or asylums,
$2,892 10
Paid for full support at other insti- tutions, 169 45
Paid for full support in private fami- lies, 432 56
Amount paid for temporary relief and partial support (without regard to settlement or residence) viz .:
Cash allowances, $127 50
Rent, 1,022 33
Supplies, .
2,786 65
Medical aid,
496 90
Miscellaneous,
63 00
5,086 18
Paid for incidental expenses of over-
seers of the poor or agents, 312 66
Total, . $11,694 63
Reimbursements of pauper expenses received during the year, viz .:
From almshouse, by sale of produce, $863 20
16 individuals for support in in- sane hospitals, 417 74
From state for relief, 812 54
cities and towns for relief, 1,240 39
$3,333 87
$8,360 76
Appropriation, .
$9,000 00
Net expenses, .
8,360 76
Refunded to treasury, $639 24
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
ELEANOR BROWN TOOTHAKER FUND.
Balance on hand to credit of the
fund, Jan. 31, 1901, $1,582 II Interest to January 31, 1902, 123 16
Expenditures,
$1,705 27 285 35
Balance, $1,419 92 Respectfully submitted, SIDNEY H. BUTTRICK. M. E. STANTIAL. ALBERT B. FRANKLIN.
Soldiers' Relief, State and Military Aid Report.
May 1, 1902.
The Honorable Board of Aldermen, Melrose, Mass :
GENTLEMEN :-- I herewith respectfully submit my report as agent for the disbursement of soldiers' relief, state and military aid, under the direction of your committee for the year ending January 31, 1902.
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Aid has been given to twenty-eight families,
amounting to
$2,218 63
Less repaid by Commonwealth of Mass., 168 00
$2,050 63
Cash,
$491 37
Rent,
624 75
Clothing,
36 20
Amount carried forward,
$1,152 32
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Amount brought forward,
$1,152 32
Medicine,
27 90
Medical aid,
118 00
Food,
546 53
Fuel,
279 66
Shoes,
56 40
Nursing,
18 00
Sundries,
19 82
$2,218 63
Respectfully submitted, SIDNEY H. BUTTRICK, Agent.
Report of the Cemetery Committee.
To the Honorable the Mayor and Board of Aldermen :
GENTLEMEN :- We submit herewith our report for the year ending January 31, 1902.
The expenses for the year have been as follows :
For labor as per pay rolls including
superintendent's salary, $3,991 00
Water pipes and fittings,
51 IO
Repairing and sharpening tools,
20 40
Sods, loam and gravel, .
97 32
Salaries of committee, 1900 and 1901,
150 00
Salaries of clerk, 1900 and 1901,
125 90
Printing, books, stamps, etc.,
104 77
Plants and shrubs,
67 22
Painting signs,
6 00
Dressing,
98 25
Carpenter work on tank, etc.,
27 03
Hardware and tools, 46 30
Grave markers and numbers,
63 99
Amount carried forward, . $4,849 28
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
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