City of Melrose annual report 1902, Part 9

Author: Melrose (Mass.)
Publication date: 1902
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Florence st., from Foster st. to Russell st. 2,132


Foster st., from Vinton st. to Larrabee st 4,784


Franklin st., from Main st. to Stoneham line.


4,847


Greenwood st., from Franklin st. to Woodland av


1,147


Grove st., from Berwick st. to Larrabee st. 3,983


Herbert st., from Berwick st. to Myrtle st. . 379


Howard st., from Green st. to M. G. Cochrane's st., in front of No. 134. 250


1,244


Hurd st., from Cottage st. to B. & M. R. R.


776


Hillside av. from Bellevue av. to angle in st.


336


Highland av., from Sargent st. to Cliff st


609


Lake av. from Emerson st. to Tremont st.


1,224


Lebanon st., from Porter st. to Beech av.


3,459


Lynde st., from Main st. to Summer st. 1,234


Laurel st., from Lebanon st. to Gooch st. 664


Main st., from Greenwood st. to Malden line 11,994


Malvern st., from Potter st. to Meridian st. 1,325


Meridian st., from Grove st. to Beech av.


737


Melrose st., from Vinton st. to Belmont st.


654


Melrose place, from Melrose st .. 284


Myrtle st., from Grove st. to Emerson st. 2,227


North av., from Walton Park to Stoneham line. 693


Green st., from Main st. to Porter and Lebanon sts 2,834


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Orris st., from Vinton st. to Walton Park 1,090


Orient av., from Porter st. to Emerson st. 1,015


Pleasant st., from Wyoming av. to Ashmont st. 1,361


Rowe st., from Upham st. to Porter st. 1,405


566


Tremont st., from Emerson st. to J. P. Deering's


Franklin st. to Melrose st ..


847


Trenton st., from Foster st. to Washington st .. 2,560


Upham st., from Main st. to Sewall st. 2,511


Vinton st., from Franklin st. to Foster st. 4,880


West Linden st., from Green st. to Main st. 458


Wyoming av., from Stoneham line to east line Brown est 4,446


Walton Park, from Franklin st. to Orris st 832


Warren st., from Franklin st. to Orris st. 614


Youle st., from Vinton st. to Leeds st. 892


Dell av., from Upham st. to Winter st.


362


86,952


Advertisements were inserted in the local papers and bids were received as follows :


CANVASS OF BIDS FOR SPRINKLING ABOUT 85,000 FEET OF STREETS IN MELROSE, MASS., FOR SEASON OF 1902. Opened April 23, 1902.


Joseph Gibbons.


$43.50 per 1,000 feet | Total, $3,697.50


C. L. Hoffman .


42.00


3,570.00


F. A. Pratt.


41.65


..


..


..


3,540.25


Norris & Co.


41.42


6.


..


.


. .


3.485.00


Philip S. Keating


40.00


..


.


. .


.. 3,400.00


The bid of Philip S. Keating was accepted, and he signed a contract and gave a bond of $1,000 for the faithful perform- ance of the same. By the terms of this contract the city paid for each 1,000 linear feet of street sprinkled during the month of


May


$6.00


September · $7.00


June .


7.00


October 6.00


July


7.00


November 0.00


August


7.00


December 0.00


In order to give to the citizens the very best service pos- sible, an inspector was employed to take charge of the work and to see that the contractor complied with all the terms of his contract. Few complaints were received, and the work was apparently satisfactory to all.


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On the line of the streets sprinkled are situated 1,404 estates, on which assessments amounting to $3,973:72 were levied and certified to the Assessors as follows :


122,821.75 lin. ft. occupied @ 3 cents, $3,684.65


28,299.24 " " vacant " I cent, 283.00


$3,967.66


STATEMENT OF STREET SPRINKLING FUND, JANUARY 31, 1903.


Uncollected Jan. 1, 1900,


$1,552 97


Amount of net assessment for 1900, 3,901 67


1901, 3,903 42


66 66


1902, 3,967 66


$13,325 72


Expended :


Deficiency Jan. 1, 1900, $1,183 79


Expended 1900,


4,334 60


66 1901,


3,542 51


1902,


4,521 65


Deficiency, $256 83 -$13,582 55


From the foregoing statement it will be seen that the assessments levied do not pay all the expense of doing the work, and this deficiency will increase from year to year as the repair to carts will be greater in the future, and all standpipes should be changed to the improved swing arm standpipes. This would cost about $600.00, but would be economy in the end as the cost of repairs would be less.


STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.


Assessments levied,


$3,973 71


Less abatements, 6 05


$3,967 66


Expended :


By amount paid Philip Keating, on contract, $3,478 06


By amount paid Philip Keating sprinkling streets before contract was made, 54 00


Amounts carried forward


$3,532 06 $3,967 66


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Amounts brought forward, $3,532 06 $3,967 66 By amount paid highway division, sprinkling, 79 56


By repair to carts, 314 49


" repairs to standpipes, valves and hose, 102 70


By repairs by water division, stand- pipes, valves and hose, . 83 34


By amount paid for inspection 362 25


$6 advertising and


printing, 12 25


By amount paid for assessment schedules,


35 00


Deficiency, . $553 99


$4,521 65


STREET LIGHTING.


On February Ist, a new contract was made with the Malden Electric Company for three years; the prices are a little less than the former one, being for arc light $70.00 per annum and for incandescent $15.50 per annum.


We now have 52 arc and 543 incandescent lights, which is an increase of 21 incandescent lights for the year.


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.


Appropriation, . $12,325 00


Transferred from general contingent,


Order No. 1763,


125 00


$12,450 00


Expended:


Malden Electric Company, 12,275 78


Balance in Treasury, $174 22


STONE BOUNDS.


Of our public highways eleven miles and over have been laid out by the County Commissioners; the lines of some being more or less indefinite, they were petitioned to relocate them. This work has been done, the lines defined, plans made and filed, and bounds set on the following streets:


1


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Forest street,


5


Main street,


3


Ravine road,


4


Upham street,


16


Vinton street,


17


Total, .


45


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.


Balance Feb. 1, 1902, $114 24


Receipts paid to Treasurer, 4 35


$118 59


Expended :


For labor and teams as per pay roll, $53 05


For stock from water division, 75


53 80


Balance in Treasury,


$64 79


COLLECTION OF ASHES AND HOUSEHOLD RUBBISH.


On June 13, 1902, the Board of Aldermen passed Order No. 1710, appropriating $1700.00 for the collection of ashes, directing that the same be done under the directions of the Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works.


Advertisements were inserted in the local papers, and bids received and opened June 28, 1902, as follows:


Robert Philpot,


76 Dell Ave., Melrose.


S. F. Howes,


W. Emerson St.,


Melrose.


P. S. Keating,


Pleasant St.,


Melrose.


44 Charles St., Melrose.


Month.


Price.


Price.


Price.


Price.


January


$160.00


$305.00


$200.00


$134 00


February


160.00


305.00


200.00


134.00


March


160.00


305.00


200.00


130.00


April


160.00


285.00


100.00


130.00


May


160.00


66.50


100.00


130.00


June


80.00


66.50


100.00


130.00


July


80.00


66.50


100.00


130.00


August


80.00


66.50


100.00


130.00


September


80.00


66.50


100.00


130.00


Octobe


80.00


100.00


130.00


November


160.00


300.00


100.00


130.00


December


160.00


300.00


200.00


134.00


$1,520.00


$2,132.50


$1,600.00


$1,572.00


C. L. Hoffman,


.


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The bid of Robert Philpot was accepted and a contract entered into.


STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.


Appropriation, $1,700 00 Expended: .


Amount paid to Robert Philpot, 85% contract price to Feb. I, 1903, . $680 00 Amount paid labor as per pay rolls, 117 00 Amount paid advertising and print- ing, 26 00


823 00


Balance on hand, $877 00


PARKS.


Melrose owns no large park with shrubs, flowers and drives but has a common which has never been graded, and 15 or 20 acres of wild land on the north side of Ell Pond which eventually can be made a very beautiful spot, but needs to be graded or filled in. This work has been started in a small way by cleanings taken from the streets. We also have 9 acres of woody land known as Sewall Woods Park. These, together with several small triangular lots in various parts of the city, constitute the public grounds.


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.


Appropriation,


$150 00


Expended:


Amounts paid A. W. Lynde, labor and teams, .


$48 77


Amounts paid W. A. Goodno, labor, . " F. E. Coyle, hardware, . 3 15


14 00


66 " J. P. Deering & Co., lumber, 20 55


86 47


Balance in Treasury, .


$63 53


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CITY HALL.


Attention was called by the Board of Health to the sani- tary arrangements in the City Hall, stating that they were contrary to the provisions of the public statutes, which require separate toilet-rooms in all public buildings occupied by both sexes. This matter was brought to the attention of the Board of Aldermen, and a request made for an appropri- ation sufficient to divide the closet now occupied by the Board of Aldermen as a coat-room into two small toilet- rooms and to install the necessary plumbing, but the request was not granted. Later the Board of Health called atten- tion to the unsanitary condition of the basement of the City Hall where the public toilet was located. A report of its condition, together with an estimate of the cost of making the necessary changes was submitted to the Board of Alder- men, and they by order No. 1723 appropriated $373.00 for this purpose. The work has been completed at an expense shown below. This provides suitable accommodations for the male occupants only, and some provision should be made for the women, as there are a number of them employed in the building.


CITY HALL BASEMENT.


Appropriation, Order No. 1723, Expended :


$373 00


Toomey & Co., plastering, $6 00


Piping, I 77


Wm. Morss, plumbing, heating and lighting, . 185 00


Wm. Morss, carpenter work and painting, 134 00


Wm. Morss, incidentals and door check, 17 13


Labor as per pay rolls, 15 06


Light glass in toilet-room, 50


359 46


Balance, $13 54


At the time of making repairs in the City Auditorium and putting in new seats, their arrangement and numbers were changed, and since then there has been no new lithograph


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made. Inasmuch as each person engaging the Auditorium requires a plan of the seats, I would suggest that a price be fixed for furnishing the same; at present blue prints are · given them free.


The Auditorium was used 37 times, divided as follows:


Rehearsal, I, . $10 00


Afternoons, 3, 30 00


Full charge, 13,


310 00


Free, 6 afternoons and 14 evenings.


STATEMENT OF COLLECTIONS.


DR.


To rent of City Auditorium, 1902, . · $350 00


sale of old seats,


23 70


" sale of junk, II 07


" cleaning corridor,


I 50


" rent City Auditorium, uncollected


1901, . 45 00


$431 27


CR.


By cash paid Treasurer, rent Auditorium, 1902, . $320 00


By cash paid Treasurer, rent Auditorium, 1901, . 25 00


By amount uncollected, rent Auditorium, 1902, . 30 00


By amount uncollected, rent Auditorium, 1901, . 20 00


By cash paid Treasurer, sale of old seats, 23 70 6 6 " " junk, II 07 = for cleaning corridor City Hall, . I 50


$431 27


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RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.


Appropriation, janitor's service, $750 00


.. heating, .


275 00


lighting, .


· 1,000 00


incidental ex-


pense,


$300 00


Appropriation, Dec. 8, 1902,


Oider No. 1986, 40 00·


Bill Thos. Kehoe, app'd March 5, paid from deficiency appr'n, order No. 1663, 1 00


341 00


$2,366 00


Expended :


Paid janitor and laborers, . $723 50


" S. E. Benson & Co., $ 28 75


" W. A. Jepson, . 246 25


275 00


Paid for supplies City Hall:


Contingent, $96 83


Repairs, . 225 09


Moving and repairs to piano, 16 00


337 92


Paid lighting, Malden


Electric Company $595 40


Paid lighting, Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co., . 159 60


755 00


$2,091 42


Balance in treasury, lighting account, $245 00


Balance in treasury, janitor account, . · 26 50 Balance in treasury, contingent account, 3 08


274 58


$2,366 00


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The appropriation for the contingent expense of this building has never been large enough to meet the demands, and each year there has been a deficiency. This year the account does not show it, as by the special authority from the Board of Aldermen, certain improvements in the base- ment (cementing cellar and renewing water pipes) were made by the regular employees of other divisions of the public works department and from the stock on hand. The entire expense of this work was as follows:


Renewing water pipes:


Stock,


$17 15


Labor,


3 57 $20 72


Cementing cellar:


Stock,


$50 13


Labor and teaming, .


52 27


102 40


$123 12


The other divisions will have to be reimbursed for this expense as follows:


Sewer division, for cement,


$39 88


Water division, stock,


$17 15


66 labor,


3 57


20 72


Highway division, labor,


$52 27 ·


.6


“ crushed stone


and sand, . ·


IO 25


62 52


$123 12


Notwithstanding the coal famine and the excessive price charged for fuel, I am pleased to report that the appropria- tion for heating was not exceeded and was sufficient, not only to heat the building to February 1, 1903, but there is enough fuel on hand to last the balance of the winter; and we were also able from the supply on hand to lend to the relief committee about 15 tons, which was later returned.


The aggregate of all appropriations amounts to $2,366.00, while the aggregate of all expenditures, exclusive of the


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work of renewing water pipes and cementing cellar, was only $2,091.42, showing a balance of $274.58.


ENGINEERING DIVISION.


The work in this division has been of the same general character as in previous years, and is much more than is generally realized.


A summary of the work done is as follows:


SCHEDULE OF STREET NUMBERING, DONE IN 1902. Public Works Department, March, 1903.


Doors


Numbered.


Street.


Re-numbered


New.


Total.


Total Numbers Used.


Berwick street.


16


5


21


45


Brunswick park


3


3


6


Cumner avenue


1


. .


1


2


Cutter street .


10


10


20


Essex street.


1


. .


1


2


Franklin street


81


33


114


348


Fairview avenue.


2


. .


2


4


Florence street.


31


1


32


84


Glen avenue.


3


. .


·


8


16


Larrabee place


2


1


3


6


Melrose place.


6


. .


6


12


Mt. Vernon street


1


. .


1


2


Park street.


1


.


1


1


Pleasant street .


28


6


34


104


Winthrop place.


3


11


14


27


West Foster street


24


6


30


75


York Terrace.


9


3


12


23


Vinton street


3


. .


3


9


Scattered


. .


58


58


120


Totals


234


124


358


913


FOR HIGHWAY DIVISION.


Street Lines and Grades for Construction, Gutters, Crossings, etc.


Ashland st., gutter, Highland av. to Henry av., east and west sides.


Beech av., gutter, north side Lebanon st. to Elliot st.


Crescent av., gutter, brook to Ashmont st.


Clifton Park, gutter, Woodland av., south, both sides.


Damon av., grading, Frost av. to Boardman av. First st., gutter, Eighth st. to Gooch st.


5


Gibbons street.


1


1


2


Holbrook court


8


.


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Franklin st., gutter, Howie ct. to Cliff st.


Frances st., curb reset at Twitchell's.


Gooch st., low pt. to Laurel st. Howard st., Green st. to brook, line and grade. Lebanon st., (at McCarty's) gutter.


Main st., gutter, Grove to Lynde, east side.


66 and Larrabee place, crossing.


" " " Faulkner


Meridian st. and Grove st., crossing.


Myrtle st. and Essex st., crossing.


Spring st., grading.


Tremont st., grading and gutters, Franklin st. south to angle.


Vinton st., gutter, south from Franklin st.


Woodland ave., grading and gutter, Clifton park to city line.


Willow st. and Myrtle st., crossing.


FOR SEWER DIVISION.


Streets Sewered, Lines and Grades Given, Quantities Computed, Esti- mates Rendered, Plans and Profiles Made.


704 feet


Corey place .


746


Hesseltine avenue


Heyward avenue 690


Right of Way (South of Pearl street) . 305


2,627 feet


FOR PROPOSED SEWER.


Richardson road, Henry avenue to Alpine street. 800 feet


FOR WATER DIVISION.


Lines for construction spiked out, estimates of cost made, plans and profiles partly completed and drawings and plue prints of special castings furnished. Feet.


Feet.


Ashland street . 970


Henry avenue. 172


Berwick street 177


Hillside avenue. 610


Cherry street 350


Lebanon street. 1,085


Cleveland street.


1,376


Maple street. 1,137


Clifton Park. 150


Upham street. 953


Chipman avenue 380


Vine street. 569


Dell avenue. 1,170


Vinton street 56


Emerson street 322


Willow street 624


Forest street. 370


Winthrop street 660


W. Foster street 1,325


Waverly avenue. 417


Hancock street 60


Wyoming avenue 1,928


Argyle street.


182


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FOR SIDEWALKS.


I. CURBING .- Plans and profiles made ; lengths and radii computed. Lines and grades given. Work in- spected and measured.


Linear Feet


Location.


Description


Straight


Curved


Ashland street at No. 103


66.00


26.16


Individual


66


66


66


'· inside.


6.20


Bartlett


66


66


" 19


60 10


.6


Bellevue avenue at No. 106


199.95


12.10


Crescent


66


66


" 32


37.30


6.30


107.50


10.60


٠٠


.6


₩ 24.


37.00


6.30


..


Dell


“ 76.


63.60


6.28


66


W. Emerson street at B. & M. R.


Essex street, cor. Myrtle street. .


6.10


10.00


Highways Individual 66


Grove '


standpipe .


25.20


81.55


6.30


Laurel street at No. 49.


61.30


12.60


66


Meridian street, cor. Grove street.


16.70


21.30


Main street, Foster to Grove street.


66


cor. Wyoming avenue.


250.70


12,50


60.00


66


66 66 66


964 and 984


281.20


6.30


66


Trenton street at No. 70.


52.92


12.56


66


Upham


.. 127


188.90


9.55


Vinton street at No. 22.


102.24


Winthrop street at No. 35


43.10


6.30


Wyoming avenue at No. 12 (west).


63.00


12.60


Washington school .. .


132.00


Continuous


Warren street, cor. Orris street.


14.30


0.45


Highways


Spring street, cor. Briggs street .


232.30


10.55


Individual


Totals


3,693.90


268.86


64


Crystal street at Nos. 3, 5


Crescent avenue at No. 28.


37.00


6.30


W. Foster street at B. & M. R. R.


33.39


8.21


First street at No. 108.


80.00


Grove 66


" Friend Bros


Highways Individual


Lebanon street at No. 478.


66 418.


55.81


922.29


50.30


Continuous Individual


66


960


66 72.


45.00


46


66


6:


66


12.


65.20


49.65


..


4 91.


87.00


66


69.40


6.30


at No. 956


60.00


66


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2. CONCRETE .- (Under contract with Norris & Co.) Laid out, measured and estimates rendered.


Quantities in sq. yds:


Totals.


Repairs.


New work.


Top dressing.


For Highway Division


703.09


93.67


13.61


810.37


Sewer


39.85


1.11


40.96


Water


66


41.99


3.31


45.30


66 Sidewalks


2,102.64


1,049.89


3,263.62


6,416.15


Public Corporations


17.37


5.28


1.38


24.03


Totals .


2,904.94


1,153.26


3,278.61


7,336.81


3. BRICK WALKS .- Line and grade given. Data furnished.


Sq. Yds.


Bellevue avenue at No. 106


158.00


Vinton street at No. 22


68.00


Washington School


360.00


Total


586.00


FOR SURFACE DRAINAGE.


Surveys, computations and plans made, lines and grades given for all work constructed during the current year, viz :


Lebanon street: Grove street, east to Washington school.


Franklin street : Main street west to brook at Howie court.


Grove street : Gooch street to Larrabee street.


Culverts at Melrose street and Frost avenue.


Surveys, computations and taking plans made for proposed work, viz :


Albion street to Highland avenue via Right of Way.


Linwood av. drain Leonard's Brook via Right of Way to Summer st.


Otis street drain, Ell Pond via Right of Way to Leeds street.


Grove street, Main street to Linwood avenue.


Plans and profiles of previous year's work, completed.


Linden street brook, levels Green street to Melrose Common.


FOR CEMETERY DEPARTMENT.


40 lots surveyed, plotted, figured, traced and blue printed. Soldiers' Monument :


Staking out lot.


Grades and lines for Construction.


Plans and blue prints of casting.


Blue prints of working plans.


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FOR STREET NUMBERING. (See report already made)


FOR ASSESSING DEPARTMENT.


Re-division of sewer assessments as called for.


Schedule of assessments for street watering.


Schedule of assessments for sewer extensions for years 1901 and 1902.


Schedule of assessments for new sidewalks and curbing.


FOR ASSESSMENT PLANS.


Traverse made for Norrisville sewer extension: viz, Howard street across private land to Damon avenue and Boardman avenue, thence via Right of Way to Hesseltine avenue and Howard street.


3 new assessment sheets plotted and all new sewers added and assessments recorded thereon.


New houses located, and plotted.


Re-numbering done.


STREET LINES SURVEYED FOR RECORD


Holland road Hamilton road Main street and Foster corners


Orris street


Dell avenue


Winter street


Richardson road


Ashland street


Henry avenue


Malvern street


FOR ABUTTERS. Street lines and grades given.


Crescent avenue, trees Cedar park, proposed regrading of lawns Crystal street, grading Damon avenue, First street


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Fairview avenue, wall


Green street, B. & N. St. Ry. track


Reading Hill avenue, wall


Richardson road, grading Swain's Pond avenue, fences


School street, grading


Washington street, grading


FOR OFFICE RECORD PLANS. Streets cross sectioned for record grades.


Ashland street, Franklin street to Alpine street Bartlett street


Briggs street


Cedar park, R. R. to Vinton street


Eighth street


W. Emerson street, Tremont street to Vinton street W. Foster street, Berwick street to Cottage street Holland road


Hamilton road


Lebanon street, Foster street to Washington school


Forest


Malden line


Leeds street


Main street, Foster street to Emerson street


Melrose street, Main street to Albion street


Orris street, Vinton street to Walton park


Porter street, Main street to Orient avenue


Potter street Richardson Road Spring street


Trenton street, Washington street to Wyoming avenue


Tremont street, Ell Pond park to Franklin street


Upham street, Lebanon street to Gooch street Winthrop street


Warren street


RECORD GRADE PLANS.


Transferred from tracing cloth to mounted paper. Emerson street, Lebanon street to Lake avenue


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Franklin street, Main street to R. R. crossing Green street


Laurel street, Sixth street to Waverly avenue


Meridian street, Grove street to Beech avenue Mt. Vernon street and Brown street


Malvern street, Meridian street to Potter street Waverly avenue, Upham street to Third street Wyoming avenue, R. R. crossing to Trenton street York terrace


MISCELLANEOUS.


Line and grade for B. & N. St. Ry., Essex street to Emerson street.


Plan Linden street, Green street and Holbrook court to Franklin street, for Police Department.


Grade for stone bound, Vinton street for county commis- sioners.


Layout of city scales.


Plan for re-arrangement of toilet room, city hall base- ment.


Detail plans-stones for steps, Washington school.


Layout for proposed card index.


Schedule of electric lights and index to plan.


CLASSIFIED DIVISION OF THE WORK OF THE ENGINEERING OFFICE REDUCED TO MONEY.


Highway division, construction, lines and grades, $152 52 Sidewalks, curbing and concrete, lines and grades, 219 II Water division, lines, plans and estimates 265 13 Sewer division, construction-lines, grades and as- sessments, 341 82


Surface drainage, construction-lines, grades and plans, 275 49


Record grade plans, bench levels, etc., . 562 50 Estimates and computations . . 85 59 Deed records, indexing and general office work, 359 79 Tracings of all kinds,


20 25


Amount carried forward, . $2,282 20


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Amount brought forward,


. $2,282 20


Assessment plans, . IIO 63 Street numbering, 97 75


For abutters, lines and grades,


55 59


Wyoming cemetery, surveys, computations and plans,


55 CO


For public service corporations,


18 90


$2,620 07


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.


Appropriation, salaries,


$3.000 00


Less transferred to supplies, Order No. 2025, 100 00


$2,900 00


Appropriation, supplies,


$300 00


Transferred from salaries, Order


No. 2025,


100 00


-


400 00


$3,300 00


Expended:


For salaries as per pay rolls,


$2,520 07


" supplies as per invoices, .


390 23


$3,010 30


Balance in treasury, supplies


account, .


$9 77


Balance in treasury, salary


account, .


279 93


$289 70


$3,300 00


MISCELLANEOUS WORK.


In addition to the foregoing, various minor matters have been ordered done by the Board of Aldermen, and special appropriations made to pay the expense. The expenditures follow, together with the expenditures charged to the gen- eral contingent appropriation.


159


PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.


CITY SCALES.


Appropriation, Order No. 1744, . $300 00


1861,. 100 00


$400 00


Expended :


Fairbanks & Co., for scales, .


$200 00


" " book,


I 00


McQuesten & Co., lumber,


70 85


Labor as per pay rolls,


83 06


Highway Div., crushed stone and teams, 9 37


Sewer Div., cement, -


21 35


385 63


Balance in treasury,


$14 37


LIFE SAVING APPARATUS.


Appropriation,


$100 00


Expended:


Amount paid W. A. Goodno, $35 00


" J. P. Deering & Co., lumber, 20 97


" Burdett & Williams, for


ladders, ropes, boat-hooks, etc., . 20 30


Amount paid expressage from Boston, 1 00


77 27


Balance in treasury, $22 73


ALDERMANIC CHAMBER.


Appropriation,


$60 00


Expended:


H. J. Harwood, for 24 portable assembly chairs, 44 40


Balance in treasury,


$15 60


DIX POND.


Appropriation, Expended :


$100 00


Labor as per pay rolls,


99 50


Balance in treasury,


$0 50


160


CITY OF MELROSE


IMPROVEMENT MELROSE COMMON.


Appropriation, Order No. 1679, . $50 00 Expended :


F. E. Coyle, hardware, $4 68


J. P. Deering & Co., lumber. 16 93


W. A. Goodno, labor, . 12 80


Labor as per pay rolls, .


6 87


41 28


Balance in treasury, $8 72


*AMOUNT PAID ON PAY ROLLS.


Fourth of July Celebration, $16 00


Gypsy Moth, 53 75


Brown-tail Moth, . 653 93


*The labor was paid on the general pay rolls, approved by the Engi- neer and Supt. of Public Works, but the bills were approved by the Mayor.


BILLS APPROVED AND PAID FROM GENERAL CONTINGENT FUND.


Election Expenses :


M. F. Eastman, rent, $35 00


Dr. J. S. Clark, rent, . 25 00


Wyoming Lodge, F. & A. M., rent, . 25 00


C. J. Wing, janitor services, 28 00


W. A. Goodno, preparing booths, .


25 75


Brock Bros., stove, etc., Green street, 5 62




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