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. May
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Frank Gibbons.
. Conductor Street Railway. . 41
313 E. Foster .. . Aug.
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Frank C. Newman
. Permanent man. .
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362 Washington.
FIRE REPORT.
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101
102
CITY OF MELROSE
STATEMENT OF FIRES AND ALARMS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1905.
February 2; box 45; Hillside avenue; owner, E. J. Norris ; oc- cupant, Mrs. Poor ; value of building and contents, $5,100; dam- age, $1350; insurance, $1,000; insurance paid, $950.
February 3; box 48; West Emerson street; owner, S. E. Ben- son; occupant, 4 stores, 2 dwellings; value of building and con- tents, $12,900; damage, $10,470; insurance, $11,500; insuranc paid, $10,470.
February 3; box 48; second alarm; West Emerson street; owner, S. E. Benson, occupant, 4 stores, 2 dwellings ..
February 4; box 41 ; Lynde and Grove streets ; owner, Charles Sprague; occupant, Wm. J. Warren; value of building and con- tents, $2,500; damage, $40; insurance, $2,000; insurance paid, $40.
February 8; still alarm ; Main street; owner, Boston & North- ern Street Railway Co .; electric car.
March 2; box 41; Lebanon street; owner, Mrs. Oliver; occu- pant, Mrs. Oliver; building and contents, $5,000; damage $161.25 ; insurance, $3,500; insurance paid, $161.25.
March 7; box 57; Warren and Orris streets ; false alarmı.
March 11; box 34; Dill court; owner, J. A. Dill; occupant, F. De Fazio ; value of building and contents, $2,700; damage, $300; insurance, $2,500; insurance paid, $300.
March 12; box 33; Myrtle street; hospital; value of building and contents, $9,000; damage, $911.25; insurance, $6,000; in- surance paid, $911.25.
April 4; 1.30 p. m .; still alarm; off Washington street ; woods.
April 4; 10.45 a. m. ; still alarm ; off Washington street; woods.
April 4; 1.55 p. m .; still alarm; Howard street; woods.
April 4; 1.40 p. m .; still alarm; Howard street; woods.
April 4; still alarm; Waverly avenue; woods.
April 4; still alarm; Haywood avenue; woods.
April 5; still alarm; Tremont street; owner, James Murray; store shed.
April 5; still alarm; Whitman avenue; woods.
April 5; box 59; Woodland avenue; woods.
April 5; 2 p. m .; still alarm; Spear street ; woods.
April 5; 2.45 p. m .; still alarm; Spear street; woods.
April 5; still alarm; off Linden avenue; grass fire.
April 13; box 37; Maple street; owner, Margaret Driscol; oc- cupant, John Knights; value of building and contents, $1,200; damage, $300; insurance, $2,000; insurance paid, $300.
April 14; box 23; Lebanon street; owner, C. T. Godion; occu- pant, Thomas Dorr; value of building and contents, $1,700; damage, $233; insurance, $1,400; insurance paid, $233.
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FIRE REPORT.
April 15; box 48; Tiemont street ; owner, S. E. Benson ; occu- pant, C. F. Hancock; value of building and contents, $200; damage, $25; insurance, $200; insurance paid, $25.
April 17; still alarm; off Sylvan street; woods.
April 18; still alarm; Emerson street; owner, Gooch estate; woods.
April 21; still alarm; Lebanon street; woods.
April 23; box 49; off Emerson street; woods.
April 23; still alarm; off Perkins street; woods.
April 24; still alarm; Penny road; woods.
April 26; still alarm; Boardman avenue; woods.
April 29; box 42; Laurell street; owner and occupant, S. Burns.
May 4; box 35; off Wyoming avenue; woods.
May 5; still alarm; Spear street ; woods.
May 5; still alarm; Woodland avenue; woods.
May 7; still alarm; Farwell street; woods.
May 8; still alarm ; Foster street ; occupant, B. & M. R. R.
May 14; box 44; Dell avenue; owner, Walter Murphy; occu- pant, T. J. Knights.
May 18; box 39; Trenton street; false alarm.
June 2; box 29; First street; owner, A. E. Keen; occupant, B. O. Taylor; value of building and contents, $2,800; damage, $210; insurance, $2,000; insurance paid, $210.
June 30; box 58; Otis street ; owner, Thomas Grady ; occupant, Thomas Grady; value of building and contents, $6,800; dam- age, $607; insurance, $5,500; insurance paid; $607.
July 4; box 36; Berwick street; owner and occupant, C. A. Ripley ; value of building and contents, $2,600; damage, $31.60; insurance, $2,300; insurance paid, $31.60.
July 5; box 43; Myrtle street; owner, F. Nurse; occupant, John Duncan; value of building and contents, $1,500; dam- age, $717; insurance, $2,700; insurance paid, $717.
July 6; box 43; rear of Main street; occupant, Frank De Fazio.
July 10; box 43; Wyoming park; owner, W. D. Gower; vacant; value of building, $6,500; damage, $5,500; insurance, $7,000; insurance paid, $5,500.
July 10; box 32; Wyoming park; owner, W. D. Gower; vacant.
July 10; still alarm; Wyoming park; owner, W. D. Gower; vacant.
July 15; box 27; Meridian street; owner and occupant W. J. Bowers; value of building and contents, $4,300; damage, $40: insurance, $4,500; insurance paid, $40.
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July 16; box 32; Main street; owner, Mrs. Leonard; occu- pant, Mrs. Clark; value of building and contents, $4,300; dam- age, $316; insurance, $5,000; insurance paid, $316.
July 19; still alarm; Vinton street; owner and occupant, Walter Chesley.
July 20; box 34; Main street; owner, H. A. Leonard; occu- pant, J. F. Hughes; value of building and contents, $1,875; damage, $927.57; insurance, $1,500; insurance paid, $927.57.
July 25; still alarm; Hawes avenue; woods.
July 26; box 51; Reading Hill avenue; owner, M. J. Laws; vacant; value of building and contents, $2,000; damage, $100; no insurance.
August 2; box 42; Swain Pond avenue; owner and occupant, Beshong; value of building and contents, $300; damage, $260; insurance, $200; insurance paid, $160.
August 2; box 54; Melrose street; owner and occupant, IV. H. Allen; value of building and contents, $4,200; damage, $15; insurance, $4,200; insurance paid, $15.
August 8; box 32; Grove street; owner, S. E. Benson; occu- pant, C. H. Cummings; value of building and contents, $900; damage, $472.25; insurance, $800; insurance paid, $472.25.
August 30; box 46; Crystal street; owner, Thos. Simans; occupant, C. Everson; value of building and contents, $500; damage, $450; insurance, $500; insurance paid, $450.
September 5; box 35; Wyoming avenue; owner and occu- pant, A. Blanchard; value of building and contents, $3,500; damage, $730; insurance, $3,500; insurance paid, $730.
September 7; still alarm; Reading Hill avenue; woods.
September 10; box 41; Lynde street; owner, C. F. Keyes; vacant; value of building and contents, $2,500; damage, $1,732; insurance, $2,000; insurance paid, $1,732.
September 10; still alarm; Lynde street; owner, C. F. Keyes; vacant.
September 17; box 42; off Swain Pond avenue; owner, James Ryan; vacant; value of building and contents, $200; damage, $200; no insurance.
September 21; box 32; Main street; owner, B. and N. R. R., electric car.
September 22; still alarm; Main street; owner, B. and N. R. R., electric car.
September 30; box 42; Folsom avenue; owner, Mary R. Rose; occupant, A. H. Bernard; value of building and contents, $3,700 damage, $125; insurance, $1,000; insurance paid, $125; no return as to building damage or insurance on the same or insurance paid.
October 2; box 48; Tremont street; owner and occupant, James McGinley ; value of building and contents, $875; dam- age, $14; insurance, $600; insurance paid, $14.
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FIRE REPORT.
October 3; still alarm; Franklin street ; owner and occupant, C. M. Cox, brush.
October 30; box 36; Grove street; owner and occupant, Conley and Foley; value of building and contents, $3,700; damage, $7; insurance, $3,200; insurance paid, $7.
October 31; box 62; Porter street; owner, E. H. Moore; vacant; value of building and contents, $200; damage, $100; no insurance.
October 31; still alarm; Main street; shanty.
November 1; box 56; Walton park; owner, W. H. Green- leaf; brush fire.
November 2; still alarm; Sylvan street; owner, Lynde estate, woods.
November 7; still alarm; Towner's Meadow; woods.
November 7; still alarm; Porter street; woods.
November 9; box 23; Lebanon street; owner, C. E. Damon; woods.
November 12; still alarm; Florence street; woods.
November 20; still alarm; Rodgers road; woods.
November 22; still alarm; Swain's Pond avenue; woods.
November 25; still alarm; Richardson road; woods.
November 25; still alarm; off Pearl street; woods.
December 19; box 55; Albion street; owner, Mrs. Pendle- ton; occupant, Adams and Brackett; value of building and contents, $2,400; damage, $450; insurance, $1,400; insurance paid, $450.
December 19; box 43; Main street; owner, Joseph Edwards; occupant, John Fitzgerald; value of building and contents, $6,500; damage, $20; insurance, $6,000; insurance paid, $20.
December 21; Box 41; Lebanon street; owner and occupant, A. L. Holmes; value of building and contents, $8,000; damage, $140; insurance, $7,500; insurance paid, $140.
January 1; 10 blows, call from Stoneham; owner, New Eng- land Sanitarium.
January 1; still alarm; Vine street; owner and occupant, N. M. Dyer.
Report of the Inspector of Buildings.
MELROSE, January 1, 1905.
Honorable Mayor Buttrick and the Honorable Board of Aldermen.
GENTLEMEN :- The fifth annual report of this department shows a healthy growth.
The following table shows the number of inspections made by this department and the character of alterations ordered.
Inspection of buildings 160
Inspection of chimneys.
6
Dangerous chimneys. 6
1
Changes in furnace pipes.
1
Changes in fire-places.
1
The following table shows the number of permits granted for each month of the year, 1904.
January.
3
February
9
March.
7
April.
17
May.
12
June
6
July
13
August
10
September
9
October ..
13
November
6
December.
3
Total.
108
Amount of contingent.
$25.00
500 copies of ordinance.
12.00
Balance.
$13.00
Dangerous boilers.
107
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS.
The following table shows the number of permits granted in each ward, and the use for which they were intended.
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
7 Totals
Additions ..
3
11
8
1
1
7
2 33
Alterations and repairs.
1
4
2
2
·
1
1
1
4
Chimneys.
Factories. .
Foundations
3
1
.
1
1 1
5
Store houses
2
3
2
2
3 2
1
2
19
Miscellaneous
3
2
4 2
3
3
13
6
31
22
13
8
14
14
108
..
.
1
. .
.
2
4
18
Dwellings
5
5
. .
·
In conclusion I wish to express my thanks to Hon. Mayor Buttrick and other departments for assistance rendered.
Respectfully submitted,
W. A. GOODNO,
Inspector of Buildings.
. .
9
Carriage houses
1
1
·
1
1
5
Stables.
1
2
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CITY OF MELROSE
COST OF BUILDING
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
New
Repairs
New
Repairs
New
Repairs
January
$3,050
$1,800
February
$40
75
25
$1,000
March.
250
3,500
617
April
$175
$2,050
13,050
400
May
1,000
50
100
1,450
50
June
1,590
300
July.
2,800
2,500
1,850
4,000
August
1,500
125
3,000
200
September
1,900
1,200
October.
525
150
November
500
35
December
250
$1,175
$3,140
$13,400
$8,765
$22,175
$2,452
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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS.
FOR THE YEAR 1904.
Ward 4
Ward 5
Ward 6
Ward 7
TOTALS
New
Repairs
New
Repairs
New
Repairs
New
Repairs
New
Repairs
$4,850
$25
$1,850
100
$2,915
$3,500
300
3,500
$4,667
$15,300
.1,200
$2,000
$200
30,525
3,850
$150
25
1,250
1,575
5,000
5,300
1,590
10,000
$3,000
400
125
19,900
4,775
500
40
50
4,550
865
3,050
140
250
300
5,250
1,590
300
1,500
700
2,025
1,150
850
50
125
850
710
50
150
150
400
200
$19,200
$4,190
$15,150
$525
$3,000
$3,665
$4,400
$1,150
$78,500
$23,887
Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures.
To His Honor the Mayor of the City of Melrose.
SIR :- I herewith respectfully submit the annual report of the sealer of weights and measures department for the vear ending January 31, 1905
EXPENSES.
Salary from Feb. 1, '04 to Feb. 1, '05 $400.00
A. W. Dunton & Co., certificates. 4.50
Melrose Journal, 100 stickers 1.50
F. E. Coyle, hardware 3.75
Posting sealer's notice. 2.00
S. M. Spencer Co., 3 rubber stamps ..
.50
1 Window screen .. . 1.00
1.00
A. W. Dunton Co., 100 cards.
1.50
J. Ryan, seals 4.10
.75
changing press.
100 leads and wires
1.25
Sundries .
4.15
Total expenses from Feb. 1, '04 to Feb. 1, '05 ... . $426.00
Earnings of the department fron Feb. 1, '04 to Feb. 1, '05.
Total amount.
$41.03
Unpaid bills previous financial year paid treasurer . 4.01
Total.
$45.04
Operations of the department from Feb. 1, '04 to Feb. 1, '05.
Number of scales to 10 tons capacity tested .
3
tested for City .. 1
portable platform scales tested 25
counter 7
spring balances 74
trip scales tested. . 5
counter balances tested 67
Total number of scales tested. 182
Malden Specialty Co., acid
111
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Number of scales tested and found correct. 170
adjusted before sealing 6
66
6 condemned. 6
Number of weights tested and found correct. . 66 66 light and ad-
357
justed.
37
Number of weights tested and found heavy and ad- justed.
10
Total number weights tested.
404
Number of dry measures tested and found correct ..
202
condemned .. ..
5
Total number of dry measures tested. 207
Number of wet measures, including glass milk jars and cans, tested and found correct 17,246
Number of wet measures, including glass milk jars and cans, tested and condemned. 790
Total number wet measures tested. 18,036
The amount of work done in the office from Feb. 1, '04 to Feb 1, '05.
Scales of all descriptions tested 46
Weights tested .. 71
Dry measures tested. 98
Wet measures including milk jars and cans tested. .
18,036
Yardsticks.
17
Total pieces tested in the office 18,268
Yours respectfully, WILLIAM L. PIERCE, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
MELROSE, February 10, 1905.
182
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
January 31, 1905.
Hon. Sidney H. Buttrick, Mayor of the City of Melrose:
DEAR SIR: The Board of Assessors herewith submit their re- port for the year ending January 31, 1905.
VALUATION OF THE CITY.
Real Estate
$13,813,325
Personal Estate .
1,358,200
Resident Bank Stock
66,330.00
Total Assessed Valuation
$15,237,855
The above valuation of Real and Personal Estate is divided by wards as follows:
PERSONAL
BUILDINGS.
LAND.
TOTAL R. E.
Ward 1,
$144,000
$1,166,750
$756,675
$1,923,425
2,
120,150
1,256,500
880,850
2,137,350
3,
173,650
1,086,475
831,000
1,917,475
4,
382,750
1,075,225
1,008,000
2,083,225 .
5,
334,700
1,288,650
730,875
2,019,525
6,
146,100
1,235,950
1,042,825
2,278,775
7,
56,850
836,150
617,400
1,453,550
$1,358,200
$7,945,700
$5,867,625 $13,813,325
APPROPRIATIONS.
State Tax.
$11,625.00
County Tax.
15,716.05
Metropolitan Sewer Tax
11,744.15
Metropolitan Park Tax.
5,696.87
City Budget.
225,003.32
Overlay.
3,627.28
$273,412.67
Rate of Taxation, $17.40 per $1,000.
ASSESSORS' REPORT. 113
Assessed on Real Estate.
$240,351.85
Assessed on Personal Estate.
24,786.82
Assessed on 4,137 Polls at $2.00 each
8,274.00
$273.412.67
Assessed for street watering. $4,740.55
Number of resident individuals, firms, etc., assessed on property . 2,055
Number of non-resident individuals, firmns, etc., as- sessed on property . 884
Number of persons assessed for poll tax only
3,217
horses
531
COWS
96
66
swine
337
VALUE OF PROPERTY EXEMPTED FROM TAXATION.
Houses of religious worship. $325,000
Benevolent institutions 47,025
$372,025
Under authority of Chapter 578, Section 7,of the Acts of 1898, an Excise Tax was assessed to the Boston and Northern Street Railway for 9.155 miles of track operated in the city, amount of. $1,640.42
Respectfully yours,
FRANK R. UPHAM, WILLIAM MORSS, L. FRANK HINCKLEY,
Assessors.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
MELROSE, December 31, 1904.
To the Honorable Board of Aldermen, City of Melrose, Mass.
GENTLEMEN : I herewith submit the fifth annual report. TAX 1904.
Warrant
$273,412.67
Additionals.
3,291.96
Interest.
108.77
276,813.40
Abatements
4,497.38
$272,316.02
Paid Treasurer
146,001.69
Uncollected.
$126,314.33
TAX 1903.
Warrant.
$281,301.34
Additionals
924.55
Interest.
3,869.57
$286,095.46
Abatements
4,788.37
$281,307.09
Paid Treasurer
258,156.91
Uncollected
$23,150.18
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TAX 1902.
Warrant
$272,148.26
Additionals
1,756.08
Interest .
5,313.02
$279,217.36
Abatements
7,442.61
$271,774.75
Paid Treasurer
269,482.79
Uncollected
$2,291.96
TAX 1901.
Warrant.
$248,652.39
Additionals
1,526.03
Interest.
4,690.08
$254,868.50
Abatements
6,525.64
$248,342.86
Paid Treasurer
246,432.62
Uncollected
$1,910.24
TAX 1900.
Warrant
$237,310.57
Additionals
2,937.20
Interest.
4,413.88
$244,661.65
Abatements
7,151.31
$237,510.34
Paid Treasurer
237,443.69
Uncollected
$66.65
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CITY OF MELROSE
NON-RESIDENT BANK TAX.
Collected .
Paid Treasurer
$759.86 759.86
SEWER ASSESSMENTS.
Collected
$142,744.12
Paid Treasurer
$142,676.28
Balance.
67.84
$142,744.12
Redemption of takings, 1899
$2,940.06
Interest.
386.97
Total
$3,327.03
Paid Treasurer
3,017.54
Uncollected
$309.49
Redemption of takings, 1900
$5,241.11
Interest.
428.49
Total
$5,669.60
Paid Treasurer
4,512.89
Uncollected.
$1,156.71
Redemption of takings, 1901
$5,009.90
Interest
260.89
Total.
$5,270.79
Paid Treasurer.
3,520.60
Uncollected
$1,750.19
Redemption of takings, 1902
$5,611.66
Interest.
76.35
Total.
$5,688.01
Paid Treasurer
2,121.92
Uncollected
$3,566.09
Premium on sale of taking, 1899
$4.03
Paid Treasurer.
$4.03
COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 117
Unredeemed sale lot 10, Orris place
$43.36
Interest
9.77
Paid Treasurer
$53.13
STREET WATERING, 1901.
Warrant.
$3,923.64
Abatements
23.42
$3,900.22
Paid Treasurer
3,900.22
STREET WATERING, 1902.
Warrant.
$3,973.71
Abatements
7.19
$3,966.52
Paid Treasurer
3,961.82
Uncollected
$4.70
STREET WATERING, 1903.
Warrant.
$4,061.11
Abatements.
12.56
Paid Treasurer
3,733.84
Uncollected
$314.71
STREET WATERING, 1904.
Warrant.
$4,740.51
Abatements
24.23
Paid Treasurer
2,524.56
Uncollected
$2,191.72
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT, 1903.
Warrant.
$366.05
Paid Treasurer
287.13
Uncollected
$78.92
$4,048.55
$4,716.28
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CITY OF MELROSE
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT, 1904-5.
Warrant
$394.92
Uncollected
$394.92
FEES.
Balance December 1, 1903
$4.90
Collected .
1,387. 55
$1,392.45
Paid Treasurer
$1,391.65
Balance.
.80
$1,392.45
WATER RATES, 1905.
Collections
$216.00
Paid Treasurer
$199.00
Balance
17.00
$216.00
WATER RATES, 1904.
Collections
$48,191.62
Paid Treasurer
$47,757.27
Refund
365.95
$48,123.22
Balance
68.40
$48,191.62
WATER RATES, 1903.
Collections
$52,687.11
Paid Treasurer
$52,240.13
Refund
446.98
$52,687.11
EXCISE TAX, 1904.
Collected B. & N. S. R. R.
$1,640.42
Paid Treasurer 1,640.42
Respectfully,
JAMES W. MURRAY,
City Collector.
REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
MELROSE, February 28, 1905.
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen:
We submit herewith our report for the year ending Januarv 31, 1905.
RECEIPTS.
Lots sold.
$2,380.25
Lots, care of.
1,704.26
Lots, regraded
153.50
Graves, single
267.00
Interments
557.50
Markers
19.50
Dressing
20.50
Tomb, use of
61.00
Foundations
167.75
Vaults, State
125.00
Wood sold.
4.50
Grass sold
20.00
$5,480.76
EXPENDITURES.
Pay roll, Supt., men and teams
$4,142.62
Gravel, loam and sod
225.05
Dressing . .
238.50
Salary of clerk.
92.90
Slate vaults
78.00
Grave and lot markers.
76.68
Hardware and tools
85.06
Plants and shrubs.
59.19
Plan of Cemetery addition and Pratt Farm.
50.00
Repairing and sharpening tools
42.62
Salary of committee.
50.00
Amount carried forward $5,140.62
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Amount brought forward. $5,140.62
Books, printing, stamps and telephone
44.50
Cement and lime. 23.75
Expense and freight.
25.88
Duck canvas
16.10
Grass seed
14.54
Sundries.
9.61
Creosote oil
10.00
Examining title of Gobel property
15.00
$5,300.00
Paid for Gobel property.
$1,535.10
Total amount expended in cemetery to January 31,
1904, including original purchase of land, also
Pratt Farm and Gobel property. . . $99,421.85
Expended in 1904. 5,300.00
$104,721.85
Receipts from all sources to January
31, 1904.
$90,355.71
Received in 1904
5,480.76
- $95,836.47
Respectfuly submitted,
JOHN P. DEERING, L. H. KUNHARDT, WILLIS C. GOSS,
Cemetery Committee.
Fifth Annual Report
OF THE
Engineer and Superintendent
OF THE
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,
CITY OF MELROSE, MASS ..
FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1904, TO JANUARY 31, 1905.
W. DABNEY HUNTER, Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works.
MELROSE : DUNTON PRINTING CO. 1905.
ORGANIZATION.
1904.
HON. SIDNEY H. BUTTRICK, Mayor.
W. DABNEY HUNTER, Engineer and Superintendent.
EMMA L. LEIGHTON, Stenographer.
WILLIAM H. MARTIN, Bookkeeper.
A. J. WAGHORNE, Assistant in charge of Engineering Division.
JAMES MARSHALL, Assistant in charge of Highway Division.
JAMES McTIERNAN, Assistant in charge of Water Division.
BARTLEY MALONEY, Assistant in charge of Sewer and Drain Division.
Public Works Department.
To His Honor the Mayor, Sidney H. Buttrick:
DEAR SIR :- I have the honor to submit to you the Fifth Annual Report of the Public Works Department of the City of Melrose, for the fiscal year ending January 31, 1905.
PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE.
The work in this office continues to increase each year, as will appear from the summary given below:
Permits to open and occupy public streets. 131
Orders of the Board of Aldermen attended to or report- ed on. 45
Contracts written and made: water pipe and specials, cement, gates and hydrants, sewer castings, curb- stone and flagging, concrete, street watering, and delivery of water pipe, Main street widening, cutting off buildings on Main street, and Main street pave- ment. 11
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Appropriations :
Clerical service.
$500.00
Contingent. .
300.00
Board of horse, etc ..
300.00
Board of horse, etc., transferred as per order.
7.76
Telephone service.
70.00
$1,177.76
Expended :
Clerical service.
$489.75
Transferred as above. . 7.76
$497.51
Contingent, books, printing and sta- tionery ..
300.00
Board of horse, etc ..
307.75
Telephone service. 67.76
$1,173.02
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CITY OF MELROSE
Balances :
Clerical service. $2.49
Board of horse, etc. .01
Telephone service. 2.24
$4.74
WATER DIVISION.
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Appropriation-maintenance and reconstruction .. . $15,000.00
Bond issue, Order No. 2,579 of Board of Aldermen. . 10,000.00
Bond issue, balance from issue of 1903. 400.15
Collections paid into treasury, maintenance account, 2,974.46
Stock on hand, February 1, 1904. 6,214.16
$34,588.77
Expended :
For relay (see table No. 1) .
$5,217.48
For general maintenance and invoices,
(see page No. 22) 4,373.81
For maintenance of hydrants (see page No. 23). 414.71
For inside services and charges (see page No. 23)
2,567.82
For outside services, maintenances, (see page No. 23). 2,847. 48
For main lines, maintenance (see page No. 23)
766.14
For main lines, construction (see table No. 2)
6,933.84
For services, construction (see table No. 2). 452.87
Stock on hand February 1, 1905, see page No. 24)
6,287.46
$29,861.61
Balance in treasury :
Maintenance account $1,713.72
Construction account.
3,013.44
$4,727.16
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
For fiscal year ending January 31, 1905, not including the 1905 water rates collected to January 31, 1905, $6,711.71.
DR.
To cash on hand Feb. 1,
1904, water rates .. . . $39.03
To cash on hand Feb. 1, 1904, summons. 3.20
$42.23
To 1903 water rates collected in 1904.
1,330.33 7.20
1903 summons
66
$1,379.76
" 1904 summons 66 66
$90.40
1904 water rates 66 66 66 48,641.24
48,731.64
To sundry collections by W. D. Hunter :
New services (24).
$287.14
Services renewed (77).
960.11
Services cleaned (83)
268.38
Services repaired (26)
79.59
Services thawed (15).
54.52
Fixtures sealed (4)
2.73
Meters repaired (6).
11.55
On and off water (171)
171.00
On and off water, non payment (8) Sundries
264.65
$2,115.67
To collections or transfers by City Treasurer .
$849.81
To collected by Treasurer from Com- monwealth of Massachusetts for water sold as provided by Sect. 3 of Chap. 392 of the Acts of 1898, 188.34
1,038.15
$53,265.22
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer, water rates, 1903 .. $1,306.22
By cash refunded sundry persons, water rates, 1903. 73.54
Amounts carried forward
$1,379.76 $53,265.22
16.00
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CITY OF MELROSE
Amounts brought forward. $1,279.76 $53,265.22
By cash paid Treasurer, water rates, 1904
48,197.47
By cash paid Treasurer, summons, 1904. 89.80
By cash refunded sundry persons 389.87 .20
By cash refunded summons
By cash paid Treasurer, sundries (W. D. Hunter).
2,115.67
By cash collected by Treasurer from other departments. 849.81
By cash collected by Treasurer from Commonwealth of Massachusetts for water sold as provided by Sect. 3 of Chap. 392 of the Acts of 1898 .. 188.34
By cash on hand Feb. 1, 1905 (J. W. Murray summons $ .40, water rates $53.90). 54.30
$53,265.22
STATEMENT FOR SINKING FUND.
DR.
To stock balance as per last report .. . Total receipts for 1904 $53,265.22
$6,214.16
Less cash on hand Feb. 1, '04 $42.23
Less refunds paid. 463.61
505.84
52,759.38
To accrued interest on 25 bonds sold in 1903, not previously reported . .. $366.67
Less expense of printing
bonds
70.00
296.67
CR.
$59,270.21
By assessment paid Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Sinking fund.
$3,730.13
Interest. .
12,492.25
Maintenance
3,500.35
$19,722.73
By transferred to engineering
400.00
Amounts carried forward.
$20,122.73 $59,270.21
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Amounts brought forward $20,122.73
$59,270.21
By interest on bonds.
10,420.00
By cost of relaying pipes. 5,217. 48
By cost of maintenance. 10,969.96
By stock balance. 6,287. 46
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