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the Sewer
Connected
Not
Connected
Goodyear Ave.
1
0
Owego Pk.
Gooch St.
15
14
1
Parker St.
7
Goss Ave.
6
6
0
Pearl St.
15
14
Gould St.
6
6
Perham Ave.
4
4
0
Green St.
41
37
4
Perkins St.
3
3
0
Greenwood St.
16
13
3
Pine St.
8
6
2
Grove St.
97|
76
21
Pleasant St.
22
20
2
Grove Pl.
4'
4
Porter St.
14
14
0
Grundy St.
4
4
Poplar St.
10
7
1
Harvard St.
7
5
2
Potter St.
1
1
0
Hawes Ave.
3
2
1
Pratt St.
6
6
0
Henry Ave.
8
7
1
Prospect St.
11
4
7
Heyward Ave.
7
5
2
Rendall Ct ..
2
2
0
Herbert St ..
6
6
Richardson Rd.
12
81
4
High St., N.
9
9
0
Rockland St.
11
8
3
High St., S.
9
9
Rowe St.
33
26
7
Highland Ave.
29
27
2
Russell St.
14
10
4
Hillside Ave.
19
19
0
Sanford St
13
13
0
Holbrook Ct.
7
5
2
Sargent St.
29
26
3
Howard St.
14
11
3
Sewall St.
8
8
0
Howie Ct,
9
7
2
Sewall Woods Rd.
5
2
3
Hurd St.
12
10
2
Short St.
3
3
0
Ingalls Ct.
3
2
1
South Ave.
10
7
3
Irving St.
13
4
9
Stevens Pl.
7
7
0
Kimball Ct.
3
1
2
Summer St.
16
11
5
Lake Ave.
19
18
1
Summit Ave.
5
4
1
Larrabee St.
1
1
Tappan St.
21
21
0
Larrabee Pl.
3
3
0
Tremont St.
55
29
26
Laurel St.
24
23
1
Trenton St.
45
45
0
Lebanon St.
64
62
2
Union St.
13
8
5
Linden St.
7
5
2
Upham St ..
46
43
3
Linden St., W
6
5
1
Vine St. .
11
11
0
Linden Pl.
5
3
2
Vinton St.
49
44 5
Linwood Ave.
27
24
3
Walnut St.
1
1
0
Lynde St.
32
30
2
Walnut Pk.
24
14
10
Main St.
174 159
15 Warren St.
10
8
2
Malvern St.
22
14
8 Warwick Rd.
5
3
2
Maple St.
30
27
3
Washington St.
15
12
3
Melrose St.
39
34
5
Waverly Pl.
12
12
0
Melrose P1.
6
5
1
West Hill Ave.
10
5
5
Meridian St.
12
11
1
Whitman Ave.
3
3
0
Mt. Vernon St.
8
6
2
Whittier
18
18
0
Mt. Vernon Ave.
7
7
0 Willow St.
8
8
0
Myrtle St.
38
38
0 Winter St.
3
3
Mystic Ave.
17
15
2 Winthrop St.
19
16
0 3
North Ave.
9
6
3
Winthrop P1
7
3
4
Norris Ct.
2
1
1
Woodland Ave.
12
6
6
Oakland St.
17
14
3
Wyoming Ave.
56
54
2
Olive Ct.
1
1
0
Wyoming Pk.
1
1
0
Orient Ave.
13
10
3
York Terrace
11
8
3
Orient Pl.
4
4
0
Youle St.
18
16
2
Orris St.
18
13
5
Otis St.
16
16
0
Totals
2738 2369
368
Not
0 1 100
NOTE .- Abandoned 5 New Connections, 108.
197
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
SUMMARY OF ALL PRIVATE SEWERS CONSTRUCTED TO FEB- RUARY 1, 1906.
YEAR
Total
length in
miles
Average
cut
in feet
Average
cost
per foot
Excavation
Cost per cu yd.
Earth, cu. yds.
Rock, cu. yds.
Earth
Rock
1895
2.096
6.33
$0.4845
7,736.00
$0.441. .
1896
4.042
6.03
. 4543
14,303.00
190.2
.377
$4.50
1897
2.966
6.07
.3933
10,557.00
35.0
.387
4.50
1898
2.073
5.56
.45
6,663.71
101.5
. 444
2.90
1899
4.349
5.83
. 4589
14,684.00
196.7
.380
4.00
1900
2.480
5.88
. 4609
8,541.00
85.0
.413
4.50
1901.
1.083
5.88
. 4746
2,595.00
135.0
.479
4.50
1902
0.879
5.80
. 44
2,836.00
25.0
.390
4.00
1903
0.811
6.13
. 482
2,845.00
28.0
. 491
4.00
1904.
0.777
5.95
.505
2,647.00
32.0
.470
4.50
1905.
0.945
6.05
.521
3,293.00
30.0
.500
4.50
Averages and Totals
22.501
5.96
. 466
76,700.71
858.40
. 434
4.19
1. Number of private sewers constructed in 1905 ..
2. Number connected with State sewer
(Item 1 includes item 2.)
CLASSIFIED LIST OF ALL BUILDINGS CONNECTED WITH THE PUBLIC SEWERS, FEBRUARY 1, 1906.
DESCRIPTION
1895 1896 1897
1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 Totals
Single houses
164
362
264
181
400
239
100
70
67
69
92
2,008
Double houses.
26
47
31
20
37
13
6
15
11
13
9
223
Blocks, stores and
17
18
10
5
13
6
3
1
0
5
2
80
Tenement blocks of 4 or more tenants
3
0
11
4
7
0
2
0
0
0
0
27
Churches
3
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
6
Club houses
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Public buildings
1
5
4
3
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
15
Hospital.
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Railroad stations
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
Fire stations.
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Mills and factories
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.2
5
Hotels and boarding
houses
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
Stables
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
6
Private school.
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Laundry
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Totals.
220
436
322
218
459
261
112
87
81
87
108
2,391
NOTE .- Total number of connections to date.
Abandoned and double connections
36
Total main sewer connections in use
.2,355
.
2,391
108
8
tenements.
198
CITY OF MELROSE.
PRIVATE SEWERS.
$21.39
Balance February 1, 1905 .
Receipts paid to treasurer :
May 9, 1905
$500.00
May 11, 1905
200.00
May 18, 1905
100.00
May 25, 1905
200.00
June 14, 1905
300.00
August 10, 1905
400.00
October 11, 1905
400.00
October 18, 1905
150.00
October 31, 1905
200.00
December 19, 1905
200.00
February 23, 1906
339.41
February 5, 1906, sewer maintenance for relay Oakland Street 27.53
February 23, 1906, by treasurer from cemetery department
.87
3,017.81
Expended :
Labor as per pay rolls
$2,001.30
Highway division, teams
81.51
Water division, use boiler
.50
Sewer construction, stock (net bill No, 797)* 834.28
Melrose Club stable, use horse and buggy 7.50
J. Martin, 4.79 cu. yards brick masonry
14.37
Allmon Bros., labor on Linwood Avenue
1.75
E. O. Childs, recording deeds
2.06
Brock Bros., oil can
1.10
T. Norris Company, concrete repairs
9.23
W. J. McCoubry, repair tools, etc
38.20
2,991.80
Balance in treasury $47.40
$3,039.20
199
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
*Sewer Construction, Clifton park. Dr. To transfer on books of Public Works Department for stock and labor used in extending sewer, amount deducted in bill No. 797, approv- . ed Oct. 12, 1905 $126.04
SEWER MAINTENANCE.
Balance February 1, 1905 $322.17
Appropriation 500.00
Highway division. Error in charging
J. Riley's time Sept. 5
13.00
Cash paid treasurer by W. D. Hunter 299.35
$1,134.52
Expended :
Labor as per pay rolls $765.99
· Sewer construction, stock 148.24
Private sewers, relay sewer, Oakland Street. 27.53
Water division, stock
5.94
Highway division, teams
72.98
C. L. Hoffman, pumping out manhole, Highland Avenue 3.00
Jos. Edwards, repair team
10.35
Brock Bros., stock and labor So. Avenue sewer 7.31
H. Bond, sewer brushes
7.35
Perrin Seamans & Co., sewer brushes and rope
9.75
W. J. McCoubry, repair rods
3.40
1,061.84
Balance in treasury $72.68
200
CITY OF MELROSE.
HIGHWAYS.
It might be interesting in connection with this subject to re- view in a general way the expenditures for this purpose the past thirteen years as compared with the expenditures of some of the other departments of the city.'
Year
Charity
Department
Fire
Department
Health
Department
Police
Department
School
Department
Sidewalks
Highways
1892
$9,332
$5,191
$1,033
$6,028
$41,762
$3,778
$27,147
1893
7,396
9,064
1,280
6,967
43,235
4,213
30,794
1894
9,088
8,450
1,476
8,210
47,533
4,170
20,326
1895
8,198
9,010
1,791
8,691
49,683
4,274
25,607
1896
8,370
9,219
2,016
9,694
55,127
4,440
28,962
1897
9,083
9,065
1,931
10,120
70,004
6,307
22,954
1898
10,938
12,064
1,912
10,519
71,547
4,602
28,143
1899
11,887
11,511
2,072
11,434
72,583
3,832
27,846
1900 +
12,302
12,513
2,730
12,485
84,823
2,588*
22,820
1901
11,694
10,324
3,517
11,898
81,539
5,152*
27,902
1902
13,866
11,087
11,920
12,559
81,178
5,689*
28,820
1903
13,633
12,996
6,497
12,499
84,719
5,135*
21,329
1904
11,280
12,952
3,788
12,694
84,927
5,027*
21,328
*Includes Curbing.
tExpenditures cover 13 months.
Upon an examination of the above table it will appear that the money expended by all of the other departments has steadily increased while that for the highways has either remained the same or has been reduced from $30,794.00 in 1893 to $21,328.00 in 1904. Since 1893 most of the streets have been dug up for the purpose of laying main sewers and nearly all of the houses have been connected with the same; in addition to this, gas mains and services have been extended, water mains and service pipes have been renewed, all of which necessitated the digging up of the streets, and probably in no other period of ten years since the incorporation of the town in 1850 have the streets been so generally dug up or disturbed, this alone would seem to neces- sarily require an increased expenditure in the highway depart- ment. Other changes have taken place which either make the work more expensive or place additional liabilities upon the de- partment. For instance, the change in the law relative to street
201
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
railways in 1898 relieved all of these companies from the care of any portion of the surface of the street through which their tracks were laid and placed it upon the various muncipalities ; in 1900 the length of the working day was changed from 9 to 8 hours, and the price of wages was increased from $1.75 to $2.00 per day; in addition to this there has been a general increase in the price of nearly all of the material or comodities used,-oats, hay, coal, tools, etc., and there has been no corresponding in- . crease in the amount of money appropriated, but on the other hand the amount has been diminished so that at the present time the appropriation is barely sufficient to provide for the care of the highways and minor repairs. It must be remembered that this appropriation includes the removal of snow and ice, plowing and sanding sidewalks; trimming and removal of dead trees; construction, care and repair of bridges and culverts ; cleaning of crossings, catch-basins, brooks and drains; paving of gutters ; placing of street signs; purchase and care of all teams repairs to crusher, road-roller and steam drills; and many other · minor matters, and in the year 1905 the appropriation also in- cluded all repairs to sidewalks, out of which was expended for rebuilding the walk in front of the Public Library alone the sum of $400.00. All of these items of expense, together with that of cleaning the gutters, although in themselves small, practically require the entire appropriation, and unless some of them are slighted or omitted it is impossible to reconstruct or macadamize any street or to pave any gutters; therefore, unless this appro- priation is very materially increased, the same unsatisfactory condition of the highways must continue.
The condition of the streets is an index to the character of the settlement, and in no way can the expenditure of the public money give greater satisfaction than in improving the highways; it is not only a convenience and necessity, but adds to the ap- pearance of thrift and increases the value of adjoining estates, and it must be apparent to all who have given the matter any thought whatever, that this important branch of the public ser- vice has been neglected in order that other branches might con- tinue to grow and progress; notice, for instance, the increase in the 13 years from 1892 to 1904 in the Charity Department from $9,332.00 to $11,280.00, in the Fire Department from $5,191.00
202
CITY OF MELROSE.
to $12,952.00, in the Health Department from $1,033.00 to $3,788.00, in the Police Department from $6,028.00 to $12,694.00 and in the School Department from $41,762.00 to $84,927.00, and a reduction in the Highway Department from $27,147.00 to $21,328.00. When this decrease is considered in connection with the other matters previously mentioned, namely-shorten- ing of the hours for work, increase in pay of laborers, increased cost of materials and the loss of any assistance from the street. railway companies, it is surprising that the condition of the high- ways is no worse.
SOUTH AVENUE.
On June 5, 1905, the Board of Alderman passed Order No. 2474 laying out as a public highway South Avenue, ordering the same built under the betterment act, and appropriating $2,000.00 therefor. Upon executing the work it was found that a great deal more ledge was encountered than was anticipated, and further that no releases were obtained from the abutters for damage to the adjoining property, consequently, the work cost $2,880.18 or $880.18 more than the amount appropriated, which amount was paid out of the highway appropriation. For detail of expenditures see page No. 00.
Following is a detailed statement of the expenditures for all purposes, including roller, crusher and stable accounts.
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE AND GENERAL REPAIRS
Stock as per report February 1, 1905 $289.90
CR.
By amount from Melrose Common %
1549 loads gravel 154.90
$135.00
Balance excise tax 1904
1,043.23
Excise tax 1905
1,882.43
Appropriation
21,500.00
$24,560.66
203
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Receipts and transfers for stock and teams credited in detail accounts, see tables, viz:
From South avenue for labor, stock and teams $1,966.00
Main street widening, stock and teams 4,373.47
water division, stock and teams . . 40.12
continuous sidewalks, stock and teams 3.75
66 private sewers, stock and teams . . . 81.51
sewer construction, stock and
teams 125.14
66 sewer maintenance, stock and teams 72.98
surface drainage, stock and teams 183.78
66 Melrose Common, stock 155.18
66 school fund 5.01
66 sundries collecte 1 by W. D. Hun- ter 194.08
$7,201.02
Expended :
For street repairs, (see page 50) $10,316.25
' macadam streets, see table No. IV 4,749.84
" minor repairs and general mainte- nance (see page 52) 2,094.77
" guard rail and fencing, (see page 53)
532.71
" paving squarè, Main and Emerson streets, (see page 54) 326.05
" paving gutters, (see table V) 1,313.39
" sidewalk repairs, (see page 56) 3,303.37
" bridges, culverts and brooks, (see page 58) 179.15
" expense account, (see page 62) 262.03
Amount paid from appropriation on ac- count South Avenue 895.49
204
CITY OF MELROSE.
Amount due from Sewall Schoolfor teams and stock. $109.50
Amount due from Melrose Common for gravel
135.00
24,217.55
Treasury balance
$294.08
Stock balance
49.03
$343.11
STREET REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE.
STREET
Days
Rolling
Loads Moved
on Street
Loads
Gravel
Pounds
Crushed
Stone
Invoices
and Material
City teams
. at $1.25
per horse
Labor per
Pay Roll
Total
Cost
Appleton
70
$7.00
$15.00
$68.00
$90.00
Crystal
2
106,050
65.88
5.00
10.66
81.54
Essex .
1
36
148,200
80.66
9.99
29.50
120.15
Ferdinand .
8
11,700
18.59
7.18
111.01
136.78
Fletcher
change grd
32
33,600
21.02
16.88
27.01
64.91
Florence.
reps walk
135
14.25
16.57
85.65
116.47
Franklin
1
4
45,000
24.98
6.25
18.75
49.98
Grove
76
55,000
31.52
26.26
105.80
163.58
Highland Ave E.
12
fr. Main St
22.13
.31
75.99
98.43
Hurd
28
34,800
20.74
16.87
18.19
55.80
13,500
5.87
1.25
2.25
9.37
Lebanon
12
1.20
4.37
9.00
14.57
Leeds.
10,000
4.35
.75
1.50
6.60
Main
28
189,500
85.23
21.08
48.17
154.48
Mt Vernon. .
18
1.80
5.62
24.00
31.42
Orris
94
110
11.00
43.75
135.00
189.75
Pleasant.
94
32,990
32.75
37.31
61.49
131.55
Poplar
Sixth
42
420
5.62
41.61
51.43
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
205
1
48
9.60
20.00
30.25
59.85
Emerson
1.25
3.13
4.38
First
13
14.25
14.25
Foster
ʻ
1.12
1.12
Perkins
1.25
17.38
18.63
Linwood avenue
206
STREET REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE .- Continued.
Swain's Pond avenue
59
99
$9.90
$22.50
$129.75 196.78
$162.15 241.00
Sylvan. . .
lower grd.
1
20,000
13.70
3.75
13.00
30.45
Upham
22,400
9.74
1.25
2.13
13.12
Walton park
100'10"c.i.pipe 395 cu. yd
42
10,000
4.35
.75
1.50
6.60
Woodland avenue
4
.40
2.50
3.00
5.90
Wyoming avenue
60
55,790
137.27
31.72
49.03
118.02
Catch basins cleaned
2.10
33.13
334.09
369.32
Catch basins repaired
17.29
5.83
68.82
91.94
Trimming trees.
31.00
46.25
250.37
327.62
Street signs
18.00
311.87
3,275.95
3,587.82
Removal of snow
345
145.84
349.77
2,336.82
2,832.43
Tool account
265.19
265.19
Total
788,530
$1,415.50
$1,148.61
$7,752.14
$10,316.25
CITY OF MELROSE.
397.95
32.51
151.19
581.65
Winthrop.
18.00
Cleaning streets
44.22
Tremont
Table No. IV STREETS MACADAMIZED.
Item
STREET
From
To
Days
Rolling
Length
Width
Sq. Yds.
Loads
Gravel
Pounds
Crushed
Stone
Invoices
and
City Teams at
$1.25 per Horse
Labor as per
Pay Roll
Total
Cost
1 Bartlett ... Francis
1
390
2.4
1,040
134
64,450 92,810
$42.14
$5.00
$55.56 85.83
$102.70
2 Briggs
Main
2
320
26
924
3 Elm
Howard
10
1,090
20
2,422
14
483,080 53,050
65.73
6.87
40.58
113.18
Francis. . .
.|Pleasant
Crescent
13
685
24
1,826
48
5 Franklin
Green'd Tremont
Apthorp Į R. R.tr'k
10
570
665 2
3
335,610
216.22
38.76
342.24
597.22
7 Green
Porter
200 ft. n.
1
200
20
148
121,290
57.76
2.50
25.00
85.26
8 Hillside *
Eni'son
Bellevue Mt Ver'n )
34
500
910
505
192
2,948,890
164 516
84.64
981.24
2,711.04
10
-
3,505
18.20
7,088
11
Wak. įline. ) -
105%
450
9.10
455
13 Highland * Main
Sargent
310
26.00
895
14 Green
Main
.150ft. s.
150
20.00
333
Totals.
1683
13,801 259.60
28,124
1,319
15,034,860|
$2,515.22 176.06 $2,058.56 $4,749.84
.
·
33
915
24
2,440
370
201,600
131.02
11.24
193.70
335.96
9 Main
Porter
4,536
18.20
9,173
12
558
10,734,080 charged to Main St. Widening
* Avenues
1
207
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
50.37
5.01
306.82|
22:04
334.41
663.27
6
180
10.5 10.5
210 S
-
Everett Sargent Linden
MEASUREMENTS
Material
141.21
MINOR REPAIRS AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE.
Days Rolling
Loads Gravel
Lbs. Crushed Stone
Value Material
Teams
Labor
Total Cost
Minor repairs%.
17
68
234,550
$332.37
$96.03
$1,080.00
$1,508.40
Stable % (see page 64)
2,607.77
334.42
2,942.19
Roller c (see page 63)
252.25
20.00
272.25
Crusher c (see page 65)
1,907.32
180.62
5,376.35
7,464.29
$5,099.71
$276.65
$6,810.77
$12,187.13
CR.
Minor repairs, collection paid Treasurer
Stable account, collection and transfers
Roller
66
Crusher
$89.72 3,038.04 941.87 6,022.73
$10,092.36
$2,094.77
1,475.89
465.00
153.88
$2,094.77
208
CITY OF MELROSE.
Minor repairs and sundry charges . W. H. Martin for services balance on water account. James Marshall for services balance on streets
GUARD RAILS AND FENCING.
Location
For What Expended
Value Material
City Teams at $1.25 per Horse
Labor per Pay Rolls
Total Cost
Highland avenue ..
Paid D. H. Howie stock and labor
$31.93
$31.93
Winthrop place
Paid Deering Lumber Co ..
4.34
$1.25
$4.25
9.84
Painting rails Main street at Ell pond
. . 56 bags cement, 5 yards sand
24.90
2 wall stone from crusher
1.50
130' coping from Lombard's
162.50
Iron posts, McCoubry.
29.59
D. H. Howie, labor and stock
49.70
Labor and teams on wall .
-$268.19
4.53
88.35
361.07
Reading Hill avenue.
13 bags cement, 3 yds. sand
6.70
8.13
49.78
Stone from school lot
D. H. Howie, labor and stock
60.76
$67.46
$8.13
$49.78
125.37
$532.71
PAVING SQUARE MAIN AND EMERSON STREETS.
Bags Cement
Block Pavers
Crushed Stone
Granite
Material
City Teams
Labor
Total
Paving square. .
3,565
37,000
$247.54
$8.59
$123.17
$379.30
Relay crossing
105
30 ft. new flag 30 ft. old flag 2 yds. sand
1.50
·
45.25
46.75
$249.04
$8.59
$168.42
$326.05
209
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Granite taken from City Hall yard
Ferdinand and Park streets
4.50
4.50
.
210
Table No. V
GUTTERS PAVED.
1
LOCATION
COST
Item
Street
From
To
Length
Sq. yds.
Block
Pavings
Sand and
Cobble Loads
Crushed Stone
Sq. yds,
Concrete
Materials
City Teams
$1.25 per horse
Labor as
per pay roll
Total
1 Ashmont .. .
Pleasant
Crescent
575
213
400 106
6.10
$16.56|$153.58
$176.24
2 Grove
at No. 264
70
23
825
4
1.56
13.22
14.78
3 Highland av ..
Main
Sargent
310
115
400
38
10.00
77.07
87.07
4| Foster
near Gooch
248
82.5
24
45
4.50
11.24
60.44
76.18
5 | Main
Grove North
480
160
5,663
16
3.20
5.00
90.87
99.07
6 North avenue. at Stand pipe 7 Pleasant. -
20
18
400
2
1.00
1.40
14.91
17.31
8 Porter
East
School
730
1,055
5,600 244
158.25
8.13
65.31
.231.69
9 *Vinton.
at Orris
150
50
14
Re laid
3.44
37.45
40.89
10 +Walton park. South Orris
13.30
56.89
384.12
454.31
11|
North
400
148
600
56
6.00
13.75
88.72|
108.47
12 · Wyoming av. at Stand pipe
80
40
oPaid for under Street Sprinkling
13 įSouth avenue
680
252
South avenue
14 įMain st.
Porter
Wakefield
6,614 2204.5
+++
Main 'street widening
Totals.
10,952|3537.0
10,567 420
5,600 244 $192.35 $127.97 $993.07 $1,313.39
*Avenue
+Park
CITY OF MELROSE.
7.38
7.38
20
18
10
1
4
575
213
1,200 125
Pounds
SIDEWALK REPAIRS.
CURBING
Bags Cement
Loads Gravel
Sq. feet Granolithic
Sq. yds. C'ncr'te
Material
Teams
Labor
Total
Appleton street
22
$2.20
$4.37
$23.63
$30.20
Crescent avenue
92
4.84
15.00
40.25
61.09
Emerson street, East. . . 130.65 153.17
18
194.37
5.31
145.99
345.67
Franklin street
653.46
120.89
120.89
Gooch street . .
18
3.60
.94
24.15
28.69
Highland av. at Sargent
6.00
16.50
16.12
16.12
Lynde street
50
10.00
11.56
10.41
31.97
Main street .. .
27.70
15.11
40
43.13
12.50
21.88
77.51
Melrose street
108
21.60
35.62
50.75
107.97
Orris street.
12.00
17.30
20.14
20.14
Public Library ..
$20.40
381.33
1.25
16.37
398.95
South avenue ..
16
1.60
8.38
9.98
Upham street .
108.00 122.40
4
157.36
2.50
66.78
226.64
Vine street .
18.00
26.92
30.53
12.75
43.28
82.67 }
17.75}
15.00
41.12
156.54
Walton park (sodding)
±165.4
46.62
46.62
*Concrete repairs
1,530.13
3.50
1,533.63
Concrete advertising.
15.08
15.08
Repair brick walk
1.56
.62
26.97
29.15
Re-set curb
3.25
3.25
$2,701.52
$104.67
$497.18
$3,303.37
* $56.93 of this item should have been charged to continuous walks.
+ Credit given for brick to S. D.
Sodding.
211
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Vinton street
54.22|
57.50
1
36
2,016.72 715.72
Straight Curved
212
CITY OF MELROSE.
TABLE SHOWING EXPENDITURES FOR CONCRETE IN DETAIL.
LOCATION
New yds.
Am't at | Repairs ] .475
yds.
Am't at . 475
|Top dres- sing yds.
Am't at .275
Total
Emerson St.
.60.00
$28.50
38.00
$10.45
$38.95
Porter St. .
92.00
43.70
16.00
7.60
158.00
43.45
94.75
Main St.
105.00
49.85
60.00
28.50
3.00
.82
152.82
Orient Ave.
8.00
3.80
185.00
50.87
54.67
North Ave. .
145.00
68.87
58.00
15.95
84.82
Green St.
4.00
1.90
138.51
38.16
40.06
Melrose St.
39.70
18.86
300.00
82.50
101.36
Ashland St.
3.00
1.42
174.00
47.85
49.27
Chestnut St .. .
25.00
11.87
300.00
82.50
94.37
Wyoming Ave.
35.00
16.62
56.00
15.40
32.02
Summer St ..
4.00
1.90
88.00
24.20
26.10
Grove St .. .
25.00
11.85
200.00
55.00
55.00
Cottage St ..
8.00
130.00
35.75
39.55
Trenton St.
102.00
48.45
90.00
24.75
73.20
Rowe St.
9.00
4.27
156.00
42.90
47.17
Beverly St. .
245.00
67.37
67.37
Bellevue Ave.
15.00
7.12
245.00
67.37
74.49
Foster St.
75.00
35.62
30.00
8.25
43.87
Vinton St.
62.00
29.45
40.00
19.00
76.00
20.90
69.35
Cedar Park ..
90.00
41.95
94.25
44.77
190.62
52.42
97.19
Labor
3.50
Continuous ..
119.87
56.93
56.93
walks by
mistake
Total
933.87 $442.75 528.70 $295.85 349.53 $791.53 $1,533.63
REPAIR BRIDGES AND CULVERTS AND CLEANING BROOKS.
Value
Material
City Teams
at $1.25
per horse |
Total Cost
Highland Ave., East 49/ x 7}' granite
from yard, 4 bbls. cement
$6.80
$4.38
$47.67
$58.85
East Foster St.
.75
.78
3.53
5.06
Warren St.
1.25
3.37
4.62
Cleaning brook
.62|
110.00
110.62
Total
$7.55
$7.03
$164.57
$179.15
77.35
Walton Park. .
320.00
152.00
·
3.80
17.00
4.67
46.62
Scattered
Labor
11.85
Florence St.
213
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
SOUTH AVEUNE.
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Amount transferred from highways
895.49
$2,895.49
Expended :
For blasting out, rolling and ma- cadamizing :
labor as per pay rolls
$2,224.28
city teams charged @ $1.25 per horse per day
164.68
use steam drill and boiler
42.00
coal
28.40
powder and exploders
52.08
damages repaired .
5.60
repair drills and tools
19.74
steam roller, 102 days
51.88
622,820 lbs. crushed stone @ 87 cts. per ton
270.91
brick and cement
7.90
$2,867.47
labor paving gutters
$124.85
city teams 16.25
141.10
For building wall 18 So. Avenue:
23 bags cement, 2 yds. sand. . $10.20
labor as per pay rolls 26.87
37.07
For building wall at A. C. Goss's:
16 bags cement, 2 yds. sand . $6.40
labor as per pay rolls 16.75
23.15
For building wall and grading at
Mr. Perkins:
38 bagscement, 5 yds. sand ... $17.70
city teams 7.65
labor on wall 59.16
labor grading 8.53
teams . 1.41
94.45
214
CITY OF MELROSE.
For grading lot west of Mr. Perkins' :
labor as per pay rolls $12.25
city teanıs 1.25
$13.50
$3,176.74
CR.
By 375 cu. yds. fill, as perengineer's estimate to Walton Park, @ 75 cts. per cu. yd. $281.25
$15.31 received on account walls and credited to highways, to which we had charged $895.49 of the work making net cost of work as assessed $2,880.18.
$2,895.49
EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
James Marshall, use horse and buggy
$156.00
Melrose Club stable, horse and buggy
18.00
Hardware and blacksmith work 19.75
Brooms for crossings 25.00
Advertising
.63
Oil and sundries
14.65
Wm. Clancy, injuries
20.00
H. S. Crowell, damages
8.00
$262.03
STEAM ROLLER ACCOUNT.
Labor as per pay rolls
$20.00
Paid for coal and wood .
112.80
F. L. Trefethen for repairs
45.73
Roberts Iron Works repairs
5.95
Kelly Roller Co. gears 27.50
25.76
Perrin, Seamans & Co., packing for oil cups
12 00
215
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Paid for valves
$3.98
for Albany grease, paint and oil 13.05
" for sundry small fittings . 5.48
$272.25
To credit general maintenance
659.62
CR.
By 523 days use charged to Street % . $260.62
" 60 days use charged Main Street widening
660.00
12 days use charged water division 7.50
66 ¿ days use charged sewer division
3.75
$931.87
STABLE ACCOUNT.
Amount paid hay and grain
$1,518.03
66
repair harnesses 82.00
66
medicine, dentistry, etc.
17.45
66 shoeing horses
209.88
66
blankets
19.15
66 repair and paint carts . 150.29
66
66 new jigger 220.00
66 new sled and runners
115.00
16
66
rent
264.00
labor, Brown and team-
sters
334.42
$2,942.19
" transferred to credit general maintenance 95.85
$3,038.04
CR.
- By horses charged to street work @ $1.25 per horse per day $2,204.98 By horses charged to Main street widen- ing @ $1.25 per horse per day .. 514.06
supplies
11.97
216
CITY OF MELROSE.
By horses charged to other divisions @ $1.25 per horse per day . . $247.12
By horses charged to Sewall school @ $1.25 per horse per day 71.88
$3,038.04
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