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Yours, R. H. WHIDDON, Inspector of Wires.
Report of the Inspector of Buildings.
January 1, 1906.
TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND THE HONORABLE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
GENTLEMEN :- The sixth annual report of this department, shows a decided increase in building.
The following table shows the number of inspections made by this department, and the character of alterations ordered.
Inspection of buildings 195
Inspection of chimneys 38
Dangerous chimneys 9
3
Changes in boilers
3
Fire escapes
3
Faulty fire-place construction
1
The following table shows the number of permits granted for each month of the year 1905.
January.
3
February
5
March
16
April
16
May
16
June.
21
July
9
August . 25
September
7
October
12
November
14
December
3
Total. 147
Changes in furnace pipes
137
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.
Buildings.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Totals.
Additions.
11
20
5
9
7
10
4
66
Alterations and repairs
1
2
1
4
Carriage houses
Chimneys
Factories
. .
. .
. .
.
. .
. .
1
1
Foundations
2
2
4
1
1
. .
.
10
Stables
. .
1
2
1
1
2
7
Store houses
3
4
1
3
3
2
7
23
Dwellings
2
7
7.
2
. .
3
4
25
Miscellaneous
1
4
3
1
2
.
20
40
19
20
12
18
18
147
Amount of contingent
$12.00
500 copies of fire district ordinance
2.50
Balance
$9.50
In conclusion I wish to thank Hon. Mayor Buttrick and other departments for assistance rendered the past year.
· Respectfully submitted,
W. A. GOODNO, Inspector of Buildings.
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138
CITY OF MELROSE.
COST OF BUILDING
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
New
Rep.
New
Rep.
New
Rep.
January
$300
$1,500
February
$40
6,500
March
5,200
4,300
$45
2,400
$790
April
125
1,540
335
May
575
2,700
1,815
9,000
110
„June
$10,000
1,950
3,050
1,200
July
4,000
300
325
August
16,500
1,050
7,100
1,100
September
250
October
3,800
1,800
200
1,600
November
4,000
1,075
4,000
December
4,200
· $34,300
$9,200
$24,140
$9,125
$25,000
$3,010
139
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS.
FOR THE YEAR 1905.
Ward 4
Ward 5
Ward 6
Ward 7
TOTALS
New
Rep.
New
Rep.
New
Rep.
New
Rep.
New
Rep.
$2,600
$4,100
$300
$200
$150
6,540
350
$30
400
$800
1,600
3,000
$35
9,730
8,870
2,500
500
70
40
560
3,060
2,610
6,000
75
50
3,000
2,400
20,700
5,025
700
$3,500
65
350
13,500
7,315
200
2,300
2,275
100
4,000
5,500
4,500
$800
350
5,900
130
1,450
36,250
2,630
75
150
800
2,750
1,000
3,900
1,125
500
50
300
75
2,800
10,300
825
16,600
500
1,900
1,200
26,500
2,775
4,500
8,000
12,200
4,500
$29,630
$7,150 $950
$4,870
$20,450
$4,385
$16,310
$4,085
$150,780
$41,825
Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures.
To HIS HONOR THE MAYOR, CHARLES J. BARTON.
SIR :- I herewith respectfully submit the annual report of the sealer of weights and measures department for the year ending January 31, 1906.
EXPENSES.
Salary from Feb. 1, 1905 to Feb. 1, 1906.
$400.00
Deering & Co., lumber. 1.47
C. N. Worster, labor 2.50
A. W. Dunton & Co., printing
2.75
Posting sealer's notice 2.00
Malden Specialty Co., acid 8.50
Supplies for office 2.20
One set of minimum measures 23.35
Steel monogram stamps
4.65
Total expenses from Feb. 1, '05 to Feb. 1, '06. $447.42
RECEIPTS.
Total cash receipts
$40.50
From Boston Rubber shoe Co., paid direct to
Treasurer
2.56
Uncollected
.65
Total receipts
$43.71
OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1905 TO FEBRUARY 1, 1906. SCALES.
Number of scales, 10 tons capacity tested
3
66
tested for City
1
66 66 66 5,000 lbs. tested
1
66 portable platform tested
35
60 66 counter
13
66 66 66 52
spring balance 66
66
trip tested -4
66
16
counter balance tested 77
Total number of scales tested
186
141
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Number of scales tested and found correct 168
66 adjusted before sealing 10
66 66 66 condemned 2
66 tagged for repairs. 6
Total. 186
WEIGHTS.
Number of weights tested and found correct 66 66 light and
486
adjusted 29
Number of weights tested and found heavy and adjusted 4
Total weights tested 519
DRY MEASURES.
Number of dry measures tested and found correct .. . 178
66 condemned 11
Total dry measures tested. 189
WET MEASURES.
Number of wet measures tested and found correct. . 17,749
66
" condemned 705
Total wet measures tested 18,454
These wet measures include all glass milk jars
142
CITY OF MELROSE.
SUMMARY OF OFFICE WORK. -
Scales of all descriptions tested
43
Weights tested .
114
Dry measures tested
95
Wet measures tested
18,454
Yard sticks tested
16
Total office work
18,722
Yours respectfully, WILLIAM L. PIERCE, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
MELROSE, February 12, 1906.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
January 31, 1906.
HON. CHARLES J. BARTON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MELROSE.
DEAR SIR :- The Board of Assessors herewith submit their report for the year ending January 31, 1906.
TAXABLE VALUATION OF THE CITY.
PERSONAL BUILDINGS
LAND
TOTEL R. E.
Ward 1,
$137,150
$1,169,000
$751,675
$1,920,675
Ward 2,
113,925
1,260,250
871,225
2,131,475
Ward 3,
160,050
1,117,275
828,975
1,946,250
Ward 4,
378,500
1,103,075
988,175
2,091,250
Ward 5,
385,400
1,290,400
754,450
2,044,850
Ward 6,
153,400
1,241,050
1,037,000
2,278,050
Ward 7,
61,950
839,100
614,300
1,453,400
$1,390,375
$8,020,150
$5,845,800 $13,865,950
Res. B'k St'k
73,370
T't'1 pers. est. $1,463,745
1,463,745
Total taxable valuation, real and personal estate .. $15,329,695 Rate of taxation, $18:00 per $1,000.
APPROPRIATIONS.
State
$18,600.00
County
15,272.57
Metropolitan Sewer
12,077.04
.
Metropolitan Park
5,922.31
Interest Loans and Sinking Fund
46,332.47
City Expenses
180,712.11
Overlay
5,488.01
$284,404.51
144
CITY OF MELROSE.
Assessed on Real Estate $249,587.10
Assessed on Personal Estate. 26,347.41
Assessed on 4,235 Polls 8,470.00
$284,404.51
Assessed for street watering
$4,912.73
Assessed for sidewalks 851.00
Number of resident individuals, firms, etc., as-
sessed 2,058
Number of non-resident individuals, firms, etc., as- sessed 882
Number of persons assessed for poll tax only 3,312
Number of horses
519
Number of cows
76
Number of swine
309
VALUE OF PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Houses of religious worship $325,000.00
Benevolent institutions 47,025.00
$372,025.00
Under authority of Chapter 578, Section 7, of the Acts of 1898, an Excise Tax was assessed the Boston & Northern Street Railway for 10.048 miles of track, operated in the city, amount of .. $1,182.43
Respectfully yours,
FRANK R. UPHAM, WILLIAM MORSS, L. F. HINCKLEY, Assessors.
Year.
Census.
Dwell- ings.
Polls.
Val. Bldgs.
Val. Land.
Total Value Real Est.
Val. Per- sonal Est.
Total Valuation
Rate per $1000
Town Appropriation.
Sewerage Tax.
Park. Tax.
State Tax.
County Tax.
Overlay.
Total Tax Levy
Year
1850
1,260
125
317
$423,497
$59,949
$483,446
$4 40
$1,472 10
$505 08
$88 90
$4,323 15
1851
1852
350
576,542
74,927
651,469
6 50
4,150 00
191 43
4,840 26
1852
1853
..
420
800,538
97,139
897,677
7 80
6,850 00
$270 00
505 09
108 14
7,733 23
1853
1854
496
906,794
117,631
1,024,425
8 50
8,550 00
270 00
527 40
270 14
9,617,54
1854
1855
1,976
361
523
1,021,712
124,785
1,146,497
8 30
9,200 00
405 00
527 40
353 09
10,485 49
1855
1856
2,206
573
1,114,448
136,074
1,250,522
8 70
10,450 00
540 00
527 40
398 34
11,915 74
1856
1857
. .
622
1,197,476
145,904
1,343,380
11 77
15,000 00
810 00
659 25
480 59
16,949 84
1857
1858
2,297
567
1,165,224
121,883
1,287,107
7 20
9,100 00
324 00
570 06
350 40
10,344 46
1858
1859
2,431
610
1,246,781
122,971
1,369,752
7 80
10,480 00
270 00
620 73
399 04
11,769 77
1859
1860
2,482
545
621
1,276,150
137,021
1,413,171
7 80
10,850 00
225 00
658 74
413 31
12,147 05
1860
1861
496
618
1,288,066
134,755
1,422,820
9 50
11,960 00
483 00
1,403 15
500 00
14,346 15
1861
1862
521
615
1,320,280
126,792
1,447,072
09 11
13,800 00
2,929 15
1,190 81
268 28
18,188 24
1862
1863
523
659
1,334,643
161,186
1,495,829
15 80
19,125 00
3,864 00
1,190 81
880 00
25,059 81
1863
1864
524
667
1,329,685
126,057
1,455,742
13 40
17,550 00
3,864 00
1,189 19
21,150 87
1864
1865
2,866
550
714
311,369
1,677,854
15 70
17,800 00
8,413 00
1,298 01
516 33
28,027 34
1865
1866
550
761
1,386,502
242,310
1,628,812
21 00
29,343 47
5,370 00
1,423 26
36,136 73
1866
1867
567
775
1,511,624
283,682
1,795,306
16 00
8,950 00
1,594 05
30,490 90
1867
1868
586
825
1,608,974
365,042
1,974,016
17 00
28,950 00
3,580 00
1,650 98
1,365 55
35,546 53
1868
1869
590
800
1,674,985
437,684
2,112,669
20 00
36,100 00
4,475 00
1,821 77
2,225 71
44,622 48
1869
1870
3,181
629
850
2,106,326
523,933
2,630,259
15 00
33,716 00
4,475 00
1,821 77
1,410 13
41,422 90
1870
1871
665
881
2,408,241
404,515
2,812,756
15 00
37,570 00
4,475 00
1,821 77
87 00
43,953 77
1871
1872
706
917
3,007,928
645,742
3,653,670
16 50
3,660 00
2,122 32
64,042 46
1872
1873
742
967
3,234,658
409,249
3,643,907
15 50
51,325 00
4,117 50
2,345 72
627 04
58 415 26
1873
1875
946
1,099
4,062,450
390,378
4,452,828
16 00
65,990 16
3,660 00
2,347 99
1,445 10
73,443 25
1875
1876
4,185
1,027
1,102
4,178,765
488,124
4,666,889
13 00
55,585 00
4,284 00
1,495 01
1,509 55
62,873 56
1876
1877
4,101
1,037
1,121
3,743,844
451,400
4,195,244
12 50
48,107 00
3,570 00
2,093 03
912 53
54,682 56
1877
1878
4,221
1,045
1,183
3,661,500
364,298
4,025,798
12 00
43,703 06
2,380 00
1,719 22
2,873 29
50,675 57
1878
1879
4,365
1,002
1,203
$1,697,350
326,093
3,666,343
15 00
51,861 55
1,190 00
1,719 22
2,630 37
57,401 14
1879
1880
4,443
1,001
1,195
1,729,050
1,626,950 .
3,356,000
294,384
3,650,384
14 25
47,545 61
3,570 00
1,793 96
1,498 40
54,407 97
1880
1881
4,508
1,014
1,226
1,747,950
1,628,250
3,776,200
328,858
3,705,058
13 80
46,624 12
3,570 00
1,793 96
1,593 69
53,581 66
1881
1882
4,739
1,038
1,292
1,803,425
1,644,425
3,447,850
302,939
3,750,789
14 80
50,048 81
4,760 00
1,793 96
1,492 84
58,095 61
1882
1883
5,071
1,126
1,388
2,130,039
1,690,386
3,829,425
368,376
4,197,801
14 40
55,393 71
3,330 00
2,242 45
2,258 13
63,224 29
1883
1884
5,607
1,206
1,607
2,357,814
1,742,411
4,100,225
369,713
4,469,938
13 80
56,777 52
4,440 00
2,042 40
1,639 21
64,899 13
1884
1885
6,110
1,323
1,772
2,585,014
1,789,236
4,374,250
395,415
4,769,665
14 20
63,753 64
3,330 00
2,373 35
1,817 24
71,274 23
1885
1886
6,536
1,443
2,795,425
1,872,225
4,667,650
403,750
5,071,400
13 60
65,306 23
3,930 00
2,362 69
1,112 12
72,711 04
1886
1887
7,073
1,580
1,994
3,075,925
2,096,025
5,171,950
430,088
5,602,038
14 00
72,350 50
5,895 00
2,756 47
1,414 56
82,416 53
1887
7,535
1,674
2,134
3,360,950
2,213,755
5,574,705
426,861
6,001,566
13 60
75, 104 03
5,895 00
3,307 77
1,550 49
85,857 29
1888
1889
1,765
2,204
3,706,375
. 2,315,755
6,022,130
413,490
6,435,620
13 60
79,552 69
5,880,00
4,558 50
1,923 21
91,914 40
1889
1890
8,127
1,911
2,321
3,999,375
2,355,700
6,355,075
369,360
6,724,705
13 70
85,335 80
5,145 00
4,733 83
1,536 56
96,751 19
1890
1891
8,827
2,032
2,412
4,272,025
3,093,275
7,372,025
405,690
7,777,715
14 20
104,061 87
4,410 00
4,733 83
1,779 04
114,984 74
1891
1892
9,539
2,282
2,723
4,786,150
3,379,700
8,165,850
430,715
8,596,565
15 80
123,604 46
$646 75
5,757 50
6,428 39
4,834 62
141,271 72
1892
1893 10,474
2,484
3,048
5,308,500
3,590,975
8,899,475
500,655
9,400,130
14 40
121,014 98
1,649 14
8,225 00
6,716 22 .
3,927 41
141,532 75
1893
1894
10,847
2,583
3,126
· 5,677,800
3,708,975
9,386,775
538,098
9,924,873
14 20
123,852 57
4,041 90
6,580 00
7,195 97
5,514 76
147,185 20
1894
1895
11,651
2,836
3,361
6,207,475
3,874,625
10,082,100
556,650
10,638,750
14 80
137,973 25
5,581 48
5,895 00
9,307 02
5,418 73
164,175 48
1895
1896 12,314
3,022
3,591
6,786,100
4,101,250
10,796,350
637,815
11,434,165
15 20
154,992 74
5,581 48
6,877 50
9,865 44
3,664 11
180,981 27
1896
1897
12,520
3,145
3,673
7,143,950
4,306,650
11,450,600
758,215
12,280,815
15 60
165,521 31
12,182 21
6,877 50
9,307 02
3,915 46
197,803 50
1897
1898
12,630
3,212
3,690
7,430,000
4,320,895
11,750,895
724,249
12,475,144
16 70
187,636 69
7,100 42
6,645 00
11,018 42
3,314 37
215,714 90
1898
1899
12,625
3,233
3,695
7,496,100
4,324,250
11,820,350
845,085
12,665,435
17 00
191,391 10
9,645 53
6,645 00
12,007 07
3,013 69
222,702 39
1899
1900 12,715
3,237
3,650
7,582,525
4,398,150
11,980,675
797,690
12,778,365
18 00
*199,837 41
9,431 01
6,645 00
11,857 11
9,540 04
237,310 57
1900
1901 12,781
3,248
3,711
7,610,850
5,993,025
13,603,875
1,286,890
14,890,765
16 20
*206,635 82
9,727 23
7,437 50
13,388 55 *11,463 29
248,652 39
1901
1902 13,369
3,280
3,931
7,781,400
5,927,575
13,708,975
1,656,505
15,365,480
17 20
*237,107 27
1,977 83
6,375 00
13,355 88
2,861 15
272,148 26
1902
1903
13,641
3,312
4,052
7,865,250
5,915,375
13,780,625
13,397,005
15,177,630
18 00
*237,087 74
10,808 84
5,169 59
10,625 00
13,917 89
3,692 28
281,301 34
1903
1904 14,021
3,319
4,137
7,945,700
5,867,625
13,813,325
1,424,530
15,237,855
17 40
*225,003 32
11,744 15
5,696 87
11,625 00
15,716 05
3,627 28
273,412 67
1904
1905 14,559
3,334
4,235
8,020,150
5,845,800
13,865,950
1,463,745
15,329,695
18 00
*227,044 58
12,077 04
5,922 31
18,600 00
15,272 57
5,488 01
284,404 51
1905
1851
335
547,974
73,894
621,868
5 50
3,729 17
3,660 00
2,504 53
909 74
69,136 11
1874
1874
786
1,039
3,797,965
380,460
4,178,425
15 80
62,061 84
3,990
. .
....
*Including Metropolitan Park Tax, estimate.
*City Appropriation.
1888
7,821
1,870
1,366,485
$1,642,900 3,340,250
1850
10,561 13
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
December 30, 1905.
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, CITY OF MELROSE, MASS.
GENTLEMEN : I herewith submit the sixth annual report.
TAX 1905
Warrant
Additionals
$284,404.51 1,278.80 95.16
Interest
$285,778.47
Abatements
3,989.20
$281,789.27
Paid Treasurer
152,344.75
Uncollected
$129,444.52
TAX 1904
Warrant
$273,412.67
Additionals
3,313.71
Interest
3,372.22
$280,098.60
Abatements
5'336,21
Paid Treasurer
$274,762.39
245,876.11
Uncollected
$ 28,886.28
146
CITY OF MELROSE.
TAX 1903
Warrant
$281,301.34
Additionals
1,182.85
Interest
5,688.26
$288,172.45
Abatements
5,379.35
$282,793.10
Paid Treasurer
279,922.68
Uncollected
$2,870.42
TAX 1902
Warrant
$272,148.26
Additionals
1,756.08
Interest
5,340.76
$279,245.10
Abatements
7,566.54
$271,678.56
Paid Treasurer
269,734.33
Uncollected
$1,944.23
TAX 1901
Warrant
$248,652.39
Additionals
1,526.03
Interest
4,716.00
$254,894.42
Abatements
6,527.64
$248,366.78
Paid Treasurer
246,651.66
Uncollected
$1,715.12
147
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TAX 1900
Warrant
$237,310.57
Additionals
2,937.20
Interest
4,419.71
$244,667.48
Abatements
7,193.96
$237,473.52
Paid Treasurer
237,473.52
Collections, takings 1899
$2,630.57
Interest
386.97
Total
$3,017.54
Paid Treasurer
3,017.54
Collections, takings 1900
$4,461.41
Interest
553.82
Total
$5,015.23
Paid Treasurer
5,015.23
Collections, takings 1901
$4,177.33
Interest
467.23
Total
$4,644.56
Paid Treasurer
4,644.56
Collections, takings 1902
$3,601.27
Interest
233.00
Total
$3,834.27
Paid Treasurer
3,834.27
148
CITY OF MELROSE.
Collections, takings 1903
$1,720.38
Interest
72.72
Total
$1,793.10
Paid Treasurer
1,793.10
SEWER ASSESSMENTS.
Collected
$156,688.65
Paid Treasurer
$156,653.73
Balance
34.92
Total
$156,688.65
SIDEWALKS FROM PUBLIC WORKS DEPT
Collected
$155.77
Paid Treasurer
155.77
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT, 1905
Warrant
$851.00
Paid Treasurer
550.76
Total Uncollected
$300.24
STREET WATERING, 1905
Warrant
$4,912.73
Abatements
58.05
$4,854.68
Paid Treasurer
2,410.04
Uncollected
$2,444.64
149
COLLECTOR'S REPORT ..
WATER RATES, 1905
Collections
$49,114.29
Paid Treasurer
$48,736.79
Refund
371.18
$49,107.97
Balance
6.32
Total
$49,114.29
WATER RATES, 1904
Collections
$48,968.59
Paid Treasurer.
$48,507.31
Refund
461.28
$48,968.59
EXCISE TAX, 1905
Collected B. & N. S. R. R.
$1,882.43
Paid Treasurer
1,882.43
WATER RATES, 1906
Collections
$81.00
Balance December 30, 1905
81.00
STREET WATERING, 1903
Warrant
$4,061.11
Additionals
24.50
$4,085.61
Abatements
27.42
$4,058.19
Paid Treasurer
4,042.35
$15.84
150°
CITY OF MELROSE.
STREET WATERING, 1904
Warrant
$4,740.51
Abatements
24.23
$4,716.28
Paid Treasurer
4,200.84
$515.44
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT, 1903
Warrant
$366.05
Paid Treasurer
366.05
FEES.
Balance December 30, 1905
$.80
Collected
1,340.75
Total
$1,341.55
Paid Treasurer
$1,334.77
Balance
6.78
Total
$1,341.55
NON-RESIDENT BANK TAX, 1905
Collected
$749.34
Paid Treasurer
749.34
STREETING WATERING, 1902
Warrant
$3,973.71
Abatements
9.10
$3,964.61
Paid Treasurer
3,964.61
Respectfully, JAMES W. MURRAY,
City Collector.
151
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
JANUARY, 22, 1906.
The committee on Solicitor and Collector, to whom was re- ferred the city collector's report for the year 1905, have exam- ined the same and recommend that the report be placed on file, to be printed as a part of the city's report for the year 1905.
Signed, GEO. W. LIBBEY, Chairman Committee.
Committee on Solicitor and Collector.
REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN :
We have the honor to report the receipts and expenditures of Wyoming Cemetery for the fiscal year ending January 31, 1906, to be as follows.
During the year the much needed improvement of Sylvan street has been begun, laying it out 50 feet in width, the wall at the west gate has been moved back and the grounds are now being regraded, all of which greatly improve the entrance.
RECEIPTS.
Lots, care of
$1,921.11
Lots, sale of.
2,072.27
Interments.
724.00
Foundations put in
264.75
Graves, single, sold
224.00
Vaults, Slate
180.00
Grass sold
20.00
Tomb, use of
83.00
Wood sold
56.75
Labor.
103.00
Dressing sold
7.00
Creosote
7.00
$5,662.88
153
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
EXPENSES.
Pay rolls, Supt. and teams
$4,220.50
Gravel, loam and sod. 713.11
Sewer pipe
79.95
Plants and shrubs
62.56
Books, printing, stamps and telephone
56.81
Dressing
50.50
Grave and lot markers.
45.75
Hardware and tools
43.16
Salary of clerk
60.42
Salary of Committee 1904-1905
75.00
Cement and lime
33.40
Repairing and sharpening tools
34.27
Tanglefoot
29.50
Labor on gate posts and wall.
19.50
Lawn roller
15.00
Sign posts.
18.00
Slate vaults
17.75
Sundries
9.67
Express and freight
7.05
Lumber.
8.10
$5,600.00
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN P. DEERING, L. H. KUNHARDT, W. C. GOSS, Cemetery Committee.
Report of the Overseers of the Poor.
MELROSE, MASS., January 31, 1906.
To HIS HONOR THE MAYOR AND THE HONORABLE BOARD OF ALDERMEN ;
GENTLEMEN :- The board of Overseers of the Poor respect- fully submit their sixth annual report, it being for the year end- ing January 31, 1906.
OUT DOOR RELIEF. (Partial Support. ) 1
Feb. 1, '05 to Feb. 1, '06.
Individuals aided 334
Fe- Minors. Males males Adults Over Under Tot
16
16
Having settlement in Melrose, 101 123
92 25 108 224
Having settlement in other cities and towns 28
36
24 1 39
64
Paid for by the State 21 25 19
5 22
46
Families aided 94
Having settlement in Melrose 63
Having settlement in other cities and towns
14
Paid for by the state 13
Wife settlement in Melrose
4
94
Families aided for the first time
17
Families receiving medical aid only
18
(Full Support.)
Males
Females
Supported at City Farm
11
2
9
Boarded in private families
3
1
2
Boarded in institutions
9
7
2
Total
23
155
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
Deaths at City Farm during the year 2
Discharged to earn own living 1
Discharged to live with family 1
Remaining at City Farm Feb. 1, 1906
7
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Appropriation
$6,900.00
Carried from 1904
16.35
Receipts from Farm
1,259.87
Individuals 29.00
Cities and
Towns
1143.58
Receipts from State
340.10
Special appropriation
1,500.00
Transferred from 1906 appro-
priation on account of
bills due
517.80
Balance by Appropriation
296.18
$12,002.88
EXPENDITURES.
Outside aid :
Food
$2,360.60
Fuel 422.89
Rent 1,363.93
Board in private families 280.03
Board in institutions
890.44
Shoes
197.30
Clothing
29.88
Medicine
176.34
Physicians' services
544.00
Burial
57.00
Cash
192.00
Cities and towns
664.16
Sundries
88.32
Telephone
31.66
$7,298.55
156
CITY OF MELROSE.
CITY FARM.
House expense.
Food
$652.04
Fuel
343.82
Telephone
34.65
Supplies
53.90
Labor
250.77
Medicine
56.42
Physicians' services
45.50
Repairs
227.08
Sundries
153.07
Electric lighting
101.32
Salary of matron
249.96
$2,168.53
Farm expense.
Labor
$318.05
Feed
672.29
Dressing
126.25
Sundries
184.16
Supplies
985.01
Salary of Superintendent
250.04
$2,535.80
$12,002.88
Appropriation for clerical assistance $200.00
Expended 200.00
Appropriated for contingent expenses
$100.00
Expended 77.52
Balance
$22.48
157
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
ELEANOR BROWN TOOTHAKER FUND.
Money to credit of fund Feb. 1, 1905 $1,214.77
Interest 49.26
Dividends B. & M. R. R. 9.00
Dividends B. & M. R. R.
39.00
$1,312.03
Expenditures for year 1905
102.54
Balance Feb. 1, 1906
$1,209.49
THOMAS M. GOGIN, MATILDA E. STANTIAL, WILLIAM S. SOULE, Overseers of the Poor.
Sixth Annual Report
OF THE
Engineer and Superintendent
OF THE
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
CITY OF MELROSE MASS.
FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1905, TO JANUARY 31, 1906.
W. DABNEY HUNTER Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works.
MELROSE: DUNTÓN PRINTING CO. 1906.
ORGANIZATION.
1905.
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, CHARLES J. BARTON :
DEAR SIR :- In accordance with the established custom I have the honor to submit herewith the Sixth Annual Report of the Public Works Department of the City of Melrose, for the fiscal year ending January 31, 1906.
In giving an account of the receipts and expenditures, togeth- er with the work performed under the various heads or sub- divisions into which the Public Works Department is divided, I shall follow the same general order or arrangement of previous reports, and shall endeavor to make the same as brief as is con- sistent ; but, should any detail be omitted on which you, any member of the Board of Aldermen or any citizen desire addi- tional information, I shall be pleased to furnish the same.
PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE.
A summary of the work done during the past year is as fol- lows:
Permits to open and occupy public streets 144
Orders of the Board of Aldermen attended to or report- ed on 61
Contracts written and made: street watering, tar con- crete, collection of ashes, sewer pipe, brick, castings, curbstone and flagging, and electric lighting
8
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Appropriations :
Clerical service
$490.00
Contingent
300.00
Board of horse, etc
310.00
Telephone service
70.00
$1,170.00
162
CITY OF MELROSE.
Expended :
Clerical service
$489.00
Contingent, books, printing and sta- tionery
295.18
Board of horse, etc
300.30
Telephone service
61.46
$1,145.94
Balances in Treasury :
Clerical service
$1.00
Contingent
4.82
Board of horse, etc
9.70
Telephone service
8.54
$24.06
WATER DIVISION.
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Appropriation-maintenance and reconstruction $15,000.00
Balance of bond issue 1904 3,013.44
Collections paid into treasury, maintenance account 2,691.54
Transfers for stock used by other divisions 275.91
Stock on hand, February 1, 1905, per report
6,287.46
$27,268.35
Expended :
For general maintenance and invoices, (see page 175) $4,387.73
For relay main pipes (see table No. 2) 4,960.21
For hydrant maintenance (see page 176) 304.85
For inside services, and charges (see page 176)
2,593.67
For outside services, maintenance (see page 176) 3,429.91
For main lines, maintenance (see page 176) 1,626.07
163
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
For main lines, construction net amount
for 1905 (used in addition $3,268.20 of stock bought in 1904 on account Upham street) (see table No. 3) $1,524.23
For services, construction (see table No. 3) 540.75
Stock on hand February 1, 1906, (see page 177) 4,753.09 $24,120.51
$3,147.84
Balance in treasury :
Maintenance account
$2,199.38
Construction account
948.46
$3,147.84
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
For fiscal year ending January 31, 1906, not including the 1906 water rates collected in January, 1906, amounting to $6,175.09.
DR.
To cash on hand Feb. 1,
1905, water rates $53.90
To cash on hand Feb. 1, 1905, summons .40 $54.30
To 1904 water rates collect-
ed in 1905
$237.55
To 1904 summons
.40
237.95
To 1905 water rates
$49,522.27
To 1905 summons
70.00
49,592.27
To sundry collections by W. D. Hunter:
New services (43)
$358.90
Services renewed (126) 1,593.42
Services cleaned (92)
287.83
164
CITY OF MELROSE.
Services repaired (42)
$126.91
Services thawed (5)
33.45
Fixtures sealed (13)
8.44
Telephone tolls
3.45
On and off water (188)
188.00
On and off water, non-pay- ment (11)
22.00
Sundries
69.14
$2,691.54
To collections or transfers by City Treasurer
$245.91
To collected by Treasurer from Commonwealth of Massachusetts for water sold as provided by Sect. 3 of Chap. 392 of the Acts of 1898 185.45
434.43
To credits given on transfer bills :
To highways
$16.40
To sewer
13.60
30.00
$53,037.42
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer, wa- ter rates, 1904 $220.04
By cash refunded £ sundry persons, water rates, 1904 71:41
$291.45
By cash paid Treasurer, wa- ter rates, 1905 $49,117.19
By cash paid Treasurer, sum- mons, 1905 69.60
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