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651 .54
579.38
304.25
1283.63
Parker Street
370
6
376
2
17.79
145.13
162.92
251.50
414.42
Prospect Street.
950
6
900
4
424.55
561.52
986.07
320.57
1306.64
Sixth Street.
940
6
893
6
404.42
570.36
974.78
323.58
1298.36
W. Emerson Street.
336
6
336
4
1
146.68
187.84
334.52
141.20
475.72
Hydrants, 4 in. changed to 6 in. ..
5
6.75
6.75
89.25
96.00
·
.
*Cast Iron Lowered.
·
.
6
Sewall's Wood Road. .
230
222
Melrose Street Extension
6
in Inches.
202
CITY OF MELROSE
SUMMARY OF PIPE LAID AND ABANDONED.
Pipe Relaid.
Pipe Laid.
Pipe Abandoned.
Size.
Length.
Size in Inches.
Length in Feet.
Size in Inches.
Length in Feet.
14
24
4
329
2
576
8
410
6
7,461
4
3,641
6
460
8
655
6
2,009
12
901
894
9,346
6,226
Net gain in Length of Mains, 3,120 feet.
STOCK ACCOUNT.
Stock on hand January 1, 1907.
$5,203.98
Stock Bought :-
Wrought iron pipe and fittings. . 237.76
Cast iron pipe and fittings 9,830.05
Lead pipe, lead and solder . 3,078.13
Brass pipe and composition fit- tings 877.24
Gates, valves and hydrants 1,193.97
Gate and service boxes. . 205.00
Meters and supplies for same. . .
8,492.45
Coal and coke .
14.59
Lumber
29.53
Sewer pipe and cement
28.35
Powder and exploders.
30.65
Gravel and crushed stone
17.06
Concrete repairs.
8.40
Jute packing.
39.00
Rolling and teams
97.75
Transferred from invoice and ex-
pense account (charged Metropol- itan Park Com.)
118.74
Labor and teams on stock at yard and shop. 896.21
Rent of shop and yard 275.00 $30,673.86;
203.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
STOCK USED.
On construction services
$369.57
On construction main lines
6,165.88
" relay
2,986.43
" maintenance
129.45
" maintenance hydrants.
174.51
" inside services and charges, includ- ing relaying on Boulevard
2,422.49
" outside services, maintenance. . ...
1,300.84
" purchase of meters and fittings used
8,762.89
22,312.06
Stock on hand, January 1, 1908.
$8,361.80
Summary of Fixtures and Statement of Water Supplied to January 1, 1908.
Rated in Added in
Families
1907 3,582
1907
Totals 3,614
Boarding Houses
5
0
5
Stores and Shops
229
3
232
Faucets
10,226
63
10,289
Water-closets
3,925
15
3,940
Use of water-closets
83
0
83
Bath-tubs
2,364
15
2,379
Use of bath-tubs
20
0
20
Urinals
41
0
41
Fountains
10
0
10
Sill-cocks
1,152
4
1,156
Horses .
530
7
537
Cows
42
0
42
Hose
1,129
6
1,135
Boilers
37
0
37
Motors
6
0
6
Hospitals
3
0
3
Number of water takers
3,953
Number of services.
3,429
Number of vacancies. 202
32
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204
CITY OF MELROSE
Number of fire hydrants. 299
Number of gates on mains 455
Number of stand-pipes for street sprinkling . 31
Number of miles of cement pipe .
15.17
Number of miles of cast iron pipe 33.21
Number of meters 1,059
WATER ASSESSMENTS AND CONSUMPTION.
The annual assessments paid by this city as its proportion- ate part of the cost and operation of the Metropolitan Water Works are given below :-
Year Sinking Fund Maintenance
Interest
Total
1898 No division made .
$3,332.94
1899 No division made
. 4,921.63
1900 No division made
6,740.49
1901
$2,758.43
$7,130.58
$2,657.31
12,546.32
1902
4,398.83
7,038.98
2,997.12
14,434.93
1903
3,630.11
11,243.27
2,941.96
17,815.34
1904
3,730.13
12,492.25
3,500.35
19,722.73
1905
4,829.71
12,558.36
3,090.46
20,478.53
1906
5,802.58
14,905.91
4,521.60
25,230.09
1907
6,433.77
15,748.61
4,788.81
26,971.19
$152,194.19
The daily consumption of water in Melrose, as recorded by the Venturi meters, operated by the Metropolitan Water Works, is shown below by months for the year 1907 :- Month. Gallons. Month. Gallons.
January
1,671,800
July
1,817,500
February
1,845,100
August 1,954,200
March
1,726,400
September
1,743,700
April
1,623,900
October
1,726,800
May
1,652,800
November
1,692,800
June
1,794,900
December
1,732,600
The total consumption for the year is 638,020,000 gallons, making an average daily consumption of 1,748,000 gallons, or daily quantity of water used per inhabitant 118 gallons.
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
The following table shows the daily per capita consumption of water in the cities and towns in the Metropolitan Water District for the year 1907, as registered by the Metropolitan meters :-
For the Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept .Oct. Nov. Dec. Year
Boston
.174 187 167 152 151 152 154 156 151 152 148 152 157
Somerville
100 112
88
87
88
93
93
91
86
85 80
82 90
Malden
.48 52 48
47
46
51 52
51
45
41 40 40 47
Chelsea
130 156 115 93
89
78
76
80
80
82
78 73
68 93
71 91
102
Medford
106 113 106 101 104 111 112 116 102
99
96 96 105
Melrose
113 125 117 110 111 121 122 131 117 116 113 116 118
Revere
.95 111
90
83
82
69
76
41
51
56
57 61
48 42
39 46
Winthrop
115 129 113 106 105 126 149 153 119 104
Stoneham
75
89
90
84
83
88
97 109 102 100 100 102
Belmont
53
58
58
57
70
94 108 125
77
58
56 57
73
Lexington
.68
72
73
70
72
82
85 105
76 60
65 50
62
51 73
Nahant
87
94
78
90
62
59
79
87
Swampscott
.64
70
66
56
65
76
96 112
72
61
60
74
Total
146 158 139 128 127 130 133 135 129 127 123 126 133
The district, in order of per capita consumption, beginning with the lowest, stands as follows :-
1-Milton 46
8-Somerville 90
2-Malden 47
9-Arlington 92
3-Watertown 67
10-Stoneham 93
4-Belmont 73
11-Chelsea 97
4-Nahant 73
12-Quincy 102
4-Lexington 73
13-Medford 105
5-Swampscott 74
14-Winthrop
117
6-Everett 81
15-Melrose 118
7-Revere
.88
16-Boston 157
68
88
Watertown .58
61
59
63
Arlington 82
96
77
81 99 125 149
70 61 55 67 70 70 92
Milton
43
40
37
87
88
89 87
85
82 79 82 97 81
Everett
.96 114
Quincy 97 100
99
94 98 107 115 122 107 103
94 103 107 80 73 80 90 73 98
75 72 84
91 58
84 73
40 95 91 117 93
The towns and cities showing the lowest per capita consump- tion of water are those having the largest percentage of meters and, therefore, the smallest waste of water.
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TOTAL OF DISTRIBUTING PIPES LAID TO JANUARY 1, 1908.
LOCATION.
FEET OF CAST IRON PIPE.
FEET OF CEMENT PIPE.
Size of Pipe.
34 in .| 1 in. | 11 | 2 in. | 4 in. | 6 in. | 8 in. |10 in.|12 in.|14 in.|16 in.
2 in.
4 in.
6 in. | 8 in. |10 in.|12 in.
Aaron street
62
Adams street.
800
Ainsworth place
135
211
35
640
Allen place.
301
Appleton street.
225
Appleton place
257|
Apthorp road
490
Ashburton place.
452
Ashland street.
405
1,273
20
Ashland street extension
283
Ashland place.
663
Ashmont street .
187
Ashmont park.
545
Auburn street .
412
Avon street. . ..
410
Bartlett street
831
Batchelder street
1,230
Baxter street.
165
Beacon street, off Maple
1,090
Beech avenue.
1,402
992
Bellevue avenue
386
Belmont street
296
Belmont place.
243
Berwick place.
588
Beverly street.
650
Boardman avenue
1,066
Botolph street.
1,019
Brazil street
320
Brown street .
718
Brunswick park
360
Burrell street.
Cass street .
587!
Albion street .
139
140
Alpine street .
192
Argyle street .
284
385
Beech street, off Washington
264
48
Berwick street .
977
120
416
Briggs street ..
90
481
CITY OF MELROSE
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
TOTAL OF DISTRIBUTING PIPES LAID TO JANUARY 1, 1908 .- Continued.
FEET OF CAST IRON PIPE.
FEET OF CEMENT PIPE.
Size of Pipe.
34 in.| 1 in.
1 12
2 in.
4 in.
6 in. | 8 in. |10 in.|12 in. 14 in.|16 in.
2 in. | 4 in. | 6 in. | 8 in. |10 in.|12 in.
Cedar park
1 660
Cedar park, south
650
Central terrace.
250
60|
615
Chaska avenue.
125
345
377
20
491
Chestnut street
226
Chestnut park
265
340
Cliester street . Cherry street .
350!
Church street .
40
730
Circuit street ..
1,376
Cleveland street.
280
Cliff street . .
160
Clifton park.
1.400
Cottage street.
410
Crescent avenue
200
210
352
Crystal street.
525
Cumner avenue.
508
Cutter street
230
Day street .
96
Dell avenue
1,170
Dills court .
1,386
East street .
311
Figlith street .
294
Eleventh street
26
Elliot street
668
419
200
j.Ilsworth avenue
1,814
Emerson street .
250
1,340
550
270
Everett street ..
290|
405
Clifford street .
312
1,037
Crescent place .
Damon avenue
300
Eastman place
423
120
280
Elm street . Ills avenue.
515
50:1,824 2,861
Emerson place
Essex street .
170
Chipman avenue
335
Charles street .
LOCATION
207
208
TOTAL OF DISTRIBUTING PIPES LAID TO JANUARY 1, 1908 .- Continued. F
FEET OF CAST IRON PIPE.
FEET OF CEMENT PIPE.
Size of Pipe
34 in.| 1 in.
1 1/2
2 in.
4 in.
6 in. | 8 in. |10. in.|12 in.|14 in.|16 in.
2 in. | 4 in. | 6 in. | 8 in. |10 in.|12 in
Fairmount street.
Fairview avenue
225
Farwell avenue.
325
Faulkner place.
175 13% in
Faxon street .
250
Felton place
115|
335
First street.
200
355
Fletcher street
2,123
Florence street . Florence avenue
250
Folsom avenue
12|1,010
Forest street ..
1,185
Forest street, Court off
260
Foster street .
2,120
1,910
Franees street.
955| 2,040 1,825
Franklin street .
265
Frost avenue.
193
Garden street ..
359
Glen avenue, off Mystic.
304
Glen street, off Lynde avenue.
330
Glen road, off Vinton street.
47
Goodyear avenue
900
Gould street.
924
Granite street ..
475
Green street .
1,595
1,043
Greenleaf place.
300
Green wood street
480
4,650
Grove place.
130
Grundy street.
265 510
350
Harvard street .
Haverhill place.
230
CITY OF MELROSE
1,160 700
Grove street.
400
1,250
300
Goss avenue.
325
Gouch street.
603
2,160 695
Franklin terraee.
370
Gibbons street
420
Ferdinand street.
525
550| 2,050
1,371
350
280
LOCATION.
Hancock street .
590
TOTAL OF DISTRIBUTING PIPES LAID TO JANUARY 1, 1908 .- Continued.
FEET OF CAST IRON PIPE.
FEET OF CEMENT PIPE.
Size of Pipe.
3% in.| 1 in.
1 1/2
2 in.
4 in.
6 in.
8 in. |10 in.|12 in.|14 in.|16 in.
2 in. | 4 in. | 6 in. | 8 in. |10 in.|12 in.
Hawes avenue
520
Henry avenue.
491
Herbert street .
342
Hesseltine avenue.
170
Heyward avenue.
310
900
350
High street, north.
60
High street, south.
550
Highland avenue, off Main
320
1,900
Highland avenue, off Upham.
606
34
796
Holbrook court.
150
500
Hopkins street .
305|
290
522| 2,168
Howard street
295
36
Hurd street .
1,367
Ingalls court .
230
Irving street ..
173
100
Kimball court
200
1,192
Larrabee street.
150
3,449
Lebanon street .
270 3,277
3,833
Leeds street .
500
280
Lincoln street .
129
Linden street.
480
Linden street, west.
285
Linwood avenue
1,220
610
600
Lynde street .
2,400
Lynde avenue.
750
4,050
Main street .
300
912
219
Melrose street .
1,162
2,100
270|
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
209
Melrose place.
205
330
Keating place.
132
Lake avenue.
53
590
Larrabee place.
Laurel street .
619
651
Linden place .
980
3,004 1,662 2,920
750
350
Malvern street .
527
Maple street .
400
Hillside avenue
16
314
Holland road.
314
Howie court ..
LOCATION
210
TOTAL OF DISTRIBUTING PIPES LAID TO JANUARY 1, 1908 .- Continued.
FEET OF CAST IRON PIPE.
FEET OF CEMENT PIPE.
Size of Pipe.
34 in .! 1 in.
1 1/2
2 in. | 4 in.
6 in. | 8 in. |10 in.|12 in.|14 in.|16 in.
2 in. | 4 in. | 6 in. | 8 in. |10 in.|12 in.
Meridian street .
Messenger's court.
250
Morgan avenue ..
410
Mountain avenue, off Lebanon
788
Mountain avenue, off Washington
75
380
12
Mt. Vernon street .
335
730
Mt. Vernon avenue.
2,220
Mystic avenue.
722
320
Natalie avenue
450
Nelson avenue.
300
North avenue.
680
Oakland street.
1,158
Orient avenue
220
Orient park.
728
360
720
Orris street .
165
Otis street
98
Panama street
14
Park street.
134
Parker street.
409
Pearl street.
900
Perhamn avenue
656
158
142 400
Pine street.
1,260
Pleasant street
280
83
162
675
Porter street .
270
600
Potter street.
120
19
Prospect street
18
35
1,900
Ravine road.
620
Rendall court.
425
Renwick road. .
1,216
320
Right of way, off Sibley.
CITY OF MELROSE
.
1,346
250
Perkins street
750
Poplar street.
341
311
Pratt street.
950
Reading Hill avenue.
170
170
Richardson road.
32
988
Orient place.
250
Orris place.
1,165
250
Myrtle street .
180
1,530
200
LOCATION.
TOTAL OF DISTRIBUTING PIPES LAID TO JANUARY 1, 1908 .- Continued.
FEET OF CAST IRON PIPE.
FEET OF CEMENT PIPE.
Size of Pipe.
34 in.| 1 in.
1 12
2 in.
4 in. | 6 in. | 8 in. |10 in.|12 in.|14 in.|16 in.
2 in. | 4 in. | 6 in. | 8 in. |10 in.|12 in.
Right of Way, off Ravine road
1,955
Right of Way. off Tremont street
300
Rockland street .
45
680
Rogers street .
16| 1,107
Rowe street.
330
688
1,032
Russell street .
530
Sanford street .
300
320
800
Sargent street.
20
530
870
School street. .
300
664
400
Sewall street
12
388
Sewall Woods Road
20
900
1,140
Short street.
430
Sixth street .
977
South avenue
630
Spear street.
912
450
Spring street .
10
228
Staples street
360
Summer street.
700
330
Summit avenue
442
Swains Pond avenue
1,060
920
900
Sylvan street.
720
Tappan street.
260
Tremont street .
2,740
845
Trenton street .
50
2,560
Union street .
4,184
210
Upland road.
690
Vinton street.
892
4,024
Vista street. .
315
340
Walnut street.
200 420
1,037
Warren street
612
Warwick road
350|.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
673
Upham street .
1,134
400
Vine street.
1,070
Taylor street, 260 ft. 6 in
400
Stevens place
216
145
Sibley street .
1,230
Rubber works shop
Walton park.
2II
LOCATION.
212
TOTAL OF DISTRIBUTING PIPES LAID TO JANUARY 1, 1908 .- Continued.
LOCATION.
FEET OF CAST IRON PIPE.
FEET OF CEMENT PIPE.
Size of Pipe.
3% in.| 1 in.
1 1/2 | 2 in. | 4 in. | 6 in. | 8 in. |10 in.|12 in.|14 in. |16 in.
1,770
850
1,700|
1,200
Washington street
582
160
Waverly avenue.
620
Waverly place.
690
West Hill avenue.
545
Wheeler avenue.
370
Whittier street
28
820
Willow street .
160
Winter street
700
Winthrop street.
588
Winthrop place
216
Wood avenue. .
1,500
500
#Wyoming avenue.
600|
32
323
Wyoming park
York terrace.
320
600
York terraer, private way to Ferdinand street.
150
Youle street . .
350
893
707
Totals
1484
1105
375|5118|11850|89663 22539|13416 21378
2920
5223
250 45066|27852
1700|
1200
4050
.
SUMMARY .- 80,118 feet cement pipe, or 15.17 miles cement pipe, Total miles of pipe, 18.38.
175,371 feet iron pipe, or 33.21 miles iron pipe.
NOTES .- The above includes 5,287 feet of pipe in Stoneham and 290 feet in Wakefield, and excludes 600 feet of service pipe in Renwick Road, Wakefield. Metropolitan water pipe in Melrose, 1.09 miles of 48-inch iron pipe. #22 feet of 20-inch iron pipe.
CITY OF MELROSE
2 in. | 4 in.
6 in. | 8 in. |10 in.|12 in.
Water street .
897
Whitman avenue.
620
250
Woodland avenue.
375
213
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION.
It has been the plan of this department to put the main thoroughfares in first class condition, and with this in view, Main Street from Malden Line to Porter Street, Wyoming Avenue, from Main to Berwick Streets, Franklin Street from Main Street to Stoneham Line, Green Street from Main to Howard Streets, Vinton Street from North High to West Em- erson Streets, Upham Street from Main to Lebanon Streets, Orient Avenue, Youle and Everett Streets, and parts of East Emerson Street and Stratford Road were macadamized.
Surplus material from these streets was used to grade other streets, such as Circuit, Warren, Melrose (Belmont to Vinton Streets) Woodland Avenue, etc. Surplus material from East Emerson Street and Stratford Road was used to grade the Common.
Especial attention has been paid to streets where there were only dirt sidewalks, many of these were gravelled, rolled and covered with stone dust, making a good sidewalk.
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STREETS ACCEPTED AS PUBLIC HIGHWAYS IN 1907.
Name of Street.
From
To
Width in Feet.
Length in Feet.
Date of Acceptance.
*Melrose
Vinton St. .
Warren St.
50
807
Mt. Vernon Ave.
Mt. Vernon St.
Southerly .. ...
40
225
*Rogers .
Meridian St. ..
Argyle St. ..
40
200
June 29 July 1 April 4
1,232
* Accepted under the Betterment Act.
CITY OF MELROSE
215
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE.
Stock balance, January 1, 1907 $832.10
Appropriation, maintenance. 20,000.00
Appropriation macadamizing streets. . 15,000.00
Excise Tax, Boston & Northern St. Ry. 2,028.65 $37,860.75
Expended, as per detailed report :-
On street work. $20,573.07
General maintenance and minor repairs 2,593.74
Cleaning streets.
2,920.82
Removal of snow
3,134.07
Granite crossings
1,287.35
Sidewalk repairs
2,376.68
Concrete gutters and crossings
88.84
Guard rails and fencing.
348.00
Bridges and culverts .
65.04
Trimming and removing trees.
145.11
Street signs.
3.25
Green Street, (see Green Street Widening) 340.87
Tool and expense account.
480.13
Material and teaming, due from sidewalk account. 425.98 $34,782.95
Balance in Treasury
$3,077.80
STREETS CONSTRUCTED AND REPAIRED IN 1907.
STREET.
FROM
TO
Description of Work.
Feet.
Labor and Teams.
Mater'l.
Cost.
Chestnut Street.
Wyoming Avenue
Northerly
Graveled
300
$27.00
$21.00
$48.00
Circuit Street
Hurd Street
Hurd Street
Graveled
730
37.65
37.65
Clifton Park .
Woodland Avenue
Southerly
Graveled
150
74.28
74.28
Emerson Street
Stratford Road
Westerly
Macadamized
440
278.34
279.00
557.34
Everett Street
Pleasant Street
Crescent Avenue
Macadamized
520
245.13
246.60
491.73
Franklin St., North side ..
Main Street
Ashland Street
Macadamized
1,285
Tremont Street
B. & M. R.R.
Macadamized
240
B. & M. R.R.
Botolph Street
Macadamized
2,100
3,850.06 2,525 .77
6,375 .83
Main Street
beyond Ashland St.
Macadamized
1,550
Vinton Street
Stoncham Line
Macadamized
590
198.97
34.50
233.47
Green Street
Main Street
Howard Street
Macadamized
850
99.20
88.80
188.00
Main Street, East side
66
66
66
66
Lynde Street
Grove Street
Macadamized
450
66
66
66
Upham Street
Porter Street
Re-surfaced
1,200
3,053.37 2,704.87
5,515.02
66
West side
Malden Line
Goodyear Avenue
Re-surfaced
1,000
Malden Line
Wyoming Avenue
Re-surfaced
1,100
Essex Street
Porter Street
Re-surfaced
1,200
Lebanon Street
Malvern Street
Grove Street
Macadamized
430
277.23
321 .30
598:53
Malvern Street
Lebanon Street
Potter Street
Macadamized
245
83.25
177.02
260.27
Melrose Street
Vinton Street
Graveled
600
96.54
96.54
Melrose Street
Warren Street
Graveled
810
Myrtle Street. .
Winthrop Street
Emerson Street
Macadamized
320
94.95
139.60
234.55
Orient Avenue
Emerson Street
Porter Street
Macadamized
970
304.25
403.31
707.56
Rogers Street
Meridian Street Upham Street at Brook Culvert Main Street
Emerson Street
Macadamized
320
204.85
339.00
543.85
Graveled
150
18.84
3.80
22.64
Upham Street
Lebanon Street
Macadamized
850
111.66
105.60
217.26
Vinton Street ..
No. High Street
Emerson Street
Macadamized
780
753.12
599.58
1,350.45
Wyoming Avenue.
Main Street
Berwick Street
Macadamized
445
462.87
596.80
1,056.67
Warren Street
Franklin Street
Melrose Street
Graveled
350
41.02
8.32
49.34
Woodland Avenue ...
front of No. 26
Clifton Park
Graveled
500
29.87
29.87
Winthrop Street
Main Street
Myrtle Street
Macadamized
650
352.04
342.60
694.64
Youle Street
Vinton Street
Leeds Street
Macadamized
830
180.80
192.58
373.38
Boardman Avenue
Main Street
Easterly
Graveled
250
22.64
22.64
$20,573.07
Irving Street
Beech Avenue
Appleton Street
Macadamized
3,500 )
Mt. Vernon St.
Wyoming Avenue
Macadamized
350
Malden Line
Mt. Vernon Street
Macadamized
2,050
Fairmount Street .
Beech Avenue
Appleton Street
Graveled
590
.
Belmont Street Vinton Street
Argyle Street
Graveled
200
Stratford Road
Tremont Street
South side
66
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
GENERAL MAINTENANCE AND MINOR REPAIRS.
Labor Teams
Stock
Albion Street
$6.75
Ashland Street
3.38
3.38
Appleton Street
11.29
4.38 6.60
22.27
Baxter Street
8.43
8.43
Crescent Avenue
22.50
34.20
56.70
Cherry Street
8.50
8.50
Day Street
6.75
6.75
Foster Street, East
31.75
3.00
34.75
Foster Street, West
1.06
.63
3.00
4.69
Franklin Terrace
2.25
2.25
Garden Street
6.19
6.19
Grove Street
45.43
5.94
22.80
74.17
Larrabee Street
2.25
1.25
3.50
Lynde Street (Junc. Linwood ave.)
73.75
1.49
42.60
117.84
Main Street (Linden St. N.)
169.84
23.00
50.38
243.22
School Street (Grading)
127.88
5.80
133.68
Vinton Street
2.25
2.25
Vine Street
6.00
6.00
Walton Park
2.25
2.25
Waverly Avenue
37.62
37.62
Wyoming Avenue
3.00
3.00
Willow Street
2.12
1.25
6.00
9.37
$793.56
General Maintenance. Salaries
$596.26
Minor Regairs and Charges :-
Labor as per pay rolls
$367.99
City Teams
90.37
Use of steam roller
25.00
Stock
85.11
568.47
To transfer from crusher account
948.93
To transfer from stable account
1341.64
3455.30
Cr.
By transfer from roller account
$789.92
By sundry collections paid Treasurer
71.64
861.56
$2593.74
CLEANING STREETS AND CROSSINGS.
Labor as per pay rolls
$2,568.79
City Teams
393.88
$2,962.67
Cr.
By street dirt sold and paid to Treasurer
41.85 $2,920 .82
Total $6.75
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CITY OF MELROSE
REMOVAL OF SNOW AND SANDING.
Amount paid for sand
$234.15
Labor as per pay rolls
2,543.67
City Teams
356.25 $3,134.07
GRANITE CROSSINGS.
There have been laid 1,793 linear feet of new granite cross- ings and 1,032 linear feet of old granite crossings relaid, re- quiring the laying of 559 square yards granite block paving.
GRANITE CROSSINGS.
Labor
Teams Stock
Total
Chipman Avenue.
"New"
$5.31
$1.75
$38.15
$45.21
Emerson St., E. and Orient Ave.
"New"
14.45
2.63
53.21
70.29
Emerson St., W. and Main St.
"Relay"
15.65
6.06
14.90
36.51
Grove and Myrtle Sts.
"Repairs"
.88
1.81
2.69
Grove and Main Sts.
"Relay"
13.96
3.75
6.70
24.41
Lebanon and E. Emerson Sts.
"Relay"
11.75
7.60
19.35
Linwood Ave. and Lynde St.
"New"
38.41
11.28
119.61
169.30
Main and Winthrop Sts.
"Relay"
3.00
1.75
.80
5.55
Main St. at Fire Station.
"New"
35.26
6.56
193.75
235.57
Main and Upham Sts. "New"
10.48
1.25
171.90
213.63
Melrose and Tremont Streets. "Relay"
1.75
7.13
8.88
Pleasant and Everett Streets
"New"
11.13
3.38
47.91
62.42
Summer Street and Linwood Ave. "New"
10.70
2.62
52.36
65.68
Upham and Gooch Streets. "New"
9.37
.S7
37.87
48.11
Upham Street and Bellevue Ave. "New"
13.05
2.63
51.91
67.59
Walnut Street.
"New"
7.44
.87
31.14
39.45
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Labor
Teams
Stock
Total
Waverly Place and Wyoming Ave. "New"
$11.70 $
.78
$23.00
$35.48
Wyoming Ave. and Main Street
"Repair"
1.75
4.62
6.37
Wyoming Ave. and Berwick Street. "Repair"
1.75
3.62
5.37
Youle Street at Vinton Street. "New"
21.38
5.25
98.86
125.49
$949.57
$57.56
$280.22
$1,287.35
REPAIR CONCRETE CROSSINGS AND GUTTERS.
85 per cent. contract price, 211.31 square yards. $88.84
SIDEWALK REPAIRS. (Gravel and Dust.)
Value of Material
Albion St.
$10.00
Teams $17.00
Labor $33.31
Total $60.31
Ashland St.
6.80
5.00
14.88
26.68
Baxter St.
7.15
13.30
43.68
64.13
Boardman Ave.
25.60
24.36
68.95
118.91
Cleaveland St.
23.60
8.34
29.81
61.75
Day St
5.00
8.50
17.56
31.06
Damon Ave
4.60
3.50
16.06
24.16
Dell Ave.
2.19
2.82
5.01
Emerson St. West
1.41
1.41
Essex and W. Emerson St.
(edgestone-city lot)
31.55
12.12
43.67
First St.
14.60
13.12
36.61
64.33
Foster St., East
1.57
13.50
15.07
Foster St., West.
.50
.31
.56
1.37
Franklin St
.56
.56.
Frost Ave
6.20
38.19
44.39
Garden St. (2 circles)
32.36
3.75
15.37
51.48
Green and Rowe Sts. (circle)
29.41
16.25
45.66
Grove St.
11.30
9.06
24.47
44.83
Grove and Gooch Sts. (circle) .
14.26
2.93
17.19
Grove and Lebanon Sts.
14.00
1.31
4.39
19.70
Hawes Avenue
3.80
1.75
36.88
42.43
Highland Ave.
3.30
11.25
42.07
56.62
Howard St.
1.20
10.56
11.76
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Lake Ave.
Value of Material $2.20 15.96
Teams $12.75
Labor $20.25 5.87
Total $35.20
Lebanon and Porter Sts. (circle)
21.83
Lynde St.
1.20
8.75
13.22
23.17
Main and Mt. Vernon Sts.
29.61
.63
9.50
39.74
Main St.
31.42
32.04
97.12
160.58
Malvern St.
26.10
13.13
42.95
82.18
Maple St.
10.50
2.50
13.23
26.23
Meridian St.
13.13
1.87
21.79
36.79
Myrtle St.
1.60
8.50
13.50
23.60
Park St.
1.80
1.75
17.24
20.79
Pearl St.
14.20
2.62
110.71
127.53
Pleasant St.
1.69
1.69
Prospect St.
4.00
12.63
24.30
40.93
Rowe St.
4.00
14.50
23.63
42.13
Russell St.
2.70
2.19
24.38
29.27
Sanford St.
4.70
15.07
38.63
58.40
Sargent St.
2.60
11.69
23.18
37.47
Stratford Road
11.60
29.75
57.62
98.97
Tappan St.
6.30
15.88
51.02
73.20
Tremont Street
.60
4.25
6.75
11.60
Walton Park
.65
3.00
17.63
21.28
Whittier Street
25.60
24.01
98.15
147.76
Woodland Ave., (circle)
13.75
.88
4.06
18.69
Wyoming Avenue
2.20
8.44
24.74
35.38
Wyoming Avenue
131 .85
131 .85
Minor Repairs, dusting walks
22.50
7.19
34.76
64.45
Sodding
15.05
15.05
Reserve paid on 1906 concrete
98.44
98.44
$707.94
$389 .88
$1,278.86
$2,376.68
GUARD RAIL AND FENCING.
Labor $9.00
Teams
Stock $24.56
Total $33.56
Emerson St. West at Poplar St.
Franklin St., near Vinton St.,
Repair of Wall
67.49
21.37
12.76
101.62
Lebanon St., at Malden Line, Repair of Wall
18.84
1.87
1.28
21.99
Lebanon St., at Pratt Farm
10.82
44.01
54.83
Main St., near Emerson St.,
Repair of Wall
17.87
1.76
17.15
36.78
Porter Street
1.68
.87
2.75
5.30
Sylvan Street
32.33
61.59
93.92
$348.00
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
BRIDGES AND CULVERTS.
Labor
Teams $11.88
Stock $3.10
$35.70
Foster Street, Bridge
2.25
2.25
Lynde Street, Culvert
7.25
3.50
1.33
12.08
Wyoming Avenue, Culvert.
13.76
1.25
15.01
$65.04
TRIMMING AND REMOVING TREES.
Labor as per pay rolls.
$118.96
City Teams.
26.15
$145.11
STREET SIGNS.
Labor putting up
$2.00
City Teams
1.25
$3.25
TOOL AND EXPENSE ACCOUNTS.
To amount paid for hardware and tools $ 155.31
66 blacksmithing and
repairing tools .
46.74
To amount paid for oil .
34.97
66 66
freight and ex-
3.96
66
pressage 66 66 66 fitting up stock-
room
25.90
66 66 66
" 3 new push carts . . 75.00
66
66 " team, J. Marshall. 90.00
66
66 J. Casey for injuries and medical attendance. 48.25
$480.13
STONE CRUSHER ACCOUNT.
Expended for labor and outside teams. $9,302.47
City Teams. 194.48
Repairs engine, elevator and building. 181.43
Total
Adams Street, Culvert
$20.72
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Repairs steam drill and supplies, steam
hose, etc ..
100.83
Powder and exploders
572.52
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