USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Melrose > City of Melrose annual report 1907 > Part 17
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18
35I
AUDITOR'S REPORT
LOANS TEMPORARY.
Balance, 1906. $114,400.00
Cash received for notes
277,500.00
$391,900.00
Paid sundry notes.
$254,400.00
Balance to 1908 137,500.00 391.900.00
LOANS, MUNICIPAL AND PERMANENT.
Balance, 1906.
$37,400.00
Cash received for notes
21,719.85
$59,119.85
Expended.
Paid sundry notes
$16,200.00
Balance to 1908 42,919.85 $59,119.85
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Cash received from State Treasurer ... $3,630.00
Overdraft, 1906 3,353.50
$276.50
Expended.
Transferred to State Aid . $276.50
Sinking Funds. For details see reports of Sinking Fund Commissioners.
Sewer Bonds.
Cash received, sale of bonds. $20,000.00
Cash received from S. F. Comrs. $25,000.00
$45,000.00
Expended.
352
CITY OF MELROSE
Expended.
Paid bonds
$25,000.00
Balance to 1908 20,000.00 $45,000.00
Water Bonds.
Cash received from S. F. Comr's. $50,000.00
Expended.
Paid bonds
50,000.00
School House Loan Sinking Fund.
Appropriation
$7,222.00
Expended.
Paid to Sinking Fund Comr's.
$7,222.00
Surface Drainage Sinking Fund.
Appropriation
$1,711.00
Expended.
Paid Sinking Fund Comr's.
$1,711.00
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
For details of all accounts see report of Engineer and Supt. of Public Works.
City Hall Contingent.
Balance, 1906.
$125.38
Appropriation
$174.00
Receipts
19.94
$319.94
Expended.
$319.94
Bills paid.
353
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Heating.
Balance, 1906.
$3.77
Appropriation
$371.23
$375.00
Expended.
Bills paid. .
$364.75
Balance to 1908
10.25
$375.00
Janitor.
Balance, 1906
$15.50
Appropriation
734.50
$750.00
Expended.
Bills paid.
$750.00
Lighting.
Balance
$14.70
Appropriation
285.30
Cash received for use of hall
423.79
$723.79
Expended.
Bills paid
$669.31
Balance to 1908
54.48
$723.79
Painting.
Appropriation. $600.00
Expended.
Bills paid. .
$566.74
33.26 $600.00
Balance to 1908
354
CITY OF MELROSE
Collection of Ashes.
Balance, 1906
$114.73
Appropriation
1,600.00
$1,714.73
Expended.
Bills paid.
$1,553.34
Balance, 1908
161.39
$1,714.73
Life Saving Apparatus.
Balance, 1906.
$21.73
Balance to 1908
21.73
Engineering Division Contingent.
Balance, 1906.
$97.40
Appropriation
152.60
$250.00
Expended.
Bills paid.
$249.27
Balance to 1908
.73
$250.00
Salaries.
Balance, 1906.
$400.50
Appropriation
1,699.50
Transferred from Water Fund.
400.00
$2,500.00
Expended.
Bills paid.
$2,203.20
Balance to 1908
296.80
$2,500.00
355
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Highway Division, General Repairs and Maintenance.
Balance, 1906.
$832.10
Appropriation
2,000.00
Transferred from Bank and Corpora- tion tax. Cash, sundry bills from sundry div . .
18,000.00
15,431.66
$36,263.76
Expended.
Bills paid.
$33,185.96
Balance to 1908.
3,077.80 $36,263.76
Macadamizing Streets.
Cash from Spot Pond Award. $15,000.00
Expended.
Bills paid $15,000.00
Melrose Street Extension.
Proceeds of note. $2,000.00
Expended.
Bills paid.
$1,384.99
Balance, 1908
615.01 $2,000.00
Orris Street Extension.
Proceeds of note.
$3,934.85
Expended.
Bills paid.
$3,934.85
356
CITY OF MELROSE
Street Signs.
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Expended.
Bills paid.
$999.64
Balance to 1908
.36 $1,000.00
Park Division.
Balance, 1906
$123.62
Appropriation.
350.00
$473.62
Expended.
Bills paid.
158.22
Balance to 1908
315.30
473.62
Public Works Office-Board and Care of Horse. Appropriation
$325.00
Expended.
Bills paid.
316.05
Balance to 1908
8.95 $325.00
Clerical Services.
Balance, 1906.
$15.20
Appropriation
634.80
1
$650.00
Expended.
Bills paid.
641.67
Balance to 1908
8.33
$650.00
AUDITOR'S REPORT
357
Contingent.
Balance, 1906
$8.99
Appropriation
291.01
$300.00
Expended.
Bills paid. ..
272.34
Balance to 1908
27.66
$300.00
Telephone.
Balance to 1906
.26
Appropriation
69.74
$70.00
Expended.
Bills paid.
23.94
Balance to 1908
46.06
70.00
Sewer Division, Construction.
Proceeds of sale of bonds .
$20,000.00
Cash from sundry bills sundry division .
$5,879.64
$25,879.64
Less overdraft, 1906
5,162.02
$20,717.62
Expended.
Bills paid.
$16,900.06
Balance to 1908
3,817.56 $20,717.62
Maintenance.
Balance, 1906
$295.71
Appropriation
450.00
$745.71
1
358
CITY OF MELROSE
Expended.
Bills paid.
$402.90
Balance to 1908
342.81
$745.11
Private Sewers.
Balance, 1906
$75.57
Cash received .
1,835.44
$1,911.01
Expended.
Bills paid.
$1,747.02
Balance to 1908
163 99
$1,911.01
Sidewalk Divis on, Continuous Walks.
Balance, 1906.
$932.66
Proceeds of notes.
1,500.00
Cash received .
2,319.76
$4,752.42
Expended.
Bills paid.
$5,741.36
Overdraft to 190S
$9SS.94
$5,741.36
$5,741.36
Individual Walks.
Balance, 1906.
$219.24
Appropriation
1,500.00
Transferred from Rogers street.
375.00
Cash received .
1,866.24
$3,960.48
Expended.
Bills paid. .
$3,876.13
Balance to 1908
84.35
$3,960.48
359
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Repairs.
Cash received from Spot Pond award . .
$10,000.00
Cash received from sundry divisions. . .
596.26
$10,596.26
Expended.
Bills paid.
$9,894.24
Balance to 1908
702.02 $10,596.26
Street Lighting.
Balance, 1906 $251.76
Appropriation
13,319.24
$13,571.00
Expended.
Bills paid
. $13,324.24
Balance to 1908
246.76 $13,571.00
Street Sprinkling.
Cash receipts
$4,822.15
Less Overdraft, 1906
3,108.40
$1,713.75
Expended.
Bills paid.
$6,676.55
Transferred to interest
3.02
Overdraft to 1908
$4,965.82
$6,679.57 $6,679.57
360
CITY OF MELROSE
SURFACE DRAINAGE.
Balance, 1906.
$265.11
Proceeds, sale of Bonds.
20,000.00
Cash received from Sundry division.
368.27
$20,633.38
Expended.
Bills paid.
$15,587.18
Balace to 1908. 5,046.20 $20,633.38
Water Division, Water Fund Income.
Balance, 1906.
$1,318.94
Cash receipts. 53,094.92
$54,413.86
Expended.
Paid interest on coupons. $9,220.00
State Treasurer W. L. S. Fund.
6,433.77
State Treasurer, Interest 15,748.61
State Treasurer, Maintenance
4,788.81
Collector of Taxes
21.00
Transferred to Engineering Division . . 400.00
Transferred to Water Maintenance . . 17.200.00
$53,812.19
Balance to 1908
601.67 $54,413.86
Construction.
Overdraft, 1906. $4,754.33
Expended.
Bills paid .
$8,441.32
Overdraft to 1908 13,195.65
361
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Maintenance.
Balance, 1906.
$6,568.68
Transferred from Water Fund. 17,200.00
Cash from Sundry Division
10,996.19
$34,764.87
Expended.
Bills paid.
$32,779.18
Balance to 1908 1,985.69 $34,764.87
Water Division, Installing Water Meters. Transferred from Spot Pond Award ... $10,000.00
Expended.
Bills paid. .
$9,965.49
Balance to 1908
34.51 $10,000.00
Building Rogers Street.
Balance to 1906 $800.00
Expended.
Bills paid. .
$406.95
Transferred to Individual Sidewalks 375.00
$781.95
Balance to 1908
18.05
$800.00
Green Street Widening.
Balance, 1906 $1,028.57 ·
Expended.
Bills paid.
$1,028.57
362
CITY OF MELROSE
Improvement of Ell Pond.
Balance, 1906. $300.00
Expended.
Bills paid.
$158.49
Balance, 1908
141.51
$300.00
Linden and Sucker Brook's Damages.
Proceeds of note.
$1,000.00
Expended.
Bills paid $1,000.00
Main Street Curbstone and Walk.
Overdraft, 1906
$2,666.88
Cash received .
755.11
Overdraft to 1908
$1,911.77
Main Street Widening Damages.
Balance, 1906
$100.00
Cash receixed B. & M. R. R. Co .. . .
800.00
$900.00
Expended.
Paid Awards.
$900.00
Main Street Widening, J. L. Bryne, Contract.
Balance to 1906 $290.25
Balance to 1908 290.25
AUDITOR'S REPORT 363
Melrose Common.
Cash from Spot Pond.
$500.00
Cash from Sundry accounts
15.73
$515.73
Expended.
Bills paid
$515.73
Removal Sewall School Building.
Balance, 1906.
$1,133.05
Transferred from So. Ave. Betterment
416.72
Transferred from Treasury
333.28
Transferred from Sewall School Fence.
42.13
Cash from Sundry Sources
230.36
$2,255.54
Expended.
Bills paid .
$2,255.54
Sewall School Fence.
Balance, 1906. $42.13
Expended.
Transferred to Sewall School building
$42.13
Stone Bounds.
Balance, 1906
$64.79
Balance to 1908
64.79
Retaining Wall Ell Pond.
Balance, 1906
$1,968.49
Cash from Highway Division
20.35
$1,988.84
364
CITY OF MELROSE
Expended.
Bills paid $1,988.84
SCHEDULE OF CITY PROPERTY. Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth.
Personal Property $960.35
Charity Department.
Personal property, schedule on file .... $1,819.80 .
Fire Department.
Central fire station, on city hall lot .... $20,000.00
Hose 3.
Building
$1,200.00
10,267 sq. feet of land . 3,075.00 $4,275.00
Hose No. 4.
Building
$1,800.00
5,625 sq. feet land
550.00 $2,350.00
Personal property .
13,066.01
Fire alarm system
15,598.90
$55,289.91
Police Department.
Personal property, scedule on file. $940.00
Public Library.
Building $30,000.00
3,000 sq. feet land . . 10,600.00
Personal property, library books, etc .. 17,000.00
Furniture, pictures, tables and supplies 6,000.00 $63,600.00
AUDITOR'S REPORT
365
School Department.
Converse school building $5,000.00 21,017 sq. feet of land. 1,050.00 $6,050.00
Franklin school building
$30,000.00
21,752 sq. feet land.
6,575.00 $36,575.00
Gooch school building $25,000.00
27,815 sq. feet land.
4,450.00 $29,450.00
High school building. $100,000.00
116,385 sq. feet land 58,200.00$158,200.00
Lincoln school building $30,000.00
27,604 sq. feet land.
6,900.00 $36,900.00
Livermore school building $12,000.00
26,555 sq. feet land.
6,650.00 $18,650.00
Horace Mann school building
$20,000.00
26,331 sq. feet land.
4,475.00 $24,475.00
Ripley school building
$2,200.00
14,567 sq. feet land.
575.00
$2,775.00
Sewall school building
$8,000.00
14,748 sq. feet land.
7,375.00 $15,375.00
Warren school building $14,000.00
18,572 sq. feet land . 2,300.00 $16,300.00
Washington school building $30,000.00
30,794 sq. feet land. 4,000.00 $34,000.00
West Side school building.
$1,000.00
11,880 sq. feet land.
3,325.00
$4,325.00
Whittier school building
$7,500.00
15,000 sq. feet land. 3,000.00 $10,500.00
366
CITY OF MELROSE
Winthrop school building $11,000.00 26,544 sq. feet land. 1,600.00 $12,600.00
Total buildings and land $406,175.00
Personal property
41,522.50
Total
$447,697.50
Sundries.
Old School building, Chestnut st
$500.00
12,000 sq. feet land.
2,400.00
$2,900.00
Old School building, Green st. . .
$500.00
24,500 sq. feet land.
3,600.00
$4,100.00
Old school building, Upham st .. .
$600.00
11,400 sq. feet land
675.00
$1,275.00
$8,275.00
Wyoming Cemetery.
Buildings .
$2,900.00
47 3-4 acres land.
31,700.00
Water system.
950.00
Personal property
183.00
$35,733.00
Public Works Department.
City Hall building . $65,000.00 44,934 sq. feet of land. 67,400.00 . . Furniture, fixtures and supplies schedule on file 8,726.45 $141,126.45
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Highway Division.
Crusher lot, Maple st., 49,015 sq.
feet of land. $1,000.00
Crusher lot, Linwood ave., 132,- 877 sq. feet land. .
3,200.00
Stone crusher plant, tools, etc ...
4,800.00
Road roller, scraper, plows,
sprinkling carts, etc. 6,727.50
Horses, carts, harnesses, tools,
4,086.00 $19,813.50 etc.
Public Parks.
Ell Pond Park. $15,000.00
Melrose Common, 435-100 acres.
10,000.00
Sewall Woods Park, 9 acres and 10,000 sq. feet land.
11,250.00
Strip East Side, Ell Pond .
1,000.00
Lot Main and Lynde streets, 5,000 sq. feet land
1,250.00
Settees
25.00
$38,525.00
Sewer Division.
Cost of construction to Dec. 31, 1906 $383,993.21
Additionals to Dec. 31, 1907. .
11,574.58 $395,567.79
Surface Drainage.
Cost of Construction to Dec. 31, 1906 $107,760.54
Additionals to Dec. 31, 1907 15,660.31 $123,420.85
SENF
367
1
368
CITY OF MELROSE
Water Division.
Cost of Construction to Dec. 31, 1906 $345,522.76
Additionals to Dec. 31, 1907 . 8,441.32 $353,964.08
Recapitulation.
Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth . .. $960.35
Charity Department.
1,819.80
Fire Department.
55,289.91
Police Department 940.00
Public Library
63,600.00
School Department. 447,697.50
Sundries
8,275.00
Wyoming Cemetery
35,733.00
City Hall.
141,126.45
Highway Division
19,813.50
Public Parks.
38,525.00
Sewer Division
395,567.79
Surface Drainage
123,420.85
Water Division .
353,964.08 $1,686,733.23
Index to Auditor's Report
Aggregate Transactions 314-318
Assets and Liabilities 313
Auditor's Report. 301
Balance Sheet. 310-312
Cash Account. 305
Debt Bonded.
304-305
Debt, Municipal
303
Finances 302
Ledger Balance
307-310
Treasury .
306-307
Bank and Corporation Tax.
319
Betterments, South Avenue
321
Bonds, City Officers.
319
Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth Assessments
319
Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth 321
321
Charity Department-Aid of Poor.
321
Clerical Assistance
322
Contingent
Claims
Contingents-Aldermen's
Assessors'
City Clerk.
324
Elections 325.
General 325-326
Inspection of Buildings
326
Mayor's. 327
Sealer of Weights and Measures 327 Solicitor 327
Fire Department -- Chief 328
Assistant Engineer and Clerk.
328
Assistant Engineer.
328
Call Men 328-329
Electrician and Driver 329
Engineer and Driver 329
Driver, during vacation
329
Permanent Men. 330
Coal and Wood
330
Contingent
330
Cemetery
322 322 323 323 324
Collector's
370
CITY OF MELROSE
Electric, Gas and Telephone 331
Fire Alarm Boxes 331
Fire Alarm Maintenance .331-332
Hay and Grain. 332
Horse Shoeing. 332
Laundry and Linen.
.332-333
Health Department-Collection of Garbage.
333
Contagious Diseases.
333
Contingent
333-334
Medical Inspection of Schools.
334
Salaries
334
Insurance
334
Interest ..
335
Melrose Hospital.
335-336
Melrose Town History
336
Memorial Day
336
Military Aid. 336
Pay Roll Tailings 337
Pine Banks Park
337
Police Department-City Ambulance
337
Contingent 338
Salaries, Chief and Regular Officers
338
Salaries, Special Officers
338
Public Library-Books and Magazines
339
Contingent
339
Fuel and Lights.
339-340
Insurance
340
Salaries
340
New Public Library
340
Salaries, City Officers
341
School Department-Books and Supplies.
.341-342
Contingent
342
Fuel.
342
Furniture.
343
Printing
343
Repairs
.343-344
Salaries
344
Transportation
344
Tuition
344
Sewer Assessments
346
Soldiers' Burial.
345
Soldiers' Relief
3-15
Spot Pond Award.
346-347
State Aid .
345-346
Taxes-County.
317
Metropolitan Park. 347
Metropolitan Sewer
347
371
AUDITOR'S REPORT
State
348
State Highway 348
Tax Titles
348
Tax Takings 348
Unredeemed Real Estate.
349
Unredeemed Sewer Assessments
349
Trust Funds-Cemetery E. Toothaker
349-350
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
351
Fourth of July Celebration
350
Loans, Municipal and Permanent
351
Loans, Temporary 351
351-352
Sinking Funds
352
Water Bonds.
352
Schedule City Property-Brown Tail and Gypsy Moths.
Charity Department.
364 364
Fire Department :
364
Police Department
364
Public Library
364
School Department
365-366
Wyoming Cemetery
366
Highway Division
367
Parks
367
Sewer Division
367
Surface Drainage
367 363 Water Division 368 Recapitulation.
Public Works Department-Building Rogers Street
City Hall -- Contingent.
Heating
Janitor
Lighting
Painting.
Collection of Ashes
Ell Pond Improvement.
Ell Pond Retaining Wall.
Engineer's Division-Contingent Salaries
Green Street Widening
Highway Division-Maintenance and Repeirs Macadamizing Streets
355 355
Life-Saving Apparatus. 354
Linden and Sucker Brooks 362
Main Street Curbstone and Walk: 362
Main Street Widening Damages. 362
361 352 353 353 353 353 354
362 363 354 354 361
Public Works Department-City Hall
366
Sewer Bonds
350
372
CITY OF MELROSE
Main Street Widening, Bryne Contract
362
Melrose Common . 363
Melrose Street Extension.
355
Orris Street Extension. 355
Parks . 356
Public Works Office-Board and Care of Horse.
356
Clerical Services 356
Contingent
357
Telephone
357
Sewall School Building Removal
363
Sewall School Fence. 363 Sewer Division-Construction 357 357
Maintenance
Private Sewers
358 358 358
Sidewalks-Continuous
Individual
Repairs
359 359 356
Street Signs
359
Surface Drainage
360
Water Division-Water Fund Income
360
Construction
360
Installing Meters 361
Maintenance
361
Street Lighting
Street Sprinkling
Report of the Inspector of Buildings
To the Honorable Eugene H. Moore, Mayor.
Dear Sir :- I have the honor as Inspector of Buildings to submit the following report of this department for the year 1907. There have been 107 permits granted for new buildings and alterations. The total estimated cost as given is $33,685.00.
Contingent.
Balance from 1906.
$10.80
Contingent .
10.00
$20.80
16.98
Balance on hand ....
$3.82
Expended, 6 placards
$.75
500 Letter heads.
2.00
200 envelopes
1.25
500 permits
4.75
200 No. 10 envelopes
5.73
1 Rubber stamp.
.25
Ink pad, ink bottle, etc
1.00
200 address cards.
1.25
$16.98
Respectfully submitted,
ALLAN S. SIM,
Inspector of Buildings.
City Clerk's Report
Melrose, Mass., April 28, 1908.
To His Honor the Mayor, Melrose, Mass.
Dear Sir :- In compliance with the City Ordinances, I have the honor to transmit herewith the annual report of the re- ceipts of the City Clerk's Department, the same being for the municipal year ending December 31, 1907, the payment of the same to the proper authorities, the vital statistics of the City of Melrose for 1907, with the assessed polls and voters.
Respectfully yours, W. DeHAVEN JONES, City Clerk.
Fees received in the City Clerk's department, 1907, January 1, 1907 to December 31, 1907
Returning births, marriages and deaths. $246.30
Intentions of marriages, 160 at 50 cents . 80.00
Mortgages of personal property, 101 at 75 cts. 75.75
Releases, sales, etc., 52 at 25 cents 13.00
Drivers' licenses, 5 at $1. 5.00
Carriage licenses, 8 at $1
8.00
Itinerant musician licenses, 4 at $1
4.00
Fireworks licenses, 9 at $2
18.00
Gunpowder and firearms, 1 at $2 2.00
Junk collector's licenses, 7 at $10, and 1 at $5.
75.00
Auctioneer's licenses, 13 at $2 26.00
Express and job wagon licenses, 17 at $1.
17.00
Liquor transportation licenses, 6 at $1
6.00
Gasoline licenses, 10 at $2. 20.00
Second hand article licenses, 1 at $2 2.00 $598.05
375
CITY CLERK'S REPORT
May 4, 1907 Paid City Treasurer 80.00
66
16, 66
246.30 “ 27, 66 66 66
18.00
29, 66 66 66
64.50
Aug. 2 " 66 . 66
41.20
Aug. 9 “ 66 66 66
30.00
Sept 10, 1907 " 66 66 35.30
Jan. 3, 1908
66 66
82.75 $598.05
Dog Licenses.
W. DeHaven Jones, City Clerk, Melrose, in account with Middlesex County Treasurer.
555 male licenses at $2.00 each. $1,110.00
82 female licenses at $5.00 each. 410.00
1 breeder's license 25.00 $1,545.00
638 licenses, less 20 cents each $127.60
$1,417.40
June, 1907, by check to County Treasurer $1,194.20
Dec., 1907, by check to County Treasurer 223.20 $1,417.40
Births.
Whole number recorded in 1907 320
Whole number recorded in 1906 351
Decrease from 1906 31
Number of males born 146
Number of females born 176
320
Number of twins
1
376
CITY OF MELROSE
Marriages.
Number of intentions filed
160
Both parties residents of Melrose 57
But one party a resident of Melrose
101
Both parties residents outside of Melrose .. .
2
160
Number of marriages recorded
179
Both parties residents in Melrose
60
But one party a resident of Melrose
105
Neither party a resident of Melrose
14
179
First marriage of . 319
Second marriage of
37
Third marriage of
2
358
Age of oldest groom
78
Age of youngest groom
17
Age of oldest bride
66
Age of youngest bride
17
Deaths.
Number of deaths for 1907
236
Number of deaths of males
105
Number of deaths of females
131
236
Number of deaths of persons under 1 year .. 51
From 1 to 5
5 to 10
6
66 10 to 20
11
66 20 to 30
15
6
30 to 40 16
66 40 to 50 19
377
CITY CLERK'S REPORT
From 50 to 60
24
60 to 70
32
66
70 to 80
33
66
80 to 90
18
90 to 100
4
Unknown
1
236
Oldest male, 91 years, 10 months and twenty-one days. Oldest female, 95 years, seven months and twenty-one days.
ASSESSED POLLS AND VOTERS.
Polls
Males
Voted Females
Voted
Ward 1
500
389
293
37
16
Ward 2
716
495
336
40
17
Ward 3.
595
431
340
47
23
Ward 4.
497
372
294
75
35
Ward 5
615
403
316
18
7
Ward 6.
736
533
412
46
15
Ward 7
659
491
412
23
9
4,318
3,114
2,403
286
122
The following is a statement of the votes cast in the several wards of the City, November 5, 1907, for the candidates of the different parties for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Rep- resentative to the General Court.
GOVERNOR.
Candidate and Party.
Wards
I
2
3
4
5 7
6 11
11
48
Thos. F. Brenan, Socialist Labor.
2
3
0
0
1
1
4
11
John W. Brown, Socialist
3
2
2
3
3
2
5 3 182 106
1,451
Henry M. Whitney, Democratic
24
32
32
28
9
4
5
25 10
51
Henry M. Whitney, Dem. Cit. Nomina- tion Paper ..
1
2
1
0
3
1
3
11
Henry M. Whitney.
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
3
Blanks
5
13
9
8
7
20
34
96
Totals
272
366
327
296
314
418
383
2,376
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Candidate and Party.
Wards
1
2 66
3 64
32
70
84
118
7 Totals 471 27
John T. Cahill, Anti-Merger.
0
7
1
3
4
8
4 157
2
0 4 1 32 67
211
Blanks
13
28
31
18
Totals
272
366
327
296
314
418
383
2,376
0
7
7
5
1 206
2
Curtis Guild, Jr., Republican
192
218
Thos. L. Hisgen, Ind. League
34
78
60
211 30
4 201 61 21
10 241 84 42
453
Henry M. Whitney, Ind. Citizens
5
9
9
Walter J. Hoar, Socialist Labor ..
2
0
2
3
0
4
Jonathan S. Lewis, Prohibition.
11
3
6
15 22
() 5 4 27 17
224
Eben S. Draper, Republican
184
227
189
199
187
Robert Lawrence, Socialist
3
George A. Schofield, Dem. Nom. Paper, Democratic
Citizens
22
33
34
4
5
6
E. Gerry Brown, Ind. League
37
7 Totals
Chas. W. Bartlett, Anti-Merger
Hervey S. Cowell, Prohibition
6
2
20 28
204
1,367 9
22 49
4 9 41 46
220
.
378
CITY OF MELROSE
REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL COURT, 22d MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
Candidate and Party.
Wards
I
2
3
4 139 146
5 202
6 280
279
1,402
Sidney H. Buttrick, Rep. Cit. Nom. P.
140
140
129
95
110
80
840
Blanks
21
18
15
11
17
28
24
134
Totals
272
366
327
296
314
418
383
2,376
The following is a statement of the votes cast in the several wards of the City, December 10, 1907, for Mayor, Aldermen-at- large, School Committee, Ward Aldermen, etc.
MAYOR.
Candidate and Party.
Wards
I
2
3 280
4 212
5 265 51
6 317
7 Totals
Eugene H. Moore, Republican
236
270
308 1,888
Blanks
57
66
60
82
95
104
515
Totals
293
336
340
294
316
412
412
2,403.
ALDERMEN-AT-LARGE. For two (2) Years.
Candidate and Party.
Wards
I
2
3
4
5
6 229
158
1,341
Edward J. Lord, Republican.
146
194
196
163
228
236
195
1,358
Joel C. Page, Republican, Municipal League Nomination Paper
149
208
186
191
160
208
139
1,241
Charles C. Swett, Municipal League Nomination Paper
130
153
176
181
161
185
1,273
Blanks
287
202
242
214
207
287 306
491
1,949
1,172 1,344 1,360 1,176 1,264 1,648 1,648 9,612 Totals
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
For Three (3) Years.
Candidate and Party.
Wards
I
2
3
4
5
6
7 Totals.
George E. Cornwall, Republican, Mu-
251
299
270
258
248
315
248 1,889
Sarah A. Day, Republican, Municipal League Nomination Paper
233
280
264
236
231
284
218 1,746
Eben F. Phillips, Republican, Municipal League Nomination Paper
258
302
277
268
242
316
245
1,908
Blanks
185
178
278
225
248
366
552
2,032
Totals
927 1,059 1,089
987
969 1,281 1,263
7,575
SCHOOL COMMITTEE. For One (1) Year.
Candidate and Party.
Wards
I
2
3
4
5
6
7 Totals
Flora B. Horner, Municipal
League
Nomination Paper ..
116
166
166
173
121
150
86
978
Frank L. Welt, Republican
146
131
131
118
133
174
197
1,030
Blanks
47
56
66
38
69
103
138
517
Totals
309
353
363
329
323
427
421
2,525
100
157
156
96
184
323 1,245
Charles E. French, Citizens Nomination
Paper, Municipal League Nomina- tion Paper .
248
240
164
181
148
202
157
1,205
George W. Libbey, Republican ..
112
190
240
150
176
180
7 Totals
William J. Bowser, Republican.
111
208
183
7 Totals
Andrew J. Burnett, Republican ..
nicipal League Nom. Paper
379
CITY CLERK'S REPORT
WARD ALDERMEN.
Ward One.
Candidate and Party.
Frank J. Sherman, Republican
229
228
Walter H. Todd, Republican. Blanks
129
Totals 586
Ward Two.
Otis J. Libby, Republican. 293
291
Stanley S. Porter, Republican. Blanks
88
Totals 672
Ward Three.
Alfred H. Colby, Republican 244
Thomas H. Gilman, Republican 264
Blanks
172
Totals
680
Ward Four.
John Dike, Republican, Municipal League Nomination paper
155
Fred E. Ellis, Municipal League Nomination Paper. 229
Frank G. Howard, Republican. . 127
Blanks 77
Totals 588
Ward Five.
Edwin Thatcher Clark, Independent Nomination Paper
149
Arthur S. Davis, Republican Municipal League Nomination Paper. 236
Edmund L. Grundy, Republican. .. 150
Blanks 97
632
Ward Six.
Joseph H. Allen, Republican Municipal League Nomination Paper.
329
Elmer O. Goodridge, Republican, Municipal League Nomination Paper .. 321
174
Totals 824
Ward Seven.
David Cassell, Republican .
212
Charles F. Doherty, Independent Citizen's Nomination Paper
201
George D. Russell, Republican . 221
190 Blanks
Totals 824
LICENSE QUESTION.
Wards 1
2
3
4 32 249
5 44 252 20
6 70 312 30
7 92 257 63
Totals
Yes
30
41
373
No
254
285
64 251 25
13
Totals
293
336
340
294
316
412 412 2,403
1,860 170
Blanks
9
10
Blanks
Totals
380
CITY OF MELROSE
ADDITION TO HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING, QUESTION.
Wards.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Totals
Yes
155
182
183
163
177
202
133
1,195
No
99
125
120
106
98
151
189
888
Blanks
39
29
37
25
41
59
90
320
Totals
293
336
340
294
316
412
412
2,403
LICENSE QUESTION BY YEARS.
Yes
No
Blanks
Totals
1900
362
1,581
205
2,148
1901
292
1,326
199
1,817
1902
341
1,202
125
1,658
1903
355
1,371
149
1,879
1904
271
1,046
198
1,515
1905
409
1,649
181
2,239
1906
406
1,694
141
2,241
1907
373
1,860
170
2,403
Report of Registrars of Voters
The Registrars of Voters have held twenty-two meetings during the year. The first meeting was held July 2, 1907, for the purpose of arranging for a special election ordered for July 23rd, 1907-the Questions were-"Shall the City of Melrose issue bonds to the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars for the purpose of purchasing the land and constructing city stables, as authorized by the Board of Aldermen by an order, numbered 3,882, which was duly ordained by said Board on May 10, 1907, A. D., and duly approved by the Mayor?" Yes or No. Defeated-Yes, 271, No, 519, Blanks, 11, Total, 801. "Shall the City of Melrose issue bonds to the amount of fifteen thousand dollars for continuous edgestones, as author- ized by the Board of Aldermen by an order numbered 3,834 which was duly ordained by said Board on May 16, 1907, A. D., and duly approved by the Mayor?" Yes, or No. Yes, 333, No, 455, Blanks, 13, Total, 801.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.