USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Melrose > City of Melrose annual report 1909 > Part 11
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
" rebinding books . 400.00
" purchasing new books 570.00
$1,500.00
222
CITY OF MELROSE.
If the work which the library is doing in the community is to be carried on with any degree of success we should have an appropriation of $2,500 for this department. $2,000 for mag- azine subscriptions and new books, and for rebinding, and $500 for replacing soiled and untidy volumes.
In the children's department we need not only new books, but additional chairs and tables and a covering for the floor. These needs are imperative. We have 23 chairs and an aver- age attendance of 40 children all trying to read or study. Confusion and discomfort must necessarily attend such lack of accommodations, while the unavoidable noise of walking on floors of wood is a great annoyance.
The room promised for the reception of the Memorial Art Collection must be made ready. The walls must be re-tinted, the ceiling whitened, the floor polished and the closets re- moved.
For furniture, changes and floor covering in the children's room, and for re-furnishing the Trustees' room the sum of $500 will be required.
268 volumes have been loaned to the High School under the same special arrangement as in previous years. Lists of books suitable for reading by children in the grammar schools have been made, printed on the neostyle and circulated in the schools.
The Duplicate Pay Library has been successfully con- tinued. For it 62 novels have been purchased, and from their circulation we have collected $85.00 in fines.
Books in the reference room have been catalogued, thus completing the cataloguing of the entire library.
One new bulletin has been published containing 1014 titles. Sixteen exhibits of the Library Art Club have been given, and again we thank Mrs. Charles C. Barry for this valu- able addition to the Art Department.
The Historic and Art Room has been opened for a course of lectures by the Rev. Mr. Jackson, upon: "Literature of the 18th Century." The room has also been used for the meetings of the Horticultural and Improvement Society, for a public meeting of Faneuil Hall Chapter D. A. R., and occasionally for
223
LIBRARY REPORT.
meetings of committees interested in various lines of civic im- provement or welfare.
We have received from Mrs. Joseph Roberts, a valuable collection of mounted Brazilian birds, and thirty miscellaneous volumes have been donated by individual friends of the library.
The work of administering library affairs, the routine work of the library, is constantly increasing, but we have made no addition to our library staff. We appreciate gratefully the efforts of its members to meet courteously and cheerfully the growing demands of their work, and to respond with ready interest to its requirements.
In addition to the sum of $2,500 for books and magazines, we ask for library purposes through the year, the amount of the dog tax, and a sum sufficient to make $3,735, covering the needs of the four remaining departments, Salaries, Heating and Lighting, Contingent, and Furniture, Repairs and Changes, a total amount of $6,235.
The appropriation asked for is larger than that of previous years, but not one dollar more than the work of the library de- mands if administered on even a conservative basis.
Respectfully submitted,
ANNA T. BUSH, Secretary.
CHARLES C. BARRY, NEIL A. DIVVER, PAUL STERLING, EDWARD M. MUNYAN, MARY A. CHARLES, . ANNA T. BUSH,
Trustees.
Melrose, February 1, 1910.
224
CITY OF MELROSE.
STATISTICS FOR 1909.
Number of volumes in the library Jan. 1, 1909
. 18,292 Number of volumes purchased in 1909 559
Number of volumes donated in 1909 30
Number of volumes added from Duplicate Library. 63
Number of magazines bound in 1909 .54 . 706
18.998
Number of volumes worn out.
523
Number of volumes in the library Jan. 1, 1910 .
18,475
Number cards issued in 1909. 807
Number of students' cards issued in 1909 292
Number of teachers' cards issued in 1909
40
Number of volumes rebound in 1909
761
Numbeer of volumes replaced in 1909 354
Number of days the library was open in 1909.
297
Circulation.
Largest number of books issued in one day. .
505
Smallest number of books issued in one day (stormy)
69
Largest number of books issued in one month.
7,010
Smallest number of books issued in one month
4,681
Average daily .
229
Books brought from library for reference
833
Total number of books issued in 1909
68,157
Per cent
Fiction and Juvenile 49,746
72.98
History and Travel
4,163
6.11
Science and Art. .
2.491
3.65
Biography and Religion
2,798
4.10
Literature and Poetry
1,553
2.28
Magazines. 7,406
10.88
68,157
100.00
225
LIBRARY REPORT.
Donation-Books.
Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts. State
Annual Report of Commissioner of Education State
Annual Report of Metropolitan Water Board. State
Arcana of Nature Dr. E. Densmore
Autobiographical Sketches of Mr. Geo. T. Angell ..... Friend A Primer of Forestry. Mrs. H. A. Bush
A Pioneer Doctor E. P. Gould. ... Mrs. H. A. Jenks The Brownings and America .. . E. P. Gould. Mrs. H. A. Jenks Book of Golden Deeds Mrs. H. S. Kaler
Art in Theory Mr. Geo. L. Raymond
Representative Significance of Form Mr. Geo. L. Raymond Poetry as a Representative Art Mr. Geo. L. Raymond
Painting, Sculpture and Architecture Mr. Geo. L. Raymond Genesis of Art Form Mr. Geo. L. Raymond Rhythm and Harmony in Poetry and Music.
Geo. Mr. L. Raymond
Proportion and Harmony of Line and Color in Painting. ..
Mr. Geo. L. Raymond
Essentials of Aesthetics in Music, Poetry and Painting.
Mr. Geo. L. Raymond
Dante and Collected Verse Mr. Geo. L. Raymond Christmas and Fourth of July Miss A. C. Coolidge
Faith and Works of Christian Science Friend
Greatness and Decline of Rome, 5 vol. . .. Mr. T. D. Lockwood History of the Tenth Massachusetts Battery State History of the Tenth Regiment Massachusetts Infantry. State Journal of the 43d Encampment G. A. R. State
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of Revolution . . State
McCormick, Cyrus Hall-His Life and Work. H. U. Casson New Testament. G. R. Noyes, Tr. Mrs. J. Cooper The Amended Version of Book of Job, G. R. Noyes, Tr .. .....
Mrs. J. Cooper
New Testament . L. A. Sawyer, Mrs. J. Cooper Holy Bible. L. A. Sawyer, . Mrs. J. Cooper
Official Record of Union and Confederate Navies.
Poems with Memoir .... Mrs. H. W. Sewall. Miss M. L. Charles Proceedings of Pittsburgh Conference . . .C. R. Woodruff, ed.
226
CITY OF MELROSE
Science and Health with Key to Scripture . .. . Mrs. C. A. Gould Sixty Years with Plymouth Church S. W. Grisworld
Presented.
Case of Mounted Birds Mrs. Roberts
Donations-Pamphlets.
Annual Report of :
Abbott Public Library
Beebe Town Library, Wakefield
Beverly Public Library
Bigelow Free Public Library, Clinton
Boston Public Library Brookline Public Library
Chicago Public Library
Concord Public Library
Enoch Pratt Public Library, Baltimore
Erie Public Library, Pa.
Fitz Public Library, Chelsea
Lexington Public Library, Kentucky
Lynn Public Library
Malden Public Library
Manchester Public Library, N. H.
Memorial Hall Public Library, Andover
Newton Free Library
Parlin Memorial Library, Everett
Peabody Institute, Peabody
Philadelphia Free Library, Pa.
Providence Public Library, R. I.
Salem Public Library Shute Memorial Library, Everett
Stoneham Public Library Syracuse Public Library
Tufts Public Library Westborough Public Library
227
LIBRARY REPORT.
Annual Report of Winchester Public Library :
" Worcester Public Library
66 " Free Public Library Commission
66 66 " Indian Rights Association
66
" Lake Mohonk Conference of Friends of Indian
66
" Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration
66
" Massachusetts Agricultural College
66
66 " Trustees of Public Reservations
66 66 " State Free Employment Offices
66
66
" Statistics of Labor
66
66
" Labor Laws of Massachusetts
American Universities, Foreign Service and an Adequate Consular Law, Samuel Swett Green-Worcester Public Library.
Periodicals in Reading Room.
American Homes and Gardens.
American Monthly Review of Reviews.
Atlantic Monthly Magazine, 2 copies. Bird Lore.
Bookman.
Camera. Carpentry and Building. Cassell's Little Folks.
Century Magazine, 2 copies.
Chatauquan Magazine. Christian Science Journal, First Church of Christ, Malden. Christian Science Sentinal, First Church of Christ, Malden. Conservation. Cosmopolitan Magazine. Country Life in America. Cumulative Book Index.
Electrician and Mechanic. Engineering. Engineering News. Everybodys' Magazine.
228
CITY OF MELROSE
Forum.
Gartenlaube.
Good Government. Miss M. L. Charles.
Good Housekeeping.
Harper's Bazaar.
Harper's Magazine, 2 copies.
Harper's Weekly.
Illuminating Engineer. E. L. Elliott. International Studio.
Journal of American History.
Journal of Western Society of Engineers. Friend.
Kindergarten Review.
Ladies' Home Journal
Library Journal.
Life.
Lippincott Magazine. --
Literary Digest.
Littell Living Age.
London Illustrated News.
McClure's Magazine, 2 copies.
Magazine of History.
Millgate Monthly. Capt. T. Connor.
Munsey's Magazine.
Musician, The
Nation.
Nautilus. Elizabeth Towne, ed.
New England Magazine.
New England Homestead.
New Thought. S. A. and E. Weltmer, ed.
North American Review.
Outing Magazine. Outlook, The
Our Fourfooted Friends. Animal Rescue League. Pitman's Shorthand Weekly. Capt. T. Connor. Popular Science Monthly.
Progress Magazine. C. D. Larson.
Protectionist. Home Market Club. Public Libraries,
229
LIBRARY REPORT.
Putnam's Magazine.
Saturday Evening Post.
Scientific American.
Scientific American Supplement.
Scribner's Magazine, 2 copies.
St. Nicholas, 2 copies.
Technical World. Unity Magazine. World's Work.
Youth's Companion.
Papers in the Reading Room.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Christian Science Monitor, First Church of Christ, Malden.
Christian Register.
Cincinnati Gazette.
Melrose Free Press.
New York Weekly Post. Pilot, The
Springfield Republican.
Tufts Weekly. World's Crisis. Rev. D. H. Woodward.
CARRIE M. WORTHEN, Librarian.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE MELROSE PUBLIG LIBRARY.
For the Year ending December 31, 1909.
William Emerson Barrett Fund.
Jan. 1, 1909 :-
By Balance
$97.59
By Interest.
3.92
Jan. 1, 1910 To Balance $101.51
$101.51
$101.51
By Balance $101.51
Catalogue Fund.
Jan. 1, 1909 :-
By Balance
$520.76
By Cash from Fines
200.75
By Interest.
21.02
April 6, 1909
To 3,000 Bulletins $62.40
Jan. 1, 1910 :-
To Balance.
680.13
$742.53
$7,42.53
Jan. 1, 1910 :-
By Balance
$680.13
Horatio Nelson Perkins Fund.
Jan. 1, 1909 :-
By Balance
$577.19
By Interest.
22.64
Feb. 6, 1909 :-
To Books Purchased $16.20
Jan. 1, 1910. :-
To Balance. 583.63
$ 599.83
$599.83
Jan. 1, 1910 :-
By Balance $583.63
Jan. 1, 1910 :-
William Bailey Fund.
Jan. 1. 1910 :-
By Balance By Interest. To Books Purchased. $124.00
$2,615.64 101.06
Jan. 1, 1910 :- To Balance.
2,592.70
$2,716.70 $2,716.70
Jan. 1, 1910 :-
By Balance $2,592.70
Hyman Peternoff Fund.
Jan. 1, 1909 :- By Balance .30
Jan. 10, 1910 :-
By Cash. $10.00
May 5, 1909 :--- To Books Purchased. $4.50
Jan. 1, 1910 :-
To Balance.
5.80
$10.30
$10.30
Jan. 1, 1910 :-
By Balance
$5.80
Duplicate Library Fund.
1909 :-
By Cash for Books Loaned .
$84.76
To 55 Books Purcheasd
$55.43
To Balance.
29.33
$84.76
$84.76
Jan. 1, 1910 :-
By Balance
$29.33
NEIL A. DIVVER, Treasurer.
Examined and found correct. Feb. 8th, 1910. EDWIN C. GOULD, City Auditor.
Collector's Report
January 1, 1910. To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, City of Mel- rose :-
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit the tenth annual report.
TAX 1909.
Warrant
$320,567.62
Additionals.
2,143.00
Interest
105.56
$322,816.18
Abatements
3,400.04
$319,416.14
Paid Treasurer
173,924.21
Uncollected.
145,491.93
TAX 1908.
Warrant
$304,187.76
Additionals
4,783.45
Interest
2,967.91
$311,939.12
Abatements
8,313.78
Paid Treasurer
$303,625.34
260,169.56
Uncollected
$43,455.78
233
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TAX 1907.
Warrant . $276,120.97 Additionals. 1,013.77
Interest
5,663.01
$282,797.75
Takings
2,841.70
$279,956.05
Abatements
6,454.86
$273,501.19
Paid Treasurer.
270,313.97
Uncollected
3,187.22
TAX 1906.
Warrant.
$283,976.26
Additionals
954.84
Interest
5,725.92
$290,657.02
Takings
4,506.79
$286,150.23
Abatements
6,502.50
$279,647.73
Paid Treasurer
279,357.17
Uncollected
290.56
TAX 1905.
Warrant
$284,404.51
Additionals
1,568.15
Interest
5,878.09
$291,850.75
234
CITY OF MELROSE
Takings .
4,214.28
$287,636.47
Abatements
7,428.05
$280,208.42
Paid Treasurer
280,172.98
Uncollected
35.44
TAX 1904.
Warrant .
$273,412.67
Additionals
3,648.05
Interest
5,637.11
$282,697.83
Takings
2,749.31
$279,948.52
Abatements
8,105.96
$271,842.56
Paid Treasurer
271,842.56
STREET WATERING 1909.
Warrant
$6,317.07
Additional
3.00
$6,320.07
Abatements
7.04
Paid Treasurer
3,593.20
$6,313.03
Uncollected
$2,719.83
235
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
STREET WATERING 1908.
Warrant
$5,156.62 61.13
Additionals.
$5,217.75
Abatements
128.94
$5,088.81
Paid Treasurer
4,499.11
Uncollected
$589.70
STREET WATERING 1907.
Warrant.
$4,893.99
Additionals.
18.15
$4,912.14
Abatements
23.06
$4,889.08
Takings
26.41
$4,862.67
Paid Treasurer
4,822.71
Uncollected
$39.96
STREET WATERING 1906.
Warrant .
$4,897.49
Additionals
13.03
$4,910.52
Abatements
9.70
$4,900.82
236
CITY OF MELROSE.
Takings.
$65.30
$4,835.52
Paid Treasurer
4,834.86
Uncollected.
.66
STREET WATERING 1905.
Warrant.
$4,912.73
Additionals.
24.13
$4,936.86
Abatements
67.40
$4,869.46
Takings.
69.01
$4,800.45
Paid Treasurer
4,795.07
Uncollected.
$5.38
SEWER ASSESSMENT.
Collected on Assessments.
$178,208.32
Collections, Interest
27,633.80
$205,842.12
Paid Treasurer. .
$205,827.92
Balance, Dec. 31, 1909
14.20
$205,842.12
SIDEWALK 1907.
Warrant .
$2,923.65
Paid Treasurer
2,916.83
Uncollected. $6.82
COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 237
Abatement
$2.30
$4.52
INDIVIDUAL SIDEWALK.
Balance, Dec. 31, 1908
Refunds holding
$35.94
Deposit of Aug., Defferarri,
77.00
$112.94
Amount received
$1,647.55
$1,760.49
Paid Treasurer
$1,505.49
Paid Refunds.
252.59
Paid Treasurer, Interest from Sav. Bank .
2.41
$1,760.49
Warrant, Series B. $3,040.11
Collected, Series B., full accounts.
$1,839.97
Collected, Series B., apportioned accounts
$127.14
Uncollected, Series B.
$1,073.00
$3,040.11
Warrant, Series A. $2,739.17
Collected, Series A., full accounts.
$1,489.53
Collected, Series A., apportioned accounts
159.19
Uncollected, Series A.
1,090.45
$2,739.17
Interest on Sidewalks (apportioned).
Collected . $43.49
Paid Treasurer $43.49
238
CITY OF MELROSE.
Interest on Series A. and Series B. Sidewalks.
Collected .
$35.02
Paid Treasurer
$35.02
MOTH 1909.
Warrant .
$334.80
Abatements
11.90
$322.90
Paid Treasurer
98.20
Uncollected
$224.70
MOTH 1908.
Warrant .
$330.77
Additionals.
3.00
$333.77
Abatements
4.50
$329.27
Paid Treasurer
217.92
$111.35
MOTH 1907.
Warrant
$1,150.71
Additionals.
4.04
$1,154.75
Abatements
37.34
$1,117.41
COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 239
Takings
$26.38
Paid Treasurer
1,085.39
Uncollected.
$5.64
MOTH 1906.
Warrant .
$573.79
Abatements
10.31
$563.48
Takings
47.00
Total
$516.48
Paid Treasurer
517.48
WATER RATES 1908.
Collections .
$52,554.28
Paid Treasurer
$52,212.70
Paid Treasurer Summons
102.80
Refunds
238.78
$52,554.28
WATER RATES 1909.
Collections
$37,509.50
Paid Treasurer, Rates.
$37,277.74
Paid Treasurer Summons
147.00
Refunds.
84.40
Balance. .36 .
$37,509.50
$1,091.03
240
CITY OF MELROSE
TAKINGS 1907 .- FOR THE YEAR 1909.
Collections, Tax.
$350.63
Street Watering
4.57
Interest
41.82
Total
397.02
Paid Treasurer
397.02
TAKINGS 1906 .- FOR THE YEAR 1909.
Collections, Tax.
$1,376.40
Street Watering
29 .. 54
Moth
1.75
$1,407.69
Interest .
251.18
Total
$1,658.87
Paid Treasurer
1,658.87
TAKINGS 1905 .- FOR THE YEAR 1909.
Collections, Tax.
$729.90
Street Watering
9.63
Interest.
184.42
Total
$923.95
Paid Treasurer
923.95
TAKINGS 1904 .- FOR THE YEAR 1909.
Tax .
$314.94
Street Watering.
4.83
Interest
110.96
Total
$430.73
430,73
Paid Treasurer
241
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
REDEMPTION 1903 .- FOR THE YEAR 1909.
Tax .
$488.47
Interest
142.43
$630.90
Paid Treasurer
630.90
REDEMPTION 1902 .- FOR THE YEAR 1909.
Tax .
$137.63
Interest
59.67
,
$197.30
Paid Treasurer.
197.30
REDEMPTION 1901 .- FOR THE YEAR 1909.
Tax .
$84.59
Interest
50.04
$134.63
Paid Treasurer.
134.63
REDEMPTION 1900 .- FOR THE YEAR 1909.
Tax
$75.54
Interest
51.91
$127.45
Paid Treasurer
127.45
NON-RESIDENT BANK TAX.
Collected
$945.70
Paid Treasurer $945.70
242
CITY OF MELROSE.
EXCISE TAX 1909.
Collected $2,089.67
Paid Treasurer $2,089.67
FEES.
Balance, Dec. 31, 1908
.20
Collections $1,314.25
$1,314.45
Paid Treasurer.
$1,314.45
SOUTH AVENUE BETTERMENTS 1908-1909.
Collections, 1908
$104.88
Interest, 1908.
35.99
$140.87
Paid Treasurer
140.87
Collections, 1909
$57.07
Interest, 1909
19.15
$76.22
Paid Treasurer
76.22
STREET BETTERMENTS 1907.
$182.15
Interest
63.35
$245.50
Paid Treasurer
245.50
Collections
243
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
STREET BETTERMENTS 1906.
Collections
$683.76
Interest
8.69
$692.45
Paid Treasurer
692.45
MELROSE STREET BETTERMENTS.
Total Assessment $1,000.00
Amount Apportioned
$318.30
Amount Assessed to City of Melrose
104.60
Amount of Apportionments and Ass'd. to City . . . $422.90
Amount not Apportioned 577.10
$1,000.00
Amount of Assessments Unapportioned .
$577.10
Amount Collected and Paid Treasurer. $577.10
Interest Collected $7.74
Paid Treasurer
$7.74
POSSESSION SALE.
Hunnewell, Lot No. 35, Oak St.
Collection on Taking Sale $65.27
Paid Treasurer Redemption
$47.62
Paid Treasurer Collector's Con.
12.89
Paid Treasurer Taxes 1907-1908.
4.76
$65.27
244
CITY OF MELROSE.
POSSESSION REDEMPTION.
Hawkins, No. 153 Grove St. .
Collection on Possession Redemption
$271.15
Paid Treasurer Redemption .
$165.38
Paid Treasurer Collector's Con.
10.27
Paid Treas. St., Watering Tax 1905.
2.23
Paid Treasurer, Interest.
93.27
$271.15
Respectfully,
JAMES W. MURRAY, City Collector.
Assessors' Report
January 1, 1910. Honorable Eugene H. Moore, Mayor of the City of Melrose:
Dear Sir :- The Board of Assessor's herewith submit their report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1909.
Taxable Valuation of the City.
Buildings
$8,627,425.00
Land .
5,775,725.00
Total Real Estate
$14,403,150.00
Personal Estate including Res-
ident Bank Stock. .
1,746,675.00
Total Real and Personal Estate
$16,149,825.00
Rate of taxation $19.30 per $1,000.00.
Tax Assessed on Real Estate ..
$277,980.79
Tax Asse'd on Personal Estate
33,710.83
Tax Asse'd on 4,438 Polls
8,876.00
$320,567.62
Appropriations.
State Tax
20,250.00
County Tax .
17,350.17
Metropolitan gewer Tax.
13,567.95
Metropolitan Park Tax.
8,058.34
State Highway Tax. 19.75
City Budget
250,100.51
Overlay.
11,220.90
$320,567.62
Moth Tax Assessed.
$334.80
Street Watering Assessed ..
6,317.07
Excise Tax Assessed (Boston & Northern St. Ry)
2,089.67
246
CITY OF MELROSE.
Number of resident individuals,
firms, etc., assessed. 2,590
Number of non-resident indi-
viduals, firms, etc., asse'd. 793
Number of persons assessed for Poll Tax only. 3,321
Number of horses assessed.
459
Number of cows assessed. 88
Number of swine assessed . . . 105
Valuation of property exempt from taxation :-
Houses of Religious Worship .. $370,775.00
Benevolent Institutions. . . 95,000.00
$465,775.00
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) FRANK R. UPHAM, WILLIAM MORSS, L. FRANK HINCKLEY, Assessors
Year Census Dwell- Polls ings
Value Buildings
Value Land
Total Val. Real Estate
Value Personal Estate
Total Valua- tion
Rate per $1000
Town Appro- priation
Sewer- age Tax
Park Tax
State Tax
County Tax
Overlay
Total Tax Levy
Year
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
3,391
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
3,593
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
1808
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
1808
1899
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
3,312
4,052
7,865,250
5,915,375
13,780,625
1,397,005
15,177,630
18.00
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
1906
14,572
3,363
4,235
8,131,450
5,787,100
13,918,550
1,559,330
15,477,880
17.80
*229,006.55
12.222.49
6,183.01
16,275.00
16,188.40
4,100.81
283,976.26
1906
1907
14,860
3,382
4,318
8,288,850
5,781,500
14,070,350
1,664,060
15,734,410
17.00
*219,753.24
9,264.95
7,183.32
18,000.00
15,880.08
6,038.36
276,120.97
1907
1908
15,122
3,393
4,344
8,450,675
5,788,475
14,239,150
1,733,810
15,972,960
18.50
*234,100.42
14,397.93
7,868.56
24,750.00
15,606.50
7,444.60
304,187.76
1908
1909
15,246
3,416
4,438
8,627,425
5,775,725
14,403,150
1,746,675
16,149,825
19.30
*250,100.51
13,567.95
8,058.34
20,250.00)
17,350.17
11,220.90
320,567.62
1909
*19.75
$1,977.83
6,375.00
13,355.88
2,861.15
272,148.26
1902
7,781,400
5,927,575
13,708,975
1,656,505
15,365,480
17.20
*237,107.27 *237,087.74
10,561.13
6,877.50
9,865.44
3,664.11
180,981.27
1806
1897
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
12,520
6,786,100
4,101,250
10,796,350
637,815
11,434,165
15.20
154,992.74
5,581.48
1903
13,641
*1.02
*19.75
* City Appropriation.
* State Highway Tax.
Report of the City Auditor of the City of Melrose
To His Honor, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen:
Gentlemen :- I have the honor to submit herewith a state- ment of the receipts and expenditures of the City of Melrose, beginning on the first day of January, 1909, and ending of the financial year on the thirty first day of December, 1909, with a detailed statement of each department, a statement of as- sets and liabilities, a table showing the funded debt, the dates on which the not .s and bonds are payable, together with a schedule of the city property.
In accordance with the requirements of Chapter 322, Acts of 1904, I have examined the several trust funds, under the control of the trustees of the public library, and find proper vouchers for, and bank books showing balances as reported by them on pages 230 and 231 of their report.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWIN C. GOULD, City Auditor.
City of Melrose, Auditor's office.
248
CITY OF MELROSE
FINANCES.
The assessed valuation of the City May 1, 1909 was: Real Estate .
$14,403,150.00
Personal estate, including resident bank stock .
1,746,675.00
Total valuation
$16,149,825.00
Increase in valuation from May 1st, 1908, to May 1st, 1909 176,865. 00
Number of dwelling houses, May 1st, 1909
3,416
Number of assessed polls
4,438
Population
15,246
Increase
124
Rate of taxation per $1,000 May 1st, 1909, $19.30 was divided as fol- lows, viz:
City tax .
$11.79
County tax
.80
State tax .99
State Park tax
.50
State Sewer tax
.84
Interest on loans and sinking funds. .
3.69
Overlays
.69
$19.30
Municipal debt, Dec. 31, 1908
$96,464.85
Increase
32,104.24
$128,569.09
Decrease by payments
67,030.00
Debt Dec. 31, 1909 $61,539. 09
Decrease for the year
$34,925.76
249
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
CITY OF MELROSE, MUNICIPAL DEBT, DEC. 31, 1909.
Notes.
Note due May 28, 1910, at 3.80 . . $1,500.00
June 5, 1910, at 3.80 . . . 360.00
June 23, 1910, at 3.80 .. . 225.00
July 1, 1910, at 4% .
1,733.52
July 31, 1910, at 4% .
850.00
July 31, 1910, at 4% . . .
150.00
Aug. 5, 1910, at 4%.
300.00
Aug. 5, 1910, at 4%.
350.00
Aug. 14, 1910, at 4%. ..
2,185.00
Sept. 24, 1910, at 4% .. .
2,000.00
Dec. 2, 1910, at 4%
1,000.00
Dec. 2, 1910, at 4% .
1,400.00
Dec. 2, 1910, at 4% .
800.00
Dec. 9, 1910, at 4% .
1,000.00
Dec. 10, 1910, at 4% .
2,000.00
Dec. 30, 1910, at 4% . . .
225.00 ยท
$16,078.52
Permanent Debt-Notes.
Note due March 24, 1910, at 3.80. . . $955.96
May 2, 1910, at 412% . . 1,934.85
June 1, 1910, at 4%. . . . 3,000.00
June 24, 1910, at 3.80 .. .
1,000.00
June 24, 1910, at 3.80 . .
955.95
Aug. 1, 1910, at 4% ....
1,000.00
Aug. 15, 1910, at 4%. ..
2,500.00
Sept. 12, 1910, at 4% .. .
1,000.00
Sept. 12, 1910, at 4% .. .
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.