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EVERETT L. FULLER.
LIST OF SECURITIES OWNED BY SCHOOL LOAN SINKING FUND DECEMBER 31, 1909.
Interest
Due
Numbers
Par Value
Cost Value
9
Melrose Water Bonds
4%
Mch.
1,1918
440 to 446, 448, 451
$9,000.00
$9,522.00
3
Melrose Sewer Bonds ..
4%
June
1, 1912
292 to 294
3.000.00
2,988.75
6
Melrose Sewer Bonds ..
4%
June
1,1924
76, 81 to 85
6,000.00
6,486.22
7
Melrose Sewer Bonds ..
4%
July 1,1937
371 to 377
7,000.00
7,000.00
20
Melrose School Bonds .
4%
Feb. 24, 1916
15, 16, 18 to 20, 23 to 25,
20,000.00
20,819.46
36
Melrose Surface Drainage Bonds
4%
July
15, 1932
1 to 3, 61 to 73, 81 to 100
36,000.00
37,330.70
10
Town of Clinton Bonds .
31/2%
July
1,1930
132 to 141
10,000.00
10,924.72
3
Town of Milton Bonds
3130 10
Aug. .
1,1910
3,000.00
3,000.00
3
City of Malden Bonds .
4%
May
2, 1924
3,000.00
3,105.00
1
City of Newton Bond.
3150 0
July
1,1912
29
1,000.00
996.25
1/2
City of Newton Bond .
312% 0
July
1,1912
50
500.00
498.13
4
Boston & Albany R.R. Bonds
4% 0
May
1,1933
4,000.00
3,970.00
3
Fitchburg R.R. Bonds
412%
May
1,1928
3,000.00
3,167.50
8
Boston & Maine R.R. Bonds .
412%
April
1,1929
8,000.00
8,380.00
2
N. Y., N. H., & H. R.R. Bonds .
4%
Feb.
1,1914
354, 355
2,000.00
2,000.00
9
Maine Central R.R. $500 Bonds
412%
April
1,1912
B1120 to 1128
4.500.00
4,500.00
1
Maine Central R.R. $1,000 Bond ....
7%
April
1,1912
A614
1,000.00
1,000.00
2
Maine Central R.R. $500 Bonds . . .
7%
April
1,1912
A402, B811
1,000.00
1,000.00
1/2
Maine Central R.R. $1,000 Bond ....
4%
April
1,1912
C3207
500.00
499.48
1
Note, City of Melrose
4%
Sept. 12, 1910
4 years
1,000.00
1,000.00
1
Note, City of Melrose
4%
Sept. 12, 1911
5 years
1,000.00
1,000.00
1
Note, City of Melrose
4%
Sept. 24, 1912
3 years
1.250.00
1,250.00
1
Note, City of Melrose .
3.80%
June
5,1910
1 year
360.00
360.00
1
Note, City of Melrose
4%
Dec.
9, 1912
3 years
1,000.00
1,000.00
Note, City of Melrose .
4%
Dec.
9,1913
4 years
1,000.00
1,000.00
1
Note, City of Melrose .
4%
Dec.
9,1914
5 years
1,000.00
1,000.00
Cash Cash
Melrose National Bank .
60.44
60.44
Melrose Savings Bank .
260.43
260.43
$129,430.87
|$134,119.08
CITY OF MELROSE
128
2495 to 2498
C2372, C2373, C3853
5166 to 5169, 5172 to 5174
84 to 86
257 to 259
97, 146 to 150, 167, 171 to 175
0
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REPORT OF SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
Summary of Receipts and Payments School Loan Sinking Fund, 1909.
Receipts.
Balance on hand January 1, 1909
$2,474.50
Coupons
$4,193.75
Interest
295.21
Premium on Bonds sold by City
3,252.60
Appropriation for 1909 from City
7,222.00
Bond sold
506.10
Notes Matured
9,300.00
$24,769.66
$27,244.16
Payments.
Bills paid. Safe Deposit, Printing
$11.78
Bonds bought
22,153.31
Notes bought
4,610.00
Accrued interest on Bonds bought
148.20
$26,923.29
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1909.
$320.87
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CITY OF MELROSE
W. R. LAVENDER, Treasurer,
In account with TOWN HALL LOAN SINKING FUND.
Dr.
1909
Jan. 1 Balance from 1908 account .
$521.33
March 12 6 Coupons, School Bonds ...
$120.00
3 Coupons, Water Bonds ...
60.00
April 8 14 Coupons, Water Bonds . . 280.00
200.00
May 6 10 Coupons, Water Bonds . . 1 Coupon, Boston & Albany R.R. Bonds. 20.00
2 Coupons, Fitchburg R.R. Bonds .
45.00
June
5
1 Coupon, Sewer Bonds .
20.00
24
City of Melrose, Note, June 12, 1908, 1 year
1,000.00
City of Melrose, 6 months interest on Note $1,000, at $3.75
18.75
July
3 3 Coupons, Sewer Bonds.
60.00
26 Melrose National Bank, in- terest on deposit 4.15
Aug.
5 Melrose National Bank, in- terest on deposit
1.83
24
6 Coupons, School Bonds .. .
120.00
Sept. 20 3 Coupons, Water Bonds . . .
60.00
Oct.
7 14 Coupons, Water Bonds . . 1 Coupon, Boston & Albany . R.R. Bond
280.00*
Nov.
23
20.00
2 Coupons, Fitchburg R.R. Bonds.
45.00
Amounts carried forward,
$2,354.17
$521.33
*1 B. & M. R.R. Coupon due Oct. 1, was by error credited to Sur- face Drainage Fund and is transferred to this Fund in 1910 account.
REPORT OF SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
131
Amounts brought forward,
$2,354.17
$521.33
12 Coupon, West End St. Ry. Bond
10.00
Dec. 4 10 Coupons, Water Bonds . . 200.00
1 Coupon, Sewer Bond. 20.00
17.50
31 1 Coupon, Newton Bond . . Melrose National Bank, in- terest on deposit
1.94
$2,604.17
$3,125.50
1909
Feb. 11
Surface Drainage Fund, 12 Sewer, 1912, No. 300, at 100.60 Surface Drainage Fund, ac- crued interest, 12 Sewer
$503.00
3.89
March 30
Melrose National Bank, part rent, Safe Deposit Box ..
4.00
Weeks & Doten Co., part bill typewriting report.
.63
May 13
Estabrook & Co., 12 West End St. Ry., 4%, 1916, at 100 3-4.
503.75
Estabrook & Co., accrued interest on 12 West End St. Ry. .67
Aug. 12 Jas. A. Hutchinson, 1 City of Newton, 312%, July 1912, at 99 5-8 . 996.25
Jas. A. Hutchinson, accrued interest on 1 Newton 3.99
Amounts carried forward,
$2,016.18
$3,125.50
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Amounts brought forward,
$2,016.18
$3,125.50
Nov. 22 R. L. Day & Co., $1,000, Maine Central R.R. registered 5%, 1912, at 102 1-8. . . R. L. Day & Co., accrued interest on $1,000, M. C. R.R ...
1,021.25
7.08
$3,044.51
Balance to 1910 account ....
$80.99
Examined and found correct, March 5, 1910.
EDWIN C. GOULD, Auditor.
CHARLES C. BARRY,
FRANKLIN P. SHUMWAY, WILLIAM A. MORSE, EVERETT L. FULLER.
Sinking Fund Commissioners
LIST OF SECURITIES OWNED BY TOWN HALL LOAN SINKING FUND DEC. 31, 1909.
Interest
Due
Numbers
Par Value
Cost Value
10
Melrose Water Bonds
4%
May
1,1912
1 to 10
$10,000.00
$10,000.00
14
Melrose Water Bonds .
4%
Oct.
1,1913
19 to 32
14,000.00
14,551.60
3
Melrose Water Bonds ..
4%
Mch.
1,1918
447, 449, 461
3,000.00
3,174.00
1
Melrose Sewer Bond .
4%
June
1,1912
300
1,000.00
1,000.00
3
Melrose Sewer Bonds ..
4%
July
1,1937
378 to 380
3,000.00
3,000.00
6
Melrose School Bonds .
4%
Feb.
24, 1916
14, 185, 192 to 195
6,000.00
6,277.50
1
City of Newton Bond
312%
July
1,1912
33
1,000.00
996.25
1
Boston & Albany R.R. Bond .
4%
May
1,1933
2499
1,000.00
992.50
2
Fitchburg R.R. Bonds .
May
1,1928
C2374, C3854
2,000.00
2,117.50
1
Maine Central R.R. Bond ..
5%
April
1,1912
C1946, Registered
1,000.00
1,000.00
1/2
West End St. Ry. Bond . .
4%
May
1,1916
151
500.00
503.75
Cash
Melrose National Bank .
80.99
80.99
$42,580.99
$43,694.09
REPORT OF SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
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CITY OF MELROSE
Summary of Receipts and Payments Town Hall Loan Sinking Fund 1909
Receipts.
Balance on hand January 1, 1909
$ 521.33
Coupons
$1,577.50
Interest .
26.67
Notes Matured
1,000.00
$2,604.17
$3,125.50
Payments.
Bills Paid. Safe Deposit, Printing
$4.63
Bonds bought
3,024.25
Accrued Interest on Bonds bought
15.63
$3,044.51
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1909.
$80.99
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W. R. LAVENDER, Treasurer,
In account with SURFACE DRAINAGE LOAN SINKING FUND.
Dr.
1909
Jan. 1 Balance from 1908 account . $113.65
16 2 Coupons, Surface Drainage Bonds . $40.00
Feb. 11 Town Hall Fund, 12 Sewer Bond, 1912, No. 300, at 100.60.
503.00
Town Hall Fund, accrued in- terest on 12 Sewer
3.89
19 City of Melrose on account Note, $9,365.00 ..
1,365.00
March 12
4 Coupons, Water Bonds . . .
80.00
April 8 City of Melrose, balance of part, $3,065.00 of $9,365.00 Note
1,700.00
May
4 City of Melrose, 6 months interest, Note $2,000 October 22, 1908, 1 year at 4% . . 40.00
5 City of Melrose, 6 months interest Note $1,934.85, May 2, 1907, at 412% .
43.53
June
5 2 Coupons, Sewer Bonds .. .
40.00
City of Melrose, interest on Demand Note, $9,365.00.
25.45
July
3 2 Coupons, Surface Drainage Bonds .
40.00
14 1 Coupon, School Bond, Feb.
20.00
26 Melrose National Bank, in- terest on deposit . 5.38
Amounts carried forward,
$3,906.25
$113.65
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Amounts brought forward,
$3,906.25
$113.65
Aug. 5 Melrose National Bank, in- terest on deposit . .69
24 1 Coupon, School Bond 20.00
Sept. 20 12 Coupon, Fitchburg R.R. Bond . 10.00
3 Coupons, West End St. Ry. Bond .
67.50
4 Coupons, Water Bonds .
80.00
Oct.
7
1 Coupon, Boston & Maine R.R. Bond . *45.00
30 City of Melrose, Note Oct. 22, 1906, 3 years. 2,000.00
City of Melrose, 6 months 7 days interest, Note $2,000.00, Oct. 22, 1906 41.56
Nov. 23
City of Melrose, 6 months interest, Note $1,934.85, May 2,1907 43.53
Dec.
4 2 Coupons, Sewer Bonds .. 40.00
31
City of Melrose. Budget
appropriation 1909. 2,143.00
Melrose National Bank, in-
terest on deposit
1.97
$8,399.50
$8,513.15
*Of 2 B. &. M. R. R. Coupons credited Oct. 7, one belongs in Town Hall Fund and is transferred in 1910 account.
Cr.
1909
Feb. 19 Merrill, Oldham & Co., 1 School Bond, 1916, at 1.0112. . $1,015.00
Merrill, Oldham & Co., ac- crued interest on 1 School Bond 19.67
Amounts carried forward,
$1,034.67
$8,513.15
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REPORT OF SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
Amounts brought forward, $1,034.67 $8,513.15
March 30 Melrose National Bank, part rent Safe Deposit Box. 1.00
Weeks & Doten Co., part bill typewriting report. .24
April 8 Wm. A. Read & Co., 1 B. & M. R.R., 412% Bond, 1929, at 1.04 3-4 1,047.50
Wm. A. Read & Co., accrued interest on 1 B. & M. R.R .... .88
May
13 Estabrook & Co., 12 Fitch- burg R.R., 4%, 1915, at 100 3-8. 501.87
Estabrook & Co., accrued in- terest on 12 F. R.R. 4.00
June
7 Estabrook & Co., 3 West End St. Ry., 412% Bonds, 1914, at 1.02 3-4 3,082.50
Estabrook & Co., accrued interest on 3 West End St. Ry. . 36.00
Aug. 5 City of Melrose, Note Aug. 5, 1909, 1 year, interest at 4%. . 300.00
Dec. 31 City of Melrose, 12 Note, Dec. 9, 1909, $1,000, 1 year, interest at 4% . 500.00
Estabrook & Co., 1 Maine Central R.R. 4% Bond, 1912, at 99.895 998.95
Estabrook & Co., accrued interest on 1 M. C. R. R .. 9.78
Estabrook & Co., 12 Maine
Central R.R., $1,000, 4% Bond, 1912, at 99.895 . 499.47
Estabrook & Co., accrued interest on 12 M. C. R. R. 4.89
Amounts carried forward,
$8,021.75
$8,513.15
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Amounts brought forward,
$8,021.75
$8,513.15
Estabrook & Co., 12 M. C. R. R. 412%, $500 Bond, 1912, at 100.96. 252.40
Estabrook & Co., accrued interest on 12 M. C. R. R.
2.75
$8,276.90
Balance to 1910 account ....
$236.25
Examined and found correct, March 5, 1910.
EDWIN C. GOULD, Auditor.
CHARLES C. BARRY,
FRANKLIN P. SHUMWAY,
Sinking Fund Commissioners
WILLIAM A. MORSE,
EVERETT L. FULLER.
LIST OF SECURITIES OWNED BY SURFACE DRAINAGE LOAN SINKING FUND DECEMBER 31, 1909.
Interest
Due
Numbers
Par Value
. Cost Value
1 42211711 2 2 1 1 1
Melrose Water Bonds .
4%
Mch. 1, 1918
452 to 454, 462
$4,000.00
$4,232.00
Melrose Surface Drainage Bonds
4%
July 15, 1932
74,75
2,000.00
2,167.80
Melrose Sewer Bonds ..
June
1,1937
369,370
2,000.00
2,000.00
Melrose School Bond .
0
Feb.
24, 1916
9
1,000.00
1,015.00
Boston & Maine R.R. Bond .
41/2%
April
1, 1929
5170
1,000.00
1,047.50
Fitchburg R.R. Bond ..
4%
Mch.
1, 1915
A9230
500.00
501.87
Maine Central R.R. Bond ..
4%
April
1,1912
C3208
1,000.00
998,95
1/2
Maine Central R.R. $1,000 Bond.
4%
April
1,1912
C3207
500.00
499.47
2
Maine Central R.R. $500 Bond .
4160
April
1,1912
B1109
250.00
250.00
3
West End St. Ry. Bonds .
4160
Mch.
1,1914
1575, 1678, 1679
3,000.00
3,082.50
1
Note, City of Melrose .
2%
May
2,1910
3 years
1,934.85
1,934.85
1
Note, City of Melrose . .
4%
Aug.
5, 1910
1 year
300.00
300.00
1/2
Note, City of Melrose ($1,000)
1%
Dec.
9,1910
1 year
500.00
500.00
Cash
Melrose National Bank .
236.25
236.25
$18,221.10
$18,766.19
0
0
REPORT OF SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
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CITY OF MELROSE
Summary of Receipts and Payments Surface Drainage Loan Sinking Fund, 1909.
Receipts.
Balance on hand January 1, 1909
$113.65
Coupons
$482.50
Interest
206.00
Notes Matured
5,065.00
Bonds sold
503.00
Appropriation City of Melrose 1909 .
2,143.00
$8,399.50
Payments.
$8,513.15
Bills paid. Safe Deposit, Printing
$1.24
Bonds bought.
7,397.69
Notes bought .
800.00
Accrued interest on Bonds bought.
77.97
$8,276.90
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1909.
$ 236.25
Report of Board of Trustees of Pine Banks Park for 1909
To the Honorable, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Melrose :-
The Board of Trustees of Pine Banks Park presents its fifth annual report.
During the past year bleachers and a back-stop have been erected on the ball field. The bleachers have been so planned that additions can be made thereto without difficulty and apparently they have been much appreciated. A dam has been built at the pond in such manner as to allow surface water to be drained off. About 7,000 square feet of low land south of the Pine Banks road, have been filled and seeded with grass. A nursery has been started in the Park for the growing of young trees and shrubs, and about 250 trees and shrubs have already been set out in the nursery. A friend has presented to the Park some ducks for the pond, a raccoon, and some fox squirrels, which have greatly interested the children who fre- quent the Park.
The needs of the Park are so many and so varied that it is impossible to enumerate them all. We have called attention in past years to many of these needs, and as they are not met they naturally each year increase. Nevertheless, much has been accomplished in a small way. The playground has been from time to time improved. The demand for its use is con- stant throughout the season, no less than four baseball games frequently being in progress at the same time. Such use of the Park is already proving its great value to the youth of our cities.
One of the features which occasions unpleasant comment is the state of the gravel bank in front of the Park on Main street. This should be graded and trees and shrubs planted upon it.
The gypsy moths last year appeared to be well under con- trol, but the failure of the cities to provide for following up the work during the year 1909, has resulted in an increase of moths in the Park. The Trustees have done what little they could,
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even taking from the scanty sum allowed them for mainten- ance, but the Park requires immediate attention or the good work of the past will have been in vain. It should be borne in mind that the Trustees have no funds given to them for gypsy moth work, and have had to rely on what the cities would do in the matter.
While the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the United States Government have aided us in the past, we can- not reasonably expect that this aid will continue to the ex- tent it has been given in the past, and the greater part of the burden in the future in this work must fall upon the cities.
The Board of Trustees estimate the amount required for maintenance for the ensuing year at $2,000 and recommend a further appropriation of $1,000. In addition to these amounts, the trustees recommend that provision be made for adequately policing the Park, and for such work as ought to be done against the ravages of the gypsy moths.
The Treasurer's report is appended.
HARRY E. CONVERSE, EDWARD E. BABB, FRANK E. WOODWARD: CHARLES M. COX, GEORGE H. FALL, ARTHUR H. WELLMAN.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF PINE BANKS PARK FOR THE YEAR 1909.
Receipts.
Balance from last year. $1.01
Appropriation by City of Malden 1,250.00
Appropriation by City of Melrose 1,250.00 - $2,501.01
Expenditures.
Wages of Employees. $1,596.30
Cass & Edmands, typewriting. 1.50
Ford & Fitzpatrick, horse-shoeing 7.50
City of Malden, Water Tax 12.70
Thomas J. Grey & Co.
20.09
G. Wilton Lewis, plan for bleachers
10.00
Boston Rubber Shoe Co., board of horse ..
182.50
S. O. Newhall, carpenter work .
25.00
Edwin Troland . 8.12
Old Corner Book Store, book on forestry ..
1.20
Geo. E. Dunbar, printing report
6.00
J. Woodward Manning, trees.
54.50
Wm. A. Cray, painting bleachers 20.00
J. B. Greene, building bleachers. 188.74
W. D. Langiell & Co., horse blankets 2.50
D. W. Chase & Co., building dam 30.00
P. J. McShane, official suit 19.00
R. & J. Farquhar & Co. 35.47
W. H. Cunningham. 5.25
Pacific Security Co., Treasurer's bond .. . 5.00
Geo. Horsman, horse-shoeing
1.00
Frank E. Woodward & Co., stamps and envelopes 10.00
Loan from permanent fund returned
200.00 $2,442.37
Balance on hand . $58.64
I have examined the book, accounts and vouchers of the Treasurer, and find them to be correct.
EDWARD E. BABB, Auditor,
Feb. 4, 1910,
Report of the Inspector of Buildings
May 2, 1910.
To His Honor the Mayor, Eugene H. Moore :-
Dear Sir: I respectfully submit the annual report of the Building Department for the year ending December 31, 1909.
NEW BUILDINGS AND ALTERATIONS.
Ward I.
Eight dwellings, three stores, four alterations, cost $40,150.00
Ward 2.
Fourteen dwellings, one barn, four garages, four alterations, cost. 93,800.00
Ward 3.
Four dwellings, two storehouses, seven alterations cost . 17,000.00
Ward 4.
Nine dwellings, three garages, six alterations including High School addition, cost. 116,150.00
Ward 5.
Six dwellings, two garages, seven alterations, cost 28,750.00
Ward 6.
Three dwellings, three garages, six alterations, cost. 15,650.00
Ward 7.
Eleven dwellings, two garages, three stables, two storehouses, six alterations, cost. 32,250.00
Respectfully submitted,
ALLAN S. SIM, Inspector of Buildings,
TENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Public Works Department
CITY OF MELROSE, MASS. For the Year 1909.
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GEO. O. W. SERVIS, Engineer and Superintendent.
ORGANIZATION. 1909.
HON. EUGENE H. MOORE, Mayor.
GEORGE O. W. SERVIS, Engineer and Superintendent.
EMMA L. LEIGHTON, Stenographer.
IRMA A. GURNEY, Asst. Stenographer.
WILLIAM H. MARTIN, Bookkeeper.
A. J. WAGHORNE, Assistant in charge Highways, Sewers and Drains.
JAMES McTIERNAN, Assistant in charge Water Division.
Engineering Division, CHARLES F. WOODWARD. JOHN DYER. HAROLD WHARTON.
Public Works Department
To His Honor the Mayor, Eugene H. Moore:
Dear Sir :- In accordance with, the established custom, I have the honor to submit herewith the Tenth Annual Report of the Public Works Department of the City of Melrose, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1909.
PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE.
A summary of the work done during the past year is as follows :-
Permits to open and occupy public streets .309 Orders of Board of Aldermen attended to or reported on . . . . 115 Contracts written and made :- brick, concrete, sewer pipe and specials, edgestone, electric work High School, electric fixtures High School, retubing boiler City Hall, (2) retubing boilers High School, paint- ing Livermore School, painting Lincoln School, painting Washington School, High School ad- dition and street lighting. 14
Receipts and Expenditures.
Appropriations :
Clerical service
$650.00
From Water Mainten- ance.
.67
$650.67
Contingent, balance
2.06
Appropriation .
250.00
252.06
Board of horse, etc., bal ..
4.40
Appropriation .
325.00
329.40
Telephone Service, bal .. .
.06
Appropriation
50.00
50.06
$1282. 19
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Expended :
Clerical service
$650.67
Contingent, for books,
stationery, printing, etc.
247.75
Board of horse, etc., as
per invoice. 329.40
Telephone service, as
per invoice .
47.50
$1,275.32
Balances:
Contingent account
4.31
Telephone account .
2.56
$6.87
$1,282.19
WATER DIVISION.
Construction Account.
Appropriation :
Bond issue .
$10,000.00
Expended :
Service construction,
stock
$611.62
Labor
490.19
Meter construction, in-
stalling
2,069.23
Labor
697.89
$2,767.12
Main lines, stock
$4,376.88
Labor.
1261.41
$5,638.29
Rogers street, stock . . .
60.35
Expense, sale bonds
85.00
$9,652.57
.
$1,101.81
Treasury Balance . . $347.43
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Maintenance Account.
Stock balance January
1,1909
$7,594.37
Appropriations
$12,000.00
Less deficit 1908 Ac-
count.
209.24
11,790.76
Transferred for stock,
Rogers street, 1908 Account. 60.35
$19,445.48
Expenditures.
Inside services and
charges, stock.
$1,522.75
Sundries . 9.57
Labor per pay rolls 1,055.17
$2,587.49
Less collected by Public
Works De-
partment ... $2,450.74
Less collected
by Treas .. . . 121.32
$2,572.06
$15.43
Outside services stock. . .
$606.30
Labor
$1,062.67
$1,668.97
Relay mains, stock $352.77
Labor
$2,606.65
$2,959.42
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CITY OF MELROSE
Repair mains and hy-
drants, stock. 199.87
Labor. $469.56
$669.43
Meter Maintenance stock
$327.59
Labor, Maintenance and repairs.
$593.81
Reading Meters 2,073.49
$2,994.89
General Maintenance,
Salaries
$2,195.58
Board horses
600.00
Shoeing, and repairing harnesses.
66.53
Repairs to carts
115.00
Hardware, oil, waste
and sundries.
167.81
Tools and repairs. .
395.20
Stamps and stationery . .
139.20
Telephone service . ..
67.33
$3,746.65
Total expended Main-
tenance Account ...
$12,054.79
Stock balance.
$5,347.37
Treasury Balance.
2,043.32
$7,390.69
Stock Account.
Balance
January
1,
1909
$7,594.37
Stock bought:
Wrought iron pipe and
fittings. 264.65
151
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Cast iron pipe and fit- tings.
3,665.64
Brass pipe and fittings . .
224.58
Pig lead, lead pipe and solder.
1755.97
Gates and valves.
818.29
Gates and service boxes.
90.64
Meters and Meter boxes ..
192.24
Meter parts
221.64
Lumber
10.56
Cement .
13.12
Concrete work
5.60
Coal and Coke
1.16
Jute.
15.50
Gravel
2.40
Teams .
146.18
Crushed Stone
7.00
Powder and Exploders. .
43.46
Labor on stock as per pay rolls
172.71
Yard rent
175.00
$15,420.71
Less credits
6.33
$15,414.38
Stock Used.
Inside services
$1,522.75
Outside services
606.30
Relay Mains.
352.77
Repair Mains
199.87
Meter Maintenance
327.59
Construction services
611.62
Construction Installing Meters
2,069.23
Construction Main Lines
4,376.88
$10,067.01
Balance stock on hand.
$5,347.37
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CITY OF MELROSE
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1909.
Dr.
Collections 1908 account. $1,954.39
Less refunds.
78.09
$1,876.30
Collections 1909 account
$37,509.50
Less refunds.
84.40
$37,425.10
$39,301.40
Paid Treasurer by Collector
1908 account
$1,876.30
1909 account .
37,424.74 $39,301.04
Balance in hands of Collector,
January 1, 1910 $0.36
Cost of System.
Cost of Construction to January 1,
1909
$390,802.94
Construction 1909 as per table . 9,652.57
Total cost to Jan. 1, 1910 $400,455.51
153
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
CONSTRUCTION.
Distribution Mains- Extension.
The length of new mains laid during the year including hydrant branches is nineteen hundred and eighty (1980) feet, making a total length in the City of approximately forty-nine and nine tenths (49.9) miles.
Seven (7) additional fire hydrants have been placed, and four (4) old ones replaced, the total now in service being three hundred and sixteen (316), maintained by this department.
Nine (9) water gates have been placed on new mains, and four on old mains on account of relay.
Seventy-six (76) new lead services were laid during the year.
Water Meters.
One hundred and eighty-eight (188) meters have been installed, and fourteen (14) abandoned during the year, mak- ing a total of thirty-six hundred and ninety-four (3,694) in use December 31, 1909.
All occupied houses or buildings in the city are metered and the results from the general use of meters have been very satisfactory, lessening the cost to water takers (where water has not been allowed to waste) and the per capita consump- tion has been reduced nearly one-half. The average per capita consumption for the year 1907, was 118 gallons per day, for year 1908, 89 gallons per day, and for the year 1909, 62 gallons per day.
Meters are read monthly and water takers notified if ex- cessive quantity of water is being used.
Maintenance.
The Table of Relay, gives length, size, etc., of cast iron pipe used to replace defective or small cement pipe.
The details of work done are as follows:
49.9 miles main pipe cared for.
10 breaks in cement pipe repaired.
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CITY OF MELROSE
11 joints in cast iron pipe repaired. 31 service leaks in street repaired. 21 services in street cleaned.
21 services in private premises cleaned.
125 services in street renewed with lead. 97 services in private premises renewed with lead. 7 gates repacked.
TOTAL PIPAGE OF THE CITY.
Number of feet
66
66
66
60
66
66
66 66 66
66 66
66
6 66 66 66 66 127,205
66
66 66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
5,223
Total
. 263,539
or 49.90 miles.
Length of cast iron pipe 193,561 or 36.65 miles.
" cement pipe, 69,978 " 13.25
Number of services in use 3,510
" meters . . 3,694
66 fire hydrants 316
66 gates on mains.
490
stand-pipes for street sprinkling . 36
66 watering troughs. 4
66 " ornamental fountains 2
66 " drinking fountains 1
66 " fire services. 12
16 10 12 14
66 1 1,355 66 1 1-2 6 375 2 5,948 4 24,249 66 6 8 22,986 66 18,728 66 2,920 66 of 3-4 inch pipe 1,264
66 66 66 6 53,286
66
60
155
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
WATER ASSESSMENTS AND CONSUMPTION.
The annual assessments paid by this city as its propor- tionate part of the cost and operation of the Metropolitan Water Works are given below:
Year
Sinking Fund
Interest
Maintenance
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
1908
6,564.43
18,112.32
4,018.30
28,693.90
1909
5,405.19
14,495.42
4,622.77
24,523.38
$205,411.47
The daily per capita consumption of water in Melrose, as recorded by the Venturi meters, operated by the Metropolitan Water Works, is shown below by months for the years 1907, 1908, and 1909.
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