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1,569
Number of volumes replaced in 1910
728
Number of days the library was open
296
Circulation.
Largest number of books issued in one day.
574
Smallest number of books issued in one day .
72
Largest number of books issued in one month
7,052
Smallest number of books issued in one month.
4,546
Average daily
233
Books brought from the library for reference.
913
Total number of books issued in 1910 .
69,046
Per cent.
Fiction and Juvenile
.51,861
75,11
History and Travel.
3,774
5.46
Science and Art ..
2,381
3.45
Biography and Religion
2,698
3.91
Literature and Poetry.
1,605
2.61
Magazines. 6,527
9.46
69,046
100.00
. .
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DONATIONS-BOOKS.
Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts State
Annual Report of Commissioner of Education State
Annual Report of City of Melrose City Annual Report of Metropolitan Water Board. State
Bacon is Shakespeare. Sir E. Dunning-Lawrence
Birds of North America Mr. C. E. Merrill
Charter and Revised Ordinances of City of Melrose ...... City Donnelly, Charles Francis Mrs. Donnelly
Five Little Finger Stories Miss E. F. Bush
Forward Pass.
R. H. Barbour
H. Larrabee
Good City Government .
Mr. Gray
History of the Telephone
A. C. McClung & Co.
Little Mother Stories . .Mrs. M. B. Booth, Mrs. Quincy Shaw After Prison What ?. .Mrs. M. B. Booth, Mrs. Quincy Shaw
Messages and Papers of the Presidents . Mr. N. A. Divver Negro Neighbors-Bond and Free. . American Baptist Society New American Navigator
Official Records of Union and Confederate Navies
Railway Library
S. Thompson
Regulations for Government of the Navy
Supplement to the Revised Laws of Massachusetts State
Donations-Pamphlets.
Annual Report of :
Abbott Public Library, Marblehead, Mass.
Beebe Town Library, Wakefield. Mass.
Beverly Public Library.
Bigelow Free Public Library, Clinton, Mass.
Brookline Public Library. Concord Public Library.
Enoch Pratt Public Library, Baltimore. Fitz Public Library, Chelsea. Forbes Public Library, Northampton. Hartford Public Library, Conn. Lexington Public Library, Ky.
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Lynn Public Library. Malden Public Library. Manchester Public Library, N. H. Memorial Hall Library, Andover. Morse Institute Library, Natick. Newton Free Library.
Northampton Public Library.
Peabody Institute, Danvers.
Peabody Institute, Peabody. Providence Public Library.
Salem Public Library. Somerville Public Library.
Stoneham Public Library.
Syracuse Public Library. Wakefield Public Library. Westborough Public Library.
Winchester Public Library. Worcester Public Library. Free Library Commission.
Lake Mohonk Conference of Friends of Indians. Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration. Massachusetts Audubon Society.
Trustees of Public Reservation. Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. of Massachusetts. Fort Jefferson and Its Commander 1861-62. Laws as Contracts and Legal Ethics. Newfoundland in 1910.
United States Paper Money.
Periodicals in Reading Room.
American Magazine. American Forestry. American Homes and Gardens. American Review of Reviews. Atlantic Monthly Magazine, 3 copies. Bird Lore. Bookman. É.
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Camera.
Carpentry and Building. Cassell's Little Folks. Century Magazine, 3 copies. Christian Science Journal, First Church of Chiist, Malden. Christian Science Sentinal, First Church of Christ, Malden. Cosmopolitan Magazine." Country Life in America. Cumulative Book Index. Electrician and Mechanic. Engineering. Engineering News. Everybody's Magazine. Forum. Gartenlaube Garden Magazine. Good Government. Miss M. L. Charles.
Good Housekeeping.
Harper's Bazar. Harper's Magazine, 3 copies. Harper's Weekly. Hampton Magazine. International Studio. Journal of American History. Journal of Western Society of Engineers. Friend. Kindergarten Review. Ladies' Home Journal.
Library Journal.
Lippincott Magazine. Literary Digest. Littell's Living Age.
London Illustrated News. McClure's Magazine. Magazine of History. Modern Electrics. Munsey's Magazine. Musician, the Nation, the
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Nautilus. Mrs. Elizabeth Towne, ed.
New England Magazine, 2 copies.
New England Homestead.
North American Review.
Outing Magazine.
Outlook, the
Our Fourfooted Friends. Animal Rescue League.
Popular Science Monthly.
Popular Mechanics
Progress. C. D. Lawson.
Protectionist. Home Market Club.
Public Libraries.
Saturday Evening Post.
Scientific American.
Scientific American Supplement.
Scribner's Magazine, 3 copies.
St. Nicholas, 2 copies.
Technical World.
Unity Magazine.
World's Work.
Youth's Companion.
Papers in 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.
CARRIE M. WORTHEN, Librarian.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE MELROSE PUBLIC LIBRARY 1910.
William Emerson Barrett Fund.
Jan. 1, 1910 :-
By Balance.
By Interest.
Balance.
$105.59
$105.59
$105.59
Jan. 1, 1911 :-
By Balance
$105.59
Catalogue Fund.
Jan. 1, 1910 :--
By Balance.
$680.13
By Cash from Fines and Interest.
200.83
June 24, 1910 :-
To Printing 3,000 Bulletins
$49.40
To Balance.
831.56
$880.96
$880.96
Jan. 1. 1911 :-
By Balance
$831.56
Horatio Nelson Perkins Fund.
Jan. 1, 1910 :-
By Balance
$583.63
By Interest.
22.46
To Books Purchased $27.16
To Balance
578.93
$606.09
$606.09
$101.51 4.08
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Hyman Peternoff Fund.
Jan. 1, 1910 :-
By Balance $5.80
Jan. 12, 1910 :-
By Cash.
10.00
Balance. .
$15.80
$15.80
Jan. 1, 1911 :-
By Balance
$15.80
$15.80
William Bailey Fund.
Jan. 1, 1910 :-
By Balance
$2,592.70
By Interest.
68.79
To Books Purchased.
$ 102.70
To Balance
2,558.79
$2,661.49
$2,661.49
Duplicate Library Fund.
Jan. 1, 1910 :-
By Balance.
$29.33
By Income from Books Loaned . . . .
124.20
To 33 Books and 10 Magazines pur- chased.
$36.60
To Balance.
116.93
$153.53
$153.53
NEIL A. DIVVER, Treas.
Examined and found correct, March 8, 1911.
EDWIN C. GOULD, City Auditor.
Report of the Cemetery Committee.
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen :- The Cemetery Committee respectfully sub- mit their report of the receipts and expenditures for the Ceme- tery Department during the financial year ending Dec. 31, 1910.
Receipts.
Dressing .
$49.50
Foundations.
200.50
Single Graves
311.00
Interments
688.00
Labor, etc.
93.50
Care of Lots.
1,926.86
Care of Lots, Income from Trust funds.
868.59
Lots sold.
2,971.50
State Vaults.
350.00
Grass sold
20.00
$7,479.45
Expended.
Books, printing, stamps, telephone. . .
$96.98
Clerical service for Superintendent .. . .
36.20
Cement and lime.
28.70
Coal and wood, (Supt.'s office)
13.25
Dressing.
212.75
Engineering Division, Surveying and Plans
50.00
Express.
.45
Gravel, loam and hauling
700.06
Hardware and tools.
81.60
Painting
19.90
Plants, seeds and shrubs
96.10
Premium for Supt's Bond
5.00
Repairing tools .
40.57
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Salary of Clerk. $26.40
Salary of Committee 75.00
Signs, markers, etc. 34.00
Slate vaults and freight.
129.30
Spraying trees and Tanglefoot. 36.75
Sundries . 6.01
Water System, repairs
17.18
Pay Rolls, Supt., Laborers and Teams
$5,492.98
$7,199.18 $280.27
Receipts in excess of payments.
Respectfully submitted,
JULIAN C. WOODMAN, WILLIS C. GOSS, JOSEPH D. LORD.
Report of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department
Melrose, Mass., Jan. 1, 1911.
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, City of Melrose :-
Gentlemen :- In compliance with the Ordinances the annual report of the Fire Department is respectfully sub- mitted for the year ending Dec. 31, 1910.
Organization.
The number of Companies are as follows:
One Steam Fire Engine Co., two Hose Companies, and one Hook & Ladder Co. Manual force consists of Forty-three men, one Chief, one First Assistant, and one Second Assistant Engineer, five permanent and one temporary driver, one Engineer and Driver, Twenty-eight Call men, five temporary Call men.
Apparatus.
Consists of one steam fire engine, three hose wagons, one exercise wagon, one hook and ladder truck, three pungs, twelve hand chemical extinguishers, one Beverly wagon, all in good repair.
Horses.
There are eleven horses in the Department, one of the engine horses having been condemned by the veterinary, was sold for the sum of One Hundred and Fifty-five Dollars. It will be necessary to purchase one horse for use on the engine.
Hose.
There is 4,800 feet of good hose and 2,900 feet poor hose in the Department. 2,000 feet of new hose should be pur- chased during the ensuing year.
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Fires.
There has been answered by the Department during the year 1910, bell alarms, 61; still alarms, 75. Most of the fires were small owing to the prompt arrival of apparatus and men at the scene of the fire, for which the men are entitled to great credit.
Value of buildings and contents endangered by fire $160,700.00
Damage to buildings and contents endangered by fire $28,756.25
Insurance on buildings and contents endangered by fire . $129,900.00
Insurance paid on buildings and contents en- dangered by fire $26,505.25
Fire Stations
are in good repair with the exception of Hose 3 House, for which an appropriation has been made. Steam heat will be put in and the balance of the apppropriation used for repairs on house for the reception of the new auto combination to be installed there by vote of the Board of Aldermen.
Value of Fire Alarm System $16,102.35
Value of Personal Property. 13,497.30
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH EDWARDS, Chief Engineer.
LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, DECEMBER 31, 1910.
ENGINEERS FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Name
Occupation
Age
Residence
Admitted
Chief, Joseph Edwards . .
. Carriage Maker. .
.59
612 Main Street. .
. May
4, 1877
1st. Asst., T. J. Hawkes. .
. Barber . . .
. 54
25 Russell Street .
.. July
1, 1881
2d. Asst., E. W. Mansfield . . Paint Maker
.31
283 Grove Street . .. Aug.
1,1889
ENGINE CO. NO. I.
Capt. C. F. Woodward .
. . Surveyor . . 41
39 Upham Street .... .Sept.
2, 1890
Lieut. W. M. Barrett. .
. Painter. .
36
209 W. Fmerson Street. . April
6, 1897
T. B. Stantial
. Carpenter .75
15 Winthrop Street. Dec.
7, 1875
G. A. Dean .
. Clerk . :
35
73 Essex Street. Dec.
5, 1889
W. B. Clark. .
Carpenter.
37
29 Argyle Street. . May
1, 1902
E. F. Johnson
Painter. .30
27
Central Fire Station.
.Dec.
1, 1906
H. W. Simpson.
Plumber. . Boot Maker.
.42
454 Main Street . . ..
July
3, 1889
J. A. Clisby .
. Cutter.
30
Central Fire Station. Dec.
1, 1906
C. W. Edwards.
. Permanent. .
.40
612 Main Street .
. April
1, 1892
D. T. Stockwell.
. Permanent. .. .49
18112 Grove Street.
Nov.
3, 1891
W'm. J. Riley, Jr.
Permanent . . .37
11 Felton Place . . Feb.
2, 1897
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Melrose Street .. . May
1, 1903
Fred Mayman.
226
HOOK AND LADDER CO. NO. I.
Name
Occupation
Age
Residence
Admitted
Capt. H. R. Norton.
Clerk.
53
27 East Emerson Street
March 1, 1895
Lieut. W. A. Lynde
Retired.
54
529 Lebanon Street .
. March
7, 1876
Wm. H. Stewart ..
. Carpenter. . 62
36 Albion Street. .
June 6, 1873
Wm. J. Warren.
Painter. ..
. 44
187 Grove Street . . July 1, 1900
C. A. Page . .
. Express ..
.43
41 Winthrop Street.
. Jan.
, 1902
Fred E. Bruce.
. Boat Livery .
.30
786 Main Street .
. Aug.
1, 1908
G. A. Marshall.
Permanent.
.27
Central Station ..
May
23, 1910
Temporary Members.
Frank A. Storey .
. Rubber. 23
43 Baxter Street. .
. March
1, 1909
Thomas J. Kelley, .
.Florist. .
46
27 Linwood Avenue ..
July
1, 1909
Wm. B. Ferguson.
. Gardener . ..
.28
366 Pleasant Street ..
July
1, 1909
J. W. Harris . .
Temporary Driver 28
39 Willow Street. .
. April
6, 1910
CITY OF MELROSE
HOSE CO. NO. 3.
Name
Occupation Age
Residence
Admitted
Capt. Wm. R. Holly
. Carpenter. . .44
24 Sargent Street .. . Jan.
3, 1899
Lieut. G. L. Stewart .
. Carpenter . .33
Melrose Street. Aug.
1, 1901
H. B. Adams. .
Painter.
32
20 Ellsworth Avenue. May
1, 1905
L. D. Newhall. .
. Permanent .
.55
23 Ellsworth Avenue. Jan.
9, 1885
W. C. Jodrey ..
. Clerk. .36
54 Highland Avenue. . May
1, 1905
Arthur M. Harris . Clerk. 27
35 Winthrop Street.
Oct.
1, 1907
HOSE NO. CO. 4.
Capt. E. W. Russell.
. Engineer . 38
38 East Foster Street . April
1, 1894
Lieut. Fred S. Boardman
Janitor .
.31
106 Grove Street . . July
1, 1900
P. E. Cates. .
. Carpenter. .35
159 Laurel Street . Nov.
1, 1902
W. C. Russell
Clerk. ..
.31
4 Perham Court. May
1, 1902
Frank Gibbons .
. Conductor Street Railway . . 46
3 Dell Avenue .. Aug.
1, 1903
F. C. Newman.
. Permanent . 44
284 East Foster Street . May
1, 1898
J. E. Smith .
. Carpenter . .31
786 Main Street. .. Aug.
1, 1906
John L. McLean
Painter.
29
12 Granite Street . Feb.
1, 1908
Temporary Member.
James McLean . Painter .. .25 207 Rogers Street. Feb.
16, 1909
FIRE REPORT
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Statement of Fires and Alarms for the Year Ending December 31, 1910.
Jan. 1; still alarm; Main street; owner, R. R. Stratton; occupant, R. R. Stratton; dwelling.
Jan. 3; still alarm; Greenwood street; owner, Brown Estate; dwelling.
Jan. 15; Box 28; Malvern street; owner, Dr. Clark; occupant, Geo. F. Whittemore; value of buildings and con- tents, $10,800; damage to, $1,555; insurance on, $7,000; in- surance paid on, $1,555.
Jan. 23; Box 34; E. Foster street; owner, Frank Fazio; vacant.
Jan. 28; Box 32; Wyoming avenue; owner, Robert Van Buskirk; vacant.
Jan. 30; Box 56; Franklin street; owner, John Lawson; occupant, John Lawson; dwelling; value of building, $12,000; damage to, $9,800; Insurance on, $10,000; insurance paid, $9,800.
Feb. 7; still alarm; Laurel street; owner, H. S. Thomp- son; occupant, H. S. Thompson; dwelling.
Feb. 7; still alarm; Fells Court; no report.
Feb. 10; still alarm; Rodgers street; owner, James McLean; occupant, James McLean; chimney.
Feb. 15; Box 68; Laurel street; owner, James Mc- Kenney; occupant, James Mc Kenney; value of buildings and contents, $1,750; damage to, $273.25; insurance on, $1,300; insurance paid, $273.25.
March 3; still alarm; Pleasant street; owner, W. E. Gerry; occupant, W. E. Gerry.
March 3; still alarm; Franklin street; owner, Boardman Estate; occupant, Henry Kapton; block.
March 11; Box 65; Vine street; owner, Mrs. Ellis; occupant, Mrs. Ellis; value of buildings and contents, $4,700; damage to, $515; insurance on, $4,000; insurance paid, $515.
March 12; Box 34; Grove street; owner, T. G. Crum; occupant, Geo. Carter; dwelling.
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March 15; Box 74; Hawes avenue; woods.
March 13; Box 26; Rodgers street; grass.
March 16; still alarm; Tremont street; owner, James Murray; shed.
March 18; still alarm; Renwick road; fence.
March 18; still alarm; Russell street; owner, Russell Estate; grass.
March 20; still alarm; Swains' pond avenue; grass.
March 19; Box 71; Warwick place; grass.
March 21; still alarm; Poplar street; grass.
March 22: Box 34; 2d; Main street; owner, Somer- worths' bank.
March 22; Box 34; Main street; owner, Somerworths' bank; occupants, S families; value of buildings and contents; $26,800; damage to, $553; insurance on, $22,700; insurance paid, $553.
March 24; still alarm; Howard street; grass.
March 25; still alarm; Hill Side avenue; grass.
March 25; still alarm; Cedar park; grass.
March 25; Box 57; Mendum street; grass.
March 25: still alarm; Hancock street; grass.
March 25: still alarm; Brazil street; grass.
March 25: still alarm; Grove street; owner, George Snow barn.
March 25; Box 46; Main street; owner, E. H. Hislop; occupant, E. H. Hislop; value of buildings and contents, $3,800; damage to, $950; insurance on, $3,800; insurance paid on, $950.
March 25; still alarm; Main street; owner, E. H. Hislop; occupant, E. H. Hislop.
March 25; Box 21; Swains' Pond avenue; grass.
March 25; still alarm; Swains' Pond avenue; grass.
March 26; Box 58; Ell Pond park; grass.
March 26; still alarm; Ryder avenue; grass.
March 27; still alarm; Howard street; grass.
March 27; still alarm; Rodgers street; grass.
March 29; Box 31; Pleasant street; owner William H. Mirfield; occupant, W. B. Ferguson; dwelling.
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March 29; still alarm; Main street; grass.
March 29; still alarm; York Terrace; brush.
March 29; still alarm; Wyoming avenue; brush.
March 29; Box 23; Forest street; owner, Levi Elms; shed.
April 2; still alarm; Essex street; chimney.
April 2; Box 52; Highland avenue; brush.
April 2; Box 61; Porter street; grass. April 2; Box 61; 2d; Porter street; grass.
April 6; still alarm; Tremont street; grass.
April 7; Box 41; Cass street; ash barrel.
April 7; still alarm; Ell Pond park; grass.
April 11; still alarm; W. Emerson street; owner, W. Upham; occupant, Charles Black; store; value of buildings and contents, $1,500; damage to, $60; insurance on, $1,200; insurance paid, $60.
April 13; Box 35; Wyoming avenue; brush.
April 13; still alarm; Russell street; grass.
April 13; still alarm; Tremont street; grass.
April 14; still alarm; W. Hill avenue; woods.
April 14; Box 63; Howard street; woods.
April 14; Box 38; Sanford street; owner, James Riley; occupant, James Riley; stable.
April 14; still alarm; Pearl street; woods.
April 14; still alarm; Boardman avenue; woods.
April 15; still alarm; Walton park; woods. April 16; still alarm; Walton park; woods. April 28; Box 28; Park street; woods.
April 28; still alarm; E. Emerson street; owner, G. W. Blanchard; dwelling.
April 28; Box 41; Lebanon street; furniture wagon. May 8; still alarm; Prospect street; woods.
May 11; still alarm; Wyoming avenue; owner, F. L. Washburn; occupant, F. L. Washburn; dwelling.
June 21; Box 73; Franklin street; owner, C. B. Shepard; occupant, C. B. Shepard; factory; value of buildings and con- tents, $60,500; damage to, $700; insurance on, $50,000; in- surance paid, $700.
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June 21; Box 42; Lebanon street; owner, M. F. East- man; occupant, J. F. Fleming; value of buildings and con- tents, $7,000; damage to, $650; insurance on, $3,500; in- surance paid, $650.
June 22; Box 35; Ravine road;
July 3; still alarm; Perkins' street; shed.
July 10; still alarm; Park street; woods.
July 12; Box 39; Mountain avenue; woods.
July 15; Box 25; Sylvan street; Woods.
July 22; still alarm; E. Foster street; brush.
July 25; Box 63; Howard street; owner, M. Green; occupant, M. Green; stable; value of buildings and contents, $1,800; damage to, $1,800; insurance on, $500; insurance paid, $500.
Aug. 4; Box 56; Isabella street; Stoneham dwelling. Aug. 8; still alarm; Circuit street; fence.
Aug. 8; still alarm; Elm street; brush.
Aug. 9; still alarm; Elm street; brush.
Aug. 9; 10 blows; High street, Boston.
Aug. 10; still alarm; Elm street; brush.
Aug. 11; Box 34; Main street; owner, D. T. Sinnott; occupant, D. T. Sinnott; store and garage; value of building and contents, $3,000; damage to, $2,019; insurance on, $3,200; insurance paid, $2,019.
Aug. 11; still alarm; Main street; owner, D. T. Sinnott; occupant, D. T. Sinnott.
Aug. 13; Box 47; Hollbrook Court; owner, A. Grass man; occupant, A. Grassman; value of buildings and contents, $4,200; damage to $2,356; insurance on, $4,500; insurance paid, $2,356.
Aug. 14; Box 32; Berwick street; chimney.
Aug. 15; still alarm; Prospect street; brush. Aug. 22; still alarm; Swains' Pond avenue; shed. Aug. 24; still alarm; Boston Rock; brush. Aug. 27; Box 32; Boston Rock; brush.
Aug. 30; 8 blows; Hayward avenue; brush.
Sept. 8; Box 13; Wakefield.
Oct. 1; still alarm; Laurel street; brush.
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Oct. 2; still alarm; Lebanon street; brush. Oct. 3; still alarm; Hopkins street; brush.
Oct. 4; still alarm; E. Emerson street;
Oct. 5; still alarm; Boston Rock; woods. Oct. 5; still alarm; Boston Rock; woods. Oct. 6; still alarm; Lebanon street; brush.
Oct. 6; Box 32; Boston Rock; woods.
Oct. 6; Box 23; Forest street; woods. Oct. 8; still alarm; Vinton street; brush.
Oct. 12; still alarm; Boston Rock; woods.
Oct. 13; still alarm; Mount Vernon; brush.
Oct. 17; Box 32; Boston Rock; woods. Oct. 17; still alarm; Boston Rock; brush.
Oct. 17; Box 371; Maple street; owner, George Hall; occupant, Mrs. Powers; value of buildings and contents, $1,700; damage to, $18; insurance on, $1,700; insurance paid, $12.
Oct. 17; still alarm; Ryder avenue; brush.
Oct. 19; Box 32; Brown street; woods.
Oct. 19; 8 blows; Howard street; woods.
Oct. 19; still alarm; Sylvan street; brush.
Oct. 19; still alarm; Bellevue avenue; Leaves.
Oct. 19; still alarm; Mount Vernon street; woods.
Oct. 19; still alarm; Sylvan street; woods.
Oct. 19; Box 46; Farwell street; camp.
Oct. 21; still alarm; Mount Vernon; woods.
Oct. 22; still alarm; Lebanon street; woods.
Oct. 22; still alarm; Mount Vernon street; woods.
Oct. 22; Box 23; Lebanon street; brush.
Oct. 23; 6 blows; Boston Rock; bog.
Oct. 26; still alarm; Tremont street; owner, Benson Estate; occupant, Melrose Cleaning Co.
Nov. 2; Box 34; Field court; owner, Mr. Harris; occu- pant, Albert Gibbons; value of buildings and contents, $3,800; damage to, $50; insurance on, $1,500; insurance paid, $25.
Nov. 10; Box 46; Main street; owner, F. E. Bruce; occupant, F. E. Bruce; value of buildings and contents,
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$1,600; damage to, $738; insurance on, $2,000; insurance paid, $738.
Nov. 14; still alarm; Lynde avenue; grass.
Nov. 18; still alarm; Fells depot; owner, B. &. M. R. R .; occupant, B. & M. R. R .; R. R. ties.
Nov. 19; still alarm; City; brush.
Nov. 21; Brunswick park; grass.
Dec. 5; Box 73; Nowell road; owner, J. T. Nowell; vacant.
Dec. 7; Box 46; Rowe street; owner, Hiram Carter; occupants, F. T. Baker and Mrs. Houghton; value of buildings and contents, $6,400; damage to, $674; insurance on, $3,500; insurance paid, $604.
Dec. 15; Box 51; Green street; owner, F. E. Russell; occupant, F. E. Russell; cafe.
Dec. 22; Box 25; Main street; owner, Boston Rubber Shoe Co .; occupant, Levi Stevens; Hotel Aldine.
Dec. 26; still alarm; Harrison street, Stoneham.
Dec. 29; Box 32; Main street; owner, Robert M. Gibson; occupants, Mrs. Davis and Henry Decourcy ; value of buildings and contents, $6,100; damage to, $4,595; insurance on, $5,700; insurance paid, $3,795.
Dec. 30; Box 43; Main street; owner, H. W. Upham; occupant, Taylor Shop; value of buildings and contents, $1,250; damage to, $250; insurance on, $2,500; insurance paid, $250.
Dec. 31; Box 23; Forest street; owner, Thos. Hunt; occupant, Mr. Shey; value of buildings and contents, $2,000; damage to, $1,200; insurance on, $1,300; insurance paid, $1,200.
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, 1910, and ending of the financial year on the thirty-first day of December, 1910, with a detailed statement of each department, a statement of assets and liabilities, a table showing the funded debt, the dates on which the notes 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 219 to 220 of their report.
Following this report, is the printed report of 1909, as classified by the Bureau of Statistics in compliance with Order 6443.
Respectfully submitted, EDWIN C. GOULD, City Auditor.
City of Melrose, Auditor's Office.
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FINANCES.
The assessed valuation of the city, April 1, 1910, was: Real Estate $14,636.775,00
Personal estate including resident bank stock 1,827,090.00
Total valuation $16,463,865.00
Increase in valuation from May 1, 1909 to April 1, 1910 $214,040.00
Number of dwelling houses, April
1,1910. 3,447
Number of assessed polls 4,490
Population 15,312
Rate of taxation per $1,000 April, 1, 1910, $19.40, was divided as follows, viz.
City tax. $11.73
County tax .72
State tax. 1.17
State Metropolitan Park tax
.52
State Metropolitan Sewer tax.
.90
Interest on loans and sinking funds. . 3.85
Overlays
.56
$19.40
Municipal and Permanent Debt, December 31, 1909
$61,539.09
Increase ..
41,903.74
$103,442.83
Payments
30,425.28
Debt, December 31, 1910. $73,017.55
Increase for the year $11,478.46
236
CITY OF MELROSE
CITY OF MELROSE MUNICIPAL DEBT, DEC. 31, 1910.
Notes.
Note due Jan. 6, 1911, at 4 1-8% .. $2,000.00
April 29, 1911, at 4% . 500.00
April 29, 1911, at 4% 400.00
June 6, 1911, at 4%.
2,150.00
June 6, 1911, at 4% . 400.00
July 13, 1911, at 414%. . . 500.00
July 13, 1911, at 41/4% ... 2,000.00
July 25, 1911, at 4%. . ..
1,500.00
July 29, 1911, at 41/4% ... 200.00
July 29, 1911, at 414%. . .
2,000.00
Aug. 18, 1911, at 4.75%. .
3,500.00
Aug. 18, 1911, at 4.75% .. 2,000.00
Oct. 5, 1911, at 4% 1,000.00
Oct. 5, 1911, at 4%. 500.00
Oct. 5, 1911, at 412% 425.00
Oct. 7, 1911, at 4%. 300.00
Dec. 2, 1911, at 41/2%. 1,000.00
Dec. 2, 1911, at 412%. 692.24
Dec. 2, 1911, at 412%. .
1,000.00
Dec. 2, 1911, at 412%. .
500.00
Dec. 23, 1911, at 412%. . . 1,650.00
Dec. 23, 1911, at 414%. . . 925.00
Dec. 23, 1911, at 41/4% ... 157.50
Dec. 23, 1911, at 4%. 700.00
Dec. 24, 1911, at 4%. .
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