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Balance to 1914.
113.81
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Franklin Street.
Balance
$24.16
Expended.
Transferred to Highway Rep- $24.16
$24.16
$24.16
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Goss Avenue.
Balance
$388.50
Expended.
Pay Rolls and Bills paid
$301.36
Balance to 1914.
$87.14
$388.50
$388.50
High Street Macadamizing.
Proceeds of Note .
$2,000.00
Expended.
Pay Roll and Bills Paid .
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
Hurd Street.
Proceeds of Note
$2,000.00
Expended.
Pay rolls and Bills Paid
$1,825.25
Balance to 1914.
174.75
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
Main Street, Malden Line to Porter Street.
Proceeds of Loan.
$25,000.00
Expended.
Pay Rolls and Bills Paid.
$15,203.58
Balance to 1914 9,796.42
$25,000.00 $25,000.00
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Melrose Street. Laying Sidewalk and Steps.
Balance $173.51
Cash Refunded. 25.00
Expended.
Transferred to Highway Rep. $198.51
$198.51.
$198.51
Laying out and Building Mountain Avenue and Hancock Street.
Proceeds of Loan. $5,500.00
Bal. to 1914-no expenditure ..
Newburyport Turnpike.
Balance $8.97
Expended.
Transferred to Highway Rep .. . $8.97
$8.97
$8.97
Nowell Road-Henry Avenue to Morgan Street.
Balance
$156.78
Expended.
Pay Rolls .
$21.69
Balance to 1914.
135.09
$156.78
$156.78
Perkins Street.
Balance. $1.87
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Expended.
Transferred to Highway Rep .. . $1.87
$1.87
$1.87
Repairing Sargent Street Sidewalk.
Balance $35.89
Expended.
Transferred to Highway Rep .. . $35.89
35.89
$35.89
Laying-out and Building Spear Street.
Proceeds of Loan.
$5.000,00
Expended.
Pay Rolls Paid.
$251.08
Balance to 1914.
$4,748.92
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
Stratford Road Macadamizing.
Proceeds of Loan.
$1,200.00
Expended.
Pay Rolls and Bills Paid
$1,097.02
Balance to 1914.
102.98
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
Balance
Swain's Pond Avenue. $28.52
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Expended.
Transferred to Highway Rep .. . $28.52
$28.52
$28.52
Laying Out and Building Warwick Road.
Balance $170.08
Expended.
Bills Paid
$27.69
Transferred to Highway Rep .. .
$142.39
$170.08
$170.08
East Wyoming Avenue.
Balance
$156.73
Expended.
Pay Roll .
$80.22 -
Balance to 1914
$76.51
$156.73
$156.73
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. Construction of Inside Curb Upham Street.
Balance of 1912 as 1913 $600.00
Laying Out and Construction Walks on High School Grounds. Proceeds of Loan. Balance to 1914 $900.00
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PARK DEPARTMENT.
(See Report of Park Commissioners Acquiring and Grading.) Balance 1912. $688.17
Transf'd from P. & G. S.& W.
22.50
Expended.
Pay Rolls .
$276.42
1
Transf'd to P. & G. Salaries. . .
$58.50
Balance to 1914
375.75
$710.67
$710.67
Ell Pond Park Development.
Balance
$7.48
Expended.
Bills Paid .
$7.48
$7.48
$7.48
Purchase of Ice House and Land.
Receipts.
Issue of 9 Serial Bonds. $9,000.00
Expended.
Boston Ice Co., Land Tremont Street .
$2,039.78
J. C. F. Slayton, House and Land, Main Street .. $6,926.98
Recording Papers
$3.35
Balance transferred to Pay- ment of Bonds $29.89
$9,000.00
$9,000.00
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Improvement of Ice-House Site. (See Park Commissioner's Report.)
Receipts.
Transferred from Treasury . $105.00
Proceeds from Loan . .
2,500.00
Transf'df rom P. & G., S. & W.
31.01
Expended.
Pay Rolls and Bills Paid. . . $2,635.74
Baalnce to 1914.
.27
$2,636.01
$2,636.01
WATER CONSTRUCTION. (See Report of Engineer and Supt.)
Receipts.
Balance
$1,186.18
Issue of Bonds .
15,000.00
Expended.
Pay Rolls amd Bills Paid.
$13,819.13
Balance to 1914. 2,367.05
$16,186.18
$16,186.18
CEMETERIES. Improvement.
Receipts.
Proceeds of Loan. $3,600.00
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Expended.
Dressing .
$ 60.00
Frames for Tomb-stock and labor.
118.47
Gravel and Loam
1,986.15
Grates .
16.25
Markers for Lots
30.25
Mason Work
50.00
Pay Rolls .
1,167.78
Pipe .
49.35
Teams
121.75
$3,600.00
$3,600.00
PAY ROLL TAILINGS.
Receipts.
Balance .
$186.65
Additional
17.30
Balance to 1914
$203.95
TRUST FUNDS. Cemetery Perpetual Care.
Balance from 1912 $28,651.50
Receipts.
Allen, Mrs. M. F.
$80.00
Barrett, Isadora C .. .
80.00
Blackstone, Mrs. L. M.
60.00
Burke, George W ..
155.00
Crowell, Estate F. S.
15.00
Curtis, Alice .
25.00
Curtis, Mrs. Elenor H.
60.00
Deering, Mrs. Elizabeth
100.00
Dennett, John W.
100.00
Drownes, Mrs. Elizabeth M ... .
100.00
Gray, George M.
200.00
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Greyson, Annie M. J.
45.00
Hawkes, Mrs. Mary H.
80.00
Hodgkin, Mrs. Eveline
90.00
Jeffrey, Thomas E.
80.00
Kersting, Amelia H.
83.00
Lakin, Annie .
80.00
Lang, Charles L., Jr.
168.00
Marshall, E. E., Adm.
155.00
Merriam, Bessie G. .
60.00
Rogers, Hattie E., Ex.
145.00
Terwilliger, Mrs. Sarah J.
146.00
Twitchell, Union B.
175.00
Whowell, E. and M.
150.00
Young, W. H.
80.00
$2,512.00
Balance to 1914
$31,163.50
Reserve Fund-15%.
Balance from 1912.
$500.23
Expended.
Bills Paid .
$500.23
$500.23
$500.23
Water Loan Premium Fund.
Balance from 1912
$146.90
Expended.
Transferred to Municipal In- debtedness
146.90
$146.90
$146.90
Main Street Improvement Loan Premium Fund. Premium on 10 Serial Notes. . .
$202.50
.
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Expended.
Transferred to Certification
of Notes
$75.00
Balance to 1914.
127.50
$202.50
$202.50
SINKING FUNDS. (For details see Report of Sinking Fund Commissioners.)
School House Loan.
Balance 1912. .
$168,992.09
Appropriation-Budget
8,316.00
Receipts .
6,984.16 $184,292.25
Expended.
Expenses and Payments.
$1,644.46
Balance to 1914. 182,647.79
$184,292.25
$184,292.25
Sewer Loan.
Balance from 1912 $222,709.29
Cash from City Treasurer, As- sessments.
1,843.39
Cash Coupons and Interest. .. 9,114.00 $233,666.68
Expended.
Expenses and Payments . $9,903.49
Balance to 1914. 223,763.19
$233,666.68
$233,666.68
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Surface Drainage Loan.
Balance from 1912
$30,062.59
Appropriation-Budget 5,358.00
Cash Coupons and Interest
1,412.64 $36,833.23
Expended
Expenses and Payments
$404.03
Balance to 1914. 36,429.20
$36,833.23
$36,833.23
Water Loan.
Balance from 1912.
$115,636.09
Cash Coupons and Interest . 4,735.02 $120,371.11
Expended.
Bonds Paid.
$50,000.00
Expenses and Payments
4,917.02
Balance to 1914.
65,454.09
$120,371.11
$120,371.11
E. Toothaker Fund.
Balance from 1912 $1,364.80
Expended.
Bills Paid .
$34.82
Balance to 1914
1,329.98
$1,364.80
$1,364.80
SCEHDULE OF CITY PROPERTY.
Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth.
Personal Property $1,695.55
Chairty Department.
Personal Property $1,826.90
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Fire Department.
Central Fire Station on City
Hall lot .
$20,000.00
Hose 3.
Building
$1,200.00
10,267 sq. ft. land
3,075.00 $4,275.00
Hose No. 4.
Building .
$1,800.00
5,625 sq. ft. land .
550.00
$2,350.00
Personal Property
24,060.61
Fire Alarm
17,215.95
-
$67,901.56
Health Department.
Isolation Hospital Building. .. $400.00
Personal Property, Conta-
gious Building .
406.14
$806.14
Public Parks.
Ell Pond Park .
$20,500.00
Melrose Common, 4-35-100
acres
10,000.00
Sweall Woods Park, 9 A-11,001 sq. ft ..
11,250.00
Strip East Side Ell Pond.
7,900.00
Lot Main and Lynde Sts., 5,000 sq. ft
1,250.00
Band Stand
550.00
Bath House .
500.00
Boat, Life Saving Apparatus, etc.
100.00
Two Fountains in Square.
50.00
Playground Apparatus
325.00
Sanitary
70.00
Settees and Bleachers
200.00
$52,695.00
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Police Department.
Personal Property $2,484.18
Police Signal system
5,681.57 8,166.75
Public Library.
Building
$30,000.00
30,300 ft. land .
10,600.00
Books
26,500.00
Furniture and Fixtures. 4,500.00
Pictures, Statuary, Mounted Birds etc., articles of use and Ornaments . 2,500.00 $74,100.00
School Department.
Converse School Building.
$5,000.00
21,117 sq. ft. land
1,050.00
$6,050.00
Franklin School Building
30,000.00
32,539 sq. ft. land.
9,500.00
39,500.00
Gooch School Building
$25,000.00
27,815 sq. ft. land
4,500.00
$29,450.00
High School Building
$140,000.00
116,385 sq. ft. land .
58,200.00
$198,200.00
Lincoln School Building
$30,000.00
27,604 sq. ft. land.
6,900.00
$36,900.00
Livermore School Building.
$17,000.00
26,555 sq. ft. land.
6,650.00
Horace Mann School Building 26.331 sq. ft. land
4,475.00
$24,574.00
Ripley School Building
$2,200.00
14,567 sq. ft. land .
575.00
$23,650.00
$20,000.00
$2,775.00
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Sewell School Building
$8,000.00 7,375.00
14,748 sq. ft. land
$15,375.00
Warren School Building
$14,000.00
18,573 sq. ft. land
2,300.00
$16,300.00
Washington School Building. .
$30,000.00
30,794 sq. ft. land
4,000.00
$34,000.00
West Side School Building
$1,000.00
11,880 sq. ft. land
3,325.00
$4,325.00
Whittier School Building
$7,500.00
15,000 sq. ft. land .
3,000.00
$10,500.00
Winthrop School Building
$11,000.00
26,544 sq. ft. land .
1,600.00
$12,600.00
Total Building and Land.
$454,100.00
Personal Property
72,245.00
$526,345.00
Sundries.
Old School Lot, Chestnut St .. .
12,000 sq. ft. land
$2,400.00
Old School Lot, Upham St.,
11,400 sq. ft. land
675.00
$3,075.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Personal Property $525.50
Wyoming Cemetery.
Buildings
$3,500.00
Office
500.00
47 3-4 acres land
31,700.00
Water System.
950.00
Personal Property
208.00
$36,858.00
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Public Works Department.
Auditorium and Soldiers' Building Land, Furniture and Fixtures. $112,000.00
City Hall.
Building
$75,000.00
44,934 sq. ft. land .
67,400.00
Furniture Fixtures and Sun- dries. 10,000.00
$152,400.00
Highway Division.
Crusher Lot, Maple St., 17,326
sq. ft. Land.
$1,000.00
Crusher Lot, Linwood Avenue, 132,877 sq. ft. land . 3,200.00
Stone Crusher Plant, Tools, etc.
4,800.00
Road Roller, Scraper, Plow, Sprinkling Carts, etc .. 7,102.00
Horses, Carts, Harness, Tools,
etc 4,456.00 .
$20,558.00
Sewer Division.
Cost of Construction to Dec. 31, 1912. $443,771.52
Additional to Dec. 31, 1913. . .
12,943.31
$456,714.83
Surface Drainage.
Cost of Construction to Dec. 31, 1912. $153,589.66
Additional to Dec. 31, 1913. . .
9,836.19
$163,425.85
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Water Division.
Cost of Construction to Dec. 31,
1912. $428,820.20
Additional to Dec. 31, 1913. 14,604.97
$443,425.17
RECAPITULATION.
Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth. .
$1,695.55
Charity Dept.
1,826.90
Fire Dept ..
67,901.56
Health Dept. 806.14
Public Parks.
52,695.00
Police Dept.
8,166.75
Public Library
74,100.00
School Dept.
526,345.00
Sundries .
3,075.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
525.50
Wyoming Cemetery
36,858.00
Public Works Dept .:
Soldiers' Memorial.
112,000.00
City Hall.
152,400.00
Highway Dept. .
20,558.00
Sewer System.
456,714.83
Surface Drainage System.
163,425.85
Water System.
443,425.17
$2,122,519.25
Collector's Report
December 31, 1913.
To the Honorable Board of Aldermen,
City of Melrose.
Gentlemen :- I hereby submit the fourteenth annual report.
TAX 1910.
Warrant.
$328,378.98
Additional
1,470.47
Interest
6,696.90
$336,546.35
Abatements
$7,545.46
Takings
4,715.34
City Possessions.
431.65
12,692.45
$323,853.90
Paid Treasurer 323,853.90
TAX 1911.
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1912.
$43,093.99
Interest 1913.
2,935.00
$46,028.99
Abatements 1913
$524.42
Takings 1913 .
8,019.33
Paid Treasurer Tax.
31,522.87
Paid Treasurer Interest
2,935.00
43,001.62
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1913
$3,027.37
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TAX 1912.
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1912
$160,123.80
Additional
261.12
Interest
3,305.53
$163,690.45
Abatements
$2,193.55
Paid Treasurer
115,209.36
117,402.91
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1912
$46,287.54
TAX 1913.
Warrant.
$376,511.91
Additional
4,860.34
Interest .
148.16
$381,520.41
Paid Treasurer
$218,858.85
Abatements .
4,718.62
223,577.47
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1913
$157,942.94
SEWERS.
Collections 1913
$2,521.38
Appor. paid full
$248.31
Unapor. paid full
670.44
Appor.
1,195.80
Interest
406.83
$2,521.38
STREET WATERING 1913.
Warrant .
$9,915.87 603.02
Abatements.
$9,312.85
Paid Treasurer
5,078.77
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1913 .
$4,234.08
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STREET WATERING 1912.
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1912
$4,125.96
Abated 1913. 20.84
$4,105.12
Paid Treas. 1913
2,880.90
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1913
$1,224.22
STREET WATERING 1911.
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1912
$899.34
Abated 1913
$6.72
Takings 1913
207.91
214.63
$684.71
Paid Treasurer 1913
662.09
Uncollected Dec. 31,. 1913
$22.62
STREET WATERING 1910.
Wa rant .
$6,328.89
Additional
4.70
$6,333.59
Takings Possession.
$105.90
Abatements.
39.55
145.45
$6,188.14
Paid Treasurer
$6,188.14
SIDEWALK AND CURBING.
Collections
$5,438.93
Paid Treasurer
$5,241.85
Interest
197.08
$5,438.93
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INDIVIDUAL SIDEWALK.
Collections 1913 $1,039.95 Paid Treasurer $1,039.95
BETTERMENTS.
Collections 1913
$574.39
Paid Treasurer
$429.12
Interest
145.27
$574.39
MOTH 1913.
Warrant and Additionals.
$1,211.37
Abatements .
$51.70
Paid Treasurer
729.47
781.17
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1913
$430.20
MOTH 1912.
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1912
$94.35
Paid Treasurer 1913
$47.89
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1913
$46.46
MOTH 1911.
Warrant
$1,084.40
Additional
3.00
$1,087.40
Abatements
$73.90
Takings .
33.90
Paid Treasurer Dec. 31, 1912
779.33
Paid Treasurer Dec. 31, 1913.
180.27
1,067.40
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1913
$20.00
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UNREDEEMED TAX SALE.
Tax
$103.95
Intere t
90.57
Costs .
49.56
Tax 1911
8.16
Tax 1912
8.16
Tax 1913
8.16
$268.56
Paid Treasurer
$268.56
NON RESIDENT BANK TAX 1913
Collected and Paid Treasurer ·
$1,000.62
EXCESS TAX 1913.
Collected and Paid Treasurer
$2,300.26
COLLECTOR'S RECEIPTS.
Collected and Paid Treasurer ·
$1,594.48
TAKING 1907 IN 1913.
Tax Collections
$75.65
Interest
36.46
$112.11
.Paid Treasurer $112.11
TAKING 1908 IN 1913.
Tax Collections
$330.49
Street Water .
2.17
Interest
113.88
$446.54
Paid Treasurer $446.54
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TAKING 1909 IN 1913.
Tax Collections
$1,006.50
Street Water
18.58
Moth
2.40
Interest
276.99
$1,304.45
Paid Treasurer
$1,304.45
TAKING 1910 IN 1913.
Tax Collections
$1,649.65
Street Water
33.06
Interest.
295.70
$1,978.41
Paid Treasurer
$1,978.41
TAKING 1911 IN 1913.
Tax Collections
$741.98
Street Water
21.53
Moth
1.50
Interest
96.23
$861.24
Paid Treasurer $861.24
WATER RATES 1913.
Collected and Paid Treasurer:
Rates.
$37,385.03
Summons
78.80
$37,463.83
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WATER RATES 1912.
Collected and Paid Treasurer:
Rates.
$45,603.07
Summons
1.20
$45,604.27
WATER RATES 1911.
Collected and Paid Treasurer:
Rates. 18.13
Respectfully submitted
JAMES W. MURRAY, City Collector.
Report of the Cemetery Committee
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Alde men :-
Gentlemen :- The Cemetery Committee respectfully sub- mit their report of the receipts and expenditures for the Cemetery Department during the financial year ending Dec. 31, 1913.
Receipts.
Dressing
$56.50
Foundation.
137.00
Graves, single.
250.75
Interments .
623.00
Labor, Grading lots, etc
160.00
Lots, care of .
1,919.54
Lots, care of-Perpetual
1,192.21
Lots, sale of
2,356.35
Sundries .
12.00
Vaults, slate
425.00
$7,132.35
Expended-Maintenance.
Salary of Clerk.
$39.9
Salary of Committee.
75.00
Salary of Superintendent
1,200.00
Bond of Superintendent.
3.00
Leavitt, M. D., Clerical Service
36.00
Pay Rolls, employees and teaming
3,951.49
Cement .
48.75
Dressing
11.00
Freight and Teaming
77.09
Fuel
15.00
Grave, Covers.
37.82
Lot Register and loose leaves.
35.31
Ma kers and signs
21.06
Miscellaneous .
67.46
Paints, oil, seed, plants and shrubs.
105.45
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Painting Office Building
43.64
Refund on lot sold .
10.00
Sharpening tools .
53.81
Telephone, Printing, Postage and sta- tionery
104.93
Tools
51.28
Stock, and labor, racks in tomb.
38.03
Stock and labor on pump.
26.23
Slate vaults
279.85
$6,332.04
Receipts exceed payment $800.31
Improvements.
App opriation Proceeds of Note $3,600.00
Payments.
Dressing
$150.00
Filling .
63.00
Frames and grates
16.25
Grave Markers.
30.25
Gravel and Teaming
1,755.15
Loam
78.00
Mason work .
50.00
Pay Roll
1,167.78
Sewer Pipe.
49.35
Shelving in Tomb
118.47
Teaming
121.75
$3,600.00
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIS C. GOSS, Chairma.), JOSEPH D. LORD, L. H. KUNHARDT.
Government of the City of Melrose 1913
Mayor, OLIVER B. MUNROE.
President of the Board of Aldermen, J. SYDNEY HITCHINS.
Aldermen-at-Large. Ward
Edwin Thatcher Clark, 466 Pleasant Street
5
John Dike, 112 W. Emerson Street
4
Joshua T. Nowell, 64 Nowell Road
2
William A. Carrie, 22 York Terrace
1
J. Sydney Hitchins, 194 E. Foster Street
6
Leslie F. Keene, 33 Richardson Road .
2
Arthur F. Whalen, 62 Mount Vernon Street .
5
Ward Aldermen.
Edward F. Cassell, 141 Melrose Street 1
Arthur T. Gage, 275 Tremont Street
1
Alton W. Eldredge, 29 Nowell Road
2
Angier L. Goodwin, 33 Reading Hill Avenue Melvin A. Walter, 39 Cleveland Street
3
Harry C. Woodill, 306 W. Emerson Street
3
Sidney H. Buttrick, 87 Essex Street
4
Fred A. Perkins, 153 E. Emerson Street Arthur T. Mather, 110 Crescent Avenue
4
5
Frederick T. Peabody, 50 Florence Street Jonathan H. Atkinson, 164 E. Foster Street
6
William H. Johnson, 45 Laurel Street
6
Eugene L. Pack, 28 Irving Street
7
7
Albert M. Tibbetts, 109 Meridian Street
5
2
BOARD OF ALDERMEN-STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1913.
Appropriations. Aldermen Buttrick, Carrie, Goodwin, Keene, Peabody, Nowell, Dike, Clark and Walter.
Education, Health and Charity.
Aldermen Carrie, Buttrick, Whalen, Atkinson, Dike, Walter and Eldredge.
Finance. Aldermen Goodwin, Clark, Buttrick, Atkinson, Mather, Cassell and Pack.
Highways. Aldermen Keene, Whalen, Walter, Johnson, Perkins, Tibbetts and Gage.
Legal and Legislative Matters. The President, Dike, Peabody, Carrie, Goodwin, Woodill, and Eldredge.
Protection and Licenses. . Aldermen Peabody, Nowell, Woodill, Perkins, Pack, Cassell and Johnson.
Public Service. Aldermen Nowell, Woodill, Clark, Keene, Mather, Gage and Tibbetts.
Clerk of Committees. VICTOR C. KIRMES.
City Officers,
City Clerk, W. DeHaven Jones.
Assistant City Clerk and Clerk of Committees, Victor C. Kirmes.
City Treasurer, William R. Lavender.
City Collector, James W. Murray.
City Auditor, Edwin C. Gould.
Assistant City Auditor, William T. Wolley.
Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works, George O. W. Servis.
Mayor's Clerk, Blanche E. Nickerson.
City Solicitor, Arthur S. Davis.
285
CITY OFFICERS
Chief of Fire Department, Joseph Edwards.
Chief of Police, George E. Kerr.
Inspector of Buildings, George L. Burgess.
Inspector of Plumbing, Andrew J. Burnett.
Inspector of Food, David O. Parker.
Inspector of Slaughtering, David O. Parker, Frank P. Sturgis.
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, Earle B. Phelps, Robert N. Hoyt.
Collector of Milk Samples, Arthur L. Hayden.
Inspector of Animals, F. P. Sturges.
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
Charles E. Merrill,
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CITY OF MELROSE
Superintendent Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth. John J. Mccullough.
Agent State, Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief.
Albert A. Carlton.
Burial Agent,
Albert A. Carlton.
Assessors, Frank R. Upham, term expires 1916. L. Frank Hinckley, term expires 1914. William Morss, term expires 1915.
Assistant Assessors,
Alden B. Smith,
Merton G. Woodbury, Charles Roeder.
Inspector of Wires,
Isaac L. Corthell.
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Board of Health. Clarence P. Holden, M.D., Chairman, Arthur A. Hayden, Edmund L. Grundy, Grace French, Clerk
City Physician, Clarence P. Holden, M.D.
Aaron Hill
Overseers of the Poor, Adaline G. Reed, Chairman. Bertram E. Lovejoy, Grace French, Clerk.
287
CITY OFFICERS
Matron of Pratt Farm, Mrs. F. E. Mann.
Superintendent of Pratt Farm. Frank E. Mann.
Park Commission,
Clarence T. Fernald, Chairman.
.Term expires 1915
Addison L. Winship
1914
Robert A. Perkins.
1918
Harry N. Vaughn
66
1917
George J. Foster .
1916
School Committee.
Wallace R. Lovett
.Term expires 1914
Eben F. Philips
1914
Sarah A. Day.
William Coggeshall
6 1915
Lowell F. Wentworth, Chairman.
" 1915
Frank L. Welt.
1915
Elmer O. Goodridge
" 1916
Isabelle Stantial
1916
William A. Morse
1916
Sinking Fund Commissioners,
Edward J. Kitching, Chairman
.Term expires 1916
Franklin P. Shumway .
1914
Everett L. Fuller
1915
Trustees of the Public Library,
William T. Atwood.
.Term expires 1915
Rev. Paul Sterling
"
1915
Edward M. Munyan, Chairman
1914
Mary L. Charles
1914
Neil A. Divver
1916
Anna T. Bush .
1916
Cemetery Committee, Willis C. Goss, Chairman,
Joseph D. Lord, L. Henry Kunhardt.
Edwin C. Gould, Clerk Roscoe A. Leavitt, Supt. Wyoming Cemetery.
1
1914
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CITY OF MELROSE
Registrars of Voters,
Edwin L. Cragin, Chairman Term expires 1916 John J. Keating 1914 Edwin J. Tirrell. 66 1915
W. DeHaven Jones, City Clerk, Ex-offiico.
Engineers of Fire Department, Joseph Edwards, Chief, Edgar W. Mansfield, 1st Assistant, Charles F. Woodward, 2d Assistant.
Measures of Wood and Bark, Weighers of Hay and Grain.
George H. Walden
Eugenie J. Verrette
Frank E. Newell
Fred H. Goss
Florence E. Sinclair
George Goodwin
Charles B. Goss A. H. Sulis, Jr.
George M. Hall
Public Weighers of Merchandise,
Edward A. Riley
Archie E. Jones
Herbert M. Wade
J. Osborn Leisk Orietta Towner
James McTiernan
Edward M. Caldwell Patrick G. DeCourcy
Charles F. Woodward
John T. Mulligan Herbert A. Lord
John Dyer
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Field Driver, Frank E. Mann-George W. Hoag.
Pound Keeper,
Frank E. Mann-George W. Hoag.
Fence Drivers.
Chas. F. Woodward
Philip B. Carter
Charles H. Everson
Constables,
George W. Burke Charles E. Merrill George E. Kerr
Daniel K. Collamore George E. Burke.
289
CITY OFFICERS
Keeper of the Lock-up. George E. Kerr.
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Police Officers,
George E. Kerr, Chief Redford M. Rand George E. Fuller William H. Doherty Louis B. Heaton Wallace B. Eaton Garfield Carpenter
Harry Brown, Captain Wliliam A. Caswell
William C. McCarthy Allston H. Pineo Christopher B. Thompson
Frank N. Pierce Michael Reardon
Albert A. McBeth.
Reserve Officers,
Garfield Carpenter Albert A. McBeth
William A. Riley Daniel J. Foley
Special Officers,
Frederick M. Kirmes M. James Hanley Atwater B. Hathaway Edgar E. Sherburn John T. Russell
Burgess W. Grover Joseph A. Lavin
Special Officers to Serve Without Pay,
Frank E. Mann
Frank C. Newman
William Riley Ralph Cray
George H. Cray Charles E. Merrill
Charles J. Wing
Index to Auditor's Report
Finances 179
City of Melrose-Municipal and Permanent Debt. 180
Bonded Debt. 181
Cash Account. 183
Ledger Balances
185
Assets and Liabilities 189
Revenue
190 191
Assessments .
Water Rates
196
Tax Titles. 196
Commonwelath of Massachusetts. 197 Fire Loss City Stables
199
Water Income
199
Departmental-General Government
200
Police Department 212 215
Fire Department
Inspection
Board of Control
Forestry
Dog Officers
Health and Sanitation
Highways .
Charities
Melrose Hospital
233
Education-School Department .
234 239 241
Unclassified
246
Public Service Enterprise .
248
Trust Funds 264
Sinking Funds. 266
Schedule of City Property 267
Recapitulation
272
219 220 220 222 222 227 231 223
Soldiers' Benefits.
Libraries
Recreation
Contents
Assessor's Report
65
Auditor's Report. 178
Board of Control 67
Building, Report of Inspector of 54
Cemetery Committee, Report of 280
City Clerk's Report
175
City Physician's Report.
72
Collector's Report.
273
Fire Department, Report of Engineer of
60
Government of the City of Melrose 200
Health Department, Report of 102
Inspector of Animals, Report of. 114
Mayor's Inaugural Address
3
Milk, Report of Inspector of
111
Officers of the City
282
Park Commission, Report of 73
Plumbing, Report of Inspector of 117
Police Department, Report of Chief 69
Poor Department, Report of Overseers
52
Public Library, Report of Trustees of
88
Public Works Department, Report of the Engineer and Superin- tendent 123
Registrars of Voters, Report of 169
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of 58
School Committee, Report of 27
Sinking Fund Commissioners, Report of 96
Solicitor's Report. 177
Treasurer's Report 120
Wire Department, Report of 51
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