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13.16
$775.00
$775.00
Almshouse or Farm
Receipts
Balance from 1913.
$34.35
Appropriation . .
1,800.00
Loans Authorized . .
500.00
Transferred from Other Cities and Towns
350.00
$2,684.35
189
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Expended
Bills Paid
$2,664.66
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
19.69
$2,684.35
$2,684.35
Outside Relief by City Receipts
Balance from 1913
$52.49
Appropriation
2,500.00
Loans Authorized
500.00
$3,052.49
Expended
Bills Paid .
$3,052.10
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
.39
$3,052.49
$3,052.49
City Physician-Salary Receipts
Appropriation
$350.00
Expended
Salary
$350.00
$350.00
$350.00
Relief by Other Cities and Towns Receipts
Appropriation .
$1,000.00
Transferred from Mothers' Aid .
1,000.00
$2,000.00
Expended
Bills Paid .
$1,637.55
Transferred to Almshouse .
350.00
Transferred to Excess and Deficiency .
12.45
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
E. Toothaker Fund Receipts
Balance from 1913
$1,329.98
Cash Refunded
4.00
Interest.
106.23 $1,440.21
190
CITY OF MELROSE
Expended
Bills Paid . $61.40
Balance to 1915.
1,378.81
$1,440.21
$1,440.21
Mothers' Aid Receipts
Appropriation .
$2,000.00
Expended
Bills Paid .
$992.00
Transferred to Relief of Other Cities and Towns
1,000.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency .
8.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
Melrose Hospital
Receipts
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Cash Collected.
610.06
$1,610.06
Expended
Board and Care at Hospital .
$1,000.00
Collections Refunded to Hospital
610.06
$1,610.06
$1,610.06
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS General Administration-Salaries and Wages
Appropriation. $100.00
Expended
Salary of Agent
$100.00
$100.00
$100.00
State Aid
Paid by Commonwealth Nov. 1915)
Pay Rolls $2,464.00
191
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Soldiers' Burial
Bills Paid $150.00
Soldiers' Relief Receipts
Appropriation .
$3,200.00 300.00
$3500.00
Loans Authorized .
Expended
Cash Orders
$2,310.50
Dry Goods, etc.
26.90
Food.
221.50
Fuel
592.26
Medical Attendance and Medicine
58.20
Miscellaneous
70.45
Rent .
218.75
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
1.44
$3,500.00
$3,500.00
EDUCATION-SCHOOL DEPARTMENT (See Report of Supt. of Schools for details)
General Expenses-Administrative Salaries
Receipts
Appropriation $2,840.00
Expended
Salary of Superintendent.
$2,840.00
$2,840.00
$2,840.00
Other General Salaries
Receipts
Appropriation .
$1,220.00
Expended
Salaries of Clerk and Truant Officer
$1,220.00
$1,220.00
$1,220.00
192
CITY OF MELROSE Other General Expenses Receipts
Appropriation
$650.00
Expended
Office Supplies, Postage, Printing and Stationery .
$70.39
Telephones .
269.46
Travelling Expenses
216.71
Miscellaneous.
93.18
Balance to Excess and Deficiency .
.26
$650.00
$650.00
Teachers' Salaries Receipts
Appropriation
$72,800.00
Expended
Pay Rolls
$72,800.00
$72,800.00
$72,800.00
Text Books and Supplies
Receipts
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Expended
Bills Paid .
$4,999.95
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
.05
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
Tuition
Receipts
Appropriation
$750.00
Expended
Bills Paid $750.00
$750.00
$750.00
193
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Transportation Receipts
Appropriation $725.00
Expended
Use of Barges, etc. .
$714.50
Balance to Excess and Deficiency .
10.50
$725.00
$725.00
Janitors' Salaries Receipts
Appropriation $8,250.00
Expended
Pay Rolls
$8,193.97
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
56.03
$8,250.00
$8,250.00
Fuel and Lights
Receipts
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Expended
Coal and Wood
$4,657.66
Electric Lights
241.11
Gas Lights .
91.35
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
9.88
$5,000.00
$5,00.000
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
Receipts
Appropriation
$4,000.00
Expended
Stock, Labor and Repairs
$3,809.04
Janitors' Supplies, etc. . .
190.93
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
.03
$4,000.00
$4,000.00
194
CITY OF MELROSE
Furniture and Furnishings Receipts
Appropriation .
$200.00
Expended
Bills Paid.
$198.45
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
1.55
$200.00
$200.00
Other Expenses Receipts
Appropriation .
$500.00
Expended
Advertising, Printing and Stationery. . : . .
$150.19
Graduation Expenses .
219.98
Express and Miscellaneous.
125.38
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
4.45
$500.00
$500.00
Additional Order No. 8598 Receipts
From Tuition
$2,852.81
Expended
Other General Salaries
$67.00
Teachers' Salaries . .
90.42
Text Books and Supplies
1,347. 50
Maintenance of Buildings
1,307.17
Tuition
39.10
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
. .
1.62
$2,852.81
$2,852.81
LIBRARIES Salaries and Wages Receipts
Appropriation $2,875.00
195
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Expended
Pay Rolls
$2,702.38
Transferred to Books and Periodicals.
150.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency .
22.62
$2,875.00
$2,875.00
Books and Periodicals Receipts
Appropriation .
$1,450.00
Transferred from Salaries and Wages .. . .
150.00
Transferred from Other Expenses . .
200.00
$1,800.00
Expended
Bills Paid .
$1,795.34
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
4.66
$1,800.00
$1,800.00
Binding
Receipts
Appropriation .
$400.00
Transferred from Janitors' Supplies. . . .
65.00
$465.00
Expended
Bills Paid
$465.00
$465.00
$465.00
Fuel and Lights Receipts
Appropriation
$550.00
Transferred from Janitor's Supplies
35.00
$585.00
Expended
Bills Paid .
$576.28
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
8.72
$585.00
$585.00
Building and Janitor's Supplies
Receipts
Appropriation $225.00
196
CITY OF MELROSE
Expended
Bills Paid .
$82.85
Transferred to Binding.
65.00
Transferred to Fuel and Lights.
35.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
42.15
$225.00
$225.00
Other Expenses Receipts
Appropriation $450.00
Expended
Bills Paid .
$249.69
Transferred to Books and Periodicals
200.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
.31
$450.00
$450.00
RECREATION Pine Banks Park (See Report of Trustees)
Receipts
Appropriation
$1,600.00
Expended
Paid Treasurer Pine Banks Park Trustees . $1,600.00
$1,600.00
$1,600.00
PARK DEPARTMENT (See Report of Park Commissioners for detail) General Administration-Salaries and Wages Receipts
Appropriation $50.00
Expended
Salary of Clerk. $50.00
$50.00
$50.00
197
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Other Expenses Receipts
Appropriation . $100.00
Expended
Bills Paid . $100.00
$100.00
$100.00
Parks and Gardens-Salaries and Wages.
Receipts
Balance from 1913
$136.53
Appropriation .
650.00
Transferred from sundry accounts.
88.62
$875.15
Expended
Pay Rolls . .
$866.71
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
8.44
$875.15
$875.15
Improvements and Additions
Receipts
Appropriation . .
$400.00
Transferred from Playgrounds Improve-
ment. .
31.95
$431.95
Expended
Bills Paid
$431.95
$431.95
$431.95
Other Expenses
Receipts
Appropriation
$175.00
Expended
Bills Paid .
$173.68
Transferred to Parks
and
Gardens,
Salaries and Wages
1.32
$175.00
$175.00
198
CITY OF MELROSE
Playgrounds and Gymnasium-Salaries and Wages
Receipts
Appropriation .
$50.00
Expended
Pay Rolls
$50.00
$50.00
$50.00
Improvement and Addition
Appropriation $250.00
Expended
Bills Paid .
$155.55
Transferred to Parks and Gardens- Salaries and Wages.
62.50
Transferred to Parks and Gardens-Im- provement .
31.95
$250.00
$250.00
Other Expenses
Receipts
Appropriation
$25.00
Expended
Bills Paid .
$5.00
Transferred to Parks and Gardens- Salaries and Wages.
$20.00
$25.00
$25.00
Bath Houses-Salaries and Wages
Receipts
Appropriation
$350.00
Expended
Pay Rolls $350.00
$350.00
$350.00
Receipts
199
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Improvements and Additions Receipts
Appropriation $25.00
Expended
Bills Paid .
$23.08
Transferred to Parks and Gardens-
1.92
$25.00
$25.00
Other Expenses Receipts
Appropriation $25.00
Expended
Bills Paid ..
$22.12
Transferred to Parks and Gardens-
Salaries and Wages
$2.88
$25.00
$25.00
Ell Pond Park Lights
Receipts
Appropriation $150.00
Expended
Transferred to Street Lighting.
$86.50
Balance to 1915.
63.50
$150.00
$150.00
Memorial Day
Receipts
Appropriation $325.00
Expended
Bills Paid . Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$323.21
1.79
$325.00
$325.00
Salaries and Wages.
200
CITY OF MELROSE
Ringing Bells Receipts
Appropriation
$50.00
Expended
Bills Paid .
$42.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
8.00
$50.00
$50.00
UNCLASSIFIED Claims for Damages
Receipts
Appropriation, Order No. 8334.
$43.11
Appropriation, Order No. 8296.
250.00
Transferred from Treasury, No. 8387
200.00
Transferred from Treasury, No. 8195
1,000.00
$1,493.11
Expended
George W. Chapman
$43.11
Mrs. E. Babcock.
250.00
Martin E. Green
200.00
J. W. Levey
1,000.00
$1,493.11
$1,493.11
Fourth of July
Receipts
Appropriation . .
$500.00
Cash from Individuals
70.00
$570.00
Expended
Bills Paid $570.00
$570.00
$570.00
Printing City Report Receipts
Appropriation
$500.00
Transferred from Excess and Deficiency ..
10.00
$510.00
201
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Expended
Bills Paid .
$509.96
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
.04
$510.00
$510.00
Ice for Drinking Fountain Receipts
Appropriation $50.00
Expended
Bills Paid
$50.00
$50.00
$50.00
Insurance
Receipts
Appropriation
$1,230.20
.
Expended
Premiums Paid
$1,230.20
$1,230.20
$1,230.20
Installation of System of Accounting
Receipts
Warrant from State Treasurer $136.46
Expended
Paid Bill to State Treasurer
$136.46
$136.46
$136.46
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE (See Report of Engineer and Supt. of Public Works for details)
Water Maintenance
Balance from 1913 $159.56
Appropriation .
10,000.00
Transferred from Water Income
5,000.00
Cash G. O. W. Servis.
133.50
Cash from off and on .
.50
Transfers from sundry accounts.
5,197.36 $20,490.92
202
CITY OF MELROSE
Expended
Bills and Pay Rolls.
Balance to 1915
$19,427.62 1,063.30
$20,490.92
$20,490.92
Inside Service
Receipts
Balance from 1913
$289.46 2,513.53
$2,802.99
Cash Receipts
Expended
Bills and Pay Rolls
$2,802.99
$2,802.99
$2,802.99
Public Scales
Receipts
Fees
$93.90
Expended
Bills Paid .
$56.95
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
36.95
$93.90
$93.90
Cemetery (See Report of Cemetery Committee for details)
Receipts
Balance for 1913 .
Appropriation from Receipts.
$2,122.99 7,000.00
$9,122.99
Expended
Bills and Pay Rolls. Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$6,987.44
2,135.55
$9,122.99
$9,122.99
.
203
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Interest Receipts
Balance from 1913
$356.41 35,000.00
Appropriation .
Accrued Interest
$191.35
Betterments .
135.56
Investment Account.
88.09
Melrose National Bank
609.35
Old Colony Trust Co
340.01
Sewer Assessments .
551.53
Sidewalk Assessments
254.95
Taxes . . ..
7,363.08
Tax Takings
1,233. 90
10,767.84
$46,124.25
Expended
Auditorium Loan Coupons .
$1,560.00
Park Loan Coupons .
680.00
School Loan Coupons
10,830.00
Sewer Loan Coupons .
15,205.00
Surface Drainage Loan Coupons
5,390.00
Municipal Loans .
4,045.29
Permanent Loans
3,502.00
Temporary Loans
7,380.97
Refunded Loans.
7.96
Overdraft to 1915
2,476.97
$48,601.22
$48,601.22
Guarantee Deposits
Receipts
Checks
$450.00
Expended
Checks returned
$450.00
$450.00
$450.00
Agency, Trust and Investment Agency
From Taxes for State
$35,700.00
Expended
Paid Warrant of State Treasurer
$35,700.00
$35,700.00
$35,700.00
From Taxes for County
$19,577.92
204
CITY OF MELROSE
Expended
Paid Warrant of County Treasurer $19,577.92
$19,577.92
$19,577.92
Metropolitan Park Tax
Amount of Warrant $10,558.39
Expended
Paid State Treasurer
$10,558.39
$10,558.39
$10,558.39
Metropolitan Sewer Tax
Amount of Warrant $17,437.18
Expended
Paid State Treasurer
$17,437.18
$17,437.18
$17,437.18
Metropolitan State Highway Tax
Amount of Warrant $67.65
Expended
Paid State Treasurer
$67.65
$67.65
$67.65
Charles River Basin Tax
Amount of Warrant
$17,31.04
Expended
Paid State Treasurer
$1,731.04
$1,731.04
$1,731.04
Care and Maintenance of Trees
Balance from 1913. $7.13
Expended
Transferred to Excess and Deficiency . ... $7.13
$7.13
$7.13
AUDITOR'S REPORT 205
NON-REVENUE Private Sewers (See Report of Engineer and Supt. of Public Works) Receipts
Balance from 1913
$117.22
Collected by Engineer
2,865.47
$2,982.69
Expended
Bills and Pay Rolls
$2,814.36
Balance to 1915
168.33
$2,982.69
$2,982.69
Sewer Construction Receipts
Balance from 1913
$3,340.26
Sale of Bonds.
10,000.00
Cash sundries
29.48
Transfer Bill
3,594.33
$16,964.07
Expended
Bills and Pay Rolls
$12,913.29
Balance to 1915
4,050.78
$16,964.07
$16,964.07
Surface Drainage Construction
Receipts
Balance from 1913
$547.34 10,000.00
$10,547.34
Sale of Bonds
Expended
Bills and Pay Rolls
$9,914.66
Balance to 1915
632.68
$10,547.34
$10,547.34
Continuous Walks
Receipts
Balance from 1913
$2,939.03
Loans Authorized
10,000.00
Cash Collected.
6,152.53
Transfer Bill.
215.85 $19,307.41
.
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CITY OF MELROSE
Expended
Bills and Pay Rolls
$13,222.99 6,084.42
Balance to 1915
$19,307.41
$19,307.41
Laying Cross Walks and Paving Gutters
Receipts
Loans Authorized
$1,500.00
Expended
Bills and Pay Rolls
$1,133.38
Balance to 1915
366.62
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
Chester Street
Balance from 1913
$144.46
Expended
Transferred to Highway
$144.46
$144.46
$144.46
Essex Street
Balance from 1913
$135.97
Expended
Bills and Pay Rolls
$117.92
Balance to 1915
18.05
$135.97
$135.97
East Foster Street
Balance from 1913
$113.81
Expended
Transferred to Highway
$113.81
$113.81
$113.81
East Foster, Macadamizing-Main Street to Ell Pond Brook
Receipts
Loans Authorized No Expenditures
$500 00
207
AUDITOR'S REPORT
West Foster Street-Main to B. & M. Tracks Receipts
Loans Authorized
$2,700.00 440.07
$3,140.07
Expended
Bills and Pay Rolls
$3,114.09
Claim E. C. Harding
25.00
Balance to 1915.
.98
$3,140.07
$3,140.07
Goss Avenue
Balance from 1913 $87.14
Expended
Transferred to Highway
$87.14
$87.14
$87.14
Hurd Street
Balance from 1913 .
$174.75
Expended
Bills Paid .
$15.63
Transferred to Highway
159.12
$174.75
$174.75
Main Street. Malden Line to Porter Street
Receipts
Balance from 1913
Transfer Bills
$9,796.42 495.40
$10,291.82
Expended
Bills and Pay Tolls
$10,291.62
Balance to 1915.
.20
$10,291.82
$10,291.82
Melrose Street
Receipts
G. O. W. Servis. $20.00
Transfer Bill.
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Expended
Transferred to Highway $20.00
$20.00
$20.00
Church and Hancock Streets and Mountain Avenue Receipts
Balance for 1913
Transfer Bill.
$5,500.00 891.38
$6,391.38
Expended
Bills and Pay Rolls
$6,278.18
Balance to 1915
113.20
$6,391.38
$6,391.38
Nowell Road-Henry Avenue to Morgan Street
Balance from 1913
$135.09
Expended
Bills and Pay Rolls.
$108.90
Transferred to Highways.
26.19
$135.09
$135.09
Spear Street
Receipts
Balance from 1913
$4,748.92
Transfer Bill.
212.00
$4,960.92
Expended
Bills and Pay Rolls
$4,958.89
Balance to 1915.
2.03
$4,960.92
$4,960.92
Stratford Road
Balance from 1913 $102.98
Expended
Transferred to Highway $102.98
$102.98
$102.98
209
AUDITOR'S REPORT
East Wyoming Avenue
Balance from 1913.
$76.51
Expended
Bills and Pay Rolls.
$64.51
Transferred to Highways
12.00
$76.51
$76.51
Dyer Avenue Extension
Receipts
Loans Authorized . $1,000.00
Expended
Land
$800.00
Pay Rolls.
151.05
Balance to 1915
48.95
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Richardson Road Macadamize
Receipts
Loan Authorized
$2,500.00
No Expenditure
Pine Street Macadamize
Receipts
Loan Authorized
$1,500.00
Expended
Bills and Pay Rolls
$1,323.97
Balance to 1915
176.03
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
Grove Street Macadamize
Receipts
Loan Authorized
$2,800.00
No Expenditure
Corey Street and Culvert
Receipts
Loan Authorized No Expenditure $2,800.00
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CITY OF MELROSE
School Department Construction of Inside Curb Upham Street
Balance from 1913
$600.00
Expended
Transferred to Walks-High School. $600.00
$600.00
$600.00
Laying out and Constructing Walk. High School
Receipts
Balance from 1913 .
$900.00
Transferred from Inside Curb.
600.00
$1,500.00
Expended
Bills Paid
$247.31
Balance to 1915
$1,252.69
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
Park Department (See Report of Park Commissioners Acquiring and Grading)
Balance from 1913 . $375.75
No Expenditures
Improvement of Ice House Site
Balance from 1913.
$.27
Expended
Transferred to Excess and Deficiency .27
$.27 $.27
Construction and Equipment of Shelter and Embankment Ell Pond Park
Receipts
Loans Authorized $1,400.00
211
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Expended
Bills Paid .
$1,395.47
Balance to 1915.
4.53
$1,400.00
$1,400.00
Water Construction (See Report of Engineer and Superintendent)
Receipts
Balance from 1913
$2,367.05
Sale of Bonds.
10,000.00
Transfer Bill .
4.87
$12,371.92
Expended
Bills and Pay Rolls
$8,880.19
Balance to 1915
3,491.73
$12,371.92
$12,371.92
Pay Roll Tailing
Balance from 1913
$200.95
Expended
Cash Refunded.
$16.25
Balance to 1915
184.70
$200.95
$200.95
TRUST FUNDS Cemetery-Perpetual Care Receipts
Balance from 1913
$31,163.50
Atwood, Albion-Single grave .
15.00
Balazo, Mrs. Theresa .
100.00
Bisco, Judson-single grave.
30.00
Bowden, Frederick P.
195.00
Buffum, John.
80.00
Campbell, George-single grave
15.00
Carr, Mrs. Lillian F.
100.00
Carrothers, Minnie E.
75.00
Christie, Grace E ..
90.00
Coats, Sarah M .- additional.
100.00
Crowther, Ernest E.
60.00
Curtis, Alice
20.00
Evans, Annie
240.00
Farland, Mrs. I. W.
60.00
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Greene, Mrs. M. P.
182.00
Grover, Ethelyn .
80.00
Holden, Mrs. O. B .- single grave . 30.00
Holmes, Lucy E.
80.00
Johnson, Addie L ..
140.00
Kitching, Edward J.
175.00
Lane, Hiram P ..
100.00
Lang, Mrs. Mary J.
45.00
Lynde, Mrs. L. Jeannette-single grave. .
30.00
McMullen, Mrs. Eleana.
160.00
Mitchell, Robert .. .
186.00
Moulton, George D.
120.00
Nickerson, Walter H.
135.00
Phillips, Sidney M ..
45.00
Pierce, Ellen E .- single grave.
15.00
Pratt, Chester M.
167.00
Pratt, F. A.
120.00
Robertson, Harry S.
60.00
Snow, Frank B.
150.00
Somes, Edgar R.
90.00
Stevens, Mary E.
100.00
Stutsman, Mrs. Susan F.
80.00
Tibbetts, Mary E.
150.00
Tomer, Carlton H.
80.00
Wilbur, Florence L.
30.00
3,730.00
$34,893.50
Reserve Fund 15%
Transferred from sundry account.
$459.93
Balance to 1915.
$459.93
$459.93
$459.93
Water Loan Premium Fund
Receipts
Received from Premiums
$399.65
Expended
Transferred to Certification of Bonds . $212.50
Balance to 1915.
$187.15
$399.65
$399.65
Main Street Improvement Loan Premium Fund
Receipts
Balance from 1913 $127.50
Transferred from Certification of Bonds. . 75.00 $202.50
. .
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Expended
Transferred to Municipal Indebtedness. .. $202.50
$202.50
$202.50
Sewer Loan Premium Fund
Receipts
Premiums on Bonds Sold. $330.90
Expended
Transferred to Certification of Bonds .. $137.50
193.40
Balance to 1915
$330.90
$330.90
Surface Drainage Loan Premium Fund
Receipts
Premiums on Bonds Sold $330.90
Expended
Transferred to Certification of Bonds .
$137.50
Cash Paid Sinking Fund Commission .
46.50
Balance to 1915.
146.90
$330.90
$330.90
Continuous Walk Premium Fund
Receipts
Premiums on Notes Sold $114.00
Expended
Transferred to Certification of Notes
$62.50
Balance to 1915
51.50
$114.00
$114.00
SINKING FUNDS (See Report of Sinking Fund Commissioners for details)
School House Loan
Balance from 1913
Appropriation-Budget
$182,647.79 8,316.00 7,545.02 $198,508.81
Receipts .
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Expended
Expenses and Payments. $284.63 198,224.18
Balance to 1915.
$198.508,81
$198,508.81
Sewer Loan
Balance from 1913
$223,763.19
Cash from City Treasurer, Assessments. .
3,104.30
Receipts .
9,444.88
$236,312.37
Expended
Expenses and Payments
$292.99
Balance to 1915.
236.019.38,
$236,312.37
$236,312.37
Surface Drainage Loan
Balance from 1913.
$36,429.20 6,181.59
Appropriation-Budget.
Receipts .
1,652.07
$44,262.86
Expended
Expenses and Payments
$227.70
Balance to 1915.
44,035.16
$44,262.86
$44,262.86
Water Loan
Balance from 1913
$65,454.09
Receipts .
2,787.21
$68,241.30
Expended
Expenses and Payments
$184.24
Balance to 1915.
68,057.06
$68,241.30
$68,241.30
SCHEDULE OF CITY PROPERTY
Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth
Personal Property
$1,298.50
Charity
Personal Property $1,630.50
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Fire Department
Central Fire Station on City Hall lot. . . . $20,000.00
Hose No. 3
Building.
$1,200.00
10,267 ft. land
3,075.00
$4,275.00
Hose No. 4
Building
$1,800.00
5,625 ft. land .
550.00
$2,350.00
Personal Property
24,587.80
Fire Alarm System
15,719.00
$66,931.80
Health Department
Isolation Hospital Building.
$400.00
Personal Property-Contagious Building
406.14
$806.14
Public Parks
Ell Pond Park.
$20,500.00
Melrose Common .
10,000.00
Sewall Woods Park.
11,250.00
Strip East Side Ell Pond.
7,900.00
Lot Main and Lynde Streets.
1,250.00
Band Stand .
275.00
Bath House
250.00
Boat, Life-saving Apparatus
35.00
Two Fountains in Square
50.00
Playground Apparatus
200.00
Sanitary .
25.00
Settees and Bleachers.
150.00
Shelter.
1,400.00
Float-from J. C. F. Slayton
200.00
$53,485.00
Police Department
Personal Property
$2,730.68
Police Signal System.
5,098.80
$7,829.48
Public Library
Building
30,000.00
30,030 ft. land .
10,600.00
Books.
27,700.00
Furniture and Fixtures.
4,500.00
Pictures, Statuary, Mounted Birds, etc.,
articles of use and ornament.
2,500.00
$75,300.00
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School Department
Converse School Building
$5,000.00 1,050.00
21,117 sq. ft. land .
$6,050.00
Franklin School Building.
30,000.00
32,539 sq. ft. land .
9,500.00
Gooch School Building
$25,000.00
27,815 sq. ft. land .
4,450.00
29,450.00
High School Building
$140.000,00
116,385 sq. ft. land .
58,200.00
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
$20,000.00
26,331 sq. ft. land .
4,475.00
Ripley School Building
$2,200.00
14,567 sq. ft. land .
575.00
Sewall School Building
$8,000.00
14,748 sq. ft. land .
7,375.00
Warren School Building.
$14,000.00
18,572 sq. ft. land .
2,300.00
Washington School Building
$30,000.00
30,794 sq. ft. land .
4,000.00
West Side School Building
$1,000.00
11,880 sq. ft. land .
3,325.00
Whittier School Building
$7,500.00
15,000 sq. ft. land .
3,000.00
Winthrop School Building
$11,000.00
26,544 sq. ft. land .
1,600.00
12,600.00
Total Buildings and Land .
$454,100.00
Personal Property.
71,445.06
$525,545.00
Sundries
Old School Lot, Chestnut Street, 12,000 sq. ft. land .
$2,400.00
Old School Lot, Upham Street, 11,400 sq. ft. land .
675.00
$3,075.00
Sild 195
23,650.00
$24,475.00
2,775.00
15,375.00
16,300.00
$34,000.00
$4,325.00
10,500.00
39,500.00
198,200.00
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Sealer of Weights and Measures
Personal Property
$583.50
Wyoming Cemetery
Buildings
$3,500.00
Office .
500.00
47 3-4 acres land
31,700.00 950.00
Water System .
Personal Property
176.00 $36,826.00
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 10,000.00 $152,400.00
Furniture, Fixtures and Sundries.
Highway Division
Crusher Lot, Maple Street, 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, Plows, Sprinkling Carts. etc ..
7,102.00
Horses, Carts, Harnesses, Tools, etc .. 4,456.00 $20,558.00
Sewer Division
Cost of Construction to Dec. 31, 1913.
$456,714.83
Additional to Dec. 31, 1914. 7,279.92 $463,994.75
Surface Drainage
Cost of Construction to Dec. 31, 1913.
$163,425.85
Additional to Dec. 31, 1914 11,975.46 $178,401.61
Water Division
Cost of Construction to Dec. 31, 1913 $443,425.17
Additional to Dec. 31, 1914 9,076.91 $452,502.08
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RECAPITULATION
Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth
$1,298.50
Charity Department.
1,630.50
Fire Department.
66,931.80
Health Department.
806.14
Park Department .
53,485.00
Police Department
7,829.48
Public Library
75,300.00
School Department.
525,545.00
Sundries .
3,075.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
583.50
Wyoming Cemetery
36,826.00
Public Works Department:
Soldiers' Memorial Building
112,000.00
City Hall .
152,400.00
Highway Department
20,558.00
Sewer System.
463,994.75
Surface Drainage System
178,401.61
Water System
452,502.08
$2,153,167.36
Index to Auditor's Report
Finances
148
Bonded Debt . 148
City of Melrose-Municipal and Permanent Debt 149 Cash Account 151
Ledger Balances. 152
Assets and Liabilities 155
Revenue
156
Assessments . 156
Water Rates. 161
Tax Titles
161
Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
162
Departmental-General Government
163
Police Department . 172
Fire Department 174
Inspection . 179
Board of Control
180
Forestry
180
Dog Officers
181
Health and Sanitation
181
Highways
185
Charities 188
Soldiers' Benefits.
190
Education-School Department.
191
Libraries
194
Recreation 196
Park Department à Unclassified 200
196
Public Service Enterprise 201
Non-Revenue. 205
Trust Funds 211
Sinking Funds 213
Schedule of City Property 214
Recapitulation. 218
Contents
Assessors' Report . 45
Auditor's Report 147
Board of Control. 77
Buildings, Report of Inspector of. 49
Cemetery Committee, Report of
145
City Clerk's Report. 126
City Physician's Report.
74
Collector's Report. 132
Fire Department, Report of Engineer of . 77
Government of the City of Melrose 15
Health Department, Report of. 52
Inspector of Animals, Report of. 69
Mayor's Inaugural Address 3
Milk, Report of Inspector of
63
Officers of the City . 17
Park Commission, Report of. 79
Pine Banks Park.
85
Planning Board
87
Plumbing, Report of Inspector of 70
Police Department, Report of Chief 75
Poor Department, Report of Overseers.
72
Public Library, Report of Trustees of. 89
Public Works Department, Report of the Engineer and Superin- tendent . 92
Registrars of Voters, Report of . 129
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of 51
School Committee, Report of 24
Sinking Fund Commissioners, Report of 140
Solicitor's Report 131
Treasurer's Report
136
Wire Department, Report of . 47
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