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$200.00
No. 7983, transferred from Excess and Deficiency . .
15.00
ยท No. 9790, transferred from parks and gardens-improvements and additions 53.10 No. 9790, transferred from playgrounds- improvements and additions . 5.00
No. 9790, transferred from general admin- istration, other expenses .
9.74
$282.84
Expended
Bills paid.
282.46
No. 9996, transferred to parks and gardens -Salaries and wages
.38
$282.84
$282.84
ELL POND PARK LIGHTING
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget.
$252.00
Expended
252.00
Bills paid
$252.00
$252.00
HORACE MANN PARK
Receipts
Balance from 1915.
$465.00
No. 9781B, transferred from Excess and Deficiency
500.00
$965.00
Expended
Bills paid 965.00
$965.00
$965.00
227
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PLAYGROUNDS-Salaries nad Wages Receipts
Appropriation-Budget. $50.00
Expended
Pay rolls . $15.00
Transferred to park and gardens, salaries wages.
6.00
No. 9996, transferred to park and gardens, salaries and wages.
29.00
$50.00
$50.00
IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget .
$400.00
No. 9790, transferred from parks and gardens, improvements
100.00
$500.00
Expended
Bills paid.
494.77
Transfer to parks and gardens, other expenses .
5.00
No. 9996, transfer to parks and gardens, salaries and wages.
.23
$500.00
$500.00
OTHER EXPENSES
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget $50.00
Expended
Bills paid.
$19.25
Balance to 1917
30.75
$50.00
$50.00
228
CITY OF MELROSE
BATH-HOUSES-Salaries and Wages Receipts
Appropriation-Budget $350.00
Expended
Pay rolls. 350.00
$350.00
$350.00
IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget. $25.00
Expended
Bills paid . $8.94
N. 9996, transferred to parks and gardens, salaries and wages.
16.06
, $25.00
$25.00
OTHER EXPENSES
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget. $25.00
Expended
Bills paid . 24.99
No. 9996, transferred to parks and gardens, salaries and wages.
.01
$25.00
$25.00
CELEBRATIONS AND ENTERTAINMENTS FOURTH OF JULY
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget. $500.00 Cash from individuals. 10.00 $510.00
229
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Expended
Bills paid
$505.00
Balance to 1917.
5.00
$510.00
$510.00
RINGING BELLS
Receipts
$50.00
Expended
Bills paid.
40.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
10.00
$50.00
$50.00
UNCLASSIFIED VETERAN FIRE ASSOCIATION
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget.
$25.00
Expended
Bills paid.
25.00
$25.00
$25.00
MEMORIAL DAY-G. A. R.
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget
$325.00
Expended
Bills paid . Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$316.92
8.08
$325.00
$325.00
-
Appropriation-Budget.
230
CITY OF MELROSE
PRINTING CITY REPORT Receipts
Appropriation-Budget.
$500.00
Expended
Bills paid .
$475.73
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
24.27
$500.00
$500.00
ICE FOR DRINKING FOUNTAIN
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget
$50.00
Balance to 1917
$50.00
$50.00
$50.00
INSURANCE
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget.
$1,300.00
Expended
Premiums paid.
$1.269.99
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
30.01
$,1300.00
$1,300.00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE WATER MAINTENANCE (See report of Eng. and Supt. of Public Works for details.)
Receipts
Balance from 1915.
$3,312.62
Appropriation-Budget.
15,000.00
Cash for On and Off
65.05
Refunded freight bill
6.91
Cash for pipe
78.24
Old junk, etc
584.71
Transfer bills
5,490.67
$24,538.20
231
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Expended
Pay rolls and bills.
17,648.58
Transfer to water income 3312.62
Transfer balance 1915 to water income ...
3,577.00
$24,538.20
$24,538.20
No. 9622-PENSIONS
Payments made from maintenance acct .. . $347.20
INSIDE SERVICE
Cash deposits
$3,152.89
Expended
Pay rolls and bills paid .
2,677.93
Refund of estimates
336.93
Balance to 1917
138.03
$3,152.89
$3,152.89
DRINKING WATER FOR HORSES
Receipts
No. 9956, transferred from Excess and Deficiency .
$100.00
Balance to 1917.
$100.00
$100.00
$100.00
PUBLIC SCALES
Receipts
Fees
$34.20
Expended
Bills paid.
$4.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
30.20
$34.20
$34.20
232
CITY OF MELROSE
CEMETERIES (See report of Cemetery Committee for details.)
Receipts
Cash received-Budget.
$8,074.03
Order, care of Soldiers' Graves-Budget
158.00
$8,232.03
Expended
Pay rools and bills paid
$8,261.74
Overdraft to 1917
29.71
$8,261.74
$8,261.74
INTEREST
Receipts
Appropriation-Budget.
$37,500.00
Accrued interest.
189.74
Betterment assessments
276.05
City possessions
88.89
Melrose Trust Co. on deposits
574.85
Old Colony Trust Co., on deposits
617.43
Sewer assessments.
481.94
Sidewalk assessments .
284.68
Taxes
9,072.74
Tax takings
1,489.42
Tax titles
73.47
$50,649.21 39500
Expended
Auditorium coupons
1,320.00
Cemetery Trust Fundsi .
1,481.48
Municipal and permanent notes.
3,771.30
Park coupons
480.00
Refund .
.89
School coupons
6,770.00
Sewer coupons.
16,352.50
Surface drainage coupons.
6,510.00
Temporary loans.
8,810.95
E. Toothaker Fund.
57.19
Overdraft 1915
1,070.07
Balance to 1917.
4,024.83
$50,649.21
$50,649.21
233
AUDITOR'S REPORT
GUARANTEE DEPOSITS Receipts
Balance from 1915
$100.00
Cash and checks
850.00
$950.00
Expended
Checks and cash returned
$950.00
$950.00
$950.00
AGENCY TRUST AND INVESTMENTS
Agency
Cash received from taxes for state.
$32,000.00
Expended
Paid State Treasurer
$32,000.00
$32,000.00
$32,000.00
$20,650.93
Cash received from taxes for County .
Expended
Paid County Treasurer.
$20,650.93
$20,650.93
$20,650.93
METROPOLITAN SEWER TAX
Amount of warrant.
$16,153.54
Expended
Paid State Treasurer.
$16,153.54
$16,153.54
$16,153.54
METROPOLITAN PARK TAX
Amount of warrant $8,183.80
234
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Expended
Paid State Treasurer. $8,183.80
$8,183.80
$8,183.80
METROPOLITAN STATE HIGHWAY TAX
Amount of warrant. $200.00
Expended
Paid State Treasurer
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
CHARLES RIVER BASIN TAX
Amount of warrant.
$1,834.04
Expended
Paid State Treasurer
$1,834.04
$1,834.04
$1,834.04
FIRE PREVENTION TAX
. Amount of warrant.
$289.30
Expended
Paid State Treasurer
$289.30
$289.30
$289.30
NON-REVENUE PRIVATE SEWERS (See report of Engr. and Supt. of Public Works for details.)
Receipts
Balance from 1915. $127.43
Cash received deposits
3,561.75 $3,689.18
235
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Expended
Pay rolls and bills.
2,787.86
Cash refunded
598.85
Balance to 1917.
302.47
$3,689.18
$3,689.18
SEWER CONSTRUCTION
Receipts
Balance from 1915.
$5,468.49
Proceeds of sale of bonds.
10,000.00
Sundry cash receipts
84.07
Transfer bills
3,867.78
$19,420.34
Expended
Pay rolls, bills and transfer bills
$9,617.44
Balance to 1917
9,802.90
$19,420.34
$19,420.34
SURFACE DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION
Receipts
Balance from 1915
$1,673.06
Proceeds of sale of bonds.
15,000.00
Sundry cash receipts
37.11
Transfer bills
443.80
$17,153.97
Expended
Pay rolls, bills and transfer bills
$12,069.54
Balance to 1917.
5,084.43
$17,153.97
$17,153.97
SURFACE DRAINAGE (Spot Pond Brook Improvement)
Receipts
No. 9877, loan authorized
$7,200.00
Balance to 1917 $7,200.00
$7,200.00
$7,200.00
.
236
CITY OF MELROSE
HIGHWAYS-Continuous Walks
Receipts
Balance from 1915
$2,091.72
Proceeds of notes.
20,000.00
Assessments collected.
5,848.95
$27,940.67
Expended
Pay rolls, bills and transfer bill
24,760.12
Balance to 1917
3,180.55
$27,940.67
$27,940.67
LAYING CROSSWALKS AND PAVING GUTTERS
Receipts
Balance from 1915.
$123.03
No. 9713, loans authorized
2,500.00
$2,623.03
Expended
Pay rolls and bills
2,593.10
Balance to 1917
29.93
$2,623.03
$2,623.03
EAST FOSTER STREET-Construction
Receipts
No. 9413, loans authorized
$2,400.00
Expended
Pay rolls and bills
2,006.18
Balance to 1917
393.82
$2,400.00
$2,400.00
DYER AVENUE
Receipts
Balance from 1915 $48.30
237
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Expended
Bills paid.
$43.49
Balance to 1917
4.81
$48.30
$48.30
FIRST STREET-Eleventh Street to Waverly Avenue
Receipts
Balance from 1915.
$207.25
Expended
Pay rolls and bills
$128.21
Balance to 1917
79.04
$207.25
$207.25
LYNDE AVENUE-Construction
Receipts
Balance from 1915.
$2,300.00
Expended
" Pay rolls and bills
$2,070.52
Balance to 1917
229.48
$2,300.00
$2,300.00
MARVIN ROAD
Receipts
No. 9345, loans authorized
$3,000.00
Expended
Pay rolls and bills
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
GARFIELD ROAD
Receipts
No. 8072, loans authorized $800.00
238
CITY OF MELROSE
Expended
Pay rolls and bills
$800.00
$800.00
$800.00
WARWICK ROAD
Receipts
No. 9633, loans authorized
$1,000.00
Expended
Pay rolls and bills
727.25
Balance to 1917.
272.75
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
ARGYLE STREET EXTENSION
Receipts
No. 6722B, loans authorized
$500.00.
Balance to 1917
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
MALVERN STREET-Macadamizing
Receipts
No. 9495, loans authorized
$1,300.00
Balance to 1917.
$1,300.00
$1,300.00
$1,300.00
BEVERLY STREET-Macadamizing
Receipts
No. 9657, loans authorized.
$1,600.00
Expended
Pay rolls and bills
$1,493.96
Balance to 1917
106.04
$1,600.00
$1,600.00
239
AUDITOR'S REPORT
HENRY AVENUE-Macadamizing Receipts
No. 9392, loans authorized
$2,800.00 554.87
$3,354.87
Expended
Pay rolls, bills and transfer bills 3,354.87
$3,354.87
$3,354.87
EAST EMERSON STREET
Receipts
No. 9624B, loans authorized $2,000.00
Expended
Pay rolls and bills
$1,829.23
Balance to 1917
170.77
$2000,.00
$2,000.00
STEVENS ROAD Receipts
No. 8690B, loans authorized
$2,870.00
Balance to 1917 $2,870.00
$2,870.00
$2,870.00
PLEASANT STREET
Receipts
No. 9319, loans authorized .
$5,000.00
Balance to 1917
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
HOPKINS STREET Receipts
No. 9396, loans authorized $2,600.00
Transfer bills.
240
CITY OF MELROSE
Expended
Pay rolls and bills
$1,047.65
Balance to 1917
1,552.35
$2,600.00
$2,600.00
NATALIE AVENUE
Receipts
No. 9776B, loans authorized
$1,800.00
Balance to 1917.
$1,800.00
$1,800.00
$1,800.00
HAROLD STREET
Receipts
No. 9295B, loans authorized
$500.00
Balance to 1917.
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
PARK DEPARTMENT PURCHASE OF ICE HOUSES
Receipts
No. 9877, loans authorized .
$6,600.00
Balance to 1917.
6,600.00
$6,600.00
$6,600.00
WATER CONSTRUCTION (See report of Engr. and Supt. of Public Works for details.)
Receipts
Balance from 1915 $1,175.38
Proceeds of sale of bonds.
10,000.00
$11,175.38
Cash for pipe . 78.24
241
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Expended
Payrolls and bill
10,711.65
Balance to 1917.
463.73
$11,175.38
$11,175.38
TAILING ACCOUNT
Receipts
Balance from 1915
$186.36
Cash received.
34.31
$220.67
Balance to 1917
220.67
$220.67
$220.67
RESERVE FUND-15%
Receipts
Balance from 1915
$2,845.88
Transferred from sundry accounts
3,852.59
$6,698.47
Expended
Bills paid.
2,845.88
Balance to 1917.
3,852.59
$6,698.47
$6,698.47
PREMIUM FUNDS WATER LOAN
Receipts
Cash received premium .
$155.00
Expended
Paid bills cost of bonds .
$100.00
Transferred to municipal indebtedness . ..
55.00
$155.00
$155.00
242
CITY OF MELROSE
SEWER LOAN
Receipts
Balance from 1915.
$8.90
Cash received premiums
84.50
$93.40
Expended
Paid bills, cost of bonds.
71.40
Transferred to municipal indebtedness ...
22.00
$93.40
$93.40
SURFACE DRAINAGE
Receipts
Balance from 1915
$162.00
Cash received premiums
159.75
$321.75
Expended
Bills paid, cost of bonds.
169.85
Transferred to municipal indebtedness .
151.90
$321.75
$321.75
MUNICIPAL LOAN
Receipts
Balance from 1915
$42.50
Cash received premiums
191.00
$233.50
Expended
Paid bill, cost of notes
155.00
Transferred to municipal indebtedness. . .
78.50
$233.50
$233.50
SINKING FUNDS
Receipts
Received from Sinking Fund Commission, school.
$200,000.00
Received from Sinking Fund Commission, surface drainage.
10,000.00
$210,000.00
Expended
Paid school bonds.
200,000.00
Paid surface drainage bonds.
10,000.00
$210,000.00
$210,000.00
243
AUDITOR'S REPORT
TRUST FUNDS Cemetery-Perpetual Care Receipts
Balance from 1915.
$37,647.50
Anderson, Oscar A .- single grave.
$15.00
Andrews, Mrs. Lucy M.
60.00
Bennerson, Mrs. Phoebe N
175.00
Chandler, Sylvannus R.
94.00
Collins, Mrs. Eliza J.
30.00
Coy, Fred M.
60.00
Dennerson, Jos. K,
30.00
De Silva, Frank.
80.00
Dickinson, Sarah E.
90.00
Eastman, Mrs. Mabel M .- 4 single graves
60.00
Fickett, Frank W
80.00
Fuller, Miss Nancy
187.00
Gilchrist, George E.
150.00
Gill, Charles E.
125.00
Goodwillie, Mrs. Elizabeth M.
70.00
Goodwin, Mrs. Marello-single grave
15.00
Howard, John L.
100.00
Jenks, Henry A.
150.00
Knowlton, Mrs. Diasy B.
80.00
Lawrence, Mrs. Jane N
112.00
Leonard, Mrs. Mary
120.00
Marsh, Edwin J.
30.00
Marston, Byron H.
177.25
Mildram, Mrs. Ella L.
60.00
Richardson, John H.
60.00
Robbins, Guy P.
100.00
Sargent, Miss Florence N
200.00
Scott, James H.
100.00
Selfridge, Mable E.
90.00
Stewart, Sidney M.
100.00
Streeter, George H.
30.00
Sprague, Charles L.
167.00
Swett, Miss Ida M.
106.00
Taylor, Irving R.
60.00
Wadland, William B.
167.00
Warren, Mrs. Eliza F.
90.00
Welt, Mrs. Emily R.
79.00
Wentworth, E. M.
30.00
White, Mrs. Harriet E.
84.00
White, Estate of M. E.
150.00
Wilder, Mrs. Mildred A.
77.00
Wilson, Joseph L.
80.00
3,920.25
$41,567.75
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SCHOOL HOUSE LOAN SINKING FUND
Receipts
Balance Dec. 31, 1915
$206,046.34
Appropriation-Budget.
7,257.15
Coupons.
3,592.00
Interest on securities
1,065.98
Interest on deposits.
23.06
$217,984.53
Expended
Premiums paid on bonds bought.
2.70
Accrued interest on bonds bought.
5.27
Commission on bonds bought
3.81
Insurance
.49
Rent of safety vaults
2.00
Loss on bonds sold .
232.50
Bonds paid
200,000.00
200,246.77
$17,737.76
SEWER LOAN SINKING FUNDS
Receipts
Balance Dec. 31, 1915
$247,880.15
Sewer assessments
3,667.32
Coupons .
9,371.50
Interest on securities.
987.79
Interest on deposits
39.97
$261,946.73
Expended
Premium on bonds bought.
20.36
Accrued interest on bonds bought .
385.71
Commission on bonds bought
10.21
Insurance on bonds bought
1.19
Rent safety vault.
15.00
Loss on bonds sold.
620.00
1,052.47
Balance to 1917 .
$260,894.26
Coupons B. & M., defaulted Oct. 1, 1916
180.00
Coupons Conn. R. R., defaulted Dec. 31, 1916.
52.50
$261,126.76
245
AUDITOR'S REPORT
SURFACE DRAINAGE SINKING FUNDS
Receipts
Balance Dec. 31, 1915
$45,914.93
Appropriation-Budget.
13,346.36
Coupons .
1,453.00
Interest on securities.
355.62
Interest on deposits
15.46
$61,085.37
Expended
Premium on bonds bought.
5.64
Accrued interest on bonds bought
136.42
Commission on bonds bought
3.78
Insurance on bonds bought
.49
Rent saftey vault .
3.00
Loss on bonds sold
161.25
Bonds paid.
10,000.00
10,310.58
Balance to 1917
$50,774.79
1 coupon B. & M. R.R., defaulted Oct. 1,1916.
22.50
$50,797.29
WATER LOAN SINKING FUND
Receipts
Balance Dec. 31, 1915.
$70,821.21
Coupons .
2,613.50
Interest on securities
339.49
Interest on deposits
16.36
$73,790.56
Expended
Premium on bonds bought.
$10.10
Accrued interest on bonds bought .
. 64.28
Commission on bonds bought.
$1.25
Insurance on bonds bought
.13
Rent safety vault.
4.00
Loss on bonds sold
167.50
247.26
$73,543.30
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CITY OF MELROSE
Schedule of City Property
BROWN TAIL AND GYPSY MOTH
Personal property
$1,927.55
CHARITY DEPARTMENT
Personal property
$1,880.45
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Central Fire Station, 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
28,809.15
Fire alarm system
15,760.71
Total for Fire Department
$71,194.86
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Isolation hospital building
$400.00
Personal property
272.48
$672.48
PUBLIC PARKS
Ell Pond Park.
$20,500.00
Horace Mann Park
5,475.00
Melrose Common .
10,000.00
Sewall Woods Park.
11,250.00
Strip east and south side Ell Pond.
19,900.00
Lot Main and Lynde Streets
1,250.00
Band stand.
275.00
Bath-house.
250.00
Boats, life-saving apparatus, etc.
35.00
Float (donated by J. C. F. Slayton)
200.00
Fountains in 2 squares
50.00
Playground apparatus in various parks.
200.00
Sanitary .
25.00
Settees and bleachers
175.00
Shelter at Knoll-Ell Pond Park
1,400.00
$70,985.00
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
Personal property $2,832.33 5,098.80 $7,931.13
Police signal system .
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Building
$30,000.00
30,300 ft. land .
10,600.00
Heating apparatus
500.00
Books. .
28,900.00
Furniture and fixtures .
4,500.00
Pictures, statuary, mounted bird's, etc., articles of use and ornament.
2,500.00
$77,000.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Franklin School Building.
$30,000.00 9,500.00
$39,500.00
Gooch School Building.
$25,000.00
27,815 ft. land.
4,450.00
29,450.00
High School Building
$140,000.00
106,385 ft. land .
58,200.00
198,200.00
Lincoln School Building
$30,000.00
27,604 ft. land .
6,900.00
36,900.00
Livermore School Building
$17,000.00
26,555 ft. land.
6,650.00
23,650.00
Ripley School Building
$2,200.00
14,567 ft. land.
575.00
2,775.00
Sewall School Building
$8,000.00
14,748 ft. land .
7,375.00
Warren School Building
$14,000.00
18,572 ft. land .
2,300.00
Washington School Building
$30,000.00
30,794 ft. land .
4,000.00
34,000.00
Whittier School Building
$7,500.00
15,000 ft. land .
3,000.00
10,500.00
15,375.00
16,300.00
32,539 ft. land.
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Winthrop School Building
$11,000.00 1,600.00
20,544 ft. land.
12,600.00
Total buildings and land
$419,250.00
Heating apparatus
20,355.00
Personal property
40,128.00
$479,733.00
Sundries
Lot Chestnut Street, 12,000 ft. land.
$2,400.00
Lot Franklin Street, 11,880 ft. land.
3,325.00
Lot Upham Street, 11,400 ft. land
675.00
$6,400.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Personal property
$572.00
WYOMING CEMETERY
Buildings
$3,500.00
Office . .
500.00
4734 acres land.
31,700.00
Water system.
950.00
Personal property
206.00
$36,856.00
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Auditorium and Soldiers' Memorial Bldg., land, furniture and fixtures. $112,000.00
City Hall
Building.
$75,000.00
44,934 ft. land.
67,400 .00
Furniture, fixtures and sundries
10,000.00
$152,400.00
Highway Division
Crusher lot Maple Street, 17,326 ft. land
$1,000.00
Crusher lot Linwood Ave., 132,877 ft. land 3,200.00
Stone crusher plant, tools, etc ..
4,800.00
Road rollers, plows, sprinkling carts, etc. 7,102.00
Horses, carts, harnesses, tools, etc. 4,456.00
$20,558.00
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249
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Sewer Division
Cost of construction to Dec. 31, 1915. . .. $474,463.02
Additional to Sept. 30, 1916 4,234.07 $478,697.09
Surface Drainage
Cost of construction to Dec. 31, 1915.
$187,552.43
Additional to Sept. 30, 1916. 11,623.60
$199,176.03
Water Division
Cost of construction to Dec. 31, 1915.
$465,029.62
Additional to Sept. 30, 1916. 9,976.40 $475,006.02
RECAPITULATION
Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth $1,927.30
Charity Department. 1,880. 45
Fire Department.
71,194.86
Health Department 672.48
Park Department. 70,985.00
Police Department .
7,931.13
Public Library
77,000.00
School Department. 479,733.00
Sundries . .
6,400.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
572.00
Wyoming Cemetery 36,856.00
Public Works Department:
Soldier's Memorial Building
112,000.00
City Hall.
152,400.00
Highway Department.
20,558.00
Sewer Division
478,697.09
Surface Drainage Division
199,176.03
Water Division
475,006.02
$2,192,989.36
Index to Auditor's Report
Finances 167
Bonded Debt. 167
City of Melrose-Municiapl and Permanent Debt 168 Cash Account. 171
Assets and Liabilities 172
Revenue .
172
Assessments 173
Water Rates 180
Tax Titles
181
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 181
Departmental-General Government 182
Police Department 193
Fire Department. 196
Inspection .
201
Board of Control
202
Forestry .
202
Dog Officers 205
Health and Sanitation 205
Highways
210
Charities .
212
Soldiers' Benefits 214
Education-School Department 216
Libraries 221
Recreation
224
Park Department 224
Unclassified
229
Public Service Enterprise 230
Non-Revenue 234
Trust Funds 243
Sinking Funds 244
Schedule of City Property 246
Recapitulation 249
Contents
Assessors' Report .
41
Auditor's Report 166
Buildings, Report of Inspector of . 45
Cemetery Committee, Report of .
164
City Clerk's Report .
144
City Physician's Report 77
Collector's Report
151
Fire Department, Report of Engineer of
80
Government of the City of Melrose 10
Health Department, Report of 49
Inspector of Animals, Report of 64
Mayor's Inaugural Address. 3
Milk, Report of Inspector of. 64
Officers of the City .
12
Park Commission, Report of 82
Pine Banks Park. 89
Planning Board .
90
Plumbing, Report of Inspector of . 63
Police Department, Report of Chief 78
Poor Department, Report of Overseers. 72
Public Library, Report of Trustees of
100
Public Works Department, Report of the Engineer and Superin- tendent 111
Registrars of Voters, Report of . 146
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of. 47
School Committee, Report of 17
Sinking Fund Commissioners, Report of 159
Solicitor's Report 149
Treasurer's Report
155
Wire Department, Report of . 43
AUG 14 1917 PAY TO THE ORDER OF MELROSE TRUST CO. CITY OF MELROSE W. R. LAVENDER, City Treas. c
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