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Roller and Team
159.10
Gravel
181.00
Sewer Stock
.51
Insurance and Tools
172.21
$2,223.40
Balance
$1,776.60
122
CITY OF MELROSE
SPOT POND BROOK IMPROVEMENT
Appropriation
$7,200.00
Gift
4,800.00
$12,000.00
Expended
P. J. Towne
$68.52
Deering Lumber Co.
II.87
Gibbons Contracting Co.
1,966.90
$2,047.29
Balance
$9,952.71
REPAIR UPPER MAIN STREET
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Expended
Labor
$471.07
Highways
164.83
Gravel
10.50
$646.40
Balance
$1,353.60
INDIVIDUAL WALKS
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Balance
693.72
Receipts
635.26
$2,328.98
Expended
Labor and Teams
$262.83
Edgestone
268.07
Granolithic, Sod and Concrete
882.76
Highway Stock
9.82
Sewer Stock
1.24
Insurance and Tools
21.49
$1,446.21
Balance
$882.77
123
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
SWAIN POND AVENUE AT GROVE STREET
Appropriation
$400.00
Expended
399.66
Balance
.34
MALVERN STREET
Appropriation
$1,300.00
Expended
960.30
Balance
$340.70
BALANCES TRANSFERRED TO HIGHWAY REPAIRING
East Foster Street
$323.82
East Emerson Street
170.77
First Street
79.04
Pine Street
5.93
West Foster Street
.98
Dyer Avenue
4.81
$585.35
UNEXPENDED BALANCES
Warwick Road
$272.75
On the following appropriations no expenditures have been made :
Folsom Avenue
$3,900.00
Walton Park
$3,000.00
Myrtle Street
$2,300.00
CROSS WALKS AND PAVING
Balance January 1, 1917
29.93
Appropriation
5,000.00
$5,029.93
Expended
Stock, labor and teams
2,422. 13
Balance
$2,607.80
STREET SPRINKLING
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Assessment
II,908.69
$12,908.69
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CITY OF MELROSE
Watering
Labor and Teams
$697.68
Rent of Shed
93.06
Repairing Carts
7.73
$798.47
Oiling
Alden Spears Sons' Co., oil applied
$4,648.96
Barrett Mfg. Co. Tarvia
4,683.85
J. J. Keating
1.40
Labor and Teams, cleaning for oil
1,433.43
Damages
60.00
$10,827.64
$11,626.11 $1,282.58
Balance
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
$20,000.00
Supplementary Budget
400.00
From Park Department
270.00
$20,670.00
Expended
Malden Electric Co. Contract
19,990.29
Balance
$679.71
STREET CLEANING
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Expended
Labor and Teams
$2,576.61
Labor, push carts
2,274.65
Labor, leveling dumps
22.50
Tools and repairs
126.24
$5,000.00
COLLECTION OF ASHES AND RUBBISH
Appropriation $6,360.00
125
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Expended
Labor and Teams
$5,598.60
Labor, leveling dumps
687.77
Labor, delivering ash notices
15.00
Liability Insurance
58.63
6,360.00
STREET GUIDE BOARDS AND NUMBERS
Appropriation
$500.00
Expended
Labor and Teams
$135.49
Signs, iron and hardware
321.41
Insurance and Tools
13.55
$470.45
Balance
$29.55
ICE FOR DRINKING FOUNTAIN
Appropriation
$50.00
Expended
Harold Hilton, for ice
$35.00
G. Irving Steeves
15.00
$50.00
INSURANCE
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Expended
Supplementary Budget
200.00
$1,400.00
Premiums on policies
1,351.43
Balance
$48.57
PLANTING NEW TREES
Appropriation
$500.00
Receipts
158.00
$658.00
126
CITY OF MELROSE.
Expended
Labor and Teams
$315.32
Loam
93.75
A. M. Tuttle, Trees
136.50
Advertising
4.00
549.57
Balance
$108.43
REMOVAL OF TREES
Appropriation
$172.01
Expended
Labor and Teams
172.01
CARE OF TREES
Appropriation
$500.00
Collections
2.00
$502.00
Expended
Labor and Teams
506.49
Deficit
$4.49
STREETS ORDERED LAID OUT
Street
From
To
Width
Length
Date
Lincoln St.
40
750.00 385.00
July 9, 1917
*Natalie Ave. Folsom Ave.
Upham Walton Park Swains Pond Ave .. .
Sawyer Road Orris. St. East lot line No 265
40
716.00
July 24, 1917
CITY HALL Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$1,600.00
Expended
Labor as per pay rolls
$1,589.45
Liability Insurance
15.79
$1,605.24
Deficit
$4.76
40
Aug. 5, 1916
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
$2,500.00
By collection
7.64
$2,507.64
Expended
Supplies
$383.09
Repairs
401.27
Coal and Wood
738.07
Electric lighting
731.18
Gas Lighting
81.72
Plants for vases and beds
69.80
Water Rates
35.00
Insurance
70.36
$2,510.49
Deficit
$2.85
Amount billed for use of Hall
$375.00
MEMORIAL HALL Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$1,600.00
Expended
Salaries and Wages, per pay roll
$1,382.53
Transferred to other expenses
190.00
Liability Insurance
10.73
$1,583.26
Balance
16.74
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
$1,800.00
Transferred from salaries and wages
233.30
Collection
190.00
$2,223.30
128
CITY OF MELROSE
Expended
Janitors Supplies
$43.34
American Seating Co.
6.06
McDonald, Joslyn Co.
20.25
Grade Lawn 22.00
Labor
57.07
Brock Bros.
60.99
Painting
480.45
A. B. Franklin Co.
30.67
Steinert Co. 18.50
F. E. Coyle 6.00
Wing Electric Co.
3.15
A. W. Dutton Co.
8.70
Lorentzin Flag Pole Co.
10.50
Eyre Co., curtains
8.00
Paine Furniture Co.
147.60
Locke Coal Co.
30.73
Benson Coal Co.
439.59
C. B. and F. H. Goss
346.75
Malden Electric Co.
288.70
Malden and Melrose Gas Light Co.
34.59
Water Rates
32.31
Liability Insurance
2.75
$2,098.70
Balance
$124.60
Amount billed for use of Auditorium and G. A. R. Hall :
Auditorium
$2,204.04
G. A. R. Ha:
748.00
$2,952.04
CONTINUOUS SIDEWALKS
Appropriation
$30,000.00
Balance, 1916
3,180.55
Receipts
5,620.12
$38,800.67
129
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Expended
Pay Rolls
$7,308.48
Edgestones
14,451.51
Granolithic
10,919.49
Sodding
1,963.19
Concrete
977.51
Team
234.00
Highways
302.4I
Highway Stock
127.94
Sewer Stock
68.05
Sundry Bills
125.42
Insurance and Tools
689.70
$37,167.80
Less Transfers
285.02
$36,882.78
Balance
$1,917.89
REPAIR PRESENT WALKS
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Expended
Concrete
$1,457.54
Granolithic
19.45
Labor and Teams
187.63
Stock
357.20
Insurance and Tools
18.76
$2,040.58
Balance
$459.42
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CONTINUOUS WALKS -1917 (One-half cost assessed to abuttors)
Edgestone
Granothlic
Street
Side
From
To
Straight
Curved
Walks
| Drives
Concrete Yards
Sod Feet
Albion Street
West
No. 12
No. 32".
262.20
8
155.70|112.53
1785
Argyle Street
Both
Rogers Street
1228
Beverly Street
West
Porter Street
Rowe Street
674.00
15.20
16
441.30
47.51
1587
Briggs Street.
Both
Main Street
Easterly
Cliff Street
West
Present Walk
Highland Avenue
76.00
14.50
6
389.05
27.05
1668
Crystal Street
West
Melrose Street
Shepherdson's
Cleveland Street
Both
Sanford Street
Wyoming Avenue
1201.66
52.90
27
424.08
22.29
3550
Fairmount Street
..
Both
Beech Avenue
Appleton Street
1079.50
47.8
14
246.41
39.86
13
Fairview Avenue
South
Reading Hill Avenue .
Easterly
1289.50
49.10
22
552.22
63.97
3218
First Street
South
Lebanon Street .
Florence Street
West
Wyoming Avenue
Southerly
86.30
20
Franklin Street. .
North & South
Vinton Street
Stoneham Line
1664.10
Foster Street. .
West
B & M RR ...
Vinton Street
1287.80
117.30
10
428.66
22.22
4999
Garfield Road
West
Porter Street
Emerson Street
756.90
15.70
6
238.75
78.59
682
Gooch Street.
East.
First Street
Foster Street
245.70
2
140.79
9.57
238
Henry Avenue
Elast.
Highland Avenue
Northerly
801.30
47.10
10
Mooreland Road
West
Porter Street
Southerly .
705.00
45.20
12
414.58
57.14
2363
Natalie Avenue .
Both
Emerson Street
Porter Street
628.40
126.40
12
1004.19
98.04
4775
Orient Avenue
Both
Wyoming Road
Frances Street
1568.15
|190.70
2
124.33
8.55
416
Porter Street. .
South
Porter Street
Rowe Street
377.50
6
106.26
8.11
324
Reading Hill Avenue
East.
Fairview Avenue
Easterly
371.94
21.50
2111
Stevens Road
West
Perkins Street
Warwick Road.
135.90
2
4
72.28 20.07
Spear Street
West
Front of 84 and 90
Tappan Street
East.
Sanford Street
Trenton Street
West
Wyoming Avenue
Waverly Avenue ..
West
Upham Street
Southerly
279.50
19.00
4
Washington Street .
West
Front of 320 and 322
West Hill Avenue . .
East.
Botolph Street
Warwick Road .
South.
Dyer Avenue
· Perkins Street
450.70
2
375.04
34.30
2237
Warwick Road
North
Dyer Avenue
Sears Avenue
172.45
18.00
911
Wyoming Avenue
North
Est. of Steeves
Stoncham Line
-
Both
Beech Avenue
Southerly
714.00
31.60
4
Orris Street
Walton Park
Pleasant Street
Both
Stratford Road
Garfield Road
195.60
Rowe Street
South & West
Meridian Street
Argyle Street
162.60
Rogers Street
South
Swains Pond Avenue
East.
Front of Ripley School
134.50
Maple Street
250.50
2
2
Northerly
530.00
2
.....
506 37
South
Chestnut Street
85.16
406
Chestnut Park ..
51.60
272
688.05
Emerson Street., E .. Both
Stratford Road
Lincoln Street
Emerson Street
638.00
20
Garfield Road
East
Porter Street
Morgan Street
308.58
19.02
IS. line Fogg & Griswold
222.32
8.60
331.29
·
Chester Street
78.10
87.48
18
55.11
Irving Street
Larrabee Street
Blocks
INDIVIDUAL WALKS - 1917
Lin. Ft. Edgestones
Granolithic
Abuttors
Location
Straight
Curved
Blocks
Sq. Yards Concrete
Walk
Drive
Sq. Y ds. Sod
Lizzie G. Plant
. 109 Walton Park
59.95
1
29.57
9.71
139
Ella F. McDonald
105 Walton Park.
57.50
3
40.83
9.11
158
Sarah G. Seward
87 Walton Park.
68.80
2
23.94
8.89
174
L. R. Moulton
14 Stratford Road.
2
35.14
9.22
149
Dr. Carnes
Nowell Road
William Ford
117 Sewall Woods Road
64.30
Henry Schreiner
66-68 Hillside Avenue
180
Arthur T. Gage
630 Franklin Street
Driveway
2
William A. DeMain
49 Laurel Street
Driveway
.E. P. Lewis.
47 Henry Avenue.
82.76
306
Iric G. Wellington
87 Porter Street
48.90
2
28.47
8.13
A. W. Haroth
6 Stratford Road .
156.44
9.24
Mark Warren
108 First Street
2
38.78
10.36
280
J. B. McIntoch
42 Warren Street
Driveway
3.66
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
131
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CITY OF MELROSE
SEWER DIVISION Sewer Construction
Appropriation
$10,000.00
Balance Jan. 1, 1917
9,802.90
Stock balance, Jan. 1, 1917
5,567.86
Receipts
827.86
Collections
13.90
$26,212.52
Expended
Sewers (see table for streets)
14,540. 53
Balance
$11,671.99
Treasury Balance
$2,222.81
Stock Balance
6,144.72
Stock due from Surface Drain-
age Construction
3,304.46
$11,671.99
STOCK ACCOUNT
. Stock Balance Jan. 1, 1917
$5,567.86
Stock Purchased
Pipe
4,375.83
Cement
669.44
Brick
994.16
Castings
1,682.46
Labor and stock at Yard
395.84
Yard Rent
175.00
$13,860.59
Stock Used
$1,547.46
Stock Sold
389.89
Stock charged to other accounts
2,574.06
$4,411.41
Balance
$9,449.18
COST OF SYSTEM
Construction to Jan. 1, 1917
$478,747.09
Construction in 1917
14,540.53
Total
$493,287.62
133
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
SEWER MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$1,200.00 23.45
Collections by Treasurer
Expended
Cleaning and repairing, labor and teams
$1,029.23
Stock Used
100.44
Balance
$1,129.67 $93.78
PRIVATE SEWERS
There have been thirty-one connections made with the main sewers the past year, making a total to January 1, 1918 of 3,324. (Cost of private sewers paid for by applicant.)
Expended
Labor as per pay rolls
$1,525.62
Stock, insurance and tools, sewer construc-
tion
681.67
Stock and teams, Highway Division
47.43
Benson Coal Co.
.78
$2,255.52
SEWER CONSTRUCTION - 1917
Pipe
Man Holes
Street
Location
Size Inches
Length Feet
Cottage Street .
Court Off.
6
192
2
Geneva Road
Extension southerly
6
140
2
Malvern Street
Linwood Ave. to Potter St .. .
8
374
1
* Maple Place.
Maple Street north
6
538
3
Sewall Woods Road
Extension northerly
6
334
2
Washington Street Waverly Place.
Beech St. north to No. 407
8
640
2
via private land towards Main St.
8
568
2
Total new work.
2786
14 .
Main Street
Heywood Avenue northerly
RELAY
Heywood Avenue .. Main Street, easterly 8 172
*Finished, Reported 1916.
$1,223.45
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CITY OF MELROSE
SEWERS BUILT TO JANUARY 1, 1918
No. of feet of 6 inch pipe
121,035
No. of feet of 8 inch pipe
54,473
No. of feet of 10 inch pipe
17,529
No. of feet of 12 inch pipe
10,28I
No. of feet of 15 inch pipe
3,839
No. of feet of 18 inch pipe
5,150
No. of feet of 20inch pipe
2,788
No. of feet of 24 inch pipe
1,213
No. of feet of 18x20 inch brick
3,035
No. of feet of 20 inch brick
III
No. of feet of 24 inch brick
28
219,482
Note :- Total length of sewers 219,482 feet or 41.57 miles, 2.4 miles of which are owned and controlled by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, but by an Act of the Legislature, Melrose is permitted to use in the same manner as local sewers.
SURFACE DRAINAGE Construction
Appropriation
$10,000.00
Balance Jan. 1, 1917
5,084.43
Receipts
106.99
Due for Sewer Stock
3,304.46
$18,495.88
Expended
Construction 1917
$18,495.88
Maintenance
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Expended
Cleaning and Repairing Catch Basins
$2,321.44
Cleaning Brooks
659.43
Insurance
14.13
$2,995.00
Balance
$5.00
SURFACE DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION-1917
Street
Location
Feet
Size
No. Manholes
No. Catch Basins
Albion Street
conduit to Franklin St.
196
24
1
Briggs Street
at Sargent St.
Crystal Street
at low point
80
12
2
Chester Street
new culvert and catch basins
76
15
Foster Street, W.
Cottage St. to Trenton St.
304
10
2
Fairmount Street
at low point
Geneva Road
Upham Street, southerly
188
15
3
Larrabee Street
Laurel Street, northerly
300
15
1
2
Main Street
Melrose Street to Short Street
78
12
1
Main Street
Lebanon Street at Hospital
72
12
1
Main Street
Hey wood Ave., northerly
510
12
2
4
Main Srteet
Morgan Street to Briggs Street
342
12
1
2
Main Street
Franklin Square to Reading Hill Avenue
482
1.5
2
3
Main Street
Reading Hill Avenue to Highland Avenue
248
12
1
2
Myrtle Street
Grove Street to Herbert Street
360
10
1
1
Mendum Street
at Melrose Street
1
Melrose Street
at Vinton Street
1
Mt. Vernon Street
an old drain
178
12
1
2
Pearl Street
Brook to Main Street.
490
12
1
2
Sears Avenue
completed to Warwick Road
310
10
1
Stevens Road
at Warwick Road
Upham Street
at Waverly Avenue
1
Wyoming Avenue
at Pleasant Street
2
Totals
4319
14
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
1
Pleasant Street
Spot Pond Brook, northerly
115
12
2
Franklin Street
at Pratte Street
1
1
I35
1
Pipe
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CITY OF MELROSE
SUMMARY OF IMPROVED SURFACE DRAINAGE CONSTRUC- TED TO JANUARY 1, 1918
8 inch Akron Pipe
646 lin. ft.
10 inch Akron Pipe
3,960 lin. ft.
12 inch Akron Pipe
27,738 lin. ft.
15 inch Akron Pipe
15,650 lin. ft.
16 inch Iron Pipe
284 lin. ft.
18 inch Akron Pipe
5,929 'lin. ft.
20 inch Iron Pipe
120 lin. ft.
20 inch Akron Pipe
5,232 lin. ft.
24 inch Akron Pipe
2,132 lin. ft.
Brick Conduit 659
Concrete Conduit
8,894
Number of Concrete Culverts
6
Number of Manholes
332
Number of Catch Basins
589
Cost of system to Jan. 1, 1917
$199,176.03
Construction, 1917
18,495.88
Cost of system to Jan. 1, 1918
$217,671.91
Total length of improved surface drains. 13.50 miles.
ENGINEERING DIVISION Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$4,000.00
Expended
Salaries as per pay roll
$3,489.51
Liability Insurance
37.57
$3,527.08
Balance
$472.92
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
$325.00
Collections
3.03
$328.03
Expended
Supplies
$163.07
Repair Instruments
8.30
Grade Stakes
113.18
Horse Hire
17.00
Expenses on Deeds
8.90
Liability Insurance
. ..
. ..
16.22
$326.67
Balance
1.36
137
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
SYNOPSIS OF WORK DONE
Highway Division
Street lines and grades given for construction of new streets, in- cluding gutters, crossings, guard rails, etc., and record plans made of same.
Sewer Division
Estimates have been rendered, lines and grades given, records kept of "Y" locations, plans and profiles made, and schedules for assessing all sewers constructed.
Water Division
Estimates have been made and lines given for water mains, con- structed and relaid. For locations, lengths and size of mains see tables under "Water Division."
Surface Drainage
Surveys, computations and plans have been made, lines and grades given, and records kept of "Y" locations of all new work constructed.
Wyoming Cemetery
Forty lots have been surveyed, a plan of each lot made and blue prints of same furnished the Cemetery Department. Lines and grades for driveways have been given. General plan of Cemetery showing lots have been corrected to date.
Sidewalks
Plans and profiles have been made, lengths and radii of curbing computed, work measured and schedules for assessments made.
Assessment Plans
New Buildings have been plotted. Common and private sewers have been constructed and sewer assessment data recorded on plans.
Street Numbering
All new houses have been located and numbered. Numbers have been furnished and put on 65 buildings.
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CITY OF MELROSE
CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES
Highways:
Comprising plans, estimates, titles, profiles, lines and grades, and all other engineering work relating to the Department
$320.00 $1,397.50
Continuous Walks
Sewers:
Comprising surveys, estimates, profiles, lines and grades plans and assessments, and all other engineering work relating to sewers
$298.50
Surface Drainage:
Comprising lines, grades, surveys and plans of all sur- face drainage work $493.50
Water Works:
Comprising lines, locations of mains, plotting of new mains, etc., on city water map
$154.00
Street Numbering:
Location of buildings, numbering plans, and affixing street numbers on houses
$18.00
Street Signs
$11.00
Street Lines and Grades for Abuttors:
Street lines and grades have been given for 54 abuttors.
$147.50
Assessment Plans
$51.50
Office Work:
Records of locations, indexing, calculating, and general draughting
$356.58
Wyoming Cemetery :
Comprising line and grade of lots surveyed, plans of lots made, etc.
$21.50
Miscellaneous $257.50
$3,527.08
In conclusion I desire to express my appreciation to His Honor, the Mayor, the Board of Aldermen, and the City Officials, for courte- sies extended, and to the employees of this Department for their co- operation.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE O. W. SERVIS,
Engr. and Supt. Public Works.
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
MELROSE, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS
Location, 7 miles north of Boston.
Population, April 1, 1917 17,275
. Number of Voters
3,623
Number of Polls
5,061
Greatest extent of City north and south .2.41 miles
Greatest extent of City east and west .2.95 miles
Valuation of Real Estate $17,242,750
Valuation of Personal $1,530,000
Tax Rate per thousand
$23.40
Area of City
3,115.00 acres
Land · 3,079.50 acres
Water
35.50 acres
Length of Public Streets 48.63 miles
Length of Private Streets 14 95 miles
Total length of Water Mains 55.78 miles
Total length of Sewers
41.57 miles
Range of pressure on mains from 100 lbs. to 23 lbs.
Number of 250 candle power incandescent lights 53
Number of 60 candle power incandescent lights 770
Number of luminous arcs 20 all night 20 to midnight .40
Areas of Parks :
Lincoln School Playground 1.60 acres
Horace Mann Playground .60 acres
Messengers Meadow Playground ·49 acres
Melrose Common 4.4 acres
Sewall Woods Park . 9.0 acres
Ell Pond Park
30.41 acres
Pine Banks Park .81.7 acres
Middlesex Fells 170.0 acres Area of Wyoming Cemetery 43.5 acres Elevation Main Street at City Hall .61 feet above mean low water Elevation Franklin Square 85 feet above mean low water
City Clerk's Annual Report
Licenses and fees received in the City Clerk's Department, Janu- ary Ist, 1917 to December 31, 1917 :-
207 Intention of Marriages at $1.00 $207.00
4 Drivers Licenses at $1.00 4.00
5 Hackney Carriages at $1.00
I Private Detective at $10.00 5.00
10.00
I Intelligence Office at $1.00 1.00
I Boat Livery at $1.00 1.00
9 Auctioneers' Licenses at $2.00 18.00
3 Bowling Alleys at $10.00 30.00
II Junk Collectors at $10.00 110.00
I Second Hand Junk Store at $10.00 10.00
16 tables, Pool and Billiards' Licenses at $5.00 80.00
23 Express and Jobbing at $1.00 23.00
67 Gasoline Renewals at .50 33.50
3 Gasoline Licenses at $1.00 3.00
5 Itinerant Musicians at $1.00 5.00
Miscellaneous Papers 54.80
Mortgage Special 69.25
83 Mortgages at .75 62.25
28 Releases at . 25
7.00
I Release special at . 50 and ad. .50
28 Doctors Recording at .25 7.00
2 Chiropodists Recording at .50 1.00
Total of fees $742.30
Paid City Treasurer 742.30
Appropriation in Budget, for City Clerk's Department, Salaries and Wages $2,000.00
Salaries paid as per Auditor's Report 2,000.00
Appropriation in Budget, for City Clerk's Department, other expenses $300.00
Bills paid as per Auditor's Report 3CO.CO
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CITY CLERK'S REPORT
Appropriation in Budget, for City Clerk's Department,
Vital Statistics
$224.00
Bills paid as per Auditor's Report
218.75
Balance December 31, 1917 $5.25
Appropriation in the Budget for printing and distributing the City Report
$500.00
Additional Appropriation
12.00
Total
$512.00
Bills paid as per Auditor's Report
511.74
Balance due December 31st, 1917
.26
Appropriation in the Budget for Elections and Registra- tion, Salaries and Wages
$1,968.00
Additional Budget
373.00
$2,341.00
Transfer to Other Expenses
36.54
Total
$2,304.46
Bills paid as perAuditor's Report
2,304.46
Election and Registration, other expenses
$1,105.00
Additional Coal
.75
Additional Transfer from Salaries and Wages
36.54
Total
$1,142.29
Bills paid as per Auditor's Report
1,142.22
Balance due December 31st, 1917
.07
DOG LICENSES
573 Male dogs at $2.00
$1,146.00
55 Female dogs at $5.00
275.00
I Breeders License
25.00
$1,446.00
629 Licenses less fees at 20c each
125.80
Paid into County Treasurer
$1,320.20
I42
CITY OF MELROSE HUNTERS' LICENSES
Total number of licenses issued 163 at $1.00 $163.00 Paid to Fish and Game Commissioners $163.00
Respectfully submitted,
W. DeHAVEN JONES, City Clerk.
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Report of Registrars of Voters
This has been a heavy year for the Registrars of Voters, they held fifty-eight evening meetings during 1917.
The Annual Meeting was held May 8, 1917. His Honor, Mayor Adams reappointed John J. Keating for a three year term as a Regis- trar of Voters, and he was confirmed by the Board of Aldermen, and sworn in at this meeting by the City Clerk.
The Registrars certified over 1500 names on nomination papers for the Constitutional Convention primaries of April 3, 1917. They held nights of registration and the lists were corrected for the Primary as follows :
Males
Wards
I
2
3 520
4 449
5 452 605
6 7-1 451
7-2
Total
Total
482
650
108
3726
For the Election May 1, 1917, as follows :
Males
Wards
I
2
3
4 5
6 7-1 7-2 Total
485 653 522 451 450 605 452 108 3717
A recount was held May 8th, for delegates to the Constitutional Convention, there was no change in the result. .
Certified 152 names on referendum, C. H. Imp.
May 18, organized under the new law as a Board of Registration for Military Enrollment-Edwin L. Cragin, Chairman, W. DeHaven Jones, secretary and treasurer. All election officers volunteered to serve without pay. Instruction to Election Officers given in the Alder- manic Chamber, City Hall, June 2, 1917, by the Registrars of Voters. The police declined to serve without pay, and the State Unit of the Home Guard volunteered. They were sworn in as Special Constables, and four served at cach polling place. Interpreters were secured to be in readiness for any language, and were at the call of the City Clerk. 1135 cards were made out at the enrollment, and they were verified by the Board of Registration for Military Enrollment before being turned over to the State Authorities.
A new jury list was completed after several meetings, with 25 names chosen from each ward. Several thousand names on nomina- tion papers were certified for State and City Elections.
The State Primary was held Tuesday, September 25, 1917.
Males
Wards
I
2 623
3 497
4 424
5 417
6 582
7-I 7-2 'Total
444
423
94 3504
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CITY OF MELROSE
Meetings held for registration, the voters for the State Election November 6, 1917, daily session (except Sunday and Holidays, Mon- day, September 24th, and Tuesday, September 25th), for registration of qualified voters will be held in the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Melrose, during regular office hours: (i. e. from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., Saturdays, 8 a. m. to 12 m.), beginning Monday, August 27th, and ending Wednesday, October 17th.
The following evening sessions were held in the Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall, Melrose Mass .:
Friday, September 14th, from 7 p. m. to 10 p. m.
Tuesday, September 18th, from 7 p. m. to 10 p. m.
Tuesday, October 9th, from 7 p. m. to 10 p. m.
Tuesday, October 16th, from 7 p. m. to 10 p. m.
Wednesday, October 17th, from 12 noon until I o'clock p. m. (when Registration ceased.)
Final Session
Males
Wards I
456 633 2
3 512
4
5 422
6 587
7-I 429 96
3567
For City Election
Daily sessions will be held in the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Melrose, Mass., beginning Monday, November 12th, and ending Wednesday, November 21st.
The following evening sessions were held in the Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall, Melrose, Mass .:
Tuesday, November 13th, from 7 to 10 p. m.
Final Session
Wednesday, November 21st, from 12 noon until 10 o'clock p. m. (when Registration ceased.)
Males
Wards
2
3 522
4
5
6 595
7-1 445
7-2
Total 3623
Wards
I
2
3
4
5
6
7-I 15
7-2
Total
Nov. 21, 1917
42
47
46
105
57
55
9
376
Assessed Polls
Wards
2
I 630 848
3 723
4 581
5 617 831
6
7-I 7-2
Total
831
5061
Respectfully submitted,
EDWIN L. CRAGIN, JOHN J. KEATING, EDWIN J. TIRRELL, W. DeHAVEN JONES,
Registrars of Voters.
7-2
Total
Nov. 21, 1917
I 458
641
435 431
96
Females
430
Report of City Solicitor
I respectfully submit the following report of the law department for the year ending the first Monday of March, 1918.
During said period six actions of tort were brought against the city by Alice E. Brewer, Edward Brewer, Emily A. Howe, Jacob King, Alice G.Brown and Flora B. Sennott; and a petition for a jury toassess land damages was brought by James P. Gilbert et als.
The two cases first named have been settled by agreement of parties. The land damage case has also been settled, the petitioners accepting the damages awarded them by the board of aldermen.
The remainder of the cases named are still pending.
At the beginning of said year there were pending against the city actions of tort brought by L. B. Rowe, Adm., John Brooks, Chas. S. Boyce, Catherine Thompson, Wm. H. Grant, A. Mildred Randall, Max Steinberg, Gertrude Steinberg and Arthur W. Howard, and a land damage case brought by Levi S. Gould et els., Trustees.
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