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119. 25
1,114. 06
$2,027.74
Balance
$6,24S. 62
STREET SPRINKLING
Appropriation
$1,000. 00
Assessment .
13,515. 17
$14,515. 17
Expended
Labor and teams
$4,723. 11
Tar and asphalt
9,796. 65
$14,519. 76
Deficit
$.59
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
$21,000. 00
Received from Park Dept.
270. 00
$21,270. 00
Expended
Malden Electric Co. Contract.
$21,001. 87
Balance
$26S. 13
STREET CLEANING
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Expended
Labor and teams $5,000. 00
133
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
COLLECTION OF ASHES AND RUBBISH
Appropriation $8,058. 54
Expended
Labor and teams
$7,809. 88
Insurance tools and supplies .
155. 28
Labor, delivering ash notices
93.38 $8,058. 54
STREET GUIDE BOARDS AND NUMBERS
Appropriation
$300.00
Expended
Labor and teams
$89.55
Signs ..
186.00
Liability insurance and tools.
8.82
284.37
Balance
$15.63
INSURANCE
Appropriation.
$2,121.00
Expended
Premiums on Policies
$2,120.92
Balance
$ .08
PLANTING TREES
Appropriation.
$500.00
Receipts.
86.00
$586.00
Expended
Labor and teams
$297.25
Freight.
1.44
Trees
131.25
Advertising
1.70
Loam
127.50
559.14
Balance
$26.86
134
CITY OF MELROSE
REMOVAL OF TREES
Appropriation
$500.00
Expended
Labor and teams
$451 90
Insurance and tools.
44.92
496.82
Balance
$3.18
CARE OF TREES
Appropriation
$500.00
Expended
Labor and teams
$437.58
File saws
4.00
Damages
58.42
500.00
CITY HALL
Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Expended
Labor as per pay rolls.
$1,846.72
Liability insurance
32.95
$1,879.67
Balance
$120.33
OTHER EXPENSES
Appro riation
$3,000.00
Collections 9.21
3,009.21
135
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Expended
Supplies
$325.56
Repairs .
389.64
Coal and wood.
911.39
Electric Lighting
1,134.74
Gas lighting .
47.28
Plants for vase
51.47
Water rates.
57.32
Labor
89.99
$3,007.39
Balance .
$1.82
Amount billed for use of hall.
$1,195.00
MEMORIAL HALL Salaries and Wages
Appropriation.
$1,700.00
Expended
Salaries and wages as per pay rolls.
$1,679.00
Liability insurance.
21.00
1,700.00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation.
$3,400.00
Balance from 1918.
1,023.00
Collections
180.71
$4,603.71
Expended
Labor
$231.71
Supplies.
601.42
Repairs and Painting .
1,938.31
Heating
803.20
Electric lighting.
545.71
Gas lighting
30.00
Water rates
39.54
Electric power .
205.86
Roof repairs .
.
200.00
$4,585.75
Balance
$17.96
135
CITY OF MELROSE
Amount billed for use of Auditorium and G. A. R. Hall: Auditorium $2,570.67 G. A. R. Hall
829.59 $3,400.26
CONTINUOUS SIDEWALKS
Appropriation.
$15,000.00
Appropriation.
10,300.00
Balance Jan. 1, 1919.
4,575.28
Collections
5,130.41
$35,005.69
Expended
Labor and teams
$5,791.42
Edgestone
13,269.63
Granolithic .
6,741.86
Sodding
1,181.84
Concrete .
789.34
Cement .
54.40
Gravel .
22.25
Paving.
14.25
Lumber
5.11
27,870.10
Balance
$7,135.59
REPAIR PRESENT WALKS
Appropriation.
$3,500.00
Expended
Tar concrete by contract.
$2,871.29
Brick walks and tar concrete work by city
373.29
$3,244.58
Balance
$255.42
INDIVIDUAL WALKS
Appropriation.
$1,000.00
Balance Jan. 1, 1919
768.79
Receipts.
688.07
$2,456.86
137
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Expended
Labor and teams
$179.68
Powder
2.74
Stock and teams, highway
63.52
Sodding
772.66
Granolithic
175.38
Tools and liability insurance
16.73
$1,210.71
Balance
$1,246.15
CONTINUOUS WALKS-1919 One Half Cost Assessed to Abutters
STREET
Side
From
To
Edgestone Lin Ft.
Granolithic Sq. Yds.
Straight
Curved
No. of Blocks
Drives
Walks
Concrete Sq. Yds.
Sodding Sq. Ft.
Beech Ave ...
Both. . Lebanon St. .
Meridian St ..
1,164.50
Not finished
Chestnut St ...
East. . Lynde St. . .
Chestnut Park
144.10
15.70
2
Cleveland St. .
Both .. |Wyoming Ave ..
Sanford St ..
736.00
151.30
151.30
736.00
63.09
5381
E. Foster St ..
Both .. Larrabee St ..
End .
2,047.30
62.80
59
Essex St. .
South. Myrtle St ..
Harvey's w. line.
136.81
Franklin St ..
Both ..
Vinton St ...
Stoneham line.
4365
Not finished
First St ..
South. Eleventh St ..
Waverly Ave ..
596.99
Geneva Rd ..
East. . Uphan St .. ..
South ..
113.90
1
19.40
106.46
616
Not finished
Gooch St ..
East. . First St ....
Upham St ..
110.00
4
19.04
107.40
566
Garfield Rd ..
East. . Porter St ..
South.
53.70
230.30
2592.
Linwood Ave .....
Both. . Lynde St ..
Park St ....
319.90
136.18
4
122.66
Mooreland Rd ....
West .. Porter St .. .
South.
19.00
374.40
2305
Myrtle St .. . ..
West .. Emerson St. .
South line of church ..
100.60
Marvin Rd ..
East. . Around curve.
88.00
Not finished
Pleasant St ..
East. . Wyoming Ave ..
South.
63.89
769.04
399
Rowe St .. .
West .. Porter St ...
Green St ..
31.80
211.95
920
School St ..
West .. Upham St ..
Porter St.
1,177.15
57.10
14
Not finished
School St ..
.
East. . Upham St.
Porter St ..
1,182.35
15.70
18
Upham St.
South. Geneva Rd ..
[West to No. 211
317.50
2
12.00
109.54
..
Walton Park ..... Both .. 'Orris St ..
Natalie Ave ..
1,635.20
35.38
24
..
..
Not finished
Lincoln School. .. East. . |Wyoming Ave ..
Library door
INDIVIDUAL WALKS, 1919
Lin. Ft. Edgestones
Granolithic
ABUTTORS
LOCATION
Straight
Curved
No. Blocks
Sq. Yds. Concrete
Walks
Drives
Sq. Ft. Sodding
W. K. Bean.
Cottage Street .
2
Charles Baker
Elm Street.
2
64.40
14.10
E. A. Chipman
1103 Main Street. .
2
2.08
A. L. Dix ..
120 Rowe Street.
2
William Frost.
118 Sewall Woods Road
64.30
2
E. P. Lewis ..
Richardson Road ..
5.06
G. D. Means.
67 Malvern Street.
2
3.99
Melrose Publie Market
E. Foster Street.
4.00
Ferdinand Scoboria.
169 Malvern Street.
3.20
H. R. Thomas.
115 Walton Park.
23.33
101
W. M. Tyre.
Brown Street. .
76.60
2
45.32
11.00
Frank H. Wuest. .
63 Beech Avenue.
2
5.58
160.40
12.06
693
C. A. Young. .
89 Walton Park.
Ralph S. Perkins.
30 Stevens Road .
2
-
3.33
F. M. Merrill
267 Washington Street.
140
CITY OF MELROSE
SEWER DIVISION
Construction
Appropriation.
$15,000.00
Balance Jan. 1, 1919.
216.96
Stock on hand.
7,360.43
$22,577.39
Expended
See table for streets.
$9,165.52
Balance
$13,411.87
Treasury balance.
$6,051.44
Stock balance
7,360.43
$13,411.87
Stock on hand
$7,360.43
Stock purchased:
Pipe .
$1,965.53
Cement .
417.30
Brick .
432.00
Lumb r
324.18
Castings
500.00
Yard Rent
175.00
Tools, pump, etc.
417.71
4,231.78
$11,592.21
Stock used on work.
$1,488.82
Stock charged to other divisions.
2,742.96
4,231.78
Balance
$7,360.43
COST OF SYSTEM
Construction to Jan. 1, 1919
$497,384.44
Construction 1919
9,165.52
Total Cost.
$506.549.96
141
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Transfer
300.00
Collections
96.41
$1,596.41
Less transfer to surface drainage
123.80
$1,472.61
Expended
Cleaning and repairing, labor and teams
$1,028.53
Stock and invoices
257.56
Liability insurance
103.74
1,389.83
Balance.
$82.78
PRIVATE SEWERS
There have been thirty connections made with the main sewers the past year, making a total to January 1, 1920 of 3,374. (Cost of private sewers paid for by applicant.)
Balance Jan. 1, 1919
$165.84
Receipts
3,232.88
$3,398.72
Less refunds
462.61
$2,936.11
Expended
Labor.
$2,105.60
Stock, insurance and tools to sewer construction
$607.25
Stock and teams to Highway Div .. .
63.96
671.21
2,776.81
Balance
$159.30
142
CITY OF MELROSE
SEWER CONSTRUCTION-1919
Pipe
STREET
LOCATION
Size inches
Length feet
No. Man-
holes
Right of way
Garfield Rd. to Lincoln St ..
6
265
1
Lincoln St ..
North and south of right of way.
6
250
2
Right of way
Tremont St to Union St. and. Ashland Pl.
8
422
6
382
4
Union St ..
Right of way northerly.
6
224
1
Ashland Pl.
Right of way northerly
6
275
1
Fairview Ave.
Extension southerly
6
153
1
Totals .
1,971
10
SEWERS BUILT TO JANUARY 1, 1920
Number of feet of 6 inch pipe.
123,014
Number of feet of 8 inch pipe.
54,895
Number of feet of 10 inch pipe.
17,529
Number of feet of 12 inch pipe.
10,281
Number of feet of 15 inch pipe.
3,839
Number of feet of 18 inch pipe
5,150
Number of feet of 20 inch pipe.
2,788
Number of feet of 24 inch pipe.
1,213
Number of feet of 18 x 20 inch brick.
3,035
Number of feet of 20 inch brick .
111
Number of feet of 24 inch brick .
28
Total.
221,883
Note :- Total length of sewers 221,883 feet or 42.02 miles, 2.40 miles of which are owned and controlled by the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, but by Act of Legislature Melrose is permitted to use in the same manner as local sewers.
SURFACE DRAINAGE
Construction
Appropriation
$15,000.00
Balance Jan. 1, 1919.
900.00
Collections . 59.45
$15,959.45
143
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Expended
Construction
$11,746.35
Balance
$4,213.10
MAINTENANCE
Appropriation.
$3,000.00
Transfers.
234.54
$3,234.54
Expended
Cleaning and repairing catch basins.
$3,064.29
Cleaning brooks.
98.08
Drains and culverts.
72.17
$3,234.54
144
SURFACE DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION, 1919
Pipe
STREET
LOCATION
Size Inches
Length Feet
No. Manholes
No. Catch Basins
East Street.
Porter St., south .
12
325
2
Garden Street.
Melrose St. to Franklin St ..
12
371
Linwood Avenue.
Conduit southerly .
12
446
1
3
Marvin Road ..
At angle. .
1
Pleasant Street.
Opp. Gould St.
10
480
2
2
Walton Park.
Orris St., southerly .
10
275
1
Warwick Road.
Low point to Stevens Road.
Total.
1,897
5
12
CITY OF MELROSE
3
1
145
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
SUMMARY OF IMPROVED SURFACE DRAINAGE
CONSTRUCTED TO JANUARY 1, 920
8 inch Akron pipe.
646 lin. ft.
10 inch Akron pipe
4,735 lin. ft. 28,910 lin. ft.
15 inch Akron pipe.
15,970 lin. ft. 284 lin. ft.
18 inch Akron pipe
5,929 lin. ft.
20 inch Akron pipe
5,322 lin. ft.
20 inch iron pipe .
120 lin. ft.
24 inch Akron pipe
2,132 lin. ft.
Brick conduit
659
Concrete conduit
8,894
Number of manholes.
340
Number of concrete culverts
6
Number of catch basins.
605
Cost of system to January 1, 1919.
$220,336.09
Construction 1919
11,746.35
Cost of system to January, 1920.
$232,082.44
Total length of improved surface drains 13.04 miles
ENGINEERING DIVISION
Salaries and Expenses
Appropriation
$4,500.00
Collections .
68.15
$4,568.15
Less transfer to other expenses.
153.52
$4,414.63
Expended
Salaries as per pay rolls
$4,184.19
Liability insurance.
36.73
$4,220.92
Balance.
$193.71
12 inch Akron pipe
16 inch Akron pipe.
146
CITY OF MELROSE
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
$500.00
Transfer from salaries and wages
153.52
$653.52
Expended
Supplies
$206.97
Automobile supplies and maintenance.
446.34
$653.31
Balance
$ .21
SYNOPSIS OF WORK DONE
Highway Division
Street lines and grades given for construction of new streets, including 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
Twelve 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 the lots has been corrected to date.
147
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Sidewalks
Plans and profiles have been made, lengths and radii of curbing com- puted, work measured and shedules for assessments made.
Assessment Plans
New buildings have been plotted. Common and private sewers have been added and sewer assessment data recorded on plans.
Street Numbering
All new houses have been located and numbered. Numbers have been furnished and put on 35 buildings.
-
CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES
Highways:
Comprising plans, estimates, titles, profiles, lines and grades and all other engineering work relating to the Department
$260. 00
Continuous Wal's: 1,901. 00
Sewers:
Conprising surveys, estimates, profiles, lines and grades, plans and assessments, and all other engineering work relating to sewers. 400. 00
Surface Drainage:
Comprising lines, grades, survey and plans of all surface drainage work. 341. 00
Water Woris:
Comprising lines, locations of mains, plotting of new mains, etc., on city watermap 160. 00
Street Numbering :
Location of buildings, numbering plans, and affixing street numbers on houses 20. 00
Street Signs: 30. 00
Street Lines and Grades for Abuttors:
Street lines and grades have been given for abuttors 25. 000
Assessment Plans : 27. 00
148
CITY OF MELROSE
Office Wor. :
Records of locations, indexing, calculating and general draughting. 470. 45
Wyoming Cemetery:
Comprising line and grade of lots surveyed, plans of lots made, etc. 19. 32
Miscellaneous: 229. 00
$4,15 . 77
In conclusion I desire to express my appreciation to His Honor the Mayor, the Board of Aldermen, and the City Officials, for courtesies extended, and the employees of this Department for their co-operation.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE O. W. SERVIS,
Engr. and Supt. Public Wor!s.
149
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
MELROSE, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS
Location, 7 miles north of Boston.
Population, April 1, 1919
18,114
Number of Voters.
3,900
Number of Polls . 5,169
Greatest extent of city north and south. 2. 44 miles
Greatest extent of city east and west
2. 95 miles
Valuation of Real Estate
$18,252,075
Valuation of Personal
1,951,500
Tax Rate per thousan:1 . 23. 20
Area of City 3,115. 00 acres
Land 3,079. 50 acres
Water 33. 50 acres
Length of Public Streets 48. 74 miles
Length of Frivate Streets 15. 50 miles
Total len th of water mains. 56. 11 miles
Total length of sewers. 42. 02 miles
Range of pressure on mains from 100 to 23 lbs.
Number of 250 candlepower incan 'escent lights 53
Number of 60 can le power incandescent lights 774
Number of luminous arcs, 20 all night
21 to midnight. 41
Areas of Parks:
Lincoln School Playground 1. 60 acres
Horace Mann Playground. . 60 acres
Messenger's Meadow Playground. 2 89 acres
Melrose Common. 4. 4 acres
Sewall Woods Park 9. 0 acres
Ell Fond Park
30. 41 acres
Pine Banks Park
81. 8 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, Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919.
Intention Marriages, 165 at $1.00
$165.00
Motor Vehicles Licenses, S at $10.00.
80.00
Junk Licenses, 7 at $10.00.
70.00
Mort ages, 1 at $14.65
89 at 75c 66.75 81.40
Pool and Billiards, 8 at $5.00
40.00
Gasoline Licenses, renewals 66 at 50c.
33.00
Auctioneers, 11 at $2.00.
22.00
Express and Jobbing Licenses, 26 at $1.00
26.00
Bowling Alleys, 2 at $10.00
20.00
Second Hand Junk Stores, 2 at $10.00
20.00
Miscellaneous papers. 19.55
Gasoline Licenses, 6 at $1.00.
6.00
Drivers' Licenses, 4 at $1.00. 4.00
Carriage Licenses, 4 at $1.00. 4.00
Releases and Woman's Certificates, 15 at 25c.
3.75
Boat Livery, 1 at $1.00.
1.00
Gunpowder and Firearms, 1 at $1.00
1.00
Manicure Certificate, 1 at 50c.
.50
Doctors' Certificate, 2 at 25c.
.50
Paid City Treasurer
$597.70
Appropriation in Budget for City Clerk's Department-Salaries and Wages.
$2,350.00
Salaries paid as per Auditor's Report
2,350.00
Appropriation in Budget for City Clerk's Department-Other Expenses $430.00
429.04
Balance due Dec. 31, 1919 $.96
Appropriation in Budget for City Clerk's Department-Vital Statistics
$275.00
Bills paid, as per Auditor's Report.
262.95
Balance due Dec. 31, 1919. $12.05
Appropriation in the Budget for printing the City Report $550.00 Additional Appropriation. 139.48
$689.48
$689.48
Bills paid as per Auditor's Report
$597.70
Bills paid as per Auditor's Report
151
CITY CLERK'S REPORT
Appropriation in the Budget for Elections and Registration-
Salaries and Wages $1,767.00
Additional by transfer . 225.00
Additional by transfer 75.00
$2,067.00
Bills paid as per Auditor's Report
2,057.70
Balance.
$9.30
Transfer to Election, other expenses
9.30
Appropriation Election and Registration-Other Expenses .
$950.00
Transfer to Other Expenses.
35.00
Transfer to Other Expenses.
9.30
$994.30
Bills paid as per Auditor's Report
994.23
Balance due Dec. 31, 1919
$.07
DOG LICENSES
542 Male Dogs at $2.00
$1,084.00
60 Female Dogs at $5.00 300.00
$1,384.00
602 Licenses, less fees at 20c each, later paid to City Treasurer
120.40
$1,263.60
Paid into County Treasurer
1,263.60
HUNTING, FISHING AND TRAPPING LICENSES
Hunters, 198 licenses at $1.00.
$198.00
Fishermen, 8 licenses at 50c
4.00
Trapping, 11 licenses free
$202.00
Paid Fish and Game Commissioners
202.00
Respectfully submitted,
W. DeHAVEN JONES, City Clerk
Report of Registrars of Voters
The Registrars of Voters have held thirty-seven evening meetings during 1919.
The annual meeting was held July 17, 1919. His Honor, Charles H. Adams reappointed Edwin L. Cragin for a term of three years, as a registrar of voters, and he was confirmed by the Board of Aldermen, and was sworn in at this meeting by the City Clerk.
The annual organization of the Board then took place. Edwin L. Cragin was unanimously elected chairman and W. DeHaven Jones, Clerk.
The voting lists were then corrected in accordance with the assessed polls, and four hundred and eighty-six names were dropped, and changed from Ward to Ward. The jury list was corrected to date.
The Registrars certified about 190 named on nomination papers, and various petitions.
The State Primaries were held on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 1919.
Males
Wards
I
2
3 534
4 452
5 425
6 570
7-I
7-2
Totals
Sept. 24, 1919
460
596
424
90
3551
Meetings held for registering the voters for the State Election Nov. 4, 1919.
Daily sessions (except Sundays and holidays) for registration of qualified voters were 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, July 28th, and ending Wednesday, October 15th.
The following evening sessions were held in the Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall, Melrose:
Tuesday, September 9 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Tuesday, September 16 from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Tuesday, September 30 from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Tuesday, October
7 from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Final Session
Wednesday, October 15th, from 12 noon until 10 o'clock p.m. (when registration ceased).
Final Session Men
Wards
I
2
3
4 487
5
6 607
7-1
7-2
Totals
518
640
580
460
469
103
3864
153
REPORT OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
City Election.
Daily sessions were held in the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Melrose, beginning Monday, November 10th and ending Wednesday, November 19th.
The following evening sessions were held in the Aldermanic Champer, City Hall, Melrose:
Tuesday, November 11th, from 7 to 10 p.m.
Final Session
Wednesday, November 19th, from 12 noon until 10 o'clock p.m. (when registration ceased).
Males
Wards
I
2
3
4 491
5 468
6
7-I 407
7-2
Totals
Nov. 19, 1919
520
646
580
108
3900
Females
Wards
I
2
3
4
5
6
7-I
7-2
Totals
Nov. 19, 1919
30
45
42
86
40
52
12
8
315
Assessed Polls
Wards
I
2
3
4
5 677
6
7-I
7-2
Totals
Nov. 19, 1919
670
854
739
620
797
812
5169
617
List of Jurors
Beal, Lakan Cate, Clarence E. Collins, Arthur W. Day, John V. Deane, Philip S. Deroo, George F.
DeWolf, Arthur S.
Hubbard, C. A. L. Laycock, Charles H.
Woolridge, Reginald Bowden, Frederick P.
Lord, Nelson H. Loring, William H. Lyon, Charles W.
Burnham, George E.
Buttrick, Joseph
McGinley, James P. Munn, Ernest E. Myrick, Andrew M.
Carleton, Horace F. Carron, Elzear A.
Norwood, George A. Scofield, Fuller C.
Doherty, Bernard A.
Smith, Fred W.
Fonda, E. Percy
Spinney, Joseph S.
Harris, Winifred W.
Hebblethwaite, Joe. W.
Holmes, David H.
Beede, George W.
Collins, Maynard L.
Purtle, Dennis A.
Cotting, W. Henry Cox, Herbert W. Curley, Thomas V.
Stantial, Frank G. Towle, Frank Van Horn, George H.
Wade, Herbert M.
Willis, Arthur M:
Babb, Edward E.
Chain, Elmer E.
Chase, Roger P.
Clement, Fred Cushman, Lorin T.
Davis, Abbott A. Doherty, Daniel J.
Dole, William A.
Emery, Charles H. Goodridge, Edward O. Gorden, Robert J. Hartshorn, Warren Johnson, Lawrence E. Norton, Harry R. Peterson, Walter H.
Harris, Edward S. Hickey, William J.
Howie, Daniel H. Keeney, Howard R. Kohl, William H. Lans, Mathew I. Lewis, Edgar P. Littlefield, George H. MacDonald, Chipnam Martin, S. Howard Mckenzie, James E. Nelson, James E. Nowell, Joshua T.
Orcutt, Charles F. Pentleton, Benjamin B.
Pierce, Forrester H. Randall, Lincoln H. Scanlon, Patrick H.
Vinton, Harry W. Woodland, George W.
Brand, Wal er J.
Cheissong, August Coleman, Henry O.
Sullivan. William H. Turner, Henry E. Wyer, Edward F. Bates, Frederick R.
Kelley, John McDonald, John C. O'Connell, Thomas Owen Oscar O.
Dunn, William F. Edwards, Thomas J. Gerry, Carl B. Gill, Edwin R. Goudey, William E.
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LIST OF JURURS
Seaver, Walter L. Selee, Channing R. Smith, Willis A. Sullivan, William H. Torrey, Frank H.
Lapham, Oliver F. Lake, William S.
Littlefield, Homer S.
Lloyd, Thomas
Lynde, Herbert W.
Welch, Jeremiah J.
Marr, Arthur L.
Whidden, Leonard F. Winchell, Nathaniel P.
Palmer, Leon H.
Almy, Ferdinand
Parson, David E.
Corthell, Isaac L.
Pattee, John H.
Craven, John T.
Perry, Herbert J.
Davenport, Otis S.
Short, Owen F.
Doucette, Joseph E.
Vaughn, Harry N.
Eales, Alfred R.
Anderson, William J.
Holt, Benjamin D.
Bromley, Samuel
Horan, Cornelius A.
Buckley, John J.
Howe, Arthur S.
Clark, William B.
Lilly ,Mark
Denley, Joseph
Lynde, Orrin S.
Ferguson, John
Morse, Howard C.
Harding, S. Hale
Muse, Alexander
Hayes, Frank S.
Peverly, Ernest T.
Hogan, Frank S.
Shay, Thomas F.
Holt, Jesse H.
Spaulding, Benjamin C.
Hyson, James W. Lyons, Peter S.
Twitchell, Union B.
Wadland, William B.
McCarthy, Eugene
Atkinson, Jonathan H.
McDaniel, James S.
Barnes, Harris M.
Meehan, James J.
Berkman, A. Lawrence
Mutty, John B.
Birdsall, Arthur W.
Russell, George D.
Buckley, Jr., John J.
Ryan, Edward
Carter, George H.
Sowle, Herbert F.
Casey, John
Stantial, Ralph O.
Chisam, Sanford A.
Sullivan, John J.
Coggshall, William
Swain, Charles E.
Connorton, John H.
Whittier, Charles S.
Corbett, Frank A.
Cargill, William F. Ford, William W.
Coyle, Frank E.
DeSilva, Edward F. Doherty, George A. Eddy, Albert E. Fulton, J. Arthur Gould, Frank
Hersey, Albert A. Hunewell, John R. Lavin, Joseph A. McNelly, George
Respectfully submitted, EDWIN L. CRAGIN JOHN J. KEATING EDWIN J. TIRRELL W. DeHAVEN JONES
Registrars of Voters
Newhall, J. Walter
Report of City Solicitor
Hon. Charles H. Adams, Mayor, Melrose, Mass. Dear Sir :-
I respectfully submit the following report of the law department for the year ending with the first Monday of March 1920.
The cases pending against the city at the beginning of said year were those of Charles S. Boyce, John Brooks, William H. Grant, A. Mildred Randall, Gertrude Steinberg, Max Steinberg, Jacob Kind, Alice G. Brown, Flora B. Sennott and William B. Wadland, Admr.
During the year the cases of Max and Gertrude Steinberg were dismissed, the Grant case was settled and the Randall case was tried, resulting in a judgment against the city, which has been paid.
In addition to the foregoing the case of the Dodge-Stevens Co. vs. the City was instituted in November last, but the matter in dispute was compromised and the case disposed of.
The cases pending against the city at the end of the year were those of Boyce and Brooks above mentioned, which are old accident cases and have been pending since March 1909.
The case of Jacob King is for alleged injuries to real estate through improvement work done on Spot Pond Brook. It has been pending since November 1917.
The cases of Brown and Sennott are highway accident cases and the case of Wadland against the city is a contract case connected with certain street construction.
Yours truly, ARTHUR S.ยบ DAVIS
Report of Tax Collector
Melrose, Mass., Jan. 2, 1920 Gentlemen :-
To His Honor, the Mayor, and Board of Aldermen.
I hereby submit the report of the Collector's Office for the year 1919.
1916
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1918 .
$4,912.88
Abated 1919
$506.00
Additional Taking 1919
105.00
City Possessions
442.20
Cash paid Treasurer
3,889.20
Overpaid
30.12
$4,943.00
$4,943.00
1917
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1918.
$65,544.47
Abated 1919
$1,145.10
Takings 1919.
7,694.90
City Possessions 1919
454.33
Paid Treasurer.
54,449.34
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1919 .
1,800.80
$65,544.47
$65,544.47
1918
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1919 .
$185,974.78
Abated.
$2,135.60
Paid Treasurer
128,250.40
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1919
55,588.78
$185,974.78
$185,974.78
1919
Warrant.
$539,671.66
Additional.
1,061.68
Abated.
3,035.96
Paid Treasurer.
339,955.56
Uncollected Dec. 31,1919.
197,741.82
$540,733.34
$540,733.34
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CITY OF MELROSE
STREET WATERING
1916
$49.23
1917
1,328.22
1918
2,442.42
1919
8,116.06
$11,935.93
WATER RATES
1916
$300.43
1917
230.20
1918
7,797.90
1919
42,937.77
$51,266.30
Summons.
111.45
SEWERS
1913
$19.04
1915.
23.51
1916
26.92
1917
251.02
1918
853.26
1919
1,230.73
1919-Unapportioned.
18.76
1920
74.57
1921
5.37
1920-6-$13.37 each.
93.59
1920-5- 5.25 each.
31.50
1925
11.61
1926
5.22
Interest.
$2,645.10 592.76
SIDEWALKS
1915
$11.71
1916
12.24
1916-Unapportioned.
3.27
1917.
278.45
1917-Unapportioned.
8.80
1918
1,075.17
1918-Unapportioned.
885.12
159
COLLECTOR'S REPORT
1919
1,565.16
1919-Unapportioned.
395.19
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