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In closing this report I wish to express my personal appreciation
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CITY OF MELROSE
for the continued support, confidence and friendliness shown me by the Committee, the teachers, and the community, during this my eleventh year in the service of the City of Melrose.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN ANTHONY, Superintendent of Schools
IN SCHOOL COMMITTEE, January 24. 1921
It was VOTED:
To accept the report of the Superintendent of Schools and to adopt the same as the annual report of the School Committee for the year 1920.
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SCHOOL REPORT
TOTAL COST OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS School Year, 1919-1920
General Control
General Administration Salaries $2,954.71
Other General Salaries 1,148.52
Other General Expenses
865.46
Instruction
Teachers' Salaries 82,885.34
Text Books and Supplies
6,368.62
Operation of School Plant
Janitors' Services 8,959.71
Fuel and Light
7,284.92
Water and Miscellaneous
901.67
Maintenance of School Plant
Repairs. Replacement, and Upkeep
8,103.93
Auxiliary Agencies
963.00
Tuition and Miscellaneous
738.64
$121,174.52
AVERAGE COST PER PUPIL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
for these items, for the School Year. 1919-1920, based on the average membership (2,153) was as follows :-
General Control
General Administration Salaries $1.37
.53
Other General Expenses
.41
Instruction
Teachers' Salaries
38.50
Text Books and Supplies
2.96
Operation of School Plant
4.17
Fuel and Light
3.38
Water and Miscellaneous
.42
Maintenance of School Plan.
Repairs. Replacement, and Upkeep
3.76
Auxiliary Agencies
Transportation .44
Tuition and Miscellaneous .34
$56.28
Transportation
Other General Salaries
Janitors' Services
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CITY OF MELROSE
TOTAL COST OF HIGH SCHOOL School Year, 1919-1920
General Control
General Administration Salaries $845.29
Other General Salaries 330.48
Other General Expenses
252.56
Instruction
Teachers' Salaries 57,136.06
Text Books and Supplies
3,835.35
Operation of School Plant
Janitors' Services 4,144.75
Fuel and Light
2.385.97
Water and Miscellaneous
344.14
Maintenance of School Plant
Repairs, Replacement, and Upkeep
1,211.94
Auxiliary Agencies
Tuition and Miscellaneous 2.058.47
$72,545.01
AVERAGE COST PER PUPIL, HIGH SCHOOL
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for these items, for the School Year, 1919-1920, based on the average membership (616) was as follows:
General Control
General Administration Salaries $1.37
Other General Salaries
.53
Other General Expenses
.41
Instruction
Teachers' Salaries,
92.75
Text Books and Supplies
6.22
Operation of School Plant
Janitors' Services
6.73
Fuel and Light
3.87
Water and Miscellaneous
.56
Maintenance of School Plant
Repairs, Replacement, and Upkeep
1.97
Auxiliary Agencies
Tuition and Miscellaneous 3.34
$117.75
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SCHOOL REPORT
TOTAL COST OF ALL SCHOOLS School Year, 1919-1920
General Control
General Administration Salaries $3,800.00
Other General Salaries
1,479.00
Other General Expenses
1,118.02
Instruction
Teachers' Salaries 140,021.40
Text Books and Supplies
10,203.97
Operation of School Plant
Janitors' Services 13,104.46
Fuel and Light
9,670.89
Water aud Miscellaneous
1,245.81
Maintenance of School Plant
Repairs, Replacement, and Upkeep
9,315.87
Auxiliary Agencies
963.00
Tuition and Miscellaneous
2,797.11
$193,719.53
AVERAGE COST PER PUPIL School Year, 1919-1920 Based on average membership (2,769)
General Control
General Administration Salaries $1.37
Other General Salaries
.53
Other General Expenses
.41
Instruction
Teachers' Salaries 50.59
Text Books and Supplies
3.70
Operation of School Plant
Janitors' Services 4.78
Fuel and Light
3.51
Water and Miscellaneous
.48
Maintenance of School Plant
Repairs, Replacement, and Upkeep
3.39
Auxiliary Agencies
Transportation
.36
Tuition and Miscellaneous 1.04
$70.16
Transportation
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CITY OF MELROSE 1
ANNUAL FINANCIAL EXHIBIT
Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1920
Receipts
Appropriations, from budget
$228,400.00
Balances and credits 1,489.61
Total
$229,889.61
Expenditures
Administration
$4,000.00
Other General Salaries
1,550.00
Other General Expenses
1,198.47
Teachers' Salaries
157,758.52
Evening School
459.64
School Nurse
800.00
Text Books and Supplies
11,000.04
Tuition
2,476.63
Transportation
999.00
Support of Truants
308.13
Janitors' Services
15,053.68
Fuel and Light
13,999.88
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
11,898.64
Furniture and Furnishings
1,291.62
Other Expenses
778.57. $223.572.82
Special Appropriations :
Physical Laboratory
$553.14
Chemical Laboratory
461.17
Biological Laboratory
459.33
Drawing Department
730.11
Fire Protection
603.15
Equipment for Athletics
485.30
High School Athletic Coaches
985.51
$4.277.71
Total
$227.850.53
U'nexpended Balance
2,039.08
$229.889.61
SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPALS' REPORTS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, 1919-192-
1. By Schools
SCHOOLS
No. of Dif- ferent Pupils Enrolled Exclusive of Re-Enroll- ments
Number of Boys
Number of Girls
Average Membership
Average Attendance
Per Cent of Attendance
High School
693
330
363
616.54
591.41
95.92
Franklin
339
179
160
318.93
297.13
93.16
Whittier
201
90
111
173.97
159.83
91.87
Washington
470
233
237
439.99
410.56
93.31
Livermore
176
91
85
163.08
154.59
94.79
Sewall
139
66
73
146.94
135.07
91.92
Lincoln
304
157
147
290.03
266.12
91.75
Gooch
297
159
138
296.56
278.49
93.90
Warren
188
91
97
165.79
147.12
88.73
Winthrop
143
73
130.74
118.22
90.42
Ripley
24
10
14
27.14
25.67
94.58
Totals
2,974
1,476
1,498
2,769.71
2,584.21
93.30
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SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPALS' REPORTS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, 1919-1920 : ME 2. By Grades
GRADES
No. of Dif- ferent Pupils Enrolled Exclusive of Re-Enroll- ments
Number of Boys
Number of Girls
Average Membership
_Average Attendance
Per Cent of Attendance
High School
693
330
363
616.54
591.41
95.92
Eighth
217
107
110
204.96
194.84
95.06
Seventh
1
291
142
149
279.07
264.14
94.65
Sixth
265
130
135
257.24
242.79
94:38
Fifth
282
144
138
274.37
257.14
93.72
Fourth
286
133
153
279.61
260.80
93.30
Third
292
148
144
281.25
258.18
91.79
Second
309
171
138
287.42
260.71
90.71
First
339
171
168
289.25
254.20
87.88
Totals
2,974
1,476
1,498
2,769.71
2,584.21
93.30
CITY OF MELROSE
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SCHOOL REPORT
NUMBER OF TEACHERS IN THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS December 31, 1920
Male
Female Total
High (Grades IX, X, XI, XII)
10
21
31
Grammar (Grades V, VI, VII, VIII)
0
37
37
Primary (Grades I, II, III, IV)
0
34
34
Supervisors, Music
1
1
Drawing
0
1
1
Manual Training
()
1
1
Penmanship
0
1
1
Sewing
()
1
1
Physical Education
0
1
1
Total
12
98
110
NUMBER OF PUPILS IN THE DIFFERENT GRADES December 31, 1920
Primary,
Grade
369
Grade II.
301
Grade III
306
Grade IV
298
Grammar,
Grade V.
300
Grade VI.
277
Grade VII,
279
Grade VIII.
247
High,
Freshman Class
193
Sophomore Class
169
Junior Class
126
Senior Class
121
Post Graduate Class
6
Total
2992
0
2
Primary
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CITY OF MELROSE
AVERAGE AGE OF PUPILS IN THE DIFFERENT GRADES September, 1920.
Primary,
Grade I
6 years 8 months
Grade Il.
7 year, 8 months
Grade III
8 years
9 months
Grade IV
9 years
7 months
Grammar, Grade : V.
11 years
Grade VI.
12 years 2 months
Grade VII.
12 years 10 months
Grade VIII.
13 years 9 months
High.
Freshman Class
14 years
months
Sophomore Class
15 years
months
Junior Class
16 years
7 months
Senior Class
17 years
3 months
APPENDIX
Melrose High School GRADUATION EXERCISES Class cf 1920 Memorial Hall, Evening of June Eleven, at Eight-Five O'clock
PROGRAM
MARCH-"Stars and Stripes" Sousa
High School Orchestra
INVOCATION
Rev. Richard H. Bennett
SALUTATORY AND ESSAY-"The Influence of the Pilgrims Upon Present Day . Problems" Esther Eldredge
SELECTION-"The Kilties' March" Murchison
Chorus
ESSAY-"The Old Home of the Pilgrims" Helena B. Sansom
SONG-"Hunting Song" Chorus Brockway
AWARD OF PRIZES BY THE FRANKLIN FRATERNITY
SONG-"The Long Day Closes"
.
Sullivan
AWARD OF FIDELITY PRIZES IN MATHEMATICS Kenneth Dole (President of the Euclidean Society)
ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE PRINCIPAL SELECTIONS :-
a. "Sobre Las Olas" Rosas
Mandolin Club
b. "Overture," Martha F. V. Flotow
High School Orchestra
VALEDICTORY AND ESSAY-"The Puritans and Education" Mary Aletta Cox
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS Dr. Lowell F. Wentworth (Chairman of the School Committee)
SELECTION-"Greeting to Spring" Strauss
Chorus and Orchestra "AMERICA" -- The Class and Audience
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SENIOR CLASS HONOR LIST
Pupils who have maintained a general average of 90% or over during the entire course.
Mary Aletta Cox Esther Eldredge
Helena B. Sansom
HONOR LIST FOR OTHER CLASSES
Pupils who have maintained an average of 90% or over in each subject during the past year.
Junior Class Albert Taylor
Sophomore Class Theodore Cutting
Freshman Class
Ada M. Champlin
Emily Eldredge
Helen E. Cummings Marion Jepson
Elizabeth E. Wellman
MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA Elmer Wilson, Director Violins
Clifton Day
Malcolm Dole
Margery Fulton
Gertrude Grossman
Dorothy Knight
Kenneth Loring
Lucy Norton
Edna Richards
Dorothy Tower
Christine Wellock
Julian White
Robert Wilson
Cellos
Kenneth Dole
Florence E. Stary
Rosalie Taylor
Flute
Werner von Klock
Mandolins
Christine Greenleaf Stephen Hall Alice Hooker
Lucile Patten
Margaret Potter Edna Richards
Eliot Fuller
Viola Miriam Smith
Trumpets Francis De Silva Helen Driver Evans Gourley
Fred Cleaveland Hope Cleaveland Evelyn Curtis Malcolm Dole Evelyn Earl Webster Eldredge
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Piano Margery Carr
Director of Music Elisabeth Gleason
FRANKLIN FRATERNITY PRIZES
English II Theodore JJ. Cutting
English III Albert L. Taylor
English IV
Kenneth' Dole
Algebra I Kenneth H. Walker
Honorable Mention-Ada MI. Champlm Emily Eldredge
Algebra-Open to All Kathryn Butters
Honorable Mention-Pearl F. Champlin Helen Maguire
Geometry Mary A. Cox
Honorable Mention-H. Leslie Swift Archie Gittes
Geometry-Open to All Elbert C. Brown
MELROSE WOMAN'S CLUB HONORS
Marjorie E. MeKay Marion L. Marden
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MEDAL
Elbert C. Brown
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CLASS OF 1920
Pauline Albee Helen M. Armstrong Ruth S. Babson Lester Furneaux Barnes
'Sydney Horace Batchelder Louise Estelle Bernhard Churchill A. Blackford Hilda M. Blackford
Arthur Ellsworth Bourne
Gwendolyn Bernice Bricher Arthur W. Brodrick
George Luther Lindsay Helen Warner Lougee
Elbert C. Brown True D. Caney
Kathleen Esther Clarke
Hope Aldrich Cleaveland
Lois Coburn
Mary Aletta Cox
Holmes Putnam Crabtree
Eleanor Crandon
Andrew J. Cronin
Mary Elizabeth Cronin
Clifford B. Cutting Hazel Dean
Ruth Elizabeth Dennett
Genevieve M. Herrington
Lena Mae Despin
Helen Gertrude Patten Carlisle Houghton Peckham
Kenneth Dole Malcolm Dole
Ina Lonise Perkins Roscoe Lawrence Perley
Alma Gertrude Doucette
Paul Crowther Dow
Mande E. E. Durkee
Mae · S. Durkee
Evelyn Bassett Earl
Esther Eldredge
M. Eleanor Flagg
Jackson Flanders J. Banning Ford Rebekah F. George Harriett Gershon
Thecla Grosvenor Gleason
Barbara Goss
Leonard D. Hadley Carmilla M. Hall
Anna M. Harrington William S. D. Hayes Franklin Clifford Hills Helen Geraldine Hirst Frances C. Holbrook
Alice G. Hooker Priscilla Ilsley
Estelle Frances Legg
Luella Melissa Lent
Kathryn Olive Lovejoy Stewart Bridge Luce
Ruth Geraldine Mckeon Marion Ripley Manley
Marion Leighton Marden
Mary Elizabeth McDowell Marjorie Emily Mckay
Harold Frederick Montgomery
Harriette Evangeline Morse
Ruth Alice Mulready Edythe Frances Myers Julia Claire O'Connor Walter Thomas O'Donnell
Marjorie Isabel Patrick
Margaret Frances Potter
Dorothy Alice Raymond
Edna Winifred Richards Doris Robertson
Russell Earl Robertson Barbara Sands Helena B. Sansom
Henry Lyman Sayward
Robert Elmer Scarborough
Richard Sears Wendell Folsom Sellers
R. David Sewall Frank James Sherman. Jr. Alice Lillian Shorey
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Miriam P. Simpson
Horace Spencer Teague
Josephine G .Small
Louise Thomas
Miriam H. Smith
Christopher Clifford Thompson
Dorothy J. Sprague
Grace Marion Thresher
Isabel Stanley
Margaret Althea Tibbetts
Benlah E. Staples
Bertha C. M. Von Horn
Ruth Astred W. Stromqvist
Werner Frank H. L. von Klock
Demetria M. Taylor
Albert Twilton West
Mabel Frances Wheeler
PUPILS PROMOTED FROM THE EIGHTH GRADE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL 1920 Eighth Grade, Franklin School
*Dorothy Colbert
*Agnes Baylis
*Madalene Evers
*Marcia Bell
# Bertha Harrington
* Alma Casano
*Beatrice Hislop
*Ruth Churchill Louise Donley
* Marie Hoffman Madeline Howard
*Helen Felch
*Dorothy Johnson
*Loraine Flint
*Mary Legg Alice Munn
*Dorothy Myrick
*Evelyn Roche
"Vera Sewell Dorothy Small
*Shirley Thompson Helen Trout *Helen Wells
#Dorothy Wilson
*Elizabeth Wilson
*George Carpenter
*Norman Bean
*Gordon Clarke-
*Douglas Coates
*Edgar Crowell
*Roger Goodwin Leslie Hicks
"Charles Garniss
*Elmer Kehoe
*John Muldoon
*Leon Pease
"Robert Powers
*Aflan Mansfield
*Lawrence Raymond
*Warren Sperry
*Charles Stephen
*Earl Sturges
*Charles Tarr
*Philip Staples Vivian Allman
*Frank Bennett Clinton Bowen
*Kenneth Gardner
*Robert Fairbanks
*Gordon Knowles
*Hugh MacDonald
*James Phelps
* Arthur Shaw
*Kirk Shivell
*Ruth Hall
*Enid Simonds
*Florence Steverman
* Allan Waitt
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Eighth Grade D. W. Gooch School
*Ruth Adams
*Percy Burns
* Bertha Brand
Ward Cramer
Mary Brett
*Reginald Currie
*Dora Burns
*Malcolm Delano
*Dorothy Dunn
*Lothrop Dodge
*Loretta Morris
*Elmer Drew
*Elizabeth Murphy
*George Dragan
Margaret Turner
*Lester Lent
Mary Wheaton
Frank Little
*Priscilla Lees
*Eugene Lossone
*Ralph Barrows
*Robert Mathias
#Ralph Bavier
Kenneth Wheeler
Eighth Grade, Washington School
"Lillian Barnes
*Elizabetli O. von Horn
*Marjorie Carter
*Harry Bremberg
*Linnie Cates
*Arthur L. Delaney
*Dorothy Corbett
*Lyman D. Hall
*O. Helene Foster
*Paul E. Hancock
*Barbara Franklin
*Walter L. Holmes *Charles H. Hyson
Gladys G. Hunnewell
*Thomas E. McGough
*Barbara L. Hunt
*Holbrook E. Metcalf
*Olive R. Holt
*Frank E. Mulready
*Lucy I. Judkins
*Joseph F. O'Donnell Carl A. Polk
*Mildred A. Johnson
*Ruth A. Loveless
*Robson A. Richards
*Marion H. MacIntyre
*William C. Sterling
*Louise M. Souther
*Reinhardt von Klock
*Elizabethı B. Tibbetts
Eighth Grade, Mary A. Livermore School
*Constance Cleaveland
*Elisabeth C. Raynes
*Edith F. Davis
*Bernice MI. Rendall
*Ruth R. Falby
*Elizabeth E. Richardson
*Helen E. Gurney Evelyn V. Smith
*Helen J. Habberley
*Dorothy Turner *Claude L. Allen
* Anna E. Harris
*Ruth Hovey
*Lecnard E. Ames
*Edith C. Jenkins
*Clifford O. Dolber
*Anna C. Phillips
*Frederick A. Dow .
*Elly E. Hall
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SCHOOL REPORT
*Richard L. Elwell
*Hubert Godfrey
*Ernest Rotondi
* Allen L. Graves
*Henry J. Smith
*Donald E. Hynes
*Bernard Swift
*Fenton E. Kelley
*Arthur L. Kimball
*Harold M. Walter
*Dudley M. Williams
Eighth Grade, Lincoln School
*Hilda Blackmar
*Marion A. Neely
*Cecilia R. Bowes
*Josephine C. Spadafora
*Esther T. Burt
*A. Lois Stevens
*Mary A. Boyle
*Norman S. Bean
*Helen C. Cameron
*Robert A. Cox
*Harriet E. Conn
*Winthrop C. Cummings
*Eleanor Cowdrey
*Paul A. Doucette
*Mildred F. Emerson
*Henry S. Glidden Norman A. King
*Lillian I. Gabriel Helen M. Ford
*Victor A. McHenry Harold E. Lyons
*Barbara S. Hall
*Caroline M. Haroth
*Ralph McLean
*Elfrieda E. Henry
*Ernest T. Peverly
*Helen S. Leyland
*Warren E. Taylor Stanley E. Wilk
* Arline H. Martin
*John Walker
*Ralph C. Ray
*Thomas Reed
*Entered High School in September-154 or 88%.
Assessors' Report
TAXABLE VALUATION OF THE CITY
Real Estate $18,878,800.00
Personal Estate
2,206,600.00
Rate of Taxation $29.50 per $1,000.00
$21,085,400.00
Amount Raised on Property and Polls as Follows
Real Estate
$556,924.61
Personal Estate
65,094.61
4,585 Polls at $5.00 each
22,925.00
$644,944.30
Divided as follows:
State Tax
$57,174.00
County Tax
23,923.37
Met. Sewer Tax
19,111.76
Met. Park Tax
12,381.78
State Highway Tax
461.53
Charles River Basin Tax
2,177.13
Fire Prevention Tax
269.13
East Mass. St. Railway Tax
593.47
City Budget
569,876.17
War Bonus
13.755.00
Overlay
9,098.07
$708,821.41
Less Income Tax $43,277.11
Less School Fund 20,600.00
63,877.11
$644,944.30
$644,944.30
ADDENDUM
Year
Census
Polls
Value Buildings
Value Land
Total Val. Real Estate
Value Personal Estate
Total Valua- tion
Rate per $1,000
City Appro- priation
Sewer- age Tax
Park Tax
State Tax
County Tax
Overlay
Total Tax Levy
Year
1900
12,715
3,237
3,650
$7,582,525
$4,398,150
$11,980,675
$797,690
$12,778,365
$18.00
$199,837.41
$9,431.01
$6,645.00
$11,857.11
$9.540.04
$237,310.57
1900
1901
12,781
3,711
7,610,850
5,993,025
13,603,875
1,286,890
14,890,765
16.20
206,635.82
9,727.23
7,437 50
13,388.55
*11,463.29
248,652,39
1901
1902
13,369
3,280
5,931
7,781,400
5,927,575
13,708.975
1,656,505
15,365,480
17.20
237,107.27
10,561.13
$1,977.83
6,375.00
13,365 88
2.861.15
272,148.26
1902
1903
13,641
3,312
4,052
7,865,250
5,915,375
13,780,625
1,397,005
15,177,630
18.00
237,087.74
10,808.84
5,169 59
10,625.00
13,917.89
5,692.28
281,301.34
1903
1904
14,021
3,319
4,137
7,945,700
5,867,625
13,813,325
1.424,530
15,257,855
17.40
225,003,32
11,744.15
5,696.87
11,625.00
15,716.05
3,627.28
273,412.67
1904
1905
14,559
3,334
4,235
8,020,150
5,845,800
13,865,950
1,463,745
15,329,695
18.00
227,044.58
12,077 04
5.922.31
18,600.00
15,272 57
5,488.01
284,404.51
1905
1906
14,572
3,363
4,235
8,131,450
5,787,100
13,918,550
1,559,330
15,477,880
17.80
229,006.55
12,222.49
6,183.01
16,275.00
16,188.40
4,100.81
283,976.26
1906
1907
14,860
3,382
4,318
8,288,850
5,781,500
14,070,350
1,664,060
15,734,410
17.00
219,753.24
9,264,95
7,183.32
18,000.00 }
15,880.08
6,038.36
276,120.97
1907
1908
15,122
8,393
4,344
8,450,675
5,788,475
14,239,150
1,733,810
15,972,960
18.50
234,100.42
14,397,93
7,868.56
*19.75 }
15,606.50
7,444.60
304,187.76
1908
1909
15.246
3,416
4,438
8,627,425
5,775,725
14,403,150
1,746,675
16,149,825
19.30
250,100.51
13,567.95
8,158.34
20,250.00 }
17,250.17
11,220.90
320,567.62
1909
1910
15,735
3,447
4,490
8,865,325
5,771,450
14,636,775
1,827,090
16,463,865
19.40
255,567.13
14,834.95
8,494.76
23,760.00
16,478.32
9,224.31
328,378.98
1910
1911
16,118
3,503
4,515
9,164,225
5,757,450
14,921,675
1,975,950
16,897,625
20.40
276,517.13
15,496.52
11,634.39 l
23,760.00 }
15,170.07
7,067.28
553,741.55
1911
1912
16,241
3,564
4,596
9,452,650
5,757,150
15,209,800
2,213,000
17,422,800
20.40
283,731.71
15,804.48
9,412.75 }
27,000.00 }
14,860.33
12,466.03
364,517.12
1912
1913
16,612
3,611
4,620
9,791,425
5,791,425
15,582,625
2,420,900
18,003,525
20.40
289,544.80
17,103.24
10,262.39 }
32,640.00 }
16,466 40 }
7.316.90
376,511.91
1913
1914
17,037
3,674
4,685
10,144,550
5,816,700
15,961,250
2,606,080
18,567,330
21.70
316,917.47
17,437.18
10,558.39
19,577 92
10,154.95
412,281.06
1914
1915
17,096
3,748
4,850
10,494,300
5,823,300
16,317,600
2,623,780
18,941,380
23.70
339 106.29
17,201.57
10,796.50 }
39,780.00 }
20,682 55 7
9.236.85
458,610.70
1915
1916
17,317
3,864
4,949
10,957,650
5,891,700
16,849,350
2.795,800
19,645 150
22.00
350,771 03
16,153.54
8,183.80 }
32.000.00 }
20 650.93
12,008.66
442,091.30
1916
1917
17,275
3,958
5,061
11,326,050
5,916.700
17,242,750
1,530,000
18,772,750
23.40
379,561.18
17,637.22
10,464.99 }
43.450.00
19 871 65
14,833.40
449,404 35 }
1917
1918
17,353
3,964
5,043
11,519,250
5,912,130
17,431,400
1,644,975
19,076,375
23.40
413,680.07
18,851.06
10 597.62 }
43.450 00 }
21,532.85 l
11,719.08
522,252.43 }
1918
1919
18,114
3,973
5,169
12,203,650
6,048,425
88,252,075
1,951,500
20,203,575
26.20
488,671,38
18,714.38
12,182.89 }
45,474,00 }
22,040.33 }
8,045.26
597,830.22 }
1919
1920
18,371
3,981
4,585
12,799,450
6,079,550
18,878,800
2.206,600
21,085,400
29.50
569,876.17
19,111.76
12,381.78 }
57,174.00 }
23,923.37 ]
9,098.07
708,821.41 }
1920
*2,177.13 S
+461.53 S
862.60 }
63,877.11 §
13,755.05 ]
*Charles River Basin. +State Highway
Miscellaneous Estimated Receipts.
284.00 5
286.41 S
58,158.56 S
2,131.59 S
208.65 5
205.30
2,007.80 5
200.54
1
225.67 5
*38,835.14
1,974 84 5
52.40 5
133.25
*200.00 S
*289.30 }
*1,834 04 S
*18.73
*20.00 5
*1,502.39 S
35.700.00 }
1,731.04
67.65 5
136 46 5
1.621.29 S
*19.51 S
*4,076.16 f
*20.00 5
*1.323.37 5
*1,655.79 5
*102.00 }
24,750.00 5
*19.75 f
*65,779.25 5
3,248
Dwell- ings
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
Supplementary Assessments
$13,700.00
Street Sprinkling Assessed
11,899.05
Moth Tax Assessed
68.50
Number of residents assessed 3,219
Number of non-residents assessed.
677
Number of persons assessed for Poll Tax only.
3,005
Number of horses assessed
110
Number of cows assessed 268
Number of dwellings assessed
3,981
Valuation of Exempted Property
Houses of religious worship
$371,575.00
Literary and Benevolent Institutions 212,525.00
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK K. UPHAM, CHARLES C. SWETT, JOSHUA T. NOWELL,
Assessors.
Report of Inspector of Wires
Jan. 24, 1921
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, City of Melrose, Mass. Gentlemen :-
I respectfully submit the following report of the Wire Depart- ment for the year ending December 31, 1920.
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
Five hundred and five inspections of box movements were made, making the necessary adjustments and repairs.
Sixty-one two-pin and twenty-four four-pin arms were replaced with new ones.
Six boxes have been equipped with keyless doors.
POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM
Thirty-one two-pin and twenty-three two-pin arms were replaced with new.
Two miles of wire have been run in and insulated from trees.
Four hundred and ter. inspections of box movements were made, making the necessary repairs on same.
During the past year the Red Light System has given excellent service, and during the next year this department will add a number of lights which will add to the efficiency of the system.
INSPECTION OF WIRES
Eleven hundred and four inspections were made of old and new houses, issuing five hundred and fifty-two permits, allowing the cur- rent to be turned on.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF WIRES
RECOMMENDATIONS
The purchase of an right-circuit repeater to be installed at Fire Alarm Headquarters.
The City wire to be pulled in underground on Main Street from the Wakefield line to Goodyear Avenue.
The purchase of a Diaphone Horn to be installed at Fire Head- quarters.
That a fire alarm box be installed on every school building.
Respectfully submitted,
FRED A. EDWARDS, Wire Inspector
Report of Inspector of Buildings
January 25, 1921
To His Honor, Mayor Angier L. Goodwin, and the Board of Aldermen. Gentlemen :--
There have been 231 permits issued during the year 1920 at an estimated cost of $366,590.00, divided as follows:
29 Dwellings
Valued at
$152,500.00
98 Alterations
63.210.00
85 Garages
.6
102,945.00
19 Other Buildings
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47.935.00
$366.590.00
While there has been an increase in the number of permits for al- terations and new dwellings, provision has been made for housing only, 35 more families than the city could take care of in the previous year.
A large factor in building construction has been the private garage, ranging from $100.00, made of second-hand lumber to one of first-class construction worth $1,800.00.
Permits have been granted for three large apartment garages ag- gregating $32,000 that have not been constructed.
Two old buildings that have been a menace to the community in which they were located for a long time have been torn down.
There are several other buildings that ought to be boarded up so securely that persons cannot get into them and make a nuisance in their immediate vicinity or share the same fate.
There has been a more general taking care of the "Water from Roofs" the past year than in any previous year. The result can be seen all over the city.
And yet there are men of seemingly high standing in the city who absolutely refuse to comply with the ordinance.
The fact that material and labor have been abnormal in cost has led the Department to refrain from any Legal Action in this matter.
As we are returning to nearer normal conditions, there is no rea- son why the ordinance should not be enforced the present year with- out fear or favor.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM S. ALLEN,
Inspector of Buildings
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH
OF THE
CITY OF MELROSE
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st
1920
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CITY OF MELROSE
MAYOR
Honorable CHARLES H. ADAMS
BOARD OF ALDERMEN COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, HEALTH AND CHARITY
Mr. Llewellyn H. McLain, Chairman
Frederick W. Patten Nelson J. Sanford Walter F. Chapman
Albert M. Tibbetts Henry L. Restall James Otis Davenport
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Dr. Clarence P. Holden
9 Winthrop St.
Dr. Ralph R. Stratton
654 Main St.
William A. Tomer
45 West Emerson St
OTHER OFFICERS
Mrs. Lillian H. Willey, Acting Clerk.
Andrew J. Burnett, Plumbing and Sanitary Inspector.
C. H. Playdon, V. S., Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering. David. O. Parker, Inspector of Slaughtering.
Henry E. Berger, Inspector of Milk.
Dr. Albert E. Small, Dr. Joseph H. Fay, Dr. Elizabeth Hirst, Medical Inspectors of Schools.
Mrs. Myrtle S. Meriam, Public Health Nurse.
Report of the Board of Health
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, City of Melrose :-
Gentlemen :- The Board of Health respectfully submits herewith its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1920.
The membership is as follows, to wit: Clarence P. Holden, M. D .; Ralph R. Stratton, M. D .; and William A. Tomer.
General Health .- The general health of the city during the year 1920 was very good, there being a total of 236 deaths as against 214 in 1919, and 284 in 1918, the year of the Influenza.
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