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The second floor of the library building has been a busy place the past year. The Home Service Committee of the Red Cross has its office in the hall, and the room known as the Historical Room has been used much more than usual as meeting place for serveral public welfare organ- izations.
The Librarian wishes to acknowledge with much gratitude the hearty support of the Trustees, and the loyalty and co-operation of the staff. If there has been any degree of success in the library work the past year much of it has been due to these things, and they have made the year a very pleasant one.
ELSIE M. HATCH,
Librarian
STATISTICS
Main Library
Adult-28% non-fiction, 72% fiction 45,631
Duplicate books.
749
Juvenile-22% juveniles. 13,268
Total
59,648
86
CITY OF MELROSE
Highlands Branch
Adult-11% non-fiction, 89% fiction. 15,292
Juvenile-34 1-3% juvenile 7,998
Total 23,290
Wyoming Branch
Adult-3234% non-fiction, 6714 fiction. 8,489
Juvenile-3012% juvenile 3,746
Total 12,235
East Side Branch
Adult-2372% non-fiction, 761/2% fiction
5,728
Juvenile-37% juvenile. 3,513
Total 9,241
Ward 7 Branch
Adult-35% non-fiction, 65% fiction
3,900
Juvenile-34% juvenile. 2,189
Total 6,089
Grand total 110.503
Number of volumes in library at beginning of year . 26,514
Number of volumes added by purchase. 1,442
Number of volumes added by gift. 336
Number of volumes added by binding
11
Total 28,303
Total number of volumes taken for home use from the library and its branches by children of the grade schools.
30,714
87
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
REPORT OF TREASURER OF SPECIAL FUNDS
Melrose Public Library, for year ending December 31, 1921 William Emerson Barrett Fund
1921
January 1-by balance
$160.60
July 1-by interest
3.60
December 31-to balance
$164.20
$164.20
Horatio Nelson Perkins Fund
1921
January 1-by balance
$745.30
July 1-by interest
16.76
December 31-to balance
$762.06-
$762.06
William Bailey Fund
1921
Jan. 1-by balance
$3,213.32
Feb. 9-by interest
20.00
March 26-by interest
10.00
July 1-by dividend
27.04
July 29-by interest.
31.88
October 18-by interest.
21.88
Dec. 1-by interest.
1.59
May 12-to books purchased
$41.11
Dec. 31-to balance
3,284.60
$3,325.71 $3,325.71
Catalogue Fund
1921
Jan. 1-by balance
$577.27
Feb. 1-by deposit
52.61
March 3-by deposit
40.48
April 1-by deposit
40.78
April 30-by deposit.
39.32
June 1-by deposit
55.29
July 1 -- by deposit.
69.19
July 1-by dividend.
15.37
July 30-by deposit.
34.81
Oct. 1-by deposit .
91.77
.
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CITY OF MELROSE
Nov. 1-by deposit.
47.10
Dec. 1-by deposit .
50.12
Dec. 31-by deposit.
50.85
July 12-to books purchased.
$465.00
July 29-to books purchased.
39.93
Forward .
$504.93 $1,164.96
1921
Sept. 17-to Daniel H. Howie (work on Highlands Branch) .
$60.07
Oct. 13-To S. S. Porter (electric work Hlds. Br.) . . 68.15
Oct. 13-to Wm. N. Folsom (rent Hlds. Branch) ... 40.00
Oct. 13-to Roscoe Scott (work Hlds. Branch) ....
4.00
Nov. 10-to Wm. N. Folsom (rent Hlds. Branch) ..
40.00
Nov. 10-to Melrose Coal & Lumber Co. (coal Hlds. Branch)
32.50
Dec. 2-to Wm. N. Folsom (rent Hlds. Branch) ...
40.00
Dec. 2-to George P. French (ash cans Hlds. Br.) . .
7.00
Dec. 2-to Library of Congress (cards)
22.35
Dec. 31-to Wm. N. Folsom (rent Hlds. Branch) . .
40.00
Dec. 31-to Malden Electric Co. (service at Hlds. Branch)
9.57
Dec. 31-to balance
296.39
$1,164.96 $1,164.96
Duplicate Library Fund
1921
Jan. 1-by balance
$14.66
Feb. 1-by deposit .
7.47
Mar. 3-by deposit
5.75
Apr. 1-by deposit
7.40
Apr. 30-by deposit
6.25
June 1-by deposit .
6.11
July 1-by deposit
5.00
July 1-by dividend .
.15
July 30-by deposit
6.00
Oct. 1-by deposit
14.50
Nov. 1-by deposit.
6.25
Dec. 2-by deposit
9.32
Dec. 31-by deposit.
8.60
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
Feb. 9-to books purchased .
$17.20
Apr. 11-to books purchased .
7.65
June 28-to books purchased
12.33
July 29-to books purchased.
6.98
Nov. 10-to books purchased.
15.32
Dec. 2-to books purchased.
14.40
Dec. 31-to balance.
23.58
$97.46
$97.46
FRANK W. CAMPBELL, Treasurer
Report of State and Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief
I herewith submit the annual report of the State and Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief Departments for the year of 1921.
Burial
$60.00
State Aid, Civil War
2,064.00
State Aid, German War
30.00
Military Aid.
680.00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Cash Orders
$3,045.00
Fuel
650.00
Medical attendance
111. 50
Medicine
59.81
Nursing
695.00
Rent
120.00
Dry Goods.
3.00
$4,684.31
Other Expense
67.68
Respectfully submitted,
MARY A. KENAH, Agent
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
SCALES ADJUSTED
Number of Scales adjusted and sealed. 1,001
Number of Scales condemned. 10
Trial Weighing and Measurements on Wagons and in Stores
Number of tests made 545
Number of tests correct 529
Number of underweights.
8
Number of overweights .
8
Inspection made in stores and wagons. 122
Fees received for sealing and adjusting. $89.87
License fees collected 220.00
Fees for badges 6.75
Total paid to City Treasurer $316.62
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM J. BOWSER,
Sealer of Weights and Measures-
City Clerk's Report
Licenses and fees received in the City Clerk's department from January 1, 1921 to December 31, 1921.
Motor Vehicle Licenses, 18 at $10.00 $180.00
Marriage Intentions, 231 at $1.00. 231.00
Junk Licenses, 6 at $10.00. 60.00
Mortgages, 74 at 75c . 55.50
35.00
Gasoline Licenses, renewals.
33.00
Miscellaneous papers
49.00
Dog Tax, June 76.20
Dog Tax, December 54.60
Express and Jobbing Licenses, 29 at $1.00.
29.00
Auctioneer's Licenses, 12 at $2.00.
24.00
Second-hand Junk Shops, 2 licenses at $10.00.
20.00
Bowling Alleys, 2 licenses at $10.00 20.00
4.50
Release of Mortgages, 1 at 4.85
4.85
Drivers Licenses, 6 at $1.00.
6.00
Hackney Carriage Licenses, 6 at $1.00
6.00
Business Notices, 22 at 25c.
5.50
Intelligence Office, 4 at $1.00
4.00
Gasoline Licenses, 3 at $1.00
3.00
Gunpowder and Firearms, 1 at $1.00.
1.00
Doctors' Certificates
.25
$902.40
Paid City Treasurer
902.40
Appropriation in Budget for City Clerk's Department- Salaries and Wages.
$2,650.00
Salaries paid as per Auditor's Report.
2,650.00
Appropriation in Budget for City Clerk's Department- Other Expenses . 400.00
393.33
Bills paid as per Auditor's Report .
Balance due December 31, 1921. $6.67
Appropriation in Budget for City Clerk's Department- Vital Statistics ...
$290.00
Bills paid as per Auditor's Report
289.00
Balance due December 31, 1921 $1.00
Pool and Billiards, 7 tables at $5.00
Release of Mortgages, 18 at 25c.
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CITY CLERK'S REPORT
Appropriation in Budget for printing and distributing the City Report. $1,100.00
Bills paid as per Auditor's Report 941.68
Balance due December 31, 1921. $158.32
Appropriation in Budget for Election and Registration- Salaries and Wages. $1,100.00
Bills paid as per Auditor's Report
1,032.85
Balance due December 31, 1921 $67.15
Appropriation in Budget for Elections and :Registrations- Other Expenses .
$1,000.00
Bills paid as per Auditor's Report
720.43
Balance due December 31, 1921. $279.57
DOG LICENSES
565 Male Dogs at $2.00.
$1,130.00
89 Female Dogs at $5.00
445.00
$1,575.00
654 Licenses, less fees at 20c each, paid City Treasurer
130.80
$1,444.20
Paid to County Treasurer
1,444.20
HUNTING, FISHING AND TRAPPING LICENSES
Hunting Licenses
249
Fishing Licenses
104
Fishing Licenses N. R.
2
Trapping Licenses.
5
Total
360
Respectfully submitted,
W. DeHAVEN JONES,
City Clerk
Report of Registrars of Voters
The Registrars of Voters met on April 26, 1921, and laid out plans for the year. The annual meeting was held on May 2, 1921, when Edwin J. Tirrell was sworn in for another three year term. Edwin L. Cragin was elected chairman for another year and the City Clerk, W. DeHaven Jones, was clerk ex-officio. A large number of lists were received of people exempt from jury duty. Miscellaneous requests for information were answered, and then the card system of voters was corrected by removals for marriages, notices of which were sent females to register again. The list of names for jury duty were made, and posted in July; there were 243 names on the list.
The Registrars received the assessed polls the last of July and held continuous sessions for the revision of the voting lists. They took 732 names off the lists, not found at old addresses, after many meetings and much correspondence; 212 were found in other wards-dropping 520. This is accounted for by the shortage of housing conditions, many having to leave town. The voting lists were posted the first week in September.
There was only one election this year,-City Election. Registrations were held on the following dates,-daily sessions in the City Clerk's office, Oct. 4, Nov. 1,8, and 15 during office hours. Evening sessions Nov. 1, 8 and 15 from seven to ten p.m., final session Nov. 23d from 12 M to . 10 p.m., when registration ceased. Nomination papers were certified by the Registrars at various special meetings; over 4,000 names were certified.
The following table shows the voters at the close of registration:
I92I CITY ELECTION DECEMBER 13th
Ward
Registered
Voting
1
1068
711
2
1243
859
3-1
526
366
3-2
535
367
4
1017
752
5
S27
564
6
1124
814
7-1
784
541
7-2
160
105
7284
5079
Respectfully submitted,
EDWIN L. CRAGIN,
JOHN J. KEATING
EDWIN J. TIRRELL
W. DeHAVEN JONES
Registrars of Voters:
Report of the Collector
TAX 1918
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1920
$702.21
Additional
124.00
Abated. .
$21.70
Cash paid Treasurer
809.44
Overpaid
4.93
$831.14
$831.14
TAX 1919
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1920
$54,600.85
Abated 1921
$567.94
City Possessions 1921.
1,023.75
Takings 1921.
5,062.78
Cash paid Treasurer 1921
46,769.97
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1921
1,176.41
$54,600.85
$54,600.85
TAX 1920
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1920
$224,588.52
Abated in 1921
$1,150.03
Cash paid Treasurer
156,341. 06
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1921
67,097.43
$224,588. 52
$224,588.52
TAX 1921
Warrant
$715,607.38
Additional
1,886.60
Abated in 1921
$7,037.61
Paid Treasurer 1921
437,946.07 272,510.30
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1921
$717,493.98
$717,493.98
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CITY OF MELROSE
RECAPITULATION
Cash paid on Taxes
$641,866. 54
Street Watering.
18,504.89
Water
54,497.42
Summons
112.60
Sewers
2,582.06
Sewers Interest.
562.68
Sidewalks
6,949.34
Sidewalks Interest.
1,123.26
General Interest Account
10,864.17
Collector's Fee Receipts.
1,042.60
Moth.
104.75
Betterments
2,319.25
Interest.
469.93
Takings, Interest, etc.
4,398. 54
$745,398.03
JAMES W. MURRAY City Collector
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
IN OF CIT NMOL EXPLORED
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CORPOR
GEORGE O. W. SERVIS
Engineer and Superintendent
CITY OF MELROSE
MASSACHUSETTS
1921
98
CITY OF MELROSE
ORGANIZATION 1921
Mayor HON. ANGIER L. GOODWIN
GEORGE O. W. SERVIS Engineer and Superintendent
EMMA L. LEIGHTON WILLIAM H. MARTIN Stenographer Bookkeeper
BLANCHE E. NICKERSON, ENOS R. PYE,
Asst. Stenographer Asst. Bookkeeper
AMY F. BARRY Clerk PATRICK G. DeCOURCY, Timekeeper
Assistant in Charge of Water Division JAMES McTIERNAN
Assistant in Charge of Highways, Sewers and Drains
WALTER J. LORD
Engineering Division CHARLES F. WOODWARD Assistants ALBERT J. WAGHORNE ARNOLD K. PRIOR JOHN F. RAND WILLARD THOMPSON RICHARD T. RICKER
Report of Public Works Department
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the City of Melrose, Mass.
Gentlemen :-
I submit the following report of the Public Works Department for the year 1921.
This Department has the general care of all public highways (streets, sidewalks, trees), construction of new streets and sidewalks, street lighting, street sprinkling, street cleaning, collection of ashes, street signs, and house numbering, and all work connected with the sewer, surface drainage and water systems, all engineering work relating to the above, care of City Hall, and the placing of insurance on city property.
PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE
Contracts have been made for tar concrete and granolithic sidewalks and edgestones. Minimum rate and excess water bills and summonses have been made and delivered. Sewer connections, water services, and individual sidewalks have been estimated and billed. Estimates have been made for the Board of Aldermen and committees as requested. Sidewalk assessments, sewer assessments, and apportionments, betterment assessments and street watering assessments have been made.
All engagements of the City Auditorium have been booked and bills rendered, and insurance placed on all city property. Two hundred and eleven permits have been given to open and occupy streets.
SALARIES AND WAGES
Appropriation
$4,500.00
Less Transfer 450.00 $4,050.00
Expended
Salary, Engr. and Supt. Public Works $2,750.00
Clerical Services, General Offices 1,291.10
4,041.10
Balance
$8.90
100
CITY OF MELROSE
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
$800.00
Transfer from other accounts.
200.00
Collections
25.66 $1,025.66
Expended
Supplies
$165.85
Use of Automobile .
335.00
Schoolhouse Inspection
66.00
Printing Public Works Dept., Report.
38.02
Stamps and Stationery
193.60
Telephone Service
35.35
Advertising.
19.95
Sundries
54.58
908.25
Balance
$117.41
WATER DIVISION
Cast iron mains have been extended in Appleton Street, Beach Street, Cumner Avenue, First Street, Hesseltine Avenue, Linden Road, Lynn Fells Parkway, Naples Road, Orient Park, and Simonds Road.
Cement mains have been replaced with cast iron on East Foster Street, Spear Street, and Washington Street, and cast iron mains lowered on Appleton Street, Beach Street (4 inch replaced with 6 inch), East Foster Street, Rogers Street, Spear Street, Goss Avenue and Whitman Avenue. (See tables for details.)
Sixty-nine new services were laid.
Hydrants and Gates
Four additional hydrants have been placed, and five 4 inch hydrants replaced with 6 inch hydrants.
Twenty-two gates have been placed (8 on mains and 14 on hydrants).
Water Meters
Fifty-six meters have been installed and eight removed.
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REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Maintenance and Operation
The entire system of mains, services, hydrants, water meters, etc., have had careful attention and the necessary repairs and changes have been made. Following are some of the items.
7 services in private premises cleaned.
23 joints in iron pipe repaired.
62 service leaks in street repaired.
5 services in street cleaned.
9 breaks in cement pipe repaired.
49 services in street renewed with lead.
38 services in private premises renewed with lead.
2 gates repacked.
Hydrants have been oiled, repaired, painted and kept free from snow and ice. The Table of relay gives length, size, etc., of cast iron pipe used to replace defective or small cement pipe, and cast iron pipe lowered for protection from frost. There still remains about ten and forty-two one hundredths (10.42), miles of cement pipe that should be replaced by cast iron pipe as soon as possible.
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CITY OF MELROSE
Total Pipeage of the City
Length in feet 34 inch pipe .
1,363
Length in feet 1 inch pipe .
2,105
Length in feet 11/2 inch pipe 375
Length in feet 2 inch pipe.
6,235
Length in feet 4 inch pipe .
55,395
Length in feet 6 inch pipe
155,141
Length in feet 8 inch pipe
25,731
Length in feet 10 inch pipe
20,334
Length in feet 12 inch pipe
23,097
Length in feet 14 inch pipe.
3,024
Length in feet 16 inch pipe.
5,223
Total
298,023
Length of cast iron pipe, 242,965 feet or 46.02 miles. Length of cement pipe, 55,058 feet or 10.42 miles.
Total miles, 56.44.
Number of services in use 4,327
Number of meters. 4,467
Number of fire hydrants. 387
Number of gates on mains 710
Number of stand pipes for street sprinkling.
32
Number of watering troughs
1
Number of ornamental fountains
2
Number of drinking fountains (bubblers)
9
Number of fire services 20
-
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REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
WATER CONSTRUCTION, 1921
Cast Iron Pipe Laid
Gates
Hydrants
LOCATION
Size Inches
Length Feet
Size In.
No.
Size In.
No.
Ashland St. hydrant, near Day St. Appleton St., Irving St., westerly Beach St., No. 26, southerly .
6
48
6
134
. .
6
157
6
1
6
1
.....
6
278
6
1
...
6
40
6
1
6
1
Fairmount St., cor. Appleton St. Goss Ave., north side Rogers St .. . Gould St., opp. No. 5 to No. 8. ...
6
13
6
1
Hesseltine Ave. from gate at Howard St., northerly.
6
252
6
17
6
1
6
132
6
1
6
30
6
145
6
1
6
170
6
1
...
6
1
. . .
6
96
6
1
6
1
4
128
4
1
1
...
6
1
. .
...
6
1
6
1
Warren St., new gate on hydrant
6
1
.....
Washington St. on hydrant at Ravine Road ...
10
1
6
1
Rogers St.
6
12
..
1,652
21
4
WATER RELAY, 1921
Cast Iron Pipe Laid
Pipe Abandoned
Hydrants Changed
Gates Changed
Length ft.
Size in.
Length ft.
| Size in.
Beach Street off
Washington St ...
183
6
183
4
Cast iron
1 4in .- 6in
First Street.
Foster St. E, at Larrabee St.
78 109
6
78
1
Cement Cement
Haverhill Place.
26
4
26
2
Iron
Orient Park ...
215
4
215
2
Iron
1 2in .- 4 in
Rogers St., at
Whitman Ave ... Rogers St. at Goss Avenue. .
1
Spear Street
530
6
530
6
Cement
Foster St. E., at Sixth Street .....
234
6
234
6
Cement
1
Washington St. at Ravine Road ....
660
10
660
10
Cement
| 2,035
2,035
5
2
. .
Rogers St. at Goss Ave. on hyd ... Rogers St. at Whitman Ave. hyd. Simonds Rd., end of pipe north- easterly .
Simonds Rd. (off) to Kiley's Barn Spear St., between Nos. 55 and 97 on main ' on hydrant. " + " south of No. 55 about 150 ft. Trenton St. on hydrant Russell St ....
corner
4
1
. .
...
Washington St. opposite No. 407 Whitman Ave., north side of
6
109
6
Foster St. E.
Gould St ..
1
. . .
Leah St., Rogers St., southerly ... Lynn Fells Pkwy, Green St .; east'y Naples Rd., end of pipe easterly . . Rogers St. at Goss Ave. on main. .
6
1
Cumner Ave., Folsom Ave., n'th'y First St., cor. Gooch St. on hyd ... First St., No. 353 to Highview Ave. and gate on hydrant ... Florence Ave., across Rogers St ... Foster St., east cor. of Larrabee St. on hydrant ..
6
1
Highview Ave. con. at First St ... Linden Road, No. 81, easterly ..
6
1
6
..
LOCATION
Kind
1
1
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CITY OFFICERS WATER ASSESSMENTS AND CONSUMPTION
The annual assessments paid by the City of Melrose as its propor- tional part of the cost and operation of the Metropolitan Water Works are given below:
Year
Total
1898.
$2,332.94
1899.
4,921.63
1900
6,740.49
1901
12,546.32
1902
14,434.93
1903.
17,815.34
1904.
19,722.73
1905
20,478.53
1906
25,230.09
1907.
26,971.19
1908.
28,693.90
1909
24,523.38
1910
19,640.91
1911.
21,200. 58
1912.
20,978.01
1913.
22,684.86
1914.
22,647.92
1915.
19,321.32
1916.
18,936.29
1917.
18,835.83
1918
20,222.33
1919.
22,670.68
1920.
23,153.10
1921
24,093.56
The average daily per capita consumption (gallons) of water in Melrose, as recorded by the Venturi meter, operated by the Metropolitan Water Works is shown for the years 1907-09 and 1917-21.
1907
1908
1909
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
118
89
63
51
66
58
61
57
In 190S general metering of the city was commenced and in 1909 practically all services were metered. All new services are metered when put in use. Tables show saving made by metering.
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REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
WATER CONSTRUCTION
Balance from 1920 account
$4,295.40
Appropriation. 10,000.00
Appropriation.
10.000.00 $24,295.00
Expended
Services:
Stock and Insurance
$1,177.13
Labor and teams
2,047.69
3,218 82
Meters Installed :
Stock and Insurance
$527.29
Labor and teams
109.42
636.71
Main Lines:
Stock and Insurance. $6,707.81
Labor and teams
9,226.69
Trench lighting .
447.62
16,382.12
20,237.65
Balance
$4,057.75
Cash. $1,484.62
Stock on hand. . 2,573.13
WATER MAINTENANCE
Appropriation.
$20,000.00
Stock on hand Jan. 1, 1921.
7,158.04
Collections
46.55
Received from other accounts
1,131.03 $28,335.62
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CITY OF MELROSE
Expended
Services, maintenance and repairs .
$3,702.30
Relay main lines .
7,214.39
Maintenance and operation main lines . . .
1,004.73
Maintenance and operation hydrants .
777.58
Meters, reading.
2,350.92
Meters, remove and repair
2,464.31
Salaries and general account
3,243.85
Hardware and sundries.
1,383. 51
Stamps and stationery
293.41
Telephone service .
119.61
Stock, labor and yard expenses.
417.35
Travelers' Insurance Company.
217.20
Use of automobiles
276.01
Trench tools.
1,840. 45
Trench lighting
447.61
25,753.23
Balance
$2,582.39
Cash.
$1,001.79
Stock.
1,580.60
INSIDE SERVICES AND CHARGES
Total receipts. $3,742.75
Expended
Payrolls, Insurance and tools .
$1,830.09
Stock and teams .
1,910.10
3,740.19
Balance
$2.56
Stock Account
Stock on hand Jan. 1, 1921
$7,158.04
Stock purchased 1921
5,396.72
Stock, labor and yard rent.
417.35
$12,972.11
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REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Credit
By stock charged to other accounts $8,452.69
By stock maintenance account.
2,938.82 11,391.51
Balance
$1,500.00
Cost of System
Construction to Jan. 1, 1921
$514,464.37
Construction 1921.
20,237.65
Total cost to Jan. 1, 1922.
$534,702.02
Water Rates
Received by Treasurer :
1913
$3.99
1915.
9.00
1916.
9.94
1917.
9.00
1918.
12.53
1919
127.98
1920.
9,582.34
1921
44,742.84
$54,497.62
Summons
112.40
$54,610.02
1921 rates as billed
$55,151.07
HIGHWAYS
Sears Avenue .- The construction hss been completed, walls, grano- lithic steps and roadway.
Orient Park and Orient Place .- The roadway has been macadamized and the sidewalks with constructed soft coal cinders covered with stone dust.
East Foster Street .- From Larrabee Street to Sixth Street the gutters have been paved with granite blocks and the roadway macadamized.
Appleton Street .- From Irving Street to Fairmount Street uew edgestones were set on the northerly side and old edgestones reset on the southerly side, the gutters paved and the roadway macadamized.
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CITY OF MELROSE
Rogers Street .- A sewer was constructed from Argyle Street to Florence Avenue, a drain with necessary catch basins from Swain's Pond Avenue to Whitman Avenue (gas main was laid by the Malden and Melrose Gas Light Company from Swain's Pond Avenue to Goss Avenue),. and the roadway macadamized from Swain's Fond Avenue to Goss Avenue. The roadway will be completed to Argyle Street in 1922. Sidewalks were constructed with soft coal cinders.
Waverly Place .- Edgestones were set and granolithic sidewalks constructed and roadway macadamized.
Warwick Road .- From Lynn Fells Parkway to Perkins Street edgestones were set and gutters paved where necessary. A drain was constructed from Perkins Street to Sherman Road and the roadway graded. The roadway will be macadamized in 1922
Sanford Street .- From Cutter Street to Maple Street the roadway was macadamized.
Gutters were paved with granite blocks on Ashland Street from Richardson Road to Henry Avenue where edgestones had been set.
All highways previously treated with ashpalt or tar were patched or repaired. New streets added to the street sprinkling lists were graded preparatory to treatment, and nearly all streets treated with an asphaltic- oil or tar and covered with sand.
Surface Drainage
A new culvert was constructed on Howard Street east of Nelson Road with cement masonry stone sidewalls covered with reinforced concrete, making a wider and deeper culvert, an improvement that has been needed for years. The new work was extended farther north than formerly making it possible to have a sidewalk on the northerly side of Howard Street.
The brook was deepened and widened from Howard Street northerly, and from Howard Street to and through what was formerly Bennett's Pond and Dam to the Saugus line.
Drains have been constructed in Albion Street, Franklin Street, and Sargent Street to Briggs Street, Howard Street, Rogers Street, East Foster Street, Swain's Pond Avenue, Warwick Road, Spear Street across private land.
The culvert at Main Street over Ell Pond outlet was repaired where water mains crossed the brook, and a wall constructed on the north side of the brook, Main Street easterly about forty feet (near Grove Street).
New catch basins have been constructed and connected to the above drains and on drains constructed in previous years. (For locations see- table.)
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REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Care of Brooks
As the Surface Drainage System is extended the care of the open brooks becomes more important, as the surface water is delivered more rapidly and with increasing volume, and the brooks must be kept free from refuse and thoroughly cleaned at least once a year.
Planting New Trees
Seventy-two Norway maple trees have been set out where requests were made and ten dead or injured trees replaced, the applicant paying the cost of the tree, the planting being paid from the appropriation for planting new trees. Entire streets should be planted at the same time where possible to obtain proper spacing and uniform growth. The dis- astrous sleet storm of November injured most of the old trees and some of the young trees set out during the past eight years, many beyond repair. The planting of new trees should be advocated and encouraged to overcome to some extent the effects of this storm.
Sidewalks
There have been 6,545 linear feet of new edgestones set and 480 linear feet of edgestones reset, in connection with which it was necessary to replace 71 square yards of gutters.
There have been 4,428.71 square yards of granolithic and 283.31 square yards of new tar concrete sidewalks constructed. Under repairs to present walks 2,484.48 square yards of three coat work, 2,946.75 square yards of two coat work, and 2,212.71 square yards of top-dressing of tar concrete sidewalks have been repaired. Many unimproved sidewalks have been graded with soft coal cinders and covered with stone dust. See tables.)
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