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158
CITY OF MELROSE
Expended :
Stationery, Printing, etc.
$321.42
Postage and Telephone
84.94
Stock and Labor
16.59
Miscellaneous
80.28
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
12.77
$516.00
RECREATION
Pine Banks Park
Appropriation
$1,900.00
Expended :
Paid Trustees of Pine Banks Park
$1,900.00
Park Department
(For details see report of Park Commissioners)
General Administration-Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$200.00
Expended :
Salary of Clerk
$200.00
Other Expenses
Balance from 1921
$91.34
Appropriation
150.00
$241.34
Expended :
Bills Paid
$50.89
Balance to 1923
190.45
$241.34
Parks and Gardens-Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Transfer Order No. 14040
350.00
Transfer Order No. 14207
50.00
$2,900.00
159
REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR
Expended :
Pay Rolls
$2,885.05
Transfer Order No. 14309
14.95
$2,900.00
Improvements
Appropriation $250.00
Expended :
Transfer Order No. 13996
$250.00
Other Expenses
Appropriation
$500.00
Transfer Order No. 13996
250.00
Transfer Order No. 14207
25.00
$775.00
Expended :
Bills Paid
$634.48
Transfer Order No. 14040
100.00
Transfer Order No. 14309
28.17
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
12.35
$775.00
Park Lighting
Appropriation
$332.00
Expended :
Bills Paid
$270.00
Transfer Order No. 14207
62.00
$332.00
Development of Ice House Property
Balance from 1921 $2,722.00
Expended :
Bills Paid
$391.40
Transfer Order No. 14040
1,400.00
Balance to 1923
930.60 $2,722.00
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Winter Sports
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Expended :
Pay Rolls and Bills Paid
$1,001.75
Overdraft to 1923
1.75
$1,001.75
$1,001.75
Removal of Snow
Balance from 1921
$233.07
Appropriation
300.00
$533.07
Expended :
Pay Rolls and Bills Paid
$487.17
Balance
45.90
$533.07
Hockey Rink
Transfer Order No. 14246
$250.00
Transfer Order No. 14309
201.29
$451.29
Expended :
Bills Paid
$431.05
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
20.24
$451.29
Erection of Fence, Tremont Street
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Expended :
Bills Paid
$3.75
Balance to 1923
1,496.25
$1,500.00
Playgrounds-Salaries and Wages
$1,000.00
Appropriation
263.20
Transfer Order No. 14207
$1,263.20
161
REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR
Expended :
Pay Rolls
$1,088.43
Transfer Order No. 14040
100.00
Transfer Order No. 14309
74.77
$1,263.20
Improvements
Appropriation
$100.00
Transfer Order No. 13996
$100.00
Other Expenses
Balance from 1921
$38.46
Appropriation
400.00
Transfer Order No. 13996
100.00
Transfer Order No. 14040
600.00
Transfer Order No. 14207
85.00
$1,223.45
Expended :
Bills Paid
$1,176.09
Transfer Order No. 14309
47.37
$1,223.46
MESSENGER'S MEADOWS-Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$700.00
Transfer Order No. 14040
350.00
$1,050.00
Expended :
Pay Rolls
$1,045.33
Transfer Order No. 14207
4.67
$1,050.00
Other Expenses
Appropriation
$800.00
Transfer Order No. 14168
36.77
Transfer Order No. 14207
192.24
$1,029.01
Expended :
Bills Paid
$811.75
Transfer Order No. 14040
200.00
Transfer Order No. 14309
17.26
$1,029.01
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BATHHOUSES-Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$500.00
Expended :
Pay Rolls
$299.50
Transfer Order No. 14040
70.00
Transfer Order No. 14207
130.50
$500.00
Improvements and Additions
Appropriation
$150.00
Transfer Order No. 14040
70.00
$220.00
Expended :
Bills Paid
$208.58
Transfer Order No. 14207
11.42
$220.00
Other Expenses
Appropriation
$300.00
Transfer Order No. 14040
500.00
$800.00
Expended :
Bills Paid
$731.23
Transfer Order No. 14207
50,00
Transfer Order No. 14309
18.77
$800.00
Purchase of Portable Building and Bleachers
Appropriation
$1,800.00
Expended :
Bills Paid
$1,763.23
Transfer Order No. 14168.
36.77 $1,800.00
163
REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR
CELEBRATIONS AND ENTERTAINMENTS
Ringing Bells
Appropriation
$100.00
Expended :
Bills Paid
$40.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
60.00
$100.00
Pensions
Appropriation :
Fire Department
$650.00
Public Works Department
4,704.32
Cemetery Department
235.00
Library Department
600.00
Police Department
875.00
Collector's Department
375.00
$7,439.32
Expended :
Fire Department
$650.00
Public Works Department
4,704.32
Cemetery Department
230.37
Library Department
600.00
Police Department
875.00
Collector's Department
291.37
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
88.26
$7,439.32
UNCLASSIFIED-Claims
Balance from 1921
$101.94
Transfer Order No. 13605
20.00
Transfer Order No. 14146
50.00
Transfer Order No. 14149
50.00
$221.94
Expended :
Claim Paid
$20.00
Balance to 1923
201.94
$221.94
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Memorial Day
Appropriation G. A. R.
$400.00
Transfer Order No. 14160
15.39
Appropriation Veteran Firemen's Ass'n
50.00
Appropriation American Legion Post 90
200.00
$665.39
Expended :
Bills Paid G. A. R.
$415.39
Bills Paid Veteran Firemen's Ass'n
50.00
Bills Paid American Legion Post 90
157.52
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
42.48
$665.39
Printing City Report
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Expended :
Bills Paid
$943.29
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
56.71 · $1,000.00
Ice for Drinking Fountain
Appropriation
$50.00
Expended :
Bills Paid
$50.00
Fire and Boiler Insurance
Balance from 1921
$64.00
Appropriation
$4,500.00
Cash Refunds
129.66
$4,693.66
Expended :
0
Bills Paid
$1,149.33
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
544.33 $4,693.66
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Portraits
Balance from 1921
$435.00
Transfer Order No. 13700
75.00
Transfer Order No. 14164
75.00
$585:00
Expended :
Bills Paid
$325.00
Balance to 1923
260.00
$585.00
Soldiers' Compensation, Equalization of Pay
Appropriation
$527.87
Expended :
Bills Paid
$372.00
Balance to 1923
155.87
$527.00
County Aid to Agriculture
Appropriation $100.00
Expended :
Paid to Middlesex County Bureau of
Agriculture
$100.00
Municipal Organ Concerts
Balance from 1921
$29.94
Appropriation
1,000.00
$1,029.94
Expended :
Bills Paid
$638.00
Transfer Order No. 14230
250.00
Transfer Order No. 14343
140.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
1.94
$1,029.94
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American Legion Post 90, Headquarters
Appropriation $900.00
Expended :
Rent of Rooms
$895.83
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
4.17
$900.00
Tremont Street Property
Received for Rental $140.00
Expended :
Repairs
$2.82
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
137.18
$140.00
Board and Care at Hospital, Capt. P. J. Laffey
Transfer Order No. 14264 $137.49
Expended :
Melrose Hospital $137.49
Acquiring Title of Land at Eleventh Street, Winthrop School
Transfer Order No. 13759 $50.00
Expended :
Bills Paid Recording
$25.40
Balance
24.60
$50.00
Dedication William C. N. Boylen Square
Transfer Order No. 14035
$350.00
Expended :
Bronze Tablet
$95.00
Foundation and Trucking
70.00
Transportation 33.00
Stock and Labor Installing Tablet
46.86
Music
40.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
65.14
$350.00
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Lloyd Square, Purchase of Land Swains Pond Ave. and Cumner Ave.
Transfer Order No. 14175 $150.00
No Expenditures Balance forward $150.00
Water Division
(For details see Report of Engineer and Supt. of Public Works)
Maintenance
Appropriation
$20,000.00 66.18
Receipts from Sundry Sources
Expended :
Pay Rolls and Bills Paid
$21,604.41
Balance
1,538.23
$21,604.41
$21,604.41
Inside Services
Balance from 1921 $2.56
Cash Receipts, Estimates, etc.
5,076.92
Expended :
Pay Rolls and Bills Paid
$4,373.04
Estimates Refunded
768.40
Balance
61.96
$5,141.44
$5,141.44
Public Sales
Cash Received (Fees)
$39.10
Expended :
Bills Paid $7.93
Balance to Excess and Deficiency 31.17 $39.10
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Cemetery Department
Maintenance Appropriation
$12,800.00
Transfer Order No. 14163
957.67
Care Soldiers' Graves, Appropriation
200.00
$13,957.67
Expended :
Salary of Committee
$75.00
Salary of Superintendent
1,800.00
Salary of Clerk
156.00
Pay Rolls
9,549.94
Disability Pay and Expense
957.67
Shrubs, Seeds, Dressing, Tools, Hardware, Supplies, etc.
471.09
Stationery, Printing, Postage, Telephone, etc.
180.92
Fuel, Light, Water Rates, etc.
79.04
Engineering and Filling
202.50
Stock, Labor and Repairs
257.88
Liability and Insurance
76.44
Miscellaneous
42.83
Balance to 1923
108.36
$13,957.67
Interest
Balance from 1921
$6,832.03
Appropriation
52,000.00
Received on Bank Deposits
3,084.53
Received on Taxes and Assessments
17,342.11
Accrued on Bonds and Notes Sold
167.41
$79,426.08
Expended :
On Revenue Loans
$16.760.07
On Municipal Loans
9,111.45
On Schoolhouse Loan coupons
2,730.00
On Sewer Loan coupons
16,077.50
On Surface Drainage Loan coupons
8,256.03
On Auditorium Loan coupons
800.00
On Park Loan coupons
170.00
On Toothaker Fund
61.12
Balance to 1923
25,459.91
$79.426.08
169
REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
Agency
Guarantee Deposits :
Certified Checks
$300.00
Expended :
Checks returned
$250.00
Balance to 1923
50.00
$300.00
Taxes
State
$46,560.00
County
29,576.49
Metropolitan Sewer
21,359.60
Metropolitan Park
14,037.11
Charles River Basin
2,213.39
State Highway
557.06
War Bonus
16,272.00
Fire Prevention
232.67
$130,808.31
Expended :
Paid State Treasurer
$101,231.83
Paid County Treasurer
29,576.48
$130,808.31
Trusts
Sarah E. Fitch School Fund:
Balance from 1921
$117.80
Interest for 1922
30.00
Balance to 1923
$147.80
$147.80
Levi S. Gould School Medal Fund:
Balance from 1921
$164.77
Interest for 1922
42.50
Balance to 1923 $207.27 $207.27
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N. F. Hesseltine Fund for Promotion of
Interest in Wild Animals:
Balance from 1921
$5.22
Interest for 1922
4.25
Balance to 1923
$9.47
$9.47
J. C. F. Slayton Organ Fund :
Received from New York City
$400.00
Deposited in Melrose Savings Bank
$400.00
NON-REVENUE
Loans Authorized
Order No. 13523
Purchase Portable Buildings and
Bleachers, Park Dept.
$1,800.00
66
13320
Purchase Keating Property Pleas- ant Street
3,350.00
13577
Repairs to Fire Alarm and Police Signal Wires
2.340.00
Water Construction
10,000.00
66
13680
Continuous Sidewalks
10,000.00
66
13739
Rogers Street Macadam.
2.000.00
66
13930
Sewer Construction
10,000.00
66
11712B
East Foster Street Construction
11,000.00
66
13406B
Wyoming Heights Construction.
3,500.00
66
13966A
Water Construction
7,000.00
66
13966B
Surface Drainage Construction
10,000.00
13966C
Sewer Construction
10,000.00
13929
Purchase Philbrick Land, Pleasant Street
1,700.00
6
13989
Fire Alarmı Box (Folsom Ave. and Granite St.)
250.00
Continuous Sidewalks.
10,000.00
66
13811A
North Avenue Macadam
4,500.00
13811B
North Avenue Curbing
2,000.00
66
9612E
Russell Street Construction
12,000.00
$121,440.00
Loans Issued
109,440.00
$12,000.00
13660
13931
Surface Drainage Construction.
10,000.00
13998
171
REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR
Fire Alarm Box (Folsom Avenue and Granite Street) Loan Order No. 13989 250.00
Expended :
Box and Supplies.
$222.47
Pay Rolls
15.80
Balance
11.73
$250.00
SEWER DIVISION-Private Sewers
Balance from 1921.
$604.01
Cash Received (Estimates, etc.)
9,063.34
$9,667.35
Expended :
Pay Rolls and Transfer Bills
$6,951.41
Estimates Refunded
1,729.71
Balance to 1923
986.23
$9,667.35
Construction
( (For details see report of Engineer and Superintendent Public Works)
Balance 1921
$6.661.72
Loans Authorized No. 13930
10,000.00
Loans Authorized No. 13966C
10,000.00
Cash
32.29
$26,714.01
Expended :
Pay Rolls, Bills and Transfer Bills
$26,293.77
Balance to 1923
420.24
$26,714.01
Surface Drainage Construction
(For details see report of Engineer and Superintendent Public Works)
Balance from 1921
$3.312.04
Loans Authorized No. 13931
10,000.00
Loans Authorized No. 13966B
10,000.00
Cash
73.27
$23,285.31
Expended :
Pay Rolls, Bills and Transfer Bills $17,484.21
Balance to 1923
5,901.10 $23,285.31
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Highways
(For details see report of Engineer and Superintendent Public Works)
Continuous Walks
Balance from 1921 $2,719.56
Assessment Collected 1922
6,871.96
Loan Authorized No. 13680
10.000.00
Loan Authorized No. 13998
10.000.00
$29,591.52
Expended :
Pay Rolls, Bills and Transfer Bills $18,697.40
Balance to 1923
10,894.12
$29,591.52
Crosswalks and Gutters
Balance from 1921 $1,533.22
No Expenditures
Balance to 1923
$1,533.22
Main Street Paving
Balance from 1921 $1,125.32
Expended :
Bills and Transfers
$1,009.01
Balance to 1923
116.31
$1,125.32
East Foster Street Construction
Loans Authorized No. 11712B $11,000.00
Expended :
Pay Rolls, Bills and Transfers $10,142.56
Balance to 1923
857.44 $11,000.00
Round Corner Main and Porter Streets
Balance from 1921 $263.32
Transfer Order No. 14206
$263.32
173
REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR
Waverly Place Construction
Balance from 1921 $2,440.64
Expended :
Pay Rolls, Bills and Transfers
$345.02
Transfer Order No. 14169
1,500.00
Balance to 1923
595.62
$2,440.64
Appleton Street Macadam
Balance from 1921 $2,104.99
Expended :
Pay Rolls, Bills and Transfers
$1,407.61
Balance to 1923
697.38
$2,104.99
Rogers Street Construction
Balance from 1921 $6,062.84
Expended :
Pay Rolls, Bills and Transfers $4,301.19
Balance to 1923
1,761.65
$6,062.84
Rogers Street Macadam
Loan Authorized No. 13739 $2,000.00
Expended :
Pay Rolls, Bills and Transfers
$1,848.27
Balance to 1923
151.73 $2,000.00
Warwick Road Construction
Balance from 1921 $12,570.70
Expended :
Pay Rolls, Bills and Transfers $6,963.79
Balance to 1923
5,606.91 $12,570.73
Purchase Building and Land on Pleasant Street
(Keating Stable)
Loan Authorized No. 13320
$3,350.00
Expended :
Paid J. J. Keating $3,350.00
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Russell Street Construction
Loan Authorized No. 9612B
$12,000.00
Expended :
Bills Paid
$4.77
Balance to 1923
$11,995.23
$12,000.00
Wyoming Heights Construction
Loan Authorized No. 13406B
$3,500.00
Expended:
Pay Rolls, Bills and Transfers $1,088.46
Balance to 1923
2,411.54
$3,500.00
North Avenue Construction
Loan Authorized No. 13811A
$4,500.00
Loan Authorized No. 13811B
2,000.00
$6,500.00
Expended :
Pay Rolls, Bills and Transfers
$2,899.17
Balance to 1923
3,600.83
$6,500.00
Main Street Construction
Estimates Received $350.00
Expended :
Estimates Refunded
$65.70
Balance
284.30
( $350.00
Park Department (For details see report of Park Commissioners)
Loan Authorized No. 13523, Purchase of Portable Buildings and Bleachers
$1,800.00
Expended :
Bills Paid
$1,763.23
Transfer Order No. 14168
36.77 $1,800.00
REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR
175
Purchase Philbrick Lot, Pleasant Street (Lincoln Playground)
Loan Authorized No. 13929 $1,700.00
Expended :
Paid A. L. Philbrick $1,700.00
Water Division, Construction
(For details see report of Engineer and Superintendent Public Works)
Balance from 1921
$1,380.72
Loan Authorized No. 13660
10,000.00
Loan Authorized No. 13966A
7,000.00
Stock
2,573.13
$20,953.85
Expended :
Pay Rolls, Bills and Transfers
$20,758.93
Balance
194.92
$20,953.85
Pay Roll Tailing
Balance from 1921
$581.21
Additional 1922
1.05
$582.26
Refunded
.35
Balance to 1923
$581.91
$582.26
Reserve Fund (15%)
Transferred from Sundry Accounts
$2,822.21
Balance to 1923 $2,822.21
PREMIUM FUNDS
Sewer Loan
Balance from 1921
$26.50
Cash Received
182.40
$208.90
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Expended :
Transfer to Revenue 1922
$26.50
Balance to 1923
182.40
$208.90
Surface Drainage Loan
Balance from 1921
$116.00
Cash Received
182.40
$298.40
Expended :
Transfer to Revenue 1922
$116.00
Balance to 1923
182.40
$298.40
Water Loan
Balance from 1921
$140.15
Cash Received
148.83
$288.98
Expended :
Transfer to Revenue 1922
$140.11
Balance to 1923
148.87
$288.98
Municipal Loans
Balance from 1921
$603.17
Cash Received
305.49
$908.66
Expended :
Transfer to Revenue 1922
$603.17
Balance to 1923
305.49 $908.66
Temporary Loans
Cash Received Balance to 1923 $25.32
$25.32
177
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SINKING FUNDS
Receipts
Received from Sinking Fund Commissioners
$10,000.00
Expended :
Water Bonds Paid
$10,000.00
Sewer Loan Sinking Fund
Balance from 1921
$282.269.08
Assessments Collected
3,147.69
Interest on Investments
11,827.39
Payments:
Accrued Interest on Bonds Bought
$132.41
Loss on Bonds Bought
152.00
Expenses
12.00
Balance to 1923
296,947.75
$297,244.16
$297,244.16
Surface Drainage Sinking Fund
Balance from 1921
$63,342.61
Budget Appropriation
2,502.71
Interest on Investments
2,627.12
Payments:
Accrued Interest on Bonds Bought
$33.91
Loss on Bonds Bought
36.40
Expenses
3.00
Balance to 1923
68,399.13
$68,472.44
$68,472.44
School Loan Sinking Fund
Balance from 1921
$36,980.33
Budget Appropriation
2,592.56
Interest on Investments
1,553.64
Payments:
Accrued Interest on Bonds Bought
$30.12
Loss on Bonds Bought
36.40
Expenses
2.00
Balance to 1923
41,058.01
$41,126.53
$41,126.53
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Water Loan Sinking Fund
Balance from 1921
Gains on Bonds Sold
$50,239.91 115,60
Interest on Investments
2.032.62
Payments :
Bonds Matured
$10.000.00
Expenses
3.00
Balance to 1923
42.385.13
$52.388.13
$52,388.13
Trust Funds
Cemetery (Perpetual Care) :
Balance from 1921
$73.545.25
Received for Care of Lots
6,709,00
Received for Care of Single Graves
1,005.00
Balance to 1923 $81,259.25 $81,259.25
SCHEDULE OF CITY PROPERTY
Fire Department:
Central Fire Station
$20,000.00
Hose 3, Building and Land 4.275.00
Hose 4, Building and Land 2,350.00
Equipment and Personal Property
36,890.00
Fire Alarm System
16.875.00
$80,390.00
Police Department:
Equipment and Personal Property
$7,715.00
Police Signal System
5.710.00
$13,425.00
Health Department:
Personal Property
$100.00
Forestry Department:
Personal Property
$1.270.00
Public Library:
Building and Land
$40,600.00
Books, Fixtures, etc.
61,000.00 $101.600.00
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Park Department:
Buildings and Land
$90,300.00
Equipment, etc.
1,900.00
$92,200.00
Cemetery Department:
Buildings and Land
$36,100.00
Equipment, etc.
313.00
Water System
900.00
$37.313.00
School Department:
Buildings and Land
$430.396.00
Heating Apparatus
21.509.00
Books, Furniture and Fixtures
48,293.00
$500,198.00
Sealer Weights and Measures:
Equipment and Fixtures
$1.394.00
Public Works Department:
City Hall. Building and Land
$142.400.00
Furniture and Fixtures
10,000.00
$152,400.00
Auditorium:
Building, Land, Furniture and Fixtures
$180,450.00
Highway Division:
Buildings and Land
$15,350.00
Crusher Plant
4,800.00
Equipment
18,250.00
$38,400.00
Sewerage System:
Cost of Construction to Dec. 31, 1921
$519.016.90
Additional 1922
24,511.21
$543,528.00
Surface Drainage System:
Cost of Construction to Dec. 31. 1921
$273.364.56
Additional 1922
17,543.72
$290,908.28
Water System:
Cost of Construction to Dec. 31, 1921 $534.702.02
Additional 1922
20,007.83
$554,709.85
$2,588,286.24
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Report of Public Works Department
ORGANIZATION
1922
Mayor ANGIER L. GOODWIN
GEORGE O. W. SERVIS Engineer and Superintendent
EMMA L. LEIGHTON WILLIAM H. MARTIN
Stenographer
Bookkeeper
BLANCHE E. NICKERSON
ENOS R. PYE Assistant Stenographer
Assistant Bookkeeper
AMY F. BARRY
OTTILIE S. THOMPSON
PATRICK G. DeCOURCY
Clerks
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 JOHN F. RAND JOHN B. SIMONDS ADDISON P. MUNROE
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REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen,
City of Melrose, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I submit the following report of the Public Works Department for the year 1922.
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, 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
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. Sidewalks assessments, sewer assessments and apportionments, betterment assess- ments and street watering assessments have been made. Contracts have been made for sidewalks and edgestones.
All engagements of the City Auditorium have been booked and bills rendered, and insurance placed on all city property. Three hun- dred and ninety permits have been given to open and occupy streets.
SALARIES AND WAGES
Appropriation
$4,500.00
Expended
Salary, Engr. and Supt. Public Works.
$3,000.00
Clerical Services, General Office 1,275,00 4,275.00
Balance
$225.00
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CITY OF MELROSE
Other Expenses
Appropriation
$900.00
Collections
15.00
$915.00
Expended
Supplies
$176.40
Use of Automobile
437.50
Schoolhouse Inspection
33.00
Printing Public Works Dept., Report
47.88
Stamps and Stationery
135.75
Telephone Service
40.01
Advertising
17.65
Sundries
16.51
904.70
Balance
$10.30
WATER DIVISION
Cast iron mains have been laid or extended in Cargill Street, Forest Street (North) Hesseltine Avenue, Kimball Court, Lincoln Street, Linden Road, Maple Road, Pilgrim Road, Porter Street, Sylvan Street, Twelfth Street, Waverly Avenue Extension, Wentworth Road, Wyoming Avenue at Lincoln School and Playground.
Cement mains have been replaced with cast iron mains in Cass Street, Lebanon Street, North Avenue and Washington Street. (See tables for details).
Eighty-one new services were laid and one abandoned.
Hydrants and Gates
Six additional hydrants have been placed, and one four-inch hydrant replaced with a six-inch hydrant.
Twenty-three gates have been placed (13 on mains and 10 on hydrants).
Water Meters
Eighty-one meters have been installed and ten 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.
2 services in private premises cleaned.
34 joints in iron pipe repaired.
76 service leaks in street repaired.
24 services in street cleaned.
15 breaks in cement pipe repaired.
41 services in street renewed with lead.
40 services in private premises renewed with lead. 7 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. There still re- main about ten and seventeen one hundredths (10.17) miles of cement pipe that should be replaced by cast iron pipe.
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CITY OF MELROSE
Total Pipage of the City
Length in feet 3/4 inch pipe.
956
Length in feet 1 inch pipe.
1,939
Length in feet 11/2 inch pipe 375
Length in feet 2 inch pipe.
6,235
Length in feet 4 inch pipe
54,368
Length in feet 6 inch pipe
159,389
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
Lengthı in feet 16 inch pipe
5,223
Total
300,672
Length of cast iron pipe. 246,963 feet or 46.77 miles. Length of cement pipe, 53,709 feet or 10.17 miles.
Total miles, 56.94.
Number of services in use 4,405
Number of meters .. 4,538
Number of fire hydrants
393
Number of gates on mains
733
Number of standpipes for street sprinkling.
30
Number of watering troughs
2
Number of ornamental fountains
2
Number of drinking fountains (bubblers)
10
Number of fire services.
20
WATER CONSTRUCTION, 1922
Cast Iron Pipe
Gates
Hydrants
LOCATION
Remarks
Size Inches
Length Ft.
Size Inches
No.
Size Inches
To.
Cargil St., Lebanon St. east ..
6
406
6
2
6
1
406 ft. 34 -in. abandoned
Cass St. ..
Corey St., at hydrant.
6
20
6
Forest St., No. 230, southerly.
6
53
6
1
6
1
Kimball Ct.
6
19
6
1
Kimball Ct.
4
166
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6
1
6
1
Lincoln St.
6
287
6
1
Linden Rd., opp. Ein St ..
6
65
6
1
Maple Road, at Warwick Rd ..
6
122
6
1
North Ave ..
6
124
6
1
Porter St.
6
256
*Sylvan St., at Main St.
10
155
10
1
Tremont St., at culvert .
6
140
6
1
Walton Park, opp. No. 129.
4
1
Washington St., opp Gould St ..
6
658
6
1
6
8
6
1
6
1
Wentworth Rd.
6
124
.
3
6
2
Wyoming Ave., at Lincoln School.
6
219
6
3.376
24
6
1
6
1
Crecsent Ave., cor. Russell St ..
.
4
1
Hesseltine Ave., Highland Ave., s'ly
6
554
166 ft. 1-in. abandoned
Lebanon St., near Malvern St ..
4
1
Linden Rd., opp Elm St ..
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* Not completed
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8
Twelfth St.
10
1
Waverly Ave., Laurel St., southerly
Waverly Ave .. at hydrant ..
6
1
Maple Road, at hydrant. .
Pilgrim Road
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WATER RELAY-1922
Cast Iron Pipe Laid
Pipe abandoned
Hydrants changed
Gates changed
LOCATION
Length Ft.
Size Inches
Length Ft.
Size Inches
Kind
Cass St., E. Foster St. to Grove St ..
562
6
562
4
Cemen't
1
Lebanon St., Grove St. to Malvern St ...
419
6
419
4
Cement
North Ave., Walton Park, westerly.
200
6
200
4
Cement
*Washington St., east and west of No. 407.
168
1
10
168
10
Cement
Walton Park at North Ave ..
12
1
6
12
4:
C. I.
1,361
1,361
* 80 ft. of Existing Main Lowered.
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REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
WATER ASSESSMENTS AND CONSUMPTION
The annual assessments paid by the City of Melrose as its pro- portional part of the cost and operation of the Metropolitan Water Works are given below:
Year
Total
Year
Total
1898.
$2,332.94
1911
$21,200.58
1899.
4,921.63
1912
20,978.01
1900.
6,740.49
1913
22,684.86
1901.
12,546.32
1914.
22,647.92
1902.
14,434.93
1915.
19,321.32
1903.
17,815.34
1916.
18,936.29
1904.
19,722.73
1917
18,835.83
1905.
20,478.53
1918
20,222.33
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