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The circulation for the year follows:
STATISTICS
Main Library
Adult
47,284
Juvenile
13,890
Total
61,174
Highlands Branch
Adult
16,690
Juvenile
8,436
Total
25,126
Wyoming Branch
Adult
2,690
Juvenile
2,942
Total
5,632
East Side Branch
Adult
4,644
Juvenile
2,551
Total
7,195
184
CITY OF MELROSE
Ward 7 Branch
Adult
2,702
Juvenile
1,912
Total
4,614
School Deposits
3,096
Fire Station
48
Duplicate Books
1,169
Total
108,064
I am more and more convinced of the need of a recreational room for the boys and girls. Very much is done for the children, and rightly so, in the summer months, but it seems to me the need for some place for them is much greater in the winter months when they cannot be out-of-doors. The rooms in the basement of the Library seem to be an ideal place for the beginning of a movement of this kind. There is much public interest in the room, and I am frequently asked when it will be ready.
In closing this report I desire to commend the faithfulness and efficiency of the staff, and express my appreciation of the co- operation and support of : he Trustees.
Respectfully submitted,
ELSIE M. HATCH
Librarian.
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REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
REPORT OF TREASURER OF SPECIAL FUNDS
Melrose Public Library for Year Ending December 31, 1923.
William Emerson Barrett Fund
1923
Jan. 1-by balance
$171.77
Jan. 1-by interest
7.77
Dec. 31-to balance
$179.54
$179.54
$179.54
Horatio Nelson Perkins Fund
1923
Jan. 1-by balance.
$796.72
Jan. 1-by interest.
36.22
Dec. 31-to balance
$832.94
$832.94
$832.94
William Bailey Fund
1923
Jan. 1-by balance
$3 078.70
Jan. 1-by interest
113.94
Jan. 1-to books purchased.
$283.20
Dec. 31-to balance
2909.44
$3,192.64
$3,192.64
Catalogue Fund
1923
Jan. 1-by balance
$258.94
Jan. 1-by interest.
10.87
Jan. 1-by deposits.
823.16
Jan. 1-to expenditures for work, merchandise
and rent
$590.83
Dec. 31-to balance
502.14
$1,092.97
$1,092.97
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Duplicate Library Fund
1923
Jan. 1-by balance
$35.66
Jan. 1-by interest.
1.18
Jan. 1-by deposits.
108.66
Jan. 1-to books purchased.
$130.20
Dec. 31-to balance
15.30
$145.50
$145.50
FRANK W. CAMPBELL
Treasurer.
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REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION FORM OF STATISTICS
Annual Report for the year ending December 31, 1923
Name of Library
Melrose Public Library
City
Melrose, Mass.
Population served 18,204
Terms of use
Free to residents of the city
Agencies Main Library, four Branches
Number of days open during the year 331
Hours open each week for reading Main Library 51
Hours open each week for lending Main Library 51
Number on staff Four full time, and six part time.
Number of volumes at beginning of year 29,927
Number of volumes added during year by purchase. 1,187
Number of volumes added during year by gift. 64
Number of volumes added during year by binding. 19
Total number of volumes at end of year 31,197
Number of volumes of fiction lent for home use
Adult
55,615
Number of volumes lent for home use
Adult
76,652
Juvenile
31,412
Total 108,064
Number of borrowers registered (2 years) 4,566
Number of newspapers and periodicals currently received
75
Report of Public Works Department
ORGANIZATION-1923
Engineer and Superintendent George O. W. Servis
Divisional Assistants
Engineering: Charles F. Woodward
In charge
John F. Rand
Transitman
S. Hale Harding
Rodman
4 months
John B. Simonds
Rodman
11 months
Addison P. Munroe
Rodman
5 months
Holmes P. Crabtree
Rodman
2 months
Sewers & Drains Albert J. Waghorne
In charge
Water: James McTiernan In charge
Highway
Walter J. Lord In charge
3 months
Charles F. Woodward
In charge
6 months
Patrick G. DeCourcy
In charge
3 months
Office Assistants
Chief Clerk Emma L. Leighton, Stenographer Blanche E. Nickerson Bookkeeper, William H. Martin 9 months. Enos R. Pye 3 months Assistant Bookkeeper, Enos R. Pye, 9 months.
Timekeeper, Patrick G. DeCourcy
Clerks: Ottilie S. Thompson 9 months. M. Eileen Dunlay 3 months
INTRODUCTORY AND EXPLANATORY NOTE
While the undersigned actually assembled the data and edited this report, the work reported was done and data regarding such work furnished by assistants who were appointed by and performed the work under the direction of Mr. Servis, who resigned Novem- ber 28th, 1923, the undersigned assuming the duties of Engineer and Superintendent March 1st, 1924.
In view of the above facts it seemed just and proper that the name of George O. W. Servis should appear as the author of and sponsor for this report and the writer begs to offer to the Honor- able Mayor and Board of Aldermen the above explanation as in his opinion, sufficient justification for the course pursued.
P. H. MOSHER,
Eng. and Supt., Public Works
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REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen,
City of Melrose, Mass.
Gentlemen:
Permit me to present the following report of the activities and financial standing of the Department of Public Works for the year ending December 31st, 1923.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE O. W. SERVIS, Engr. and Supt. Public Works
General
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 and garbage, street signs, house numbering, and all work con- nected 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 in- dividual 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 and betterment 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. Permit have been given to open and occupy streets.
Salaries and Wages
Receipts:
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Transfers
11.72
$5,011.72
Expenditures:
Salary, Engr. & Supt. Public Works ..
$2,750.00
Clerical Services, General Office
1,378.55
Transfers
155.40
$4,283.95
Balance
727.77
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Other Expenses
Receipts:
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Collections
20.00
Transfers
102.50
$1,122.50
Expenditures:
Postage
$20.00
Stationery and Printing
218.47
Supplies
207.41
Sundries
632.17
Telephone
20.32
$1,098.37
Unexpended Balance
$24.13
Water Division
Cash iron mains have been laid or extended in Argyle Street, Clarendon Street, Clifford Street, Fairfield Street, Felton Place, Farwell Avenue, Hesseltine Avenue, Linden Road, Pilgrim Road, Sylvan Street, Temple Boulevard, Twelfth Street, Waverly Avenue and Wentworth Road.
Cement mains have been replaced with iron mains in First Street and Russel Street.
One hundred and fourteen new services were laid and three abandoned.
Hydrants and Gates
Two additional hydrants have been placed and five four inch hydrants replaced with six inch hydrants. .
Eleven gates have been placed on mains and six hydrants.
Water Meters
One hundred and four meters have been installed and eight removed.
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.
4 services in private premises cleaned.
39 joints in iron pipe repaired.
68 service leaks in street repaired.
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services in street cleaned.
4 breaks in cement pipe repaired.
45 services in street renewed with lead.
50 services in private premises renewed with lead.
11 gates repacked.
Hydrants have been oiled, repaired 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 remain about ten and four one-hudredths (10.04) miles of cement pipe that should be replaced with cast iron pipe.
Total Pipage of the City.
Length in feet 34 inch pipe. 956
Length in feet 1 inch pipe. 1,939
Length in feet 11/2 inch pipe. 482
Length in feet 2 inch pipe. 6,251
Length in feet 4 inch pipe.
53,653
Length in feet 6 inch pipe. 162,773
Length in feet 8 inch pipe. 25,731
Length in feet 10 inch pipe. 20,633
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 303,762
Length of cast iron pipe 250,756 feet or 47.49 miles. Length of cement pipe 53,006 feet or 10.04 miles. Total miles, 57.53.
Number of services in use 4,521
Number of meters 4,634
Number of fire hydrants 395
Number of gates on mains 752
Number of watering troughs 2
Number of ornamental fountains 2
Number of drinking fountains (bubblers)
10
Number of fire services.
22
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
192
CITY OF MELROSE
1899
4,921.63
1912
20,978.01
1900.
6,740.49
1913.
22,684.86
1901.
12,546.32
191
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
1906
25,230.09
1919
22,670.68
1907.
26,971.19
1920
23,153.10
1908.
28,693.90
1921
24,093.56
1909
24,523.38
1922.
23,191.14
1910.
19,640.91
1923.
25,580.49
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 1920-23.
1907
1908
1909
1920
1921
1922
1923
118 89
63
61
57
62
66
In 1908 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.
WATER CONSTRUCTION
Receipts:
Appropriations
$20,000.00
Transfers
18.22
Transfered to Stores Account
15,622.63
$35,640.85
Expenditures:
Jan. 1, 1923 (Over draft)
2,378.21
Pay Rolls
7,894.85
Injuries Lost itme
120.83
Meters
307.13
Material
957.97
Sundries
106.24
Sundry Expenses
42.77
Invoices
1,065.76
Transfers
7,388.17
20,261.93
Balance Dec. 31, 1923
$15,378.92
WATER MAINTENANCE
Receipts:
Appropriation
$20,000.00
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Collections
Transfers
389.09 14,660.77
$35,049.86
Expenditures:
Jan. 1, 1923 (Over draft)
1,538.23
Pay Rolls
14,945.46
Transfers
2,870.16
Balance Other Expenses
12,571.46
Auto Expense
111.56
Garage Expense
249.68
Expense
561.40
Stock
1,044.95
Iron Pipe
199.23
Miscellaneous Stock
706.24
Sundries
121.91
Express and Freight
5.99
Meter Parts
104.00
35,030.37
Balance Dec. 31, 1923
19.59
INSIDE SERVICES AND CHARGES
Receipts:
Collections
$7,232.12
Transfers
13.51
$7,245.63
Expenditures:
Jan. 1, 1923 (Over draft)
61.96
Pay Rolls
3,083.88
Stock
100.31
Transfers
3,798.84
7,044.99
Balance Dec. 31, 1923
200.64
COST OF SYSTEM
Construction to Jan. 1, 1923.
$554,709.85
Construction 1923
20,261.93
Cost of system to January 1, 1923
574,971.78
WATER RATES
Treasurers Receipts:
Private Consumers
$55,960.02
City Departments
684.36
Sumons
138.20
$56,791.58
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HIGHWAY DIVISION
Streets Construction
East Foster Street from dead end east of Sixth Street to Wav- erly Avenue has been completed, except that the heavy fill near Waverly Avenue was left somewhat below grade called for in plans, since the expense involved did not seem warranted by con- ditions, especially as water eventually intended to be delivered at Waverly Avenue could be led under sidewalks at a point about 100 feet west of Waverly Avenue into private land until such time (very remote) when low land adjoining should be developed. Catch basins near the west end of the new work now deliver water into low private land toward Laurel Street with no adequate out- let, presenting a problem requiring immediate attention and quite an expenditure.
An iron pipe fence has been erected on the north side of Ap- pleton Street.
Heywood Avenue from Main Street easterly, for a distance of 350 feet has been re-surfaced with gravel.
North Avenue from Walton Park to the Stoneham line has been rebuilt with tar macadam.
Wyoming Heights has been re-graveled throughout.
MAINTENANCE:
A few outlying streets have been re-surfaced with gravel and those streets which have never received bituminous treat- ment kept in passable condition by use of the road machine.
The patching of holes in both surface-treated and bituminous macadam streets has been more general than usual, due in the main to the small amount of money available for sealing and sur- facing treatments, without which protection all bituminous streets deteriorate very rapidly.
SIDEWALKS AND CURBS
CONSTRUCTION:
There have been 2997 linear feet or new edgestones set: 2229 square yards of granolithic and 297 square yards of new tar con- crete sidewalks constructed, classified as either individual or con- tinuous walks, details of which are given in the following tables:
WATER CONSTRUCTION, 1923
STREET
LOCATION
Size Inches
Length Feet
Size Inches
No.
Size Inches
No.
Argyle St.
Extension southerly
Clarendon St.
at Fairfield St ...
6
97
6
1
Crescent Ave
on hydrant
Clifford St.
Extension easterly
6
283
Cottage St.
at proposed street
6
13
6
1
Emerson Street, West
on hydrant
6
156
Felton Pl.
Extension northerly
116
38
Felton Pl.
Extension northerly
2
16
Felton Pl.
116
69
Farewell Avenue
6
250
6
Foster Street, West
on hydrant
Grove St.
on hydrant
6
65
6
1
Laurel Street
on hydrant
Myrtle Street
on hydrant
North Avenue
on hydrant
Pilgrim Road
Wentworth Rd. westerly
6
60
Russell Street
Sylvan Street
Extension easterly
10
299
10
E'lm St. easterly
6
245
G
1
6
1
Temple Boulevard
Temple Boulevard
on hydrant
6
7
1
Twelfth Street
Extension southerly
6
57
6
Twelfth Street
2nd extension southerly
6
36
1
Waverly Avenue
Extent
6
895
G
1
6
1
Waverly Avenue
on hydrant
6
28
8
1
Wentworth Road
Pilgrim Rd. southerly
6
162
6
6
1
Wyoming Park
TOTALS
3.093
19
2
.
6
1
.
1
.
1
6
1
.
Cast Iron Pipe
Gates
Hydrants
6
92
Fairfield St.
Berkeley St., to Clarendon St ...
2nd extension northerly
1
0
1
Hesseltine Avenue
connection at brook
Linden Road
Easterly to Elm St.
6
225
6
1
6
1
I
6
1
WATER RELAY-1923
CAST IRON PIPE
PIPE ABANDONED
Hydrants changed
Gates changed
LOCATION
Length feet
Size inches
Length H'det
Size inches
Kind
Crescent Avenue at hydrant
9
8
9
First Street, extension Easterly
27
0
27
Coment
Foster Street West at hydrant
Grove Street at hydrant
20
8
20
4
Cement
1
Laurel Street at hydrant
12
8
12
4
Iron
1
.
Russell Street, Crescent Avenue, Trenton Street
519
519
4
Cement
Wyoming Park
10
6
10
Cement
1
715
715
5
.
First Street, Lebanon Street, Easterly
118
8
118
Cement Cement
1
North Avenue, at hydrant
INDIVIDUAL WALKS-1923
ABUTTORS
LOCATION
No. Blocks
Straight
Curved
Tar Concrete
GRANOLITHIC Drives
Sodding
Remarks
Albert, Harris E.
Main St., Rotary Block
6.00
Jorgensen, H.
T.
11 W. Emerson St ....
2
Friend Bros
Grove St.
2
5.00
Otis, W. H.
Morgan St.
Herman, Edward
949 Main St.
Drive
Sargent, K. P.
27 Walton Park .
4.67
5.40
Cox, Ellen T.
69 Boardman Ave.
2
Hawley, Thomas
Florence St .. cor. Ilurd St. .
110.80
1.00
Boven, W.
90 Morgan St.
Dickie, L. B.
70 W. Foster St.
2
3.88
Holdich, W. T.
88 E. Foster St.
2
2.22
Rendall, John B.
27 Winthrop St.
Addie, John Est.
14 York Terrace
5.04
Drive
Firber, Lizzie E.
134 W. Foster St.
2
13 Frances St.
2
. . ..
Drive
Appler, C. Ross
108 Cottage St.
2
13.67
5.96
Drive
York, H. L.
Belmont St.
2
Drive
Dolan, P. A.
II Holland Rd.
5.66
Drop Stone
Wilmot, J. A.
186 E. Emerson St.
2
Drive
Westhaver, J. L.
33 Greenwood St.
8.00
Drive
Hearne, E. W.
43 Stratford Rd.
2
Drive
White, A. E.
54 Garfield Rd.
Drive
Milliken, Mrs. C. L.
38 South Ave. ..
2
5.00
Drive
Jones, D. O.
27 Sargent St. .
2
Flood, C. N.
113 Malvern St.
Howlett, R. W.
53 E. Foster St.
Drop Stone
Waterhouse, Mrs. A. B.
46 Lake Ave.
Widening
Parker, Mrs. A. W.
Widening
Adams, Alex
133 Berwick St.
w.dening
McClary, W. P.
33 Walton Park
Drive
Tonsey, George
329 W. Emerson St.
22 2
Goldfarb, Louis
15 Marvin Rd.
336.00
Walk
Felton, Mrs. G. H.
470 Lebanon St.
96.90
19.30
2.62
Drive
Pike, M. A.
103 Sargent St.
3.33
Drive
Field, Howard R.
Morgan St. . .
31 Winthrop St.
2.22
Drive
Morgan, F. B.
155 Upham St.
9.00
6.64
Drive
Stetson, Horace, Jr.
Drive
3.06
Posner, Morris
302 Main St.
2
5.55
3.86
Drive
Nespor, W.
3.88 ·
122.50
264.00
Walk
Drive
Drive
Drive
4.18
Drop Stone Walk
87.24
Drive Drive Drive
6.00
90.90
Walks
Drive
7.60
Drop Stone Drop Stone
181 Upham St.
4.76
Drive
Drop Stonc
Drive
EDGESTONE
CONTINUOUS WALKS-1923
STREET
Side
FROM
TO
Blocks
Sodding
Straight
Curved
Walks
Drives
Walks
Drives
Greystone Road
East
Prior's
north line
Dod's
89.60
4
20.81
226
Greenwood Street ...
East
Angle
Wakefield line
Walton Park
West
S. lot line No. 141
Franklin St.
8.30
North Avenue ...
Both
Walton Park
Stoneham line
Melrose Street . .
South
Mendum St.
Warren St.
19.90
10
279.01 277.76 69.27
26.25 63.55 8.63
2136
Linden Road
North
Ilurd St.
Cleveland St.
Mooreland Road .
East
Porter St.
Hillcrest Ave.
60.80
10
448.95
52.30 12.20
46.66
700
Appleton Street ....
North
Irving St.
Fairmount St.
74.00
273
Bellevue Avenue
West
Porter St.
Bragdon's
520
Walnut Street
West
Lynde St.
Grove St.
149.00 *
451
First Street
North
Greystone Rd.
Sewall St.
2018.90
39.70
28
1311.24
183.74
234.44
18.55
16113
·
2588
Hillerest Avenue ...
North
Mooreland Road East St.
180.40
19.00
2
112.66
. .
187.78
18.55
275
3721
463.00 127.50
2
242
Wyoming Avenue ...
North
4981
927.10
.
.
Edgestone
Granolithic
Concrete
51.37 72.22
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MAINTENANCE:
Existing walks have been repaired as follows:
Four coat work. 919 square yard's
Three coat work. 377 square yards
Two coat work 1426 square yards
Top Dressing 1056 square yards
Many unimproved sidewalks have been graded with soft coal cinders and covered with stone dust.
SNOW REMOVAL AND SANDING
In 1923 there was a very large amount of money expended for this purpose on account of the frequent and heavy snow storms which required the employment of men both night and day at times.
All sidewalks were plowed and sanded when needed, and the walks at all public buildings taken care of.
The plowing of snow from the middle of the street is a necessity so that people shall have during the winter months the same protec- tion by the Fire Department as at other times. Also this plowing is necessary for business purposes of all kinds, which require more and more the use of motor vehicles.
The equipment consists of one five ton tractor, one three ton tractor and one truck with snow plow attached, also one hired truck.
The Department would require two more tractors of five or more tons, one to replace the three ton tractor, which is too light and one more to enable the Department to plow as quickly as pos- sible, as there should be enough equipment to cover the whole City in eight or ten hours, or less time if possible.
Another patent factor in this connection is the preservation of the street surface, for if snow is allowed to accumulate and freeze on the streets motor vehicles soon cut through in ruts thus con- centrating the effect of chains to narrow lines fatal to any bitumin- ous pavement.
COLLECTION OF ASHES
The collection of ashes in the early months was handicapped by severe weather conditions. The excessive snow caused additional labor and team expense and at times necessitated Sunday work, which materially increased the cost.
In April this work was placed under one person and in con- junction with the collection of garbage received his exclusive atten- tion. In May the collection of paper separately from other rubbish
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was inaugurated, this requiring the use of an additional team and extra men. During the Summer months extra collections of rubbish from the business districts were made.
Owing to various factors the original appropriation was ex- hausted early in the Fall and an additional appropriation of $2,000 was requested. When this was granted the deficit was nearly equal to the appropriation and there was not sufficient money to make the collections for the month of December. A contractor was found who agreed to make them for considerably less than the Department had been doing it, and separate contracts were made for each of the two December collections.
On December 3rd, John F. Rand of the Engineering Division was temporarily assigned to reorganize the method of collections. A contract for the collection of paper was made for 1924, which will result in a saving to the City of $2,100 a year.
Heretofore collections had been made by Wards and a study was made to see if better results could be obtained by redistricting independent of Wards and lines. This will doubtless be done early in 1924.
COLLECTION OF GARBAGE
This work was transferred from the Board of Health to this Department by an order of the Board of Aldermen and was taken over in April. The existing contracts for collection were allowed to lapse, the city teams carrying on the work, which together with ash and rubbish collections, was carried on for the balance of the year under the supervision of one person who gave his ex- clusive attention to it under the term of "Sanitation."
Caravans were constructed and a method of collection by barrels with covers was put into effect. Four teams were used through the Summer and early Fall when one team was dropped. In August a contract was made covering the balance of 1923 and all of 1924, which provided for the daily removal of the garbage from some transfer point where it was delivered by the City teams. The stone crusher was first used for the transfer point, later the pipe yard at Tremont Street, and in December the land immediate- ly adjoining the pipe yard.
As with the ash collection studies are being made in an effort to devise a more workable division of the city into collection dis- tricts than by wards as heretofore.
I would suggest that you give some attention to the possible unfairness to the tax-payers as a whole, of asking them to bear
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the unusual expense involved in the necessary daily collection of both garbage and inflamable waste from the various business houses. Is it not possible that some means might be devised where- by these concerns could be required to bear all or part of this ex- pense.
PLANTING NEW TREES
Seventy-seven Norway maples were set out where requests were made. Ten Norway maples were set out at Memorial Grove, Ell Pond Park, for World War Veterans who have died since 1921, and one Colorado Blue spruce in memory of the Unknown Dead.
The Woman's Club furnished a pin oak, which was set out at the Memorial Building by this department.
Ten dead or damaged trees were replaced.
CARE OF TREES
The results of the havoc wrought by the sleet storm early in 1921 were still in evidence during the past year and much more sur- gery has been required than is required under usual conditions.
Toward the latter part of the year the work of planting and caring for trees carried on by the Superintendent in his capacity as Tree Warden has been combined with the work of the Moth De- partment, the combined work being carried on directly by the Head of the latter Department under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Works. The report of the Moth Department will be found in its usual place.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT General Administration
Receipts:
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Expenditures:
Salaries
$2,799.99
Use of Auto (Supt's)
287.50
3,087.49
Overdraft
87.49
Highway Construction
Receipts:
Jan. 1, 1923, Balance
$28,294.63
Expenditures:
Pay Rolls . $1,432.37
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CITY OF MELROSE
Invoices
3,154.85
Teams, Insurance and Tools
7,591.42
12,178.64
Balance
$16,115.09
Highway Repairing
Receipts:
Jan. 1, 1923, Balance.
$326.41
Appropriation
40,000.00
Collections
2,428.07
Transfers
21,592.30
Transferred to Stores
3,379.30
$67,726.08
Expenditures:
Salaries and Wages
$30,729.18
Invoices and Stock
25,409.15
Transfers
7,435.87
63,574.20
Balance
$4,151.88
Continuous Walks
Receipts:
Jan. 1, 1923, Balance.
$10,894.12
Collections
7,223.28
Transfers
633.93
$18,751.33
Expenditures:
Pay Rolls
$2,859.15
Invoices
7,837.39
Transfers
1,811.97
12,508.51
Balance
$6,242.82
Individual Walks
Receipts:
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Collections
1,896.54
Transfers
. . ...
766.42
$3,662.96
Expenditures:
Jan. 1, 1923, Overdraft
$645.21
Pay Rolls
776.90
Invoices
1,167.73
Transfers
743.18
3,333.02
Balance
329.94
203
REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Repairs to Present Walks
Receipts:
Appropriations
$4,000.00 267.98
Transfers
$4,267.98
Expenditures:
Pay Rolls
$1,819.65
Insurance and Tools
134.04
Invoices
2,036.39
Transfers
133.39
4,123.47
Balance
$144.51
Cross Walks and Paving
Receipts:
Jan. 1, 1923, Balance
$1,533.22
Expenditures:
Pay Rolls
$59.10
Transfers
104.91
164.01
Balance
1,369.21
Removal of Snow and Sanding
Receipts:
Appropriation
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