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Drawing and Sewing.
0
1
1
Manual Training.
2
0
2
Primary.
0
1
1
Physical Education
2
0
2
Americanization
0
1
1
Nurse.
0
1
1
-
Total
13
101
114
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TABLE XI REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE From January 1, 1924 to January 1, 1925
Franklin
Whittier
Washington
Lincoln
Gooch
Livermore
Sewall
Warren
Roosevelt
Winthrop
Ripley
New Ripley
Total
Number of visits. .
57
50
80
64
61
73
85 1048
29
12
52
23
11
597
Number of Children examined. . . 1006
1216
1973
1290
1158
752
504
658
909
212
157
10883
Number of visits to homes.
10
25
59
33
44
35
73
=
0
17
10
1
318
Total .
.1073
1291
2112
1387
1263
860
1206
544
670
978
245
169
11798
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TABLE XII SHOWING SCHOOL ROOMS, SITTINGS AND NUMBER OF TEACHERS IN EACH SCHOOL BUILDING IN THE CITY October 1, 1924
High
Franklin
Whittier
Washington
Lincoln
Gooch
Livermore
Sewall
Roosevelt
Winthrop
Ripley
Total
Number of regular classrooms
98
*30
9
4
*** 14
8
8
4
4
10
4
3
Number of sittings in regular classrooms. .
. 3796
** 1001
393
156
530
340
340
187
162
400
167
120
Number of teachers excluding principals.
108
34
9
4
14
10
8
5
4
12
5
3
* Includes 6 lecture and laboratory rooms.
** Includes 73 lecture room seats .
*** Includes 2 in portable.
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CITY OF MELROSE
ESTIMATED VALUE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY Dec. 31, 1924
School
Buildings
Land $58,200
Furnishings $20,000
High.
$300,000
Washington
100,000
5,000
10,000
Franklin
60,000
10,000
5,000
Gooch.
50,000
4,500
5,000
Livermore
35,000
6,600
2,500
Warren
14,000
3,000
2,500
Lincoln
60,000
9,000
5,000
Sewall.
8,000
7,400
2,500
Winthrop
11,000
3,000
2,500
Whittier .
7,500
3,000
2,500
Roosevelt
177,000
2,000
15,000
New Ripley
54,000
4,000
1,500
$876,500
$115,700
$74,000
Washington Playground $2,500
Lincoln
6,500
GENERAL STATISTICS
Population of Melrose April 1, 1924
19,500
Number of different pupils enrolled exclusive of re-enrol- ments school year 1923-24
3,338
Number in High School.
790
Number in Elementary Schools.
2,548
Total approved school bills fiscal year 1924.
$270,779.28
Amount expended for High School.
84,642.81
Cost per pupil in the High School based upon average mem- bership Jan. 1, 1924 to Jan. 1, 1925 (826) 102.46
Amount expended for elementary schools fiscal year 1924. . . .
175,532.29
Cost per pupil in elementary schools based upon average membership Jan. 1, 1924 to Jan. 1, 1925 (2451)
71.61
Amount expended for Americanization work.
2,242.66
Amount expended for tuition (vocational schools)
2,114.72
Amount expended for tuition (evening high).
653.00
Number of Special Teachers and Supervisors Jan. 1, 1925. .
9.
Number of School Nurses Jan. 1, 1925.
1
Number of High School Teachers including Principal Jan. 1, 1925
34
Number of Elementary Teachers including Principals
Jan. 1, 1925.
78
Number of pupils Jan. 1, 1925 enrolled per Teacher in High School excluding Principal. 26.8
Number of pupils enrolled per teacher in elementary schools excluding non-teaching Principals Jan. 1, 1925. 33.7
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SCHOOL REPORT
MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL
Graduation Exercises Class of 1924
PROGRAM
INVOCATION
Rev. Lester L. Lewis
OVERTURE-"Orpheus" Offenbach
Violin Solo-Ruth Burwell, '25 Clarinet Cadenze-Dorothy Pike, '27 CHORUS-"Call to Duty" Hadley
With Orchestra
SALUTATORY and ESSAY-"The Ethics of Politics" Robson A. Richards
ORGAN SOLO-Cortege from "Queen of Sheba" Gounod
Lothrop H. Dodge
ESSAY-"Americanization" Lucy I. Judkins
BALLET MUSIC from "FAUST"
Gounod
Orchestra
AWARD OF FIDELITY PRIZES IN MATHEMATICS Henry Glidden President of the Euclidean Society ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE PRINCIPAL
CHORUS-"March of our Nations" Geibel with Orchestra
VALEDICTORY and ESSAY-"The Philippine Question on the Light of the Monroe Doctrine" Helen S. Leyland
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS Mr. William Coggeshall Chairman of the School Committee
FINALE-"My Maryland"
Sol Wolerstein arranged by Charles J. Roberts
Orchestra Conducted by Robert A. Friend, Assistant Conductor "AMERICA" The Class and Audience Organ and Orchestra
194
CITY OF MELROSE
HONORS Those who have averaged A's and B's for four years. Helen S. Leyland
Prizes awarded June, 1924 LEVI GOULD MEDAL Helen Sellar Leyland
EUCLIDEAN PRIZE Anna Carlson
RUTH ANSELL MORRISON PRIZE Priscilla Mary Lees
WASHINGTON and FRANKLIN MEDAL-MASSACHUSETTS S.A.R. Robson A. Richards
MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
Robert A. Friend, Assistant Conductor Violins
Ruth Burwell, Concertmistress
Dorothy Huse
Geraldine Appler
Helen Kennedy
Clyde Borgal
Warren Lockwood
Doris Chisholm
Dorothy Loring
Albert Clark
Joseph Maguire
Alvin Curtiss
Margaret Quinn
Lillian Derrington
Irene Rendall
Alexander Dubrofsky
Paul Sherman
Harry Dunlay
Muriel South
Mildred Harris
Hazel Stevens
Lillian Hatch
Eleanor Van Buskirk
Violoncellos
Margaret Davis Elinor Day
Elizabeth Storer
Trumpets
Elwood Flint
Wesley Huse
Robson Richards
Margaret Rourke
Philip Staples
Saxaphone in E Flat Baritone
Robert A. Friend
Pianist and Organist Lothrop H. Dodge
Drums Agnes Stevens
Assistant Pianists Wilma Sampson Eileen McKenna
Librarian Frederick Clark
Virginia Ball Anna Bayliss
Clarinets
Alden Burnham
Dorothy Pike Dora Smith
Lawrence Stuart
Saxaphones in C Agnes Bayliss Donald Hynes Lawrence Tucker
195
SCHOOL REPORT
MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION CLASS OF 1924
Ruth O. Adams
Donald Ernest Hynes
William Aldrich-Ames
Charles Howe Hyson
Vivian Doris Allmon
Dorothy Johnson
Robert Taylor Atkinson
Mildred Abby Johnson
Eugene Kimball Auerbach
Lucy Irene Judkins
Lillian Butler Barnes
Elmer F. Kehoe
Ralph Allen Barrows Ralph Henry Bavier
Everett Fenton Kelley
G. Dorothy Kennedy
Agnes Elizabeth Bayliss
Bertha J. Kenney
Norman Stuart Bean
Arthur Frederick Kimball, Jr.
Marcia Bell
Gordon Phelps Knowles
Cecilia Rita Bowes
Elmer J. Lawson
Bertha Caroline Brand
Priscilla Mary Lees
Frances Wheeler Brigham
Mary G. Legg
Dora Estelle Burns
Helen Sellar Leyland
Percy Leroy Burns Helen C. Cameron
Ruth Alberta Loveless
Marion Alma Casano Ruth Frances Churchill
Ruth S. MacDonald
Marion Hartwell McIntyre
Gordon Wilfred Clarke
Evelyn R. Haihiot
Dorothy M. Colbert
Allan Bancroft Mansfield
M. Arline Martin
Robert Dixey Mathias
Edgar P. Crowell
Holbrook E. Metcalf
Winthrop C. Cummings
Warren Edward Millett
Reginald D. Currie
John Francis Muldoon, Jr.
Edith Frances Davis
Elizabeth Albertina Murphy
Richard Ober Davis
Dorothy Mitchell Myrick
John Henry Dike
Margaret Spehpard Norris
Lothrop Hale Didge
Marian L. Noyes
Clifford Oakes Dolber George Dragan
Ernest Tilden Peverly, Jr.
James C. Phelps
Joseph A. Doucette Elmer Bradford Drew
Anna Curtiss Phillips
Dorothy Marston Dunn
Henry Morris Pinkham
Mildred Frances Emerson
Laurence N. Raymond
Madalene Evers
Albion Augustus Raynes
Robert Stanley Fairbnaks Ruth R. Falby
Consuelo Elisabeth Raynes .
Thomas Joseph Farrell
Helen Bernice Felch
Doris Louise Ferguson + Loraine Elwood Flint- Olive Helene Foster
Bernice Mae Rendall Robson A. Richards Elisabeth Richardson Evelyn H. Roche . .. Thomas A. Samuels
Ruth Marion Scarborough
Eugene Lossone
Harriet Elsie Conn Dorothy Louise Corbett John A. Cronin
Edward P. McGough
William Crafts Orcutt
196
CITY OF MELROSE
Barbara Louisa Hunt
Barbara Louise Franklin
Myrtle Louise French
Enid Estelle Simonds
Robert Alonzo Friend
Louise Marie Souther Phillip O. G. Staples
Charles Garniss Ruth Carolyn Geirge Helen Anna Gerwe A. Ruth Gibbons
Russell McConnell Stokes
John David Stromquist
Henry Spencer Glidden
Frances Ellis Swain Bernard Swift
John Hubert Godfrey
Charles Howard Tarr
Roger Louis Goodwin
Shirley Rae Thompson
Allen LeRoy Graves
Elizabeth B. Tibbetts
Gertrude Pauline Grossman
Dorothy Turner
Helen Janet Habberley Barbara Sprague Hall
Elizabeth O. Van Horn
Elly Elizabeth Hall
Reinhardt Otto von Klock:
Lyman Dudley Hall
Bertha Estella Harrington
Anna Eloise Harris
Hilda Harris
Kenneth Norman Wheeler
Dorothy Elizabteth Wilson:
Elizabeth J. Wilson
Helen Velma Woodman
D. W. Gooch School
Beatrice C. Hutchings Arthur C. Johnson
Eleanor E. LcBoffe
Bernard D. Lucey Philip R. Mayo Robert K. Morse
Carolyn E. Nesmith
Mary C. Osgood
Yvonne Townsend
Norman G. Webster
Richard T. Woodbury
Henry N. Andrews, Jr. Barbara Baker Melvin V. Berninger Robert L. Briggs, Jr. Richard M. Cochrane L. Janet Coffin Margaret M. Colbert
Franklin School
Harold C. Goddard, Jr_ Ida S. Goldfarb Ila H. Grosser
Josephine T. Farrin
Dorothy B. Harris L. Irene Hatfield Dorothy P: Hecht.
Arnold Bennett Beatrice J. Berthel
Marion Boyajian
Martha Boyajian Jeanette M. Burns
Frances E. Clements Robert D. Colby
Pauline V. Cookson
Elizabeth A. Folger Florence E. Gage Howard J. Gill Arthur S. Hayden
Orren Lynde Walsh
Harold Martin Walter Helen Merriam Wells
Beatrice Marion Hislop
Marie Hofman J. Ruth Hovey
Mary Vaeilette Sewall Vera Mae Sewell
Marea E. Vaitses
197
SCHOOL REPORT
Grace E. Coleman Milton F. Daniels
Malcolm G. Lowe
John M. Lyons
Marion E. Dean
W. Maxwell McDonald
Frances S. Dempsey
Florence I. Macdonald
Gladys K. Moody
Olive M. Flint Frances Eldredge Frances B. Gilmore
Willa M. Pickering
Warren M. Pike
Ralph W. Gerry
Allston M. Salisbury
Elwyn A. Glidden
Eleanor Spurr
Ruth K. Walker
Penley A.Ellis
Bertha E. Webb Agnes V. White
Ruth A. Jepson
Jean Benedict Stirling L. Bemis Richard A. Bingham
Alice J. Legg
William G. Lockhrt
Marion E. Peck
Jesse D. Blackstone
Roswell Roulston, Jr.
Ruth M. Bourne
Dorothy L. Shepard
Leona E. Darrah
Ruth M. Short
Katherine Donnelly
George F. Simpson
Lincoln School
Donald P. Mosher
Estelle M. Neary
Russell E. Peverly
Elwood C. Reeves
James S. Ruddock
Fred S. Sackett Frederick A. Sampie
E. Perrin Sample Ensell I. Shaw
G. Edwin Varney
Melvin C. Weagle
Robert W. Williams
Julia MacDonald
Laura B. Cobleigh Phyllis C. Cobleigh Joanna R. Collier Helen E. Fellows Florence Haskell H. Beulah Kelley Virginia Lord Muriel M. Monegan Agnes G. Moriarty Cornelia E. McKnight Marion G. Perkins Alva E. Porter Angela G. Robinson
Mary A. Livermore School
Ruth E. Souter
Ruth L. Thomas
Dorothy M. Woodbury
Kenneth G. K. Baker
Raymond A. Duffill John W. Duffill Edward W. Hearne, Jr.
James A. Hughes
Robert P. Hunter
W. Foster Moore
Ernest L. Sherman G. Webster Servis
Paul J. Aitken George B. Babcock Edna M. Boyle J. Malcolm Burnham Hilda M. Comeau
Ruth A. Cummings Janet P. Davis Fred S. Greenlaw Henry T. Haroth
James L. Mackernan Isabelle Magill Carl L. Margeson
Ethel E. Margeson Joseph B. McKenna
A. John Gardner
198
CITY OF MELROSE
Washington School
Carl T. Anderson
Lillian E. Caswell
Curtis S. Bates
Margaret Cole
Geneve P. Brigham
Amy L. Cattley
Edgar S. Cook
Marguerite E. Cummings
M. Cecilia Fester
Catherine Felt
Thomas M. Coye
Mary M. Franklin
John T. Foster
Warren D. Collins Alice R. Gurnett
Gladys A. Morgan
Elizabeth P. Gile John G. Haines, Jr.
Brenda E. Newton
Dorothy Hancock
Chester T. Ollikainen
Bertha E. Hazzard
Deeb E. Peter
Eugene F. Proctor
Irving Johnson, Jr.
Mary A. Ross
Bettina King J. Hudson Kehoe
Elbridge Ross
George W. Larson
Myrtice E. Richardson
Richard C. Lawson
Miriam I. Russell
Eugene R. Loring
Edward C. Rotondi
Philip H. Leslie
J. Russell Stewart
Alice L. Mackenzie
Edna G. Sanford
Janice T. Marshall
Gladys G. Silver
Carl F. Munn
Susan I. Souther
Earl C. Munn
Catherine E. Smith
Elizabeth R. Moulton
Edwin J. Swensen
Ricahrd C. Means
James E. Milano
Henry A. Turner
Helen Merrill
W. Weldon Wortman
Barbara G. Mason
John L. Wilbur
LEVI GOULD MEDAL
Yvonne Townsend-Gooch School
EIGHTH GRADE PRIZE W. C. T. U. Prize Compositions
First Prize Eleanor Spurr-Franklin School
Honorable Mention Janet Davis-Lincoln School Irving Johnson, Washington School Isabelle Magill-Lincoln School
Arthur C. Bell George H. Canole Agnes E. Coye Florence Carter
Gertrude M. Nash
William F. Carter
Marion O. Round
John J. Tulley
199
SCHOOL REPORT
EIGHTH GRADE PRIZE Hesseltine Prize Composition
First Prize
Frances Eldredge-Franklin School
Honorable Mention
Margaret Cummings-Washington School
Bettina King-Washington School
SEVENTH GRADE PRIZE Humane Society Prize Composition
First Prize Dorothy Lynde -Lincoln School
Honorable Mention
Harry Crouse -Gooch School
Beatrice Allen-Livermore School
D. A. R. PRIZE Early Melrose History
First Prize
Brenda Newton-Washington School
Honorable Mention
Janice Marshall-Washington School
Catherine Felt -Washington School
Alice Legg -Franklin School Margaret Colbert-Franklin School
Angela Robinson-Livermore School
Arthur Johnson-Gooch School
Estelle Neary-Lincoln School
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
SCALES
Adjusted
Sealed
Platform over 5,000 lbs.
1
9
Platform under 5,000 lbs.
14
56
Counter Scale.
13
91
Spring Scale
19
97
Computing Scale.
13
90
Slot Weighing Scales
9
Prescription Scale .
14
Weights (avoirdupois)
112
(apothecary) (metric)
58
Dry Measures .
9
Liquid Measures
64
Oil Measuring pumps.
2
Molasses Measuring pumps.
2
Total.
62
1178
Condemned.
. 5
Not Sealed
14
GASOLINE PUMPS
Sealed .
47
Condemned.
2
Positive stops on above pumps sealed .
260
Trial Weighings in Wagons and in Stores
Number of tests
124
Correct.
78
Under
39
Over.
7
Total
124
2
565
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PHILIP B. CARRUTHERS, Sealer of Weights and Measures
Report of Sinking Fund Commission
We submit herewith our report of the Sinking Fund Commission for the financial year ended December 31, 1924.
A special examination of the Treasurer's books and accounts was made by Asa E. Chandler, Certified Public Accountant, for the years 1923 and 1924, and his report is on file with the Secretary of our Board. EDWARD J. KITCHING FRANKLIN P. SHUMWAY MAURICE G. COCHRANE Commissioners of the Sinking Funds
WATER FUND
Balance on deposit Jan. 1, 1924. $245.79
Receipts:
Bonds sold .
$2,200.00
Premium on Bonds sold.
22.70
Interest-Bond.
1,593.25
Acc'd on Bonds sold
19.13
Bank Balance.
17.91
3,852.99
Disbursements:
Bonds bought.
3,000.00
Premium on Bonds bought.
65.63
Int .- Acc'd on Bonds bought. ..
43.56
Safe Deposit Box Rent
.75
$3,109.94
Balance on Deposit Dec. 31, 1924
988.84
$4,098.78
$4,098.78
SEWER FUND
Balance on Deposit Jan. 1, 1924. .
$2,011.43
Receipts:
Bonds sold .
$82,900.00
Premium on Bonds sold.
443.30
Interest Bond .
10,991.49
accrued on Bonds sold
677.81
66 Bank Balance. 67.22
Sewer Assessment collected .
8,962.66
104,042.48
Disbursements:
Bonds bought.
5,000.00
Premium on Bonds bought. .. .
19.95
Int. accrued on Bonds bought
31.04
To retire-100-m Melrose 4s
June 1924.
100,000.00
Safe Deposit Box Rent
3.00
$105,053.99
-
Balance on Deposit Dec. 31, 1924
999.92
$106,053.91 $106,053.91
202
CITY OF MELROSE
SCHOOL FUND
$3,114.74
Balance on Deposit Jan. 1, 1924 Receipts:
Bonds sold .
$19,200.00
Premium on Bonds sold
206.44
Interest-Bond .
1,959.75
Acc'd on Bonds sold
180.45
Bank Balance
72.68
Budget Appropriation
2,592.56
24,211.88
Disbursements:
Bonds bought.
$22,000.00
Premium on Bonds bought ....
306.25
Int .- Acc'd on Bonds bought ..
245.78
Safe Deposit Box Rent.
.50
$22,552.53
Balance on Deposit Dec. 31, 1924
4,774.09
$27,326.62
$27,326.62
SURFACE DRAINAGE FUND
Balance on Deposit Jan. 1, 1924
$2,983.75
Receipts:
Bonds sold
$13,700.00
Premium on Bonds sold.
141.31
Interest-Bond
2,619.51
Acc'd on Bonds sold
119.67
Bank Balance
42.60
Budget Appropriation
1,674.84
18,297.93
Disbursements:
Bonds bought.
19,000.00
Premium on Bonds bought ....
43.75
Int .- Acc'd on Bonds bought ..
287.78
Safe Deposit Box Rent .
.75
$19,332.28
Balance on Deposit Dec. 31, 1924
1,949.40
$21,281.68
$21,281.68
DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS
Water
Sewer
School
Surface Drainage
37000
City of Melrose, Water
4
July
1,1925
34000
3000
56000
Sewer -
4
June
1, 1925
55000
1000
1000
4
July
1, 1926
1000
10000
4
July
1, 1926
10000
10000
..
4
June
1, 1937
10000
10000
..
4
4
July 15, 1932
44000
56000
3000
City of Akron, Ohio
51/2
April
1, 1926
2000
1000
500
City of Bath, Maine
4
Jan.
1,1927
500
10000
1000
City of Los Angeles, Cal.
4
June
1,1932
1000
1000
412
June
1,1942
1000
6000
Town of Wakefield, Mass.
31/2
Nov.
1,1925
6000
2000
315
Nov.
1,1926
2000
8000
Boston & Albany R. R. Co.
4
May
1, 1933
4000
1000
2000
Boston & Maine R. R. Co.
41/2
April
1,1929
2000
8000
41/2
April
1,1929
8000
500
Boston Elevared Ry. Co.
4
May
1,1935
500
41/2
Oct.
1,1937
2000
6000
3000
3000
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. Co. Fitchburg R. R. Co.
416
May
1,1928
15000
2000
5000
Portland Terminal R. R. Co.
4
July
1, 1961
5000
5000
U. S. Treasury Notes
43/8
Dec. 15, 1925
5000
15000
U. S. Liberty Bonds, 2nd Conv.
414
Nov. 15, 1942
5000
10000
15000
=
:
3rd
414
Sept. 15, 1928
3000
1000
9000
2000
23000
4th
414
Oct. 15, 1938
19000
5000
380000
39500
229500
45000
66000
38700
307400
42200
60700
3000
5000
22000
19000
498000
41700
312400
64200
79700
118000
Sold during hte year
2000
82900
19200
13700
380000
39500
119500
45000
66000
612.25 8100.00
Cash on Deposit Melrose Trust Company Melrose Savings Bank Applied as follows :-
388,712.25
Total Available Funds
40,488.84
230,499.92
49,774.09
67,949.40
JOHN T. KING, JOHN T. KING, Treasurer o the Sinking Fund
4000
Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co.
312
July
1, 1925
2000
15000
..
412
Nov.
1,1941
6000
31/2
July
1,1949
3000
10000
City of Clinton, Mass.
312
July
1,1930
10000
10000
4
July
1,1935
4 July
1, 1937
10000
100000
Surface Drainage
988.84
999.92
4,774.09
1,949.40
17000
449000 Bonds on hand January 1, 1924 49000 Purchased during teh year
4000
3000
Soldiers' Relief Department
I hereby submit the following report for State and Military Aid, Soldiers' Burial and Soldiers' Relief for the year 1924:
State Aid
$1,674.00
Military Aid.
440.00
Burial (None)
Soldiers' Relief:
Cash payments
$4,780.00
4
Fuel.
558.85
. Medicine. 6.79
Nursing
113.00
Doctors
50.00
Hospital
38.00
Dry Goods
6.55
Shoes
5.50
Rent.
12.00
$5,570.69
Other Expense
$71.16
General Administration (Salary) 500.00
MARY A. KENAH, Agent
Report of Board of Fence Viewers
We, the undersigned Board of Fence Viewers for the city of Melrose- hereby respectfully submit the following report for the year of 1924:
Six hearings for division line fences and determination of boundary lines were held by the Board in City Hall, Melrose during the year 1924 and decrees were made on same.
Although the parties in question were privileged under the law governing the Board of Fence Viewers to appeal from a decision or a. decree of said Board, no appeal was taken by any of the parties.
The Honorable Board of Aldermen with the approval of the Mayor appropriated the sum of twenty-five dollars for expenses for the Board of Fence Viewers and we respectfully request that the same sum be appro- priated for the year 1925.
LEWIS C. HOYT CHARLES H. EVERSON DANIEL J. LUCEY, Chairman
Report of Wire Department
I respectfully submit the following report:
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM .- Eight hundred and four inspections of box movements were made,-making the necessary repairs and adjust- ments. All boxes were painted two coats of fire alarm red. Five miles of old wire were replaced with new. Sixty-one four-pin and ninety-two two-pin arms were replaced with new. One new fire alarm box was in- stalled at the corner of Holland Road and West Emerson Street.
POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM .- Three hundred and ten inspections of box movement were made, installing ten new finger-springs and tele- phone batteries as needed. Five miles of copper wire were pulled in on the red light system to replace old iron wire. Sixty-two four-pin and twenty-seven two-pin arms were replaced with new.
INSPECTION OF WIRES .- Sixteen hundred and two requests for inspections were received,-making a total of twenty-eight hundred and twenty inspections; one thousand and five permits were issued to the Malden Electric Company allowing current to be turned on.
RECOMMENDATIONS .- That a fire alarm box be installed on every school house, and, where they have an inside system, have that connected to the outside or master box. That the city wires on Main Street from Porter Street to the Wakefield line be pulled in underground. That at least two more boxes be added to both the Fire and Police Signal Systems. That an air whistle be installed on the Fire Headquarters or some other suitable place.
FRED A. EDWARDS, Inspector of Wires
Index to Auditor's Report
Agency, Trust and Investment Transactions. 95
Aldermen . 50
Assets and Liabilities
44
Assessments, Street Sprinkling.
45
Moths
46
66 Sewer.
46
66 Sidewalks
47
Street Betterments.
47
Assessors.
Auditorium
Auditor
Bathhouses.
Board of Appeal.
Board of Survey
Bonded Debt
Cash Account for 1924.
Celebrations and Entertainments.
Cemetery Department
Charities
City Clerk.
City Hall.
City Physician.
55 55
Collector
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Election and Registration
Engineering .
Estimated Receipts.
Excess and Deficiency
Fence Viewers
Finances
Fire Department.
63
Forestry
67
Garage Commission
57
General Government 50
Health Department
69
54 60 51 89 57 57
42 43 89 94 76 54 59
53 49 56 59 44 44 57 41
City Solicitor
INDEX TO AUDITOR'S REPORT-Continued
Highways.
74
Inspector of Buildings
65
Inspector of Wires.
Interest
66 95 85
Libraries
Mayor
51 42
Municipal Debt Notes
Non-Revenue.
Park Department
Pensions
Planning Board.
Police Department.
Premium Funds
Public Scales .
Public Works Department.
Public Works Office
Recapitulation of City Debt
Recreation .
Revenue
Sanitation.
Schedule of City Property.
School Department.
80
Sealing Weights and Measures
Sewer Division
Sinking Funds
79. 97
Treasurer
52 90
Water Division
93
Water Income. 48
Water Rates
48.
101 94 58 58 43 86 45 72 103
66. 97 101
Soldiers' Benefits
Surface Drainage
Unclassified.
96 86 90 56 61
Contents
Advisory Committee Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Building. 21
Assessors.
23
Board of Aldermen. 15
Board of Appeal
22 Board of Health
24
Board of Survey
38
Bonds and Notes.
115
Cemetery Committee.
39
Cemetery Trust Funds.
113
City Auditor
41
City Clerk.
105
City Collector
107
City Officers.
16
City Physician
37
City Treasurer.
109
Fence Viewers .
205
Fire Department.
116
Government of the City of Melrose.
14
Inspector of Animals
32
Inspector of Buildings
118
Inspector of Milk .
33
Inspector of Plumbing
32
Law Department.
119
Licensing Committee, Report of .
120
Mayor's Inaugural Address.
3 122
Park Commissioners
130
Pine Banks Park, Trustees
135
Planning Board
136
Police Department .
137
President Board of Aldermen, Address of.
12
Public Health Nursing Service. 36
Public Library Trustees, Report of .
140
Public Welfare, Report of . 123
Public Works Department. 145
Registrars of Voters. 161
School Department 163
Schools, Superintendent of. 205
Sealer of Weights and Measures 200
Sinking Fund Commission. 201
Soldiers' Relief Department. 204
Wire Department 206
Moth Department.
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