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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 66
6,500
GENERAL STATISTICS
Population of Melrose, April 1, 1925.
20,302
Number of different pupils enrolled exclusive of re-enrolments school year 1924-25.
3,452
Number in High School
888
Number in Elementary Schools.
2,564
Total approved school bills fiscal year 1925.
*$290,696.48
Amount expended for High School (exclusive of General Control).
89,371.21
Cost per pupil in the High School based upon average mem- bership Jan. 1, 1925 to Jan. 1, 1926 (851) .
105.28
Amount expended for elementary schools fiscal year 1925 ...
189,460.40
Cost per pupil in elementary schools based upon average membership Jan. 1, 1925 to Jan. 1, 1926 (2513)
75.39
Amount expended for Americanization work.
553.00
Amount expended for tuition (vocational schools)
1,837.15
Amount expended for tuition (evening high) .
705.25
1 Number of Special Teachers and Supervisors Jan. 1, 1926. .
9
Number of School Nurses Jan. 1, 1926 (half time)
1
Number of High School Teachers including Principal, Jan. 1, 1926. 36
Number of Elementary Teachers including Principals, Jan. 1, 1926.
79
Number of pupils Jan. 1, 1926 enrolled per teacher in High School, excluding Principal.
25.8
Number of pupils enrolled per teacher in elementary schools, excluding non-teaching Principals Jan. 1, 1926. *Cr. by Fire Insurance $1,469.65.
32.6
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SCHOOL REPORT
MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL
Graduation Exercises Class of 1925
PROGRAM
INVOCATION Rev. Walter E. Woodbury
OVERTURE-Die Schone Galathea
Suppe
CHORUS-The Miller's Wooing
Fanning
SALUTATORY and ESSAY-A Look into the Future May Elise Milliken
VALSE-Summer Evening Waldteufel Opus 188
ESSAY-Pioneers Carolyn Ruth Ehlert
SERENADE
Zamecnik
AWARD OF FIDELITY PRIZES IN MATHEMATICS George Erickson President of Euclidean Society
CHORUS-Discovery of Land Grieg
VALEDICTORY and ESSAY-America's Place in Art Miriam Ethelyn Thompson
ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE PRINCIPAL
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS Mr. Harry F. Sears Chairman of the School Committee
MARCH-The Flying Ace Zamecnik
AMERICA
The Class-Audience-Orchestra
194
CITY OF MELROSE
HONORS
Those who have averaged A's and B's for four years
Dorothy D. Ball
Grace Maxson
Elinor E. Day
May Milliken
Ruth Ehlert
Carl Norris
Richard Elms
Elizabeth Storer
Robert Knapp
Miriam Thompson
Prizes awarded June 1925 LEVI GOULD MEDAL Miriam Thompson
EUCLIDEAN PRIZE
Henry Turner
RUTH ANSELL MORRISON PRIZE
May Milliken
WASHINGTON and FRANKLIN MEDAL-MASSACHUSETTS S.A.R. May Milliken
MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
Violins
Clyde Borgal
Frederick Loffchee
Vivian Borgal
Dorothy Loring
Virginia Brown
Joseph Maguire
Ruth Burwell
Elizabeth Moulton
Doris Chisholm
John McGlaughlin
Albert Clark
Warren Pike
Alvin Curtiss
Margaret Quinn
Alexander Dubrofsky
Irene Rendall
Harry Dunlay
Paul Sherman
Mildred Harris
Muriel South
Dorothy Huse
Hazel Stevens
Helen Kennedy
Eleanor Van Buskirk
Warren Lockwood
Gladys Johnson
Violoncellos
Virginia Ball
Anna Bayliss
Margaret Davis
Eleanor Day
Elizabeth Storer
Helen Kendrick
Flute Florence Macdonald
Saxophones Alvird Kohl (C) Lawrence Tucker (E flat)
Pianists Eileen McKenna
Wilma Sampson Willis Gerry Robert Van Buskirk
195
SCHOOL REPORT
Clarinets Alden Burnham Dorothy Pike Dora Smith Lawrence Stuart
Trumpets
Elwood Flint
Wesley Huse Donald McKie
Margaret Rourke
Tympani Agnes Stevens
Drums and Percussion Melville Prior
Organ Willis Gerry
Librarian
Frederic Clark
Assistant Librarian James Milano
MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION CLASS OF 1925
Chester Boice Allen, Jr.
William Henry Allmon, Jr.
Alice V. Anderson
Dorothy Decatur Ball
Donald L. Barnes
Helene Barnes
Earl Leroy Ehrenborg Richard Vaughan Elms George C. Erickson Geoffrey Green Felt Earl E. Ferguson
George A. Barrett
Karl Frederic Barrett
Elizabeth Batchelder
George Elwood Flint, Jr.
Robert Edson Bayley
Mary Angela Foley
Norman Blanchard Bean
Enid Louise Folger
Elinor G. Berry
Ruth Geraldine Ford
Charlotte Messer Bishop
Hilda Blackmer
Florence Agnes Bolster
Pauline Copley Gray
Eleanor Beatrice Greene
Harold G. Bolton Philip R. Bourne
Alfred Lester Bowes
Frances Wheeler Brigham
Elizabeth I. Bucci
Barbara H. Buck Emery Dwight Burgess Clarence Alden Burnham Ruth Evelyn Burwell G. Rutherford Byam
Stanton Woodman Campbell George M. Carpenter Beatrice May Cheever
Winfield Eugene Drown Elizabeth Wren Dyer Carolyn Ruth Ehlert
Willis Henry Gerry Robert Bradford Giles
Payson W. Greene Ruth Harcourt Gurnett Elsa Marie Hannegan Stanley Wheeler Harris Allison Connor Hayes Gladys V. Higgins Homer Sydney Hitchins Marion Rogers Hitchins Fred Raymond Hodgkins Florence Georgia Hook Miriam Houdlette Alice Frances Hunter
196
CITY OF MELROSE
Doris Madeline Chisholm
Frederic N. Clark
Leon E. Clark, Jr.
Charles R. C. Clements Blanche L. Clough
C. Williston Jepson, Jr. Frederick Lincoln Jones
Dorothy May Cole
Elmer F. Kehoe
Esther Ruth Craig
Verna Louise Kehoe
Madella R. Crockett
William Roy Kennedy
Vincent J. Cronin
Charles A. Kerins
Chester Mercier Cummings
Elizabeth Kerr
Pauline Whittier Curtis
Robert Irving Knapp
Alvird Louis Kohl
Marjorie Sands Likins
Phyllis Mae Locke
Louise Lillian Loeffler
Mary Etta Lohnes
Doris E. Loud
Daniel V. Lucey
Mary Josephine Maguire
Dorothea I. Mahan
Hilma May Mason
Grace Pearl Maxson
Edward Richard Maxwell, Jr.
Mildred Louise McBeth
Eleanor Louise McCoy Francis L. McFadden
Edward L. McGinley
James Allan McLean, Jr.
Hazel Stevens
Elizabeth Wood Storer
Leota Straw
Milton Francis Swain
Gilbert Dean Swift
Henry MacDonald Tanner
Charles Howard Tarr
Archie F. Thompson
Miriam Ethelyn Thompson
Robert Bernard Toomey
Helen Louise Paddock
Violet Pentleton
Emma Welden Phillips
Joseph Posner Doris Proctor
William Lynde Reidy
Harold Wellington Richardson A. Georgiana Robbins Eileen F. Rockwood M. Wilma Sampson
Herbert Moulton Shorey, Jr.
Ralph I. Simpson
Roger Heywood Smith
Dora Marie Smith
Florence Eileen Smith
Muriel South
Charles Stephen
Amy Louise Simpson
William C. Sterling
Sarah Marion Stetson
May Elise Milliken Frances Winifred Morse
Dorothy Louise Morton
Joseph Thomas Murphy Florence G. Meary
Hazel Newhall Carl Bulkeley Norris Helen J. Nutter Albert S. Oliver
Marion Arline Townsend Nathalie Frances Towle
C. Verne Trafton Laurence W. Tucker Arletta Maudelle Turner Mildred Hooper Tuttle Eleanor Louise Van Buskirk
Hazel Evelyn Westhaver Dorothy Harvey Whitaker Helen Kathleen White
R. Lawrence Cutter
Margaret Elisabeth Davis
Richard W. Davis
Elinor Elizabeth Day
Malcolm Otis Delano
Cornelius Dieter
Ruth Huntington
Doris May Hutchinson Edith Clare Jenkins
197
SCHOOL REPORT
Edith L. Scenna
Kendall C. Scofield
Arthur Kennerie Scott
Arthur Wilbert Shaw
Francis P. Shea
Joseph Shea Paul Dwight Sherman
Allan Clarence Whitford Russell Rutherford Whitten
Pauline Morrill Whittier M. Dudley Williams, Jr. Janette Shattuck Wood Mildred Edith Wyman
D. W. Gooch School
William T. Barry, Jr. Charlotte H. Collins
Harry F. Crouss
Henry J. Curtis
P. Morton DeWolfe
H. Elizabeth Pipe
S. Alice Dondero Louise D. Dwyer
Marie Roche Mary R. Stetson
Barbara F. Griffin
Dorothy Townsend
John F. Hoffman
Muriel D. Waterman
Helen Hunt
Freda Woodland
Muriel Woodland
Lincoln School
Edith E. Bailey William E. Bishop
Harry McDowell Bernard H. Moors
Joseph W. Boyle
Ruth M. Noble
Marjorie L. Cameron
Frank E. Palmer
Irving K. Chamberlain
Irene B. Polansky
Harold L. Champion Ada F. Cole William J. Desmond
M. Virginia Richards
M. Louise Eaton
L. Lynde Russell
Irving E. Flanagan
Malcolm M. Sampson
Priscilla M. Goldsmith
Thelma P. Singer
Arthur E. Smith
Elisabeth Graves J. Almon Heyliger Lillian C. Hunter M. Elizabeth Keen George M. Lilly Prentiss Lobdell Dorothy W. Lynde
Edith Spadafora William Spadafora
Gladys E. Stevens
William O. Wallburg
Elinor H. Wood
Leighton H. York
Mary A. Livermore School
Doris L. Johnson Ruth Kimball Janice Lovell Virginia Moulton
Beatrice D. Allen H. Muriel Blodgett Barbara Bullens Earl N. Cary
Mercedes E. Libby
J. Norman Marchant, 2nd
Edith B. Mathias
Gerald O'Connor
Annie R. Kasprzak Prucia M. Lanen
Sigmund J. Posner
Margaret C. Ruddock
198
CITY OF MELROSE
Robert H. Cary David A. Downing John B. Harris John H. Hearne Marjorie L. Houser Marjorie S. Howe J. Wilbert Hutton Kenneth N. Hynes Anna C. Jackson Janice M. Jeffers
Harold K. Rand Lorrin A. Riggs William A. Soley, Jr.
Raymond W. Simeone Philip W. Souter
W. Prescott Stuart
Frances E. Swett
Priscilla M. Thomas
Constance Willey
Roosevelt School
Edna M. Allen
Dorothy M. Anderson R. Dexter Auerbach Ruth F. Bayliss
George Beal
Helena C. Millane
Alberta A. Berninger
Ruth L. Bigglestone
Lawrence E. Moody
Louise Montgomery
Beatrice F. Casano
Roger D. Myrick
Edward F. Cassell, Jr.
Richard B. Nason
Gilmore M. Chisholm
Louis H. Norris
George W. Clarke Elizabeth E. Corriveau Luella M. Cutts
Edith M. Parsons
Madelyn H. Patten
Barbara C. Darling
Eleanor F. Dresser
Mary E. Edmonson
Paul G. Ehlert
Marion E. Elliott
Thelma M. Ells
Doris L. Ripley
Warren H. Ells
S. Elizabeth Emery
Thelma L. Fish
Eliot Smith
Douglas Furber
Mildred Furber
Ruth W. Gerry
Victoria E. Stearns
Roland D. Glenn
Kenneth R. Stiles
Arthur E. Goodwin, Jr.
Charlotte Z. Gove
Katharine Swett
Jean L. Harlow
Robert C. Taylor
V. Elaine Harrington
H. Leland Varley
Elizabeth Hicks
Gertrude L. Hixon
Alan B. Johnson
Ralph T. Keeney
Marjorie W. Keith
Russell S. Kidd
John S. Little
Helen E. Monroe
H. Kingsley Brown Donald E. Cameron
William Morrill
Evelyn G. Chetwynde
Audrey L. Nicoll
Eben F. Phillips, Jr.
Helen Phillips
Emma L. Pike
Pearl D. Powers
Florence M. Reardon
Elizabeth Rice
Paul L. Robbins
Verna L. Shaw
Ruth M. Snell
Robert Spurr
Barbara L. Stuart
Valerie W. Wilson
John D. Westhaver
William J. Wilson, Jr.
199
SCHOOL REPORT
Washington School
Dorothy E. Allis Daisy M. L. Anderson Mildred G. Balcom
Douglas C. MacCormack
Lawrence W. Mahan
Elizabeth A. Malm
Gladys M. Bates Charles F. Binda
Louis E. Menadue
Harold C. Merrifield
John W. Black
Evelyn G. Milano
Eleanor M. Bleyle
Kenneth S. Mills
Ruby E. Brettell
Evelyn A. Mooers
Norma E. Bruce
Mathilda Munsen
Irma E. Corbett
Carroll T. Newton
Arnold S. Creelman
Charlotte Nichols
Ralph N. Cummings
Richard W. Noyes
Marjorie E. Davis
Harold O'Rourke
Dorothy N. Davison
Hollis Peters
Anna P. Delaney
M. Shirley Proctor
Helen L. Desmond
Samuel L. Reed
Barbara T. Dix
Kenneth G. Roeder
Edna A. Etsell
Harold E. Roche
Edna M. Folck
Marjorie V. Ross
Phyllis Gibson
Richard L. Scannell
Robert H. Graham
Dominic Scenna
Constance Gustin
William Scenna
Ethel M. Higgins
Gilbert L. Small
Frances G. Higgins
Kenneth A. Smith
Ruth E. Hult
Milton T. Smith
Bettina S. Hunt
Peter W. Smith
Martha L. John
Florence E. Spraker
Elizabeth V. V. Kjell
Chester U. Stevens
Arthur W. Laskey
Lois E. Taber
Alfred A. Lawrence
Walter E. Trites
Ruth Layden
William C. Tulley
Milford H. T. Leavy
Ellen E. West
Vera E. E. Lindell
Edith M. West
F. Carroll Love
Gladys L. Wood
Freida I. L. Lowe
LEVI GOULD MEDAL M. Louise Eaton, Lincoln School
EIGHTH GRADE PRIZE W. C. T. U. Prize Compositions
First Prize:
Thayer Barry-Gooch School
Honorable Mention: Beatrice Allen-Livermore School
200
CITY OF MELROSE
EIGHTH GRADE PRIZE Hesseltine Prize Composition
First Prize:
Barbara Stuart-Roosevelt School
Honorable Mention:
Marjorie Hansen-Livermore School
SEVENTH GRADE PRIZE Humane Society Prize Composition
First Prize:
Warren Clark-Roosevelt School
Honorable Mention:
Esther Mullock-Roosevelt School
Armand Benoit, Washington School
D. A. R. PRIZE Early Melrose History
First Prize:
Gertrude Hixon-Roosevelt School
Honorable Mention:
Victoria Stearns-Roosevelt School
Louise Eaton-Lincoln School
Muriel Waterman-Gooch School
Beatrice Allen-Livermore School
Gladys Bates-Washington School
Evelyn Milano-Washington School
LEGION CUP To the school having the greatest number of points in athletics for the year. Washington School
MELROSE WOMAN'S CLUB PRIZE
First Prize:
Malcolm Sampson-Lincoln School
Second Prize :
Allen George-Washington School
Honorable Mention: John Hearne-Livermore School David Woodbury-Livermore School
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen.
Gentlemen :- I have the honor to submit to you the Annual Report for 1925 of the Weights and Measures Department ending Dec. 31, 1925.
WEIGHING AND MEASURING DEVICES
Adjusted
53
Sealed
1080
Condemned 11
GASOLINE PUMPS
Sealed
63
Condemned . 4
Positive stops sealed. 350
TRIAL WEIGHINGS
Number of tests correct, 150; under 15; over 8; total 173.
APPROPRIATION
Salaries and Wages $1,000.00
Other expenses. . 251.88
Expended for salary equipment, etc. $1,249.00
Unexpended balance. 2.88
Payment to City Treasurer, Sealing and License Fees
$337.71
Respectfully submitted, PHILIP B. CARRUTHERS, Sealer Weights and Measures
Report of Sinking Fund Commissioners
To the Honorable Board of Aldermen:
Gentlemen :- We submit herewith our report of the Sinking Fund Commission for the financial year ended December 31, 1925.
In the attached schedules we show the transactions in each Fund, together with the total available funds and their distribution.
Yours respectfully, EDWARD J. KITCHING MAURICE G. COCHRANE FRANKLIN P. SHUMWAY
Sinking Fund Commissioners
SCHOOL FUND
Balance on Deposit Jan. 1, 1925. . .. $4,774.09
Receipts:
Bonds sold
$16,000.00
Premiums on Bonds sold
215.01
Interest-Bond.
1,733.75
" Accrued on Bonds sold
$9.02
Bank Balances.
35.31
Budget Appropriation.
2,592.56
20,665.65
25,439.74
Disbursements:
Bonds bought.
$1,000.00
Interest-Acc'd on Bonds bought
2.44
Expense-Audit-Asa E. Chand- ler 26.00
Fidelity Bond-J. T. King
5.20
66
Safe Deposit Box Rent
1.30
66
Account Books.
.41
Transfer of Funds
16,000.00
17,035.35
Balance on Deposit Dec. 31, 1925. .
$8,404.39
203
REPORT OF SINKING FUND COMMISSION
SEWER FUND
Balance on Deposit Jan. 1, 1925. .. .
$999.92
Receipts :.
Bonds sold
$88,000.00
Premium on Bonds sold
512.18
Interest-Bond .
9,136.25
Acc'd on Bonds sold. .
197.84
66
Bank Balances
15.38
Sewer Assessments.
6,102.64
Transfer of Funds
17,252.58
121,216.87
$122,216.79
Disbursements:
City of Melrose.
$100,000.00
Bonds bought
18,000.00
Premium on Bonds bought.
281.05
Interest-Acc'd on Bonds bought
46.63
Expense-Audit-Asa E. Chand- ler
120.00
66
Fidelity Bond-J. T.
King
24.00
66
Safe Deposit Box Rent
6.00
66
Account Books.
1.92
118,479.60
Balance on Deposit Dec. 31, 1925. . $3,737.19
SURFACE DRAINAGE FUND
Balance on Deposit Jan. 1, 1925. . .
$1,949.40
Receipts:
Bonds sold
$2,000.00
Premium on Bonds sold.
36.25
Interest-Bond .
2,617.50
Ace'd on Bonds sold.
17.47
66
Bank Balances
19.03
Budget Appropriation.
1,674.84
6,365.09
$8,314.49
Disbursements:
Expense-Audit-Asa E. Chan- dler 34.00
66
Fidelity Bond-J. T. King
6.80
Safe Deposit Box
1.70
66
Account Books
.55
Transfer of Funds.
2,000.00
2,0443.05
Balance on Deposit Dec. 31, 1925. .
$6,271.44
204
CITY OF MELROSE
WATER FUND
Balance on Deposit Jan. 1, 1925. .. .
$988.84
Receipts:
Bonds sold.
$34,000.00
Interest-Bond .
2,277.50
Bank Balances
11.56
Transfer of Funds.
4,000.00
40,289.06
$41,277.90
Disbursements:
City of Melrose
38,000.00
Expense-Audit-Asa E. Chan- dler .
20.00
Safe Deposit Box.
1.00
66
Fidelity Bond-J. T. King .
4.00
Account Books .
.32
Transfer of Funds.
3,252.58
41,277.90
Balance on Deposit Dec. 31, 1925. . 0.00
DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS
Totals
Description
Rate
Due Date
School
Sewer
Surface Drainage
$12,000
City of Melrose, Mass., Sewer
4%
July
1,1926
$2,000
$10,000
10,000
4 07
July
1,1935
10,000
10,000
44
4%
June
1, 1937
10,000
10,000
6 4
..
..
40
July
1,1937
10,000
100,000
=
City of Akron, Ohio .
515
2%
April 1, 1926
1,000
2,000
500
City of Bath, Maine
407
Jan.
1,1927
500
10,000
City of Clinton, Mass.
31
July
1,1930
10,000
41
June
1,1932
1,000
1,000
Town of Wakefield, Mass.
31
2 0
Nov.
1,1926
2,000
8,000
Boston & Albany R. R. Co.
407
May
1,1933
4,000
3,000
1,000
500
Boston Elevated. Rwy. Co.
4%
May
1,1935
500
2,000
=
41%
Nov.
1,1941
6,000
6,000
3,000
17,000
Fitchburg R. R. Co.
41
May
1,1928
15,000
2,000
5,000
Portland Terminal Co.
4%
July
1,1961
5,000
15,000
U. S. Liberty Loan, 2nd
414 %
Nov. 15, 1942
10,000
5,000
22,000
3rd
414 %
Sept. 15, 1928
22,000
2,000
4th
414 %
Oct. 15, 1938
2,000
$259,000
$30,000
$165,000
$64,000
$380,000 Bonds on hand January 1, 1925 19,000 Purchased during the year
$399,000 140,000 Sold and Matured during the year
$259,000 Bonds on hand December 31, 1925 Cash on Deposit:
$1,282.65
Melrose Trust Co.
8,130.37
Melrose Savings Bank
3,000.00 Malden Savings Bank
6,000.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings Bank
$18,413.02
Applied as follows:
$8,404.39
$3,737.19
$6,271.44
$38,404.39
$168,737.19
$70,271.44
$277,413.02
Total Available Fund
$38,44.39
$168,737.190
$70,271.44
10
417
June
1,1942
1,000
10,000
Boston & Maine R. R. Co.
72%
April
1,1929
10,000
41/2
/0
Oct.
1, 1937
2,000
15,000
3,000
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. Co.
31600
July
1,1949
3,000
10
July 15, 1932
44,000
$56,000
3,000
Surface Drainage
40
10
1,000
City of Los Angeles, Calif.
2,000
Soldiers' Relief Department
To His Honor the Mayor, and Board of Aldermen.
Gentlemen :- I most respectfully present the following report for State Aid, Military Aid, Soldiers' Burial and Soldiers' Relief for the year 1925.
State Aid-refunded by the State.
$1,488.00
Military Aid-one half refunded by the State.
30.00
Soldiers' Burial-refunded by the State.
120.00
Soldiers' Relief Expenditures :-
Cash payments
$5,113.00
Fuel.
688.20
Medicine.
24.85
Groceries
106.72
Shoes
5.50
Doctor.
36.00
Grave.
25.00
Hospital
58.82
Rent
36.00
Dry Goods
2.00
$6,096.09
Other Expense
$96.14
General administration 500.00
Respectfully submitted,
MARY A. KENAH, Agent
Report of Board of Fence Viewers
To His Honor, Mayor Albert M. Tibbetts.
Dear Sir :- I most respectfully present the following report of the Board of Fence Viewers for the year 1925:
Petition of Edson P. Putney, 7 Eleventh St., for a division line fence. Respondent, Fred G. Cutting. Hearing-petition granted. Petition of E. B. Taylor for retaining wall. Mr. Rockwood, respondent. Matter adjusted by parties.
Respectfully yours,
DANIEL J. LUCEY, Chairman of Board of Fence Viewers
Report of Wire Department
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
Gentlemen :- I respectfully submit the following report of the Wire Department for the year ending Dec. 31, 1925:
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
Nine hundred and three inspections of box movements was made, making the necessary repairs and adjustments. All boxes were painted two coats of Fire Alarm red paint. One hundred and one two pin and forty-five four pin arms were replaced with new. Four and one-half miles of old wire were replaced with new. One new box was installed at the corner of Beech and Whitman avenues.
POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM
Seven hundred and ten inspections of movements were made, installing new finger springs and forty-six new phone batteries. Two and one-half miles of weather-proof wire were pulled in place of old iron wire. Ninety- one two pin and twenty-seven four pin arms were replaced with new.
INSPECTION OF WIRES
Seventeen hundred and twenty-four requests for inspections were received, making a total of three thousand and five inspections, and issuing to the Malden Electric Co. fourteen hundred permits allowing current to be turned on.
RECOMMENDATIONS
That the city wires on Main St. from Franklin Sq. to the Wakefield line be pulled in underground. That five Fire Alarm and four Police Boxes be added to their respective systems. That inside fire alarm systems be installed in all schools and connect them to the Master Boxes that are being installed on the outside of the schools at the present time.
Respectfully submitted,
FRED A. EDWARDS, Inspector of Wires
Index to Auditor's Report
Agency, Trust and Investment Transactions. 103
Aldermen.
51
Assets and Liabilities .
46
Assessments, Street Sprinkling
48
66 Moths
46
Sewer
48
Sidewalks
49
Street Betterments.
49
Assessors.
56 62
Auditorium
Auditor
54
Bathhouses.
95 60
Board of Appeal .
Board of Survey
59
Bonded Debt
44
Cash Account for 1925.
45 96
Celebrations and Entertainments.
Cemetery Department.
Charities
City Clerk.
City Hall.
City Physician.
City Solicitor
Collector
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Election and Registration
Engineers .
Estimated Receipts.
46 46 59
Finances
43
Fire Department
66
Forestry
71
Garage Commission 59
General Government. 51
Health Department 73
City Hall Building
105
101 82 56 61 58
57 55 51 58 61
Excess and Deficiency
Fence Viewers
INDEX TO AUDITOR'S REPORT-Continued
Highways. 78
Inspector of Buildings 70
Inspector of Wires.
70
Interest 102
Libraries
91
Memorial Building
105
Mayor
52
Municipal Debt Notes
44
Non-Revenue
104
Park Department
92
Pensions
96
Planning Board.
59
Police Department
64
Premium Funds.
112
Public Scales
101
Public Works Department.
60
Recapitulation of City Debt
45
Recreation
92 47
Sanitation
76
Schedule of City Property
115
School Department.
86
School Department, Erection of Portable Schoolhouse
111
Sealing Weights and Measures
70
Sewer Division
106
Sinking Funds
113
Soldiers' Benefits.
84
Surface Drainage
107
Treasurer .
54
Unclassified.
97
Water Division
100
Water Income 50
Water Rates
50
Revenue
Contents
Advisory Committee Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Building. 20
Assessors. .
23
Board of Aldermen
13
Board of Appeal
22 25
Board of Survey
40
Bonds and Notes. 126
Cemetery Committee.
41 125
Cemetery Trust Funds.
City Auditor
43
City Clerk
117
City Collector
119
City Officers.
14
City Physician.
37
City Treasurer.
120
Fence Viewers.
207
Fire Department ..
127
Government of the City of Melrose.
12
Inspector of Animals.
33
Inspector of Buildings
129
Inspector of Milk .
34
Inspector of Plumbing.
38
Law Department.
130
License Commission, Report of.
131
Mayor's Inaugural Address
3 .
Moth Department.
132
Park Commissioners
143
Pine Banks Park, Trustees.
147
Planning Board.
148
Police Department .
152
Public Health Nursing Service.
39
Public Library Trustees, Report of 155
Public Welfare, Report of 133 160
Public Works Department.
Registrars of Voters 172
School Department. 174
Schools, Superintendent of. 176
Sealer of Weights and Measures. 201
Sinking Fund Commission. 202
Soldiers' Relief Department 205
Wire Department. 208
Board of Health.
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