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The room on the second floor of the Library continues to be used by Public Welfare and Educational organizations for their meetings.
The Library appreciates the fine interest and support of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, which tends to make the Library feel more keenly its responsibility to the public.
The Librarian wishes to acknowledge the spirit of co-operation of the Melrose Free Press and the Melrose Home Sector by giving space for Library Notices and lists of books.
I would also express my appreciation of the unfailing interest and support of the Trustees, and the loyalty of the Staff.
Respectfully submitted,
ELSIE M. HATCH
Librarian
STATISTICS
The circulation for the year follows :-
Centfal Library
Non-fiction.
15,020
Fiction
39,473
Juvenile
17,175
71,668
Highland Branch
26,875
Wyoming Branch
6,362
East Side Branch.
8,201
Ward 7 Branch
4,009
Sanitarium
1,244
Fire Station.
154
School Deposits
4,503
Duplicate.
1,328
124,344
158
CITY OF MELROSE
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION FORM OF STATISTICS For the Year ending December 31, 1925
Population served (about ) . 20,000
Number of days open during the year.
331
Hours open each week for reading, Central Library.
69
Hours open each week for lending Central Library.
69
Number of volumes at beginning of year .
32,099
Number of volumes added by purchase.
1,748
Number of volumes added by gift .
37
Number of volumes added by binding.
15
Total number of volumes at end of year.
33,899
Number of volumes lent for home use:
Adult.
90,627
Juvenile.
33,717
Total
124,344
Number of borrowers registered.
9,728
Number of borrowers registered 1925.
1,084
REPORT OF TREASURER OF SPECIAL FUNDS Melrose Library for Year Ending December 31, 1925
William Emerson Barrett Fund
1925
Jan. 1. By balance
$183.56
By interest
8.31
Dec.
31. To balance
$191.87
$191.87
$191.87
Horatio Nelson Perkins Fund
1925
Jan. 1. By balance
$851.66
By interest .
38.71
To books purchased .
$7.32
Dec. 31 To balance
883.05
$890.37
$890.37
William Bailey Fund
1925
Jan. 1. By balance. By interest .
123.54
To books purchased.
$259.16
Dec. 31. To balance
2756.71
$2892.33
$3,015.87 $3,015.87
159
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
Catalogue Fund
1925 Jan.
1. By balance
$377.63
By interest .
12.37
By deposits.
829.01
To disbursements for library employees
$469.10
To disbursements for library supplies . .
252.95
To books purchased.
83.41
To repairs
36.50
To rent.
46.40
Dec.
31 To balance
330.65
$1,219.01 $1,219.01
Duplicate Library Fund
1925
Jan.
1. By balance
$14.91
By interest .
.30
By deposits.
130.90
To books purchased
$144.01
Dec. 31 To balance.
2.10
$146.11
$146.11
Recreation Room Fund
1925
Jan. 1. By balance
$44.67
By interest.
2.00
To supplies purchased.
$1.81
Dec.
31. To balance.
44.86
$46.67
$46.67
FRANK W. CAMPBELL
Treasurer
Report of Public Works Department
ORGANIZATION-1925
Engineer and Superintendent
FRANK EMERSON
Division Assistants
Engineering Division: CHARLES F. WOODWARD
In charge
JOHN F. RAND
Transitman
EDWIN H. KING
Rodman
PAUL H. SACKETT
Rodman
Highway Division: WALTER J. LORD
In Charge
Sewers and Drains:
ALBERT J. WAGHORNE
In Charge
Water Division: JAMES McTIERNAN In Charge
Office Assistants
Chief Clerk: EMMA L. LEIGHTON
Bookkeeper:
ENOS R. PYE
Asst. Bookkeeper:
JANETTE K. BOWIE
Timekeeper :
PATRICK G. DeCOURCY
Stenographer: BLANCHE E. NICKERSON
Clerk: M. EILEEN DUNLAY
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
Gentlemen :- The Annual Report of the Public Works Department for the year ending December 31, 1925 is hereby respectfully submitted.
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 connected with the sewer, surface drainage and water systems, all engineering work relating to the above, care of City Hall, and placing of insurance on city property.
Contracts have been let for the construction of granolithic sidewalks, edgestones, sewer and water pipe, tar and sand, sale of garbage, collection of rubbish, the addition to City Hall and the grading of the approach to the Roosevelt School.
The past year has been an extremely busy one, more men having been enployed in the different divisions of the Department than ever before in its history.
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REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
On account of the unprecedented building activities, and the large number of requests occasioned thereby for permits to connect with the water and sewerage systems, the department was taxed to its utmost capacity, not only in making the connections but in extending new mains.
It had been the intention of the department to relay and enlarge the water main on Washington Street from Gould to Pleasant Streets, changing the 8 inch cement pipe to 10 inch cast iron, but it was found impossible to even attempt this work on account of the activities before mentioned.
There are still about 10 miles of cement lined water pipe in the system which is a source of constant worry and expense, and a certain amount of this pipe should be replaced each year with cast iron, as a matter of economy and protection.
The opening of the season found the department with a serious lack of equipment with which to carry on the work confronting it. Much of the equipment was either antiquated or worn out. Through the co- operation of the Board of Aldermen, who made sufficient appropriations, the department was enabled to purchase new horses, harnesses, blankets, etc., for the stable, four new garbage wagons, an up to date sewer cleaning apparatus, a mixer for tar-patching, tapping machines for making both large and small taps in the water division, high class, easily transported pumps for the sewer and water division and a Kelly Springfield street sweeper which has kept the streets of the City as a whole in a cleaner condition and at much less expense than has ever been done before.
The sweeper has been dismantled and a ten foot snow plough attached to it, thus giving the City another piece of equipment with which to com- bat any storms which may be inflicted upon it during the winter months.
The cost of cleaning catch-basins varies from year to year, but with the street sweeper working daily there is less debris to be washed into the basins during storms, thus reducing the cost of their maintenance to a minimum.
The wooden bridge over Spot Pond Brook on Florence Street had deteriorated to such an extent that it had become dangerous and it was deemed advisable to rebuild it. This was done with concrete and steel reinforcement, the walls of the brook rebuilt at this point, and a substantial steel picket fence erected on the easterly street line.
The East Side Trunk Sewer has been completed during the year. The cut through the divide at Burrell Street was made, and the 15 inch main sewer continued northerly to Howard Street and southerly to Porter Street. This work has provided an outlet for a very large part of the Saugus River Watershed Area and several streets have already been sewered.
WATER DIVISION
About 6000 feet of the new mains were laid during the year, and 2600 feet of cement pipe replaced with iron pipe of larger size. Details of work done are shown in the tables of Construction and Relay which ollow.
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CITY OF MELROSE
One hundred and eighty-four new services were laid and fifty-eight old iron services were renewed with lead or cement lined pipe.
Six additional hydrants have been placed and nine four inch hydrants replaced with six inch hydrants.
Hydrants have been oiled, repaired and kept free from snow and ice.
One hundred and eighty-eight meters have been installed and five removed.
The entire system of mains, services, hydrants, water meters, etc., have had careful attention and the necessary repairs and changes have been made.
The following are some of the items :-
8 services in private premises cleaned
40 joints in iron pipe repaired
78 service leaks in street repaired
29 services in street cleaned
237 services renewed in private premises
242 services renewed in street
Total Pipe Laid in the City
Length in feet 34 inch pipe.
956
Length in feet 1 inch pipe.
1,939
Length in feet 11/2 inch pipe
801
Length in feet 2 inch pipe
6,797
Length in feet 4 inch pipe
53,557
Length in feet 6 inch pipe.
168,741
Length in feet 8 inch pipe .
27,707
Length in feet 10 inch pipe.
20,903
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 312,745
Lenth of cast iron pipe, 262456 feet or 49.70 miles.
Length of cement pipe, 50289 feet or 9.53 miles.
Total miles, 59.23
Number of services in use
4,871
Number of meters.
4,973
Number of fire hydrants. 409
Number of gates on mains 793
2
Number of ornamental fountains.
2
Number of drinking fountains (bubblers).
10
Number of fire services
22
Number of watering troughs.
163
REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Water Assessments and Consumption
The annual assessments paid by the City of Melrose as its propor- tional part of the cost and operation of the Metropolitan Water Works for the last five years are as follows :----
1921
$24,093.56
1922
23,191.14
1923
25,580.49
1924.
26,475.80
1925.
25,157.89
The average daily per capita consumption (gallons) of water in Mel- rose as recorded by the Venturi meter, operated by the Metropolitan Water Works, is shown below for the years 1921-25.
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
57
62
66
64
62
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WATER RELAY-1925
Cast Iron Pipe
Pipe Abandoned
LOCATION
Size Inches
Length Feet
Size Inches
Length Feet
Kind
Hydrants Changed
Gates Changed
Albion St. hydrant.
Burrill St ...
6
366
4
366
Cement
1
Chestnut St.
6
730
4
730
Cement
Florence St ..
6
440
6
440
Cement
First St. ..
6
8
6
8
Cement
Highland Ave. W
6
32
6
32
Cement
Highland Ave. W
6
9
4
9
Cast Iron
Lebanon St.
Melrose St ..
Main St ..
6
530
4
530
Cement
1
1
Sargent St ...
6
263
6
263
Cement
School St ...
8
140
4
140
Cement
Woodland Ave.
Totals.
2621
2621
9
2
1
Bellevue Ave.
1
1
1
First St. at Greystone Rd.
103
4
103
Cement
Greenwood St.
1
1
1
CITY OF MELROSE
Circuit St., Hurd St. to Hurd St ..
WATER CONSTRUCTION-1925
Location
Cast Iron Pipe
Gates
Hydrants
REMARKS
Size Inches
Length Feet
Size Inches
No.
Size Inches
No.
Ardsmore Rd., Porter St., south
6
194
6
1
Albion St., Day St. to No. 36
6
386
Albion St. on hydrant.
6
6
6
1
Burrill St., set new hydrant
6
6
6
1
Baxter St., northerly to Prospect St.
6
544
6
2
Bellevue Ave., reset hydrant.
5
1
City Hall, reset hydrant.
6
6
6
1
Clifford St., Nelson Rd. East.
6
348
6
1
Damon Ave. at Griswold Rd.
6
24
6
1
Griswold Rd., Main St. to West St.
8
1315
8
1
Griswold Rd. at Hawes Ave.
6
6
6
6
1
Griswold Rd. at Damon Ave.
6
2
1
Griswold Rd ...
8
467
6
1
Greenwood St., near Woodland Ave.
8
1
Grove St. on hydrant at Dell Ave.
6
34
6
1
Ledge St., Griswold Rd., North.
6
66
6
1
Leonard Court.
6
319
6
110
11/2
1
Lebanon St., Sylvan St., North.
8
194
8
1
Melrose St., hydrant at Ashland St.
6
1
Mt. Vernon Ave.
6
92
Nelson Rd., Clifford St., South
6
216
Sargent St. on hydrant.
6
90
1
Twelfth St., southerly end. .
6
227
Thirteenth St., Upham St. to First St.
6
439
6
3
6
1
Wentworth Rd. at hydrant.
6
566
6
2
6
1
West St ..
6
52
6
2
6
1
Totals.
6061
32
6
6
1
68
2
6
1
Glen St. at Whittier St.
Hawes Ave., at Griswold Rd ..
36
Leonard Court .
Lynn Fells Parkway, Green St. East.
11/2
319
6
1
Temple St., Prescott St., West .
6
1
Whittier St ..
165
REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Circuit St at Hurd St ..
Florence St. at hydrant.
First St. at hydrant.
1
166
CITY OF MELROSE
HIGHWAY DIVISION
2400 linear feet of gutters have been paved with granite paving blocks.
136,475 gallons of tar have been applied for street suface treatment, about 25 miles of streets having been covered.
4212 cu. yds. of sand have been used to cover surface tar application.
68 new trees have been set out.
78 new street signs have been placed.
3670 sq. yds. of sodding have been laid.
192 sq. yds, of repairs to granolithic sidewalks have been made.
About 700 feet of old board walk on Swains Pond Avenue has been removed and replaced by retaining wall and gravel walk.
Depressions in paving blocks between rails of street car tracks on Main Street, from Malden Line to Wakefield Line, have been patched.
654 cords of garbage have been collected.
ยท The following streets have wholly or in part been reconstructed:
Altamont Avenue . . whole length
Porter Street near Golf Club
Otis Street .
Leeds St. to Charles St.
Emerson St. West
Owego Park to Charles St.
Warwick Road.
400 feet to Perkins St.
Charles Street
. whole length
Sanford Street .
Cleveland St. to Whittier St.
Tappan Street
. whole length
Clifton Park.
. whole length
Mystic Avenue whole length
Park Street. North Forest St. to Spear St.
Spear Street Park St. to Mountain Ave
Fairview Avenue . whole length
Farwell Avenue. whole length
Haskell Street . whole length
Prospect Street whole length
Brown Street whole length
Wyoming Heights . whole length
Wyoming Avenue Brown Street to end
Chestnut Street Wyoming Avenue to Lynde St.
Chestnut Park. whole length
Burrell Street. . whole length
Goss Avenue Grove St. to Beech Ave.
Argyle Street . Grove St. to Beech Ave.
Park Street. Meridian St. to Lebanon St.
Grove Street.
Swains Pond Ave. to end. .
Cumner Avenue
Grove St. to Swains Pond Ave.
There have been 10,569 linear feet of new edgestones set, and 4820 square yards of granolithic sidewalks constructed, classified as either Individual or Continuous Walks.
CONTINUOUS WALKS-1925
Edgestones
Granolithic
LOCATION
Straight
Curved
Blocks
Walks
Drives
Argyle St., east side, Grove St. to Beech Ave ..
570.30
15.90
15
Argyle St., west side, Grove St. to Beech Ave
541.00
15.90
18
Albion St., east side, front of No. 3, 7, 11, 15, and 23
273.10
11.50
10
1,592.00
570.20
Bowden Park
286.60
79.10
Beech Ave., Argyle St. to Florence Ave.
388.90
48.00
1
2,139.43
174.60
Bellevue Ave. and Hillside Ave .. .
274.30
17.20
6
1,553.40
292.90
Chester St., south side, Adams St. to Florence St.
15.40
15.70
1
540.50
195.30
Geneva Rd., First St., north
96.60
36.20
18
4,704.00
857.60
Holland Rd., north side
240.50
1,208.00
Harvard St., west side, Beech Ave., south.
901.60
65.00
15
4,915.80
721.70
Mt. Vernon St., north side, Main to Chestnut St.
257.50
17.60
6
1,353.40
314.10
Melrose St., north side, front of 85, 87 and 93
150.10
15.75
4
2,234.10
313.30
Pearl St., north side, Brook, east.
330.20
8
1,604.00
267.30
Sewall Woods Rd., west side ..
887.50
10
4,575.50
508.50
School St., east side, Upham St., north
853.30
96.86
10
Totals
8,158.14
499.91
152
30,403.23
4,821.30
1
1,687.00
263.70
Goss Ave., both sides, Grove St. to Staples
847.24
331.60
6
Lynde Ave., west side, Wyoming Ave. to Washington St.
318.50
15.20
10
1,128.10
167.50
First St., Goss' line to Parker St ..
202.10
First St., Geneva Rd., east.
Porter St., south side, East St., east ..
391.80
2
1,168.00
174.60
Waverly Ave., east side, Upham St. to Laurel
REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
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168
CITY OF MELROSE
SEWER CONSTRUCTION-1925
Pipe
STREET
LOCATION
Size Inches
Length Feet
Manholes
Burrill St. Ext ..
Sect. 1, easterly
18
780
3
Burrill St. Ext.
Sect. 2 to Porter St.
12
947
3
Burrill St. Ext.
Sect. 3 to Howard St ..
15
890
6
Baxter St. Ext.
Northerly
8
473
3
*Clifford St
Nelson Rd., easterly
8
200
0
East St .. .
Porter St. to Upham St.
8
1,300
5
Enmore Rd.
Mooreland Rd., easterly
6
255
1
Glen St. .
Lynde Ave. to Whittier St.
6
220
1
Glendale St ..
Hesseltine Ave., easterly .
10
270
1
Hillcrest Ave.
Mooreland Rd., easterly
6
150
1
Hillcrest Ave. .
Mooreland Rd., southerly .
6
340
3
Lynn Fells Pkwy ...
Green St., easterly
6
322
2
Laurel St.
Extension, easterly
6
110
1
Laurel St ..
Extension, easterly
8
266
1
Mooreland Rd.
Porter St. to Hillcrest Ave.
8
866
4
Porter St.
School St. to Mooreland Rd.
12
505
3
Porter St.
Mooreland Rd. to Ardsmore Rd.
8
732
3
Porter St.
School St., westerly .
8
204
6
Renwick Rd.
Southerly from Wakefield line
8
285
1
School St.
Porter St. to Upham St.
8
1,180
6
Sawyer Rd.
School St., westerly.
6
165
1
Twelfth St.
Extension, southerly .
6
133
2
Whittier St.
Wyoming Ave. to Glen St.
8
578
3
*Unfinished.
SUMMARY
1,695 ft. 6 in. pipe
6,084 " 8 in.
270 " 10 in.
2,027 " 12 in.
890 " 15 in.
780 " 18 in.
11,746 lin. ft.
Total for 1925
60 Manholes
180 House Connections
SEWERAGE SYSTEM AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1925
Number of feet of 6 inch pipe. 133,840
Number of feet of 8 inch pipe
62,113
Number of feet of 10 inch pipe.
18,183
Number of feet of 12 inch pipe.
12,308
Number of feet of 15 inch pipe
4,729
Number of feet of 18 inch pipe.
5,930
Number of feet of 20 inch pipe.
2,788
Number of feet of 24 inch pipe.
1,213
18x 20 inch brick.
3,035
20 inch brick.
111
24 inch brick.
28
Total number of feet in length of sewers. 244,278 or 46.27 miles, 2.40 miles of which are owned and controlled by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, but by Act of the Legislature Melrose is permitted to use these in the same manner as local sewers.
11,746
60
12
575
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REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
SURFACE DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION-1925
Pipe
STREET
LOCATION
Size Inches
Length Feet
Man- holes
No. Catch Basins
Albion St ..
Private land to Ashlnad St
*12
370
1
Albion St.
Private land to Ashland St.
12
330
Baxter St.
Spot Pond Brk. to Prospect St.
*12
100
4
Baxter St.
Spot Pond Brk. to Prospect St
12
388
Baxter St.
Spot Pond Brk. to Prospect St.
10
350
City Hall.
Drain for new addition
- 12
86
10
70
2
Dix Pond.
Drain east and west of Main St.
*18
382
Ell Pond Brook
Wall of Everson's.
128
Ell Pond Brook
Wall at Sinnott's
220
Ell Pond Brook
Wall at E. Foster St.
154
Ell Pond Brook
Wall at Sewall School.
128
Franklin St. .
Howie Ct. to Sargent St.
15
230
1
Laurel St. .
Brook, northerly
12
180
1
Main St
East and west at Grimes
*30
350
1
Mountain Ave.
At Hancock St.
*16
50
Mountain Ave ..
Southerly rear of lots
*20
74
Roosevelt School
Drain to brook . .
Rowe St.
Catch basin near Emerson St ..
1
Swain's Pond Ave ...
Brook at Malden line.
*24
160
Sewall Woods Rd. .
Catch basin at angle.
1
Spot Pond brook.
Culvert at Florence St
8 in. x4
40
2
Spot Pond brook .. .
Wall at Florence St ..
8 in. x4
237
*Corrugated Iron Pipe.
SUMMARY 1925
1,796 ft. Iron Pipe 1,634 ft. Akron Pipe 40 ft. conc. culvert 867 ft. stone walls 11 Manholes 6 Catch Basins
IMPROVED DRAINAGE SYSTEM AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1925
8 inch Akron pipe.
10 inch Akron pipe
12 inch Akron pipe
12 inch Iron pipe.
863 lin. ft. 5,852 lin. ft. 34,665 lin. ft. 470 lin. ft. 17,848 lin. ft. 284 lin. ft. 50 lin. ft.
15 inch Akron pipe.
16 inch Akron pipe
16 inch Iron pipe.
18 inch Akron pipe
7,423 lin. ft. 692 lin. ft.
20 inch Akron pipe
6,232 lin. ft. 194 lin. ft.
24 inch Akron pipe
2,436 lin. ft. 160 lin. ft.
24 inch Iron pipe.
350 lin. ft. 659 lin. ft.
Concrete conduit
9,219 lin. ft. 387
Number of manholes.
9
Number of catch-basins.
674
Total length of improved surface drainage.
16.61 miles
2
1
Laurel St.
Catch basin at angle
*18
310
Lynde St ..
18 inch Iron pipe.
20 inch Iron pipe.
30 inch Iron pipe.
Brick conduit .
Nunber of concrete culverts
170
CITY OF MELROSE
Recommendations
The brooks of the City are a source of considerable expense and atten- tion every year due to the fact that a large amount of rubbish is thrown into them by the public at large.
During the past year walls have been constructed along Ell Pond Brook for a distance of 867 feet and Spot Pond Brook for a distance of 277 feet, most of this on one side only, but in some places on both sides.
In addition, part of Ell Pond Brook, between Main and East Emerson Streets, has been covered with a concrete roof.
I recommend that as much as possible of the appropriation for Sur- face Drainage Construction be used each year for the purpose of covering the brooks within the thickly built up portion of the City.
At the present time the stables, city yard, sewer division and water repair shop are all located in separate places in different parts of the City ..
While the amount paid by the Department for rent is considerable, much of the equipment is kept out of doors in all kinds of weather; also there is a considerable loss of time between headquarters, the stable and the yard.
Since the City owns a parcel of land on Tremont Street of sufficient area, I recommend that an appropriation be made for the construction of the necessary buildings and sheds so that the different units may be consolidated at one place.
The trucks used for the collection of ashes are practically worn out and are not of a type adapted to the economical handling of this work. They will have to be replaced this year, and I recommend that trucks of a different type than those now in use be purchased.
I also recommend the purchase of a portable air compressor for drill- ing rock, breaking pavements, the excavation of frozen ground due to leaks and breaks, and the innumerable other uses to which it can be put.
I wish at this time to extend my thanks to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen and to every employee of the Public Works Department for the support and co-operation given me during the year in carrying on the above work.
Respectfully submitted, FRANK EMERSON
Engineer and Superintendent Public Works
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REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
STATISTICS of
CITY OF MELROSE, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS
Location . 7 miles north of Boston
Population April 1, 1925
20,302
Number of Voters. . 9,038
Greatest extent of City north and south.
2.44 miles
Greatest extent of City east and west. 2.95 miles
Valuation of real estate. $25,574,500
Valuation of personal property. $3,184,200
Tax Rate per thousand .
$32.20
Area of City . . Land 3,079. 50 acres
Water. 35.50 acres. 3,115. 0acres
Length of Public Streets 49.85 miles
Length of Private Streets 14.96 miles
Total length of water mains 59.23 miles
Total length of sewers . 46.27 miles
Range of pressure on mains from 100 to 23 lbs.
Number of 250 candlepower incandescent lights. 58
Number of 60 candlepower incandescent lights. 862
Number of luminous arcs, all night. . .50
to midnight. .22 72
Areas of Parks:
Lincoln School Playground. 1.60 acres
Horace Mann Playground . . 60 acres
Messenger's Meadow Playground. 2.89 acres
Melrose Common. 4.4 acres
Sewall Woods Park 9.0 acres
Ell Pond Park.
.30.41 acres
Pine Banks Park
81.8 acres
Middlesex Fells .
170.0 acres
Area of Wyoming Cemetery 43.5 acres
Bowden Park . . 62 acres
Elevation Main Street at City Hall. 61 feet above mean low tide Elevation Franklin Square. 85 feet above mean low tide
For Financial Detail see Auditer's Report
Report of Registrars of Voters
To His Honor, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen:
The Board of Registrars of Voters respectfully submit their annual report for the year ending December 31st, 1925.
This year being an off year, no elections or primaries were held, other than the special election on June 2nd, 1925, on the referendum question for the appropriation of $53,000 for the addition to the City Hall, at which a very light vote was cast, 1233 voting out of 9038 names on the voting lists.
In the revision of the Jury list, your board complied with the pro- visions of Chapter 311, Acts of 1924, a new law relative to the making up of the Jury lists, made operative for the first time this year. The preparation of this list entailed considerable work and responsibility, owing to the fact that no juror could be placed on the list, until it was determined that such person was qualified, upon the knowledge of some one of the members of the board, or after personal appearance, etc., nine meetings were held, 1000 questionaires were printed, 750 sent to those selected as prospective jurors, these had to be returned, sworn to before a Justice of the Peace or Notary Public, all but 67 were so returned, these were written to and returns received from all but 16, for which summons were issued to appear personally, these summons were complied with, and a Juror list of 250 made up and posted in accordance with the law.
All questionaires have been listed and filed alphabetically, a card index made of all those placed on the list, and if drawn, a record is made on the card, thus avoiding drawing the same party again until a three year period has elapsed.
The Jury list as made by Wards is as follows:
Ward
I
2
3
4
5
6
Total
35
36
36
35
35
36
7 37
250
Fifty copies were printed, posted and placed in the jury box by order of the Board of Aldermen and mailed to the Courts in this jurisdiction.
On receipt of the Assessors' Poll Book, the voting list was revised; 1340 names were taken out for non-assessment or removal from the city, and of this number of 1340, 659 were restored, making a net loss for the year of 681 names as will be seen from the summary below.
Wards
I 1299
2 1528 215
3-I 669 82
3-2 661 133
4 1200 165
5 1096 200
6 1383 180
7-I 977 173
32
1340
1139
1313
587
528
1035
896
1203
804
193
7698
Restored .
72
112
44
44
113
78
90
104
2
659
1211
1425
631
572
1148
974
1293
908
195
8357
7-2 225
Total
9038
Out.
160
173
REPORT OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
379 names were certified for the Massachusetts Civic League on the referendum giving Veterans a preference in Civil Service.
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