City of Melrose Annual Report

CITY OF MELROSE MASSACHUSETTS

Annual Reports 1917

WITH

Mayor’s Inaugural Address

DELIVERED JANUARY 2, 1917

PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY CLERK AND SPECIAL COMMITTEE

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INAUGURAL ADDRESS HON. CHARLES H. ADAMS MAYOR OF MELROSE

DELIVERED JANUARY 2ND, 1917

Mr. Chairman, Members of the Board of Aldermen, Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the beginning o£ the work for another year we should express our gratitude for the prosperity and advancemnt in 1916.

Through the growth of the Cit> the extensive building operations, creating new property, we were able to reduce our tax rate without any general advance in property valuation. The rate was reduced from $23.70 to' $22.00. By the splendid progress of the City, the actual value of every property in Melrose was increased, but the value for taxation purposes Avas, with minor exceptions, not changed.

We are able to so manage our affairs that the Budget was slightly less in 1916 than in 1915. How was it with you in your homes and in business? Did not your expenses increase in every line of expenditure? Did you buy anything so low in 1916 as before? On the whole, are you not surprised that our city has been able to get along without increasing your taxes? But all taxes are a burden, and a great burden to some, the subject of complaint and protest, often made by those best able to pay them, and we should seek to take from the people by taxation only the smallest amount possible for the needs of the city. But the type of a city we aim to maintain and the intelligent people who live here demand a still finer city, requiring the best of management to keep within a reasonable rate.

Through the sinking funds we have paid off the $200,000 in School House bonds, having paid in 20 years in interest $160,000. The payment of this debt will save $8,000 a year in interest, and about the same amount in contributions towards the principal.

Interest Payments

Our payments for interest are about $50,000 a year, varying with 4 CITY OF MELROSE

the varying rates, which the Treasurer is obliged to pay on a great variety of loans.

Boston Rubber Shoe Company

In 1914 the Boston Rubber Shoe Company did not pay its corporation tax. It transferred its money and accounts to New York to avoid taxation and we lost $14,000. In 1915, in attempting to force the collection for both year’s the Attorney General made a compromise,

accepting one year’s tax in place of two years, and it was understood that the Company would hereafter pay without protest. But they again appealed in 1916 and we are short again about $14,000. Other corporations are adopting the same methods of evasion, and the whole of our system of corporation taxation, so vital to a state filled with manufacturing industries, is to be tried out.

Water Department

The income of the water department has just reached a point sufficient to pay for water purchased, maintenance of the system, interest and the necessary new construction. A few years ago, before our water rates were reduced, the income of the department was $54,000. It fell to $39,000. Recently it has been gaining and now stands at $48,000 or $6,000 less than its highest point.

By the careful renewal and repairs of pipes, for the prevention of waste, and the excellent management of the system, the waste of water has been constantly reduced until we stand second in a list of 21 places that make up the Metropolitan Water System. The first place is held by Milton. We are actually paying $8,000 per year less for water than 8 years ago. This work does not appear on the surface, but I consider it one of the best tests of the efficiency of our Public Works Department.

Streets

Our streets, with a few exceptions, are in excellent condition; better by far on the average than those about us in other cities. Men who travel much agree upon the general fineness of our streets. Do you know that when you consider water pipes, sewers, drainage, gutters, edgestones and sidewalks, that streets cost from $8 to $12 a foot. We have been improving the city with many granolithic walks and granite curbing, which is the most substantial, lasting and ornamental work we can do. The city borrows the money, and the abuttors pay one-half the cost. By a most liberal policy to encourage the construction of sidewalks, the abuttors are allowed to divide their cost into 10 annual payments, which is the most liberal arrangement permitted under the laws. Personally, 1 take small interest in the construction of fine roads for the automobile until the sidewalks are constructed for those who walk. MAYOR’S ADDRESS 5

We have in this city over 50 private -ways, or unaccepted streets, some of which have been in use for 30 years, and I urge the acceptance and improvement by the city of these private streets, to encourage their development, in preference to the laying out and building of new ones.

Highlands Boulevard

I regret very much that we have been unable to adopt any plan for the building of a broad road or boulevard from Ell Pond across the marshlands to Franklin Street at the Highlands. With the miserable car service at Franklin Square we need an easy and direct road to bring the Highlands into the center of the City. I am confident that the building of this boulevard is only temporarily postponed, to be taken up again, whenever the city becomes better informed upon its importance.

. Better Lighting

Better street lighting and the proper spacing of our present lights is recommended. The White Way should be extended through Frank- lin Square and Franklin Street. There is not a well-lighted thorough- fare between the center and the Highlands. How shall we center their hearts down here, unless we give them streets and lights to make the way easy. Tremont Street may be improved with walks and lights, and widened by taking a strip of that low-priced land near the pond and along Ell Pond Park. Here is an opportunity for one broad avenue connecting two important sections.

Growth of the City

During the year, there has been constructed about $400,000 in new buildings, of attractive size and architecture, a development of property that is bringing fine people and a splendid reputation to the city. Much of the new property has been erected upon streets already established, where water and sewers and drainage are in. Here is a profit to the city that will shortly show in our general prosperity. There remains to be developed the South East section alone. It is accessible by narrow roads, few walks and lights, and is without sewers.

We often hear of the beauties of the various sections of the city. The hill with Bellevue Avenue and Stratford Road, Wyoming Hill and the West Side, close against the Fells, and the Sewall Woods, swinging around the fine sections of the Highlands on both sides of the track.

These are beautiful sections. And when you have seen them all, you may go to the South East and find our most picturesque and elevated section where you can live in sight of the sea and the mountains. 6 CITY OF MELROSE

We bring children from the South East section to the Melrose public schools in a barge. They need a fine four-room schoolhouse to be a social center and an inspiration to those people of small means who are building homes and whose children will soon be the citizens of the city. The kind of citizens they become will indicate the care we give to them now. I recommend that these narrow roads be legally laid out the full width, while land is cheap, and their lines fixed, to be constructed only at such time in the future as the growth may justify.

Housing Laws

Melrose early adopted an excellent building code which has helped to keep our building operations within lines that stand for light, air, sanitation and fire protection. Much depends upon the administration of this department, and our Inspector of buildings stands for a faithful compliance with the code, looking alwa^'s to the welfare of the v/hole city. We have adopted appropriate ordinances which require that all buildings shall be connected with a sewer, if a sewer is in the street, or a cesspool that is proof, built only with the approval of the Board

of Health. \

The Boulevard to Lynn Woods

The many great problems on the part of the Metropolitan Park system has prevented the extension of the Boulevard from Bellevue Avenue to the Lynn W'^oods. An effort will be made by our representative to secure legislation for its building out to Howard Street beyond the Saugus line, the coming year, and leaving the extension to the Lynn Woods for future legislation.

Department of Parks

During the year, the Horace Mann Park on Grove Street has been finished, making it an ornament and utility in a section filled with children and in a locality where much good will soon come from it.

The ice-houses at Ell Pond with the land adjoining the pond are now secure to the city after years of agitation. Through the generous contributions of money b}^ John C. F. Slayton and James W. Maguire and their associates, the city secured this property at small cost. In the spring the ice-houses will disappear, and the park system will be extended. This will be our most conspicuous improvement of the year in the development of a beautiful city.

Trees

We have thousands of shade trees along our streets which attract MAYOR’S ADDRESS 7 universal praise and comment. But our people are neglecting the orna- mentation of their own grounds with beautiful evergreen trees. Where do we find on any of our public grounds, around our churches, school- houses and other public buildings, beautiful spruce, pines, hemlocks and firs ornamenting the city throughout the winter? Our civic organizations may well make an educational campaign along this line. The grounds .around our schoolhouscs should be so finely kept up as to be examples, and an inspiration to private citizens in ornamenting private grounds. I hope that we may be able to appropriate a small amount for the High School grounds on the Upham Street side.

Playgrounds

In reading the report of the Planning Board I was struck by the statement that Melrose had not yet purchased one single playground.

We have been talking for years about it. Pine Banks and the Com- mon were given to us. At the Lincoln School we use one without cost, while the owner pays the taxes upon it. We use Messenger’s Meadows through the kindness of the owner.

Nearly 5,000 children live in this city and the public playground is no longer a luxury. It is a fundamental necessity. The Washington School is an example of 350 pupils using the street as a playground. Zachariah, the prophet, drew a picture of a city, the streets of which were filled with children playing. But Zachariah never saw our electric cars and automobiles speeding through the streets.

School Gardens

School gardens have been conducted for many years by the Mel- rose Woman’s Club, and if they are to continue this generous work and supervision, then the land, at least, should be furnished and set apart by the city for permanent use and development.

The city has the vacant lot on Franklin Street, the old school lot on Lynde street, it will soon have the lot on Upham street where now stands the East Side Chapel, and we can set aside a plot at Ell Pond Park for the work.

Athletic Field

We need an athletic field that can be enclosed for games on important athletic events, to be managed by the city in the same way as we manage this building; to be rented at a fair price for all games to which a fee is charged, to be free and open at other times. By the experience of other cities it is clear that such an enterprise need cost the tax- payers nothing, and it will be of vast value to our school and other athletics in the making of rugged men of the boys who grow up here. I hope that such a plan may be worked out and adopted. 8 CITY OF MELROSE

The supervision of playgrounds is a new activity in civic life. Very important in the welfare of the children, it was conducted last year by the Community Associates who raised and contributed several hundred dollars. Now with the removal of the ice business from Ell Pond we are to have a winter playground of immense value, needing some supervision and a proper development. This activity must be in charge of some board or organization. Either the Park Commissioners or a committee or organization allied with the city, should develop both summer and winter sports and playground work to the end that play shall be under good auspices, that children shall be watched over, interest be stimulated and the playground used to the fullest development.

At the Ell Pond we need a winter house for the manifold uses of thousands of visitors and skaters.

The Public Library

The splendid progress for the Library, its increasing importance in the city, its extending circulation of books, the success of the branches establi.shed at the South East, the Highlands and on Upham Hill, the increasing use of the building for such educational and civic purposes, as the Red Cross meetings, the Horticultural Society, the Boy Scouts’ conferences and exhibits, the Story Telling Classes, the art collections, and the reading rooms, make it a leading institution in the life of our people.

Notwithstanding the closing of the children’s department for many weeks last summer, on acount of infantile paralysis, restricting also the distribution of books in many ways, the actual circulation is larger than ever before.

I hope we may still farther develop it in the conduct of lectures and classes in art, literature and handicraft, under the auspices of the

Board of Trustees. I would like to see cases of books loaned to schools, fire engine houses and neighborhoods and clubs and chapels.

Planning Board

We cannot measure with accuracy the importance of the work of the Melrose Planning Board. We may see the benefits of the work in the removal of the ice-houses, in the plan for the improvement of Spot Pond Brook and in its plans for parks and playgrounds, but its constant study of the development and future of Melrose, its leader-

ship in plans for public benefits, its examinations and advice upon

matters referred to it, its far seeing survey of the growth, building, architecture, roads, housing and beauty of the city are invaluable. Its earnest advocacy by this Board of public improvements along the finer lines of progress will have a marked influence. MAYOR’S ADDRESS 9

The Memorial Building

In accordance with the recommendation of last year, an Advisory Board will have general oversight of the management and future development of the Memorial Building. This Board will be named this month, and we look forward to its work with keen anticipation. The usefulness of this building in the uplifting of civic and social standards, in educational and moral influences, in music and art, in the training of a democracy, will be greatly enlarged. The great gift that has recently come to it, in the world famous painting of the Battle of Lexington painted by Bicknell, is an index of the great things to be here accomplished. The income of the building has been about $3,500, and within a few dollars of the income for 1915. It just pays its cost. Any excess of income should be used for its improvement. The interest on the bonds is paid by taxation. There is no profit in the rental of the building. The profit comes to the whole community in its wonderful influence upon the social, civic and patriotic life of the people.

Old Auditorium

I cannot pass this subject without saying a word for the old auditorium in the City Hall Building, for which, with many others, I have a real affection. In that place, the business of the old town was transacted and there was heard in town meeting the voices of the men who laid the foundation of the city. I hope it may be preserved and used for some of the many purposes and occasions for which this great building is not always available.

The Charity Board

The Charity Board is constantly extending its work. It has the almshouse, the needy in their houses, and the dependent mothers with

children. There is also the co-operative work with many organizations and individuals who aid those who are in need, but who are not yet

upon the books of the city. There is a constant effort to prevent pauperism or public relief. Those who contribute even spasmodically to the relief of distress accomplish the double purpose. Persons who give by will, large sums of money to organized charities, ought to re- member the city itself, whose experienced Board of Overseers of the Poor is competent to administer any funds with sympathy and efficiency The Overseers are always informed concerning persons who may be in temporary distress, who will not apply for public aid and will not allow any one to pauperize them.

Those who are willing to aid in the prevention of pauperism, may do so by taking private cases or contributing relief. All the work relating to such cases will gladly be done by the city officials.

But the Charity Board is always the headquarters of the city for 10 CITY OF MELROSE relief of distress and no one in Melrose shall be allowed to go cold or hungry with the great army of generous people all about us.

Public Health

The problem of the public health has a very first place in the administration of affairs in Melrose the coming year. We rank fairly high among the first class of communities. But we shall not be satis- fied with second best. There is no reason, whatever for being content with present conditions. We have a competent Board with a chairman of advanced attainments in public health matters. There is no talent too great for this department.

The eminent Dr. Flexner and Dr. McLaughlin of the State De- partment of Health has warned the country of a more severe epidemic of infantile paralysis next summer. In view of that warning we need to have a great housecleaning season. We must be able to investi- gate and clean up every unsanitary place, inside and outside our houses. Landlords who maintain unsanitary tenements should meet the strictest enforcement of the law. Restaurants should be inspected and no place licensed to serve food that does not present a certificate from the Board of Health. By ordinance, we should require an inspection of every place where food is sold.

Our milk inspection shows the very best quality of supply. Our local producers show a wonderful record of high grade milk. We ought to prohibit the sale of unpasteuried milk brought in from distant places that are not under Massachusetts inspection. We ought to collect rubbish of hotels, stores and public markets every week throughout the year.

We have placed the collection of garbage upon a regular and, I believe, a responsible basis. It is now time to insist that citizens shall keep it in suitable receptacles of ample size, in proper places, protected from flies.

All dealers in food will protect their supplies from flies and dust, when they learn that you will not buy fruit and foods that are exposed upon the sidewalks and handled by dirty hands. We have many streets without sewers and these should be constructed with all possible rapidity.

We have School Physicians, a public health nurse, and our school teachers are very co-operative in health matters. I hope we have another Public Health Week this year along the lines of that very successful one a year ago.

The Chief Executive of the City promises all the support of his office to the most aggressive health work this city may adopt. MAYOR’S ADDRESS I

Fire Department

The splendid work of the Fire Department has reduced our fire losses to the minimum. Less than $8,000 is the amount of loss during the year. About $165,000 of propert\'^ has been exposed to fire, showing the importance of quick and brave service. In many cases the damage has been kept below $25 a fire. We have a department of fire fighters who know every fire trap in the city. I recommend that we continue to motorize the equipment and that the hose cariage at Hose 4 on the East Side be placed upon a motor truck and that the horses be transferred to some other department. This means reduced expense and increased efficiency. In a year more we ought to complete the motoriz- ation of the central station.

Police Service

The good order of this city, the freedom from crime and vice, the

driving out of suspicious persons and suspected places is the best evi- dence of an efficient department made up of men, whose homes and families are here, and who are interested in the moral welfare of the

city. This department is dragging along with one horse, where it

should have an inexpensive motor equipment to enable it to respond to aiw call in any part of the city. The telephone brings notice of any need or disorder. We need facilities for going quickly to the scene of need. While we have a good police force, we have at the present time the poorest police station in New England in a city of our size. I hope to see a new complete police building, wholly apart from the other departments in City Hall.

The Cemetery

The Wyoming Cemetery continues its beautiful growth, the close

companion of the life of the community. It is managed with great care, laste and beauty. More and more interest and affection center there,

and its influence upon us is noble and inspiring. It is self-supporting to a degree not found elsewhere. We need a new interest in its orna- mentation A new entrance, the place for an arch, or noble gate. This presents a fine opportunity for a gift to the city as a memorial to some

who sleep within it. Two hundred and sixty-five soldiers lie there in graves de.signated with markers and flags, which are decorated every Memorial Day by the Grand Army Post.

jMany beautiful pieces of marble and granite mark the graves. That nothing may ever be erected upon any lot to destroy the harmony and beauty of the place, I recommend that an ordinance be adopted which shall provide that no monument or other structure shall be erected within the cemetery that does not have the approval of the Cemetery Committee. 12 CITY OF MELROSE

Develop Local Trade

It is a part of the business of government to develop and protect business.

More than $3,000,000 a year of our earnings is spent in Boston, Much of it ought to be spent here.

I am not thinking about the merchant, I am thinking of our city and ourselves. We must have good stores, and we cannot have them unless we trade in them. They employ our people, buy our real estate, support our institutions, and belong to us. Why may we not trade with them. You would be surprised to find the variety of goods and that prices are lower here than you pa}^ in Boston.

You hang on a strap in the poorest car service in the country, two hours in and out. You destroy your nerves, waste time and expose your children to disease. If the inadequate street railway service, between this city and Boston, shall teach us to build up our own stores and theatres and clubs and music, and social affairs, we may yet be grateful to them.

Schools

The largest, as well as the most important item of expense with which we deal is the Public Schools. The cost the past year, exclusive ot payments of debts for buildings, has been $106,000. The financial management is excellent.. Our schools cost $40.67 per pupil per year. While the average cost for thirty-six cities is $43.02. The lines of progress that should be especially promoted are Physi- cal, Vocational and Industrial education. The same system of physical education, which has been instituted in the grades is to be extended to

the High School. The school system is responsible, if it takes well and rugged boys and girls, and holds them four years in complete control and send.s them out with hollow chests and stooping shoulders.

The foundations for a vocational school has been laid in the opportunity now given for instruction in several trades, and practical work therein. This department cannot at present care for all who desire the work. It should be further developed to meet the undeniable demand of our bo3'S for technical training, and such equipment and instruction as is called for should be furnished.

With the co-operation of the Community Associates, sewing has been off'ered to the girls of the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Th'^ enthusiasm with which this has been received, even though the time has had to be given outside of school hours, demonstrates the desire for its continuance and it should be followed in the High School by courses offering very practical instruction and cooking, homemaking and home economics and sanitation, dressmaking, millinery, and such other occu- pations as our young women desire to enter. CITY OFFICERS 13

I urge a special appropriation for the development of this branch of education. It is time for Melrose to take up the leadership in this field of education.

Taxation

The new taxation laws, by which the real estate is taxed locally and the intangibles are taxed by the state, ought to benefit us.

Our assesors will be able to give nearly exclusive attention to the

examination of real estate and it will in no way be complicated with per.'^onal property interest.

I shall be surprised if we do not find that in the prosperity of this community the increasing land values and new property, do not bring us ample revenue for our public service.

Patriotic

During the past year 36 of our boys were in Border Service in the National Guard. Next month our U. S. Grand Post will celebrate its 50th anniversary. Later in the summer the National Encampment will come to Boston and Melrose must do her share in the entertainment It will be the last time the soldiers of the Civil War will come to a New England city. Our holidays should be made great days for us here at home. There ought to be a program of holiday events under the pat- ronage of the city or some competent organization.

Our Holidays

We do well with Fourth of July, Memorial Day and Christmas. We ought always to provide a program, through which our holidays may be made useful and beautiful in the developmentof our own city.

We acknowledge our obligations to every one in the work of the city.

There are the unpaid boards, the Aldermen, the School Committee, Library Trustees, Planning Board, Trustees of Pine Banks Park, Cemetery Board, Park Commissioners, our great clubs of women, the teachers’ association, and many loyal, generous individuals, and the Board of Trade.

There are our tried and experienced public officials. Joseph Edwards, Chief of the Fire Department, who has been in that department 39 years. He has asked to be relieved, but I shall do my best to hold him for another year, to round out 40 years of public service, in a department that is not excelled anywhere, and which is a monument to his abilitj' and management.

There is City Clerk Jones M'ith 18 years’ service in town and city. City Collector Murray, who served under the old town government. :

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Auditor Edwin C. Gould with 26 years as auditor. In the Police De- partment Redford Al. Rand has a record of 26 years, and George E. Fuller of 25 years. Frank R. Upham, 18 years as an assessor, and L. Frank Hinckley, who has been assessor, sewer commissioner and selectman.

In our Board of Aldermen, William A, Carrie, whose service dates back to his work as one of the Board of Selectmen, and Hon. Sidney H. Buttrick, who was selectman* and our Mayor for two terms, and now the chairman of the important committee on appropriations.

Fellow Citizens

You have placed in our hands your great interests; given to us the administration of a beautiful city, and we shall strive to keep true to its best traditions and aims during the year 1917. Government of the City of Melrose 1917

Mayor CHARLES H. ADAMS

President of the Board of Aldermen

EDWARD F. CASSELL

Clerk W. DeHAVEN JONES

Aldermen-at-Large Ward

Edward F. Cassell, 141 Melrose Street i

T. Nowell, . . . . . 2 Joshua 64 Nowell Road . ^ Harold P. Waterhouse, ii Orient Place ..... 4 William A. Carrie, 22 York Terrace ...... i Alton W. Eldredge, 29 Nowell Road ...... 2 Angier L. Goodwin, 33 Reading Hill Avenue .... 2 Leslie F. Keene, 146 Wyoming Avenue, West .... 5

Ward Aldermen

Frank H. Noyes, 14 North Avenue ...... i Ernest A. Woodward, 141 Walton Park ..... i Adonis D. Howard, 105 Green Street ..... 2 H. Ray Wilson, 12 Linden Road ...... 2 Charles Drew, 117 Florence Street ...... 3 Harold S. Wolley, 68 Youle Street ...... 3

Buttrick, . Sidney H. 87 Essex Street ... . 4 James T. Frame, 84 Lincoln Street ...... 4 George L. Gordon, 16 Francis Street ..... 5

Llewellyn H. McLain, 76 Wyoming Ave., East 10

Arthur A Hayden, 126 Foster Street, West 'O Merle Newman, 284 Foster Street, East vO Kenneth R. Bruce, 121 Rogers Street ..... 7 Albert M. Tibbets, 109 Meridan Street ..... 7 Resigned. William A. Carrie to fill vacancy. MELROSE BOARD OF ALDERMEN STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1917

Appropriations

Chairman Buttrick, Carrie, Keene, Eldredge, Tibbets, Goodwin, Waterhouse, Nowell, Drew

Education, Health and Charity

Chairman Goodwin, Noyes, Howard, McLain, Frame, Hayden, Woodward

Finance

Chairman Carrie, Buttrick, Howard, Nowell, Wolley, Woodward, Gordon

Highways

Chairman Keene, Carrie, Tibbetts, Waterhouse, Eldredge, Bruce, Frame

Protection and Licenses

Chairman Waterhouse, Keene, Wolley, Wilson, Drew, Howard, Newman

Public Service

Chairman Tibbetts, Nowell, Wilson, Drew, Bruce, Newman, Gordon

Legal and Legislative Matters

Chairman President, Eldredge, Buttrick, Goodwin, Noyes, McLain, Hayden

Clerk of Committees

VICTOR C. KIRMES City Officers

City Clerk W. DeHAVEN JONES

Assistant City Clerk anti Clerk of Committees

Victor C. Kirmes

City Treasurer

William R. Lavender

City Collector James W Murray

City Auditor Edwin C Gould *

Assistant City Auditor William T Wolley

Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works

George O. W, Servis

Mayor’s Clerk

Blanche E. Nickerson

City Solicitor

Arthur S, Davis

Chief of Fire Department

Joseph Edwards

Chief of Police

George E. Kerr

Inspector of Buildings

William S, Allen i8 CITY OF MELROSE

Inspector of Plumbing

Andrew J. Burnett

Inspector of Food

David O. Parker

Inspector of Slaughtering

David O. Parker Frank P. Sturgis

Inspector of Milk and Vinegar

H. E. Berger, Jr.

Collector of Milk Samples

Thomas F. Harris

Inspector of Animals

F. P. Sturgis

Sealer of Weights and Measures !

Charles E. Merrill

Superintendent Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth

John J, McCullough

Agent State, Military Aid and Soldiers’ Relief

Mary A. Kenah

Burial Agent "

Mary A. Kenah

Assessors

Frank R. Upham, term expires 1919

*L. Frank Hinckley, Joshua Nowell, to fill vacancy, term expires 1920

Charles C. Swett, term expires 1918

Assistant Assessors

Alden B. Smith Charles M. Field Charles Roeder

* Deceased. CITY OFFICERS IQ

Inspector of Wires Fred A. Edwards

Board of Health

Clarence P. Holden, M. D., Chairman Philip B. Carter Ralph R. Stratton Verna L. Vinton, Clerk

City Physician

Clarence P. Holden, M. D.

School Physician

Arthur T. Gage

Acting Physicians

Jos. H. Fay Albert E. Small F. Robertson Sims

Public Health Nurse Jennie M. Irving

Overseers of the Poor

Adaline G. Reed, Chairman Thomas F. Troy Bertram E. Lovejoy Verna L. Vinton, Clerk

Matron of Pratt Farm

*Mrs. Frank R. Pierce Mrs. George A. Maynard

Superintendent of Pratt Farm

*Frank R. Pierce Geo. E. Maynard

Park Commission

Clarence T. Fernald, Chairman Term expires 1920 Addison L. Winship “ 1919 “ “ Robert A. Perkins , . 1918 “ “ Harry N. Vaughn , . 1922 “ “ George J. Foster , , 1922 20 CITY OF MELROSE

School Committee

Lowell F. Wentworth, Chairman Term expires 1918 Wallace R. Lovett “ “ 1920 Grace W. Dole (Harry F. Sears) “ “ 1918 Sarah A. Day “ ‘ 1920 William Coggeshall “ “ 191S Harry A. George “ “ 1920 William T. Atwood “ “ 1919 Isabelle Stantial “ “ 1919 Paul H. Provandie “ “ 1919 * Deceased.

Sinking Fund Commissioners

Edward J. Kitching, Chairman Term expires 1919 Franklin P. Shumway “ “ 1920 Everett L. Fuller “ “ 1918

Trustees of Public Library

Rev. Paul Sterling, Chairman Term expires 1918 Frank W. Campbell “ ‘‘ 1920 Neil Divver “ “ 1919 Mary C. Barton “ ‘‘ 1920 Charles E. French “ “ 1918 Lovisa A. Allen “ ‘‘ 1919

Cemetery Committee

Willis C. Goss, Chairman

J. Thomas Foster J. Henry Kunhardt Edwin C. Gould, Clerk Roscoe A. Leavitt, Supt. Wyoming Cemetery John T. Russell, Inspector of Graves

Registrars of Voters

Edwin L. Cragin, Chairman Term expires 1919 “ “ John J. Keating 1920 “ ‘‘ Edwin J. Tirrell 1918 W. DeHaven Jones, City Clerk, Ex-Officio

Engineers of Fire Department

Joseph Edwards, Chief Charles F. Woodward, Assistant Chief CITY OFFICERS 21

Measurers of Wood and Bark, Weighers of Hay and Grain

Fred H. Goss Mary A. McDonough James G. Stiles George Goodwin John F. Walden George M. Hall Grace F. Gilbert Patrick V. Kerwin Charles B, Goss

Public Weighers of Merchandise

A. Kenneth Prior Isaac L. Slocomb Edward A. Riley James McTiernan

J. Osborn Leisk* John Dyer Edward M. Caldwell John Mulligan Glena B. Towner George M. Hall George Goodwin Elmer D. Swain Elmer O. Pray Chas, F. Woodward

William W. Ford Nathaniel J. Glover A. Heustis Sulis M. H, Eagan Willard Thompson Herbert M. Wade Patrick G. DeCourcy Chester A. Paul

Field Drivers *Howard Woodman Frank R. Pierce

Pound Keepers Howard Woodman Frank R. Pierce

Fence Viewers

Daniel J. Lucey Charles H. Everson

Constables George W. Burke M. James Hanley Daniel K. Collamore George E. Kerr Louis B. Heaton George E. Burke Charles E. Merrill Charles Roeder

Dog OflScer M. James Hanley

Keeper of the Lock-up

George E. Kerr 22 CITY OF MELROSE

Police OflScers

George E, Kerr, Chief Louis B. Heaton, Captain Red ford M. Rand Allston H. Pineo George E. Fuller Frank N. Pierce William H. Doherty Michael Reardon Wallace B. Eaton Albert A. McBeth Garfield Carpenter William A. Riley

Daniel J. Foley William T. Fahey

Reserve Officers

Fred M. Kirmes Edwin E. Spraker Patrick O’Leary Archie E. Fish Joseph V. Curran

Special Officers

Charles F. Ray Burgess W. Grover

Charles J. Baker Joseph A. Lavin M. James Hanley John T. Russell

Special Officers to Serve Without Pay

Edward P. McLaughlin Ralph S. Cray Arthur S. Woodland H, S. Davenport Roscoe A. Leavitt Harry H. Thompson

F. C. Newman Charles J. Wing Archie B. Mcllwraith Howard Woodman George H. Cray Geo. W. Higgins Charles E. Merrill Harvey McGilley

Planning Board

Howard C. Morse Term expires 1920 Wilbur W. Davis “ “ 1920 Agnes L. Dodge “ “ 1920 Harold Marshall “ “ 19^9 Dennis W. Fitzpatrick “ “ 19^9 E. Gertrude Copeland “ “ 1919 Richard H. Sircom “ “ 1918 Victor A. Friend “ “ 1918 “ Louisa S. Hunt " 1918 .

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Advisory Committee on Memorial Building

John C. F. Slayton Frances D. Mont Harold Marshall Nellie N, Sawyer Rufus D. Kilgore H. T. Gerrish

Board of Survey

E. Copeland Lang . Term expires 1920 H Andrew F. Evers . 1919 n Wm. E. Waterhouse 1918 : c

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•' LI#" ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

CITY OF MELROSE

1917 School Committee for 1917

Name Residence Term Expires

William Coggeshall 158 East Foster St. 1918 Dr. Lowell F. Wentworth 19 Bartlett St 1918 Harry A. George 69 Laurel St. 1917 Mrs. Isabelle Stantial 146 Florence St. 1919

William T. Atwood 70 East Emerson St. . 1919

Dr. Paul H. Provandie 87 West Emerson St. . 1919 Mrs. Sarah A. Day 45 Ashland St. 1920 Wallace R. Lovett 63 Stratford Road 1920 Harry F. Sears 44 Orris St. 1920

Dr. Lowell F. Wentworth, Chairman

Mrs. Isabelle Stantial, Secretary

Regular meetings of the School Committee are held in the Com- mittee Room, High School Building, on the second and fourth Mon- days of' every month, except during July and August, at 7.30 p. m.

Superintendent of Schools John Anthony 100 Bellevue Ave.

Office : High School Building—Tel. Melrose 55

Secretary

Martha A, Whiting 5 Carney Terrace Tel. Melrose 1574-W

STANDING COMMITTEES

Finance and Supplies Mr. Lovett Mr. Coggeshall Dr, Provandie Mr. Sears

School houses and Janitors Mr. Coggeshall Dr. Provandie Mr. Atwood Mr. George

Teachers and Salaries Mrs. Day Mrs. Stantial Mr. Lovett Mr. Atwood

Text Books and Courses of Study Mrs. Stantial Mrs. Day Mr. Sears Mr. George

The Chairman of the School Committee is a member, ex-officio, of all standing committees. SCHOOL REPORT 27

SPECIAL COMMITTEES

Legislative

Dr. Wentworth Mr. Lovett Mr. Atwood

VISITING COMMITTEES

High School School Committee Franklin and Whittier Schools Mrs. Day D. W. Gooch School Mrs. Stantial Mary A. Livermore School Mr. George Washington School Mr. Lovett Lincoln School Mr. Coggeshall Winthrop School Mr. Atwood Joseph Warren School Dr. Provandie Sewall and Ripley Schools Mr. Sears

SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1918

WINTER TERM 1918

Opens January 7 and closes February 21

SPRING TERM 1918

First Half: Opens March 4 and closes April 26 Second Half: Opens May 6 and closes June 21

FALL TERM 1918

Opens September ii and closes December 20

Holidays every Saturday, Washington’s Birthday, Patriot’s Day, Memorial Day, October 12 and Thanksgiving Day with the half day

preceding and the day following it.

Notice of “No School’’ will be given by striking the number 22 four times upon the fire alarm, and by sounding the whistle at Factory No. 2 of the Boston Rubber Shoe Company.

The signal will be sounded at 7.15 a. m. for no session in the High School, and at 8.15 for no morning session in all grades below the

High School. In case there is to be no afternoon session, the signal will be sounded at 12.45. — :

Report of the Superintendent of Schools

This is the twenty-eighth in the series of annual reports by the Superintendent of Schools and the ninth by the present incumbent.

It seems fair to the public, who support our schools, that an oc- casional report should be given, reviewing the development of our school system during a series of years, and giving briefly plans and policies for future growth.

In making such a report, I wish to point out

1. That the School Committee has had a very definite and com- prehensive plan for the development of Melrose Schools, extending over a term of years.

2. That these plans are being gradually carried out, and that this year in particular has seen considerable advance.

3. That these plans extend into the future as far as is consistent with present knowledge and tendencies, and always allow of modifications and adjustments to conform to new conditions and demands.

To' demonstrate these facts, I would recall that the School Reports since 1910 have recommended. 9 RECOMMENDED

I. For physical improvement to the plant ;

Slate blackboards in the D. W. Gooch, Winthrop, Sewall, Whittier, Warren and Ripley Schools; adjustable furniture where needed; fire protection.

ACCOMPLISHED

These plans have been carried out to the extent of installing slate blackboards in all the above schools except the Ripley. Adjustable furniture has replaced the old type in all but one room and a few scattered desks about the city.

Fire protection has been furnished by cutting off and fire-proofing all basements. All wood partitions in basements have been removed. Exits have been protected at the Whittier and Franklin Schools, an extra exit provided at the Franklin School; fire escapes installed at the Sewall, Whittier, and Gooch Schools; and fire partitions erected at the Franklin, Gooch and High Schools. A limited number of fire extinguishers has been provided.

In addition to the above, new plumbing has been installed at the Gooch and Washington Schools; electric lights in halls, corridors and basements at the Gooch, Lincoln, Washington and Livermore Schools — —

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and in the Franklin School Hall. Corridors have been heated at the Livermore and Warren Schools. Metal weather strips have been placed on all windows at the High School, and additions and improvements made to the heating plant so that, while the building has been ; nearly doubled in capacity, the amount of fuel used has been very

greatly reduced. Paper presses have also been placed in all the large buildings. RECOMMENDED

II. For improvement of health and better physical development:

Closer medical inspection, a school nurse, a dental clinic, playgrounds and physical education.

ACCOMPLISHED

We now’ have considerably more efficient medical inspection, a school nurse, a dental clinic at the Melrose Hospital accessible for our children, physical education under trained supervision for all children, including the High School, and, thanks to the generosity of Mr. Charles M. Cox, we have playgrounds at the Franklin and Lincoln Schools, besides Messenger’s Meadow. In addition, we now have organized play in several schools, with standard competitive tests for boys. Drinking fountains, paper towels and liquid soap have been placed in all schools. RECOMMENDED

III. For improvement of the work of our schools ;

More skilled attention for backward children ; special teachers for individual work; more efficient teachers at higher salaries; more ex- supervision manual training and sewing in the practical pert ; grades ; courses in our High School for both boys and girls. ACCOMPLISHED

We now have a special assistant in the High School who devotes three days each week to those pupils, largely in the Freshman class, who need special help and encouragement.

The School Committee, last January, voted to raise the salary schedule for all grade teachers and all women assistants in the High School, two hundred dollars, to be given fifty dollars each year for four years. This was approved by His Honor, the Mayor, and later the Honorable Board of Aldermen voted the first installment. This action assures to Melrose the retention of her best teachers. The manner and spirit in which this was done meant much to our teachers, and cemented still further their loyalty to our community. :

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Since 1910 we have added 2.

I. A Supervisor of Primary Grades, with the result that our children, easily and happily, cover in the first two years, what it formerly took them three to accomplish

A man as Head of Manual Training, with a man assistant. The head of the department has full charge of the entire school plant, and with the boys, does a large amount of repair work on the buildings, such as repair of school furniture, painting, glazing, repairs to plumbing, minor steam fitting, plain and reinforced concrete and brick- work, cabinet making, carpentry, repairs to doors, locks and sashes, changing school room desks, making tables, horses, map mounts, cases, cabinets, picture frames, etc.

3. A Supervisor of Penmanship. Previous to 1910, the children had had four different systems of penmanship in four 3^ears. Today we are proud of the general excellence of the penmanship in all grades, and we have no intention of changing the system.

4. A Supervisor of Physical Education, who gives her entire time to our schools, including the High School.

5. A Supervisor of Sewing, who gives her entire time to our schools, including classes in the High School, and in the present emer- gency', is giving considerable attention to the teaching of knitting.

6. The Supervisor of Music now gives her entire time to our schools, instead of three days a week, as formerly, and has charge of the High School Orchestra and of the grammar school orchestras.

7. In addition to this, each grammar school Principal acts as a special supervisor for the entire city in a special subject.

These are: —a. English, including Language, Grammar, Compos- ition (oral and written), Reading (oral and silent), and Spelling

b. History and Civics

c. Geography

d. Arithmetic

e. Science, mainly Hygiene; School gardens and Can- ning. These Supervisors are real specialists in their subjects. As a result of this plan, we have, during the past two years, completely re- vised our course of study for elementary schools from a vague, more or less unavailable schedule, with a decided lack of coordination in various parts of the city, to a definite, but elastic course, presented monthly I0 all teachers by the supervisors. This course is unique in that every teacher in the corps has an opportunity to criticize, to suggest changes or additions, before it is put into effect, so that, as

finally adopted, it represents the best thought of the whole teaching SCHOOL REPORT 31 force. Further than this, there are committees of teachers with a representative from each building, for each subject. Each member of these committees keeps in close touch with the special supervisor of her subject, and acts as a communicating link between the supervisor and the teachers in her building. These committees also consider and recommend changes of text books. It is, therefore, evident that Mel- rose teachers participate to a large extent in the administration of our schools. In addition we now have two elective French classes for pupils of grades 7 and 8, taught by the direct method by High School teachers. Excellent results have been obtained.

The assembly halls in Franklin, Lincoln, and Washington Schools, formerly used for classes, are now free for weekly assemblies and are used for many instructive purposes, and as community centers. The High School, Franklin, Washington, Lincoln, Livermore and Gooch schools each have a stereopticon and reflectoscope, while the Wash- ington School is the proud possessor of a moving picture machine. These are used regularly for visual instruction in Geography, History, Literature, Travels, etc. Large numbers of slides have been purchased and definitely graded for instruction purposes, w^hile other sets, with films, are frequently borrowed or hired for special purposes. Departmental work has been in operation for sometime in the upper grades at the Franklin School and to a limited extent in some of the other buildings.

The public library has furnished instruction to classes in the use of reference books and library catalogue.

In the High School, the course of study has been changed from a loose elective system to a well organized group system. Frequent statements are sent to parents of the standing of the pupils, of absen- ces, poor work, or failure to make college grade. A system of make-up work places the responsibility largely on the pupil. New courses have been introduced in Spanish, Zoology, Botany, Commercial History, Physiography, Penmanship, Community Civics, Practical Engineering, Household Chemistry, Sewing and Physical Education.

A Mathematics Club has been formed by pupils who are proficient in the subject. They have organized a Student Aid Committee, which furnishes student helpers under the supervision of the pupils.

The efficiency and management of the Lunch Room has been greatly increased.

In considering School Equipment, we find that in 1911 books were in bad condition and there was a very inadequate amount of reading material. Since that time the first four grades have been completely supplied with new reading material. This means from eight to twelve sets of primers and readers for these grades. Grades five to —

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eight have been partly supplied with new reading material. Besides this, all grades have been supplied with new spellers, new arithmetics, new histories, new music books, new language books and grammars, new penmanship manuals, and a modern series on physiology and hygiene. In addition, practically all the High School books have been replaced with new and modern texts, and a considerable amount of new equipment purchased for the commercial department and the labora- tories.

Supplies have been standardized. We have a definite system of distribution, with a definite amount for each child, which is ample in amount with less cost and no waste.

In the office of the department, a simple but complete system has been provided, which adequately cares for accounts, bills, letters, and the large amount of statistical material now required by all city school systems.

The most important work accomplished during the past tight years is the perfection of a real business organization in which every individual teacher has ample scope for personal initiative, and participation in school problems, yet in which the whole force is driving ahead as one compact machine, animated by the same spirit and the same purpose, the best good of all the children of Melrose.

The greatest factor in this development has been the Teachers’ Club, formed in 1910. This brought the teachers together socially. They became acquainted. They became friends. As a result they are working together, not only as a school organization, but as a community organization. This is evidenced by the work they have done in connection with our Community Christmas, Fourth of July Celebration, the selling of Red Cross Stamps, collections for Belgian, Serbian and Armenian Relief, in the drives for the Y. M. C. A. and the Red Cross, donations to the Hospital, Milk Station, and other local charities, the preparation of Thanksgiving dinners and the supplying of clothing throughout the year for needy children, and the course of Saturday afternoon entertainments for children at the Washington School.

In March Mr. Lome B. Hulsman, who had for six years been Prin- cipal of our High School, resigned to accept a similar position in Pitts- field, Massachusetts, at a considerable increase in salary. Mr. Hulsman had charge of the school during a critical period of its development. He is a man of high personal and professional ideals, who accomplished much for secondary education in Melrose, and was respected and loved by all who knew him. It was v.ith regret that the city knew of his decision.

Mr. William B. Alexander, principal of the High School at Attle- boro, was elected as Mr. Hulsman’s successor. SCHOOL REPORT 33

Miss Lucy E. Shute, a teacher for thirty-five years, the last twenty- two of which were in Melrose, retired in June 1917, from the fifth grade at the Livermore School. Her work in our schools to the last day was of the highest grade of efficiency and she held a very warm place in the affections of all her pupils and the parents.

The death on April 7, 1917, of Mrs. Grace W. Dole, a member of the Committee since 1915, was a great loss to our schools and to the community. At a special meeting of the School Committee, held April

7, 1917, the following resolutions were adopted:

Whereas: It has pleased our Heavenly Father to remove from our midst, Mrs. Grace W. Dole.

Be it therefore resolved:—that we, her fellow members of the Melrose School Committee, do hereby express our deep regret for the loss of her kindly presence in th 9 Committee and the Community.

Resolved : that our heartfelt sympathy be extended to the husband and children, in whose home circle her passing causes an irremediable break.

Resolved : that the foregoing resolutions be spread upon the records of the special meeting of the Melrose School Committee, held April the seventh, 1917, and that a copy of the same, signed by all members of the School Committee, be forwarded to the family of Mrs. Dole.

Th School Department has lost three men in the War Service.

Mr. Percy C. Cobb, who went into the Quartermaster’s Department at Camp Devens.

Mr. Harrison G. Meserve, who is at Camp Devens.

Mr. Carl D. Lytle, who is at the present time in Y. M. C. A. work in France.

LOOKING AHEAD

In spite of the advancement made during the past few years, there yet remains much for Melrose Schools to attain. Along the lines already laid down we should furnish more skilled instruction for backward pupils. We should extend our practical courses in the High School to include Home Making, Dressmaking, Cooking, and other practical arts for the girls; Mechanical Drawing, Printing and other manual arts for the boys. Physical Education supervision should be extended to Play- grounds. Garden work and canning, together with Summer Schools, should be supported by the community and extended throughout the city. 34 CITY OF MELROSE

There is immediate need for furnishing additional room at the Washington School. This district, especially that portion rather close to the school, is growing rapidly in school population. This year an extra room on the third floor is used by thirty-five pupils as a recitation room. Next year two more rooms will be required. Therefore, for next September, either permanent or temporary quarters must be supplied. A four-room addition would care for the growth for a time and help to relieve congested classes at the Lincoln, Gooch and Liver- more Schools while the Livermore in turn, if thus relieved, could help ; the Franklin district.

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

There seems to be no doubt that the organization of the American School System in the near future will be based upon the Junior High School idea. We have so directed the development of our schools for the past two or three years that when the time comes for Melrose to make this change, it can be done with a minimum of shock. This matter should receive the most careful consideration and study of your Committee with the expectation that within two or three years, a definite move will have to be made to establish a Junior High School in Melrose. This will not only better correlate and coordinate our whole organization but it will also, by taking the seventh and eighth grades out of the grammar schools and the Freshman class out of the High School, provide ample room for growth in the elementary schools and the senior high school for several years. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

Changes along the lines just outlined seem to be indicated even under present conditions. However, no one can foretell at the present time the modifications and adjustments that will undoubtedly be required as a result of the influences of the war. We can only face the undoubted certainty of decided if not fundamental alterations in the educational system of the near future. This period must be approached with minds open to its great demands, with broad vision for its pp- portunities, with no hesitation or doubts as to its outcome, and with firm determination that the children of today shall not be hampered by lack of training, but shall become the competent leaders of a new and happier tomorrow. JOHN ANTHONY, Superintendent of Schools. —

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TOTAL COST OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS School Year 1916-17

General Administration Salaries $2,260.51 Other General Salaries 907.98 Other General Expenses 348.76 Teachers’ Salaries 47,571.42 Text Books and Supplies 2,064.70 Janitors’ Services 5f375.70 Fuel and Light 2,834.38 Water and Miscellaneous 735.22 Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep 2,838.09 Transportation 535-50 Tuition and Miscellaneous 662.44

$66,134.70 AVERAGE COST PER PUPIL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

for these items, for the School Year, 1916-17, based on the average membership (1978.12) was as follows: General i^^dministration Salaries $i.i5 Other General Salaries .46 Other General Expenses .18 Teachers’ Salaries 24.05 Books and Supplies Text , 1.04 Janitors’ Services 2.71 Fuel and Light 1.43 Water and Miscellaneous .37 Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep 1.43 Transportation .28 Tuition and Miscellaneous .33

$33.43 TOTAL COST OF HIGH SCHOOL School Year 1916-17

General Administration Salaries $739-49 Other General Salaries 297.02 Other General Expenses 114-55 Teachers’ Salaries 31,038.00 Text Books and Supplies 2,058.18 Janitors’ Services 3»307-26 Fuel and Light 2,193.62 Water and Miscellaneous 435-51 Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep 1,058.65 Tuition and Miscellaneous 1,107.61

$42,349.89 .

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AVERAGE COST PER PUPIL, HIGH SCHOOL for these items, for the School Year, 1916-17, based on the average membership (647.01) was as follows: — General Administration Salaries $i.i5 Other General Salaries .46 Other General Expenses .iS Teachers’ Salaries 47-97 Text Books and Supplies 3.18 Janitors’ Services 5,11 Fuel and Light 3.39 Water and Miscellaneous .67 Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep 1.63 Tuition and Miscellaneous 1.71

$65 - 45 TOTAL COST OF ALL SCHOOLS School Year 1916-17

General Administration Salaries $3,cxx).oo Other General Salaries 1,205.00 Other General Expenses 463.31 Teachers’ Salaries 78,609.42 ^ext Books and Supplies 4,122.88 Janitors’ Services 8,682.96 Fuel and Light ‘ 5,028.00 Water and Miscellaneous 1,170.73 Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep 3,896.74 Transportation 535-50 Tuition and Miscellaneous • 1,770.05

$ ic)8,484 50 AVERAGE COST PER PUPIL School Year 1916-17 Based on average membership (2625.13)

General Administration Salaries $i - 15 Other General Salaries .46 Other General Expenses .18

Teachers’ Salaries • 29.95 Text Books and Supplies 1.58 Janitors’ Services 3-27 Fuel and Light 1.92 Water and Miscellaneous .45 Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep 1.49 Transportation .20 Tuition and Miscellaneous .67

$41.32 :

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COMPARISON OF COSTS

In connection with the cost o£ Melrose Public Schools, it is inter- esting to note

1. Average cost per pupil for Melrose was $41.32

2. Average cost per pupil for all cities of Massachusetts was 46.31

3. Average cost per pupil for entire state 45.10 Furthermore, in valuation per pupil, Melrose ranks No. 106 among the 353 cities and towns of Massachusetts, with a valuation per pupil of $7,869.00.

Melrose stands No. 70 in the same list in her total tax per thous- and, but No. 202 in the amount of that tax which she devotes to her schools.

ANNUAL FINANCIAL EXHIBIT

Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1917

Receipts

Appropriation, regular items $116,070.00

Appropriation, from tuition ^3,300.00

Special Appropriation, Wiring at Washington, Livermore and Gooch Schools 500.00 Special Appropriation, Summer School 100.00

Special Appropriation, Protection of School Buildings.... 12,000.00

$131,970.00

Expenditures

General Expenses $4,888.58 Teachers' 'Salaries 81,888.23 Text Books and Supplies 6,353.96 Tuition 1,735-87 Transportation 763.00 Support of Truants 32.14 Janitors’ Services 9,122.43 Fuel and Light 7,222.54 Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds 6,019.84 Furniture and Furnishings 804.20

Other Expenses '. 530.51

$119,361.30 ...

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Special Appropriation, Wiring 486.91

$119,848.21 Special Appropriation, Summer School 97-97

$119,946. 18

Special Appropriation, Protection of School Buildings 9,710. 6j,

$129,656.81 Unexpended Balance, Regular items 8.70 Unexpended Balance, Wiring 13.07 Unexpended Balance, Summer School 2.03 Unexpended Balance, Protection of School Buildings.... 2,289.37

$131,970.00

NUMBER OF TEACHERS IN THE DIFFERENT

DEPARTMENTS, DECEMBER 31, 1917

Male Female T High (Grades X, XI, XII, XIII) 7 22 29 Grammar (Grades V, VI, VII, VIII) I 28 29

Primary (Grades I, II in, IV) 0 , 30 30

Supervisors, Music . 0 I I Drawing

Manual Training . Primary Penmanship Physical Education Sewing

Total 86 96

NUMBER OF PUPILS IN THE DIFFERENT GRADES

DECEMBER 31, 1917

Primary, Grade I . 284

Grade II . 278 Grade III 247

Grade IV . 281

Grammar, Grade V . 292

Grade VI . 2.35 Grade VII 231 Grade VIII 206 SCHOOL REPORT 39

High, Freshman Class 205 Sophomore Class 175 Junior Class 153 Senior Class 105 Post Graduate 14

Total 2,709

AVERAGE AGE OF PUPILS IN THE DIFFERENT GRADES SEPTEMBER, 1917

Primary, Grade I 6 years 4 months Grade II 7 years 7 months Grade III 8 years 8 months Grade IV 9 years 8 months Grammar, Grade V 10 years 8 months Grade VI ii years 9 months Grade VII ii years II months Grade VIII 13 years 10 months High, Freshman Class 14 years 4 months Sophomore Class 15 years 5 months Junior Class 16 years 6 months Senior Class 17 years o months APPENDIX

MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION EXERCISES

Class of 1917

Memorial Hall, Evening of June twenty-seventh, at Eight O’Clock

PROGRAM

General Theme—Types of Americans

MARTHA OVERTURE Von Flotow High School Orchestra

INVOCATION

Philetus H. McDowell, D. D.

SALUTATORY AND ESSAY—“The Bostonian” Irma Cofren

CHORUS—“Softly my Heart Unfolds” Saint Saens

Girls’ Glee Club

hLSSAY—“The New Yorker” Melvin Richard Jenney

ESSAY—“The Spirit of the West” Helen Houghton Chain

SELECTION—“Humoresque” Dvorak Orchestra

AWARD OF PRIZES given y the Franklin Fraternity

CLIORUS—“Moonlit Meadows” Csihulka

Girls’ Glee Club SCHOOL REPORT 41

AWARD OF FIDELITY PRIZES IN MATHEMATICS George Thomas Gilman

(President of the Euclidean Society)

ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE PRINCIPAL

SELECTIONS From “Aida” Verdi Glee Clubs and Orchestra

ESSAY—“The Southerner” and VALEDICTORY

Ruth Isabelle Eldredge

PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS

Dr. Lowell F. Wentworth

(Chairman of the School Committee) MARCH—“The Prophet” Meyerbeer Orchestra

SENIOR CLASS HONOR LIST

Pupils who have maintained a general average of 90 per cent, or over during the entire course.

Ruth Eldredge Frederick Deering Irma Cofren Marjorie Cooley Melvin Jenney Doris Pettengill Helen Chain Elizabeth Thompson Ednah Garrette

HONOR LIST FOR OTHER CLASSES

Pupils who have maintained an average of 90 per cent, or over in each subject during the past year.

Junior Class

Edwin Carpenter

Freshman Class Mary Cox Esther Eldredge

MELROSE WOMAN’S CLUB HONORS Irma Cofren Clareberta Wilson 42 CITY OF MELROSE

MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA

Director Pansy E. Bartlett

First Violin Malcolm Hupper, ’i8 Ella King, ’19 Pearl Mollins, ’18 Miriam Smith, ’20 Kenneth Loring, ’19 Edna Richards, ’20 James Whitford, ’20

Second Violin Herbert Faulkner, ’19 Dorothy Knight, ’20 Malcolm Dole, ’20 Herbert Sawtelle, ’20 ’Cello Flute Florence E. Stacy Werner von Klock, ’20 Elizabeth Smith, ’18 Kenneth Dole, ’20 Cornet Arthur Bourne, ’20 Drums Piano Arthur Gibbons, ’17 Marguerita Hoffman, ’18

FRANKLIN FRATERNITY PRIZES

English I Hope Cleaveland Honorary Mention—Boynton Fletcher

English II Honorary Mention only—Mary Colby

English III

J. Warren Foster Honorary Mention—Alma Gerrish English IV Ruth Sawyer Honorary Mention—Elisabeth Marshall Helen Chain

Algebra I Malcolm Dole

Algebra II (Open to all) George Potter Ho»iorary Mention—Harland Wilbur

Geometry I Luther Hussey

Geometry (Open to all) Melvin Jenney SCHOOL REPORT 43

CLASS OF 1917

Alice Louise Adams Edward Burke Johnson Ruth Grace Anderson Allan Frederick Knowlton Gladys Anderton Dorothy Louise Knowlton Mildred Leila Baxter William Corydon Kohl Jessica F. Blackinton Philip Gibbs Landick Marquerite Bleakney Clarence Adolph Lindskog Lillian May Bryant Lois Imogen Litchfield

Helen J. Buckley Miriam Sarah MacDonald Alice Shaw Carrie Albert Thomas McHenry Lydia Glover Casano Grace Stewart MacKenzie Elizabeth Castle Grace Louise Manser Helen Houghton Chain Beatrice Dean Manson Philip W. Clark Elisabeth Marshall Donald Everett Chisholm Laura Farrar Maxwell Ronald M. Chisholm Richard McKay Irene Elizabeth Coburn Alecta Perle Munroe Irma Cofren Philip Ashburton Munroe Marjorie Cooley Wclrose Leverett Newhall Emily Muriel Crawford Harold Winship Newman James D. Cronin Louise Nowell John Patterson Currie Agnes B. O’Connor

Muriel Joy Dahl Mary J. O’Donnell William P. Davison Dorothy Nichols Laurence Strout Day Margaret Pearson Lorraine A. Dearborn Eaton Holbrook Perkins Paul Malcolm Dearborn Francis Hudson Perkins Elsie Rosalind Decker Marion Agnes Perkins Frederick Arthur Deering Margaret Doris Pettengill Harold Page Dillaway Barbara Hudson Pratt Anna Agnes Doherty Earle Francis Prior Helen Louise Duffill Eleanor Elizabeth Randall William Joseph Durkin Dorothy Jean Ricker Irene Grace Ehlert Frank A. Ross, Jr, Ruth Isabelle Eldredge Katherine Lavender Sawtell Ida May Fales Ruth Hazel Sawyer Ada Althea Felch Hilda Schreiber Beatrice Fendian Dorothy Prescott Sherburne Loessa Clewlay Ford Kenneth Leland Sherman Ednah Priscilla Garrette Ruth Sowle Melville William Ghen Helen Lucile Spinney Arthur F. Gibbons Charles N. Stiles George Thomas Gilman Doris Appleton Swett David Henry Goodell Florence Tajdor Parker Sprague Goss Helen Thomas Paul Merrill Greenlaw Elizabeth Adelia Thompson 44 CITY OF MELROSE

H. Stuart Hanes Esther Todd Raymond Harrington Ruth Gould Turpin Richard Homer Hayward Theresa M. Twohig Frederick Hunt Herman Elmer Hall Walter Charles Horatio Hilton Esther Weinstein Annie Barnard Hinckley Helen Juliette Stevens Whitcomb Ada Dow Hitchins Clareberta Wilson Eleanor Winifred Hoft Ronald Henry Winde Leonard Harmon Hoft Annie M. Wortman Leon Brooks Holden Lurana Edith Wright Melvin Richard Jenney Myron Brooks Young Hildegarde Alfhild Olivia Johnsen Percival Henry Zeininger

PUPILS PROMOTED FROM THE EIGHTH GRADE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, JUNE, 1917 Eighth Grade (A) Franklin School

*Briggs, Esther Calley, John Ewart Butts, Alice Churbuck, Henry C. Davis, Lenore Cramb, Lester Greenleaf, Christine Currie, Stuart Hodsdon, Charlotte Dodge, Ralph Ilsley, Katharine Gerrish, Grenville Perkins, Anna Greenlaw, Warren A. Pierce, Elizabeth Harris, Marshall Sehrman, Maud Hollis, Theodore Smith, Louise King, Edwin Smith, Priscilla MacDonald, John Stockwell, Margaret Northrup, Rupert Wheaton, Vivian Otis, Dwight Wilder, Geraldine Sawyer, Warren Casano, Florence Scott, Roscoe Collister, William Scars, Henry W'cllman, Rollins Woglom, Albert Nelson, Willis Maxwell, George

Eighth Grade (B) Franklin School

Adams, Ruth Ackerman, Floyd Brearc, Josephine Batchelder, Warren Brown, Esther Cox, Henry Champlain, Pearl Fahey, Russel Conner, Ruth Lague, Harry Cragin, Geraldine Manser, George SCHOOL REPORT 45

Durgin, Mabel Marryat, Albert Friend, Selma Munroe, Addison Hanson, Mildred Parker, Albert Knowlton, Katherine Parker, George Littlefield, Elsie Paul, Alfred Lord, Caroline Schofield, Robert Mace, Marion Shaw, James Mendalovitz, Lena Stoddard, Russel Muskavitz, Lillian Taylor, Albert Pearson, Dorothy Wilson, Harold Rich, Grace Smith, Evelyn Tamey, Marcelia Littlefield, Myrtle Lane, Lagretta Knowlton, Millie Lane, Beatrice

Eighth Grade, Lincoln School

Bennett, Estelle Aitken, Herbert • Boyle, Margaret Berry, Myron Caldwell, Zilpha Carpenter, Frank W. Curran, Caroleen Day, Clifton H. Cutler, Hilda DeCourcy, Henry E. Gibbons, Ruth Emery, Robert W. Hatch, Louise Ferguson, William F. O’Donnell, Ethel Fudge, Frederick W. Wilkinson, Mildred Gabriel, Victor H. Knight, Aladeline Gittes, Archie Gordon, Lawrence King, Samuel W. Knowlton, Charles F.

Marnette, Albert J. Mason, Myron S. McDougal, Harry G. Neary, John Swain, Harold H. Mendall, Sherman Waltz, Albert P.

Eighth Grade, Mary A. Livermore School

Armington, Marion Ames, Charles F, Barter, Eleanor A. Bearse, Allen H. Jr. 46 CITY OF MELROSE

Burr, Harriet S. Eyrick, Philip A. Butters, Kathryn Gilbert, George E. Carr, Margery Hearne, Thomas M. Dunlap, M. Eileen Loud, Richard M.

Dow, Phyllis A. Merrill, J. Franklin Fulton, Margery A. Mosher, Harold E. Gurney, Marion E. Schofield, John M. Hall, Rachel M. Thompson, Leland C. Landry, Frances M. Wade, Alan G. Lovejoy, Margaret Palmer, Albert E. Landick, Dorothy E, Simonds, Bernard Morris, Minnie N, O’Connor, Helen L. Roberts, Margaret B. Radford, Alice M. Solomon, Elizabeth

Eighth Grade, Washington School

Bodvar, Anna C. Andrews, Carroll B. Delaney, Mary K. Bertoldo, Joseph M. Denley, Doris E. Bright, Cyril A. Harrow, Dorothy H, F. Crowley, Leo C. Kerwin, Theresa E. Ehrenborg, Carl Mason, Cora W. Gustin, Victor A. Newhall, Ruth Hiltz, Francis W. Sanford, Annette M. Lent, Francis Sanford, Josephine Lloyd, Lawrence W. Sawyer, Pauline S. Messenger, Marshall E. Stevens, Gladys Millett, Vv^arren E, Wright, Grace E. Myrick, G. Colburn Philbrick, Lawrence L. Sackett, Paul L. Sinnott, John M. ^Weeks, H. Ashley Johnson, William R.

Eighth Grade, D. W. Gooch School

Casey, Mildred Armstrong, James W. Garey, Marjorie A. Casey, Joseph Jennings, Ruth M. Coburn, Charles S. Leonard, Dorothy E. Crocker, Carl G. Lucey, Catherine Dragan, David Mathias, Theo. B. Fuller, Henry E. SCHOOL REPORT 47

Patten, Liicile M. Nelson, Franklin J. Rendall, Louise E. Perkins, Enoch Seales, Gladys B. Plummer, Paul G. Sparhawk, Margaret Smart, Allen F. Sparhawk, Marion *Ritchie, Stanley , M. Tay, Irene Pitman, Stanley M. Middleton, Mabel E. Rock, Herbert A. Wakelin, Alexander

Entered High School in September—85 per cent. Assessors’ Report

TAXABLE VALUATION OF THE CITY

Buildings $11,326,050.00 Land 5,016,700.00

Total Real Estate $17,242,750.00 Personal Estate 1,530,000.00

Total Valuation $18,772,750.00 Rate of Taxation $23.40 per $1000.

Amount Raised on Property and Polls as Follows:

Real Estate $403,480.35 Personal Estate 35,802.00 5061 Polls at $2.00 each 10,122.0c

$449,404.35

Divided as follows:

State Tax $43,450.00 County Tax 19,871.65 Met. Sewer Tax 17,657.22 Met. Park Tax 10,464.99 State Highway 200.54 Charles River Basin Tax 1,974.84 Fire Prevention Tax 225.67 City Budget Tax 379,561.18 Overlay 14,833.40

$488,239 49

Less amount due from Income Tax 38,835.14

$449,404.35 Supplementary Assessments $26,000.00 Street Sprinkling Assessed 11,887.63 Excise Tax Assessed (Bay State Street Ry.) 2,564.54

Number of residents assessed 3 t^ 9 \ Number of non-residents assessed 677

Number of persons assesed for p^'ll tax only 3»6o/ j

$6,645.00 $11,857.11 7,437.50 13,388.55 $1,977.83 6,375.00 13,365.88 iliiiiii 1,696:87 11,625.00 15,716.05

6,183.01 16,275.00 16488:40 7,183.32 15,880.08

1 7,868.56 15,606.50 i 8,158.34 20,250:00 17,350.17 } i 8,494.76 23,760:00 16,478.32 15,170.07 I iiiiiiiiiiiiBi i 27,000.00 14,860.33 12,466.03 i 7,316.90 I 21.70 316,917.47 35,700:00 j i ^"11^ I i 22.00 350,771.03 1 i 23.40 379.561.18

ASSESSORS’ REPORT 49

Number of horses assessed 196 Number of cows assessed 252 Number of swine assessed 8 Valuation of Exempted Property. Houses of Religious Worship $370,775.00 Literary and Benovelent Institutions 188,825.00

$559,600.00

FRANK R. UPHAM, CHARLES C. SWETT, JOSHUA T. NOWELL, Assessors.

4 Report of Inspector of Wires

The Fire Alarm System has been kept in good repair.

Four miles of weather proof wire has been rim in on the outside circuits in place of old bare wire.

Eight^'^-five two pin and fifty-two four pin arms have h-een replaced with new ones.

The new boxes have been installed, one at the corner of Florence and Sanford Streets and the other at the corner of Howard and Elm Streets.

Ten boxes have been shifted to new locations.

All boxes w^erc painted two coats of red.

Seventeen hundred and fifty inspections of boxes were made, making necessary repairs. One eight inch Electro-Mechanical Gong was purchased for Hose 4’s house. Nineteen transmitter box w'heels were purchased making a complete set, enabling us to send out any alarm from Headquarters.

On the morning of August ii, a fire occured at Fire Alarm Head- quarters putting the system out of commission, the old protector board was entirely destroyed. Police Signal Boxes have been inspected twice a month, replacing forty-two new receiver cord and fifty-two telephone batteries.

Six boxes have been shifted to new'^ poles. All boxes have been painted two coats of dark blue.

The instruments at Headquarters have been kept in first class condition.

Sixty-one tw^o pin and twenty-one four pin arms have been replaced with new ones. Two and one half miles of old wire has been pulled out and replaced with new.

One new box was installed at the corner of East Wyoming Avenue and Whittier Streets. One thousand three hundred and twenty inspections of wires were made of old and new houses, issuing four hundred and forty-five permits allowing current to be turned on. Recommendations—The purchase of an eight circuit repeater to be installed at Fire Alarm Headquarters. REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF WIRES 5t

The City wires on Main Street from Goodyear Avenue to the Wakefield line be pulled in under-ground.

A Diaphone Horn to be installed at the Central Fire Station, or the purchase of a bell striking machine to be installed on the Gooch School as the present system cannot be heard on the west side of the city. i

The purchase of ten new Fire Alarm boxes to take the place of the old non-interfering type of box. Respectfully submitted, FRED A. EDWARDS,

^ • Wire Inspector. :

Report of Inspector of Buildings

111 making this Annual Report, I am as surprised as you will be at the amount of money expended in building construction the past year. Permits have been granted for new construction and alterations up to an estimated value of nearly $260,000 divided as follows 40 New Dwellings $176,700.00 52 Garages 45,675.00 67 Alterations 37,020.00 II Other buildings 445.00

$259,800.00 All of these are either finished or are in process of construction with the exception of a Public Garage on Main Street and three two- flat dwellings on the Lynn Fells Parkway near Bellevue Avenue.

This with the increased cost of labor and material is not a bad showing.

There is very little difficulty in getting people to live up to a positive ordinance, but there are many questions that have to be decided on the intent of an ordinance, and many times the Department is puzzled to make a decision that will in no way conflict with a positive ordinance governing a similiar case. More so this year than ever before. Part IV, Sec. 34 of the Building Ordinances, entitled “Water from Roofs,” has been brought to the attention of the citizens in various ways and in some cases complied with, as one may see by walking along

Main Street. It is not perfect but it is a beginning. Owing to the small revenue derived from money invested in real estate and the increased cost of repairs, there has been great objection to complying with the Ordinance at this time. It is hoped, however,

that before long every citizen will come to feel that it is for his own as well as for the City’s interest that this be complied with. The Department has been able to get some of the objectionable old buildings torn down during the year and the owners in every case have been willing to co-operate. I am still of the opinion that the additions to the Ordinances as recommended in last year’s report ought to be passed and that complete ordinances be printed and distributed.

WILLIAM S. ALLEN, Inspector of Buildings. Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures

Number of Scales Adjusted 57 Number of Scales Scaled 815

Number of Scales Condemned ii

The Scales in use in the Stores are kept in good condition and most of the many complaints we get are found to be errors which are cheer- fully remedied when attention is called to the fault. The Scales in the Stores are under the supervision of this Department and are kept in first class weighing condition.

There are very fev/ unfair Dealers in the City and we hope to be able to stop them all soon. They are all under supervision and if the public \vill call us in before trying to fix it up themselves we will stand a better chance of catching the culprit. Most of the complaints are without foundation and in many cases the Scales at Home are wrong. If people will watch the Scales in the Stores when in doubt there would be less complaint.

Respectfully,

CHARLES E. MERRILL,

• Sealer.

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y'u ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

BOARD OF HEALTH

OF THE

CITY OF MELROSE

FOR THE

YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st,

1917 56 CITY OF MELROSE

MAYOR

Honorable CharL's H. Adams

BOARD OF ALDERMEN COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, HEALTH AND CHARITY

Goodwin, Noyes, Howard, McLean, Frame, Hayden, Woodward

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH

Dr. Clarence P. Holden 21 Vine Street

Dr. Ralph R. Stratvon 654 Main Street

Philip B. Carter, Esq. 26 Poplar Street

OTHER OFFICERS

Verna L. Vinton, Clerk V

Andrew J. Burnet, Plumbing and Sanitary Inspector

Frank P. Sturges, V. S. Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering

David O. Parker, Inspector of Slaughtering

Henry E. Berger, Inspector of Milk

Dr. Arthur T. Gage, Dr. Joseph H. Fay, Dr. Albert E. Small, Medical Inspectors of Schools. Dr. F. Robertson Sims, Acting Medical Inspector of School.

Miss Tennie M. Irving. Public Health Nurse. Report of the Board of Health

General Health —The general health of the city during the year so far as transmissible disease is concerned has been very good.

Diphtheria.—There was a total of eighty-five cases, the largest number of cases reported in any year during the past ten years except in iQi.t, when there v/as eighty-six. There w^ere four deaths resulting from these cases. A large number of the cases were mild and unrecognized, many of them affecting the nose alone.

The epidemic began in the Lincoln School during the latter part of the summer term and at the close of school was apparently under control. Results proved, however, that this was not so. During the summer vacation cases were cropping out, nearly all of them in boys who were in the habit of visiting the bath house at Ell Pond. Finally a number of these mild, unrecognized cases were located among these boys. During August twenty cases were reported and in September twenty-three, but the opening of school gave opportunity for a closer supervision of the children, and during October, November and De- cember the epidemic was checked.

Scarlet Fever.—There were forty-two cases as against eleven in 1916, but no deaths.

Typhoid Fever. —The smallest number of cases of typhoid fever wes reported of any year during the past ten years, there being only three, with no deaths.

Whooping Cough.—Only six cases of w'hooping cough occurred dtiring the whole year, these being all of foreign origin.

Infantile Paralysis.—No cases w'ere reported during the whole year.

Tuberculosis.—There remained on the list of cases December 31. 1916 twenty-three, and eighteen new cases were reported during the

year and two cases w'ere removed from the arrested list to the active

list, making a total of forty- three cases on the list for the year 1917.

The disposition of these cases was as follows : arrested two, deaths eleven, removals two, leaving tw^enty-eight cases on the list at the close

of the year, December 31, 1917, as against twenty-three cases in 1916. Of the new cases reported, one was abdominal and the rest were all pulmonary. Fifteen of these cases are classified as originating in Mel- rose, and five as having originated outside. The total amount expended in the care of Tuberculosis cases was $818.66 as against $1,635.71 in 1916. 58 CITY OF MELROSE

Tuberculosis Dispensary.—The Tuberculosis Clinic maintained by the Melrose Hospital for the City of Melrose under the supervision of the Board of Health was open during the year. The difficulty of main- taining a tuberculosis clinic or dispensary in Melrose is the lack of any considerable number of dispensary cases, so that the principal work of the clinic has been the examination of children in families where a case of tuberculosis had occurred.

Bacteriology.—The bacteriological examination of milk is done by the Milk Inspector and full results will be found in his annual report.

The other bacteriological work to wit : the examination of sputum for the diagnosis of tuberculosis, the examination of blood and other se- cretions for typhoid fever, malaria, and ophthalmia neonatorum, also the examinations of throat cultures for diphtheria have been done, as heretofore, by the State Department of Health.

Antitoxin.—Antitoxin for the treatment of diphtheria, furnished without charge by the State Department of Health, has been distributed to physicians as heretofore.

Vaccination.—Fifty-three successful vaccinations have been performed at this office and seventy-eight certificates of successful vaccination have been issued.

Disinfection.—The Board has largely discontinued disinfection by formaldehyde gas at the close of cases of contagious disease. So far as our experience goes no secondary cases occurred thus far which could have been supposed to have resulted from infection by the room where a patient had been kept or by any articles contained therein.

SCHOOL INSPECTION

Medical inspection of the schools in Melrose is under the supervision of the Board of Health.

The services of two valuable Medical Inspectors have terminated during the year to the regret not only of the Board but also to the Schools to which they have for years given efficient service. Doctor Ralph R. Stratton, by resignation, was succeeded by Doctor Joseph H. Fay, Doctor Albert E. Small asked for a leave of absence upon enter- ing the Army Medical Service and was succeeded by the appointment of Doctor F. Robertson Sims as acting School Physician.

It was deemed wise that the Board should take over the medical inspection of St. Mar3^’s School and this was done with the cordial approval of Rev. Father Glynn.

The outbreak of diphtheria in the Lincoln School, as detailed in account of diphtheria, was the most serious outbreak in the schools during the year.

There has been a notable decrease of the contagious skin diseases. :

BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT 59

A larger number of school children than in previous years has been examined for working certificates, the number being ^5.

GARBAGE AND RUBBISH

Chapter 6, Section i of the Regulations of the Board of Health has been amended and reads as follows, viz

“Householders and the proprietors of stores, groceries and markets, or any other places where garbage is made, kept or stored, and the landlords of all apartments and tenement houses shall provide sepa- late receptacles, of sufficient size, for household waste and garbage.

First . —A covered, watertight, flyproof bucket for offal, refuse* animal and vegetable waste, such receptacles to be kept covered, in a place secure from the depredation of dogs and other animals, and con- venient of access. The contents thereof to be removed onl}^ by the persons authorized by the Board of Health.

Second . —All garbage must be drained and water kept out of the garbage bucket. No tin cans, broken crockery or glass bottles shall be put in the offal bucket but these should be put in the ash barrel. Raw meat, fish or fowl or any. parts thereof shall be wrapped in paper before placing them in a garbage receptacle. OFFAL ON THE GROUND WILL NOT BE COLLECTED.

Third.— Barrels, preferabl.y of iron, .shall be provided for ashes and other dry household waste, to be removed by or under the supervision of the Superintendent of Public Works. All paper should be securel}^ bundled or baled, and kept separate from the ashes.”

The Board has continued the system of collection of garbage by contracts, dividing the city into three districts, and contracts for the term of three years ending May i, 1920 have been made. It is the opinion of the Board of Health that the collection of garbage has been more satisfactory during the past year under this system than ever before.

It may be noted here that the quantity of garbage collected during the year under the very high prices of all food products has probably decreased 40 per cent.

ORDINANCES RELATIVE TO HEALTH

All Ordinance Relative to Cesspools and Privies

Section i. No cesspool shall hereafter be constructed and after

May I, 1917* no cesspool shall be maintained within the limits of the City of Melrose, unless the same shall conform to the following requirements : Where the ground is suitable, a leaching cesspool shall be built of concrete construction within three feet from the top, tightly :

6o CITY OF MELROSE

covered and made fly proof the is suitable ; where ground not for a leaching cesspool, a water tight cesspool shall be constructed, tightly covered and made fly proof. The kind and size of cesspool shall be determined by the Board of Health and shall depend upon the soil foundation and the amount of sewage or drainage to be emptied into such cesspool. No cesspool shall be covered until inspected and approved by an agent or inspector of the Board of Health.

Srcfio 7 i 2. No privy shall hereafter be constructed and after May

I, 1917, no privy shall be maintained within the limits of the City of Melrose unless the same shall conform to the following requirements The privy vault shall be water tight with eight inch concrete wall, sides, ends and bottom and properly covered at the rear and made fly proof, the size to be four feet by four feet b}'- four feet, inside measurements. Provided, however, that this section of the ordinance shall not apply to temporary privies constructed by contractors or builders who receive a permit from the Board of Health to maintain a vault for the

use of employees ; such temporary privy, however, to be kept and maintained under such restrictions and regulations as the Board of Health may from time to time prescribe.

INSPECTION OF RANGE BOILERS

Section 9. No range boiler shall be installed unless its capacity is plainly marked thereon in terms of the Massachusetts Standard Liquid Measure, together with the maker’s business name in such manner that it may easily be identified.

No copper, iron or steel pressure range boiler, whether plain or galvanized, or other vessel or tank in which water is to be heated under pressure, shall be installed without having stamped thereon the maker’s guarantee that it has been tested to not less than two hundred pound hydraulic pressure to the square inch.

And no such boiler or other vessel or tank in which water is to be heated under pressure shall be installed if the working pressure is greater than forty-two and one-half per cent of the guaranteed test pressure marked thereon by the maker.

And no such boiler or other vessel or tank in which water is to be heated under pressure, shall be installed unless it has safety and , vacuum valves to prevent siphonage and expansion or explosion, satisfactory to the Inspector of plumbing.

The Plumbing Inspector must be notified when this work has been completed.

Note . —For further report see the report of the Plumbing Inspec- tor. BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT 61 MOSQUITOES

The mosquito nuisance was very much less prevalent than during the year of 1916. The Board continued on a small scale the practice of treating stagnant pools with petroleum oil to prevent the hatching of mosquitos.

BARBER SHOPS

The barber shops have been inspected, and are rated from a sanitary viewpoint as good, fair and unclean.

8 are rated good; i is rated fair; o are rated unclean.

BAKERIES

Bakeries have been inspected as required, and all were found in good, sanitary condition.

DAIRY INSPECTION

Dairies in Melrose and nearby, supplying milk to Melrose inspected by the Board of Health arc not scored but are rated as excellent, good, fair and unclean.

Number rated excellent, i; Number rated good, 13; Number rated fair, 5; Number rated unclean, o; Total number inspected, 19; Licenses issued, 68; To sell milk from stores, 28; To sell milk from wagons,

26; To sell oleomargarine, 14.

It is obviously impossible for the Board to inspect dairies in Ver- mont, New Hampshire, and Maine supplying milk in Melrose. This has not been done. 62 CITY OF MELROSF I

NUISANCES

The following is the list of nuisances abated by order of the Board of Health or its agents, during the year and in parallel column, nuisances abated during the previous year.

1916 1917

Privy Nuisances 2 4

Privies abolished 6 5

Cesspool nuisances ii 10

Cesspools abolished 14 9

Premises connected with sewer by order of Board 2 o

Hen nuisances 4 4

Dumping nuisances ii 12

Uncleanly premises 17 19

Pig nuisances ‘ o 2

Stable nuisance and exposed manure 4 10

Stagnant Water 4 4

Insufficient Sanitary provision I 2

Defective Plumbing 4 9

Defective drainage i 6

Animals in apartments i o

Committing nuisance o 3

Flies I o

Exposed garbage o lo

Exposed Food o 2

City water offensive o i

Complaints investigated and no cause for complaint .... 12 3

Dead animals buried 62 50

Other nuisances 9 4 BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT 63

Table I FINANCIAL STATEMENT

1916 1916 1917 1917 Totals Totals Total Appropriations S8.475.0G $10,997.85 EXPENDITURES General Administration 1,199. 14 1,199.68 Salaries of Board 650.00 650.00 Salary of Clerk 310.51 291.84

Telephone 51 . 16 63.27 Stationery and postage 48.27 62.55 Office Furnishings 30.54

Reports and Ads 73 . 62 Transportation 103.97

Sundries 35 . 04 28.05 Other Expenses 1,048.23 1,193.94

Plumbing Inspection 660. 75 649 . 96 Sanitary Inspection 34.30 193.73 Examination of throat cultures 4.00 14.00 Fumigation and disinfection .86 Burial of dead animals 41.00 56.50 Dumps 9.40 13.40 Medicine 14.21 Serving notices 4.60 Office Supplies 61.46 Transportation 6.81 3.50

Care of insane 46 . 00

Inspection if Ice 28.50 Ads and Reports 56.04

Office Furnishings 49.08 49 . 68

cleaning . 92.82 Tank Wagon and Cesspool 65 . 85 Educational 45.93 Sundries 28.78 11.01 Quarantine and Contagious Disease Hosp 1,318.41 2,498.89

Maintenance of patients at hospital . 1,100.61 2,136.84 Reimbursement of other cities 51.00 84.29 Transportation 109.50 115.50 Outside Aid 1.20 22.4 Nurse 112.29 Printing 7.75 ^ Repairs on hospital 48.35 Sundries 27.49 Inspection 875.00 1,104.75 Inspection of School Children 273.00 393.75 Public Health Nurse 100.00 Inspection of animals and slaughtering 102.00 111.00 Inspection of milk 100.00 100.00

Milk analyses 400 . 00 400 . 00 Refuse and Garbage Disposal 2,299. 18 3,847.85 Tuberculosis 1,635.71 818.66 Outside Aid 239.11 136.68 Board and supplies in hospitals 1.375.88 679.98

. Sundries 20.72 2.00

TOTAL EXPENDITURES 8,375.67 10,663.77 Revenues of Board of Health 491.13 365.07 Licenses 43.00 38.00 Reimbursements 448.13 327.07 Reimbursed to other expenses 42.12 .

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Table VII INFANT MORTALITY

Deaths of Rate of Mortality of children

Year Births Children under under 1 year per 1,000 of 1 year children born

1911 325 18 55.40 1912 305 10 32.40

1913 331 19 62 . 30 1914 333 22 66.10 1915 393 26 66.10 1916 384 22 56.70 1917 339 23 67.84

There were eight stillbirths during the year 1917.

TABLE VIII

ESTIMATED POPULATION JULY 1, 1917, 17,517

1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 Apparent death rate per 1,000 population 10.33 ii-30 11.59 12.58 12.13 15-35 Corrected death rate per 1,000 population 11.88 12.91 11.84 12.00 12.70 15.29

Note . —The corrected death rate is found by eliminating the records of all non-residents dying in Melrose and adding the records of all Melrose residents dying elsewhere, as shown by the records of the City Clerk. —

72 CITY OF MELROSE

UNDERTAKERS

The following named undertakers have been licensed : Albert J. Walton, John H. Gately, Stephen W. Harvey, Fred T. Churchill- Henry W. Clark and F. Sears Stetson. BOARDING HOUSES FOR INFANTS

The Board has approved the applications of the following named

persons to maintain boarding-houses for infants : Phoebe E, A. Morris, Mary E. Silver, Ada R. Atwood, Agnes Thompson, Annie Broderick,

Nellie M. Crosby, Marie Fester, Jane Dieter, Clara J. Manley, Mary A. Whiting, Victoria Hobart. Respectfully submitted, CLARENCE P. HOLDEN, RALPH R. STRATTON, PHILIP B. CARTER. Board of Health.

Report of Inspector of Plumbing

January i, 1918.

To the Board of Health, City of Melrose -.

Gentlemen : —I submit the following as the annual report of plumbing inspection for the year ending December 31, 1917. Number of applications received 159 Number of permits granted 159 Number of sinks installed 90 Number of wash trays installed 65 Number of water closets installed 115 Number of bath tubs installed 85 Number of wash bowls installed 94 Number of traps replaced 45 Number of urinals installed o Number of drinking fountains installed 2 Number of shower baths installed i Number of floor drains installed o Number of lead bands replaced i Number of old buildings connected with sewer 9 Number of old buildings connected with cesspools 5 Number of new buildings connected with sewer 29 Number of new buildings connected with cesspools 13 Number of refrigerator connections i Number of Soil pipes, renewed 2 Number of pressure boilers replaced 12 Number of pantry sinks installed 4

Total number of fixtures installed 574 Respectfully submitted,

ANDREW J. BURNETT, Inspector of Plumbing. —

Report of Inspector of Animals

To the Melrose Board of Health :

Gentlemen : — I herewith submit my report for the year 1917. Made physical examination of 325 cattle, approximately 200 swine, and 3 goats. Quarantined and condemned i cow for tuberculosis, caused her to be killed and carcass rendered.

Inspected premises in regard to sanitary conditions in which all milch cows arc kept, in this respect find a decided improvement over previous years. F. P. STURGES, V. S. Inspector of Animals.

Report of Inspector of Milk

April 27th, 1918.

Melrose Board of Health, Melrose, Mass.

Gentlemen : — I herewith submit my report as Milk Inspector for the year 1917. Samples of milk have been taken each month from dealers selling over twenty quarts of milk. These samples have been analyzed chemically and becteriologically. The results have been excellent as a general rule. The appended tables give a good insight into the quality of milk delivered by the various dealers. It must be kept in mind that a milk having a high percentage of fats and total solids and a low bacterial count is the best for human consumption. Good food value is indicated by the fat and solid content, while a low bacterial denotes a clean, fresh product. With the present price of milk the question of food value must be considered and the prudent buyer should purchase milk from the dealer who delivers a high grade of milk.

Table No. i shows the median number of bacteria per c. c., also the average percentage fats and total solids.

Table No. 2 is worthy of much consideration as it shows more clearly the quality of milk delivered by the various dealers viewed from the point of cleanliness. The inspector in addition to the regular monthly samples has analyzed samples submitted to him by various dealers who have de- sired to improve their supply. 74 CITY OF MELROSE

Table No. I

MEDIAN NUMBER OF BACTERIA PER C. C. FOR EACH DEALER AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS AVERAGE 1917

of C.

**Median Solids Dealer of %Fat bacteria C. Samples number per No. %

Atwood, Fred C 24,000 12 4.0 12.9 Bloss, W. C 17,000 12 3.8 12.5 Bucci, Alexander 32,000 12 3.7 12.4 City Farm 11,000 12 4.7 13.7 Forbes Bros, x *8,000 12 3.9 12.5 Gittes, Harry 6,000 11 4.2 13.5 Goldsmith, G. B 5,000 12 4.0 13.0

Hood, H. P. & Son, X *16,000 12 3.6 . 12.4 Howard Farm 4,000 12 4.3 ' 13.3 Leach, F. N 5,000 12 4.6 13.5 Levy, Geo 29,000 12 3.6 12.5 Luce, R. A 40,000 12 3.7 12.6 Manning, J. S 7,000 12 3.7 12.91

Marshall, E. B 6,000 12 . 4.3 13.4 Munn, T. J. & Son 8,000 12 4.3 13.2 Outran!, A. W 7,000 12 4.0 12.8

Penney Farm . . . 19,000 12 3.8 12.5 Quinn, M. J 5,400 12 3.8 12.5 Roulston, R. R 23,000 12 3.7 12.7 Smith, A. M 2,200 12 3.8 12.5 Spratt, Mrs. Abbie 4,000 12 4.7 13.8 Turner Center Creamery Co. x... 18,000 12 3.9 12.8 Whiting, D. & Sons x 23,000 12 3.9 12.7

Maximum bacteria per c.c. allowed by Board of Health1 is 500,000.

State standard Fat, 3.35 Solids, 12 .0. : % % X — Pastuerized.

* Average median from samples of two different routes.

** The median is the middle number selected after the bacterial counts have been arranged in the order of their magnitude. BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT 75

Table No. II

NUMBER OF MONTHS DURING WHICH THE BACTERIA COUNTS OF INDIVIDUAL DEALERS FELL WITHIN CERTAIN LIMITS 1j

Months

10,000 300,000

100,000—300,000 Dealer 50,000—100,000

10,000—20,000 20,000—50,000 of Good Excellent

Under Over Good Fair Poor Bad No. V.

Atwood, Free C 12 2 4 1 2 2 1 Bloss, W. C 12 5 2 1 3 1 Bucci, Alexander 12 4 2 1 5 City Farm 12 6 2 1 2 1 Forbes Bros., x 12 *10-5 *0-6 *0-0 4-0 *0-0 *0-1 Gittes, Harry 11 9 1 1 Goldsmith, G. B 12 10 2 Hood, H. P. & Sons, x 12 *5-4 *6-6 n-0 *0-1 *0-0 *0-0

’ Howard Farm 12 10 1 1 Leach, F. N 12 9 2 1

Levy, Geo 12 2 3 4 1 2 ’

' Luce, R. A 12 1 4 1 2 1 3 Manning, J. S 12 7 4 1 Marshall, E. B 12 10 1 1 Munn, T. J. & Son 12 8 2 2 Outram, A. W 12 9 1 1 1 Penney Farm 12 4 2 4 2

Quinn, M. ] 12 8 3 Roulston, R. R 12 5 3 4 Smith, A. M 12 11 1 Spratt, Mrs. Abbie 12 9 3

Turner Center Cr. Co., x . . 12 5 2 4 ' 1 ' ” Whiting, D. & Sons, x 12 4 2 2 2 1 i

X — Pasteurized. * — Average of samples from two different routes.

Respectfully-

H. E. BERGER, Jr., Milk Inspector. Report of the Public Health Nursing Service

DISPENSARY

During the year 14 active cases have been under the care of the DisncnsaiT. Thirty-two others, mostly children who have been in con- tact v;ith tnlicrcnlosis have been examined and an oversight kept of them through the year. Eleven patients are on our regular visiting

list for private physicians.

One sleeping porch was put up and assistance was given in building another from our Red Cross Christmas Seal Fund. This fund was also drawn on when necessary for outfits for patients who were ad- mited to the sanitarium. It also supplied dinners for a number of our patients and their families at Thanksgiving and Christmas, and fruit and milk for our bed patients.

During the Christmas of 1917 the sale of the Christmas seals was again taken up and $336 was raised mostly by the school children for our local Tuberculosis work.

Each child selling 100 seals was made a Modern Health Crusader and was given a Modern Health Crusader Pin.

A Modern Health Crusader implies the care of ones own health, by sleeping with open windows, proper food, the care of the teeth, frequent bathing and general personal hygiene. About two hundred and fifty of these pins were given out.

INFANT WELFARE

Two hundred and thirty-four infants under one year of age have been visited during the year. Forty-one have been on our regular visiting list through the Milk Station, Baby Conference and supervision in the homes.

During July, August and part of September a milk station was opened in Memorial Building where the milk was pasteurized and sold at nominal price. In cases where special formulae was necessary the required number of feedings for twenty-four hours was put up in the feeding bottles which were packed in ice and delivered in the pails provided for the purpose. Later the mothers were instructed in pasteurizing and preparing the milk at home.

The babies enrolled at the station showed a steady increase in weight through the hot weather. To assist the mothers over the critical period when the diet is being changed from milk to solid food, BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT 77

diet lists for children one year, eighteen months, and two years of age, were printed and distributed. These were much appreciated by the mothers.

The best literature that could be obtained by the Health Depart- ment on the care of mothers and babies have been distributed through the year.

On account of the number of cases of diphtheria in the city the station was closed earlier than was intended in order that the nurse might be able to give all her time to the schools.

SCHOOLS

In June several cases of diphtheria broke out in one room. A carrier was eventually found. On account of the number of cases reported during vacation, when the schools opened in September, as far as possible every child who was known to be sick* without a physician oi was absent from school, was visited. Several cases were found where they were being treated with home remedies for tonsil-

itis and a culture showed them to be mild cases of diphtheria. In one case a child had been sick in bed for three days when the nurse called. The mother assured her that he would be back in school in a day or two. He was brought in from the street where he was playing with other children and a culture was taken and the mother requested to keep him isolated while we were waiting for the report. This proved to be diphtheria and had to be quarantined for several weeks.

A great improvement has been noticed among the pupils in regard to the care of the teeth. In six schools with an approximate enrollment in grades from I to IV of seven hundred and 'forty pupils, three hundred and twenty-one are under the care of their private dentists, one hundred and ninety-nine others are in good condition, eighteen have been treated at the Melrose Free Dental Clinic, four have been to the Forsyth Dental Clinic and one hundred and ninety-seven have not been treated. In the higher grades the percentage of pupils who have had repair work done is much larger. When this work was first taken up it was only occasionally we found a pupil in any of the grades who had ever visited the dentist.

There has been a noticeable decrease in the number of pupils having enlarged glands of the neck. Thirty minor operations, generally for tonsils and adenoids, have been performed during the year. Respectfully submitted, JENNIE M. IRVING, Public Health Nurse. Report of Overseers of the Poor

Individuals aided 290 Adults 109 Children 181 Having settlement in Melrose 180 Having settlement elsewhere in State 17 Having no known settlement 93 Families aided 52 Having settlement in Melrose 32 Having settlement elsewhere in State 4 Having no known settlement 16

Supported at City Home 15 Cases admitted during year 9 Cases discharged 7 Deaths at City Home i

Remaining at City Home January i, 1918 7

Children boarded by State 10

At Massachusetts Hospital School i

At Canton Hospital i

General Administration $1,050.00

Transfer from “Outside Relief by City” .. 12.25 $1,062.52 Almshouse 3,000.00

Transfer from “Outside Relief b}'’ City”... 400.00 3,400.00 Outside Relief by City 2,800.00 .Less Transfer to “Almshouse” 400.00 Less Transfer to “General Administration” 12.25 2,387.75 Relief by Other Cities and Towns 2,500.00 Appropriation from Excess and Deficiency to pay 1916 bills 215.74 2,715.74 Mothers’ Aid 3,800.00 3,800.00 REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR 70

Almshouse $1,332.33 Reimbursements 2,693.77

General Administration $1,062.25 Almshouse 3,296.28 Outside Relief by City 2,307.21 Relief by Other Cities and Towns 2,687.12 Mothers’ Aid 3,725.51

Balance January i, 1917 $1,474.19 Interest 58.97

$1,533.16 Expended during year 1917 $41.00 Reimbursements 14.86 26.14

Balance December 31, 1917 $1,507.02

Salary of Clerk $276.88 Telephone 43.96 Postage and Stationery 25.56 Office Furnishings 104.32 Reports 5.76 Transportation 2.00 Sundries 3.77

Total $462.25

Salary of Superintendent and Matron $517.19 Outside Labor at Farm 420.60 Food 821.50 Fuel 254.25 Telephone 21.83 Grain 672.69 Electricity 34.80 Clothes 20.45 Medicine 29.70 Ice 126.38 Seeds 34.47 Repairs and Improvements 195.46 8o CITY OF MELROSE

Equipment 38.28 Transportation 2.50 Horse shoeing 42.41 Water 37.12 Sundries 26.65

Total $3,296.28

Food $685.64 Fuel 438.88 Cash 155.50 Rent 710.80 Clothes 40.25 Board 178.83 Medicine 49-53 Transportation 34-78 Burial 10.00 Sundries 3.00

Total $2,307.21 -

Board of Children $747.26 Board in Hospitals 505.35 Board in Institutions 306.00 Food 378.50 Fuel 107.72 Cash 528.91 Medical Aid 21.81 Clothes 15.65

Total $2,61 1 . 20 1916 Deficiency 75.92

$2,687.12

Cash $2,909.00 Food 470.01 Rent 119.00 Other Cities 220.00 Clothes 9-50

Total $3,725.51 REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR • 8i

There have been aided by the department during the past year, 290 persons, 109 adults, 181 children, (52 families).

To the uninformed it may appear that because of the present fav- orable industrial conditions the applicants for aid would be limited to an insignificant number : but such is not the case. Even during the most prosperous times there are those who, through the influence of misfortune and very many more so, through intemperance, with its far reaching evil results, are brought face to face with poverty.

As a matter of fact, public sentiment demands and the Legislation, enacted in recent years, provides for more adequate relief than was the case a few years ago, and the Overseers of the Poor arc in a great measure compelled to follow the trend of the times.

It requires special efforts to keep the expense down to a small per capita cost while at the same time treating in an efficient and humane manner all cases to be dealth with.

When application for aid is made, we endeavor to give each applicant a sympathetic hearing either in our office or in the home of the applicant. Among those who seek aid are many widows having children dependent upon them' for support; also there are families in which the father, through sickness, becomes physically incapacitated from performing any kind of work and this curtails the resources of the family. An intemperate father is the principal cause of many who apply for relief. Furthermore, there arc aged people whose earning power has become insufficient to fully provide for the family ‘needs and as many of these persons arc averse to being cared for in the City

Home, it becomes necessary to supplement their meagre income with an allow’ance. We have been many times complimented on the neat appearance and management of the City Home by Inspectors, and visitors, and if ft were not for the name “Poor Farm” it would not be so persistently shunned by aged and helpless people, who doubtless ignorantly asso- ciate the place with the traditional “workhouse” of Dickens fame. We do not see, however, why these people should be upheld in their protes-, tations by well informed citizens, who, looking at the matter fairly must see a most comfortable home for the lone destitute people whom we cannot properly care for elsewhere. The products of the farm were in some respects better than usual. They were as follows: Potatoes 80 bu. Onions 7 bu. Beets 18 bu. Carrots 12 bu.

Green Corn (for cows ) 4600 lbs. Green Feed (for cows) 6600 lbs. Green Oates (for cows) 388 lbs. 6 82 CITY OF MFXROSE

Squash 1300 lbs.

Turnips, white 20 bu.

Turnips, yellow 1 15 bu. Beans, white and kidney 3V2 bu.

Hay 7 tons

besides such vegetables as peas, corn, cucumbers, etc., in season for the

inmates. The Melrose Hospital is supplied with all milk raised at the City Farm.

When aid is applied for, it is highly important to make a thorough investigation into the family condition, in order to be able to determine

who are deserving of aid, the cause of it all, and the settlement. Even

after doing so it happens that we are deceived by some persons. Some

who apply for relief do so from a feeling that they are entitled to it just as well as some “neighbor,” who is being aided. Others try to

conceal facts upon being questioned ; they think the world owes them a living and that there is no necessity for supplying information to the

Overseers. In many cases it is employment that is needed, and fre-

quently this is found for them.

We are aiding at the present time under the Mothers’ Aid law, 18 families, containing 61 children. The amount given is from $2.00 to $9.00 per week, according to the number of children and the conditions. We are paying out under this law about $74.00 per week in cash and groceries. We are constantly in touch with these families as the law requires that each family be visited as often as four times a year.

The Board has also among its charges ten children under the age of ten years. Other children are in the care of the Board from time to time. One child is in the State Hospital at Canton and one child at the Massachusetts Hospital School.

It has been a hard year in every respect and our expenses have increased accordingly. The reasons are obvious. The scarcity of fuel, the high prices of foods of all kinds, seem in themselves sufficient excuse for the increase in expenditures.

The Board has endeavored to deal justly and fairly with its poor

and they have kept the unfortunate warm and comfortable as far as it has been in their power to do, through the unusual winter.

We are pleased to report that we are closing many cases that have long burdened our city, under the new settlement laws Chapter 669 Acts of 1911.

At the close of; the year the Board was honored by being selected to administer the splendid gift of the late Mrs. A. C. Marie Currier, as shown in the following correspondence. —— —

REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR 83

The Overseers of the Poor : City of Melrose, Mass.

Dear Sirs :

At the request of the Mayor, Charles H. Adams, I herewith enclose a check for $2,500 drawn by the Trustees under the will of the late A. C. Marie Currier, which under the twenty-first clause of the will can be applied for purposes stated, as follows : “To use the net income thereof for the purchasing and furnishing of Christmas dinners for the worthy poor families in the City of Melrose, and for the purchasing and furnishing of warm clothing for the children of the worthy poor in the City of Melrose.” This income may be divided between the two objects as you choose, but it is my opinion that you have not the right to use it for other objects, however desirable that might be, and certainly not without the authority from the Court. The enclosed check represents the approximate income of the Trust from the date of the appointment of the

Trustees, September 29th, 1916, to August i, 1917. The account has not as 3^et been filed with the Court, and when that has been done and the Court has approved certain charges which are now held by the Truste*es in abeyance, there may be a further amount of income available for the same purpose as outlined above. Please acknowledge receipt of the within enclosure and your acceptance of the funds under the terms as stated. Very truly yours,

HENRY F. SMITH,

’ Trustee of ; 1 u-w A. C. Marie Currier”

Melrose, January 2, 1918. Henry F. Smith, , Herman B. Gerade, Trustees u-w of A. C. Marie Currier.

Gentlemen :

VVe acknowledge the receipt of your check for $2,500.00 the income from the gift of Mrs. A. C. Afarie Currier, for the benefit of the worthy poor of the City, as stated in your letter, “To use the net income thereof for the purchasing and furnishing of Christmas dinners for the worthy poor families in the City of Melrose and for the purchasing and furnishing of warm clothing for the children of the worthy poor in the City of Melrose.”

\Vc accept this gift and this great trust and shall do our best to administer it in the spirit and within the terms of the gift.”

“ A'c arc deeply appreciative of the goodness of Airs. Currier in establishing the funds and of your consideration and confidence in our administration of it. 84 CITY OF MELROSE

It shall be our earnest endeavor to accomplish that vast good which

Mrs. Currier intended and administer it with such attention, care and responsibility as shall measure up to the best standards of charity work.

We shall be much pleased at any time to furnish you with a com- prehensive statement of our accounts and to receive from you most cordially any suggestions or advice concerning it. With sincere appreciation. Yours respectfully, ADALINE G. REED, Chairman.”

We would express our appreciation for the work and services rendered by the City Physician in co-operation with this Board. The Melrose Hospital has also rendered valuable service to our outside poor and inmates of the City Farm during the past year. ADALINE G. REED, BERTRAM E. LOVEJOY, THOMAS F. TROY, Overseers of the Poor. : : —

Report of City Physician

To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen^ City of Melrose :

Gentlemen : — I send you herewith the twelfth annual report of the City Physician for the year ending December 31, 1917. Visits made for the Charity Department At the City Home 50 To patients in their homes 161 211 Office calls 74 Visits made for the Health Department To patients in their home 74 To patients in hospitals 4 Visits of inspection and consultation 155 233 Office treatment for pupils of the public schools 37 Visits for the Police Department 5 Vaccination 53 Respectfullly, CLARENCE P. HOLDEN, City Physician, :

Report of Police Department

FINANCIAL

Appropriation

Salaries and W'ages $20,316.62 Special Appropriation 150.00

$20,466.62 Expenditures 20,462.83

Balance $3.79 Other Expenses 350.00 .Special Appropriation too. 00 Transfer from Equipment and Repair 50.00

$500.00 Expenditures 498.09

Balance $1.91 Equipment and Repairs 300.00 Transfer to Other Expenses 50.00

$250 . 00 Expenditures 204.72

Balance $45.28 Horses and care of Same 475-00 Expenditures 468.13

Balance $6.87

Offences for which complaints have been made at Court.. 173

MISCELLANEOUS REPORT

Accidents reported 15 Animals killed 10 Arrests for out of town officers 4 Articles found and returned to owners 6 Automobiles stopped and warned 307 Automobiles recovered 7 Board of Health notices served 9 Boys throwing stones in streets warned 15 Boys playing ball in streets warned 12 Breaks in property discovered and effects recovered .... 2 Buildings and houses specially protected 4 REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT G;

Buildings reported unsafe i Cases and Complaints investigated 214 Dangerous poles reported 2I

Dead Body found i Defects in streets reported 9 Defects in sidewalks reported lo Disturbances suppressed lo Dogs found and returned to owners 2 Doors and windows found open and secured 93 Electric and telephone wires burning trees reported 14 Electric and telephone wires down, reported, 7

Fire alarm pulled by Officer ‘ i Fires attended by Officers 31 Fires extinguished without giving alarm 4

Gambling house closed i Gas leaks reported 4 Plouses found vacant 4 Incandescent and Arc lights reported out 238 Insane committed 4 Investigation of jurymen 98 Lost children returned to homes 3 Letters delivered for City Clerk 2,308 Leaks in water pipes reported ii Lanterns hung in dangerous places 22 Lights found burning extinguished 12 Miscellaneous notices served 35 Notices delivered for police of other Cities and Towns... 16 Obstructions removed from streets 4 Persons assisted home 6 Person overcome by gas resuscitated and removed to

hospital I

Street signs reported down i

Stolen horse and wagon recovered and returned to owner. i Summonses served 89 Trees reported down 2 Value of property recovered and returned $3,190.00 Wireless outfits confiscated 6 W^orking in streets without permit 2

Duty calls from Police boxes Jan. i, ’17, to Jan. i, ’18 33,223

Telephone calls from boxes Jan. i, ’17, to Jan. i, ’18 .... 3,524

Wagon calls from boxes Jan. i, ’17, to Jan. i, ’18 19

Wagon calls other than from boxes Jan. i, ’17, to Jan.

I, '18 54 Ambulance calls 180

GEORGE E. KERR, Chief of Police, 2 —

Report of the Fire Department

The number of Companies are as follows : — i Engine Company, i

Hose Company, 2 Combination Chemical and Hose Companies, i Aiito Hook and Ladder Company.

The Cali Force consists of : — i Chief Engineer, i Deputy Chief Engineer, i Captain, 3 Lieutenants, 29 Privates.

The Permanent Force consist of ; —2 Captains, i ^Lieutenant, i Chaufteur and Mechanic, i Engineman, 7 Drivers.

The Department has Pungs, i Steam Fire Engine, i Hose

Wagon, 2 Auto Combinations, Chemical and Hose, i Spare Hose

Wagon, kept in reserve, i Spare Horse Drawn Hook and Ladder

Truck, reserve,! Supply Wagon, 10 Chemical Extinguishers, i Chief’s Auto.

There are in the Service : —3 Horses on Steam Fire Engine, 2 Horses on Hose Co. No. 4.

There are 5,400 feet of good Hose. There are 450 feet of condemned Hose.

The whole number of alarms Avas 187. 67 Bells and 119 Stills. The number of feet of Hose used 18,750 The number of Gallons of Chemical 849 The number of feet of Ladders used 828 The number of Rubber Covers used 24

Table of Valuation Losses, etc. : Values Losses Insurance Insurance Paid Buildings $157,000 $29,654.62 $134,050 $28,952.62 Contents 57, 600 9,533- 18 46,400 6,522.18

Totals $214,600 $39,187.80 $180,450 $35,474.80

The largest loss of the year was the Melrose Theatre Fire; Dam- age to Building, $12,062.50; Damage to Contents, $2,152.25. Total $14,214.75. The most disastrous fire of the year was Januar}^ 7th at Philpot’s Stable, when tAVo men and eight horses lost their lives. The houses have been repaired Avhere necessary, most of the work being done by members of the Department. Value of Personal Property of the Department, $28,709.00.

I respectfully recommend the purchase of 2000 feet of new Hose. JOSEPH EDWARDS, Chief Engineer, :: . : .

Report of Park Commissioners

APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1917

Parks, General Administration

Salaries and Wages $50.00 Other expenses 100.00

Planning Board . . 6.72 Lighting 270.00 Water 125.00 $550.72 Parks and Gardens:

Salaries and wages $1,000.00 Transfer bill 210.00 Supplementary appropriation 200.00 $1,410.00 Improvement and additions 750.00 750.00 Other expenses 200.00 Transfers from various accounts .... 319.24 619.24 Playgrounds

Salaries and wages $326.00 Improvements 200.00 Balance from 1916 30.76 Other expenses 60.00

Transfers from Playground Impr. . . 21.52 $627.27 Bath-houses and Beaches:

Salaries and wages $450.00 Improvements 25.00 Other expenses 95.00 Transfer from Bath-house salaries .. 50.00 Transfer from Bath-house Impro’s... 5.38 $626.38 Total appropriations

EXPENDITURES Parks, General Administration:

Salaries and wages, appropriation ... $50.00 Expended for salary of Clerk 50.00

Parks, General Administration—Other expenses Appropriations $500.72 Expended Dennison Mfg. Co $9.76 American Express Co 1.67 Postage 8.01 L. Nickerson, mending flag 7.10 Water Dept., for water 115.93 Lighting 270.00 $412.47 ::

90 CITY OF MELROSE

Parks and Gardens, Salaries and Wages:

Appropriations and transfers $1,410.00 Expended

Pay rolls, labor $840.50 Police, Sundaj's and nights, etc 189.19 Transfer bill 210.00 Transfer bill P. & G., other expenses 60.81 George DcCost, labor 96.74 $1,397.24 $12.76 Parks and Gardens, Improvements:

Appropriation $750.00 Expended

C. L. Hoffman & Son, labor $623.15 A. M. Tuttle & Son, Shrubs 50.00 S. J. Beckwith & Co., flag 36.00 F. E. Coyle, hardware 7.25 W. H. Drummond, plans 4.00 Geo. DeCost, labor 6.00 W. H. Stewart, carpentering 14.45 Transfer to P. & G., other expenses 9.15 $750.00

Parks and Gardens,—Other Expenses Total appropriations and transfers... $519.24 Expended Casey Florist Co $107.40 S. J. Beckwith, hardware 33.38 Thos. Mollins, moth work 31.50 C. L. Hoffman & Son, labor, flag .. 27.80 Pigeon Fraser Co., flag, Oommon .. 65.00 F. E. Coyle, hardware 43.43 H. S. Robertson, flag pole work .... 41.85 L. Nickerson, mending flags 14.92 Harrington, King Co., rope 4.05 M. B. Marston Co., hardware 11.30 C. W. Lewis, labor 1.25 Eastman’s Express 1.68 Sinott Bros., sharpening tools 2.00 H. M. Ripley, bandages .40 Deering Lumber Co 36.16 City of Melrose, water 88.46 $510.58 $ 8.66

Playgrounds, Salaries and Wages:

Appropriation $325.00 Expended

Pay roll salaries life guards $224.00 C. L. Hoffman & Son, labor 11.00 Transfer to P. & G., other expenses 90.00 $325.00 ::::

REPORT OF PARK COMMISSION’ 91

Playgrounds, Improvements

Appropriation and balance of 1916 .. $230.75 Expended Hill Standard, Slides $56.00 C. Ij. Hoffman & Son, labor 22.50 Peering Lumber Co 35.97 W. H. Stew'art, carpentering 41.40 Haymarket Hardware Co 20.17 A. C. Spalding Co., swing fixtures.. 14.40 B. & M. freight 7.18 R. S. Ward, teaming 4.00 Iver Johnson Co., Sporting goods .. 5.11 BensiDn Coal Co., sand 2.50 Transfer to Playground, other expenses 21.52 $230.75 Playgrounds, Other Expenses

Appropriations and transfers $71.52 Expended

Walter Siindilands, carpentering .. $19.25 Eastman’s Express 1.25 American Express 1.18 Casey Florist Co 9.50 Highway Dept., fiag and material.. 8.97 Brock Bros., plumbing 8.35 M. B. Marston Co., Hardware 1.47 Transfer to P. & G., other expenses 21.55 $71.52

Bath-houses and Beaches, Salaries and Wages:

Appropriation $450.00 Expended

Pay FoJl guards $380.82 Transfer to Bath-house, other ex- expenses 50.00 Transfer to P. & G., other expenses 19.18 $450.00 Bath-h(OUses and Beaches, Improvements:

Appropriation $25.00

S. J. Beckwith, hardware $12.25 W. H. Stewart, carpentering 7.37 Transfer to Bath-house, other expenses 5.38 $25.00 Bath-houses and Beaches, Other Expenses:

Appropriations and transfers $150.38 Expended

W. H. Stewart, carpentering $49.27 Harrington King Co., nope 20.51 Deering Lumber Co 15.14 Joseph Edwards, labor 8.60 F. E. Coyle, hardware 6.95 ;

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C. W. H. Moulton, ladders 5.40 M. B. Marston Co., hardware 3.69 Melrose Chemical Co., barrels 2.80 Malden Electric Co., lighting 2.50 H. M. Ripley, medical supplies 1.48 Benson Coal Co., cement .60 Transfers to P. & G., Oither expenses 33.44 $150.38

Development of Ice House Property:

Receipts from sale of material $600.00 Expended

C. L. Hoffman <6: Son, labor 618,,67 W. L. Blanchard, plans 32,,00 J. Edwards, grade stakes 10,,00 Ed. C. Freeman, fence 10,.00 Jiohn Dyer, surveying 8,.00 Boston Globe, advertising 6,.40 Free Press, advertising 4,.00 $589.07 $10.93

Ell Pond Park Acquiring land:

Balance on hand, (Bond issue lof 1911) $375.75

As the park and playgrounds areas become further improved and increased, the matter of maintenance grows with it. The need of care and supervision has become constant throughout the year. By far the larger expense of course occurs from April to October when the attention required is constant, but to properly care for the trees and other property during the fall and winter months the time of one man can be used to great advantage. In view of the foregoing statement the Commission have materially increased the amounts asked for under the item of salaries and wages.

At Ell Pond Park no improvements of any size were made, some shrubs have been added, walks repaired, and others extended.

Water for drinking purposes is badly needed here, the nearest water main to this park is on Crystal Street, making a run at least looo feet, estimated to cost for a two inch pipe about $8oo. Drinking fountains, two in number will cost with necessary piping about $150.00, making a total of $950.00.

In view of the large number of bathers (13,000) the attenndance at band concerts, and the extensive use by the public in general, we deem this improvement a necessity, and have asked for an added appropriation above the usual for improvements.

Ell Pond Embankment. The portion from the boat house to the landing stage or platform, has not been further improved.

The southerly portion, i. e., the site of the old Fells Ice Company houses has been materially changed. REPORT OF PARK COMMISSION 93

The old ice houses have been removed, walks rough graded and a bank wall built on the shore of the pond as part of the contemplated improvements. The completed park will have walks follow the shore of the pond and connect with both Main and Emerson Streets, it will have a small beach about midway on the shore front and the area between the walks graded and grassed and planted with a suitable selection of shrubbery, seats and a commodious shelter are also contemplated. The entire expense is estimated to be $5000. Sewell Woods Park. This section has had the underbrush cleaned around the border and the trees cared for. New^ seats are to be provided and further cleaning done. The Common continues to be the center for outdoor amusements for the east side of the City.

The ball field continues to be in great demand, and the playground under the supervision of Miss Buck provided amusement for the little ones. The commission contemplated placing two bubbler drinking fountains here. There is need here of a shelter and room for storing tools and apparatus used for the playground. A suitable structure combing these features, with that of a dressing room and band stand would cost approximately $1500 dollars. Horace Mann Park. A new flow^er bed was added on the Myrtle Street side of the park, repairs made to the fountain, and walks.

The Park is much used and furnishes both a resting place and beauty spot for its particular section.

This year the bath house at Ell Pond was placed under the supervision of A. Clinton Eldredge with Mr. Harlan A. Wilbur as assistant.

About 13,000 bathers used the bath house this season, and during the hot spell of weather there were times when 175 to 200 bathers were in the water at once.

The present bath house is entirely inadequate for the purpose, both in size and equipment. Whenever conditions permit, a proper one should be built, located as provided in original lay out plan, with proper equipment to handle the work it is called upon to do. The Commission greatly regrets the drowning accident which occured in August, it being the first since the bath house was placed in its charge. From the report of Mr. Eldredge which follows it would seem to have been unavoidable. —

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REPORT OF MR. ELDREDGE

Ell Pond Bath House,

August 13, 1917. To the Board of Park Conunissioners, Melrose, Mass.,

Gentlemen :

The dead body of Roy Hamilton, ii years old of Echo Street, Malden, was found by Mr. Bircher of Rowe Street, Melrose, as he entered the water for a swim at 12.25. He stumbled on the body in 5 feel of water close to the ropes. Calling to H. A. Wilbur who was in the life boat, he brought the body ashore where Wilbur started re- suscitation at once (using the Schafer method), and sent a boy across the pond to the nearest telephone for the Police and the pulmotor. He worked on the body until 12.50 when thej' arrived with the pulmotor from the Malden Gas Company. Dr. Perley, Medical Examiner, arrived about that time and they worked about 45 minutes more on the body.

There were about 15 in the water at the time, and as many more on the pier and steps of the bath house watching those in swimming, and also both Life Guards were on duty at the time the boy entered

the water which was about 11 . 30 . No one saw him disappear or heard any outcry. Edward Mandell of Echo Street, Malden, a playmate of the dead boy, said that the Hamilton boy could not swim and that he and the other boys with him had had their swim and spoke to the Hamilton boy on their w'ay into the bath house to dress, leaving him standing in the water. This he claimed was just after A. C. Eldridge had gone to lunch at 12.05.

After they were dressed, the}' missed Hamilton and it was a few minutes later that Mr. Bircher stumbled upon the body. The Medical Examiner, Dr. Perley, gave as his opinion the boy either fainted or had heart failure, in which case he would neither rise nor struggle. Respectfully,

(Signed) A. C. ELDREDGE.

During the year there have been turned over to the Park Commis- sion two additional parcels of land to be used for playgrounds. These were “Messenger’s Meadows’’ so called, and the large tract of land in the rear of the Lincoln School, both being donated by the Hon. Charles M. Cox. Mr. Cox has long been deeply interested in the children’s sports and games, and his generous gift to the City will add much to its potential resourses for providing healthful pleasure to the young of Melrose.

These in conjunction with those now used by the children at Ell REPORT OF PARK COMMISSION 05

Pond Park and Melrose Common when properly equipped and super- vised will give all sections of the city ample facilities for the children’s sports.

From June until September for a period of about 9 weeks, Miss Amy Buck and Aliss Grace Fernald, had charge of the playgrounds at the Alelrose Common and Ell Pond Park respectively. Their assistance added much to the children’s pleasure and instruction.

There has been considerable agitation of the question of providing an athletic field north of the Boulevard and bordering Tremont Street.

There has alread}^ been expended about $6,000 for land and necessary grading for a ball field at this site, but no further appropriation has been made to complete the work.

The original total estimated cost was $12,500 but the greatly increased cost of labor and material would raise the cost of completing this field from $6500 to at least $10,000.

The Commission still adheres to their original recommendation of an annual expenditure of $20,000 to complete the parks, as rapidly as possible along the line of their fixed plan.

There was appropriated last year for water for fountains at FIow- ard Street, Avon Street and Plorace Mann Park, $125.00.

There was spent for water at these places, $204.39. This expense we propose to curtail by not operating the. fountains except on few occasions. The money we believe can be better spent for water for drinking purposes.

Completion of Ell Pond ‘Embankment, Fells Ice Company Ice house property, $5,000.

Messenger’s Aleadows repairs and maintenance, $500.

Drainage and grading account of Athletic Field, $1,000. Regarding the regular appropriation increases have been asked on the item of salaries and wages under the heads of Parks and Gardens,

Playgrounds and Bathhouses and Beaches, as it was intended that the salary of a permanent man would be divided among them.

Provided a substantial 1 eduction could be obtained from the

Alalden Electric Compan}'- it would be well to cut off the electric lights in Ell Pond Park from November ist to April ist.

This would at least balance the cost of four (4) additional lights proposed for Ell Pond Embankment. For the care and maintenance of the parks and general administration we recommend the appropriation of $5,160 which includes items for water and electric light. :

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Parks, General Administration: Salaries and wages $50.00 Other expenses 100.00 Electric lighting 360.00 $510.00 Parks and Gardens:

Salaries and wages 00 o o .00 Improvements 1,000,.00 Other expenses 200,,00 $3,000.00 Playgrounds Salaries and wages $450.,00 Improvements and additions 500..00 Other expenses 50,.00 $1,000.00 Bath-house and Beaches: Salaries and wages $550,.00 Improvements and additions 25.,00 Other expenses 75.,00 $650.00 $5,160.00

CLARENCE T. FERNALD, Chairman. ADDISON L. WINSHIP.

GEORGE J. FOSTER, HARRY N. VAUGHN, ROBERT A. PERKINS. Report of the Board of Trustees of Pine Banks Park

The many uses to which our Park has been put during the past year has proven' most conclusively its great value to the cities of Malden and Melrose.

One hundred and twenty-five permits have been granted for baseball games, and the Melrose High School has played all practice and home games of both baseball and football at the Park.

Many societies have enjoyed the beauties of the Park during the year. Among others, we would mention the Union Sunday School Society on June i8th, with large attendance of adults and children. The Swedish Lutheran Church held their picnic on the same day.

April iQlh, the Boy Scouts of Melrose, Malden and Everett held their Annual Drill with attendance of about fifteen hundred.

Many May parties from Malden and Melrose visited the Park during the month.

The Swedish Congregational Church held their picnic July 14th. The Pla3’ground Children of Malden held their Annual Outing on August i8th, with an attendance of about eighteen hundred. The Mel- rose Home Guard used the Centre Field for drilling on many summer evenings. The Malden and Melrose Y. M. C. A. held religious services in the grove during the summer with a large attendance.

The Zoo continues to be a great attraction and has been visited by many from out of town, as w^ell as by the citizens of Malden and Melrose.

The Trustees hope to be able to provide one or two more deer and possibly a few more birds during the summer. We are indebted to Miss Esther L. Mayfield of Malden for a Red and Blue Macaw Parrot.

“Teddy” the black cub bear who came to us in the Fall has proved

a valuable addition and is of constant interest to the children.

The swings and other forms of amusement for the little ones have been in constant use.

During the Spring months the Trustees reserved some four acres of fertile land for home gardens. This was divided into about fifty lots and taken up at once by applicants, mainly from Malden.

The gardens proved to be a great success,, ^0 !TlV*ch so that the T rustecs wdll repeat the experiment this year.

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We find a steady increase in the cost of all purchases necessary for the upkeep of the Park, but the greatest increase we shall be called to meet this year will be in the wages of employees, which we have been obliged to advance to conform to that paid by other Depart- ments. The Trustees have and will keep all expenses down to a minimum, but on account of the unavoidable increase in expenses, must ask for Sixteen Hundred Dollars from each City, which was the amount received in 1916, but voluntarily reduced by the Trustees in 1917 to $1500, an amount too small to carry us through the year. Respectfully submitted, WM. D. SERRAT, CHARLES M. COX. GEO. LOUIS RICHARDS, EDWARD E. BABB, Trustees Authorized.

REPORT OF TREASURER OF PINE BANKS PARK, 1917

Receipts

Balance from 1916 $ 298.78 From City of Malden 1,500.00 From City of Melrose 1,500.00 Interest 13.01 From Supt. Gray—Log Cabin, $25, License, $5, Sale of Ducks, $5 35-00

$3,346.79

Expenditures

Wages of Employees $2,238.67 Cunningham Grain Co., Grain 146.54 Friend Brothers, Bread 37-93 Public Cash Market, Meat 126.17 Boston Rubber Shoe Co., Stable Expenses .. 182.50 Telephone 33-15 Insurance 41.62 Wm. McNeill, Blacksmith 14.10 Cities of Malden and Melrose, Water 22.53 Plumbing and Hardware bills 49.84 21.33 Ames Implement Co., and Joseph Breck, Tools 12.25 A. H. Westhaver. Bulbs 27.75 Sundry small items 55-47 Addition to Zoo 22.67 Jordan Lumber Co 9-9.8

$3,040.50 $3,040.50

Balance $ 306.29 :

Report of the Public Library Trustees

For the details of the routine work of the Library we beg leave to refer to the appended report of the librarian. In addition to the selection, examination and purchase of books, the oversight of the work at the library and its branches, and the care of its property, the noteworthy acts of the Board have been as follows Pursuant to instructions issued in response to a general demand by the people of that district of our City, the Wyoming, or West Side Branch of the library was equipped and was opened for public use on

July loth. Through the courtesy of the School Commitee it is quartered in the Lincoln School building and through the interest of the people, under the leadership of Mrs. Leslie F. Keene, the branch librarian, serves not only for the distribution of books but as a social centre. The Mary A. Livermore Art Library, the principal treasure of which is a collection of some 2,500 photographs of works of arts, has been made finally ready for public use by the naming and cataloging of the photographs, a quite difficult and laborious work. The vandalism of the German army in destroying works of art and historic buildings has made this collection of unique and permanent value. With the assistance of the Free Public Library Commission, a system by which the school children are instructed in the use of the library has been introduced. The experiment of opening the library on Sunday afternoons, for which we asked an appropriation, has proved successful and will be made permanent for at least ten months in the year. The Board co-operated with the American Library Association in raising funds for the war library movement with satisfactory results as reported by the librarian. We call attention also to the good work which has been done by the library force in soliciting books for the soldiers. It has given us great pleasure to he able to provide quarters for the Surgical Dressings Committee of the Melrose Branch of the Ameri- can Red Cross. Practically the whole upper floor of the library building has been and is occupied morning, afternoon and evening by the women of the committee in carrying on the splendid work which they are doing.

The work of the four branches of the library is more than justify- ing their existence and the fact that the general circulation of books has reached the figure of 86,480 as against 84,371 last year, in spite of the great reduction in the leisure time of our people by reason of their devotion to the work of the Red Cross, makes us feel that the work of the library during the year has been in keeping with its high standard previously established. —

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In expression of our appreciation of the good work of the librarian, her two assistants and the janitor, and in view of the increased expense of living we recommend an advance of ten percent in their salaries. An increase also is recommended in the salaries of the librarians and janitors of the East Side and Wyoming Branches, which have been less than their work would properly entitle them to receive. These recommendations will explain the increase over last year in the amount asked for in the budget for salaries. Respectfully submitted, PAUL STERLING, Chairman, MARY C. BARTON, Secretary, CHAS. E. FRENCH, FRANK W. CAMPBELL, NEIL A. DIVVER, LOVISA A. ALLEN, Trusteesl

REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN

To the Trustees of the Melrose Public Library :

During the past year, our chief concern has been to extend the library activities in the branches without increasing the expenditures or drawing too heavily upon the supply of books in the Central Library.

That the method adopted has proved satisfactory is shown by the fact that the steady increase in the outgo of books has brought the circulation to higher figures than have been attained before. The Melrose Highland Branch was opened 194 days in 1917. The total number of books issued was 17,924, an increase of 502 vol. over last year. The interest which the Highland district take in their branch

has in no degree abated and it is to be hoped that in the future it may be opened daily. The Wyoming Branch has proved most successful. Since iu!y iclh, seventy names have been registered. Almost without exception, these are people who have never taken books from the Melrose Public

Librar}^ because they felt the distance made it too inconvenient. During the first month. 221 volumes were circulated each suceeding ; month showed a substantial increase. Its total circulation being 2,013 volumes. Your experiment of opening the Reading Room on Sunday after-

noon from 2 to 5 o’clock has proved most successful. The attendance varying from 25 to 85. The readers seem to appreciate the privilege sufficiently to warrant its continuance.

The following have contributed to the library or its branches, books, magazines or plants : Mrs. G. W. Libbey, Mrs. J. W. McLetchie, Mrs. H. M. Perkins, Mrs. M. B. Cary, Mrs. E. S, Pickett, Mr. F. L, — —

LIBRARY REPORT loi

Hatch, Mrs. E. L. Joy, Mrs. A. T. Genchot, Mr. W. A. Cheney, Miss L. F. Gerrish, Mr. C. S. Dennis, Miss L. E. Kitching, Miss Josephine Hull, Christian Science Publishing Society. Respectfully submitted. C M. WORTHEN, Librarian.

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION FORM FOR UNIFORM STATISTICS

• Melrose, Mass., January 1, 1918

Annual report for the year ended December 31, 1917. Name of Library, The Public Library City of Melrose, Massachusetts. Population served (State Census in 1915) 16,880 Terms for use—Free for lending Total number of agencies: Consisting of Central Library

• I Branch 3 Stations

I school, and i institution. Number of days open during the year (Central Library) for reading 307 Number of days open during year (Central Library) for lending 295 Hours open each week for lending (Central Library) 42 Hours open each week for reading (Central Library) (Since Nov.) ^ 45 Number on staff (Central Library 3, Branches 4) 7 Number of volumes at beginning of year 19,589 Number of volumes added during year by purchase 1,456 Number of volumes added by gift or exchange (Duplicate Library) 228 Number of volumes added by binding not otherwise counted 34 Number of volumes withdrawn during the year 234 Total number at end of the year 21,073 Number of volumes lent for home use: Adult 47,972 Juvenile 15,842

Total 63,814 Total number of volumes lent for home use 86,480 Number of borrowers registered during year 1,122 Number of newspapers and periodicals currently received 56 titles, 89 copies Report of State Aid and Soldiers’ Relief

The term “German State Aid” is the name given for State Aid received by dependents of soldiers and sailors of the present war.

STATE AID

Civil War $2,644.00 German State Aid 3 , 430.66

SOLDIERS RELIEF DEPARTMENT

Cash payments $3*168.00 Rent 84.00 Medicine 21.90 Groceries ,75*28 Fuel 778.20 Nurse 48.00 Doctor 47*00 Shoes 9*50 Dry Goods 1.38 Other Expenses 48*99 Miscellaneous 7.00

$4,289.25

Respectfully submitted,

MARY A. KENAH,

State Aid and Soldiers Relief Agent. Eighteenth Annual Report

OF THE

Public Works Department

GEORGE O. W. SERVIS

Engineer and Superintendent

CITY OF MELROSE MASSACHUSETTS

1917 ORGANIZATION

1917

HON. CHARLES H. ADAMS Mayor

George O. W. Servis Engineer and Superintendent

Emma L. Leighton, Stenographer William ?I. Martin,

Blanche E. Nickerson, Asst. Stenographer Bookkeeper

Gladys E. Mooie, Clerk Patrick G. DeCoiircy, Timekeeper

A. J. Waghorne

Assistant in Charge of Sewers and Drams

James McTiernan

Assistant in Charge of Water Division

Walter J. Lord

Assistant in Charge of Highways

Engineering Division

Charles F. Woodward, Assistant

Elmer O. Pray, Transitman A. Kenneth Prior, Rodman

Willard Thompson, Rodman Angus W’. Thompson, Rodman

John Dyer, Transitman Leroy H. Gray, Rodman Public Works Department

This department has the general care of all public highways (streets, sidewalks, trees) construction of new streets and sidewalks, street lighting, street sprinkling, street cleaning, collection of ashes, street signs and house numbering, and all work connected with the sewer, surface drainage, and water systems, all engineering work relating to the above and Wyoming Cemetery, care of City Hall and Memorial Building, and the placing of insurance on City property.

PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE

Contracts have been made for tar concrete and granolithic sidewalks, edgestones, sodding, sewer pipe, etc. Minimum rate and excess water bills and summonses have been made and delivered. Sewer connections, water services and individual sidewalks have been estimated and billed. Estimates have been made for the Board of Aider- men and Commitees as requested. Sidewalk assessments, sewer assessments and apportionments, ibeterment assessments and street watering assessments have been made.

All engagements of the Auditorium City Hall and Memorial Building have been booked and bills rendered, and insurance placed on all City property. Two hundred and fourteen permits have been given to open and occupy public streets.

SALARIES AND WAGES Appropriation $3,000.00

Expended

Salary, Engr. and Supt. Public Works $2,000.00 Clerical Services, General Office 986.00 Clerical Services, Water Maintenance 13.22

2,999.22

Balance .78

Superintendent of Divisions, Bookkeeper and Timekeeper charged to various classes of work.

OTHER EXPENSES

Appropriation $650.00 . —

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Expended Use of automobile $344-44 Schoolhouse inspection 27.50 Report 23.75 Stamps and stationery 60.68 Sundries 162.24

Telephone service . . . 31.39

during the year, including hydrant branches, making a total length in the city of approximately fifty-five and seventy-eight one hundredths miles.

Thirteen hundred and fifty-five feet of cement pipe have been replaced with cast iron pipe.

Seventy-one services have been laid during the year and three abandoned, making a total in use of 4166. Eight additional fire hydrants have been placed, the total now in service being 376 maintained by this department. Fourteen water gates have been added to the system, making a total of 672.

Water Meters

Seventy-two meters have been installed during the year and fourteen (14) abandoned, making a total of four thousand three hundred and fifty-four (4,354) in use December 31, 1917.

Maintenance and Operation

The entire system of mains, services, hydrants, water meters, etc., has had careful attention, and the necessary repairs and changes have been made. Following are some of the items :

2 breaks in cement pipe repaired. 19 joints in iron pipe repaired. 36 service leaks in street repaired. II services in street cleaned. 15 services in private premises cleaned. 82 services in street renewed with lead. 38 services in private premises renewed with lead. 9 gates repacked.

Hydrants have been oiled, repaired, painted and kept free from snow and ice. The Table of Relay gives length, size, etc., of cast iron pipe used to replace defective or small cement pipe. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 107

There still remains about eleven and fifty one hundredths (11.50) miles of cement pipe that should be replaced by cast iron pipe as soon as possible. TOTAL PIPEAGE OF THE CITY

Number of feet, ^ inch pipe 1.363 Number of feet, i inch pipe 1,680 Number of feet, 1^4 inch pipe 375

of feet, 2 inch pipe i Number 5 , 95 Number of feet, 4 inch pipe 56,126 Number of feet, 6 inch pipe 151,645 Number of feet, 8 inch pipe 25,720 Number of feet, 10 inch pipe 20,334 Number of feet, 12 inch pipe 23,097 Number of feet, 14 inch pipe 3,024 Number of feet, 16 inch pipe 5,223

Total 294,538

Length of cast iron pipe 235,188 feet or 44.54 miles Length of cement pipe, 59,350 feet or 11.24 rniles. Total miles, 55.78.

Number of services in use • 4,166 Number of meters 4,354 Number of fire hydrants 376 Number of gates on mains 662 Number of standpipes for street sprinkling 33 Number of watering troughs 3 Number of ornamental fountains 3

Number of drinking fountains l Number of fire service 19 WATER DIVISION Congtruetlon Appnopriation $10,000.00 Balance January 1, 1917 463.73 Stock Balance 1,019.64 Due for stock maintenance 2,271.17 Overdrawn 5,194.10 $18,948.64

Expended Lynn Fells Parkway 1916 account $197.01 Services—.Stock $676.93 Labor 983.36 $1,669.29

Meters—Stock, Fittings, Meters $774.40 Labor 113.48 $887.88

Main lines—Stock $6,122.66 Labor 9,218.68 $16,341.24 $18,086.42

Meters on hand $863.22 io8 CITY OF MELROSE

INSIDE SERVICES AND CHARGES

Expended

FV>r stock, 1915-16 accounts $242.73 For stock, 1917 1,295.96 For labor 904.34 $2,443.03

AVATER MAINTENANCE

Appropriation $15,000.00 Treasury Balance 3,577.00 Stock Balance 3,937.17 From Inside Services, 1917 account 242.73 $22,751.90

Expended Outside Services, Stock $694.84 Outside Services, Malden Electric Co. .. 390.00 (Thawing) Outside Services, Labor and Teams .... 2,499.70 $3,584.54

Relay mains. Stock $572.47 Relay mains. Labor and Teams 2,674.16 $3,246.63 Repair Mains, Stock $47.89 Repair Mains, Labor and Teams 369.32 $417.21 Repair Hydrants, Stock $197.64 Repair Hydrants, Labor and Teams ... 506.83 $704.47 Meter Maintenance, Stock and Parts .. $493.84 Meter Maintenance, Labor and Teams.. 621.50 Meter Maintenance, Reading Meters... 1,981.59 $3,096.93

General Maintenance

Salaries $4,075.60 Pensions 350.56 Auto hire and supplies 133.27 Teaming 20.23 Tools and Blacksmith 372.56 Tools purchased and Hardware 348.63 Insurance 405.50 Stamps and Stationery 287.11 Telephone Service 86.04

$6,079.40

Less to Inside Services $260.69 Less to Construction 83.15 Collections on and off water 103.70 $447.54 $5,631.86 $16,681.64

$6,075.26 Balance: Stock at Yard $3,804.09 Due from Construction account 2,271.17 $6,075.26 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 109

Stock Account

Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1917 $3,937.17

Stock Purchased 242.73

Wrought Iron Pipe and Fittings ... 60.60 Cast Iron pipe and filings 501.83 Brass pipe and filings 111.12 Lead, lead pipe, and lead lined pipe 2,991.31 Castings 498.26 Hydrants and valves 1,144.44 Labor and stock 271.31 Yard Rent 175.00 Coal and wood 135.49 Powder 89.48 $10,158.74

Stock used:

Outside service, maintenance $694.84

Main line, maintenance 47.89 Meter, maintenance 2.06 Hydrant repairs 197.64 Relay main 572.47 $1,504.90

Construction Services $445.30

Construction main line 1,000.34 Install meters 19.66 Inside Services 1,103.28 $2,568.58 $4,083.48

Balance $6,075.26 10 CITY OF MELROSE

WATER CONSTRUCTION — 1917

Pipe Laid Gates Hydrants LOCATION Length Size No. Size No. Size in ft. in ins. in ins. in ins.

1 6 BerLely St.Extention to FairfieldSt 6 4 1 4 Berkely St. Extension to Fairfield St 305 6 1 4

Highland Ave 164 6 Cottage St., Court off 168 6 1 6 Geneva Road 96 6

Gilbert St., Pleasant St., westerly . 42 6 1 6 1 6

Gilbert St., Pleasant St., westerly . 69 4 Grove St. Reset Hydrant opp. 372 4 4 i 6 Heywood Ave. extension to No. 22 184 6 Linwood Ave. at Malvern St 1 6 Malvern St., Lynde St., to Potter 296 12 1 12 St. 104 14

Main St. No. 1114 to No. 1143 . . . . 1 10 Main St. No. 1 143 to W'akefield Line 8 4 1 6 2 6 Main St. No. 1143 to Wakefield Line 245 6 1 4 Pearl St. at end of pipe 2 4 Pearl St. at end of pipe 3 6 1 6 Potter St 27 6 1 6 Pine St. No. 27 to Wentworth Rd. 4 4 Pine St. No. 27 to Wentworth Rd. 158 6 1 6 Ryder Ave., EdgemereSt. to Sylvan 243 6 6 Rendall Place 170 2 Swains Pond Ave., Church St. to 77 390 6 1 6 1 6 Swains Pond Ave., Church St. to 77 6 4 1 4 1 4 Wentworth Rd. and Pine Sts 136 6 1 6

Totals 2835 14 9

Number of new services 71 Number of new meters set 72

WATER RELAY—1917

Pipe Laid Pipe Abandoned LOCATION Length Size in Length Size in in ft. inches in ft. in inches Kind

Boardman Ave., extension . . . 70 6 70 6 Cement Ells Ave., extension 30 6 30 6 ** Heywood Ave. Main St. to 22 290 6 290 4 Cast Iron Highland Ave. E. Main St. to 24 217 6 217 4 Cement Lynde St. extension northerly 12 6 12 6 Cast Iron Linwood Ave. Malvern southerly 34 6 34., 4 Linwood Ave. Malvern northerly 44 6 44 4 Cement

Malvern St., extension . . 10 6 10 6 ** Morgan St 12 6 12 6 7 6 7 4 488 10 488 6 ** ** Main St. No. 1114 to No. 1143 288 6 288 6 Nataile Ave. at Hydrant 3 4 3 2 Iron Natalie Ave. at 6 36 4 Cement Hydrant 36 “ West Hill Ave 153 6 153 6

Totals 1694 1694 : .

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 111

WATER ASSESSMENTS AND CONSUMPTION

The anual assessments paid by the City as its proportional part of the cost and operation of the Metropolitan Water Works, are given below

Maturing Year Sinking Fund Interest Maintenance Serial Tota 1 Bonds

1898 . No Division. . $3,332.94

1899 No Division. . . 4,921 .63

1900 No Division . . 6,740.49 1901 $2,758.43 $7,130.58 $2,657.31 12,546.32 1902 4,398.83 7,038.98 2,997. 12 14,434.93 1903 3,630.11 11,243.27 2,941.96 17,815.34 1904 3,730.13 12,492.25 3,500.35 19,722.73 1905 4,829.71 12,588.36 3,090.46 20.478.53 1906 5,802.58 14,905.91 4,521.60 25,230.09

1907 6,433.77 15,748.61 4,788.81 26,971 . 19 1908 6,564.43 18,112.32 4,018.30 28,693.90 1909 5,405.19 14,495.42 4,622.77 24,523.38 1910 4,464.87 11,925.83 3,250.21 19,640.91 1911 4,683.16 12,866. 12 3,605.47 $45.83 21.200.58 1912 4,699.42 13,098. 79 3,094.25 85.55 20,978.01 1913 4,862.03 13,691.71 4,035. 19 95.93 22,684.86 1914 2,921.81 15,058.68 4,630.24 37.19 22.647.92 1915 2,470.45 12,925.69 3,728. 19 196.99 19,321 .32 1916 2,271.24 12,695.07 3,710. 18 259.80 18,936.29 1917 2,125.68 11,947.53 4,470.98 291.64 18,835.83

The daily per capita consumption of water in Melrose, as recorded by the Venturi meter, operated by the Metropolitan Water Works is shown below by months for the years 1907, 1908, 1909, 1915, 1916 and 1917.

1907 1908 1909 1915 1916 1917 January 113 105 61 57 53 45 February 125 102 61 52 43 48 March 117 93 58 51 44 49 April no 94 60 49 43 48 May III 99 64 51 46 49 June 121 III 71 57 46 53

July ' 122 106 71 68 45 57 . August 131 84 66 52 49 58 September 117 85 63 46 49 59 October 116 72 61 50 47 54 November 113 64 60 46 45 47 December 116 61 55 42 44 50

In 1908 general metering of the City was commenced and in 1909 practically all services were metered. Tables show saving made by metering. 112 CITY OF MELROSE

WATER RATES

Received by Treasurer:

1911 and previous $35-48 1912 rates 3.35 1913 rates 13.97 1914 rates 72.64 1915 rates 148.29 1916 rates 6,421.63 1917 rates 41,237.03 Summons 126.20

$48,058.59 1917 rates as billed $48,414.96

Cost of System

Construction to Jan. i, 1917 $475,006.02 Construction 1917 18,085.42

Total cost to Jan. i, 1918 $493,091.44

HIGHWAY DIVISION

Pleasant Street

At Pleasant Street and Wyoming Avenue the corners were rounded and a ten foot widening made on the easterly side of Pleasant Street from Wyoming Avenue southerly to the entrance of Wyoming Station, Boston and Maine Railroad, in accordance with plans submitted by this department. These changes made the intersection of these streets much safer for automobile traffic and the general public.

Edgestones were set on both sides of the street and the roadway macadamized (using Bermudez Asphalt as a binder) from Wyoming Avenue to the angle in the street south of Francis Street.

As this street is one of the main arteries of travel from our City through Malden and via the Fellsway into Medford, Somerville, Boston and the park system south of Boston, I recommend that an appropriation be made to continue this work to the Malden line.

This type of pavement is used on the State Roads and Waltham and Watertown have this pavement on the main streets where- the traffic conditions are similar to that on our main streets. This pavement should prove very satisfactory, requiring no further treatment for a period of five years. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 113

Main Street

From Porter Street to Franklin Square the roadway was repaired and an application of Tarvia B. applied for a binder and dust layer. From Franklin Square to the Wakefield line the surface drainage was completed, new water main laid from Briggs Street to the Wakefield line and a sewer constructed from Heyward Avenue to the Wakefield line, and the necessary connections made to houses and vacant lots. The roadway was repaired with gravel for temporary repairs that will make it passable until the permanent improvement can be made.

The street railway tracks should be lowered before any smooth pavement is laid, but owing to the present financial condition of the

Bay State Street Railway Company there is no prospect that any construction work will be done by this Company for some time, and I recommend that the roadway from the tracks to the edgestones be constructed with Bituminous Macadam, similar to the construction of Pleasant Street.

If the whole length from Porter Street to the Wakefield line cannot be done this year the section from Franklin Square to the Wake- field line should at least be done.

Malvern Street

From Lynde Avenue to Potter Street a sewer was constructed and a ten (lo) inch water main laid and house connections made to all the lots.

Gutters were paved where necessary and the roadway macadamized.

West Foster Street

At Trenton Street and West Foster Street, by consent of the owners, the corners were rounded and edgestones set making a much needed improvement as on account of the narrowness of these streets this corner was dangerous.

The macadamizing of Beverly Street commenced in 1916, was completed. With edgestones set, granolithic walks with grass plot and a finished roadway, this street is in fine condition.

On Natalie Avenue edgestones were set and sidewalks constructed of granolithic with a grass plot, the gutters paved, and the roadway macadamized. This work was very difficult, a large part of the street was solid ledge and practically impassable, but the le^ge was safely blasted with no damage to adjoining property, and the street is now a credit to the City.

Edgestones were set on Stevens Road, granolithic sidewalks constructed with grass plot on the westerly gide, gravel sidewalk on the 8 114 CITY OF MELROSE easterly side, the guters paved where necessary, and the roadway constructed with gravel.

Walton Park was repaired from Orris Street to South Avenue. York Terrace was regraded and graveled. Botolph Street, Woodland Avenue to Summit Avenue, and Woodland Avenue, Frank- lin Street to Botolph Street was regraded and graveled. The gutter was paved on the west side of Ashland Street, Rich- ardson Road to Marvin Road, and the roadway regraded with gravel. Hopkins Street was constructed with paved gutters, gravel road- ways and sidewalks. (Work not completed.)

Edgestones were set on Argyle Street from Rogers Street southerly, granolithic walks constructed and the roadway constructed with gravel.

Harold Street was constructed with gravel from Goss Avenue to Whitman Avenue. A plan was submitted by this Department and adopted, cutting off the easterly corner of Swains Pond Avenue at Grove Street. This change has been made and is a great improvement. The street was regraded from Grove Street to Folsom Avenue. The plank walk on Swains Pond Avenue was rebuilt from Jones’s Ice Houses to near Dexter Road and the work begun on regrading the roadway with gravel.

Farwell Avenue from Howard Street to Haskel Street was regraded and graveled. Holland Road was regraded.

Lincoln Street from Porter Street to Sawyer Road was regraded and work was commenced between Sawyer Road and Upham Street filling and grading it for acceptance.

Melrose Street was regraded with gravel from Main Street to Lynn Fells Parkway, and repairing done on many other streets as shown on table.

Continuing the plan of treating macadamized and graveled streets with Tarvia B. as a dust layer and preservative, many more of our highwa3^s were put in better condition and they will be improved by each following application of this material.

Some of the streets treated by this method for the first time are Washington Street, from the Malden line to Trenton Street, West Wyoming Avenue, Trenton Street, Florence Street, West Foster Street, Berwick Street, Maple Street, Adams Street, Russell Street, Cleveland Street, Sanford Street, Herbert Street, Winthrop Street, Myrtle Street, Vine Street, Lake Avenue, Willow Street, Vinton Street, Otis Street, Youle Street, Rowe Street, Main Street, Bellevue Avenue, Porter Street, Marvin Road and Henry Avenue, and Upham Street from Main Street to Lebanon Street. PUBLIC WOPKS DEPARTMENT 115

Paved Gutters and Crossings

Gutters were paved on Ferdinand Street, Sewall Woods Road, Warwick Road, Spear Street, Ashland Street, and a crossing laid across Dyer Avenue at Warwick Road.

Tree Planting

72 Norway Maple Trees were set out on streets where requests were made, the applicant pa3dng $2.00 for the tree and the City furnished the loam, etc., and did the planting. With few exceptions all the trees planted the past few years are thriving, and this work should be encouraged and continued, as the atractiveness of our City depends very largely upon the trees.

Care of Trees

For the care of our old trees larger appropriations should be made in order that they may be trimmed and cared for as all of them should have careful and systematic attention for their preservation, and the new trees should be trimmed and carefully watched and protected from insect pests.

Fortunately for those enjoying the beauty of Melrose today there were societies and individuals interested in tree planting in past years and through their efforts a great many of the trees of our City were planted, and we are receiving the benefit of their foresight and work, and we of the present day should do our share for the future development and welfare of the City.

Street Extensions

The extension of Linwood Avenue from Grove Street to East

Foster Street is one of very great importance and I recommend that some action be taken toward laying out this street before any more buildings are constructed, thereby increasing the expense of the pro- ject.

Essex Street from Emerson Street to the angle should be ex-‘ tended to Willow Street, and Willow Street widened from Essex Street to W. Foster Street. The need for this change is plainly shown by the traffic that is now using the vacant lot for a highway.

Cottage Street and Crescent Avenue should be connected to improve traffic facilities in -this section, and for the Lincoln School children coming from the Russell Park section.

Hesseltine Avenue should be extended from Highland Avenue to Pearl Street.

Plans of the above have been made and are on file in this office.

It is acknowledged by autoists coming into Melrose and by the people of the City that street for street the highways of Melrose are ii6 CITY OF MELROSE in excellent condition excepting Main Street, (and that I trust will be in a short time,) and to keep them up to this high standard it will be necessary to increase the Highway Repairs appropriation, as new streets are being accepted from year to year that need attention, and the existing highways should have careful attention.

The cost of this work has nearly doubled with the high cost of materials and labor.

Surface Drainage

A special appropriation was made of $7,200.00 and $4,800.00 was

given by Mr. J. C. F. Slayton and Mr. James W. Maguire for the widening, straightening and deepening of the Main Brook from Good- year Avenue to the junction of the Main Brook and Spot Pond Brook. A contract was made with the Gibbons Contracting Company for a section of the Main Brook from the Boston and Maine Station southerly about 850 feet, and as soon as the vegetables were gathered from the gardens along the brook, work was begun (October 24th) and continued as long as the weather conditions would permit, nearly completing this section.

The plan is to make the brook 23 feet in width at the top sloping by a natural slope to the bottom from Goodyear Avenue to the dividing line of the estate of the Boston Rubber Shoe Company and the Lynde estate. From this point, as the taking tapers in width, the brook will taper from 23 feet to about 20 feet in width at the junction of Spot Pond Brook and widen and clean Spot Pond Brook.

Albion and Franklin Street

A 24 inch drain was laid from the brook in Albion Street to near Franklin Street and the catch basins on Franklin Street at and op- posite Pratt Street were connected with this drain, and the main drain should be extended on Franklin Street to Sargent Street and up Sar-

gent Street to Briggs Street and Morgan Sreet, as this section is in great need of better drainage.

On Main Street a drain was laid from Franklin Street to High- land Avenue, Morgan Street southerly and Heyward Avenue northerly to the Wakefield line, and the required catch basins built and connected.

A drain was constructed in Pearl Street from the brook to Main Street and many other drains and catch basins constructed as per tables.

Sidewalks

There have been 18,715 linear feet of new edgestones set and i6iq

linear feet of edgestone reset in connection with which it was neces- PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ii 7

Sary to repave 333 square yards of gutters.

There have been 8,483 square yards of granolithic and 838 square yards of new tar concrete sidewalks constructed. Under repairs to present walks 1,382 square yards of three coat work, 750 square yards of two coat work, and 2,381 square yards of top dressing of tar concrete sidewalks renewed. Twelve square yards of granolithic walks were relaid,

I recommend that edgestones be placed on Upham Street, Stevens Place to Lebanon Street, as this is the only down town part of the street without edgestones.

Underground Wires and Street Lighting

Owing to the War conditions no extensions have been made on underground conduits for electric, telephone and telegraph, and City wires.

White Way lights have been installed in Franklin Square, making a very great improvement in the lighting of the Square.

As soon as the conditions permit, ornamental lighting should be installed on West Emerson Street, Main Street to Vinton Sreet, and on West Wyoming Avenue from Main Street to the Stoneham line.

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

Appropriation $2,000.00

Expended

Bookkeeper, part salary $371.70 Assistant Superintendent 1,146.80 Timekeeper, part salary 454.50 Holiday time 27.00

$2,000.00

Repairing

Appropriation $26,200,00 Appropriation for Snow 2,000.00 Transfer, Corey and Spear Streets acct 1,115.04

Transfer Construction acct *. 585.35 Collections 75-63 Over Draft 5,039.12

$35,015.14 ii8 CITY OF MELROSE

Expended

Snow Removal and Sanding $4,154.01 Land Damages, Corey Court 665.04 Spear Street, retaining wall 385.00 Street Repairs (see table) 11,602.83 Gravel Walks (see table) 674.98 Minor Street Repairs 6,747.21 Paving Repairs 6.48 Guard Rails and Fencing 331-33 Bridges and Culverts 24.39 Trench Tools, Blacksmith, Liability Ins 989.24 Hardware and Sundries 682.72 Storage Powder 125.50

Powder and Explosives * 268.62 Automobile Charges 1,294.44 Salaries 632.38 Crusher account 3,123.95 Roller account 15-42 Stable account 1,300.03 Street Cleaning 643.96 Collection of ashes 140.33 Surface Drainage Maintenance 36.29 Care of Trees 19-56 Natalie Avenue 420.31 Lynde Avenue 10.69 Harold Street 370.41 Beverly Street 294.92 Telephone Service 55- 10

$35,015-14 STREET REPAIRING BY LOCATION

Adams Street $18.50 W. Emerson Street 190.09 Ashland Street 419-25 Farwell Avenue 346.96 Beech Avenue 12.81 Ferdinand Street 35- 18 Belmont Street 10.50 Florence Street 133-21 Berwick Street 17.00 Foster Street, East 139-75 Beverly Street 294.92 Foster Street, West 60.54 Briggs Street 9.75 Franklin Street 661.27 Botolph Street 359-25 Forest Street 119.19 Cliff Street 31 -25 First Street 44-25 Chester Street 6.12 Green Street 141.16 Chestnut Street 10.50 Greenwood Street 173-25 Cleveland Street ii.oo Grove Street 13-00 Dell Avenue 4.75 Gooch Street 33-25 East Street 145-76 Gould Street 21.50 .. .. .

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 119

Holland Road 80.87 Sewall Wood Road . ... 7.87

Howard Street ... 568.53 Swains Pond Avenue . .. 630.20 Laurel Street Ravine Road ... 33.81 Lebanon Street ... 279.88 Trenton Street ... $349.98

Linwood Avenue ...... 49.23 Tremont Street ... 393.40

Lynde Street ... 152.37 Upham Street . .. 260.65 Lake Avenue 10.00 Vinton Street ... 459.21 Main Street ... 667.89 Vine Street ... 152.58 Melrose Street ... 443.69 Washington Street . . . . . 847 . 86 Myrtle Street ... 343.83 Warren Street 15.07 North Avenue 8.12 Walton Park ... 517.74 Orient Avenue 19.00 Waverly Avenue 8.62

Park Street ... 54.95 Willow Street . .. 312.20 Pleasant Street ... 48.33 Wyoming Avenue . . . .. 605.04 Perkins Street 18.67 Woodland Avenue...... 170.19 Porter Street ... 47.00 York Terrace . .. 487.06 Russell Street 3.77 Youle Street ... 37.07 Sylvan Street 22.01 Spear Street 21.50 $11,602.83

GRAVEL SIDEWALKS

Chester Street Minor Repairs ... 20.55

West Foster Street . 21.70 Pleasant Street 24.40

Laurel Street ... 41.50 Park Street .. 37.80

Lebanon Street ... 20.65 Sanford Street .. 35.50

Lynde Street .... 48.45 Sewall Woods Road . .. 13.45 Malvern Street ... 27.75 Upham Street .. 68.25 Main Street ... 93.10 Washington Street...... 169.77 Melrose Street ... 39.25 $674.98

ARGYLE STREET

Appropriation $500.00

Expended

Gravel $21.50 Rolling 9.00 Labor and Teams 383.51 Insurance and Tools 38.35

452.36

Balance $47.64 120 CITY OF MELROSE

BEVERLY STREET

Appropriation $1,600.00 Expended 1916 $1,493.96 Expended 1917 106.04

1,600.00

EAST FOSTER STREET

Appropriation $2,400.00 Expended 1916 $2,006.18 Expended 1917 70.00

2,076.18

Treasury Balance transferred to Highway Repairs $323.82 LYNDE AVENUE

Appropriation $2,300.00 Expended 1916 $2,070.52 Expended 1917 21.69

$2,092.21 .

Balance $207.79

HAROLD STREET

Appropriation $500.00 From Highway Repairing 370.41

$870.41

Expended

Labor and Teams $764.48 Rolling 10.50 Gravel 15.50 Powder, etc 3.48 Insurance and Tools 76.45

$870.41 HOPKINS STREET

Appropriation $2,600.00 Expended 1916 $1,047.65 Expended 1917: Labor and Teams $539-88 Rolling 12.00

Powder, etc • 1.39 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 21

Gravel 42.75 Loam 8.00 Insurance and Tools 53.99

$1,658.01

$1,705.66

Balance $894.34 NATALIE AVENUE

Appropriation $2,800.00 Paved Gutters $565.00 Highway Repairing 420.31

985.31

$3,785.31

Expended

Labor, Blasting and Grading $1,734.41 Paving Blocks 565.00 Sand 90.00 Labor and Teams 228.02 Macadam 927.37 Insurance and Tools 240.51

$3,785.31 PLEASANT STREET

Appropriation $6 ,-000.00 Expended 4,936.40

Balance $1,063.60 Appropriation of $2,000 for purchase of land. Unexpended. LINCOLN STREET

Appropriation $4,000.00 Expended

Labor $1,625.98 C. L. Hoffman & Co 84.60 Roller and Team 159.10 Gravel 181.00 Sewer Stock .51 Insurance and Tools 172.21

$2,223.40

Balance $1,776.60 .

122 CITY OF MELROSE

SPOT POND BROOK IMPROVEMENT

Appropriation $7,200.00 Gift 4,800.00

$12,000.00

Expended

P. J. Towne $68.52 Deering Lumber Co 11.87 Gibbons Contracting Co 1,966.90

$2,047.29

Balance $9,952.71

REPAIR UPPER MAIN STREET

Appropriation $2,000.00

Expended

Labor . $471.07 Highways 164.83 Gravel 10.50

$646.40

Balance $1,353.60

INDIVIDUAL WALKS

Appropriation $1,000.00 Balance 693.72

Receipts 635 . 26

$2,328.98

Expended

Labor and Teams $262.83 Edgestone 268.07 Granolithic, Sod and Concrete 882.76 Highway Stock 9.82 Sewer Stock 1.24 Insurance and Tools 21.49 $1,446.21

Balance $882.77 :

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 1-3 SWAIN POND AVENUE AT GROVE STREET

Appropriation $400.00 Expended 399.66

Balance .34 MALVERN STREET

Appropriation $1,300.00 Expended 960.30

Balance $340.70

BALANCES TRANSFERRED TO HIGHWAY REPAIRING

East Foster Street $323.82 East Emerson Street 170.. 77 First Street 79-04 Pine Street 5,93 West Foster Street .98 Dyer Avenue 4.81

$585.35

UNEXPENDED BALANCES

Warwick Road $272.75 On the following appropriations no expenditures have been made Folsom Avenue $3,900.00 Walton Park $3,000.00 Myrtle Street $2,300.00

CROSS WALKS AND PAVING

Balance January i, 1917 29.93 Appropriation 5,000.00

$5,029.93

Expended

Stock, labor and teams 2,422.13

Balance $2,607.80

STREET SPRINKLING

Appropriation $1,000.00

Assessment . 11,908.69

$12,908.69 124 CITY OF MELROSE

Watering

Labor and Teams $697.68 Rent of Shed 93.06 Repairing Carts 7.73 $798.47

Oiling

Alden Spears Sons’ Co., oil applied $4,648.96 Barrett Mfg. Co. Tarvia 4,683.85

J. J. Keating 1.40 Labor and Teams, cleaning for oil 1,433-43 Damages 60.00

$10,827.64

$11,626.11 Balance $1,282.58

STREET LIGHTING

Appropriation $20,000.00 Supplementary Budget 400.00 From Park Department 270.00

$20,670.00

Expended

Malden Electric Co. Contract 19,990.29

Balance $679.71

STREET CLEANING

Appropriation $5,000.00

Expended

Labor and Teams $2,576.61 Labor, push carts 2,274.65 Labor, leveling dumps 22.50 Tools and repairs 126.24

$5,000.00

COLLECTION OF ASHES AND RUBBISH

Appropriation $6,360.00 PUBLIC WCKKS DEPARTMENT 125

Expended

Labor and Teams $5,598.60 Labor, leveling dumps 687.77 Labor, delivering ash notices 15.00 Liability Insurance 58.63

6,360.00

STREET GUIDE BOARDS AND NUMBERS

Appropriation $500.00

Expended

Labor and Teams $135.49 Signs, iron and hardware 321.41 Insurance and Tools 13-55

$470-45

Balance $29-55

ICE FOR DRINKING FOUNTAIN

Appropriation $50.00

Expended

Harold Hilton, for ice $35-00 G. Irving Steeves 15-00

$50.00

INSURANCE

Appropriation $1,200.00

Expended

Supplementary Budget 200.00

$1,400.00 Premiums on policies 1,351.43

Balance $48.57 PLANTING NEW TREES

Appropriation $500.00 Receipts 158.00

$658.00 126 CITY OF MELROSE.

Expended

Labor and Teams $315-32 I-oam 93.75 A. M. Tuttle, Trees 136.50 Advertising 4.00

549-57

Balance $108.43

REMOVAL OF TREES

A-ppropriation $172.01

Expended

Labor and Teams 172.01

CARE OF TREES

Appropriation $500.00 'Collections 2.00

$502.00

Expended

Labor and Teams 506.49

Deficit $4-49

STREETS ORDERED LAID OUT

Street From To Width Length Date

Lincoln St Upham Sawyer Road . 40 750.00 July 9, 1917

’Natalie Ave. . . Walton Park . . Orris St 40 385.00 Aug. 5. 1916

Folsom Ave. . . . Swains Pond East lot line No Ave 265 40 716.00 July 24, 1917

CITY HALL

Salaries and Wages

Appropriation $1,600.00

Expended

Labor as per pay rolls $1,589.45 Liabilit.v Insurance 15-79

$1,605.24

Deficit $4.76 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 127 OTHER EXPENSES

Appropriation $2,500.00 By collection 7.64

$2,507.64

Expended

Supplies $383.09 Repairs 401.27 Coal and Wood 738.07 Electric lighting 73i.i8 Gas Lighting 81.72 Plants for vases and beds 69.80 Water Rates 35.00 Insurance 70.36

$2,510.49

Deficit ! $2.85 Amount billed for use of Hall $375-00

MEMORIAL HALL Salaries and Wages

Appropriation $1,600.00

Expended

Salaries and Wages, per pay roll $1,382.53 Transferred to other expenses 190.00

Liabilit}’^ Insurance . 10.73

$1,583.26

Balance ' 16.74

OTHER EXPENSES

Appropriation $1,800.00 Transferred from salaries and wages 233.30 Collection 190.00

$2,223.30 :

128 CITY OF MELROSE

Expended

Janitors Supplies' $43-34 American Seating Co 6.06

McDonald, Joslyii Co 20.25 Grade Lawn 22.00 Labor 57-07 Brock Bros 60.99 Painting 480.45 A. B. Franklin Co 30.67 Steinert Co 18.50 F. E. Coyle 6.00 Wing Electric Co 3.15 A. W. Dutton Co 8.70 Lorentzin Flag Pole Co 10.50

Eyre Co., curtains 8.00 Paine Furniture Co 147.60 Locke Coal Co 30.73 Benson Coal Co 439-59 C. B. and F. H. Goss 34^.75 Malden Electric Co 288.70 Malden and Melrose Gas Light Co 34-59 Water Rates 32.31 Liability Insurance 2.75

$2,098.70

Balance $124.60

Amount billed for use of Auditorium and G. A. R. Hall

Auditorium $2,204.04 G. A. R. HaL 748.00

$2,952.04

CONTINUOUS SIDEWALKS

Appropriation $30,000.00

Balance, 1916 3,180.55 Receipts 5,620.12

$38,800.67 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 129

Expended

Pay Rolls $7,308. 4(S Edgestones 14,451.61

Granolithic 10,919.49 Sodding 1,963.19 Concrete 977-51 Team 234.00 Highways 302.41 Highway Stock 127.94 Sewer Stock 68.05 Sundry Bills 125.42 Insurance and Tools 689.70

. $37,167.80 Less Transfers 285.02

$36,882.78

Balance $1,917.89 REPAIR PRESENT WALKS

Appropriation $2,500.00

Expended

Concrete $1,457.54 Granolithic 19-45 Labor and Teams 187-63

Stock 357-20 Insurance and Tools 18.76

$2,040.58

Balance $459.42

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~~SEWER DIVISION~~

~~Sewer Construction~~

~~Appropriation $10,000.00~~

~~Balance Jan. i, 1917 9,802.90 Stock balance, Jan. i, 1917 5,567.86 Receipts 827.86 Collections 13 -90~~

~~$26,212.52~~

~~Expended~~

~~Sewers (see table for streets) . 14540.53~~

~~Balance $11,671.99 Treasury Balance $2,222.81 Stock Balance 6,144.72 Stock due from Surface Drain- age Construction 3,304.46~~

~~$11,671.99~~

~~STOCK ACCOUNT~~

~~Stock Balance Jan. i, 1917 $5,567.86 Stock Purchased Pipe 4375.83 Cement 669:44 Brick 994.16 Castings 1,682.46 Labor and stock at Yard 395-84 Yard Rent 175.00~~

~~$13,860.59 Stock Used $1,547.46 Stock Sold 389.89 Stock charged to other accounts 2,574.06~~

~~$4,411.41~~

~~Balance $9,449.18~~

~~COST OF SYSTEM~~

~~Construction to Jan. i, 1917 $478,747.09 Construction in 1917 14,540.53~~

~~Total $493,287.64 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 111 SEWER MAINTENANCE~~

~~Appropriation $1,200.00 Collections by Treasurer 23.45~~

~~$1,223.45 Expended Cleaning and repairing, labor and teams $1,029.23 Stock Used 100.44~~

~~$1,129.67 Balance $93.78~~

~~PRIVATE SEWERS~~

~~There have been thirty-one connections made with the main ^ sewers the past year, making a total to January i, 1918 of 3,324. (Cost of private sewers paid for by applicant.)~~

~~, Expended~~

~~Labor as per pay rolls $1,525.62 Stock, insurance and tools, sewer construction 681.67 Stock and teams, Highway Division 47-43 Benson Coal Co .78~~

~~$2,255.52~~

~~SEWER CONSTRUCTION— 1917~~

~~Pipe Man Street Location Holes Size Length Inches Feet~~

~~Cottage Street Court Off 6 192 2 Geneva Road Extension southerly 6 140 2~~

~~Malvern Street .... Linwood Ave. to Potter St.. . 8 374 1 *Maple Place Maple Street north~~

~~Main Street Heywood Avenue northerly . 6 538 3 Sewall Woods Road Extension northerly 6 334 2~~

~~Washington Street . Beech St. north to No. 407 . 8 640 2 Waverly Place via private land towards Main St 8 568 2~~

~~• Total new work. , 2786 14 RELAY~~

~~Ileywood Avenue . .Main Street, easterly 8 172~~

~~•Finished, Reported 1916. 134 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~SEWERS BUILT TO JANUARY 1, 1918~~

No. o£ feet of 6 inch pipe 121,035 No. of feet of 8 inch pipe 54»473 No. of feet of 10 inch pipe 17.529 No. of feet of 12 inch pipe 10,281 No. of feet of 15 inch pipe 3,839 No. of feet of 18 inch pipe 5.150 No. of feet of 2oinch pipe 2,788 No. of feet of 24 inch pipe 1,213 No. of feet of 18x20 inch brick 3,035 No. of feet of 20 inch brick ill No. of feet of 24 inch brick 28

~~219,482~~

~~Note : —Total length of sewers 219,482 feet or 41.57 miles, 2.4 miles of which are owned and controlled by the Commonwealth of~~

~~Massachusetts, but by an Act of the Legislature, Melrose is permitted to use in the same manner as local sewers.~~

~~SURFACE DRAINAGE Construction~~

~~Appropriation $10,000.00 Balance Jan, i, 1917 5,084.43 Receipts 106.99 Due for Sewer Stock 3,304.46~~

~~$18,495.88~~

~~Expended~~

~~Construction 1917 $18,495.88~~

~~Maintenance~~

~~Appropriation $3,000.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Cleaning and Repairing Catch Basins $2,321.44 Cleaning Brooks 659.43 Insurance 14.13~~

~~$2,995.00~~

~~Balance $5.00 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 135~~

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~~SUMMARY OF IMPROVED SURFACE DRAINAGE CONSTRUC-~~

~~TED TO JANUARY 1, 1918~~

8 inch Akron Pipe 646 lin. ft. 10 inch Akron Pipe 3>9^ iin. ft. 12 inch Akron Pipe 27,738 lin. ft. 15 inch Akron Pipe 15,650 lin. ft. 16 inch Iron Pipe 284 lin. ft. 18 inch Akron Pipe 5,929 lin. ft. 20 inch Iron Pipe 120 lin. ft. 20 inch Akron Pipe 5,232 lin. ft. 24 inch Akron Pipe 2,132 lin. ft. Brick Conduit 659 Concrete Conduit 8,894 Number of Concrete Culverts 6 Number of Manholes 332 Number of Catch Basins 589 Cost of system to Jan. i, 1917 $199,176.03 Construction, 1917 18,495.88

~~Cost of system to Jan. i, 1918 $217,671.91 Total length of improved surface drains 13-50 miles.~~

~~ENGINEERING DIVISION Salaries and Wages~~

~~Appropriation $4,000.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Salaries as per pay roll $3,489.51 Liability Insurance 37-57~~

~~$3,527.08~~

~~Balance $472.92 OTHER EXPENSES~~

~~Appropriation $325.00 Collections 3.03~~

~~$328.03~~

~~Expended~~

~~Supplies $163.07 Repair Instruments 8.30 Grade Stakes 113.18 Horse Hire 17.00 Expenses on Deeds 8.90 Liability Insurance 16.22~~

~~$326.67~~

~~Balance 1.36 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 137~~

~~SYNOPSIS OF WORK DONE~~

~~Highway Division~~

~~Street lines and grades given for construction of new streets, including gutters, crossings, guard rails, etc., and record plans made of same.~~

~~Sewer Division~~

~~Estimates have been rendered, lines and grades given, records kept of “Y” locations, plans and profiles made, and schedules for assessing all sewers constructed.~~

~~Water Division~~

~~Estimates have been made and lines given for water mains, constructed and relaid. For locations, lengths and size of mains see tables under “Water Division.”~~

~~Surface Drainage~~

~~Surveys, computations and plans have been made, lines and grades given, and records kept of “Y” locations of all new work constructed.~~

~~Wyoming Cemetery~~

Forty lots have been sur.veyed, a plan of each lot made and blue prints of same furnished the Cemetery Department. Lines and grades for driveways have been given. General plan of Cemetery showing lots have been corrected to date.

~~Sidewalks~~

~~Plans and profiles have been made, lengths and radii of curbing computed, work measured and schedules for assessments made.~~

~~Assessment Plans~~

~~New Buildings have been plotted. Common and private sewers have been constructed and sewer assessment data recorded on plans.~~

~~Street Numbering~~

~~All new houses have been located and numbered. Numbers have been furnished and put on 65 buildings. 138 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES~~

Highways: Comprising plans, estimates, titles, profiles, lines and grades, and all other engineering work relating to the Department $320.00 Continuous Walks $1,397.50 Sewers; Comprising surveys, estimates, profiles, lines and grades plans and assessments, and all other engineering work relating to sewers $298.50 Surface Drainage:

~~Comprising lines, grades, surveys and plans of all surface drainage work $493-50 Water Works: Comprising lines, locations of mains, plotting of new~~

mains, etc., on city water map $154.00 Street Numbering: Location of buildings, numbering plans, and affixing street numbers on houses $18.00 Street Signs $11.00 Street Lines and Grades for Abuttors: Street lines and grades have been given for 54 abuttors. $147.50 Assessment Plans $51.50 Office Work: Records of locations, indexing, calculating, and general draughting $356.58 Wyoming Cemetery: Comprising line and grade of lots surveyed, plans of lots made, etc $21.50

~~Miscellaneous . $257.50~~

~~$3,527.aS~~

In conclusion I desire to express my appreciation to His Honor, the Mayor, the Board of Aldermen, and the City Officials, for courte- sies extended, and to the employees of this Department for their co- operation. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE O. W. SERVIS, Engr. and Supt. Public Works. : .

~~PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 139~~

~~MELROSE, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS~~

~~Location, 7 miles north of Boston.~~

~~Population, April i, 1917 17,275~~

~~, Number of Voters 3,623~~

~~Number of Polls 5,061~~

~~Greatest extent of City north and south 2.44 miles~~

~~Greatest extent of City east and west 2.95 miles~~

~~Valuation of Real Estate $17,242,750~~

~~Valuation of Personal $1,530,000 Tax Rate per thousand $23.40~~

~~Area of City 3,115.00 acres Land .3,079.50 acres Water 35.50 acres Length of Public Streets 48.63 miles~~

~~Length of Private Streets 14 95 miles Total length of Water Mains 55.78 miles~~

~~Total length of Sewers 41.57 miles~~

~~Range of pressure on mains from 100 lbs. to 23 lbs.~~

~~Number of 250 candle power incandescent lights 53 Number of 60 candle power incandescent lights 770~~

Number of luminous arcs 20 all night 20 to midnight 40 Areas of Parks Lincoln School Playground 1.60 acres Horace Mann Playground 60 acres Messengers Meadow Playground 49 acres Melrose Common 4.4 acres Sewall Woods Park 9.0 acres Ell Pond Park 30.41 acres Pine Banks Park 81.7 acres Middlesex Fells 170.0 acres Area of Wyoming Cemetery .... 43-5 acres

~~Elevation Main Street at City Hall . 61 feet above mean low water Elevation Franklin Square .85 feet above mean low water —~~

~~City Clerk’s Annual Report~~

~~Licenses and fees received dn the City Clerk’s Department, Janu- ary 1st, 1917 to December 31, 1917: 207 Intention of Marriages at $1.00 $207.00 4 Drivers Licenses at $1.00 4.00~~

~~5 Hackney Carriages at $1.00 5.00~~

~~I Private Detective at $10.00 10.00~~

~~I Intelligence Office at $1.00 1.00~~

~~1 Boat Livery at $1.00 i.oo~~

~~9 Auctioneers’ Licenses at $2.00 18.00~~

~~3 Bowling Alleys at $10.00 30.00 II Junk Collectors at $10.00 no. 00~~

~~I Second Hand Junk Store at $10.00 10.00~~

~~16 tables. Pool and Billiards’ Licenses at $5.00 80.00~~

~~23 Express and Jobbing at $1.00 23.00 67 Gasoline Renewals at .50 33-50~~

~~3 Gasoline Licenses at $1.00 3.00~~

~~5 Itinerant Musicians at $1.00 5.00 Miscellaneous Papers 54.80 Mortgage Special 69.25~~

~~83 Mortgages at .75 ...'.. 62.25~~

~~28 Releases at .25 7.00~~

~~1 Release special at .50 and ad .50~~

~~28 Doctors Recording at .25 7.00~~

~~2 Chiropodists Recording at .50 i.oo~~

~~Total of fees $742.30 Paid City Treasurer 742.30~~

~~Appropriation in Budget, for City Clerk’s Department,~~

~~Salaries and Wages $2,000.00 Salaries paid as per Auditor’s Report 2,000.00~~

~~Appropriation in Budget, for City Clerk’s Department, other expenses $300.00 Bills paid as per Auditor’s Report 300. co CITY CLERK’S REPORT 141~~

~~Appropriation in Budget, for City Clerk’s Department,~~

~~Vital Statistics $224.00~~

~~Bills paid as per Auditor’s Report 218.75~~

~~Balance December 31, 1917 $5.25~~

~~Appropriation in the Budget for printing and distributing the City Report $500.00 Additional Appropriation 12.00~~

~~Total $512.00~~

~~Bills paid as per Auditor’s Report 5 ii -74~~

~~Balance due December 31st, 1917 .26~~

~~Appropriation in the Budget for Elections and Registra- tion, Salaries and Wages $1,968.00~~

~~Additional Budget I 373-00~~

~~$2,341.00 Transfer to Other Expenses 36.54~~

~~Total $2,304.46 Bills paid as perAuditor’s Report 2,304.46~~

~~Election and Registration, other expenses $1,105.00~~

~~Additional Coal ' .75 Additional Transfer from Salaries and Wages 36.54~~

~~Total $1,142.29 Bills paid as per Auditor’s Report 1,142.22~~

~~Balance due December 31st, 1917 .07~~

~~DOG LICENSES~~

~~573 Male dogs at $2.00 $1,146.00~~

~~55 Female dogs at $5.00 275.00~~

~~I Breeders License 25.00~~

~~$1,446.00 629 Licenses less fees at 20c each 125.80~~

~~Paid into County Treasurer $1,320.20 142 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~HUNTERS’ LICENSES~~

~~Total number of licenses issued 163 at $1.00 $163.00 Paid to Fish and Game Commissioners $163.00~~

~~Respectfully submitted, W. DeHAVEN JONES, City Clerk. : :~~

~~Report of Registrars of Voters~~

~~This has been a heavy year for the Registrars of Voters, they held fifty-eight evening meetings during 1917.~~

~~The Annual Meeting was held May 8, 1917. His Honor, Mayor~~

~~Adams reappointed John J. Keating for a three year term as a Regis- trar of Voters, and he was confirmed by the Board of Aldermen, and sworn in at this meeting by the City Clerk.~~

~~The Registrars certified over 1500 names on nomination papers for~~

~~the Constitutional Convention primaries of April 3, 1917. They held nights of registration and the lists were corrected for the Primary as follows~~

~~Males~~

~~Wards I 2345 6 7-i 7-2 Total Total 482 650 520 449 452 605 451 108 3726~~

~~For the Election May I, 1917, as follows Males~~

~~Wards i 2345 6 7-1 7-2 Total 4^5 653 522 451 450 605 452 108 3717~~

~~A recount was held May 8th, for delegates to the Constitutional~~

~~Convention, there was no change in the result. . Certified 152 names on referendum, C. H. Imp.~~

May 18, organized under the new law as a Board of Registration for Military Enrollment—Edwin L. Cragin, Chairman, W. DeHaven Jones, secretary and treasurer. All election officers volunteered to serve without pay. Instruction to Election Officers given in the Alder-

manic Chamber, City Hall, June 2, 1917, by the Registrars of Voters. The police declined to serve without pay, and the State Unit of the Home Guard volunteered. They were sworn in as Special Constables, and four served at each polling place. Interpreters were secured to be in readiness for any language, and were at the call of the City Clerk. 1135 cards were made out at the enrollment, and they were verified by the Board of Registration for Military Enrollment before being turned over to the State Authorities. A new jury list was completed after several meetings, with 25 names chosen from each ward. Several thousand names on nomination papers were certified for State and City Elections.

~~The State Primary was held Tuesday, September 25 1917 . , Males Wards 12345 6 7-1 7-2 Total 444 623 497 424 417 582 423 94 3504 : :~~

~~144 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~Meeting'S held for registration, the voters for the State Election~~

November 6, 1017, daily session (except Sunday and Holidays, Mon- day. September 24th, and Tuesday, September 25th), for registration of qualified voters will be held in the office of the City Clerk, City

~~Hall, Melrose, during regular office hours: (i. e. from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., Saturdays, 8 a. m. to 12 m.), beginning Monday, August 27th, and ending Wednesday, October 17th.~~

The following evening sessions were held in the Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall, Melrose Mass. Friday, September 14th, from 7 p. m. to 10 p. m. Tuesday, September i8th, from 7 p. m. to 10 p. m. Tuesday, October 9th, from 7 p. m. to 10 p. m. Tuesday, October i6th, from 7 p. m. to 10 p. m.

~~Wednesday. October 17th, from 12 noon until i o’clock p. m. (when Registration ceased.)~~

~~Final Session Males Wards 1234567-1 7-2 Total 456 633 512 430 422 587 429 96 3567 For City Election~~

~~Daily sessions will be held in the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Melrose, Mass., beginning Monday, November 12th, and ending Wednesday, November 21st.~~

~~The following evening sessions were held in the Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall, Melrose, Mass.~~

~~Tuesday, November 13th, from 7 to 10 p. m. Final Session~~

~~Wednesday, November 21st, from 12 noon until 10 o’clock p. m. (when Registration ceased.) Males~~

Wards I 234 5 6 7-1 7-2 Total Nov. 21, 1917 458 641 522 435 431 595 445 96 3623 Females Wards I 234 5 6 7-1 7-2 Total Nov. 21, 1917 42 47 46 105 57 55 15 9 376 Assessed Polls Wards 23456 7-1 7-2 Total 630 848 723 581 617 831 831 5061 Respectfully submitted. EDWIN L. CRAGIN, JOHN J. KEATING, EDWIN J. TIRRELL. W. DeHAVEN JONES, Registrars of Voters. Report of City Solicitor

~~I respectfully submit the following report of the law department for the year ending the first Monday of March, 1918.~~

During said period six actions of tort were brought against the city by Alice E. Brewer, Edward Brewer, Emily A. Howe, Jacob King, Alice G.Brown and Elora B. Sennott; and a petition for a jury toassess land damages was brought by James P. Gilbert et als.

~~The two cases first named have been settled by agreement of parties. The land damage case has also been settled, the petitioners accepting the damages awarded them by the board of aldermen.~~

~~The remainder of the cases named are still pending.~~

At the beginning of said year there were pending against the city actions of tort brought by L. B. Rowe, Adm., John Brooks, Chas. S. Boyce, Catherine Thompson, Wm. H. Grant, A. Mildred Randall, Max Steinberg, Gertrude Steinberg and Arthur W. Howard, and a land damage case brought by Levi S. Gould et els.. Trustees.

~~During the year the case of Catherine Thompson has been dis- missed and a settlement of the land damage case has been arrived at, though not yet carried into effect.~~

~~The two cases of Melrose vs. Coy and Melrose vs. Sylvester have been carried to judgment in favor of the city and collections made.~~

In addition to the foregoing, the work of this department has consisted of attendance at hearings before legislative committees and the public service commission, examination of land titles, supervision of the preparation of papers, etc., in connection with the collection of taxes and assessments, drawing ordinances, contracts and other papers, and the usual amount of consultation and rendering of opinion in connection with the general conduct of the city’s business.

~~Respectfully,,~~

~~ARTHUR S. DAVIS,~~

~~’ Solicitor.~~

~~10 Report of City Collector~~

~~1913~~

~~Paid Treasurer Tax ... $22 . 00 Interest 59-92~~

~~$81.92~~

~~1914~~

~~Uncollected Dec. 1916 96 31, $2,076 . Interest 1917 146.09 Transfer City Tax 6.51~~

~~$2,229.56 Abated 1917 $152.49 Paid Treasurer Tax and Interest 2,065.71~~

~~$2,218.20 Error checking to find $11.36~~

~~This amount paid Treasurer January 18, 1918.~~

~~1915~~

~~Uncollected Dec. 31, 1916 $61,333-02~~

~~Interest 1917 4,652 . 62~~

~~$65,985 . 64~~

~~Abated 1917 $2,267.21 Taken by City 6,579.57~~

~~City Possession 491 . 19 Paid Treasurer Tax and Interest 52,883.08~~

~~$02,221 .05~~

~~Uncollected Dec. 31, 1917 $3,704-59~~

~~1916~~

~~Uncollected Dec. 31, 1916 $185,287.19 Interest 1917 4,079.82~~

~~$189,367.01 Abated 1917 $5,903.11 Paid Treasurer Tax and Interest 126,578.57~~

~~$132,481.68~~

~~Uncollected Dec. 31, 1917 $56,885.33 COLLECTOR’S REPORT 147~~

~~1917~~

~~Warrant ' $449,404.35 Additional 1,875.45~~

~~Interest 281 . 19~~

~~$451,560.99 Abated $2,817.31 Paid Treasurer Tax and Interest 267,721.63~~

~~$265,538.94 Uncollected Dec. 31, 1917 $186,022.05 Water~~

~~1911 $35-48 1913 12.66 1914 77.30 1915 148.29 1916 6,421.63 1917 41,237.03 Summons 126.20~~

~~$48,058.59~~

~~Street Waterinsr~~

~~1914 $37.88 1915 1,285.40 1916 3, 215. '14 1917 6,684.39~~

~~$11,223. II~~

~~Collector’s Receipts~~

~~Collector’s Receipts 1,350.81~~

Betterments East Emerson $71.88 Hancock 318.05 First 638.46 Garfield Road 34-54 Warwick Road 74-59 Spear 226.56 Nowell Road 79-87 Morgan 94-70 Goss Avenue 44.20 Corey 469.81 Florence Avenue 10.98 Rogers 5-^7 Melrose 10.83 Forest 22.^5 Grove 6.12 Church 77-14 Henry Avenue 3-33 Interest 443-57 —

~~148 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~Sewers~~

~~1914 $48.35 1915 196.85~~

~~1916 : 579.04 1916—Unapportioned 17.56 1917 848.71 1918 26.49 1919 26.49 1920 15.60~~

~~1921 10.50 1922 10.50~~

~~1923 10.50~~

~~1924 ! 7.00 1925 7-00 1926 7.03 1898—Suspended 1914 88.65 Interest 381.46~~

~~$2,281 . 73~~

~~Sidewalks~~

~~1914 $10.22~~

~~1915 132.^17 1915 Unapportioned 66.74 1916 942.27 1916 Unopportioned 876.08 1917 973.63 1917 Unapportioned 1,942.61 1918 122.99~~

~~1919 86.90 1920 86.79 1921 40.17 1922 25.33 1923 14.39 1924 7.28 1925 7.23 Interest 348.25~~

~~$5,683.35 COLLECTOR’S REPORT 149~~

~~Moth~~

~~1915 $122.05 1916 22.75~~

~~$144.80 REDEMPTIONS~~

~~Year Tax Interest St. Wat. Moth~~

1910 1911 7.20 .55 19121905 19131906 7.12 .76 19141907 6.80 .77 19151908 7.40 .84 1909 25.09 9.39 2.71 182.36 94.70 2.82 590.58 239.01 8.13 .60 1,356.09 499.10 33.43 1,049.57 271.55 39.12 2.60 2,231.14 380.91 88.60 2.80 392.92 51.14 10.79 .70 Accrued interest 32.42

* $5,856.17 $1,581.14 $185.60 $6.70

~~$7,629.61~~

~~Summary~~

1913 Tax and Interest $81.92 1914 Tax and Interest 2,065.71 1915 Tax and Interest 52,883.08 1916 Tax and Interest 126,578.57 1917 Tax and Interest 262,721.63 Water 48,058.59 Street Water 11,223.11 Moth 144.8'^ Sewers and Interest 2,281.73 Sidewalks and Interest 5>683.35 Betterment and Interest 2,632.68 Collector’s Receipts 1,350.81 Redemptions 7,629.61

~~$523,335.58 Respectfully submitted. JAMES W. MURRAY, City Collector. Report of City Treasurer~~

~~CASH STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR 1917~~

~~Balance in Banks and Office January i, 1917 $30,819.25 Receipts for year 1917, as per detail statement herewith.. 1,181,499.70~~

~~$1,212,318.95 Total payments for year 1917, for details see report of City Auditor 1,139,869.70~~

~~Balance Cash in Banks and Office December 31, 1917 .... $72,449.25 Respectfully Submitted, W. R. LAVENDER, City Treasurer. CITY TREASURER’S REPORT 151~~

~~Statement Showing the Different Sources of the City Revenue, and~~

~~the Amount Received from Each, as Required by~~

~~Chapter 5, Section 3, City Ordinances.~~

Real Estate by Possession $162.33 Tax Takings 5,693.84 Soldiers Exemptions 255.41 Taxes for 1913 25.05 Taxes for 1914 1,919.62 Taxes for 1915 48,230.46 Taxes for 1916 122,498.75 Taxes for 1917 262,440.44 Bank and Corporation Tax 28,343.63 Income Tax 39,415-79 Licenses, All other 455-50 Permits, Marriage 160.00 Permits, All other 26.50 Court Fines 101.86 Dog Tax 1,295.73 Grants and Gifts, from Individuals 9,200.00 Street Sprinkling, Assessments 11,408.71 Moth Extermination, Assessments 165.90 Sewer Assessments 1,900.27 Sidewalks and Curbing, Assessments 5,335- 10 Betterments, Assessments, Melrose Street 10.83 Betterments, Assessments, Forest Street 22.35 Betterments, Assessments, Morgan Street 94-70 Betterments, Assessments, Goss Avenue 55-99

Betterments, Assessments, Florence Avenue ' 10.98 Betterments, Assessments, Warwick Road 74-59 Betterments, Assessments, Nowell Road 83.20 Betterments, Assessments, Spear Street 226.56 Betterments, Assessments, Corey Street 469.84 Betterments, Assessments, Hancock Street, Mounlain Avenue, etc 395-^9 Betterments, Assessments, East Emerson Street 71.88 Betterments, Assessments, Garfield Road 34-54

~~Betterments, Assessments, First Street 638. z|6 Collectors Receipts 1,350.81 City Clerks Receipts 248.80 Election, Other Expenses -75 Engineering, Other Expenses 3.03~~

~~Amount forward 542 827.39 ? , 152 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~‘=’ Amount up $542 , 27. 39 City Hall Receipts 377.00~~

' Auditorium Building Receipts 3,524.37 Police, Equipment and Repairs 3.00 Fire, Fuel and Lights 9.00 State Guard Equipment 211.41 Sealer W'eights and Measures Receipts 48.50 Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth Receipts, other than assessments 20.34 Forestry, Care of Trees 2.00 Forestry, Planting Trees 158.00 Health, Quarantine and Contagious Disease 5.42 Health, Vital Statistics .25 Health, Other Expenses 33.87 Health, Receipts 335-32 Sewers, Maintenance 23.45 Sewers, Construction 310.51 Sewers, Private Sewers 2,240.46 Surface Drainage, Construction 106.99 Killing Dogs 18.00 Street Lighting 270.00 Highways, Repairing 315.63 Sidewalks, Individual 731-84 Sidewaks, Repairs 34-42 Charities, Melrose Hospital 123.31 Charities, Receipts 3,966.71 Soldiers Benefits, State Aid 12.00 Soldiers Benefits, Soldiers Relief 15.00 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State Aid 3,246.80 German State Aid 6.00 Schools, Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds 91.80 Schools, Receipts 2,903.15 Parks, Receipts (from sales Ice Houses, etc.) 600.00 Parks, Other Expenses 5.72 Parks, Improvement 10.00 Ringing Bells 2.C0 Fourth of July Celebration 160.04 Water, Income Fund 48,093.03 Water, Maintenance 103.70 Water, Inside Service 2,580.23 Public Scales, Weighing fees 31.40 Cemeteries, Receipts 9,408.93 Interest 13863.18 Temporary Loans, anticipation of taxes 370,000.00

~~Amount Forward $l, 00o,S30.17 CITY TREASURER’S REPORT 153~~

Amount up • $1,006,830.17 Permanent Loans 71,570.00 Surface Drainage Bonds io,ooo.(0 Sewer Bonds lo.ooo.oo Water Bonds 10,000.00 W’ater Loan Premium Fund .30 Surface Drainage Loan Premium Fund 181.44 Sidewalk Loan Premium Fund .30 Highway Notes Premium Fund 106.32 Sewer Loan Sinking Fund Commissioners $50,000.00 Surface Drainage Loan Sinking Fund Commissioners ... 5,000.00 Cemetery Trust Fund 4,814.00 E. Toothaker Fund 66.97 Pay Roll Tailings 8.45 Ambulance Fund 10.00 Guaranty Deposits 550.00 L. S. Gould School Medal Fund 1,000.00 A. C. Marie Currier Fund, Income received 2,500.00 Norman F. Hesseltine Fund (Income Received) 1.75 Cemetery Trust Fund Investment account 8,800.00

~~$1,181,499.70 154 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~LIST OF BONDS AND NOTES OUTSTANDING, DUE AND PAYABLE 1918 PERMANENT LOANS~~

~~Date Term Due for what issued Order Rate Amount Years No.~~

Aug. 1, 1908 10 Aug. 1, 1918 Bennett s Dam 4002 4 % $1,000.00 July 7. 1913 5 July 7, 1918 Comb. Chemical & Runabout 7471 4 % 1,000.00 July 1. 1913 5 July 1, 1918 Main St., Macad. 7762 4y2 % 2,500.00 Oct 1, 1913 5 Oct. 1, 1918 Spear St. 7187 4/8 % 1,000.00 Dec. 1, 1913 5 Dec. 1, 1918 Church, Hancock Sts., Mtn. Ave. 6529A 4 % 550.00 Sept. 1, 1913 5 Sept. 1, 1918 Cont. Walks 7761 4 % 2,000.00 Nov. 25, 1914 4 Nov. 25, 1918 Funding Cem.Trust Trust Fund 8193 4 % 2,000.00 Dec. 1, 1914 4 Dec. 1, 1918 Con. Walks 8254 4 % 2,000.00 Mar. 30, 1915 3 Mar. 30, 1918 Corey St. 8577 4 % 800.00 Apr. 8, 1915 3 Apr. 8, 1918 Grove St. 8061 4 % 500.00 May 7, 1915 3 May 7, 1918 Pine St. 8039 4 % 500.00 Sept. 1, 1915 3 Sept. 1, 1918 Auto Hook & Ladder 8286 4 % 1,000.00 Aug. 12, 1915 3 Aug. 12, 1918 Paving Gutters 9197 4 % 500.00 Aug. 1, 1915 3 Aug. 1, 1918 Cont. Walks 8814 4 % 2,000.00 Mar. 14, 1916 2 Mar. 1, 1918 Lynde St. 6417 4 % 1,100.00 May 19, 1916 2 May 19, 1918 Marvin Road 9345 4 % 1,000.00 June 1, 1916 2 June 1, 1918 Cont. Walks 9563 4 % 2,000.00

Aug. 24, 1916 2 Aug. 24, 1918 East Foster St. 9413 4 % 800 . 00 Aug. 24, 1916 2 Aug. 24, 1918 Crosswalks & Gutters 9713 4 % 500.00 Aug. 1, 1916 2 Aug. 1, 1918 Cont. Walks 9735 4 % 2,000.00 Sept. 5, 1916 2 Sept. 5, 1918 Henry Ave. 9392 4 % 1,000.00 Nov. 27, 1916 2 Nov. 27, 1918 Beverly St. 9657 4 % 600.00 Oct. 11, 1916 2 Oct. 11, 1918 East Emerson St. 9624 4 % 1,000.00 Jan. 4, 1917 1 Jan 4, 1918 Hopkins St. 9369 B 4 % 1,000.00 Jan. 1, 1917 1 Jan. 1, 1918 Surf. Drg. & Parks 4 % 700.00 acc’t Ice House prop. 9877 4 % 600.00 Jan. 25, 1917 1 Jan. 25, 1918 Pleasant St. 9319 4 % 1,000.00 Mar. 21, 1917 1 Mar. 21, 1918 Stevens Road 8690B 4 % 1,000.00 Apr. 18, 1917 1 Apr. 18, 1918 Crosswalks&Gutters 10072 4 % 1,000.00 Apr. 29, 1917 1 Apr. 29. 1918 Grove St. & Swains Pond Ave. 9302 4 % 400.00 Apr. 29, 1917 1 Apr. 29, 1918 Franklin St. 9919 4 % 1,000.00 Apr. 1, 1917 1 Apr. 1. 1918 Cont. Walks 10075 4 % 1,000.00 Apr. 1, 1917 1 Apr. 1. 1918 Cont. Walks 10075 4 % 1,000.00 May 17, 1917 1 May 17, 1918 Harold St. 9295B 4 % 500.00 May 17, 1917 1 May 17, 1917 Natalie Ave. 9776B 4 % 1,000.00 July 27, 1917 1 July 27, 1918 War Notes 10378 4 % 1,000.00 Sept. 18, 1917 1 Sept. 18. 1918 Pleasant St. 10051 4 % 1,000.00 Sept. 1, 1917 1 Sept. 1. 1918 Cont. Walks 10229 4 % 1,000.00 Spet. 1, 1917 1 Sept. 1, 1918 Cont. Walks 10229 4 % 1,000.00 Oct. 4, 1917 1 Oct. 1, 1918 Purchase Pickett lot 9580 4 % 1,000.00 Sept. 1, 1917 1 Sept. 1, 1918 Cont. Walks 10363 4 % 1,000.00 Sept. 1, 1917 1 Sept. 1. 1918 Cont. Walks 10363 4 % 1,000.00 Oct. 25, 1917 1 Oct. 25, 1918 Natalie Ave. 10364 4 % 1,000.00 Oct. 25, 1917 1 Oct. 28. 1918 Pleasant St. 10460 4 % 1,000.00

~~$46,550.00 CITY TREASURER'S REPORT 155~~

~~WATER BONDS~~

Date due No. Rate Amount June 1, 1919 June 1, 1918 504-505 4% 2,000.00 May 1, 1910 May 1, 1918 540 4% 1,000.00 July 1, 1910 July 1. 1918 558 4% 1,000.00 Dec. 1, 1913 Dec. 1, 1918 567 4% 5 )0.00 _' Sept. 1, 1913 Sept. 1. 1918 577 4% 1,000.00 May 1, 1914 May 1. 1918 586 4% 1,000.00 May 1, 1915 May 1, 1918 595 4% 1,000.00 Dec. 1, 1915 Dec. 1, 1918 600 4% 1,000.00 June 1, 1916 June 1, 1918 604 4% I.UOO.OO Apr. 1, 1917 Apr. 1, 1918 614 4% 1,000.00

~~$10,500.00 SEWER BONDS~~

Sept. 1, 1913 Spet. 1, 1918 435 4% 500.00 May 1, 1914 May 1. 1918 454 4% 500 . 00 May 1, 1915 May 1, 1918 473 4% 500 . 00 Aug. 1, 1916 Aug. 1, 1918 492 4% 1,000.00 Sept. 1, 1917 Sept. 1, 1918 501 4% 1,000.00

~~$3,500.00~~

~~SURFACE DRAINAGE BONDS~~

May 1, 1914 May 1, 1918 139 4% 500.00 April 1, 1915 Apr. 1, 1918 158 4% 500.00 Nov. 1, 1915 Nov. 1, 1918 178 4% 500.00 June. 1, 1918 June 1, 1918 187 4% 1,000.00 April 1, 1917 Apr. 1, 1918 215 4% 500.00 Sept. 1, 1917 Sept. 1, 1918 225 4% 500.00

~~- $3,500.00 AUDITORIUM BUILDINGS BONDS~~

~~July 1, 1911 July 1, 1918 18-19 4% 2,000.00~~

~~$2,000.00 PARK BONDS~~

~~Nov. 1, 1911 Nov. 1, 1918 7 4% 1,000.00 Dec. 1, 1912 Dec. 1, 1918 6 4% 1,000.00~~

~~$2,000.00~~

~~SUMMARY OF BONDS AND NOTES DUE 1918c~~

~~Permanent Loan Notes 46,550.00 Water Bonds 10,500.00 Sewer Bonds 3,500.00 Surface Drainage Bonds 3,500.00 Auditorium Buildings Bonds 2,000.00 Park Bonds 2,000.00~~

~~$68,050.00~~

~~and Water Bonds which will be paid from the Sinking Funds. . . 35,000.00 56 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~LIST OF ALL OUTSTANDING NOTES AND BONDS, DECEMBER 31, 1917~~

~~TEMPORARY LOANS~~

~~Due No. Amount Total Feb. 12. 1918.. 352 10.000.00 “ 353 10,000.00 354 10,000.00 355 10,000.00 356 5,000.00 357 5,000.00 50,000.00~~

~~April 1, 1918.. 338 10,000.00 “ 339 10,000.00 340 10,000.00 341 10,000.00 *• 342 10,000.00 50,000.00~~

~~May 8. 1918.. 348 10,000.00 349 10,000.00 350 10,000.00 “ 351 10,000.00 40,000.00~~

~~June 20. 1918.. 358 10,000.00 “ 359 10,000.00 “ 360 10,000.00 “ 361 10,000.00 40,000.00~~

~~July 10. 1918.. 362 10,000.00 “ 363 10,000.00 “ 364 10,000.00 “ 365 10,000.00 “ 366 10,000.00 “ 367 10,000.00 60,000.00 240,000.00~~

~~PERMANENT LOAN NOTES '~~

~~Purpose Order No. Date Due Rate Amount~~

Bennett’s Dam 4002 B Aug. 1, 1908 Aug. 1, 1918 4 % 1,000 .00 Combination Chemical & Runabout 7491 July 7, 1913 July 7, 1918 4 % 1,000 .00 •• 7491 July 7, 1913 July 7, 1919 4 % 1,000 .00 Main Street Macadam 7762 July 1, 1913 July 1, 1918 472% 2,500 ,00 July 1, 1919 472% 2,500. 00 July 1, 1920 472% 2,500 .00 July 1, 1921 472% 2,500 .00 July 1, 1922 472% 2,500 .00 July 1, 1923 472% 2,500 .00 Spear Street 7187A Oct. 10, 1913 Oct. 10, 1918 4 % 1,000 .00 Church & Hancock Sts. 6529A Dec. 1, 1913 Dec. 1, 1918 4 % 550 .00 & Mountain Ave. Dec. 1, 1919 4 % 550,.00 “ Dec. 1, 1920 4 % 550 .00 “ Dec. 1, 1921 4 % 550 .00 “ Dec. 1 1922 4 % 550 .00 “ Dec. 1, 1923 4 % 550 .00 Continuous Sidewalks 7761 Sept. 1, 1913 Sept. 1, l?fl8 4 % 2,000. 00 Amount forward 24,300.00 . CITY TREASURER’S REPORT 157

Amount up 24,300.00 Funding Cemetery Trust 8193 Nov. 25, 1914 Nov. 25, 1918 4 % 2,000.00 “ “ Fund Nov. 25, 1919 % 2,000.00 ‘‘ “ “ Nov. 25, 1920 4 % 2,000.00 “ Nov. 25, 1921 4 % 2,000.00 “ Nov. 25, 1922 4 % 2,000.00 “ “ Nov. 25, 1923 4 % 2,000.00 “ Nov. 25, 1924 4 % 2,000.00 “ Nov. 25, 1925 4 % 2,000.00 Nov. 25, 1926 4 % 2,000.00 “ “ “ Nov. 25, 1927 4 % 2,000.00 “ “ “ Nov. 25, 1928 4 % 2,000.00 ‘‘ “ “ Nov. 25, 1929 4 % 2,000.00 Continuous Sidewalks 8254 Dec. 1, 1914 Dec. 1, 1918 4 % 2,000.00 “ “ “ D3c. 1 1919 2,000.00 , 4 %

~~Corey Street 8577 Mar. 30, 1915 Mar. 30, 1918 4 % 800 . 00~~

Grove Street 8061 Apr. 8, 1915 Apr. 8, 1918 4 % 500 . 00 “ “ “ Apr. 8, 1919 4 % 500.00 “ “ “ Apr. 8, 1910 4 % 500 . 00 Pine Street 8039 May 7, 1915 May 7, 1918 4 % 500.00 Auto Hook & Ladder 8286 Spet. 1, 1916 Sept. 1,1918 4 % 1,000.00 “ “ “ Spet. 1, 1919 4 % 1,000.00 “ “ Sept. 1, 1920 4 % 1,000.00 Paving Gutters & Crossings 9197 Aug. 12, 1915 Aug. 12, 1918 4 % 500.00 “ “ “ Aug. 12, 1919 4 % 500.00 Continuous Sidewalks 8814 Aug. 1, 1915 Aug. 1, 1918 4 % 2,000.00 “ “ ‘‘ Aug. 1, 1919 4 % 2,000.00 ‘‘ “ •• Aug. 1, 1920 4 % 2,000.00 Lynde Street 6417A Mar. 14, 1916 Mar. 14, 1918 4 % 1,100,00 Marvin Road 9345 May 19, 1916 Mar. 19, 1918 4 % 1,000.00 “ “ “ May 1, 1919 4 % 1,000.00 Continuous Sidewalks 9563 June 1, 1916 June 1, 1918 4 % 2,000.00 “ June 1, 1919 4 % 2,000.00 “ “ “ June 1, 1920 4 % 2,000.00 “ “ “ June 1, 1921 4 % 2,000.00

East Foster St. 9413 Aug. 24, 1916 Aug. 24, 1918 4 % 800 . 00 “ “ “ Aug. 24, 1919 4 % 800.00 Crosswalks & Gutters 9713 Aug. 24, 1916 Aug. 24, 1918 4 % 500.00 “ “ “ Aug. 24, 1919 4 % 500.00 “ “ Aug. 24, 1920 4 % 500.00 “ " Aug. 24, 1921 4 % 500.00 NOTE— In this lot 2 mature each year 1918 to 1921. Continuous Sidewalks 9735 Aug. 1, 1916 Aug. 1, 1918 4 % 1,000.00 “ “ Aug. 1, 1918 4 % 1,000.00 “ “ Aug. 1, 1919 4 % 1,000.00 ‘‘ “ “ Aug. 1, 1919 4 % 1,000.00 ‘‘ “ Aug. 20, 1920 4 % 1,000.00 “ “ “ Aug. 1, 1921 4 % 1 ,000 . 00 “ “ “ Aug. 1, 1921 4 % 1,000.00 Henry Avenue 9392 Sept. 5, 1916 Sept. 5, 1918 4 % 1,000.00 “ “ “ Sept. 5, 1919 4 % 800 . 00

Beverly Street 9657 Nov. 27, 1916 Nov. 27, 1918 4 % 600 . 00 East Emerson Street 9624 Oct. 11, 1916 Oct. 11, 1918 4 % 1,000.00 Hopkins Street 9396 Jan. 4, 1917 Jan. 4, 1918 4 % 1,000.00 “ “ “ Jan. 4, 1919 4 % 1,000.00 “ “ •• Jan. 4, 1920 4 % 600.00 Ice House & S. Pond Brk. 9877 Jan. 1, 1917 Jan. 1, 1918 4 % 700.00 “ “ Surf, & Drainage Jan. 1, 1919 4 % 500.00 Amount forward $95,000.00 58 CITY OF MELROSE

~~Amount Up $95,000.00~~

Ice House & Spot Pond Brook 9877 Jan. 1, 1917 Jan. 1. 1920 4 % 500.00 (Surface Drg.) Jan. 1. 1921 4 % 500.00 Jan. 1. 1922 4 % 500.00 Jan. 1. 1923 4 % 500.00 ** Jan. 1. 1924 4 % 500.00 Jan. 1. 1925 4 % 500.00 Jan. 1. 1926 4 % 500.00 Jan. 1. 1927 4 % 500.00 Jan. 1. 1928 4 % 500.00 Jan. 1. 1929 4 % 500.00 Jan. 1. 1930 4 % 500.00 Jan. 1. 1931 4 % 500.00 Ice House & Spot Pond Jan. 1, 1918 4 % 600.00 Brook Jan. 1, 1919 4 % 500.00 “ (Parks) Jan. 11 1920 4 % 500.00 Jan. 1. 1921 4 % 500.00 Jan. 1. 1922 4 % 500.00 Jan. 1, 1923 4 % 500.00 Jan. 1, 1924 4 % 500.00 Jan. 1, 1925 4 % 500.00 ** Jan. 1. 1926 4 % 500.00 Jan. 1. 1927 4 % 500.00 Jan. 1, 1928 4 % 500.00 Jan. 1. 1929 4 % 500.00 Jan. 1. 1930 4 % 500.00 Pleasant Street 9319 Jan. 25. 1917 Jan. 25, 1918 4 % 1,000.00 Jan. 25, 1919 4 % 1,000.00 Jan. 25, 1920 4 % 1,000.00 Jan. 25, 1921 4 % 1,000.00 Jan. 25, 1922 4 % 1,000.00 Crosswalks & Gutters 10072 Apr. 18. 1917 Apr. 18, 1918 4 % 1,000.00 Apr. 18, 1919 4 % 1,000.00 Apr. 18, 1920 4 % 1,000.00 Apr. 18, 1921 4 % 1,000.00

Apr. . 181922 4 % 1,000.00 Stevens Road 8690 Mar. 21, 1917 Mar. 21, 1918 4 % 1,000.00 Mar. 21, 1919 4 % 1,000.00 Mar. 21, 1920 4 % 870.00 Grove St. & Swains Pond Avenue 9302 Apr. 29, 1917 Apr. 29, 1918 4 % 400.00 Franklin St. 9919 Apr. 29, 1917 Apr. 29, 1918 4 % 1,000.00 Continuous Walks 10075 Apr. 1, 1917 Apr. 1, 1918 4 % 1,000.00 “ Apr. 1, 1918 4 % 1,000.00 ** Apr. 1, 1919 4 % 1,000.00 ‘‘ Apr. 1, 1919 4 % 1,000.00 “ Apr. 1, 1920 4 % 1,000.00 Apr. 1, 1920 4 % 1,000.00 Apr. 1, 1921 4 % 1,000.00 “ Apr. 1, 1921 4 % 1,000.00 “ Apr. 1, 1922 4 % 1,000.00 Apr. 1, 1922 4 % 1,000.00 Harold Street 9295B May 17, 1917 May 17, 1918 4 % 500.00 Natalie Avenue 9776 May 17, 1917 May 17, 1918 4 % 1,000.00 ‘‘ May 17, 1919 4 % 800.00

~~Amount forward $126,200.00 CITY TREASURER’S REPORT 159~~

Amount up $126,000.00 War Notes 10378 July 27. 1917 July 27,1918 4 % 1,000.00 ‘‘ “ “ July 27. 1919 4 % 1,000.00 Pleasant Street 10051 Spe.t 18. 1917 Sept. 18, 1918 4 % 1,000.00 “ Sept. 18, 1919 4 % 1,000.00 Continuous Walks 10229 Sept. 1, 1917 Sept. 1, 1919 4 % 1,000.000 “ Sept. 1, 1918 4 % 1,000.00 “ Sept. 1, 1919 4 % 1,000.00 “ “ “ Sept. 1, 1919 4 % 1,000.00 “ Sept. 1, 1920 4 % 1,000.00 “ Sept. 1, 1920 4 % . 1,000.00 “ “ Sept. 1, 1921 4 % 1 ,000 . 00 “ “ “ Sept. 1, 1921 4 % 1,000.00 “ “ Sept. 1, 1922 4 % 1,000.00 “ “ Sept." 1, 1922 4 % 1 ,000 . 00 Purchase Pickett Lot 9580 Oct. 4, 1917 Oct. 4, 1918 4 % 1,000.00 “ “ “ Oct. 4, 1919 4 % 1,000.00 “ “ “ Oct. 4, 1920 4 % 600 . 00 Sept. 1, 1918 4 % 1,000.00 “ Sept. 1, 1918 4 % 1,000.00 “ Sept. 1, 1919 4 % 1,000.00 “ “ “ Sept. 1, 1919 4 % 1,000.00 “ Sept. 1, 1920 4 % 1,000.00 “ Sept. 1, 1920 4 % 1 ,000 . 00 “ Sept. 1, 1921 4 % 1,000.00 “ “ Sept. 1, 1921 4 % 1,000.00 “ “ “ Sept. 1, 1922 4 % 1,000.00 “ “ Sept. 1, 1922 4 % 1,000.00 Natalie Avenue 10364 Oct. 25, 1917 Oct. 25, 1918 4 % 1,000.00 Pleasant Street 10460 Oct. 25, 1917 Oct. 25, 1918 4 % 1,000.00

~~$162,770.00 WATER BONDS~~

~~Issued Due Nos. Amount~~

~~July 1, 1895 July 1, 1925 400 to 437 38,000.00~~

~~Mar. 1, 1903 Mar. 1, 1918 438 to 472 35,000.00~~

~~Aug. 1, 1917 Aug. 1, 1022 473 to 482 10,000.00~~

~~Feb. 1, 1908 Feb. 1, 1923 483 to 487 5,000.00~~

~~June 1, 1909, serially $2,000. each year June 1, 1911 to 1932 $1,000. 1932 504 to 532 29,000.00~~

~~May 1, 1910, serially $1,000. each year May 1, 1918 to 1920 540 to 542 3,000.00~~

~~July 1, 1912 serially $1,000. each year July 1, 1918 to 1922 558 to 562 5,000.00~~

~~Dec. 1, 1913 serially $500. each year Dec. 1, 1918 to Dec. 1, 1923 567 to 572 3.000.00 _ Sept. 1, 1913 serially $1,000. each year Sept. 1, 1918 to 1923 577 to 582 6,000.00~~

~~May 1, 1914 serially $1,000. each year May 1, 1918 to 1924 586 to 597 7,000.00 May 1 1915 serially $1,000. each year May 1, 1918 to 1920 595 to 597 3,000.00~~

~~Dec. 1, 1915 serially $1,000. each year Dec. 1, 1918 to 1920 600 to 602 3.000.00~~

~~June 1, 1916 serially $1,000. each year June 1, 1918 to 1926 604 to 612 9,000.00~~

~~May 1, 1917 serially $2,000. each year May 1, 1918 to 1922 613 to 622 10,000.00~~

~~$166,000,00 i6o CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~SEWER BONDS~~

~~Issued Due Nos. Amount~~

~~June 1, 1984 June 1, 1924 1 to 100 100,000.00~~

~~June 1, 1895 June 1, 1925 101 to 200 100,000.00~~

~~July 1, 1896 July 1, 1926 201 to 250 50,000.00~~

~~July 1, 1905 July 1, 1935 351 to 360 10,000.00~~

~~June 1, 1907 June 1, 1937 361 to 370 10,000.00~~

~~July 1, 1907 July 1, 1937 371 to 380 10,000.00~~

~~June 1, 1908 June 1, 1938 381 to 390 10,000.00~~

~~June 1, 1909 June 1, 1939 391 to 400 10,000.00~~

~~Apr. 1, 1910 Apr. 1, 1940 401 to 410 10,000.00~~

~~1 May 1, 1911 May , 1941 411 to 415 5,000.00~~

~~July 1, 1912 July 1, 1942 42 1 5o 430 10,000.00~~

~~Nov. 1, 1911 Nov. 1, 1941 416 to 420 5,000.00~~

~~Sept. 1, 1913 serially $500. each year Sept. 1, 1918 to 1933 435 to 450 8,000.00~~

~~May 1, 1914 serially $500. each year May 1, 1918 to 1934 454 to 470 8,500.00~~

~~May 1, 1915 serially $500. each year May 1, 1918 to 1935 473 to 490 9,000.00~~

~~Aug. 1, 1916 serially $1,000. each year Aug. 1, 1918 to 1926 492 to 500 9,000.00~~

~~Sept. 1, 1917 serially $1,000. each Sept. 1, 1918 to 1927 501 to 510 10,000.00~~

~~$374,500.00 SCHOOL HOUSE BONDS~~

~~Issued Due Nos. Amount~~

~~Mar. 1, 1919 Mar. 1, 1929 201 to 278 78,000.00~~

~~SURFACE DRAINAGE BONDS~~

~~$100,000.00 All dated July 15, 1902, Due Nos. Amount but issued~~

Aug. 1, 1903 July 15, 1932 1 to 20 20,000.00 . Dec. 31, 1903 July 15 1932 20 to 40 20,000.00 Nov. 5, 1904 July 15, 1932 41 to 60 20,000.00 Jan. 28, 1907 July 15, 1932 61 to 80 20,000.00 July 20, 1907 July 15, 1932 80 to 100 20,000.00

~~Nov. 1, 1909 Nov. 1, 1919 101 to 105 5,000.00~~

~~July 1, 1910 July 1, 1920 106 to 110 5,000.00~~

~~Sept. 1, 1913 Sept. 1, 1923 126 to 135 10,000.00~~

~~May 1, 1914 serially $500. each year 1918 to 1934 139 to 155 8,500.00~~

~~Apr. 1, 1915 serially $500. each year 1918 to 1935 158 to 175 9,000.00~~

~~Nov. 1, 1915 serially $500. each year 1918 to 1925 178 to 185 4,000.00~~

~~June 1, 1916 serially $1,000. each year 1918 to 1931 187 to 200 14,000.00~~

~~Apr. 1, 1917 serially $500. each year 1918 to 1927 215 to 224 5,000.00~~

~~Sept. 1, 1917 serially $500. each year 1918 to 1927 225 to 234 5,000.00~~

~~$165,500.00 CITY TREASURER’S REPORT - 161~~

~~AUDITORIUM BUILDING BONDS~~

~~Issued Due Nos. Amount~~

~~July 1. 1911 serially $2,000. each year July 1, 1918 to 1931 18 to 45 28,000.00~~

~~PARK BONDS~~

~~Issued Due Nos. Amount~~

~~Nov. 1, 1911 serially $1,000. each year Nov. 1, 1918 to 1921 7 to 10 4,000.00~~

~~Dec. 1, 1912 serially $1,000. each year Dec. 1, 1918 to 1921 6 to 8and 10 4,000.00~~

~~$8,000.00 CEMETERY TRUST FUND~~

~~Amount in the Fund January i, 1917 $41,567.75 Additions to Fund in 1917 4,814.00~~

~~Amount in the Fund December 31, 1917 $46,381.75~~

~~Total amount invested in bonds and notes of The City of Melrose $43,570.00 Cash in City Treasury, awaiting investment.. 2,811.75 $46,381.75~~

~~LIST OF INVESTMENTS, CEMETERY TRUST FUND~~

~~12 notes City of Melrose, Nov. 5, 1914, due serially, $2,000 each year 1918-1929 $24,000.00~~

~~1 note City of Melrose, May 7, .1915, due May 7, 1918 500.00 2 notes City of Melrose, Aug. 12, 1915, due Aug. 12, 1918, $500., Aug. 12, 1919, $500 1,000.00~~

~~1 note City of Melrose, March 14, 1916, 2 years 1,100.00~~

~~2 notes City of Melrose, May 19, 1916, i and 2 years, $1,000 each 2,000.00~~

~~1 note City of Melrose, Nov. 27, 1916, 2 years 600.00~~

~~2 notes City of Melrose, January 4, 1917, i and 2 years, 1918, $1,000, 1919, $600 1,600. od~~

~~2 notes City of Melrose, March 21, 1917, i and 2 years, $1,000 each 2,000.00~~

~~I note City of Melrose, March 21, 1917 870.00~~

~~1 note City of Melrose, May 17, 1917, i year 500.00~~

~~2 notes City of Melrose, May 17, 1917, i and 2 years, 1918, $1,000, i9I9,$8oo i,8co.oo~~

3 notes City of Melrose, Oct. 4, 1917, i to 3 years, 1918 and 1919 $1,000 each, 1920 $600 2,600.00 10 City of Melrose Surf. Drg. Bonds, Sept. 1,1917, due serially 1918 to 1927, each $500 5,000.00 Cash in City Treasury awaiting investment 2,811.75

~~$46,381.75~~

~~11 162 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~TRUST FUNDS HELD BY THE CITY TREASURER~~

~~To be expended under the direction of the School Committee, for the purposes stated.~~

~~Levi S. Gould School Medal Fund~~

~~I 10 to 25 year 4 per cent Convertable Gold Liberty Bond, No. 565.026 $1,000.00~~

~~Norman F. Hesseltine Fund to Encourage the Study of Domestic and Wild Animals~~

~~I 3^ per cent. Liberty Bond No. 409.962 100.00~~

~~Melrose Savings Bank Book No. 448~~

~~The sum of $6.00 deposited by the Commitee having in charge~~

the celebration of the Centennial Fourth, July 4, 1876, on July 26, 1876, “said sum with its accumulations to be held for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the Town

~~of Melrose, May 3, 1950. Report of Sinking Fund Commissioners~~

~~REPORT SEWER LOAN SINKING FUNDS, 1917 Receipts~~

Cash in Bank January 1, 1917 $994.26 Fi^om Coupons $8,940.00 Interest on Notes and Registered Bonds 680.66 Interest on Bank deposits 12.06 City of Melrose, appropriation for 1917 748.02 City of Melrose, Sewer assessments collected.... 1,735.87 Bonds and Notes sold and matured 54,900.00 67,088.84

~~$68,010.77 Payment* Bonds and Notes bought $16,944.67 Accrued interest on Bonds ana Notes bought 134.17 Rent of Safe Deposit Box 10.00 City of Melrose to pay maturing Bonds 60,000.00 $67,088.84~~

~~Balance, Cash in Melrose Trust Oo $921.93 LIST OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE SEWER LOAN SINKING FUND, DEC. 31, 1917~~

~~14 Melrose Sewer Bonds, June 1, 1924, 4%, 1 to 3, 10, 76, 77, 81 to 85, 88, 90, 97 $14,000.00~~

52 Melrose Sewer Bonds, June 1, 1925, 4%, 101 to 105, 154 tO' 159, 160 52,000.00 10 Melrose Sewer Bonds, July 1, 1935, 4%, 351 to 360 10,000.00 10 Melrose Sewer Bonds, June 1, 1937, 4%, 361 to 370 10,000.00 10 Melrose Sewer Bonds, July 1, 1937, 4%, 371 to 380 10,000.00 57 Melrose Surface Drainage Bonds, July 15, 1932, 4%, 4 to 60.. 57,000.00 3 Melrose Water Bonds, March 1, 1918, 4%, 452 to 453, 472 3,000.00 6 Wakefield, Mass., Bonds, Nov. 1, 1925, 31/2 %, 90 to 95 6,000.00 1 Wakefield, Mass., Bond, Nov. 1, 1926, 3i^%, 96 1,000.00

10 Clinton, Mass., Bonds, July 1, 1930, 3V2%, 132 to 141 10,000.00 1 Los Angeles, Cal., Bond, June 1, 1932, 41/2 %, 1518 1,000.00 1 Los Angeles, Cal., Bond, June 1, 1942, 41/2 %, 2511 1,000.00 3 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. Bonds, July 1, 1949, 31/2 %, 7695 to 7697 3,000.00 4i/^%, 8 Boston & Maine R. R. Bonds, April 1, 1929, 5166 to 5169, 5171 to 5174 8,000.00

~~15 Fitchburg R. R. Bonds. May 1, 1928, 41/2 %, 3853, 2367 to 2373, 3341 to 3345, 3468 to 3469 15,000.00~~

~~3 Oonnecticut River R. R. Bonds, January 1, 1923, 3^/^%, 841 to 843 3,000.00~~

3 Boston & Albany R. R. Bonds, May 1, 1933, 4%, 2492 to 2494 3,000.00 1 Boston Elevated R. R. Bond, May 1, 1935, 4%, 21 500.00 2 Boston Elevated R. R. Bonds, Oct. 1, 1937, 4V^%, 100 to 101, registered 2,000.00

~~Part 1 Boston Elevated R. R. Bond, Nov. 1, 1941, 4V2%, 39, ($5,000) registered 2,500.00 10 Liberty Bonds, Nov. 15, 1942, 4% 10,000.00 Cash, in Melrose Trust Co 921.93~~

~~$22,921.93 164 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~KErOKT SCHOOL HOUSE LOAN SINKING FUNDS, 1917~~

~~Receipts~~

Cash in Bank January 1, 1817 $994.26 From Coupons $182.00 Interest on Notes and Registered Bonds 490.08 Interest on Bank Deposits 5.29 City of Melrose, approipraton for 1917 2,592.56 Bonds and Notes sold and matured 8,200.00 11,469.93

~~$11,507.69~~

~~Payments~~

~~B'-nds and Notes bought $10,500.00 Accrued interest on Bonds and Notes bought 102.92 Rent Safe Deposit Box 2.00 $10,604.92~~

~~Balance, Cash in Melrose Trust Co $902.77~~

~~W. R. LAVENDER, Treasurer.~~

~~LIST OF SECURITIES O AVNE I) BY THE SCHOOL HOUSE LOAN SINKING FUND~~

4 Boston & Albany R. R. Bonds, May 1, 1933, 4%, 2495 to 2398 $4,000.00 2 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. (S. W. Div.) Bond, registered, July 1, 1925, 31/2 %, M531 to 532 2,00000 3 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. (S. W. Div.), July 1, 1925, 3^/^%, B42, 43, 49 1,500.00 4i/^%, Part 1 Boston Elevated R. R. Bond, Nov. 1, 1941, registered, ($5,000) 2,000.00

~~5 Portland Terminal R. R. Bond, July 1, 1961, 4%, Ml to 4, 7.. 5,000.00 4i/^%, 1 Boston Elevated R. R. Bond, Nov. 1, 1941, 34, registered 1,000.00~~

~~Part 1 Boston Elevated R. R. Bond, Nov. 1, >941, 36 ($5,000) registered 2,000,00~~

~~Melrose Water Bond, March 1, 1918, 4%, 454 450.00 2 Liberty Bonds, Nov. 15, 1942, 4%, registered 2,000.00 Cash in Melrose Trust Go 902.77~~

~~$20,902.77~~

~~REPORT SURFACE DRAINA(4E LOAN SINKING FUND, 1917~~

~~Receipts~~

Cash in Bank, January 1, 1917 $74.79 From Coupons $1,905.50 Interest on Notes and Registered Bonds 289.05 Interest on Bank Deposits 15.59 City of Melrose, appropriation 1917 3,960.91 Bonds and Notes matured and sold 16,800.00 $22,971.05

~~$23,045.84 REPORT OF SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS i65~~

~~Payments~~

~~Bonds and Notes bought $16,530.97 interest on Notes Accrued1 Bods and bought 283.38 Rent Safe Deposit Box 3.00 City of Melrose, to pay maturing Bonds 5,000.00 $21,817.35~~

~~Balance, Cash in Melrose Trust Co $1,228.49~~

~~LIST OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE SURFACE LOAN SINKING FUND~~

38 Melrose Surface Drg. Bonds, July 15, 1932, 4%, 4, 1 to 3, 61 to 75 81 to 100 $38,000.00 4 to 10 1 Melrose Water Bond, March 1, 1918, 4%, 462 400.00 Wakefield, Mass., Bond, Nov. 1, 1926, 31/2 %, 97 1,000.00 1 Boston & Maine R. R. Bond, April 1, 1929, 4V2%, 5170 1,000.00 2 Fitchburg R. R. Bonds, March 1, 1928, 4%, 2394, 3854 2,000.00 1 Boston & Albany R. R. Bond, May 1, 1933, 4%, 2499 1,000.00 1 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. (S. W. Div.) Bond, registered, July 1, 1925, 31/2 %, B44 500.00 41 3 Boston Elevated R. R. Blonds, Nov. 1, 1941, , 2 %, registered, 43 to 45 3,000.00 4i/^%, Part 1, Boston Elevated R. R. Bonds, Nov. 1, 1941, 39, registered ($5,000) 500.00 3 Liberty Bonds, registered, Nov. 1, 1942, 4% 3,000.00 Cash, in Melrose Trust Co 1,228.49

~~$51,628.49~~

~~W. R. LAVENDER, Treasurer.~~

~~REPORT WATER LOAN SINKING FUNDS, 1917~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Cash in Bank, January 1, 1917 $743.30 From Coupons $2,760.00 Interest on Notes and Registered Bonds 273.06 Interest on Bank Deposits 8.42 Bonds and Notes sold and matured 11,800.00 $14,841.48~~

~~$15,584.78~~

~~Payments~~

~~Bonds and Notes bought $14,550.11 Accrued interest on Bonds and Notes bought 187.02~~

~~• Rent of Safe Deposit Box 5.00 $14,742.13~~

~~Balance, Cash in Melrose Trust Co $842.65~~

~~W. R. LAVENDER, Treasurer. i66 . CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~LIST OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE WATER LOAN SINKING~~

~~FUND, DEC. 31, 1917~~

30 Melrose Water Bonds, March 1, 1918, 4%, 438 to 451, 455 to 461, 462 to 471 $30,000.00 % Melrose Water Bonds, March 1, 1918, 4%, 454 500.00 6-10 Melrose Water Bonds, March 1, 1918, 4%, 462 600.00 34 Melrose Water Bonds, July 1, 1925, 4%, 400, 403 to 408, 410 to 426, 428 to 437 34,000.00 5 Melrose Surface Drainage Bonds, July 15, 1932, 4%, 76 to 80. 5,000.00 1 Bath, Maine, Bond, January 1, 1927, 4%, 14 500.00 1 Boston & Maine R. R. Bond, April 1, 1929, 41/2 %, 5165 1,000.00 Part 1 Boston Elevated R. R. Bond, ($5,000), registered, Nov. 1, 1941, 41/2 %, 36 3,000.00 1 Boston Elevated R. R. Bond, registered, Nov. 1, 1941, 4%%, 35 1,000.00 Cash, in Melrose Trust Co 842.65

~~$76,442.65 Report of Cemetery Committee~~

~~Receipts~~

Dressing $63.25 Foundations 331.00 Graves, single 634.00 Interments 891.00 Labor, grading lots, etc 113.50 Lots, care of 2,089.00 Lots, care of Perpetual Trust Fund 1,493.87 Lots, sale of 2,653.50 Slate Vaults 795. 00 Sundries 48.25

~~$9,112.37~~

~~Expenditures~~

Salary of Clerk $49.50 Salary of Committee 75-00 Salary of Superintendent 1,380.77 Bond of Superintendent 3.00 Cement 23.45 Dressing 133-50 Engineering and Blue Prints 18.50 Freight hand teaming 139.15 Fuel 12.80 Leavitt M. D., clerical services 47-40 Markers and Signs 71-50 Miscellaneous L41 . 75 Pay Rolls and teaming 5,855.01 Pipes and Fittings 93-07 Plants, shrubs and seeds 101.50 Postage, printing and stationery 52.75 Sewer drain pipe 153.62 Sharpening tools 24.10 Telephone 44-20 i68 CITY OF MELROSE

~~Tools 55.28 Vaults, slate 245.75 Weed Exterminator 44.00~~

~~$98,665 . 60 Receipts exceed paj^ments $446.77~~

~~Respecti'jll}^ submitted,~~

~~W. C. GOSS, Chairman. —~~

~~Report of the City Auditor of the City of Melrose~~

~~To His Honor, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen :~~

Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit herewith a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the City of Melrose, beginning on the first day of January, 1917, and ending of the financial year on the thirty-first day ofDecember, 1917, with a detailed statement of each department, a statement of assets and liabilities, a table showing the funded debt, the dates on which the notes and bonds are payable, together with a schedule of the City property. In accordance with the requirements of Chapter 322, Acts of 1904,

I have examined the several trust funds, under the control of the trustees of the public library, and find proper vouchers for, and bank books showing balances as reported by them on pages 99 to 101 of their report.

~~Respectfully submitted,~~

~~EDWIN C. GOULD, City Auditor. City of Melrose, Auditor’s Office. 170 CITY OF MELROSE FINANCES~~

~~The assessed valuation of the City, April ist, 1917 was: Real Esteate $17,242,750.00~~

~~Personal 1,530,000.00~~

~~Total Valuation $18,772,750.00~~

~~Decrease in valuation from April i, 1916 to April i, 1917 $872,400.00~~

~~Number of dwelling houses April i, . 1917 . 3,958~~

~~Number of assessed polls 5, 061~~

~~Population 17,500~~

~~Rate of taxation per $1,000 April i, 1917 $23.40, divided as follows. viz.~~

~~City Tax 13-96~~

~~County Tax .73 State Tax 1.8S~~

~~Metropolitan Park Tax .51~~

~~Metrooolitan Sewer Tax .86 • Charles River Basin Tax .10~~

~~Highway and Fire Prevention Tax .01~~

~~Interest, Loans and Sinking Funds 4.62~~

~~Overlays .73~~

~~$23.40~~

~~BONDED DEBT, DEC. 31, 1916~~

~~Total amount of outstanding bonds $863,500.00~~

~~Increase :~~

~~Sewer 10,000.00 Surface Drainage 10,000.00 Water Bonds 10,000.00 $30,000.00~~

~~$893,500.00~~

~~Decrease :~~

~~Auditorium 2,000.00 Park 2,000.00 Sewer 52,500.00~~

~~Water 9,500.00 73,500.00~~

~~Total outstanding bonds Dec. 31, 1917 $820,000.00 Decrease $43,500.00. AUDITOR’S REPORT 171~~

~~MUNICIPAL AND PERMANENT NOTES~~

~~Total outstanding Dec. 31, 1916 $128,950.00~~

~~Increase :~~

~~Municipal Notes i year $13,400.00~~

~~Municipal Notes over i year 35,000.00~~

~~Trust Fund Notes i year 3,500.00~~

~~Trust Fund Notes over i year 5,870.00 Surface Drainage Notes—Spot Pond Imp... 7,200.00 Park Notes—Ice House 6,600.00 71,570.00~~

~~$200,520.00~~

~~Decrease : Municipal Notes 11,900.00 Permanent Notes 25,950.00 $37,850.00~~

~~Total outstanding Dec. 31, 1917 $162,670.00 Increase $33,720.00.~~

~~CITY OF MELROSE, MUNICIPAL DEBT, DEC. 31, 1917~~

~~Due in 1918 Municipal Debt Notes $20,100.00~~

~~Permanent Debt Notes~~

~~Due in 1918 $27,350.00 1919 32,950.00 1920 24,120.00~~

~~1921 ’ 18,550.00 1922 14,050.00 1923 6,050.00 1924 3,000.00 1925 3,000.00 1926 3,000.00 1927 3,000.00 1928 3,000.00 1929 ’ 3,000.00 1930 1,000.00 1931 500.00 $142,570.00~~

~~Total outstanding Dec. 31, 1917 $162,670.00~~

~~BONDED DEBT DEC. 31, 1917~~

~~Auditorium Loan~~

~~Due July i, 1918 to 1931 at 4% $2,000.00 due each year $28,000.00 : , .:~~

~~172 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~Park Bond~~

~~Due Nov. I, 1918 to 1921 at 4%, $1,000.00 due each year $4,000.00 Due Dec. i, 1918 to 1921 at 4%, $1,000.00 due each year 4,000.00 $8,000,00~~

~~Schoolhouse Bonds~~

~~Due March i, 1929 at 3^2% $78,000,00 Sewer Bonds Melrose Sewer Loans June I, 1924 at 4% .... $100,000.00 June I, 1925 at 4% 100,000.00~~

~~July I, 1926 at 4^0 . . . . 50,000,00 July I, 1935 at 4fo 10,000.00 June I, 1937 at 4% 10,000.00 July I, 1937 at 4% 10,000.00 July I, 1938 at 4% 10,000.00~~

July I, 1939 at 3 J4 % . . . 10,000.00 April I, at , 1940 4% 10,000.00 May I, 1941 at 4% 5,000.00 Noy, I, 1941 at 4% 5,000.00 July I, 1942 at 4% 10,000,00 May I 1918 to at Serial , 1934 4% $500, 00 due each year 8,500.00 May 1 1918 to at Serial , 1935 4% $500,'00 due each year 9,000.00 I to at Serial Aug. , 1918 1926 4%

~~$1,000.00 due each year . 9,000,00~~

~~Sept. ]:, 1918 to 1933 at 4% Serial~~

~~$500.100 due each year 8,000 . 00~~

~~Sept. I to at Serial , 1918 1927 4%~~

~~$1,000.00 due each year . 10,000.00 374,500,00~~

~~Surface Drainage Bonds~~

~~Melrose Surface Drainage Loans~~

Due Nov. I, 1919 at 4% $5,000,00 July I, 1929 at 4% 5,000,00 Sept, I, 1923 at 4% 19,000,00 July I, 1932 at 4% 100,000,00 April I, 1918 to 1935 at 4% $500,00 due each year 9,000,00 April I, 1918 to 1927 at 4% $500,00 due each year 5,000,00 May I, 1918 to 1934 at 4% $500,00 due each year 8,500,00 June I, 1918 to 1931 at 4% $1,000,00 due each year 14,000,00 Sept, I, 1918 to 1927 at 4% $500,00 due each year 5,000,00 Nov, I, 1918 to 1925 at 4% $500,00 due each year 4,000,00 $165,500,00 : .

~~AUDITOR’S REPORT 173~~

~~Melrose Water Loans Melrose Water Loan~~

~~Due March i, 1918 at 4% $35,000.00 Aug. I, 1922 at 4% 10,000.00 Feb. I, 1923 at 4% 5,000.00 July I, 1925 at 4% 38,000.00 April I, 1918 to 1922 at 4% $2,000.00 due each year 10,000.00~~

~~May I, 1918 to 1920 at 4% $1,000.00 due each year 3,000.00 May I, 1918 to 1920 at 4% $1,000.00 due each year 3,000.00 May I, 1918 to 1924 at 4% $1,000.00 due each year 7,000.00~~

~~June I, 1918 to 1926 at 4%~~

$1,000.00 due each year 9,000 . CO June I, 1918 to 1932 at 3J^% $2,000.00 due each year 29,000.00 July I, 1918 to 1922 at 4% $1,000.00 due each year 5,000.00 Sent. I. 1918 to 1923 at 4% $1,000.00 due each year .... 6,000.00

~~Dec. I, 1918 to 1920 at 4% $1,000.00 due each year 3,000.0c Dec. I, 1918 to 1923 at 4% $500.00 due each year 3,000.00 $166,000.00~~

~~Total Bonded Debt Dec. 31, 1917 $820,000.00 Less Sinking Funds School House Loan $20,992.77 Sewer Loan 222,921.93 Surface Drainage Loan 51,628.49 Water Loan 76,442.65 371,895.84~~

~~Net Bonded Debt $448,104.16~~

~~Recapitulation of City Debt~~

~~Municipal and Permanent Notes $162,670.00 Net Bonded Debt 448,104.16 $610,774.16~~

~~Debt Statement~~

~~Total Debt Dec. 31, 1916 . $589,499.89 Increase 21.274.27 $610,774.16 Increase in Notes $33,720.00 Decrease in Sinking Funds 31.054.27 $64,774.27 Decrease in Bonds 43,500.00~~

~~$21,274.27 :~~

~~174 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~CASH ACCOUNT FOR 1917~~

~~Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1916 $30,819.25 Receipts January $68,626.37 February 41,089.57 March 86,690.49 April 39,721.90 May 109,950.08~~

~~June 75,094.48 July 94,340.19 August 92,174.73 September 46,687.75~~

~~October 23 1, 032. 2> November 199,645.85~~

~~December 96,439. 40$ 1, 1 8 1, 499. 70~~

~~$1,212,318.95~~

~~Payments : January $34,190.77~~

~~February •. 42,202.59~~

~~March 39,333.52 April 94,451.03 May 68,602.54~~

~~June 145,473.74 July 70,767.10 August 59,619.21 September 52,915.63 October 129,017.61 November 274,391.88~~

~~December 108,902. 08$ 1,139,869. 70~~

~~Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1917 $72,449.25~~

~~ESTIMATED RECEIPTS~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Transferred from sundry account $57,638.85 Expended~~

~~Budget appropriation $41,700.48 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 15,938.37~~

~~$57638.85 $57,638.85 . :~~

~~AUDITOR’S REPORT 175~~

~~EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $6,465.91 Transferred from sundry accounts 21,255.44 $27,721.35 Expended~~

~~Transferred to sundry account $7,604.51 Balance to 1918 20,116.84~~

~~$27,721.35 $27,721.35 ASSETS AND LIABILITIES Assets~~

To amounts invested in building, land, parks, and other property $1,040,796.57 To amount invested in Sinking Funds 371,895.84 To amount invested in Sewer System 493,287.62 To amount invested in Surface Drainage .... 217,671.91 To amount invested in Water System 493,091.44

~~Liabilities~~

~~Municipal Indebtedness Bonds $820,000.00 Notes 162,670.00 Trust Funds 47,383.50 $1,030,053.50 Assets exceed liabilities 1,586,689.88~~

~~i 38 $2,616,743 . 38$2,6 6,743 . REVENUE~~

Taxes of 1909—Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $2.00 Taxes of 1910—Balance Dec. 31, 1916 5.80 Taxes of 1911 —Balance overpaid Dec. 31, 1916 48.15 Taxes of 1912—Balance overpaid Dec. 31. 1916 8.93 Taxes of 1913—Balance Dec. 31, 1916 2.44 Transfered from City Possessions 6. 12

~~1.56 Collected in 1917 $22,00 Transferred from City Posses- sions 3.05 Abatements 3.07~~

~~$28. 12 Less 8.56~~

~~Balance overpaid $19.56 176 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~Taxes of 1914—Balance Dec. 31, 1916 . $2,555.44 Additions in 1917 14.06 $2,569.50 Collected in 1917 1,271.17 City Possessions 478.48 Abatements 152.49 $2,558.14~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $11.36~~

~~Taxes of 1915—Balance Dec. 31, 1916 . $61,330.02 Additional in 1917 72.54 $61,405.56 Collected in 1917 48,303.00 Takings 7,070.76 Abatements 57,640.97~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $3,764.59 Taxes of 1916—Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $185,287.19 Additional in 1917 17.60 $185,304.79 Collected in 1917 122,498.75 Abatements 5,901.11 128,399.86~~

~~$56,904.93 Taxes of 1917 Amount of Warrant $449,404.35 Additional 1,886.65 451,291.00 Collected in 1917 262,379.10 Abatements 2,889.85 $245,268.95~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $186,022.05 STREET SPRINKLING ASSESSMENTS~~

1910—Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $101.70 1911 —Balance Dec. 31, 1916 2.97 1912—Balances Dec. 31, 1916 404.07 1913—Balance Dec. 31, 1916 30.35 1914—Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $128.85 Collected in 1917 37.88 Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $90.97 1915—Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $1,742.87 Additional 21.97 $1,764.84 Collected in 1917 1,307.37 Taking 216.85 $1,524.22

~~$240.62 1916—Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $4,883.42 Collected in 1917 3,215.44~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $1,667.98 1917—Amount of Warrant $11,887.63 Collected in 1917 6,684.39~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $5,203.24 —~~

~~AUDITOR’S REPORT 177 MOTH ASSESSSMENTS~~

~~1911 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $1.50 1912 Balance Dec. 31, 1916, overpaid 1,59~~

~~1913 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 . 27.60 1915 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 218.15 Collected in 1917 152.85~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $65.30~~

~~1916 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $56.48 Collected in 1917 22.75~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $33-73~~

~~SEWER ASSESSMENTS~~

~~1908—Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $19.04 Abated in 1917 8.91~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $10.13~~

~~1910 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $45.09 Abated in 1917 7.94~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $37-15~~

~~1911 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $1.10 No collection~~

~~1912 Balance Dec. 31, 1916, overpaid $136.90 1914—Abated in 1917 79-77~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $216.67~~

~~1913 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $294.74 1915— Apportioned in 1917 35-00~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $259.74~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $3,013.63 Collected in 1917 4^-.35~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $2,965.28~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $1,864.33 Collection in 1917 $196.94 Abated and apportioned 106.21 303-15~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $1,561.18~~

~~1916 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $5>36i.75 Collected in 1917 $596.60 Apportioned 4,411.92 $5,008.52~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $353-23~~

~~12 ——— ,~~

~~178 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~1917—Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $1,401.31 Assessments 1917 653.42 $20,054.73 Collected in 1917 845.21~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $1,209.52 Apportioned~~

~~1918 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $1,302.96 Assessments 489.05 $1,792.01 Collected in 1917 22.99~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $1,769.02~~

~~1919 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $1,292.45 Assessments 489.04 $1,781.49 Collected in 1917 22.99~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $1,758.50~~

~~1920 Balance Dec. 31,' 1916 $985.50 Assessment 448.86 $1,434.36 Collected in 1917 12 10~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $1,422.20~~

~~1921 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $801.92~~

~~Assessments 441. ii $1,243.03 - Collected in 1917 7.00~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $1,236.03~~

~~1922 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $679.66 Assessment 429.72 $1,109.38 Collected in 1917 7.00~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $1,102.38~~

~~1923 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $671.67 Assessments 429.72 $1,101.39 1925— Collected in 1917 7.00~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $1,094.39~~

~~1924 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $518.57 Assessments 429.72 $948.29 Collected in 1917 3.50~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $944.79~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $335-53 Assessments 429.72 $765.45 Collected in 1917 3.50~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $761.95 1926—Assessments 1917 $429.49~~

~~Collected in 1917 . . . 3.53~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $425.96 ——~~

~~AUDITOR’S REPORT 179 SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS~~

~~1910 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $4.91 No collection~~

~~1911 Balance Dec, 31, 1916, overpaid $4.58 No collection~~

~~1912 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $86.40 No collection~~

~~1913 Balance Dec. 31,, 1916 100.24 No collection~~

~~1914 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $508.39 Collection in 1917 10.22~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $498.17~~

~~1915 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 . . $784.48 Collected in 1917 $199.21 Apportioned 372.14 $571.35~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 ... $213.13~~

~~1916—Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $1,064.57 Assessments 1,807.30 Collected in 1917 $1,818.35 Apportionment 1,095.55 Apportionment over Dec. 31, 1917 42.03~~

~~1917—Balance Dec, 31, 1916 $1,394.62 Assessments 875.67 $2,270.29 Collected in 1917 1,008.93~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $1,267.36~~

~~11 1917 Assessment order $ , 351.85 Collected in 1917 $1,972.46 Apportioned 4,377.04 $6,349.50~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $5,002.38~~

~~1918 Apportioned~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $832.67 Assessments 875.67 $1,708.31 Collected in 1917 158.29~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $1,550.05~~

~~1919 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $710.44~~

~~1 Assessments 764-70 $ , 475-14 Collected in 1917 106. 18~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $1,368.96 —~~

~~iSo CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~1920—Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $605.94 Assessments . 703.31 $1,309.25 Collected in 1917 106. 0/~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 ’ $1,203.18~~

~~1921 —Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $377.20 Assessments 588.40 $965.60 Collected in 1917 59-45~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 ! $906.15~~

~~1922—Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $338.62 1923—Assessments 417.86 $756.48~~

~~Collected in 1917 '. 44.61~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $711.87~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1916 -. $327.65 Assessments 417.86 $745.50 Collected in 1917 33-67~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $711.83~~

~~1924 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $319.99 Assessments 400.68 $720.67 Collected in 1917 26.56~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $694.11~~

~~1925—Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $320.25 Assessments 400.68 $720.93 Collected in 1917 26.51~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $694.42 1913—1926—Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $2.54 1914—Assessments 399-91 $402.45 Collected in 1917 19.28 1915— Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $383.17~~

~~STREET BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS~~

~~1912 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $88.32 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 7.74 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $76.70 Collected in 1917 49.16 Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $27.74~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $1,569.31 Assessments 72.55 $1,641.86 Collected in 1917 109.84 Apportioned $1,211.41 Abated 72.55 Takings 18.19 $1,411.99~~

~~' Balance Dec. 31, 1917 ' $229.87 ——~~

~~AUDITOR’S REPORT~~

~~1916 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $2,212.46 -Collected in 1917 $1,056.95 Apportioned 1,035.85 $2,092.80 1917— balance Dec. 31, 1917 $119.66~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $944.75 Assessment $1,563.33 2,508.08 Collected in 1917 615.60~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $1,892.48~~

~~1918 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $912.70 Assessments 243.52 $1,156.23 Collected in 1917 61.71 Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $1,094.51~~

~~1919 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $894.86 Assessments 243.52 $1,138.38 Collected in 1917 61.71~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $1,076.67~~

~~1920 Balance ^Dec. 31, 1916 $809.63 Assessments 243.52 $1,053.18 Collected in 1917 61.74~~

~~1922—Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $991.41~~

~~1921 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $712.37 Assessments 243.51 $955.88 Collected in 1917 28.74 1923— ’Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $927.14~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $55i.7i Assessments 205.94 $757-65 .Collected in 1917 28.74~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $728.91~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $551.67 Assessments 205.94 $757.61~~

~~Collected in 1917 28.74~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $728.87~~

~~1924 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $507.09 Assessments 205.94 $713.03 Collected in 1917 28.74~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $684.29 —~~

~~1S2 CITY OF MELROSE 1925—~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $270.14 Assessments 205.94 $476.08 Collected in 1917 28.74~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 191 $447-34~~

~~1926 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $144.04 Assessments 205.91 $349-95 Collections in 1917 28.70~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $321.25 WATER RATES~~

~~1911 and Prior Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $587.66 Collections in 1917 35.48~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $552.18~~

~~1912 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $192.50 Collections in 1917 3,35~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $189.15~~

~~1913 Balance Dec. 31, 1916, overpaid $226.97 Collected in 1917 13-97~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $240.94~~

~~1914 Balance Dec. 31, 1916, overpaid $881.25 Collected in 1917 72.64~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $953.89~~

~~1915 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $570-97 Collected in 1917 148.29~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $422.68~~

~~1916 Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $7,152.26 Assessments I55-2I $7307.47 Collected in 1917 $6,385.57~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $921.90~~

~~1917 Commitment $35,289.00 Assessment ist Quarter 821.74 Assessment 2nd Quarter $1,757.06 Assessment of 3rd Quarter 3,000.21 Assessment 4th Quarter Fractional 1,042.58 $41,910.59~~

~~Collection in 1917 41,228.03 Correcting Commitment 96.89 41,324.92~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $585.67 Summons Collected 1917 $126.20 . .~~

~~AUDITOR’S REPORT 183~~

~~TAX TITLES~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $57.89 No collection~~

~~Tax Takings~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $11,117.39 •~~

~~Additional in 1917 . 6,845.41 $17,962.80~~

~~Collected in 1917 . 5,874.54~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $12,088.26~~

~~Real Estate Taken By City~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $4,213.56 Additional 972.72 $5,186.28 Collected in 1917 189.61~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1917 $4,996.67 Sewer Assessment Takings~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $415.78 No collections~~

~~COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS—PENSIONS~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $3,246.80~~

~~Pay Rolls State Aid 2,632 . 00 Pay Rolls State Aid German 3,430.66 Soldiers Burial 100.00 $9,409.46~~

~~Cash received Nov., 1917 . . 3,246.80~~

~~Balance due Dec. 31, 1917 $6,162.66 Payable November, 1918.~~

~~COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS~~

~~Tax Commissioner~~

~~Income Collected by Commonwealth~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Income Tax Collected by Commonwealth Cash received from Commonwealth $39,415.79~~

~~Expended~~

~~Asseso's Warrant Budget $38,835.14 Balance to 1918 580.65~~

~~$39,415.79 $39,415.79 —~~

~~184 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~GRANTS AND GIFTS Receipts Middlesex County Dog Tax $1,295.73 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Soldiers’ Exemption 255.41~~

~~J. C. F. Slayton 5,854 -55 W. Maguire J. 3 , 345-45 $10,751.14~~

~~Expended~~

~~Transferred to Estimated Receipts $1,295.73 Transferred to Overlay and Abatements 1917. 255.41 Transferred to Surface Drainage, Spot Pond~~

~~Improvement - 4,800.00~~

~~Transferred to purchase Ice house property. . 4,400.00~~

~~$10,751.14 $10,751.14 BANK AND CORPORATION TAX Receipts~~

~~Commonwealth of Massachusetts $28,343.63~~

~~Expended~~

~~Transferred to Estimated Receipts $24,627.01 Balance to 1918 3,716.62~~

~~$28,343.63 $28,343.63~~

~~General Government DEPARTMENTAL~~

~~ALDERMEN—Salaries and Wages Receipts Appropriation—Budget $800.00 Expended~~

~~Salar}' of Clerk of Committee $800.00~~

~~$800.00 $800.00 OTHER EXPENSES Receipts Appropriation—Budget $300.00 Transferred from Excess and Deficiency No. 10567 $250.00 AUDITOR’S REPORT 185~~

~~Expended~~

Advertising $34.00 Automobile, use of 33.00 Books and Stationery 29.22 Inaugural 94-38 Miscellaneous 3.15 Printing Particular Account 65.56 Printing 41.57 Posting Notices 33-00 Postage and Box Rent 30.16 Portraits Transfer no. 00 Police, Special Com. Investigation Transfer.. 2.60 Wreaths—Deceased Member City Govern- ment 30.00 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 43.36

~~$550.00 $550.00~~

~~POLICE INVESTIGATION~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $41.40 Transfer from Other Expenses 2.60~~

~~Expended~~

~~Stenographers Services 44.00~~

~~$44.00 $44.00~~

~~MAYOR—Salaries and Wages~~

~~.'Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $1,360.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Salary of Mayor $1,000.00 Salary of Clerk 360.00~~

~~$1,360.00 $1,360.00~~

~~OTHER EXPENSES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $150.00 tS6 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~Expended~~

~~Advertising $4-50 Miscellaneous 7.12 Postage and Stationery 79-13 Telephone » 58.96 Balance to Excess and Deficiency ,29~~

~~$150.00 $150.00~~

~~PRINTING INAUGURAL ADDRESS Receipts~~

~~Transfer from Excess and Deficiency $75-00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Printing $40.25 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 34-75~~

~~$75.00 $75.00~~

~~AUDITOR—Salaries and Wages~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $1,700.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Salary of Auditor $500.00 Salary of Assistant Auditor 1,200.00~~

~~$1,700.00 $1,700.00 OTHER EXPENSES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $100.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Books and Stationery $66.22 Express .15 Postage and Box Rent 8.00 Rubber Stamp 1.05 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 24.58~~

~~$100.00 $100.00 AUDITOR’S REPORT 187~~

~~TREASURER—Salaries and Wages~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $1,300.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Salary—Treasurer $1,300.00~~

~~$1,300.00 $1,300.00~~

~~OTHER EXPENSES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $450.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Official Bond $150.00 Books and Stationery 67.16~~

~~Carriage hire, pay day , 47.00 Mi<;rellaneoiis 65.52 Postage and Box Rent 59.16 Telephone 31.06~~

~~Balance to Excess and Deficiency 31.00~~

~~$450.00 $450.00~~

~~COLLECTOR—Salaries and Wages~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $2,830.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Salary of Collector $1,100.00~~

~~Salary of Clerks 1,701.25 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 28.75~~

~~$2,830.00 $2,830.00 iS8 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~' OTHER EXPENSES Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $1,350.00 Expended~~

~~Official Bond $250.00 Advertising 20.25 Advertising Takings 354-55 Book and Stationery 55-86 Distributing Tax Bills 68.00 Miscellaneous 50.85 Postage and Box Rent 177.23~~

~~Printing .-... • 115.43 Recording Takings 212.60 Telephone 27.60 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 17-63~~

~~$1,350.00 $1,350.00~~

~~ASSESSORS—Salaries and Wages~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $2,550.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Salaries of Assessors and Assistants $1,350.00 Salary of Clerk 1,200.00~~

~~$2,550.00 $2,550.00 OTHER EXPENSES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $1,000.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Abstracts of Deeds and Transfers $141.60~~

~~Aautomobile, use of • 100.00 Books and Stationery I73-I7 Car Fares 7.20 Clerical Services 101.25 Miscellaneous 25.65 Printing Poll Books 428.37 Telephone 22.76~~

~~$1,000.00 $1,000.00 .~~

~~AUDITOR’S REPORT 1S9~~

~~OTHER FINANCIAL OFFICES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $200.00 Expended Salary of Treasurer of Sinking Fund Com- missioners $200.00~~

~~$200.00 $200.00 CERTIFICATION OF BONDS AND NOTES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $200.00 Appropriation 300.00 Expended~~

~~Old Colony Trust Co., Certificates $485.00~~

~~Balance to 1918 15.00~~

~~$500.00 $500.00~~

~~CITY CLERK—Salaries and Wages~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $2,000.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Salary of Clerk $1,400.00~~

~~Salary of Assistant Clerk . . 600.00~~

~~$2,000.00 $2,000.00 OTHER EXPENSES~~

~~Receipts Appropriation—Budget $300.00 Expended~~

~~Official Bond $4.00 Books and Stationery 128.34 Car Fares 10.91 Clerical Service 19.20 Miscellaneous 49.88 Postage and Box Rent 20.38 Telephone 67.29~~

~~$300.00 $300.00 190 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~CITY SOLICITOR—Salary and Wages~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $1,000.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Salary of Solicitor 1 $ , 000.00~~

~~1 000.00 $ , $1,000.00 OTHER EXPENSES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $25.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Books for Office $10.50 Balance to Excess and Deficiency i4-50~~

~~$25.00 $25.00~~

~~CITY PHYSICIAN—Salary and Wages~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $450.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Salary $450.00~~

~~$450.00 $450.00~~

~~ELECTION AND REGISTRATION—Salaries and Wages~~

~~Receipts Appropriation $2,341.00~~

~~Expended~~

Salaries of Registrars $400.00 Pay Roll, Election Officers 1,350.00 Pay Roll, Police Officers 192.86 Clerical Services 136.50 Janitors Services 42.10 Labor on booths 163.00 Recount 20.00 Transfer to Other Expenses No. 10583 3^.54

~~$2,341.00 $2,341.00 AUDITOR’S REPORT 191 OTHER EXPENSES Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $1,105.00 Cash returned •75 Transferred from Salaries and Wages No. 10583 36.54~~

~~Expended~~

Advertising and Printing $500.25 Books and Stationery 121.97 Clerical Service 10.25 Fuel and Light 29.60 Meals 9.50 Miscellaneous 38.80 Postage 88.10 Posting Notices 39-50 Rent, polling places 300.00 Repairs ballot boxes 4.25 Balance to Excess and Deficiency .07

~~$1,142.29 $1,142.29 CITY PLANNING BOARD OTHER EXPENSES Receipts Appropriation—Budget $300.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Park Bill $5-72 Postage 9-50 Printing Report 25.00~~

~~Typewriting • 3.50 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 256.28~~

~~$300.00 $300.00 PUBLIC WORK OFFICE—Salaries and Wages~~

~~Receipts Appropriation—Budget $3,000.00 Expended~~

~~Salary of Engineer and Superintendent $2,000 . 00 Salary of Clerk 990.22 Balance to Excess and Deficiency .78~~

~~$3,000.00 $3,000.00 192 CITY OF MELROSE OTHER EXPENSES~~

~~(For details see Report of Engineer and Supeiintendent)~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $650.00 Transferred from Water Maintenance 74.56~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills Paid $724.56~~

~~$724.56 $724.56~~

~~ENGINEERING—Salaries and Wages Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $4,000.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Pay Rolls $3,494.61 Liability—Insurance 37-57 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 467.82~~

~~$4,000.00 $4,000.00 OTHER EXPENSES Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $325.00 Cash—Rubber Boots 3.03~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills paid $326.67 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 1.36~~

~~$328.03 $328.03~~

~~CITY HALL—Salaries and Wages Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $1,600.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Pay Rolls $1,589.45 Liabilities—Insurance 15 >79 Over draft 5-24~~

~~$1,605.24 $1,605.24 AUDITOR’S REPORT 193 OTHER EXPENSES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $2,500.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills paid $2,510.57 Over paid— 1916 7.26 Over paid— 1917 17.83~~

~~$2,517.83 $2,517.83~~

~~AUDITORIUM—Salaries and Wages~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $1,600.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Pay Rolls $1,382.53 Liabilities—Insurance 10.73 Transferred to Other Expense, No. 10561.... 190.00~~

~~Balance to Excess and Deficiency 16.74~~

~~$1,600.00 $1,600.00~~

~~OTHER EXPENSES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $1,800.00 Transferred from Excess and Deficiency, No. 10506 233.30 Transferred from Salaries and Wages, No.~~

~~10561 190.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills Paid $2,104.10~~

~~Balance to Excess and Deficiency 119.20~~

~~30 $2,223 . $2,223.30~~

~~13 194 CITY OF MELROSE PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY~~

~~POLICE—Salaries and Wages~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $20,316.62 Transferred from Excess and Deficiency, No. 10564 150.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Pay Rolls $20,462.83 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 3.79~~

~~$20,466.62 $20,466.62~~

~~HORSES AND CARE OF SAME~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $475.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Blankets $3-25 Board 410.00 Horse Shoeing 51.63 Horse Hire 2.00 Repairs 1.25 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 6.87~~

~~$475.00 $475.00~~

~~EQUIPMENTS AND REPAIRS~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $300.00 Cash—broken sign 3.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Equipments $180.22~~

~~Repairs to Democrat 18.50~~

~~Transferred to Other Expenses, No. . . 10627 . 50.00 Transferred to Other Expenses 6.00~~

~~Balance to Excess and Deficiency 48.28~~

~~$303.00 $303.00 AUDITOR’S REPORT 195 OTHER EXPENSES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $350.00 Transferred from Excess and Deficiency, No. 10565 100.00 Transferred from Equipmnet and Repairs, No. 10627 50.00~~

~~Transferred from Equipment and Repairs ... 6.00~~

~~Expended~~

Automobile, use of $10.00 Automobile, storage of 114.42 Automobile, License and Insurance 38.40 Books and Stationery 76.45 Car Fares 21.69 Meals 39-50 Miscellaneous 52.09 Postage and Box Rent 4.67 Telephones 140.87 Traffic Signs 6.00 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 1.91

~~$506.00 $506.00~~

~~POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $450.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Batteries $22.38 Horse Hire 73- 00 Labor 125.95 Miscellaneous 10.99 Pay Rolls 52.00 Cross Arms 53-83 Gamewell Fire Alarm Co 35-67~~

~~Wire 75 - -2 Overdraft, 1916 and Deficiency .07 Balance to Excess and Deficiency .89~~

~~$450.00 $45*3-00 196 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~SIGNAL BOXES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $188.50~~

~~Expended~~

~~Express $2.00 Gamewell Fire Alarm Co 150.71 Horse Hire 2.50 Pay Rolls 4.00 Supplies 23.75 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 5.54~~

~~$188.50 $188.50~~

~~POLICE AMBULANCE~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $33- 4t) Cash received 10.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Repairs $25.65 Balance to 1918 17.81~~

~~$43.46 $43.46 PURCHASE OF SMALL TOURING CAR Receipts~~

~~' Transferred from Excess and Deficiency . . $450.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Car $448.40 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 1.60~~

~~$450.00 $450.00 # FINES AND FORFEITS~~

~~Receipts~~

~~First District Court $101.86~~

~~Expended~~

~~Expense of Patrol Wagon, Court to East Cambridge $63.83 Balance to Estimated Receipts 38.03~~

~~$101.86 $101.86 AUDITOR’S REPORT 197~~

~~FIRE DEPARTMENT—Salaries and Wages~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $18,327.35~~

~~Expended~~

~~Pay Rolls $17,741.15~~

~~Transferred to Fuel and Light, No. 10510. . . . 200.00 Transferred to Repair of Building, No. 10510. 100.00 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 286.20~~

~~$18,327.35 $18,327.35 HORSES AND CARE OF SAME~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $1,000.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Hay and Grain $823.64 Horse Shoeing 167.18 Teaming Hay 5.08 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 2.10~~

~~$1,000.00 $1,000.00~~

~~FUEL AND LIGHT Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $900.00 Transferred from Salaries and Wages 200.00 Cash Refunded 9.00 Expended~~

~~Batteries $49-42 Coal and wood 573-11 Electric lights 93-38 Gas 59.77 Gasoline and Oil 176.37 Miscellaneous 31.58 Rectifiers 124.71 Balance to Excess and Deficiency .66~~

~~' $1,109.00 $1,109.00 EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRS~~

~~Receipts Appropriation—Budget $750.00 198. CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~Expended~~

~~Equipment $645.81 Hose and repairs 82.32 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 21.87~~

~~$750.00 $750.00~~

~~REPAIRS ON BUILDING~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $200.00 Transferred from Salaries and Wages, No. 10510 100.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Awning $16.00 Flooring 19.00 Hardware, Oil and Paint 50.94 Labor 23.08 Lumber 70.98 Miscellaneous 1.50 Painting 28.87 Stock, etc 76.58 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 13.05~~

~~$300.00 $300.00~~

~~OTHER EXPENSES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $600.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bedding, furniture and sundries $131.16 Books and Stationery 5.00 Express 13.15 Miscellaneous 85.70 Supplies 201 56 . Telephone 113.85 Water rates 48.96 Balance to Excess and Deficiency .62~~

~~$600.00 $600.00 AUDITOR’S REPORT 199 PENSIONS~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $200.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Pay roll $200.00~~

~~$200.00 $200.00~~

~~FIRE ALARM MAINTENANCE~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $700.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Electric power 1.30~~

~~Fan 33.53 Gamewell Fire Alarm Co 130.97 Miscellaneous 30.48 Pay Rolls 18.00~~

~~Repairs 37- 80 Supplies 80.35 Team and hire 34-50~~

~~Telephone ! 27.12 Wire 37.49 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 3.49~~

~~$700.00 .$700.00~~

~~FIRE ALARM BOXES~~

~~Florence and Sanford Street~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Transfer from Excess and Deficiency $175.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills paid $172.27~~

~~Balance to Excess and Deficiency 2.73~~

~~$175.00 $175-00 200 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~FIRE ALARM BOX~~

~~Elm Street, near Howard~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Transferred from Excess and Deficiency $150.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills paid $139.16 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 10.84~~

~~$150.00 $150.00~~

~~INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS—Salaries and Wages~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $400.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Salary $400.00~~

~~$400.00 $400.00~~

~~OTHER EXPENSES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget * $25.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Advertising $10.50 Books and Stationery ii-43 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 3.07~~

~~$25 . 00 $25 . 00~~

~~INSPECTOR OF WIRES—Salaries and Wages~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $1,100.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Salary $1,100.00~~

~~$1,100.00 $1,100.00 .~~

~~AUDITOR’S REPORT 201 OTHER EXPENSES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $100. CO~~

~~Expended~~

~~Books and Stationery S'22.;35 Miscellaneous 2.75 Telephone 30.40 Typewriter 44.10 Balance to Excess anS Deficiency .40~~

~~$100.00 $100. (O~~

~~SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES—Salaries and Wages~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $600.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Salary $600.00~~

~~$600.00 $600.0*1 OTHER EXPENSES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $50.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Advertising $2.00 Books and Stationery 1.06 Dies and Stamps 5.60 Miscellaneous 7.12 Teaming weights 5.00 Weights 2.50 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 26.72~~

~~$50.00 $50.00~~

~~FORESTRY~~

~~Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth Extermination~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget . . $1,500.00 Refund Liability Insurance 20.34 202 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~Expended~~

~~Advertising and Printing $7.00 Insurance 55-00 Miscellaneous 1,85 Pay Rolls 1,417.87 Rent 5.00 Teaming 13.00 Tools and Supplies 20.25 Balance to Excess and Deficiency ,37~~

~~$1,520.34 $1,520.34~~

~~PRIVATE WORK~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation Budget — , $500.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Liability—Insurance $12.72 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 487.28~~

~~$500 . 00 $500.00~~

~~OTHER INSECT PESTS~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $1,000.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Cement $2.40 Filing saw .70 Insurance 33-00 Miscellaneous 12.00 Pay roll 922.76 Rent 25.00 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 4.14~~

~~$1,000.00 $1,000.00~~

~~CARE OF TREES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $500.00 Cash 2.00 AUDITOR’S REPORT 203~~

~~Expended~~

~~Cement $1.20 Filing saws .70 Insurance 12.00 Pay roll 492.59 Overdraft to 1918 4.49~~

~~$506.49 $506.49~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Transferred from Excess and Deficiency, No. lOOII $172.01~~

~~Expended~~

~~Filing saw .50 Pay Rolls $171.51~~

~~$172.01 $172.01~~

~~CARE AND PLANTING NEW TREES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $500.00 Cash from Individuals 158.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Advertising $3.00 Loam 93.75 Pay Rols 315.32 Trees 136.50 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 109.43~~

~~$658.00 $658.00~~

~~DOG OFFICER~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Cash received from County Treasurer $18.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Paid Officer, killing dogs $18.00~~

~~$18.00 $18.00 204 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~HEALTH AND SANITATION~~

~~Health Department~~

~~(See Report of Health Board for Details)~~

~~General Administration~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $1,200.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Salaries and bills paid $1,199.68 Balance to Excess and Deficiency ,32~~

~~$1,200.00 $1,200.00~~

~~QUARANTINE AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $2,000.00 Cash 5.42 Transferred from Tuberculosis, No. 10606 500.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills paid $2,498.89 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 6.53~~

~~$2,505.42 $2,505.42~~

~~TUBERCULOSIS~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $1,600.00~~

~~Expended~~

Bills paid $818.66 Transferred to Animal and Slaughter 25.00 Transferred to Contagious disease. No. 10606. 500.00 Transferred to Public Health Nurse, No. 10566 100.00 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 156.34

~~$1,600.00 $1,600.00 AUDITOR’S REPORT 205~~

~~VITAL STATISTICS~~

~~Receipts~~

~~P. O. order returned $ .25 Appropriation—Budget 224.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Book $2.75 Return of Births i39-5o Return of Deaths 76.75 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 5.25~~

~~$242.25 $224.25 OTHER EXPENSES Receipts Appropriation—Budget $1,300.00 Cash, cleaning cesspools 42.12~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills paid $1,157.44 Transferred to Dead Animals 36.50~~

~~INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $450.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Salaries of Inspectors $393-75 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 56.25~~

~~$450.00 $450.00~~

~~ANIMALS AND SLAUGHTERING~~

~~Receipts Appropriation—Budget $100.00 Transferred from Tuberculosis, No. 10566.... 25.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Salary of Inspector $111.00 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 14.00~~

~~$125.00 $125.00 2o6 CITY OF MELROSE MILK AND VINEGAR~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $100.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Salary of Inspector $100.00~~

~~$100.00 $100.00 MILK ANALYSIS~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget • $400.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Salary of Inspector $400.00~~

~~$400.00 $400.00~~

~~PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Transferred from Tuberculosis, No. 10566... $iO').oo~~

~~Expended~~

~~Salary of Nurse $100.00 $100.00 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 148.18~~

~~$1,342.12 $1,342.12~~

~~$100.00 $100.00~~

~~SANITATION~~

~~(See Report of Engineer and Supt. of Public Works for Details)~~

~~Sewer Maintenance and Operation~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $1,200.00 Cash received 23.45 Expended~~

~~Bills paid and pay roll $1,124.97 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 98.48~~

~~$1,223.45 $1,223.45 AUDITOR’S REPORT 207 SURFACE DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $3,000.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills and pay roll $2,995.00 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 5.00~~

~~$3,000.00 $3,000.00~~

~~COLLECTION OF ASHES AND RUBBISH~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $6,000 . 00 Transferred from Excess and Deficiency, No. 10562 360.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills and pay roll $6,360.00~~

~~$6,360.00 $6,360.00~~

~~REMOVAL OF GARBAGE~~

~~(See Health Board Report)~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $3,847.85~~

~~Expended~~

~~Pay rolls $3,847.85~~

~~$3,847.85 $3,847.85~~

~~Burial of Dead Animals~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Transferred from Health and Other Expenses $36.50~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills paid $36.50~~

~~$36.50 $36.50 2o8 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~Street Cleaning~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $5,000.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills and pay rolls $5,000.00~~

~~$5,000.00 $5,000.00~~

~~HIGHWAYS~~

~~(See Report of Engineer and Supt. of Public Works for Details)~~

~~General Administration~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $2,000.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Salaries paid $2,000.00~~

~~$2,000.00 $2,000.00~~

~~MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRING~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation $26,200.00 Cash receipts 315-63 Transfer bill 16,895.07 Transfer from Cory and Spurr, No. 10230... 1,115.04 $44,525.74~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills and pay rolls $49,564.86 Balance over drawn 5,039.12~~

~~$49,564.86 $49,564.86~~

~~Individual Walks~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 .... $693.72 Appropriation—Budget 1,000.00 Cash—estimate deposits 731.84 $2,425.56 AUDITOR’S REPORT 209~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills, pay rolls and transfer bill paid $1,417.14 Cash refunded on deposit 96.58 Balance to 1918 911.84~~

~~$2,425.56 $2,425.56~~

~~Sidewalk Repairs~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $2,500.00 Cash receipts 34.42~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bill, pay rolls and transfer bill $1,879.95 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 654.47~~

~~$2,534.42 $2,534.42~~

~~Street Sprinkling~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $4,429.91 Receipts—1917 assessments $10,215.56 Transfer 20372 appropriation 1,000.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills, pay rolls and transfer bill, water $872.22~~

~~Bills, pay rolls and transfer bill, oil 10,403.51 Balance to 1918 3,490.08~~

~~$15,705.64 $15,705.64~~

~~I Street Lighting~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $20,400.00 Park Department 270.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills paid—contract $I9>990.29 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 679.71~~

~~$20,670.00 $20,670.00 14 210 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~Street Signs and Numbering~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $500.00 Expended~~

~~Bills, pay rolls and transfer bills $470.45 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 29.55~~

~~$500.00 $500.00~~

~~Cleaning Snow, Ice and Sanding~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $2,000.00 Transfer for 4th of July appropriation. No. 10570 100.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Transfer to Highway Dept $2,000.00 Balance to 1918 100.00~~

~~$2,100.00 $2,100.00~~

~~Repairing Upper Main Street~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $2,000.00 Expended~~

~~Pay rolls $471.07 Transfer bills 164.83 Balance to 1918 1,364.10~~

~~$2,000.00 $2,000.00~~

~~CHARITIES~~

~~(See Overseer of Poor Report for Details)~~

~~General Administration~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $1,050.00 Transfer from Outside Relief, No. 10607 12.25 AUDITOR’S REPORT~~

~~Expended~~

~~Salaries of Board $600.00 Salaries of Clerks 276.88 Miscellaneous 97-79~~

~~Telephone -. 43-96 Typewriter 43-62~~

~~$1,062.25 $1,062.25~~

~~Almshouse and Farm~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $3,000.00 Transfer from Outside Relief, No. 10541 400.00 Expended~~

~~Salaries and wages $689.61 Supplies 2,606.67 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 103.72~~

~~$3,400.00 $3,400.00~~

~~Outside Relief by City~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $2,800.00 Expended~~

~~Onsh order $288.50 Bills paid, supplies 2,078.71 Transferred to Almshouse, No. 10541 400.00 Transferred to General Administration, No. 10607 12.25 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 80.54~~

~~$2,800.00 $2,800.00~~

~~Relief by Other Cities and Towns Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $2,500.00 Transfer from Excels and Deficiency, No. 10032 215-74 Expended~~

~~Bills paid $2,611.20 Over draft— 1916 75-92 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 28.62~~

~~2 ^ v2,7i5-74 $ , 7 5.74 .~~

~~212 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~Mothers’ Aid by City~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $3,800.00 Expended~~

~~Cash orders $2,907.00 Bills for supplies 818.51 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 74-49~~

~~$3,800.00 $3,800.00~~

~~E. Toothaker Fund~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 . . $1,474.19 Cash refunded 14.86 Interest for 1917 58.97~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills paid $41.00 Balance to 1918 1,507.02~~

~~$1,548.01 $1,548.02~~

~~A. C. Marie Currier Fund~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Overseers of Poor $2,500.00 Balance to 1918 $2,500.00~~

~~$2,500.00 $2,500.00~~

~~Melrose Hospital~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $1,000.00 Cash collected for Hospital 159.06~~

~~Expended~~

~~Board and care at Hospital $1,000.00 Cash refunded to Hospital i59-o6~~

~~$1,159.06 $1,159.06 AUDITOR’S REPORT 213~~

~~SOLDIERS’ BENEFITS~~

~~General Administration~~

~~Receipts Appropriation—Budget $200.00 Expended Salary of Agent $200.00~~

~~$200.00 $200.00 State Aid~~

~~(Paid by Commonwealth, Nov. 1918) Pay rolls, Civil War $2,644.00 Pay rolls, German War 3,430.66 $6,074. 66t~~

~~Soldiers’ Burial~~

~~(Paid by Commonwealth, Nov. 1918) Bills paid $100. oo~~

~~Soldiers’ Relief~~

~~Receipts~~

Appropriation—Budget $4,000.00 Transfer from Excess and Deficiency 500.00 Cash refunded 15.00 Expended Books $7.00 Cash orders 3,221.00 Dry goods and shoes 10.88 Fuel 778.20 Groceries and provisions 74.98 Medical attendance and medicine 104.80 Nurse 48.00 Rent 84.00 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 186. 14

~~$4,515.00 $4,515.00 OTHER EXPENSES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $50.00 I~~

~~Expended~~

~~Balance to Excess and Deficiency i.oi Bills paid $48-99~~

~~$50.00 $50.00 214 CITY OF MELROSE EDUCATION—SCHOOL DEPARTMENT~~

(See Report of Supt. of Schools for Details) Receipts Appropriation—Budget $119,970.00 Expended Superintendent’s Salary $3,000.00 Other General Salaries 1,170.00 Other General Expenses 718.50 Teachers Salaries 81,888.23 Text Book and Supplies 6,353.96 Tuition 1,735-87 Transportation 763.00 Support of Truants 32.14 Janitor’s service 9,122.43 Fuel and Light 7,222.54 Maintenance of Buildings and grounds 6,019.84 Furniture and Furnishing 804.20 Other expenses 530.51 Wiring School buildings 486.91 Vacation Schools 97-97

~~$119,946. 18 Balance to Tuition receipts 23.82~~

~~$119,970.00~~

~~$119,970.00 $119,970.00~~

~~Special Appropriation for Better Protection of School Building~~

~~Receipts Appropriation—Budget $12,000.00 Expended~~

~~Bills paid $9,710.63 Balance to 1918 2,289.37~~

~~$12,000.00 $12,000.00~~

~~Public Health Nurse~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Transferred from Excess and Deficiency, No. 10507 $100.00 Expended~~

~~Bills paid $100.00~~

~~$100.00 $100.00 .~~

~~AUDITOR’S REPORT 215~~

~~SCHOOL—TUITION~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $482.(33 From Commonwealth $787.59 From Cities and Towns 1,537.00 From Individuals 360.00 Transferred from appropriation 23.82 $2,908.41 Expended~~

~~Transferred to Sundry Appr.—Budget $3,300.00 Balance to 1918 91.04~~

~~$3,391.04 $3,391.04~~

~~LIBRARIES—Salaries and Wages~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $3,560.00 Transferred from Opening Lil rarv 10.76 Transferred from West Side Branch .... 43.36~~

~~Expended~~

~~Pay rolls $3,613.82 Balance to Excess and Deficiency .30~~

~~$3,614.12 $3,614.12~~

~~BOOKS AND PERIODICALS~~

~~Receipts Appropriation—Budget $2,000.00 Transfer from West Side, No. 10500 60.91 Transfer per No. 10608 56.78~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills paid $2,017.30~~

~~Transfer to Fuel and Light, No. 10500. . . 100.00 Balance to Excess and Deficiency .39~~

~~$2,117.69 $2,117.69~~

~~BINDING~~

~~Receipts Appropriation—Budget $500.00 Transfer per order. No. 10608 57.00 2i6 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills paid $556.81 Balance to Excess and Deficiency .19~~

~~$557.00 $557.00~~

~~FUEL AND LIGHT~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $550.00 Transferred from Order No. 10500 200.00 Transferred from Order No. 10608 15.00 Expended~~

~~Bills paid $761.88 Transferred from East Side ..j 1.90 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 1.22~~

~~$765.00 $765.00~~

~~BUILDING AND JANITORS’ SUPPLIES Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $100.00 Expended~~

~~Bills paid $84.39 Balance transferred to Excess and Deficiency 15.61~~

~~$100.00 $100.00 OTHER EXPENSES Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $550.00 Expended~~

~~Bills paid $426.78 Transferred, No. 10500 100.00 Transferred, No. 10608 14.50 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 8.72~~

~~$550.00 $550.00~~

~~WEST SIDE BRANCH~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $350.00 AUDITOR’S REPORT 217~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills paid $193.45 Transferred order No. 10500 60.91 Transferred to Salaries and JWages 43-36~~

~~Transferred , Order No. 10608 52.28~~

~~$350.00 $350.00~~

~~OPENING LIBRARY SUNDAYS~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $100.00 Expended~~

~~Bills paid $27.20 Transferred to Salaries and Wages 10.76 Transferred, No. 10608 62.00 Balance to Excess and Deficiency .04~~

~~$100.00 $100.00~~

~~RECREATION~~

~~(See Report of Trustees)~~

~~PINE BANKS PARK~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $1,500.00 Paid Treasurer of Pine Bank Park Trustees. $1,500.00~~

~~$1,500.00 $1,500.00 Expended~~

~~PARK DEPARTMENT~~

~~(See Report of Park Comrs. for Details)~~

~~General Administration—Salaries and Wages~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $50.00 Expended~~

~~Salary of Clerk $50.00~~

~~$50.00 $50.00 u~~

~~2i8 CITY OF MELROSE OTHER EXPENSES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $225.00 Cash 5.72 Expended Bills paid $143.84 Balance to 1918 86.88~~

~~$230.72 $230.72~~

~~PARKS AND GARDENS—Salaries and Wages Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $1,200.00 Transfer from Improvements and Additions 210.00 Expended~~

~~Bills and Pay roll $1,286.43 Transfer No. 10445 50.00 Transfer No. 10553 60.81 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 12.76~~

~~$1,410.00 $1,410.00~~

~~IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS~~

~~Receipts Appropriation—Budget $750.00 Expended Bills paid $530.85 Transferred to Salaries and Wages 210.00 Transferred to Other Expenses, No. 10445... 9-15~~

~~$750.00 $750.00 OTHER EXPENSES Receipts Appropriation—Budget $200.00~~

~~Transfer order No. 10416 35 - Transfer order No. 10445 I 34 -I 5 Transfer order No. 10553 149-97 Expended~~

~~Bills paid $512.51 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 6.72~~

~~$519.23 $519.23 AUDITOR’S REPORT 219~~

~~ELL POND PARK LIGHTING Receipts Appropriation—Budget $270.00 Expended Bills paid $270.00~~

~~$270.00 $270.00 ERECTION FLAG POLE—COMMON Receipts Transferred from Excess and Deficiency, No. 10346 $250.00 Expended~~

~~Bills paid $250.00~~

~~$250 . 00 $250 . 00~~

~~PURCHASE OF FLAG FOR COMMON Receipts Appropriation—Budget $60.00 'Expended Bills paid $.4.89 Transfer No. 10416 35- ii~~

~~$60.00 $60.00~~

~~PLAYGROUND—Salaries and Wages Receipts Appropriation—Budget $325.00 Expended Pay Rolls $235.00 Transfer No. 10445 75- 00 Transfer No. 10553 15.00~~

~~$325.00 $325.00 IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS Receipts Appropriation—Budget $200.00 Transferred from Other Expenses 30.75 Expended~~

~~Bills paid $209.23 • Transferred to Other Expenses, No. 10445 •• 21.52~~

~~$230.75 $230.75 220 CITY OF MELROSE OTHER EXPENSES Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $30.75 Appropriation—Budget 50.00 Transferred from Improvements and Addi- tions, No. 10415 21.52~~

~~' " Expended~~

~~Bills paid .v $49-98~~

~~Transferred to Improvement and Additions . 30.75 Transferred to Parks and Gardens, other expenses, No. 10553 21.54~~

~~$102.27 $102.27 BATH HOUSES—Salaries and Wages Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget , - $450.00 Expended~~

~~Pay Rolls $380.82~~

~~Transferred to Other Expenses, No. . 10445. . 50.00 Transferred to Parks and Gardens, other expenses, No. 10553 19.18~~

~~$450.00 $450.00 IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS Receipts Appropriation—Budget $25.00 Expended Bills paid $19.62~~

~~Transferred to Other Expenses, No. 10445 •• 5-38~~

~~$25.00 $25.00 OTHER EXPENSES Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $95- 00 Transferred from Salaries and Wages, No.~~

~~10445 50-00 Transferred from Improvements and Addi- tions, No. 10445 5*38 Expended Bills paid $116.94 Transferre^d to Parks and Gardens, other expenses. No. 10553 33-44~~

~~$150-38 $150.38 AUDITOR’S REPORT 221 CELEBRATIONS AND ENTERTAINMENTS FOURTH OF JULY~~

Receipts Balance from 1916 $5.00 Appropriation—Budget 500.00 Cash from 1916 Committee 160.04 Expended Bills paid $35.00 Transfer Removal Snow Ell Pond, No. 10590 100.00 Transfer to Excess and Deficiency 530.04

~~$665 . 04 $665 . 04 RINGING BELLS Receipts Appropriation—Budget $50.00 Cash refund, 1916 2.00 Expended Bills paid $46.00 Transferred to Excess and Deficiency 6.00~~

~~$52.00 $52. oa~~

~~UNCLASSIFIED~~

~~CLAIMS—A. FITZGERALD Receipts~~

~~Transferred from Excess and Deficiency, No. 10283 $294.40 Expended~~

~~Bills paid $256.00 Balance to 1918 38.40~~

~~$294.40 $294.40~~

~~CLAIM—W. M, BARRETT Receipts~~

~~Transferred from Excess and Deficiency, No, 10459 $35*00 Expended~~

~~Bills paid $35-00~~

~~$35.00 $35.00 222 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~CLAIM—B. W. GROVER~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Transferred from Excess and Deficiency, No. 10457 $33.00 Expended~~

~~Bills paid $33-00~~

~~$33-00 $33.00~~

~~VETERAN FIRE ASSOCIATION Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $25. (X) Expended~~

~~Bills paid $25.00~~

~~$25.00 $25.00~~

~~MEMORIAL DAY—G. A. R. Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $325.00 Expended~~

~~Bills paid $317.21 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 7.79~~

~~$325.00 $325.00~~

~~PRINTING CITY REPORT Receipts Appropriation—Budget $500.00 Transferred from Excess and Deficiency, No. 104.^0 12.00 Expended~~

~~Bills paid $5 ii -74 Balance to Excess and Deficiency .26~~

~~$512.00 $512.00~~

~~ICE FOR DRINKING FOUNTAIN Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $50.00 Appropriation—Budget 50.00 AUDITOR’S REPORT 223~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills paid $83 00 Transferred to Excess and Deficiency 2.00 Balance to 1918 ^5.00~~

~~$100.00 $100.00 INSURANCE Receipts Appropriation—Budget $1,400.00 Expended~~

~~Premiums paid $1,351.43 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 48.57~~

~~$1,400.00 $1,400.00~~

~~PORTRAITS~~

~~Receipts Transferred from Aldermen, other expenses~~

~~No. 10526 • ' $60.00 Transferred from Aldermen, other expenses No. 10527 50.00 Expended~~

~~Balance to 1918 $110.00~~

~~$110.00 $110.00~~

~~SOLDIERS COMPENSATION EQUALIZING ACCOUNT Receipts Transferred from Excess and Deficiency, No. 10530 $1,000.00 Balance to 1918 $1,000.00~~

~~PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE WATER MAINTENANCE (See Report of Eng. and Supt. of Public Works for Details') Receipts~~

Balance from 1916 $3,577-00 Appropriation—Budget 12,000.00 Cash—on and off 90.70 Cash refunded. Auto Fee 3.00 Cash, old pipe 10.00 Transfer bills 3.807.59 Transfer from Water Income,, No. 10423 3,000.00 224 CITY OF MELROSE

~~Expended~~

~~Bills and Pay Rolls $22,270.81 Pension No. 9622 350.56 Balance to 1918 overdraft 133.08~~

~~$22,621.37 $22,621.37~~

~~INSIDE SERVICE~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $138.03 Cash deposit estimates 2,580.23 Transfer sundry account 2.07 Expended~~

~~Bills paid $2,445.10 Refund of estimates 247.16 Balance to 1918 28.07~~

~~$2,720.23 $2,720.23 DRINKING WATER FOR HORSES Receipts Balance from 1916 $100.00 Expended~~

~~Transferred to Excess and Deficiency $100.00~~

~~$100.00 $100.00~~

~~PUBLIC SCALES Receipts~~

~~Fees $31-40 Expended~~

~~Bills paid $7.10 Balance to Excess and Deficiency 24.30~~

~~$31.40 $31.40 CEMETERIES~~

~~(See Raport of Cemetery Committee for details) Receipts Cash received $8,500.75 Cash refunded 14-56 Order, care of Soldiers’ Graves ... 180.00 AUDITOR’S REPORT 225~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills and Pay Rolls $8,665.60 Overdraft— 1916 29.71~~

~~$8,695.31 $8,695.31 CARE OF SOLDIERS’ GRAVES~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Appropriation—Budget $180.00 Expended~~

~~Bills paid $180.00~~

~~$180.00 $180.00~~

~~INTEREST Receipts~~

Balance from 1916 $4,024.83 Appropriation—Budget $31,500.00 Accrued Interest 291.97 Betterments 443.57 City Possessions 62.71 Melrose Trust Co., on deposits 921.41 Old Colony Trust Co., on deposits 675.74 Sewers 381.46 Sidewalks 348.25 Taxes 9,219.64 Tax Taking 1,518.43 45,363.18

~~$49,388.01 Expended~~

Auditorium Coupons $1,100.00 Trust Funds 696.22 Municipal Permanent Note 4,942.01 Park Coupons 492.00 Refunded to Collector .09 School Coupons 2,730.00 Sewer Coupons 15,660.00 Surface Drainage Coupons 6,524.00 Temporary Loans 9,320.42

~~Balance to 1918 7 , 923-27~~

~~$49,388.01 $49,388.01 GUARANTEE DEPOSITS Receipts . Cash and Check $550.00~~

~~15 226 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~Expended~~

~~Cash and Checks returned $550.00~~

~~$ $550.00 $550.00~~

~~AGENCY TRUST AND INVESTMENTS Agency~~

~~Cash received from taxes for state $43,450.00 Expended~~

~~Paid State Treasurer Warrant $43,450.00~~

~~$43,450.00 $43,450.00 Cash received from Taxes for County $19,871.65 Expended~~

~~Paid County Treasurer Warrant $19,871.65~~

~~$19,871.65 $19,871.65~~

~~METROPOLITAN SEWER TAX~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Amount of Treasurer Warrant $17,657.22 Expended~~

~~Paid to State Treasurer $17,657.22~~

~~$17,657.22 $17,657.22 METROPOLITAN PARK TAX~~

~~Amount of Treasurer’s Warrant $10,464.99 Expended~~

~~Paid State Treasurer $10,464.99~~

* $10,464.99 $10,464.^9

~~METROPOLITAN STATE HIGHWAY TAX~~

~~Amount of Treasurer’s Warrant $200.54 Expended~~

~~Paid State Treasurer $200.54~~

~~$200.54 $2200.54 AUDITOR’S REPORT 227~~

~~CHARLES RIVER BASIN TAX~~

~~Amount of Treasurer’s Warrant $1,974.84 Expended~~

~~Paid State Treasurer $1,974.84~~

~~$1,974.84 $1,974.84~~

~~FIRE PREVENTION TAX~~

~~Amount of Treasurer’s Warrant $225.67 Expended~~

~~Paid State Treasurer $225.67~~

~~$225.67 $225.67~~

~~STATE GUARDS—MELROSE UNIT~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Loan Authorized $3,000.00 Expended~~

~~Bills Paid 2 $ , 995-73 Balance to 1918 4.27~~

~~$3,000.00 $3,000.00~~

~~NON-REVENUE~~

~~PRIVATE SEWERS~~

~~(See Report of Engr. and Supt. of Public Works for Details)~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $302.47 Cash received deposits 2,240.46 Transfer bill 46.43~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills and Pay Rolls $2,264.87 Cash refunded 157.37 Balance to 1918 167. 12~~

~~$2,589.36 $2,589.36 228 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~SEWER CONSTRUCTION~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $9,802.90 Sale of Bonds 10,000.00 Cash Sundries 20.62 Cemetery Department 153.62 Town of Wakefield 136.27 Transfer bills 3,369.78~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills, Pay Rolls and Transfer bills $21,260.38 Balance to 1918 2,222.81~~

~~$23,483.19 $23,483.19~~

~~SURFACE DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $5,084.43 Sale of Bonds 10,000.00 Cash sundries 106.99 Transfer bills 948.15~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills and Pay Rolls $16,139.57~~

~~$16,139.57 $16,139.57~~

~~SURFACE DRAINAGE~~

~~(Spot Pond Improvement)~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $7,000.00 Grants and Gifts 4,800.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bill paid $2,047.29 Balance to 1918 9,952.71~~

~~$12,000.00 $12,000.00 AUDITOR’S REPORT ±20~~

~~HIGHWAYS—Continuous Walks~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $3,180.55 Proceeds of Notes 30,000.00 Assessments Collected 5,620.12~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills and Pay Rolls and Transfer $36,176.12 Balance to 1918 2,624.55~~

~~$38,800.67 $38,800.67~~

~~LAYING CROSS WALKS AND PAVING GUTTERS~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $29.93 Loans Authorized 5,000.00 Transfer bill 357-19~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills and Pay Rolls $2,779.22 Balance to 1918 2,607.90~~

~~$5,387.12 $5,387.12~~

~~EAST FOSTER STREET CONSTRUCTION~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $393-82~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills paid $70.00 Transferrer to Highway Repairing No. 10529 323.82~~

~~$393.82 $393.82~~

~~WEST FOSTER STREET CONSTRUCTION~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 .98 230 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~Expended~~

~~Transferred to Highway Repairing No. 10529 .98~~

~~$ .98 $ .98 DYER AVENUE~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $4.81~~

~~Expended~~

~~Transferred to Highway Repairing No. 10529 $4.81~~

~~-81 $4- 81 ^ $4 PINE STREET MACADAMIZING~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1915 $5-93~~

~~Expended~~

~~Transferred to Highway Repairing No. 10529 $5-93~~

~~$5.93 $5.93~~

~~FIRST STREET—Construction~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $79-04~~

~~Expended~~

~~Transferred to Highway Repairing No. 10529 $79.04~~

~~$79.04 $79.04 ; , .~~

~~LYNDE AVENUE—Construction~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $229.48~~

~~Expended~~

~~Pay Rolls $11.00 Balance to 1918 21^.48~~

~~$220.48 $2.e9 48 AUDITOR’S REPORT 231-~~

~~ARGYLE STREET EXTENSION~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $500.00~~

* Expended

~~Pay Rolls $374-13 Transfer bill 78 23 Balance to 1918 47.64~~

~~$500.00 $5^0.00~~

~~MALVERN STREET—Macadamizing~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $1,300.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills and Pay Rolls $590.74 Transfer bills 369.56 Balance to 1918 339-70~~

~~$1,300.00 $1,300.00~~

~~BEVERLY STREET—Macadamizing~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $106.04~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills paid $106.04~~

~~$106.04 $106.04~~

~~EAST EMERSON STREET—Macadamizing Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $170.77 Expended~~

~~Transferred to Highway Repairing No. 10529 $170.77~~

~~$170.77 $170.77 ,~~

~~232 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~STEVENS ROAD Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $2,870.00 Expended~~

~~Bills and Pay Rolls $1,620.52 Transfer bills 1,249.48~~

~~$2,870.00 $2,870.00~~

~~PLEASANT STREET—Macadamizing~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $5,000.00 Expended~~

~~Bills and Pay Rolls $3,206.06 Transfer bills 1,728.74 Balance to 1918 65.20~~

~~$5,000.00 $5,000.00~~

~~PLEASANT STREET—Improvement~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Loans Authorized $3,000.00 Transfer bills 383.38 Expended~~

~~Pay Rolls $383-38 Balance to 1918 3,000.00~~

~~43,383.38 $3,383.38~~

~~HOPKINS STREET~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $1,552.35 Expended~~

~~Pay Rolls $538.00~~

~~Transfer bill . 120.01 Balance to 1918 894.34~~

~~$1,552.35 $1,552.35 AUDITOR’S REPORT 233~~

~~NATILIE AVENUE~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $1,800.00 Loans Authorized No. 10364 1,000.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills and Pay Rolls $2,314.03 Balance to 1918 485-97~~

~~$2,800.00 $2,800.00~~

~~HAROLD STREET—Construction~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $500.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Pay Rolls $500. cy~~

~~$500.00 $500.00~~

~~PURCHASE OF LAND~~

~~Grove Street and Swain’s Pond Avenue Improvement~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Loan Authorized $400.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills paid $351-75 Transfer bill 47-91 Balance to 1918 .34~~

~~$400.00 $400.00~~

~~WIDENING FRANKLIN STREET, No. 9919 Receipts~~

~~Loan Authorized $1,000.00 Expended~~

~~Balance to 1918 $1,000.00~~

~~$1,000.00 $1,000.00 234 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~LINCOLN STREET—Construction~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Authorized Loan $4,000 . 00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills and Pay Rolls $1,696.83 Transfer bill 345.06 Balance to 1918 1,958.11~~

~~$4,000 . 00 $4,000.00~~

~~MYRTLE STREET—Macadamizing Receipts~~

~~Loan Authorized $2,300.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Balance to 1918 $2,300.00~~

~~$2,300.00 $2,300.00~~

~~FOLSOM AVENUE—Construction~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Loan Authorized $3,900.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Balance to 1918 . . ! $3,900.00~~

~~$3,900.00 $3,900.00~~

~~SCHOOL DEPT.—PURCHASE LAND ADJOINING LINCOLN~~

~~SCHOOL, No. 9580~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Loan Authorized $2,600.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills paid $2,600.00~~

~~$2,600. CX) $2,600 . 00 .~~

~~AUDITOR’S REPORT 235~~

~~PARK DEPARTMENT~~

~~Purchase of Ice House Property~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $6,600.00 Grants and Gifts 4,400.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~J. C. F. Slayton $11,000.00~~

~~$11,000.00 $11,000.00~~

~~IMPROVEMENT OF ICE HOUSE PROPERTY~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Cash received—sale of old material $600.00 Expended~~

~~Bills paid $589.07 Balance to 1918 10.93~~

~~$600.00 $600.00~~

~~WATER CONSTRUCTION~~

~~(See Report of Engr. and Supt. of Public Works for Details)~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $463.23 Loans Authorized $10,000.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills and Pay Rolls $15,657.83 Over draft 5,194.10~~

~~$15,657.83 $15,657.83~~

~~TAILING ACCOUNT~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $220.67~~

~~Check returned . . 236 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~Expended Balance to 1918 %22g. 12~~

~~$229. 12 $229. 12~~

~~RESERVE FUND—15 PER CENT.~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $3,852.59 Transferred from sundry acounts 4,305.26~~

~~Expended~~

~~Bills paid $3,852.59~~

~~Balance to 1918 • 4,305.26~~

~~$8,157.85 $8,157.85~~

~~PREMIUM FUNDS WATER LOAN Receipts~~

~~Cash received •30 Expended~~

~~Balance to 1918 .30~~

~~$ .30 $ .30~~

~~SURFACE DRAINAGE LOAN~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Cash received $181.44~~

~~Expended~~

~~Balance to 1918 $181.44~~

~~$181.44 $181.44~~

~~MUNICIPAL LOAN~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Cash received .30 AUDITOR’S REPORT 237~~

~~Expended~~

~~Balance to 1918 .30~~

~~• $ .30 $ .30~~

~~PARK LOAN~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Cash received $166.32~~

~~Expended~~

~~Balance to 1918 $166.32~~

~~$166.32 $166.32~~

~~SINKING FUNDS~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Received from Sinking Fund Commision, Sewer $50,000.00 Received from Sinking Fund Commission, Surface Drainage 5,000.00~~

~~Expended~~

~~Paid Sewer Bonds $50,000.00 Paid Surface Drainage Bonds 5,000.00~~

~~$55,000.00 $55,000.00~~

~~TRUST FUNDS~~

~~Cemetery—Perpetual Care~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance from 1916 $41,567.75 Adams, James F.—2 single graves $30.00 Bacall, Harold F 107.00 Beards, Mrs. Sarah 100.00~~

~~Blomquist, J. G 80.00 Bowden, James G 175.00 Burgess, Roswell A 59- 00 Clark, Charles F 90.00 Cochran, Mervian A 120.00 238 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~Crocker, Percy C., icxj.oo~~

Curtis, Estate of J. L.— i single grave 15.00 Ellis Florence, M 160.00 Elworthy, Katherine— i single grave 15.00 Fernald, Ethel,— i single grave 15.00 Fish, Ernest C 60.00 Fish, John A 60.00 Folger, Harold E 45.00 Frost, Oscar F 120.00 Greer, Frank W 60.00 Gilmore, Miss Mildred L 80.00 Gould, Estate of Levi S 300.00 Grady, Alice H 120.00 Grubb, Augusta A 150.00 Hodges, William E 45.00

Hoyt, Mrs, Hortensia— i single grave 15.00 Hume, A. M 80.00 Hunter, M. Dabney 80.00 Hurd, Mary 0 99.00 Jones, Charles W 45.00 Jones, Estate of Francis L 162.00 Leavy, Hanna R.—4 single graves 60.00 Lee, Miss Emma N 60.00 Lewis, William L.—2 single graves 30.00 Lindsey, Edward P 182.00 MacDonald, Richard— i single grave 15.00 McWhorter, Mrs. Edith 65.00 Marsh, Emma R 100.00 Mollins, Kosswith 45.00 Nash, Mrs. Mary E 100.00 Nutter, Mrs. Ellen M.—2 single graves 30.00 Perham, Walter G 100.00 Plummer, W. E 150.00 Pratt, John E 90.00 Reid, James A.—2 single graves 30.00

~~Richardson, John A ^ ^ Roake, Daniel E 100.00 Shaw, Mrs. Annie E 80.00 Sims, Thomas 100.00~~

~~Stayman, Jes^^ie F.-— i single grave 15.00 Stephens, Mabel W.—2 single graves 30.00 Sylvester, Newell W 60.00 Thompson, Mrs. Christina 74.00~~

~~Thompson, George F.— i single grave i5-00 Townsend, Mrs. Ella M.— i single grave 15.00 Underwood, Marshall—2 single graves 30.00 Walter Estate of Edward 300.00 AUDITOR’S REPORT 239~~

~~Wentworth, Annie 136.00 Whittemore, Mrs. Anna E 80.00 Wilson, Carrie D.—2 single graves 30.00~~

~~Young, Charles W • 75- 00 $4,814.00~~

~~$46,381.75~~

~~SCHOOL HOUSE LOAN SINKING FUND~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance Dec. 31st, 1916 $17,737-76 Appropriation—Budget 2,592.56 Coupons 1S2.00 Interest on securities 490.08 Interest on deposits 5. 29 $21,007.69~~

~~Expended~~

~~Accrued interest on bonds bought $102.92 Rent of safety vault 2 00 104.92~~

~~$20,902.77~~

~~SEWER LOAN SINKING FUNDS~~

~~Receipts~~

Balance Dec. ?ist, 1916 $260,894.26 Appropriation—Budget 748.02 Sewer Assessments 1,735-87 Coupons 8,940.00 Interest on securities 680.56 Interest on deposits 12.06 Gain on securities, purchase price one par ... 55-33 $273,066.10

~~Expended~~

~~Accrued interest on bonds bought $134.17 Rent of safety vault 10.00 Bonds paid 50,000.00 50,144-17~~

~~$222,921.93~~

~~SURFACE DRAINAGE SINKING FUND~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $50,774-79 Appropriation—Budget 3,960.91 240 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~Coupons 1,905.50 Interest on Securities 289.05 Interest on deposits 15-59 Gain on securities purchase price and par ... 5.53 $56,951-37~~

~~Expended~~

~~Accrued interest on bonds bought $283.38 Rent of safety vault 3.00 Bonds paid 5,000.00 Loss on securities between par and price sold for 36.50 5,322.88~~

~~$51,628.49~~

~~WATER LOAN SINKING FUND~~

~~Receipts~~

~~Balance Dec. 31, 1916 $73,543-30~~

~~.’ Coupons 2,760 . 00 Interest on securities 273.06 Interest on deposits 8.42 Gain on securities, difference between pur chase price and par 49-89 $76,634-67~~

~~Expended~~

~~Accrued interest on bonds bought 187.02 Rent of safety vault 5- 00 192.02~~

~~$76,442-65~~

~~Schedule of City Property~~

~~BROWN TAIL AND GYPSY MOTH~~

~~Personal Property $1,209-75 CHARITY DEPARTMENT~~

~~Personal Property $1,813-30 AUDITOR’S REPORT 241~~

~~FIRE-DEPARTMENT~~

~~Central Fire Station, City Hall lot $2o,opO;00~~

~~Hose No. 3~~

~~Building $i,20Q.oo 10,267 feet of land 3,075.00 $4275.00~~

~~Hose No. 4~~

~~Building $1,800.00 5,625 feet of land SSp.oo , $2^350.00 Personal property 28,709.00 Fire Alarm 16,185.71~~

~~:: $71,519.71~~

~~HEALTH DEPARTMENT!~~

~~Isolation hospitaUbuilding ^ $400,00.~~

~~Per^sonal property,, 272 .'48 it 67248~~

~~PUBLIC PARKS.~~

~~• Ell Pond Park $20,500 < 00 Horace .Mann Park 5,475. 00~~

~~Melrose Common , 10,000. oor. Seweli Woods Park ii',25o.oo Strip east and south side Ell Pond 19,900.00 '~~

~~Lot -Main and Lynde Streets 1,250;. 00. Band stand 275.00*, Bath house 250.00 Boats, Life Saving Apparatus, etc 35-00~~

~~Float 200 i 00 h Fountains in two squares 50.00* Playground Apparatus on various parks 200,00 Sanitary 25.00 Settees, and bleachers i75-00 Shelter at Knoll—Ell Pond Park 1,400.00 $70,985.00~~

~~POLICE DEPARTMENT~~

~~Personal property $3 * 332-33 Police signal system 5,248.00 $8,580.33 16 242 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~PUBLIC LIBRARY~~

Building $30,cxx).oo 30,300 feet of land 10,600.00 Heatin Apparatus 500.00 Books 29,400.00 Furniture and Fixtures 4,500.00 Pictures, statuary, mounted birds, etc., articles of use and ornaments 2,500.00 $77,500.00

~~SCHOOL DEPARTMENT~~

Franklin School Building $30,000.00 32,539 feet of land 9,500.00 $39,500.00 Gooch School Building $25,000.00 27,815 feet of land 4,450.00 $29,450.00 High School Building $140,000.00 106,385 feet of land 58,200.00 $198,200.00 Lincoln School Building $30,000.00 27,604 feet of land 6,000.00 $36,000.00 Livermore School Building $17,000.00 26,555 feet of land 6,650.00 $23,650.00 Ripley School Building $2,200.00 14,567 feet of land 575-00 $2,775.00 Sewall School Building $8,000.00 14,748 feet of land 7,375- 00 $15,375.00 Warren School Building $14,000.00 18,572 feet of land 2,300.00 $16,300.00 Washington School Building $30,000.00 30,704 feet of land 4,000.00 $34,000.00 Whittier School Building $7,500.00 15,000 feet of land 3,000.00 $10,500.00 Winthrop School Building $11,000.0^ 20,544 feet of land 1,600.00 $12,600.00

~~Total Buildings and land $419,250.00~~

~~Heating Apparatus 20 , 355-00 Personal Property 40,128.00~~

~~$479,733.00~~

~~Sundries~~

~~Lot Chestnut Street, 12,000 ft. land $2,400.00 Lot Franklin Street, 11,800 ft. land 3,325.00~~

~~. 00 Lot Upham Street, 11,400 ft. land . 675.00 $6,400 AUDITOR’S REPORT 243~~

~~SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES~~

~~Personal Property $572.00~~

~~WYOMING CEMETERY~~

~~Building $3,500.00 Office 500.00 47 3-4 acres 31,700.00 Water system 950.00 Personal Property 203.00 $36,853.00~~

~~PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT~~

~~Auditorium and Soldiers’ Memorial Building, land, furniture and fixtures $112,000.00~~

~~City Hall~~

~~Building $75,000,00 44,934 feet of land 67,400.00 Furniture, fixtures and sundries io,ooo.oo $152,400.00~~

~~Highway Division~~

Crusher lot Maple Street, 17,326 ft. land $1,000.00 Crusher lot Linwood Avenue, 132,877 ft. land 3,200.00 Stone Crusher plant, tools, etc 4,800.00 Road Rollers, plows, sprinkling carts, etc. ... 7,102.00 Auto, carts, harness, horses, tools, etc 4,456.00 $20,558.00

~~Sewer Division~~

~~Cost of Construction to Dec. 31, 1916 $478,747.09 Additional to Dec. 31, 1917 14,540.53 $493,287.62~~

~~Surface Drainage~~

~~Cost of Construction to Dec. 31, 1916 $199,176.03 Additional to Dec. 31, 1917 18,495.88 $217,671.91~~

~~Water Division~~

~~Cost of Construction to Dec. 31, 1916 $475,006.02 Additional to Dec. 31, 1917 18,085.42 $493,091.44 ;~~

~~244 CITY OF MELROSE~~

~~^ RECAPITULATION~~

~~Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth ' $1,209.75 Charity Department 1,813.30~~

~~Fire Department ‘ 71,519.71 Health Department 672.48~~

~~Park Department - 70.985.00 Police Department 8,580.33 Public Library 77.500.00 School Department 479,733-00 Sundries 6,400.00 Sealer of Weights and Measures 572.00~~

~~Wyoming Cemetery . 36,853.00~~

~~Public Works Department~~

~~Soldier’s Memorial Building 112,000.00 City Hall 152,400.00 Highway Department 20,558.00 Sewer Division 493,287.62 Surface Drainage 217,671.91 Water Division 493,091.44~~

~~$2,244,847.54 Index to Auditor’s Report~~

~~Finances 170~~

~~Bonded Debt 170~~

~~City of Melrose—Municipal and Permanent Debt 171 Cash Account 174~~

~~Assets and Diabilities 175~~

~~Revenue 175~~

~~Assessments 176~~

~~Water Rates 182~~

~~Tax Titles 183~~

~~Commonwealth of Massachusetts 183 Departmental—General Government 184 Police Department 194~~