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NORTH ADAMS PUBLIC LIBRARY HOUGHTON MEMORIAL BUILDING NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 1 8 8 4
القيسي:
NORTH ADAMS
GENERAL
CITY DIRECTORY
AND MAP including
BLACKINTON, GREYLOCK AND BRAY- TONVILLE FOR
1900108
EMBRACING THE
names of all Residents and Streets. - AND-
A Full List of Churches, with Their Officers, City Govern- - ment and Officers Complete, Ward Boundary Lines, City and Normal Schools and School Teachers, Manufac- turing Companies, Corporations, Masonic, Odd Fellows, Temperance Organizations, A. O. U. W., Lodges, Clubs, Deaths, Etc , Etc.
=== AND ===
COPY OF THE REVISED CITY CHARTER and NEW RULES OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Other Information of Local Interest. PRICE WITH COLORED MAP $2.50
JAMES T. LARKIN, Publisher and Printer. 2 Main Street, North Adams, Mass.
Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1900, by JAMES T. LARKIN, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington .
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JAMES T. LARKIN'S
TO THE PUBLIC.
THE 1900 NORTH ADAMS CITY DIRECTORY is herewith pre- sented, enlarged and improved in many ways. Especial atten- tion being paid to the city government, city officers, ward lines, city charter, 1900 Rules of the Board of Health, deaths, etc .; also a colored map with the city divided into wards, giving streets (over 200), public buildings, half-mile distances from post-office, rail- ways, rivers, reservoirs, parks, etc. Also account of State Nor- mal School.
Following is a summary of the amount of work performed:
Number of names in Directory for North Adams, 10,854
Number of names in Directoay for Blackinton, 670
Number of names in Directory for Greylock,
266
Total,
11,790
New names added North Adams,
2,383
New names added Blackinton,
87
New names added Greylock,
35
Total number of new names added,
2,505
Number of erasures, North Adams,
2,952
Number of erasures Blackinton,
70
Number of erasures Greylock, Total number of erasures,
50
3,072
Number changes in location North Adams,
7,323
Changes in location Blackinton,
220
Changes in location Greylock,
38
Total number of changes in location,
7,581
Total number of changes in General Directory, 13,158
The publisher will issue the work yearly as in the past, and will guarantee improvements and additions that will add to its usefulness and keep pace with the rapid growth of the "CITY OF NORTH ADAMS," which it represents, and here thank the public for their generous support,
Very Respectfully,
JAMES T. LARKIN, Publisher.
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NORTH ADAMS DIRECTORY.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Page
Page
Abbreviations,
145
Justices of the Peace,
385
Avenues and Streets,
139
Laundries,
359
Auctioneers and Dep. Sheriffs, 347
Lawyers,
359
Bands and Music,
347
Labor Unions,
382
Banks,
392
Masonic Societies,
381
Blackinton names,
393
Map of North Adams, front of book
378
Board of Education,
17
Newspapers,
362
Board of Health, 1900 rules,
33
Notaries Public,
387
Board of Trade,
290
Odd Fellows,
380
Business Directory,
347
Physicians,
364
Church Directory,
370
Police Department,
12
Calendar 1899-1900,
front of book
Post Office,
80
City Charter,
53
Railroad fare and distances,
80
City Government,
9
Savings Banks,
348
Clergymen,
352
Schools, City,
17
Courts,
385
Schools, State Normal,
29
Deaths,
back of book
Secret Societies, back of book Social Organizations, back of book
Fire Department,
13
Street Railway,
92
Grand Army of the Republic,
378
Street Directory,
139
Greylock names,
401
Teachers
24
Halls and Blocks,
78 and 79
Truant Officers,
19
Hotels,
78 and 79
Ward Lines, 76
Insurance Societies, back of book
Water Department,
11
Pay Days of the Different Corporations and Companies.
Arnold plant, every Wednesday.
Bartlett Bros., every Wednesday.
B. & A. R. R., every Friday.
N. L. Millard, every Saturday. North Adams Mfg. Co., every Mon- day.
Dunbar Mills Co., every Monday.
Fairfield, Millard & Co., every Sat- urday.
Sampson Mfg. Co., every Saturday. S. B. Dibble Lumber Co., every Monday.
Fitchburg R. R., every Tuesday.
Windsor plant, every Thursday.
Accept our thanks for the patronage of
The DIRECTORY.
A Directory Will Complete Your Library. Read all the Advertisements Carefully. 19836
Johnson Mfg. Co., every Monday.
James Hunter Machine Company, every Wednesday.
Canedy-Clark Shoe Co., every Sat- urday.
137
Fire Alarm,
348
Military Organizations,
Boarding and rooms,
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JAMES T LARKIN'S
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Index to Advertisements.
A. B. C. Co.,
110
Elliott W. A., 117
Adams National Bank,
86
Ellis A. E .. 97
Alderman & Carlisle,
108
Ellis S. J. & W. C., 112
Allord Charles C.,
116
Evening Herald,
96
Arnold Print Works,
144
Farley Carl M.,
111
Ashe & Arnold,
134
Farley T. C.,
back cover
Barlow E. T.,
121
Farnam Bros. Lime Co.,
128
Barnard & Co.,
covers
Fire Alarm,
137
Barry John,
90
Fisher C. C.,
112
Barsalou D. A.,
120
Flagg's Stables,
101
Bart'ett A. L. & H. E.,
100
Flood N. B. & Co.,
114
Babcock Eugene H.,
120
Ford C. W.,
back cover
Beals J. H.,
111
Franco-American Pharmacy,
98
Beer & Dowlin,
134
Franklin Typewriter,
391
Bennett William H.,
93
Frink Charles L.,
125
Berard Ulric J.,
131
Fressola Michael,
138
Berkshire National Bank,
105
Fogg Peter,
131
Berkshire Cycle Co.,
127
Gallup H. A ..
covers
Berkshire Co-op. Bank, back cover
Gatslick Morris,
124
Bernard & Cumm,
132
Goodrich F. H.,
114
Bill's Market
117
Gosselin R.,
104
Billings & Cronin,
132
Gurney F. E.,
126
Blackinton Co.,
S4
Gearey & Bourgeois,
120
Boland P. J. & Co.,
front cover
Hicks O.,
107
Borden & Co.,
121
Hoosac Valley St. Rw.,
92
Boston Store,
127
Hunter A. W.,
390
Boulger M.,
138
Hunter J. Machine Co.,
$1
Braman M. V. N.,
113
Hoosac Savings Bank,
105
Brown & O'Connor,
113
Horrigan's Stables,
126
Bruce George H.,
101
Hughes James,
122
Burlingame & Darbys,
199
Hygeia Ice & Cold Storage,
99
Calnan T. M.,
118
Jaffe Abraham, 127
82
Caron Frank & Co.,
118
Kennedy T. F.,
89 and 129
Cary E. J. & Co.,
111
Kronick Hymon H.,
123
Cesana Cesar,
back cover
Kohler T.,
115
Chambers James Morley,
130
Kearn George H.,
125
Christie & Co.,
127
Lally Matt,
126
City Market, T. S. Bateman,
116
Lapointe & Bond,
121
Clark W. R. & Son,
128
Larkin James T.,
106
Cody J. H.,
128
Larkin M. O.,
136
Coleman M. F.,
117
LeClair M. D.,
130
Collins John F.,
118
Linnell H. P.,
129
Comisky James L.,
128
Loftus Plumbing Co.,
cover
Conlon John F.,
118
Lonergan & Bissaillon,
37
Coon Jacob,
114
Loomis John G.,
122
Cully Samuel & Co.,
102
Lorraine,
125
Deming W. B.,
115
Lucey T. M. Plumbing Co.,
cover
Dibble S. B. Lumber Co.,
100
Lyons Henry S.,
107
Dick S. W.,
138 Mack John H.,
134
Dunbar Mills,
1
S2 Mansfield John,
122
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Bliss Business College, front colored
Hatton P. M.,
115
Canedy & Blossom,
124
Johnson Mfg. Co.,
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NORTH ADAMS DIRECTORY.
Mansion House,
108
Rist G. Frank, 1.24
Maxwell Gilbert,
111
Roberts David, 130
McIntosh John & Co.,
120
Robinson A. M., 134
McNeill Wm. J.,
front colored
Sanford Murray M.
126
Mead William J.,
Secor F. A.,
119
Meaney & Walsh,
119
Sherman H. A.,
113
Miller George F., front cover
Simons S. Mrs.,
138
Miller James E.,
124
Smith W. N. & A. R.,
113
Mulcare John T.,
110
Snyder Peter & Co.,
132
Murdock H. P. & Bro.,
110
Sorell Peter,
122
McMillin E. A.,
123
Stockwell & Rosston,
116
Murphy T. F.,
130
Stroud C. A.,
112
New England Tel & Tel. Co.,
89
Sullivan John J.,
112
Nichols R. L. & Co.,
129
Sullivan P. J.,
129
Nixon & Mulcare,
133
Sullivan William B.,
103
No. Adams Gas Light Co., cover
Thayer O. S.,
104
North Adams Mfg. Co.,
85
Thrasher H. H.,
114
No. Adams Paper Box Co.,
123
Tinker & Ransford, covers
103
North Adams Transcript,
91
Turner Wm. H.,
109
O'Brien James,
123
Tyrrell & Dempsey,
133
O'Shea Thomas,
116
Vadnais Edmund,
119
Parker John,
125
Valentine's
109
Partenope V.,
110
Walker F. A.,
back cover
People's Ice Co.,
108
Ward H. D.,
89
Platz & Co.,
93
White S. M.,
119
Porter & Hannum,
107
Whitney Bros.,
121
Potter Bros. & Co.,
115
Wilson, The New,
90
Renton Alex.,
346
Wilson House Drug Store Co.,
Rich George N.,
131
front cover
Rich Lamont,
131
Windsor Mfg. Co., 83
The Out-of-Town Advertisers.
Albany Day Line Steamers,
back colored
Albany Evening Journal, Albany, N. Y., 95
American House, Pitttsfield, 408
Berkshire Loan & Trust Co., Pitts-
field, 06
Bolton S. & Son, Troy, 407
Connor F., pianos, New York
back colored page
Conway Bros. & Kane, Troy, 407
Curo Blood Tonic, Pittsfield, 408
Cutter-Tower Co., Boston,
391 and back colored page
Eagan James, Pittsfield,
40S
Fitzgerald Bros., Troy, front colored Gimlich & White, 408
Hotel Rexford,
391
Larkin M. A., Holyoke,
colored
New England Felt Roofing Works. Boston, 80
Penrose & McEniry, Cohoes, N .Y., 106
Springfield Union, Springfield,
94
Revere House, Troy,
406
Springfield Republican.
94
Troy Times, Troy,
95
Wendell, The, Pittsfield,
408
North Adams Savings Bank,
87
Tower & Porter,
Directory Calendar.
1900.
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CITY OF
North Adams,
Mass.
1900.
WESTERN
THE
- WE HOLD
GATEWAY
- NORTH
-1895. - X
ADAMS
MASS
CITY COUNCIL
Committees and City Officers.
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JAMES T. LARKIN'S
O
CITY HALL,
Cor. Summer and Morris Streets.
N ORTH ADAMS is situated in the northern part of Berkshire, the western county of Massachussetts, in latitude 42 deg. 40 min. N. and longtitude 3 deg. 53 min. E. It is of perfectly rect- angular form, 5 miles east and west and 312 miles north and south. Its meridian lines run due north and south, and its par- allels of latitude east and west. It is bounded north by Clarks- burg, east by Florida and Savoy, south by Adams and west by Williamstown. Adams was incorporated as a township October 15, 1778. On April 15, 1878, the town was divided into two equal parts, the new line between them running east and west. Incorporated as a city in 1895.
Population North Adams, 1895 census, 19, 135.
Population North Adams, 1900, publisher's estimate, 23,500.
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NORTH ADAMS DIRECTORY.
City Government.
MAYOR, HON. E. S. WILKINSON. CITY COUNCIL, V. A. WHITAKER, President. COUNCILMEN,
Lewis F. Amadon . Term Expires 1901
Willard S. Gallup. .1901
William H. Gove
1901
George A. Hastings
1901
Arthur A. Mignault
1901
Charles E. Whitney
1901
George B. Perry
1901
John Bracewell
1902
William H. Broderick 1902
Alexander Craswell
1902
Louis Ladam
1902
John A. Rice
1902
Thomas W. Sykes
1902
Valmore A. Whitaker
1902
Edwin Barnard
1903
David Bonnar
1903
M. Van Ness Braman
1903
Charles W. Dennett 1903
James D. Hunter
1903
Thomas C. O'Connor
1903
William J. Pead.
1903
Clerk, Charles S. Brooker.
Regular Meetings of City Council first Tuesday of each month at 7.30 p. m.
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JAMES T. LARKIN'S
STANDING COMMITTEE.
1. Meetings, Elections, Election Returns and Licenses.
COUNCILMEN BARNARD, HASTINGS AND O'CONNOR.
2. Finance, Accounts, Bonds, Sureties and Claims.
COUNCILMEN SYKES, GALLUP AND HUNTER.
3. Ordinances, Rules, Resolutions, Printing and Supplies.
COUNCILMEN PERRY. CRASWELL AND BONNAR.
4. Police and Fire Department and Fire Limits.
COUNCILMEN DENNETT, MIGNAULT, PEAD AND WHITNEY.
5. Erection, Construction and Alteration of Buildings.
COUNCILMEN HASTINGS, PEAD AND LADAM.
6. Streets, Highways and Bridges.
COUNCILMEN GOVE, RICE AND BRAMAN.
7. State and Military Aid, Soldiers' Relief and Salaries. COUNCILMEN AMADON, CRASWELL AND BRODERICK.
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NORTH ADAMS DIRECTORY.
CITY OFFICERS.
CITY CLERK,
Charles S. Brooker.
CITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR, James W. Hardenbergh.
CITY SOLICITOR,
Patrick J. Ashe.
CITY AUDITOR,
Austin Bond.
CITY ENGINEER, John H. Emigh.
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS, Jackson L. Temple.
City Bookkeeper, Peter Keefe.
SUPERINTENDENT OF OUTDOOR WORK. John J. Marsh.
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS, William F. Hodge.
CITY ALMONER AND COMMISSIONER OF CEMETERIES. .
William H. Ingraham.
CITY PHYSICIAN,
Henry J. Millard, M. D.
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JAMES T. LARKIN'S
ASSESSORS,
Courtland G. Bartlett, Chairman.
Marshall R. Ford, 1901
John F. Bowes, 1902
BOARD OF HEALTH,
Appointed by the Mayor for One Year.
T. J. Putnam, M. D., Chairman.
Clarence P. Niles, Secretary.
Albert A. Willis.
J. Q. Erwin, Agent, office City Hall, resience 374 Main. TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Term Expires
One vacancy.
Annie B. Jackson, 1902
Frank Fuller Murdock, 1903
LICENSE COMMISSIONERS,
Term Expires
One vacancy.
Charles E. Winchell, 1902
J. Monroe Canedy, 1904
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINERS.
Oscar A. Archer, Chairman.
Arthur W. Chippendale.
George French, Secretary.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS,
Term Expires
Joseph A. Saulnier, Jr.,
1903
William H. Bennett, 1901
Cornelius A. Parker,
1902
Charles S. Brooker, City Clerk, Ex-officio.
CHIEF OF POLICE,
William F. Dineen. 1
FIRST CAPTAIN OF POLICE, Philip Parrow.
Term Expires 1903
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SECOND CAPTAIN OF POLICE, Frank J. Jones.
PATROLMEN,
James H. Krum, Henry F. Whipple, Nicholas J. Walsh, Giovanni B. Rosasco, James A. Bowes, William Scully, Guy G. Hill, William P. Reagan, Patrick Welch, Arthur P. Wyman, George B. Chilson, Sidney E. Horan, Emile Beliveau.
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ASSISTANT INSPEC-
TOR OF BUILDINGS. William W. Byars.
FIRST ASSISTANT ENGINEER,
Everett Lesure. SECOND ASSISTANT ENGINEER, Moses J. Nichols.
INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING,
Frank P. Nugent.
ASSISTANT INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING. Alexander W. Ford.
AGENT TO PROVIDE FOR BURIAL OF DECEASED AND INDIGENT SOLDIERS, Alexander W. Fulton.
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS, A. A. McDonald, V. S.
INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR-SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, 'Albert G. Nichols.
CONSTABLES, J. Q. Erwin. Patrick H. Smith.
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JAMES T. LARKIN'S
SALARIES OF CITY OFFICERS.
Mayor
$1,000 00
City Clerk. 1,300 00
City Treasurer and Collector 2,000 00
City Solicitor
900 00
City Auditor
1,000 00
City Engineer.
1,800 00
Commissioner of Public Works
1,800 00
City Bookkeeper. 900 00
Superintendent of Outdoor Work.
1,200 00
Superintendent of Water Works.
1,200 00
Overseer of the Poor
1,000 00
City Physician.
250 00
Assessors-each $600,
Chairman
700 00
Assessors' Clerk. 150 00
Board of Health-each. 100 00
School Committee-each
75 00
Superintendent of Schools
2,750 00
License Commissioners.
650 00
Chief of Police-per day .. " 3 50
Captains of Police-per day. 3 00
Patrolmen-per day.
2 50
Chief of Fire Department and Assistant Inspector of
Buildings 900 00
Assistant Chiefs of Fire Department-each. 100 00 Firemen-each .65 00
Keeper of Almshouse 750 00
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NORTH ADAMS DIRECTORY.
Schedule of City Property.
City Hall,
Safes, furniture, etc.,
Law Library,
$33,000 00
Hodskins property,
15,000 00
Memorial Library, building and lot,
60,000 00
Library books, etc.,
15,000 00
New furniture, etc.,
2,400 00
Kemp park,
3,000 00
CITY FARM.
Land and buildings,
$20,000 00
Household furniture
862 80
Provisions and supplies,
955 00
Farming implements,
484 64
Stock, hay, grain, etc.,
1,143 00
23,445 44
CEMETERIES.
Hillside, and vaults,
$3,000 00
Southview,
8,000 00
Tools,
100 00
11,100 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Hose 1, building and lot,
$20,000 00
1 two horse hose wagon,
315 00
1 pair horses,
250 00
1 horse,
125 00
1,600 feet hose,
800 00
Harness, wagon, sleigh, tools, etc.,
700 00
22,095 00
Hose 2, building and lot,
7,000 00
1 combination chemical engine,
1,550 00
1 pair gray horses,
300 00
1 set of hub runners,
100 00
1,200 feet hose,
600 00
Harness, tools, etc.,
600 00
11,100 00
Hose 4, building and lot,
1,500 00
Contents,
1,000 00
7,000 00
Hose 4, building and lot,
1,500 00
1 hose carriage and 350 feet hose,
240 00
1 truck equippped
400 00
Coal, tools and supplies,
75 00
HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY.
1 truck equipped,
$1,400 00
1 80-foot chute,
62 50
1 60-foot extension ladder,
100 00
1 pair horses,
350 00
set swinging harnesees,
75 00
100 00
Supplies, WATER DEPARTMENT.
Pump house and lot,
$20,000 00
Wells and machinery,
10,000 00
Supplies and tools on hand,
2,994 79
1,800 acres of land at Broad Brook outside of reservoirs, 6,500 00
Gatekeeper's house, 1,500 00
$30,000 00 2,500 00 500 00
2,087 00
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JAMES T. LARKIN'S
Broad Brook dams and basins,
15,000 00
Land in Notch outside of reservoirs,
15,000 00
New Notch reservoir,
100,000 00
Middle reservoir,
30,000 00
Lower reservoir,
15,000 00
Broad Brook main line,
200,000 00
Broad Brook service pipe,
40,000 00
Notch system, main line and service,
40,000 00
High service, main line and service,
30,000 00
Hydrants and meters,
15,000 00
540,994 79
Police building and contents,
11,000 00
Police telegraph system,
4,500 00
Fire Alarm telegraph system,
7,285 00
SUPERINTENDENT OF OUTDOOR WORK.
Machinery-Steam road roller,
$2,750 00
Road scraper,
200 00
Street sweeper,
250 00
Akron pipe,
716 58
Stone crusher,
180 00
Tools, etc.,
2,083 88
6,180 46
SCHOOLS.
Drury Academy, building and contents, $57,000 00
Mark Hopkins school, including gymna- sium, contents and land,
75,000 00
Freeman school, contents and land,
60,000 00
Brayton school, contents and land,
50,000 00
Johnson school, contents and land, 50,000 00
Houghton school, contents and land, Miner school, contents and land,
50,000 00
35,000 00
State Street school, contents and land
12,000 00
Veazie Street school, contents and land,
7,000 00
Blackinton school contents and land,
10,000 00
Greylock school, contents and land,
7,000 00
Walden school, contents and land,
400 00
East Mountain school, 300 00
Apparatus, pianos and other school prop-
erty not included in the above, 2,000 00
Lots on Church street near Normal school, 26,431 57 $442,131 57
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City of
North Adams, Massachusetts.
1900.
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MASS .-
ADAMS.
Public School Directory.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
Drury school, between 177-191 East Main street.
Mark Hopkins school, 251 Church street anđ between Porter and Blackinton streets.
Miner school, between 196-204 Union street.
Houghton school, between 394-422 TTnion street.
Johnson school, School street.
Veazie Primary and Kindergarten, between 27-47 Veazie street. Brayton school, off new State road.
Blackinton school, Blackinton.
Greylock school, Greylock. Walden school, South Church street. East Mountain school, East Mountain road.
Union Kindergarten, 13 Union street.
Freeman school, Estes street, entrance between 265-277 Eagle and 43-51 Liberty streets.
State Normal school, between Hoosac street and 405 Church street.
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NORTH ADAMS DIRECTORY.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Oscar A. Archer, 1903
Blackinton.
James R. Chippendale, 1901
32 Marion avenue.
William H. Pritchard, Chairman, 1901
Adams National Bank.
David A. Anderson, Secretary,
1902
North Adams Savings Bank Building.
Martin M. Brown, 1902
112 Main street.
Charles J. Parkhurst, 1903
77 Main Street.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS,
Isaac Freeman Hall.
The Superintendent of Schools will be at his office at the City Hall every week day morning, including Saturday, from 8.30 to 9.30 o'clock. The office will be open every school day from 9 a. m. to 12 m., and from 1.30 to 4 p. m. The Superinten- dent will make evening appointments at his office to suit the con- venience of those who wish to see him on school business.
CLERK, Lizzie D. Lennox.
Office hours, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
TRUANT OFFICER AND GENERAL AGENT,
Albert G. Whipple. .
Office hours, 8.15 a. m. to 9.15 a. m., and Monday and Wednesday evenings from 7.30 to 8.30.
TRUANT OFFICER-Blackinton.
Edwin Kinsey.
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JAMES T. LARKIN'S
District Boundaries.
THE DRURY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Includes all pupils of Miner school district above seventh grade; all Johnson above sixth grade. It includes all pupils living on both sides of Main street from Brown street to 425 East Main street, except the north side of Main from Holden street to Eagle street; all pupils in the territory bounded by Pleasant street to 155 East Quincy, 155 East Quincy to 425 East Main street, then to Pleasant street. It includes all pupils in the territory bounded Marshall street to Main, Main to Holden, Holden to River street; all pupils north of that section of River street between Eagle and Brooklyn streets, and above 250 Eagle to Clarksburg line ex- cepting Liberty street.
THE MINER SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Beginning at 250 Eagle street, extends south to River street, River to Holden, Holden to Main, Main to Eagle, Eagle to Union. Union to Willow Dell, Willow Dell to Miner street and Main.
THE MARK HOPKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Territory south of Main and 155 East Quincy streets, State street as far as State street bridge.
STATE STREET SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Territory south of the State street bridge.
THE JOHNSON SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Territory of Houghtonville and both sides of Marshall street, including Johnson Ground and Burdickville, Brooklyn and Liberty streets.
HOUGHTON SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Includes all pupils living north and east of a line from 155 Quincy street and 425 East Main street and 375 Union street.
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NORTH ADAMS DIRECTORY.
(Unless otherwise specified the district lines are understood as extending through the center of the streets.)
NORTH ADAMS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
RATES OF TUITION FOR NON-RESIDENT PUPILS.
Ja. Fe. Mr.
| Ap. Ma. Ju. | Sep. Oc. No. De. | Year
High school
$10 00
$10 00
$10 00
$30 00
Grammar,
5 00
5 00
5 00
15 00
Primary,
5 00
5 00
5 00
15 00
Tuition must be paid by the end of the second week of each term.
JANITORS.
THE DRURY SCHOOL,
Orville Lasher, the Drury Ground.
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THE MARK HOPKINS SCHOOL,
Joseph Saulnier, 63 Montgomery street.
Joseph H. Parrow, 79 Cliff street.
THE MINER SCHOOL,
William B. Tefft, 57 Hall street.
THE JOHNSON SCHOOL,
Alpheus M. Burdick, 118 North street.
STATE STREET SCHOOL,
Robert Costello, 235 River street.
THE BRAYTON SCHOOL, John Crews, 61 Notch Road.
BLACKINTON 'AND GREYLOCK SCHOOLS,
Edward Kinsey, Blackinton.
HOUGHTON SCHOOL,
Charles Leighton, 2 Bethel.
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JAMES T. LARKIN'S
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ..
Mr. Anderson,
TEACHERS AND SALARIES, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Archer.
Mr. Parkhurst,
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES,
Mr. Archer,
Mr. Chippendale.
Dr. Brown,
REPAIRS AND BUILDINGS, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Pritchard.
SUPPLIES, RULES AND REGULATIONS,
Mr. Pritchard, Mr. Parkhurst, Dr. Brown.
BLACKINTON DISTRICT, Mr. Archer.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
Regular meetings of the School Committee are held on the second and fourth Fridays of each month.
Population by the state census of 1895,
19,127
School census of 1899, 4,315
Whole number of pupils enrolled in the schools:
Boys, 1,837
Girls, 1,957
Total, 3,794
Decrease from last year,
175
Average number of pupils,
2,932
Average daily attendance,
2,726
Per cent. of attendance,
93
Number belonging at the end of the year,
3,063
Increase over last year,
7
Whole number of pupils in evening schoools: Males, 249
Females, 103
Total, 352
Average attendance in evening schools,
278
Per cent. of attendance in evening schools,
79
Number of school buildings,
12
Number of rooms,
95
Total number of teachers,
105
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NORTH ADAMS DIRECTORY.
SCHOOL CALENDAR.
WINTER TERM-Begins January 2, 1900. Ends March 30, 1900.
SPRING TERM-Begins April 2, 1900.
PRIMARY AND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS-Ends June 22, 1900.
HIGH SCHOOL-Ends June 29,1900.
FALL TERM-Begins September 10, 1900. Ends December 14, 1900.
HOLIDAYS.
Washington's Birthday, Patriot's Day, Memorial Day, Thanks- giving Day and the day after, Second and Third days of Agri- cultural Fair.
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VACATIONS.
April 7 to April 16, 1900. June 23 to September 10, 1900. December 15 to December 31, 1900.
SCHOOL SESSIONS.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS-9.00 to 11.30 a. m.
1.30 to 3.50 p. m.
RECESS-10 minutes each session.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS-9.00 to 11.40 a. m. 1.30 to 4.00 p. m.
RECESS-10 minutes each session.
HIGH SCHOOL-8 a. m. to 1 p. m.
RECESS-11.05 a. m. to 11.35 a. m.
SALARIES.
The pay-roll will be ready at the office of the City Treasurer, City Hall, every fourth Saturday of Term time.
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STORM SIGNALS.
At 7.30 o'clock a. m., two blows of the whistle repeated four times signify no school for the morning. The same signal re- peated at 11 a. m. signifies no school for the afternoon.
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JAMES T. LARKIN'S
SCHOOL DIRECTORY.
Isaac Freeman Hall, Superintendent of Schools,
Office City Hall.
Lizzie D. Lennox, Clerk,
61Elmwood avenue 69 Quincy street
THE DRURY SCHOOL-HIGH SCHOOL.
Herbert H. Gadsby. Principal, Latin, 26 East Quincy street 273 Ashland street
Wallace E. Richmond, Science,
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