North Adams city directory 1903, Part 1

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Manufacturers of


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fancy Madras Shirtings


and Cords, fine


Dress Goods, Cotton


Worsted and Silks.


1


DUNCAN D. PARMLEY, President, New York.


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C. W. DENNETT, Vice-Pres. and Agent, North Adams


A. W. LAW, Sec. and Treas., New York


NORTH ADAMS


GENERAL


CITY DIRECTORY


INCLUDING BLACKINTON, GREYLOCK AND BRAYTONVILLE FOR 1903


EMBRACING THE NAMES OF ALL RESIDENTS AND STREETS


A Full List of Churches, with their officers, City Government and Officers Complete, Ward Boundary Lines, City and Normal Schools and School Teachers, Manufacturing Companies, Corporations, Masonic, Odd Fellows, Temperance Organizations, A. O. U. W. Lodges, Clubs, Deaths, Etc., Etc.


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, 5 Main Street, North Adams, Mass.


Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1903, 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 1903 NORTH ADAMS CITY DIRECTORY is herewith presented, enlarged and improved in many ways, especial attention being paid to the city government, city officers, ward lines, city charter, 1903 Rules of the Board of Health, etc.


Also a colored map with the city divided into wards, giving streets (over 200), public buildings, half-mile distances from post office, railways, rivers, reservoirs, parks, etc. Also account of State Normal School.


Following is a summary of the amount of work performed: -


Number of names in the Directory for North Adams, etc. 10,750 Number of names in Directory for Blackinton 550


Number of Names in Directory for Greylock 270


11,570


New names added North Adams


1,640


New names added Blackinton


30


New names added Greylock


25


Total number of new names added


1,695


Number of erasures North Adams


2082


Number of erasures Blackinton


36


Number of erasures Greylock


29


Total number erasures


2,147


Number changes in location North Adams


2,713


Changes in location Blackinton


31


Changes in location Greylock


I2


Total number of changes in location


2,756


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.


Table of Contents.


Page


Page


Abbreviations,


135


Laundries,


361


Avenues and Streets,


129


Lawyers,


361


Auctioneers and Dep. Sheriffs, 349


Labor Unions


392


Bands and Music,


349


Masonic Societies


384


Banks,


350


Map of North Adams front of book


Blackinton names


398


Military Organizations,


389


Boarding and Rooms,


350


Newspapers,


364


Board of Education,


19


Notaries Public


373


Board of Health, 1903, rules,


34


Odd Fellows,


386


Board of Trade,


128


Physicians,


366


Business Directory,


349


Police Department,


13


Census, U. S. Cities,


121


Population, Mass.,


121


Church Directory'


374


Post Office,


80


City Charter,


53


Railroad fare and distances,


80


City Government,


9


Savings Banks,


84


Clergymen,


354


Schools, City,


17


Courts,


372


Schools, State Normal,


30


Fire alarm,


113


Secret Societies,


Fire Department.


13


Street Railway,


colored page


Greylock names, 405


Street Directory,


129


Halls and Blocks, 78 and 79


Teachers,


25


Hotels,


360


Truant Officers.


19


Insurance Societies, back of book


Ward Lines.


76


Justices of the Peace,


372


Water Department.


11


Pay Day of the Different Corporations and Companies.


Arnold plant every Wednesday . B. & A. R. R. every Friday. Canedy-Clark Shoe Co. every Sat- urday . Fairfield, Millard & Co., every Saturday.


B. & M. R. R. every Tuesday. Johnson-Dunbar Mills Co., every Monday.


James Hunter Machine Company, every Wednesday.


N. L. Millard & Co., every Sat- urday.


North Adams Mfg. Co. every Monday.


S. B. Dibble Lumber Co., every Monday. Windsor plant, every Thursday.


7321


back of hook Social Organizations, back of book


Grand Army of the Republic, 389


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JAMES T. LARKIN'S


Index to Advertisements.


Adams National Bank


116| Hoosac Valley St. R'way


col


Alderman & Carlisle


110


Hopkins & Young 114


Arnold Print Works


82 Horrigan stables 107


Ashe & Arnold


108 Hunter J. Machine Co. 81


Barry John


90


Hurd L. M.


106


Barsalou D. A.


109


Jaffe A.


117


Beer & Dowlin


100


Johnson-Dunbar Mills Co.


front


Berkshire National Bank


96


Katsh H. S.


119


Berkshire Paper Co.


106


Lally Matt


111


Berkshire Produce Co.


98


Larkin James T.


120


Boland P. J. & Co.


front cover


Larkin M. O.


87


Boston Butter Co.


99


LeClair M. D.


100


Boston Store


105


Lilly J J.


100


Brady & Jackson


118 Lonergan & Bissaillon


103


Braman M. V. N.


99


Lucey Plumbing Co.


cover


Bruce George H.


96 Lyons Henry S.


101


Burlingame & Darbys


110


Meaney & Walsh


108


Calnan T. M.


98


Miller George F.


front cover


Caron D. & CO.


117


McEnnis-King Co.


118


Central Fish Market


116


Miller James E. 105


Chambers Jas. Morley


100


Mulcare John T. 117


Cody J. H.


109


McMillin E. A. 112


Coleman M. E.


99


Murphy T. F. 100


109 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 88


Nichols R. L & Co.


107


Coon Jacob


115


No. Adams Gas Light Co.


cover


Cully Samuel & Co.


107


North Adams Mfg. Co.


86


Dibble S. B. Lumber Co.


108


No. Adams Savings Bank


84


Ellis S. J. & W. C.


104


North Adams Tallow Co. 110


89


Farnum Bros. Lime Co.


104


N. Adams Beef & Produce Co. 119


Fire Alarm


113


Potter Bros. & Co.


91


Fisher C. C.


99


Renton Alex


97


Flagg Stables


90


Rich George N.


112


Franco-American Pharmacy


97


Rist G. Frank


105


Frink Charles L.


108


Sicard F.


104


Gale J. W.


106


Stockwell & Rosston


101


Gallup H. A.


cover


Standard Mercantile Co.


118


Gatslick Morris


105


Sullivan Jobn J.


98


Gosselin R.


93


Tinker & Ransford


see covers


Hall F. G. Dr.


117


Thayer O. S.


91


Hammond Hotel The back cover


Turner W. H.


104


Hebert Depelteau 112


Walker & Sullivan


114


Henry F. O. & Co. 85 and


I11 Walker F. A.


back cover


Comisky James L.


Conlon John F.


98


Evening Herald


92


North Adams Transcript


5


NORTH ADAMS DIRECTORY.


Wheeler E. M. & Son


White S. M.


101


Berkshire Loan & Trust Co. 93


White John W. & Co.


106 Conway Bros, Troy 102


Whitney Bros.


101 Curo Blood Tonic 111


Wilson Hotel 90 Gimlich & White, Pittsfield 103


Wilson House Drug Store 110


83


Fitzgerald Bros. Brewing Troy, N. Y., front cover


Co.


Wood H. C. & Co.


112


Yarter A.


116


N. E. Felt Roofing Works 88


Penrose & McEnery Cohoes


102


Springfield Republican 94


Springfield Union 94


Troy Times 95


Hoosac Tunnel Statistics.


First proposed (for canal) 1819


Chartered 1843


Commenced 1851


Headings met, Nov. 27 .1874


Completed


1875


Total length, feet. 25,031


East end to Central shaft, feet ... 12,837


Central shaft to West shaft, feet ... 3,694 West shaft to West End, feet. .2,500


Depth Central shaft, feet.


1,028


Depth of West shaft, feet. 318


Size of Central shaft, feet, 15×27


Size of West chaft, feet. 10×14


Height Eastern summit, feet. 1,429


Height Western summit, feet 1,719


Grade per mile, feet. 26.40


Rock excavation, tons.


.1,900,000


Height, feet


.20


Width, feet. 24


Water dircharged East end, 100 gals. per min. West End, 600 gals. per min.


800 to 900 Men employed. 136


- Miles from Boston


First train through Feb. 9, 187.


First freight train.


April 15, 1875


First passenger train.


Oct. 13, 1875


Above tide at East portal, feet ..... 766 Total length brick arching, feet .... 7 57; Lives lost .195


Error in line at points of meeting.9-16in


Water pumped from Central shaft Number bricks used in arching.20,000,000 Cost . $14,000,000 gallons per minute .. .211


Rock, Mica slate with quartz nodules Contractors, F.& W. Shanley, Montreal Chief Civil Engineer, .... Benj. D. Fros: Explosive. . Tri-nitro glycerine


Greylock House, Adams 115


Windsor Mfg. Co.


OUT-OF-TOWN ADVERTISERS


Albany Day Line back cover


Albany Evening Journal 95


114 | American House, Pittsfield 111


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JAMES T. LARKIN'S


WARNING


The Public is cautioned against the fraudu- lent Directory concerns that are now operat- ing throughout the country collecting on forged or raised orders for advertising and headings in "Directories," "Trade Registers," "Buyers' Guides" or "Commercial Lists" that have no circulation whatever beyond the copies carried by canvassers or collectors. Pay no money in advance and give orders only to well known publishers.


JAMES LARKIN


Twenty-six years a printer in North Adams. For Sixteen years Publisher North Adams City Directory.


Office Directory Building, 5 Main Street, North Adams, Muss.


CITY OF


North Adams, Mass.


1903.


WESTERN


THE


070H 3M - NORTH


HOOSA


GATEWAY


-


.- 1895.


MASS


ADAMS


CITY COUNCIL


Committees and City Officers.


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JAMES T. LARKIN'S


CITY HALL, Cor. Summer and Morris Streets,


NORTH ADAMS is situated in the northern part of Berkshire the western county of Massachusetts, in lat. 42 deg. 40 min. N. and lon. 3 deg. 53 min. E. It is of perfectly rectangular form, 5 miles east and west and 32 miles north and south. Its meridian lines run due north and south, and its parallels of latitude east and west. It is bounded north by Clarksburg, 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 census 24,200.


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NORTH ADAMS DIRECTORY.


City Government


MAYOR


HON. FRANK D. STAFFORD.


CITY COUNCIL


VALMORE A. WHITAKER, President.


Councilmen


Lewis F. Amadon


-


- Term Expires 1904


Lotues M. Barnes


-


-


-


1904


Frank E. Evans,


-


-


-


1904


Albert Franchere


-


-


-


1904


John J. Mahoney


-


-


-


1904


George S. Stockwell


-


-


1904


Charles E. Whitney


-


-


-


1904


Raoul Bernard


-


-


-


1905


William H. Broderick


-


-


1905


Hervey Burnham


-


-


-


1905


James M. Chace


-


-


-


1905


David A. Russell


66


1905


Alfred C. Weber


-


-


16


1905


Valmore A. Whitaker


66


1905


Edwin Barnard


16


1906


David Bonnar


-


-


-


1906


Edwin Butterworth


-


-


1906


Charles W. Dennett


-


-


-


1906


Stephen H. Fairfield


-


-


-


66


1906


Charles C. Fisher


-


66


1906


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


1906


John F. Collins


.6


Charles S. Brooker, Clerk.


Regular Meetings of City Council first Tuesday of each month at 7.30 p. m.


6 €


66


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10


JAMES T. LARKIN S


Standing ommittees


1. Meetings, Elections, Election Returns and Licenses


Councilmen Barnard, Bernard and Fisher.


2. Finance, Accounts, Bonds, Sureties and Claims


Councilmen Dennett, Russell and Weber.


3. Ordinances, Rules, Resolutions, Printing and Supplies


Councilmen Burnham, Dennett and Barnes.


4. Police and Fire Departments, and Fire Limits


Councilmen Russell, Whitney, Mahoney, Collins and Butterworth. 1


5. Erection, Construction and Alteration of Buildings


Councilmen Evans. Bonnar and Fairfield.


6. Streets, Highways and Bridges


Councilman Weber, Chace and Franchere.


7. State and Military Aid, Soldiers's Relief and Salaries


Councilmen Amadon, Broderick and Stockwell.


NORTH ADAMS DIRECTORY. 11


City Officers


City Clerk


Charles S. Brooker. City Treasurer and Collector James W. Hardenbergh. City Solicitor Clarence P. Niles.


City Auditor


, Anstin Bond. City Engineer Franklin B. Locke.


Commissioner of Public Works


Jackson L. Temple. City Book-keeper Peter Keefe.


Superintendent of Out Door Work


George F. Owens.


Superintendent of Water Works


William F. Hodge.


Overseer of Poor and Almoner


William H. Ingraham.


City Physician


John R. Hobbie, M. D.


Assessors


John F. Bowes, Chairman.


Marshall R. Ford, John F. Bowes, Timothy J. Crowley,


Term Expires 1904


1905


1906


1


12


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Board of Health Dr .. Geo. F. Simpson, Chairman. James D. Hunter. E. E. Vadnais, D. D. S. John Q. Irwin, Clerk. Dr. Asa Lyman Jones, Physician. Mr. Henry A. Tower, Inspector of Meats and Provisions. Frank P. Nugent, Inspector of Plumbing. School Committee Charles J. Parkhurst, Chairman.


Term Expires


James R. Chippendale,


1904


Franklin H. Whitney,


1904


David A. Anderson, Secretary,


1905


Martin M. Brown,


1905


Oscar A. Archer,


1906


Charles J. Parkhurst,


1906


Superintendent of Schools Isaac Freeman Hall. Truant Officer Albert G. Whipple. Trustees of Public Library


Term Expires


William Arthur Gallup,


1904


Annie B. Jackson,


1905


Frank F. Murdock


1906


Librarian Mabel Temple. License Commissioners Charles E. Winchell, Chairman.


J. Monroe Canedy, George L. Rice,


1904


1906


Charles E. Winchell, 1908


Term Expires


Civil Service Examiners Oscar A. Archer, Chairman. Arthur W. Chippendale. George French, Secretary.


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NORTH ADAMS DIRECTORY.


Registrars of Voters Charles S. Brooker, City Clerk, Ex-Officio. Chief of Police William F. Dinneen. First Captain of Police Phillip Perron. Second Captain of Police. Frank J. Jones.


Chief of Fire Department and Assistant Inspector of Buildings William W. Byars. First Assistant Engineer Everett H. Lesure.


Second Assistant Engineer Walter B. Deming.


Inspector of Plumbing Frank P. Nugent.


Inspector of Animals Angus A. McDonnell, V. S.


Inspector of Meats and Provisions Henry A. Tower.


Inspector of Milk Albert G. Nichols.


Sealer of Weights and Measures


Thomas A. Mort. Public Weigher at City Scales Louis A. Germain


Supervisor of Wires William H. Stedman. Constables John Q. Irwin. Patrick H. Smith.


Agent to Provide for Burial of Deceased and Indigent Soldiers and Sailors Alexander W. Fulton.


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JAMES T. LARKIN S


Schedule of City Property


City Hall


City Hall, building and land,


$30,000 00


Sates, furniture and fixtures,


2,500 00


Law Library.


500 00


$33,000 00


Hodskins property,


15,000 00


Memorial building and lot,


60,000 00


Library books, etc.,


16,000 00


Furniture, ete.,


2,700 00


Kemp park,


3,000 00


Fire alarm system,


7,285 00


Police building and contents,


10,500 00


Police telegraph system,


4,500 00


City Farm


Land and buildings,


20,000 00


Household furniture,


1,037 22


Provisions and supplies,


1,649 00


Farming implements,


689 50


Stock,


1,440 00


24,815 72


Hillside and vaults,


3,000 00


Southview,


8,000 00


Tools,


125 00


11,125 00


Fire Department


Hose 1, building and lot,


32,000 000


Contents,


2,416 25


34,416 25


Hose 2, building and lot,


7,000 00


Contents,


3,302 85


10,302 85


Hose 3, building and lot,


6,000 00


Contents,


1,043 75


7,043 75


Hose 4, building and lot,


2,000 00


Contents,


920 50


2,920 50


Hook and Ladder equipment,


2,116 00


2,116 00


Chief's equipment,


331 50


331 50


Blackinton equipment,


351 00


351 00


Protective equipment,


96 00


96 00


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1


Cemeteries


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NORTH ADAMS DIRECTORY.


Salaries of City Officers


Mayor $1,000 00


City Clerk. 1,600 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 Out-door work ..


1,200 00


Superintendent of Water Works


1,200 00


Overseer of the Poor


1,000 00


City Physician


250 00


Chairman.


700 00


Board of Assessors, Other Mem., each.


600 00


Clerk.


150 00


Board of Health (each ) ..


100 00


School Committee (each) ...


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 Build- ings ..


900 00


First Assistant Engineer


200 00


Second Assistant Engineer


175 00


Captains (each)


125 00


Lieutenants (each)


112 00


Permanent Men (each) ..


780 00


Firemen, 1st year (each).


65 00


Firemen, 2d year (each).


80 00


Firemen, after 2d year (each)


100 00


Keeper of Almshouse


750 00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


350 00


Inspector of Milk.


100 00


Inspector of Plumbing. per week


15 00


Inspector of Meats and Provisions


600 00


40 00


Weigher at City Scales, per month


75 00


Superintendent of Schools


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JAMES T. LARKIN S


Water Department


Pump house and lot, .


Wells and machinery,


$20,000 00 10,000 00


Land at Broad Brook outside of reservoirs,


6,500 00


Gate-keeper's house


1,500 00


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,


50,000 00


Notch system main line and service


40,000 00


High service main line and service,


40,000 00


Hydrants and meters,


15,000 00


Supplies and tools on hand,


2.350 00


-$560,350 00


Superintendent of Outdoor Work.


Equipment


10,350 00


10,350 0.0


Schools


Drury Academy building and contents,


57,000 00


Mark Hopkins school, including gym- nasium, contents and land,


75,000 00


Brayton school, contents and land,


50,000 00


Johnson school, contents and land,


50,000 00


Houghton school, contents and land,


50,000 00


Miner school, contents and land,


35,000 00


Freeman school, contents and land,


65,000 00


State Street school, contents and land,


12,000 00


Veazie Street school, contents and land,


7,000 00


Blackinion school, contents and land,


10,000 00


Greylock school, contents and land,


7,000 00


Walden school, contents and land, East Mountain school.


300 00


Apparatus, pianos and other school prop- erty not included in above,


2,000 00


Lots on Church st, near Normal school,


26,431 57


$447,131 57


$1,263,335 14


1 .


400 00


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NORTH ADAMS DIRECTORY.


City of North Adams,


Massachusetts.


THE


WESTERN


070H 3M - NORTH


HOOSAC


GATEWAY - 9681-


MASS


ADAMS.


Public School Directory


1903


18


JAMES T. LARKIN S


School Buildings


Drury academy, between 177-191 Main street.


Mark Hopkins school, on Church street between Porter and


Blackinton streets.


Miner school, between 176-210 Union street.


Houghton school, between 394-422 Union street.


Johnson school, School street.


Veazie school, 27-47 Veazie street.


Brayton school, Greylock State road.


Freeman school, between 43-51 Liberty street and between 265-297 - Eagle street.


Blackinton school, Blackinton.


Greylock school, Greylock.


Walden school, South Church street.


East Mountain school, East Mountain road.


State Street school, cor Francis and Hoooker streets.


Normal school, between Hoosac street and 405 Church street.


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NORTH ADAMS DIRECTORY.


School Committee


James R. Chippendale, Term expires January 1, 1904 32 Marion Avenue.


Franklin H. Whitney. Term expires January 1, 1904 Dowlin Block, Main Street.


David A. Anderson, Term expires January 1, 1905 5 Eagle Street.


Martin M. Brown, M. D., Term expires January 1, 1905 Office Adams Block, Main Street.


Oscar A. Archer, Term expires January 1, 1906 Blackinton Manufacturing Co.


Charles J. Parkhurst, Term expires January 1, 1906 Office Gatslick Block, Main Street.


Chairman. Martin M. Brown, M. D.


Secretary


David A. Anderson.


Superintendent of Schools.


Isaac Freeman Hall.


Office, City Hall.


Office hours, 8.30 a. m. to 9.30 a. m.


Residence, 61 Elmwood Avenue.


Secretary. Elizabeth D Lenox Office hours, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.


Truant Officer and General Agent.


Albert G. Whipple. Office, City Hall. Office hours. 8.15 a. m. to 9.15 a. m. each day. 7.30 to 8.30 o'clock Monday and Wednesday evenings.


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JAMES T. LARKIN S


Special Committees


Teachers and Salaries.


Mr. Anderson, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Parkhurst.


District Boundaries.


Mr. Parkhurst, Mr. Archer, Mr. Whitney.


Repairs and Buildings.


Dr. Brown, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Archer.


Supplies, Rules and Regulations.


Mr. Chippendale. Mr. Whitney, Mr. Brown.


Regular meetings of the School Committee are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month.


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, excepting Liberty street.


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NORTH ADAMS DIRECTORY.


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 Main street and 375 Union street.


North Adams Public Schools


Rates of Tuition for Non-Resident Pupils.


JAN. FEB. MAR.


APR


MAY. JUNE


SEPT. OCT. NOV DEC.


THE 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


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JAMES T. LARKIN S.


Janitors


Drury · School. Orville Lasher, Drury Heights.


Mark Hopkins School. Joseph Saulnier, 63 Montgomery Street. Joseph Parrow, 79 Cliff Street. Freeman School. Burton B. Fitch, 11 Wesleyan Street.


Johnson School.


Alpheus M. Burdick, 118 North Street. MinerSchool. William B. Tefft, 57 Hall Street. Houghton School.


Charles Leighton, 2 Bethel Street. Brayton and Greylock Schools. John Crews, 287 State road. State Street School. Robert Costello, 235 River Street. Veazie School Mason B. Hathaway, 105 North Street. Blackinton School. Michael H. O'Brien, 1151 West Main Street.


Summary of Statistics.


The whole number of pupils attending our schools at present is 3.202. The whole number enrolled during the year has been 3,515, an increase of 112. The increase last year was 132. The increase in two years has been 244. enough to fill six rooms and justify the employment of six new teachers. The average number attending during the year has been 3.047. The average daily attendance has bere 2.830. There has been a slight decrease in the last two items on account of the prevalence of contagions diseases last spring and the strict enforcement of rules concerning attendance in such cases.


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NORTH ADAMS DIRECTORY.


Our school system is now organized as follows :


Drury Academy -High School-Grade thirteen, 42; Grade twelve, 43; Grade eleven, 72; Grade ten, 84; total. 241.


Drury-Grammar and Primary School-Grade nine, 42; Grade eight, 47; Grade seven, 30; Grades six and five (one room). 41; Grades four and three (one room), 37; Grades two and one (one room), 41 ; total, 238.


Mark Hopkins School-Grade nine, 22; Grade eight 42; Grade seven, 38; Grade six (three rooms), 76; Grade five ( two rooms), 70 ; Grade four (two rooms), 69; Grade three (two rooms. 75. Grade two (two rooms), 66; Grade one (two rooms), 71 ; Kindergarten. 45; total, 574.


Freeman School-Grade nine, 27; Grade eight, 44; Grade seven, 36 ; Grade six (two rooms), 62; Grade five, 43; Grade our. 46; Grade three, (two rooms), 50; Grade two, (two rooms), 62; Grade one (two rooms), 70; Kindergarten, 51; total, 491.


Johnson School-Grade seven, 26 : Grade six, 39 ; Grade five. 40; Grades five and four, (one room), 43; Grades four and three (one room), 45 ; Grade two (two rooms), 93; Grade one, 48; total. 334.


Houghton School-Grade six, 25; Grade five. 31; Grade four, 28; Grade three, 34; Grade two, (two rooms), 64; Grade one, 42; Kindergarten, 48, total, 272.


Brayton School-Grades eight and seven (one room), 20 ;Grade six, 27; Grade five. 26; Grade four, 31; Grade three, 36; Grade two, 44; Grade one, 45 ; total, 229.


Miner School-Grades eight and seven, (one room), 32 Grades six and five, (one room), 33 ; Grade four, 33; Grade three, 25 ; Grade two, 32 ; Grade one, 36 ; total, 191.


State Street School-Grades five and four (one room), 28 ; Grade three, 44; Grade two, 42; Grade one, (two rooms), 86 ; Kindergar- ten, 25; total, 225.


Veazie Street School-Grade one two rooms, 80 ; Kindergarten, 40; total, 120.




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