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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
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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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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
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.- 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
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- Term Expires 1904
Lotues M. Barnes
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1904
Frank E. Evans,
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-
1904
Albert Franchere
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-
1904
John J. Mahoney
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-
1904
George S. Stockwell
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-
1904
Charles E. Whitney
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-
1904
Raoul Bernard
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-
-
1905
William H. Broderick
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-
1905
Hervey Burnham
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-
-
1905
James M. Chace
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-
-
1905
David A. Russell
66
1905
Alfred C. Weber
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-
16
1905
Valmore A. Whitaker
66
1905
Edwin Barnard
16
1906
David Bonnar
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-
-
1906
Edwin Butterworth
-
-
1906
Charles W. Dennett
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-
-
1906
Stephen H. Fairfield
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-
-
66
1906
Charles C. Fisher
-
66
1906
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-
1906
John F. Collins
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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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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
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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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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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Cemeteries
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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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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
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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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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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