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REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
to scatter out into the farming districts would be the true remedy for the difficulty of self support for the working classes ; and we would recommend to every laboring man in this town, to borrow or lease a small piece of land on which to employ the leisure time he · is sure to have from the odd jobbing which is now his sole depend- ence. Drive the ploughshare through the lands lying useless in our suburbs, and through the corner lots "that are waiting for a rise," and it will give to each poor family in this town a vegetable crop that will go far towards its support for the year.
The whole number who have received more or less aid for the past year, has been one hundred and sixty-six. Of this number twenty-six are adult males and forty-five are adult females. The remaining ninety-five are children who are dependent upon the above for support.
Of those aided, one hundred and twenty-six have legal settle- ments in this town.
Twenty-three have no known settlements and are marked to the State. Seventeen are cases acknowledged by other towns and cities.
There are five in the Hospital for the Insane, an increase of one this year.
The number who have been fully supported for the year is six- teen. There have been five hundred and thirty-one tramps lodged in the lock-up, which is double the number of any preceding year. As this evil is increasing, we would respectfully suggest to those citizens who are always hospitable and kindly disposed towards the unfortunate, that to feed tramps when they apply is really a mis- applied charity, which encourages indolence, and calls them into town in greater numbers.
It will be seen that the department is growing more important each year, which is liable to continue with the general depression of business throughout the country ; and that we must be prepared to meet the poor and needy though they be in increased numbers, in the kindly spirit which we would desire to be shown to us in like circumstances. While we regret that there has been an overdraft
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from the treasury, we repeat that we are conscious of having done our duty under the law, not only to those aided, but to those who are taxed for it.
ARMORY.
Our last report closed pending the decision of the Committee on Claims, at the State House, upon our petition for the reimburse- ment of the sum of $343.40 deficit in Armory rent.
We are now able to report that our claim was allowed by the committee, and the money paid over to our treasurer.
WIDENING OF FRANKLIN STREET.
At the last annual meeting the sum of $300.00 was appropriated for the widening of this street, opposite the head of Vinton street. The greater part of this work is accomplished only by blasting of solid rock, necessarily a slow process, and one that does not give such prolific results as the mere excavating of earth embankments.
The contract was given to A. W. Lynde, by the days' work, and from careful observation, we are satisfied that the money was faith- fully expended, and the most possible work done for the appropria- tion.
We would recommend that not less than $300.00 be appropriated for a continuance of the work.
WIDENING OF FOREST STREET.
On the first of May last, an order was received from the County Commissioners, compelling us to widen Forest street from the Malden line to its terminus, to conform to the width already built by the town of Malden. Proposals were invited and the contract awarded to P. R. Ellis, the lowest bidder, for $385.00. Extra filling, not called for by the contract, carried the amount to $400.00. The work was done to the acceptance of all parties and will require an appropriation to meet the expense.
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FUEL FOR TOWN PURPOSES.
Encouraged by the saving of expense in former years by reason of inviting competition for furnishing fuel to be used by the town in all its departments, the contract was awarded the past year to Messrs. Bugbee & Barrett, the lowest bidders, who have furnished the best coal at a price which defied competition.
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.
In accordance with the new statute, we have caused to be pre- pared a Register of all the legal voters of the town with their names in full, occupation, and the street in which they reside, so that hereafter all names must first be placed upon the Register. This requirement was evidently intended to prevent fraudulent voting in cities, and its tendency is to the purification of the ballot, but in our well regulated and quiet community, where every citizen is jealous of the purity of the ballot, it seems to be an unnecessary adjunct.
STATE AID.
During the dark days of the Rebellion, as an incentive to recruit- ing, it was promised those that enlisted that their families should be cared for.
We have endeavored to afford the promised relief to all who come within the provisions of the rule laid down for our guidance.
So far as we have been able, this promise has been inviolably kept, and the State has cheerfully refunded the amount.
PERAMBULATION OF TOWN LINES.
On the 7th of May last we met the Selectmen of Malden and made a thorough inspection of the bounds and monuments marking the line separating the towns. We found them all in position, and properly marked, as will appear more fully in the joint report on file in the Town Clerk's office.
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TOWN HALL BUILDING.
No town can boast of better accommodations, either for the purposes of a public hall, or for offices for its officers. With the return of better times there will be a greater demand for the Hall, and, consequently, increased receipts. Every department of the town is now in possession of comfortable quarters within its walls. During the year the trusses in the roof which had shrunk some, have been firmly set and materially strengthened. This building is the pride of, and ornament to, the town ; but, in our judgment, will never be complete until its grounds are properly grassed, and good concrete walks encircle it within its folds. We think the town should set an example to others, by beautifying and making passable the grounds and approaches to its own public buildings.
DRAINAGE.
We have caused L. pond brook to be cleaned out its entire length, and all obstructions removed ; besides this, several smaller jobs have been attended to in different portions of the town, all looking to the relief of those who have suffered from defective drainage.
ADDITIONAL STREET LIGHTS.
The following additional street lamp posts have been set and and the lamps on them kept lighted during the year :
Vinton street, nearly opposite C. H. Isburgh.
Herbert corner of Myrtle.
Florence opposite Hurd street.
Main 66 near Mary Lynde's residence.
Summer 66 " C. C. Goss' residence.
Poplar
" Harry Hunt's.
Franklin
opposite Gen. Boyd's.
Baxter 66
Mr. White's.
Lebanon 66 corner Third.
Of these posts, the first named five are iron and the rest are wood.
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HIGHWAYS.
By a vote at the annual meeting, the Selectmen were made sur- veyors of highways ; in performance of this duty we made a con- tract with Mr. James Marshall, as overseer, to have charge of the laborers, and to report at every regular meeting of the board ; by so doing we have been kept advised of the locality of work done, and are able to say that a full equivalent has been received for every dollar expended.
We believe that good streets and sidewalks are the elements that are more needed at the present time than aught else, to sustain the good impressions that are being made by those who come among us ; it is a real luxury to drive over a well kept street, and a still greater luxury in wet and muddy weather to find a good concrete walk beneath our feet. We hope that in the immediate future more attention will be paid these improvements, for in no other way can a small amount be expended yearly to so good an advan- tage to the town.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
This department is in good condition, working in perfect harmony, with good apparatus. We have been highly favored during the past year, no fires of any considerable importance having occurred. All alarms have been promptly responded to. The coolness and good judgment of our firemen in the management of fires has not only won the confidence of our citizens, but, together with our good facilities for obtaining water, has materially reduced the rates of insurance.
TOWN BY-LAWS.
We were in hopes to have been able to print the new By-Laws as amended, in this report, but they have been returned disapproved by the Superior Court, on account of the section in relation to truancy.
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STREET LIGHTS.
Next to good streets and sidewalks probably there is no greater luxury than well lighted streets. Crime seeks the cover of dark- ness, and good lights are, in a great measure, a preventative of crime. The Globe Gas Light Co., of Boston, have been furnishing our light for the past five years in a satisfactory manner. There is no system of lighting entirely free from complaint ; but when we consider the economy, the quality of the light, the care of the lamps, the efforts to please always distinguishing the management of this company, we feel constrained to say that we know of no way whereby the town can be better served than by a continuance of the present system.
NEW HOSE HOUSE.
The Selectmen were appointed a committee to provide comfortable quarters for Wyoming Hose Co., No. 2.
In accordance with the provisions of the above vote, we have fitted up, in good style, rooms in the northerly portion of Masonic building on Main street. In this new location the company get a good start in any direction, and appreciate the change.
We have taken a lease of these premises from L. W. Gilman, for the term of five years from April 1, 1877, at the rate of $150 per annum.
SUITS.
The case of Malden v. Melrose, for the support of the Waitt Bros., paupers, was reached at the close of the March term of the Superior Court. The jury, by direction of the Court, found a ver- dict for the town of Melrose (defendant). The plaintiff's counsel carried it to the Supreme Court on points of law, which were fully argued at the January law term of the Supreme Court. At this writing no opinion has been given by the Court.
The case of David L. Taylor v. the town of Melrose, for defec- tive drainage, was tried at the June term of the Superior Court.
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The trial lasted nearly four days and was exhaustive in character. The verdict was for the town of Melrose (defendant).
On the 29th of October was commenced the case of George Wm. Phillips, administrator of the Dyer Estate v. the towns of Melrose, Malden, Boston and Maine R. R., for damages caused by the re- moval of the dam at Malden, for the purpose of drainage. This case was tried before a sheriff's jury, in the Court House at Cam- bridge, and lasted five days, resulting in a disagreement of the jury.
A second trial of the case was ordered for Dec. 27. A new jury was empanelled and considerable new evidence introduced. Every point in the case was closely contested and ably argued. The ver- dict was for the defendants.
This case, which has been before the Courts, County Commis- sioners and town meetings for so many years, has at last, let us hope, reached a final conclusion, the justice of which is apparent to every body at all conversant with the facts.
The case of G. L. Williams, assignee of D. L. Taylor v. town of Melrose, came up at the December term.
The cause of this action was substantially the same as in the previous case of Taylor, the only difference being that damages were asked for a period covering the time between the years 1871- 74 prior to the bankruptcy of Taylor. The counsel for the town filed a demurrer to the plaintiff's declaration, which was sustained by the Court and judgment given for the town, defendant, thus closing the last case against the town and leaving it entirely free from litigation, so far as we are aware.
These cases have required no little of our time and attention to bring them to so satisfactory a conclusion. In every case, it will be noticed, that we have been acting on the defence, never being the aggressor. We have tried to do for the town what we should individu- ally have felt compelled to do under like circumstances for our- selves, and are satisfied that our labor has not been in vain.
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Col. F. S. Hesseltine, counsel for the town, deserves mention for the earnest and successful manner in which he conducted all of the above cases.
CONCLUSION.
It will be found by an examination of the report that our finances are in the best possible condition.
Every appropriation, if we except the poor, who must be fed, and possibly the highway, will be found with credits to their account - and this with very much reduced amounts appropriated. We have endeavored by every means in our power to reduce the expendi- tures to meet the appropriations, and should have accomplished our purpose but for the severity of the times and the necessary increase of the number who have a legal claim for support.
The severe snow storm in February required prompt and decisive action in the clearing of the streets and sidewalks, and was quite expensive in its results, carrying the highway account possibly a little over the amount appropriated.
No amount having been appropriated for the fitting up of the new Hose House, the whole amount, $215.67, has been paid out of the contingent fund, as was also a claim of $75.00 of the city of Newton, for the care of the family of Geo. G. Corson, sick with small-pox during the year 1873, a claim contracted before any of the present board entered upon their term of service.
We feel that our town is now on the high road to prosperity ; each year finds its debt reduced, and consequently its interest account growing less. Our taxes have been reduced from $16 per thousand to $12.50 in the last three years, while the valuation has also decreased 20 per cent. upon buildings ; this is indeed a credi- ble showing, and may be still further improved upon with care in making the appropriations. Being situated but seven miles from Boston, with every facility of travel, the greater portion of the town nestling beneath its many hills, clad with verdure and beauty, populated with more than an average of intelligence and culture, with almost every improvement that the times demand, with a low
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rate of taxation, and a healthy desire for every needed improve- ment, it seems as if nothing could now stop our onward march, to take our place among the first, in all that goes to make us a model town of this old Commonwealth.
Respectfully submitted,
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WALTER BABB, H. G. FIELDS, N. D. BLAKE, Selectmen of Melrose.
MELROSE, March 1, 1878.
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
During the year we believe our town has been free from conta- gious disease, if we except the run of scarlet fever last spring, against the spread of which every precaution necessary was taken.
One of the greatest causes of complaint during the year has been a desire to keep swine as far away as possible from the premises of the owner, without any regard as to whose windows the " pig-pen " might happen to be located under. In many cases the very worst possible location has been selected, giving color to the charge (in some cases) that it had been purposely done to annoy neighbors. In all such cases we have provided a remedy, and would suggest to parties that to save trouble much care should be taken in these matters. In the hot summer months the pens should be kept clean and sweet, which can be done with a little labor, and thus remedy what has proved to be one of the greatest causes of complaint during the year.
The above remarks will apply to the location of privies, against which some complaint has been made. Feeling that every citizen should take a deep interest in everything that pertains to the sani- tary condition of the town, and that it is only necessary to point out the hindrances thereto, to be exempt from further complaint, . we leave the subject here, hoping that those who come after may be saved trouble in this direction.
Respectfully submitted,
NATHAN D. BLAKE, WALTER BABB, H. G. FIELDS,
Board of Health.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
Statistics of Births, Marriages and Deaths, in the Town of Melrose, during the year 1877.
BIRTHS.
MARRIAGES.
DEATHS.
January,
7
2
4
February,
4
-
2
March,
5
9
April,
5
3
6
May,
6
3
4
June,
10
2
8
July,
10
1
3
August,
10
-
.
September,
6
3
3
October,
7
2
2
November,
13
9
1
December,
5
6
5
-
-
88
31
55
BIRTHIS.
Number registered
Of the above number
88 were born in Melrose. 10 were born in other places.
Born of American parents
66
66 foreign
19
American father and foreign mother ·
4
foreign father and American mother
9
98
All of the children in town born in December, 1876, and Janu- ary, 1877, are males, number being 14. All born in May, 1877, are females, number being 6.
Average of one birth to 45 inhabitants.
98
8
.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
INTENTIONS OF MARRIAGES RECORDED.
Whole number of couples
31
Both parties residing in Melrose
18
But one party residing in Melrose
13
MARRIAGES.
Whole number
31
Less than last year
1
Both parties American
29
Parties American and foreign
2
31
First marriage of persons
50
Second 66
66
11
Third 66 66
1
62-31 couples.
Age of oldest person married, 63 years. 66 youngest " . 66 18 “
DEATHS.
Whole number
·
57
Less than last year
4
Males, (married)
4
Females, "
13
Widows .
9
Widowers
2
Males, (single)
13
Females, "
14
55
Number of dogs licensed in Melrose during the year 1877, 238.
Amount of money paid to County Treasurer as required by law, to be refunded to the town and expended for Public Library, $470.40.
JOHN LARRABEE,
Town Clerk.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN MELROSE, 1877.
AGE.
DATE OF DEATH.
NAMES.
Years.
Months.
Days.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH.
January 18.
Arthur E. Damon
19
·
18.
Mary Elizabeth Symonds
·
25
11
18
25.
Ward Keyes
4
4
22
28.
Sarah Maria Conway
13
11
6
February 7.
Emma F. Wetherell
35
7
N. H.
Croupous Pneumonia.
Heart Disease.
66
21.
Mary Ann Hayes
47
Ireland.
Pleuro Pneumonia.
Marclı 2.
Arthur G. Lerned
.
2.
Barbara Rice
69
Boston.
8.
·
65
11
8
Portland, Mc.
8.
Mary Alice Mason
4
3
3
Boston.
Scarlatina.
Indigestion and Eclampsia.
13.
Clara L. Kastner
.
17.
George H. Simmons
40
4
Charlestown.
Susie C. Roe
39
11
Boston.
April 2.
Martin Leavitt
52
1
Hingham.
Bright's Disease.
3.
Catherine E. Smith
·
36
11
24
Nelson, N. H.
Endocarditis.
Burn.
19.
Caroline A. Green
68
2
13
Boston.
Ovarian Tumor.
Mary A. Burgess
70
2
Fairfax, Me.
29.
Elizabeth Frances Fitzhenry
1
2
May 7.
Harriet L. Wheeler
45
14.
William R. Dowd
12
14
64
9
14
Boston.
Heart Disease.
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
Injury by fall.
Pyemia and Uremia. Diphtheria.
Heart Disease.
12.
Harriet E. Krantz
75
.
10
3
Melrose.
Rachitis.
Hypermæmia of Brain.
Angeline Collins John Turner
.
56
6
8
Ireland.
13.
1
11
Melrose.
2
Plebitis umbilical veins.
Heart Dis. and Congestion.
26.
Sarahı B. Lovejoy
Ovarian Cystis.
14.
Cecilia Martha Hoffman
.
2
20
Melrose.
24.
Dropsy of Brain.
Uterine Cancer.
Heart Disease.
Congestion of Brain.
20.
Hattie L. Burnham ·
31.
Eliza B. Porter .
.
.
Westbrook, Me. Charlestown. Melrose.
·
.
·
Cancer of stomach.
Melrose. Malden. Melrose.
20
Pneumonia. Tuberculosis.
28.
June 2.
John Hawkins
104
11
6 Ireland.
Matilda H. Hamilton .
51
23
8
10
Bucksport, Me. Medford.
John W. Colligan Hugh Gilligan, Jr.
13. 16.
Elizabeth Jessie Zappey
Wiscasset, Me.
25.
William H. Sears
·
7
9
19 Melrose.
26.
Mary W. Tay
29.
Disease of Liver.
July 1.
Cancer.
17.
Ann Julia Quimby
Heart Disease.
66 31.
Marian C. Gage .
63
1
14
Boston.
Scrofula.
August 1.
14.
Lewis Maxwell Mason Delia Kelly
5
5
12
Scarlet Fever.
66
18.
Meningitis.
21.
Martha J. Grundy
59
11
16
Hingham.
Chro. Infl. Bowels & Spleen
26.
Elbridge Gardner
26
10
9
Ireland.
Typhoid Fever.
Daniel E. Coleman
69
8
Brewster.
Albuminuria.
31.
Joseph Crocker
24
5
Newburyport.
Tuberculosis Pulmonalis.
Sept. 11.
22
Boston Highlands.
Canker.
12.
Louisa Hathorn Goss .
70
7
28
Sutton, N. H.
13.
Susan K. Andrews
83
4
No. Malden. Hill, N. H.
Heart Disease.
25.
Abigail Fountain
60
Boston.
Suicide. Cancer.
Dec. 13.
Sarah A. Lynde . Alice Gertrude Barrelle
1
2
5
Philadelphia, Pa.
Burn, Erysipelas.
17.
Liver Complaint.
66
25.
Sarah A. Penney
2
10
20
Diphtheria.
Charles Barrett . ·
73
11
28
No. Malden.
Bright's Disease.
Harry M. Holnies ·
5
8
17
Melrose.
Diphtheria.
·
6
12
Boston. Melrose.
Dropsy of Brain. Consumption. Scarlet Fever. Burn.
Temperance Holbrook Lucinda Taylor
74
1
60
4
6
Malden.
.
40
23
Vermont.
Elizabeth S. Holbrook
62
11
15
Melrose.
Cholera Infantum.
19.
Richard B. Holmes
1
1
Diarrhea and Chol. Inf.
27.
Mary Elizabeth Daniels
1
Capillary Bronchitis.
October 14.
William Lynde .
73
Nov. 19.
Charles H. Cushing
68
26
No. Malden.
22.
Albert Upham ·
55
9
21
No. Malden.
28.
29.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
Old age. Cancer. Drowned. Cerebral convulsions.
·
10
.
29
Wellfleet.
Halifax, N. S.
8
Apoplexia.
6. 10.
APPROPRIATIONS, 1877.
APRIL 3.
Support of the poor
$3,500 00
Contingent fund
800 00
Interest on town debt
9,000 00
Reduction of town debt
6,000 00
Deficiency in school contingent, (1876)
550 00
School contingent
1,200 00
Schools, including salaries of committee
12,500 00
Insurance on public buildings
300 00
Deficiency, water construction
1,527 00
Water maintenance, including salaries of commissioners,
1,500 00
Water, (for the use of the town)
2,000 00
Highways, culverts and sidewalks
2,200 00
Fire Department
2,200 00
Lighting streets .
1,500 00
Public Library, Dog-Tax and
400 00
Additional street lamps
150 00
Drainage
200 00
Salaries of Town Officers
1,880 00
Franklin street
300 00
Police
200 00
Decoration Day
200 00
$48,107 00
NOVEMBER 6.
The Treasurer was authorized to borrow the following sums, for the purposes named, the same to be assessed in the taxes of 1878.
Counsel fees and expenses of suits
$542 33
School contingent
800 00
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APPROPRIATIONS, 1877.
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Selectmen, each $200, - the member of the Board having charge of the town poor, $50 additional.
Town Clerk
$175 00
Town Treasurer
275 00
Assessors, each
$150 00 ·
Water Commissioners, each
50 00
School Committee, each
50 00
The chairman of the Board, additional
25 00
Collector, ¿ of one per cent. on the amount of taxes collected and paid over to the Treasurer.
Auditors, each 15 00
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EXPENSES OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Paid Teachers' Salaries to March 1, 1878.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Alonzo G. Whitman, 16 weeks, at $1,800 per annum . $720 00
24
1,600
. 960 00
Mary L. Charles, 16 66 1,000
400 00
24 66 900
66 540 00
Emma A. J. Bugbee, 16
700
. 280 00
66
66
24 66
650
60 390 00
$3,290 00
FIRST GRAMMAR.
Frances H. Turner, one year, at $1,000 per annum . $1,000 00
SECOND GRAMMAR (EMERSON STREET).
Lucy W. Bisbee, 16 weeks, at $700 per annum $280 00
24 " 6 .
360 00
Emeline Porter, services as assistant . 44 00 . .
Annie R. Lecraw, "
. 12 00
$696 00
SECOND GRAMMAR (CENTRE).
Julia M. Porter, 24 weeks, at $600 per annum . $360 00
THIRD GRAMMAR (EMERSON STREET).
Julia M. Porter, 16 weeks, at $600 per annum
$240 00
Susan D. Melcher, 24 « “ 550 330 00
$570 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
THIRD GRAMMAR (CENTRE).
Emma M. Cate, 16 weeks, at $600 per annum
$240 00
6 24 “ 550
330 00
CENTRE INTERMEDIATE.
Chastine Emerson, 16 weeks, at $550 per annum 60 66 24 .. . 500 66
$220 00
300 00
$520 00
LYNDE STREET INTERMEDIATE.
Louise P. Arnold, 16 weeks, at $550 per annum $220 00
66 66 66
24 66 500 66
300 00
$520 00
VINTON STREET INTERMEDIATE.
Mary E. Norris, 16 weeks, at $550 per annum . $220 00
Hannah F. Lewis, 24 " " 450 .
270 00
1
$490 00
CENTRE PRIMARY.
Sarah E. Pratt, 16 weeks, at $550 per annum
$220 00
24 " “6 500
300 00
$520 00
LYNDE STREET PRIMARY.
Mary M. Gilman, 16 weeks, at $550 per annum . $220 00
66 66 66 66 “$ 500 .
300 00
VINTON STREET PRIMARY. 1
Hannah F. Lewis, 16 weeks, at $550 per annum . $220 00
Alice H. Long, 24
66 “ 400 66 240 00 .
$460 00
UPHAM STREET (MIXED ) SCHOOL.
Susan D. Melcher, 16 weeks, at $550 per annum . $220 00
Caroline E. Southwick, 24 “
" 400 240 00
$460 00
4
$570 00
24
$520 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
GREEN STREET (MIXED) SCHOOL.
Lydia Mendum, 16 weeks, at $550 per annum $220 00 66 66 24 ". " 500 66 300 00 .
$520 00 HIGHLAND (MIXED) SCHOOL.
Etta W. Kilbreth, 16 weeks, at $550 per annum
$220 00
Etta W. Hallowell, 24 " 500 66 300 00
$520 00
MUSIC.
1
Mrs. G. N. Boardman, services one year . $300 00
PAID JANITORS FOR SERVICES TO MARCH 1, 1878.
Augustus Durant
$275 00
Orice K. Stebbins
300 00
Benjamin Stones
100 00
Joseph W. Simonds
50 00
Arthur L. Upham
50 00
George W. Wyman
27 08
John Singer,
22 92
$825 00
FUEL.
E. Keyes & Son, coal
$526 82
John McCarty, charcoal
10 00
Aiken & Woodard, charcoal
4 00
S. E. Benson, coal
5 25
$546 07
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
S. A. Ranlett, services
$25 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECAPITULATION.
Teachers' salaries
. $11,316 00
Janitors' services
825 00
Fuel .
546 07
Committee
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