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FEET OF PIPE.
GATES.
STREETS.
G-inch.
4-inch.
2-inch.
6-inch
4-inch 2-inch
Albion -
-
222
1
1
Pleasant
-
-
1125
1
1
Charles
335
1
Warren
196
1
1
Bellevue Avenue
100
Upham
3,283
5
2
Stevens Place
216
2
1
Grove
1,366
1
1
Lynde and Linwood
2,960
3
1
Summer
701
2
1
Wyoming Ave. (East)
1,076
1
Wyoming Ave. ( West)
Chestnut
572
Mt. Vernon -
394
1
1
Winthrop Place
-
520
1
1
Belmont
376
1
High
376
1
Prospect
1,026
1
1
Essex and Lake Avc.
1.082
Avon -
-
1
422
1
Elm
-
-
-
1,057
1
Howard
272
550
1
1
Upham and Dell Ave.
3,488
2
East
534
1
Washington
-
760
2
Irving - -
387
1
Emerson Place
251
1
Seventh
288
1
Wastes 27 x 24
51
80 Plugs
-
80
Grove Street (East)
1,865
16
2
1
Emerson Street (East)
743₺
10
1
Rowe Street
422
1
Totals
16.9784 61.0813 8107
185
11
68
8
1
Winter -
-
241
-
Lebanon
2,750
Walnut
1873
3
Auburn
372
-
-
-
HYDRANTS
88
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
WATER RATES.
DWELLING-HOUSES.
Occupied by one family, for the first faucet . $6 00 For each additional faucet to be used by the same family . 2 00 When a house is occupied by more than one family and
less than four, one faucet only being used for all, for cach family 5 00
When a house is occupied by four or more families, and but one faucet is used for all, for each family . .
4 00
Where a house is occupied by more than one family, the highest rates will be charged for each family having water carried into their part of the house.
For the first water closet 5 00 .
For each additional water-closet 3 00
For hopper water closet . 8 00
For first bath-tub
5 00
For each additional bath-tub
3 00
Provided that no private house shall pay more than $25 per year.
BOARDING-HOUSES.
For the first faucet . . $10 00
For each additional faucet
.
2 00
For water-closet or bath-tub when used for boarders · 10 00
Other charges as above.
Where two faucets are used, one for hot and one for cold water, both emptying into one vessel, but one charge will be made for both.
STORES.
Occupied' as office, shop, or similar purpose . $6 00 to 20 00
For each additional faucet ·
.
. 2 50
For water-closet or urinal
.
.
·
STABLES.
For first horse
.
· $5 00
For each additional horse
.
. 3 00
For first cow .
.
.
. 2 00
For each additional cow .
.
. 1 00
6 00
89
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
FOR LIVERY, CLUB, AND BOARDING STABLE.
For first horse $5 00 ·
For each additional horse .
3 00
The above includes water for washing carriages.
Where hose is used, $5 additional.
TRUCK AND CART STABLES.
For first horse
. $5 00
For each additional horse
. 2 00
The above includes water for washing carriages.
HOSE.
For sprinkling streets, washing windows, and similar uses $3 00 When several desire to use the same hydrant for watering streets or watering gardens, sce Superintendent.
HOTELS.
For each bed for boarders and lodgers . $3 00
BATHS.
For public baths, and for each hath in any hotel . $10 00
For water-closet in public bath houses 10 00
STEAM-ENGINES.
For each stationary steam-engine working not over ten hours a day, for each horse- power $6 00
BUILDING PURPOSES.
For every cask of lime or cement used $0 05 .
ORNAMENTAL FOUNTAINS.
(Ordinarily used three hours a day for a period of not more than four months a year. )
For a jet of one-sixteenth of an inch $3 00
For a jet of one-eighth of an inch 5 00
For a jet of one- quarter of an inch . 8 00
To be cut off at the discretion of the Superintendent.
MANUFACTORIES.
And for all purposes not enumerated in the foregoing rates spe- cial contract to be made with the Water Board.
This schedule of prices was printed in a circular, and distributed among the citizens, with this additional note :-
"All parties wishing Spot-pond water introduced into their buildings will be required to sign an application for the same. A book for that purpose may be found at the Town Clerk's office."
JOSEPH D. WILDE, Water - W. IRVING ELLIS, J. R. SIMONDS, Commissioners.
90
Dr. GEORGE NEWHALL, Treasurer, in Account with Commissioners of Melrose Water Loan Sinking Fund. Cr.
1878.
To cash received as surplus from water fund for year 1873 . cash received as surplus from water fund for year 1877 .
1878. $3,635 00 Aug. 17. By paid for United States registered 41-2 per cent bonds,-Three of $1000 each ¢3000 00 500 00 One of $500
$8 16
Sept. 1, Dec. 1,
1879.
cash received as interest on bonds .
236 22
June 1,
Sept. 1,
Dec. 1,
1880.
Jan. 6,
cash received from J. D. Wilde
.
.
33 34
Mar. 1,
June 1,
cash received as interest on bonds .
157 48
Sept. 1,
bec. 1,
J
1881.
Jan.
1,
20 91
1,
interest on deposits cash received as surplus from water fund for year 1879 . .
1,203 89
$5,385 00
$5 385 00
E. and O. excepted.
GEO. NEWHALL, Treasurer, Water Loan Sinking Fund.
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
paid premium on above ·
·
.
.
.
.
.
.
1,713 88
Mar. 1,
---
$3,500 00 170 62 50
paid for cash-book . cash on hand
. .
.
.
Respectfully submitted.
Jan. 25, 1881.
TENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES
OF THE
MELROSE PUBLIC LIBRARY,
FOR THE YEAR 1880.
REPORT.
The Trustees of the Public Library present their Tenth Annual Report.
The appropriation granted at the annual town meeting has been expended in the purchase of books, selected with much care, and we believe the additions contribute largely to the usefulness of the library as a part of our system of public education.
So:ne li t'e progress has been made toward obtaining a collection of local histories. We believe that this department has been over- looked in many libraries, and that the advantage of such contribu- tions of material for history will not only be apparent in the per- manent value of the library, but will soon be realized in the demand for information obtainable from no other source.
It is desirable that the citizens of the town grant such aid as their private libraries afford to the enlargement of this collection.
We have been enabled, thanks to the kindness of H. N. Perkins, Esq., and Capt. J. R. Simonds, to complete the collection of Mel- rose Town Reports from the organization of the town to the present time. It has taken ten years to accomplish this result, our first report, issued in 1871, making urgent request for a donation of these old reports. The real value of these volumes will hardly be appreci- ated by many, yet it is undoubtedly a fact that in all our town a half dozen complete sets of reports cannot be found, nor can they be purchased with money.
Such collections of Town Reports as are in existence are in pri- vate families, and subject to loss by fire or loans to friends.
Among the donations just received, we mention. with pleasure, com- plete files of the Melrose Journal and Melrose Record, from the first issue of these papers until recent date, the gift of Major W. Irving Ellis.
These papers will soon return from the bindery in convenient shape for examination by those in search either of local items or statistics of the growth and progress of the town.
94
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Early in the year, a bulletin of the additions to the library for the previous year was printed, and freely distributed.
Another bulletin of the later additions will soon be issued, and we invite comment and criticism upon the character of the books added to our sbelves. Such criticism as reaches us ofttimes comes from those who confess that they know nothing about the library, and are really unaware what purchases have been made. We frequently find that we have on our shelves the very books which our critics think ought to be there.
The usefulness of the library has been further increased by the thorough ventilation of the room, the work being done by Mr. Charles Taylor. The improvement meets with the cordial appro . bation of all frequenters of the library.
It has been found necessary to add another line of shelves for the reception of books, and also one especially arranged for books of reference, files of newspapers, pamphlets, magazines, etc., that they may be the more accessible to the public, and at the same time have the space required by their unusual size and form.
The increase of the library will necessitate further changes dur- ing the coming year.
We annex the statistics for the year, and take this opportunity to thank our donors for their contributions. May their tribe increase.
DONATIONS. - Books.
History of Princeton, from 1739 to 1852. 1 vol. The Scientific American. 6 vols.
The Cottage Hearth. 2 vols. . . ·
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. 1 vol. ·
DONORS.
J. L. IInnaford. W. L. Williams. W. L. Williams. Alfred Bicknell.
The Bicknells. 1 vol. · Annual Reports of Town of Melrose. 3 vols. H. N. Perkins. J. R. Simonds. The Franklin Fraternity.
Papers.
The Literary World
. Daniel Jefferson.
The National Temperance Advocate. The Melrose Journal and
Complete files W. Irving Ellis. Melrose Record .
95
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Pamphlets.
Boston Public Library
Chicago
Lancaster “
66
Malden
66
1
Newton
66
1
Woburn
2
Worcester '' 66
1
Wakefield “ 66
1
Manchester (N. H.) Public Library
1
Watertown 66
1 1
Annual Report of the Comptroller of the Currency
1
.. Commissioner of Patents . Official Gazette of the U. S. Patent Office . The Tuftonian
54 9
Local Government, at Home and Abroad, R. B. Porter. 1 President's Annual Report, Tufts College. 1
A few poems. C. D. Bradlee
1
The First Half Century of the Baptist Church in Billerica. Rev. Clifton Fletcher
1
Number of pamphlets now in the library, 485.
STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1880.
Number of volumes in the library Jan. 1, 1880 4,108
Number of volumes purchased this year . 357
Number of volumes donated this year 17
374
Number of volumes in the library Jan. 1, 1881
4,482
Number of persons using the library Jan. 1, 1880
2,725
Number of cards issued this year
251
Number of cards relinquished
13
238
Number of persons using the library Jan. 1, 1881 2,963 Largest number of volumes issued in one day 456
Smallest number of volumes issued in one day 4
51
Average number of volumes issued on Mondays
96
Average number of volumes issued on Wednesdays and Saturdays .
Whole number of volumes issued in March
3,167
66 66
June
2,223
66
66
September .
. 2,140
66
66
December . 2,183
66
. this year . . 29,764
.
6
1
1
Town Reports of Malden .
1
86
·
243
.
96
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Six hundred and thirty-two books have been rebound, and eighty-nine books have been replaced, new for old.
The circulation of the library is less than last year, though it still largely exceeds that of any town library in Massachusetts comparing with Melrose either in the number of volumes or the population of the town.
The library has been open Wednesday and Saturday afternoons and evenings and Monday evenings.
The Malden Library of 6,112 volumes has a circulation of 45,702. The Melrose Library of 4,482 volumes has a circulation of 29,764.
The population of Malden as compared with Melrose is as three to one.
It may also be remarked that Malden generously opens the library every evening in the week, and also furnishes and keeps open a reading-room for the use of all alike.
Some of the citizens have spoken to your Trustees of the evident need of a reading room in Melrose. That the matter has not been lost sight of may readily be ascertained by inspecting the ten reports of the library now before you.
The room adjoining the library is at the disposal of the town, and there are enough generous-hearted citizens to supply the liter- ature needed, without calling upon the treasury for much more than the services of an assistant librarian and the expenses incident to the furnishing of the room.
The Record of the Reading Room at Malden is now in print and we commend it to your notice ; information can readily be obtained in regard to its value to the public as an adjunct of the library.
The Librarian and assistants have attended to the duties as- signed them in a manner satisfactory to the Trustees.
Some annoyance has been caused these officers from the fact that cards have been used by persons not entitled to use them, and it has sometimes been found impossible to trace the books thus circulat- ing through the town. There are some also who cause unnecessary trouble to the Librarian by returning books the day of their issue.
As ten years have now elapsed since the founding of the library, and as many cards must be out of actual use that are now outstand- ing, it is deemed best to call in all cards and issue new ones to those who wish to avail themselves of the advantages of the library.
97
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The formation of reading clubs, Chatauqua Literary Circles and other kindred societies, promises to be of great advantage to the general public in introducing courses of study among those who are of age to appreciate, and of habits of thinking to select, books of solid literary merit.
That the public library will be in more constant use and thus enlarge its sphere of beneficent work is a reasonable anticipation.
It is the purpose of your trustees to aid all such students by spreading before them various courses of reading, lists of authori- ties on subjects under public consideration, by encouraging special investigations and affording the means for pursuing favorite studies at home after leaving school.
In many towns the public library and the higher grades of schools work in unison, and the scholars are led to select books for home reading with much discrimination.
We bespeak the cooperation of parents and teachers in this effort to enlarge the usefulness of the library and make its distinctive work upon the minds and hearts of the people of Melrose a lasting memorial of the wisdom of educating the common people.
The Trustees request an appropriation of five hundredl dollars and the dog tax.
In behalf of the Trustees,
CHARLES C. BARRY, Secretary.
FREDERICK KIDDER, ) ELBRIDGE H. GOSS, -- A. A. NICHOLS, HANNAH LYNDE, CHARLES C. BARRY,
Trustees.
Dr.
The MELROSE PUBLIC LIBRARY, in Account with E. H. Goss, Treasurer.
Cr.
98
$5 17
Mar. 15.
To amt. paid Reynolds & Dunton, printing ...
$28 00
Jan. Mar. 6,
amount received from Town Treasurer, dog tax, 1879 ..
392 16
Mar. 15,
1
P. D. Meston, binding ...
133 60
15,
Librarian for fines.
64 00
Dec. 29,
5
Gen. G. T. Beauregard, books .. .
3 00 Dec. 31,
1 5
Town Treasurer, appropriation for 1880 ...
500 00
Dec.
30, 17,
--
Geo. B. Sargent, ribbons.
1 50
Apr.
13,
A. W. Lovering, books.
71 52
May 3,
Apr.
13,
Estes & Lauriat, books.
118 79
.1pr.
14,
Lee & Shepard, books.
23 51
Dec. 31,
T. Groom & Co., blank-books ..
.
2 00
Apr. 17,
66
Sull. van Bros. & Libbie, books. .
1 50
Nov.
2,
7 15
Apr. 30.
1
Carrie M. Worthen, Librarian .....
200 00
June 8,
1
Chas. Taylor, shelving, &c .. .
55 40
Dec.
18,
Ephraim Adams, books ...
6 84
June 8,
10 95
16,
D. Clapp & Son, books ... .
3 00
26, 30, 2,
Willard Small, books ..
18 64
Oct.
66
G. E. Littlefield, books ...
2 50
July 19,
5 01
Aug. 9,
G. W. Reynolds, printing ....
20 00
Sept. 13,
3 01
27.
G. W. Reynolds. books ...
3 00
27, 29,
DeWolfe. Fiske & Co., books. .
168 85
Dec. 31,
66
F. W. Barry. scrap-book ..
5 63
Der. 1,
..
Royal Ins. Co .. $2500.00 policy .... .
17 82
1.
4 00
14,
Houghton, Mifllen & Co., books .... T. Ireland. repairing clock .. .
15
29,
Eastman's Express ....
4 46
31,
P. O. Box, Jan. 1, '80 to Apr. 1, '81 ..
1 25
31,
Extra help, tag-, stamps, pens, &c.
14 35
31.
Jan. 15, 1881
Balance on hand.
$961 331
MELROSE, Jan. 15, 1881.
E. H. GOSS, Treasurer.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
$961 33
.
16 22
..
F. M. Goss, books ...
Little, Brown & Co., books ...
May
15,
Dec.
23, 1
..
G. w. Cromack. books ...
.
2 75
Nov.
6,
J. R. Osgood & Co., books.
.
1880. . 22.
1880.
By balance from account 1879.
May 26,
Mar.
C. B. Goodrich, books ...
5 50
June 12, Sept. 29,
Apr.
7,
Nov. 22,
Sept. 13,
21, 29, 1
Robert Burlen. binding.
..
.
....
Henry Brown, books ..
.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MELROSE,
FOR
THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1880.
WAKEFIELD : CITIZEN & BANNER PRESS. 1881.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE .- 1880-1881.
CLIFTON FLETCHER, Chairman. MISS P. A. NORRIS, - Secretaries.
LOUIS E. ROBSON
JULIUS S. CLARK. MRS. ANN M. KUNHARDT.
MARIETTA M. W. SEAVER. MRS. S. W. BRADBURY .* *Elected Nov. 1, 1880, Miss Norris resigning.
Amount of Salaries, $325.
TABLE.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
ELECTIONS.
S. LA- RIES.
High.
A. G. Whitman.
November, 1874 ...
$1,600
High.
Emma A. J. Bugbee ....
November, 1874 ...
800
High ... .
Annette Clark ...
August, 1880.
500
Harriet C. Fairbanks ..
November, 1880).
750
First Grammar.
Mary I. Vinton ..
March, 1880.
400
Sec. Grammar, Einerson St.
Lucy W. Bisbee
May, 1867.
550
Sec. Grammar, Centre St .....
Julia M. Porter ...
May, 1868.
550
Third Grammar. Emerson St.
Susan D. Melcher.
May. 1873.
550
Third Grannar, Centre St ...
Emma M. Cate.
October. 1×69
550
Intermediate, Centre St ......
Chastine Emerson.
May, 1864.
450
Intermediate, Vinton St ..
Alice H. Long.
September, 1877 ...
450
Intermediate, Lynde St ..
K. W. Bascom.
September, 1878 ...
450
Upper School, Green St.
Lydia Mendum.
November, 1874 ...
500
Lower School. Green St ... ..
Clara J. Nichols.
September, 1878 ...
450
Highlands (mixed).
M. A. Whitney.
September, 1878 ...
450
Uphamn Street (mixed).
Mary A. George.
May, 1880.
450
Primary, Lynde Street ..
M. M. Gilman ..
May, 1863.
450
Primary, Vinton Street ..
Hannah F. Lewis
March. 1876.
450
Primary. Centre Street ...
Grace (. Barker.
August, 1880 ..
450
Music Teacher.
C. E. Whiting.
September, 1879 ...
275
$11.075
JANITORS.
High School Building, Augustus Durant,
$275
Centre Schools, Truman Howard
175
Green Street School, Joseph Simonds,
100
Lynde Street School, Wm. F. Serrat
100
Vinton Street School, Benjamin Stones,
100
Highland School, John Singer,
50
Upham Street School, Eri Upham, .
·
$850
TRUANT OFFICERS.
Horace Cushman. Samuel L. Walton.
50
First Grammar.
REPORT.
It becomes the duty of the School Board to present to the citizens of Melrose the official report of another school year.
COMMITTEE.
For the first two months of the year we had the valuable services of Royal P. Barry and Moses S. Page. Thoroughly interested and experienced in the educational work of the town their retirement from office was deeply regretted. At the annual meeting in March, Clifton Fletcher, Julius S. Clark, Louis E. Robson and Mrs. Marietta M. W. Seaver were elected to fill vacant positions in the Board. About the first of November Miss Phoebe A. Norris, who had served the town with rare fidelity for nearly eight years, sent in her resignation. A few weeks later at a joint meet- ing of the Selectmen and School Committee, Mrs. S. W. Bradbury was elected to serve till the March meeting.
SCHOOL FUND.
At the beginning of the year there was a balance of $2,400 in the treasury. This was owing to the lapping over of the old fiscal year into the new fiscal year of two months. At the annual town meeting there was appropriated $11,000 to cover the expenses of the ten remaining months. There was, therefore, the sum of 13,400, aside from the state aid, to defray the entire expenses of the year. Out of this sum has been paid the salaries of the teachers, the janitors, the school committee, and the cost of heating the school build- ings. The expenditure has been kept within the appropria- tion and a balance left in the treasury.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The contingent fund voted by the town was $1,700 in addition to any unexpended amount of the previous year.
EXPENDITURES.
The school property of the town consists of seven school buildings, with stoves, furnaces, double windows, school- room furniture, yards, and fences. To keep this property in commendable order requires an annual draft, greater or smaller, from the contingent fund.
HIGII-SCHOOL BUILDING.
Some repairs were found imperative, to prevent bad leak- age ; to mend the place where plastering had fallen down ; to re-slate most of the blackboards; and to re-paint the outside doors and upright work that had become badly worn and defaced. Another expenditure was demanded on the principle of "preventing cruelty to children." Bitter com- plaint had frequently been made, on the part of teachers and pupils, of suffering from coldness in the First Grammar School rooms which are situated in the attic part of the building. Humanity demanded that something should be done. It would seem to border on real wickedness to com- pel sixty or seventy pupils to sit, day after day, in a chilly or frozen atmosphere. To remedy this evil a large, upright stove has been so placed as to throw its heat, in addition to the small amount that comes from the basement furnace, into both school-rooms. This will necessitate the expense of additional fuel. The extra cost, however, will be more than saved in the prevention of colds, drugs, and medical bills.
LYNDE-STREET BUILDING.
For some years the School Board had been frequently reminded of bad odor in the upper room of this building. Efforts, at different times, to ascertain the cause, had proved failures. The liability of fatal disease breaking out among
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
the children, from breathing the noxious air, continued. But the sub-committee determined, during the past summer, to discover the cause or pull down the building. Good workmen were employed, and in less than two days the mystery was solved. The small store-building in the rear had settled away, drawing off the boarding from the main building, leaving an opening, an inch wide or more, under the length of the small roof, through which the current of foul air from the cesspool found ready ingress to the upper apartment. The remedy involved a thorough righting-up, new underpinning, and the construction of a new vault. In addition to this, both the upper and lower rooms, beside the inner doors and entry-ways, were nicely grained. The greater portion of the desks, being very black and worn, were sand-papered, re-stained and varnished. Then, as the plastering on the ceiling of the lower room had partly fallen off and portions of the rest were hanging loose, it was decided to have thorough work. New laths and plastering were applied to the entire ceiling. The whole building is now in good condition, and a credit to the town.
CENTRE-SCHOOL BUILDING.
The principal outlay here was building a strong, substan- tial fence, enclosing the entire school ground lying in the rear. This ample yard is needed for the benefit and protec- tion of the primary-school children during the summer terms. Separated from the impetuous sports and rude assaults of the one hundred and twenty or more larger children, they can here enjoy free exercise, comparatively safe and un- harmed. There were some minor improvements, which we need not occupy time or space to specify.
UPIIAM-STREET SCHOOL.
A somewhat expensive, but a thoroughly good work has put these premises in excellent condition. The outside
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
painting of the building; the graining of the entire interior, including doors and entry-ways ; the renovating of the worn and begrimed desks ; the thorough painting of the extensive yard fences, so long neglected and weather-beaten, involved rather a large amount of labor and material. But under suitable care the premises will now require little expense to continue in fine condition for years to come.
OTHER BUILDINGS.
A concrete walk has been laid for the benefit of the Vin- ton-street School; additional desks and seats have been placed in several recitation rooms, and a few book-racks for the convenience of teachers. Most of the blackboards have been re-slated, and a portion of those in the primary schools lined in spaces suitable for script writing.
INCREASE OF SALARIES.
Soon after the organization of the new Board, there came urgent demands for increase of salaries. These demands were partly prompted by what was said in the last Annual Report, and partly by the return of more prosperous times. The Principal of the High School had been elected some years ago on a salary of $2,000. Hard times supervening, it was cut down to $1,800, and a year or two later to $1,500. This the Principal bore with commendable grace, under the assurance that when better times returned better pay should return. This assurance had not been forgotten, though the ones giving it had passed out of office. The question finally came to this : Shall the salary be slightly increased or shall the Principal go? Shall he go under a sense of wrong and injustice ? The right thing, we believe, was done. One hundred dollars were added to the salary. Contentment and good work was the result. A very small addition was made to the pay of a few other teachers, where justice and equality seemed to demand it. The Board believe that good and faithful work should be fairly compensated.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
By referring to the table on the second page of this report, it will be seen that, out of the roll of twenty teachers, nine receive a salary of only $450 each. Deducting $200 for forty weeks' board and washing, leaves only $250 for all other expenses. There can be, therefore, but a small mar- gin, if any, for filling the blank leaves of a savings-bank book, which every teacher should have. They must grow old and wear out just as fast, at least, as other people. After saying this, the Chairman may add that he perceives no reason now for any material increase of salaries the com- ing year.
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