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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Coal, including ashes, used during test 1,451 lbs. Area of 12". · 113.097 sq. in.
One half area of 2} rod 2.454 ‹ ‹‹
Effective area 110.643 ‹‹ ‹‹
Vacuum by gauge on condenser, 25}"
Dynamic pressure on discharge pipe. 104.612 feet.
Static head from surface of pond to centre of gange on dis- charge pipe . 14.800
Total pressure, exclusive of friction in suction pipe 119.412 feet.
51.824 lbs. Or .
U. S. gallons pumped during test of twelve hours, no allow- ance for slip . 961,160
Capacity per twenty-four hours - no allowance for slip 1,922,320
Mean revolutions per minute. 36.06
Mean number strokes 144.24
* Mean travel of both pump pistons per minute 232.25 feet.
Net horse-power.
40.35
Coal, per net horse-power, per hour 2.99 pounds. The coal here includes that necessary for driving air and feed pumps.
Coal per hour. 120.91 pounds.
Coal per square foot of grate, per hour 5.329 pounds.
Steam pressure on boiler. 80 lbs. gauge.
66 66 in chest 50 lbs. gauge.
§ Strokes { Length stroke Pressure
Area
Duty 100×25,964×4× 19.322 X 51.82 X 110,643
12
1451 coal.
66,077,919 ( foot pounds. per 100 p'ds of coal.
KNOWLES' IMPROVED, COMPOUND, CONDENSING DUPLEX, PUMPING ENGINE.
Eight" high pressure steam cylinders.
Sixteen" low 66 66
Twelve" inside plunger, water cylinders.
Eighteen" stroke.
Independent air pump and condenser, air pump 6 x 8 x 10.
No. 2. Outside plunger boiler feed pump.
One horizontal tubular boiler, 54" diameter, 16 1-6 feet long, 60 tubes 3" diameter, 15 feet long. Grate 4' -6" by 5' -0".
MANUFACTURED AND ERECTED BY THE
KNOWLES STEAM PUMP WORKS,
BOSTON, MASS.
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
REPORT OF THE
SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF IMPROVED WATER SUPPLY
FOR THE TOWN OF MELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS.
To the Town of Melrose :
Your committee, " appointed by the town on the second day of June, 1885, to contract for and cause to be made a suitable reservoir and such other enlargements, extensions, and improvements of our present water service as will give to the inhabitants of the town a full supply of water," have attended to the duties assigned them, and beg leave to submit the following report.
The committee met and organized June 4, 1885, and appointed a subcommittee to secure land for a reservoir and pumping station ; and on June II the full committee met with the Malden special water committee, consisting of their Water Board and several other citizens, to arrange for the purchase of Malden's interest in the main pipes. After repeated meetings this purchase was consummated.
In the mean time a tract of land had been purchased on Fairview Hill, two hundred and fifty feet square, with a right of way leading thereto from the Ravine road. In order to secure pure water in sufficient quantities at all times, it was thought best to avoid any location near the end of the pond. So, leaving the old gate house locality and going farther south to a point beyond the Botume place, land was purchased con - taining 12,450 feet, with a right of way leading to it from the county road, thirty feet in width. At this point, by going into the pond one hundred and fifty feet from the shore, we secured sixteen feet of water with a very clean gravelly bottom.
Early in June we engaged the services of an engineer, Percy M. Blake, to make surveys, plans, drawings, and speci- fications of the entire work ; and we immediately advertised for bids for the construction of a pumping station and
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machinery, also for the reservoir and the force main. We received four bids for furnishing the pipes for the force main of which the Gloucester Iron Works was the lowest bidder, and was awarded the contract. For building the reservoir eight bids were received; James Mitchell, of Worcester, Mass., was the lowest bidder, and received the contract. For constructing the pumping station and chimney seven bids were received ; Peter Graffam, of Malden, was the lowest bidder, and received the contract. For pumping machinery three bids were received ; the Knowles Steam Pump Works was the lowest bidder, and was awarded the contract.
Work was commenced on the reservoir and continued into December, when it was laid over until the following spring. The pumping station was erected in the fall of 1885, ready to receive the machinery. The suction pipe was laid into the pond, and most of the force main was laid before work was suspended for the winter.
Our contract with Percy M. Blake, C. E., having expired Dec. 31, 1885, by limitation, when work was resumed in the spring of 1886 it was thought best not to employ an engineer. Wm. F. Sherman volunteered to supervise the completion of the reservoir and the force mains, and W. D. Fisk volunteered to supervise the completion of the pumping plant ; and from this time the work was carried forward under their immediate inspection, with the general oversight of the whole committee.
In the early spring of 1886 work was resumed on the res- ervoir and pipe line, and later on the machinery was received and set up. Aug. 16, 1886, work being completed, the en- gines were started, the reservoir filled, emptied, and thoroughly cleaned ; and on Sept. 2 water was let on from the reservoir to the whole water works system.
The whole plant is now in excellent working condition, and capable of doing more service than was promised to the town by its committee. Credit is due to the contractor on the reservoir for his faithful and efficient services in execut- ing his contract.
The water mains and gates have been so placed and ar- ranged that the town can be supplied by direct pumping, or from the reservoir by the opening or closing of one gate.
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Malden's interest in the water mains, as heretofore existing, has been purchased as follows : -
Their two-thirds interest in 7, 170 feet of 16-inch main pipe from Spot Pond to Main Street.
Their two-thirds interest in 900 feet of 12-inch pipe from Masonic Hall to Warren Lynde's.
Their whole ownership in 3,200 feet of 12-inch pipe from Warren Lynde's to the Malden line.
Also their half ownership of about 1,000 feet of 4-inch pipe to Red Mills, with all rights, gates, and connections, gate- house and land, for the sum of $9,000.
Connections have been made with the Malden system of water works, so that, in case of emergency, either at Melrose or Malden, each may help the other. The water main laid from the pumping station to the reservoir is 12 inches in diameter, with the exception of 96 feet in length next to the reservoir, which is 14 inches in diameter. From this main pipe a con- nection of 12 inches has been made with the 16-inch main on the Ravine road.
On Thanksgiving Day tests were made by the Fire Depart- ment on the practical working of the new system as a fire ser- vice by trying hydrants at the following places : Cedar Park, Walton Park, Norrisville, Bellevue Avenue, junction of Green and Howard Streets, junction of Wyoming Avenue and Sum- mer Street. This test proved very satisfactory, showing excellent fire service for all parts of the town.
The pumping machinery consists of a Knowles duplex com- pound condensing engine, with an independent air pump and condenser, a boiler feed pump, and a 60 horse-power steam boiler made of steel. The builders of this machinery guar- anteed it to pump 60,000 gallons of water per hour, or 1,440,- coo gallons in twenty-four hours, on a piston speed of co feet per minute, and to perform a duty of 58,000,000 foot-pounds per 100 pounds of coal.
A duty test of the engines has been made, - for a report of which see copy bound herewith, - which showed them to be of a capacity exceeding that called for in the specification of your committee and the guarantee o the builders, both as
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to the amount of water which they can pump in a given length of time, and as to the economy in doing it.
By increasing the pressure on our water system, weak places in the old pipes have been found, and many breakages have occurred. None of these have happened thus far in the pipes laid by the town since the contract work of 1869 and 1870, but have been in the old pipes laid by contract previous to that time, and almost wholly in the pipes of small size.
The dimensions of the reservoir basin may be of interest, and are as follows : 94 feet square on the bottom, 145 feet square at the top, and 17 feet perpendicular depth.
We desire to call your attention to the fact that, in the re- port which laid out the work to be done, a reservoir of one million gallons' capacity was contemplated. By giving close attention to the construction, and taking advantage of every circumstance possible, we have been able to construct a reservoir of one and a half millions gallons' capacity. We have also erected a coal shed, built out a permanent embank" ment over the suction pipe to prevent the action of frost, and have guarded the same by two bank walls, have laid out and graded a road from the county road to the pumping station, and graded the grounds about the buildings without exceeding your appropriation.
We give herewith an extract from the vote of the town passed Oct. 5, 1885 : -
"And the treasurer is hereby authorized to sell or dispose of said securities at public or private sale, on such terms and conditions as he may deem proper, and the proceeds of said bonds shall be applied by the treasurer in payment of bills incurred and approved by the committee authorized by vote of the town on the 2d day of June, 1885, to contract for and cause to be made a suitable reservoir and such other en- largements, extensions, and improvements of our present water service as will give to the inhabitants of the town a ull supply of water."
The " proceeds of said sale " have amounted to $39,604.87, and the expenditures have been as follows : -
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Engineering
$1,122 90
Land and rights of way, examining titles, etc.
2,549 00
Reservoir
· 6,710 07
Suction pipe
468 87
Force main, gates, and hydrants .
6,541 07
Foundations
763 77
Pumping station .
4,466 05
Pumping engines
5,932 62
Freight and teaming
565 87
Grading
473 50
Coal shed .
283 26
Coal scales and barrow
64 87
Insurance premium on pumping station
15 00
Printing the town bonds
47 50
Sundries
93 86
Malden's interest in water mains, etc.
9,000 00
$39,098 21
Leaving an unexpended balance of 506 66
WINGATE P. SARGENT. WILBUR D. FISKE. J. R. JONES. N. D. BLAKE.
W. F. SHERMAN.
REPORT
OF THE
WATER LOAN SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
The Water Loan Sinking Fund Commissioners present the following report for the past year : -
Cash an hand Jan. 1, 1886 $15 60
Interest on investments 1,113 81
Received from Water Board, being balance due on surplus income for 1885 3,823 99
We have loaned on real estate in Melrose . 2,000 00
We have bought $2,000 Melrose High Service 4's at 105 and accrued interest . 2, 113 33
There is on deposit in Melrose Savings Bank,
pending more permanent investment . 930 07
We refer to our treasurer's statement for a full account of receipts and payments.
The present condition of your sinking fund is as follows : -
Town of Melrose, High Service 4's · $13,000 00
City of Providence 5's 1,000 00
U. S. Bonds 43's 3,500 00
Mortgages on real estate in Melrose 10,900 00
Cash in Melrose Savings Bank . 930 07
$29,330 07
Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL RUSSELL, JOHN W. FARWELL, ROYAL P. BARRY, Water Loan Sinking Fund Commissioners.
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MELROSE, Dec. 31, 1886. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
The report of the Police Department is as follows, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1886 : -
CASES BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURT.
Assaults 7 Default warrant ·
2
Assaults of officers . ·
2
Larceny .
5
Places of common resort .
3
Malicious mischief .
I
Common drunks 2 Search warrants for liquor, IO Illegal sale of liquor · I 2
Cruelty to animals . .
Disturbing the peace ·
8
Trespass
·
4
Drunks .
7
Threatening
.
3
Dipsomania
.
I Vagrancy .
· 4
Persons assisted home
6
Lodgers accommodated
. 84
Notices delivered
· 38.
Doors found unlocked
. 4
·
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK M. MCLAUGHLIN, 1
Chief of Police.
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE MELROSE PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1886.
The Trustees of the Public Library present their sixteenth annual report.
It is a pleasure to note the use that has been made of the reading-room during this first full year of its separate exist- 'ence. The librarian speaks of the fact that it is becoming gradually more useful to the scholars in our public schools, and that this year shows a large increase in the number of readers who, in looking up matters of special and permanent interest, avail themselves of the books of reference, the mag- azines and periodicals, as well as the library proper.
It is not known, perhaps, to all the townspeople that books may be taken from the library to the reading-room, for tem- porary use, and then returned to the shelves. Seventy-two persons have availed themselves of this privilege during the year.
The fear expressed by some, that the reading-room would become a mere resort for idlers, has proved unfounded. The careless and heedless find little to attract them in a room full of studious people, especially where silence reigns and order is enforced. The whole number of persons using the reading-room for this year is 9,503. The largest number in one day (Saturday), 138.
The reference library has been augmented by the pur- chase of that indispensable acquisition to all useful collections of books, "The Encyclopædia Brittanica." Twenty-one vol- umes are now in use, and the entire set will soon be placed upon the shelves.
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The attention of students is also called to " The Icono- graphic Encyclopædia of the Arts and Sciences," now in process of publication. The first volume is now ready, and the others will be placed in the reference library as fast as they come from the press.
The statistics of the library for the year 1886 are as fol- lows : -
DONATIONS.
Pamphlets.
Number of pamphlets reported last year
795
Annual report of the Boston Public Library
I
Chicago
I
66
66 66 Lancaster “ 66
I
66
Malden
I
66 66
66
Manchester, N. H., Public Library, I
I
66
66 66 Watertown
I
66
Woburn 66
I
Official Gazette of the U. S. Patent Office .
52
The Tuftonian, Tufts College 12
Report of the Maimonides Library, New York . I
Memorial Sketch of Rev. Henry B. Hooker. Mr. C. N. Chapin I
What are the French Claims on Madagascar? Mr. C. N. Chapin
I
A Discourse on the Work and Character of Ulysses S. Grant, by Prof. L. T. Townsend. Mr. C. N. Chapin
I
Madagascar, Slavery and Christianity. Mr. C. N. Chapin
I
The Narragansett Fort Fight, Dec. 19, 1675. E. H. Goss I
Dedication of Converse Memorial Building ·
I
Number of pamphlets now in library . 875
I
Holbrook “
66 Newton
118
MELROSE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Books.
Donors. Volumes.
Tenth Census of the United States .
Henry M. Lovering, M. C. 5
Atlantic Monthly . .
. Miss Cheever. 4
Popular Science Monthly .
·
. Miss Cheever. 6
Littell's Living Age
Miss Cheever. 8
The National Tribune
W. Irving Ellis. 1
Fremont the Lounger and Risler the Elder. Alphonse Daudet Daniel Jefferson. I
Six to Sixteen. J. H. Ewing ·
Juliana H. Ewing and her Books .
Daniel Jefferson. I
Stephen Nye Gifford - Memorial Vol- ume State House. 5 Scientific American . W. L. Williams. 2
Congressional Speeches - 1805-1813 . Report on the Subject of a License Law . A Manual on Schoolhouses and Cot- tages for the Freedmen .
Indian Evangelical Review . C. N. Chapin. 3
36
Through the kindness of Hon. Daniel W. Gooch, we have come into possession of his Congressional Library of nearly one thousand volumes. It covers the War and Reconstruc- tion periods in the history of the country, and is extremely valuable. As soon as it can be prepared for public use, the details will be published.
The Trustees have also received from the estate of Mr. Louis Finger some twenty-five volumes.
Reading-room. Donors.
The Home Farm
Daniel Jefferson.
Literary World . Daniel Jefferson.
North American Review William L. Williams.
The trustees extend their grateful acknowledgment to all donors.
STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1886.
Number of volumes in library, Jan. 1, 1886 . 6,559 ·
‹‹ purchased this year · 404
66 66 donated .
36
440
Number of volumes in library, Jan. 1, 1887 · 6,999
.
Daniel Jefferson. I
Mass. Historical Society. I
John C. Ropes. I
, E. W. Hooper. I
119
MELROSE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Number of persons using library, Jan. 1, 1886
2,199
" cards issued this year . 389
66
relinquished 37
352
Number of persons using library, January, 1887 2,55 I Largest number of volumes issued in one day 428
Smallest "
in one day
54
Average
Mondays .
86
Saturdays .
333
Whole number
March
2,514
May .
2,608
66
November . 2,498
66 66
December . 2,282
28,952
43
rebound “
678
The library has been open Wednesday and Saturday after- noons, and Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evenings for one hundred and forty-five days.
It was closed for several days, while repairs were being made, and also on legal holidays.
The reading-room has been open every evening during the week (exceptions stated), and also Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. It has been closed on all legal holidays and on the evenings when the School Board holds its regular meeting.
The librarian and assistants have found their labors consid- erably increased during the year, but have attended to their duties with fidelity, and have received from the patrons uni- formly courteous treatment.
Miss Carrie M. Worthen, Librarian.
Rosa May Gibbons,
Rosa May Silver, Assistants.
Meldon A. Merrill,
Though your Trustees have enlarged the shelf-room of the main library repeatedly, it will be necessary to consider seri-
Whole number of volumes issued this year Books replaced this year (new for old)
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ously a still further enlargement, as the unoccupied shelves will undoubtedly be completely filled during the first half of the year 1887.
It will also be necessary for the Trustees to publish a cata- logue of all books added to the library within four years, as the editions of both the recent bulletins are exhausted, and the additions of last year have never been printed.
The expense of the catalogue is now being estimated.
In endeavoring to keep pace with the vigorous and health- ful growth of the town, and to maintain the library as an educational centre, the Trustees crave the assistance of the citizens, both in a critical examination of the present library, and in suggestions and plans for its future growth and devel- opment.
There seems to be no reason, in the presence of a rare opportunity, why some generously disposed person should not erect a public library building at his or her own expense, and, with certain limitations, in his or her own way.
This opportunity now presents itself as a necessity of the immediate future, and is commended to the attention of the well disposed, in the hope that the seed of a happy thought may bring forth as its fruit " a good deed well done."
The Melrose Public Library, under the provisions of the Public Statutes of Massachusetts, is an institution of the town of Melrose ; and the town is authorized to "receive, hold, and manage any devise, bequest, or donation for the establish- ment, increase, or maintenance of any such library."
For the year 1887, the Trustees request an appropriation for the library and reading-room of seven hundred and fifty dollars and the dog tax.
Respectfully submitted in behalf of the Trustees,
CHARLES C. BARRY, Secretary.
ELBRIDGE H. GOSS, THOMAS B. PECK, CHARLES C. BARRY, RUBY F. FARWELL, HANNAH LYNDE,
Trustees.
.
THE MELROSE PUBLIC LIBRARY
1886.
DR.
Mch. 9, 2 19,3
To cash paid A. H. Roffe & Co., subscriptions
$122 24
Mch. 9,
C. J. Bell, subscription 4 33
Mch. 9, !
Library Bureau, library fixtures
63 50
Mch. IO, « De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., books .
303 92
Mch. IO,
66
C. C. Morse & Son, books 3 25
¥ 10, 2 16, 5
66 " G. F. King & Merrill, stationery
7 10
Mch. IO,
G. W. Cromack, books
4 50
Mch. IO,
66
66 Eben Smith, frame
6 00
¥
10, 2
66
66
P. D. Meston, binding
113 40
Sept. 4, 5
Mch.
IO,
66
McConnell Bros., books
16 00
66
66
A. O. Crane, books
7 00
66
W. C. Winslow, books
5 25
Dec.
31,
Mch.
20, 1
66
W. L. Williams, printing .
55 00
Oct.
8,5
66
Library Journal
5 00
Apr. 5,
5, 3
66 Miss C. M. Worthen, librarian .
296 25
Dec. 31,5
Apr.
5,
66
E. E. Babb & Co., books . 4 45
Sept. 30, 5
Apr.
5, 2
66
Dec.
31, 5
Apr.
16,
¥
22,
66
Lawrence, Wilde & Co., curtains
13 13
May
22,
66
J. B. Holmes, books .
3 50
66
66
B. M. Currie, books .
3 75
66
T. O. H. P. Burnham, books
: 50
Dec.
23,
June
II, (
66
66 Mass. Hist. Society, books 5 50
Oct.
15,5
66
G. B. Sargent, stamp ribbons
2 50
66
66
E. A. Capen, books
14 25
Dec.
12, 1 I, S
66
H. W. Upham, binding
67 55
July
16,
66
Wm. Morss, shelving
62 31
Sept. I,
66
S. F. Oliver, gas piping
8 50
Aug. 6,
66
T. Ireland, repairing clock
I 50
"
25, 18,
66
T. W. Ripley & Co., printing
6 00
L. T. Freeman, moving books
II 60
Oct.
I,
Little, Brown & Co., books
, 25
Nov.
29,
66
66 G. L. Westgate, insurance .
37 50
Dec. 6,
Babb & Stephens, printing .
2 25
66
J. Tew, books
2 75
27,
L. A. Morrison, books
I 75
31,
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books
16 50
Mch.
9, 2
66
P. O. box, paper, mucilage, glass, eraser, etc. 16 91
Dec.
31, 5
Balance on hand
7 41
$1,541 30
12, 1 66
66
Locke's Express
2 15
Mch.
20,
66
66
E. Paul, frescoing
84 00
O. E. Drown, janitor . 108 75
J. Munsell's Sons, books .
3 12
66
C. F. Libbie & Co., books
10 87
22,
22,
22,
66
U. S. War Department, books
3 26
July
6, IO,
Eastman's Express
4 95
Sept.
18,
28,
Interstate Publishing Co., books
6 60
24,
66
31,
Cupples, Upham & Co., 5 00
2 50
Torrey, Bright & Capen, mat
10,
12,
12,
Sept.
Aug. 30,
Oct. 8, 5
June
22,
IN ACCOUNT WITH E. H. GOSS, TREASURER. 1886.
CR.
Jan. I, Balance from account, 1885 .
$1 38
Mch. 9, By cash from town treasurer, dog tax, 1885
698 40
May 22, 1
66
Oct. 6, 5
66 librarian, fines
78 47
Dec. 31, 5
catalogues
13 05
$1,541 30
STATEMENT OF THE HORATIO NELSON PERKINS FUND. 1886. DR. Jan. 14, 3 To cash paid G. P. Putnam's Sons, books . Dec. 30, 5 1887.
· $20 00
Jan. I, Balance on hand .
515 80
$535 80
1886.
CR
Jan. I, By balance in Melrose Savings Bank .
$515 50
interest to Jan. I, 1887 . 20 30
$535 80
Respectfully submitted,
E. H. GOSS, Treasurer. MELROSE, January I, 1887.
appropriation
750 00
June 19, 3
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MELROSE,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1886.
PRESS OF T. W. RIPLEY, 138 CONGRESS STREET, BOSTON.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
1886-1887.
ORGANIZATION.
THOMAS W. RIPLEY -
Chairman.
MRS. S. W. BRADBURY -
- Secretary.
MRS. A. K. MILLER
- - Supply Agent.
COMMITTEE.
MRS. S. W. BRADBURY -
-
Term expires
1887. 1887.
S. R. WINCHELL -
1888.
MRS. A. K. MILLER - -
66
66 I888.
MRS. A. B. P. WATERHOUSE -
66
66 1889.
MR. C. F. LORING -
66
66
1889.
-
-
66
-
-
-
-
66
66
THOMAS W. RIPLEY
-
*
To the Citizens of Melrose : -
Your Committee, in submitting their Report for the past year, congratulate you that our schools are in so flourishing a condition. While they see that there is much need of improvements, - which will, no doubt, be cared for by your generous financial support from year to year, - we may still feel a just pride in our Public Schools.
Five new buildings have been erected during the past three years, including the substantial brick structure on Vinton Street and a pleasant building on Swain's Pond Avenue, which will be referred to more particularly in a subsequent part of this report.
SUPERINTENDENT.
The necessity for a Superintendent of Schools becomes each year more apparent as new schools are added, and more supervision becomes necessary. With twenty-five schools, a corps of twenty-nine teachers, and nine janitors, with books and supplies to be bought, distributed, and cared for, there is ample work for a superintendent.
To get the best results, there must be a head in educa- tional as well as in business enterprises. With a judicious choice of a Superintendent, our teachers would feel that they had some one at hand on whom they could readily call for advice and support in instructing and disciplining their pupils ; thereby enabling them to do better and more satis- factory work, and relieving the Committee of much personal responsibility and labor. This question is an imperative one, and the citizens will have to meet it and act upon it at the Town Meeting in March.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
SCHOOL FUND.
Appropriation .
$18,000 00
Cash from State
64 49
Cash, tuition non-resident children
23 50
$18,087 99
Expended.
Teachers' salaries
$14,845 00
Janitors' 66
1,192 47
Committees
325 00
Agent's salary
125 00
Fuel .
1,227 53
$17,715 00
Balance
$372 99
SCHOOL CONTINGENT ACCOUNT.
Appropriation
$2,500 00
Books, etc.
1,250 00
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