City of Melrose annual report 1885-1889, Part 31

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It is in this field that the teacher works, and it is a work of the deepest and most important character. It is a work not to be entered upon as one decides to learn a trade or go to work in a store, but it demands the consecration and devotion to duty of the highest and noblest of callings.


It should never be a mere wage-earning occupation, and those who are engaged in it only as a matter of business, must fail of the highest success. So must all those who measure their results chiefly by the accumulation of facts in the minds of their pupils, or by their per cent. in the ex- aminations.


The good teacher makes the school a pleasant place, be- cause she is pleasant in looks, in manners, in speech and in disposition.


She makes it a pleasant place because she is continually thinking of the good, and happiness of her pupils, and de- vising means to develop the former and to increase the latter.


She doesn't need to tell her pupils this; they know it as the flower knows the sun and turns to it for light and warmth.


She doesn't irritate the pupils by being irritable and out of sorts, and consequently nearly all the days are sunny.


She does not make the pupils feel that her work is a bur- den, and that she would far rather be in other society.


She does't snub them because they are children, nor does she try to make them feel that they are not as good as "grown up folks," for she doesn't feel that way.


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


There is a warm place in her heart for every one of them, and especially for those to whom the hearts of others per- haps may have grown cold.


Such a teacher will never make any pupil feel that she has a dislike to him and thus lose all influence for good over him, but she will make him feel his own mistakes and follies.


She will bear in mind the fact that many a rogue has a sensitive, tender heart, that harsh sarcasm pierces as with a knife and makes a wound that may never heal.


She will be extremely careful in making accusations of wrong-doing or wrong-speaking in cases about which there is any room for doubt, knowing that there is nothing that so rankles in a child's heart, as a sense of injustice, and of un- fair treatment.


The good teacher will ever be on the alert to seize on new methods of teaching, and fresh illustrations; her enthusiasm for her work will be a perennial spring, always bubbling up in a clear and steady stream, not subject to temporary stag- nation, nor sluggish in its flow.


The good teacher always remembers that "true education is the formation of character ; and character is the outcome of habits so firmly fixed that they have become second na- ture," that such habits are built up by persistent and patient effort, and most effectually by the subtle, pervading influence of a true and noble example.


Is the standard here set for the teacher too high ? We think not ; and we may consider our town fortunate that so many of our teachers have earnestly strived to reach it. Let them feel that their efforts and their labors are appreciated.


Let us give them the encouraging word and the helping hand, and by our words and deeds make them feel that we believe that their work is second to none in importance, or in its far-reaching influences.


The usual statistics of the schools are herewith submitted as a part of this report.


J. O. NORRIS, Chairman, S. W. BRADBURY, Secretary, C. F. LORING, A. B. P. WATERHOUSE, JOHN C. MAKER, A. K. MILLER,


School Committee.


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


Aien Aristeuin. GRADUATING EXERCISES,


MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL, TOWN HALL, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, Commencing 7.45. PROGRAMME. PART I.


CHORUS, "Song of the Vikings."


SALUTATORY ESSAY, New England Authors at Home. HATTIE D. FIELD.


RECITATION, "The Maiden Martyr."


MINNIE E. BACKER.


CLASS CHRONICLES.


WALTER HENRY NORRIS.


BARITONE SOLO, "La Patria," . . . Mattei EDWARD P. FAY PHILLIPS. ·


ESSAY, Woman's Opportunity,


BLANCHE S. JACOBS.


DECLAMATION, "Roscoe Conkling," .


Ingersoll ALBERT M. FRENCH.


GREEK ESSAY, Helen at the Scaean Gate. SARAH E. MORSE.


PART II.


CHORUS, "The Vesper Bells," . J. Eichberg AWARDING THE PRIZES OF THE FRANKLIN FRATERNITY.


CLASS PROPHECY.


ERNEST W. EMERY.


ESSAY, An Unsolved Problem.


FRITZ H. SMALL.


RECITATION, "The Three Lovers." .


Will Carleton E. ANNIE WHELDEN.


ESSAY AND VALEDICTORY, Some Scraps of Greek Literature. EDWARD P. FAY PHILLIPS.


AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS.


PARTING SONG. . Tufts


NAMES OF GRADUATES. 1


L. MINNIE E. BACKER.


L. MARY BERTHA CORSON.


L. FRANK B. HOLMES.


L. LILLIAN S. CROCKER. P. HENRY V. JAMIESON.


L. HATTIE D. FIELD. L. JOHN J. KEATING.


P. EDITH G. HOCKING.


E. GEORGE H. KITCHING.


L. BLANCHE S. JACOBS.


c. SARAH E. MORSE.


L. E. ANNIE WHELDEN.


c. ERNEST W. EMERY. E. WALTER HENRY NORRIS.


L. ALBERT M. FRENCH.


c. WALTER S. GIBBONS. c. FRITZ H. SMALL.


L. ARUHUR L. HALE.


L. CHARLES H. LERNED.


E. MELDON A. MERRILL.


L. ALFRED E. NORRIS.


E. FRANK M. ORCUTT. c. EDWARD P. FAY PHILLIPS.


E. English Course. L. Latin Course. c. College Course. P. Partial Course.


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


HIGH SCHOOL STATISTICS.


PARTS FOR GRADUATION.


Selected for Best Scholarship .- Edward P. Fay Phillips, Hattie D. Field, Blanche S. Jacobs, Fritz H. Small.


Selected for Excellence in Composition .-- Sarah E. Morse.


Selected by the Teachers .- Meldon A. Merrill, E. Annie Whelden, Albee M. French.


Selected by the Class .- Minnie E. Backer, Walter Henry Norris, Ernest W. Emery.


Honorable mention of the following scholars is made for excellence in literature and mathematics :-


First Class.


MATHEMATICS.


LITERATURE.


Hattie D. Field


Sarah E. Morse


Frank B. Holmes


Fritz H. Small


Fritz H. Small


Ernest W. Emery


John J. Keating


Meldon A. Merrill


Walter H. Norris


Edward P. Fay Phillips


Alfred E. Norris


Blanche S. Jacobs


Second Class.


Isadora C. Barrett


Ambrose C. Dearborn


Isadora C. Barrett Alice L. White Edward S. Page


Marion E. Bradbury Helen L. Burr Julian C. Woodman


Helen L. Burr


Fred L. Hoffman Lillian K. Morse


Julian C. Woodman Harry Vinton


Third Class.


Grace L. Albee Grace B. Carr Fred H. Hodge Eva W. Guild Edward A. Tucker Grace L. Bradbury


Melliss H. McKoy J. Edward Mccullough Herbert M. Cox Fred H. Hodge Edward A. Tucker


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


Fourth Class.


LITERATURE.


Sara C. Bryant Maud L. Sanford


Mary L. Loring


Sarah M. Fisher


Emma J. Norris


MATHEMATICS.


Alice M. Burr


George G. Norris


Etta M. Taylor


Sadie M. Lane


Lottie H. Waitt Sarah J. Twitchell


FRANKLIN FRATERNITY PRIZES.


Subjects for prizes in literature were chosen by the teachers as follows :-


Chaucer, The Prologue, First Class.


Merchant of Venice, Second Class.


Snow Bound, Third Class.


Elizabethan Period, Fourth Class.


Each scholar to choose from the above subjects and not to be limited to the author named for a particular class.


Prizes were awarded Thursday evening, June 28, 1888, as follows :-


Special prize in literature to Sarah E. Morse. First prize to Edward P. Fay Phillips.


Second prize to Grace L. Bradbury. Special prize in Geometry to Fritz H. Small. First prize in Geometry, Isadora Barrett. First prize in Algebra, Maud S. Sanford. Honorable mention, Alfred E. Norris, Harry Vinton.


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


GRADUATES OF FIRST GRAMMAR SCHOOL,


June 28, 1888.


Emma F. Anderson


George W. Hill Susie A. Holt


Bessie L. Atwood


Rebecca L. Atwood


Frank A. Hunt


Maud F. Barrett


Edith B. Hunt


Walter Barrett Inez E. Batchelder


Edward H. Jeffery


Ralph Bradbury


Philip S. Keating


Roger W. Campbell


Anna M. Kitching


Ernest L. Carr


Winslow L. Leighton


Marie H. Cass


Lula Cilley


Charles S. Loring Ethel J. Maclachlan Grace E. Marsh Alice K. Marshall


Emma I. Coburn


William L. Cochran


Helen M. Marshall


Grace E. Cook


Arthur H. Merritt


Walter E. Curry


Isabelle H. Murray Harry R. Patten


Albert E. Day Edith S. Dermot


Annie F. Prescott


John A. Duffey


James H. Raisbeck


Orville H. Dow


Ida M. Rink


Eugene F. Ehlert


Effie L. Shapleigh


Mary G. Ellis Ella M. Fisher Susie M. Flint


Albert E. Small Clifford Sprunt


Theodore E. Thayer


Addison K. Gilmore


William T. Gordon


Carrie N. Thompson Alice M. Tufts Frank Wentworth Elizabeth Whowell


Theodore A. Grant Walter D. Harding George H. Harmon Alice M. Harris


Herbert D. White Lily Wooldridge Alida C. Zappey


Mary C. Hartshorne Hattie E. Hayes


Carl N. Jackson


Sarah Conant


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT.


Schools.


Appropriation,


$21,500 00


Unexpended balance, 1887,


237 65


Received from Commonwealth of Massachusetts,


91 82


Tuition of Children,


20 00


$21,849 47


Expended.


Teachers' salaries,


$17,657 50


Janitors' ..


1,363 78


Committee's salaries, .


450 .00


Supply agent, salary,


125 04


Fuel, .


2,224 30


$21,840 62


Balance unexpended,


$8 85


School Contingent.


Appropriation,


$4,000 00


Balance unexpended, 1887,


429 08


Received for books,


I 46


$4,430 54


Expended.


Books, stationery, supplies, etc.,


$1,713 07'


General repairs,


1,800 37


Furniture,


52 48


Printing,


65 40


Sundries,


177 97


$3,809 29


Balance unexpended,


$621 25


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


AGENT'S REPORT.


Value of text books and supplies in stock Jan. 1, 1888, $399 47


Value of text books and supplies purchased


from Jan. I, 1888 to Jan. 1, 1889, 1,526 25


Value of text books and supplies issued to schools, from Jan. 1, 1888, to Jan. 1, 1889, 1,329 67


Value of text books and supplies in hand of agent, Jan. I, 1889, 596 05


Received for books and slates lost or injured, I 46


Paid to town treasurer, I 46


A. K. MILLER,


Supply Agent.


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


SCHOOL STATISTICS.


SCHOOLS.


Maximum number,


Jan. I to July I,


Av. attendance, Jan. I


Maximum number,


Sept. I to Dec. 31.


Av. attendance, Sept.


Number of pupils


Per cent of attendance


for the year.


Average age. Dec. 31, 1888.


Mos.


HIGH, First class.


23


22.5


I9


18.3 16.7


18


97.4


I7


5


Second class.


I6


15.5


17


Third class


23


22


43


42


43


96


I6


5


Fourth class


48


46.5


53


47.2


51


93


15


6


Totals


IIO


106.6


I32


124.2


129


Miss Fairbanks)


and


98


83


98


92


95


94


I4


3


7th grade, Miss French


46


37


45


38.5


45


91


I3


2


7th


Swett.


47


38


45


41


44


95


I3


4


7th


Mendum ?


4I


32


47


42


43


96


I3


O o


6th


Melcher


44


40


46


41


46


90


I2


4


6th


Barrett


57


50


54


50


55


95


12


5


5th


George


39


36


55


52


54


94


.


5th


Mrs. Bascom


52


45


56


49


56


94


II


6


5th and 4th grade, Miss Mitchel


59


46.5


66


53.5


61


92.3


II


6


1th and 3rd


Davis


57


46.3


60


55.2


60


86


9


. .


43


58


50


54


90.8


IO


6


30


22.4


26


20.3


22


86.3


IO


2


Long


53


46.4


54


47.5


50


93


9


7


3rd and 2d


Plummer


58


42


53


44


54


88.3


8


5


2d


Mrs. Dermot


43


.38


40


37


42


94.2 78


6


7


62


41.6


56


53


54


90.3


6 10


Miss


Nye . .


39


26.8


21


17.8


20


87.7


7


3


-


Smith ..


41


28.3


38


32.I


35


94.7


6


9


Ist


Randlett.


67


40


45


31


40


80.2


6


2


16


Ransom


41


32.8


38


31.3


36


84.5


6


2


MIXED SCHOOLS.


Upham street, Miss Chadbourne.


52


25.5


53


50


50


79.9


9


Ripley, Miss Morgan . ..


33


25.2


43


36.8


44


84.2


·


Green street, Miss Perry.


44


33.5


39


81.5


8


Totals


1314


1043.6


I364


I200.6


1317


Total number of pupils enrolled Jan. 1, 1886


1,098


Jan. 1, 1887


1,15I


66


6


Jan. 1, 1888


1,251


66


Jan. 1, 1889


1,317


Increase during 1886


53


1887


.


100


66 1888


66


| Yrs.


97.3


16


8


219


.


2d and Ist


Miss Chapin


70


51.2


59


49.3


56


93. I


IO


2


Weeks.


24


20


32


28.6


33


8


8th grade,


Miss Sweetser.


6th


Guptill.


51


Ellis.


Mrs. Crosby


66


66


٤٠


to July I.


I to Dec. 31.


Jan. 1, 1889.


7 100. 00


.


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


SALARIES OF TEACHERS.


NAMES.


SCHOOLS.


SALARIES


Alonzo G. Whitman


High, Principal.


$2,000


Clarimond Mansfield


High, Assistant


625


Hattie G. Ricker


High, Assistant.


625


A. A. Ballou .


High, Assistant.


800


Harriet C. Fairbanks.


Eighth grade, Principal


1,000


Effie C. Sweetser


Eighth grade, Assistant ..


550


M. W. French.


Seventh grade, Emerson St.


550


Alice M. Swett


Seventh grade, Emerson St ..


600


Lydia Mendum.


Seventh and sixth grades, Franklin


550


Susan D. Melcher


Sixth grade, Centre.


550


Helen J. Barrett


Sixth grade, Grove St.


550


Mary J. George.


Fifth grade, Centre ...


500


Kate W. Bascomb.


Fifth grade, Grove St ...


500


Belle Milchel


Fifth and fourth grades, Franklin


500 500


Alma J. Guptil .


Fourth and third grades, Grove St ..


500


Florence Ellis


Fourth and third grades, Lynde St.


500 500


Emma A. Weeks


Fourth and third grades, Converse


4,50


Mary A. Plummer


Third and second grades, Franklin.


450 500 500


Isabel Chapin. .


Second and first grades, Centre. ...


500


Mary E. Nye .


Second and first grades, Lynde St ..


450


Gertrude Smith.


Second and first grades, Converse ..


450


Emma L. Randlett


First grade, Franklin.


500


Annie M. Ransom


First grade, Vinton St,.


450


Annie Chadbourne


Mixed school, Upham St.


450


Marion H. Morgan


Mixed school, Ripley


450


Florence M. Perry


Mixed school, Green St.


450


Harry Benson


Music


350


Wallace Bryant.


Drawing.


225


Total


$18,075


JANITORS.


NAMES.


SCHOOLS.


SALARIES


J. W. Boyce


High school


$324


Felix Blanchard


Centre, Grove St., Vinton St ..


525


C. H. Fuller.


Franklin, Green St ...


235


W. F. Serrat


Lynde St ...


100


Joseph Emerson


Converse school.


100


Eri Upham


Upham


60


John Davis


Ripley


60


Total


$1,404


Lillie J. Davis


Fourth and third grades, Centre


Alice H. Long.


Fourth and third grades, Vinton St ..


Lucy F. Dermot


Second grade, Vinton St ...


Della H. Crosby


Second and first grades, Grove St.


WARRANT.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Melrose, in the County of Middlesex : GREETING.


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify the Inhabitants of the Town of - MELROSE, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet at the TOWN HALL, on MONDAY, the fourth day of March, A. D. 1889, at 7 o'clock, A. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :


ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator.


2. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chap- ter 255 of the Statutes of 1878, in relation to the election of a Board of Selectmen consisting of three members, who shall be elected as follows : one for one year, one for two years, one for three years, on petition of M. S. Page and others.


3. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chap- ter 255 of the Statutes of the year 1878, in relation to the election of a Board of Assessors consisting of three mem- bers, who shall be elected as follows : one for one year, one for two years, one for three years, on petition of M. S. Page and others.


4. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chap- ter 158 of the Acts of the year 1871, in relation to the elec- tion of a Board of Road Commissioners, on petition of Wingate P. Sargent and others.


5. To bring in their votes on one ballot for Selectmen, Overseers of Poor, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Assessors, Highway Surveyors or Road Commis- sioners, as the Town may decide, two Water Commissioners, one for two years and one for three years, Water Loan Sink- ing Fund Commissioner for three years, Park Commissioner for three years, three Auditors, two School Committee for three years, Library Trustees and Constables.


Upon a separate ballot to bring in their votes in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intox- icating liquors in this town ?" Form and size of ballots to be as prescribed in Chapter 49, Acts of 1886.


6. To choose all other necessary Town Officers.


7. To authorize the Town Treasurer to borrow money for the purpose of meeting the demands of the Town, with the approval of the Selectmen.


8. To raise money for Schools.


9. To raise money for School Contingent Expenses.


IO. To raise money for Highways.


II. To raise money for Sidewalks.


12. To raise money for Crossings and Gutters.


I3. To raise money for the Support of the Poor.


14. To raise money for the Fire Department.


15. To raise money for lighting and care of Street Lights.


16. To raise money for additional Street Lamps.


I7. To raise money for Police and Watchmen.


18. To raise money for Contingent Expenses.


19. To raise money to pay Interest on the Town Debt.


20. To raise money for the Reduction of the Town Debt.


21. To raise money for the Public Library.


22. To raise money to defray the expenses of the Board of Health.


23. To raise money for the use of Water, in hydrants, public buildings, etc.


24. To raise money for Salaries of Town Officers, and to fix the compensation of all officers and committees elected or appointed by the Town.


25. To raise money for Drainage, Bridges and Culverts.


26. To raise money for the purposes for which the Treas- ures has been authorized to borrow and the Selectmen to expend during the past year, and for any other necessary expenses for the ensuing year.


27. To determine the method by which the taxes for the year shall be collected.


28. To authorize the Town Treasurer to issue Water Fund Bonds for the purpose of paying the cost of construction for the ensuing year.


29. To see if the Town will raise the sum of $200 for keeping in repair and decorating the graves of Soldiers on Memorial Day.


30. To see if the Town will raise money to grade and im- prove the "Soldiers' Lot" in Wyoming Cemetery, as set apart by the Selectmen.


31. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $400


to improve the Town Common, on petition of William N. Folsom and others.


32. To see if the Town will remove a ledge on Upham street, near the schoolhouse, and appropriate money for the same.


33. To see if the Town will pay the Fire Department the sum of $50 each, per annum, on petition of J. H. Edwards and other members of the Department."


34. To see if the Town will refund to the Boston Rubber Shoe Company the sum of sixty dollars and eighty cents, the same being amount of taxes improperly assessed upon personal property belonging to said company in the years 1886 and 1887.


35. To see if the Town will build a sidewalk on Otis street, and appropriate money for the same, on petition of B. L. J. Grady and others.


36. To see if the Town will change the names of the fol- lowing streets, viz : First street to Sprague street, Second street to Barrett street, and third street to Boardman street, on petition of the Melrose Improvement Society and others.


37. To see if the Town will print the Town Records, from its incorporation, including the Births, Marriages and Deaths recorded in the Clerk's Office, by request of the New Eng- land Historic Genealogical Society.


38. To see if the Town will raise money to remove the ledge on Vinton street, opposite the estate of S. E. Sewall, and otherwise improve said street, northerly.


39. To see if the Town will accept the following streets, as laid out by the Selectmen, viz :


I. An extension from Mount Vernon street, easterly.


2. Street running from Wyoming avenue southerly to the proposed extension of Mount Vernon street.


Summer street as re-located, widened and also extend- 3. ed from its junction with Lynde street to Linwood avenue.


4. Street running southerly from Upham street to First street, now known as "Eleventh street."


5. An extension of First street, easterly.


6. Street running from First street to Grove street, now known as "Sixth street."


7. Street running from Upham street to First street, now known as "Eighth street."


8. An extension of Bellevue avenue, northerly from Por- ter street to Linden street.


9. Street running from the extension of Bellevue avenue to Porter street, now known as Batchelder street.


10. Street running from Main street to the northerly end of Crystal Lake, thence to Melrose street, now known as Crystal street.


II. Street running from Franklin street, northerly to Greenwood street.


12. Street running from Woodland street, westerly to West Hill avenue ( so called ) now known as Botolph street.


13. Street running from Botolph street southerly to Frank- lin street, now known as West Hill avenue.


14. Street running from Sargent street westerly to Cliff street (so called ) now known as Highland avenue.


15. Street running from Franklin street northerly to Highland avenue (so called) now known as Pratt street.


16. Street running from Franklin street northerly to Highland avenue (so called ) now known as Cliff street.


17. Street running from Trenton street westerly, now known as Russell street.


18. Street running from Russell street, so called, to Wyo- ming avenue, now known as Wing street.


19. An extension of Charles street, northerly.


20. Street running from and returning to Vinton street, now known as High street.


21. Street running from Main street easterly, by the en- trance to Wyoming Cemetery, known as Sylvan street, as widened and straightened.


ART. 40. To raise money for the building and grading of new streets which may be accepted at this meeting.


41. To hear and act upon the reports of committees, and for the transaction of any other business which may legally come before this meeting.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Town Hall, each of the Post Offices and Depots in the town, not less than seven days be- fore the day appointed for said meeting, and by leaving printed copies of the Warrant at the dwellings of legal voters before the day of meeting.


Hereof fail not, and made due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.


Given under our hands this nineteenth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.


LEVI S. GOULD, Selectmen JOHN P. DEERING, of


CHARLES W. HIGGINS, ) Melrose.


A true copy. Attest,


ANSEL B. PIERCE, Constable.


REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS OF MELROSE


FOR THE


FINANCIAL YEAR


ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1889.


MELROSE : DUNTON & POTTER, PRINTERS. 1890.


CONTENTS.


Town Officers


5 & 6


Report of Selectmen


7


Report of Board of Health


18-20


Report of Overseers of Poor


22


Report of the Town Clerk .- Proceedings in Town Meetings 25


Vote for State and County Officers .


53


Appropriations


61-62


Statistics of Births, Marriages and Deaths . Registration of Voters .


64


Financial Statement


Expenses of Public Schools .


72


Fire Department


77


Support of Poor


81 86


Highways


Sidewalks


91


Wyoming Avenue Sidewalks


93 93


Town Hall


94


Contingent Expenses


96 98 99


State Aid


100


Military Aid .


100


Insurance


IOI


Land Damages,


IOI IO2


Street Lights .


I02


Additional Lamps


IO2


Memorial Day


103


State and County Taxes


103


High School Building Committee


IO3


Police and Night Watch


103-104


Foster Street Drain


105


Upham Street Ledge


105


Remodelling High School Building


105


Relief of Soldiers


106


Town Common


106


Cedar Park and Woodland Avenue Drains


106


67 69 69


School Contingent Expenses


Crossings and Gutters .


Fire Inquest .


Health Department


Taxes Refunded


4


CONTENTS.


Salaries of Town Officers


107


Drainage, Bridges and Culverts . IO7


Public Library and Reading Room


109


Damages


III


Highland Street


III


Soldiers' Lots, "Wyoming"


II2


Drainage Committee


II2


Russell and Adams Streets


II2


Vinton Street Ledge


II3


Main Street, Widening


II3


Water Fund


II4 II4


Wyoming Cemetery


II5 II8 II8


Available Assets


I19


Dr. and Cr. Statement . I20


Report of the Treasurer of the Water Loan Sinking Fund I23


Collector's Report 1888-1889


I24


Assesors' Report 1889


I25 I26


Report of Police Department


I27


Report of Engineers of Fire Department


I28


Report of Inspector of Buildings


I30


Auditors' Report


I32


Report of Water Commissioners. .addenda after page


I32 2


Department Officers


Commissioners' Report


3


Registrar's Report


19


Construction Account .


20


Maintenance Account


22


Superintendent's Report


25


Tables showing location of pipes, etc


31


Table showing location and cost of pipe laid, 1889


33


Report of the Water Loan Sinking Fund Commissioners


34


Report of the Trustees of the Public Library, addenda after water report


3


Report of the Treasurer of Horatio Nelson Perkins Fund


6


Statistics, Library and Reading Room,


7


Donation Books, etc.


9-10


Report of School Committee, addenda after Library report Organization and Sub-committees


2


Report of Committee


3


School Regulations


18


Course of Study in Schools .


24


School Statistics


40


Salaries of Teachers


38


Interest .


Report of the Town Treasurer


Statement of Debt


Assessors' Report of Abatements


TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1889-90.


SELECTMEN AND HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.


LEVI S. GOULD, JOHN P. DEERING, CHARLES W. HIGGINS.


TOWN CLERK. JOHN LARRABEE.


TREASURER. GEORGE NEWHALL.


COLLECTOR. PARKER MERRILL.


ASSESSORS.


JOHN R. NORTON, CHARLES W. COOK, ALBON W. PARKER.


WATER COMMISSIONERS.


WINGATE P. SARGENT, Chairman (resigned).


WILBUR D. FISKE, Chairman,


Term expires 1892


GEORGE L. MORSE, 1891


WILLIAM H. MILLER (to fill vacancy)


1890


COMMISSIONERS OF WATER LOAN SINKING FUND.


DANIEL RUSSELL, Chairman, Term expires 1890


ROYAL P. BARRY, 1891


JOHN W. FARWELL,


1892


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


JOHN O. NORRIS, Chairman, Term expires 1890


MRS. SARAH W. BRADBURY, 1890


JOHN C. MAKER, 1891


MRS. ARETHUSA K. MILLER, 1891


CHARLES F. LORING,


1892


MRS. A. B. P. WATERHOUSE,


1892


TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.


ELBRIDGE H. GOSS, CHARLES A. PATCH, CHARLES C. BARRY, MARY L. CHARLES, RUBY F. FARWELL.


AULITORS.


FRANK E. ORCUTT, WALTER I. NICKERSON, GILBERT N. HARRIS.


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. HENRY G. FIELDS, Chairman, JOHN SINGER, JR., MRS. MARTHA D. BALE.


2


6


TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1889-90.


PARK COMMISSIONERS.


NATHANIEL P. JONES, Term expires 1891 66


WILLIAM N. FOLSOM,


66 1890


WARREN A. RODMAN (resigned)


1892


CONSTABLES.


ANSEL B. PIERCE, FRANK M. MCLAUGHLIN, HENRY B. NEWHALL.




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