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A purely book training is hardly the best type of training for young people today. Civic and social conditions have vastly changed in modern times. Education today is uni-
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versal and for active life. Success in these days in nearly any line depends largely upon the degree of directive intel- ligence or executive power that an individual has devel- oped. Motor training assists such development. Therefore motor training should be recognized in the schools, for, whatever fine-spun theories one may have regarding educa- tion in the abstract, the chief duty of the public school is to give boys and girls the training that is fundamental to success in the practical affairs of life.
Manual training is further helpful as a social force, be- cause it tends to develop a greater degree of respect for the man who toils with his hands and for the product of that toil. It is quite conceivable that this higher and more gen- eral respect for the dignity of manual toil may be a helpful factor in bringing about a better condition of social exist- ence for the masses.
(3). Again, manual training is a moral force in educa- tion. One who has observed the effects of such training upon boys and girls in public schools or has studied the beneficial results from industrial education in connection with institutions like those at Carlisle, Tuskegee, or Elmira, will readily agree with this statement.
(4). Again, manual training is valuable because it tends to prevent misfits and failures in life by giving boys and girls the opportunity, which our present school systems too frequently do not, to discover their tastes and aptitudes in manual lines.
CHANGES IN THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
In December Dr. A. F. Amadon closed his term of three years upon the school committee. It had been hoped that the schools might profit by his continuation upon the committee, but removal from the city forced him to decline further service.
I desire to record my high appreciation of the worth of Dr. Amadon both as a man and as a fellow worker. The ideals that he held in his work were high and his efforts for the upbuilding of our schools were persistent and intelli- gent. His departure was a distinct loss to the school inter- ests of the city.
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SCHOOL REPORT.
At its last meeting in December the School Committee adopted the following resolution: "Resolved, -- That this Board spread upon its records its appreciation of the untir- ing interest in the work of the School Committee shown by our Secretary, Dr. A. F. Amadon, during his term of service. He has given unsparingly of his time and energy with the greatest profit to our schools, and it is with deepest regret that we see him leave the work for which he is so admirably equipped."
In the election of John E. Marshall as Dr. Amadon's suc- cessor the city has secured a public servant who commands the respect of all for his sound judgment and prudent re- gard for the interests of the city.
CONCLUSION.
Whatever a Superintendent of Schools may attempt in the development of a school system, the accomplishment that results depends largely upon the degree of cooperation that he secures from the various forces with which he has to deal, viz., the teachers, the Committee and the public. If, as I believe, the schools of Melrose are yielding adequate returns for the appropriations granted them, this result must be attributed in large degree to the harmonious rela- tions existing in the school corps, to the expressed confi- dence of the Committee in its executive and to the willing- ness of the community in general to assist the legally con- stituted school authorities in strengthening the educational interests of the city whenever it has been made evident that aid could be rendered. Our local papers and women's clubs, as well as individual citizens, have repeatedly given illustrations of this willingness to aid, and I take pleasure in publicly acknowledging the assistance of these outside forces as well as the hearty support of the Committee and teachers with whom it has been my privilege to work.
Respectfully submitted,
F. H. NICKERSON,
Superintendent of Schools.
March 2, 1903.
APPENDIX.
a PROGRAM OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
b. FRANKLIN FRATERNITY PRIZES.
c MELROSE WOMAN'S CLUB HONORS.
d PUPILS PROMOTED FROM THE NINTH GRADE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, JUNE, 1902.
c. ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL STAFF.
MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL. GRADUATING EXERCISES. CLASS OF 1902.
CITY HALL, EVENING OF JUNE TWENTY-FIFTH AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
PROGRAM.
INVOCATION,
REV. THOMAS J. HORNER.
LIFT THINE EYES, . Mendelssohn GLEE CLUB.
ADDRESS, " Mental Health,"
REV. EVERETT D. BURR.
BE GLAD, LASS AND LAD, F. F. Bullard GLEE CLUB.
AWARD OF PRIZES GIVEN BY THE FRANKLIN FRATERNITY."
HUNTING SONG,
Mc Donald GLEE CLUB.
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS,
HIS HONOR, MAYOR JOHN LARRABEE, By Request of the Chairman of the School Committee.
O, ROSE SO SWEET,
Hermes GLEE CLUB.
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CLASS OF 1902.
"είσ τό Πρόσθεν"
Andrews, Harold Bass Barrett, Eunice Emily Bosson, Jeannette Marion Bowden, Emma Bartol Bryant, Laura Felice Clark, Julius Vennard Coffin, Lee Kemp Cunningham, John Henry Dill, Jessie Gertrude
Maynard, Edith Gertrude Messenger, Winthrop Norton Peirce, Wm. Henry Hathaway
Pennell, Alcot Johnson Reed. Ralph Omer
Riley, Nellie Winifred
Sawyer, Henry Bray
Spinney, Samuel Rogers
Ellison, Alice Mary
Ellison, Edith Farnum
Hindon, William Alonzo
Thomas, Flora Elizabeth
Townsend, William Woodman
Hopkins, Cora Evelyn Howard, James Mitchell
Kennedy, Walter Gardner Kitching, Lillian Elise Leach, Ever Mabel
Tucker, Louis Sydney Wardwell, Mary Abbie Whalen, Arthur Frank White, Edna Eliza
Lord, Forrest Wells
Whitman, Harold Allen
Lyall, Irene May
Woodman, Louise Isabel
Woodward. Ernest
Worthen, Alice Gale
CLASS HONORS.
Emma Bartol Bowden
Louise Isabel Woodman
HONOR LIST.
CLASS OF 1902.
Cora E. Hopkins Aimée E. Spurr
Arthur B. Marsh Harold A. Whitman
Alice G. Worthen
CLASS OF 1903.
Stella M. Durrell Marguerite E. Hill
Martha T. Foster Lillian Holden
Mary H. Slade
MacDonald, Christine
Marsh, Arthur Brigham
Spurr, Aimée Elizabeth Spurr, Fred Yerxa Sterling, Mary Banks
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SCHOOL -REPORT.
CLASS OF 1904.
Florence M. Child Julius H. Serra
Caroline G. Whitney
Florence E. Copeland Augustus B. Merry
Ester B. O'Brien
Ethel G. Gould Marion H. Stafford
CLASS OF 1905.
Elizabeth M. Grundy Annie B. Murray
FRANKLIN FRATERNITY PRIZES.
GEOMETRY (open to all). Arthur B. Marsh
2
ALGEBRA (open to all). John H. Cunningham
GEOMETRY (third class). Marion H. Stafford
ALGEBRA (fourth class). Annie B. Murray
MELROSE WOMAN'S CLUB HONORS.
Cora Evelyn Hopkins
Alice Gale Worthen
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PUPILS PROMOTED FROM THE NINTH GRADE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, JUNE, 1902.
*Bertha May Allis
*Arthur Frank Amadon
*Ernestine Frances Atwood Percy Irving Axford
*Ruth Atwood Baker Estella Elizabeth Bellyea John Lawson Bishop
*Elizabeth Black
*Sue Fitz Blanchard
*George Farris Boutwell
*Harry Earle Bowser
*Isabella Boyd
*Charles Breen
*Marion Eunice Brennan
*Hope Orcutt Brittain
*Hope Catherine Brown
*Katherine Warner Brown
*Timothy Francis Brown
*Harriet Mildred Bucknam
*Marjorie Alice Burns
*Nora Katherine Callahan
*Helen Carter
*Margaret P. Carter
*Edward F. Cassell
*Charles Henderson Chandler
*Helen Louise Childs
*Nina Florence Childs
*Ralph Melcher Churchill Eva Lillian Chaffin
*John Hubert Clark James Gilman Coldwell Harold Allen Cole
*Henry Cheever Comey Maud Ethel Cook *Sarah Agnes Coye Charles C. Cram
*Minnie G. Crocker
* Annie Louise Cunningham
*Don Harold Curtis
*Avis Mildred Curville Charles James Dailey
*Gladys Lincoln Da~on
*Daniel Joseph Doherty
*George Ambrose Doherty
*Carl Plumer Dow
*Chauncey Thomas Drew
*Ella T. B. Duff
*Charles Leonard Ebert
*William Frederick Ebert
*Mildred P. Etter Mabel Adelaide Farnum
*Marguerite L. Faust Elizabeth Fitch
*Mary Agnes Flatley
*Laura Alba Ford
*Julia Kent Foster
*Alice Small Gerrish
*Helen Warrenton Gerrish
*Gordon Ingraham Gerry
*Marion Broadstreet Gould
*Gertrude Sargent Gower *Shirley Grant
*Carrie Avis Green
*Agnes Gertrude Gunning Edwin Thomas Hardiman
*Arthur Chester Haven
*Ruth Hazard
*Mark Leslie Hersey
*Alden Willard Hills
*Herbert Waldo Hines
*Jesse Holbrook Holt
*Hattie Lynk Howie Elsie Berkeley McC. Howitt
*Alice Hubbard Frank Douglas Hunter
*Wray Malory Hyde
*Harold Bosworth Jelleson
*Gertrude Clare Keefe Thomas Edwin Kimball
*Chester Lawson Wilbert Lay
*Helen Meredith Leavitt Winnie Lock
*Emily D. Lord
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*Hazel Loring
*Cummings Lincoln Lothrop
*Ralph Albion Loveland
*Gertrude Mary Lucey
*Mary Irene Lynch
*Lulu Lynde Marguerite H. Maclachlan
*Lillian May Matthews Albert Francis McDonald
*Frederick H. McDonald Mary Alice McGregor
*Margaret Ann McLean
*Louis Keegan McNally
*Richard Stanley Merrill
*Pauline Messenger
*Hazel Miller
*Winthrop Washington Moore
*Charles William Morrill
*Vira Alice Morrill
*Ira Mosher
*Raymond Clarence Munn
*Helen Whiton Munyan
*Atkins Nickerson
*Ethel Louise Norris Agnes Everina Pearson
*Alma Louise Pendleton
*Justin Perkins
*Sophea Rhea Perkins
*Isabella Phillips
*LeRoy Ruberg Cluff Pratt
*Blanch Harriet Pray
* Austina Bryant Raymond
*Elizabeth Anna Reilly
*Ethel Marion Reynolds
*Addie M. Ripley
*Eva Alice Robbins
* Arthur Richards Rowe
*Clara Winifred Russell
*Ethel Amelia Sargent
*James Francis Scanlan
*Harry F. Shannon
*Willis Peter Shumway
*Ethel Whitcomb Simpson
* Louise Mellie Slayton
*Ralph Joseph Smith
*Maud Lamb Snow Maud Amelia Stanford
*Marion Winchester Stevens
*Sara Josephine Stone
*Zelma Irene Stone
*Milton Clifford Storey
*Evelyn May Taylor
*Ralph Lane Thompson
*Edna Tibbets
*Mildred Bryant Towie
*Benjamin R. Vaughan
*Eucebia Lillie Verge
*Walter Cleveland Verge
*George Edmund Warner
*Addie Frances Webster
*Marguerite Webster *Clare Stearns Wellman
*Ruth Draper Wentworth *Sara von Helena Wheaton
*Fortis Wheeler
*Mary Agnes White
*Alfred Gray Williams
*Harold Luther Wood.
*Entered the High School in September. 88 per cent.
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ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL STAFF. December 31, 1902.
Superintendent of Schools.
FRED H. NICKERSON, 492 Lebanon Street.
Superintendent's Clerk.
HELEN L. BURR, 119 Wyoming Avenue.
CORPS OF TEACHERS.
HIGH SCHOOL.
NAME. GRADE.
WHERE
WHEN
EDUCATED.
ELECTED.
William C. Whiting . . Principal . . Dartmouth College. 1899
Alonzo G. Whitman . . Prin. Emeritus. Bowdoin College. 1874
George A. Hutchins. . Sub-Master .... Bates College. .
1901
Kenneth Beal. English Dept . . Dartmouth College. 1902
Hugh G. Greene . Com'l Dept. . . . Albany Business College.
Annie C. Merritt. Modern Lang. Hanover (Germany) Normal
Dept . · School, Cours Sevigne, Paris. 1896
Margaret McGill. History Dept .. Mt. Holyoke College 1900
Adelma A. Ballou . ... Latin .
Dean Academy . 1887
Harriet C. Fairbanks . Algebra, Latin . Natick High School
1880
Hattie G. Ricker. · French
Lapham Institute 1884
Jennette Moulton . Greek Wellesley College. 1899
Helen M. Armstrong . English, French Boston University 1900
Sara Fisher . His. Stenog. ... Boston University . 1902
.1898
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SCHOOL REPORT.
FRANKLIN SCHOOL, COR. FRANKLIN AND MAIN STREETS ..
NAME.
GRADE. WHERE
WHEN
EDUCATED.
ELECTED.
Archer C. Bowen . Principal, IX . . Bridgewater Normal. School . . 1901 Mary J. George . Prin. Asst. Wakefield, Mass. High School 1880
Sylvia Williams. VIII North Adams Normal School. 1902
Louise G. White . VII . Salein Normal School ... .1895
Alice C. Day VII & VI. Salem Normal School 1900
Edith Maxwell VI. · Farmington (Me.) Nor. School 1902
Nora P. Nason V. Gorham (Me.) Normal School . 1899
Alma J. Guptill . Girl's High School, Boston. . . 1884
Minnie F. C. Snow . .IV Orono (Me) High School ..... 1892
WASHINGTON SCHOOL, COR. LEBANON AND LYNDE STS.
William A. Reed ..... Principle, IX .. Cook County Normal School . 1901 Harriet H. Dowe. .... Prin. Asst. · Mt .. Holyoke College. . ...... 1894 Grace E. Chamberlain VIII. Gorham (Me) Normal School.1901
Lavinia W. SmallwoodVI. Bridgewater Normal School .. . 1899
Etta J. Call. V Ellsworth(Kan) Normal Inst. . 1890
Mary L. Loring IV & III Salem Normal School. 1897
Hattie D. Field II Boston Normal School. .1891
Mary A. Bailey I. Miss Wheelock's Kindergaten Training Class 1896
Bertha W. Leighton . . I
Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten
Training Class.
. 1899
LINCOLN SCHOOL, WYOMING AVENUE.
Augustus O. Burke. . Principal, IX. Bridgewater Normal School. . 1898 Lydia Mendum . Prin. Asst. .... Salem Normal School. . 1874 Edith Brown . Prin. Asst. . . Smith College. 1902 Ethel E. Thomas VII Bridgewater Normal School . 1901 Mary S. Haley . . VI. . Wellesley College, Framing- ham Normal School 1901
Mary R. Clarke. V. Franklin Academy . 1894
Harriet A. Saunders. IV & III Malden High School 1898
Jennette A. Doane . . . II. . Templeton High School 1895 Grace C. Albee · I · Wellesley College. 1898
Grace A. Lynde. .I.
Miss Page's Kindergarten
Training Class. 1897
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D. W. GOOCH SCHOOL, COR. FOSTER AND FLORENCE STREETS.
NAME. GRADE.
WHERE
WHEN
EDUCATED.
ELECTED.
Eva R. Crane Prin. VIII.
· Coburn Classical Institute. . . . 1899
Helen B. Stevens Prin. Asst. .. .... Smith College 1902
Harriet Benso . VII Gorham (Me.) Normal School. 1902
Alice H. Long
VI.
Boston Normal School. . 1877
Lois M. Holmes
V.
Melrose High School . 1896
Mary E. Nye. IV
Bridgewater Normal School. . 1885
Ethel L. Clark.
III
Salem Normal School
1900
Amelia F. TrowbridgeII.
Melrose High School.
1889
Annie P. Long I.
Melrose High School
1894
Maud E. Brown
I.
Miss Garland's Kindergarten
Training Class
1900
HORACE MANN SCHOOL, COR. GROVE AND MYRTLE STS.
Alice M. Swett. . Prin. VIII. . Plymouth (N. H.) Nor. School 1882
Mary S. Wentworth . . Prin. Asst. · Wakefield (N. H.) Academy .. 1896
Aubigne Lermond .. . VII Bridgewater Normal School. . 1902
A. Louise McCormickVI Wheaton Seminary . . 1891
Henrietta Cowan. . V.
R. I. Normal School. 1902
Anna W. Atkins. IV
Provincetown High School
.1897
Nellie C. Dempsey . III Salem Normal School 1891
A. Arline Merrill II Melrose High School. 1894
Annie G. Balch
I.
Wakefield High School.
1900
Lillian M. Tufts
I
· Miss Symonds' Kindergarten
Training Class.
1901
MARY A. LIVERMORE SCHOOL, MAIN STREET.
Annie M. C. Washburn Prin. VIII .. ... Wellesley College · 1900
Jane E. Warfield . Prin. Asst .. · Wellesley College. 1902
Persis M. Sibley VII. Gorham (Me.) Normal School 1902
Lucy E. Shute. VI Pinkerton Academy 1895
Katharine V. Rowe.
.. V.
Boston Normal School.
.1901
WARREN SCHOOL, WARREN STREET.
Alice J. Coffin. Prin. IV Gorham (Me.) Normal School 1895 Mary E. Tupper III. Framingham Normal School .. 1892
Ruth M. Knowles Il . . Mt. Holyoke College. . 1894
Margaret E. Grady . .. I. Salem Normal School. 1896
Mabel Price. .I. Miss Symonds' Kindergarten
Training Class . 1897
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SCHOOL REPORT.
WINTHROP SCHOOL, COR. ELEVENTH AND FIRST STREETS.
NAME. GRADE. WHERE WHEN
EDUCATED. ELECTED.
Edith S. Dermot. . Prin., IV & III Framingham Normal School . . 1896 Dora Whittridge Assistant. · Mayville (N. Y.) High School . 1902
Annie Dinnie . II · Quincy Training School ...... 1900
Mary E. Deans. I
· Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten Training School . ... 1902
Helena M. Hocking. . . I Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten Training Class . 1901
SEWALL SCHOOL, UPHAM STREET.
Martha A. Briggs . . Prin. V & IV .. Edw. Little High School. .1898
Jane E. Warfield . Assistant Wellesley College . 1902
Lena D. Marshall .III Salem Normal School 1900
Mary A. Chisholm .II . Salem Normal School. 1996
Geneva B. Davidson . . I Miss Page's Kindergarten
Training Class 1899
Emma C. French . ..
... I.
Miss Symonds' Kindergarten
Training Class
1902
WHITTIER SCHOOL, COR. FRANKLIN AND PRATT STREETS.
Archer C. Bowen .... Principal
· Bridgewater Normal School. . 1901
Isabelle L. Atwood. . II' Robinson Seminary, Haverhill Training School 1892
Gertrude B. Stewart . II
Melrose High School
.1894
Frances B. Brown. . .. I
. Exeter N. H. Training School. 1899
Marion P. Goodwin .. I
Miss Symonds' Kindergarten
Training Class.
. 1901
CONVERSE SCHOOL, FELLS.
Anastatia G. Riley. .. I, II, III ...... Salem Normal School. . 1900 RIPLEY SCHOOL, SWAIN'S POND AVENUE. Mabel G. Gilbride .... I, II, III . . Quincy Training School ... ... .1900
SUPERVISORS.
Alvin C. Saunders. . . . Music. 1901 Willis S. Carter. Drawing 1891
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JANITORS.
NAME. SCHOOL. RESIDENCE.
George A. Beckford . . Ripley .
Off Swain's Pond Avenue
Charles J. Critchett .. Livermore & Sewall ... 80 Whitman avenue
James Fahey
Warren & Whittier. ... 62 School Street
George E. Fogg High
102 E. Foster Street
John Hitchins. Winthrop
Waitt Street
Samuel Lear. Franklin
. 931 Main Street
Archie McIlwraith . Lincoln · .5 Allen Place
Henry S. Payne
Washington . 28 Albion Street
Thomas Ray
· Converse . 52 Main Street
John Thyng
Gooch & Mann
43 Winthrop Street
ENGINEER IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Charles Brown
50 Porter Street
Third Annual Report
OF THE
Engineer and Superintendent
OF THE
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,
CITY OF MELROSE, MASS.
FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1902 TO JANUARY 31, 1903,
W. DABNEY HUNTER, Engineer and Superintendent Public Works.
MELROSE : THE A. W. DUNTON PRINTING CO. 1903.
ORGANIZATION.
1902.
HON. JOHN LARRABEE, Mayor.
W. DABNEY HUNTER, Engineer and Superintendent.
EMMA L. LEIGHTON, Stenographer.
WILLIAM H. MARTIN Book-keeper.
WILLIAM F. HUNT, Assistant in charge cf Engineering Division.
JAMES MARSHALL, JAMES McTIERNAN, Assistant in charge of Highway Division. Assistant in charge of Water Division.
BARTLEY MALONEY, Assistant in charge of Sewer Division.
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
To His Honor the Mayor, Sidney H. Buttrick :
DEAR SIR :- I have the honor to submit to you the Third Annual Report of the Public Works Department of the City of Melrose, for the fiscal year ending January 31, 1903.
Like all reports of this nature, where there is no new work or a departure from the regular routine, there will be a general sameness to former reports ; but in many instances I shall endeavor to condense it as much as possible, and if matters are not treated as much in detail as previously, it is not from a desire to hide anything but rather to economize in printing.
PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE.
The work of this office has been much the same as in pre- vious years, except the natural increase due to the growth of the city and the various systems embraced by the depart- ment.
Summary of work done :
Permits to open and occupy public streets, 131
" move buildings through public streets, 5
Orders of the Board of Aldermen attended to or
reported on, . 72
Contracts written and made :- water pipe and specials, curbstone, concrete, street watering, collection of
ashes, street lighting, delivery of water pipe and repair of City Hall basement, 8
Private sewer estimates made,
62
Sidewalk 41
Water estimates made, laying, cleaning and repairing, 85 Street watering accounts assessed and certified to the Board of Assessors, I404
Water bills made out, . 3800
Certificates of refunds made,
97
Number of collections made, 580
" rebates paid, ·
168
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES.
Appropriations :
Clerk and stenographer, $500 00
Printing, stationery, etc.,
200 00
Board of horse, etc.,
300 00
Telephone service,
75 00
$1,075.00
Expended :
Clerk and stenographer,
$499 50
Printing, stationery and stamps,
$199 68
Board of horse, etc.,
300 00
Telephone service,
52 07
$1,051 25
Balance in Treasury :
Clerk and stenographer,
50
Printing, stationery, etc.,
32
Telephone service,
22 93
23 75
$1,075 00
WATER DIVISION.
This is the 30th Annual Report of the water department ; the first 27 were made by the Board of Water Commission- ers, and the last 3 by the Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works, and were embodied in, and made a part of his report of the Public Works Department.
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Appropriation, Maintenance and Reconstruction, $25,000 00 Bond issue, Order No. 1,868, Board of Aldermen, 10,000 00 Collections paid to Treasurer, by W. D. Hunter, 1,650 80 Transfers received from other divisions for stock, 25 70 Stock on hand as per balance reported Feb. 1, 1902, 3,641 55
Amount carried forward, $40,318 05
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, . $40,318 05 Expended :
For relay, (see Table No. I) $15,178 94
66 construction, (see Table No. 2) 9,302 29
For maintenance, gen'l and in- voices, (see Table No. 3) 3,591 61 For maintenance services, (see Table No. 3) . 1,334 OI
For maintenance, inside ser- vices and charges, (see Table No. 3) 1,292 86
For maintenance, main line and hydrants, (see Table No. 3) 1,133 77
Stock balance Feb. I, 1903, (see Table No. 4) . $2,III 27
Balance in Treasury, Feb. I, 1903, maintenance account, 5,675 59
Balance in Treasury, Feb. I, 1903, construction ac- count, . 697 71 8,484 57
$40,318 05 $40,318 05 NOTE : - For detail of expenditures, see tables referred to.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
For the fiscal year ending January 31, 1903, not including the 1903 rates collected in January, 1903, ($5,183.00).
DR.
To cash on hand Feb. 1, 1902, summons, $2 60
.. . ..
water
rates,
26 32
To 1901 summons collected in 1902, . 60
" 1901 water rates collected in 1902, 778 83 $808 35
To 1902 summons collected in 1902, $78 40 . " 1902 water rates collected in 1902, 49,740 63 Amount carried forward, $50,627 38
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Amount brought forward,
$50,627 38 To sundry collections made by W. D. Hunter :
New services, (47)
$481 42
Services renewed, (15)
155 46
Services cleaned, (66)
225 98
Thawing services, (5)
34 95
Repairing services, (36)
103 50
Sealing fixtures, (5)
5 81
Sale of stock,
35 93
On and off water, (137)
137 00
" for non payment, (20)
40 00
Junk, .
122 20
Second-hand pump, not included in stock account,
300 00
Sundries,
8 55
1,650 80
To collected by Treasurer from other divisions of the Public Works Department, 25 70
To collected by Treasurer from Commonwealth Massachusetts for water sold as provided by Section 3 of Chap. 392 of the Acts of 1898,
232 46
Total, . $52,536 34
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer (J. W. Murray) sum- mons 1901, $ 60 By cash paid Treasurer (J. W. Murray) water rates 1901, 715 60
By cash refunded sundry persons for 1901, 92 15
$808. 35
Amounts carried forward
$808 35 $52,536 34
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Amounts brought forward, . $808 35 $52,536 34 ·
By cash paid Treasurer (J. W. Murray) sum- mons 1902, $78.40
By cash paid Treasurer (J. W. Murray) water rates 1902, . 49,252 90 By cash refunded sundry persons for 1902, 437 69 49,768 99
By cash paid Treasurer (W. D. Hun- ter) sundries 1902, 1,650 80
By amount collected by Treasurer from other divisions of the Public Works Department, 25 70
By amount collected by Treasurer . from Commonwealth of Massachu- setts for water sold as provided by Sect. 3, Chap. 392 of the Acts of 1898, . 232 46
52,486 30
By cash on hand Feb. 1, 1903, (J. W. Murray) $50 04
STATEMENT FOR SINKING FUND.
DR.
To stock balance as per last report, '. $3,641 55
" total collections for year ending January 31, 1903, . $52,507 42 Less refunds paid sundry persons, 529 84 51,977 58
$55,619 13
CR.
By assessments paid Commonwealth of Massachusetts :
Sinking Fund, $4,398 83
Interest, .
·
7,038 98
Cost of maintenance, · 2,997 12
Amounts carried forward,
. $14,434 93 $55,619 13
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Amounts brought forward, . . $14,434 93 $55,619 13
By amount transferred to Engineering, 1,300 00
" interest paid, 10,020 00
" cost of relaying pipes, 15,178 94
" maintenance, 7.352 25
" stock balance, 2, III 27
50,397 39
Surplus,
$5,221 74 NOTE : - To check with Auditor's balance ($10,354.70), add cash on hand, J. W. Murray, $50.04, and subtract January receipts $5, 183.00.
COST OF CONSTRUCTION TO JANUARY 31, 1903.
Cost as per report 1901, . . $425,895 51
of services 1902, 503 .93
of extensions 1902, . 2,119 04
Improvement to plant 1902, 6,714 90
1900, not pre-
viously charged, .
1,563 89
Improvement to plant 1901, not pre-
viously charged, .
2,190 99
$438,988 26
SUMMARY OF FIXTURES AND STATEMENT OF WATER SUPPLIED- February 1, 1903.
Rated.
Metered.
Public Buildings.
Totals.
Families.
3,372
90
3,462
Boarding Houses
2
3
...
5
Stores and Shops
132
76
. ..
208
Faucets .
9,112
535
138
9,885
Water Closets
3,424
239
138
3,801
Bath Tubs.
2,178
84
3
2,263
Use of Water Closets
80
3
...
83
Urinals
3
14
23
40
Fountains
3
...
7
10
Sill Cocks.
1,070
18
14
1,102
Horses
306
206
8
520
Cows
36
3
2
41
Hose
1,107
1
14
1,122
Boilers
1
11
20
32
Motors
1
4
. . .
5
NOTE. This includes the fixtures in 108 full houses.
20
Use of Bath Tubs
20
75
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Number of water takers.
3,758
66
Vacancies, .
271
66 Fire hydrants,
273
Stand pipes (for street sprinkling),
25
. . . 6
66 (for cemetery),
12
66 Meters,
95
Gates on mains, .
403
.6
66 Miles of cement mains,
21.492
..
Miles cast iron mains,
25.583
The purchase of stock was by bids, either advertised for or solicited. Water pipe and specials were purchased of R. D. Wood & Co .; lead and lead pipe of the Chadwick-Boston Lead Co .; valves of Rensselaer Manufacturing Co .; fire hydrants of Chapman Valve Manufacturing Co .; pig lead of the National Lead Co., and jute from Tragle Cordage Co.
76
CANVASS OF BIDS FOR FURNISHING CAST IRON WATER PIPE AND SPECIALS. Opened May 31, 1902.
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