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RESPONSIBILITY FOR APPROPRIATIONS Expenditures and Efficiency
Nevertheless, realizing that, under present financial stress, the community may, through its representatives, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen, see fit to reduce appropriations of various departments, it may be well at this time to state clearly the attitude and policy of the School Committee. It cannot be done better than in the words of Dr. Frank E. Spaulding, of Newton, in his last annual report:
"Let us state this matter in the clearest terms possible. The school department is anxious that the present school efficiency be maintained; the school department asks the Board of Aldermen to make appropriations barely sufficient for this purpose. If such appropriations are made, the school department may justly be held responsible for the maintenance of the schools' efficiency; if such appropriations are not made the school department may justly be held responsible for doing the very best it can with the appropriations placed at its disposal. If a reduced appropria- tion should compel the school department to adopt measures that impair the schools' efficiency, the department could not, if it would, assume responsibility for such enforced action. That responsibility was assumed -could not be avoided-by the Board that fixed the amount of the appropriation.
"Let no one misunderstand this plain statement of fact; there is no thought of coercion in it. The school department gladly leaves with the Board of Aldermen the responsibility with which that Board is charged -the responsibility of determining school appropriations. The school department also gladly assumes the responsibility of making the most
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efficient use possible of such appropriations as the Board of Aldermen grants."
If, then, reductions are made in the school budget, the Melrose School Committee pledges itself, as always, to use its best judgment in the most efficient expenditure of the amounts appropriated. However, the re- sponsibility for the reduction in educational opportunity must rest upon the appropriating body, and the results must be accepted by the com- munity, which has authorized it through its representatives.
CERTAIN WAYS IN WHICH EXPENDITURES MIGHT BE REDUCED
There is no doubt that reduction might be made. The question is, would the community approve and accept the results. Following are some of the possibilities:
1. Regular increases of salaries under the accepted schedule might be refused. This would affect some fifty-four persons, and effect a saving of approximately $1500 this year or a saving of eight cents on the tax rate. However, these increases are a moral obligation, assumed when teachers are hired, to be allowed annually when services are satisfactory. The effect upon a loyal body of teachers can be appreciated. Many of our best teachers have refused higher salaries in other cities, because of their pleasant relations in Melrose, and because of the stability of their positions and prospects. If regular increases, which have been fairly earned, are refused, such incentive will be destroyed, and we shall soon lose our best teachers.
2. The teaching force might be replaced by others who would accept considerably lower salaries. This might effect a saving of several thousand dollars a year. Such teachers, however, would have either no training or no experience. The demand of Melrose parents has always been for better rather than poorer teachers.
3. All teachers of special subjects might be dispensed with. We have five such teachers,-of manual training, music, drawing, writing and primary work. This would save approximately $4,350 or about twenty-four cents on the tax rate. Such a step would deprive the whole teaching force,-who are not especially trained to teach these subjects,- as well as all our children, of valuable and practical instruction, super- vision, and inspiration of teachers who are particularly well fitted and efficient. It would also deprive about 284 boys in the grammar schools, and 75 in the High School, of instruction in woodworking and the use of tools, and would very greatly reduce the efficiency of our schools.
4. The number of pupils per teacher in the High School might be increased. This might enable us to release one or two teachers. We already have a larger number of pupils to each teacher than the average of other city High Schools of the State. The teaching would be less efficient, and we would soon lose our best talent. The number should be reduced rather than increased, if we are working for efficiency.
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5. The appropriation for Text Books and Supplies might be reduced. The cost per pupil for this item is very reasonable considering the number in our High School, where the cost is the largest. A reduction would mean the continuance of books which are not in fit physical condition to place in the hands of our children, and from the standpoint of health as well as efficiency, would not be economy. We have many books which have already been in use from ten to fourteen years.
6. The appropriation of $750 for transportation of pupils from the South East section might be eliminated. This would very properly arouse severe criticism. Many of these children are small, and live in a section where roads are poor, two or three miles from school. It would not be possible for many of them to attend school during the winter months.
7. Fuel and Light. This item has been reduced $2000 in the last three years. Further reduction is impossible.
8. Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds. For many years the city has expended less than one per cent annually for repairs, replacement and upkeep on buildings and grounds, valued at approximately $500,000. This has meant that after the absolutely essential repairs on roofs, heating plants and plumbing have been made, nothing is left for other items. This is poor business policy. A reduction would be disastrous.
9. The school year might be shortened. At the present time we have only one hundred eighty-three school days of five hours each, in the school year, surely too short a time for the work that is to be ac- complished. We need more time rather than less. Further, under the State law we cannot shorten the year for the High School. Again, teachers and janitors are hired by the year, at an annual salary. The city would undoubtedly be legally liable for salaries. Therefore, there would be no saving except a very slight one in our overhead expenses.
IF REDUCTIONS ARE TO COME, THEY MUST BE MADE IN THESE ITEMS
There are no other ways in which economy can be practised in the school department. If the community considers it necessary in order to decrease expenses, to reduce the appropriation, and thus the efficiency of our public schools, the school authorities will continue to give their best efforts and judgment for Melrose children, with whatever funds are · made available.
WE MUST, HOWEVER, NOT LOSE SIGHT OF PLANS FOR FUTURE ADVANCEMENT
In our last report certain definite needs of our school system were set forth, and recommendations made. These were briefly as follows: Special classes and a differentiated course of study in the elementary schools, and the development of very practical courses in the High School for both girls and boys. These plans cannot be carried out without a
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larger appropriation. The present does not seem a proper time to urge larger expenditures. Notwithstanding our temporary financial straits, . the community should keep such advancements in mind, and as soon as possible demand that the educational opportunities for our children be made at least equal to those of neighboring cities.
THE HEALTH OF OUR CHILDREN SHOULD BE
BETTER
CONSERVED
There is one matter, however, in which we have no right to delay action on account of expense. This is the better care for the health of our children. In this connection we need at once :-
1. A school nurse, who would devote her whole time to daily visi- tation of schools, inspection and care of children, and to advice, instruction and help in the homes where needed. With our present knowledge, occasional epidemics cannot be entirely prevented, but such inspection ought to reduce considerably the spread of contagious diseases, as well as make for better general health.
2. A dental clinic. The best medical authorities ascribe to poor teeth, a large part of our physical ills. Malnutrition, and the resultant evils of poor health, disease and often crime, attend closely upon bad teeth. Every child has a right to protection in this respect and it is a community affair. A large percentage of our children, either through neglect or because of financial inability are not properly cared for. The city should see that this is done, and bear the expense when it cannot be borne by the parents, simply as a matter of civic insurance.
3. Slate blackboards in the following schools: D. W. Gooch, Win- throp, Sewall, Ripley, Whittier and Warren. The present boards in these buildings are made upon plaster, cost a large amount frequently for repairs and renewal, are extremely unsatisfactory, and a prolific source of eye strain.
In closing this report I wish to extend my acknowledgments to the School Committee, to the teachers, and to the community, who have given constant encouragement and support throughout the year.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN C. ANTHONY, Superintendent of Schools
Voted :-
IN SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
January 25th, 1915
To accept the report of the Superintendent of Schools and to adopt the same as the annual report of the School Committee for the year 1914.
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TOTAL COST OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS School Year 1913-14
General Control
General Administration Salaries.
$2,026.15
Other General Salaries
1,043.64
Other General Expenses.
383.77
Instruction
Teachers' Salaries.
$40,939.92
Text Books and Supplies.
2,040.75
Operation of School Plant
Janitors' Services
$4,701.50
Fuel and Light .
4,603.68
Water and Miscellaneous
632.40
Maintenance of School Plant
Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep .
$4,049.25
Auxiliary Agencies
Transportation
$660.75
Tuition and Miscellaneous
1,508.57
$62,590.38
AVERAGE COST PER PUPIL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
for these items, for the School Year, 1913-1914, based on the average membership (1918.85) was as follows :-
General Control
General Administration Salaries
$1.05
Other General Salaries .
.39
Other General Expenses
.22
Instruction
Teachers' Salaries.
$21.34
Text Books and Supplies
1.07
Operation of School Plant
Janitors' Services.
$2.46
Fuel and Light.
2.40
Water and Miscellaneous.
.34
Maintenance of School Plant
Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep
$2.12
Auxiliary Agencies
$.35
Transportation
.79
Tuition and Miscellaneous
$32.53
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TOTAL COST OF HIGH SCHOOL School Year 1913-14
General Control
General Administration Salaries. $773.85
Other General Salaries .
206.36
Other General Expenses.
315.67
Instruction
Teachers' Salaries .
$28,342.17
Text Books and Supplies
3,606.15
Operation of School Plant
Janitors' Services
$3,449.78
Fuel and Light
2,019.02
Water and Miscellaneous
364.23
Maintenance of School Plant
Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep
$1,137.76
Auxiliary Agencies
Tuition and Miscellaneous
$361.56
$40,576.55
AVERAGE COST PER PUPIL, HIGH SCHOOL
for these items, for the School Year, 1913-1914, based on the average membership (737.00) was as follows :-
General Control
General Administration Salaries
$1.05
Other General Salaries .
.28
Other General Expenses
.43
Instruction
Teachers' Salaries .
$38. 45
Text Books and Supplies.
4.89
Operation of School Plant
Janitors' Service
$4.68
Fuel and Light.
2.74
Water and Miscellaneous
.50
Maintenance of School Plant
Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep $1.54
. 49
Tuition and Miscellaneous
$55.05
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TOTAL COST OF ALL SCHOOLS School Year 1913-14
General Control
General Administration Salaries.
$2,800.00
Other General Salaries 1,250.00
Other General Expenses.
699.44
Instruction
Teachers' Salaries
$69,282.09
Text Books and Supplies
5,646.90
Operation of School Plant
Janitors' Services .
$8,151.28
Fuel and Light.
6,622.70
Water and Miscellaneous
996.63
Maintenance of School Plant
Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep
$5,187.01
Auxiliary Agencies
Transportation.
$660.75
Tuition and Miscellaneous.
1,870.13
$103,166.93
AVERAGE COST PER PUPIL School Year 1913-14 Based on average membership (2655.85)
General Control
General Administration Salaries
$1.05
Other General Salaries.
.47
Other General Expenses
. 26
Instruction
Teachers' Salaries .
$26.09
Text Books and Supplies
2.13
Operation of School Plant
Janitors' Services
$3.07
Fuel and Light.
2.49
Water and Miscellaneous.
.37
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Maintenance of School Plant
Repairs, Replacement and Upkecp
$1.95
Auxiliary Agencies
Transportation.
$ .25
Tuition and Miscellaneous
.71
Average cost per pupil, Melrose
$38.84
ANNUAL FINANCIAL EXHIBIT Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1914
Receipts
Appropriations, regular items
$101,935.00
Appropriation from tuition
2,852.81
Appropriation, special High School Walks
1,500.00
$106,287.81
Expenditures
General Expenses .
$4,776.74
Teachers' Salaries .
72,890.42
Text Books and Supplies.
6,347. 45
Tuition .
789.10
Transportation
714.50
Janitors' Services
8,193.97
Fuel and Light.
[4,990.12
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds.
5,307.18
Furniture and Furnishings.
198.45
Other Expenses .
495.55
$104,703.48
Special High School Walks
1,497.71
$106,201.19
Unexpended balance, regular items
82.75
Unexpended balance, special High School Walks
2.29
Unexpended balance, tuition.
1.58
$106,287.81
SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPALS' REPORTS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, 1913-1914
I. By Schools
Schools
No. of Dif- ferent Pupils Enrolled Exclusive of Re-Enroll- ments
No. of Boys
No. of Girls
Average Membership
Average Attendance
Per Cent of Attendance
High .
767
353
414
737.00
720.87
96.00
Washington
387
206
181
351.83
331.95
94.39
Franklin .
323
167
156
312.61
298.01
95.42
Gooch .
202
120
82
198.62
194.39
94.06
Lincoln .
344
184
160
324.61
312.28
96.21
Livermore.
174
87
87
162.56
157.20
96.69
Whittier
135
59
76
124.43
116.80
94.04
Sewall .
147
75
72
139.67
134.45
96.24
Winthrop
130
58
72
123.86
117.21
94.95
Warren .
178
95
83
156.37
154.05
94.26
Ripley .
28
10
18
24.29
21.88
90.06
·
Total.
2,815
1,414
1,401
2,655.85
2,559.09
96.35
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SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPALS' REPORTS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, 1913-1914
2. By Grades
1
Grades
No. of Dif- ferent Pupils Enrolled Exclusive of Re-Enroll- ments
No. of Boys
No. Girls
Average Membership
Average Attendance
Per Cent of Attendance
High .
767
353
414
737.00
720.87
96.00
Eighth.
235
119
116
220.90
213.03
96.42
Seventh.
263
144
119
232.97
223.30
95.87
Sixth.
257
138
119
251.53
239.83
95.70
Fifth .
220
119
101
214.45
211.58
94.99
Fourth .
233
127
106
223.44
213.42
95.36
Third.
230
111
119
215.15
205.63
95.56
Second .
273
142
131
263.24
249.29
94.42
First
337
161
176
297.17
282.14
92.18
Total.
2,815
1,414
1,401
2,655.85
2,559.09
96.35
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NUMBER OF TEACHERS IN THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS NOVEMBER, 1914
Male
Female
Total
High (Grades X, XI, XII, XIII) .
8
22
30
Grammar (Grades V. VI, VII, VIII).
1
27
28
Primary (Grades I, II, III, IV)
0
28
28
Supervisors, Music.
1
0
1
Drawing
0
1
1
Manual Training
1
0
1
Primary
0
1
1
Penmanship.
0
1
1
Total.
11
80
91
NUMBER OF PUPILS IN THE DIFFERENT GRADES NOVEMBER, 1914
Primary,
Grade I
292
Grade II
281
Grade III
274
Grade IV
231
Grammar, Grade V .
244
Grade VI.
220
Grade VII.
268
Grade VIII. 235
High,
Freshman Class
237
Sophomore Class
165
Junior Class
207
Senior Class
163
Post Graduate
3
Total
2,820
AVERAGE AGE OF PUPILS IN THE DIFFERENT GRADES SEPTEMBER, 1914
Primary,
Grade I .
6 years 4 months
Grade II
7
5
Grade III .
8
66
5
5
66
Grammar, Grade V .
10
7 6
66
Grade VII
12
6
High,
Freshman .
14
Sophomore
15
66
7
66
Junior
16
8
Senior
17
66
4
66
5
66
Grade VIII
13
66
4
66
Grade IV 9
Grade VI. 11
66
APPENDIX
Melrose High School GRADUATION EXERCISES Class of 1914 Memorial Hall, Evening of June Twenty-fourth at Eight O'clock.
PROGRAM
MARCH .- "Priest's March from Athalia" Mendelssohn HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
INVOCATION REV. THOMAS SIMS, D.D.
SALUTATORY
ELSIE MAE WOODLAND
CHORUS-"Breathe into this Quiet Vale". .
Von Bru
(From St. Cecelia's Day)
ESSAY-"Thoughts on Our School Life"
ADELAIDE STERLING CLARK
ESSAY-"Equal Suffrage-A Vital Question"
GRACE NOERR SHERBURNE
AWARD OF PRIZES, given by the Franklin Fraternity
HON. SIDNEY H. BUTTRICK
SELECTION, from "The Serenade"
Herbert
HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIPS PHILIP B. CARTER President of Alumni Association
CHORUS-"Bedouin Love Song"
Pinserti
BOYS' GLEE CLUB
VALEDICTORY EVELYN MARGARET IDE
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS DR. LOWELL F. WENTWORTH Chairman of the School Committee
CHORUS-"Softly My Heart Unfolds"
Sant Saens
(From Samson and Delilah) GIRLS' GLEE CLUB
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SENIOR CLASS HONOR LIST
Pupils who have maintained a general average of 90% or over during their whole course. Evelyn Ide *Elsie Woodland
*Grace Sherburne Adelaide Clark John Dole Isabelle Lee
Lawrence Flett Dorothy Richards Elizabeth Rand
Ethel Patten
Ruth Johnstone Herbert Duffill
Olive Servis
*Miss Woodland and Miss Sherburne are practically tied for second place there being a difference of 1-100 per cent between them.
HONOR LIST FOR OTHER CLASSES
l'upils who have maintained an average of 90% or over in each subject during the past year.
Junior Class
Hilda Allstrin Jennie Bond Ellie Corbett
Marjorie Lynch Amanda Curit Leslie Garrett
Sophomore Class
Edward Donovan
Freshman Class
Marion Pickles Philip Clark
Irma Cofren
Melvin Jenney Edward Johnson Lois Litchfield Evelyn Lossone Dorothy Nichols
Ruth Eldredge Ednah Garrett l'he following have secured enough credits to graduate in three years: *Helen Anthony Waldemar Broberg *Will graduate with her class.
Ellsworth Paterson Belle Segel
MELROSE WOMAN'S CLUB HONORS
Grace Sherburne Eleanor Restall
ALUMNI] SCHOLARSHIPS
Ralph T. Howe Waldemar Broberg
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FRANKLIN FRATERNITY PRIZES
English (Senior Class)
Elsie Woodland Dorothy Coggeshall, Honorable Mention
Grace Sherburne, Honorable Mention
English (Junior Class)
Viola Simonds William Dole, Honorable Mention
English (Sophomore Class) Alma Hilton
English (Freshman Class)
Ruth Eldredge Helen Whiton, Honorable Mention
Algebra (Freshman Class)
Melvin Jenney
Edward Johnson, Honorable Mention
Algebra (Open to all)
Stanley Leonard
Harry LeVine, Honorable Mention
Geometry (Sophomore Class)
Mary White Lawrence Lovejoy, Honorable Mention
Miriam Loring, Honorable Mention
Geometry (Open to all)
Edmund Little Roland Hussey, Honorable Mention
Assessors' Report
Hon. Charles H. Adams, Mayor of the City of Melrose
Dear Sir :- The Board of Assessors herewith submit their report for the year ending December 31, 1914.
Taxable Valuation of the City.
Buildings
$10,144,550.00
Land. 5,816,700.00
$15,961,250.00
Personal Estate, including Resident Bank
Stock
2,606,080.00
Total Real and Personal Estate.
$18,567,330.00
Rate of Taxation $21.70 per $1000.00.
Appropriations.
State Tax
$35,700.00
County Tax
19,577.92
Met. Sewer Tax.
17,437.18
Met. Park Tax
10,558.39
State Highway Tax.
67.65
Charles River Basin Tax
1,731.04
Bureau of Statistics
136.46
City Budget
316,917.47
Overlay
10,154.95
$412,281.06
Tax on Real Estate.
$346,359.12
Tax on Personal Estate
56,551.94
Tax on 4,685 Polls
9,370.00
$412,281.06
Moth Tax Assessed. $234.05
Street Watering Assessed.
9,995.29
Excise Tax Assessed (Bay State Street Ry. Co.)
2,325.72
Number of resident individuals, firms, etc., assessed . 2,771
Number of non-resident individuals, firms, etc., assessed .
751
Number of persons assessed for poll tax only .
4,685
Number of horses assessed.
341
Number of cows assessed.
229
Number of swine assessed .
38
Valuation of property exempt from taxation :-
Houses of religious worship. $370,775.00
Benevolent institutions
169,225.00
$540,000.00
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We herewith include a statement of the assessed valuation of taxable property for each of the preceding years, the abatements thereon allowed previous to the thirty-first day of December preceding, and the average of such valuations reduced by such abatements.
Valuations including Additionals
Abatements
Net Valuation
1912
$17,624,825.00
$424,125.00
$17,200,700.00
1913
18,236,875.00
342,475.00
17,894,400.00
1914
18,652,005.00
291,725.00
18,360,280.00
$53,455,380.00 3
$17,818,460.00
Respectfully submitted
FRANK R. UPHAM,
WILLIAM MORSS,
Assessors.
Report of Inspector of Wires
To the Honorable Mayor and the Board of Aldermen:
Gentlemen :- I respectfully submit the following report of the Wire Department for the year January 1st to December 31, 1914.
INSPECTION DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation. Inspection Department.
Appropriation
$65.00
Printing.
24.50
Telephone
23.74
Carfare and stamps
15.16
Teams
3.50
66.90
Overdrawn
$1.90
Fire Alarm Maintenance
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Gamewell .
$20.34
Malden Electric Co.
20.86
Fred Edwards, salary.
625.00
Corthell
32.50
Moore
7.10
Team.
25.00
Electric Storage Battery
33.40
Stock and ex.
61.52
825.78
Balance
$174.28
Police Signal Box
Appropriation
$300.00
Gamewell
$27.60
H. Harper
18.00
Fred Edwards, salary .
187.50
Stock.
16.60
249.76
Balance
$50.24
Fire Alarm System.
The Fire Alarm System has been kept in excellent repair, both in the battery room, where we have rebuilt about one hundred of the batteries, installed electric lights and laid new ground wire on one charging line, also changed the meter of the Malden Electric Company from a power rate to a lighting rate, which allows us to use electric lights at a saving of about six dollars a year. The lines throughout the city have been kept in excellent repair, also we have installed three new boxes.
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Police Signal.
The police signal has been kept in excellent repair, both in the police room and on the lines throughout the city.
Inspection of Wires
I have made inspection and issued two hundred and sixty-five (265) permits for new services in buildings; inspected and issued permits for sixty (60)meters to be reset, and written permits for fifty-four (54) sets of additional lights, making a total of three hundred and seventy-nine (379) permits issued from March 1st to December 31, 1914. There were thirty- five (35) permits issued from January 1st to March 1st, making a total of four hundred and fourteen (414) permits for the year 1914. I also made about one thousand (1000) preliminary inspections besides the ones stated above, and sent out 100 cards for repairs to be made before meter would be installed or allowed the people to have their meter and make repairs immediately afterwards so as not to inconvenience them by keeping them without lights.
The Malden Electric Company have installed their wires under- ground from the Malden line to Porter Street, connecting the houses and buildings along the same underground, and have installed flare-arc lights throughout the centre of the city. They have also installed conduits underground from Porter Street to Franklin Square.
I have also made plans and written specifications, and held meetings with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen in regard to the laying of the Fire Alarm and Police Signal Wires underground from Malden Line to Porter Street.
Respectfully submitted,
WINTHROP W. MOORES, Inspector of Wires.
Report of Inspector of Buildings
To His Honor, the Mayor, and Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen :- The year 1914 shows a steady increase in number and valuation of new buildings erected. On September 1st the permits were 10% higher than the same date in 1913, since that time, owing to the general hard times, and the high rates of money, building operations have fallen off to a marked degree. Yet, notwithstanding this drawback we are able to show a substantial increase over the preceding year. The permits for new houses number eighty-three (83) with a valuation of three hundred eighteen thousand nine hundred and fifty (318,950) dollars being thirty-three thousand and seven hundred (33,700) dollars more than the value of new houses in 1913.
The total number of permits issued for all classes of work was two hundred (200), with a valuation of three hundred and eighty-eight thousand four hundred and forty-five (388,445) dollars.
There has been one hundred and seventy-five (175) visits paid to work during construction and many other visits for consultation, con- cerning location of buildings and other questions of interest to owners and builders.
The work of building has been carried on in the spirit of co-operation between the builders and the Building Inspector, so that whenever it has been necessary to ask for alterations or additions, the request has been cheerfully complied with.
There is a constantly increasing demand for the services of the Building Inspector. Under the present conditions it is hard for him to find time to give proper supervision over some classes of work which needs more than ordinary oversight.
It is obvious that with the growth of the City, and increasing needs of this Department, provision should be made which will enable the inspector to give more time to the work.
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