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The death on April 7, 1917, of Mrs. Grace W. Dole, a member of the Committee since 1915, was a great loss to our schools and to the community. At a special meeting of the School Committee, held April 7, 1917, the following resolutions were adopted :
WHEREAS : It has pleased our Heavenly Father to remove from our midst, Mrs. Grace W. Dole.
Be it therefore resolved :- that we, her fellow members of the Melrose School Committee, do hereby express our deep regret for the loss of her kindly presence in the Committee and the Community.
RESOLVED : that our heartfelt sympathy be extended to the husband and children, in whose home circle her passing causes an irremediable break.
RESOLVED: that the foregoing resolutions be spread upon the records of the special meeting of the Melrose School Committee, held April the seventh, 1917, and that a copy of the same, signed by all mem- bers of the School Committee, be forwarded to the family of Mrs. Dole.
Th School Department has lost three men in the War Service.
Mr. Percy C. Cobb, who went into the Quartermaster's Department at Camp Devens.
Mr. Harrison G. Meserve, who is at Camp Devens.
Mr. Carl D. Lytle, who is at the present time in Y. M. C. A. work in France.
LOOKING AHEAD
In spite of the advancement made during the past few years, there yet remains much for Melrose Schools to attain. Along the lines al- ready laid down we should furnish more skilled instruction for back- ward pupils. We should extend our practical courses in the High School to include Home Making, Dressmaking, Cooking, and other practical arts for the girls; Mechanical Drawing, Printing and other manual arts for the boys. Physical Education supervision should be extended to Play- grounds. Garden work and canning, together with Summer Schools, should be supported by the community and extended throughout the city.
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There is immediate need for furnishing additional room at the Washington School. This district, especially that portion rather close to the school, is growing rapidly in school population. This year an extra room on the third floor is used by thirty-five pupils as a recitation room. Next year two more rooms will be required. Therefore, for next September, either permanent or temporary quarters must be supplied. A four-room addition would care for the growth for a time and help to relieve congested classes at the Lincoln, Gooch and Liver- more Schools; while the Livermore in turn, if thus relieved, could help the Franklin district.
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
There seems to be no doubt that the organization of the American School System in the near future will be based upon the Junior High School idea. We have so directed the development of our schools for the past two or three years that when the time comes for Melrose to make this change, it can be done with a minimum of shock. This mat- ter should receive the most careful consideration and study of your Committee with the expectation that within two or three years, a definite move will have to be made to establish a Junior High School in Melrose. This will not only better correlate and coordinate our whole organization but it will also, by taking the seventh and eighth grades out of the grammar schools and the Freshman class out of the High School, provide ample room for growth in the elementary schools and the senior high school for several years.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
Changes along the lines just outlined seem to be indicated even under present conditions. However, no one can foretell at the present time the modifications and adjustments that will undoubtedly be re- quired as a result of the influences of the war. We can only face the undoubted certainty of decided if not fundamental alterations in the educational system of the near future. This period must be approached with minds open to its great demands, with broad vision. for its op- portunities, with no hesitation or doubts as to its outcome, and with firm determination that the children of today shall not be hampered by lack of training, but shall become the competent leaders of a new and happier tomorrow.
JOHN ANTHONY, Superintendent of Schools.
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SCHOOL REPORT
TOTAL COST OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS School Year 1916-17
General Administration Salaries
$2,260.51
Other General Salaries
907.98
Other General Expenses.
348.76
Teachers' Salaries
47,571.42
Text Books and Supplies
2,064.70
Janitors' Services
5,375.70
Fuel and Light
2,834.38
Water and Miscellaneous
735.22
Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep
2,838.09
Transportation
535.50
Tuition and Miscellaneous
662.44
$66,134.70
AVERAGE COST PER PUPIL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
for these items, for the School Year, 1916-17, based on the average membership (1978.12) was as follows :----
General Administration Salaries
$1.15
Other General Salaries
.46
Other General Expenses
.18
Teachers' Salaries
24.05
Text Books and Supplies
1.04
Janitors' Services
2.71
Fuel and Light
1.43
Water and Miscellaneous
.37
Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep
1.43
Transportation
.28
Tuition and Miscellaneous
.33
$33.43
TOTAL COST OF HIGH SCHOOL School Year 1916-17
General Administration Salaries
$739.49
Other General Salaries
297.02
Other General Expenses
114.55
Teachers' Salaries
31,038.00
Text Books and Supplies
2,058.18
Janitors' Services
3,307.26
Fuel and Light
2,193.62
Water and Miscellaneous
435.51
Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep
1,058.65
Tuition and Miscellaneous
1,107.61
$42,349.89
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AVERAGE COST PER PUPIL, HIGH SCHOOL
for these items, for the School Year, 1916-17, based on the average membership (647.01) was as follows :---
General Administration Salaries
$1.15
Other General Salaries
.46
Other General Expenses
.IS
Teachers' Salaries
47.97
Text Books and Supplies
3.18
Janitors' Services
5.II
Fuel and Light
3.39
Water and Miscellaneous
.67
Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep
1.63
Tuition and Miscellaneous
1.71
$65.45
TOTAL COST OF ALL SCHOOLS School Year 1916-17
General Administration Salaries
$3,000.00
Other General Salaries
1,205.00
Other General Expenses
463.31
Teachers' Salaries
78,609.42
Text Books and Supplies
4,122.88
Janitors' Services
8,632.96
Fuel and Light
5,023.00
Water and Miscellaneous
1,170.73
Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep
3,896.74
Transportation
535.50
Tuition and Miscellaneous
1,770.05
$108,484.5.)
AVERAGE COST PER PUPIL School Year 1916-17
Based on average membership (2625.13)
General Administration Salaries
$1.15
Other General Salaries
.46
Other General Expenses
.13
Teachers' Salaries
29.95
Text Books and Supplies
1.58
Janitors' Services
3.27
Fuel and Light
1.92
Water and Miscellaneous
.45
Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep
1.4)
Transportation
.20
Tuition and Miscellaneous
.67
$41.32
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COMPARISON OF COSTS
In connection with the cost of Melrose Public Schools, it is inter- esting to note :
I. Average cost per pupil for Melrose was. $41.32
2. Average cost per pupil for all cities of Massachusetts was 46.31
3. Average cost per pupil for entire state 45.10
Furthermore, in valuation per pupil, Melrose ranks No. 106 among the 353 cities and towns of Massachusetts, with a valuation per pupil of $7,869.00.
Melrose stands No. 70 in the same list in her total tax per thous- and, but No. 202 in the amount of that tax which she devotes to her schools.
ANNUAL FINANCIAL EXHIBIT Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1917
Receipts
Appropriation, regular items $116,070.00
Appropriation, from tuition
.3,300.00
Special Appropriation, Wiring at Washington, Livermore and Gooch Schools .
500.00
Special Appropriation, Summer School
100.00
Special Appropriation, Protection of School Buildings. . .
12,000.00
$131,970.00
Expenditures
General Expenses
$4,888.58
Teachers' 'Salaries
81,888.23
Text Books and Supplies
6,353.96
Tuition
1,735.87
Transportation
763.00
Support of Truants
32.14
Janitors' Services
9,122.43
Fuel and Light
7,222.54
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
6,019.84
Furniture and Furnishings
804.20
Other Expenses
530.51
$119,361.30
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Special Appropriation, Wiring
486.91
$119,848.21
Special Appropriation, Summer School
97.97
$119,946.18
Special Appropriation, Protection of School Buildings. 9,710.63
$129,656.81
Unexpended Balance, Regular items
8.70
Unexpended Balance, Wiring
13.07
Unexpended Balance, Summer School
2.03
Unexpended Balance, Protection of School Buildings. ..
2,289.37
$131,970.00
NUMBER OF TEACHERS IN THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, DECEMBER 31, 1917
Male
Female
Total
High (Grades X, XI, XII, XIII) .. . .
7
22
29
Grammar (Grades V, VI, VII, VIII)
I
28
29
Primary (Grades I, II, III, IV)
O
30
30
Supervisors, Music
O
I
I
Drawing
0
I
I
Manual Training
2
0
2
Primary
0
I
I
Penmanship
I
I
Physical Education
O
I
I
Sewing
0
I
I
Total
IO
86
96
NUMBER OF PUPILS IN THE DIFFERENT GRADES DECEMBER 31, 1917
Primary, Grade I
284
Grade II
278
Grade III
247
Grade IV 284
202
Grade VI
235
Grade VII
231
Grade VIII
206
Grammar, Grade V
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High,
Freshman Class
205
Sophomore Class 175
Junior Class
153
Senior Class
105
Post Graduate
Total
2,709
AVERAGE AGE OF PUPILS IN THE DIFFERENT GRADES SEPTEMBER, 1917
Primary, Grade I 6 years 4 months
Grade II
7 years 7 months
Grade III
8 years 8 months
Grade IV 9 years 8 months
Grammar, Grade V I0 years
8 months
Grade VI . II years 9 months
Grade VII II years II months
Grade VIII 13 years 10 months
High,
Freshman Class
14 years
4 months
Sophomore Class
15 years 5 months
Junior Class
16 years 6 months
Senior Class 17 years o months
APPENDIX
MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION EXERCISES
Class of 1917
Memorial Hall, Evening of June twenty-seventh, at Eight O'Clock
PROGRAM
General Theme-Types of Americans
MARTHA OVERTURE Von Flotow
High School Orchestra
INVOCATION
Philetus H. McDowell, D. D.
SALUTATORY AND ESSAY-"The Bostonian" Irma Cofren
CHORUS-"Softly my Heart Unfolds" Saint Saens
Girls' Glee Club
ESSAY-"The New Yorker"
Melvin Richard Jenney
ESSAY-"The Spirit of the West" Helen Houghton Chain
SELECTION-"Humoresque" Dvorak
Orchestra
AWARD OF PRIZES given y the Franklin Fraternity
CHORUS-"Moonlit Meadows" Csibulka
Girls' Glee Club
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AWARD OF FIDELITY PRIZES IN MATHEMATICS George Thomas Gilman (President of the Euclidean Society) ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE PRINCIPAL
SELECTIONS From "Aida" Verdi
Glee Clubs and Orchestra
ESSAY-"The Southerner" and VALEDICTORY
Ruth Isabelle Eldredge
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS Dr. Lowell F. Wentworth (Chairman of the School Committee) MARCH-"The Prophet" Meyerbeer
Orchestra
SENIOR CLASS HONOR LIST
Pupils who have maintained a general average of 90 per cent. or over during the entire course.
Ruth Eldredge
Irma Cofren Melvin Jenney
Helen Chain
Frederick Deering Marjorie Cooley Doris Pettengill Elizabeth Thompson
Ednah Garrette
HONOR LIST FOR OTHER CLASSES
Pupils who have maintained an average of 90 per cent. or over in each subject during the past year.
Junior Class Edwin Carpenter
Freshman Class
Mary Cox Esther Eldredge
MELROSE WOMAN'S CLUB HONORS Irma Cofren Clareberta Wilson
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MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
Director Pansy E. Bartlett
First Violin
Malcolm Hupper, '18
Ella King, '19
Pearl Mollins, '18
Miriam Smith, '20
Kenneth Loring, '19
Edna Richards, '20
James Whitford, '20
Second Violin
Herbert Faulkner, '19 Malcolm Dole, '20
Dorothy Knight, '20 Herbert Sawtelle, '20
'Cello Florence E. Stacy
Flute Werner von Klock, '20
Elizabeth Smith, '18
Kenneth Dole, '20
Cornet Arthur Bourne, '20
Drums Arthur Gibbons, '17
Piano Marguerita Hoffman, '18
FRANKLIN FRATERNITY PRIZES
English I Hope Cleaveland Honorary Mention-Boynton Fletcher
English II Honorary Mention only-Mary Colby
English III J. Warren Foster Honorary Mention-Alma Gerrish
English IV Ruth Sawyer Honorary Mention-Elisabeth Marshall Helen Chain
Algebra I Malcolm Dole Algebra II (Open to all) George Potter Honorary Mention-Harland Wilbur
Geometry I Luther Hussey
Geometry (Open to all) Melvin Jenney
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SCHOOL REPORT
CLASS OF 1917
Alice Louise Adams Ruth Grace Anderson Gladys Anderton
Mildred Leila Baxter
Jessica F. Blackinton
Marquerite Bleakney
Clarence Adolph Lindskog Lois Imogen Litchfield
Lillian May Bryant Helen J. Buckley
Miriam Sarah MacDonald
Alice Shaw Carrie
Albert Thomas McHenry
Lydia Glover Casano
Grace Stewart Mackenzie Grace Louise Manser
Helen Houghton Chain
Beatrice Dean Manson
Philip W. Clark
Elisabeth Marshall
Donald Everett Chisholm
Ronald M. Chisholm
Irene Elizabeth Coburn Irma Cofren
Philip Ashburton Munroe
Welrose Leverett Newhall
Marjorie Cooley Emily Muriel Crawford James D. Cronin
John Patterson Currie
Harold Winship Newman Louise Nowell Agnes B. O'Connor
Mary J. O'Donnell
Dorothy Nichols
Laurence Strout Day
Lorraine A. Dearborn
Margaret Pearson Eaton Holbrook Perkins
Paul Malcolm Dearborn
Francis Hudson Perkins
Elsie Rosalind Decker
Marion Agnes Perkins
Frederick Arthur Deering
Margaret Doris Pettengill
Harold Page Dillaway Anna Agnes Doherty Helen Louise Duffill
Barbara Hudson Pratt Earle Francis Prior Eleanor Elizabeth Randall
William Joseph Durkin
Dorothy Jean Ricker
Irene Grace Ehlert
Frank A. Ross, Jr. Katherine Lavender Sawtell
Ruth Hazel Sawyer Hilda Schreiber
Dorothy Prescott Sherburne
Loessa Clewlay Ford
Ednah Priscilla Garrette
Melville William Ghen
Arthur F. Gibbons
George Thomas Gilman
Doris Appleton Swett
Florence Taylor
Helen Thomas
Elizabeth Adelia Thompson
Ruth Isabelle Eldredge Ida May Fales
Ada Althea Felch Beatrice Fendian
Kenneth Leland Sherman
Ruth Sowle Helen Lucile Spinney
Charles N. Stiles
David Henry Goodell Parker Sprague Goss Paul Merrill Greenlaw
Edward Burke Johnson
Allan Frederick Knowlton Dorothy Louise Knowlton William Corydon Kohl Philip Gibbs Landick
Elizabeth Castle
Laura Farrar Maxwell
Richard Mckay Alecta Perle Munroe
Muriel Joy Dahl William P. Davison
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H. Stuart Hanes
Raymond Harrington
Ruth Gould Turpin
Richard Homer Hayward
Theresa M. Twohig
Frederick Hunt Herman
Elmer Hall Walter
Charles Horatio Hilton
Esther Weinstein
Annie Barnard Hinckley
Helen Juliette Stevens Whitcomb
Ada Dow Hitchins
Clareberta Wilson
Eleanor Winifred Hoft
Ronald Henry Winde
Leonard Harmon Hoft
Annie M. Wortman
Leon Brooks Holden
Lurana Edith Wright
Melvin Richard Jenney
Myron Brooks Young
Hildegarde Alfhild Olivia Johnsen
Percival Henry Zeininger
PUPILS PROMOTED FROM THE EIGHTH GRADE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, JUNE, 1917 Eighth Grade (A) Franklin School
*Briggs, Esther
*Calley, John Ewart
*Butts, Alice
*Churbuck, Henry C.
*Davis, Lenore
*Cramb, Lester
*Greenleaf, Christine
*Currie, Stuart
*Hodsdon, Charlotte
*Dodge, Ralph
*Ilsley, Katharine
*Gerrish, Grenville
*Perkins, Anna
*Greenlaw, Warren A.
*Pierce, Elizabeth Sehrman, Maud
*Hollis, Theodore
Smith, Louise
*King, Edwin
*Smith, Priscilla
*MacDonald, John
*Stockwell, Margaret Wheaton, Vivian
*Northrup, Rupert
*Otis, Dwight
*Wilder, Geraldine
*Sawyer, Warren
*Casano, Florence
*Scott, Roscoe
*Collister, William
*Scars, Henry
*Wellman, Rollins
*Woglom, Albert
*Nelson, Willis
*Maxwell, George
Eighth Grade (B) Franklin School
Adams, Ruth
*Ackerman, Floyd
*Breare, Josephine
*Batchelder, Warren
*Brown, Esther
*Cox, Henry
*Champlain, Pearl
Fahey, Russel
*Conner, Ruth
Lague, Harry
*Cragin, Geraldine
*Manser, George
Esther Todd
*Harris, Marshall
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Durgin, Mabel
*Friend, Selma
*Hanson, Mildred
*Knowlton, Katherine
*Littlefield, Elsie
*Lord, Caroline
*Mace, Marion
*Mendalovitz, Lena
*Muskavitz, Lillian
*Pearson, Dorothy
*Rich, Grace Smith, Evelyn Tamey, Marcelia
*Littlefield, Myrtle
*Lane, Lagretta
*Knowlton, Millie
*Lane, Beatrice
Marryat, Albert
*Munroe, Addison
*Parker, Albert
*Parker, George
*Paul, Alfred Schofield, Robert
*Shaw, James
*Stoddard, Russel
*Taylor, Albert
*Wilson, Harold
Eighth Grade, Lincoln School
*Bennett, Estelle
*Boyle, Margaret Caldwell, Zilpha
*Curran, Caroleen
*Cutler, Hilda
*Gibbons, Ruth
*Hatch, Louise
*O'Donnell, Ethel
*Wilkinson, Mildred
*Knight, Madeline
*Aitken, Herbert
*Berry, Myron
*Carpenter, Frank W.
*Day, Clifton H. DeCourcy, Henry E.
*Emery, Robert W.
*Ferguson, William F. Fudge, Frederick W.
*Gabriel, Victor H.
*Gittes, Archie
*Gordon, Lawrence
*King, Samuel W.
*Knowlton, Charles F.
*Marnette, Albert J.
*Mason, Myron S.
*McDougal, Harry G.
*Neary, John
*Swain, Harold H. Mendall, Sherman Waltz, Albert P.
Eighth Grade, Mary A. Livermore School
*Armington, Marion
*Barter, Eleanor A.
*Ames, Charles F.
*Bearse, Allen H. Jr.
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*Burr, Harriet S.
*Butters, Kathryn
*Carr, Margery
*Hearne, Thomas M.
*Loud, Richard M.
*Dow, Phyllis A.
*Merrill, J. Franklin
*Fulton, Margery A.
*Gurney, Marion E.
*Hall, Rachel M.
Landry, Frances M.
*Lovejoy, Margaret
*Palmer, Albert E.
*Landick, Dorothy E. Morris, Minnie N.
*O'Connor, Helen L.
*Roberts, Margaret B.
*Radford, Alice M.
*Solomon, Elizabeth
*Andrews, Carroll B. Bertoldo, Joseph M.
*Bright, Cyril A.
*Crowley, Leo C.
*Ehrenborg, Carl
*Mason, Cora W.
*Gustin, Victor A. Hiltz, Francis W.
*Newhall, Ruth
*Sanford, Annette M.
*Lent, Francis
*Lloyd, Lawrence W.
*Messenger, Marshall E.
*Millett, Warren E.
*Myrick, G. Colburn
*Philbrick, Lawrence L.
*Sackett, Paul L. Sinnott, John M.
*Weeks, H. Ashley
*Johnson, William R.
Eighth Grade, D. W. Gooch School
*Casey, Mildred
*Garey, Marjorie A.
*Jennings, Ruth M.
*Coburn, Charles S.
*Leonard, Dorothy E.
*Crocker, Carl G.
*Lucey, Catherine Dragan, David
*Mathias, Theo. B.
*Fuller, Henry E.
Eighth Grade, Washington School
*Bodvar, Anna C.
*Delaney, Mary K.
*Denley, Doris E.
*Harrow, Dorothy H. F.
*Kerwin, Theresa E.
*Sanford, Josephine
*Sawyer, Pauline S.
*Stevens, Gladys
*Wright, Grace E.
*Eyrick, Philip A.
*Gilbert, George E.
*Dunlap, M. Eileen
*Mosher, Harold E.
*Schofield, John M. Thompson, Leland C. Wade, Alan G.
*Simonds, Bernard
*Armstrong, James W.
*Casey, Joseph
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*Patten, Lucile M.
*Rendall, Louise E. Seales, Gladys B.
*Sparhawk, Margaret
*Sparhawk, Marion
*Tay, Irene
*Middleton, Mabel E.
Nelson, Franklin J.
*Perkins, Enoch
*Plummer, Paul G. Smart, Allen F.
*Ritchie, Stanley M.
*Pitman, Stanley M.
*Rock, Herbert A.
*Wakelin, Alexander
*Entered High School in September-85 per cent.
Assessors' Report
TAXABLE VALUATION OF THE CITY
Buildings
$11,326,050.00
Land
5,916,700.00
Total Real Estate
$17,242,750.00
Personal Estate
1,530,000.00
Total Valuation
$18,772,750.00
Rate of Taxation $23.40 per $1000.
Amount Raised on Property and Polls as Follows:
Real Estate
$403,480. 35
Personal Estate
35,802.00
5061 Polls at $2.00 each
10,122.00
$449,404.35
Divided as follows :
State Tax
$43,450.00
County Tax
19,871.65
Met. Sewer Tax
17,657.22
Met. Park Tax
10,464.99
State Highway
200.54
Charles River Basin Tax
1,974.84
Fire Prevention Tax
225.67
City Budget Tax
379,561.18
Overlay
14,833.40
$488,239.49
Less amount due from Inconic Tax
38,835.14
$449,404.35
Supplementary Assessments
$26,000.00
Street Sprinkling Assessed
11,887.63
Excise Tax Assessed (Bay State Street Ry.)
2,564.5-4
Number of residents assessed
3,194
Number of non-residents assessed
677
Number of persons assesed for poll tax only
3,60;
Year
Census
Dwell- Polls ings
Value Buildings
Value Land
Total Val. Real Estate
Value Personal Estate
Total Valua- tion
Rate Der $1,000
City Appro- priation
Sewer- age Tax
Park Tax
State Tax
County Tax
Overlay
Total Tax Levy
Year
1900
12,715
3,237
3,650
$7,582,525
$4,398,150
$11,980,675
$797,690
ยท $12,778 365
$18.00
$199,837.41
$9,431.01
$6,645.00
$11,857.11
$9,540.04
$237,310.57
1900
1901
12,781
3,248
3,711
7,610,850
5,993,025
13,603,875
1,286,890
14,890,765
16.20
206,635.82
9,727.23
7,437.50
13,388.55
*11,463.29
248,652.39
1901
1902
13,369
3,280
3,931
7,781,400
5,927,575
13,708,975
1,656,505
15,365,480
17.20
237,107.27
10,561.13
$1,977.83
6,375.00
13,365.88
2,861.15
272,148.26
1902
1903
13,641
3.312
4,052
7,865,250
5,915,375
13,780,625
1,397,005
15,177,630
18.00
237,087.74
10,808.84
5,169.59
10,625.00
13,917.89
3,692.28
281,301.34
1903
1904
14,021
3,319
4,137
7,945,700
5,867,625
13,813,325
1,424,530
15,237,855
17.40
225,003.32
11,744.15
5,696.87
11,625.00
15,716.05
3,627.28
273,412.67
1904
1905
14,559
3,334
4,235
8,020,150
5,845,800
13,865,950
1,436,745
15,329,695
18.00
227,044.58
12,077.04
5,922.31
18,600.00
15,272.57
5,488.01
284,404.51
1905
1906
14,572
3,363
4,235
8,131,450
5,787,100
13,918,550
1,559,330
15,477,880
17.80
229,006.55
12,222.49
6,183.01
16,275.00
16,188.40
4,100.81
283,976.26
1906
1907
14,860
3,382
4,318
8,288,850
5,781,500
14,070,350
1,664,060
15,734,410
17.00
219,753.24
9,264.95
7,183.32
18.000,00 }
15,880.08
6,038.36
276,120.97
1907
1908
15,122
3,393
4,344
8,450,675
5,788,475
14,239,150
1,733,810
15,972,960
18.50
234,100.42
14,397.93
7,868.56
*19.75}
15,606.50
7,444.60
304,187.76
1908
1909
15,246
3,416
4,438
8,627,425
5,775,725
14,403,150
1,746,675
16,149,825
19.30
250,100.51
13,567.95
8,158.34
20,250.00 }
17,350.17
11,220.90
320,567.62
1909
1910
15,735
3,447
4,490
8,865,325
5,771,450
14 636,775
1,827,090
16,463,865
19.40
255,567.13
14,834.95
8,494.76
23,760.00 }
16,478.32
9,224.31
328,378.98
1910
1911
16,118
3,503
4,515
9,164,225
5,757,450
14,921,675
1,975,950
16,879,625
20.40
276,517.13
15,496.52
11,634.39 }
23,760.00
15,170.07
7,067.28
353,741.55
1911
1912
16,241
3,564
4,596
9,452,650
5,757,150
15,209,800
2,213,000
17,422,800
20.40
283,731.71
15,804.48
9,412.75 }
27,000.00
14,860.33
12,466.03
364,617. 12
1912
1913
16,612
3,611
4,620
9,791,425
5,791,425
15,582,625
2,420,900
18,003,525
20.40
289,544.80
17,103.24
10,262.39 }
32,640.00
16,466.40 }
7,316.90
376,511.91
1913
1914
17,037
3,674
4,685
10,144,550
5,816,700
15,961,250
2,606,080
18,567,330
21.70
316,917.47
17,437.18
10,558.39 }
35,700.00 }
19,577.92 }
10,154.95
412,281.06
1914
1915
17,096
3,748
4,850
10,494,300
5,823,300
16,317,600
2,623,780
18,941,380
23.70
359,106.29
17,201.57
10,796.50 }
39,780.00 }
20,682.55 }
9,236.85
458,610.70
1915
1916
17,317
3,864
4,949
10,957,650
5,891,700
16,849,350
2,795,800
19,645,150
22.00
350,771.03
16,153.54
8,183.80 }
32,000.00 }
20,650.93 }
12,008.66
442,091.30
1916
1917
17,275
3,958
5,061
11,326,050
5,916,700
17,242,750
1,530,000
18,772,750
23.40
379,561. 18
17,657.22
10,464.99 }
43,450.00 }
19,871.65 }
14,833.40
449,404. 35 )
1917
1,974.84}
200.54
225.675
*38,835.145
*Charles River Basin. State Highway.
Miscellaneous. Income Tax.
*1,323.371
*18.75
*1,655.79 [
*20.00
*1,502.39 |
1,731.041
67.65
136.46}
1,621.29 )
52.40)
133.25)
*1,834.041
*200.00}
*289.30!
*19.75}
*19.511
*4,076.16)
*20.00
24,750.001
*102.00}
ASSESSORS' REPORT
49
Number of horses assessed
196
Number of cows assessed
252
Number of swine assessed
8
Valuation of Exempted Property .
Houses of Religious Worship
$370,775.00
Literary and Benovelent Institutions
188,825.00
$559,600.00
FRANK R. UPHAM, CHARLES C. SWETT, JOSHUA T. NOWELL,
Assessors.
4
Report of Inspector of Wires
The Fire Alarm System has been kept in good repair.
Four miles of weather proof wire has been run in on the outside circuits in place of old bare wire.
Eighty-five two pin and fifty-two four pin arms have been ie- placed with new ones.
The new boxes have been installed, one at the corner of Florence and Sanford Streets and the other at the corner of Howard and Elm Streets.
Ten boxes have been shifted to new locations.
All boxes were painted two coats of red.
Seventeen hundred and fifty inspections of boxes were made, mak- ing necessary repairs.
One eight inch Electro-Mechanical Gong was purchased for Hose 4's house.
Nineteen transmitter box wheels were purchased inaking a com- plete set, enabling us to send out any alarm from Headquarters.
On the morning of August II, a fire occured at Fire Alarm Head- quarters putting the system out of commission, the old protector board was entirely destroyed.
Police Signal Boxes have been inspected twice a month, replacing forty-two new receiver cord and fifty-two telephone batteries.
Six boxes have been shifted to new poles.
All boxes have been painted two coats of dark blue.
The instruments at Headquarters have been kept in first class condition.
Sixty-one two pin and twenty-one four pin arms have been re- placed with new ones.
Two and one half miles of old wire has been pulled out and replaced with new.
One new box was installed at the corner of East Wyoming Avenue and Whittier Streets.
One thousand three hundred and twenty inspections of wires were made of old and new houses, issuing four hundred and forty-five per- mits allowing current to be turned on.
Recommendations-The purchase of an eight circuit repeater to be installed at Fire Alarm Headquarters.
51
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF WIRES
The City wires on Main Street from Goodyear Avenue to the Wakefield line be pulled in under-ground.
A Diaphone Horn to be installed at the Central Fire Station, or the purchase of a bell striking machine to be installed on the Gooch School as the present system cannot be heard on the west side of the city.
The purchase of ten new Fire Alarm boxes to take the place of the old non-interfering type of box.
Respectfully submitted, FRED A. EDWARDS, Wire Inspector.
Report of Inspector of Buildings
In making this Annual Report, I am as surprised as you will be at the amount of money expended in building construction the past year.
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