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crease in the school population and attendance, the record for the past year should be encouraging to all.
The Board would call your attention to the fact that the co- operation of the people is essential, if the spread of disease is to be satisfactorily prevented. Complete isolation of patients suffering with Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever and Measles should be religiously carried out. The excreta of typhoid patients should be thoroughly treated with Chloride of Lime or Bichloride of Mercury, under the direction of the attending physician, before it is turned into a privy vault or allowed to pass into a cesspool.
Some wells are still being used for all domestic purposes. It is the opinion of the Board that the use of such wells should not be continued unless upon analysis they shall be found to be free from contamination.
Each year with the rapid growth of the town, with its conse- quent increase of sewage, which is being turned into cesspools. the dangers of well water becoming contaminated are much greater than formerly. and users of such waters are assuming risks which it is easily possible to avoid. Very palatable water may have lurking in it elements capable of producing fatal disease. and you are cautioned against relying on anything less positive than a scientific examination as to the quality of well water. The town supply is periodically examined by ex- · perts and as yet nothing dangerous to health has been found. At any rate, it is much safer than water whose properties have not been determined by scientific examination.
Your attention is again called to the necessity of having all sink drains properly trapped and ventilated.
No sink drain or waste pipe from any bath room or water closet should be allowed to discharge its waters into any brook or stream of water.
The theory which seems to be so prevalent that sink water is comparatively harmless, is entirely fanciful, and one which should be relegated. It contains an abundance of organic mat- ter of just the right sort to readily decompose, and certainly all of us can bear testimony that to our senses at least it is un- wholesome, but more than that. an atmosphere which has in it .
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any amount of gas from a sink drain is proportionately more liable to encourage disease. Should it happen that this water shonkl find its way into a well which is used for domestic pur- poses, (allowing that it had not passed through a purifying media), disease would most certainly be a logical result.
The known dangers of expectorating in public places, such as halls, cars, stores, public offices, school-rooms, etc., are greater today than ever before. The sputum is absorbed by the dust and dirt, and when blown about may find lodgment in such favorable conditions that disease may follow. Under fairly normal conditions our vitality is sufficient to resist the action of germs of disease; we should, however, use all reasonable care to lessen the possibility of being subjected to disease-breeding con- ditions. Common decency demands that spitting in public places be forbidden, excepting into receptacles provided for such purpose.
We believe that full importance is not given to the latest knowledge concerning consumption, that disease so common, so fatal, and which makes its attack so insidiously. It is the cause of more deaths than any other single disease. It is contagious, as much so as diphtheria. This being the case, it is absolutely necessary that no one should be allowed to sleep with or occupy at night the same room with a consumptive, excepting under the most urgent necessity, and when such must be the case very great care should be used that the exhalations and sputum do not come into direct contact with the mucus membrane of the throat and lungs. All linen and dishes should be thoroughly boiled. Apartments which have been occupied by consumptives should be disinfected in the same manner and by the same means as are employed after scarlet fever and other infections diseases. Physicians are requested to notify the Board when a death occurs from this canse, and its agent will be directed to fumigate the apartments formerly occupied by the consumptive.
The keeping of swine without a license from the Board of Health is forbidden. The Board will not grant licenses for swine to be kept in the central part of the town, and only the . farmers will be granted a license for this purpose.
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Persons having offal to dispose of are requested to give such matter to the one employed by the Board. The Board on being requested to do so, will order the offal removed by its agent on his periodical trips. Each honseholder should provide a suitable receptacle for the offal, which should be kept in a convenient place, easy of access. A. galvanized iron pail, with close fitting cover, is what the Board would recommend for this purpose.
The following table shows to whom permits have been granted to do plumbing, owner of the property in which the plumbing was done, and the date of inspection by the agent of the Board :
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LIST OF PLUMBING INSPECTIONS.
No.
OWNER.
LOCATION.
PLUMBER.
DATE.
1
Francis Doane
Walpole Street,
Win. Foerman
E. H. Grant
Vernon 66
F. E. Colburn,
3 4 5
C. E. Hill
Washington 66
Win. Foreman,
G. D. Earle
Prospect Avenue,
Wm. D. Huntoon & Co.,
6
James Berwick
Washington Street, Walpole 66
Win. D. Huntoon & Co.,
Wolf Waldheim
Wilson 66
H. A. Spear, Jr.,
May 4, 8
Mrs. H. Turner
Washington .6
W'm. Foreman,
=
16
10 11
Daniel Eckhardt
v'edar
Place,
Win. D. Huntoon & Co., 66 66
66 20
12
W. C. Fuller
Winter
F. E. Colburn,
66 31
13
Freeman Courtney
Cottage
Win. Foreman,
June 20
14 Mrs. J. E. Morse
Concord Avenue,
Wm. D. Huntoon & Co ..
May 26 June 2 66
15
Dr. F. H. Nutting .J. II. Butler
F. E. Colburn,
May 31
17
L. E. Cobb
W. E. Smalling,
31 31
George Allen
Washington
W. D. Huntoon & Co.,
June 6 66
21
R. HI. Collins
Nahatan 60
Wm. D. Huntoon & Co.,
May 31 June 12 19 19
23 24 25
M. II. Donovan
Washington Street,
Wm. D. Huntoon & Co., 66
.€
July 66
6 1
29
Mrs. J. M. Leonard
Foundry
Wm. Foreman,
June 26
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
Broadway,
F. E. Cobb,
Aug. 28
Philip MeCartin
Washington
..
E. J. Winn,
July 13 « 10
33
Miss Nellie Dexter
Linden
Hoyle 66
Win. D. Huntoon & Co., 66 66
Aug. 7 July Il
35 36 37
James Cunningham
Water
II. A. Spear, Jr.,
66
25
38 Granville Ellis
Howard
Wm. D. Huntoon & Co., F. E. Colburn, 66
Aug. 66
A. II. Thayer
School
Win. D. Huntoon & Co., E. J. Winn,
66
43
M. G. Smithı
Chapel
F. E. Colburn,
16
20
Fred Readel
Prospect 66
Wm. D. Huntoon & Co.,
11 20
46
John Gilman
Ellis
Avenue,
Wm. Foreman,
66
47
M. G. Smith
Chapel
Street,
F. E. Colburn, 66 66
66
29
E. W. Spear
Railroad Avenue, Wheelock
Wm. D. Huntoon & Co.,
50
M. G. Smith
Chapel Street,
F. E. Colburn,
51
A. W. Lawrence
off Walpole
H. A. Spear, Jr.,
Sept. 29
52
Norwood Associates
off Wash'ton 66
Wm. Foreman.
Aug. 26 66 26
Norwood Associates Albert Fales
Washington 66
66
66
66
66
35
Cross
A. II. Linton,
Sept. 1
56 Joseph Swett
Ellis Avenue,
Wm. Foreman,
57
Miss Nellie Dexter
Linden Street,
F. E. Colburn,
66 13
58 59
L. W. Bigelow's Sons
Washington
Churchill & Washburn,
66
Chas. E. Hartshorn
Vernon 66
F. E. Colburn,
66
27
28
Mrs. E. J. Worthington A. H. Thayer
Washington 66 School 16
66
30 31 32
Mrs. Nettie Hunt
Hoyle .4
F. E. Colburn, 66 66
10
Thomas Kanally
Cross
66
66
Mrs. Ward Moreland
Walpole 66
39 40 41 42
West School
Walpole
66 66
66
11
M. R. Perry
Winter
44 45
M. G. Smith
Chapel
66
F. E. Colburn,
48 49
A. W. Metcalf
.. 23
53
54 55 J. T. Hawkins
Neponset 66
F. E. Colburn,
C. E. Smeltzer
Prospect
Avenue,
64
66 19
26 27
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
Lyden
Wm. Foreman,
Myrtle
F. E. Colburn,
C. W. Guy
Vernon 66
Dagnel Hogan
Railroad
Washington Street, Prospect Avenue, off Foundry Street,
Win. Foreman,
16
C. R. Ayers
Neponset 66
F. E. Colburn,
23
Ernest Litts
Pleasant Street, 66
Wm. Foreman,
1899. Apr. 14 May 31 Mar. 21 “ 27
Mrs. M. E. Bocknam
Apr. 26 14
7 8 9
1
Dr. F. W. Dodge
Vernon 66
66
18 19 J. P. Sullivan 20 Thomas Costello
East Chapel
D. J. Kenefick
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LIST OF PLUMBING INSPECTIONS - Continued.
. No.
OWNER.
LOCATION-
PLUMBER.
DATE.
60 Geo. B. Talbot
Pleasant
Wm. Foreman,
61 George Allen
Washington
66
Wm. D. Huntoon & Co.,
62
C. F. Whitney,
Nichols
66
66 19
63 Michael Drummy,
Munroe 66
66
66
64
Michael Hogan,
Pleasant
F. E. Colburn,
30
65 Martin Lyden,
Railroad
Avenue,
Wm. Foreman,
Oct. 12
66 George F. Bagley, Michael Drummy,
Granite
Street,
F. E. Colburn,
Sept. 30 66
68 East School,
Railroad
Avenue,
F. E. Colburn,
4
71
Angustus Biester,
Cottage Street,
66
66
11
74
A. W. Lawrence,
off Walpole Street,
66
24 I900.
75
Congregational Church,
Walpole 66
Wm. D. Huntoon & Co.,
Jan. 29 1899. Oct. 30 19
79
Sumner Bagley,
Washington 66
66
A. H. Linton,
25
81 E. E. Prait,
Linden
F. E. Colburn, 66
25
82
F. W. Talbot,
Nahatan
Nov.
3
84
W. Allen Talbot.
Washington 66
F. E. Colburn,
..
20
85
Samuel Peterson,
Concord Avenue,
Wm. D. Huntoon & Co.,
1I
86
Geo. S. Winslow.
Chapel Street,
66
66
1900.
Jan. 20 1899.
Brook 66
66 66
66
Nov. 29 20
88
Fred L. Fisher,
Neponset
F. E. Colburn, 66
20
90 Arthur C. Morse,
Cross
Street,
Wm. D. Huntoon & Co., Wm. Foreman,
25
91 92
John Frye,
Phillips Avenue,
H. A. Spear, Jr.,
5
93
Adam Hurst,
Cedar Street,
Win. D. Huntoon & Co.,
Nov. 24 Dec. 12
95
E. P. Tucker,
Prospect Avenue,
Win. D. Huntoon & Co ..
" 26 1900. Jan. 17
96
Geo. F. Willett,
Washington Street,
66
66
97
Charles Ross,
Concord Avenue, Nichols Street,
66
66
" 20
98
Frank W. Bateman,
99
Timothy Keating,
Munroe 66
F. E. Colburn, Win. Foreman,
20
67
Munroe
Wm. D. Huntoon & Co., M. & H. H. Collins,
69 Geo. II. Smith,
Walpole
Street,
70 Oscar Anderson. E. O. Clark,
off Walpole 66
Win. D. Huntoon & Co., 66 66
4
Johanna Clark,
Prospect Avenue,
E. J. Winn, H. A. Spear, Jr.,
12
78
Chas. T. Wheelock,
Cottage Street,
Win. Foreman, E. J. Winn,
"
J. T. Hawkins,
Cross
Jerry Flavin,
off Foundry
Wm. D. Huntoon & Co.,
I
89
Jacob Baver,
Railroad Avenue,
Hoyle
Dec. 11 "
04
Wheelock Estate,
Washington
Wm. Foreman,
Oct. 4 Sept. 29 Oct. ..
Prospect Avenue,
66
L. G. Marston,
Prospect
E. J. Winn, .
S. L. Reed,
Prospect Avenue,
11
1
J. P. Hamlin,
Geo. HI. Bateman,
Sept. 19 64 13
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The following is a statement of expenditures authorized by the Board :-
Paid Fred Segar, for removing offal for six months,
ending April 1, 1899, $62 50
Fred Segar, for removing offal for nine months, ending January 1, 1900, 150 00
Fred Segar, for care of swine, 4 00
E. B. Thorndike, for printing and advertising, 19 75
Melvin & Badger, for supplies, 20 75
W. B. French, for legal consultations,
25 00
F. E. Beal, for services as agent.
10 75
N. Ward & Co., for services,
2 00
L. P. Davis, יכ 1 50
E. J. Winn, for 30 plumbing inspections, 60 00
F. E. Colburn, " 69 138 00 66
$494 25
Appropriation, $500 00
For renewing plumbers' licenses the Board has received one dollar and fifty cents, which has been paid to the Town Treas- urer, and his receipt taken therefor.
We would recommend that the sum of five hundred dollars be raised and appropriated for the use of the Board of Health for the coming year.
Respectfully submitted,
EBEN C. NORTON, FRED E. COLBURN, LYMAN F. BIGELOW, Board of Health
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Nonwoop, Jan. 31, 1900.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen : -
GENTLEMEN, -- We herewith present our report of the Fire Department for the year ending Jan. 31, 1900.
During the year we have responded to twenty-nine (29) alarms- Out of these there have been thirteen (13) bell and sixteen (16) still alarms.
The total loss was $14,645.50. Insurance on property damaged, $22,057.00.
During the year there have been have added to the Department one hose wagon and two extinguishers, and placed in Hose House No. 2.
Apparatus in Department now is as follows :
House No. 1, Market Street. One hook and ladder truck, 1 hose reel, 1 hose wagon, 1 pung, 8 extinguishers.
House No. 2. Washington Street. One hose wagon, 1 hose reel, 1 pung, 4 extinguishers.
Hand engine No. 1. at Mr. Leonard Fisher's on Neponset Street.
Hand engine No. 2, at Hawes neighborhood.
Number of feet of hose, 3,700.
RECORD OF FIRES AND ALARMS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1900.
Date.
Time.
Box.
Probable Cause.
Location.
Property.
Owner.
LosS.
Insurance.
1899. Feb. 23
11.50 p. m.
Incendiary
off Dean st. Concord ave. Munroe st. Winter st. Ellis station Market st. West schoolhouse Railroad ave.
Dwelling Grass Dwelling Woods Grass 66
L. Babineau
$600 00
$2,500 00
Mar. 13
Apr. 2
4
6
7
7
14
1.40 a. m.
27 Still 66
Paint shop Grass
J. W. & E. F. Roby Jarvis Gay
4,381 50
6,107 00
15
18
66
19
11.00 p. m.
34
Incendiary I Locomotive
Laundry Grass Woods
C. W. Gay Mrs. H. Doane
118
May 1 June 5 July
12.30 a. m. 1.30 p. m.
Fire cr'k'rs
Barn Grass
P. McCartin H. Plimpton
162 00
3,000 00
66
24 31
8.10 a. m. 4.30 p. m. 8.15 p. m.
34 35 35
Unknown False alarm
Shoe shop Book bindery 66
Aug. 4 Sept. 10 11
·
Still 66
Rock meadows Purgatory meadows 66
Railroad ave.
Dwelling
M. J. Lyden
5 00
1,600 00
Dec. 7 11
1.17 a. m. 11.55 a. m.
27 39
Unknown Back draft
Purgatory meadows Hill st. Pleasant st.
Oilclothı mfg. Ink mfg.
Chandler & Gay G. H. Morrill & Co.
9 300 00 none
5,500 00 none
1900.
Jan. 8
4.55 p. m.
27
Spark from foundry
Foundry st.
Dwelling
Jolın Nugent
1 00
800 00
.
Grass Rubbish
E. Partridge D. O'Brien
100 00
150 00
4 4
18 Still
Peabody pasture Broadway near Ellis station Winter st. Walpole st. near Winslow sta. Naliatan st. Nahatan st.
M. H. Howard
65 CO
900 00
20
Still 6.
24
29
12.25 p. m.
Broadway Washington st.
66
14
5.00 a. m. 1.55 p m.
27
26
Child with matches
18
7.03 p. m.
47 Still 29 Still
Lamp upset
Jolin King Charles Gay
31 00
1,500 00
Locomotive
16
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RECOMMENDATIONS.
First, that 1000 feet of hose be purchased.
Second, that the town appropriate the sum of $2000 for the use of the Fire Department the ensuing year.
Respectfully submitted,
J. F. BOYDEN, H. F. WALKER, F. W. TURNER, Board of Engineers.
Nonwoop, Feb. 1, 1900.
To the Board of Engineers :
I herewith submit the second annual report concerning the town's fire alarm system.
The past year would have introduced nothing of note pertain- ing to the system, had it not been for the serious electrical dis- turbance of Sept. 3, which inflicted a very heavy damage upon the system, burning out seven boxes. six so completely that they had to be replaced by new ones, also the whistle machine at Winslow's tannery, and two tappers.
It was considered by the firm who did the repairing to be the worst burn-out it had ever scen.
Box 17, situated at the corner of Nahatan and Nichols Streets, was added, and box 59, at the corner of Walpole and Endicott Streets, removed to the junction of Walpole and Wilson Streets, where it was originally intended to be placed.
A little larger appropriation has been asked for this year, since the system will need quite a number of repairs, it now having been in operation three years. Then, too, the consummation of battery material will come, so that a double amount will be needed.
The material on hand consists of one-half mile insulated line wire, one-half mile bare line wire, one reel, six tamping and digging bars, pikes, one pole support, one pair come-alongs. 16 pounds office wire, insulators and porcelains.
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I recommend that the sum of $350 be appropriated for the support of the fire alarm.
I also recommend that the School Committee purchase a box. to be used for blowing the no school alarm. This would furnish a very adequate means, and the expense of such would be small. It is by no means advisable to open a box on a stormy day for this purpose, thus exposing the mechanism to the weather. It is also oftentimes inconvenient for either the engineers or myself to give the alarm.
Respectfully submitted, DANA H. FISHER, Supt. N. F. A. Telegraph.
NORWOOD FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.
LOCATION OF BOXES.
17. Cor. Nahatan and Nichols Streets.
18. Cor. Nahatan and Prospect Streets.
19. Cor. Vernon and Nichols Streets.
25. Cor. Washington and Granite Streets.
26. Cor. Railroad Avenue and Fulton Street.
27. C'or. Railroad Avenue and Market Street.
28. Cor. Railroad Avenue and Pleasant Street.
29. C'or. Monroe and Rock Streets.
34. Post Office Square.
35 H. M. Plimpton & Co.'s Bindery.
36. Cor. Guild and Cross Streets.
37. New England Car Shops.
39. Geo. H. Morrill & Co.'s Ink Works.
45. Jumetion Washington and Walpole Streets.
46. Norwood Press.
47. . No. 2 Hose House. Washington Street.
48. Cor. Washington Street and Concord Avenue.
49. Cor. Washington and Mylod Streets.
56. Cor. Walpole Street and Walnut Avenue.
57. Cor. Walpole and Chapel Streets.
58. Winslow Bros.' Tannery.
59. Cor. Walpole and Willett Streets.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
OF THE
MORRILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY.
A year ago the Trustees were enabled to make a fairly satisfactory report of the results of the first year's occupa- tion of the new Library building, and they then looked for- ward with pleasant anticipation to its greater usefulness the coming year. Through its much improved facilities and better conditions the patronage of the Library and reading- room has steadily increased.
Particular attention has been given to the encouragement of reading by children, and looking to this end a compara- tively large number of juvenile books of a clean and whole- some kind have been added to the Library with gratifying results. The Library in the past has been notably lacking in this respect.
A fairly successful attempt has also been made to lead the older patrons of the Library to read books of a literary and educational character as well as those which are simply eu- tertaining. This has been done by placing upon one of the tables in the reading-room a selection of books (not fiction) which the Trustees desired to bring before the readers : books to which they would hardly be attracted by simply seeing them listed in a catalogue. From week to week new volumes have been substituted, and the attention of those who desire suggestions or assistance in their choice of read- ing-matter is recommended to these books. The Trustees
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hope in this way to get into circulation much high-class lit- erature which has hitherto been almost entirely ignored. Some of the choicest books in the English language, which have been in the Library for a number of years, are found with leaves uncut, plainly indicating that if they have ever been taken ont they have certainly never been read.
The opening of the stack-room to the public has proved highly satisfactory : and while many have gladly availed themselves of the privilege, in no respect has it been abused.
At the request of the American Library Association, pho- tographs of the interior and exterior of the Library have been sent to Paris for the Exposition of 1900.
During the past year the Trustees have considered the matter of a suitable book-plate, and, after an examination of some of those used by other libraries, have recently adopted one which they think will give general satisfaction.
The catalogning of the books by the card system will in all probability be completed in April. They will then have been arranged and classified in the latest and most approved manner.
The issuing of a new catalogue, complete up to date, will be made necessary by this rearrangement and also by the large number of new books purchased in recent years.
Suitable revolving bookcases built to harmonize with the woodwork, are being made for the reading-room, in which will be placed reference books for the casy convenience of those who desire to use them ..
The number of new books added by purchase and through gifts during the past year is 650, among which may be men- tioned the Boston Directory, the best and latest Bible Dic- tionary, so far as issued, and a very large and complete Atlas of the World.
The number of books and bound magazines taken from the Library during the year is 18,151.
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The Trustees desire to acknowledge and express their thanks for the following gifts received during the year :
. The Norwood Advertiser.
The Norwood Messenger.
L. A. W. Bulletin and Good Roads ; from the L. A. W.
Chatauquan, 13 vols. ; Publie Opinion, 22 vols. ; Our Day, 7 vols. ; from A. C. Russell.
National Magazine from May 1899, from Winthrop Pack- ard, Canton.
City of Malden, for 1 vol.
State of Massachusetts for 62nd Report Board of Educa- tion ; 11th Report Hatch Experiment Station ; Mannal Gen- eral Court, 1899; Journal of Senate, 1899; Journal of House, 1899; Mass. Census, 1895; Acts and Resolves, 1899 ; Mass. Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War: 1898 Campaign of 6th Mass. U. S. V.
U. S. Government, Washington, D. C., for Report of Smithsonian Institute, 1896 ; 12th annual Report Inter-State Commerce, 1898 ; Messages and Papers, 1 vol ; War of the Rebellion, series 1, vol. 8; U. S. Department of Agricul- ture, 1 pamphlet.
Primer of Forestry, from Gifford Pinchot.
Biography, Francis William Bird, from Charles S. Bird and sisters.
Copeland and Day, 45 vols., (list published in local press Nov. 1899).
Story of My Life, by Mary A. Livermore; Story of Turkey and America, by James W. Pierce, from Miss Florence Hill.
Shakspeare (in German) 4 vols., from Paul D. Koch.
That Better World, by G. W. Field, from Walter G. Chase, 16 State St., Boston.
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Picturesque Architecture -- New England, 2 vols., George H. Morrill.
An American Mother, by Mary Lanman Uuderwood, from Herbert S. Underwood, Boston Advertiser.
Speaking of gifts, it is probably quite generally known that several years ago the Library received a gift of a sum of money, called the "Chickering Fund," from which a small annual interest is realized, and the attention of our publie- spirited citizens is called to the fact that in making donations to an institution of this kind they insure the grateful remen- brance of present and future generations. By what other means can a small beqnest be made to bring forth better and more enduring results ? Many libraries throughout the State have received such benefits, which sometimes specify the purchase of certain classes of literature, as for instance, his- torical or biographieal works, etc., etc., the collection so acquired to be named after the benefactor. This thought has occurred to the Trustees, and it has been suggested that ' if it were brought before the public it might possibly take root in some generous heart and the Library and its patrons be benefited thereby.
A much-felt need of the Library, which the limited funds at the disposal of the Trustees practically prohibits, is a clock (cased in keeping with the surrounding woodwork) to be placed in the reading-room or main hall.
The Library has received so many interested visitors, among them often people of note, that it has been deemed advisable to place in the librarian's room a suitable register wherein out-of-town visitors may enter their names.
The usual financial statement for the year euding January 31, 1900, is appended, and in regard thereto the Trustees would say that while there appears from the report to be a surplus, there are bills unpaid and contracted which it has
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been impossible to approve and pass through the form for payment in season for this accounting, which will fully cover the balance seeming to be in the treasury.
Respectfully submitted,
J. STEARNS CUSHING, Chairman, MARIA E. COLBURN, Secretary, LEWIS H. PLIMPTON, MARTHA B. PARKER, IRVING S. FOGG, WILLIAM T. WHEDON,
Trustees.
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THE TRUSTEES OF THE MORRILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY in account with the TOWN OF NORWOOD.
RECEIPTS :
Balance in treasury, February 1, 1899,
$52 01
Dog tax appropriation, 469 30
Town appropriation,
2,500 00
Income Chickering Fund,
7 01
Total,
$3,028 32
EXPENSES :
Librarian,
$645 45
Assistant Librarian,
245 70
Janitor,
523 83
Gas to January 1,
225 73
Books,
446 91
Coal,
194 77
Binding,
25 00
Papers and magazines,
112 41
Water,
10 00
Incidentals,
107 20
Total,
$2,537 00
Balance in treasury, Feb. 1, 1900,
491 32
$3,028 32
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Balance in hands of Librarian, Feb. 1, 1899,
$35 69
Received from fines,
55 75
$91 44
Paid for supplies,
65 98
Balance on hand, Feb. 1, 1900,
$25 46
J. A. HEWETT, Librarian.
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VITAL STATISTICS:
BIRTHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF NORWOOD, 1899.
DATE OF BIRTII.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
1894. Apr. 13 1899.
Daniel MeCarty,
Daniel and Margaret.
1 Jan. 2
Colman Foley,
Colinan and Bridget.
John and Mary E.
66
5 Fanny Cranshaw Morrisson,
Herman J. and Sarah E.
66
9 Edmund Sullivan,
William J. and Mary T.
66
11 Henry MeGrath,
Michael and Mary N.
12 Christopher James Doyle,
Jobn E. and Josephine M.
Patriek and Ellen.
66
17 Bridget Emma McDonough,
66
24
Catherine Duffy,
66 27 James Welch,
66
Josephine Maria Ross.
Edward M. and Ray D.
66
28 30
Emily Banks,
George L. and Christie M.
James and Jeannie.
Feb. 1 Hadar Leonard Hendriekson,
Carl and Olga.
1
Cornelius Timothy Drummy,
Michael J. and Catherine.
12
Mabel Louise MeQueen,
Oscar C. and Mabel L.
66
15
Julia Flenning,
. Gerald and Delia.
66 16
Mary Catherine Callahan,
Martin and Mary A.
66
18
Catherine Connolly,
John and Mary.
Fred N. and Olive.
66
25
Joseph Nee,
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