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City of Boston by Joseph P. Lyons Asst. Corporation Counsel
Town of Canton by J. W. McAnarney Attorney
Edward O. Proctor Atty. for the Town of Sharon
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE MORRILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOR 1925
To the Citizens of Norwood:
The total circulation of books from the Morrill Memorial Library for the year 1925 was 75,233 volumes. At present there is a registration of 4,834, of whom 1,995 are in the Children's Room. This is an increase of 872 for the year. The Children's Room proves the wisdom of its establish- ment more and more. On alternate Saturday afternoons during the latter part of the year, stories have been told the children also.
Mrs. M. Agnes Mahony, a valued member of the Board since 1922, passed away June 17. At a joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Trustees Miss Julia A. McCarthy was appointed to fill the vacancy.
An exhibit of posters by school children was held to commemorate Kindness to Animals Week.
The stone work around the entrance has been pointed up and the drain- age system repaired by putting in new dry wells.
The standing of our Librarian in the state has been recognized by her election as Vice-President of the Massachusetts Library Association.
During the year the Library has been the recipient of numerous gifts among which were:
Mahogany hall clock from the late Mrs. Rosa H. Smith under the terms of her will.
A case of dolls in period costumes from the Norwood Women's Club.
A desk lamp for the Reading Room from the League of Woman Voters.
A plaque representing the Landing of Columbus from Italian-American Lodge, No. 1235, Sons of Italy, presented on October 12 by the society, which was present in a body, Judge Zottoli of Boston making the presen- tation specch.
A barberry hedge on the back line of the Library property by Miss Maud A. Shattuck.
Other gifts of books and magazines are specified in the Librarian's re- port appended.
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There is an opportunity for further gifts in the presentation of several life-sized busts which would fill the niehes in the Reading Room and add to its appearance.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM T. WHEDON, JULIA A. MCCARTHY, A. MARION SWAIN, MAUD A. SHATTUCK, W. W. EVERETT, WALTER BLAIR,
Board of Trustees.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
To the Board of Trustees:
The following is a statistical report of the Morrill Memorial Library, arranged according to the form recommended by the American Library Association.
Name of Library
Morrill Memorial Library
Town
Norwood, Massachusetts
Name of Librarian
Jane A. Hewett
Date of founding
1873
Population served
14,151 (1925)
Assessed valuation
24,089,870
Terms of use
Free for lending; free for reference
Total number of agencies
Two
Number of days open in 1925
303
Number of hours open each week
48
Number of staff
5
Increase
Number of volumes at beginning of year
27,120
Number of volumes added by purchase.
1,060
Number of volumes added by gift.
97
Total number at end of year .
28,277
Number of magazines and newspapers eurrently received .
88 titles
99 eopies
Number of publications issued during the year
4
Use
Fiction
Non-fiction
Foreign
Total
Adult.
34,630
6,924
501
42,055
Juvenile
20,586
8,466
29,052
Balch School
4,126
Total eireulation in 1925.
75,233
Number of pictures lent
5,888
Finanee-See report of Town Accountant.
Registration
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Number of borrowers registered-1925
495
377
872
Total number of registered borrowers
2839
1995
4834
Books Added to the Library-1925
Adult
Juvenile
Total
General works.
12
12
Philosophy
9
1
10
Religion
6
4 10
207
Sociology (ineludes fairy tales)
37
81
118
Philology .
2
1
3
Natural science
11
11
22
Useful arts
23
2
25
Fine arts.
50
5
55
Literature
89
30
119
History
44
14
58
Description and travel.
52
8
60
Biography
95
7
102
Fiction
286
277
563
Total.
716
441
1157
Gifts
Books and pamphlets have been received from
Mr. Charles Babel
Prof. G. L. Raymond
Mr. Percival P. Baxter
Mrs. Luther Smith
Mr. Walter Blair
Mrs. Otis D. Swain
Mr. Warren H. Cudworth
Master Arthur C. Tilton, Jr.
Mrs. L. W. Farwell
Miss Doris Van Cise
Master Edward Hale
Mr. Frederie L. Weis
Hon. Nathaniel T. Kidder
Mr. William T. Whedon
Mr. W. E. Mann
Hon. Francis O. Winslow
Mrs. L. C. Marshall
Acorn Press
Dr. J. H. Penniman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Mrs. Charles J. Prescott
G. H. Doran Co.
National Electric Light Co.
Magazines have been received from Mr. Phillips Dennett
Mrs. Kinsley Dunbar
Mr. John F. Wheelock Hon. Francis O. Winslow
Miss Maude A. Shattuck
Chart, games, mounted specimens, pictures, and puzzles have been received from
Miss Alice E. Field
Mr. William T. Whedon
Miss Margaret B. Lailey
Hon. Francis O. Winslow
See also the report of the Trustees for notable gifts.
Respectfully submitted,
JANE A. HEWETT, Librarian.
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REPORT OF BUILDING INSPECTOR
January 1, 1926.
To the Selectmen of Norwood, -
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit the following as the annual report of the Inspector of Buildings of the Town of Norwood for the year 1925:
Building Permits Issued
No. of Permits Estimated Value
Dwellings
101
$ 644,946.00
Additions
40
49,140.00
Garages
140
39,615.00
Industrial Plants .
13
300,372.00
Stone Buildings
3
7,750.00
School.
1
425,000.00
Hospital .
1
225,000.00
Storage Buildings
2
35,400.00
$1,727,223.00
Respectfully submitted,
F. M. DOUGLASS, Inspector of Buildings
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ANNUAL REPORT OF BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS
February 17, 1926.
To the Board of Selectmen, Norwood, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen:
We beg to submit herewith the annual report of the Fire Engineers for 1925.
Alarms for the year were recorded as follows:
By Telephone 79 By Box Signal 84
For Fires in Buildings 50 For Brush and Grass 85 For Automobiles 6 For False Alarms 22
Five new men were added to the department, which now numbers thirty-one, as follows:
1 Chief
1 Deputy Chief
3 Captains
3 Lieutenants
4 Squad Men 19 Call Men
The equipment has been kept in good condition. One thousand feet of 21" hose was purchased, and other supplies as needed.
The Hook and Ladder truck was overhauled, painted, and put in first- class condition. A careful inspection of the ladders revealed the fact that some of them were in poor condition. Consequently, a complete new set was ordered from the Maxim Motor Company, of Middleboro, and the superstructure of the truck fitted to properly carry them. They are of the truss type, built of the best materials, and should be of service for many years.
The following is a statement of the fire loss for the year.
Risks Involved-Buildings $416,970.00
Contents. 153,110.00
Insurance on - Buildings 404,700.00
Contents 105,300.00
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Damage - -Buildings
$39,934.15
Contents. 65,440.79
Insurance Loss-Buildings
34,239.15
Contents 58,140.79
Net Loss $12,995.00
The above amounts do not include the fire at the Victory Fertilizer Company on Neponset Street on October 15, which figures we have been unable to secure.
Respectfully submitted,
J. F. BOYDEN, F. W. TALBOT, LEWIS D. THORPE, Board of Fire Engineers.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWOOD Massachusetts
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1925
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
School Committee
1925
Florence M. Field, 54 Winter Street, term expires 1926.
Julia R. O'Brien, 4 Railroad Avenue, term expires 1926.
Frederick A. Cleveland, 70 Winter Street, term expires 1927. Arthur S. Hartwell, 90 Winter Street, term expires 1927. Edward F. Brennan, 1 Walpole Street, term expires 1928.
Charles J. Rich, 67 Beech Street, term expires 192S.
Organization
Dr. Frederick A. Cleveland Chairman Irene D. Readel Secretary
Standing Committees
Educational Program Committee: Dr. Cleveland, Miss O'Brien, Dr. Hartwell.
Finance Committe: Mr. Rich, Dr. Brennan, Mrs. Field.
Janitors, Schoolhouses and Grounds: Dr. Brennan, Mr. Rich.
Fuel, School Books and Supplies: Mrs. Field.
Committee Meetings
The regular monthly meeting of the School Committee is held at the School Committee Room, Beacon School, at eight o'clock p. m., on the first Thursday of each month.
Superintendent of Schools
Herbert H. Howes, 55 Florence Avenue. Telephone, Norwood 0482-J.
The office of the Superintendent of Schools is at the Beacon School, and is open from 8.00 a. m. until 5.00 p. m. every day except Saturday, when it is open from 8.00 a. m. until 12.00 m. Telephone, Norwood 0133.
Clerks
Irene D. Readel, 506 Walpole Street.
Elizabeth Zurba, 68 Tremont Street.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
1925-26
First term begins September 8, 1925, ends December 23, 1925 16 weeks Second term begins January 4, 1926, ends February 19, 1926 7 weeks
Third term begins March 1, 1926, ends April 16, 1926 7 weeks
Fourth term begins April 26, 1926, ends June 25, 1926 9 weeks
First term begins September 7, 1926, ends December 22, 1926 16 weeks
Holidays
October 12, Thanksgiving Day and the following Friday, Good Friday, May 30, and June 17.
No School Signal 2-2
Repeated at 7.15 a. m. No forenoon session of any school.
Repeated at 8.00 a. m. No forenoon session of any grade below the ninth grade, Junior High.
Repeated at 8.20 a. m. No forenoon session of the first three grades.
Repeated at 11.50 a. m. No afternoon session of any schools.
Repeated at 12.50 p. m. No afternoon session of first three grades.
Repeated at 6.15 p. m.
No session of evening school.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The last three annual reports of the School Committee were addressed to the subject of school needs and what we were doing to meet them. The method of presentation in these former reports was to bring before citizens a statement of fact, setting forth: (1) the increasing school membership since 1912; (2) enrollment by grades since 1921, with a statement showing losses from the system in going from grade to grade; (3) the present and immediate seating shortage; (4) the estimated costs of overcoming the shortage; and (5) the increasing cost of operation. These tabular state- ments of facts have been accompanied each year by a discussion of ques- tions of policy bearing on educational standard, tax rate, etc. In this re- port, the same general form is followed.
Our Increasing School Membership
The increasing school membership is shown by Table I. The increase in the elementary schools is to be accounted for almost wholly by the fact that Norwood is a growing town. In 1910 the population of Norwood was 8,014. For 1912, the estimated population was 9,198. In 1925 the population has increased to 14,151. In other words, from 1912 to 1925, there has been an increase of 53%. This is approximately the average inercase for the elementary grades.
Table I. Average Day-School Membership for Senior High, Junior High and Elementary, 1912-1925
Year
Elementary Grades
Junior High Grades
Senior High Grades
Total
Average Attendance
1912-1913
1341
261
105
1707
1618
1913-1914
1447
319
103
1869
1760
1914-1915
1484
387
118
1989
1886
1915-1916
1543
406
148
2097
1984
1916-1917
1573
376
153
2163
2036
1917-1918
1718
374
158
2250
2096
1918-1919
1631*
519*
188
2338
2202
1919-1920
1727
536
198
2461
2329
1920-1921
1872
503
254
2629
2510
1921-1922
1826
577
278
2681
2550
1922-1923
1902
611
300
2813
2672
1923-1924
1975
682
310
2967
2852
1924-1925
1985
745
341
3071
2901
Increase in
percentages
48
185.4
224.8
79.9
79.3
*9th grade abolished.
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The growth of the town, however, alone does not account for the in- crease in Senior and Junior High School membership. To the factor of population increase must be added the disposition of pupils to remain longer in school. Using 1912 as a basis for comparison, although the in- crease in the elementary grades is only 48%, the increase in the Junior High School grades has been 185.4%, and in the Senior High School grades 224.8%. Averaging this over the entire school membership, the increase amounts to 79.9% as against approximately 53% in the estimated increase in the population of the town for the same period.
It may be assumed that normally the elementary school membership and the population increase would be approximately the same. The fact that the population increase was 5% larger than the increase in the ele- mentary school grades may have been accounted for by the employment of immigrants in the factories-a considerable proportion of the new re- cruits being single men or men who left their families behind them. The significant fact is that the increase in the school membership as a whole increased about 50% faster than increases of the elementary membership alone during this period.
Enrollment by Grades
In years gone by, the losses in going from grade to grade were very much higher than at present-especially after the sixth or seventh grades had been reached. Pressure was brought upon the child to become a wage earner much earlier in life. Now under the law, all children who are not relieved for special cause are required to remain in school until sixteen years of age. It has been assumed that if it were not for this law parents whose incomes are small would withdraw their children after the fourteen - year age limit was reached. Such, however, is not the case as shown by Table II.
While this statement of fact presents our situation as it has been over a period of only four years, it is significant. Beginning with 1921, the en- rollment is shown for each grade as of December 1. In making com- parison it is to be remembered that what was Grade I in 1921 became Grade II in 1922, Grade III in 1923, Grade IV in 1924, and Grade V in 1925. In other words, each grade steps up from year to year.' Com- parison on this basis reveals the fact that in this stepping-up process there have been relatively few losses in going from grade to grade. Instead of having a loss in the elementary schools last year, there was a gain of eleven. Looking back over the four periods, it will be seen that the percentage of losses has been relatively small. In 1925, with an elementary school en- rollment of 2,059, there was a gain of thirty-eight over 1924. Comparing 1924 with 1923, we find that the net loss for the six grades was only six. This means that the losses in enrollment occasioned by removal of families from town and by death are balanced by new accessions to the population. The losses in going from grade to grade for the three years of Junior High School have been decreasing over a period of four years. The total Junior
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High School enrollment for 1924 was 763; the loss in going from grade to grade for all three grades was only twenty-four-an average of eight per grade; in 1922 the loss for all three grades was seventy-one-an average of 24 per grade. Even the losses in going from grade to grade in the Senior
Table II. Showing Enrollment by Grades and Losses from Year to Year in Going from Grade to Grade
Enrollment
Losses Between Grades
Grade
Dec. 1 1921
Dec. 1 1922
Dec. 1 1923
Dee. 1 1924
Dec. 1 1925
1922
1923
1924
1925
Senior High
283
307
319
353
409
57
55
83
69
12
67*
91*
74
97
103
11
13
10
10
11
102
87*
107*
113
124
27
22
25
19
10
114*
129
138
143
182
19
20
48
40
Junior High
579
628
693
763
821
71
70
36
22
9
148
158
191
222
257
33
28
10
7
8
191
219
232
264
266
21
19
6
11
7
240
251
270
277
298
17
23
20
4
Elementary
1826
1902
1969
2021
2059
23
6
24
11 +
6
268
293
297
302
334
7+
1
10
2
5
286
298
312
336
304±
3
9
10+
12+
4
295
321
326
292±
356
13
11
26
2+
3
334
337
318±
354
370
14
32 +
4+
2+
2
351
286 ±
350
368
337
6
17
2
3
1
292±
367
366
340
331
Special
18
29
27
11 +
2
* Small numbers probably due to withdrawals for war industries during years 1916 to 1918.
+ Increases.
# Membership reduced by increasing entrance age.
High School have been small-the total loss for the three grades in 1924-25 being only 69 as against the enrollment of 409. The only conclusion that ean be drawn from these figures is the one already reached-that parents
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are disposed to keep their children in school. The total school membership for 1925 was about 3,000; the losses in going from grade to grade for that year, including all the twelve school grades, were only 80. Going back to 1922 the loss in all twelve grades was 151. But this was only 6% of the total school membership-of which 5% applied against high school grades
Shortage of Buildings and Equipment
The outstanding fact that has been brought to the attention of the Town each year by the School Committee has been the continuing shortage of school buildings and euuipment. This was a condition present before the war; the shortage was increased by the pressure brought by the govern- ment on the Town to refrain from public expenditures of this kind. After the war was over, the shortage amounted to several hundred thousand dollars. This we have been gradually overcoming, but we have not yet caught up with our increasing demands. In 1921, $75,000.00 was ap- propriated to complete the west wing of the Washington Street High School -now Junior High. In 1922, $80,000.00 was appropriated to build a new eight-room addition to the Balch School; in 1923, $100,000.00 was ap- propriated to start work planning and constructing the new Senior High School, and during 1924, $300,000.00 more was added for this purpose- and in 1925, another $50,000.00. The general contract for the New High School building amounted in round numbers to $389,200.00. When to this was added the cost of heating and lighting plant, architect's fee, etc., the total cost of structure and mechanical equipment amounted in round numbers to $430,000.00. The estimated cost of educational equipment and furnishings is approximately $50,000.00. In addition to this, there are fourteen acres of ground to be graded, a double athletic field to be made, walks to be put in, etc., making an estimate total of $530,000.00, $80,000.00 of which will have to be met by future appropriation.
A statement of the cost of the new Senior High School will be found in the report of the High School Building Committee. When the new Senior High School is completed, 650 additional seatings will be added for High School use-besides equipment for administration, library, gymnasia, lunch room, heating plant, etc., adequate to accommodate a high school of from 1500 to 2000.
Seating and Room Shortage
The actual situation in the elementary schools from 1921 to 1925 is shown in terms of seating shortage by Table III.
The estimated seating and room shortage in the elementary schools for the succeeding five-year school period is shown by Table IV. From tliese tables it is to be noted that not only do we have an actual elementary seating shortage, but that this will probably increase from two to three rooms each year-less the amount that this shortage may be reduced by
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the establishment of a parochial elementary school. There are 293 children required to walk long distances and to cross the railroad tracks and go through dangerous traffic. To relieve this situation, the Town has pur- chased an admirable site on Pleasant Street, east of Railroad Avenue-a piece of elevated ground known as Fisher Hill. This will provide for the
Table III. Elementary School Seating Shortage and Teacher Shortage- Average 35 Pupils per Schoolroom
Year
Average Member- ship
Seatings Provided
* Rooms Required
Rooms Provided
Teachers Provided
Teacher Shortage
Room Shortage
1921-22
1826
1575
52
45
52
1
7
1922-23
1902
1960
54
56
54
0
2
1923-24
1975
1925
56
55
56
0
1
1924-25
1992
1925
57
55
57
0
2
Dec. 1
1925
2032±
1925
58
55
58
0
6+
* Assuming 35 scats per room.
¡ Three or more rooms should be added if the Town reduces the age limit.
These figures do not include 27 special class pupils who occupy two additional small rooms.
Table IV. Estimated Membership and Room Requirements of Next Few Years for Elementary Classes, Based on Average Population Increase (1915-1925) and Average Membership Increase (1915-1925)
Year
Based on Popu- lation Increase*
Based on Membership Increase
Rooms Required (35 per Room) Based on Mem- bership Increase+
Room Shortage Present Equipment
Actual En- rol!ment
Dec. 1, 1925
2059
2059
58
3 (6)
1926-27
2119
2109
59
4 (7)
1927-28
2180
2159
61
6 (9)
1928-29
2243
2209
62
7 (10)
1929-30
2308
2259
64
9 (12)
1930-31
2375
2309
65
10 (13)
* Average yearly population increase, 2,970.
{ The actual membership increases in the elementary grades is taken for the estimate of future room requirements because it is smaller. It may be that this may prove to be too small.
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extreme northeast area; but it will not serve the needs of a considerable portion of those who now go to the Guild School through the underway at the Plimpton Press where children are always exposed to danger. There is need for two elementary schools-one on Fisher Hill ground, and another somewhere midway between that and the Balch School.
Table V. Number of Children Attending Elementary Schools Who Live East of Railroad and South of Wrentham Branch, 1925-1926
Grades
School
Total
1
2
3
4
5
6
Special
East
39
32
71
Guild
18
16
51
43
45
61
234
Beacon
1
6
7
Balch
9
9
7
9
5
11
2
52
Totals
66
57
58
52
50
73
S
364
In this relation, the Committee again calls attention to two situations: (1) No provision has ever been made for kindergarten instruction in the Town at public expense. Those who give their children the benefit of kindergarten instruction are the better to do, while in fact those who need it most are the ones who do not have it. In 1918, the minimum age limit was raised because of lack of seatings. The present ruling is that a child who is not six years of age on January first must wait until the next September. This means that approximately 100 pupils are forced to defer their schooling one year. This means that parents of these children have an added expense of maintaining them one year longer before they become wage earners. Eventually this means a loss of not less than $50,000 a year to those who can least afford it. A real difficulty grows out of the fact that we have no intermediate period of beginning and promotion. Many of the towns have adopted a semi-annual beginning and promotion system. The State recommends that children be permitted to enter the first grade as soon as they reach the mental age of six years, without respect to their chronological age. In any event, whether one system or another were used to make instruction available as soon as the children were able to receive it, probably three additional rooms would be required. This would be an added cost to the Town as against what we may estimate as the ultimate loss to the parents. (2) The same situation exists on the south side of the Wrentham Branch, to which attention was directed in last year's report. There were then 35S children attending clementary schools whose homes were in that part of the town. This year there are
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364-only 71 of whom can be accommodated in the small, two-room East building.
The cumulated shortage in elementary school scatings, however, does not tell the whole story. After the Senior High School is completed, we will have a situation in the Junior High School that will demand immediate attention. The Junior High School building (Washington Street) was constructed to accommodate 550. Taking out the Senior High equip- ment, which includes laboratories, etc., not used in Junior High School work, the present structure will accommodate 750. The present Junior High School membership is 856, while the estimated attendance for the immediate future is 870 for 1927, 934 for 1928, 990 for 1929 and 1024 for 1930. In Table VI these figures are shown, and against them the state- ments made in previous reports-from which it will be scen that all previous estimates have been cxceeded by the estimate based on present attendance and past experience.
Table VI. Estimated Junior and Senior High School Requirements for Next Five Years
Estimated in Report of 1924
Year
Junior High
Senior High
Total
Jr. High
Sr. High
Total
Dec. 1, 1925
S21*
409*
1330*
809
450
1259
1926-1927
856
525
1381
856
558
1414
1927-1928
870
622
1492
857
643
1500
1928-1929
934
705
1639
907
684
1591
1929-1930
990
728
1718
937
725
1718
1930-1931
1024
751
1775
* Actual.
Table VII. Estimated Cost of Providing Added School Equipment Needed During Next Five Years
Schools
Years
Elementary
Junior High
Senior High
Present Shortage
$120,000
$120,000
$155,000*
* Amount required over and above present appropriations, $395,000.00 and $5,000.00 for grounds. This is equipment which the Town should now have if it fully met its school needs.
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Estimated Cost of Overcoming Shortage of Buildings and Grounds
From the foregoing it will be seen that although the Town has ap- propriated $655,000.00 during the last five years to overcome the school building shortage, it must continue its construction program for some years to come. The requirements as indicated on the basis of past ex- pericnce are as follows: additional appropriation needed to equip the new Senior High building, grade the grounds and equip the athletic field, $80,000.00; Senior High School Auditorium, $75,000.00; twelve rooms to be added to the Junior High School, $120,000.00; two elementary units, six rooms each, on south side of Wrentham Branch, $120,000.00; cost of additional grounds, $5,000.00; total, $400,000.00.
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