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299 36
Orders,
149 93
Hennessey Bros., orders,
46 00
C. A. Small, 66
101 25
L. Stockbridge, 66
17 66
L. W. White, 66
33 18
Simon White,
2 50
H. W. Burgess, 66
12 60
G. H. Sallaway, 66
6 75
J. C. Ellis,
3 00
M. Fillebrown, 66
1 50
A. F. Carpenter, 66
8 00
Geo. S. Adams, 66
2 00
P. T. O'Brien, 66
1 00
H. Wellington & Co., fuel, 1,666 C3
J. F. Ayer, wood, 105 00
J. C. Davidson, teaming, fuel, etc., 462 15
O. F. Howe, coal baskets, 15 25
C. R. Williams, repairing coal baskets, 2 40
J. H. Brooks, dry goods, 122 63
W. Schuebeler,
22 15
J. W. Brine, 66
11 50
Philip Eberle, boots and shoes,
907 67
Alois Wipfler, “ 66
6 65
W. J. Emerson, shoes,
1 50
Chas. Brown, bags,
4 39
Alvah Walker, oil,
5 66
J. McCarroll, milk, 22 06
P. Shannon, 17 12
Thos. Cunningham, milk,
5 88
John Monahan, 66
5 34
E. F. Shaw, 66
7 09
Amounts carried forward, $7,649 20
$16,704 19
89
Amounts brought forward, $7,649 20
$16,704 19
C. Holmes & Son, stove work, 6 00
Howe & Flint, stove work, etc., 5 00
S. J. Wood, filing saws, 2 00
H. A. Pratt, carriage hire,
4 00
L. H. Brown,
2 00
S. D. Carter, meals furnished, 5 00
J. J. Giles,
2 00
Geo. H. Cowdin, medicine,
3 25
Thorpe's Express, expressing,
6 90
M. G. Steele,
15.07°
M. R. Warren, stationery,
16 50
E. D. Daniels, 66
6 75
Charles O'Neil, soap, etc.,
95 46
Rand & Byam, 66
55 35
W. P. Willard, teaming,
18 00
Geo. W. Prichard, "
19 38
Joseph Wheeler, moving family,
2 50
Ansel Lewis, transportation of paupers, 84 78
H. P. Hemenway, medical attend- ance, 10 00
J. F. Couch, medical attendance,
23 00
E. L. White,
2 00
H. B. Runey, undertaker's services, 132 00
P. H. Rafferty,
66
66
109 00
W. A. Flaherty, 66
27 00
Clark Bennett, premium of insur- ance, 7 50
City of Boston, water rates,
6 00
State of Massachusetts, support of paupers, 209 14
State Hospital for the Insane, sup- port of paupers, 1,001 21
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support
of paupers, 168 19
Amounts carried forward, $9,694 18 £ $16,704 19
90
Amounts brought forward, $9,694 18 $16,704 19
Worcester Lunatic Hospital, sup- port of paupers, 1,227 96
Asylum for Chronic Insane, sup- port of paupers, 175 28
Vermont Asylum, support of pau- pers,
84 20
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, support of paupers,
298 47
City of Boston, support of paupers,
1,075 91
Cambridge, 66 66
115 16
66 Lawrence, 66 66
55 00
Lowell, 66 66
165 95
66 Lynn, 66 66
1 00
66 Haverhill,
66
21 81
Town of Abington, 66
8 83
66 Canton, 66 66
126 23
66 Holliston, 66
156 00
66 Melrose,
66
131 50
66 Malden, 66 66
28 60
66 Peabody, 66
63 25
66 Taunton,
56 74
Watertown,“ 66
30 86
C. J. Adams, support of sundry
persons in the House of Correc- tion,
102 86
Old Cambridge Baptist Church, board of paupers, 79 00
M. L. Oliver, board of paupers,
21 00
T. Garvin, 66 66
54 30
A. Blaisdell,
66
52 00
Mrs. White, 66 66
8 36
Wm. E. Littlefield, board of pau- pers,
168 00
Wm. McCarty, board of paupers, 48 99
Amounts carried forward, $14,051 44
$16,704 19
91
Amounts brought forward, . $14,051 44 $16,704 19
Mary McCormick, board of paupers,
4 36
Mary Gallagher, 66 66 10 00
Mary Coughlan, 66
66
9 00
L. S. Gammons,
66
54 00
A. J. Wilson, 66
66
68 99
Wm. Holbrook, 66
15 00
Mrs. Henry McAvoy, board of paupers, 11 07
Home for Destitute Children, board
of paupers, 37 50
Margaret Fallon, nursing,
11 00
Delia Reardon, care of child,
10 00
W. D. Hayden,
pauper,
5 00
J. Newhall, rent,
27 50
Zylpah Shaw, rent,
38 50
P. W. Skinner, “
26 00
B. Hagan, 66
72 00
M. Terry, 66
59 00
Hugh Gallagher, «
44 00
M. J. McCarron, "
48 00
Margaret McCarty, rent,
27 00
Jeremiah McCarty,
50 00
Wm. McCarty,
66
11 00
Chas. O'Neil, 66
33 00
James Gallagher, 66
33 00
Holbrook & Fox, 66
42 00
Sally Bailey, 66
36 00
A. T. Clark,
66
28 00
E. F. Grant,
27 00
Peter Scott, 66
16 00
Bridget Conlon, 66
9 00
A. A. Perry,
66
8 00
Thos. Dana & Co., 66
4 00
Patrick Kennedy, 66
10 00
Amounts carried forward, $14,981 36
$16,704 19
92
Amounts brought forward, $14,981 36 $16,704 19
Bernard O'Neil, rent, 3 00
M. E. Nowlin, rent and board, 262 08
Nelson Howe, overseer of the poor,
300 00
F. G. Williams, 66
300 00
Ansel Lewis,
66
300 00
Ansel Lewis, storekeeper,
300 00
T. Cunningham, secretary of over- seers of the poor, 200 00
T. Cunningham, administering oaths as justice of the peace, 54 75
T. Cunningham, travelling expenses, 3 00
$16,704 19
TAXES.
Credit.
CASH, received taxes for 1877,
$54 49
1878,
34,739 50
1879,
80,122 80
1880,
272,416 03
$387,332 82
REAL ESTATE LIENS, titles to the city for non payment of taxes of 1878,
965 20
OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT, abatement
on taxes for 1877,
$153 85
1878,
410 60
1879,
3,669 87
1880,
7,388 28
11,622 60
BALANCE, to debit in account of 1881,
being uncollected taxes for 1878,
$133 10
1879,
29,912 60
1880,
123,123 40
153,169 10
Amount carried forward,
$553,089 72
93
Amount brought forward,
$553,089 72
Debit.
BALANCE, from 1879, $150,162 01
APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed for
current expenses, 361,559 62
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, amount as -. sessed for State tax, 23,160 00
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, amount as-
sessed for county tax, 11,638 19
OVERLAY AND
ABATEMENT, amount
added by the assessors, 6,569 90
$553,089 72
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Credit.
BALANCE, from 1879, $210,000 00
CASH, borrowed by authority of the City Council, on city notes, and of the following named : - April 10. - Blake Bros. & Co., on 8 months, at 4§ per cent, $50,000 00
April 13. - Blake Bros. & Co., on 8 months, at 42 per cent,
170,000 00
April 13. - A. Sargent & E. E. Adams, trustees, 8 months, at 41% per cent, 10,000 00
April 13. - Aaron Sargent, trus- tee, 8 months, at 41} per cent, 20,000 00 July 1. - Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, on 4 months, at 34 per cent, 65,000 00
Oct. 1 .- Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, on 2 months, at 33 per cent, 70,000 00
Dec. 13. - Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, on 4 months, at 4§ per cent, 70,000 00
Amounts carried forward,
$455,000 00 $210,000 00
94
Amounts brought forward, $455,000 00 $210,000 00
Dec. 13. - Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, on 4 months, at 42 per cent, 80,000 00
Dec. 13. - Blake Bros. & Co., on 4 months, at 4 per cent, 50,000 00
Dec. 31. - Brewster, Bassett & Co., on 4 months, at 42 per cent, 10,000 00
595,000 00
$805,000 00
Debit.
CASH, paid the following named : -
April 13. - Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, notes dated Dec. 13, 1879, $150,000 00
April 13. - J. T. Glines & Co., note dated Dec. 13, 1879, 10,000 00
April 13. - A. Sargent & E. E. Adams, trustees, note dated Dec. 13, 1879, 10,000 00
April 13. - Aaron Sargent, trus- tee, note dated Dec. 13, 1879, 20,000 00 Oct. 1. - Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, note dated Dec. 31, 1879, 20,000 00
Nov. 4. - Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, note dated July 1, 1880, 65,000 00
Dec. 13. - Provident Institution for Savings, note dated April 10, 1880, 50,000 00
Dec. 16. - Provident Institution for Savings, note dated April 13, 1880, 170,000 00
Amounts carried forward,
$495,000 00 $805,000 00
95
Amounts brought forward, $495,000 00 $805,000 00
Dec. 16. - A. Sargent and E. E. Adams, trustees, note dated April 13, 1880, 10,000 00
Dec. 16. - Aaron Sargent, trus- tee, note dated April 13, 1880, 20,000 00
Dec. 16. - Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, note dated Oct. 1,1880, 70,000 00
$595,000 00
BALANCE, to credit in account of 1881, 210,000 00
$805,000 00
WATER MAINTENANCE.
Credit.
APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,
$14,000 00
CASH, received of city of Boston, return on water rates : -
1879. 40 per cent on $2,090 63, $836 25
1880. 15 per cent on $20,000, 3,000 00
20 per cent on $10,000,
2,000 00
25 per cent on $10,000,
2,500 00
30 per cent on $10,000, 3,000 00 40 per cent on $4,158.87, 1,663 54
1299979
Blake Bros. & Co., premium on Water Loan bonds, 1,841 70
Geo. Wm. Ballou & Co., premium on Water Loan bonds sold, 1,626 00
J. P. Squire & Co., laying pipe,
1,242 05
C. B. Sanborn, pipe, etc.,
22 15
John Peabody, manure, 6 00
17,737 69
Amount carried forward,
$31,737 69
96
Amount brought forward,
$31,737 69
Debit.
CASH, paid interest on Water Loan bonds :
$205,000 at 63 per cent,
$13,325 00
$20,000 at 6 per cent,
1,200 00
$70,000 at 5} per cent,
3,850 00
$40,000 at 5 per cent,
2,000 00
$20,375 00
CASH, paid laborers,
3,850 88
N. Dennett, salary as superintend- ent, 1,200 00
E. S. Conant, salary as clerk of Water Board, 100 00
Walworth Manuf. Co., fittings,
260 28
F. B. Austin & Co., iron, 988 35
H. Wellington & Co , cement and coal,
292 35
W. M. Hadley, cement,
10 00
Davis & Farnham Manufacturing Co., fittings, 227 43
Boston Machine Co., fittings,
77 80
J. S. Newell & Co., 66
78 75
Samuel May & Co., rivets and chain,
50 18
Boston Nut Co., bolts,
37 46
Boston Lead Manuf. Co., tin, etc.,
13 86
Fuller, Dana & Fitz, snips,
3 00
Richard Pattee, hydrants,
528 00
H. M. Stone, pump, etc.,
28 75
Braman, Dow & Co., pipe,
109 60
W. L. Snow, pipe,
2 67
J. S. Rice & Co., iron work,
3 25
Somerville Iron Foundry, castings,
237 21
Osgood & Hart, castings,
52 53
Seward Dodge, blacksmithing,
242 82
Boston Belting Co., hose,
23 40
Amounts carried forward, $28,793 57
$31.737 69
97
Amounts brought forward, $28,793 57 $31,737 69
Howe & Flint, zinc and lead, 3 61
Sewell & Day Cordage Co., oak- um, etc., 15 12
C. Holmes & Son, oil, etc.,
15 98
J. Bartley, oil, etc.,
4 68
Downer Kerosene Oil Co., oil,
1 63
J. C. Storey & Co., oil, etc.,
11 12
Geo. H. Cowdin, drugs,
1 60
C. H. Crane, sponges, etc.,
6 25
Philip Eberle, rubber boots,
14 00
Knapp & Ferrin, oil coat,
4 00
A. R. Coolidge, hay,
76 45
Hewey, Skillins & Co., hay, straw, etc.,
89 06
J. H. Brine, straw,
4 76
Lime,
2 20
Sturtevant Bros., hay,
44 30
Harness, etc.,
39 10
Horse hire,
42 76
Pails, etc.,
1 11
Hill & Langtry, harness,
60 00
T. B. Wilson, harness work, etc.,
66 51
J. Leland, wheelwright work,
11 30
H. W. Leonard, « 66
4 75
Geó. E. Downes, salt,
2 70
C. H. North & Co., "
3 20
Sabin & Page, duck,
3 45
J. H. Brooks,
4 10
W. Schuebeler, cloth,
1 02
Union Glass Co., lantern glasses,
8 17
E. R. Perham, expressing,
4 25
M. S. Cahill, harness dressing,
1 25
Bogman & Vinal, spikes,
11 30
James Forgie, horse collar,
4 50
C. Maguire, drilling machine, etc.,
7 00
Amounts carried forward, $29,364 80
$31,737 69
7
98
Amounts brought forward, $29,364 80 $31,737 69
C. A. Mongan, teaming, 2 00
City of Boston, water rate, 20 00
Hanover Insurance Co., premium of insurance, 57 75
N. Tufts & Son, grain, 98 62
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas,
25 66
C. J. Simpson, sand,
7 40
Estate of S. C. Thwing, labor, 18 65
Thomas Hollis, medicine,
1 60
Mary Dugan, damage from water,
5,90
L. H. Brown, use of horse and wagon, 34 00
J. A. Cummings & Co., printing, 3 75
Doane & Greenough, stationery, 6 75
Hooper, Lewis & Co., 66
5 40
Henderson Bros., pung,
60 00
E. D. Sawyer & Co., lumber,
28 64
N. M. Eugley & Co.,
5 34
John Clary, lumber, 4 39
J. W. Gilpatrick, carpenter work, 4. 50
T. McIntire, Jr., painting, 46 00
H. W. Raymond, hardware, 55 58
Page & Littlefield, sawing lumber,
39 00
$29,895 73
WATER SERVICES, transferred,
175 31
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 1,666 65
$31,737 69
WATER SERVICES. Credit.
CASH, received of Miscellaneous (Watering Streets) account, re- pairing stand-pipe, $88 45
School-House
Repairs account,
pipe, etc.,
108 01
Amount carried forward, $196 46
99
Amount brought forward, $196 46
School-House on Highland Avenue
account, pipe, etc., 38 15
Highways account, pipe, etc.,
17 47
Heirs of John and Catharine Arsing, pipe, etc., 8 65
J. W. Brooks, pipe, etc., 10 56
Mrs. C. B. Smith, pipe, etc., 11 36
Austin Belknap, 66
25 90
Leonard Spinney, 66
35 73
Samuel Locke & Co., 66
51 96
P. S. Higgins, 66
17 67
John Bacon, repairing pipe,
4 25
Boston Lead Manuf'g Co., return on bill paid, 3 90
$422 06
WATER SERVICE ASSESSMENTS, cost of service pipes laid, 1,715 89
WATER MAINTENANCE, cost of services over sums charged, transferred,
175 31
$2,313 26
Debit.
CASH, paid laborers,
$501 23
Walworth Manuf. Co., fittings,
568 77
Stultz & Mansur,
171 03
Dalton & Ingersoll, 66
10 50
Boston Lead Manuf. Co., lead and pipe, 84 72
Geo. Woodman & Co., pipe,
274 81
Braman, Dow & Co., 66
249 30
Sumner & Goodwin, 66
183 98
Chadwick Lead Works,
18 45
Davis & Farnham Manuf. Co., ser- vice boxes,
4 13
J. H. Stevens, hydrant handles, 9 64
H. W. Raymond, hardware,
10 25
Amounts carried forward, $2,086 81
$2,313 26
100
Amounts brought forward, $2,086 81
$2,313 26
Levi Hawkes & Co., traps, 1 50
H. Wellington & Co., cement,
22 10
Geo. H. Cowdin, acid,
50
N. M. Eugley & Co., lumber,
127 32
John H. Hanley, charcoal,
50 00
Hooper, Lewis & Co., stationery,
3 45
J. C. Warren, freight and teaming,
20 08
John White, teaming,
1 50
$2.313 26
WATER SERVICE ASSESSMENTS.
Credit.
CASH, received of sundry persons for water ser- vices,
$1,598 61
BALANCE, to debit in account of 1881,
413 80
$2,012 41
·
Debit.
BALANCE, from 1879, $296 52
WATER SERVICES, service pipes laid in 1880,
1,715 89
$2,012 41
101
Table D.
BALANCES DEC. 31, 1880.
Cash,
$7,448 50
Excess and Deficiency,
26,603 94
Funded Debt,
$1,585,000 00
Highway Betterment Assessments, 2,831 75
. Overplus on Tax Sales,
131 00
Property and Debt Balance,
463,600 00
Public Library,
499 22
Public Park,
1,524 18
Public Park Betterment Assessments, 1,573 84
Public Property,
1,121,400 00
Real Estate Liens,
13,714 99
School-House on Highland Avenue,
7,166 72
Sewer Assessments,
8,081 50
Sidewalk Assessments,
667 55
State of Massachusetts, - Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, 1,147 00
State of Massachusetts, - State Aid,
4,300 25
Sundry Persons,
631 10
Taxes,
153,169 10
Temporary Loans,
210,000 00
Water Service Assessments,
413 80
$1,804,952 22 $1,804,952 22
REPORT
OF
COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUNDS.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Jan. 25, 1881.
Report accepted and ordered to be printed in the Annual Report. Sent down for concurrence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 26, 1881.
DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUNDS, Jan. 25, 1881.
To the Honorable the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Somerville :
GENTLEMEN, - The undersigned present herewith their fifth Annual Report as Commissioners of the Sinking Funds of this city. The amount of the funds, Jan. 20, 1880, as per report of that date, was $198,025 60
The increase during the year 1880 was, -
Contribution by the city for the year, 45,525 00
Interest on city bonds in sinking funds, $151,500 @ 5 per cent, and $44,500 5} per cent, 10,022 50
Interest on deposits in banks, 191 85
Total sinking funds at this date, $253,764 95
Invested as follows : -
In bonds of the city of Somerville, $206,500 5 per cents and $44,500 5} per cents, $251,000 00
Deposited in banks and drawing interest, 2,764 95
Respectfully submitted,
NATHAN TUFTS,
HENRY F. WOOD, Commissioners. JOHN A. HUGHES,
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
CITY OF SOMERVILLE,
FOR THE
YEAR 1880.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN SCHOOL COMMITTEE, Dec. 27, 1880.
The Superintendent submitted his Annual Report, which was read and unanimously accepted.
It was voted that the committee adopt the report now submitted by the Superintendent of the Public Schools, and present it to their fellow- citizens as the Report of the School Committee for the year 1880.
J. H. DAVIS, Secretary.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Jan. 25, 1881.
Received and referred to the Committee on Printing, with instructions to print the same in the Annual Report of 1880. Sent down for concur- rence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 26, 1881.
DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.
BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1880.
HON. GEORGE A. BRUCE, Mayor, ex officio.
JOSEPH W. BAILEY, President of Common Council, ex officio.
WARD ONE.
SANFORD HANSCOM, M. D. Term expires Dec. 31, 1880.
JOHN H. BUTLER 66
66 1881.
HENRY M. MOORE 66
1882.
WARD TWO.
CHARLES S. LINCOLN Term expires Dec. 31, 1880.
OREN S. KNAPP.
66 1881.
ALPHONZO H. CARVILL, M. D. 66
66 1882.
WARD THREE.
QUINCY E. DICKERMAN Term expires Dec. 31, 1880.
HENRY F. WOODS .
66 66 1881.
NORMAN W. BINGHAM 66 66 1882.
WARD FOUR.
REV. CHARLES M. SMITH, D. D. Term expires Dec. 31, 1880.
HENRY C. BUCK
6
66 1881.
PROF. BENJAMIN G. BROWN 66
66 1882.
Chairman, HON. GEORGE A. RRUCE.
Superintendent and Secretary, JOSHUA H. DAVIS.
STANDING COMMITTEES, 1880.
On the High School, MESSRS. LINCOLN, BUTLER, WOODS, SMITH, BROWN, BINGHAM. On Schools in East Somerville District, MESSRS. MOORE, HANSCOM, BUTLER.
On Schools in Prospect Hill District, MESSRS. KNAPP, LINCOLN, CARVILL. On Schools in Winter Hill District, MESSRS. WOODS, BINGHAM, DICKERMAN.
On Schools in Spring Hill District, MESSRS. SMITH, BROWN, BUCK. On Schools in West Somerville District, MESSRS. BROWN, BUCK, BAILEY. On Evening Schools, MESSRS. CARVILL, BUCK, BAILEY. On Examination of Teachers, MESSRS. LINCOLN, KNAPP, BUTLER. On Text-Books, MESSRS. HANSCOM, LINCOLN, BROWN, DICKERMAN. On Repairs, Furniture, Heating Apparatus, MESSRS. MOORE, CARVILL, BAILEY, BINGHAM. On School Supplies, MESSRS. WOODS, HANSCOM. On Fuel, MESSRS. BUCK, BINGHAM. On Music, MESSRS. HANSCOM, LINCOLN, SMITH, BINGHAM. On Finance, MESSRS. KNAPP, MOORE. On Drawing and Penmanship. MESSRS. DICKERMAN, WOODS, KNAPP, CARVILL. On Salaries, MESSRS. KNAPP, HANSCOM, SMITH, WOODS, LINCOLN, BUCK. On Examination of First Class, MESSRS. KNAPP, WOODS. On Examination of Second Class, MESSRS. SMITH, HANSCOM. On Examination of Third Class, MESSRS. LINCOLN, BUTLER. On Examination of Fourth Class, MESSRS. BROWN, MOORE. On Examination of Fifth Class, MESSRS. CARVILL, BINGHAM. On Examination of Sixth Class, MESSRS. BUCK, BAILEY, DICKERMAN.
BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1881.
3
HON. JOHN A. CUMMINGS, Mayor, ex officio.
MARK F. BURNS, EsQ., President of Common Council, ex officio.
WARD ONE.
JOHN H. BUTLER
Term expires Dec. 31, 1881.
HENRY M. MOORE .
1882.
HORACE C. WHITE, M. D. 66
66 1883.
WARD TWO.
OREN S. KNAPP Term expires Dec. 31, 1881.
ALPHONZO H. CARVILL, M. D. 66
66 1882.
REV. ALBERT E. WINSHIP 66
1883.
WARD THREE.
HENRY F. WOODS Term expires Dec. 31, 1881.
NORMAN W. BINGHAM
66 66 1882.
QUINCY E. DICKERMAN 66
1883.
WARD FOUR.
HENRY C. BUCK . Term expires Dec. 31, 1881 .
PROF. BENJ. G. BROWN
66
66 1882.
REV. CHAS. M. SMITH, D. D.
66 1883.
Chairman, HON. J. A. CUMMINGS.
Superintendent and Secretary, J. H. DAVIS.
STANDING COMMITTEES, 1881.
On the High School, MESSRS. BROWN, WOODS, SMITH, BINGHAM, WINSHIP, WHITE. On Schools in East Somerville District, MESSRS. BUTLER, MOORE, WHITE, BURNS. On Schools in Prospect Hill District, MESSRS. CARVILL, KNAPP, WINSHIP. On Schools in Winter Hill District, MESSRS. BINGHAM, WOODS, DICKERMAN. On Schools in Spring Hill District, MESSRS. SMITH, BROWN, BUCK. On Schools in West Somerville, MESSRS. BUCK, BROWN, SMITH. On Evening Schools, MESSRS. CARVILL, BUCK, BURNS. On Examination of Teachers, MESSRS. BUTLER, KNAPP, SMITH. On Text-Books, MESSRS. BUTLER, BROWN, DICKERMAN, CARVILL, WINSHIP. On Repairs, Furniture, Heating Apparatus, MESSRS. MOORE, CARVILL, BINGHAM, BUCK, BURNS. On School Supplies, MESSRS. WOODS, WHITE. On Fuel, MESSRS. BUCK, BINGHAM. On Music, MESSRS. BINGHAM, BROWN, DICKERMAN, WHITE. On Finance, MESSRS. MOORE, KNAPP. On Drawing and Penmanship, MESSRS. DICKERMAN, WOODS, CARVILL, BUTLER. On Salaries, MESSRS. KNAPP, SMITH, WOODS, MOORE, BUCK, WINSHIP. On Examination of First Class, MESSRS. KNAPP, SMITH.
On Examination of Second Class, MESSRS. BUTLER, WOODS. On Examination of Third Class, MESSRS. MOORE, WINSHIP. On Examination of Fourth Class, MESSRS. BROWN, CARVILL. On Examination of Fifth Class, MESSRS. BINGHAM, WHITE. On Examination of Sixth Class, MESSRS. DICKERMAN, BUCK, BURNS.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of Somerville :
GENTLEMEN, - In compliance with the requirements of your rules, the following report of the public schools of the city, for the year 1880, is respectfully submitted.
POPULATION AND VALUATION.
Population of the city, United States census, 1880 24,985
Population of the city, United States census, 1870 14,693
Increase for ten years
10,292
Population in 1860
8,025
1855
5,806
1842 · .
1,013
Valuation of the city, May 1, 1880 . $20,458,100 00 ·
Personal estate . $2,064,900 00
Real estate . 18,393,200 00
Estimated value of school property 312,000 00
Valuation of Somerville in 1842
988,513 00
SCHOOLS.
One grammar school and two primary schools in Prospect Hill district, and one primary school in Spring Hill district, were dis- continued in September. In October, one primary school was organized in Winter Hill district and one in West Somerville dis- trict.
Whole number of schools .
82
High School
1
.
.
Grammar schools
46
Primary schools
35
Decrease for the year 8
.
.
2
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SCHOOL-HOUSES.
When Somerville was organized in 1842, there were, within its limits, one school-house containing two school-rooms and three school-houses with one room each. Since that time, twenty-one buildings, containing ninety-one school-rooms and two school-halls, have been constructed, and one building with two school-rooms has been purchased, making in all , twenty six buildings, ninety- eight school-rooms, and two school-halls. Five of those buildings, containing fifteen school-rooms, have been destroyed by fire, and three buildings, containing four school-rooms, have been appropri- ated to other purposes.
Number of school-houses at the present time 18 .
Number of school-rooms owned by the city . .
.
79
Number of school-halls · .
2
Number of rooms hired for school purposes . .
7
Number of vacant rooms
3
West Somerville School-House. - Early in January the School Committee presented a request to the City Council for the erection of a school building, with eight school-rooms, near the centre of West Somerville district, and the removal of the Lincoln School- House to some point near the junction of Broadway and Curtis Street. In compliance with that request, a lot of land of ample dimensions, located at the corner of Highland Avenue and Grove Street, was purchased, and a building to contain eight school-rooms is in process of construction thereon, under the supervision of the architect, Samuel D. Kelley, Esq. The building, which will be beautiful in appearance and commodious in all its appointments, will be completed and ready for use at the beginning of the school year in September next.
If arrangements are made for the removal of the Lincoln School- House to Clarendon Hill as soon as it is vacated by the schools in June, that building also may be in readiness for the schools at the beginning of the fall term.
Morse School-House. - During the summer vacation, the hall in
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the Morse School-House was converted into two school-rooms, and arrangements were made for the removal of the primary school, which had been occupying a dark and imperfectly ventilated room in the basement of that building, to its present commodious and pleasant quarters.
Webster School-House. - In the report of last year, attention was directed to the need of more convenient accommodations for pupils residing south of the Fitchburg railroad.
The Webster School-House, located on Webster Avenue, is occu- pied by one grammar school and one primary school, and contains two vacant school-rooms. If that building were removed to some point near the centre of the territory south of the railroad, it would accommodate all the pupils residing in that section of the city, who belong to the fifth and sixth classes of the grammar schools, and all pupils of the primary schools who could not be accommodated in the Union and Harvard School-Houses.
The Union School-House, located on Prospect Street, is within convenient distance of the homes of pupils of the Webster primary school, and would well accommodate that school. The Webster School-House, at the proposed location, would be more central to pupils of the Union primary school than the building they now oc- cupy, and would not be far from the homes of pupils forming the Webster grammar school. All would be well accommodated by the proposed arrangement, and no pupils younger than those be- longing to the fourth class of the grammar school would be obliged to cross the railroad in passing to and from school.
ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATIONS.
East Somerville District. - There is an urgent demand for ad- ditional school accommodations in East Somerville district. The Prescott and Edgerly School-Houses, the only school buildings owned by the city in that district, are full, and there are no rooms in the district adapted to school purposes that can be hired for tem- porary use.
During a portion of the year the committee have been compelled to restrict the attendance of pupils of the lowest grade of the primary
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department, in the Prescott and Edgerly buildings, to five half-day each week.
The building located on Tufts Street, and which has been hired during the last six years at an annual cost of $200, and occupied by schools as the last and only resort, is entirely unsuited to school purposes. Justice to the schools that are compelled to occupy it requires that it should be vacated at the earliest period possible.
We would urgently recommend the immediate construction of a building on the lot of land owned by the city and located on Tufts Street. That location is central between the Prescott and Luther V. Bell School-Houses, and is destined, at no distant period, to be- come the centre of an additional school district. In a few years the necessities of that section of the city, of which Tufts Street is the centre, will require a large school building ; but the immediate want would be met by a building that will contain four school- rooms. A building of that capacity could be constructed with a view to its extension when additional accommodations are required.
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