Report of the city of Somerville 1882, Part 5

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 338


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Leach & Green, boy's truss and fit- ting, 2 50


Jackson Caldwell & Co., moving families, 2 00


A. M. Prescott, moving families, 6 00


A. Wipfler,


5 50


J. Heffernan, 1 50


J. O. Hayden & Co., printing,


5 00


Aaron R. Gay & Co., stationery, etc., 13 60


M. R. Warren, stationery, etc., 6 00


E. H. Heath, letter file, 1 50


C. Bennett & Son, premium of in- surance, 7 50


L. Arnold, carpenter work, 13 75


S. J. Wood, filing saws, 4 00


H. W. Raymond, coal baskets, 5 90


City of Boston, water rates,


6 00


William E. Littlefield, board of


paupers, 176 00


W. Holbrook, board of paupers, 60 00


Abner Blaisdell, 66


48 00


Mrs. John Kelley, 66


62 13


Thomas Garvin, 66


65 56


E. Montague, 66


49 28


A. J. Wilson, 66


25 28


Mrs. Ruth, 66


30 86


Hugh Cooper,


66


41 14


M. Toye,


65 23


Eugene Shea,


66


67 91


Amounts carried forward, $12,946 76


$16,650 14


96


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward,


$12,946 76 18 28


$16,650 14


Mrs. Powers, board of paupers,


J. Hill, 66


9 43


Wm. H. Rice,


7 00


Frank Egan, 66


31 33


R. D. Hill,


66


26 24


Mary E. Nowlin, board and rent,


595 42


James Lynch, 66


67 00


Ezra McIntire, rent,


31 00


Win. E. Rice,


20 00


Heirs of Hugh Gallagher, rent,


48 00


Hannah Gallagher, 66


20 00


J. H. Butler,


66


41 00


O. S. Knapp, 66


40 00


John I. Louden, 66


23 83


B. F. Simpson,


66


35 20


Hebron Libby,


66


16 00


L. Marrett,


60


24 00


J. McCarty, 66


65 00


Maurice Terry,


60 00


Charles O'Neil,


66


61 35


Zylpha Shaw,


66


66 00


James Gallagher,


66


4 00


Peter Scott,


66


32 00


M. McCarty,


66


34 00


Bridget Conlan,


66


58 00


M. J. McCarron,


48 00


Sarah Gill,


48 00


Mrs. J. O'Brien,


10 00


Mrs. Edward Clifford, 66


20 00


Horace B. Runey, undertaker's ser- vices, 131 42


William A. Flaherty, undertaker's services, 139 50


P. H. Rafferty, undertaker's ser- vices, 51 00


Amounts carried forward,


$14,828 76


$16,650 14


APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT. 97


Amounts brought forward,


$14,828 76


$16,650 14


William L. Lockhart, undertaker's services, 15 00


Marsh & Co., undertaker's services, 36 00


Thomas Devans, 66 10 00


L. H. Brown, carriage hire,


14 00


H. M. Weld & Co., carriage hire, 7 50


A. L. Sanborn, 66 66


3 00


Thomas Cunningham, overseer of the poor,


300 00


As secretary of overseers of the poor, 200 00


F. G. Williams, overseer of the poor, 300 00


Transportation of paupers, etc.,


3 20


Ansel Lewis, overseer of the poor, Storekeeper,


300 00


Transportation of paupers, etc., 65 64


$16,383 10


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 267 04


$16,650 14


TAXES.


Credit.


CASH, received for taxes for 1880,


$28,731 04


1881, 99,009 54


1882, 299,175 21


$426,915 79


REAL ESTATE LIENS, titles to the city for non-payment of taxes of 1880, 483 23


OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT, abatement on taxes for 1880,


$176 08


1881,


821 06


1882,


6,555 34


7,552 48


Amount carried forward,


$434,951 50


7


300 00


98


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward, $434,951 50


BALANCE, to debit in account of 1883,


being uncollected taxes for 1878,


$58 90


1880,


2,585 93


1881,


34,154 90


1882, 119,990 61


156,790 34


$591,741 84


Debit.


BALANCE, from 1880,


$166,020 68


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed for cur-


rent expenses, 376,850 00


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, amount


assessed for State tax, 30,880 00


COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, amount assessed for county tax, 11,638 19


OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT, amount added


by the assessors, 6,352 97


$591,741 84


TEMPORARY LOANS.


Credit.


BALANCE, from 1881, $190,000 00


CASH, borrowed by authority of the City Council, on city notes, as follows, viz. : - April 13. - Blake Bros. & Co., on 8 months, at 32 per cent, $25,000 00


June 26. - East Cambridge Five Cents Savings Bank, on 6 months, at 31 per cent, 35,000 00


June 27. - Warren Institution for Savings, on 5 months, at 32 per cent, 50,000 00


Amounts carried forward, $110,000 00 $190,000 00


99


APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $110,000 00 $190,000 00 June 27. - Boston Five Cents Sav-


ing Bank, on 5 months, at 35 per cent, 165,000 00


Sept. 29. - Warren Institution for Savings, on 6 months, at 4§ per cent, 50,000 00


Dec. 12- Blake Bros. & Co., on 6 months, at 4 per cent, 60,000 00


Dec. 26. - Blake Bros. & Co., on 4 months, at 4 per cent, 50,000 00


435,000 00


$625,000 00


Debit.


CASH paid the following named : -


June 27. - Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, note dated Dec. 27, 1881, $90,000 00


Chandler R. Ransom, note dated Dec. 27, 1881, 10,000 00


Jacob T. Glines, note dated Dec. 27, 1881, 5,000 00


Warren Institution for Savings, note dated Dec. 27, 1881, 20,000 00


June 28. - Provident Institution for


Savings, note dated Dec. 28, 1881, 65,000 00 Nov. 27. - Warren Institution for Savings, note dated June 27, 50,000 00 Nov. 27. - Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, note dated June 27, 165,000 00 Dec. 13. - State of Massachusetts, . note dated April 13, 25,000 00


Amounts carried forward, $430,000 00 $625,000 00


100


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward, $430,000 00 $625,000 00 Dec. 26. - East Cambridge Five Cents Bank, note dated June 26, 35,000 00


$465,000 00


BALANCE, to credit in account of 1883,


160,000 00


$625,000 00


WATER SERVICES.


Credit.


CASH received of School-house Incidentals


account for valve,


$3 00


Samuel Armstrong & Co., labor,


2 00


Water-service assessments, cost of service pipes laid, 2,974 92


$2,979 92


Debit.


CASH, paid laborers,


$869 57


Chadwick Lead Works, lead pipe,


170 35


Walworth Manufacturing Company, fittings,


263 28


Sumner & Goodwin, fittings,


596 20


Dalton & Ingersoll, 66


78 99


Ward & Curley, 66


24 20


Joseph Zane & Co., 66


3 62


Cook, Rymes & Co., machine work,


56 12


Fuller, Dana & Fitz, coppers,


95


Charles H. Holmes & Co., zinc, etc.,


3 61


James S. Newell & Co., punches and dies, 13 57


George Woodman & Co., pipe,


189 12


Boston Belting Company, washers and tubing,


6 02


Braman, Dow & Co., pipe,


573 13


Amounts carried forward,


$2,848 73


$2,979 92


101


APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $2,848 73 $2,979 92


James L. Whitaker, pipe and fittings, 10 42


H. T. G. Chapman, pipe and fittings, 10 00


Davis & Farnham Manufacturing Company, patterns, 23 00


W. P. Walker, hose, 28 48


Bradley, Hastings & Co., tiles,


11 21


J. A. Durell, plumbing,


2 00


$2,933 84


WATER MAINTENANCE, balance transferred,


46 08


$2,979 92


WATER SERVICE ASSESSMENTS.


Credit.


CASH, received of sundry persons for water services, BALANCE, to debit in account 1883,


$3,088 03


723 82


Debit.


BALANCE, from 1881, $836 83


WATER SERVICES, service pipes laid in


1882,


2,975 02


$3,811 85


WATER MAINTENANCE.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$12,000 00


CASH, received of S. H. Libby, old pipe,


$3 00


W. C. Crane, 13 44


F. Lovell Temple,


2 20


N. Dennett, barrels,


3 00


Amounts carried forward, $21 64


$12,000 00


$3,811 85


102


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward, $21 64 $12,000 00


James M. Burckes, repairing pipe,


3 50


American Tube Works, 66


4 00


Mr. Williams,


4 00


Patrick Terry,


4 25


Thomas Wood, 66


3 50


Dennis O'Connell, use of hydrant, etc.,


9 25


Charles A. Mongan,


8 00


Maurice Terry,


4 00


Richard Falvey,


4 00


Maurice Buttimer,


2 00


R. A. Hines & Son, use of pump, etc., 5 00


Massachusetts General Hospital,


pipe, clamps, cement, and labor, 18 20


George H. Norman, clamps, 8 20


Town of Arlington, 66


67 40


W. L. Snow, clamps and labor, 3 50


37 80


City of Chelsea, " 59 40


J. H. Bufford, pipe, etc., 24 72


Samuel B. Lock & Co., old iron,


26 90


John Peabody, manure, 6 00


Highways account, repairing stand- pipes, hydrants, etc., 36 66


Sewers account, half cost of blow-


off, etc. 46 15


$408 07


WATER SERVICES, transferred,


46 08


INTEREST,


500 00


$12,954 15


Debit.


CASH, paid laborers, $5,665 58


Nathaniel Dennett, salary as super-


intendent, 1,500 00


Amounts curried forward, $7,165 58


$12,954 15


City of Boston, pipe,


103


APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $7,165 58 $12,954 15


F. B. Austin & Co., iron, 700 06


Walworth Manufacturing Co., drilling machine, etc., 55 21


James S. Newell & Co., valves, 12 00


James H. Work, bolts,


119 70


Crosby Steam Gage and Valve Co., gauge, 15 00


Braman, Dow & Co., pipe, etc.,


87 98


R. Pattee & Co., hydrants, 1,144 75


Cook, Rymes & Co., machine work, etc., 121 19


Boston Machine Company, gates, etc., 288 00


Dodge, Gilbert & Co., rivets, etc., 46 87


S. B. Locke & Co., castings, 659 80


Davis & Farnham Manufacturing Company, castings, 99 80


W. O. Barbour & Co., castings,


18 11


Chelmsford Foundry Company, cast- ings, 9 00


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., gas stove, etc., 11 05


H. W. Raymond, hardware, etc., 90 49


Ames Plow Company, shovels, etc., 29 80


Charles Holmes & Son, oil cans, etc., 10 95


H. Wellington & Co., cement and fuel, 149 88


L. G. Burnham & Co., cement,


348 40


D. Roby & Co., cement, 9 00


Asa Durgin, sand, 10 00


E. D. Sawyer & Co., lumber,


74 26


W. H. Haslett & Co., "


2 50


S. W. Fuller, 66


80 00


Amounts carried forward,


$11,359 38


$12,954 15


104


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Anounts brought forward, $11,359 38 $12,954 15


Sanborn, Conant & Webber, salt, 40 80


J. C. Warren, carting, 29 36


City of Cambridge, labor and fittings,


5 00


W. H. Calvert, damages,


25 00


Cambridge Gas Light Company, gas,


25 84


Howe & Flint, trap and pipe,


3 22


J. E. Higgins, black varnish, 25 00


Sewell & Day Cordage Company, rope, 21 66


J. C. Storey & Co., oil, 11 90


John S. Rice & Co., can,


2 00


Sturtevant Brothers, pails, etc.,


2 24


E. R. Perham, expressing,


40 51


W. J. London, 66


1 35


E. J. Burtt, stamps,


1 20


N. Dennett,


2 50


Hooper. Lewis & Co., stationery,


7 30


J. O. Hayden & Co., printing and stationery, 33 00


Amos Haynes, empty barrels,


1 50


Boston Belting Company, rubber rings, 4 10


City of Boston, water rates, 20 00


W. C. Crane, premium of insurance, 17 50


S. B. Manning, clock, 10 00


J. H. Brooks, duck, 6 30


Whitaker & Cheney, water pails, etc., 1 26


J. P. Squire & Co., lard oil, 6 60


W. M. Hadley, fuel,


10 70


J. F. Brine, hay, straw, etc.,


22 65


Hosmer, Crampton & Hammond, hay,


208 18


N. Tufts & Son, grain, 197 60


Hewey, Skillings & Co., grain, etc., 24 26


Amounts carried forward,


$12,167 91


$12,954 15


APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT. 105


Amounts brought forward, $12,167 91 $12,954 15


Powers & Co., oats, 28 50


Seward Dodge & Co., horseshoeing and blacksmithing, 198 69


Charles Maguire, horseshoeing, 19 99


G. M. J. Wilson, repairing har- nesses, 35 29


Hill & Langtry, blankets, etc., 18 25


F. Ivers, harness dressing, 2 00


J. Leland, repairing wagons, 17 50


E. H. Buxton, painting wagons, 12 00


W. T. Henderson, 66


48 00


H. H. Miller, varnishing wagon, 10 00


Murdock Parlor Grate Company, hay racks and mangers, 13 50


Watson & Bisbee, stall posts, 6 00


A. W. Hastings, sash, 1 05


Dinsmore & Brackett, window and frame, 2 50


Bubier & Co., gutters, 5 20


J. D. Hills, carpenter work, 51 50


L. H. Brown, use of horse, 14 50


Thomas Hollis, drugs,


5 17


George H. Cowdin, drugs,


1 00


J. G. Knapp & Co., repairing wagon covers, 4 00


C. W. Badger, shellac, etc., 8 42


John White, teaming,


2 50


Sewers account, drain pipe,


2 52


Highways account, edge-stone and labor, 56 28


Union Glass Co., lanterns,


23 50


$12,755 77


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, account balance to credit, 198 38


$12,954 15


106


ANNUAL REPORTS.


WATER LOAN INTEREST.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


CASH, received of city of Boston, return on water rates : -


1881. 40 per cent on $7,730 68,


$3,092 27


1882. 15 per cent on $20,000 00, 3,000 00


20 per cent on $10,000 00, 2,000 00


25 per cent on $10,000 00, 2,500 00


30 per cent on $10,000 00, 3,000 00


40 per cent on $14,405 03, 5,762 01


19,354 28


$21,354 28


Debit.


CASH, paid on interest on Water Loan


bonds,


$90,000, 6 months, at 62 per cent, $2,925 00


$15,000, 1 year, at 62 per cent, 975 00


$20,000, 1 year, at 6 per cent,.


1,200 00


$70,000, 1 year, at 5} per cent,


3,850 00


$140,000, 1 year, at 5 per cent, 7,000 00


$82,500, 6 months, at 5 per cent,


2,062 50


$18,012 50


Less coupons unpaid,


37 50


$17,975 00


Sundry persons, coupons unpaid,


37 50


$18,012 50


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit


of account, 3,341 78


$21,354 23


$2,000 00


107


APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.


WATERING STREETS. Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$3,000 00


CASH, received of sundry persons as their proportional part of the cost of watering, 3,133 95


$6,133 95


Debit.


CASH, paid T. F. Crimmings, watering,


$433 80


John McCauley,


66


439 80


Henry Gray,


66


422 00


John Downey,


60


401 40


John F. Elkins,


66


430 60


Martin Gill,


422 60


Christopher Burke,


66


387 80


George W. Prichard, 66


399 60


Oliver S. Foster,


66


321 20


Highways account,


66


149 20


Highways account, painting water carts, etc.,


90 18


F. Dooris, blacksmithing,


24 53


Seward Dodge,


49 37


M. Lynch, 66


2 50


B. F. Robinson, 66


4 80


J. Leland, wheelwright work,


15 45


S. D. Hicks, repairing sprinklers,


4 95


Wood, Bailey & Wood, poles,


4 00


Boston Belting Co., hose,


44 25


Charles Holmes & Son, repairs,


2 75


H. W. Covell & Co. 66


2 75


J. O. Hayden & Co., advertising


13 50


N. F. Caswell, services collecting,


25 00


City of Boston, water, 1,950 12


$6,042 15


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 91 80


$6,133 95


108


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Table D.


BALANCES DEC. 30, 1882.


Cash, $21,516 88 Public Property, 1,155,000 00


Funded Debt,


$1,585 000 00


Property and Debt Balance,


430,000 00


Temporary Loans,


160,000 00


Real-Estate Liens,


3,327 45


Taxes,


156,790 34


Overplus on Tax Sales,


189 13


State of Massachusetts, - State Aid,


4,312 75


State of Massachusetts, - Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, 481 00


Public Park, 351 32


Highway Betterment Assessments,


979 98


Sidewalk Assessments,


3,312 84


Sewer Assessments,


7,865 41


Water Service Assessments,


723 82


Public Library,


100 29


Sundry persons,


1,110 10


Edgerly School-house Addition,


1,479 66


Excess and Deficiency,


36,079 97


$1,784,310 47 $1,784,310 47


REPORT


OT


COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUNDS.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, March 1, 1883.


Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed with the Annual Reports for the year 1882, and sent down for concurrence.


GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk pro tem.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, March 1, 1883.


Concurred in.


DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.


-


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUNDS, Feb. 7, 1883.


To the Honorable the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Somerville : GENTLEMEN, - The undersigned present herewith their seventh annual report as Commissio: ers of the Sinking Funds of this city. The amount of the funds Jan. 31, 1882,


as per report of that date, was, $312,263 59


The increase during the year 1882 was : -


Contribution by the city for the year, 45,525 00


Interest on city bonds in sinking funds, 15,672 50


Interest on deposits in banks, 193 09


Total sinking funds at this date, $373,654 18


Invested as follows : -


In bonds of the City of Somerville,


$326,000, at 5 per cent, and $44,- 500, at 5} per cent, $370,500 00


Deposited in banks and drawing in-


terest, 3,154 18


$373,654 18


Respectfully submitted.


NATHAN TUFTS, HENRY F. WOODS, Commissioners. JOHN A. HUGHES,


REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN SCHOOL COMMITTEE, Dec. 18, 1882.


The Superintendent submitted his annual report, which was read and accepted. It was voted that the committee adopt the report now sub- mitted by the Superintendent of the Public Schools, and present it to their fellow-citizens as the report of the School Committee for the year 1882.


J. H. DAVIS, Secretary.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Feb. 14, 1883.


Referred the report to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports of 1882. Sent down for concurrence.


GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk pro tem.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 15, 1883.


Referred the report to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports of 1882. In concurrence.


DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.


BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1882.


HON. JOHN A. CUMMINGS, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio.


ALBION A. PERRY, President of Common Council, ex officio.


WARD ONE.


HENRY M. MOORE


Term expires 1882


HORACE C. WHITE, M. D.


66


1883


JOHN H. BUTLER


1884


WARD TWO.


ALPHONZO H. CARVILL, M. D.


Term expires 1882


REV. A. E. WINSHIP


60 1883


OREN S. KNAPP .


WARD THREE.


NORMAN W. BINGHAM


Term expires 1882


1883


Q. E. DICKERMAN . HENRY F. WOODS


66


1884


WARD FOUR.


PROF. BENJ. G. BROWN


Term expires 1882


REV. C. M. SMITH, D. D.


1883


MISS HARRIET M. PITMAN


1884


1884


J. H. DAVIS, Superintendent and Secretary.


STANDING COMMITTEES, 1882.


On the High School, MESSRS. BROWN, SMITH, BINGHAM, WINSHIP, WHITE, DICKERMAN. On Schools in East Somerville District, MESSRS. WHITE, MOORE, BUTLER. On Schools in Prospect Hill District, MESSRS. WINSHIP, KNAPP, CARVILL.


On Schools in Winter Hill District, MESSRS. DICKERMAN, WOODS, BINGHAM, PERRY.


On Schools in Spring Hill District, MESSRS. SMITH, BROWN, MISS PITMAN.


On Schools in West Somerville, MESSRS. BROWN, SMITH, MISS PITMAN.


On Evening Schools, MESSRS. WINSHIP, WHITE, PERRY.


On Examination of Teachers, MESSRS. KNAPP, BUTLER, SMITH, MISS PITMAN.


On Text-Books, MESSRS. WHITE, KNAPP, BINGHAM, MISS PITMAN.


On Repairs, Furniture, Heating Apparatus, MESSRS. MOORE, CARVILL, PERRY, BROWN.


On School Supplies, MESSRS. WOODS, BUTLER. On Fuel, MESSRS. CARVILL, PERRY. On Music, MISS PITMAN, MESSRS. BINGHAM, CARVILL, WHITE.


On Finance. MESSRS. KNAPP, MOORE.


On Drawing and Penmanship. MESSRS. BUTLER, WOODS, CARVILL, DICKERMAN.


On Salaries, MESSRS. BUTLER, SMITH, WOODS, MOORE, WINSHIP, KNAPP.


On Examination of First Class, MESSRS. SMITH, KNAPP.


On Examination of Second Class, MESSRS. BUTLER, WOODS. . On Examination of Third Class. REV. A. E. WIN HIP, MISS PITMAN. On Examination of Fourth Class, MESSRS. MOORE, BROWN.


On Examination of Fifth Class, MESSRS. BINGHAM, WHITE, CARVILL.


On Examination of Sixth Class. MESSRS. PERRY, DICKERMAN, MISS PITMAN.


BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1883.


HON. JOHN A. CUMMINGS, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio.


FRANK E. FITTS, President of Common Council, ex officio.


WARD ONE.


HORACE C. WHITE, M. D ..


Term expires 1883


JOHN H. BUTLER


1884


HENRY M. MOORE


66 1885


WARD TWO.


REV. A. E. WINSHIP


Term expires 1883


OREN S. KNAPP


66


1884


REV. GEO. W. DURELL


66 1885


WARD THREE.


Q. E. DICKERMAN


Term expires 1883


HENRY F. WOODS


66


1884


NORMAN W. BINGHAM


66 1885


WARD FOUR.


REV. C. M. SMITH, D. D.


Term expires 1883


MISS HARRIET M. PITMAN


1884


PROF. BENJ. G. BROWN


1885


J. H. DAVIS, Superintendent and Secretary.


.


STANDING COMMITTEES, 1883.


On the High School, MESSRS. WHITE, SMITH, WINSHIP, BROWN, DURELL, BINGHAM, BUTLER, DICKERMAN.


On Schools in East Somerville District, MESSRS. WHITE, MOORE, BUTLER.


On Schools in Prospect Hill District, MESSRS. KNAPP, DURELL, WINSHIP, FITTS.


On Schools in Winter Hill District, MESSRS. WOODS, BINGHAM, DICKERMAN.


On Schools in Spring Hill District, MISS PITMAN, MESSRS. BROWN, SMITH.


On Schools in West Somerville, MESSRS. SMITH, BROWN, MISS PITMAN.


On Evening Schools, MESSRS. WINSHIP, DICKERMAN, WHITE.


On Examination of Teachers, MESSRS. BROWN, BUTLER, SMITH, KNAPP, MISS PITMAN. .


On Text-Books, MESSRS. BINGHAM, KNAPP, WHITE, MISS PITMAN. On Repairs and Heating Apparatus, MESSRS. MOORE, BROWN, FITTS, BINGHAM. On School Supplies. MESSRS. WOODS, BUTLER. On Fuel, MESSRS. BUTLER, FITTS, DURELL.


On Music, MESSRS. DURELL, BINGHAM, FITTS, MISS PITMAN. On Finance. MESSRS. KNAPP, MOORE.


On Drawing and Penmanship, MESSRS. DICKERMAN, WOODS, WINSHIP, BUTLER.


On Salaries, MESSRS. KNAPP, BUTLER, SMITH, WOODS, MOORE, WINSHIP.


On Examination of First Class, MESSRS. BUTLER, WOODS. On Examination of Second Class. REV. A. E. WINSHIP, MISS PITMAN. On Examination of Third Class, MESSRS. BROWN, MOORE.


On Examination of Fourth Class, MESSRS. BINGHAM, WHITE, DURELL. On Examination of Fifth Class, MESSRS. DICKERMAN, FITTS, MISS PITMAN.


On Examination of Sixth Class, MESSRS. SMITH, KNAPP.


SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.


To the School Committee of Somerville : -


IN accordance with the requirements of the public statutes, and in compliance with your instructions, the following, as the fortieth annual report on the condition of the public schools, is respectfully submitted.


It is our pleasure to report that, in all essential features, the schools are in a prosperous and satisfactory condition. Nothing has occurred during the year to interfere with a successful prosecu- tion of school work. Pupils in all parts of the city have been well instructed and conveniently and pleasantly accommodated. They have manifested their usual interest in their work, their accustomed deference to authority, and cheerful compliance with the require- ments of their teachers and the School Board. Teachers have labored with wonted fidelity and zeal. Parents have exercised their accustomed forbearance, and have extended their hearty co-operation. No abatement in the deep and substantial interest which our citizens have always manifested in popular education has been witnessed.


The City Council has furnished the requisite means for the cur- rent expenses of the schools and for additional school accommo- dations. It is worthy of remark and a cause for congratulation that our citizens, or their representatives, have never swerved in their fidelity to the best interests of the schools, even in circum- stances most disheartening. The rapid growth of the city, and the loss of several valuable school buildings by fire, have necessi- tated frequent and large appropriations to furnish adequate school accommodations in addition to the ordinary current expenses of the schools. But thus far in our history the School Committee has never requested an appropriation, for school purposes, of the citizens in town meeting, or of their representatives in the City Council, that has not met a prompt and cheerful response.


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


We would reciprocate by a judicious expenditure of the means placed at our disposal, and by untiring efforts to render the schools worthy of the position which they have ever held in public esteem.


Thanks are due to the Committee on Public Property for their prompt response to the numerous demands which have been made upon them, and for their attention to all matters pertaining to the schools that came under their jurisdiction. During the year they have enlarged the Edgerly School-house, provided furniture for two hundred and thirty pupils, painted the exterior of the Lincoln School-house, constructed a fence around the Highland School- house, placed a permanent partition in the hall of the Luther V. Bell School-house, renovated the walls, ceilings, and blackboards in various school-rooms, and put all school buildings in different parts of the city in complete repair.


Within the year the rules of the School Committee, the regula- tions of the public schools, and the course of studies for the several departments of the schools, have been carefully revised.


POPULATION AND VALUATION.


Population of the city, United States census, 1880, 24,985


66 66 in May, 1882


25,725


In Ward One


7,910


66 Two


8,503


Three


4,542


Four


4,770


Whole number of persons in the city between five and fifteen years of age, on the first day of May last .


5,102


In Ward One


1,498


60 Two


1,762


66 Three


932


66 Four 910


Valuation of the city, May 1, 1882


$23,162,200


Personal estate


$1,886,600


Real estate ·


21,275,600


Estimated value of school property


.


$344,432


Rate of taxation . .0178 ·


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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.


Amount expended for schools, exclusive of insurance, rent, repairs, and permanent improvement of school property, is 18.3 per cent of the whole tax. Average cost of tuition per scholar, taking the average whole number for the year as the basis of com- putation, is $18.20.


EXPENDITURES FROM JAN. 1, 1882, TO JAN. 1, 1883.


BY THE CITY COUNCIL.


Repairs, insurance, rent of school-rooms. $7,866 75 Fuel 4,318 11


$12,184 86


BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


Salaries of teachers and superintendent . $66,837 02 Janitors' salaries


3,315 86


Truant officers' salaries .


350 00


Water


537 77


Gas


. .


103 30


Books .


.


516 60


Writing books


339 85


Printing


345 35


Stationery and other supplies


1,088 00


Miscellaneous


921 63


.


74,355 38


Total expenditures .


$86,540 24


RECEIPTS.


Tuition of non-resident pupils


$248 50


Rent of school halls


507 50


756 00


Net expenditures


$85,784 24


.


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


SCHOOLS.


The number of pupils in the several schools in December of this year is one hundred and ninety-six in excess of the number be- longing in December of last year. To provide for this increase and to relieve several crowded school-rooms seven new schools have been formed within the year : One grammar school in Winter Hill district ; two grammar schools and one primary school in East Somerville district ; two grammar schools in Prospect Hill district ; and one primary school in Spring Hill district. In September one primary school was transferred from the Tufts Street School-house to the Edgerly School-house.


Whole number of schools


.


·


89


High School .


Grammar schools


. 50


Primary schools ·


38


Increase for the year


· 7


Increase for the last ten years


. 30


SCHOOL-HOUSES.


Whole number of school buildings


19


Number of school-rooms owned by the city


.


93


Number of school halls


·


1


Number of rooms hired for school purposes


1


Number of vacant rooms


.


.


5


In the Lincoln School-house


2


66 Webster .


2


Bennett 66


1


.


1


.


.


.


Edgerly School-House. - This building, located on Cross, Curtis, and Bonair Streets, East Somerville, was constructed, with four school-rooms, in 1871. During the present year it has been enlarged by the addition of four school-rooms. The work was supervised by the Committee on Public Property, consisting of Aldermen E. C. Clark and J. F. Wellington, and Councilmen H. M. Beals, S. T. Richards, and C. E. Giles. The plans and speci- fications were furnished by Mr. Samuel D. Kelley. The con- tractors were Messrs. Mead, Mason & Co., for the carpentry, and Messrs. R. Hines & Son for the masonry.




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