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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
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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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