Report of the city of Somerville 1883, Part 6

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 342


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John Peabody, manure,


10 00


Highways account, labor and ma- terials, 3 15


Sewers account, use of 'team and labor, 11 50


Watering streets account, repair-


ing hydrants and stand pipes, 40 75


672 89


INTEREST, transferred, 3,000 00


WATER SERVICES, transferred,


479 36


Amount carried forward,


$16,152 25


116


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward,


$16,152 25


Debit.


CASH, paid laborers,


$9,421 25


Nathaniel Dennett, salary as su-


perintendent, 1,500 00


James T. Cummings, salary as clerk of board, 50 00


Nathan Tufts & Son, grain,


79 55


Fulton Obrion, 66


29 44


Hewey, Skillings & Co., "


36 91


Hosmer, Crampton & Hammond, hay and straw, 181 19


Fuller, Dana & Fitz, forming machine,


48 11


George L. Fairbanks, rolling ma- chine,


275 00


Dover Stamping Co., mandrel,


5 23


George Dunbar & Co., forge and sledges, 61 56


Ames Plough Co., furnace, etc.,


42 48


James S. Newhall & Co., valves, etc.,


66 75


Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., valves, etc.


19 80


H. B. Newhall & Co., bolts,


7 31


Morrill & Allen, steel bars,


10 50


Dodge, Haley & Co., rivets,


24 24


S. B. Locke & Co., castings,


364 29


Davis & Farnham Mfg. Co., cast-


ings,


525 11


Osgood & Hart, castings,


4 32


W. O. Barbour & Co., "


52 91


Suffolk Iron Foundry Co., castings,


1 55


Fulton Iron Foundry Co.,


3 00


Horatio Wellington & Co., ce- ment,


877 00


L. G. Burnham & Co., cement,


78 60


Amounts carried forward,


$13,766 10


$16,152 25


APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 117


Amounts brought forward, $13,766 10 $16,152 25


F. B. Austin & Co., iron, 72 31


Boston Machine Co., gates and hydrants, 219 30


Walworth Mfg. Co., iron pails, etc., 5 50


Dodge, Gilbert & Co., hardware,


2 66


Charles Holmes & Son,


29 63


Howe & Flint, 66


5 63


City of Malden, cement lined pipe,


31 50


Chadwick Lead Works, lead pipe, etc., 5 00


William A. Muzzey, drain pipe,


1 35


David A. Sanborn, drain pipe and labor, 8 10


Craig & Tucker, safe,


55 00


E. D. Sawyer & Co., lumber,


14 90


S. W. Fuller,


8 72


S. M. Fuller, wood,


10 20


Edward Fitzgerald, stone,


4 00


George W. Prichard, sand, carting, etc., 54 45


Sewall & Day Cordage Co., rope, etc., 39 63


Boston Belting Co., washers,


40 78


Hall Rubber Co., rubber mittens,


10 80


C. L. Stevens, paper pails,


2 00


J. G. Knapp & Co., wagon boot,


2 00


F. Ivers, repairing wagons,


36 50


Hill & Langtry, blankets, etc.,


36 24


G. M. J. Wilson, repairing har- nesses, 8 65


E. Spalding, repairing harnesses, 22 00


J. Leland, wheelwright work, 15 67


Cook, Rymes & Co., blacksmith and machine work, 218 22


Seward Dodge, horseshoeing and blacksmithing, 175 42


Amounts carried forward,


$14,902 26


$16,152 25


118


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward, $14,902 26


$16,152 25


Charles Maguire, horseshoeing, 22 80


Elijah Walker, carpenter work, 34 87


George W. Remiek, plastering, 25 00


A. H. Dennett, paper hanging,


11 03


E S. Bailey, repairing clock,


1 00


E. I. Train & Co., powder and fuse,


6 04


Jeremiah Kelleher, 66


66


1 00


Union Glass Co., lanterns,


29 35


P. C. Bacon, twine,


1 50


Amos Haynes, tierce,


1 50


Bagnall & Loud, blocks,


95


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., locks,


5 65


James Bartley, soap and oil, 7 53


J. C. Storey & Co., oil and tar, 28 30


Sturtevant Bros., naphtha, etc., 3 65


Thomas Keating, oat meal and gin- ger, 7 20


E. S. Conant & Co., salt, etc., 29 03


Warren B. Plympton, polish,


1 10


J. H. Brooks, duck, 3 30


H. W. Raymond, hardware,


65 73


Thomas Hollis, drugs,


2 45


C. H. Crane, sponges,


1 00


W. M. Hadley, fuel,


57 14


John F. Brine, 66


5 08


Suburban Telephone Co., rental,


etc., 20 60


Cambridge Gas Light Co.,


31 36


J. O. Hayden & Co., printing,


24 05


Paid by him for damages,


128 00


Hooper, Lewis & Co., stationery,


33 75


E. J. Burt,


35


W. A. Greenough & Co., direct- ory, 2 00


W. C. Crane, premium of insur- ance,


59 25


R. H. Sturtevant, sods, 1 20


Amounts carried forward,


$15,555 02


$16,152 25


APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 119


Amounts brought forward, $15,555 02 $16,152 25


W. J. London, expressing, 2 00


Lewis Putnam, veterinary ser- vices, 2 00


T. F. Crimmings, use of horse, 5 00


Highways Account, crushed stone,


2 50


City of Boston, bends and offsets, water rates,


37 84


25 00


E. Cunningham, damages,


25 00


Marcella McGrath, 66


25 00


John Gee,


25 00


Migaloire Dion, 66


20 00


John Duffy, 66


8 00


Edward Elkins,


7 00


$15,739 36


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to


credit of account, 412 89


$16,152 25


WATERING STREETS.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed, $3,000 00


CASH, received of sundry persons as


their proportional part of the cost of watering,


2,953 16


HIGHWAYS account, labor,


7 00


2,960 16


$5,960 16


Debit.


CASH, paid Christopher Burke, water- ing, $424 40


T. F. Crimmings, watering, 450 60


J. Downey, 66


315 80


J. F. Elkins,


424 80


Amounts carried forward, $1,615 60


$5,960 16


120


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward,


$1,615 60


$5,960 16


Martin Gill, watering, 410 00


Henry Gray, 416 40


Jeremiah McCarty, watering,


329 80


John McCauley, 66


374 00


George W. Prichard, 6


391 40


Boston Belting Co., hose,


45 00


A. M. & C. M. Wood, poles, 9 00


S. D. Hicks & Son, copper work, 22 64


J. Leland, wheelwright work, 27 65


Charles Holmes & Son, repair- ing, 2 00


F. Dooris, blacksmithing, 19 13


Seward Dodge, “


42 83


George H. Dodd, blacksmithing,


15 58


Water £ maintenance account,


hose, etc.,


40 75


Water service account, repairing standpipes, 55 65


Highways account, repairing and painting carts, watering and labor,


151 21


Thorpe's Express, expressing,


85


J. O. Hayden & Co., advertising,


10 80


N. F. Caswell, services for collect- ing, 25 00


City of Boston, water,


1,701 76


$5,707 05


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 253 11


$5,960 16


APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 121


WATER LOAN INTEREST.


Credit.


CASH, received of city of Boston, re-


turn on water rates : -


1882. 40 per cent on $5,251 60, $2,100 64


1883. 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 $17,652 58,


7,061 03


$19,661 67


Debit.


CASH paid on interest on Water Loan Bonds : -


$1,000, 9 months at 5 per cent,


$37 50


$229,000, 1 year at 5 per cent,


11,450 00


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


3,850 00


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


1,200 00


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


975 00


$17,512 50


HEALTH DEPARTMENT, transferred,


800 00


SCHOOL CONTINGENT, transferred,


750 00


SUPPORT OF POOR, transferred,


350 00


$19,412 50


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 249 17


19,661 67


122


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Table D.


BALANCES DECEMBER 31, 1883.


Cash,


$14,465 87


Excess and Deficiency,


$45,772 18


Funded Debt,


1,585,000 00


Highway betterment assessments, 951 21


Overlay and abatement,


2,302 45


Overplus on tax sales,


102 13


Property and debt balance,


412,400 00


Public property,


1,172,600. 00


Real Estate Liens,


3,729 86


Public Library, 88 45


Sewer Assessments,


5,946 64


Sidewalk Assessments,


3,140 38


State of Massachusetts - State Aid, 3,654 50


State of Massachusetts -Indi- gent Soldiers and Sailors,


418 50


Sundry persons,


485 10


Taxes,


150,585 55


Temporary Loans,


135,000 00


Water Service Assessments,


857 80


$1,768,750 31 $1,768,750 31


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REPORT


OF THE


COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUNDS.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Feb. 13, 1884.


Referred to the Committee on printing, to be printed with the Annual reports for 1883. Sent down for concurrence.


CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.


Concurred in.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 14. 1884.


DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUNDS, Feb. 4, 1884.


To the Honorable the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Somerville :


GENTLEMEN :- The undersigned present herewith the eighth annual report of the condition of the Sinking Funds of this city.


The amount of the funds Jan. 1, 1883, as per the seventh annual re- port, was, $373,654 18


The increase during the year 1883, was :-


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


Interest on investments in city bonds, $325,000 one year and $1,000 nine months at 5 per cent., and $44,500, one year at 5g per cent, $18,735 00


Interest on deposits in banks, 219 01


18,954 01


Total sinking funds Jan. 1, 1884,


$438,133 19


Invested as follows : In bonds of the city of Somerville, $390,000 at 5 per cent. and $44,500 at 5₺ per cent. $434,500 00


Deposited in banks and drawing interest, 3,633 19


$438,133 19


126


ANNUAL REPORTS.


The several sinking funds are :-


City loan, maturity of 1885,


$46,441 96


1895,


335,449 23


Sewer loan,


1896,


9,017 00


Water loan, 66


1905,


44,986 00


66


1906,


1,221 00


66


66


66


1907,


1,018 00


.


$438,133 19


Respectfully submitted,


NATHAN TUFTS, HENRY F. WOODS, & Commissioners. EZRA D. CONANT,


1


REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


1


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN SCHOOL COMMITTEE, Dec. 21, 1883.


The Superintendent submitted his annual report, which was read and ac- cepted. 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 1883.


J. H. DAVIS, Secretary.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Feb. 13, 1884.


Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed with the Annual Reports for 1883. Sent down for concurrence.


CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.


Concurred in.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 14, 1884.


DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.


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


66 1884


HENRY M. MOORE


1885


WARD TWO.


REV. A. E. WINSHIP


Term expires 1883


OREN S. KNAPP


1SS4


REV. GEO. W. DURELL


1885


WARD THREE.


Q. E. DICKERMAN


Term expires 1883


HENRY F. WOODS


1884


NORMAN W. BINGHAM


66 1885


WARD FOUR.


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


Term expires 1883


MISS HARRIET M. PITMAN


66 1884


PROF. BENJ. G. BROWN


1885


J. H. DAVIS, Superintendent and Secretary.


At the meeting of the School Committee held August 27th, the resigna- tion of Miss Harriet M. Pitman was received and accepted. The vacancy thus occasioned, was filled in convention of the City Council and School Committee, September 26th, by the election of Martin W. Carr.


9


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.


BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1884.


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


JOSIAH B. MAYHEW, President of Common Council, ex officio.


WARD ONE.


JOHN H. BUTLER


Term expires 1884


HENRY M. MOORE


1885


HORACE C. WHITE, M.D.


66 1886


WARD TWO.


OREN S. KNAPP


Term expires 1884


REV. GEO. W. DURELL


1885


MRS. CORNELIA B. SKINNER


66 1886


WARD THREE.


HENRY F. WOODS


Term expires 1884


NORMAN W. BINGHAM


66


1885


QUINCY E. DICKERMAN


66 1886


WARD FOUR.


MARTIN W. CARR


Term expires 1884


PROF. BENJ. G. BROWN


66


1885


HORACE P. MAKECHNIE, M.D.


1886


-


J. H. DAVIS,


Superintendent and Secretary.


STANDING COMMITTEES, 1884.


High School, MESSRS. WHITE, BROWN, DURELL, BINGHAM, BUTLER, DICKERMAN. East Somerville Schools, MESSRS. WHITE, MOORE, BUTLER. Prospect Hill Schools, MESSRS. KNAPP, DURELL, MRS. SKINNER. Winter Hill Schools, MESSRS. BINGHAM, WOODS, DICKERMAN, MAYHEW. Spring Hill Schools, MESSRS. CARR, BROWN, MAKECHNIE. West Somerville Schools, MESSRS. BROWN, MAKECHNIE, CARR.


Evening Schools, MESSRS. DICKERMAN, MOORE, MRS. SKINNER. Examination of Teachers, MESSRS. BROWN, BUTLER, MAKECHNIE. Text- Books, MESSRS. DURELL, BINGHAM, KNAPP, WHITE, CARR. Repairs and Heating Apparatus, MESSRS. MOORE, KNAPP, MAYHEW, CARR. School Supplies, MESSRS. WOODS, CARR. Fuel, MESSRS. MAYHEW, DURELL, MAKECHNIE.


Music, MESSRS. DURELL, BINGHAM, MRS. SKINNER. Finance, MESSRS. KNAPP, MOORE.


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


Salaries, MESSRS. KNAPP, BUTLER, WOODS, MOORE, CARR. Approval of Private Schools, MESSRS. BUTLER, KNAPP, BINGHAM, MAKECHNIE.


Examination of First Class, MESSRS. BROWN, MOORE. Examination of Second Class, MESSRS. WHITE, DURELL.


Examination of Third Class, MESSRS. BINGHAM, CARR. Examination of Fourth Class, MESSRS. DICKERMAN, MAYHEW. Examination of Fifth Class, MESSRS. MAKECHNIE, KNAPP. Examination of Sixth Class, MESSRS. BUTLER, WOODS, MRS. SKINNER.


SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.


To the School Committee of Somerville :-


GENTLEMEN :- In compliance with your instructions, the follow- ing, as the forty-first annual report of the school department, on the condition of the public schools, is respectfully submitted.


SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.


Population of the city, United States census,


1880 . .


24,985


Population of the city, in May, 1882 25,725


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


5,478


In Ward One


1,563


66 Two


1,867


Three


1,010


Four


1,038


Increase for the year 376


Number between eight and fourteen years


3,400


Valuation of the city, May 1, 1883


$23,812,900


Real estate 22,042,100


Personal estate $1,770,800


Rate of taxation .0167


Estimated value of school property


$362,032


Number of cities in the State


21


Number of towns 66


325


Number of public schools in the State in 1882


6,090


Number of Normal schools


6


134


ANNUAL REPORTS.


EXPENDITURES FROM JAN. 1, 1883, TO JAN. 1, 1884.


BY THE CITY COUNCIL.


Repairs, insurance, rent of school-room $10,474 36


Fuel


.


4,889 57


$15,363 93


BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


Salaries of teachers and superintendent. $71,087 89


Janitors' salaries


3,508 38


Truant officers' salaries


350 00


Water .


-1,405 90


Gas


129 57


Books .


455 41


Printing


281 10


Stationery and other supplies


1,241 00


Miscellaneous


.


·


79,298 02


Total expenditures


$94,661 95


RECEIPTS.


Tuition of non-resident pupils


$301 50


Rent of school halls .


.


245 50


547 00


Net expenditures .


$94,114 95


SCHOOLS.


Four new schools have been formed within the year ; one gram- mar school in the Morse school-house and one in the Lincoln school-house ; one primary school in the Forster school-house and one in the Webster school-house.


Whole number of schools 93


High school


.


1


Grammar schools


. 50


Primary schools


·


42


838 77


.


135


SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.


SCHOOL-HOUSES.


Whole number of school buildings . Number of school-rooms owned by the city 96


19


Number of rooms hired for school purposes


1


Number of vacant school-rooms .


3


In the Bennett school-house 1


Webster 66


1


66 Lincoln 66 1


FORSTER SCHOOL-HOUSE .- In the summer of 1881, two school- rooms were constructed in the hall of this building. During the present year, the remaining portion of the hall has been divided into two school-rooms. The building now contains twelve school- rooms, all of which are occupied by schools.


This building was dedicated April 13, 1867, and first occupied by schools, five in number, on the second day of May following. The steam-boiler which had been in use ever since the house was dedicated, was displaced by a new one during the summer vaca- tion, and the entire heating apparatus was thoroughly renovated.


The first Forster school-house was completed and occupied by schools, three in number, early in the year 1855. It was burnt February 18, 1866.


HIGH SCHOOL-HOUSE .- For the convenience of the High School, the partitions in the third story of this building, have been re- moved and two school-rooms, each thirty by thirty-one feet, have been constructed, leaving a hall sixty-three by sixty-four feet. This change, which does not mar the beauty of the hall or materi- ally diminish its capacity, will, probably, render the accommoda- tions of the building equal to the wants of the school for several years to come.


PRESCOTT SCHOOL-HOUSE .- The steam-boiler in this building has been in use sixteen years. The safety of the schools that will occupy the building, will require the substitution of a new boiler for the old one, sometime during the coming year. This building was dedicated June 16, 1868, and first occupied by schools, eight in number, on the 20th day of the same month.


HIGHLAND SCHOOL-HOUSE .- By order of the Board of Health, this building was vacated, for sanitary considerations, on Tues- day, December 11, and will not be occupied again until after


136


ANNUAL REPORTS.


the Christmas vacation. The schools which have occupied this building, have been subjected to several interruptions during the year, in consequence of defective means of heating and ventilation.


TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN EACH OF THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS, AND THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS AND PUPILS IN EACH BUILDING IN DE- CEMBER.


DISTRICTS.


BUILDINGS.


No. of > chool Rooms.


No. of Grammar Schools.


No. of Primary Schools.


Total.


No. of Pupils in December


Winter Hill . 66


High School . Forster


2


7


5


12


531


East Somerville .


Prescott


12


7


5


12


589


66


Tufts Street .


1


4


4


8


406


Prospect Hill


L. V. Bell


12


9


133 1 3


12


669


66


Brastow


2


1


1


2


108


.


·


Jackson


4


1


3


4


240


Webster


4


1


2


3


129


66


Union


1


1


1


45


Spring Hill


Morse


7


7


273


66


Beech Street .


2


2


2


77


Spring Hill


1


·


2


2


4


177


West Somerville .


Highland


S


5


3


S


422


.


Lincoln


4


2


1


3


106


Total


97


50


42


93


4,767


1


1


2


3


166


.


.


Prospect Hill.


6


3


6


329


Bennett


2


2


2


89


Edgerly


8


.


1


1


46


Franklin


4


1


1


49


Harvard .


1


·


ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATIONS.


EAST SOMERVILLE AND PROSPECT HILL DISTRICTS .- All the school-rooms in East Somerville district are occupied by schools. One room is hired for school use. In Prospect Hill district there are only two vacant school-rooms; one in the Bennett school-house, which will be required for the accommodation of children in its immediate neighborhood, early in the coming spring, and one in the Webster school-house. All of the occupied


1


275


Cedar Street .


12


1


41


66


.


4


137


SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.


rooms in the district are full ; those in the L. V. Bell school-house are crowded. Large accessions will be made to the ninth class in this building, when pupils of that grade are admitted in April next.


In each of these two districts there are many dwelling-houses just completed, or in process of construction, which will be occu- pied in a few months.


Present emergencies, and the necessities of the immediate future, seem to demand that measures be adopted at an early day, to furnish additional and permanent school accommodations in these two districts.


WEST SOMERVILLE DISTRICT .- All the school-rooms in this district are occupied except one room in the Lincoln school-house. The principal's room in the Highland school-house contains fifty- nine pupils, thirty-nine of whom are members of the second class. The ninth class contains sixty-three pupils, all in one room. Large numbers will be added to this class in the coming spring.


Two additional school-rooms will be required in this district next year ; one in April for the sixth class, and one in September for the second class.


CEDAR STREET SCHOOL-HOUSE .- This building is insufficient to accommodate the primary-school children who live in its immediate neighborhood. £ The crowded condition of the schools which occupy the building was relieved temporarily, in September, by sending a portion of the seventh class to the schools of that grade in the Forster and the Highland school-houses. Those buildings cannot afford further relief ; hence, when the usual accessions are made to the ninth class, in April next, an additional school-room in the neighborhood of the Cedar street school-house will be a necessity.


TEACHERS.


Fourteen teachers have been elected within the year, and eleven have resigned.


ELECTED.


Mr. Frank F. Murdock, principal of the Morse School. Miss Corinne Harrison, teacher in the Morse School. Miss Laura J. Brooks, teacher in the Morse School.


Miss Mary E. Stiles, teacher in the Forster School.


138


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Miss Addie S. Winnek, teacher in the Forster School.


Miss Annie S. Gage, teacher in the Forster School. Miss Clara G. Fogg, teacher in the Prescott School. Miss Florence A. Robinson, teacher in the Prescott School. Miss Isadore E. Taylor, teacher in the Bennett School. Mr. John Wilson, principal of the Jackson School.


Miss Harriet A. Holbrook, principal of the Franklin School. Miss Annie R. Cox, teacher in the Highland School. Miss Alice B. Chadwick, teacher in the Lincoln School.


Miss Kate O'Brien, teacher in the L. V. Bell School.


RESIGNED.


Mr. William M. Stevens, principal of the Morse School. Miss Nellie M. Whitney, teacher in the Forster School. Miss Abbie F. Bosworth, teacher in the Edgerly School. Miss Lizzie F. Appleton, teacher in the L. V. Bell School. Miss Hattie E. Boardman, teacher in the Prospect Hill School. Miss Nora O'Leary, principal of the Jackson School. Miss Ada L. Sanborn, principal of the Webster School. Miss Sarah F. Gibbs, teacher in the Highland School. Miss Annie L. Clapp, teacher in the Lincoln School. Miss Zillah E. Freeman, teacher in the Beech Street School.


Miss Ada I. Howe, teacher in the L. V. Bell School.


. Whole number of teachers, 106: (male teachers 9; female teachers 97).


Number of teachers in the High School, 8: (male teachers 2 ; female teachers, 6).


Number of teachers in the grammar schools, 55 : (male teachers, 6 ; female teachers, 49).


Number of teachers in the primary schools, 42.


One teacher of vocal music.


Number graduated at Normal Schools, 20.


Number graduated at our high school, 41.


Average time of service in years, 5.4.


139


SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


Salaries.


When Elected.


High


George L. Baxter .


$2,200


1867


٤٠


Frank M. Hawes


1.800


1879


Sarah W. Fox .


1,050


1868


Fannie W. Kaan


850


1882


66


Sarah F. Litchfield


800


1880


Eudora Morey


800


1882


Minnie C. Clark


800


1852


Laura E. Giddings


700


1882


Forster


John S. Hayes


1,800


1878


66


Mary E. Northup


625


1878


66


Mary E. Stiles


600


1883


6.


Ellen H. Wilde .


600


1882


66


Frances M. Guptill


600


1×69


66


Mary E. Wild


575


1882


66


Alice A. Batchelor


575


1877


66


Alice T. Couch


575


1881


66


Martha H. Pennock


550


1873


66


Leila V. Colby


550


1879


Lizzie G. Perry


550


1878


66


Annie S. Gage


500


1883


Prescott,


G. A. Southworth


1,900


1878


66


Anna M. Bates .


700


1874


66


Adelaide Reed


650


1877


66


Clara G. Fogg


600


1SS3


66


.


Abbie A. Anderson


600


1878


66


Catharine T. Brown


575


1868


66


Clara Taylor


575


1871


66


Sarah E. Pratt


600


1877


66


Florence A. Robinson


550


1883


66


Elgina M. Plummer


550


1877


66


Florence M. Morton


425


1SS2


Edgerly


Frank P. Hudson .


800


1877


Amelia I. Sears .


600


1873


Hattie M. Pierce


575


1852


Harriette H. Winslow


425


1881


66


Anna L. Prescott


550


1873


66


Clara M. Bagley


550


1873


Ada Cowles


550


1875


Tufts Street


Lucretia A. Burns


550


1832


Robert Bickford


1,700


1879


Abbie C. Hunt .


625


1873


Minnie H. Marden


600


1876


Ellen M. Gooding


600


1868


Fannie A. Wilder


600


1874


66


6.


.


May E. Berry ..


600


1880


Lillian F. Howe


600


1876


66


Emma F. Schuh


600


1874


66


Anna M. Snow


575


1866


.


Emma M. Cate


600


1882


.


Lillian Nealley


550


1882


H. V. Hathaway


550


1875


66


Luther V. Bell


66


66


Addie S. Winnek .


550


1883


140


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


Salaries.


When Elected.


Luther V. Bell


Lydia J. Page


$575


1869


66


66


Augusta M. Houghton


550


1877


66


66


Eliza L. Schuh


425


1882


Prospect Hill


Ellen Ledyard


575


1874


Mary B. Currier


550


1873


66


Nellie A. Hamblin


425


1882


66


Charlotte I. Houghton


550


1875


Brastow


Sarah E. Pennock


575


1871


66


Lizzie D. Harding


550


1877


Bennett


Augusta A. Roberts


625


1861


66


Maria Miller


550


1870


Jackson


John Wilson .


625


1883


Anna C. Damon


550


1879


66


Annie E. McCarty


500


1880


Webster


Clara J. Whittemore


550


1883


Union


Isabella M. Prince


550


1876


Morse


Frank F. Murdock


1,600


1883


66


Corinne Harrison


600


1883


66


Pauline S. Downes


600


1872


66


Anna E. Sawyer


600


1873


66


Ella F. Gould


600


1882


66


Mary A. Haley .


575


1868


Laura J. Brooks.


575


1883


Beech Street


Mary E. Bosworth


575


1882


Spring Hill .


Alice E. Furber .


500


1881


Franklin


Harriet A. Holbrook


650


1883


66


Emeline C. Summerhayes .


550


1876


Harvard


Annie E. Robinson


550


1876


Highland


George E. Nichols


1,600


1877


66


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