Report of the city of Somerville 1886, Part 6

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 330


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$583,490 87


TEMPORARY LOANS.


CREDIT.


. Balance from 1885


$175,000 00


Cash, borrowed by authority of the


City Council on city notes, as follows, viz. : -


March 3, Brewster, Cobb & Esta- brook, on eight months, at 3 per cent


$75,000 00


March 3, Brewster, Cobb & Esta- brook, on eight months, at 3 per cent


50,000 00


March 31, Commonwealth of Mas- sachusetts, on eight months, at 3 per cent


125,000 00


April 13, Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, on eight months, at 3 per cent .


75,000 00


Dec. 6, Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, on four months, at 3g per cent .


75,000 00


Dec. 13, Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, on four months, at 3% per cent . .


75,000 00


475,000 00


$650,000 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid as follows, viz. : -


Suffolk Savings Bank, note dated Oct. 29, 1885 . . $100,000 00


Amounts carried forward


. $100,000 00 $650,000 00


109


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $100,000 00 $650,000 00 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, note dated Dec. 10, 1885 . 75,000 00 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, note dated March 31, 1886 125,000 00


Suffolk Savings Bank, note dated March 3, 1886


75,000 00


Suffolk Savings Bank, note dated March 3, 1886 .


50,000 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, note dated April 13, 1886.


75,000 00


$500,000 00


Balance to credit in account 1887


150,000 00


$650,000 00


WATER LOAN INTEREST.


CREDIT.


Cash , received of city of Boston, return on water rates :


1885, 40 per cent on $6,801 54


$2,720 62


1886, 15


20,000 00 . 3,000 00


66 20


10,000 00 2,000 00


25 66 10,000 00 · 2,500 00


30 66 10,000 00


3,000 00


40


18,231 96 . 7,292 78


66


50 66


1,863 03


931 51


$21,444 91


DEBIT.


Cash paid interest on water loan bonds : -


$14,500 one year at 5₺ per cent,


$797 50


55,500 six months at 52 66 1,526 25


239,000 one year " 5


11,950 00


7,500 six months " 5 6.


187 50


26,000 one year "' 4


1,040 00


48,000 six months " 4


960 00


$16,461 25


Less coupons unpaid .


32 50


Amounts carried forward


$16,428 75


$21,444 91


110


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $16,428 75 $21,444 91


Sundry persons, coupons unpaid as above .


32 50


City of Boston, proportion of amount refunded t to water takers . 109 90


$16,571 15


Excess and deficiency, balance to credit


of account 4,873 76


$21,444 91


WATER SERVICES.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of Roswell C. Downer,


service pipe, etc. . . . $38 00


E. H. Dunklee, service pipe, etc., 13 50


Barnabus Binney,


7 50


H. P. Hemenway,


15 29


Albert E. Hughes,


66


12 50


Erastus Clark,


13 60


Nathan A. Fitch,


39 75


George G. Fox, 66


83 94


John Harwood,


14 50


Addison Smith,


38 40


Amos Keyes,


66


47 20


William Lock,


26 36


Charles H. Pierce,


15 53


John F. Mills,


66


7 50


John Wall,


24 85


Stephen Jackman,


66


7 50


Frank H. Rindge,


66


35 11


Amos Haynes,


66


47 65


John F. Nickerson,


32 13


Margaret A. Simpson,


7 96


Schoolhouse in Ward Three, account


service pipe


27 88


Amount carried forward . $556 65


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Amount brought forward


$556 65


Schoolhouse in Ward Four, account service pipe 29 00


J. P. Fegan, old materials 11 20


C. A. Legallee, pipe and fittings 1 35


F. A. Titus, S. & W. cock


3 00


Dalton & Ingersoll, fittings ·


3 54


Watering streets account, labor and materials


213 54


$818 28


Water-service assessments, pipes laid,


cost of service


5,520 21


$6,338 49


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


$2,229 50


George K. Paul & Co., pipe


1,147 22


W. L. Snow, 2 80


George D. Goodrich, drain pipe


1 74


Boston Lead Mfg. Company, pipe, etc. .


229 57


Walworth Mfg. Company, pipe and fittings


145 81


Ward & Curley, fittings


372 33


Sumner & Goodwin, " 364 37


Dalton & Ingersoll, “


410 32


Andrew J. Morse & Sons, fittings


7 50


S. B. Locke & Co., clamps


24 34


James P. Fegan, fittings


481 86


Chapman Valve Mfg. valves


Company,


51 96


Boston Bolt Company, bolts


37 55


Davis & Farnham, services, boxes,


etc.


629 74


Dodge, Haley & Co., tools .


4 02


Armstrong Mfg. Company, tools


17 85


A. J. Wilkinson & Co.,


4 43


W. W. Hawkes, reel


5 00


Amounts carried forward - . $6,167 91


$6,338 49


112


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $6,167 91 $6,338 49


George Cutler, screw-drivers 1 50


Joseph Zane & Co., faucet


75


Boston Belting Company, tubing


6 42


Guptill & Dove, moulds .


6 50


George Sanderson, naphtha furnace, H. Finnegan, soldering copper


6 00


. J. A. Merrifield, plumbing


2 28


Charles Holmes & Son, plumbing


9 46


Fulton O'Brion, grain


9 68


J. McCarthy's Sons, charcoal . Barker & Tibbetts, expressing 3 25


8 40


Wm. J. London,


1 25


George D. Day, 66


15


R. M. Hale, rebate on bill


6 00


$6,235 55


Water maintenance, balance transferred,


102 94


$6,338 49


WATER SERVICE ASSESSMENTS.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of sundry persons for water services . $5,889 27


Balance to debit in account 1887 916 92


$6,806 19


DEBIT.


Balance from 1885


· $1,285 98


Water services, service pipes laid in 1886, 5,520 21


$6,806 19


WATER MAINTENANCE.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed ·


.


$14,000 00


Interest, transferred


1,000 00


Water services, transferred


.


102 94


Cash, received of town of Arlington, clamps


$9 60


Amounts carried forward . · $9 60


$15,102 94


6 00


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 113


Amounts brought forward $9 60 $15,102 94


C. O. Achorn, part cost of laying pipe . 50 00


Charles J. Simpson, part cost of lay- ing pipe 50 00


McLean Asylum, pipe, labor, etc. 1,078 40


City of Chelsea, cement-lined pipe 120 26


Town of Winchester, tar kettle


10 00


Town of Melrose, rolling machine and castings 604 89


Calvin Horton, lined pipe


6 64


J. P. Fegan, old materials 10 50


Middlesex Bleachery, labor and


materials


300 81


E. H Bright, clock .


5 00


James Stiles, manure


6 00


Sewers account, pipe, labor, etc.


103 10


New fire hydrant account, labor,


pipe and fittings .


311 63


2,666 83


$17,769 77


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


. $10,105 06


Nathaniel Dennett, salary as super- intendent 1,500 00


Nathaniel Dennett, disbursements 9 50


Sundry persons, clerical services 103 66


Davis & Farnham, castings


825 22


Somerville Iron Foundry, castings .


233 10


Chapman Valve Manufacturing Com- pany, valve gates, etc. 222 03


Coffin Valve Company, hydrant, etc . 273 60


Pattee & Draper, hydrants


16 75


Sumner & Goodwin, fittings


78 97


Ward & Curley, fittings .


6 00


Boston Belting Company, washers, etc.


46 71


Amounts carried forward · . $13,420 60


$17,769 77


S


114


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $13,420 60 $17,769 77


Dodge, Haley & Co., steel, etc. 9 10


Walworth Manufacturing Company, tools . 9 10


Boston Bolt Company, bolts ·


27 10


Thomas Watkins, pipe joiner . 5 00


Whittier Machine Company, jacket .


6 20


Crosby Steam Gage and Valve Com- pany, repairing gauge . 1 25


Boston Lead Manufacturing Com- pany, pipe, etc. . 307 52


George K. Paul & Co., pipe, etc. 27 32


R. D. Wood & Co., 66


451 00


George D. Goodrich & Co., drain pipe . 2 28


Medford Water Board, pipe


19 20


T. W. Norman & Co., frames .


7 20


John Clary, lumber


144 81


E. D. Sawyer & Co .. lumber


7 62


J. Leland, 66


75


Watson Bisbee,


8 00


George H. Sampson, powder, etc. 25 58


E. I. Train & Co.,


2 00


L. G. Burnham, cement .


10 80


Sewall & Day Cordage Company, packing


18 72


Elliott, Barnes & Co., leather


·


6 75


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., hardware


5 15


H. W. Raymond, 66


103 54


Whitney & Snow,


44 47


Charles Holmes & Son,


2 80


Bradley & Hastings,


66


18 57


C. C. Warren,


90


Howe & Flint,


60


3 60


George H. Mason & Co., water


cooler . . 4 00


James W. Vinal & Co., filterer


2 00


Union Glass Company, lanterns


18 23


.


Amounts carried forward


. $14,721 16


$17,769 77


.


.


.


.


.


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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


115


Amounts brought forward . $14,721 16


$17,769 77


John L. Robinson, clock . 20 00


Joseph J. Giles, furniture J. B. Plummer, pails 1 65


5 90


Warren B. Plimpton, polish 1 10


C. E. Jones & Co., carriage trim- mings . 3 60


Philip Eberle, rubber boots 2 75


Charles G. Whitton, stamp


3 00


E. Spalding, harness work


27 00


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing .


131 95


Charles N. Maguire, horseshoeing


53 31


Timothy O'Brine,


22 19


J. W. Gerry, 2 25


James Forgie & Son, collar


6 00


John E. Hill, hoof pads .


1 50


W. W. Winship, tool bag


2 50


Elijah Walker, carpenter work


456 67


J. W. Gilpatrick,


7 25


S. T. Kirk,


66


.


3 25


I. H. Brown, 90


E. N. Buxton, painting, etc. 28 50


Bubier & Co., gutter


2 70


R. W. Willey & Co., grain


380 04


Fulton O'Brion,


46 74


Samuel Walker & Co., oil


12 70


Spear, Gregory & Co., "


10 80


Whitney & Snow,


3 46


Masury, Young & Co., "


9 00


E. S. Conant & Co., salt .


17 00


Thomas Hollis, sponges, etc. .


1 50


H. Wellington & Co., fuel cement


and


176 10


George M. Winslow & Co., fuel 13 35


B. F. Wild & Co., 17 52


Somerset Coal Company, wiping


11 50


Globe Gas Light Company, furnace, 11 00


S. J. Wood, keys . .


5 50


Amounts carried forward · . $16,221 34


$17,769 77


116


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $16,221 34 $17,769 77


J. Spectorsky, brushes 2 25


H. D. & W. S. Durgin, ice 6 00


Cambridge Gas Light Company, gas, 20 80


New England Telephone and Tele-


graph Company, rentals and tolls 96 70


Aaron R. Gay & Co., stationery 87 26


J. O. Hayden & Co., printing .


28 30


J. H. McNamee, bookbinding .


8 50


Barker & Tibbetts, expressing 2 30


Blackall's express,


75


Thorpe's express,


75


M. G. Steele, teaming .


36 11


Martin Gill, 66


76 10


Caldwell & Staples, teaming


9 50


J. F. Manning,


3 00


Philip McGovern, labor .


2 00


F. Ivers & Son, repairing wagon


7 25


F. E. Foster & Co., “ 66


11 50


L. H. Brown, use of. wagon


11 50


E. H. Bright, ditch pump 9 00


Charles Booth, reporting leak . 2 00


Hugh H. Herrick, "


2 00


City of Boston, water 16 80


City of Boston, fittings 6 31


Mark M. Lark, veterinary services . 2 00


Charles M. Grant, compensation for damages


30 00


John A. Hart, compensation for


damages 100 00


Hannah Stone, compensation for


damages 10 00


Town of Melrose, rebate on bill


12 50


City of Boston, water rates 3 28


W. C. Crane, insurance . 59 25


$16,885 05


Excess and deficiency, balance to credit of account . 884 72


$17,769 77


.


.


117


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


WATERING STREETS.


CREDIT.


Appropriation, amount assessed


$3,000 00


Interest, transferred


40 46


Cash, received of abutters


4,891 26


$7,931 72


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Christopher Burke, watering . $430 00


T. F. Cummings,


240 40


J. F. Elkins,


439 20


Celia Faulkner,


439 00


Martin Gill,


430 60


John Hickey,


66


152 80


Jeremiah McCarthy,


:6


330 40


George McKenna,


463 20


A. M. Prescott,


66


459 60


J. J. Underhill,


364 40


John Walsh,


433 20


Abbott Downing Company, water- ing cart


425 00


Mark Laighton, building shed .


250 00


Richard A. Stevens, carpentering work .


2 52


Hall Rubber Company, hose .


50 00


Boston Belting Company, hose


22 50


Boston Woven Hose Company, hose,


9 90


J. Leland, repairing carts


55 35


Wm. T. Henderson, repairing carts,


15 50


Howe & Flint,


6.


5 75


H. G. Collins,


1 50


F. Dooris,


1 50


Seward Dodge,


66


112 47


E. Spaulding,


75


Stephen Buttimer, cleaning carts


16 50


Decker & Holton, copper work


2 06


Amounts carried forward


. $5,154 10


$7,931 72


·


118


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $5,154 10 $7,931 72


J. H. Flitner & Co., pitch, tar, etc., 4 37


J. O. Hayden & Co , printing . 20 70


Aaron R. Gay, stationery 2 75


W. C. Crane, insurance .


46 75


City of Boston, water


2,489 51


Water-service account, stand-pipes, etc.


213 54


$7,931 72


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 119


TABLE D.


BALANCES DEC. 31, 1886.


Cash


$9,579 75


Excess and deficiency


Funded debt . .


$20,879 58 1,525,000 00


Highway betterment assessments


987 24


Overlay and abatement . 3,903 34


Overplus on tax sales


233 96


Public property


1,250,441 70


Property and debt balance


274,558 30


Real-estate liens


728 10


State of Massachusetts, State aid


3,560 00


State of Massachusetts, indigent soldiers and sailors 451 00


Sidewalk assessments


3,446 97


Sewer assessments


6,467 86


Sundry persons - .


1,231 44


Schoolhouse in Ward Three


668 26


Schoolhouse in Ward Four


816 68


Temporary loans


150,000 00


Taxes . .


151,595 42


Water-service assessments


916 92


$1,702,733 26 $1,702,733 26


REPORT


OF THE


COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUNDS.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Jan. 26, 1887.


Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual re- ports. Sent down for concurrence.


CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.


Concurred in.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 27, 1887. DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUNDS, Jan. 8, 1887.


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


GENTLEMEN, - The undersigned present herewith the eleventh annual report of the condition of the sinking funds of the city. The amount of the funds, Jan. 1, 1886, as per the tenth annual report, was . $517,158 18


The additions thereto during the year 1886 were : - Contribution by the city for the year .


40,725 00


Interest on investments in city bonds ($473,000 one year, and $8,500 six months, at 5 per cent per annum, and $40,000 one year, at 5} per cent per annum) .


26,062 50


Interest on deposit in bank


106 73


A total of


. $584,052 41


Invested as follows : -


In bonds of the city of Somerville ($541,500 at 5 per cent, and $40,000 at 5} per cent) $581,500 00


On deposit in Maverick National Bank 2,552 41


$584,052 41


The several sinking funds are : - City loan maturity of 1895 Sewer loan maturity of 1896


. $499,603 18


13,778 00


Water loan maturity of 1905


67,126 23


66 66


" 1906


1,886 00


66 " 1907


1,659 00


$584,052 41


Respectfully submitted, NATHAN TUFTS, HENRY F. WOODS, Commissioners. EZRA D. CONANT,


REPORT


OF


THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


-


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN SCHOOL COMMITTEE, Dec. 27, 1886.


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 public schools, and present it to their fellow- citizens as the report of the school committee for the year 1886.


J. H. DAVIS, Secretary.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Feb. 23, 1887.


Referred the report to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.


CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.


Concurred in.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 24, 1887.


DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.


BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1886.


HON. MARK F. BURNS, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio.


WALTER C. MENTZER, President of the Common Council, ex officio.


WARD ONE.


HORACE} C. WHITE, M. D.


Term expires 1886.


JOHN H. BUTLER


1887.


S.NEWTON CUTLER


66 1888.


WARD TWO.


MRS. CORNELIA B. SKINNER *


Term expires 1886.


CHARLES I. SHEPARD .


66


1887.


ALPHONSO H. CARVILL, M. D.


66 1888.


WARD THREE.


Q. E. DICKERMAN


Term expires 1886.


WILLIAM P. HILL .


NORMAN W. BINGHAM .


66


66 1888.


WARD FOUR.


H. P. MAKECHNIE, M. D.


Term expires 1886.


MARTIN W. CARR .


66


1887.


PROF. BENJAMIN G. BROWN


66 66 1888.


J. H. DAVIS, Superintendent and Secretary.


* On account of ill-health, Mrs. Skinner resigned her position as member of the School Committee, Jan. 9. The vacancy thus occasioned was filled Jan. 20, in convention of the City Council and the School Board, by the election of James F. Beard, Esq.


1887.


STANDING COMMITTEES, 1886.


High School. MESSRS. WHITE, BROWN, CARVILL, BINGHAM, BUTLER, DICKERMAN. East Somerville Schools. MESSRS. BUTLER, WHITE, CUTLER, MAYOR BURNS. Prospect Hill Schools. MESSRS. CARVILL, SHEPARD, MRS. SKINNER .* Winter Hill Schools. MESSRS. HILL, BINGHAM, DICKERMAN. Spring Hill Schools. MESSRS. CARR, MAKECHNIE, MENTZER. West Somerville Schools. MESSRS. BROWN, MAKECHNIE, CARR. Evening Schools. MESSRS. DICKERMAN, WHITE, BROWN, CUTLER, MRS. SKINNER. Examination of Teachers. MESSRS. BROWN, BUTLER, CARVILL. Text-Books. MESSRS. WHITE, SHEPARD, CARR, BUTLER, BINGHAM. Repairs and Heating Apparatus. MESSRS. CARR, SHEPARD, CUTLER, MENTZER, HILL. School Supplies. MESSRS. CARR, BINGHAM. Fuel. MESSRS. MENTZER, CARVILL, MAKECHNIE. Music. MESSRS. BINGHAM, WHITE, MRS. SKINNER. Finance. MESSRS. CARVILL, CARR. Drawing and Penmanship. MESSRS. DICKERMAN, BUTLER, SHEPARD.


Salaries. MESSRS. HILL, CARVILL, BROWN, CARR, BUTLER.


Approval of Private Schools.


MESSRS. MAKECHNIE, BINGHAM, BUTLER, MRS. SKINNER. Additional School Accommodations.


MAYOR BURNS, MESSRS. BUTLER, BINGHAM, CARVILL, CARR. Examination of the First Class. MESSRS. CARVILL, WHITE, MAKECHNIE, DICKERMAN.


Examination of Second Class. MESSRS. BROWN, CUTLER. Examination of Third Class. MESSRS. BINGHAM, CARR. Examination of Fourth Class. MESSRS. BUTLER, HILL. Examination of Fifth Class. MESSRS. MAKECHNIE, SHEPARD. Examination of Sixth Class. MRS. SKINNER, MR. MENTZER.


* By vote of the Board, Jan. 25, the name of Mr. Beard was substituted for that of Mrs. Skinner on all Standing Committees of which she had been chosen a member.


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BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1887.


HON. MARK F. BURNS, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio.


CHARLES L. NORTH, President of the Common Council, ex officio.


WARD ONE.


JOHN H. BUTLER


Term expires 1887.


S. NEWTON CUTLER .


66 1888.


HORACE C. WHITE, M. D. .


66 1889.


WARD TWO.


CHARLES I. SHEPARD


Term expires 1887.


ALPHONSO H. CARVILL, M. D. .


66 1888.


JAMES F. BEARD


WARD THREE.


WILLIAM P. HILL


NORMAN W. BINGHAM


QUINCY E. DICKERMAN


66


66 1889.


WARD FOUR.


MARTIN W. CARR


Term expires 1887.


PROF. BENJ. G. BROWN


HORACE P. MAKECHNIE, M. D.


.


Term expires 1887.


66 1888.


66 66 1888.


66 1889.


1889.


J. H. DAVIS, Superintendent and Secretary.


9


STANDING COMMITTEES, 1887.


High School. MESSRS. WHITE, BROWN, CARVILL, BINGHAM, BUTLER, DICKERMAN BEARD, MAKECHNIE. East Somerville Schools. MESSRS. CUTLER, WHITE, BUTLER, BURNS. Prospect Hill Schools. MESSRS. SHEPARD, BEARD, NORTH, CARVILL. Winter Hill Schools. MESSRS. BINGHAM, DICKERMAN, HILL. Spring Hill Schools. MESSRS. CARR, BROWN, MAKECHNIE. West Somerville Schools. MESSRS. MAKECHNIE, BROWN, CARR. Evening Schools. MESSRS. DICKERMAN, BROWN, BEARD, CUTLER. Examination of Teachers. MESSRS. BROWN, BUTLER, CARVILL. Text-Books. MESSRS. BUTLER, SHEPARD, HILL, CARR, WHITE, BINGHAM. Repairs and Heating Apparatus. MESSRS. SHEPARD, CUTLER, MAKECHNIE, HILL, NORTH. School Supplies. MESSRS. HILL, CARR. Fuel. MESSRS. NORTH, MAKECHNIE, CARVILL. Music. MESSRS. CUTLER, BINGHAM, MAKECHNIE, BEARD. Finance. MESSRS. BEARD, CARR. Drawing and Penmanship. MESSRS. MAKECHNIE, DICKERMAN, CUTLER, SHEPARD. Salaries. MESSRS. CARVILL, BROWN, CARR, BUTLER, HILL. Approval of Private Schools. BROWN, DICKERMAN, CUTLER, BEARD. Additional School Accommodations. MAYOR BURNS, MESSRS. CARVILL, BROWN, WHITE, HILL. Examination of First Class.


MESSRS. [CARVILL, WHITE, MAKECHNIE, DICKERMAN.


Examination of Second Class.


MESSRS. BROWN, CUTLER. Examination of Third Class.


MESSRS. BINGHAM, CARR. Examination of Fourth Class. MESSRS. BUTLER, HILL. Examination of Fifth Class. MESSRS. MAKECHNIE, SHEPARD. Examination of Sixth Class. MESSRS. BEARD, NORTH.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


To the School Committee of Somerville :


GENTLEMEN, - In accordance with your instructions, and in compliance with statute requirements, the following report upon the condition of the public schools of this city for the year 1886 is respectfully submitted : -


In the preparation of the report it has been my endeavor to com- municate as briefly as possible, by statistics and concise statements, such facts pertaining to the schools and their various appointments as may be of general interest.


SUMMARY OF STATEMENTS.


POPULATION. .


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


66 State census, 1885 29,992


Number of persons in the city between five and fif- teen years of age in May last 5,296


Number between eight and fourteen years of age 3,557


VALUATION.


Valuation of the city, May 1, 1886 . ·


Real estate


$24,124,700 . $26,003,200


Personal estate . 1,878,500 Rate of taxation .0154


Estimated value of school property . $413,714


132


ANNUAL REPORTS.


EXPENDITURES FROM JAN. 1, 1886, TO JAN. 1, 1887.


BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


Salaries of teachers


$80,942 26


" janitors .


4,020 32


" " truant officers


600 00


Salary of superintendent.


2,000 00


Water


411 77


Gas


207 31


Text-books


2,322 30


Writing books


371 90


Drawing books


517 34


Printing


436 00


Stationery. and other supplies


1,774 64


Miscellaneous


1,332 56


Total expenditures


$94,936 40


RECEIPTS.


Tuition of non-resident pupils .


298 56


Net expenditures


$94,637 84


SCHOOLHOUSES.


Two school buildings, of four rooms each, are now in process of construction, and will be ready for use early in the coming summer.


One of these buildings is located on Lowell Street in Ward Three, and the other on Cherry Street in Ward Four.


Both buildings are constructed of brick, and so constructed that they may be enlarged, without additional cost for stairs and en- tries, whenever enlargement may be demanded by the necessities of the neighborhoods where they are located.


The plans and specifications were furnished by Geo. F. Loring, Esq, of this city. The contractors are Messrs. J. H. Coon & Co., of Boston.


Cost of each building, exclusive of furniture and heat-


ing apparatus .


$10,500 00


Cost of land on Lowell Street, 20,806 feet 1,880 64


Cost of land on Cherry Street, 16,080 feet 1,929 60


133


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


As a token of respect for his Honor Mayor Burns, and Norman W. Bingham Esq., of the School Board, and in recognition of val- uable services rendered the city by these gentlemen, in their respec- tive places of trust, the building on Cherry Street has been named the Burns Schoolhouse, and the building on Lowell Street the Bingham Schoolhouse.


When these buildings are completed, the city will own twenty- three schoolhouses, containing one hundred and twenty school- rooms, and seats for about six thousand pupils


During the summer vacation, steam-heating apparatus was sub- stituted for furnaces in the Luther V. Bell Schoolhouse.


TABLE SHOWING THE NAME, LOCATION, DATE OF ERECTION, ESTIMATED VALUE, AND CAPACITY OF THE SEVERAL SCHOOL BUILDINGS.


NAME.


LOCATION.


When built.


No. of feet in


lot.


Estimated


value.


No. of rooms.


High


Highland Avenue


.


1871


-


$44,000


9


Forster


Sycamore Street


1866


32,693


39,422


13


Prescott .


Pearl Street


1867


21,444


42,000


12


Edgerly .


Cross Street


1871


26 428


43,100


8


Davis


Tufts Street


1884


29,584


18,333


4


L. V. Bell


Vinal Avenue


1874


22,262


43.000


12


Cummings


School Street .


1884


11,300


15,357


4


Prospect Hill .


Washington Street Medford Street


1861


10,019


6,250


2


Bennett .


Joy Street


1868


20,560


8,300


4


Jackson .


Poplar Street .


1861


11,212


8,300


4


Webster .


Webster Avenue


1868


11,050


8,300


4


Union


Prospect Street


(Before


1842


9,360


2,600


1


Morse


Summer Street


1869


29,109


26,000


7


Beech Street .


Beech Street


(Purchased


1872


6,000


4,750


2


Spring Hill


Rear of Harvard Street .


1850


4,991


1,700


1


Franklin .


Somerville Avenue


1846


33,017


14,300


4


Harvard .


Beacon Street .


1851


9,810


2,600


1


Highland


Highland Avenue


1880


23,260


33,000


8


Lincoln .


Broadway


1885


17,662


15,487


4


Cedar Street


Cedar Street


1843


-


800


2


Bingham


Lowell Street .


1886


20,896


4


Burns


Cherry Street .


1886


16,080


4


120


1848


25,313


20,600


6


Brastow .


134


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TEACHERS.


During the year, ten teachers have resigned, thirteen have been elected, and two - Miss Susie A. Mattoon and Miss Kate L. O'Brien-have died. Both of these teachers were residents of this city, and graduates of our high school. They were young ladies of most estimable character, and were highly esteemed as teachers. By their fidelity, devotion, and urbanity, they won the affectionate regard of their pupils and the confidence of parents and the mem- bers of the school committee.


ELECTED.


Mr. Herbert L. Morse, principal of the L. V. Bell School. Mr. Horatio D. Newton, principal of the Morse School. Miss Lillian M. Walton, teacher in the L. V. Bell School. Miss Alice M. Wight, teacher in the L. V. Bell School. Miss Ellen M. Farnsworth, teacher in the L. V. Bell School. Miss Addie M. Brown, teacher in the Cummings School. Miss Sarah A. Tuttle, teacher in the Prospect Hill School. Miss Annie Sheridan, teacher in the Bennett School. Miss Fannie L. Gwynn, teacher in the Jackson School. Miss Estelle E. Patrick, teacher in the Webster School. Miss Nelly W. French, teacher in the Beech Street School. Miss Emeline S. Curtis, teacher in the Highland School. Miss Charlotte F. Mott, teacher in the Lincoln School.


RESIGNED.


Mr. Henry C. Parker, principal of the Morse School. Mr. Robert Bickford, principal of the L. V. Bell School. Miss Minnie H. Marden, teacher in the L. V. Bell School. Miss Anna M. Snow, teacher in the L. V. Bell School. Miss L. Gertrude McIntire, teacher in the Prescott School. Miss Maria L. Macurdy, teacher in the Prospect Hill School. Miss Helen M. Meade, teacher in the Beech Street School. Miss Hattie L. Furber, teacher in the Franklin School. Miss Alice P. Lord, teacher in the Highland School. Mrs. Clara J. Whittemore, teacher in the Webster School.


135


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


Mr. Bickford was elected principal of the Prescott School in September, 1851, and principal of the high school in May, 1852, which position he occupied until March, 1854, when he resigned to accept the place of principal of a high school in Roxbury. He was elected principal of the L. V. Bell School in September, 1879, and closed his connection with that school, at the end of the school year in June last.


Mr. Parker, the efficient and highly esteemed principal of the Morse School, received his appointment in September, 1884, and resigned early in the present month, to accept the place of sub- master in the Dwight School, Boston.




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