Report of the city of Somerville 1888, Part 11

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 410


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Respectfully submitted,


C. E. MELENEY, Superintendent of Public Schools.


SOMERVILLE, Dec. 31, 1888.


185


REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.


APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES.


Estimated.


Expended.


Deficit.


Balance.


Salaries of teachers


$88,000


$85,700 66


-


$2,299 34


Salary of superintendent .


2,416 67


Salaries of truant officers


9,150


S50 00


$8 80


Salaries of janitors


950


953 36


3 36


Text-books, stationery, etc.


4,850


4,808 57


41 43


Writing books .


950


534 04


-


415 96


Printing .


300


526 96


226 96


Miscellaneous


2,800


1,869 77


930 23


Net Balance


$107,000


$103,552 16


239 12


$3,686 96 3,447 84


Money received for tuition of non-resident pupils


883 50


TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS IN THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS, THE NUMBER OF PUPILS IN ATTENDANCE IN DECEMBER, THE NUMBER IN THE NINTH CLASS, AND THE AVERAGE NUMBER TO A SCHOOL.


DISTRICTS.


No. of


Schools.


No. of


Teachers.


No. of


Pupils.


No. in Ninth


Class.


Average No.


to a School.


East Somerville


23


25


1214


61


52.8


Prospect Hill


39


43


1998


94


51.5


Winter Hill .


17


19


846


49


49.8


Spring Hill .


20


23


851


41


42.5


West Somerville


14


15


636


42


45.4


113


125


5545


287


49


-


-


-


Water and gas .


5,892 13 5


-


Drawing books


-


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


DISTRICTS.


SCHOOLS.


LOCATION.


When built.


No. Feet


in Lot.


Estim'ed


Value.


No. of


Rooms.


No, of


Classes.


No. of


Classes.


No. of


Primary


Classes.


East Somerville


Prescott .


Myrtle Street


1867


21,444


42,000


12


11


7


66


66


·


66


Davis


Tufts Street


1884


29,584


18,333


4


4


1


3


L. V. Bell


Vinal Avenue .


1874


22,262


43,000


13


13


12


1


Prospect Hill


·


1


1


Washington Street


1848


25,313


20,600


6


6


3


3


School Street .


1884


11,300


15,357


4


4


1


3


66


·


·


·


Brastow .


Medford Street


1861


10,019


6,250


2


2


1


1


66


66


Bennett .


Joy Street


1868


20,560


8,300


4


4


2


2


Jackson


Poplar Street


1861


11,212


8,300


4


4


1


3


66


66


Union


Prospect Street


1842


9,360


2,600


1


1


-


·


Forster


Sycamore Street


1866


32,693


39,422


12


12


8


4


Winter Hill


66


Bingham


Lowell Street


1886


20,896


15,105


4


4


1


3


66


Cedar Street


Cedar Street


1843


800


2


1


1


Spring Hill


Morse


Summer Street


1869


29,109


26,000


8


8


6


2


66


Beech Street


Beech Street


1872


6,000


4,750


2


2


-


·


Beech Street


1850


4,991


1,700


1


1


1


66


66


Franklin


Somerville Avenue


1846


33,017


14,300


4


4


2


2


66


Harvard .


Beacon Street


1851


9,810


2,600


1


1


1


66


*Burns


Cherry Street .


1886


16,080


15,250


4


4


2


2


West Somerville


Highland


Highland Avenue


1880


23,260


33,000


8


S


6


2


66


66


Elm Street


Elm Street .


·


Broadway, Clarendon Hill


1885


17,662


15,487


4


4


1


3


66


124


117


61


52


·


1871


44,000


10


4


-


-


.


Edgerly .


Cross Street


1871


26,428


43,100


8


8


5


3


Independent Hall


Union Square .


-


·


66


·


.


Cummings .


·


.


66


.


·


66


Webster .


Webster Avenue


1868


11,050


8,300


4


3


1


2


1


ANNUAL REPORTS.


* Receives pupils from both the Spring Hill and the West Somerville Distriets.


186


-


1


1


66


Som. Ave. Kg.


Som. Ave. (The Irving) ·


·


·


·


·


2


66


Spring Hill


2


2


2


-


·


Lincoln


Highland Avenue


High


4


·


Prospect Hill .


.


66


·


·


Gramm'r


187


REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


Number of teachers (including 7 assistants)


139


Male, 9 ; female, 130.


Number of teachers in high school


10


Male, 3 ; female, 7.


Number of teachers in the grammar grades 67


Male, 6 ; female, 61 (including 1 assistant).


Number of teachers in the primary grades (including 6 assistants) .


58


Teacher of music


1


Teacher of drawing


1


Teachers of sewing


2


139


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


WHERE EDUCATED.


Sala- ries.


When Elected


High


George L. Baxter .


Harvard College


$2,400 1867


66


Frank M. Hawes .


Tufts College


1,800 1879


Charles T. Murray Sarah W. Fox . .


Dartmouth College . High School, Taunton. Private instruction, in classics and German, at home and abroad.


1,200 1868


.


Sarah F. Litchfield .


Leominster High School, Lawrence Academy, Groton. Private in-


S50 1880


66


Fannie W. Kaan . .


and


Salem


Normal


School


850 1882


..


Eudora Morey .


Malden High School and Bridgewater Normal School


800 1882


66


Bessie R. White


Colby University .


700 1887


Prescott


G. A. Southworth


Chicago, Ill., and Low- ell, Mass., High School and private study . Salem High and Normal Schools


1,900 1873


Anna M. Bates


700 1874


.


Laura E. Giddings .


Wellesley College and Boston University .


.


800 1882


Josephine H. Short .


Boston University


600 1887


struction in Latin, French, and German . Somerville High School


1,400 1887


188


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS - Continued.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


WHERE EDUCATED.


Sala- ries.


When


Elected


Prescott .


.


Adelaide Reed .


Bridgewater Normal


School ·


$650 1877


·


Abbie . A. Anderson .


Stoughton High School and Canton Training School ·


600 1878 600 1882


66


.


.


66


.


·


Amelia I. Sears


High School, Winchester. Holliston High School and Westfield Normal School


Somerville High School,


66


·


·


Clara Taylor


Sarah E. Pratt


Reading High School and Bridgewater Nor- mal School


600 1877


66


.


66


.


.


Somerville High School,


550 1882


66


*Louise E. Pratt .


66


66


Edgerly


·


-


1,000 1888 600 1885


66


.


.


66


.


·


Mary B. Currier


550 1873


66


Lillian Nealley


550 1882


Clara M. Bagley


550 1873


Davis


·


66


550 1883


66


.


Priscilla A. Merritt . Herbert L. Morse


550 1885


L. V. Bell


.


66


.


·


Abbie C. Hunt


May E. Berry


Lillian M. Walton


Ipswich Fem. Seminary, Somerville High School, Holyoke High School and Westfield Normal School


600 1886


66


·


66


66


Sarah S. Waterman . · Nellie A. Knowlton . *Emma F. Schuh . .


Bridgew'r Nor'l School, Salem Normal School Somerville High School,


600 1887 1874


·


.


·


Lucretia A. Burns .


Somerville High School, Salem Normal School Somerville High School, High School, Milford, N. H., and Framingham Normal School . ·


500 1884


.


Florence A. Robinson, Gertrude A. Earle .


High School, Dover, N. H. Bridgew'r Nor'l School, Salem Normal School Sherborn High School and Bridgewater Nor- mal School .


1,700 1885 675 1873 675 1880


66


.


·


·


C. E. Cunningham .


Salem Normal School


600 1887 575 1888


Vacancy.


Lock Haven State Nor- mal School, Pa. . Somerville High School, High School and Acade- my, Salmon Falls, N. H., and So. Berwick, Me.


66


550 1875 350


Edgar L. Raub


Amy C. Hudson Lilla J. Pike .


.


·


Elgina M. Plummer . Florence M. Morton . Ada Cowles


High School, Boston .


550 1877


66


Catherine T. Brown .


600 1873 575 1868 575 1871


.


* Assistant.


t On leave of absence.


550 1888


.


.


625 1882


.


Emma M. Cate


REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.


189


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS -Continued.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


WHERE EDUCATED.


Sala- ries.


When Elected


L. V. Bell, .


Rubie M. Stetson .


.


High School and Acad- emy, Hanover, Mass., and Private Normal Training . High School ·


$600 1888 600 1885 600 1874


66


.


66


.


Gertrude E. Robbins, Mary A. Bradford Annie E. Searles .


* Eliza L. Schuh


66


Abbie A. Gurney .


550 1888


550


Prospect Hill,


Helen Tincker .


Mt. Holyoke Seminary and Salem Normal School


700 1872 400 1886 575 1874


6.


Lizzie W. Parkhurst,


Gloucester High and Training Schools . Boston Normal School . Somerville High School, 66


550 1885 400


66


Lilian A. Wellington, Charlotte I. Houghton, tEugenia M. Blaikie .


550 1875 200


6.


+Clara M. Smith . tAgnes Gordon


Somerville High School, and Boston Normal School .


200 625 1869


·


Ida F. Fillebrown


66


.


Annie Coffin


66


66


500 1884


Brastow


.


Maria Miller


Liliian C. Albee


High School, No. Attle- boro'


550 1888


Bennett


Mary B. Smith


Florence O. Bean .


Annie E. Sheridan .


Isadore E. Taylor .


Somerville High School,


550 1883


.


Alice I. Norcross . Fannie A. Wilder Nellie A. Hamblin


.


.


High Sch'l and Academy Somerville High School and Bridgewater Normal School ·


Bridgew'r Nor'l School,


600 1882 400 1888 600


1888


575 1887 1882


.


.


Abbie A. Hayward .


. Westboro' High School and private training . Somerville High School, Bridgewater Normal " Andover High School and Salem Normal School


Sarah A. Tuttle


Somerville High School,


200


Cummings .


Lydia J. Page . Addie M. Brown


Somerville High School, ·


450 1886


400 1888


.


575 1875


. Me. Wes. College, Kent's Hill, Me. . Framingham Normal School · Somerville High School and Salem Normal School


625 1885


400


1888


* On leave of absence.


+ Assistants.


400 1886


66


.


Ellen Ledyard .


66


66


66


190


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS - Continued.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


WHERE EDUCATED.


Sala- ries.


When Elected


Jackson


66


·


Annie E. McCarty Fannie L. Gwynn


and Salem Normal School . Somerville High School,


450 1SS6 500 1SS4


66


Som. Av. Kg.


Annie E. Crimmings, Alice E. Warner . .


Brooklyn, and Kindergar- ten Training School, Boston .


550 18SS


66


Sarah E. Kilmer .


High School, Needham, Mass., and Hancock Kindergarten Train- ing School, Boston .


400 1888


Webster .


Carrie E. Cobb


High School, Taunton, Mass. .


625 1887


66


Annie L. Savage


Somerville High School, Somerville High School and Salem Normal


550 1873 550 1876


Union . Forster


66


Mary E. Northup .


Somerville High School, Phillips Exeter Acad'y, . High School, Centre- ville, R. I.


675 1878


Mary E. Stiles .


Bridgton Academy, Me., and Training School, Farmington, Me. .


600 1883


Marietta S. Murch .


Gorham Normal School,


Me., and Portland High and Training School


600 1SS7


66


Minna L. Wentworth,


High School, Salmon Falls, N. H ..


600 1SS5


Frances M. Guptill .


Training Department of Eliot Academy, Leb- anon, Me. Tilton, N. H., Seminary, High School, Northboro, Mass. .


600 1869


66


Lizzie F. Clement Alice A. Batchelor


575 1SS4


575 1877 575 1883


66


Martha H. Pennock .


550


66


Leila V. Colby


66


550 1SS3


66


Lizzie G. Perry


High School, Nashua, N. H. . Somerville High School and Salem Normal


550,1878


66


.


*Laura C. Duddy .


School


200


.


Lena G. Allen .


Somerville High School 66 66


$625 1880


.


Nellie F. Sheridan


300 1SSS


School


Annie E. Robinson .


John S. Hayes .


1,800 1878


66


Addie S. Winneck


Salem Normal School Somerville High School, 66


550 1879


66


Annie S. Gage .


·


.


.


* Assistant.


500 1SS4


REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.


191


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS - Continued.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


WHERE EDUCATED.


Sala- ries.


When Elected


Bingham .


Mary A. Osborne . .


High and Training


School, Quincy .


$625 1885


66


Alice Simpson .


High and Nor'l School, Newburyport


550 1872


Nora F. Byard . Cora Foster .


Somerville High School,


500 1884


Cedar Street,


Alice M. Porter


Somerville High School and Salem Normal


School


550 1880 1,700 1SS6


Morse .


Horatio D. Newton . Mina J. Wendell . .


Bridgew'r Nor'l School, High and Training Schools, Woburn .


675 1882


Stella Hall .


High School. No. Read- ing, and Salem Nor- mal School . Cooper Union, New York City .


600 1884


66


Ella F. Gould . .


Lowell and Nashua . . Somerville High School, Boston


600 1882


66


Anna E. Sawyer . .


600 1873


66


Mary A. Haley .


Somerville


550 1877


66


Augusta M. Houghton, Anna Pushee .


Somerville High School and Bridgewater Nor- mal School


400 1888 500 188S


Beech Street,


*Mrs. J. S. Soper . Mary E. Bosworth Nelly W. French


Cambridge K'g Tr'g Sch. State Nor'l School. N.H. Quincy High and Train- ing Schools .


600 1SS2


Spring Hill .


Ella P. McLeod


Boston Higli School .


550 1886 550 18SS 500


Franklin . .


Hattie A. Hills


Cambridge K'g Tr'g Sch. Somerville High School, High School, Nantucket, Mass. .


650 1874


66


Anna C. Damon


Worcester State Normal School . Southbridge, Mass., va- rious private schools . Somerville High School, Providence . .


550,1879


66


Caroline S. Plimpton,


Harvard


Burns .


66


Florence B. Ashley Laura J. Brooks Minnie S. Turner. Hallie M. Hood


Somerville High School, 66


550 1SS4


Cambridge


500 1885


Highland


George E. Nichols M. Alice Paul .


Dartmouth College . Somerville High School,


1,800 1877 675 1897


60


Harriet B. Sargent


High School, Barre, Mass., and Worcester Normal School .


600 1887


.


Alma L. Greene


.


E. C. Summerhayes .


575 1876


550 1859 400 1887


625 1SS3 500 1885


Annie L. Brown


* Assistant.


575 1868


66


Pauline S. Downes .


600 1872


550 1887


192


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS - Concluded.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


WHERE EDUCATED.


Sala- ries.


When


Elected


Highland


S. Adelaide Blood


.


High School, Leomin- ster, Mass., and Salem Normal School .


600 1882 600


66


Sarah E. Pray .


Somerville High School,


525 1887 575 1878


66


Lilias M. Bryden .


550 1888


Elm Street


.


Mary Winslow .


Lucretia C. Sanborn .


Somerville High School, Boston 66 N. H. Normal School and Kindergarten Normal, Boston ·


550 1888


Lincoln


.


Hattie A. P. Roth .


High School, Hinsdale, and Westfield State Normal School . .


625


1887


66


·


.


Pauline A. Osgood .


· Lincoln Academy, New Castle, Me., and Gor- ham Normal School .


450 1887


·


Charlotte F. Mott. ·


Private school, Wadding- ton, N. Y. · Somerville High School and Boston Nor'1 "


450|1885


Music .


S. Henry Hadley


·


1,333|1868


Drawing


.


L. A. Herrick .


Mass. Nor'l Art School, Nantucket High


1,200 1888 600 1888


66


Mrs. C. M. Coffin . Mary L. Boyd.


400 1888


PUPILS.


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


5,959


Number between eight and fourteen years of age . .


4,206


High School.


Grammar| Primary Schools.


Schools,


Total,


Whole number registered during the year


559


3,089


3,614


7,262


Average whole number


379.3


2,684.3


2,424.6


5,48S.2


Average attendance


.


361.8


2,542.4


2,269.8


5,174


Per cent. of attendance


95.3


94.7


93.6


94


Number of cases of tardiness


263


1,023


1,652


2,938


dismissal


626


1,390


628


2,644


Number of pupils in attendance in Jan. 66 יו


379.


2,754


2,453


5,586


" Dec.


411


2,890


2,655


5,956


41.1


43.8


51


46


372


247


2


621


·


.


Annie R. Cox


66


.


.


Jennie C. Frazier .


.


State Nor'l School, N.H. Cambridge High School and Boston Nor'1 "


1883


·


.


Jennie M. Horner


350 1888 350


·


550|1886


66


.


Annie C. Thayer .


Sewing


66 66


66


punishment


445


511


956


Average No. pupils to a teacher in Dec. No. pupils over 15 years of age in Dec.


.


.


66


193


REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.


EXHIBIT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.


SCHOOLS.


Whole No. Registered during the year.


Average whole Number.


Average Attendance.


Percentage of Attendance.


No. Cases of Tardiness.


No. Cases of Dismissal.


No. Cases of Punishment.


No. Pupils in Attendance in January.


No. Pupils in Attendance in December.


Average No. of Pupils to a Teacher.


No. Pupils over 15 yrs. of age in Dec.


38


Primary, -


269


192.4


38.5


36.2


94


10


44


41


42


42


Primary,


217


147


138


92


18


2.2


181


147


49


Cedar Street Primary,


42


33


29


86.6


61


14


15


33


42


42


Prescott Grammar,


419


351.1


335


95.4


30


90


32


388


355


51


49


Primary,


254


172.4


161


93.6


38


14


14


161


218


55


Edgerly Grammar,


234


210.4


199.5


94.8


23


58


16


205


248


50


11


Primary,


264


180


170


94.6


48


24


6


209


160


53 49


Primary, -


230


145.6


134


92.7


75


48


33


162


172


57.3


L. V. Bell Grammar, - Primary,


602


564


535


94.9


203


333


92


560


634


49 62


Prospect Hill Grammar,


191


153


144


94


36


4.5


18


166


'166


55


Primary,


270


185


171


91


128


53


8


187


220


73


Cummings Grammar,


61


45


43


96


15


14


14


53


43


45


Primary, -


242


165


150


92


54


21


18


188


166


55


Brastow


-


118


85


79


93


71


50


24


88


84


84


Bennett Grammar, -


50


62


56.2


90.3


82


53


71


45


69


46


1


Primary,


211


138


124


89.9


155


44


121


162


130


52


Jackson Grammar,


45


38


36


94.2


100


68


28


40


41


1


Primary,


212


131


122


93.1


243


25


95


143


144


48


1


Webster Grammar, Primary,


105


87.3


81


92


84


19


63


80


100


50


Union Primary,-


67


53


46


87.6


14


-1


2


56


62


62


Somerville Avenue Kin- dergarten,


38


31 272.6


25 260.6


80 95.8 90


92.4


79


21


9


111


105


35


Franklin Grammar,


98


73


94


64


37


2


82


83


41.5


Primary,


123


86


81


90


57


45


56


91


94


47


Harvard Primary,


76


37


32.8


114


10


6


34


76


Burns Grammar,


118


95.9


90.6


94


46


83


16


96


105


48


Primary,


-


134


87.4


81


92


32


72


3 45


282


297


50


Primary,


178


96.3


121


93.4


92


65


13


128


141


47


Elm St. Kindergarten,


33


26.9


25


92.5


57


2


0


33


Lincoln Grammar, Primary,


84


64


58.5


91.4


45


42


14


73


68


40


2


153


94.3


86


92.9


55


26


24


106


87


43.5


1


Total,


7,262


5,488.2


5,174


94


2,938


2,644


956


5,586


5,956 ·


46


621


-


559


379.3


361.8 343.8 181


95.3 95


263


626 84


379


411


372


Foster Grammar,


416


361


35


39


28


1


185


218


41.1 47.5 54.5


Bingham Grammar,


-


57


43.6


41


94


12


18


19


47


49


78


106


55


51


92.5


12


3


51


62


1


30


Primary, -


86


71


65


41


11


0


0


267 76


41.5 38


Beech Street and Spring


186


125


116


261.8


93.9


78


254


0


0


38


Morse Grammar,


315


31.2


28.2


90


86


21


41


33


32


32


0


113


150


30


271


80


40


Highland Grammar, -


316


277


36


-


High School,


372


388


94.5


45


Davis Grammar,


Hill Primaries,


38


194


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE OF PUPILS BY GRADES.


Grades.


Class.


No. of Teachers.


Boys.


Girls.


Total.


Average age.


No. promoted


to higher


grade in June.


High


Fourth year )


17


49


66


18 y. 4 m.


Third year,


10


4-1


57


101


16 y. 7 m.


First year


55


107


162


15 y. 6 m.


-


149


262


411


Grammar


Ninth .


11


139


148


287


14 y. 8 m.


243


Eighth


S


160


195


355


14 y. 1 m.


277


Seventh


9


221


178


399


13 y. 3% m.


315


Sixth .


10


280


230


510


12 y. 4 m.


417


Fifth


14


348


269


617


11 y. 7 m.


510


6.6


Fourth


*15


367


355


722


10 y. 7 m.


605


*67


1,515


1,375


2,890


2,367


Primary


Third Second


16


381


307


671


S y. 7 m.


538


16


447


351


781


7 y. 11 m.


705


First


26


672


497


1,150


6 y. 5 m.


660


158


1,500


1,155


2,655


-


1,903


Total


135


3,184


2,772


5,956


-


* Including one assistant.


¡ Including six assistants.


ADDITIONAL STATISTICS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.


Whole number of different pupils during the year .


Largest number at one time .


435


Number admitted during the year .


180


from our Grammar Schools


156


from other schools


24


graduated


57


66 of graduates who entered college


14


and Scientific schools . 7


who have left during the year, exclusive of graduates 91


411


Average number to a teacher .


41


Number over fifteen years of age · ·


370


in course preparatory to college ·


113


1


33


49


S2


17 y. 3 m.


Second year


-


יי Institute of Technology


Whole number at the present time


559


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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.


Number pursuing the regular course .


232


" English course


66


in the first class when it entered the school


170


at the present time .


66


second class when it entered the school .


140


" at the present time


82


66


third class when it entered the school


149


66


66 at the present time 101


fourth class when it entered the school . 175


66


66 at the present time


162


EVENING SCHOOLS.


Whole No. enrolled.


Average


whole No.


Average


attendance.


Per cent. of


attendance.


No. of


teachers.


No. of


sessions.


Cost of


janitor's


services.


Cost of


instruction.


L. V. Bell School


118 47


33


170


3


50


$101 00 $250 00


Drawing School, freehand .


85 77


57.7 75


-


18


50.50 360 00


Drawing School, mechanical


55 41.4 37.9 91.5


4


15)


-


REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICER.


Number of visits to the schools


643


absences investigated


584


cases of truancy


164


different truants .


101


truants arrested


13


sent to the House of Reformation


1


WEEKLY TIME-TABLE OF SEWING TEACHERS.


MRS. COFFIN.


MISS BOYD.


Monday Tuesday, A.M. . .


L. V. Bell School . Independent Hall and Cummings School


Forster School. Davis and Edgerly Schools.


Tuesday, P.M. . Wednesday . .


Burns School


Morse School


Lincoln School


Franklin School


Edgerly School. Prescott School. Prospect-Hill School. Bennett School.


Thursday, A.M. Thursday, P.M. Friday .


Highland School


Bingham School.


PROGRAMME OF VISITS OF MISS HERRICK, DRAWING TEACHER.


DAYS.


A. M.


P. M.


) Monday


Bingham and Cedar Street


.


Tuesday


Prospect Hill


.


Wednesday .


Forster


.


Thursday


Edgerly .


Friday


Morse


Monday .


Jackson and Somerville Avenue Kg.


.


Tuesday


Bennett .


.


Wednesday .


Bell


Highland and Elm Street


.


Friday


Prescott


.


-


Monday .


Burns


.


For the weeks beginning Jan. -


Tuesday


Davis


Wednesday


Forster


Thursday


Edgerly .


Friday


Morse


Monday .


Lincoln .


Tuesday


Franklin


Wednesday


Bell


Thursday


Highland


Friday


Prescott .


Cummings. Harvard. Supplementary work. Forster (District). Eberle Hall and Ind. Hall.


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Prospect Hill and Brastow. Supplementary work.


28, March 4, April 1, May 6, June 3.


Bell. Prescott.


For the weeks beginning Feb. 4, March 11, April 8, May 13, June 10.


.


.


-


Webster and Union. Beech Street and Spring Hill. Supplementary work. L. V. Bell. Prescott.


Lincoln. Franklin.


For the weeks beginning Jan. 21, Feb. 18, March 25, April 22, May 27, Jan. 24. .


.


Supplementary work. Forster (District ). Supplementary work.


Thursday


.


For the weeks beginning Jan. 14, Feb. 11, March 18, April 15, May 20, Jan. 17. .


REPORT


OF THE


SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER BOARD.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Jan. 23, 1889.


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


GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 23, 1889.


Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports, in concurrence.


CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.


REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON WATER-WORKS.


To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council.


GENTLEMEN, - The appropriation made by the City Council of 1888 for the extension and renewal of the water-works has enabled the Water Board greatly to improve the water system during the year just closed. Nearly 10,000 feet of the old worn- out cement pipe have been replaced with iron pipe since the ap- propriation was made. This much-needed improvement will greatly lessen the cost of maintenance of the works in future, by reducing the number of breaks, and, at the same time, will lessen the danger from fire, which has been so serious in the past. A good deal yet remains to be done in this direction.


The rapid growth of the city and the consequent demand for new services has kept the water department busy during 1888. During the year, in addition to the 10,000 feet of new pipe laid to replace the cement pipe, there have been 10,757 feet of new water mains laid. Fourteen new hydrants were set, and nineteen new gates. There were 414 new services laid during the year, - nearly forty more than were laid in 1887. During the year there were 79 leaks and bursts. With the new pipe that has been laid, the number of bursts will probably be greatly reduced this year. The whole number of services now in the city is 5,410.


In January and February the heavy frosts, which penetrated the ground to a depth of four and one-half feet, caused a heavy expense for thawing out pipes, -- nearly $3,100. To prevent such expense, thirty-one services were lowered to the proper depth. There has been more or less trouble, for the past ten winters in Bond Street, caused by the freezing of the main and service pipes. It was found that the main was at an average depth of only 22 inches, and that it lay upon a ledge for the whole distance, - 631 feet. The main was lowered four and three-fourths feet through


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


the ledge, and is now about six feet below the surface. The sur- vices in Bond Street were found to be so weakened by freezing and thawing that eleven new ones had to be put in. This work cost more than $1,100.


During a heavy thunder storm the lightning struck the pipe near the railroad track, on the corner of Pearl and Cross Streets, and destroyed nearly 462 feet of 4-inch pipe. At the same time, about 390 feet of 4-inch pipe were destroyed in Morrison Street. The Morrison Street Pipe was found to be in such poor condi- tion that 1,760 feet were replaced with 6-inch iron pipe.


The need of a high water service in Somerville is generally acknowledged. For many years there have been complaints of insufficient water supply, from those living in the highlands of the city, and lately the growth of the city has been so rapid that these complaints now demand immediate attention. Residents in the higher parts of Somerville cannot now, in most cases, get a water supply on the second floor of their dwellings, and, in many cases, it is impossible for them to get water even on the lower floor. To supply their needs, they have been obliged to use force-pumps, wind-mills, and other expensive means for sup- plying what ought to be at the command of every resident of the city. The injustice of this condition of things is more evi- dent, when it is considered that the residents in the higher parts of the city are generally wealthy people, who pay large taxes, and who form the most desirable class of residents in Somerville. The growth of the city in the best direction has been hampered seriously by the insufficiency of the water supply. Capitalists refuse to build on the vacant lands in the higher sections of the city, because they know that it is impossible for them to get a water supply, and that, consequently, they will be unable to sell the buildings which they might erect. If a high water service were established, the effect would be immediate. The vacant lands in the most desirable parts of Somerville would be taken up, expensive dwellings would be erected, people of a desirable class would be brought to the city, and the increase of taxable property, both personal and real, would be very great. Indeed, the increase of income to the city from this source would more than make up the cost of the whole system that is needed.


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REPORT OF SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER-BOARD.


The actual danger that exists, and, will continue until the high water service is supplied, is very serious. There are many public buildings on high ground in Somerville which are in danger be- cause of the lack of sufficient water supply, and the number of costly residences that are similarly endangered is very great. One extensive fire might do more damage, and cause more loss, than the whole cost of the introduction of the high water service, and such a fire, under the present conditions, may occur at any time.




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