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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
195
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
200
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.
201
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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