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48.00
Owen Mclaughlin, rent
40.00
Bridget Maher, rent
30.00
Sarah Gill, rent .
60.00
A. E. Viles, Executor, rent
72.00
James Ambrose, rent
84.00
Elizabeth Morrison, rent
84.00
John Welch, rent
12,00
Ellen Welch, rent
24.00
O. H. Perry, Agent, rent
90.00
Bridget Flemming, rent
44.00
Milo Scott, rent
8.00
Idella Taylor, rent
28.00
Ellen Holloran, rent .
20.00
Mrs. W. H. Johnson, nursing
104.30
Louisa Pero, nursing
10.00
Mary Downey, nursing
20.00
A. F. Carpenter, groceries and provisions
89.00
Sawyer & Read, groceries and provisions
304.22
E. R. Lowell & Co., groceries and provisions .
240.00
C. L. Stevens, groceries and pro- visions .
7.73
Amounts carried forward . · $14,493.65
$20,755.46
Mrs. Preston Cheney, board Mrs. C. H. Dunbar, board . James M. Burckes, board .
7.00
142
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward .
$14,493.65 $20,755.46
Solomon Rhoades, groceries and provisions · 89.22
R. M. Sturtevant, groceries and provisions 491.85
W. P. Blanchard, groceries and provisions 119.00
W. H. Bullard, groceries and provisions
247.65
William S. Ward, groceries and provisions 384.50
James Bartley, groceries and pro- visions
57.50
Charles S. Butters, groceries and provisions 32.00
Medford Street Market, groceries and provisions 26.00
Frank E. Robie & Son, groceries and provisions 20.00
C. A. Small, groceries and pro- visions . 131.50
Christopher Brothers, groceries and provisions 14.00
D. E. Watson, groceries and provisions ·
38.50
George J. Russell, groceries and provisions ·
12.00
N. R. Barrows, groceries and provisions
19.00
David Sutton, groceries and pro- visions . 2.00
A. Fiske, crackers ·
36.00
Henry Gray, milk
3.15
J. H. Mongan, boots and shoes
4.00
W. J. Emerson, boots and shoes
1.25
Philip Eberle, boots and shoes .
94.00
E. B. Bradshaw, dry goods
9.00
Amounts carried forward $16,325.77
$20,755.46
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Amounts brought forward . $16,325.77 $20,755.46
J. H. Brooks, dry goods
14.86
R. H. White & Co., dry goods .
9.96
Leopold Morse & Co., clothing
8.00
Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel .
513.95
S. M. Fuller, fuel
20.35
Frank A. Teele, fuel
3.05
L. H. Brown, carriage hire
14.00
Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire
7.00
Jackson Caldwell & Co., furniture
18.25
M. G. Staples, teaming
1.50
A. M. Prescott, teaming
2.00
G. F. & S. E. Sturtevant, storage
6.00
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
80.16
2.00
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory New England Telephone & Tele- graph Co., rentals and tolls
100.90
Francis M. Wilson, bed
12.50
Somerville Journal Co., binding books
37.95
E. H. Marsh, services as under- taker
15.00
W. A. Frink, services as under- taker
20.00
Alfred E. Mann, services as under- taker
35.00
P. H. Rafferty, services as under-, taker ·
55.00
Wm. A. Flaherty, services as undertaker · John S. McGowan, services as undertaker .
35.00
25.00
G. F. McKenna, services as undertaker
15.00
C. C. Folsom, salary as agent .
1,500.00
Disbursements
227.26
Amounts carried forward . $19,105.46
$20,755.46
144
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward .
$19,105.46
$20,755.46
A. B. Dearborn, salary as city physician .
1,150.00
Cora F. Lewis, salary as secretary
500.00
$20,755.46
TAXES.
CREDIT.
Cash, received for taxes of 1889
11.80
66 66 " 1890
158.20
66
66 66 " 1891
232.60
" 1892
595.00
66
60
66 66 1893
40,297.15
66
66
66 1894
103,346.03
66
66 1895
574,426.92
Real Estate Liens, titles to the city for non-payment of taxes of 1893
$1,081.90
Real Estate Liens, titles to the city for non-payment of taxes of 1894 .
737.90
Overlay and Abatement :-
Abatements on taxes of 1889
$ 19.60
66 66 66 1890
12.80
66 " 1891
12.80
66
66
66 1892
16.00
66
66 60
1893
178.30
66
6
1894
406.54
66
66 66
1895
4,588.70
Balance to debit in account 1896 :-
Being uncollected taxes of 1889
$ 46.60
66 1890
12,445.00
66
" 1891
5,042.80
Amounts carried forward . $17,534.40
$726,122.24
$719,067.70
$1,819.80
66
$5,234.74
145
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Amounts brought forward .
$ 17,534.40
$726,122.24
Being uncollected taxes of 1892
5,770.50
66
1893
7,265.55
66
66
" 1894
49,031.21
66
66
1895
166,593.40
$246,195.06
$972,317.30
DEBIT.
Balance from 1894
$226,708.28
Appropriations, amount assessed for
current expenses £ ·
638,450.00
State of Massachusetts, amount assessed for State Tax . ·
25,890.00
State of Massachusetts, amount assessed for Metropolitan Sewer
29,872.56
State of Massachusetts, amount assessed on Non-resident National Bank Stock . County of Middlesex, amount as- sessed for County Tax . ·
40,875.13
Overlay and Abatement, amount added by the assessors .
9,714.37
$972,317.30
TEMPORARY LOANS.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1894 .
$206,000.00
Cash, borrowed by authority of the
City Council on notes as fol- lows : -
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, nine months, 32 per cent. $200,000.00
F. S. Moseley & Co., nine months, 3} per cent.
50,000.00
R. L. Day & Co., seven months, 3.9 per cent. .
50,000.00
Amounts carried forward . . $300,000.00
$206,000.00
806.96
146
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $300,000.00 $206,000.00
F. S. Moseley & Co., twelve months, 3.9 per cent. 175,000.00
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, thirty-three days, 2 per cent. . 100,000.00
$575,000.00
$781,000.00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid as follows : -
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, four months, 2g per cent.
$200,000.00
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, thirty-three days, 2 per cent. . R. L. Day & Co., seven months, 3.9 per cent. .
100,000.00
50,000.00
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, nine months, 32 per cent.
200,000.00
F. S. Moseley & Co., nine months, 32 per cent.
50,000.00
First Congregational Society,
balance of note, dated May 22,
1893, on demand, 4 per cent.
6,000.00
$606,000.00
Balance to credit in account 1896
175,000.00
$781,000.00
WATER LOAN INTEREST.
CREDIT.
City of Boston, Water Rates transferred $14,250.00
DEBIT.
Cash paid on Water Loan Debt : -
$247,000, one year, at 4 per cent. $9,880.00
$1,000, six months, at 4 per cent. 20.00
Amounts carried forward $9,900.00
$14,250.00
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147
Amounts brought forward . $9,900.00
$14,250.00
$69,500, one year, at 5 per cent. 3,475.00
325.00'
$13,000, six months, at 5 per cent. $10,000, one year, at 51/2 per cent.
550.00
$14,250.00
Less coupons unpaid
65.00
$14,185.00
Sundry Persons, unpaid coupons
65.00
$14,250.00
WATER MAINTENANCE.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1894
$ 311.01
City of Boston, Water Rates, amount appropriated,
transferred
34,000.00
Water Services, amount transferred
1,570.00
Cash, received of Sundry Persons turning off and on water
$123.00
F. S. Remick, manure
7.00
T. Kilroy, replacing service pipe
16.00
Derby, Kilmer & Pond Desk Co., labor, etc.
23.47
Town of Winchester, fittings
30.08
Cambridge Gas Light Co.,
damages
1.85
A. A. Elston, discount on bill
8.46
Sewers Construction account, iron pipe
146.32
$356.18
$36,237.19
DEBIT.
Cash, paid laborers
$20,576.23
Nathaniel Dennett, salary as
superintendent
1,500.00
Amounts carried forward . $22,076.23
$36,237.19
.
148
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . .
$22,076.23 $36,237.19
Disbursements .
67.75
F. E. Merrill, salary as clerk ·
1,083.37
Disbursements .
24.62
Sidney E. Hayden, salary as engi-
neer
1,100.00
G. F. and S. E. Sturtevant, hay and grain . .
126.28
Nathan Tufts & Sons, hay and grain
141.06
Fulton O'Brion, hay and grain .
28.96
Seward Dodge,blacksmithing etc.
225.71
McDormand & Barrett, black- smithing 12.42
John Macauley, blacksmithing
37.58
T. J. Kineen, blacksmithing
21.60
Charles Maguire, horseshoeing
60.25
Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing
53.14
F. Dooris, blacksmithing
88.11
I. B. Walker, repairs of wagons
30.90
10.25
R. B. Baker, repairs of wagons David W. Crocker, repairs of wagons
20.00
D. J. Bennett, harness work
52.40
E. Spalding, harness work
58.35
Hill & Hill, harness work
13.25
Miller & Shaw, machine work
134.39
Somerville Iron Foundry, cast- ings ·
426.36
Osgood & Hart, castings
·
378.33
Davis & Farnham Mfg. Co., castings
397.07
Perrin, Seamans & Co., tools, etc.
243.87
Richard Dowd, tools
3.20
William T.Wood & Co., tools, etc.
11.95
W. W. Rawson, tools ·
2.65
Bradlee, Hastings & Co., tools .
50.00
Amounts carried forward
$26,980.05
$36,237.19
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Amounts brought forward
$26,980.05 $36,237.19
H. H. Harvey, tools .
2.16
Ames Plow Co., tools .
1.00
Joseph Breck & Sons, tools
1.50
H. C. Dodge, tools
2.50
Walworth Manufacturing Co.,
tools
66.83
Charles L. Underhill, tools
44.95
Crescent Tool Co., tools
10.50
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware
56.90
Howe & Flint, hardware
18.25
Whitney & Snow, hardware
12.67
G. W. Barnes, hardware
15.01
Baldwin, Robbins & Co., hard-
ware
5.25
H. W. Covell, plumbing
16.12
Smith & Anthony Co., fittings
246.40
James Gurney & Co., fittings
8.25
Boston Lead Manufacturing Co., lead
537.39
Jaques Brothers, pattern work
99.48
Boston Belting Co., hose .
7.94
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., hose
187.65
Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel .
454.07
Smith & Wiley, fuel .
420.00
George C. Emerson, fuel
1
30.30
Dominion Coal Co., fuel
123.36
J. A. Porter, fuel
7.50
E. B. Vreeland, fuel .
10.50
F. W. Estabrook, fuel
6.40
J. McCarthy's Sons, charcoal
15.00
Thomas Wood, mason work
82.90
I. G. Martin & Co., leather
31.50
George D. Goodrich, drain pipe
7.58
Charles A. Holmes, drain pipe .
1.00
Joseph Flemming & Co., repair- ing chairs
1.50
1
Amounts carried forward . $29,512.41
$36,237.19
150
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$29,512.41 $36,237.19
F. N. Downe, repairing chairs .
3.05
John B. Safford, repairs of ringer
1.75
Joseph Young, repairs of mower H. R. Worthington, repairs of
1.00
pump
33.12
Edson Manufacturing Co., re- pairs of pump 7.13
Star Brass Manufacturing Co., repairs
.50
Smith Premier Typewriter Co., repairs
4.45
J. Baker & Co., rope
15.52
Frank J. Scott, wire .
1.21
Chelmsford Iron Foundry Co., stove
8.50
Thomas Hollis, sponges
5.63
Cutler Brothers & Co., soda ash
11.90
James Bartley, soap .
3.23
Alden Spear's Sons & Co., soap
13.17
E. S. Conant & Co., salt ·
8.25
Combination Oil Dressing Co., oil .
3.00
Samuel Walker Oil Co., oil
23.12
New England Oil Co., oil .
7.83
Standard Oil Co., oil
5.05
Royal Harness Oil Co., oil
2.75
Charles L. Davenport, salt
18.40
Dennison Manufacturing Co.,
tags
2.30
Frank E. Fitts Manufacturing &
Supply Co., waste .
15.39
J. H. Mongan, boots .
10.50
Champion Flue Scraper Co.,
scraper .
4.50
Star Pipe Jointer Co., jointers
26.84
Frank A. Titus, gas bracket .
1.65
Amounts carried forward .
$29,752.15
$36,237.19
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151
Amounts brought forward . $29,752.15 19.95
$36,237.19
J. Baker & Co., canvas
F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., sta- tionery 6.75
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
87.60
Somerville Journal Co., printing
26.00
J. H. H. McNamee, binding .
1.00
Frost & Adams, ink .
3.43
Sampson, Murdock & Co., direc- tories 7.00
W. A. Greenough & Co., direc- tories .
2.00
George H. Walker & Co., maps
4.00
W. W. White & Co., mounting maps .75
G. W. Bromley & Co., atlas
20.00
Boston Bolt Co., bolts
11.80
William F. Low, oil cabinet, etc. 81.47
S. W. Fuller, lumber . 192.65
A. A. Elston, lumber
45.46
I. H. Brown & Co., lumber
3.00
J. W. Hoffman & Co., paint
146.64
Waldo Brothers, bricks
27.88
Smith & Winchester Co., jack
14.40
George H. Sampson, powder
30.12
S. J. Wood, keys
3.00
Chapman Valve Manufacturing Co., valves
67.26
Peet Valve Co., gates
131.00
T. Fred. King, painting stand- pipe .
80.00
C. Caseau, painting
.
32.00
George W. Trefren, Jr., carpen- tering
36.73
George A. Richards, labor, etc.
52.50
Boston & Maine Railroad, labor
9.60
Thomas Allen, sand .
15.50
Amounts carried forward . $30,911.64
$36,237.19
.
152
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$30,911.64 4.00
Holyoke Hydrant & Iron Works, repairs of hydrant . .
7.60
Fitchburg Railroad Co., freight
21.30
Fresh Pond Ice Co., ice
15.60
H. D. & W. S. Durgin, ice
5.00
Globe Gas Light Co., fittings .
1.40
Henderson Brothers, wagon, etc.
305.00
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas .
30.22
Somerville Electric Light Co.,
lighting .
48.00
City of Boston, water
26.60
New England Telephone & Tele-
316.33
graph Co., rentals and tolls H. S. Garcelon, use of telephone 1.65
.75
Charles E. Farnham, expressing Lombard & Bowman, medicine . A. Ward Follett, medical attend- ance
4.30
18.00
Charles R. Simpson, veterinary services ·
11.25
T. F. Crimmings, teaming
325.35
Thomas Walsh, teaming
45.00
Ellen Walsh, teaming
59.00
Christopher Burke, teaming
64.00
Richard Falvey, teaming
80.00
George F. McKenna, teaming .
104.00
Owen Cunningham & Son, team- ing .
10.00
Martin Gill, teaming .
20.00
Charles S. Robertson, premium of insurance . ·
235.00
Jennie Cooper, compensation for damages
25.00
Sadie I. Pettengill, compensation for damages
25.00
Amounts carried forward .
$32,720.99
$36,237.19
·
$36,237.19
John Silk, sand
153
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Amounts brought forward . ·
$32,720.99 $36,237.19
James Colgan, compensation for damages
10.00
Thomas Hanson, compensation for damages
15.00
John McNamara, compensation for damages
500.00
M. L. McLeod, compensation for damages 15.00
Somerville Towel Supply Co., towels
1.70
$33,262.69
Balance to credit in account 1896
2,974.50
$36,237.19
WATER SERVICES.
CREDIT.
Cash received of Somerville Hospital, pipe fittings, etc.
$17.55
George R. Turner, pipe fittings, etc. .
26.28
Frank G. Coburn & Co., pipe fittings, etc. .
10.80
Mark Laighton, gas fittings, etc.
25.70
Skilton, Foote & Co., valve
1.75
Patrick T. Houley, repairs .
8.37
Susan A. Scott, repairs
9.05
H. M. Grover, repairs
2.35
M. A. Burbank, service pipe
13.20
Daniel J. Lawlor, service pipe
27.28
William N. Young, service pipe .
2.10
Louise M. Ellis, service pipe
17.35
E. E. Seavey, service pipe .
24.55
David Hefferman, service pipe .
18.10
George W. Hadley, service pipe .
1.41
Sprague & Hathaway Co., service pipe
35.75
Amount carried forward
. $241.59
154
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$241.59
Henry E. Wright, service pipe
13.05
George Wilde, service pipe
8.70
W. K. Lewis & Co., service pipe .
43.85
John E. Kelley, service pipe
16.55
C. C. Warren, service pipe .
4.30
Heirs of E. R. Sawyer, service pipe
7.69
Nathan Tufts Park, service pipe .
12.02
Schoolhouse Incidentals account, service pipe
17.30
$ 365.05
Water Service Assessments, cost of services laid
6,180.00
$6,545.05
DEBIT.
Cash, paid laborers .
$2,346.68
Sumner & Goodwin, fittings
823.43
Smith & Anthony Co., fittings
216.40
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., fittings
22.71
Standard Brass Co., fittings
289.23
Gilchrist & Taylor, fittings
.
26.68
E. M. Dart Mfg. Co., fittings
21.60
Perrin, Seamans & Co., fittings .
154.84
Somerville Iron Foundry, cast- ings ·
151.44
Osgood & Hart, castings
149.13
Boston Lead Mfg. Co., pipe
273.20
Walworth Construction & Sup- ply Co., pipe .
178.24
New England Water Pipe Co., pipe
42.15
Waldo Brothers, cement
.
37.50
Hall Brothers, service boxes
·
111.89
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., washers .
1.72
Amounts carried forward . · $4,846.84
$6,545.05
·
155
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Amounts brought forward
$4,846.84
$6,545.05
Boston Belting Co.
9.30
Williams & Company, soapstone
2.50
J. T. Ham, hay .
59.96
Robert Josselyn, mittens
6.75
Nathan Tufts & Sons, grain
48.70
Joseph Breck & Sons, chain
1.00
$4,975.05
Water Maintenance, balance
transferred
1,570.00
$6,545.05
WATER SERVICE ASSESSMENTS.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of Sundry Persons, water services $6,246.75
Balance to debit in account 1896
17.65
$6,264.40
DEBIT.
Balance from 1894 . $ 84.40
Water Services, pipes laid in 1895
6,180.00
$6,264.40
WATERING STREETS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$ 6,000.00
Cash, received of abutters
8,088.04
Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of
account .
703.67
$14,791.71
DEBIT.
Cash, paid N. C. Barker, overseeing $ 680.00
George W. Prichard, watering 547.78
A. M. Prescott, watering
547.78
Amounts carried forward · $1,775.56
$14,791.71
156
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward .
$1,775.56
$14,791.71
G. W. Cummings, watering
544.51
George F. McKenna, watering
541.25
Henry J. Turner, watering
531.43
Charles Booth, watering
528.17
Richard T. Blackwell, watering .
518.35
Henry Gray, watering
508.55
Benjamin Thomas, watering
508.55
R. A. R. Benson, watering
498.73
Thomas F. Casey, watering
492.20
T. F. Crimmings, watering
492.20
John F. Elkins, watering
470.16
Richard Falvey, watering
476.46
Wm. J. McCarthy, watering
470.16
C. T. Shean, watering
489.05
R. M. Sturtevant, watering
457.57
Wm. Horrell, watering
151.11
James Horrell, watering
319.05
J. A. Marsh, watering
335.34
Seward Dodge, repairs of carts .
21.52
F. Dooris, repairs of carts .
1.00
Charles L. Underhill, repairs of carts
1.10
R. B. Baker, repairs of carts
·
.75
Charles W. Ingalls, repairs of carts
.90
Citizen Publishing Co., advertis- ing
9.75
Somerville Journal Co., advertis- ing
7.50
Thomas Groom & Co., book
.50
Wilbur P. Rice, lumber
2.52
L. A. Wright, blacksmithing
10.20
J. L. & H. K. Potter, watering cart, etc.
333.25
City of Boston, water
.
4,294.32
$14,791.71
·
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WATER WORKS EXTENSION.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1894
$ 1,639.27
City of Boston Water Rates, amount appropriated
31,000.00
Cash, received of North Packing and Provision Co., pipe fittings, etc. $195.64
New England Dressed Meat &
Wool Co., pipe fittings, etc. . 36.98
Lowell Rendering Co., pipe fittings, etc.
196.69
Metropolitan Sewerage Commis- sion, pipe fittings, etc. . 35.00
Niles Brothers, pipe fittings, etc.
21.51
Derby, Kilmer & Pond Desk Co., pipe fittings, etc.
150.02
Howe & Flint, pipe
4.58
Isaac Coffin & Co., pipe, etc. ·
70.04
Fred Bailey, labor and materials
20.00
Sewers Construction account, pipe · .
12.70
$743.16
$33,382.43
DEBIT.
Cash, paid laborers
$ 5,535.31
Holyoke Hydrant & Iron Works, hydrants
1,674.00
Boston Lead Manufacturing Co., lead
1,316.95
E. I. Braddock, lead
49.53
Peet Valve Company, gates
1,457.25
R. D. Wood & Co., iron pipe
20,091.55
Sumner & Goodwin, pipe
32.22
Davis & Farnum Manufacturing Co., castings
831.75
Amounts carried forward
$30,988.56
$33,382.43
-
158
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward .
$30,988.56 $33,382.43
Osgood & Hart, castings
796.35
Somerville Iron Foundry, cast- ings
336.90
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight
441.89
Fitchburg Railroad, labor
·
9.42
Walworth Manufacturing Co., boxes
31.41
Nathan Tufts & Sons, grain
28.24
G. F. & S. E. Sturtevant, grain .
77.63
The Fairbanks Co., valves
·
19.20
Frank F. Fitts Mfg. & Supply Co., packing .
21.00
$32,750.60
Balance to credit in account 1896
631.83
$33,382.43
159
D-APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TABLE D.
BALANCES DECEMBER 31, 1895.
Cash
$ 73,103.06
Public Property
2,356,620.40
Real Estate Liens
3,050.88
Sewer Assessments
4,624.03
Sidewalk Assessments
5,395.47
State of Massachusetts, Burial of
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors 280.00
State of Massachusetts, Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
310.00
State of Massachusetts, State Aid
7,320.50
Water Service Assessments
17.65 $
1,231.33
Fire Department, Fire Station, Ward One
9,208.22
Funded Debt
1,506,500.00
Highways, Paving Medford Street, Somerville Avenue to Cambridge Line .
13,249.41
Highways, Paving Washington Street, Tufts to Joy Street
3,800.00
Overlay and Abatement
329.58
Overplus on Tax Sales
102.13
Property and Debt Balance
850,120.40
Public Library .
120.34
Reduction of Funded Debt
10,438.33
Schoolhouse, Ward Four
30,479.78
Sewers Construction
41,791.10
Sewers
50,000.00
Sundry Persons
940.10
Temporary Loans
175,000.00
Water Maintenance .
2,974.50
Water Works Extension
631.83
$2,696,917.05
$2,696,917.05
Taxes
246,195.06
Excess and Deficiency
E
REPORT
OF THE
1
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 30, 1896.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 30, 1896.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports, in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
. CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE ROOMS, SOMERVILLE, January 18, 1896.
TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF SOMERVILLE : -
Gentlemen, - At a meeting of the Board of School Committee held December 30, 1895, it was
Voted : That the Annual Report of the Superintendent be adopted as the Annual Report of the Board of School Committee; that the same be referred to the City Council, with a request to incorporate it in the annual reports ; and that 800 copies be printed in separate form.
Respectfully,
G. A. SOUTHWORTH, Secretary of the School Board.
.
ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1895.
HON. WILLIAM H. HODGKINS, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio. L. HERBERT HUNTLEY, President of the Common Council, member ex officio.
MEMBERS.
WARD ONE.
GEORGE S. POOLE, SANFORD HANSCOM, S. NEWTON CUTLER,
Residence.
Term expires.
46 Mt. Vernon street,
January, 1896
1 Webster street 66 1897
28 Flint street .
66 1898
WARD Two.
HERBERT A. CHAPIN,
41 Walnut street . January, 1896
THOMAS M. DURELL,
23 Bow street ·
6. 1897
ALVAH B. DEARBORN,
34 Bow street
66 1898
WARD THREE.
QUINCY E. DICKERMAN,
85 Central street . January, 1896
THOMAS S. WENTWORTH,
350 Broadway ·
66 1897
FRANK H. HARDISON,
192 Central street .
1898
WARD FOUR.
GILES W. BRYANT,
296 Elm street . January, 1896
MARTIN W. CARR,
74 Craigie street
1897
GEORGE A. MILES,
417 Highland avenue
66
1898
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1896.
HON. ALBION A. PERRY, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio. GEORGE E. WHITAKER, President of the Common Council, member ex officio.
MEMBERS.
WARD ONE.
Residence. Term expires.
SANFORD HANSCOM,
1 Webster street January, 1897
S. NEWTON CUTLER,
28 Flint street .
1898
GEORGE S. POOLE,
46 Mt. Vernon street
1899
WARD Two.
THOMAS M. DURELL,
23 Bow street . January, 1897
ALVAH B. DEARBORN,
34 Bow street .
1898
HERBERT A. CHAPIN,
41 Walnut street .
66 1899
WARD THREE.
THOMAS S. WENTWORTH, 350 Broadway
. January, 1897
FRANK H. HARDISON,
192 Central street 66 1898
QUINCY E. DICKERMAN,
85 Central street .
1899
WARD FOUR.
MARTIN W. CARR,
74 Craigie street . January, 1897
GEORGE A. MILES,
417 Highland avenue 66 1898
GILES W. BRYANT,
296 Elm street
1899
The Board holds its regular meetings on the last Monday evening of each month at 8 o'clock.
GORDON A. SOUTHWORTH, Secretary and Superintendent of Schools. Office, English High School building. Residence, 40 Greenville street.
STANDING COMMITTEES, 1896.
ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL .- Hanscom, Chapin, Dickerman, Poole, Carr. LATIN HIGH SCHOOL .- Cutler, Bryant, Hardison, Durell, Dearborn. EAST SOMERVILLE DISTRICT .- Cutler, Poole, Hanscom. PROSPECT HILL DISTRICT .- Dearborn, Chapin, Whitaker, Durell. WINTER HILL DISTRICT .- Hardison, Dickerman, Perry, Wentworth. SPRING HILL DISTRICT .- Carr, Miles, Bryant.
WEST SOMERVILLE DISTRICT .- Miles, Bryant, Carr.
RULES AND REGULATIONS .- Dickerman, Cutler, Miles, Chapin. FINANCE .- Carr, Whitaker, Hardison, Poole.
ADDITIONAL SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS .- Perry, Cutler, Dearborn, Har- dison, Carr.
REPAIRS .- Poole, Carr, Dearborn, Wentworth, Miles.
SUPPLIES .- Hardison, Durell, Poole, Bryant.
TEXT-BOOKS .- Bryant, Dickerman, Hanscom, Wentworth, Chapin, Cutler, Durell.
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION .- Chapin, Carr, Cutler, Dickerman. MUSIC .- Wentworth, Miles, Hanscom, Chapin.
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS .- Miles, Hardison, Poole, Durell. SALARIES .- Durell, Bryant, Wentworth, Hanscom.
EVENING SCHOOLS .- Dearborn, Hanscom, Dickerman, Bryant. PRIVATE SCHOOLS .- Poole, Miles, Wentworth, Dearborn.
EXAMINATION COMMITTEES.
NINTH CLASS .- Dickerman, Chapin. EIGHTH CLASS .- Bryant, Dearborn. SEVENTH CLASS .- Miles, Hardison. SIXTH CLASS .- Hanscom, Carr. FIFTH CLASS .- Wentworth, Cutler. FOURTH CLASS .- Durell, Poole.
CONTENTS OF REPORT.
PAGE.
1. Summary of Statistics for 1895
· 10
2. Cost of the schools . 11
3. Additional school accommodations
12
4. District lines
14
5. Attendance
6. Teachers
7. English High School
History .
Cost
Description of building
Organization .
Report of Principal
.
S. Latin High School
48
Course of study
49
9. Care of schoolhouses .
51
10. The work of principals 52 .
11. Patriotic instruction 53 55 .
12. The schools and the Public Library
13. Evening schools .
14. The work of special teachers
57 57
15. Pennmanship
16. Report of the Committee of Fifteen
·
60 62 66
17. The work of the schools, past and future
18. Improvements suggested .
67
19. In conclusion 68
20. Appendix
.
75
.
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15 17 18 18
19 20 21 24 38
Course of study
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
FOR
1895.
TO THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE :
The twenty-fourth annual report of the Superintendent of Schools for the year ending December 31, 1895, is respectfully submitted, being the third of the present incumbent of the office, and the fifty- third of the school department of the municipality.
In the preparation of this report three things have been borne in mind :
First, it is a report to the School Board by its executive officer, and should contain a résumé of the work of the schools for the year, show something of their present condition, and embody suggestions for their future conduct.
Secondly, if the custom of recent years is followed this report will become the report of the School Board to their fellow-citizens, who have entrusted to them the direction of those interests which most closely concern the welfare of the home and the State, and who desire to know not only whether the money so freely given has been wisely expended, but also whether everything possible has been done for the promotion and attainment of those ends for which schools are established.
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