Report of the city of Somerville 1897, Part 12

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 870


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$25,681 47


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


259


Amounts brought forward $21,200 83


$25,681 47


F. E. Cheney & Co., gro- ceries and provisions


4 02


C. L. Stevens, groceries and provisions . 4 00


Austin & Stackpole, gro- ceries and provisions 3 00


S. Rhodes, groceries and provisions 3 00


H. Bowman, medicine 4 25


Arthur C. Gordon, paint-


ing 7 50


Pettingill, Andrews Co.,


electric bell 1 75


Philip J. Fitzpatrick, re- pairs 75


East Somerville Marble & Granite Works, mar- ble sign


7 00


Postal Improvement Co., box .


7 50


J. A Bremner & Co., frame


3 90


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery .


46 17


C. W. Coy, stationery


2 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing


35 15


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .


3 00


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., ren- tals and tolls


81 57


L. E. Brown, refreshments


15 00


A. M. Prescott, teaming


2 50


Amounts carried forward


$21,432 89


$25,681 47


260


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $21,432 89 $25,681 47


John H. Pray. Sons & Co.,


carpet 122 94


Derby Desk Co., fur- niture 241 74


Jackson Caldwell & Co., furniture 5 00


Charles W. Bailey, use of ambulance 13 00


L. H. Brown, carriage hire


4 00


George E. Lowell, car- riage hire 4 00


William A. Flaherty, ser- vices as undertaker 170 00


Alfred E. Mann, services as undertaker 120 00


George F. McKenna, ser- vices as undertaker 34 15


John J. Crimmings, ser- vices as undertaker 30 00


John S. McGowan, ser- vices as undertaker 35 00


H. C. Spooner & Co., services as undertaker 15 00


P. H. Rafferty, services as undertaker


10 00


C. C. Folsom, salary as agent


1,500 00


Disbursements 239 75


A. B. Dearborn, salary as city physician ·


1,150 00


Cora F. Lewis, salary as secretary 500 00


Mabel Olmstead, clerical services 52 00


Amounts carried forward · $25,679 47


$25,681 47


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Amounts brought forward


$25,679 47


$25,681 47 Lemuel H. Snow, dis- bursements 2 00


$25,681 47


TAXES.


CREDIT.


Cash, received for taxes of 1890


$2 00


.. 1891


13 40


.. 66 " 1892


56 50


" 1893


161 45


. .


1394


335 60


66 66 1895


44,533 94


66


66


1896


149,905 80


66


189%


679,566 58


$874,575 27


Real Estate Liens, titles to the city for non- payment of taxes of 1895 ·


$733 04


Real Estate Liens, titles to the city for non-pay- ment of taxes of 1896 731 50


Overlay and Abatement :-


Abatements on taxes of 1893


$2 00


2 00


.. 1895


246 54


66


1896


693 40


66


1897


4,096 81


5,040 75


Balance to debit in account, 1898 :-


Being uncollected taxes of 1889


$46 60


. 66 " 1890


7,218 20


Amounts carried forward $7,264 80


$881,080 56


1,464 54


66 66 " 1894


262


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward Being uncollected taxes of 1891


$7,264 80


57 40


66


1892


264 50


1893


6,702 70


66


66


66


1894


7,065 41


66


:6


1895


8,767 88


1896


56,734 44


6$


1897


229,911 03


$881,080 56


316,768 16


$1,197,848 72


DEBIT.


Balance from 1896


$284,274 30


Appropriations, amount assessed


for current expenses .


744,200 00


State of Massachusetts, amount assessed for State tax


30,205 00


State of Massachusetts, amount assessed for payment of Met- ropolitan sewer assessment of 1896 ·


39,661 06


State of Massachusetts, amount assessed for payment of Met- ropolitan sewer assessment of 1897


39,260 25


State of Massachusetts, amount assessed on non-resident national bank stock 989 99


County of Middlesex, amount assessed for County tax 40,875 13 · Street Watering, amount as- sessed for payment of a pro- portionate part of cost of watering streets for 1897 12,962 12


Amounts carried forward . $1,192,427 85


$1,197,848 72


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263


Amounts brought forward . $1,192,427 85 $1,197,848 72


Overlay and Abatement, amount added by the assessors 5,420 87


$1,197,848 72


TEMPORARY LOANS.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1896 $300,000 00


Cash, borrowed by authority of the city council on notes as follows :-


.


The Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, eight months, 3 per cent. . F. S. Moseley & Co., seven months nine- teen days, 3.30 per cent.


$150,000 00


225,000 00


Blake Brothers & Co., six months two days, 2.82 per cent. . 100,000 00 . The Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, six months, 3% per cent. . 150,000 00 F. S. Moseley & Co., four months, 2.56 per cent. 200,000 00


825,000 00


$1,125,000 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid as follows :-


Blake Brothers & Co., four months, 6 per cent. $75,000 00


Amounts carried forward


$75,000 00


$1,125,000 00


264


ANNUAL REPORTS.


$75,000 00 $1,125,000 00


Amounts brought forward New England Trust Co., three months, 34 per cent. 225,000 00 New England Trust Co., seven months nine- teen days, 3.30 per cent. 225,000 00


The Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, eight months, 3 per cent. 150,000 00


Blake Brothers & Co., six months two days, 2.82 per cent. 100,000 00


$775,000 00


Balance to credit in account, 1898 350,000 00


$1,125,000 00


WATER LOAN INTEREST.


CREDIT.


City of Boston, water rates, amount transferred $12,930 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid on Water Loan Debt :-


$246,000, one year, at 4 per cent . .


$9,840 00


$2,000, six months, at 4 per cent . 40 00


$43,000, one year, at 5 per cent ·


2,150 00


$14,000, six months at 5


per cent. . .


350 00


Amounts carried forward . $12,380 00


$12,930 00


265


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward


$12,380, 00 $12,930 0.0


$10,000, one year, at 53 per cent.


550 00


$12,930 00


Less coupons unpaid


3,110 00


$9,820 00


Sundry persons, unpaid


coupons .


3,110 00


$12,930 00


WATER MAINTENANCE.


CREDIT.


City of Boston, water rates, amount transferred $56,000 00


Water Services, amount transferred


802 43


Cash, received of sundry persons,


turning off and on water


$115 00


City of Everett, pipe


746 73


City of Medford, pipe


61 06


James A. McMullen, pipe


1 08


North Packing & Provi- sion Co., pipe, fittings, etc.


25 56


Fitchburg Railroad Co.,


pipe, fittings, etc. 49 88


Joseph A. Quarrie, pipe, fittings, etc.


16 94


William B. Holmes, fit- tings . .


75


Alfred Fillmore, fittings


2 00


William J. Hanson, fit- tings


75


Amounts carried forward $1,019 75


$56,802 43


266


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$1,019 75 $56,802 43


R. B. McKim, fitting's .


1 50


Braman, Dow & Co., fit- tings


28 50


Arlington Water Works, clamps 10 50


Somerville Iron Foundry, castings 62 65


Thomas H. Norton, pipe


and fittings 12 15


Day Street Congrega-


tional Church, labor


4 50


Charlestown Gas & Elec- tric Co., gas


5 90


Francis N. Lewis, labor


1 25


S. H. Lewis, labor


.


1 75


W. P. Rice, labor .


75


C. C. Ellis, labor ·


1 25


Snyder & Williams, re- pairs


2 00


Charles W. Kennard, re-


placing service pipe 5 85


Franklin O. Reed, re- placing service pipe


29 88


Mary E. Rooney, replac- ing service pipe 20 28


James M. York, replacing service pipe 16 96


M. E. Wade, replacing service pipe 21 79


Joseph Andelman, replac- ing service pipe 18 10


B. F. Brown, replacing service pipe 29 46


Amounts carried forward · $1,294 77


$56,802 43


267


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $1,294 77 $56,802 43


George E. Appleton, re- placing service pipe 12 35 F. N. Gleason, replacing service pipe 3 00


William N. Barstow, re- placing service pipe


4 95


Frank Fuchs, replacing service pipe ·


19 64


C. H. Pendergast, replac- ing service pipe 4 20


Daniel A. Dorey, replac- ing service pipe 12 85


C. L. Stevens, extending service pipe 13 40


E. J. Grover, extending service pipe 3 95


Wood Elevator &


Machine Co., service pipe 78 34


J. B. Shaw, service pipe


12 75


P. F. Williams, service pipe ·


15 54


William E. Brigham, re- pairs ·


14 33


John J. Dorey, repairs ·


3 45


Holbrook, Cabot &


Daley, connection .


1 50


Middlesex Bleachery &


Dye Works, connect- ing service pipe 13 99


Metropolit a n Water


Board, lowering pipe 702 84


Amounts carried forward · $2,211 85


$56,802 43


268


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


Dudley F. Hunt, Edward S. Eaton, D. Spauld- ing, and Frederick E. Chapman, deficiency in revenue


$2,211 85 $56,802 43


39 85


Samuel Mendum, defi- ciency 11 00


New England Oil Co., bill entered twice


3 75


Schoolhouse Incidentals, labor ·


38 35


Highways, Subway at


Sacramento street,


labor ·


88 50


Highways Subway at


Kent street, relaying pipe . ·


282 99


Sewers, Maintenance, stock and labor ·


204 30


Public Grounds, stock


18 70


Highways, harness . .


35 00


Water Services, stock


2,468 56


Water Works Extension, stock


2,407 96


7,810 81


$64,613 24


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


$21,032 59


Nathaniel Dennett, salary


as superintendent


1,349 97


Vehicle


71 00


Disbursements


5 00


·


Amounts carried forward $22,458 56


$64,613 24


269


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward . $22,458 56 $64,613 24


F. E. Merrill, salary as clerk .


1,474 98


Disbursements


86 12


Florence E. Barton, salary as assistant to clerk 413 50


S. E. Hayden, salary as engineer


1,100 04


Nathan Tufts & Sons, hay and grain 249 40


Fulton O'Brion, hay and grain


149 78


J. F. Ham, hay and grain


169 31


G. W. Ladd Co., hay and grain


12 23


Seward Dodge, black-


smithing


275 51


F. Dooris, blacksmithing Charles L. Underhill, blacksmithing . ·


18 55


R. B. Baker, repairs of wagons 74 10


Frank W. Leavitt, repairs of wagons


30 50


F. Ivers & Son, repairs of wagons


29 25


John Rooney, horseshoe- ing .


70 98


Edward O'Brien, horse- shoeing


27 01


E. Spalding, harness


work


65 80


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware 340 39


Amounts carried forward · $27,204 66


$64,613 24


158 65


270


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $27,204 66 43 28


$64,613 24


Howe & Flint, hardware


Underhill Hardware Co., hardware . .


7 25


Whitney & Snow, hard- ware ·


4 67


W. Irving Heald, hard- ware ·


75


Walworth Manufacturing Co., tools . 159 21


Perrin, Seamans & Co., tools 59 77


Globe Gaslight Co., tools


10 40


Standard Brass Co., tools


4 23


Miller & Shaw, tools


4 00


H. H. Harvey, tools


19 67


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., tools 5 40


Star Brass Manufacturing


Co., repairs of tools 29 89


Crescent Tool Co., repairs of tools .


9 00


Allen & Griffin, tools ·


50


Fred Young. repairs of tools .


1 00


Joseph Young, repairs of tools 3 00 ·


S. J. Wood, repairs of tools ·


2 75


H. Wood, repairs of tools


3 65


Edson Manufacturing Co., diaphragm


7 32


Buffalo Meter Co., meter


6 50


Trump Manufacturing


Co., meter box 4 50


Amounts carried forward


$27,591 40


$64,613 24


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


271


Amounts brought forward


$27,591 40 $64,613.24


William F. Lowe, gaskets


22 52


A. W. Chesterton & Co., gaskets


5 10


Waldo Bros., cement


9 60


George R. Boyer, boards


12 20


John P. Wahlstrom, paint- ing 39 75


J. Q. Twombly, painting George W. Prime, paint- ing


7 20


C. G. Crowley, varnishing pump ·


5 00


Frank A. Fuller & Co., carpentering ·


11 08


G. W. Trefren, Jr., carpen- tering


1 00


George H. Sampson, for- cite


43 51


James Bartley, soap


1 20


Boston Oil Soap Co., har- ness soap


1 50


Warren B. Plympton,


polish


2 00


B. C. Snow, hoof-packing


1 00


W. A. Morrison, packing New England Oil Co., oil


8 40


R. B. Wood & Co., iron pipe


20,949 47


Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co., pipe .


1,752 22


Boston Lead Manufactur- ing Co., pipe 145 17


Fitz, Dana & Co., lead


1,002 31


Amounts carried forward $51,659 59


37 28


$64,613 24


10 68


272


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward $51,659 59 $64,613 24


Somerville Iron Foundry, castings 1,814 40


Builders Iron Foundry, castings 301 97


Davis & Farnum Manu- facturing Co., cast- ings ·


465 05


City of Cambridge, cast- ings 50 50


Braman, Dow & Co., fit- tings


1,574 03


Sumner & Goodwin Co., fittings 3 40


Norwood Engineering


Co., fittings.


33 18


Osgood & Hart, service boxes


787 00


Hall Bros., service boxes


485 95


Chapman Valve Manufac- turing Co., gates


210 59


Ludlow Valve Manufac-


turing Co., gates


1,754 14


The Fairbanks Co., valve


40 35


Coffin Valve Co., repairs of hydrant


33 95


J. Baker & Co., oakum


35 16


Boston Woven Hose &


Rubber Co., repairs of hose


115 49


Pettingill, Andrews. Co.,


electric supplies 40 84


George D. Goodrich, drain pipe


18 58


S. W. Fuller & Co., lum- ber 219 51


Amounts carried forward $59,643 68


$64,613 24


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


273


Amounts brought forward $59,643 68 $64,613 24


I. H. Brown Moulding Co., lumber 6 10


Dominion Coal Co., Lim- ited, coal 791 74


H. Wellington & Co., fuel


151 48


B. F. Wild & Co., fuel


44 84


Highland Coal Co., fuel


43 30


H. C. Abbott, wood


56 00


Charles Booth, wood


10 50


Charles L. Davenport, salt


5 50


Frank E. Fitts Manufac- turing & Supply Co., waste


7 35


Robert Josselin, mitts


5 63


Thomas Hollis Co.,


sponges ·


4 95


S. A. Tuttle, elixir


.


1 00


Henry C. Hunt Co.,


leather 25 00 1


A. W. Mitchell Manufac-


turing Co., badges 2 50


A. L. Haskell, directories 1 00


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .


3 00


Thomas Groom & Co., books ·


272 97


Smith Premier Type-


writer Co., paper .


11 05


Somerville Citizen Co., printing


143 04


Somerville Journal Co.,


printing


86 80


Frost & Adams Co., ink


3 89


Amounts carried forward · $61,321 32


$64,613 24


274


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$61,321 32 $64,613 24


C. W. Coy, pens


1 50


Heliotype Printing Co., chart 17 00


R. Woodward Manufac- turing Co., press ·


9 50


Sprague & Hathaway Co., frames 25 87


Otis T. Gould, clock


22 00


Fred W. Farrar, repairs of clocks


2 50


Frederick R. Cutter, re- pairs of clocks 1 00


Charles W. Dunham,


labor ·


17 83


W. I. Mabie, repairs of safe ·


112 33


Hatch & Farnum, coun-


ters ·


240 00


Derby Desk Co., furni- ture


343 92


John H. Prav, Sons & Co., carpet ·


190 90


M. J. Canniff & Co., re- pairs of furniture .


6 00


J. H. McNamee, binding George H. Richter & Co., furniture


68 83


Milton H. Plummer,


drugs 1 75


C. H. Paine, horse medi- cine


5 00


W. H. Way, veterinary services 16 00


R. M. Sturtevant, horse


150 00


Amounts carried forward $62,554 25


$64,613 24


1 00


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


275


Amounts brought forward $62,554 25


$64,613 24


Esau Cooper, horse


80 00


W. A. Sanborn, bricks


16 88


George R. Sand, stone


38 00


Margaret A. Simpson, sand


6 00


J. W. Howard, shrubs


110 00


Cutter & Parker, window frames


5 00


T. Allen, concreting


17 00


J. F. Elkins, teaming


245 47


T. F. Crimmings, teaming


32 50


J. Manning & Sons, teanı- ing .


50 00


Owen Cunningham &


Sons, teaming . 6 50


Boston & Maine Railroad Co., freight


615 62


Fitchburg Railroad Co., freight


54 47


Boston & Albany Rail- road Co., labor 5 00


Hartford Steam Boiler In-


spection and Insur-


ance Co., premium of insurance 100 00


J. H. Brooks, dry goods


2 33


City of Boston, water .


29 40


Somerville Electric Light Co., lighting


70 47


Cambridge Gaslight Co.,


gas .


34 14


New England Telephone


& Telegraph Co., ren- tals and tolls 336 45


Amounts carried forward $64,439 48


$64,613 24


276


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward ·


$64,439 48 $64,613 24


H. S. Garcelon, use of telephone ·


6 00


Cambridge Ice Co., ice ·


8 00


Cruckshank & Murray, abatement ·


2 00


E. R. Perham, expressing


Glines & Co., expressing .


15


"Fire & Water," book ·


3 00


Municipal Engineering


Co., book 2 00


F. S. Blanchard & Co., book ·


1 50


Day's Express, expressing


1 50


Highways, labor


43 60


$64,507 93


Reduction of Funded Debt, bal-


ance transferred . 105 31


$64,613 24


WATER SERVICES.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of James M.


York, additional


charge on service pipe . · .


$4 40


Louville V. Niles, addi- tional charge on ser- vice pipe . 2 00


21 04


O. H. Perry, additional charge on service pipe Andrew R. Lewis, addi- tional charge on ser- vice pipe 3 37


Amount carried forward $30 81


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277


Amount brought forward $30 81 Joseph F. Wilson, addi- tional charge on ser- vice pipe 5 50 .


$36 31


Water Service Assessments, cost of services laid 5,578 29 .


$5,614 60


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


$2,323 11


Somerville Citizen Co.,


advertising 2 50


Levi A. Dame, abatement 2 00


Andrew R. Lewis, abate- ment 2 00


Harvey Taylor, abatement


10 00


C. E. Willard, abatement


2 00


Fred C. Warren, abate-


ment 2 00


Water Maintenance, stock


and labor . 2,468 56


$4,812 17


Water Maintenance, balance


transferred .


802 43


$5,614 60


WATER SERVICE ASSESSMENTS.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of sundry persons, water services $5,578 29


DEBIT. Water Services, pipes laid in 1897 $5,578 29


. 278


ANNUAL REPORTS.


WATERING STREETS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$3,500 00


Watering Streets Assessments,


assessments


levied


12,962 12


Cash, received of abutters


$67 00


West End Street Railway Co., season of 1897.


317 08


Repairs of carts ,


42 25


426 33


$16,888 45


DEBIT.


Cash, paid N. · C. Barker, over-


seeing


$615 00


Christopher Burke, water- ing


476 54


Frank Buttimer, watering


463 08


Thomas F. Casey, water- ing .


953 08


Owen Cunningham &


Son, watering


476 54


John H. Dodge, watering


476 54


John F. Elkins, Jr., water- ing


953 08


James H. Fannon, water- ing


463 08


Martin Gill, watering


926 16


William Horrell, watering


56 54


William Heffron, watering


476 54


Henry J. McAvoy, Jr., watering


476 54


Amounts carried forward · $6,812 72


$16,888 45


279


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $6,812 72 $16,888 45


William J. McCarthy,


watering


463 08


William J. McEleny,


watering .


476 54


T. Tighe & Son, water- ing .


953 08


A. M. Prescott, watering 450 00


John Wilson, watering


926 16


R. M. Sturtevant, water- ing 15 00


B. Thomas, watering


15 00


G. W. Cummings, water- ing


403 85


J. L. & H. K. Potter, re- pairs of carts ·


1,384 67


L. A. Wright, repairs of carts


14 15


F. Dooris, repairs of carts Seward Dodge, repairs of carts ·


2 00


35 50


R. M. Richardson, repairs of carts


2 00


Somerville Citizen Co., advertising


5 50


Somerville Journal Co., advertising


6 00


Charles S. Robertson, pre-


niium of insurance 30 00


City of Boston, water


4,731 28


$16,726 53


Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account .


161 92


$16,888 45


280


ANNUAL REPORTS.


WATERING STREETS ASSESSMENTS.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of sundry persons · .


$2,276 58


Real Estate Liens, titles to the city for non-pay- ment of assessments ·


4 08


$2,280 66


Balance to debit in account, 1898


796 00


$3,076 66


DEBIT.


Balance from 1896


$3,076 66


WATER WORKS EXTENSION.


CREDIT.


City of Boston, water rates, amount appro- priated


$10,000 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers . $7,592 04


Water Maintenance ac-


count, stock, etc. · 2,407 96


$10,000 00


F


281


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TABLE D.


BALANCES DECEMBER 31, 1897.


Cash


$90,433 87


Excess and Deficiency


8,369 38


Public Library


139 01


Public Property


2,638,100 12


Real Estate Liens


2,380 22


Sewer Assessments


7,954 62


Sidewalk Assessments


3,488 02


State of Massachusetts, Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors


245 00


State of Massachusetts, Indigent Soldiers and Sailors


353 00


State of Massachusetts, State Aid Taxes


9,137 50


Watering Streets Assessments


796 00


Fire Department, Fire Station No. 3, Improvement


$52 00


Funded Debt


1,548,000 00


Highways, Paving Somerville Avenue from Park Street Westerly


466 28


Highways, Subway at Kent Street ·


257 99


Highways, Subway at Sacra- mento Street


561 50


Overlay and Abatement


2,539 04


Overplus on Tax Sales


.


157 13


Amounts carried forward


$3,078,164 90 $1,552,033 94


316,768 16


282


ANNUAL REPORTS. 1


TABLE D. - Concluded.


Amounts brought forward ·


$3,078,164 90 $1,552,033 94 1,090,100 12


Property and Debt Balance . ·


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund


1,000 00


Reduction of Funded Debt


6,823 36


Schoolhouse, Land in Ward Two


94 75.


Schoolhouse, Spring Hill Dis- trict


32,920 57


Sewers, Construction


19,274 35.


Sundry Persons


25,917 81


Temporary Loans


350,000 00


$3,078,164 90


$3,078,164 90


REPORT OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 19, 1898.


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


GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 20, 1898.


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


CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE ROOMS, January 19, 1898.


TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF SOMERVILLE.


Gentlemen : - At a meeting of the Board of School Committee held December 27, 1897, it was


Ordered, That the Annual Report of the Superintendent be adopted as the Annual Report of the Board of School Committee, it being understood that such adoption does not commit the Board to the opinions or recom- mendations made therein; 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, Sec'y of School Board.


CONTENTS OF REPORT.


1. Summary of Statistics .


294


2. Per Capita Cost of School Maintenance 296


3. Smaller Classes 297


4. Cost of the Schools 298 302


-5. School Accommodations, Present and Future


6. Studies Pursued in High Schools


307


7. The High Schools 308 310


8. Evening Schools


9. Teachers 313


10. Training School; 314


11. Public Library and the Schools


12. Present Condition of Schools as to


Buildings 326


Appliances


329


Work Required 330


Discipline


333


Promotions


333 335 336 337


Supervision


Teachers


13. Manual Training


14. Teaching of English


15. Moral Influence of Schools


16. Conclusions :


338 340


17. Report of Drawing Supervisor


341 343


18. Report of Head Master of English High School 347


19. Appendix


379


317


SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1897.


HON. ALBION A. PERRY, Mayor, Chairman, ex-officio. FRANK DEWITT' LAPHAM, President of the Common Council, Vice-Chairman, ex-officio.


MEMBERS.


WARD ONE.


Term expires January


S. NEWTON CUTLER,


28 Flint street, 1898


GEORGE S. POOLE,


46 Mt. Vernon street, 1899


SANFORD HANSCOM,


1 Webster street, 1900


WARD TWO.


ALVAH B. DEARBORN,


34 Bow street, . 1898


HERBERT A. CHAPIN,


41 Walnut street, 1899


JAMES F. BEARD,


17 Prospect-hill avenue, 1900


WARD THREE.


FRANK H. HARDISON,


192 Central street, 1898


QUINCY E. DICKERMAN, 85 Central street, 1899


GEORGE W. W. WHITING, 280 Broadway,


1900


WARD FOUR.


GEORGE A. MILES,


249 Elm street, 1898


GILES W. BRYANT,


296 Elm street, 1899


MARTIN W. CARR,


74 Craigie street, 1900


STANDING COMMITTEES, 1897.


ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL. - Chapin, Dickerman, Poole, Carr, Han- scom. LATIN HIGH SCHOOL. - Bryant, Hardison, Beard, Dearborn, Cutler.


EAST SOMERVILLE DISTRICT. - Poole, Hanscom, Cutler, Lapham.


PROSPECT HILL DISTRICT. - Chapin, Beard, Dearborn.


WINTER HILL DISTRICT. - Dickerman, Perry, Whiting, Hardison.


SPRING HILL DISTRICT. - Carr, Miles, Bryant.


WEST SOMERVILLE DISTRICT. - Bryant, Miles, Carr.


ADDITIONAL SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS. - Perry, Cutler, Dear- born, Carr.


EVENING SCHOOLS. - Hanscom, Dickerman, Bryant, Dearborn.


FINANCE. - Beard, Lapham, Dickerman, Carr.


INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. - Carr, Poole, Whiting, Chapin.


MUSIC. - Miles, Hanscom, Chapin, Whiting.


PRIVATE SCHOOLS. - Whiting, Dearborn, Poole, Miles. REPAIRS. - Dearborn, Carr, Whiting, Poole.


RULES AND REGULATIONS. - Cutler, Miles, Chapin, Dickerman.


SALARIES. - Hardison, Bryant, Cutler, Beard.


SUPPLIES. - Poole, Beard, Bryant, Hardison.


TEXT-BOOKS AND COURSES OF STUDY. - Dickerman, Hanscom, Hardison, Chapin, Cutler, Beard, Miles, Bryant.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1898.


HON. ALBION A. PERRY, Mayor, Chairman, ex-officio. FRANCIS M. WILSON, President of the Common Council, Vice- Chairman, ex-officio.


MEMBERS.


WARD ONE.


Term expires January


GEORGE S. POOLE,


46 Mt. Vernon street, 1899


SANFORD HANSCOM,


1 Webster street, 1900


S. NEWTON CUTLER,


28 Flint street, 1901


WARD TWO.


HERBERT A. CHAPIN,


41 Walnut street, 1899


JAMES F. BEARD,


17 Prospect-hill avenue, 1900


ALVAH B. DEARBORN,


34 Bow street, 1901


WARD THREE.


QUINCY E. DICKERMAN, 85 Central street,


1899


GEORGE W. W. WHITING, 280 Broadway,


1900


FRANK H. HARDISON,


192 Central street, 1901


WARD FOUR.


GILES W. BRYANT,


296 Elm street, 1899


MARTIN W. CARR,


74 Craigie street, 1900


GEORGE A. MILES,


249 Elm street, 1901


The Board holds its regular meetings on the last Monday evening of each month at 8 o'clock.


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. GORDON A. SOUTHWORTH.


Office: City Hall Annex, Highland avenue.


Residence : 40 Greenville street.


The Superintendent's office will be open from 8 to 12 and from 1.30 to 5; Saturdays, 8.30 to 10. His office hours are 4 to 5 on school days and S to 9 on Saturdays.


Office telephone, 234-2 ; house telephone, 12.


STANDING COMMITTEES, 1898.


ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL. - Dickerman, Poole, Carr, Hanscom, Chapin.


LATIN HIGH SCHOOL. - Hardison, Beard, Dearborn, Cutler, Bryant.


EAST SOMERVILLE DISTRICT. - Hanscom, Cutler, Poole.


PROSPECT HILL DISTRICT. - Dearborn, Beard, Chapin.


WINTER HILL DISTRICT. - Whiting, Hardison, Dickerman, Perry, Wilson.


SPRING HILL DISTRICT. - Carr, Miles, Bryant.


WEST SOMERVILLE DISTRICT. - Miles, Carr, Bryant.


ADDITIONAL SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS. - Perry, Poole, Dearborn, Miles.


EVENING SCHOOLS. - Dearborn, Dickerman, Bryant, Hanscom. FINANCE. - Poole, Carr, Wilson, Beard.


INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. - Cutler, Dickerman, Chapin, Carr.


MUSIC. - Chapin, Whiting, Cutler, Miles.


PRIVATE SCHOOLS. - Whiting, Miles, Dearborn, Poole.


REPAIRS. - Carr, Whiting, Poole, Dearborn.


RULES AND REGULATIONS. - Miles, Chapin, Whiting, Cutler.


SALARIES. - Bryant, Beard, Hanscom, Hardison.


SUPPLIES. - Beard, Bryant, Hardison, Poole.


TEXT-BOOKS AND COURSE OF STUDY. - Hanscom, Hardison, Chapin, Cutler, Beard, Miles, Bryant, Dickerman.


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SANFORD HANSCOM SCHOOL.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


FOR 1897.


TO THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE :-


The twenty-sixth annual report of the Superintendent of Schools for the year ending December 31, 1897, is respectfully subinitted, being the fifth of the present incumbent of the office, and the fifty-fifth of the school department of the municipality.




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