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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
261
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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
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
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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