Report of the city of Somerville 1901, Part 12

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 552


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19,000 00


726,200 00


Amounts carried forward


$1,100,936 55


$1,283,077 46


.


.


15,000 00


7 26


154


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$1,100,936 55 $1,283,077 46


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, amount assessed for state tax 30,625 00 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, amount assessed for payment of Metropolitan Sewer assessment


41,195 19


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, amount assessed for payment of national bank tax


1,097 10


County of Middlesex, amount assessed for County Tax


55,129 32


Street Watering, amount assessed for pay- ment of a proportionate part of costs of watering streets for 1901


15,613 04


Overlay and Abatement, amount added by the Assessors, including additional warrants


38,481 26


$1,283.077 46


Temporary Loans.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1900


Cash, borrowed by authority of the Board of Aldermen on notes as follows :-


City Notes Nos. 495-500, six months, discounted at 3.30 per cent.


200,000 00


City Note No. 502, eight months, interest at 3.50 per cent.


100,000 00


City Notes Nos. 503-514,-$100,000 two months, $100,000 three months, $100,000 four months,-discounted at 4 per cent. ·


300,000 00


50,000 00


100,000 00


100,000 00


$1,200,000 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid as follows :-


City Note No. 488, five months, eleven days, discounted at 3.45 per cent.


$25,000 00


City Note No. 489, five months, eleven days, discounted at 3.45 per cent.


25,000 00


City Note No. 490, five months, nineteen days, discounted at 3.45 per cent.


25,000 00


City Note No. 491, five months, nineteen days, discounted at 3.45 per cent.


25,000 00


City Note No. 492, four months, 4 per cent. . .


50,000 00


City Note No. 493, five months, 4 per cent. .


50,000 00


City Note No. 494. six months, 4 per cent.


50,000 00


Amounts carried forward


$250,000 00


$1,200,000 00


· City Notes Nos. 515-516, five months, two days, dis- counted at 4 per cent. · City Note No. 517, six months, interest at 3.70 per cent., Temporary Loans, Note No. 487, renewed by No. 501, dated March 19, 1901, seven months, at 31/4 per cent.,


$350,000 00


155


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward


City Note No. 495, six months, dis-


50,000 00


50,000 00


25,000 00


25,000 00


City Note No. 499, six months, dis- counted at 3.30 per cent.


25,000 00


City Note No. 500, six months, dis- counted at 3.30 per cent. City Note No. 501, seven months, 3.25 per cent.


25,000 00


50,000 00


City Notes Nos. 503-506, two months, discounted at 4 per cent.


100,000 00


City Notes Nos. 507-510, three months, discounted at 4 per cent. City Notes Nos. 511-514. four months, discounted at 4 per cent.


100,000 00


Temporary Loans, Note No. 487, re- newed by No. 501, dated March 19, 1901, seven months, at 31/4 per cent. .


100,000 00


$900,000 00 300,000 00


$1,200,000 00


Water Loan Interest.


CREDIT.


Water Works Income, amount appropriated


$8,270 00


DEBIT.


Coupons Unpaid account, coupons due on :-


$10,000, one year, at 51/2 per cent. $550 00


$189,000, one year, at 4 per cent. 7,560 00


$8,000, six months, at 4 per cent. 160 00


$8,270 00


Water Maintenance.


CREDIT.


Water Works Income, amount appropriated Water Works Extension, amount transferred Water Service Assessments, amount transferred Cash, received of sundry persons, costs Boston Elevated Railroad, laying pipe


$30,000 00


6,000 00


4,041 39


William T. Henderson, repairing shut- off


2 85


Irving Russell, connecting service pipe . Porter & Roberts, extending service pipes


5 51


Trustees of Tufts College, setting foun- tain


60 09


Amounts carried forward


$469 65


$40,041 39


100,000 00


Balance to credit of account, 1902 .


$250,000 00 $1,200,000 00


counted at 3.30 per cent. City Note No. 496, six months, dis- counted at 3.30 per cent. dis- City Note No. 497, six months, counted at 3.30 per cent. City Note No. 498, six months, dis- counted at 3.30 per cent.


9 99


$162 00


229 21


156


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$469 65


$40,041 39


J. P. Squire & Co., repairing water main,


27 62


J. Arthur Crawford, repairing service pipe


1 00


U. S. Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co., labor


15 00


Boston & Maine Railroad, connecting fire supply . Aime A. Giroux, replacing service pipe . Homer C. Holt, replacing service pipe


449 78


4 00


Middlesex Bleachery, Dye &


22 55


Braman, Dow, & Co., lead and packing, Assignee John P. Squire & Co., setting hydrant, etc.


73 00


North Packing & Provision Co., cast- ings and fittings


22 47


Charlestown Gas & Electric Co., fittings, .


13 00


R. D. Wood & Co., repairing main pipe, Nathan H. Reed, replacing service pipe, Skilton, Foote, & Co., repairs


2 60


Boston Hair & Bristle Co., service pipe . .


13 76


Holbrook, Cabot, & Daley, pipe


53 80


Thomas C. Connor, fittings


2 90


Frank Mead. fittings


1 50


Somerville Hospital, fire pipe


64 84


John J. Morrow, old hose


45 00


Max Ruben, old iron


129 54


Osgood & Witherly, old iron


46 51


Somerville Electric Light Co., moving fire pipes, etc. .


23 75


Henry W. Dow, mantire


10 00


Dudley F. Hunt, et al., deficiency in revenue


17 00


Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co., bill previously paid


262 69


Sewers Construction account, pipe


37 50


Water Service Assessments, stock


146 40


Water Services, stock


2,535 90


Water Works Extension, stock


10,133 06


14,789 70


$54,831 09


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers .


$17,102 55


Frank E. Merrill, salary as water com-


missioner


2,300 00


disbursements


257 54


Florence E. Barton, first assistant clerk


to commissioner


780 00


clerk to commissioner .


600 00


Edward M. Shedd, inspector


1,200 00


G. W. Ladd, grain


579 29


Fulton O'Brion, hay


64 12


Nathan Tufts & Sons, grain


122 40


I. B. Walker, horseshoeing


23 25


Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing


71 75


John B. Rufer, horseshoeing


54 40


Amounts carried forward


$23,155 30


$54,831 09


·


V. Florence Walker, second assistant


.


68 21


Works, lead, etc. Print


4 50


72 67


19 50


157


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward


$23,155 30


$54,831 09


E. Spalding, harness work


13 98


Spalding Harness Co., harness work


34 55


William F. Emerson, salt hay


8 00


Thomas Arbing, harness


25 00


William H. Hitchings, veterinary ser- vices


19 50


Charles A. Claflin & Co., valves


20 90


Hersey Mfg. Co., meter parts .


13 71


Union Water Meter Co., meter parts


911 30


Harold L. Bond & Co., steel


56 05


Chadwick Lead Works, pig lead


1,356 18


Chadwick-Boston Lead Works, lead pipe,


212 12


Edson Mfg. Co., fittings


86 94


Sumner & Goodwin Co., fittings


604 66


Boston Lockport Block Co., repairs


75


R. D. Wood & Co., pipe


10,222 93


F. E. Fitts Mfg. & Supply Co., lead seals,


1 75


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware


228 44


Underhill Hardware Co., hardware


156 04


E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware


2 18


Braman, Dow, & Co., fittings .


874 50


John P. Wahlstrom & Son, paint


13 70


W. L. Snow, paint


4 55


Edgar Hall, machine labor


17 67


Hall Bros., machine labor


20 64


Builders' Iron Foundry, castings


870 38


Osgood & Witherly, castings


780 46


William P. Clark, castings


48 24


Davis & Farnum Mfg. Co., castings


127 24


W. C. Young Mfg. Co., repairing lathe .


2 50


J. L. Mott Iron Works, fountain


39 33


Edward Kendall & Sons, tube


7 30


Howe & Flint, pipe


12 97


Waldo Bros., drain pipe


9 79


George D. Goodrich, drain pipe


2 17


Hale & Mayhew Co., repairing wagons


111 15


Walworth Mfg. Co., repairing tools


114 58


Peter Gray, lantern caps


1 00


Herbert Wood, filing saws


2 40


M. A. Simpson, sand


23 00


O. T. Gould, repairing clock


00


Henry C. Hunt Co., leather


12 50


Thompson Meter Co., meters


113 88


Neptune Meter Co., meters


55 24


National Meter Co., repairing meters


48 43


Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co., charts, C. R. Hildred, labor


30 50


R. Woodman Mfg. & Supply Co., press .


8 50


Edward M. Shedd, aquaphone


5 16


Electrical Appliance Co., aquaphone


2 58


Coffin Valve Co., water gates


886 10


Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., . hose


78 56


Cornelius Callahan Co., hose


50 00


Somerville Iron Foundry, castings .


63 13


Andrew J. Lloyd & Co., instruments


67 50


Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., spindles .


55 36


Amounts carried forward


$41,724 01


$54,831 09


.


4 00


Joshua Baker, packing


23 72


158


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$41,724 01 $54,831 09


City of Lowell, fittings


4 50


John M. Woods & Co., lumber


9 60


Charles L. Underhill, repairing tools


221 60


F. Dooris, repairing tools


200 06


Charles F. Merrill, repairing tools .


8 84


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., tools


82 62


Boston Bolt Co .. bolts


17 08


S. G. Bailey, tools


3 00


Frank A. Teele, lumber


2 50


S. W. Fuller, lumber


251 21


Teele & Foster Lumber Co., lumber


54 91


G. W. Gale Lumber Co., lumber


90


Ludlow Valve Mig. Co., repairing gate Thomas Casey, bricks


38 40


William R. Maxwell, bricks


41 00


Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co., pipe


1,443 32


American Powder Mills, dynamite


17 25


Fred W. Farrar, repairing clock


1 50


Pelton Water Wheel Co., motor


22 50


Holt, Shattuck, & Co., pulleys .


2 12


James H. Roberts & Co., pulleys


44 34


Norwood Engineering Co., hydrant


321 47


Robert W. Neff, blackite


3 50


Boston Lead Mfg. Co., hydrant pump


46 80


A. W. Chesterton & Co., packing Miller & Shaw, rods


33 25


Daniel Morrison, hose


61 45


John P. Squire & Co., sawdust .


1 90


The Fairbanks Co., repairing valve .


4 00


S. Armstrong Co., barrel


1 00


James Bartley. salt


65


Eastern Salt Co., salt


15 00


Elias Lathrop, ointment


4 00


New England Oil Co., oil


47 00


Charles Booth, wood


52 00


F. W. Gilbert, boots


3 00


Philip Eberle, boots


5 00


Henry F. Jenks, drinking cups


3 00


McKay & Stockton, soap


1 20


Milton H. Plummer, medicine


8 00


Chapman & Soden, pitch


9 00


J. W. Howard, plants


21 69


Boston Elevated Railway Co., tickets


40 00


E. C. Hartshorn, prints


3 75


Thomas Groom & Co., office supplies Carter's Ink Co., ink


1 13


Citizen Co., cards


162 88


Somerville Journal Co., printing


251 37


Smith Premier Typewriter Co., writer


type-


65 00


Engineering News, subscription


5 00


Fire and Water, subscription


3 00


Municipal Engineering, subscription


2 00


Somerville Post-office, postage


63 00


F. S. Blanchard & Co., book


3 00


Davis & Underhill, use of telephone


1 40


Jesse J. Underhill, use of telephone .


1 50


Fred S. Young, expenses


2 20


Amounts carried forward


$45,606 27


$54,831 09


147 67


17 10


2 10


159


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward


$45,606 27 $54,831 09


New England Telephone & Telegraph


Co., rentals and tolls


258 57


Winter Hill Ice Co., ice


6 53


Fresh Pond Ice Co., ice


71 96


Cambridge Ice Co., ice


39 15


Electric Gas Lighting Co., supplies


4 44


Globe Gas Light Co., gasolene


16 50


Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel


170 07


Highland Coal Co., fuel


11 25


Boston & Maine Railroad, freight


1,210 46


J. F. Elkins, teaming


25 00


Caldwell's Stable, barges


28 00


George E. Lowell, carriage hire


39 00


Eugene Mead, carriage hire


31 00


Gilman Express Co., expressing


9 39


Glines & Co., expressing


1 10


E. R. Perham, expressing


30


Water Services, cost of services laid


4,181 63


$51,710 62


Water Works Income, balance to credit of account


3,120 47


$54,831 09


Water Works, Abatements on Water Charges.


CREDIT.


Water Works Income, amount appropriated


$500 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid sundry persons, money refunded,


$235 03


Metered Water Charges, water charges abated


23 94


$258 97


Water Works Income, balance of appropria- tion returned


241 03


$500 00


Water Works Extension.


CREDIT.


Water Works Income, amount appropriated .


$25,000 00


Cash, received of Highways, Watering Streets account, water posts .


313 52


$25,313 52


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


$6,814 25


Charles A. Kelley & Co., on account of contract


1,897 47


J. S. Lovering, freight


2 03


Amounts carried forward


$8,713 75


$25,313 52


160


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$8,713 75 $25,313 52


Boston & Maine Railroad, labor


80 35


A. M. Prescott, teaming 36 00


American Stave & Cooperage Co., tank .


12 75


M. D. Jones & Co., fountain


194 23


Chadwick-Boston Lead Co., tin pipe


33 20


Charles L. Underhill, bolts, etc.


2 25


Water Maintenance account, stock


10,133 06


Water Maintenance account, amount trans- ferred


6,000 00


$25,205 59


Water Works Income, balance to credit of


account


.


$25,313 52


Water Works Income.


CREDIT.


Metered Water Charges, water bills uncollected, 1901 Metered Water Charges, last quarter 1901, uncollected Water Maintenance, balance of appropriation returned Water Works Extension, balance of appropriation re- turned


$294 02


13,366 25


3,120 47


Water Works, Abatements on Water Charges, balance of appropriation returned


241 03


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Metro- politan Water Assessment, rebate on water receipts


1,815 77


200,498 98


$217,628 68


DEBIT.


Water Maintenance account, amount appro- priated · .


$30,000 00


Water Works Extension, amount appro- priated .


25,000 00


Water


Works, Abatements on


Water


500 00


Charges, amount appropriated . Sewers Maintenance, amount appropriated, Reduction of Funded Debt, amount appro- priated . ·


10,350 00


32,000 00


Reduction of Funded Debt (Sewer), amount appropriated


8,000 00


Interest (Sewer), amount appropriated ·


6,440 00


Interest (Water), amount appropriated


8,270 00


Metropolitan Water Assessment, amount ap- propriated


56,816 76


Reduction of Funded Debt, amount appro- priatęd


40,249 97


Sundry Persons, error, water collections 1 95


$217,628 68


107 93


Cash, received of sundry water takers . $198,683 21


107 93


$19,205 59


161


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


TABLE D. - BALANCES DECEMBER 31, 1901.


Cash


$24,333 60


Assessors


56 47


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


13,015 00


Health Department


2,614 78


Highways :---


Paved Gutters and Crossings


5,356 94


Boston-avenue Bridge


706 86


Paving Davis Square


316 80


Highway Betterment Assessments


62 45


Metered Water Charges


13,755 31


Military Aid


32 00


Public Buildings Maintenance :- Police


5 99


Schoolhouses


6,560 71


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Investment


5,000 00


Public Property


3,509,116 82


Real Estate Liens


4,489 05


School Contingent


2,354 80


Sewer Assessments


2,878 95


Sidewalk Assessments


5,890 62


Sidewalks Construction


2,624 19


Sidewalks Maintenance


1,711 69


Soldiers' Relief


822 86


Taxes


342,008 09


$48 40


City Clerk


744 17


City Engineer


273 67


City Messenger


212 80


City Solicitor


121 46


City Treasurer


2,410 88


Contingent Fund


786 73


Coupons Unpaid


25,265 00


Election Expenses :-


City Clerk


334 39


Commissioner of Public Buildings


290 97


Pay of Election Officers


115 00


Registrars of Voters


319 00


Electrical Department


73 95


Contagious Disease Hospital


641 37


Executive Department


43 83


Fire Department


212 57


Funded Debt


1,461,000 00


Highways :-


Construction


963 36


Maintenance


11,291 66


Paving Washington Street


212 46


Paving Cross Street


1,900 80


Watering Streets


202 35


Inspection of Buildings .


7 97


Interest


6,486 39


Overlay and Abatement


4,637 11


Overplus on Tax Sales


118 13


Police


1,883 61


Powder House Boulevard


3 10


Printing and Stationery


579 07


Property and Debt Balance


2,048,116 82


Public Buildings Construction :


-


Schoolhouse in Ward One


27,488 82


Amounts carried forward


. $3,943,713 98


$3,596,785 84


City Auditor


162


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


Shed at City Home


$3,943,713 98 $3,596,785 84 7 82


Public Buildings Maintenance :-


City Hall


128 59


City Hall Annex


611 10


Fire Department .


693 96


Health Department


112 06


Highways


64 79


Public Grounds


78 50


Public Library


80 63


Sewer Department


86 87


Support of Poor


405 70


Water Department


29 20


Public Grounds


4 18


Public Grounds :-


Athletic Apparatus


11 45


Athletic Field in Ward Seven


2,246 05


Land for Park Purposes


240 30


Land on Prospect Hill


3,680 00


Prospect Hill Park


7,500 00


Public Library


220 75


Public Library :-


Addition


1,320 35


Isaac Pitman Fund, Art


4,000 00


Isaac Pitman Fund, Poetry


1,000 00


Isaac Pitman Fund Income, Art


18 91


Isaac Pitman Fund Income, Poetry


45 75


Reduction of Funded Debt


11,175 93


Sealer of Weights and Measures


433 18


Sewers Construction


10,748 17


Sewers Maintenance


183 12


Street Lights


753 22


Sundry Persons


437 51


Support of Poor, City Home


350 77


Support of Poor, Miscellaneous


259 28


Temporary Loans


300,000 00


$3,943,713 98


$3,943,713 98


163


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


APPROVAL OF TREASURER'S REPORT.


In Committee on Finance, February 10, 1902. To the Board of Aldermen of Somerville :-


The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the report of the Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for the year 1901, reports that in com- pliance with section 7 of chapter 4 of the Revised Ordinances of 1900, it has, in conjunction with the Auditor, examined and audited the books and accounts of the Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for the year ending December 31, 1901, and in the manner prescribed by said section.


A careful comparison has been made with the books of the City Auditor, and with the financial statements received from the committees, boards, and officers of the city accountable for the use of the city funds.


The cash account has been verified by actual count of the cash on hand, and the balances shown to be in the banks of deposit have been confirmed by the officers of the several banks.


The committee reports, as a result of the examination, that no errors were discovered in the accounts of the Treasurer and Collector, and com- mends the neatness of his books, and the care with which they are kept, and recommends that his report be accepted and printed in the annual reports of 1901.


WILLIAM H. WOODBERRY, JAMES F. REYNOLDS,' --


JAMES WATTERS, JACKSON CALDWELL, HORACE A. BELCHER, EDWIN N. SIMONDS. WARREN C. DAGGETT, 7


Committee


on


Finance.


In Board of Aldermen, February 18, 1902. Accepted.


GEORGE I. VINCENT, City Clerk.


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


City of Somerville.


School Committee Rooms, December 27, 1901.


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 recommendations made therein ; that it be incorporated in the reports of the City Officers ; and that 1,000 copies be printed separately.


G. A. SOUTHWORTH,


Secretary of School Board.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1901.


S. NEWTON CUTLER, GEORGE A. MILES,


Chairman


Vice-Chairman


Members.


WARD ONE.


Term expires January.


28 Flint street. 1902


46 Mt. Vernon street. 1903


WARD TWO.


44 Oak street. 1902


273 Washington street. 1903


WARD THREE.


34 Bow street. 1902


41 Putnam street. 1903


WARD FOUR.


282 Broadway. 1902


13-A Maple avenue. 1903


WARD FIVE.


85 Central street. 1902


183 Central street. 1903


WARD SIX.


44 Cherry street. 1902


12 Westwood road. 1903


WARD SEVEN.


GEORGE A. MILES,


249 Elm street. 1902


HENRIETTA B. H. ATTWOOD,


18 Herbert street. 1903


The Committee holds its regular meetings on the last Monday even- ing of each month, except July, August, and December, at 8.15 o'clock. The last regular meeting of the year is held on the Friday next preced- ing the first Monday of January.


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 to 10. His office hours are from 4 to 5 on school days and 8 to 9 on Saturdays.


Office telephone, 314; house telephone, 12.


Cora S. Fitch, Superintendent's clerk, 273 Medford street.


S. NEWTON CUTLER, GEORGE S. POOLE,


JOHN H. O'NEIL,


EDWARD J. FLYNN,


ALVAH B. DEARBORN,


DANA W. BENNETT,


.


GEORGE W. W. WHITING,


WILLIAM P. JONES,


QUINCY E. DICKERMAN, J. WALTER SANBORN,


FREDERICK A. P. FISKE, FRED M. CARR,


STANDING COMMITTEES, 1901.


High Schools .- Miles, Cutler, Flynn, Bennett, Whiting, Sanborn, Carr. LATIN, ENGLISH.


District (or Ward) I .- Cutler, Poole.


PRESCOTT, HANSCOM, DAVIS, BENNETT, JACKSON.


District (or Ward) II .- O'Neil, Flynn.


KNAPP, PERRY, BAXTER.


District (or Ward) III .- Dearborn, Bennett.


POPE, PROSPECT HILL, BELL, CUMMINGS.


District (or Ward) IV .- Whiting, Jones. EDGERLY, GLINES.


District (or Ward) V .- Dickerman, Sanborn. FORSTER, BINGHAM.


District (or Ward) VI .- Fiske, Carr.


CARR, MORSE, DURELL, BURNS, BROWN.


District (or Ward) VII .- Miles, Mrs. Attwood. HIGHLAND, HODGKINS, LINCOLN.


Additional School Accommodations .- Miles, Cutler, O'Neil, Dearborn, Whiting, Dickerman, Fiske.


Evening Schools .- Dickerman, Dearborn, Fiske.


Finance .- Bennett, Poole, Flynn.


Industrial Education .- O'Neil, Mrs. Attwood, Carr.


Music .- Mrs. Attwood, Bennett, Dickerman.


Private Schools .- Flynn. Whiting, Carr.


Repairs of School Buildings .- Jones, Dearborn, O'Neil.


Rules and Regulations .- Fiske, Jones, O'Neil. Salaries .- Whiting, Sanborn, Cutler.


Supplies .- Poole, Sanborn, Miles.


Text-books and Courses of Study .- Dearborn, Cutler, O'Neil, Jones, Dickerman, Fiske, Mrs. Attwood.


WM.H. HO


DGKINS


BENJAMIN G. BROWN


GEORGE L. B


AXTER


SANFORD HANSCOM -


MARTIN


W. CARR


WM. H. PRE


ESCOTT


ALBION


A. PERRY


SOMERVILLE CITIZENS AFTER WHOM NEWER SCHOOLS ARE NAMED.


REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.


To the School Committee of Somerville :-


Somerville has existed as a prosperous municipality for sixty years,-thirty as a town and thirty as a city. Nearly 11,000 children are now being educated by the city at an annual expense of $280,000. Your rules make it incumbent upon the Superin- tendent of Schools to report in detail how this is being done, to present important statistical facts, and to make such suggestions as he may deem proper in view of existing conditions. This it is my purpose to do with unusual brevity, in order that the annual report, accompanied as it is to be by the recently amended Rules and Regulations of the Board, may not be a volume of improper bulk. Let me first lay before you a


Summary of Statistics


that will give with the precision of figures the more important facts of attendance and expenditure, grouped and arranged for easy comparison with the previous year :-


1. - POPULATION OF SOMERVILLE.


United States census, 1890


40,117


State census, 1895


52,200


United States census, 1900


.61,643


Estimated population, 1901


. 63,000


2. - SCHOOL BUILDINGS.


1900.


1901.


Increase


Number of school buildings


24


25


1


Number of classrooms .


222


$230


8


Valuation of school property.


$1,105,604


$1,180,047


$74,443


3. - TEACHERS.


1900.


1901. Increase.


In high schools


40


42


2


In grammar schools


127


132


5


In primary schools


91


92


1


In kindergartens


8


8


0


Total in elementary schools


226


232


Special


7


7


0


Total


278


281


8


4. - ATTENDANCE FOR YEAR.


1900.


1901.


Increase.


Entire enrollment for the year


12,345


12,499


154


Average number belonging.


9,823


9,991


163


Average number attending


9,174


9,350


176


Per cent. of daily attendance


93.4


93.6


0.2


High school graduates


131


153


22


Grammar school graduates


434


497


63


168


ANNUAL REPORTS.


5. - ATTENDANCE IN DECEMBER.


1900.


1901.


Increase.


Whole number attending


11,751


12,296


545


In private schools


1,386


1,653


267


In public schools


10.365


10,643


278


In high schools


1,008


1,071


63


In elementary schools


9,357


9 381


24


In kindergarten


186


191


5


In first grade


1,567


1,502


-65


In second grade


1,319


1 322


B


In third grade


1,227


1,256


20


In fourth grade


1,109


1.174


65


In fifth grade


1,111


1,096


-15


In sixth grade


920


1 038


118


In seventh grade


756


826


70


In eighth grade


641


616


-25


In ninth grade


521


542


21


6 .- COST OF SCHOOL MAINTENANCE.


1900.


1901.


Increase. $13,610.00


Salaries of teachers


$208,130.00


$221,740.00


Salaries of officers


4,733.00


4,816.00


83.00


Cost of books and supplies


15,735.00


18,707.00


2,972.00


Cost of light


1,729.00


1,731.00


2.00


Cost of janitors' services


19,236.00


20,078.00


842.00


Cost of fuel


10,840.00


13,723.00


2,883.00


Total cost of day and evening schools


260,403.00


280,796.00


20,393.00


Per capita cost


26.51


28.10


1.59


Cost of high school instruc-


45,350.00


47,710.00


2,360.00


Per capita cost


48.28


47.71


-0.57


7. - MISCELLANEOUS.


1900.


1901.


Increase.


Paid for new school


buildings


$51,232.00


$49,203.00


-$2,029.00


Repairs and permanent improvements


21,745.00


11,000.00


-10,745.00


Total school


expendi-


tures


333,380.00


340,999.00


7,619.00


Valuation of city


52,513,400.00


53,924,200.00


1,410,800.00


Per cent. of valuation spent to maintain


schools


0.495


0.521


0.026


Per cent. of valuation


spent for all school


purposes


0.634


0.632


-0.002


tion


School Buildings. There are in Somerville at the present time twenty-five school buildings, containing 230 classrooms. One schoolhouse,-the Jackson,-was demolished in September to make room for a new twelve-room structure now in process of erection, the completion of which will render needless the further use of the well-worn and antiquated Bennett and Prospect Hill buildings. Two new six-room houses have been occupied during the year.


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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


The George L. Baxter Schoolhouse, situated on Bolton street in Ward 2, was completed in February last. To it a single class was transferred from the Knapp wardroom in March, and four additional classes, formed from pupils in the Knapp and Prospect Hill Schools, found delightful quarters there in Sep- tember.


The Benjamin G. Brown School, located on the borders of Ward 6 in Willow avenue, was opened in September, every seat being occupied by pupils coming from the Burns, Highland and Hodgkins Schools.


These two buildings are alike in plan and construction, with the single exception that the Baxter Schoolhouse has a flat roof, while the other has a hip-roof, and they are in every way well adapted to school purposes. The following is the architect's description, and elevations and floor plans will be found else- where :-




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