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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
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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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