Report of the city of Somerville 1904, Part 10

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 496


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$30,000 00


Transferred from Water Works Extension account


4,282 13


$25,717 87


Water Works Income, balance of appropriation trans- ferred .


288 52


$25,429 35


Receipts :-


Cash, received of sundry persons, costs


$244 00


Esther A. Carey, replacing service pipe .


6 75


Mrs. H. G. Minot, replacing shut-off .


2 65


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


13 00


E. A. Guild, labor on service pipe


6 95


Daniel Morrison, old leather


31 50


J. H. Park, repairs


3 10


Z. E. Cliff, repairs


3 50


Albert Fiske, renewal of service pipe


9 95


William Taylor, labor


9 65


H. D. Padelford, labor


21 30


Mrs. W. C. Bailey, repairing service


9 85


W. A. Bell, labor, etc.


6 60


Sullivan Niles, et al., repairing service pipe


22 50


James F. Davlin, fittings


1 50


John P. Squire & Co., pipe and fittings


689 09


A. P. Sears, repairing service


8 85


Kerr Chemical Co., repairs


6 10


Mrs. John C. Garrett, labor, etc.


5 45


Glenn T. Morse, renewal service pipe


6 30


F. X. LeFebvre, repairs


5 75


Mrs. J. M. Prince, labor


3 85


John E. Parry, repairing service


6 05


Daniel Richards, renewal service pipe


5 90


American Tube Works, pipe


248 38


Max Ruben, old iron


21 25


J. C. H. Snow, labor


2 30


Frank Timney, labor


6 90


Mrs. M. Alletzhausser, replacing service pipe


6 85


C. M. Kingman, labor


1 50


Mrs. John P. Sullivan, repairs .


.


2 00


Mrs. David R. Hersey, labor .


3 35


Barber Asphalt Paving Co., labor, etc.


9 10


Amounts carried forward


$1,431 77


$25,429 35


. .


$37,000, six months, 4 per cent.


138


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward .


$1,431 77 $25,429 35


Frank A. Teele, repairing service


8 20


Boston Elevated Railway Co., water, etc.,


37 00


Joseph P. Glynn, repairs . 2 65


Michael Harrington, . renewal pipe . . ·


service


4 70


Elizabeth Bailey, repairing meter


3 00


W. L. Snow, repairing service pipe .


7 05


Coleman Brothers, pipe connection .


14 55


'Metropolitan Water & Sewerage Board, labor 93 23


Fred J. Hadley, renewal of service pipe 50 65


Hannah A. Collieson, fittings


2 85


Lewis R. Martin, renewal service pipe


3 85


Dennis J. Lewis, renewal service pipe


7 00


Caroline R. Bancroft, repairing leak


3 33


Thomas Whittemore, materials, etc.


8 55


Delia Gaffney, replacing service


5 85


Mary A. Hodsdon, repairs


6 00


George F. Wilson, repairs


. 00


Andrew Lowery, renewal service pipe


13 10


Mrs. W. Sweetman, repairs


3 00


Broadway Congregational Church, re- pairs


10 45


Charles E. Giles, meter


9 00


Mrs. A. M. Higgins, replacing service pipe


18 80


James 'Mahoney, replacing service pipe


4 00


Rebecca H. Rogers, replacing service pipe


2 05


Heirs Hugh Gill; renewal service pipe


18 64


Mrs. E. L. Stearns, meter


7 50


Margaret Connolly, replacing service pipe


6 00


George Stevenson, replacing service pipe, Edward W. Fox, labor


3 15


L. C. Little, stock and labor


3 50


Martha S. Wilhelm, stock and labor


7 00


Estate Sarah J. O'Neil, labor


10 02


George F. Sargent, renewal service pipe


6 85


Rebecca McHugh, renewal service pipe


34 30


Mary A. Gormley, renewal service pipe


5 40


C. F. & M. I. Wentworth, renewal ser- vice pipe


7 10


Lorenzo W. Bowen, meters


18 00


John McKenna. old iron


100 72


Braman. Dow & Co., lead and packing


3 00


Somerville Hospital, water pipe


52 06


North Packing & Provision Co., pipe, etc.


772 75


Boston & Maine Railroad, service con- nection


21 80


Middlesex Paper Co., gate box. etc. 18 70


3 55


Somerville Journal Co., fittings


9 94


Abby H. Sanborn, repairing service


10 35


L. L. Whiton, renewal service pipe .


5 45


Felix Viano, repairing service


7 10


Ellen R. Pauly, repairs


3 45


Amounts carried forward


$2,917 46


$25,429 35


O. H. Perry, repairing shut-off 8 20


17 30


James F. Skelley, renewal service pipe


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


139


Amounts brought forward .


$2,917 46


$25,429 35


Sarah E. Fiske, repairs


2 35


Hugh Munro, fittings


1 50


2,921 31


Stock and labor billed other departments :-


Highways, Maintenance account .


$207 15


Highways, Paving Broadway, Summer Streets account


131 93


Public Grounds account .


42 17


Support of Poor, City Home account


106 88


Sewers Construction account


93 50


Water Works Extension account


15,935 20


16,516 83


$44,867 49


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers . $16,567 02


58 00


$16,509 02


Frank E. Merrill, salary as water com- missioner


2,300 00


disbursements


118 17


Edward M. Shedd, inspector


1,248 00


Lillian E. Leavitt, assistant


780 00


Laura E. Peavey, assistant


600 00


Bessie L. L. Crosby, clerical services


65 34


Florence H. Plimpton, clerical services


60 00


Effie M. Fife, clerical services


32 00


Eda Fitch, clerical services


16 00


Fulton O'Brion, hay and grain


196 69


Nathan Tufts & Sons, hay and grain


232.75


Hobart S. Palmer, hay and grain


613 92


William F. Emerson, hay and grain


8 00


Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing .


125 26


George W. Ladd, horseshoeing


29 00


J. B. Rufer, horseshoeing .


25 75


Hale & Mayhew Co., wagon repairs


68 10


C. L. Underhill, wagon repairs .


242 64


D. J. Bennett, harness work


114 75


Morgan & Bond, harness work


1 25


William Buckley, veterinary services


27 00


Elias Lathrop, hoof ointment


4 00


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., tools


46 26


Brosnihan Wrench Co., tools


8 00


Greenwood & Daggett Co., tools


34 26


Chandler & Farquhar, tools


20 32


H. Wood, repairing tools .


1 60


Martin & Hughes, repairing tools


2 85


William G. Martin, repairing tools .


80


H. J. Shaw, repairing tools


5 46


I. B. Walker, iron work


5 05


Arthur Holt, repairing flagstaff


, 00


J. W. Howard, plants


13 75


F. W. Gilbert, rubber boots


12 25


R. Woodman Mfg. & Supply Co. copper wire


2 50


Electric Gas Lighting Co., supplies .


3 15


Amount carried forward


$23,578 89


Bow and


140


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward $23,578 89


Richards & Co., pig lead 484 88 .


E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware 6 45


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware


193 20


Underhill Hardware Co., hardware . 139 56


William J. Wiley, hardware


1 90


William S. Howe, hardware


: 74


Andrew J. Lloyd & Co., charts .


2 05


Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co., charts,


4 00


Henry C. Hunt & Co., leather pieces


17 50


Charles N. Bacon, felting .


20 69


Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., valves


155 45


The Fairbanks Co., valves


54 64


Rensselaer Mfg. Co., valves


279 25


Coffin Valve Co., gates, bolts, etc. 62 40


Chadwick-Boston Lead Co., pipe


1,183 23


Waldo Brothers, pipe . 255 15


R. D. Wood & Co., pipe


4,793 97


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


449 13


Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co., pipe ·


424 75


Norwood Engineering Co., hydrants


270 00


William R. Conrad, pipe inspection .


88 01


Thomson Meter Co., meters


2,987 61


Neptune Meter Co., meters


425 50


Union Water Meter Co., meters


1,511 40


Hersey Meter Co., meters .


861 87


National Meter Co., meters Walworth Mfg. Co., fittings


149 39


. Braman, Dow & Co., fittings


826 08.


Sumner & Goodwin Co., fittings


188 30


H. Mueller Mfg. Co., fittings Frederick W. Gow, fittings


111 60


Frank E. Fitts Mfg. & Supply Co., seals,


3 50


Brown-Wales Co., band iron


2 73


Osgood & Witherly, castings


312 61


Scrannage Brothers, castings


141 88


Somerville Iron Foundry, castings


54 25


Builders' Iron Foundry, castings


15 60


Eastern Salt Co., salt .


12 75


Thomas Hollis Co., drugs .


2 00


Milton H. Plummer, drugs


1 25


C. W. Lerned & Co., disinfectant


12 50


Boston & Maine Railroad Co., freight, etc.


325 76


Boston & Albany Railroad Co., track protection


2 20


Boston Elevated Railway Co., car tickets,


75 00


New England Oil Co., oil .


74 93


Charles F. Giles, oil


75


D. A. McKay, soap


1 20


Globe Gas Light Co., gasolene


9 00


Peter Gray & Sons, lanterns


8 40


S. W. Fuller, lumber


286 04


W. W. Winship, handle


35


Brink & Buitekan, board sign


25


Julian D'Este Co., pattern .


50 20


Chapman & Soden, pitch


6 14


W. S. Burbank, sawdust


3 00


L. Ryan, sawdust


: 00


Amount carried forward


$41,864 88


·


802 15


123 85


141


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$41,864 88


S. Armstrong & Co., empty barrel


1 25


M. A. Simpson, sand . 16 00


Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., hose, 27 30


Stoughton Rubber Co., hose .


6 13


Edson Mfg. Co., hose


70 03


George Stevenson, service box .


2 00


Davis & Farnum Mfg. Co., water post tops


28 35


Peck Brothers & Co., couplings


2 00


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


102 10


A. C. Libbey & Sons, pens


1 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing


378 20


Wesley A. Maynard, printing


10 50


Fire & Water Engineering Co., sub-


scription


6 00


Somerville Post-office, postage .


20 00


Charles Booth, wood .


12 00


F. A. Teele, wood


100 20


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service


187 85


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory


3 50


Sprague & Hathaway Co., frame


40


L. H. Truesdell, card .


50


Sanborn Map Co., map


65 00


The Elliott Co., addressing machine and stencils


123 85


Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., supplies,


2 90


National Paint & Varnish Co., graphite .


6 00


The Carter's Ink Co., ink .


1 13


Fresh Pond Ice Co., ice


63 30


Cambridge Ice Co., ice


19 75


Winter-hill Ice Co., ice


22 20


Jeremiah P. Hurley, claim .


850 00


John Tormey, claim


565 00


F. L. Morse, M. D., services


35 00


T. M. Durell, M. D., services


50 00


Murphy Brothers, barges .


20 00


Edison Electric Illuminating Co., fan motor


6 00


James Tevlin, use of team


29 25


Harold L. Bond Co., packing


22 86


Gilman Express Co., expressing


7 90


E. R. Perham, expressing .


70


A. G. Renner, expressing .


2 75


American Express Co., expressing


4 25


Fred M. Hutchinson, expressing


1 70


$44,739 73


Sewers Construction account, iron rails


93 00


Sewers Maintenance account, bricks


34 76


$44,867 49


Water Service Assessments.


CREDIT.


Receipts :-


Cash, received of sundry persons, cost of services laid $3,537 40


Transferred to Water Works Extension account


3,537 40


142


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Water Works, Abatements on Water Charges.


CREDIT. Water Works Income, amount appropriated


$982 91


DEBIT.


Cash, paid sundry persons, money refunded $1,000 46


21 75


$978 71


Metered Water Charges, water charges


abated


4 20


$982 91


Water Works Extension.


CREDIT.


Water Works Income, amount appropriated


$15,000 00


Water Maintenance account, amount transferred 4,282 13


$19,282 13


Receipts :---


Water Service Assessments, amount collected for services laid


3.537 40


Stock and labor billed other departments:


Highways, Watering Streets account 162 95


$22,982 48


DEBIT. (Expenditures.)


Cash, paid laborers .


$7,047 28


Water Maintenance account, stock


15,935 20


$22,982 48


Water Works Income.


CREDIT.


Metered Water Charges, last quarter 1904 uncollected Receipts :-


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, proportion of water re- ceipts, 1904


820 31


Cash, received of sundry water takers


201,368 96


$216,847 65


DEBIT.


Water Maintenance, amount


appropriated . .


$30,000 00 288 52


$29,711 48


Fire Department, amount ap-


propriated . $43,000 00 8,938 67


34,061 33


4,850 00


Water Loan Interest, amount appropriated, Reduction of Funded Debt. Water Loan Bonds, amount appropriated


15,000 00


Amount carried forward


$83,622 81


$14,658 38


143


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$83,622.81


Reduction of Funded Debt, Sewer Loan


11,000 00


Bonds, amount appropriated . . Water Works Extension, amount priated


appro-


15,000 00


Water Works, Abatements on Water


Charges, amount appropriated


982 91


Interest (Sewer) account, amount appro-


7,705 00


Sewers Maintenance account, amount propriated


ap-


Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Metro- politan Water Assessment), amount ap- propriated


86,736 93


$216,847 65


Table D. - Balances December 31, 1904.


Cash


$73,743 56


Assessors


401 52


Commonwealth of Massachusetts .


15,903 87


Contagious Disease Hospital .


100 00


Election Expenses :-


City Clerk


45 44


Registrars of Voters


23 38


Electrical Department


545 44


Fire Department


11,058 30


Health Department .


7,087 21


Highway Betterment Assessments


2,305 44


Highways :-


Maintenance .


6,405 77


Paved Gutters and Crossings


2,062 41


Removing Brown-tail Moths


401 42


Shade Trees


41 35


Thorndike-street Subway Watering Streets


40 71


Metered Water Charges


14,658 38


Military Aid


76 81


Overlay and Abatement


623 32


Police


12,573 79


Public Buildings Construction :- -


Addition to Bingham School


596 93


Engine House in Ward Two


1,717 37


Rifle Range in Waltham


193 21


Public Buildings Maintenance :-


68 04


Fire Department


1,525 56


Health Department


34 81


Highways


25 20


Police


563 11


Public Grounds


142 22


Schoolhouses


9,369 75


Sewer Department


38 12


Support of Poor


69 81


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Investment Fund


5,000 00


Real Estate Liens


1,757 80


School Contingent


2,089 75


School Teachers' Salaries


1.080 68


Amount carried forward


$172,936 01


priated .


.


11,800 00


565 53


City Hall Annex


144


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$172,936 01


Sewer Assessments


6,271 17


Sewers Maintenance


189 67


Sidewalk Assessments


6,009 18


Sidewalks Construction


2,825 45


Sidewalks Maintenance


416 32


Soldiers' Relief .


903 10


Support of Poor, Miscellaneous


2,101 92


Taxes


249,886 45


City Auditor


$9 61


City Clerk


26 55


City Messenger


27 64


City Solicitor


88 39


City Treasurer .


270 98


Contingent Fund


283 01


Coupons Unpaid


26,057 50


Election Expenses :-


Commissioner Public Buildings


45 08


Pay of Election Officers


16 00


Executive Department


59 18


Fire Department, Combination Ladder Truck and Chemi- cal Engine


2,500 00


Highways :-


Construction


2,518 84


Paving Broadway, Bow and Summer Streets .


8,136 02


Tree Guards .


36 80


Inspection of Buildings


42 75


Interest ·


1,791 64


Overplus on Tax Sales


118 13


Printing and Stationery .


858 34


Public Buildings Construction :-


210 22


Primary School Building to relieve the Schools in Ward Six (George O. Proctor School) .


24,414 80


Luther V. Bell School Fire Escapes


1,500 00


Public Buildings Maintenance :-


Armory


800 00


City Hall


596 05


Public Library


1,978 11


Water Department


99 44


Public Grounds, Prospect Hill Park Completion


30


Public Library


23 33


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Art .


4,000 00


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Poetry


1,000 00


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Art


5 61


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Poetry


4 23


Reduction of Funded Debt


5,041 25


Sealer of Weights and Measures


37 59


Sewers Construction


6,747 08


Street Lights


114 96


Sundry Persons


524 21


Support of Poor, City Home


1.186 63


Temporary Loans .


350,000 00


.


$441,539 27


$441,539 27


.


Dormitory at City Home


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 145


APPROVAL OF TREASURER'S REPORT.


In Committee on Finance, February 3, 1905.


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 1904, reports that, in con- junction with the auditor, it has examined and audited the books and accounts of the treasurer and collector of taxes for the year ending December 31, 1904, and in the manner prescribed by section 7 of chapter 4 of the Revised Ordinances of 1900.


A careful comparison has been made with the books of the city auditor and with financial statements received from the several com- mittees, 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 officials of the banks.


The committee reports that no errors were discovered in the ac- counts and books of the treasurer and collector, and recommends that his report be accepted and printed in the annual reports of 1904.


JOHN J. HIGGINS,


W. F. BARKER,


Committee


WILLIAM A. FLAHERTY,


WALTER A. Dow, on


E. H. SPAULDING,


SIDNEY B. KEENE,


Finance.


F. D. WILKINS,


In Board of Aldermen, February 9, 1905. Accepted.


FREDERIC W. COOK, Assistant City Clerk.


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


School Committee Rooms, December 23, 1904.


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, 1904.


FREDERICK A. P. FISKE,


Chairman


DANA W. BENNETT,


Vice-Chairman


Members.


WARD ONE.


Term expires January.


46 Mt. Vernon street. 1905


145 Perkins street. 1906


WARD TWO.


273 Washington street. 1905


DANIEL H. BRADLEY,


19 Concord avenue. 1906


WARD THREE.


41 Putnam street. 1905


75 Walnut street. 1906


WARD FOUR.


13-A Maple avenue. 1905


GEORGE W. W. WHITING,


282 Broadway. 1906


WARD FIVE.


183 Central street. 1905


85 Central street. 1906


WARD SIX.


2 Benton road. 1905


FREDERICK A. P. FISKE,


44 Cherry street. 1906


WARD SEVEN.


HENRIETTA B. H. ATTWOOD, GEORGE C. MAHONEY,


18 Herbert street. 1905


415 Highland avenue. 1906


The Committee holds its regular meetings on the last Monday evening of each month, except July, August, and December, at 8.15 o'clock. The last meeting of the year is held on the Friday next pre- ceding 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, 82 Munroe street.


GEORGE S. POOLE, HENRY F. CURTIS,


EDWARD J. FLYNN,


DANA W. BENNETT,


GEORGE E. WHITAKER,


WILLIAM P. JONES,


J. WALTER SANBORN,


QUINCY E. DICKERMAN,


CHARLES H. HOOD,


STANDING COMMITTEES, 1904.


High Schools .- Whiting, Poole, Flynn, Bennett, Dickerman, Fiske. Mahoney.


LATIN, ENGLISH.


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


PRESCOTT, HANSCOM, DAVIS, BENNETT.


District (or Ward) II .- Flynn, Bradley.


KNAPP, PERRY, BAXTER.


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


POPE, BELL, CUMMINGS.


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


EDGERLY, GLINES.


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


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


CARR, MORSE, DURELL, BURNS, BROWN.


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


Additional School Accommodations .- Hood, Poole, Bradley, Bennett, Jones, Dickerman, Mahoney. 1


Evening Schools .- Dickerman, Bennett, Fiske.


Finance .- Bennett, Sanborn, Hood.


Industrial Education .- Curtis, Whitaker, Mrs. Attwood.


Music .- Whitaker, Poole, Mrs. Attwood.


Private Schools .- Bradley, Hood, Whiting.


Repairs of School Buildings .- Mahoney, Bradley, Jones.


Rules and Regulations .- Jones, Curtis, Fiske.


Salaries .- Poole, Whiting, Sanborn.


Supplies .- Sanborn, Whitaker, Hood.


Text-books and Courses of Study .- Flynn, Curtis, Whitaker, Jones, San- born, Fiske, Mrs. Attwood.


Vacation Schools .- Mrs. Attwood, Flynn, Dickerman.


Note .- The member first named is chairman.


REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.


To the School Committee of Somerville :-


In the preparation of the record of the thirty-third year of the school life of the city of Somerville, the general plan followed in previous years has been adopted. It is (1) the annual report ot the superintendent to the school committee; (2) custom makes it the report of the school board to their fellow-citizens which the law requires that body to make annually ; and (3) it is the school history of the year, and records many facts which should be permanently available for future reference. That there may be a comprehensive view of salient points, there is first. given a


Summary of Statistics.


United States census, 1890 .40,117


State census, 1895


.52,200


United States census, 1900


61,643


Estimated population, 1904, on the basis of assessed polls. . 69,213 Estimated population, 1904, on the basis of membership in December


.70,088


Children between five and fifteen years of age, October, 1903


11,627


Children between five and fifteen years of age, October, 1904


11,941


Increase


314


2 .- SCHOOL BUILDINGS.


1903.


1904.


Increase.


Number of school buildings


25


25


0


Number of classrooms


240


248


8


Valuation of school property .


$1,324,480


3. - TEACHERS.


1903.


1904.


Increase.


In high schools.


46


48


2


In grammar schools.


147


152


5


In primary schools


98


97


-1


In kindergartens


8


8


0


Total in elementary schools.


253


257


4


Special


7


7


0


Total


. . 306


312


6


4 .- ATTENDANCE FOR YEAR.


1903.


1904.


Increase.


Entire enrollment for the year


13,475


13,804


329


Average number belonging.


10,719


11,094


375


Average number attending.


10,056


10,422


366


Per cent. of daily attendance


93.9


93.9


0


High school graduates ..


181


179


-2


Grammar school graduates


484


512


28


150


ANNUAL REPORTS.


5 .- ATTENDANCE IN DECEMBER.


1903.


1904.


Increase. 441


Whole number attending.


13,065


13,506


In private schools


1,708


1,719


11


In public schools


11,357


11,787


430


In high schools


1,157


1,233


76


In elementary schools


10,000


10,357


357


In kindergarten.


200


197


-3


In first grade ..


1,651


1,586


-65


In second grade.


1,349


1,424


75


In third grade.


. 1,270


1,279


9


In fourth grade.


1,182


1,287


85


In fifth grade.


1,155


1,203


48


In sixth grade.


1,134


1,114


-20


In seventh grade.


964


1,003


39


In eighth grade.


751


851


100


In ninth grade


544


630


86


.. . .


6 .- COST OF SCHOOL MAINTENANCE.


1903.


1904.


Increase.


Salaries of teachers.


$238,163.61


$250,580.68


$12,417.07


Salaries of officers.


4,800.00


4,900.00


100.00


Cost of books and supplies.


20,872.70


21,411.25


538.55


Cost of light ..


2,015.30


1,435.70


-579.60


Cost of janitors'


services.


21,041.74


22,024.21


982.47


Cost of fuel.


18,052.46


15,315.30


-2,737.16


Telephones


236.60


236.60


Total cost of day and evening schools


304,945.81


315,903.74


10,957.93


Per capita cost.


28.46


28.48


.02


Cost of high school instruc- tion


52,432.91


54,653.17


2,220.26


Per capita cost


47.28


47.20


-. 08


7 .- MISCELLANEOUS.


1903.


1904.


Increase.


Paid for new school


buildings


$59,822.15


$23,703.11


-- $36,119.04


Repairs and permanent improvements


12,260.90


18,208.97


5,948.07


Total school expendi-


tures


377,028.86


357,815.82


-19,213.04 1,075,340.00


Per cent. of valuation spent to maintain


schools


0.535


0.544


0.009


Per cent. of valuation


spent for all school


purposes


0.661


0.616


-0.045


·


.


Valuation of city ..... 56,981,360.00


58,058,700.00


Existing Accommodations. The 12,000 public school pupils are at present housed in twenty-five school buildings. Of the two high schoolhouses and their 1,250 occupants, something will be said under the head of "High Schools." The elementary school pupils occupy twenty-three buildings,


BINGHAM SCHOOL.


151


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


One containing eighteen classrooms.


One containing sixteen classrooms.


One containing fourteen classrooms. One containing thirteen classrooms. Eight containing twelve classrooms each.


Two containing eight classrooms each.


Four containing six classrooms each.


Four containing four classrooms each,


making a total of 213 regular classrooms, which will accommo- date 9,800 pupils as classes average throughout the city. Be- sides these classrooms, there are at the present time six other rooms in use. Two of them are ward rooms, one in the Knapp and one in the Glines. Three originally designed for recitation rooms are in the Carr building; two of them hold twenty-four pupils each, and thirty-five are crowded into the third room. To accommodate the surplus ninth-grade pupils in the Hodgkins school, during the summer vacation a new room was made by combining a teachers' room with a portion of the corridor. Twenty-four pupils are crowded into this room. These six rooms to which reference has been made are by no means wholly un- suitable for school uses. They were not intended, however, for classrooms, and most of them are too small to accommodate the number of pupils generally assigned to a classroom, and are therefore abnormally expensive. But adding to the capacity of the legitimate classrooms the 200 seats furnished by these smaller rooms, we have a seating capacity of 10,000 for the elementary schools.


Eight of these classrooms are used by two divisions of first- grade pupils, one attending in the forenoon, and the other in the afternoon. Six additional schoolrooms are required for these half-time pupils. There are at present two rooms in the Lincoln school containing 120 pupils. A portion of these children might be sent to the ward room in the Hodgkins school, a room be- longing to the same class as those just described.


The twelfth room in the Bennett school in ward one was occupied in September. This proves that the apprehension that too large a building was being constructed had really no founda- tion. Financial limitations have probably prevented the erection of schoolhouses large enough to supply anything but the press- ing needs of the time. A wise economy foresees prospective re- quirements, and lessens net expenditures by building for the future.


The addition of eight rooms to the Bingham school was completed and occupied in March. This addition doubles the capacity of the building, and furnishes sixteen excellent class- rooms, fully equipped and conveniently arranged. Seventy-five children were transferred to this school from the Brown, and it was found necessary in September to send forty sixth-grade pupils out of the Bingham district to the Forster, in order to make room in the former building.


152


ANNUAL REPORTS.


The original Bingham schoolhouse was erected in 1887. Its capacity was doubled in 1893. The cost of the entire struc- ture is as follows :-




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