USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Somerville > Report of the city of Somerville 1904 > Part 10
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36
$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 :-
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.