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788 74
Receipts :-
Cash, received of New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., labor . ·
26 65
$4,815 39
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
256 41
$5,071 80
.
.
24 50
$964 85
city teams
137
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid laborers .
$4,172 59
Boston Elevated Railway Co., car
10 00
William H. Claflin & Co., burlap 34 97 .
19 31
Frost Insecticide Co., insecticide
31 90
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
3 15
Hale & Mayhew Co., repairing tools
1 50
Florence Ham, clerical work
50 67
Mabel E. Hall, clerical work
12 00
McGrath & Woodley, books and tionery
sta-
32 00
Martin & Wood, repairing tools
12 75
Merrimac Chemical Co., arsenate lead
73 00
New England Oil Co., oil
19 13
W. E. Plumer & Co., supplies .
62 25
A. P. Rockwood, teaming
19 63
Somerville Journal Co., printing
111 00
Somerville Post-office, postage
10 00
Underhill Hardware Co., hardware
58 76
Walsh Brothers, labor and use of teams, 10 74
5 25
$4,994 10
Highways, Maintenance account, use of city teams . . . .
77 70
$5,071 80
Taxes.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
Cash, received for taxes of 1901
$5 18
66
66
66 1903
66
1904
99 44
66
1905
.
.
1,354 05
66
1907
282,134 62
66
66
66
1908
966,799 41
$1,250,651 32
Overlay and Abatement :-
Abatements on taxes of 1901
$159 00
66
66
1902
1903
84 28
66
66
1904
144 36
1905
22 00
66
66
66
1907
2,016 96
66
66
1908
. $6,963 24
71 65
7,034 89
Real Estate Liens, Taxes of 1902, City of Cambridge
Amount carried forward
$1,262,243 93
·
.
66 1902
.
.
10 98
.
14 00
233 64
66
66
1906
646 00
11,258 05 334 56
tickets
.
Fellows & Co., poles, etc.
.
.
.
.
233 50
Russell & Co., brooms and soap
G. H. Worcester & Co., wire brushes
10 00
P. Sutherland & Co., creosote oil
1906
1,150 56
138
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$1,262,243 93 Balance to debit of account, 1909 :- Being uncollected taxes of 1903
66
66
66
66 1905
3,705 10
66
66
66
1906
4,148 62
16
66
66 1907
7,108 07
66
66
66
66
1908
279,588 50
300,005 23
$1,562,249 16
DEBIT.
Balance from 1907
$308,826 36
Tax Levy, as per assessors'
warrant
of
August 10, 1908
1,237,694 72
Supplementary warrants, amounts credited to Overlay and Abatement account
15,728 08
$1,562,249 16
Temporary Loans.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1907
$380,000 00
Cash, borrowed by authority of the Board of Aldermen on notes as follows :-
City Note No. 665, nine months, 41/2 per cent., discounted
$25,000 00
City Notes Nos. 666-668, 670, 672-675,
100,000 00
262 days, 45/8 per cent., discounted City Note No. 664, nine months, 41/2 per cent., discounted
50,000 00
City Note No. 676, seven months, 15
25,000 00
City Note No. 677, 214 days, 4.15 per cent., discounted . City Note No. 678, eight months, 4.25 per cent., discounted City Note No. 679, one year, 4 per cent., discounted .
50,000 00
25,000 00
. City Note No. 680, twelve months, 4 per cent., discounted . . City Note No. 681, twelve months, 4 per cent., discounted . City Notes Nos. 682-685, 244 days, 3.85 per cent., discounted . City Note No. 686, twelve months, 33/4 per cent.
50,000 00
50,000 00
150,000 00
25,000 00
City Note No. 687, twelve months, 3.85 per cent. City Note No. 688, twelve months, 33/4 per cent. ·
50,000 00
25,000 00
City Note No. 690, 36 days, 3 per cent.
50,000 00
700,000 00
$1,080,000 00
-
66
66 1904
$2,690 14
2,764 80
.
days, 41/2 per cent., discounted
25,000 00
139
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid as follows :-
City Note No. 661
$30,000 00
City Note No. 662
20,000 00
City Note No. 660
25,000 00
City Note No. 663
30,000 00
Citv Note No. 647
50,000 00
City Note No. 658
25,000 00
City Note No. 650
25,000 00
City Note No. 651
15,000 00
City Note No. 652
10,000 00
City Note No. 653
25,000 00
City Note No. 648
30,000 00
City Note No. 649
20,000 00
City Note No. 654
50,000 00
City Note No. 659
10,000 00
City Note No. 646
15,000 00
City Note No. 664
50,000 00
City Note No. 666
10,000 00
City Note No. 667
10,000 00
City Note No. 668
10,000 00
City Note No. 670
10,000 00
City Note No. 672
15,000 00
City Note No. 673
15,000 00
City Note No. 674
15,000 00
City Note No. 675
15,000 00
City Note No. 677
25,000 00
City Note No. 690 .
50,000 00
City Note No. 665
25,000 00
City Note No. 676
25,000 00
City Note No. 678
50,000 00
Balance to credit of account, 1909
375,000 00
$1,080,000 00
Water Loan Interest.
CREDIT.
Water Works Income, amount appropriated
$2,720 00
DEBIT.
Coupons maturing April 1, 1908 :-
$26,000, six months, 4 per cent.
$520 00
Coupons maturing July 1, 1908 :-
$12,000, six months, 4 per cent.
240 00
Coupons maturing October 1, 1908:
520 00
Coupons maturing January 1, 1909 :-
$10,000, six months, 4 per cent.
200 00
$1,480 00
Registered Bonds :-
Interest due April 1, 1908 . $620 00
Interest due October 1, 1908 · 620 00
1,240 00
$2,720 00
.
$705,000 00
$26,000, six months, 4 per cent.
140
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Water Maintenance.
CREDIT.
Water Works Income, amount appropriated
$30,000 00
Water Works Extension account, amount transferred
1,549 18
Water Works Income account, balance transferred
1,012 13
$30,537 05
Receipts :-
Cash, received of sundry persons, costs
$32 00
Sundry persons, pipe, fittings, etc.
2,903 20
grounding wires
250 00
3,185 20
Stock and labor billed other departments :- Highways, Maintenance account, labor
$58 64
Highways, Watering Streets account, water posts
234 44
Public Grounds account, labor
100 69
Sewers, 'Construction account, pipe
25 13
Support of Poor, City Home account, labor,
3 68
Water Works Extension account, stock
12,932 68
13,355 26
$47,077 51
DEBIT. · (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid laborers . ·
$18,893 26
Frank E. Merrill, salary as water com-
missioner
2,300 00
disbursements
184 35
Charles E. Childs, inspector
1,001 71
disbursements
48 45
Lillian E. Leavitt, assistant
900 00
disbursements ·
8 70
Laura E. Peavey, assistant
700 00
Marion L. Morrison, clerical services
304 00
Josephine M. Briggs, clerical services
32 00
American Express Co., expressing .
64 15
Philip Aberle, stamps .
403 72
Anderson Coupling Co., fittings
74 67
American Stave & Cooperage Co., tank .
17 00
Boston & Maine Railroad Corporation, freight . . .
141 82
Braman, Dow & Co., pipe and fittings
637 31
D. J. Bennett, harness repairs .
72 70
Charles Booth, wood .
25 00
Brosnihan Wrench Co., wrenches
18 00
Herbert E. Bowman, medicine
7 62
W. B. Brown & Co., guards
12 44
Boston Elevated Railway Co., tickets
25 00
Harold L. Bond Co., tools and packing
27 93
Bay State Oil Co., gasolene
1 00
George F. Blake Mfg. Co., machine work ·
20 00
J. F. Berton, painting
7 50
Amount carried forward
$25,928 33
.
.
.
·
.
$31,549 18
Edison Electric Illuminating Co.,
.
141
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward .
Builders' Iron Foundry, reading glass
$25,928 33 2 00
Baker Asphalt Paving Co., repairing pavement .
19 00
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., valves, etc. .
62 06
Chadwick Boston Lead Co., pipe .
240 49
Columbia-Webcowit Press, printing
30 50
William H. Casey & Co., bricks ·
11 18
Clifford Wagon Co., wagon
125 00
William R. Conard, inspecting pipe
16 04
Churcher Electric & Mfg. Co., aqua- phones .
10 32
Cambridge Ice Co., ice
24 87
Hannah Crowley, claim
100 00
Carter's Ink Co., ink .
1 13
Julian D'Este Co., brass
186 84
Derby Desk Co., repairs
1 00
F. C. Dinsmore, horse
200 00
Davis & Farnum Mfg. Co., water posts
84 20
Edson Mfg. Co., repairs and tools
26 61
Electric Goods Mfg. Co., wiring
11 67
Elliott Co., punch
60
Fairbanks Co., valves
81 53
Brooks Faxon, repairing motor
15 65
Fitz, Dana & Co., lead
465 18
Fire & Water Engineering, subscription,
3 00
Fred W. Farrar, repairs to clock
.
.
9 10
Gifford Wood Co., tools
·
3 70
Globe Gas Light Co., bulbs, etc.
10 01
Thomas Groom & Co., books .
57 25
Glines & Co., expressing .
55
F. W. Gilbert, rubber boots
23 00
Garlock Packing Co., packing for pump,
3 26
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory .
4 00
Groton Ice Co., ice use of car, etc.
49 56
Hersey Mfg. Co., meter parts
24 96
Charles R. Hildred, expenses
2 00
William S. Howe, cups and bibb
9 68
Fred M. Hutchinson, expenses
. 50
Henry C. Hunt Co., leather
2 80
Highland Coal Co., cement
19 15
Hubb Wire Cloth & Wire Work Co., wire
2 94
Hale & Mayhew Co., repairing wagon
2 00
H. H. Harvey, hammer
80
Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co., fittings .
2,101 37
George W. Ladd, horseshoeing
75 70
Lord & Webster, hay
162 29
T. E. Littlefield, lumber
30 76
Cyril J. Larivee, lumber
7 32
Library Bureau, cabinet, etc.
20 98
C. W. Lerned & Co., disinfectant
23 70
Wesley A. Maynard, printing
31 75
H. Mueller Mfg. Co., fittings
362 40
Timothy A. Murley, labor .
2 18
Thomas McNeill, expenses
9 70
Amount carried forward
$30,741 96
.
.
3 00
Gilman Express Co., expressing
.
37 35
142
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward . ·
$30,741 96
George F. McKenna & Son, use wagon
of
13 50
William M. L. McAdams, supplies ·
2 00
New England Oil Co., oil .
52 93
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service
233 07
National Meter Co., meter parts -
37 95
Neptune Meter Co., meter parts
63 12
New England Towel Supply Co., use of towels
5 40
M. Norton & Co., hose
45 00
Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing
.
98 00
Fulton O'Brion, oats, etc.
264 08
Olds Motor Works, castings
2 16
Michael O'Keefe, sand
2 00
George G. Page Box Co., boxes
147 63
W. E. Plumer & Co., supplies .
140 91
R. G. Perkins, claim
55 00
Proctor Brothers, oats
364 96
John B. Rufer, horseshoeing
30 50
Rensselaer Mfg. Co., valves
367 80
A. G. Renner, expressing .
95
James H. Roberts & Co., machinery Richards & Co., lead .
12 02
J. E. Richardson, veterinary services
45 00
W. P. Rice, lumber
52 88
Somerville Iron Foundry, castings . Sanborn Map Co., corrections .
20 00
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., writer
92 25
Somerville Journal Co., printing
255 80
Samuel Ward Co., stationery
13 22
E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware
95
J. P. Sheehan, suit
2 50
Thomson Meter Co., meters
3,005 04
L. H. Truesdell & Co., show card
1 50
J. H. Thompson, use of horse .
6 00
Nathan Tufts & Sons, oats
137 82
Fred J. Thomsen, car fares
6 90
Turner & Co., envelopes
20 50
Union Water Meter Co., fittings
2,549 66
Charles L. Underhill, wagon repairs
257 70
Union Glass Co., globes
12 75
Underhill Hardware Co., supplies
86 83
W. H. Vinton, washers
4 00
R. D. Wood & Co., pipe
3,227 77
Henry R. Worthington, meters
3,566 27
Walworth Mfg. Co., tools and fittings
32 24
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., tools, etc.
262 10
Webcowit Press, printing .
9 50
Warren Brothers Co., repairing pave- ment
15 71
R. Woodman Mfg. & Supply Co., wire
29 00
Waldo Brothers, cement
4 50
Samuel Ward Co., office supplies
26 80
Frederick B. Witherley, castings
40 07
Wilkinson Press, charge books
4 35
Williams & Neiley, printing
6 50
Western Electric Co., supplies .
2 55
Amount carried forward .
$46,943 19
.
373 05
type-
.
.
.
85 49
.
.
.
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
143
Amount brought forward .
$46,943 19
Wellington-Wild Coal Co., coal 8 40
Welch, Dwyer & Grady, wagon
25 00
Young Machine & Tool Co., machinery parts
2 50
$46,979 09
Highways, Maintenance account, labor and materials 94 67
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings account, bricks 3 75
$47,077 51
Water Service Assessments.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
Cash, received of sundry persons, cost of services laid $3,122 77
Transferred to Water Works Extension account
$3,122 77
Water Works, Abatement on Water Charges.
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid sundry persons, money refunded $242 04
Transferred to debit of Water Works Income account
$242 04
Water Works Extension.
CREDIT.
Water Works Income account, amount appropriated
$15,000 00
Water Service Assessments account, amount transferred .
3,122 77
Water Maintenance account, amount transferred
1,549 18
$16,573 59
Receipts :-
Highways, Watering Streets account, water posts
324 60
$16,898 19
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid laborers
$3,151 00
T. F. Crimmings, contract labor
480 20
Bartholomew Burke, contract labor
194 27
Charles A. Kelley, contract labor
128 04
$3,953 51
Public Grounds account, repairing drain
12 00
Water Maintenance account, stock
12,932 68
$16,898 19
$18,122 77
144
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Water Works Income.
CREDIT.
Metered Water Charges, last quarter 1908 uncollected Receipts :-
$24,974 46
Cash, received of sundry water takers Less
$198,477 15
10 00
$198,467 15
Less abatements .
242 04
198,225 11
Total income, sales of water
223,199 57
Water Maintenance account, balance transferred 1,012 13
$224,211 70
DEBIT.
Water Maintenance account, amount ap- propriated . Reduction of Funded Debt, Water Loan Bonds, amount appropriated
$30,000 00
7,000 00
Water Loan Interest, amount appropriated Water Works Extension account, amount appropriated
15,000 00
Sewers Maintenance account, amount ap- propriated
12,000 00
Fire Department account, amount appro- priated
38,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Metro- politan Water Assessment
108,691 08
Reduction of Funded Debt account, balance transferred
10,800 62
$224,211 70
Table D .- Balances December 31, 1908.
Cash
$55,109 24
Contingent Fund
5 12
Election Expenses, Commissioner of Public Buildings . .
359 78
Electrical Department
1,003 63
Fire Department
.
.
170 97
Grade Crossings
32,879 52
Health Department
2,380 29
and Offal
748 97
Health Department, Contagious Disease Hospital Accounts for Collection
1,956 43
Highway Betterment Assessments
7,179 21
Metered Water Charges
24,974 46
Public Buildings Maintenance :-
City Buildings
1,052 94
Fire Department
107 22
Janitors' Salaries
755 44
Schoolhouses
260 35
Public Grounds
49 99
Real Estate Liens
2,293 76
Amount carried forward
$131,287 32
-
.
.
Health Department, Collection .
of Ashes
.
2,720 00
1
145
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$131,287 32 -
School Contingent
102 38
Sewer Assessments .
4,218 56
Sidewalk Assessments
7,987 16
Soldiers' Relief
611 77
State of Massachusetts
18,038 00
Support of Poor, Miscellaneous
649 14
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown-Tail
Moths
256 41
Taxes
300,005 23
Assessors
$240 03
City Auditor
10 11
City Clerk
205 26
City Engineer
12
City Messenger
65 77
City Solicitor
63 38
City Treasurer
382 94
Coupons
16,725 00
Election Expenses :- City Clerk
392 10
Pay of Election Officers
27 00
Registrars of Voters
126 88
Electrical Department, Underground Construction Executive Department
39 52
Fire Department, Additional Apparatus
59 55
Health Department :-
Contagious Disease Hospital
4,077 46
Medical Inspection in Public Schools
88 25
Highways :-
Construction
2,099 80
Maintenance
5,613 98
Shade Trees
33 38
Watering Streets
1,996 18
Inspection of Buildings
68 66
Interest
2,067 97
Military Aid
360 00
Overlay and Abatement .
11,563 04
Overplus on Tax Sales
118 13
Police
1,290 46
Printing and Stationery
264 94
Public Buildings Construction, Building Public Buildings Public Library
1 46
Public Library, West Somerville Branch
. 65 1
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Art
35 62
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund, Income, Poetry Reduction of Funded Debt
24 29
10,185 02
Sealer of Weights and Measures
9 53
Sewers, Construction
10,832 03
Sewers, Maintenance
1 05
Sidewalks, Construction
309 13
Sidewalks, Maintenance
1,007 68
Soldiers' Monument
11,418 47
Sundry Persons
699 65
Support of Poor, City Home
796 23
Suppression of Elm Leaf Beetle
1 55
Temporary Loans
375,000 00
$463,155 97
$463,155 97
1,680 83
3,171 87
146
ANNUAL REPORTS.
APPROVAL OF TREASURER'S REPORT.
In Committee on Finance, February 25, 1909. To the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-
Gentlemen: The committee on finance presents the report of Edwin L. Pride, expert accountant, as its report as an audit of the books and accounts of the City Treasurer, and recommends that the report of the treasurer be printed in the annual reports of 1908.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT M. LAVENDER, CHARLES W. ELDRIDGE, LESLIE E. A. SMITH, PHILIP KOEN, CLARENCE A. SMITH, RAY R. RIDEOUT.
Committee
Finance.
In Board of Aldermen, February 25, 1909. Accepted.
FREDERIC W. COOK, Clerk.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
School Committee Rooms, January 1, 1909.
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.
CHARLES S. CLARK, Secretary of School Board.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1908.
FREDERICK A. P. FISKE, HENRY H. FOLSOM,
.
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
MEMBERS.
Term expires
EX-OFFICIIS. January.
CHARLES A. GRIMMONS, Mayor, 72 Thurston street.
1909
LEONARD W. COLE, Pres. Board of Aldermen, 5 Homer square. 1909
WARD ONE.
ELMER H. SPAULDING,
44 Tufts street. 1909
DR. HENRY F. CURTIS,
145 Perkins street. 1910
WARD TWO.
THOMAS M. CLANCY,
52 Springfield street. 1909
DANIEL H. BRADLEY,
19 Concord avenue. 1910
WARD THREE.
WILBUR S. CLARKE,
40 Vinal avenue. 1909
GEORGE E. WHITAKER,
75 Walnut street. 1910
WARD FOUR.
GEORGE W. FOSTER,
7 Evergreen avenue. 1909
CHARLES A. KIRKPATRICK, JR.,
27 Sewall street. 1910
WARD FIVE.
J. WALTER SANBORN,
183 Central street. 1909
HENRY H. FOLSOM,
103 Central street. 1910
WARD SIX.
LEON M. CONWELL,
1 Harvard place. 1909
FREDERICK A. P. FISKE,
44 Cherry street. 1910
WARD SEVEN.
MRS. HENRIETTA B. H. ATTWOOD, 12 Park avenue. 1909
DR. GEORGE C. MAHONEY,
97 College avenue. 1910
Superintendent of Schools. CHARLES S. CLARK.
Office: City Hall Annex, Highland avenue. Residence: 18 Pleasant avenue.
The Superintendent's office will be open on school days from 8 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. Superintendent's clerks :- Mary A. Clark, 42 Highland avenue. Mildred A. Merrill, 57 Berkeley street.
STANDING COMMITTEES, 1908.
Note .- The member first named is chairman.
High Schools .- Sanborn, Mahoney, Curtis, Clancy, Clarke, Foster, Conwell.
District I .- Spaulding, Curtis, Foster.
PRESCOTT, HANSCOM, DAVIS, BENNETT.
District II .- Clancy, Bradley, Clarke.
KNAPP, PERRY, BAXTER.
District III .- Clarke, Whitaker, Curtis.
POPE, BELL, CUMMINGS.
District IV .- Foster, Kirkpatrick, Cole. - EDGERLY, GLINES.
District V .- Sanborn, Folsom, Kirkpatrick. FORSTER, BINGHAM.
District VI .- Conwell, Fiske, Folsom.
CARR, MORSE, PROCTOR, DURELL, BURNS, BROWN.
District VII .- Mrs. Attwood, Mahoney, Conwell. HIGHLAND, HODGKINS, LINCOLN, LOWE.
Additional School Accommodations .- Mahoney, Sanborn, Curtis, Clancy, Clarke, Kirkpatrick, Conwell, Grimmons, Cole. Evening Schools .- Folsom, Whitaker, Fiske.
Finance .- Kirkpatrick, Spaulding, Conwell, Grimmons, Cole. Industrial Education .- Foster, Clarke, Mrs. Attwood. Medical Inspection .- Curtis, Clancy, Mahoney.
Music .- Mrs. Attwood, Curtis, Bradley.
Private Schools .- Clancy, Spaulding, Kirkpatrick.
Repairs of School Buildings .- Fiske, Foster, Folsom.
Rules and Regulations .- Bradley, Folsom, Fiske.
Salaries .- Spaulding, Whitaker, Sanborn. Supplies .- Clarke, Bradley, Sanborn.
Text-Books and Courses of Study .- Whitaker, Spaulding, Bradley, Kirk- patrick, Folsom, Fiske, Mrs. Attwood.
Vacation Schools .- Conwell, Foster, Mahoney.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
To the School Committee of Somerville :-
Herewith is submitted the report for the current year which, by your Rules and Regulations, the Superintendent is required annually to prepare as the report of the School Board. Facts of attendance, cost of maintenance and instruction, and other matters of organization are fully set forth in the usual statistical tables. But as my service in the schools began in September and extends over but a small part of the fiscal year, it seems appropriate to confine discussion to general conditions of the schools, and to leave to other occasions suggestions and recommendations.
1 .- Summary of Statistics.
Population, United States census, 1890
40,117
Population, state census, 1895.
52,200
Population, United States census, 1900.
61,643
Population, state census, 1905.
69,272
Children between five and fifteen years of age, October,
1907, by school census.
12,298
Children between five and fifteen years of age, October, 1908, by school census.
12,217
Decrease
81
2. - SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
1907.
1908.
Increase.
Number of school buildings
26
26
0
Number of classrooms ...
279
287
8
Valuation of school property.
$1,443,280
3 .- TEACHERS.
1907.
1908.
Increase.
In high schools.
57
58
1
In grammar schools.
161
164
3
In primary schools
99
104
5
In kindergartens.
8
8
0
Total in elementary schools.
268
276
8
Cadet teachers.
3
1
-2
Special
9
10
1
Total
337
345
8
4 .- ATTENDANCE FOR YEAR.
1907.
1908.
Increase.
Entire enrollment for the year
14,802
15,105
303
Average number belonging.
11,909
12,159
250
Average number attending
11,166
11,458
292
Per cent. of daily attendance.
93.8
94.2
0.4
High school graduates
223
235
12
Grammar school graduates
725
742
17
151
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
5 .- ATTENDANCE IN DECEMBER.
1907.
1908.
Increase.
Whole number attending
14,223
14,640
417
In private schools.
1,735
1,838
103
In public schools
12,488
12,802
314
In high schools.
1,584
1,663
79
In elementary schools.
10,710
10,943
233
In kindergarten.
194
196
2
In first grade.
1,532
1,572
40
In second grade.
1,384
1,430
46
In third grade.
1,375
1,349
-26
In fourth grade.
1,337
1,307
-30
In fifth grade.
1,239
1,300
61
In sixth grade.
1,201
1,211
10
In seventh grade.
1,022
1,138
116
In eighth grade.
831
865
34
In ninth grade.
.... ...
789
771
-18
6 .- COST OF SCHOOL MAINTENANCE.
1907.
1908.
Increase.
Salaries of teachers
$267,607.11
$289,190.45
$21,583.34
Salaries of officers.
5,500.00
5,210.50
-289.50
Cost of books and supplies. .
24,317.33
26,377.15
2,059.82
Cost of light.
3,760.08
3,830.73
70.65
Cost of janitors' services
23,999.00
25,245.19
1,246.19
Cost of fuel.
15,235.48
14,911.94
-323.54
Telephones
433.07
386.02
-47.05
Total cost of day and evening schools
340,852.07
365,151.98
24,299.91
Per capita cost.
28.62
30.03
1.41
Cost of high school instruc- tion
64,731.50
68,029.27
3,297.77
Per capita cost.
44.07
43.52
-0.55
7 .- MISCELLANEOUS.
1907.
1908.
Increase.
Paid for new school
buildings
$31,804.34
$18,271.25
-$13,533.09
Repairs and permanent improvements ..
18,007.85
17,792.21
-215.64
Total school expendi-
tures
390,664.26
401,215.44
10,571.18
Valuation of city ...
.61,527,750.00
. 63,158,400.00
1,630,650.00
Number of dollars
spent to maintain
schools out of every
$1,000 of valuation ..
5.54
5,78
0.24
Number of dollars
spent for all school
purposes out of
every
$1,000
of
valuation
6.35
6.35
0.00
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School Census, The usual enumeration of children was begun in September. With the exception of one person, the work was done by the force which made the count last year, thereby making probable a thorough canvass of the city. Fol- lowing are the returns for this year and a comparison with last year's figures :-
152
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Number of children between five and fifteen years of age October 1 :-
1908.
1907.
Change.
Ward 1.
2,068
2,008
+60
66
2
2,443
2,607
164
3
1,055
1,095
-40
66
4
1,036
1,001
+35
5
1,989
1,910
+79
66
6
2,073
2,054
+19
7
1,553
1,623
-70
Total
12,217
12,298
-81
Twelve thousand two hundred and seventeen children be- tween the ages of five and fifteen were reported, a loss of eighty-one since last year. It is noteworthy that the decrease appears in districts where the schools are especially over- crowded, namely, in wards two, three, and seven, while there is an increase in each of the remaining wards.
School Registration. Concurrent with this school census the registration in the public and private schools of children be- tween five and fifteen was 12,363. By adding to this 455, the number of children reported by the census takers as being out of school, the result is 12,818 children between the ages of five and fifteen, a gain of 203 over our last year's registration, and 601 more than the number reported by the census takers this year. Once more, the total number actually in school October 1 is 12,363. This is 146 more than the number of children reported in the school census. Without attempting to explain the dis- crepancy between the figures of the school census and those of the school registration more than to say that absolute exactness is possible in counting children who are in school, it is clear that there are over 200 children more in the schools this year than last year.
School Attendance. The attendance at the public schools during the year is as follows :-
Whole number enrolled in 1908, 15,105, an increase over last year of 303 pupils.
The average membership is 12,159, an increase over last year of 250 pupils.
Percentage of attendance is 94.2; that of last year, 93.8.
The increase in the annual enrollment is greater than that of the year preceding, and the percentage of attendance is higher than for any year since 1898, except that of 1905.
There were 3,882 cases of tardiness, 288 cases fewer than last year, notwithstanding the fact that the number of pupils is greater. This would indicate that there has been no falling off in the efficiency of the schools as represented by either the at- tendance or tardiness reports.
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