Report of the city of Somerville 1908, Part 10

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 466


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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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.


.


.


.


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.


.


.


.


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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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