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$2,352 47
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Somerville Journal Co., printing annual reports
$1,561 78
ordinances
773 19
Somerville Post-office, postage
17 50
$2,352 47
138
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Contingent Fund.
CREDIT.
Excess and Deficiency account, amount transferred .
$300 00 Appropriation
800 00
Municipal Loan, amount appropriated . .
7,000 00
Independence Day account, amount transferred . >
500 00
$7,600 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .
7,038 20
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid John Bousfield, ringing bell
$11 00
John H. Dusseault, expenses . .
47 80
Fifth Massachusetts Regiment Veteran Association, reunion expenses .
150 00
Benjamin F. Freeman, frame, portrait,
101 00
Enoch Ghent, ringing bell . .
8 00
George N. Hager, ringing bell
3 00
J. W. Howard, floral designs .
60 00
H. A. Kendall, ringing bell
9 00
Howard Lowell & Sons, carriage hire .
10 00
M. G. Staples, ringing bell
7 00
W. C. Towne, ringing bell
5 00
Thirty-ninth Massachusetts Regiment
150 00
$561 80
Building Public Buildings.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1911 .
$90 02
Amounts transferred from the following accounts :
City Hall, Additional Accommodations
36 58
Police Building, Vault .
5 10
Fire Station, Winter Hill
11 80
Hodgkins School Addition
239 71
Ward One Branch Library .
53 28
Union Square Branch Library
14 24
Balance to credit of account, 1913 .
450 73
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS.
Interest.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
Water Works Income account, amount appropriated
1,740 00
Police Department account, amount transferred
2,000 00
Amount carried forward
$79,740 00
.
$8,100 00
$561 80
etc.
Association, catering and music . .
$450 73
$80,000 00
$81,740 00
139
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward . $79,740 00 Cash, received accrued interest on bond issues, 1912 . 1,751 89
$81,491 89
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 517 37
$80,974 52
DEBIT.
Coupons maturing April 1, 1912 .
$12,635 00
Coupons maturing July 1,
1912 . 13,317 50
Coupons maturing October 1, 1912 . 11,787 50
Coupons maturing January 1, 1913 .
14,320 00
Cash, paid interest on Registered Bonds :- Interest due April 1, 1912 . $4,475 00
Interest due July 1, 1912
1,560 00
Interest due October 1,
1912 . ·
3,980 00
Interest due January 1,
1913
. 1,990 00
12,005 00
On Temporary Loans :- Notes Nos. 99-
104, 254 days . $1,968 50
Notes Nos. 105. 116, 264 days . 4,092 00
$6,060 50
Less premium . 2 00
Notes Nos. 117-119, 230
days .
878 47
Less premium . 1 00
3,505 22
Notes Nos. 126-128, 126
days
595 00
Notes Nos. 125-135, 288 days
2,864 00
days . .
3,008 33
16,909 52
$80,974 52
Memorandum Showing Total 1912 Interest.
Interest on Temporary Loans of City . Interest on City Bonds :- Water Bonds
$1,740 00
City Loan, etc. .
62,325 00
64,065 00
Amount carried forward
$80,974 52
1
$52,060 00
$6,058 50
Notes Nos. 120- 125, 343 days . $3,506 22
Notes Nos. 145-150, 152
$16,909 52
140
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward . $80,974 52
Interest on Metropolitan Assessments :-
(See Commonwealth of Massachusetts account) Metropolitan Sewers $27,206 08
Metropolitan Parks 13,350 94
Charles River Basin .
.
2,771 33
Alewife Brook e
498 75
Metropolitan Water Assessment
68,205 16
Interest on State Assessments :-
112,032 26 (See Commonwealth of Massachusetts account) Abolition of Grade Crossings . 1,973 53
$194,980 31
Reduction of Funded Debt.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1911 .
$7,579 80
Appropriation .
166,000 00
Water Works Income, amount appropriated (Water
6,000 00
Maintenance School Buildings account, amounts trans-
ferred
2,579 80
$177,000 00
Balance to credit of account, 1913
5,848 20
$171,151 80
Cash, received premiums on bonds
6,220 70
$177,372 50
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid bonds maturing in 1912 .
$177,000 00
Old Colony Trust Company, preparation
and certification of bonds 372 50
$177,372 50
Memorandum of Total Payments in 1912 on Account of Debt.
Water Bonds
City Loan, Sewer, etc. .
.
.
$6,000 00 171,000 00
On account of Metropolitan District Debt :- (See Commonwealth of Massachusetts account) Metropolitan Sewers . $15,364 74
Metropolitan Parks 4,705 82
Charles River Basin . 200 64
Alewife Brook 750 00
Metropolitan Water Assessment
24,915 28
On account of State Assessment :-
45,936 48 (See Commonwealth of Massachusetts account) Abolition of Grade Crossings . 9,088 87
$232,025 35
.
Bonds)
.
$179,579 80
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 141
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES.
Water Maintenance.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
Revenue, amount appropriated
.
$34,000 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred .
6,422 07
$40,422 07
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
$22,058 07
Frank E. Merrill, salary as water com- missioner .
2,300 00
disbursements, and auto use
326 41
Lillian E. Leavitt, assistant
900 00
Laura E. Peavey, assistant
228 82
Josephine M. Sander, assistant
219 26
Lula E. Chapman, clerical services .
204 00
Edna L. Goodwin, clerical services .
64 00
Eleanor P. Turner, clerical services
9 34
Charles R. Hildred, foreman assistant .
1,033 50
American Express Co., expressing .
24 61
American Belting & Tanning Co.,
leather ·
1 05
C. Bowen, teaming
16 00
Boston & Lockport Block Co., hose
10 50
Charles Booth, wood .
8 00
Patrick J. Bergin, disbursements
4 00
D. J. Bennett, harness repairs .
60 75
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight .
243 54
Braman, Dow & Co., service fittings
950 68
Brown-Howland Co., cards
9 80
Builders' Iron Foundry, castings .
787 30
George L. Brown, torch
2 00
Harold L. Bond Co., packing and tools .
109 55
W. H. Broderick, veterinary services
6 00
Cambridge Ice Co., ice .
3 93
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, inspec- tion 5 00
Columbia Tire & Top Co., repairing curtains
5 50
Frank E. Cutter, automobile
500 00
Joe Cotter, sheet iron 12 00
1,236 39
Earl C. Combie, disbursements
96
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., valves .
255 30
Crossman Plating Co., side lights
3 25
W. R. Conard, inspection .
56 91
Cambridge Gas Light Co., repairing pipe
4 46
Leander T. DeCelles, labor .
11 17
Neils A. Dolleris & Son Co., tanks
3 00
Amount carried forward
$32,321 12
·
Chadwick-Boston Lead Co., lead pipe . City of Cambridge, offset
5 35
$30,000 00 4,000 00
Cash, paid laborers .
Marion L. Morrison, assistant
632 72
142
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
$32,321 12
Julian D'Este Co., brass, etc. .
161 25
J. A. Durell, fittings .
70
Davenport-Brown Co., lumber
2 90
L. J. Dervin, services
2 00
The Elliott Co., stencil blanks .
6 31
J. H. Edwards, blacksmithing
230 88
Edson Mfg. Co., tools
13 23
Eastern Salt Co., salt . 15 59
A. M. Eames & Co., rims
3 00
Frank E. Fitts Mfg. & Supply Co., waste 22 69
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., tires
70 60
Fresh Pond Ice Co., ice .
72 01
Green & Swett Co., oils
62 36
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory . Glines & Co., expressing .
55
A. C. Gordon, painting
. 50
The B. F. Goodrich Co., tires .
109 38
Gilman Express Co., expressing
54 58
F. W. Gilbert, rubber boots .
51 00
Thomas Groom & Co., books .
47 00
Globe Gas Light Co., furnaces Gulf Refining Co., oil
115 72
Grace S. Graves, multigraphing
8 00
The Gould Mfg. Co., leathers .
20
The Charles R. Gow Co., labor
63 40
R. D. Hildred, carfares
11 30
Fred A. Houdlette & Son, pipe
2,563 50
Hood Rubber Co., tires .
21 75
Hill-Michie Co., oil and tires .
85 63
Hersey Mfg. Co., meter parts .
44 29
William S. Howe, tray, etc.
18 89
Hoffman Paint & Varnish Co., oil .
9 31
International Harvester Co., repairs to truck . 110 11
The Kehew Bradley Co., oil
3 00
J. A. Kiley, labor on truck
70 90
Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., valves
601 70
Lord & Webster Co., hay .
207 12
George W. Ladd, blacksmithing
193 45
Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co., pipe and fittings
2,025 03
T. E. Littlefield, lumber
138 29
Library Bureau, cards
56 64
Mason Regulator Co., engine parts .
35 37
Metropolitan Water & Sewerage Board, pipe, etc. 155 35
H. Mueller Mfg. Co., service fittings
431 52
Melrose Automobile Co., vaporizer
1 50
Wesley A. Maynard, printing .
13 50
Thomas McNeill, disbursements overtime
and
62 47
Martin & Wood, sharpening tools . .
6 95
Millett Signal Co., detectorphone . ·
10 00
New England Towel Supply Co., use of towels 5 40
Amount carried forward
$40,333 63
4 00
10 69
143
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward .
$40,333 63
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service .
183 34
National Meter Co., meter parts .
39 53
Neptune Meter Co., meters
515 58
Norwood Engineering Co., hydrants
561 95
North Somerville Coal Co., use horse
of
6 00
Fulton O'Brion, grain
344 24
Elizabeth Oxley, claim
20 00
Owl Supply Co., clips
4 50
The Pratt & Cady Co., gates .
319 94
W. E. Plumer & Co., tools, etc. .
113 68
Parry Brick Co., bricks
19 35
Phelps Bros., grain
74 18
George G. Page Box Co., meter boxes .
34 30
Postal Telegraph Cable Co., telegrams .
89
Henry W. Perry, acid .
1 04
The Prest-O-Lite Co., tanks re-charged .
60
Proctor Bros. Grain Co., grain
.
134 85
Russell Shoe Co., rubber boots
10 50
Renner's Express, expressing .
15
Rensselaer Valve Co., valves and hy- drants
647 65
John B. Rufer, blacksmithing
72 15
Remington Typewriter Co., repairs .
2 70
Sanborn Map Co., corrections
10 00
Florence P. Stoddard, claim
1 50
Stewart & Clark Mfg. Co., shafts .
6 55
E. S. Sparrow & Co., tools .
91 85
Standard Oil Company of New York, gasoline
808 23
Stanley Motor Carriage Co., repairs
191 68
Frederick W. Shepperd, subscription
3 00
Somerville Iron Foundry, castings
435 89
Somerville Journal Co., printing
452 35
J. Silk Co., sand
14 00
Standard Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co., pipe and fittings
2,872 68
Somerville Post-office, postage
752 48
Scott & Tingloff, oak rings
17 50
L. H. Truesdell & Co., labor, etc. Thompson, Durkee Co., tips for
7 00
bubblers
5 88
Fred J. Thomsen, disbursements .
13 05
Turner Asbestos Co., pipe covering
9 26
Turner & Co., envelopes .
52 50
Thomson Meter Co., meters
2,029 14
William J. Thompson & Co., wood .
159 60
Nathan Tufts & Sons, grain .
59 20
Underhill Hardware Co., tools
66 62
Union Water Meter Co., meters and service fittings
1,477 04
Vernon Street Garage, chains
7 20
William E. Valentine & Co., stencils
4 93
W. H. Vinton, washers
2 75
I. B. Walker, labor .
75
Amount carried forward
$52,993 38
.
.
144
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward . $52,993 38
R. Woodman Mfg. & Supply Co., wire .
33 14
Samuel Ward Co., books . 106 48
Wetherbee Bros., engine, etc. .
17 00
Walworth Mfg. Co., service fittings ·
96 66
Henry R. Worthington, meters
1,982 59
The Wilkins Press, order books
16 10
R. D. Wood & Co., hydrants and valves,
198 94
Waldo Bros., pipe and cement .
48 97
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., paint .
6 54
Whitney Mfg. Co., chain links .
71
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., tools, etc. .
95 50
Frederick B. Witherly, castings
347 47
Webber Washer Co., washers .
7 63
C. L. York Co., teaming .
52 28
$56,003 39
Sewers Maintenance account, constructing chamber
. 14 40
Highways Maintenance account, re-locating tracks, etc. ·
179 35
bricks
96
$56,198 10
Service Transfers, from sundry accounts . 15,776 03
$40,422 07
Water Works Extension.
CREDIT.
Appropriation .
$17,000 00
Revenue, amount appropriated
.
.
.
6,000 00
$23,000 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred
410 48
$23,410 48
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid laborers
$6,147 32
T. Allen, teaming
10 00
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight .
7 63
C. Bowen, teaming
40 00
Bartholomew Burke, excavating
344 44
Denis I. Crimmings, contract labor
839 00
Timothy F. Crimmings, contract labor .
27 50
H. N. Dearborn, setting glass .
3 00
Charles A. Kelley, contract labor
910 00
C. L. York Co., teaming .
45 50
Water Maintenance account, stock
15,036 09
$23,410 48
Refunds on Water Charges.
DEBIT. (Expenditures.) Cash, paid sundry persons, money refunded $319 66 Transferred to debit of Water Works Income account . 319 66
.
Paved Gutters and Crossings account,
·
.
·
.
1
$8,374 39
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FOLK DANCE - BROADWAY
LINCOLN PARK
VOLLEY BALL
-- IN THE SAND BOX --
WADING POOL
CENTRAL HILL
THE MAZURKA
DANISH DANCE OF GREETING
A VISIT TO MYSTIC BEACH
Y
THE LINE UP
FUN ON SOMERVILLE PLAYGROUNDS.
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
145
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Water Buildings.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
. $800 00
Maintenance School Buildings account, amount trans- .
ferred
. 200 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 139 22
$460 78
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Harold L. Bond Co., coal barrow
$7 00
Charlestown Gas & Electric Co., gas . ·
22 90
Edison Electric Illuminating Co., light- ing
202 20
Gray & Turner, boiler insurance .
8 20
Gilman Express Co., service .
50
J. J. Hurley & Co., repairing heating apparatus .
5 50
W. E. Plumer & Co., supplies .
2 40
George L. Robinson, painting .
4 91
Somerville Coal Co., fuel .
11 60
Turner Asbestos Co., pipe covering
10 00
Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel
185 57
$460 78
REVENUE ACCOUNTS. Revenue.
Assessed under $12 Limit
$808,514 95
Assessed for Municipal Indebtedness .
246,000 00
Revenue from Corporation Taxes and De- partmental Earnings, etc.
461,691 61
Reduction Funded Debt, balance from 1911,
7,579 80
Excess and Deficiency, balance from 1911 $4,932 37
Less amount transferred
to Fire Station, Winter Hill .
50 00
Interest Refunds (accrued interest on
bonds)
1,751 89
Highways Maintenance, balance from 1911, Municipal Loan $35,000 00
2,769 90
Less Grade Crossings Ex-
penses
5,000 00
Overlay and Abatement,
amounts trans-
5,500 00
.
$1,568,690 52
Expenditures.
General Government
$74,711 28
Protection of Life and Property .
227,764 05
Amount carried forward
$302,475 33
.
4,882 37
30,000 00
ferred .
$600 00
146
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
$302,475 33
Health and Sanitation .
152,143 09
Highways .
121,433 52
Charities
34,583 68
Soldiers' Benefits
38,914 56
Education .
415,580 54
Libraries
38,432 94
Recreation
17,592 90
Unclassified
2,614 27
Municipal Indebtedness
257,974 52
Water Works
173,525 47
$1,555,270 82
Balance to Excess and Deficiency Account available for expenditures of 1913 .
$13,419 70
NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS. Receipts.
Funded Debt Accounts :--
Balances to credit December 31, 1911 .
$88,509 63
Grade Crossings, to Grade Crossings Expenses
(Transfer)
818 09
Loan, January 1, 1912
$133,000 00
July 1, 1912
164,000 00
October 1, 1912 (Muni-
cipal Loan) $35,000 00
Less credited to Main-
tenance accounts . 30,000 00
5,000 00
· Offsets, credited back
$2,427 10
Refunds in this amount .
900 00
1,527 10
Transferred from Excess and Deficiency account
Assessments :-
Highway Betterment .
$5,923 91
Sidewalk
17,195 62
Sewer
.
.
$31,789 05
Deductions :--
Abatements :-
Sewers Construction
$828 80
Highways Construction
115 00
Sidewalks Construction
642 62
Lowell Street Bridges
2,050 00
3,636 42
28,152 63
Premium received on bonds, credited to Reduction of Funded Debt account . Less expense of certification, etc. . .
$6,220 70
372 50
5,848 20
$426,905 65
·
.
302,000 00
50 00
8,669 52
$421,057 45
147
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Expenditures.
General Government
$2,928 07
Protection of Life and Property
10,790 06
Health and Sanitation .
32,515 06
Highways
93,096 16
Charities
7,862 74
Education
64,715 34
Libraries
25,902 46
Recreation
2,072 10
$239,881 99
Balances forward to 1913 (see
first part of report) .
$181,175 46
Balances forward to Reduc- tion of Funded Debt
account .
5,848 20
187,023 66
$426,905 65
TRUST FUNDS. PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS.
Public Library :-
Balance to credit December 31, 1911
$20,414 58
S. Newton Cutler Library Fund (legacy),
1,000 00
Public School :-
S. Newton Cutler Fund (legacy)
5,000 00
$26,414 58
Investment.
Public Library (per report 1911) .
$20,414 58
S. Newton Cutler Library Fund
1,000 00
Public School :-
S. Newton Cutler Fund
5,000 00
$26,414 58
Income.
Public Library :-
Balance to credit December 31, 1911 ·
$873.20
From investments
735 11
From interest on legacy
5 00
Public School :-
From investments
$100 00
From interest on legacy
25 00
125 00
!
$1,738 31
.
.
.
$1,613 31
.
.
$21,414 58
$21,414 58
148
ANNUAL REPORTS.
1
Expenditures.
Public Library . $1,229 02
Balance to 1913, Public Library .
384 29
Balance to 1913, Public School . 125 00
$1,738 31
PRIVATE TRUST FUNDS.
Overplus on Tax Sales, balance December
31, 1911
$118 13
Sundry Persons :-
Balance December 31, 1911 . $750 88
Credited Sundry Persons . 22 23
773 11
$891 24
Expenditures.
Sundry Persons
$53 55
Balance to 1913, Overplus on Tax Sales .
118 13
Balance to 1913, Sundry Persons
719 56
$891 24
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
School Committee Rooms, December 30, 1912.
Ordered, that the annual report of the Superintendent be adopted as the annual report of the Board of School Com- mittee, 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, 1912.
HENRY H. FOLSOM, .
GEORGE C. MAHONEY,
Chairman Vice-Chairman
Members.
EX-OFFICIIS.
Term expires January.
CHARLES A. BURNS, Mayor, 27 Thurston street 1913
JOSEPH O. KNOX, President Board of Aldermen, 109 Rogers ave. 1913
WARD ONE.
EMORY F. CHAFFEE,
109 Pearl street
1913
MRS. MARY G. WHITING,
61 Mt. Vernon street 1914
WARD TWO.
THOMAS M. CLANCY,
52 Springfield street 1913
DANIEL H. BRADLEY,
19 Concord avenue . 1914
WARD THREE.
33 Columbus avenue 1913
GEORGE E. WHITAKER,
75 Walnut street 1914
WARD FOUR.
GEORGE W. FOSTER,
7 Evergreen avenue
1913
CHARLES A. KIRKPATRICK,
27 Sewall street 1914
WARD FIVE.
183 Central street 1913
103 Central street 1914
WARD SIX.
170 Summer street 1913
44 Cherry street 1914
WARD SEVEN. 46 Chester street 1913
97 College avenue 1914
Superintendent of Schools. CHARLES S. CLARK.
Office: City Hall Annex, Highland avenue. Residence: 82 Munroe street.
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 office force :-
Justin W. Lovett, 13 Hudson street. Mary A. Clark, 42 Highland avenue. Mildred A. Merrill, 26 Cambria street.
J. WALTER SANBORN,
HENRY H. FOLSOM,
MRS. MARY R. BREWER,
FREDERICK A. P. FISKE,
MRS. LILLA H. TAINTER,
GEORGE C. MAHONEY,
ALBERT C. ASHTON,
STANDING COMMITTEES, 1912.
Note .- The member first named is chairman.
High Schools .- Sanborn, Mahoney, Clancy, Ashton, Foster, Fiske, Mrs. Whiting.
District I .- Chaffee, Mrs. Whiting, Clancy. 1
PRESCOTT, HANSCOM, BENNETT.
District II .- Clancy, Bradley, Chaffee.
KNAPP, PERRY, BAXTER.
District III .- Ashton, Whitaker, Mrs. Whiting.
POPE, BELL, CUMMINGS.
District IV .- Foster, Kirkpatrick, Sanborn. EDGERLY, GLINES.
District V .- Sanborn, Folsom, Kirkpatrick. FORSTER, BINGHAM.
District VI .- Mrs. Brewer, Fiske, Folsom. CARR, MORSE, PROCTOR, DURELL, BURNS, BROWN.
District VII .-- Mrs. Tainter, Mahoney, Fiske.
HIGHLAND, HODGKINS, LINCOLN, LOWE.
Finance .- Kirkpatrick, Sanborn, Clancy, Chaffee, Whitaker, Foster, Folsom, Burns, Knox.
Text-Books and Courses of Study .- Whitaker, Chaffee, Bradley, Kirk- patrick, Folsom, Mrs. Tainter, Mrs. Brewer.
Industrial Education .- Foster, Sanborn, Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Whiting, Ashton, Clancy, Mrs. Tainter.
School Accommodations .-- Mahoney, Bradley, Chaffee, Fiske, Mrs. Brewer, Kirkpatrick, Sanborn, Burns, Knox. Teachers .- Fiske, Whitaker, Bradley, Mrs. Tainter, Folsom. Playgrounds and School Hygiene .- Mrs. Whiting, Mrs. Brewer, Mahoney, Clancy, Ashton.
Rules and Regulations .- Bradley, Fiske, Mahoney.
:
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
To the School Committee of Somerville :-
I have the honor to submit herewith a report of the con- ditions of the schools for 1912, the fifth report which I have written, and the forty-first in the series of annual reports of the School Committee of Somerville.
Attendance. The number of pupils enrolled during the present year has varied but little from the number last year. This fact is in accordance with the growth of the city during the same period. The population of the city in 1911 was esti- mated to be 78,000; in 1912 it is estimated to be 80,000. The membership of all the schools on October 31, 1911, was 11,872; on the same date in 1912 it was 11,978, an increase this year of 106. The membership of the schools in October, 1912, was distributed as follows :-
Membership in the high school. 1,819
elementary schools. 9,847
kindergartens
211
vocational schools. 101
Three hundred and forty-nine teachers are now employed, an increase of 6 over last year. Four more teachers are em- ployed in the high school, 1 in the kindergarten, 2 in the Indus- trial School for Girls, and 1 in the grammar school manual training. There are no cadet teachers this year, whereas last year there were 2. There were in the grammar and primary schools on October 31, 221 classes, having an average of 44+ pupils, and in the kindergarten department 4 classes, having an average of 51+ each.
The increase in the number of teachers in the high school is due to the introduction of new subjects, to the extension of the commercial department, to demands created by the plan of semi-annual promotions and to the holding of an afternoon session for the first year pupils. The additional kindergarten teacher is an assistant at the Clark Bennett School, who was appointed to a vacancy which had been filled for a number of months by pupil teachers from kindergarten training schools. Of the two additional teachers in the Girls' Industrial School, one is a pupil teacher and the other is an assistant in the dress- making department. On the other hand one of the teachers of last year is now employed only a half of each day. This summary shows that there has been no considerable change, either in the attendance of the schools or in the teaching force.
Cost of the Schools. Three hundred £ and forty-three thousand dollars were appropriated for the expenses of the schools during the year 1912 which are under the control of the School Committee. Of this sum, $306,000 were for teachers' salaries. and $37,000 for contingent expenses. Five thousand
S. NEWTON CUTLER SCHOOL, Powder House Boulevard.
Architect, Walter T Littlefield, Commissioner of Public Buildings, Somerville, Mass.
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dollars of the contingent account were appropriated in December to provide for a deficiency of nearly that amount. Both of these sums are larger than the amount for preceding years. The sum expended for teachers' salaries during the current fiscal year is $305,878.97. This is larger by $12,611.67 than the sum spent last year. This increase was distributed in round num- bers as follows: Elementary school teachers' increase of pay, $8,000 ; high school, $1,600; elementary school increases due to longevity, etc., $3,000. The estimate of the School Com- mittee furnished in January was that $315,500 would be needed for salaries, including an increase of pay to the elementary school teachers. The amount actually spent is $9,621.03 less than the sum estimated and $121.03 less than the appropriation.
The sum estimated for the contingent fund was $32,500.
The amount actually expended was $37,030.37. This excess of expenditure over the amount provided was due to several causes which could not accurately be foreseen. Among the. number are the following: Increased demands in the high school, books and supplies for the S. Newton Cutler School, changes in and replacements of text-books, paper for use in the schools, printing, manual training supplies, drawing sup- plies, and board of truants. A detailed expenditure of this fund is given in a table printed as a part of this report.
A careful study of these expenditures has been made during the whole of the present fiscal year. The number of teachers is as small as the efficient teaching of the schools will permit. The salary schedules provide the second element in the prob- lem and the total expenditure for salaries is the amount which these two factors produce. With the number of teachers at the lowest point that efficiency will permit, and the scale of salaries no higher than it ought to be, there is little opportunity for decreasing the amount to be expended for instruction.
In the contingent fund, where the expenditure has been larger than formerly, it may be possible to spend less another year, although the effort to keep within the bounds of the appropriation for supplies and books within the last year has had the effect of unfavorably restricting the equipment of the schools.
Schoolhouses. In 1912 a new schoolhouse was opened in Ward Seven. This building, to which the name of S. Newton Cutler had been given by the Board of Aldermen, is located on Powder-house boulevard west of Curtis street. It is three stories in height, made of brick, and contains twelve classrooms besides two rooms for special uses. There is also a well-lighted room in the basement, which is occupied by a manual training equipment.
Upon the opening of this building all the classes in the Lin- coln School and 291 pupils from the Hodgkins School were
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transferred to it and all of the twelve rooms were occupied by classes ranging from the first to the ninth grades inclusive. Several important consequences followed this change. All overcrowding in the schools of Ward Seven was relieved. A basement room in the Hodgkins School which had been used for several years was vacated and two half-time classes were put upon whole time. For a number of years it had been necessary to send to the Lowe and Highland Schools, children who lived in the Hodgkins School district, but there was room enough for them in the Hodgkins School after the opening of the Cutler School and they then came back to the home school. The Lincoln School is now unoccupied and there is a vacant room in the Lowe School.
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