Report of the city of Somerville 1912, Part 10

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 528


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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


-


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.


.


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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