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800
1887
1.
Alice M. Dicker, East Boston
600
1912
MARK F. BURNS SCHOOL. Cherry Street, near Highland Avenue.
7.
LAURA J. BROOKS, Principal, 31 Stevens Street, Stoneham
$950
1883
Asst.
Mrs. Mary C. Buck. 12 Powder House Terrace
400
1899
6.
Cara M. Johnson, 9 Wendell Street, Cambridge .
800
1897
5.
Mrs. Margaret D. Hellyar, Oak Street, Greenwood
750
1909
3.
Annie L. Brown, 10 Charnwood Road .
800
1885
2.
Mary E. Lacy, 63 Cherry Street
800
1890
2,1.
Ardelle Abbott, 71. Craigie Street .
800
1896
1.
Alice E. Morang, 38 Cambria Street
800
1893
600
1912
6.
Lizzie E. Hill, 40 Magnolia Street, Dorchester
800
1890
5,4.
Helen O. Locke, Everett
750
1912
3, 2.
NORA F. BYARD, Principal, 27 College Avenue .
$950
1884
Abbie A. Gurney, 88 Belmont Street
800
1888
Edith A. Maxwell, 17 Pleasant Avenue
800
1906
4.
Mrs. Jennie E. Stevens, 9 Bradford Avenue
.
* Part time in High School.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 29 .- Teachers in Service January, 1914 .- Continued.
Grade.
NAME AND RESIDENCE.
Salary.
Began Service.
BENJAMIN G. BROWN SCHOOL. Willow Avenue and Josephine Avenue.
9.
GEORGE I. BOWDEN, Master, 92 Monument St., West Medford
$1,900
1908
9. 8.
Mrs. Phebe E. Mathews, 159 Morrison Avenue
800
1897
7.
Frances D. Way, Roxbury
700
1911
6.
Alice R. Gould, 12 Fosket Street
700
1911
6, 5.
Annie Sanburn, 20 Ashburton Place, Boston
800
1906
5, 4.
Mary T. Ford, 26 Gibbens Street .
800
1911
4, 3.
Ida M. Record, 26 Gibbens Street .
800
1899
3, 2. 2.
Mrs. Grace H. Bliss, 28 Fairmount Avenue
800
1900
1.
Katherine T. McMahon, 168 Summer Street
.
700
1913
HIGHLAND SCHOOL. Highland Avenue and Grove Street.
9. 9. 9. 9,8. 8.
Grace M. Clark, 10 Vernon Street, West Medford
875
1893
Marguerite Burns, 15 Kidder Avenue
825
1907
Sarah E. Pray, 36 Pearson Road .
825
1877
Mary L. Bryant, 24 Hall Avenue .
800
1903
8.
Mrs. Nellie G. Stewart, 1105 Broadway
800
1908
7. 7.
Elizabeth S. Smith, 14 Irving Street
800
1912
Lillian F. Richardson, 33 Wallace Street
800
1904
Marie Clifford, 1583 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
800
1907
Mary H. Joyce, 76 Boston Street
800
1891
Marion Allen, Danvers .
750
1911
Eva E. Perkins, 54 Benton Road
700
1911
WILLIAM H. HODGKINS SCHOOL.
Holland Street.
9.
ARTHUR L. DOE, Master, 108 Packard Avenue
$1,900
1896
Edith W. Emerson, 135 Central Street
875
1896
Alice S. Hall, 135 Central Street
800
1896
Mrs. Gertrude W. Leighton, 26 Gibbens Street
800
1895
Isabel M. Brunton, 19 Hanson Street
650
1910
6,5. 5. 4.
Genieve R. Barrows, 52 Westland Avenue, Boston
800
1905
4,3.
Katherine M. Fox, Stoneham
800
1896
3, 2. 2.
Jennie M. Patterson, Mattapan
800
1903
1.
May V. Powell, 47 Centre Street, Malden
750
1913
1.
Nellie F. Wright, 897 Broadway
750
1912
Asst.
Mrs. Agnes M. Fletcher, 19 Waldo Street .
500
1913
CUTLER SCHOOL.
Powder House Boulevard, near Raymond Avenue.
9.
HARLAN P. KNIGHT, Master, Barton Street
$1,900
1897
9.
N. Irene Ellis, 29 Newbury Street
875
1903
8.
Elizabeth R. Henderson, 93 Ossipee Road .
750
1912
7.
Katherine A. Breen, 81 Avon Street
750
1912
8.
Lilla E. Mann, 18 Francesca Avenue
800
1902
6.
Cora E. Crawford, Boston
700
1912
5.
Anna L. Brown, 14 Irving Street .
750
1912
4,3.
Olevia M. Woods, 116 Powder House Boulevard
700
1908
3,2.
Eliza H. Lunt, 50 Curtis Street
800
1889
2.
Almena J. Mansir, 77 Albion Street
800
1899
1.
Annie H. Hall, 97 College Avenue
800
1906
2,1.
Edna F. Gordon, 10 Locke Street .
.
750
1912
FRANK W. SEABURY, Master, 18 Winslow Avenue
$1,850
1911
Elsie M. Ross, Ipswich
800
1908
6. 6. 6,5. 5. 5.
9. 8. 7. 6.
Flora A. Burgess, Arlington Heights
800
1894
Catherine A. Burden, 28 College Avenue
800
1902
Inez Prentiss, 27 Hall Avenue
700
1913
Elinor Neilon, 14 Cambria Street
650
1912
5, 4.
Annie G. Smith, 59 Maple Street, Malden
875
1901
Alice M. Dorian, 159 Morrison Avenue
800
1903
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 29, -Teachers in Service January, 1914. - Concluded.
Grade.
NAME AND RESIDENCE.
Salary.
Began Service.
MARTHA PERRY LOWE SCHOOL.
Morrison Avenue, near Grove Street.
1912
4.
4.
Stella M. Holland, 46 Chester Street
800
1903
3.
Maude C. Valentine, 1098 Broadway
800
1901
3.
Mrs. Jane M. Taaffe, 159 Morrison Avenue
800
1888
2.
Katherine E. Hourahan, 27 Hall Avenue
800
1892
Clara G. Hegan, 100 School Street
800
1897
1.
Martha A. Jencks, 96 Orchard Street
800
1898
1.
Mrs. Stella Hadley, 11 Greene Street
600
1913
EVENING SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.
HARRY L. JONES, High
$6.00
JOHN S. EMERSON, Bell
4.00
CHARLES E. BRAINARD, Highland
3.00
SPECIAL TEACHERS.
MUSIC.
13-7. 6-1.
S. Henry Hadley, 46 Pearl Street · . .
$1,700
1868
Charlotte D. Lawton, 11 East Newton Street, Boston
1,000
1898
9-1.
Clara M. Gale, 5 Westwood Road
1,100
1911
SEWING.
8-5.
Mary L. Boyd, 74 Heath Street
800
1888
8-5.
Emma J. Ellis, Kenneson Road
800
1900
8-5.
Charlotte Holmes, 49 Laurel Street
800
1913
8-5.
Jennie Williston, 3 Monmouth Street .
500
1913
PENMANSHIP.
9-1.
William A. Whitehouse, 32 Central Road .
1,500
1895
MANUAL TRAINING.
+300
1911
9,8.
Kathinka Fessman, 68 Warrenton Street, Boston
.
800
1912
9, 8.
Eva G. Hardy, 64 Avon Street
850
1912
ATYPICAL.
Mary A. Holt, 72 Boston Street ·
825
1910
Bertha M. Martindale, 21 Highland Avenue
825
1913
*Additional to salary as Director of Girls' Vocational School,
tAdditional to salary as High School sub-master,
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DRAWING.
Mary H. Brown, Supervisor, 11 Everett Street, Cambridge
*200
1913
Harry L. Jones, Supervisor, 137 Powder House Boulevard
850
1912
9,8.
E. Christabel Ruggles, 268 Humboldt Avenue, Roxbury
·
$950
1900
MAY E. SMALL, Principal, 12 Day Street, Cambridge
2,1.
FRANK W. SEABURY, Master, 18 Winslow Avenue .
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 30 .- OFFICERS, ETC., IN SERVICE JANUARY, 1914.
NAME AND ADDRESS.
Salary.
SUPERINTENDENT AND SECRETARY.
Charles S. Clark, 82 Munroe Street .
$3,500
CLERKS.
Justin W. Lovett, 29 Cambria Street
1,300
Mary A. Clark, 42 Highland Avenue
800
Mildred A. Merrill, 26 Cambria Street
650
ATTENDANCE OFFICER.
Benjamin R. Jones, 25 Loring Street .
1,350
TABLE 31 .- SCHOOL JANITORS, JANUARY, 1914.
School.
Name.
Residence.
Weekly Salary.
High School, S
John H. Kelley
7 Madison St.
$25.00
High School, assistant
Frederick O. French!
28 Marshall St.
21.00
High School, assistant .
.
Charles A. Southwick
18 Cleveland St.
16,00
High School, assistant
.
Lewis G. Keen
56 Prescott St.
20.00
High School, assistant
Arthur W. Phillips
87 School St.
14.00
High School, assistant
Albert H. Damm
65 School St.
14,00
High School, assistant
Michael A. Mullin
16 Bowdoin St.
17.00
High School, fireman
.
Charles Hoyt
18 Trull St.
16.00
Prescott, S, 12
.
George A. McGunnigle
88 Glen St.
17.00
Hanscom, S, 10
Charles F. Rose
15 Brastow Ave.
14.00
Boys' Vocational, F, 4
George H. Clapp
35-A Franklin St.
12.00
Bennett, S, 12
Michael Mullaney
467 Somerville Ave.
17.00
Baxter, S, 6
Israel Winterbottom
2 Bolton St.
14.00
Knapp, S, 12
John H. Lane
5-A Belmont St.
17.00
Perry, S, 6
Henry C. Bradford
72 Boston St.
14.00
Pope, S, 12
John J. Kilty
662 Somerville Ave.
17.00
Bell, S, 12
William Meskill
53 Partridge Ave.
17.00
Cummings, F, 4
George W. Libby
215 Pearl St.
12.00
Edgerly, S, 12 .
Charles P. Horton
22 Everett Ave.
17.00
Glines, S, 14 .
Roy C. Burckes
249 School St.
18.25
Forster, S, 18 .
George W. Coombs
30 Tufts St.
18.00
Forster, assistant
Jerry M. Brennan
9-A Glenwood Rd.
14.00
Bingham, S, 16
John F. O'Brien
347 Lowell St.
21.00
Carr, S, 16
James W. Rich
206 Highland Ave.
23.00
Morse, F, 12 .
John W. Cremen
69 Oxford St.
17.00
Proctor, S, 8
Charles T. McGrath
320 Lowell St.
14,00
Du rell, S, 4
Ellsworth C. Lundgren
50 Harrison St.
12.00
Burns, S, 8
Charles Gallaway
160 Hudson St.
13.50
Brown, S, 10
O. M. Pote
23 Howe St.
15.00
Highland, S, 12
E. Parker Cook
398 Highland Ave.
16.00
Hodgkins, S, 14
John Shea
406 Highland Ave.
17.00
Cutler, S, 12 .
Daniel Campbell
85 Lexington Ave.
20.00
Lowe, S, 8
John F. Richardson
190 Morrison Ave.
15.00
Girls' Vocational
·
George H. Griffin
25 Virginia St.
15.00
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Buildings heated by steam are marked "S," by furnace "F." The numbers show the number of rooms.
The high school is heated from the Central heating plant,
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS.
Trustees.
THOMAS M. DURELL, M. D.
GEORGE WHITING.
J. FRANK WELLINGTON. WILLIAM H. DOLBEN.
FREDERICK W. PARKER. JOHN M. WOODS. W. DUDLEY YATES.
WILLIAM L. BARBER.
CHARLES L. NOYES, D. D.
Officers.
THOMAS M. DURELL, M. D. £
President
J. FRANK WELLINGTON . .
Vice-President
DREW B. HALL .
Secretary and Librarian
Committees.
Administration-Wellington, Parker, Noyes; the President. Books and Catalogues-Barber, Dolben, Yates; the President. Buildings and Grounds-Whiting, Woods, the President,
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :---
Gentlemen .- The forty-first annual report of the trustees of the public library is herewith respectfully submitted accom- panied by the report of the librarian, condensed tables of statis- tics of operation and some account of the new building with the addresses at the dedication on December 17.
Very respectfully, THOS. M. DURELL, President.
Adopted by the Board of Trustees January 27, 1914,
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Central Building, Highland Avenue.
Week days, holidays excepted, 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. Sundays, reading and reference only, 3 to 6 p. m. Children's room, school days, 3 to 8 p. m .; other week days, 9 a. m. to 8 p. m .; Sundays, 3 to 6 p. m.
Branches. Week days only, holidays excepted.
WEST SOMERVILLE, 40 College Avenue-1 to 9 p. m. Saturday, 9 a. m. to 1 p. m., also.
EAST SOMERVILLE, 153 Perkins Street, 2 to 9 p. m.
UNION SQUARE, Washington Street and Bonner Avenue-2 to 9 p. m .; after 6 p. m. children under fourteen admitted only for exchange of books.
SOUTH AGENCY, 518 Somerville Avenue.
THE STAFF.
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DREW B. HALL, Librarian. NELLIE M. WHIPPLE, Assistant Librarian.
EXECUTIVE AND DEPARTMENT HEADS.
Lucy B. Crain, Supervisor of Children's and School work.
Edith B. Hayes, Branch Librarian, East Somerville.
Esther M. Mayhew, Cataloguer.
Gertrude F. Root, in charge, West Somerville Branch.
Lucinda F. Spofford, Branch Librarian, Union Square.
Mabel E. Bunker, Assistant Branch Librarian, West Somerville.
Bessie L. Duddy, Stenographer and Bookkeeper.
Marion Lovis, High School Librarian.
Anna L. Stone, Shelf List Curator.
Mabel Williams, Reference Librarian.
Mary S. Woodman, Classifier.
ON SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS.
Frances Rathbone Coe, in charge of extension of catalogue. Mary Morgan, Typewriter.
Gordon Hall, Stack.
SENIOR ASSISTANTS.
Bessie S. Cobb, West Somerville. Ethel M. Nute, Union Square. Annise B. Kane, Cataloguing. Ruby G. White, East Somerville. A. Myrtle Merrill, Cataloguing.
JUNIOR ASSISTANTS.
Susan W. Curtis, children. . Juliana Donovan. Ruth S. Fales. Zoe E. Nelson,
Myrtle Nicholson. A. Lisette Parker. Anna B. Truesdale. Edna C. Woodbury,
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MESSENGERS.
Mae L. Gormley Hugh E. Maguire. Joseph K. Kelleher.
HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDANTS AND PAGES ON PART TIME.
Grace Boothby.
Marion Hunt.
Walter Dickson. William J. Hession.
Bertha C. Mellett.
Albert Howard, jr.
Alice M. L. Patterson. Agnes Riley.
Ronald Moore.
Harold Ruggles.
Beatrice Wilson.
JANITORS.
Under the Commissioner of Public Buildings.
Charles A. Southwick, Central. Thomas F. O'Day, West Somerville Branch.
George A. McGunnigle, East Somerville Branch.
Thomas Dame, Union Square Branch.
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN.
To the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Somer- ville :-
Gentlemen,-The forty-first annual report of the librarian is herewith submitted, being that for the year 1913.
New Building.
The most noticeable event of the year has been the com- pletion and the dedication, on December 17, of the new build- ing. It is agreed by all to be beautiful, dignified and unusually well adapted to the comfort and quick service of readers and to the convenience of the library staff and economical in adminis- tration. Its Book Room for adults can accommodate one hun- dred and forty readers at tables and has space for over 40,000 volumes on its shelves, which are arranged on the alcove plan, giving fine light and a considerable amount of quiet seclusion to the person interested in any particular subject.
The Children's Room has space for seventy-five seats and about 7,000 volumes on open shelves and is very light and at- tractive. Both these rooms have direct access without the in- tervention of corridors to the Storage Stack, which has space for upwards of 140,000 volumes on over two and a quarter miles of shelving. The moving of the library is now rapidly under way and everything will be in place for the opening the first week of January. I do not look for a great increase in the home use of fiction, which has always been the most easily accessible class of books; but there can hardly fail to be a doubling or treb- ling of the reference work and a very considerable increase in the use of attractive non-fiction such as travel, biography, etc., which for the first time will be easily accessible for the exami- 1ation and browsing which lead to home use and the "fitting of the right book to the right person."
At this time of moving also there is being made the separa- tion of the library into two great groups, those of continual interest and use, and those of infrequent use and of little ac- count to the great majority of our readers. This means a care- ful consideration of the community's needs and of the intrinsic value of the books of the library. For a year and a half especial attention has been given to this revision of the catalogue and selection of 35,000 volumes out of the 90,000 on hand; the amount and quality of this special work accomplished with only one special reviser added to the regular staff has been remark- able and accomplished only by every member of the force work- ing at high pressure and in many cases over time.
Branches.
The three branches have continued to serve their communi- ties most effectively. The West Somerville Branch, which cele-
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
brates its fifth birthday next May, is for its size of building and book collection one of the most largely used in New England, but so far it has not been possible to offer the opportunities for quiet reading and reference work which you desire and which the community is more and more demanding because of the presence of the children in what is really the adult room. There is no children's attendant, as there is no children's room sepa- rate, and practically no attention can be given to the children and their reading ; as a result the large number of children who come into the branch fail to get what they desire and are an an- noyance to the adults and a still larger number of children in the district do not use the building at all. The need of a children's room, which could be very easily provided with a separate entrance in the basement, is perhaps most clearly shown by the following comparison ; although West Somerville is a much larger district than the fields of the East Somerville and Union Square branches and the proportion of reading chil- dren probably higher, still in West Somerville the percentage of the total circulation taken by children was twenty-three per cent. as against thirty-three per cent. at East Somerville and forty-five per cent. at Union Square.
Two years ago the first of February the East Somerville Branch was opened and in its small room is doing a very large work. A month later the Union Square Branch was opened in a room twice as large and pleasant in the old Prospect Hill schoolhouse ; its success while not so immediate has been even greater perhaps. At both of these buildings the crying need again, which their constituents are more and more demanding, is children's rooms. The building at East Somerville contains no space that can be used, but at Union Square there is space which could very economically be made available. I am firmly convinced that nowhere in the city's activities would a few hundreds (not thousands) of dollars do so much for the pleasure and the intellectual and moral well being and good order of the community, as spent in providing children's rooms at West Somerville and Union Square. At East Somerville the need is as great but the expense much larger.
Accessions of Books.
Eight thousand seven hundred sixty-one volumes were added during the year and ",227 worn out and withdrawn; as it · requires about as much time to "withdraw" a book and check all the records as to add a volume, the handling of these addi- tions and subtractions is practically equivalent to the cata- loguing of their sum of 16,000 volumes. This means that beside the work of revision and selection already referred to a tremen- dous number of operations on new books has been accom- plished by the cataloguing force ; a number running up into the
ANNUAL REPORTS.
hundreds of thousands of clearly distinguishable acts. The total number of volumes on our records stands at 109,236.
Of the 8,761 volumes added, the greatest number in one class was 4,000 fiction, a subject setting forth human nature, activities and modes of life and attractive to and giving refresh- ment and width of horizon and experience to all sorts of read- ers ; next were 750 volumes to travel and history, over 500 vol- umes to useful arts, 500 volumes of literature, 350 bound per- iodicals, 325 fine arts, 235 biography, 220 of science, 150 relig- ion, 135 music, 100 philosophy and so on.
Borrowers.
The re-registration of borrowers together with the regis- tration of new persons has continued quietly and smoothly. Three thousand six hundred and sixty-two names have been added to our records and 7,513 former readers have been re- registered, a total of 11,175 names and addresses verified and carefully distinguished by exact data. Some thousands of cards on the old registration still in use will gradually be re- tired during the coming year. It appears that between 16,000 and 18,000 different citizens have drawn books during the year for use at home, not to mention other thousands who use the various buildings for the reading of periodicals and newspapers or for reference questions or who by telephone apply for all sorts of information. The library is reaching the citizens more and more each year and they are more and more expecting and demanding what it alone can give. The library staff realizes from its day to day contact with these tens of thousands of citi- zens what are these needs and demands, more fully than can any individual or other body of city officials or employees. The citizens want good books and assistance in their use and are willing to support the institution that can furnish them freely and economically. The library offers freely everything it has and it does so economically, for how else can be had for one cent a week, the per capita cost of the library system, all the library offers so freely? That the citizens demand library facili- ties and the economies effected by the co-operative principle of the public library is shown by the fact that all of the branches have resulted from local demands, and movements initiated and carried to completion by local organizations.
Home Use.
Last year I predicted a circulation of 100,000 from the two new branches ; it has proved to be over 125,000. At Cen- tral there has been a decrease due to the closing of the building the last two weeks and especially to the fact that the children's room was closed the middle of June to make way for a new
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municipal heating plant, and that the major portion of the school library books have for the same reason been unavailable during the fall.
General Administration.
The general administration has been carried on I think with increasing efficiency and better service. All members of the staff have worked to the best of their ability and certainly the limit of strength; certain reassignments have proved wise and the general personnel was never superior.
Mrs. Spofford and Misses Hayes, Cobb and Curtis have followed courses of Simmons College and the University Ex- tension Bureau.
The library has been represented by the librarian, or by one or more other members of the staff who have taken more or less distinctive parts at four meetings of librarians in this state and at the national meeting in June at Kaaterskill. And your board has invited the Massachusetts Library Club to meet here on January 22 next.
The New York State Library School asked permission, which was granted, for two of its students to spend the month of March here at their own expense in practice work, and in April some twenty-five students and the head of the Pratt Institute Library School from Brooklyn spent the day investi- gating the several buildings and our processes.
At the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Library Club in Williamstown the librarian was elected president.
The school committee of the city, as a result of suggestions made a year and a half ago and more completely worked out during the last two months, has elected to its teach- ing force as high school librarian a member of the public library staff, who will devote her attention to the interests of the high school teachers and pupils, spending half her time in the school and the other half in the library reference rooms ; her salary to be divided between the two departments.
To the members of the staff and their willing co-operation and earnest endeavor are due the accomplishments of the year and to them are indebted the librarian, the trustees and the citizens.
To you, gentlemen, who as trustees have cheerfully given unrewarded, and largely unappreciated, your time and care, the staff are under great obligations and the citizens, in larger measure than they know, for the guiding wisdom which during this year as during the forty years past has worked to the development of a public library second to none in similar cir- cumstances.
Very respectfully, DREW B. HALL, Librarian.
January 2, 1914.
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE. APPENDIX A. Statistical Report for 1913.
Central.
West.
East.
Union.
Total.
Volumes in library, January 1 1913
95,621
10,074
811
1,196
107,702
Volumes added
5,237
1,573
1,004
947
8,761
Volumes withdrawn
5,399
1,249
258
321
7,227
Volumes gained
162
(lost)
324
746
626
Total volumes in library
95,459
10,398
1.557
1,822
109,236
Volumes circulated-Adult
147,782
90,741
41,303
35,205
315,031
Volumes circulated-Juvenile
16,184
27,236
20,371
28,795
92,586
Total volumes circulated
163,966
117,977
61.674
64,000
407,617
Estimated circulation on "old"
basis of deposits of 9,927 vol-
umes
.
148,317
Grand total of circulation .
555,934
Reader's cards, new
1,224
1,049
579
810
3,662
Reader's cards, re-registered
3,152
2,370
1,071
920
7,513
Total registrations
4,376
3,419
1,650
1,730
11,175
Vacation books issued .
1,782
785
279
341
3,187
Volumes delivered through In- terchange.
3,147
(South)
1,490
1,713
1,487
7,837
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APPENDIX B. Financial Statement, 1913.
Books
Central. $4,655 97 147 42 936 72
West. $1,677 26 25 36 340 30
East. $675 65
Union. $747 19
Total. $7,756 07 172 78 1,310 77
1 Periodicals
14 25
19 50
Totals
$5,740 11
$2,042 92
$689 90
$766 69
1 Binding . ·
1,189 13
315 40
107 09
29 74
$9,239 62 1,641 36
1 Printing and Stationery
377 78
2 $10,880 98 377 78
Services
15,166 39
3,469 34
1,597 37
1,589 34
21,822 44
Express, Postage and Telephone Sundries
372 32
78 57
48 74
49 08
548 71
2,160 07
93 67
56 35
64 20
2,374 29
Totals ·
$25,005 80
$5,999 90
$2,499 45
$2,499 05
$36,004 20
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TRUST FUNDS: INTEREST FOR BOOKS. $783 21 $5.85 $67 68
$76 62
$933 36
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1. Parts or all of these items under the branches were paid by Central. And in addition $933 36 for books from Funds; making total for printed matter
$11,814 34
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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APPENDIX C. FACTS ABOUT SOMERVILLE.
Residential suburb, north of and adjoining Boston, east of Cam- bridge (Harvard Square one mile), and "twenty minutes from Park Street."
Area, 4.2 square miles.
Assessed valuation, 1913, $71,906, 464.
Funded debt. 1914. $1,674,000.
Public property. $5.700,000.
Population, 80,000.
Pupils, in school, 15,000; school buildings, 30.
Central library building on Central Hill Park.
West Somerville Branch, 11/2 miles from Central; East Somerville Branch, 34 miles, and Union Square Branch, 34 miles from Central. The latter two are 34 miles apart also.
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THE BOOK ROOM
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PUBLIC LIBRARY ..
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NEW BUILDING AND THE ADDRESSES AT ITS DEDICATION
On June 27, 1911, in regular meeting, the Trustees, the lack of facilities for the citizens in the old building having been called to their previous consideration by the Librarian in per- sonal interviews, agreed to an effort to secure a new building.
During the fall various letters were exchanged with the representatives of Mr. Carnegie, setting forth the condition of the library.
On December 21, a letter was received suggesting failure in making clear to Mr. Carnegie the crowded and unsafe con- dition of the old building.
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