Report of the city of Somerville 1913, Part 19

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 540


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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,


. .


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 .


263


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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PUBLIC LIBRARY.


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-


THE NEW SOMERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY


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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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ANNUAL REPORTS.


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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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