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Doris H. Spellman
44 Powder House Blvd.
Mildred Wantman
68 Dimick Street
SUPERVISORS AND SPECIAL TEACHERS
Elementary Grades
Mary G. Blackwell, 42 Belmont St. $3500
1900
Music
Harry E. Whittemore, Director, 42 Powder House Blvd.
3000
1926
James M. Clark, 15 Radcliffe Road
2150
1929
6-1 Arthur F. Sullivan, 27 Brastow Ave
1800
1934
Drawing
9-1 Elfrida V. Callister, 30 Kimball Road, Arlington
2400
1925
Penmanship
6-1
Ruth L. Whitehouse, 140 Highland Ave.
2200
1915
12-7
John W. Healey, Master, 6 Conwell St.
1931
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Table 29-Teachers in Service, December 31, 1934-Continued Name and Residence
Began
Salary Service
Sewing
Mary Henleigh Brown, Supervisor, 162 Highland Ave.
200 ** 1913
6-5 Mary Rhilinger, 11 Dorset St., Dorchester
1600
1926
6-5 Pia M. Fortini, 87 Josephine Ave.
1575
1930
6-5 Alice Sullivan, 74 Ossipee Road
1500
1930
Manual Training
Harry L. Jones, Supervisor, 77 Lincoln Road, Medford
200*+
1915
** Additional to salary as Director of Household Arts Courses.
** Additional to salary as Principal of Boys' Vocational School.
Athletics
Charles A. Dickerman, Director, 81 Willow Ave.
3075
1925
Physical Instruction
9-1 Alice F. Morgan, 71 Park St.
2800
1925
9-1 John J. St. Angelo, 153a Willow Ave.
2725
1933
Atypical
Helen Clark, 220 Powder House Blvd
1300
1933
Irma Di Guisto, 19 Flint St. (Cadet)
600
1934
Margaret Donovan, 82 Wallace St.
1375
1930
Alice M. Hayes, 166 Central St.
2050
1913
Mrs. Fernell B. Houghton, 284 Grove St., Melrose
1750
1926
Ruth C. Kennedy, 19 Kent Court
1375
1930
Mrs. Margaret M. Kuhn, 45 Dartmouth St.
2050
1928
Mrs. Ruth S. Willard, 108 Porter St.
1700
1929
Sight Saving
Mrs. Amy F. Woodbury, 83 Pearson Road
2050
1917
Lip Reading
Elizabeth M. Warren, 1126 Boylston St., Boston
2075
1897
Thrift
E. Bella Weisman, 17a Melvin St.
2100
1921
Elizabeth Cotter, Assistant, 8 Maynard St., Arlington Eva Palmer, Assistant, 24 Austin St.
1200
1930
1100
1930
Field Music
Wesley A. Maynard, 40 Vinal Ave.
2100
1925
Mary A. Whitney, 10 Dow St.
2400
1916
Crippled
Mrs. Blanche G. Crowell, 118 Josephine Ave.
2000
1928
Audiometer
Ellen Walsh, 36 Elm St.
1400
1932
Americanization
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TABLE 30-OFFICERS, ETC., IN SERVICE, DECEMBER 31, 1934 Name and Residence Salary
Superintendent and Secretary
Everett D. Ireland, 137 Powder House Blvd.
$6550
Assistant Superintendent
Walter P. Sweet, 71 Hume Ave., Medford 4300
Clerks
Mary A. Clark, 15 Pleasant Ave.
1754
Mildred A. Merrill, 108 Highland Ave.
1589
Marion E. Marshall, 30 Gilman St,
1589
S. Regina Truelson, 38 Rogers Ave.
$27.50 per wk.
Alice I. Amidon, 27 Gorham St.
25.50
,,
Bernice A. Tuck, 17 Irving St.
25.50
Cecilia A. Cleary, 59 Church St.
25.50
,,
Supervisor of Attendance
Benjamin R. Jones, 65 Fairfax St.
$2200
Visiting Teacher
Rose J. Cairnes, 10 Mossland St. 2050
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TABLE 31-SCHOOL CUSTODIANS, DECEMBER, 1934
School Name
Residence
Weekly Salary
High
Jeremiah M. Brennan
44 Radcliffe Road $32.50
High
John N. Quirk
64 Marion Street 31.50
High
Joseph McCormack
35 Radcliffe Road 31.50
High
John P. Driscoll
220 Cedar Street 31.50
High
Joseph F. Kiley
16 Warren Ave. 31.50
High
William P. Sloane
67 Marion Street 34.00
High High, Gymnasium
Thomas F. Keane
9 Granite Street 33.00
High, Central Heat- ing Plant
Martin J. Frazer
95 Heath Street 40.00
Prescott
Jeremiah O'Connor
43 Penn. Ave.
34.00
Prescott
Joseph A. McNeill
182 Pearl St. 36.00
Hanscom
John F. Fonseca
267 Medford St. 34.00
Boys' Vocational
William J. Hickey
7 Aberdeen Road
32.50
Bennett
Michael Mullaney
7 Greene Street 35.00
30.00
Knapp
Maurice T. Mullins
13 Fremont Ave.
37.50
Perry
Daniel E. Cunningham
15 Leland Street
30.00
Pope
Williamn L. McLane
25 Clark Street
35.00
Southern Jr. High
William F. Meskill
30 Warren Ave.
38.00
Southern Jr. High
George J. Kelley
10 Nevada Ave.
32.00
Southern Jr. High
John T. Donovan
61 Pearl Street
32.00
Southern Jr. High
James E. Dowd
66 Hudson Street
32.00
Cummings
Royal Brenize
54 Prescott Street
31.50
Edgerly
Vincent Santarlasci
33 Temple Street
35.00
Glines
Earl R. March
121 Ten Hills Road
36.00
Grimmons
Nicholas J. Lacey
327 Washington St.
31.50
Northeastern Jr. High
Jeremiah J. Canniff
47 Spencer Ave.
38.00
Northeastern Jr. High
Joseph Binari
14 Evergreen Sq.
32.00
Northeastern Jr. High
John F. O'Connell
13 Conwell Ave. 30.00
Forster
James A. Cunniff Louis F. Conti
3 Sargent Ave. 34.00
Bingham
Archibald McDonald
132 Morrison Ave.
38.00 41.00
Proctor
Vincent J. Burke
9 Homer Square 31.50
Durell
Ellsworth C. Lundgren
93 Lowden Ave. 28.00
Burns
Charles J. Elkins
16 Cutter Ave. 31.50
Brown
James J. Cooper
105 Willow Ave. 33.00
Highland
Michael F. King
25 Bowdoin Street 35.00
Hodgkins
Anthony T. Farrington
15 Dimick Street 37.00
Western Jr. High
James T. Eddy
905 Broadway 41.00
Western Jr. High
George A. Givan
102 Lexington Ave. 34.50
Western Jr. High
Joseph Farrington
465 Somerville Ave. 32.00
Western Jr. High
Thomas Copithorne
23 Gordon St. 32.00
Cutler
Thomas J. Flynn
34 Powder House B. 37.00
Cutler
Thomas F. Murphy
33 College Hill Rd. 31.50
Lincoln
Guisappe DelPonte
51 Elmwood St. 28.00
Lowe
Walter M. Burns
23 Avon Street 31.50
Carr
Patrick I. Delmore
3 Harvard Place
69 Oxford Street 35.50
Morse
John W. Cremen
5 Bradford Ave. 35.00
Continuation
Peter McNally
23 Everett Avenue 35.00
Baxter
Jeremiah J. Sullivan
4 Sanborn Avenue
High, Central Heat- ing Plant
Edward J. Barbour
109 Pennsylvania Av. 31.50
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :
Gentlemen : The sixty-second annual report of the Trustees of the Public Library is herewith respectfully submitted ; being the report of the librarian and tables of statistics of operation.
Very respectfully,
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES,
WILLIAM L. BARBER, President
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
WILLIAM L. BARBER, President
Term Expires January 1, 1937
REV. DAVID V. FITZGERALD, Vice-President.
",
1936
FRANK M. BARNARD
1935
MISS ANNA J. COLL
1936
WILLIAM H. DOLBEN
1936
JOHN D. KELLEY
1935
WILLIAM H. McKENNA
1937
DOUGLAS B. FOSTER
1937
JOHN J. GRIFFIN
1935
COMMITTEES On Administration The President, Messrs. Dolben, McKenna, Foster and Griffin
On Books and Cataloging The President, Messrs. Barnard, Kelley, Miss Coll and Rev. D. V. FitzGerald
On Buildings and Property The President and the Vice-President
Secretary of the Board GEORGE H. EVANS
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ORGANIZATION OF LIBRARY AND STAFF PERSONNEL
December 31, 1934
CENTRAL LIBRARY
Established 1872 Highland Ave. and Walnut Street
GRADED SERVICE GEORGE H. EVANS, Librarian NELLIE M. WHIPPLE, Assistant Librarian VIVIAN J. MORSE, Executive Assistant
Division Heads and Special Positions
CORA B. EAMES, Reference Librarian and Second Assistant
MABEL E. BUNKER, Chief Cataloger
DOROTHY E. KENNEDY, Supervisor of Periodicals and Binding MARY B. BARTLETT, School Librarian
MYRTLE NICHOLSON, Desk Chief
RUTH M. WOODMAN, Assistant Cataloger
MILDRED A. BOWLEY, Reference Assistant
ALICE H. BOYD, Children's Librarian
Senior Assistants
RUTH M. NOURBOURN
RUTH HOLMES
SOPHIE MARGOLIS MARGARET M. COLLINS
Junior Assistants
G. ELINOR SMITH
MARY M. NOONAN CATHERINE COTTER EMMA MERLINI
R. VIVIAN SMITH KATHLEEN MARTIN MARGARET HESHION MARGARET O'NEILL
Ungraded Service Attendants on Part Time
MICHAEL F. COLLINS CHARLES E. NOYES
ROBERT CLARK
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WEST SOMERVILLE BRANCH Established 1909
40 College Avenue
Graded Service
ESTHER M. MAYHEW, Branch Librarian
DOROTHY T. TERRY, First Assistant
BEATRICE M. KENNY, Children's Librarian ELIZABETH CORBIN, Senior Assistant MARION E. SMITH, Senior Assistant BARBARA C. NILES, Junior Assistant
Ungraded Service Attendants on Part Time BARBARA K. COLEMAN HELEN MERRY
JOSEPH RUTTLE
EAST SOMERVILLE BRANCH
Established 1912 Broadway and Illinois Avenue
Graded Service ELSIE K. WELLS, Branch Librarian KATHRYN KENNY, First Assistant GERTRUDE REYNOLDS, Children's Librarian ELEANOR LLOY, Junior Assistant
Ungraded Service Attendants on Part Time
NELLIE M. EGAN HELEN TAYLOR DUNNE. ELIZABETH FLYNN GERTRUDE L. WALLACE
UNION SQUARE BRANCH
Established 1912 50 Bow Street
Graded Service ALICE G. WORTHEN, Branch Librarian KATHLEEN O'BRIEN, First Assistant WINIFRED J. PEMBER, Children's Librarian
Ungraded Service Attendants on Part Time
PAULINE E. MAGWOOD KATHLEEN SHEA
MILDRED C. PERKINS KATHARINE J. WHITE
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WINTER HILL STATION
Established 1929
424 Broadway
Graded Service RUTH EATON DALY, Assistant-in-Charge
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To the Board of Trustees :
The sixty-second annual report of the Somerville Public Library, being that for the year 1934, is herewith submitted.
Detailed statements of the record of the year setting forth in statistical form the use and growth of the library will be found in the appendices. Some analysis of these figures may be useful. In common with all city departments the library has had to make retrenchments dictated by the unprecedented financial situation. With an initial appropriation deeply cut below the inadequate appropriation of 1933, and later still further reduced by over $5,000 in reserved balances and trans- fers to other departments with approval of the state Emer- gency Finance Board, we have reached the end of a year of general curtailment of customary service. This curtailment is logically reflected in a decline in home loans of 87,970 as com- pared with 1933. It is a perfectly simple, though somewhat startling, illustration of the law of cause and effect. The dwindling flow of new books purchased from the appropria- tion ceased with the last order of August 28, just before the time when the year's output began to reach its maximum in volume and importance. The five-year period, 1928-1932, in- cluded both good and poor years, and taken as a whole affords a normal measuring stick. During that period the average number of volumes added each year was 11,777. In 1934 the number added was only 4,618. During the same period, 1928- 1932, the average amount available for binding was $3,782 per year, a sum sufficient to keep over five thousand books alive and at work each year. The averages of recent good and poor years applied to the year 1934 present a true picture. The 7,159 shrinkage in books added, plus the more than 4,000 shrinkage in books kept in commission by binding, makes a total short- age of approximately 12,000. To cope with this shortage it was necessary to curtail the privileges of borrowers, and to reduce by 20% to 33% the collections deposited in the public and parochial schools. There are a large number of earnest and ambitious men and women who see in their enforced idleness an opportunity for a study and improvement in their several occupations. Their library ought in these times, as never be-
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fore, to be in a position to furnish them with the material for their purposes.
The library faces a very serious binding problem. However it is solved it will seem expensive, even though the cost will be in the nature of a normal charge deferred from a previous year. The accumulated unbound books of 1934 constitute a heavy handicap as we enter the new year. It is a two-fold handicap, since to bind them and to carry on the current binding of 1935 will approximately double the normal charge, while to leave them unbound and in unloanable condition will deprive the public of over 4,000 timely books bought for their use. They represent an investment of something like $8,000, now unpro- ductive, and in imminent danger of being a total loss.
Unfortunately it is the new books most in demand that suffer most, and therefore soonest reach the binding stage, with the result that they are quickly out of commission. Mend- ing does not take the place of binding. On the contrary, struc- tural mending not only increases the difficulties of binding and shortens the life of the book, but in many cases, entirely pre- vents binding. Mending in a well-conducted library is limited to such superficial repairs as leaf damages, the tipping in of loose plates, and certain types of cleaning. A structurally mended book will ordinarily be discarded after a short life, while a book promptly rebound usually becomes permanent un- til superseded in its field by more timely and authoritative pub- lications. The employees of our library are carefully trained in the recognized methods of library mending. They are skilled in the work. In a library of this size the staff must be organ- ized for mass production in its field, and our menders are suf- ficient in number to handle promptly and competently the normal flow of legitimate mending. Library binding is a special type that has been highly developed over a long period of years of experimentation in learning to cope with the par- ticular problems arising from public use, that differ so greatly from the problems of other kinds of usage. The results of these years of study have been embodied in a carefully detailed and useful code of specifications approved by N. R. A. in accordance with which the books of this library are customarily bound. Thereby they become equipped for the maximum life in the field in which they are used. Methods of binding suitable for the books of the private owner are entirely unsuitable for the public library, while the prevailing methods of binding school books would be in the highest degree disastrous for the library. It is only certain kinds of works of reference that are bound by
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the publishers to resist the abuse of public library usage. The ordinary run of books in publishers' bindings are superficially sewed and cased. They will last reasonably well while on the shelves of the private owner, and will resist the wear of a few readings in careful hands. It will doubtless startle the private owner who treats his books with some respect, not to say af- fection, to learn that the life of a library book, circulating in its original binding, is from seven to ten loans. When rebound in accordance with library binding specifications the life of the book is prolonged to about seventy-five additional loans.
Recognizing the present extraordinary conditions, we have expanded the permissible mending on books of an ephemeral type, and have thereby somewhat reduced the number of books set aside for binding. But we have done it with the knowledge and expectation that the books so mended will soon have to be discarded. If we are able to secure for 1935 only the usual ap- propriation for binding, required for the normal wear of the year, we must face the unavoidable conclusion that some thou- sands of volumes that arrived at the binding stage in 1934 will be a total loss to our citizens who own and use the library. Their loss will have to be charged against the over-mounting cost of economic recovery.
It has long been known to librarians and to students of municipal building problems that for a library to share a building with other city departments works badly for all con- cerned, but especially for the library. The situation at Union Square Branch is only one more demonstration of a well-estab- lished principle. The order and quiet so necessary to the pur- poses of a library can not be secured when the approaches are uncontrolled, and are thronged with people upon errands other than reading and study. We live in hope that eventually the library will have its own home, modern in its conception, sub- ject solely to its own control, and suitable to its own purposes. In the meantime, if the new building must be long delayed, the worst of the present abuses can be eliminated by the plan of separate entrances described in last year's report.
Some relief from the congested conditions at Winter Hill has been secured by increasing the open hours by the addition of two afternoons, making a present total of five afternoons and two evenings, or twenty-four hours, a week. The accom- modations are inadequate and suffer from the limitations in- cident to occupancy of private property.
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Under Federal projects the library received certain serv- ices and improvements during the year. Notable among them were repairs and interior painting at Central, West, and East. There have also been quite extensive improvements to the grounds at East. The most conspicuous and long-standing need is the construction of a wrought iron fence around the lot of the West Somerville Branch. The present unregulated use of its grounds as a neighborhood playground makes it an eye-sore, and leads to the destruction of property, and dis- turbances, to which the users of the library and the neighbors ought not to be subjected.
Under a C. W. A. project that was just getting under way at the end of 1933 a varying number of women, not exceeding sixteen at any one time, were given work until the middle of February. The product of their activities is estimated to be approximately as follows: 10,000 catalog cards typed, 2,500 cards cleaned, 3,000 letter sheets typed, 13,000 pictures mount. ed, and 1,500 books mended.
During eleven months of 1934 the employees of the library contributed 15 per cent. of their salaries to the support of the program for economic recovery. The total amount was $7,133.
Acting upon the request of the Board of Election Commis- sioners for use of the basement of the West Somerville Branch Library as a polling place on election days the Board of Trustees on March 15 voted to permit its use for that purpose under the following conditions :
That the western end of the basement shall be used ;
That a partition shall be erected substantially as indicated in the sketch submitted to the chairman of the Board of Election Commissioners on March 9 completely separating the polling place from the rest of the building but including a door for jan- itor's use ;
That the front basement door under the front steps of the library shall be used as an entrance ; and
That the old polling booth shall be removed from the library grounds.
In response to an application for use of the second floor of the West Somerville Branch Library as a lodge room by the
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Sgt. John A. Dickerman Chapter of Disabled American Vet- erans of the World War, accompanied by a recommendation for favorable action by the Mayor, it was voted on April 18 to grant the application subject to the following conditions, which were accepted by the Chapter :
No financial charges shall be incurred against the appropriation of the library department by reason of occupancy of the rooms by the Chapter.
Occupancy and use shall be limited to the second floor and rear stairway and entrance.
No dancing, drilling, music or other activities tending to disturb the quiet and order of the library, or otherwise to interfere with its func- tions, shall be permitted during the hours when the library is open to the public.
It is agreed that the Chapter shall maintain the rooms in a clean and sanitary condition and shall permit access to them by the trustees and libra- rian, or their representative, if at any time it should appear necessary.
It is agreed that the rooms are granted for the ordinary uses of a Chapter home, but are not to be used for the purpose of holding public func- tions, nor for anything that involves an admis- sion fee.
Since the building is fundamentally intended for library uses, and under the city charter the trustees are charged with the responsibility of executing that purpose, it is agreed that the ar- rangement shall be subject to cancellation and the rooms surrendered in good condition to the library trustees, if and when requested by said trustees.
With a full staff and no resignations in prospect, together with a declining circulation, it would seem that a sound economy dictates the suspension of the Training Class in 1935, and it is so recommended.
The appended tabulations are submitted as a part of this report.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. H. EVANS, Librarian.
APPENDIX A Statistics of Use and Growth Circulation
Total
Volumes circulated adult
Central 155,191 38,846
West 101,817 30,505
East
Union 44,964 21,878
15,737 10,697
126,723
382,542 258,093
Volumes circulated juvenile ....
Total circulation (A.L.A. rules)
194,037
132,322
94,277
66,842
26,434
126,723
640,635
Central
West
Accessions East
Union
Winter Hill
Total
Volumes in Library,
Dec. 31, 1933
93,139
20,825
10,247
10,417
3,042
137,670
Volumes added
2,783
611
492
463
169
4,518
Volumes transferred to
17
4
6
0
0
27
Volumes restored
65
11
4
19
1
100
Total additions
2,865
626
502
482
170
4,645
Volumes withdrawn . 2,222
578
595
845
124
4,364
Volumes transferred from
24
3
0
0
0
27
Volumes lost
883
97
128
195
33
1,336
Total reductions
3,129
678
723
1,040
157
5,727
Net gain
264
52
221
558
1,082
Volumes
in Library,
20,773
10,026
9,859
3,055
136,588
Registration
Central
West
East
Union
Winter Hill
Total
Registered Borrowers Dec. 31, 1933
8,545
6,216
2,924
3,243
1,007
21,935
Expirations in 1934
4,146
2,913
1,433
1,474
473
10,439
Registrations in 1934
4,094
2,899
1,428
1,360
505
10,286
Registered Borrowers Dec. 31, 1934
8,493
6,202
2,919
3,129
1,039
21,782
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Net loss
Dec. 31, 1934
92,875
..
Winter Hill
Schools
64,833
29,444
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APPENDIX B
American Library Association Form for Uniform Statistics
City: Somerville
State: Massachusetts
Name of library : The Public Library of the City of Somerville
Date of founding: 1872
Report for year ending December 31, 1934
Name of Librarian: George Hill Evans
Population served (1930 U. S. census)
103,908
Governmental unit served: City
Terms of use: Free for lending, free for reference
Number of days open during year (Central library) 302
72
Total number of agencies (including Central library)
281
Consisting of: Central library 1
Branches 4
Stations 276
USE
Number of volumes of adult non-fiction lent for home use
81,550
Number of volumes of adult fiction lent for home use. 300,992
Number of volumes for children lent for home use 258,093
Total number of volumes lent for home use
640,635
Circulation: per capita, 6; per registered borrower, 29; per library employee, 15,253.
Period of usual loan: 14 days
Number of pictures lent for home use: 1108
REGISTRATION
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Number of borrowers registered during
year
6,336
3,920
10,286
Total number of registered borrowers
13,067
8,715
21,782
Registration period : 2 years
Per cent of population registered as borrowers
20.9%
BOOK STOCK
Number of volumes at beginning of year .. Number of volumes added during year ..
Adult 107,466 2,132
Juvenile 30,204 2,513
Total 137,670 4,645
Total
109,598
32,717
142,315
Number of volumes lost or withdrawn dur-
3,221
2,506
5,727
ing year
106,377
30,211
136,588
Total number at end of year
Total number of reference volumes (in- cluded in above)
6,804
Number of volumes per capita
1.31
Number of volumes per registered bor- rower
6.27
........
Hours of opening each week (Central library)
312
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MISCELLANEOUS STOCK
Number of newspapers currently received: Titles, 12; duplicate cop- ies, 1.
Number of periodicals exclusive of newspapers currently received: titles, 213; duplicate copies, 63.
PERSONNEL
Number of employees in terms of full-time equivalent: library serv- ice, 42; janitor service, 6; total, 48.
Number of individuals on payroll: library service, 51; janitors serv- ice, 6; total, 57.
. FINANCE
Assessed valuation of city: $118,100,500. True cash value. Rate of tax levy for library purposes: 68/100 of a mill.
Receipts :
Local taxation
$80,319.54
Library Department
66,349.80
Fines included in above ...
2,225.50
Dog Licenses included in above
3,781.40
Public Buildings Department
13,969.74
Invested Funds
2,533.80
Income, current year
1,185.95
Balance, previous year
1,347.85
Total
$82,853.34
Payments :
Library Department:
$62,303.46
Salaries
$51,824.57
Books (including $997.74 from funds)
5,149.42
Periodicals (including $16.75 from funds) ..
1,076.79
Binding
476.65
Supplies, stationery, printing (including $114.24 from funds)
1,741.82
Telephone, postage, freight, express
1,855.31
Furniture, equipment
46.85
Other items
132.05
Public Buildings Department:
$13,639.71
Salaries, janitors, building force
7,973.44
Cleaning supplies and equipment
50.29
Repairs, minor alterations, furniture, etc.
574.63
Rent
600.00
Heat, light, water
3,831.82
Other items
609.53
Total Operating Expenses
$75,943.17
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Transfers to Other Departments: $3,100.00
From Library Department
$2,900.00
From Public Buildings Department
200.00
Unexpended Balances : 3,810.17
Library Department 2,275.07
Invested Trust Funds
1,405.07
Public Buildings Department
130.03
Grand Total ..
$82,853.34 Maintenance expenditure: per capita, 73c; per registered borrower, $3.48.
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REPORT OF THE SOLDIERS' RELIEF DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville.
January 2, 1935.
Gentlemen :
I am submitting the annual report of the Soldiers' Relief Department in which is presented a tabulated statement of the aid rendered to the veterans of the Civil, Spanish, German and Mexican Wars for the year ending December 31, 1934.
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