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At present, there is no officer in charge of the Fire Pre- vention Bureau and I recommend the appointment of a Cap- tain to be in charge of this Bureau.
The placing in service of the new modern fire equipment requires that the members of the department be thoroughly trained in the use of this apparatus and equipment. At the present time, this work is performed by the various command- ing officers - thereby leading to different methods of oper- ating and handling the new equipment and a lack of continuity of the training program.
I therefore recommend that a Captain be appointed to serve as Drill Master.
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On different occasions, difficulty has been experienced by the telephone operator in the local exchange, and by the fire- alarm operator, in understanding excited persons giving the location of a fire or other emergency.
I therefore recommend that a recorder be purchased to re- cord all incoming calls on the telephone switchboard and also on the radio. A record will be made of all telephone calls received at the switchboard and also radio messages. If a question arises regarding a message received, this record can be played back to ascertain the location as given by the person making the call - and also a record of the radio message.
At the fire in the Cott Bottling Plant on March 18, 1954, and on other serious fire occasions, the radio now being used by both the Police and Fire Departments was in constant use. The use of the radio by both departments, on the same fre- quency, prevents the Fire Department from issuing important and immediate messages.
I therefore recommend that the Fire Department trans- mitter be located on another frequency. The sets now in use by the Fire Department can be used with minor adjustments.
To His Honor the Mayor, the members of the Honorable Board of Aldermen, the Officers and Members of the Fire De- partment, all Municipal Departments who so ably assisted this department, and to the citizens of the city, I extend the thanks of the department for their support and co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES H. O'HARA,
Chief Engineer
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
January 1, 1955
To the Honorable the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen
Gentlemen:
The following report of the Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures for the year 1954 is respectfully submitted.
During 1954 our headquarters was moved from City Hall to the new Public Works Building at Ryan Road. To the de- signers and engineers of this structure we offer our congratula- tions. We also wish to extend our thanks to the Public Works Commissioner Walter Manning and his staff for setting up our office in a manner which makes our facilities and working conditions more convenient and pleasant.
We are now equipped with a fifty ton truck scale which can be very valuable in the weighing of commodities purchased by the City. It is also available for public weighing, for a small fee, making a new source of revenue for the city.
We also wish to express our appreciation for the coopera- tion shown to this department by His Honor the Mayor, and members of the Honorable Board of Aldermen.
Work of Weights and Measures Department for 1954
Scales:
Adjusted
Sealed
Not Sealed
Con- demed
Over 10,000
5
28
0
0
5,000 lbs. to 10,00
1
6
0
0
100 to 5,000 lbs.
18
182
1
11
Under 100 lbs.
243
868
7
18
Weights:
4
858
0
13
Capacity Measure:
Vehicle Tanks
1
1
0
0
Liquid over 1 gallon
0
7
0
0
Liquid under 1 gallon
1
95
4
3
Dry
0
0
0
0
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Automatic Measuring Devices:
Adjusted
Sealed
Not Sealed
Con- demed
Less than inch
Quantity Measure on Pumps
0
0
131
0
Gasoline Meters
7
182
2
5
Oil and Grease Meters
37
22
3
3
Over one inch
Tank Meter Systems
17
113
0
6
Bulk Meter Systems
0
20
3
0
Other
0
2
6
0
Grease Measuring Devices
0
29
26
2
Linear Measure:
Yark Sticks
0
68
0
1
Cloth Measuring Devices
0
6
0
0
Taxi Meters
0
49
0
2
Total
296
2528
52
64
Summary of Inspections made:
Clinical Thermometers
1045
Coal Certificates
2
Ice Scales
0
Junk Scales
16
Marking of Bread
12
Marking of Food Packages
245
Milk Jars
0
Oil Jars
296
Paper or Fibre Cartons
0
Pedlers' License
11
Pedlers' Scales
11
Transient Vendors
0
Wholesale Milk Cans
0
Taxi Meters
10
Fuel Meters
15
Gas Pumps and Meters
50
Coal in Paper Bags
20
Kindling Wood in Paper Bags
0
Oil Measures (5 gallons)
10
Summary of Tests made:
Berry Baskets
0
Cartons (approved as measures)
0
Gasoline Devices (other than Sealings)
20
Ice Cream Cartons
25
Scales in Stores
10
Taxi Meters (other than Sealing)
11
Fuel Meters (other than Sealing)
5
Applications inspected and signed for Special Licenses:
Special City Licenses
12
County
50
State
41
Disabled Veterans
22
Transfers
3
Total
128
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Gasoline Station Tests:
Total Number of calls
52
Number of different stations
51
Number of call-backs to stations previously inspected
3
Number of Gallons drawn for tests
2090
Total meters at stations
194
Total meters sealed
182
Total meters not sealed
12
Trial weighings and measurements of commodities sold or put up for sale:
Incorrect
Total No. Number .Tested Correct
Under
Over
Bread
26
15
3
8
Butter
0
0
0
0
Coal (in paper bags)
20
20
0
0
Coal (in transit)
2
2
0
0
Confectionery
0
0
0
0
Dry Commodities
22
20
0
2
Flour
22
15
1
6
Fruits and Vegetables
99
25
38
34
Ice
0
0
0
0
Lard
40
36
4
0
Meat and Provisions
121
71
20
23
Potatoes
14
0
6
8
Total
266
131
61
65
Miscellaneous:
Court Cases
0
Complaints Investigated
15
Public Weighings
527
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. CASEY, Sealer of Weights and Measures
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REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD
To the Honorable, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen Somerville, Massachusetts
February 3, 1955
Gentlemen:
The Planning Board of the City of Somerville, in accord- ance with Section 81 C, of Chapter 41, of the General Laws of Massachusetts, herewith respectfully submits the annual re- port for the year 1954.
On February 3, 1954, at its annual organizational meeting, Mr. Harry P. Burden was unanimously elected Chairman of the Planning Board for the ensuing year, and Mı. John J. Molloy was elected clerk of the Board.
On June 15, 1954, Mr. Earl W. Landry was appointed to succeed Frederick J. Ryan, whose term expired.
During the year, Mrs. Mary W. Vise, Junior Planner, re- signed to undertake a planning and architectural study trip to Europe with her husband. In April, Mr. Robert W. Mayerson, Junior Planner, came to us on a part time basis, pending com- pletion of work toward his Master's degree in City Planning, at Harvard University School of Design. Previously, Mr. Mayerson had received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in the Urban Commu- nities Program, at the University of Michigan. He began full time work in the middle of June.
Four zone change petitions, two on Tufts Street, one on Highland Avenue, and one on Holland Street, after due notice and public hearings, were reported on to your Honorable Board. The staff, in the course of the year, prepared a new copy of the Zoning Map, including amendments, up to 1954, for the use of the Building Inspector and the City Clerk.
A preliminary report on the General Zoning Amendment was submitted to your Honorable Board in April, and after
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many conferences with individual members of the Board of Aldermen, including one meeting with the Committee on Legislative Matters and Public Safety, was revised for public release at the end of the year. A copy for your file is enclosed. We have completed a revised draft of the text of the Ordi- nance, and that will be available for open meetings in early 1955. We look forward to the final review and approval of this new ordinance early in 1955, so that our old ordinance will not reach the age of 30. We welcome informal discussions with your Honorable Board at the Board or staff level.
Our Staff has prepared many small studies and reports to assist other municipal departments in their work. The Board has made a special effort to study the long term implications of appeals from the zoning ordinance.
The Board and the Staff expended much time on the se- lection of sites for the Housing Authority, relative to housing projects for the elderly. The proposals of this Board were ac- cepted by the Housing Authority and the State Housing Board, late in 1954, so that the city can look to being one of the first to act under this State-aided program. We are particularly pleased that these projects will be small, with none in excess of 24 dwelling units. The staff has also been working with the Housing Authority staff in the matter of locating sites for ad- ditional low rent housing. Again, the Board wishes to take the position that small projects integrated into neighborhoods are more desirable than large segregated units.
The Board has made its staff available to work on the Workable Program for Urban Renewal, and the Housing Code, since these are prerequisites to Federal aid for active renewal studies and projects, such as that requested by your Honorable Board in an order to Mayor Donovan of June 3, 1954. We are pleased to have been able to participate in these programs which have brought commendation to the City.
Liason work with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works and the M. D. C. continued, with special emphasis being placed on the problem of bringing Route 28 in from the North. Office studies of land takings and traffic have been made, the latter in cooperation with the Somerville Chamber of Commerce.
During the year, members of the staff made several ap- pearances before community groups, speaking on Planning, Zoning, Urban Renewal, and related matters.
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Our work program for 1955 includes the following:
1. Completion of revised zoning text and map.
2. Continuation of highway planning with DPW and MDC.
3. Presentation of city and neighborhood planning programs to community groups.
4. Preparation of maps for other municipal departments and civic agencies.
5. Holding of zoning hearings when required.
6. Preparation of site selection studies for public housing, when required.
7. Assisting on Legislative studies as required for sound planning, housing and renewal work.
8. Development, in cooperation with Housing Authority and Mayor's advisory Committee on Urban Renewal, of a thoroughgoing renewal plan for East Somerville area, under loan funds provided by the Federal Government.
The Planning Board wishes to commend the cooperative effort of its loyal and energetic planning staff, and to extend its sincere appreciation to Mayor Donovan and the Honorable Board of Aldermen for their continued interest in and support of planning progress in Somerville.
Respectfully submitted,
HARRY P. BURDEN, Chairman SOMERVILLE PLANNING BOARD
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
254
ANNUAL REPORTS
SCHOOL COMMITTEE Somerville, Massachusetts 1954
JOHN J. BRENNAN WILLIAM J. SHEA
Chairman Vice-Chairman
MEMBERS Ex-Officiis
WILLIAM J. DONOVAN, Mayor THOMAS J. BURKE, President, Board of Aldermen
71 Bay State Avenue 38 Burnham Street
Ward One
EDWARD A. CIAMPA
66 Pearl Street
Ward Two
WALTER J. CASEY
15 Kingman Road
ELEANOR S. COYNE
59 Preston Road
SARAH M. MCLAUGHLIN
167 Central Street
WILLIAM J. SHEA
27 Aberdeen Road
EDWARD F. MOYNIHAN, JR
905 Broadway
Ward Seven
50a Gordon Street
Superintendent of Schools EVERETT W. IRELAND
Office: West Building, High School, Highland Avenue Residence: 18 Day Street
The Superintendent's Office will be open on school days from 8:00 to 5:00. His office hour is 4:00 on school days.
Assistant Superintendent of Schools
LEO C. DONAHUE 108 Summer Street
Superintendent's Office Force
Marion E. Marshall, 62 Highland Avenue Regina Truelson, 23 Blackrock Road, Melrose Frances C. Geaton, 104 Bartlett Street William E. Hogan, 12 Richardson Road, Newton Julia DiMaggio, 53 Main Street Claire F. McAnneny, 33 Pearson Road Eileen M. Mahoney, 14 Madison Street Elizabeth A. Cassidy, 50 Powder House Boulevard
Ward Three
Ward Four
Ward Five
Ward Six
JOHN J. BRENNAN
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Standing Committee of the Whole
With Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen designated to act during such times as the matters set opposite their names are under discussion:
TEACHERS Coyne, Shea, (Brennan)
FINANCE Ciampa, Mclaughlin, (Moynihan) CURRICULUMS AND INSTRUCTION Casey, Coyne
HEALTH, PHYSICAL TRAINING AND ATHLETICS Shea, Casey INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION Moynihan, Ciampa, (Mclaughlin)
SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS Mclaughlin, Coyne, (Brennan)
RULES AND REGULATIONS Brennan, Shea
Meetings
January 4
May 24
January 25
June 28
February 22
September 27
March 29
October 25
April 26
November 29
December 27
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PART II
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
Population and school census
School buildings
Teachers
Attendance for year
Cost of school maintenance
Miscellaneous
Cost of Schools
MISCELLANEOUS TABLES
CONCERNING FINANCE
No. of Table
1. Schedule of School property.
2. Cost of maintaining schools, school year 1953-1954.
3. Cost per capita of maintaining schools, school year 1953-1954.
4. Cost of maintaining schools for a series of years.
5. Cost per capita for maintaining schools for series of years.
6. Amount spent annually for new school buildings and for repairs for a series of years.
CONCERNING PUPILS
7. Population and school registration.
8. Attendance, etc., of the schools for school year 1953-1954.
9. Statistics of the high school for school year 1953-1954.
10 Pupils by grades, June 1954.
11. Separate statistics for high, junior high, elementary and vocational schools, for school year 1953-1954.
12. Admission to first grade in September 1954.
13.
14. Number of junior high graduates, 1954.
15. Truant Statistics for a series of years.
16. Evening school statistics, 1953-1954.
Elementary school promotees for a series of years.
17.
18. Attendance statistics of all schools for a series of years.
Statistics for the high school for a series of years.
19. Promotions, junior high schools, 1954.
19a. Promotions, elementary schools, 1954.
CONCERNING TEACHERS
20. Registration of teachers, 1954.
21. Teachers elected in 1954.
22. Leave of absence of teachers.
23. Transfer of teachers.
24. Number of teachers employed for a series of years.
25. Changes in text books, 1954.
26. High and Junior High School graduation exercises, 1954.
26a. Evening High School graduation exercises, 1954.
27. Vocational School graduation exercises, 1954.
28. Organization of school board for 1954.
29. Teachers in service, December, 1954.
30. Officers in service, December, 1954.
31. School Custodians.
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
1-POPULATION AND SCHOOL CENSUS
Population, United States census, 1895
52,200
Population, United States census, 1900
61,643
Population, State census, 1905
69,272
Population, United States census, 1910
77,236
Population, State census, 1915
86,854
Population, United States census, 1920
93,033
Population, State census, 1925
99,032
Population, United States census, 1930
103,604
Population, State census, 1935
100,773
Population, United States census, 1940
102,304
Population, State census, 1945
105,883
Population, United States census, 1950
102,254
Children, between five and fifteen years of age inclusive, October, 1954 by school census
16,548
2-SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Number of school buildings in June
26
Number of classrooms in use in June
515
Valuation of school property
$4,891,600
3-TEACHERS
1953
1954
Change
In high school
122
124
+2
In junior high schools
122
120
-2
In elementary schools
198
204
+6
In Kindergartens
33
34
+1
Total: elementary and kindergar-
ten
231
238
+7
Vocational School for Boys
21
21
0
Independent Household Arts
1
1
0
Atypical Classes
12
11
-1
Sight saving
1
1
Cadet teachers
5
5
Special
13
14
Cont. and Jr. Vocational
4
4
Americanization
1
1
0 0 +1 0 0 100too-
Total Teachers
533
540
+7
Supervisors, Principals, etc.
21
21
0
Total
554
561
+7
4-ATTENDANCE FOR THE YEAR
1953
1954
Change
Entire enrollment for the year
13,369
13,499
+130
Average number belonging
12,498
12,566
+ 68
Average number attending
11,418
11,560
+142
Percent of daily attendance
91.40
91.99
+ .59
High school graduates
636
566
- 70
Junior High School graduates
794
780
14
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5-COST OF SCHOOL MAINTENANCE
*1953
Salaries of teachers ...
$2,433,702.46
*1954 $2,543,771.76 87,157.26
Change +$110,069.30 +
Salaries of officers ....
75,381.98
11,775.28
Cost of books and supplies ..
82,822.19
91,606.54
+ 8,784.45
Cost of care of build- ings
550,161.56
547,462.69
2,698.87
Total cost of day and evening schools ....
3,142,068.19
3,269,998.35
+ 127,930.16
Per capita cost
251.40
282.87
31.47
Cost of High School
instruction
610,774.54
637,771.77
+ 26,997.23
Per capita cost ..
297.21
335.67
+
38.46
6-MISCELLANEOUS
*1953
* 1954
Change
Paid for new school buildings
Repairs & permanent improvements ... .... Total school expend- itures
$192,824.38
$186,926.80
+ $5,897.58
Valuation of city
Number of dollars
spent to maintain
schools out of
every $1,000 of
valuation
1.48
1.43
+ .05
Number
dollars
spent for all school
purposes, etc ......
24.04
24.95
+ .91
* School year.
7-COST OF THE SCHOOLS
The total amount spent for the maintenance of the schools of Somerville for the school year ending June 30, 1954, is $3,269,998.35.
This includes the sum spent for care of school buildings, including salaries of officers, the amount spent for school and administrative supplies and services, and the sum paid for salaries of teachers.
The expenditures for care for school buildings is wholly in charge of the City Government.
The amount paid for janitors is $232,167.96 The cost of fuel is 68,305.50
The cost of light is 38,210.80
Miscellaneous expense of operation 21,851.63 A total cost of 360,535.89
A total cost per capita of 28.69
Cost of repairs 186,926.80
.........
........
...... .......
3,142,068.19
3,269,998.35
+ 127,930.16
130,714,000.00
131,065,450.00
+ 351,450.00
The second important expenditure is wholly under the control of the School Committee and is covered by what is known as the "School Contingent" appropriation. The following is the itemized account.
Expenditures
Total
-Day School- High
Junior High Elementary
Vocational
-Evening Schools- High
Elementary
Vocational
Office Salaries
$87,157.26
Office Expenses
8,417.19
Text Books
19,778.27
$4,626.68
$3,826.05
$11,147.02
$126.39
$52.13
Stationery, Supplies, etc.
52,634.38
18,164.66
11,549.26
13,823.08
6,783.51
$48.66
$1,052.63
1,212.58
Miscellaneous, etc.
10,776.80
2,127.74
3,770.23
3,520.15
1,234.94
123.74
Total
$178,763.90
$24,919.08
$19,145.54
$28,490.25
$8,144.84
$48.66
$1,052.63
$1,388.45
The third, and by far, the largest element of the cost of schools is the sum spent for the salaries of teachers. under the control of the School Committee.
-Day School-
Expenditures
Total $47,154.06
High $9,642.50 7,440.00
Junior High Elementary $7,526.50 19,365.00 $28,223.50
Vocational
Elementary
Vocational
$1,761.56
Principals
76,385.25
42,175.00
$5,401.75 100,679.45
$633.40
$21.85
$395.00
953.25
Teachers
2,420,232.45
613,030.10
567,536.14
1,106,070.89
5,445.25
316.50
3,237.00
23,917.12
Total
$2,543,771.76
$630,112.60
$594,427.64 $1,176,469.39
$106,081.20
$6,078.65
$338.35
$3,632.00
$26,631.93
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
This expenditure is
Jr. Vocational Continuation School and Americaniza- tion Work
Supervisors
-Evening Schools- High
Jr. Vocational Continuation School and Americaniza- tion Work
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The total outlay for all school purposes includes all the preceding and the sums spent for schoolhouse repairs and new buildings.
The total outlay for the school year ending June 30, 1954 is as follows:
Care
$360,535.89
Contingent
91,606.64
Salaries
2,630,929.02
Total for school maintenance
3,083,071.55
Paid for repairs
186,926.80
Total for all school purposes
3,269,998.35
Each dollar of the sum spent for the support of schools has been divided in the following proportion:
Janitors salaries
1949 $0.071
1950 $0.074
1951 $0.070
1952 $0.074
1953 $0.069
1954 $0.075
Other Maintenance
expenses
0.054
0.056
0.046
0.044
0.052
0.042
Administration
0.028
0.027
0.028
0.027
0.028
0.028
School supplies
0.029
0.028
0.030
0.029
0.026
0.030
Teachers salaries
0.818
0.815
0.826
0.826
0.825
0.825
$1.000
$1.000
$1.000
$1.000
$1.000
$1.000
Per Capita Cost. The proper method of comparison of the cost of schools year by year is to consider the sum spent for each pupil in the average membership. In this computation we exclude the cost of evening schools, and the vocational schools. The following shows:
The Per Capita Cost of Schools for 1953-54
High School.
Junior High Schools.
Elementary Schools.
All Day Schools.
1953.
1954.
Change
1953.
1954.
Change
1953.
1954.
Change
1953.
1954.
Change
Instruction Supplies Care.
$297.21 11.35 42.80
$310.35 12.76 43.35
+$13.14 +1.41 +.55
$241.43 7.03 55 65
$246.35 8 31 53.67
+$4.92 +1.28 -1.98
$149.94 $156.50 4.24 36.69 4.34 36.15
+$6 56 +.10 --. 54
$193.14 6.00 41.53
$200.22 1.55 40.87
+$7.08 +.55
--. 66
Total
$351.36
$366.46
+$15.10
$304.11
$308.33
+$4.22
$190.87
$196.99
+$6.12
$240.67
$247.64
+$6.97
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
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A comparison of the per capita cost for previous years is as follows:
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
Cost of Instruc-
tion
$139.28 $155.74 $170.34 $182.81
$193.14 $200.22
Cost of Supplies
4.82
5.41
6.08
6.40
6.00
6.55
Cost of Care
29.23
34.48
35.87
36.65
41.53
40.87
Total
$173.33 $195.63 $212.29 $225.86 $240.67 $247.64
An examination of these tables shows that we have paid $13.14 more for the instruction of each pupil in the High School than in 1953, and $1.41 more per pupil for supplies.
The elementary schools have cost $6.56 more per pupil for instruction, and $0.10 more for supplies.
The amount yielded for each child in the average mem- bership of the schools for 1954 not including the vocational schools, was $247.64.
TABLE 1-SCHOOLHOUSES, DECEMBER, 1954
Name
No. of Classrooms
No. of Sittings
Size of Lot, includ-
ing Space occupied
by Building
Class of
Construction
How Heated
How Ventilated
Valuation including
When Built
High School
* 102
3,407
٠٠٠٠ ٠ ٣.٠٠
.. A-C
Steam
Fan
+$1,263,500
1895
1906, 1918, 1928
Prescott
13
[439
C
Steam
Fan
Southworth
S.
10
1401
49,310
C
Steam
Fan
139,200
1916
Knapp
13
473
24,517
C
Steam
Gravity
58,500
1889
' Pope
Southern Junior High
47
1,308
64,460 A-C
Steam
Fan
374,400
1918
[Edgerly Elementary
10
304
Vocational
¿ Continuation
6
30
43,927
A
Steam
Unit System
412,800
1936
Boys' Vocational ....
18
110
15
515
28,800
C Steam
Gravity
101,400
1891
Chandler (Northeastern Jr. High)
42
1,290
74,124
A Steam
Gravity
638,000
1923
Folsom
8
768
30,632
C Steam
Gravity
112,000
1866
Forster
2.
13
5
Carried forward
297
9,045
$3,099,800
+ Buildings are located on Central Hill Park, which contains 13-1/10 acres; land not included in valuation.
* Includes home rooms, laboratories, shops, assembly rooms, etc.
A-Brick walls, concrete floors and corridors.
B-Brick walls, concrete corridors, wooden floors.
C-Brick exterior walls.
0 Not used School Year 1949-1950 :- ordered closed by Building Commissioner August 1949. (Organization housed at Bennett and Hanscom Buildings.) Dental Clinics in Prescott, Knapp and Glines,
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1931, 1933
Glines
1899
Enlargements
Furniture
1867
1894 Razed, December 1950
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TABLE 1-CONCLUDED, SCHOOLHOUSES, DECEMBER, 1954
Name
ONo. of Classrooms
No. of Sittings
Size of Lot, includ-
ing Space occupied
by Building
Class of
Construction
How Heated
How Ventilated
Valuation including
Furniture
When Built
Brought forward Bingham
297
9,045
462
35,586
C
Steam
Gravity
$3,099,800 82,000
1886
1904
Carr ..
14
649
20,450
C
Steam
Gravity
63,100
1898
Morse
12
484
29,000
C
Steam
Gravity
64,000
1869
1890
Cholerton (Highland)
12
458
23,260
C
Steam
Gravity
73.600
1880
1891
Hodgkins
11
584
35,034
C
Steam
Gravity
126 .200
1896
Cliff (Western Jr. High)
43
1,480 218,071
B
Steam
Fan
548,000
1917
1923, 1931
Cutler
20
929
53,719
C
Steam
Fan
154,000
1912
1915
Bennett
12
475
21,964
C
Steam
Gravity
58,000
1902
Hanscom
10
364
16,767
C
Steam
Fan
70,500
1897
1907
Brown
10
472
26,733
C
Steam
Gravity
83,700
1901
1907
Proctor
9
276
T ..
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A
Steam
Unit System
89,500
1932
Cummings
8
324
84,354
B
Steam
Unit System
100,800
1930
Grimmons
8
336
16,080
C
Steam
Gravity
49,000
1886
1899
Burns .
8
386
21,650
C
Steam
Gravity
59,000
1903
Lowe
6
210
11,000
C
Steam
Gravity
41,200
1901
Baxter
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6
242
46,080
C
Steam
Gravity
56,100
1899
Durell
4
163
13,883
C
Steam
Gravity
26,100
1894
Total
.. 515
1 State property; land not included in valuation.
* Dental Clinics in Proctor, Hodgkins
ANNUAL REPORTS
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366
22,800
C Steam
Gravity
T47,000
1905
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Perry
17,670
Enlargements
16
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
TABLE 2-COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS For School Year 1953 - 1954
From School Appropriation
Spent By City Government
Schools
Instruction and Supervision
Supplies
Care
Total
High
$637,771.77
$26,228.95
$89,079.56
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