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28. Harrison, Lily May Walter and Amy
28. Fisher, Albert. Joseph and Annie
28. Paul, Louis . Moses and Annie
28. Peterre, Albertine. Albert and Mary
29. Ramsdell, Blanche Lena Anna. . Walter E. and Katie
Oct. 2. Sieforth, Annie Sophie .... Christopher and Annie M. 2. Bauer, Ella Annie William and Annie
2. Williams, Lawrence Davis. Edward and Ella M.
4. Cobert, - .Joseph and Ella
9. Auclair, Peter G. and Valalia
IO. Wilding, May Elizabeth Edwin and Mary
IO. Guile, William and Dell
II. Corrigan, Marie Loretta William and Kate
I2. Bliss, Arthur Walker. Oliver P. and Susan
14. Sullivan, William Henry . . Michael and Catherine
15. Purchase, Austin George .... George W. and Ada E.
210
ANNUAL REPORT.
Oct. 18. Ware, Mabel James O. and Margaret
19. Goff, - . Calvin and Sarah
22. Wilson, Joseph Cook Albert and Ada 25. Pagington, Ethel Catherine, Wm. Henry and Catherine 25. Brown, Eva May .. . John W. and Mary
30. Billington, James Edward. Patrick and Mary
Nov. 4. Martin, Mary Agnes
5. Keeler, Helen Charles and Ada
5. Tibitts, Charles and Annie
5. Parker, Albert and Annie
6. Berrane, Mary Ellen .. .
John and Annie
6. Burns, - Fred and Annie
9. Brennon, Lorretto Mary William H. and Mary
IO. Balcome, Orville and Emma H.
II. Armell, Elizabeth Alice. Edward and Mary E.
13. Mayeze, Eugene and Ellen
15. Connelly, Arthur Francis. Arthur and Maggie
Albanus D. and Jennie
16. Claflin, Albanus . . George E. and Henriettta
23. Estes, Josephine . W. F. and Mattie J.
24. Smith, Alfred. . Nelson and Filiste
27. Fisher, Matthew Frank . James and Nellie
29. Fiske, Walter E. and Lizzie C.
30. Dennis, Dorothy. . William and Theresa
Dec.
. John and
I. Dakens, George H. and Ella
2. Howard, William and Eliza
2. Eden,
2. Levaller, Wilfred. Oliver and Dora
6. Holden, John Sanford Charles S. and Caroline S. Moses and Emma
6. Gaurou, Ella
6. Ashby, George ..
Fred and Mary
6-7. McCambridge, John Edwin. . John C. and Ella 7. Thrasher, Florence Helen. . Henry S. and Georgianna S. Battershall, Jessie Wolfenden. . Jos. W. and Mary H. S. Nolan, Francis. . John F. and Mary
IO. Steele, . James and Maria
II. Martin, Charles. . Joseph and Lena
17-18. Williams, Edith Muier
Charles and Mary Jane
27. Matteson, Irene Florence
Charles and Eliza
211
ANNUAL REPORT.
Dec. 12. Fuller, Leon and L.
14. Patten, Golanthe. · Jerome and Louise L.
17. Holmes, Lily. . William and Mary J.
22. Hoy, John Francis . . . . John and Maggie N.
24. Blackinton, Olive Rachel. . George D. and Rosannah
24. Culver, Frank B. and Bessie
25. Lee, Stephen James. Martin and Bridget 25. Fontaine, Alfredo Anastesia Arzelie . Jos. and Virginie 27. Houghton, George H. and Alice
27. Fontneau, - Frank and Frances
MARRIAGES
RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF ATTLEBOROUGH FOR 1893.
Jan. 2. Warren B. Irons and Annie Anthony.
4. Edwin E. Hale and Annie M. Draper.
9. Adelaid Gaynor and Agnes Dupic.
IO. Edward Arnell and Elizabeth Garvin.
22. William C. Long and Bertha Heathcote.
24. Charles A. Wetherell and Jennie B. Kendall.
25. Thomas D. Carpenter and Eleanor C. Sills.
30. Thomas Dwyer and Pauline Wilchert.
Feb. 4. 6. George B. Clemence, Jr. and Cora E. Sweet.
John A. Polsey and Myrtis E. Cram.
8. Alfred H. Leonard and Sophia T. Peckham. William Doyle and Elizabeth MacEachern.
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14. John V. Costello and Louise Wetherell.
15. Cato Smith and Ida E. Wilcox.
22. Benjamin W. Snow and Flora B. Griggs.
Mar. 13. Clinton Hopkins and Ella M. Tarbox.
19. Phillip P. Shuckhardt and Sarah H. Jones.
23. Charles H. Tibbets and Annie H. Rogers.
28. Adrian C. Eldridge and Theresea Mach.
April I. Edward Shortsleave and Minnie St. Onge.
2. Howard D. Sherman and Elizabeth Burton.
3. Phillip Cross and Alexina Laporte.
5. James P. Baird and Anna F. Minchin.
II. William H. Waldron and Winifred M. Morley.
15. William H. Alyward and Mable E. Cook. (Church).
19. Walter L. B. Manchester and Florence L. Willson. (Bullard).
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Apr. 24. Frank Brady and Mary Falby.
26. James H. Waldron and Mary J. Collins.
27. Leon William Murray and Minnie Carter. (LeClair).
May 16. Lawrence H. Leary and Sarah A. McNamee.
18. Frank E. Feely and Lizzie Adamson.
18. James A. Young and Isabella F. McLeod.
20. Samuel Grey Emerson and Hattie Bell Atwood.
29. Joseph A. Caouette and Anna T. McNiff.
29. Edgar A. Wilkenson and Sarah M. Kelly. (Roberts).
30. Elmer Ellsworth Langill and Edith Bertha Smith.
June 10. Andrew P. Anderson and Amelia S. W. Goranson.
14. Thomas Heermans Foote and Minnie May Barton.
15. John J. McGuire and May V. Wisener.
17. George A. Drew and Mary A. James.
17. Everett W. Eddy and Abby E. Winsor. (Belknap).
19. Spencer C. Chase and Ida C. Austin. (Skinner).
20. Elmer B. Jacobs and Abbie H. Phillips.
21. Robert Blakney and Maggie Tullock.
21. Edward Mulligan and Maggie Prior.
22. Louis M. Briggs and Caroline B. Coburn.
24 James Broadbent and Elizabeth A. Lovenburg.
28. Albert E. Ferguson and Susie Hedley.
July 1. Leon Stanton and Ethelyn M. Clark.
2. James Applebey and Elizabeth A. Mowtry. (Conklin)
3. William Frennier and Rosannah Randaon.
¥O. Louis Beane and Matilda Douton.
II. Arthur K. Lovatt and Anna F. Fenton.
I2 Willie H. Heath and Bertha M. Hill.
14. George A. Branch and Stella M. Nickerson.
25. Samuel J. Stone and Mary E. Grady.
26. Samuel J. Smith and Delia Williams.
31. Jerry Tatro and Clara S. Arshneault.
Aug. 5. George Davis and Mary E. Smith. 5. Thomas P. McDermott and Ellen McNulty.
9. Theodore A. Seyboth and Lina Seyboth. (Keilback).
10. John Jackson and Frances B. Donally.
II. Henry J. Gray and Elizabeth L. Soule.
13. Adolphus U. Gardner and Alice Cooper.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Aug. 16. Joseph C. Davis and Clara L. Peckham.
17. Salime Riemdeau and Floreanne Robert.
22. Horace Webster and Jennie Sweet.
23. John F. Angell and Minnie T. Lincoln. (White) .
23. Alexander Gillis and Emily Elderfield.
Sept. 13. Walter E. Riley and Kittie L. Casey.
16. Ervin W. Sweet and Addie Purdy.
24. George H. Hill and Jennie Brinkman.
26. Leon Fuller and Emma Cole.
27. Simeon O. Pilling and Katharine Des J. Beal.
Oct.
5. Willard E. Perry and Ellen L. Beebe.
21. Peter Daviault and Rosanna Martin.
Nov. I. Robert I. Tipping and Mary A. Hede.
6. Philip Duprey and Phoebe Dusoplon.
6. Benaiah C. Boston and Amy E. Robbins (Monroe).
8. Charles L. Grover and Lillian M. Porter.
9. Frederick L. Bullock and Emily A. Keith.
II. Edward D. Parsons and Alice E. Blake.
16. Alton R. Hathaway and Addie F. Woodward.
17. . Henry Lane and Mary A. Nelson. (Charlan).
18. Louis W. Morse and Lilla B. Graham.
22. James Foster and Cassie Knolin.
23. Thomas G. Sadler and Mary Wilson.
29. Walter L. Damon and Carrie T. Whitford.
29. John W. Potter and Rosetta J. Lind.
30. Luther R. Manchester and Delia Codderre.
Dec. 6. James A. Peers and Erena Kenniston.
9. William T. Watson and Isabella Allen.
12. James A. Emhoff and Margaret J. Dennett.
13. Edwin H. Newell and Alice M. White.
25. William A. Fontneau and Georgia M. Dorrance.
26. Durfee Cook and Flora D. Baker.
1892. IS93.
Number of Deaths,
129
150
Number of Births,
206
231
Number of Marriages,
I22
96
JOHN T. BATES,
Town Clerk.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF OIL.
The Standard Oil Company, of New York, furnish all the oil that is sold by tradesmen in Attleborough. They have maintained the same grade of oil during the year past ; the test shows 118º flash, 134° ignition, and there has not been two degrees variation during the year. At the commencement of cold weather there was the usual reddening of the light and some smoke, which usually follows its use in cold weather ; its cause cannot be de- tected by the common tests.
L. M. STANLEY,
Insspector of Oil.
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
As the whirligig of time spins around, and the town increases in population, the tradesmen increase in the same ratio. The duties of the Sealer of Weights and Measures are increased in the same proportion. I have learned by observation that the scales of justice cannot be kept balanced by visiting the stores once a year, as required by law, but they must be inspected much oftener, for the measures that are in constant use will get dented, and the scales will get out of balance. I believe that the interest of the inhabitants of the town would be subserved by the establishment of public seals, and the appointment of a public weigher of coal and hay, for it is a well established fact that coal shrinks in quan- tity in carting, either by jolting of the wagon or by the fine coal sifting through the cracks in the cart or both, so that coal that is brought into town by teams very often falls short in weight when weighed here.
L. M. STANLEY,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MILK AND PROVISIONS.
To the Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN : I herewith submit the following report for the year 1893 :
During the months of May, August and October, I inspected each month one hundred and thirty cattle and found them free from disease. In two cases I caused the cows to be quarantined, but after a thorough examination I was unable to find any disease.
In the months of April, June, August, October and December, I analyzed each month thirty specimens of milk, and found such analysis to be up to standard.
At the request of officers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, I investigated six cases and in one case found glanders.
T. L. SWIFT, S. V. S.
Inspector of Milk and Provisions.
JURY LIST FOR 1894.
Adams, Daniel E. Alfred, Edmund P.
Alger, Isaac. Allen, James C. Allen, George W.
Amesbury, Samuel J. As .. ley, Millard F.
Atwell, Elmer W.
Bacon, Ebenezer. Barney, Alban S.
Beck, Frederick C.
Bicknell, George F.
Blackinton, George D. Bliss, Charles E.
Bowen, William.
Bradford, Soranus S.
Briggs, Albert E.
Briggs, Charles E.
Briggs, Darius.
Brown, Everett S.
Bruce, Albert G.
Bullock, Earl.
Bunker, Isaac L.
Capron, Everett S.
Capron, Hartford A.
Capron, Virgil H. Carpenter, Charles E.
Carpenter, Jesse L. Caufy, Edward. Chilson, Jonathan D.
Cole, Frank G. Conway, John E. Coolum, Listom M. Copeland, Edwin W. Cornell, Joseph P.
Crossman, Everett H. Curien, George W. Daggett, Sanford. Dexter, Horace L. Dunham, Geo. O. Enbom, Julius R.
Forsythe, Charles E. Foster, William E. French, Nathan C. Fuller, Charles W.
Fuller, Everard C. Gallagher, Edward J. Gallagher, Henry W. Gay, Thomas K. Gross, Henry M.
Gustin, Charles M. Gustin, George A. Harris, Robert E. Haslam, Adam. Hinton, Grant. Hirons, Ebenezer. Hodges, Frank G. Horton, George W. Hopkins, Harold V. Hopwood, James T.
ANNUAL REPORT.
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Ingraham, Albert J. Jacobs, Erastus.
Jones, Hiram J.
King, Walter L.
Knight, Abner M.
Knowles, Geo. F.
Thayer, Oscar S.
Knowles, John M.
Thomas, Albert C.
Ludgate, John.
Thornton, Abel C. Tingley, Leon H.
Luther, Herbert E.
Macdonald, Edward.
Wales, Edward A.
Manchester, Henry R.
White, Albert A.
McClatchey, James.
White, Emory E.
McLane, Eugene F. McManus, Austin.
White, John G.
Wightman, Earle.
McNamee, Joseph.
Wilmarth, Fred B.
Mott, Edgar E.
Winsor, Albert W.
Nevins, David D.
Nye, Fred C. Parker, Warren. Shaw, Frank E. Smith, Granville S. Smith, Adin C.
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SALARIES.
Selectmen.
$600
Clerk hire. Town Clerk.
150 300
Treasurer.
250 600
Assessors.
Clerk hire.
100
Overseers of the Poor.
225 75
Collector of Taxes.
3-4 of one per cent of collectons
Board of Health.
ICO
Superintendent of Schools.
1.200
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
25
Inspector of Milk.
150
Superintendent of Streets.
500
Superintendent and Registrar of Water Department. 700
Clerk hire,
300
Chief Engineer of Fire Department.
250
Assistant Engineer of Fire Department.
150
Members of Fire Department, each.
50
Treasurer of Sinking Fund.
25
Registrars of Votes, per diem.
2.50
Election Officers. per diem.
5.00
Clerk hire.
Auditors, 30
APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS AND COMMITTEES.
By Selectmen, current and incidental, $8.000
Military aid, 300
Soldiers' relief, 1.500
Decoration Day,
200
.6
66 Street lighting,
.. Fire Department, 4.000
If Hydrant rental is voted, $6,Soo in addition will be needed for the Fire Department.
Highways and Bridges, 6,000
Sidewalks, 2,000
" Overseers of poor, support of paupers and medical attendance, 5.300
·· School Committee, Education Department, 19,000
56 66
Superintendent of Schools, 1,200
. 6 Text books and supplies, 1,300
66 .. Incidental, educational and repairs, 1,700
. . . 6 Conveyance of school children, 640
" Trustees of Public Library, 1,000
" Committee of fifteen, Enforcement of Liquor Law, 500
" Water Commissioners, maintenance of Water De- partment, 6,800
(If hydrant rental is not voted) .
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OF
ATTLEBOROUGH, MASS.
FOR THE YEAR 1893.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF ATTLEBOROUGH.
1893.
J. L. SWEET, CHAIRMAN. J. O. TIFFANY, SECRETARY. WALTER E. HAYWARD.
MRS. DR. L. V. G. MACKIE.
MISS LIDORA E. BRIGGS.
BYRON R. HILL.
ALFRED R. CROSBY.
LOUIS J. LAMB.
CHAS. H. WHEELER.
Regular Meeting, First Monday of each Month, 7 : 30 P. M.
SUB=COMMITTEES.
COMMMITTEE ON INCIDENTALS AND REPAIRS.
L. J. LAMB. A. R. CROSBY. J. L. SWEET. BYRON R. HILL. C. H. WHEELER.
COMMITTEE ON TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
L. J. LAMB. J. O. TIFFANY. J. L. SWEET. C. H. WHEELER.
COMMITTEE ON QUALIFICATIONS OF TEACHERS.
WALTER E. HAYWARD.
MISS LIDORA E. BRIGGS. J. O. TIFFANY. MRS. DR. L. V. G. MACKIE ..
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ANNUAL REPORT.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. J. O. TIFFANY.
Office Hours, on Thursdays at High School from 3 : 15 to 4 : 45 P. M. The first two weeks of each term, office hours will be observed on Monday also.
TRUANT OFFICERS.
E. R. READ. GEORGE F. IDE. SETH R. BRIGGS. JOS. V. CURRAN.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of Attleborough :
Your Committee herewith submit the following report of the expenditures of public money for the year ending Dec. 31, 1893, with the present condition of the Public Schools and the school property of the town and the needs in this department for the coming year :
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation, Dog fund,
Tuitions from non-resident pupils,
$18,000 00 776 87 119 50
- $18,896 37
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers' bills, Janitors' bills, Fuel bills,
$15,554 II 1,663 72 1,382 74
Unexpended balance,
$18,600 57 $295 80
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ANNUAL REPORT.
INCIDENTAL AND REPAIR.
Appropriation, 2,000 00
Expenditures : Bills approved as follows :
J. W. Gifford & Co.,
Piping for Academy, $71 47
Other repairs at Sanford St. 85 42
Repairing furnaces at He- bronville, 29 36
Other repairs at Hebron- ville, IO 94
Repairs at City School, 21 97
Repairs at High School, IS S5
Repairs at Pleasant Street School, I 54
Repairs at Dodgeville School 6 II
Repairs at Perry School, 2 58
Incidentals, 33 47 $281 71
Charles N. Grant, repairs, 12 51
Bates' Opera House, use of house for gra- duation, 37 50
Amos E. Walton, cleaning and repairing clocks, 7 00
L. Z. Carpenter, supplies for High School, 70
Lysander Taylor, cartage and freight, 22 30
Evening Chronicle Co., printing, 16 75
Attleboro Press Co., printing, 20 50
Sun Publishing Co., printing, II SO
3 So
A. H. Tucker, repairs at Sanford St., Nahum, Perry & Co.,
Repairing pipes at Academy, 100 49
Ventilation at Farmers, 61 15
Repairs at other places, 17 72
179 36
Geo. S. Perry & Co., Primary School desks, 48 00
High School desks, 52 So
Blackboard for Grammar
School, 13 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Chairs for Briggs' Corner, 7 50
Floor brushes and dusters, 22 00
143 30
J. O. Tiffany,
13 year's pay as Secretary of Committee, 43 75
I3 year's pay, Incidentals, 103 S2
147 57
J. A. Thayer & Co., repairing musical instruments, S 15
Edward Kendall & Sons, grate for Sanford St. boiler, 31 38
Arthur A. Pond, work at Perry School, I 50
N. Nelson Plath, repairing boiler at High School, 370 00
William Barley, repairs at Turnpike School, 3 10
E. A. Fuller,
Calcimining at High School, 33 46
Setting glass, 19 78
53 24
Attleboro Gas Light Co.,
Gas for High School, 19 40
Fire brick and clay, 2 So
22 20
E. A. Taylor, cartage and freight, 6 00
George T. Holmes, supplies for schools,
So
Seth R. Briggs, services as Truant Officer,
12 65
Morse Wightman, work at City School, 7 00
Miles Gorman, team for drawing teacher, 12 00
Chas. B. Jenks, ribbon for diplomas, 2 8S
James H. Lawson, work at Sanford St., 7 70
W. Webster, cleaning vaults, 4 00
E. A. Wales, stocking batteries, 70
T. E. Perrin & Son, cartage and freight, 4 40
Jos. V. Curran, services as Truant Officer, S 50
Wm. H. Smith, cleaning well at Dodge- ville, 2 00
230
ANNUAL REPORT.
Vanier & Slattery, plumbing at Farmers, 4 83 John T. Sullivan, ventilation shaft at Far-
mers,
112 00
Jerome Patterson,
Repairs at Dodgeville, 24 78
" Sanford St. 26 24
" Pleasant St. 3 90
" South Attleboro 40 38
66 " Pine St.
3 96
Fence at Farmers, 26 81
Ventilation at Farmers, 12 53
138 60
Hebron Mfg. Co., repairs at School, 5 78
Nye Brothers, repairs at Sanford St. 25 18
A. G. Slocum, repairing and cleaning clocks, I 50
Darius Briggs, repairs at Briggs Corner, 4 05
George W. Horton, work on furniture, I 50
O. P. Richardson, premium on insurance, 230 63
W. F. Shattuck, repairs at Sanford Street, 12 89
Town of Attleborough, water rates and excess, 243 31
Egbert E. Rhodes, census of School chil- dren, 40 00
Mossberg Mfg. Co., repairing lock of City School, 35
George H. Snell, hoe for furnace grate, So
L. P. Metcalf, lettering diplomas, IO 40
A. I. Atwell, repairing organ at City School, 5 00
A. I. Atwell, repairing organ at Dodgeville School, I OO
6 00
$2,280 82
Amount overdrawn,
280 82
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ANNUAL REPORT.
TEXT BOOK AND SUPPLY.
Appropriation,
$1,300 00
Cash for books sold,
10 49
$1,310 49
BILLS APPROVED :
George S. Perry & Co., general supplies, 368 68
American Book Co., text books, 155 75
Ginn & Co., text books, 161 56
Geo. F. King & Merrill, paper, pencils, sponges, etc., 116 40
University Publishing Co., readers, 74 77
Thompson, Brown & Co., spellers, book- keeping supplies, 85 98
D. C. Heath & Co., language and other books, 64 00
Boston School Supply Co., readers and text books,
50 45
Franklin Educational Co., supplies for chemical laboratory, 36 78
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, arithemetics, IS 05
Allyn & Bacon, Greek and Latin books, High School, 18 24
Eagle Pencil Co., pens and pen holders, 14 40
Eberhard Faber, drawing pencils, 25 10
Carl Schrenhof, French readers for High School, 12 56
Silver, Burdett & Co., Normal Music and other readers, II 34
J. L. Hammett, school dictionaries, 9 90
H. J. Whittemore, music furnished Schools, 9 59
William Ware & Co., Sears & Walton's mental arithmetics, 9 00
J. O. Tiffany, books furnished Schools, II 32
Maynard, Merrill & Co., English classics, High School, S 00
Lee & Shepard, U. S. Histories, 6 67
D. Lothrop Company, interstate primers, 5 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Houghton, Miffin & Co., English classics, 4 3S
Porter & Coats, school readers, 4 20
Henry Holt & Co., laboratory manuals, 3 50
Herbert E. Walker, books furnished School, 2 72
H. P. Childs, chemicals for laboratory, 2 21
George H. Richter & Co., cyclostye sup- plies, 2 20
Hayward & Sweet, cardboard, 2 10
C. H. Babcock, paper boxes, 2 13
Holden Book Cover Co., paper covers for books, 2 00
M. S. Mead & Co., chemicals for labora- tory, 35
A. P. Page & Son, supplies for physical laboratory, IO OI
Hebron Mfg. Co., work at Hebron School, I 15
$1.310 49
TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS.
Appropriation. 640 00
Paid Seneca Cole,
280 00
Paid M. F. Ashley,
153 00
Paid T. E. Perrin & Son,
207 00
640 00
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENCE.
Appropriation, 1,200 00
Paid Superintendent,
1,200 00
RECAPITULATION.
RECEIPTS.
Educational Department, $18,896 37
Incidental and Repair, 2,000 00
Text book and Supply,
1.310 49
Transportation of Pupils,
640 00
School Superintendence.
1,200 00
$24,046 86
233
ANNUAL REPORT.
EXPENDITURES.
Educational Department,
18,600 00
Incidentals and Repair,
2,280 82
Text book and Supply,
1,310 49
Transportation of Pupils,
640 00
School Superintendence,
1,200 00
$24,031 31
Unexpended balance,
$15 55
REPAIRS.
The usual minor repairs have been made in and about the school buildings, and the following extraordinary expenditures (but nevertheless absolutely necessary), which make up the largest items of the account.
Early in the year an accident occurred at the High School Building (owing to imperfect piping when the building was erected), which necessitated practically the putting in of a new boiler.
The increasing number of scholars in the Farmers School com- pelled us to recognize the very imperfect ventilation of that building, and in the summer vacation we had there constructed, at a moderate expense, a system for introducing pure air, that is working successfully.
During the unusually cold weather which prevailed in the first two months of the year the heating system of the Academy Building on Sanford Street was twice frozen, incurring a con- siderable expense.
It was the intention of the Committee to paint the High School Building during the past year, but the unexpected large expenditure on the heating apparatus of this building made it impossible to do so, without largely overrunning the appropria- tion for incidentals and repairs. As the building has not materi-
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ally suffered thereby, it is well the painting was deferred, for the High School attendance has now reached such numbers as to make it impossible, with present accommodations, to perform the recitation work of the school in a satisfactory manner, and more room must in some way be provided. A plan has been devised whereby the recitation rooms on the south side can be enlarged, at a moderate expense, to meet all requirements in this line for years to come, and at the same time add to the appear- ance of the building externally. This accomplished, the Super- intendent can still retain his office and room for supplies, as at present located, and not compel the Committee to provide accom- modations outside at an expense each year equal to twice the amount of the interest on the cost of improvements proposed.
The sum of $1,700 will accomplish this enlargement, equip the rooms with necessary appointments, and paint the building. We therefore recommend the carrying out of this plan.
It will also be necessary this year to paint the school buildings at Dodgeville and on South Main St., make some internal repairs to both and shingle the latter. With these matters attended to, we believe that the school property of the town will be in better condition than ever before.
The average annual premiums for insurance on our school prop- erty exceeds $270. This, until within two years, has always been paid out of the appropriation for the general current and inci- dental expenses of the town. Of late, however, and, as we think, wisely, it has been turned over to the School Department, neces- sitating a corresponding increase in the expenditures of the School Board. The necessary irregular dates at which the insur- ance was placed, causes larger amounts to mature some years than others, and in the coming year we have expiring $25,500 insurance on our school property. To equalize this in a measure we have utilized, as far as possible, the small balance for 1893 in the Educational Fund, and have cancelled and renewed $10,500 insurance, leaving $15,000 to provide for the coming year, or an outlay of about $375.
We now approach a subject that has given your Committee no little anxiety for the past few years, viz., the inadequate school building accommodations in the center of the town.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Every year of late we have had to consider the problem of pro- viding for three children, when only accommadations for two were at hand. This has been done by resorting to all manner of expedients, and too frequently by crowding schools beyond their lawful limits, thereby crippling their efficiency. It has now reached a point where, unless there is a marked diminution this year in the regular annual average increase of scholars in the town, the committee will be compelled to provide accommoda- tions for an extra Primary School. While we recognize the dis- comforts that the unusual business depression of the past year has entailed upon all our citizens, and are keenly alive to the neces- sity of practising wise economy, we cannot forget that these strin- gent times are only temporary, and must soon pass away, but that any abridgment of the school privileges of our children, whereby they are deprived of that which the town is morally and legally bound to provide in this direction, is an injury that can never be repaired. We therefore unhesitatingly call your attention to the necessity of constructing, at once, a school build- ing in the east section of the main village, capable of accommo- dating at least two schools. From careful observation we believe that this building, located on the Pine street lot, where there is ample room for another school house, would accommodate the largest number of scholars, and make it practicable to run one heating aparatus for both buidings.
That the town is already face to face with a problem in the south-west section, bordering on Rhode Island, is apparent. It is a well-known fact that this growing community is not provided with sufficient school facilities, and how to accommodate the scattered inhabitants, and at the same time deal justly with a large number of tax-payers grouped in the extreme corner of the town, is difficult of solution. Certainly we would not recommend any enlargement of the present school building in that neighborhood, as the location is such that we believe the money would be wasted.
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