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Uncollected bills January 1, 1900, $419 13
Charged for meter allowances.
January I to July 1 1900, 3.093 08 Charged for meter rents, January
I to July 1, 1900, 644 79
Charged for excess water, January
1, 1900 for the year 1899. 7.891 04
Charged for repair of meters, Jan- uary I to July 1 1900. 66 09
Charged for sale of meters, Jan-
uary I to July 1, 1900, 105 00
Charged for guarantees, January
I to July 1, 1900. 2.44 38
Charged for faucet rates, January
I to July 1, 1900, 1,026 29
174
Charged for miscellaneous. Jan- uary I to July 1. 1900, 1,023 23
$14.513 03
Cr.
Abatements. January 1. to July
$ 1,1900, 97 34 Cash paid John T. Bates, Town Treasurer, for water rates. 11,950 31 Cash paid John T. Bates, Town
Treasurer
for
sale
of
meters,
105 00
Uncollected bills, June 30, 1900.
2.360 38
$14.513 03 L. Z. CARPENTER,
Registrar.
Examined July 11, 1900 and found same correct.
F. L. LeBARON, BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, FREDERICK G. MASON,
Auditors
REPORT OF WATER REGISTRAR From July 1, 1900 to January 1, 1901. Dr.
Uncollected bills July 1, 1901,
$2.360 38
Charged for meter allowances,
July 1, 1900 to Jan. 1, 1901,
3.31I 83
Charged for meter rents,
755 88
Charged for excess water, July
1, 1900 to Jan. 1, 1901,
688 95
175
Charged for repair of meters, July
1, 1900 to Jan. 1, 1901, 83 35
Charged for sale of meters, July
1, 1900 to Jan. I. 1901, 63 00
Charged for guarantees, July 1, 1900 to Jan. 1, 1901, 464 88
Charged for faucets, July 1, 1900 to Jan. 1, 1901, 989 00
Charged for miscellaneous, July 1,1900 to Jan. 1, 1901, 1,249 02
$9.966 29
Cr.
Abatements, July 1, 1900 to Jan.
I, IGOI, $ 32 39
Cash paid Town Treasurer for water rates, etc., 9,474 10
U'ncollected bills. December 31, 1900, 459 80
$9.966 29 GEO. H. SNELL, Registrar.
Examined and found correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, F. L. LeBARON, FREDERICK G. MASON, Auditors. Attleborough, January 16, 1901.
Table Showing Rainfall for the Year 1900.
DEPARTURE
MONTII.
RAINFALL. NORMAL.
FROM
NORMAL.
January,
4.26
4.18
+ .08
February.
8.99
4.06
+4.93
March,
5.73
4.58
+1.15
April,
1.86
3.32
-1.46
May,
6.17
3.20
+2.97
June.
3.16
2.99
+ .17
July,
2.63
3.78
-1.15
August.
2.09
4.23
-2.14
September,
4.41
3.23
+1.18
October.
3.25
4.41
-1.16
November.
4.44
4. II
+ .33
December.
2.92
3.71
- . 79
Total,
49.91
45.80
4-8.39
Monthly average.
4.16
3.81
.70
Synopsis of Pumping Records for the Year Ending December 31, 1900.
1900
Month.
per Day.
per month.
Average amount of coal
Total number of gallons
of water pumped per
Average number of gallons of water pumped per
day.
Hrs.
Min.
Hrs.
Min
Pounds.
Pounds.
Gallons.
Gallons.
January,
173
45
36
50,885
1.641
11,677,080
376,680
February,
179
30
6
24
48.740
1.710
12.100,640
432,165
March,
207
15
6
41
54,345
1,753
13,539,720
436,762
April,
166
00
32
45.610
1.520
11,811,920
393,730
May,
151
00
4
52
43.365
1,392
11,513,080
371,398
June,
199
00
6
50,480
1,682
13,756,760
458,558
July,
217
45
-1
1
51,145
1,649
15,848,880
511,254
August,
220
30
1
6
48,985
1,580
15,145,920
488,578
September,
199
15
6
38
40 600
1,353
13,241,320
441,377
October,
216
30
6
59
48,580
1,567
13,443,960
433,676
November,
662
15
22
4
×6,885
2,896
20,859,920
695,330
December,
176
30
42
42,725
1,378
12,235,200
394,683
Totals for Year. Daily Average for Yr.
2.769
15
612,345
165,174.450
7
36
1,679
452,848
Average duty for Year, Including Banking, Average duty for Year, Without Banking, -
-
53,300,000 foot lbs. 80,300,000 foot lbs.
MONTII.
Total Pumping Time per
Average Pumping Time
Total amount of Coal used
used per day.
month.
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WATER ANALYSIS-ATTLEBOROUGH. Commonwealth of Massachusetts - State Board of Health. (Parts in 100,000)
1900.
DATE OF
APPEARANCE.
ΑΜΜΟΝΙΑ.
NITROGEN AS
No.
Collection.
Examination.
Turbid- ity.
Sedi ment.
Color.
Free
Albumi- noid Total
Ni- trates.
Ni- trites
Hardness.
Oxygen
Consumed.
29936
Jan.
12 Jan.
13 None
None
0.00 3.50 .0000 .0024 .36 .0110 .0000
1.8 .0040
06
30184
Feb.
13 Feb.
14 None
None
0.00 3.60 .0000
.0016 .33 .0100 .0000
1.7 .0050
.06
30620
March 16 March 17 None
None
0.00
3.50 .0000
.0042
1.33 .0130 .0000
2.0 .0030
.04
31561
June
12 June
13 None
None
0.01
3.90 .0014
.0046
.28 .0070 .0000
1.6 .0050
.06
32008
July
11 July
12 None
None
0.00
4.00 .0000 .0016
1.28 .0080.0000 1.81.0020
.02
32524
Aug.
15 Aug.
16 None
None
0.00 3.40 .0002
.0026
.28 .0030 .0000
1.6.0040
.08
32895
Sept.
12 Sept.
13 None
None
0.00 3.80 .0000 .0036
.30.0070 .0000
1.4 .0040
.09
33272
Oct.
10 Oct.
11 |V SI't None
0.08 5.00 .0000 .0042
1.31 .0070 .0000
1.7 .0100
.05
33657
Nov.
13 Nov.
14 None
None
0.00 4.30 .0002
.0036
.38 .0070 .0000
2.1.0050
.08
34082
Dec.
13 Dec.
14 None None
0.00 3.80 .0 06 .0038 .39 .0130 .0000 1.7 .0040
.05
A verage
0.00 3.88 .0002 .0003 .32 .0086 .0000 1.7 .0046
.05
Residue
on evap
orattion
Chlorine
IRON.
Total.
179
ATTLEBORO WATER WORKS.
Water Ordinances.
Secton I. Water Commissioners shall, at their first meeting after the annual town election, choose from their number a chairman. Two members shall be a quorum for the exercise of the powers and performance of the duties of the Water Commissioners. The commissioners may appoint and remove at their discretion a clerk, who shall also be the Water Registrar, a superintendent and such employes or agents as they may deem necessary and may prescribe their duties. They may fix the sal- aries of such clerks, employes and agents subject to the instructions and control of the Town.
Sec. 2. The Water Board shall have the exclusive and entire charge, superintendence and oversight of all lands, structures, works and apparatus designed and pro- vided for obtaining and supplying pure water for the uses of the town. They shall have the exclusive control and management of the uses, repairs and extensions of such works and structures, whether newly determined upon or otherwise.
Sec. 3. The Water Board shall have control and jurisdiction over all sources of supply possessed by the town, and all lands appurtenant thereto, owned or law- fully controlled by the town, and they may exercise all rights as to entry upon and passage over private premises which now are or may become vested in the town be- longing or relating to the management of the water works and supply of water.
Sec. 4. The Water Board shall use diligent care for the protection and security of all sources of water from which a supply is obtained, so that the purity thereof may not be impaired.
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Sec. 5. The Water Board shall, as often as once in each calendar month, meet and examine all bills and claims incurred by them in the prosecution of their duty and all claims approved shall be certified by them before payment of the same by the Town Treasurer.
The Water Board shall keep a full record of their proceedings, and they shall at the annual town meeting make a report in detail to the town of their official acts and doings for the year preceeding, with estimates of ex- penditures and receipts for the year succeeding, and such suggestions and recommendations as may seem to tiiem for the benefit of the town.
Sec. 6. The Water Board shall make all proper arrangements for the sufficient supply of water for use at fires, and for furnishing the same in the most efficient and suitable manner. They shall in consultation with the selectmen, arrange for such supply of water as may be required for operating any public fountains, or orna- mental public water works, for flushing and cleansing public sewers and drains, for sprinkling streets, and for any other use clearly distinct from that of ordinary water takers.
Sec. 7. The Water Board shall have exclusive - charge of the supply of water, may make all the necessary arrangements therefor, and such rules and regulations and rates as they may deem to be judicious.
Sec. 8. The following rules and regulations are hereby established, and, together with such rules, regu- lations and rates as shall, from time to time, be made by the Water Board, under the authority of the pre -. ceding section, shall be considered a part of the con- tract with every person who takes the water, and the fact of taking shall be considered as expressing assent on the part of the taker to be bound thereby.
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Whenever any of them is violated, although two or more parties may receive the water through the same pipe, the water shall be cut off and not let on again, ex- cept by order of the Water Board, and on payment of one dollar, and in case of such violation, any payment made for the water by the person committing such violation, shall be forfeited.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
T. Applications for the use of water must be made in writing at the office of the Water Registrar in the prescribed formi, and must state fully and truly the use to which it is to be applied.
No water shall be supplied by takers to persons not entitled to its use.
2. All persons taking the water shall keep the service pipes within their premises in good repair and protected from frost at their own expense, and they shall be held liable for all damages resulting from their failure to do so. They shall provide a stop and waste cock, to be properly located inside the building, and have the pipes so arranged that the water can be drawn from them whenever there is danger of its freezing.
3. They shall prevent all voluntary waste of water, and shall not allow water to run through their fixtures to prevent freezing, and there shall be no concealment of the purpose for which the water is used.
4. No alteration shall be made in any of the pipes or fixtures inserted by the town except by persons authorized by the Water Board, who shall be allowed to enter the premises to examine the apparatus, the quantity of water used and the manner of its use, and to ascertain whether there is any unnecessary waste.
5. The town reserves to itself the right, whenever
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the Water Board deems it necessary to repair the works, to shut off the water in whole or in part.
6. The Water Registrar or Superintendent, or their agents or assistants may enter the premises of any water taker to examine the quantity used and the manner of its use and to cut off the water for non-payment of rents or fines, or any violation of these regulations or for any other necessary purpose connected with the discharge of their duties.
7. Owners shall be responisble for water supplied to their premises. When water is supplied to more than one taker through a single service, the bill may be made either to the owner of the estate or by the direc- tion of the owner to the tenants ; but in case of non-pay- ment the water may be shut off, notwithstanding one or more takers may have paid their proportion to such owner or the town.
8. A taker may be required at any time to attach to the service pipes of his premises a meter of suitable size, when at the discretion of the Water Board it seems for the interest of the town. And in all such cases the rates for the current year shall be adjusted by the meter readings, even if a bill by fixture rates has already been settled.
9. All service pipes and stop cocks will be supplied and put down to the sidewalk line by the town. All work beyond the sidewalk line shall be done under the direction and approval of the Water Board by the water taker and at his expense both for labor and material.
10. In all cases of non-payment of water rent in thirty days after the same is due, or violating the above rules the water may be shut off. The sum of $I will be charged for letting it on.
Sec. 9. The water rates and meter rents shall be
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payable semi-annually in advance on the first days of January and July of each year. All charges for specific supplies or supplies for fractional parts of the year shall be payable in advance and before the water is let on. In all cases where the consumption of water is ascertained by meters, any excess of the minimum rates shall be pay- able annually, quarterly or monthly, as may be required by the Water Board. Bills for the same shall be due when rendered.
Sec. 10. If any person shall turn on or turn off the water in any of the public water pipes or reservoirs with- out the license of the Water Board shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $3 nor more than $20 upon conviction thereof before a trial justice or court having jurisdiction of offenses arising under town by-laws.
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PANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOLS OF & ATTLEBORO 1900
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ANNUAL REPORT
OP THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
EDUCATIONAL.
Receipts.
Appropriation,
$30,000 00
Dog fund,
988 47
Tuition,
411 00
Salary returned,
13 00
$31,412 47
Expenditures.
Teachers' salaries,
$25,334 90
Janitors' salaries,
2,878 78
Fuel,
2,051 37
Bristol county truant school,
137 98
Rent,
93 75
School census,
45 00
Balance.
$30,541 78 870 69
$31,412 47
188
SUPERINTENDENT AND CLERK.
Receipts.
Appropriation,
$1,800 00
Expenditures.
William P. Kelly, salary,
$1,560 00
Alice I. Wetherell, salary,
240 00
$1,800 00
TRANSPORTATION.
Receipts.
Appropriation,
$1,550 00
-
Expenditures.
Norton Street Railway,
$170 00
Reuben Coffin,
360 00
W. C.Richardson,
310 50
Seneca Cole,
280 00
T. E. Perrin & Son,
360 00
$1,480 50 $69 50
Balance,
INCIDENTALS AND REPAIRS.
Receipts.
Appropriation,
$3,700 00
Overdrawn,
1,338 92
$5,038 92
Expenditures.
C. J. Carret, $ 3 70
Postal Telegraph Co.,
38
L. Z. Carpenter,
I 49
D. M. Patt & Co.,
254 00
John B. Morin,
18 00
.
189
Joachim Duranlean,
15 00
J. O. Tiffany,
85
George H. Herrick,
I 00
George W. Hatten,
35
H. A. Smith,
6 75
Sigsbee & Co.,
3 37
M. S. Mead,
75
D. E. Adams,
140 00
O. D. Case & Co.,
15 53
Sulpho Napthol Co.,
76 00
Wm. Webster,
5 50
W. H. Brown,
7 30
Frank E. Shaw,
6 00
John Lennon,
8 75
W. H. Smith,
15 40
Geo. S. Perry & Co.,
166 40
D. W. Fisher,
13 50
Methodist Society,
12 00
Charles B. Jenks,
4 77
S. C. Hutchinson,
10 00
W. D. Gilpatric,
8 64
Grace P. Amsden,
5 00
Bates Opera House,
37 50
Wm. A. Small,
2 00
Grand Rapids Furniture Co.,
115 75
M. F. Ashley, 40
W. H. Garner,
25 82
F. Mossberg Co.,
I 25
Dix & Taylor, 5 75
J. H. Holden,
83 00
E. A. Fuller,
84 5I
M. Currie, 182 44
Isaiah Entwistle, 4 89
G. A. Paine, 2 00
190
E. E. Lane. 22 00
Geo. W. Green,
20 25
Chas. F. Holmes & Co.,
107 84
Albert I. Atwell, 15 00
B. P. King,
5 80
A. J. Jillson,
31 35
E. A. Wales, II 55
C. L. Bowen.
37 25
A. R. Macomber.
I 50
Attleboro Furniture Co.,
50
E. O. Dexter, 1 00
J. H. Butler. 302 20
H. E. White & Co., 1,139 96
O. P. Richardson, 177 75
A. H. Tucker, 104 93
B. B. Hathaway, IO 79
Geo. H. Follett,
18 94
H. B. Shaw,
68 00
John W. Veno,
6 24
J. V. Curran,
43 68
Warren Parker,
99 50
J. H. Gray, 4 80
T. E. Perrin & Son,
54 00
Robert Plews & Co.,
5 79
Grant Brothers, 3 45
William P. Kelly,
97 79
Geo. F. Goe,
31 95
S. M. Holman,
IO 30
N. Perry· & Co.,
108 16
Attleboro Gas Light Co.,
45 73
H. E. Carpenter,
267 75
J. L. Tobitt & Co.,
400 58
Jas. W. Gifford Co.,
401 06
L. Taylor, 15 91
191
Geo. A. Sweeney,
13 50
Reuben Coffin,
3 13
Alden R. Vaughan,
3 25
$5,038 92
CARE OF NEEDY CHILDREN.
Receipts.
Appropriation,
$50 00
Expenditures.
Clothing and shoes,
$35 94
Balance,
14 06
$50 00
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Receipts.
Appropriation,
$2,800 00
Books sold,
10 00
$2,810 00
Overdrawn,
247 51
$3,057 51
Expenditures.
Standard Printing Co.,
$ 7 00
Thomas R. Shewell,
16 67
A. B. Warren,
2 41
David Farquhar,
21 50
G. I. Simpson,
47 05
S. S. Packard,
4 90
Atkinson & Mentzer,
2 10
Thorp & Martin,
90
Williams & Rogers,
30 00
192
Geo. H. Herrick,
9 00
Allyn & Bacon,
31 76
Warren Parker, 2 00
B. P. King, 2 65
Sun Publishing Co., 89 30
F. S. Blanchard &. Co., 3 00
A. H. Sweet & Son, 44 64
N. Perry & Co., 40
D. W. Hoff,
21 75
Jas. E. Pearse,
3 00
Charles B. Jenks,
45
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict,
5 15
O. Ditson Co.,
9 35
Neostyle Co., I IO
Educational Publishing Co.,
- 50
Triangular Book Cover Co.,
29 00
Linton Bros. Co.,
5 05
Suffolk Ink Co.,
9 10
The Attleboro Press,
85 IO
Ginn & Co.,
26 58
J. L. Hammett Co., 104 81
.E L. Freeman & Sons,
Gem Bargain Store,
15 00 94
The Morse Co.,
6 30
D. C. Heath & Co.,
7 12
Providence Telephone Co.,
18 75
Perry Picture Co.,
8 25
Boston School Supply Co., 2 71
Rand, McNally & Co., 6 00
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
4 33
The Holden Book Cover Co.,
40 13
Charles A. Adams,
7 55
Ernest Uhlig,
I 00
Silver, Burdett & Co.,
337 09
193
Thompson, Brown & Co., 384 46
Lothrop Publishing Co., II 00
Carter, Rice & Co.,
I 95
University Publishing Co.,
2 16
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.,
32 09
American Book Co.,
297 66
E. E. Babb & Co.,
1,205 79
L. Taylor,
19 56
Maynard, Merritt & Co.,
24 00
Potter, Palmer & Co.,
2 10
H. E. White & Co.,
5 05
$3,057 51
RECAPITULATION.
Receipts.
Educational,
$31,412 47
Superintendent and clerk,
1,800 00
Transportation,
1,550 00
Incidentals and repairs,
3,700 00
Text books and supplies,
2,810 00
Care of needy children,
50 00
Overdrawn, 632 18
$41,954 65
Expenditures.
Educational,
$30,541 78
Superintendent and clerk,
1,800 00
Transportation,
1,480 50
Incidentals and repairs,
5,038 92
Text books and supplies,
3,057 51
Care of needy children,
35 94
$41,954 65
194
The foregoing report of the School Committee has been examined and found correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, FREDERICK G. MASON, F. L. LeBARON,
Auditors. January 25, 1901.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF COMMITTEE ON DODGEVILLE NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.
1900.
Jan. I. To unexpended bal- ance as by last year's report, $8,423 60
heating and venti- lating. $ 908 00
Jan. 8. Jas. W. Gifford Co.,
Jan. 20. Karl H. Hyde, commis- sion, second payment, 75 00
N. Perry & Co., extras, 7 80
H. A. Smith, grading, 197 35
Jan. 24. Geo. I. Parker, second payment, 2,500 00
Feb. 7. E. A. German, carting slateboards, 4 50
Feb. 15. D. Webster Allen,
slateboards 234 86
Mar. 5. O. P. Richardson, in- surance, 56 25
Frank E. Tingley, 6 00
Mar. 12. W. H. Garner, freight, 49 78
Karl H. Hyde, balance bill, 66 66
195
Apr. 4. G. W. Brown, cleaning, 13 00 W. H. Garner, freight, I 89 Jas. W. Gifford Co., fix- tures, 2 65
Apr. 7. Henry Baker & Son, piano, 100 00
Apr. II. Goachin Duranlean,
book case, 22 00
May 7. W. H. Garner, freight, 8 61
A. I. Atwell, 5 00
Geo. H. Herrick, clocks, 16 00
A R. Macomber, bells, 21 90
Frank E. Tingley,
6 00
R. B. Magaveny, team- ing 2 50
Allen Shade Holder Co., 60 00
May 9. Newell Coal & Lumber
Co., final payment, 2,264 55
Newell Coal & Lum-
ber Co., extras, 191 74
N. Perry & Co., hard-
ware.
473 25
John Eden,
16 15
May 24. Goachin Duranlean, 11 00
May 31. Wm. Flynn,
6 55
June 9. J. H. Gray,
4 00
N. Perry & Co.,
8 75
June 13. Shepard & Co., tables,
5 00
June 18. J. L. Tobitt & Co., cur- tains,
90 09
June 29. Grand Rapids Furni-
ture Co., 122 74
Aug. 20. Grand Rapids Furni-
ture Co.,
350 40
196
Sept. 19. Wm. H. Smith, grading, 45 90 Chandler Adjustable
Desk Co .. 28 80
M. Currie, setting desks, 32 85
W. H. Garner, freight, 6 76
Harry F. Lull, concrete,
217 IO
Oct. 17. Grand Rapids Furni- ture Co .. 34 00
Nov. 5. O. P. Richardson, in-
surance.
56 25
Balance unexpended, 91 97
$8,423 60 O. P. RICHARDSON, Secretary Committee.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF COMMITTEE ON PINE STREET BUILDING.
1900.
March. To appropriation, $30,000 00 Sale of buildings to D. E. Holman. 185 00
$30,485 00
Cash paid Geo. L. Grover. lot and buildings. $2,800 00
May 16. Karl H. Hyde. survey Pearl street, 26 75
Pay roll removing
loam, etc .. 50 10
May 31. Sun Publishing Co., 4 00
June 6. Pierce & Carpenter, 2 00
197
June 19 .. Pay roll, cleaning brick, 19 00 John Eden, on %, 200 00
June 26. W. E. Groves, moving old building,
155 25
July 5. E. O. Dexter. removing loam. 15 00
Karl H. Hyde,
4 25
John Eden, 125 00
N. Perry & Co.,
9 81
N. Perry & Co .. 7 70
July 24. Karl H. Hyde, on speci-
fications, 200 00
Karl H. Hyde,on speci-
cations, 25 00
Aug. 6. Karl H. Hyde, speci-
fications, 9.50
Aug. 8. John Eden, balance
contract, 72 00
John Eden, extras, II I5
Aug. 18. Grant Brothers, extras,
12 00
Aug. 22. Sun Publishing Co.,
5 37
Grant Bros .. Ist pay-
ment,
2,500 00
Sept. 19. M. F. Ashley, Repairs
Pearl street house, 303 91
Sept. 26.
O. E. Dexter, I 86
John Eden, 8 47
N. Perry & Co ..
384 52
E. O. Dexter,
I 75
M. Galligan, labor. 3 00
Sept. 29. Grant Bros., 5,550 00
Oct. 22. Karl H. Hyde, 100 00
Oct. 24. Jas. W. Gifford Co., 300 00
A. N. Brownell, 13 19
.
198
Nov.
Grant Bros., 2,500 00 Fuller & Warren, 1,168 40
Dec. I. Standard Electric Time Co .. 40 00
H. E. Carpenter, et al., 150 00
Grant Bros., snow guards, 10 00
N. Perry & Co., speak- ing tubes, 117 00
Grant Bros., 700 00
James Kelly, 50 00
T. E. Goff, I 59
Printing Bonds.
35 00
$17,692 57
Balance unexpended. $12,792 43 O. P. RICHARDSON, Secretary Building Committee
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF COMMITTEE ON FARMERS NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.
1900.
Appropriation. $7,500 00
Sale of old building,
225 00
$7,725 00
July 18. Land, Sarah Nerney. $ 500 00 Aug. 6. Sun Publishing Co .. bids. 7 50
Aug. 26. Karl H. Hyde, 37 50
Aug. 28. Grant Bros .. 20 00
Sept. 19. Sun Publishing Co ..
bids. 6 00
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Oct. 5. Karl H. Hyde, 10 70
Oct. 23. Jas. W. Gifford Co., 33 46
J. O. Tiffany, super- vision, 75 00
Oct. 31. M. Currie, Ist payment, 1,528 33
Nov. 5. O. P. Richardson, in- surance, 27 00
Nov. 28. Jas. W. Gifford Co., 300 00
Dec. 3. M. Currie, 2d payment, 1,528 33
Dec. II. Attleboro Coal Co., 27 00
J. O. Tiffany, 81 15
Karl H. Hyde,
4 25
H. A Smith, grading,
84º 50
O. P. Richardson, in-
surance,
33 75
R. H. Jones, black-
boards, 153 88
Geo. H. Herrick, clock, 4 50
J. O. Tiffany, balance %. 52 90
Grant Bros., fence,
310 80
Allen Shade Holder Co., 41 41
Attleboro Coal Co.,
7 15
$5,639 II
Balance unexpended,
2,085 89
$7,725 00 O. P. RICHARDSON, Secretary Building Committee.
To the Citizens of Attleborough:
Your attention is hereby solicited to the following report of the work done by the School Committee during the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1900; and also to such
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suggestions and recommendations as are hereby submitt- ed.
That you may know how much money has been used for the schools of our town, and what has been done with it. attention is called to the following detailed statement of the finances of this department.
No apology is offered for the fact that the expenses have exceeded the appropriations. But the following points are named as suggesting to you some of the ways in which the funds placed in our hands have been employ- ed, viz :
I. The school population at Hebronville to-day is greatly in excess of the capacity of the buildings there. To provide for this overflow, temporary quarters have been equipped in a building known as Morin Hall. This involves an annual expense of one hundred and twenty five dollars for rent.
2. A third room has been finished and equipped for school use in the school house at South Attleboro. This work cost more than was expected ; but the need was an imperative one, inasmuch as the number of children was. greatly in excess of the original accommodations.
3. Nearly three hundred dollars have been expended to provide an adequate supply of water for the school at Briggs Corner. This was done by driving a well to the depth of fifty-eight feet. But the work was a matter oí necessity.
4. Such buildings as required it have received a new coat of paint.
5. It must always be borne in mind that increased expenditures for school purposes will surely result from the growth of our town. As the school population in- creases, the amount of money required to supply the needs of that population will also increase.
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NEW BUILDINGS.
The new house at Dodgeville has been completed and occupied during the year, and is meeting the ex- pectations and supplying the needs of that section of our town.
In response to an urgent appeal from the Farmers district, the old house has been sold and removed, and a new building with increased accommodations-situated on high ground-has been built and occupied. In the construction of this building every effort has been made to provide conditions favorable to health.
The eight-room building, for which appropriation was made last March-to be located on the east side of the railroad-is approaching completion, and will prob- ably be ready for occupancy at the beginning of the Spring term of school. To provide grounds ample for a building of its size, your committee increased the size of the Pine Street School grounds by purchasing the ad ... joining lot on Pearl street ;moved the two-room building ; and placed the new building on the corner of Pine and Pearl streets. Others might have found a better site for this building ; but your committee have acted in accord- ance with what seemed the part of good judgment.
With the exceptions of the crowded conditions at Briggs Corner, we seem to have room enough for the present.
We cannot propphesy, however, how long this will be the case; nor can we say that the Town will not soon be obliged to still further increase its educational plant.
TEACHERS.
Reference to the very complete report of our Super- intendent reveals the usual fact of many changes in our teaching force. Some of the teachers who have left us
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in response to the appeal made by larger salaries, were teachers who will honor the teaching body of any town or municipality. We should have been glad to retain their services.
It is always a matter of regret when a teacher who its a certain school is disturbed. Especially is this true when the loss of a superior teacher might have been pre- vented could we have offered a slight increase in salary. In fact, could we have done what any of our manufac- turers would do rather than lose a man who is doing exceptionally good work.
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