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To carry out the vote of the town, a joint meeting of the Trustees, the members of the School Committee and of the Building Committee, was held in the Library room on January 13, 1896, to decide in what way to apply the money appropriated for the purpose. Mr. Osavius Verney was chosen Librarian, and it was voted to keep the Library open on week-day evenings from 7 to 9.30 o'clock. A com- mittee consisting of Don Gleason Hill, for the Trustees, Fred- erick D. Ely and Dr. Francis L. Babcock, for the School Com- mittee, and Roderick W. Hine, Superintendent of Schools, was chosen to purchase the necessary reading matter, and to have it ready for the opening of the room on Monday evening, January 20.
At the appointed time of opening, seven o'clock, the people began to gather in the Library room, and to show their interest in the effort which is of so great importance to the people of East Dedham. The tables had been well supplied with most of the popular magazines, weekly and daily papers, and a few standard reference books, all that could be purchased out of the sum appropriated for this end by the Town. These include sixteen magazines, fifteen weekly papers and four daily papers. The books comprise Johnson's Cyclopaedia, the Standard Dictionary, Lippincott's
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Gazetteer and Biographical Dictionary, also Rand & Mc- Nally's Atlas.
Advantage was taken of this event to give the people of the town a chance to inspect the building, which was opened for this purpose. An informal reception was held by Mr. Howard and his associate teachers, who had made their rooms especially attractive and home-like. Mr. Hill of the Trustees, members of the School Committee and Building Committee, and Superintendent Hine were present to aid in making the event a success.
The Library room, is situated in the central section of the building, at the front, and is well lighted. In size, it is 31 x 37 feet, and has an opening into the corridors near each front door. During its use as a Library it is shut off from the rest of the building. It is well adapted to the purpose for which it is to be used, and is easily accessible to the people. The heating and ventilating system is all that could be desired, supplying not far from thirty cubic feet of fresh warm air every minute and exhausting about the same amount through the foul air ducts during the same time.
The Library is well patronized, having an attendance of about fifty every evening. While the reading matter for the present supplies every demand it is hoped that in the near future that books will be supplied for the shelves. Those who desire to avail themselves of the privilege of drawing books from the main library may consult the cata- logue at hand and send their cards by Mr. Verney. The warm interest already shown in the Library is proof that its advantage to the people of East Dedham will be deeply appreciated.
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REPORT OF THE
REPORT OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE,
JANUARY 31, 1896.
ON May 18, 1894, the Building Committee chosen at the annual meeting of the Town on May 14, held its first meet- ing, and organized as follows :-
FREDERICK D. ELY, Chairman.
THOMAS P. MURRAY,
JAMES T. CLARK,
ROBERT H. O. SCHULZ, Secretary, , JULIUS H. TUTTLE.
In accordance with a vote passed at this meeting, com- petitive plans and estimates were asked for, to be submitted within ten days and to be without any expense to the town. These were received at a meeting on June 1, from Dedham and Boston architects. Those submitted by Messrs. Hart- well and Richardson were selected as the most satisfactory, all things considered.
On consideration of a saving to the town it was voted to move the old building back to the rear of the lot for use until the new building would be ready to be occupied by the school.
The Committee in July advertised for bids on the new building, not to include heating, ventilation and plumbing, and on August 1 these were received as follows :-
T. S. Brown, of Boston, $36,720
John Y. Mainland, of Boston, 34,777
Lyman D. Willcutt, of Boston, 33,331 ·
S. D. Rogers, of Boston, .
33,122
Hersey Brothers, of Roslindale, 32,151
Withington & Sherman, Dedham, 31,547
A. McDonald, Melrose, 31,500
George Dawson, Waltham, . 31,499
W. S. Mitchell, West Roxbury, 29,840
H. C. Wilt, Stoughton, 28,746
Henry H. Hunt, West Newton, . 25,998
Nashua Building Company, Nashua, N. H. 25,927
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BUILDING COMMITTEE.
At an adjourned meeting held on August 2, the contract was awarded to Mr. Hunt, who at the request of the Com- mittee deposited with them a satisfactory bond for $10,000.
Bids for heating and ventilation were received on Jan. 14, 1895, and were rejected. New bids were asked for, and on Jan. 24, these were opened as follows :-
A. A. Sanborn, $5,945
Albert B. Franklin,
5,087
Smith Heating & Ventilating Co., . 4,995
Walworth Construction and Supply Co.,
4,987
Fuller & Warren Co.,
4,962
S. C. Higgins,
4,900
Isaac Coffin & Co.,
4,835
Ingalls & Kendricken,
4,580
. Boston Furnace Co., 4,360
Smith & Anthony, . 3,872 ·
G. M. Park, Fitchburg,
3,274
Nutter & Seabury, .
2,900
.
.
The lowest bid which was strictly in accordance with the proposal of the Committee and most satisfactory in all re- spects was that of Mr. Higgins; and on Feb. 4 his bid was accepted, after voting to dispense with the Johnson Electric Control, so called, estimated at $600. The sum of $50 was added to heat the cloak rooms, and the contract was signed for $4350.
The contract for wiring was awarded to the only bidder, J. F. Bubert, on Feb. 26, at $400. On March 1, 1895, plumbing bids were received, and Mr. Winn was the suc- cessful competitor at $1870. The bids were as follows :-
J. T. Cushman, $1,941
James Tucker & Sons,
2,027
Craig & Conway, . 1,913
William Pearce & Co.,
1,890
Everett J. Winn,
1,870
On April 27, 1895, the question of grading was taken up and a sub-committee consisting of Messrs. Clark and Schulz
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DESCRIPTION OF
was chosen to take the matter in charge. In accordance with the vote of the town, as given on page ix, the Selectmen furnished men and carts to take away the gravel which was picked up and made ready by the men hired by the sub-committee. The work was begun on May 21, 1895, and completed as far as possible on October 5 following.
In the completion of the structure, the committee desire to recognize the valuable help of those who were mainly connected in the construction ; to Messrs. Hartwell, Rich- ardson and Driver, for their prompt and efficient services and zealous attention to every want of the Committee; to Mr. Henry H. Hunt, contractor, for the excellent stock and workmanship put into the building ; to Messrs. S. C. Higgins and E. J. Winn, for the complete and most satisfactory sys- tems of heating and ventilation, and plumbing, put in re- spectively by them. The Committee desire to thank Mr. Hine, Superintendent of Schools, for his thoughtful, unsel- fish and diligent care for the best interests of the town, in closely following the progress of the work, and making val- uable suggestions. The detailed expenses will be found in the financial statement.
FREDERICK D. ELY, Chairman. January 31, 1896.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING.
THE new Avery School Building stands on high ground, between High Street and Mother Brook, and about forty feet back of the front line of the site of the old building. It is a wooden structure and as nearly fireproof as such a building can be made. The lower part of all the walls is filled in with bricks, and there are two thicknesses of best asbestos between the first and second floorings. The lathing in the boiler room and under the stairs and stair landings is of wire mesh made for the purpose.
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THE BUILDING.
The rough stone work under the building is done in good shape, with sound ledge stone, well bedded, bonded and pinned up solid, faced upon the inside and stepped or tamped down from top to bottom on the outside. The underpinnings are of selected ledge stone, and the steps, sills and curbs are of granite. The beams are of rolled iron, with cast plates and anchors, and the floor joists are of the best hard pine and spruce. Many other details of the build- ing are those of ordinary construction, and can easily be learned by consulting the specifications on file at the office of the School Committee.
This building is used for primary and grammar school purposes and has eight school rooms in addition to the central section of the building, which contains on the first floor a library room on front and a connecting corridor and two teachers' waiting rooms just back of this, and two cor- ridors running through the building on either side. On the second floor in the same section is a large hall for school purposes, over the Library, between the corridors, and two small laboratory rooms at the rear. In the basement is a sloyd-room, two play rooms, and closets.
The dimensions of the building are 138 feet 6 inches by 63 feet 9 inches, and the height of the rooms on the first floor and class rooms on the second floor is 12 feet, while the large hall is 16 feet 6 inches. The school rooms are all about 28 by 32 feet, and the building will accommodate 450 scholars. The seating capacity of the hall is over 350.
The school rooms are in the corners of the building, while the central section breaks back in the front about six feet, suggesting to the eye that this part is used for a different purpose.
The test of the State Inspector, Mr. Moore, of the heat- ing and ventilation, made on January 6, when the thermom- eter outside was seven degrees below zero, was very satis- factory. It was found that the exhaust and supply of air was more than 40 cubic feet per minute for each child.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Carpenter's Contract.
Paid H. H. Hunt, by contract, less $60, for teach- er's platforms, . $25,938 00
Heating and Ventilation.
Paid S. C. Higgins, by contract, .
extras, as follows : .
Heating Sloyd room, $60 00
Ventilating Sloyd room, 40 00
Heating water closets, · 18 00
$118 00
$4,468 00
Plumbing.
Paid E. J. Winn, by contract, .
$1,870 00 .
Electric Wiring.
Paid J. F. Bubert, by contract,
$400 00
Smoke Stack for Boiler.
Paid Roberts Iron Works Co., by contract, $285 00
Miscellaneous Work on Building.
Paid McKenny & Waterbury, chandeliers, ·
$304 90
Boston Lightning Rod Co., lightning rods, 190 00
Swett & Blasdale, wiring, street to building, 136 60
66 lights, shades, etc. 57 20
H. H. Stevens, making coalbin,
24 46
John Evans, cutting dates,
6 50
H. H. Hunt, as follows :
Two additional doors in basement, 20 00
Setting up smoke pipe, 40 00
2000 bricks and laying, extra depth of foundation, 40 00
Two steel beam piers, and columns in basement, . 103 00
Asphalt floor, and standards in water closet, 205 00
Furring around extra air chaft to reading- room and hall, . ·
148 00
Finishing Sloyd room in basement, . 215 00
$4,350 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Paid Miscellaneous work in Sloyd room, . $46 69
Staging for carver, 15 00
Enlarging cesspool, . 26 00
Extra blasting for cesspool, 33 50
Cesspool cover, and iron man-hole cover,
8 50
Forty feet of pipe for cesspool in rear,
5 60
Excavating and building first cesspool in rear, . 96 00
H. H. Stevens, storm doors,
90 00
S. Staples, moulding in rooms, and fence in basement, 9 72
$1,821 67
Outside work in connection with the building.
Paid Frank Rogers, blasting cesspool, . 45 00
T. P. Shine, building second rear cesspool, 53 00
E. J. Winn, water pipes to building,
111 44
Dedham Gas Co., piping to building, 12 56
N. Smith, paid Keelan pipe for cesspool, 1 50
$223 50
Incidental Expenses in connection with building.
Paid E. Worthington, preliminary surveying, . 5 00
Boston Herald, advertising, 42 00 ·
Journal,
13 50
Nathaniel Smith, surveying, preliminary con- tour plan, . 105 00
C. G. Wheeler, printing,
2 25
R. W. Hine, paid for 12 registered letters, 1 20
R. W. Hine, paid expenses to Boston and re- turn, twice,
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$169 55
Architects.
Paid Hartwell, Richardson & Driver, 5 per cent. on amounts paid Messrs. Hunt, Hig- gins, Winn, Bubert, and Roberts Iron Works Co., plus $9.20 for advertising, $60 for gilding, and $6.50 for wood carving,- amounting to $34,038.99
$1,701 95
For advertising,
9 20
traveling expenses,
37 22
$1,748 37
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Furniture.
Paid Jos. Hartshorn and Son, shades,
$130 00
66 furniture, . 150 35
Harwood Mfg. Co., seats for hall,
397 80
Chandler Adj. Desk Co., school desks,
315 00
S. Staples, repairing old furniture,
133 61 7
A. G. Baker, furniture,
365 20
Perry & Co., school desks,
572 79
S. Macomber, step ladders,
5 00
Standard Thermometer Co., thermometers,
25 00
Ivers & Pond. grand piano,
500 00
Markward & Co., furniture,
152 00
E. Meighan, moving furniture, .
15 50
Chandler & Barber, sloyd furniture,
10 07
George S. Perry & Co., cases for sloyd and supply room,
37 50
R. H. White & Co, curtains, carpet and poles for teachers' room,
46 75
Jordan, Marsh & Co., chairs and looking glass for teachers' room,
13 00
For moving furniture, old building to new, etc.
H. H. Stevens, 2 days, $6 00
Fred Hogan, 3 days, 6 00
6 00
George H. McManus, 3 days, .
6 00
Edmond Meighan, 2 days, ·
4 00
Thomas Tierney, 1 60
Michael Tierney,
1 50
C. Zickendrath,
1 60
E. N. Moody, use of team and three
.
men, furniture and piano, .
9 00
$43 70
$2,913 27
Miscellaneous Work on Grounds.
Paid John Bell, labor on fence, $5 00
R. Sherman, making fence,
275 60.
O. McDermott, labor on yard,
8 00
T. Murphy, setting retaining planks on front line, . 11 10
O. T. Clisby, painting fence,
24 44
$324 14
Joseph Meighan, 3 days,
.
£
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Land.
Paid Felix Dowd. .
·
$2,073 99
John McCarthy,
575 00
Mary Greenhood,
2,175 00
·
$4,823 99
Grading. April 29 to October 5, 1895.
Paid Frederick P. Lips, foreman, 126
days, 2 hours . $284 00 ·
Hugo Lips, man, cart and horse, 109
465 02 days, 53 hours, extra man, cart and horse, 22 days, 5 hours
James Kelly, labor, 114 days, 1 hour, 228 16
Atchison Kilpatrick, labor, 120 days, 7 hours .
241 52
Owen McDermott, labor, 125 days, 7 hours .
249. 60
Henry Griffin, 88 days, 7 hours
177 52
James Dervan, 119 days, 3 hours 238 62
Andrew Tracy, 70 days, 8 hours
141 76
John Cleary, 1 day .
2 00
John McKeon, 27 days, 1 hour
54 22
Chas. Monahan, 44 days, 73 hours
89 66
John McGuiness, 54 days
108 00
John Clark, 64 days, 4 hours
128 86
D. McGee, 3 days
6 00
E. Studer, 36 days
72 00
David Hogan, 22 days, 8 hours
45 76
Charles Gould, 26 days, 8 hours
53 76
Isaac Isaacson, 121 days. 3 hours
242 62
Thos. Corrigan, dynamite ·
4 00
Bailey & Newcomb, shovels, oil, lanterns, etc. 35 46
Gideon Howe, sharpening tools
64 27
W. S. Macomber, shovels 6 00
Thos. Murphy, labor on retaining wall and filling, 47 00
Nathaniel Smith, surveying for grad- ing .
214 70
$3,200 51
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Old Building.
Paid A. W. Strong, moving building
$440 00
A. W. Story, blocking for same
45 00
T. Hogan, taking off vane
2 00
$487 00
RECEIPTS. Appropriations by the Town.
May 14, 1894. For Building .
$35,000 00
Additional land, Felix Dowd 1,200 00
Grading lot, as enlarged 800 00
April 1, 1895.
Grading and finishing
5.500 00
Additional land
3.700 00
Sept. 16, 1895.
Grading and finishing
2,500 00
.
Other Receipts.
July, 1895.
Sale of old school-house .
376 00
Sale of underpinning stone, to Pat- rick Starr 15 00
Sale of stone, by the sub committee to Mrs. Lucy B. Boyden, 52 loads at 25c
13.00
Matthew McGuiness, 20 loads at 25c
5 00
David Greehhood, 50
" 25c
12 50
Michael McGowan 2 " 25c
50
R. H. O. Schulz 10 " 50c
5 00
R. H. O. Schulz 10 66 " 25c
2 50
Fred P. Lips 7 " 50c
3 50
$49,133 00
EXPENSES.
Carpenters contract, . $25,938 00
Heating and ventilation,
4,468 00
Plumbing, .
1,870 00
Electric wiring,
400 00
Smoke stack for boiler,
285 00
Miscellaneous work on building,
1,821 67
Outside work in connection with building,
223 50
Incidental expenses in connection with building,
169 55
$34,782 67
$393 05
£
£
FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 51
Paid Architects,
$1,748 37 2,913 27
Furniture, .
Miscellaneous work on grounds, 324 14
Land,
4,823 99
Grading,
3,200 51
$8,348 64
Moving old building and rent of blocking, etc., 487 00
$48,673 00
SUMMARY.
Total receipts,
$49,133 00 . " expenses,
48,673 00
Balance,
$460 00
Preliminary Plans. Claim of Messrs. Loring & Phipps, paid by order of the Selectmen, .
400 00
Balance in hand of Town Treasurer, $60 00
Bill unpaid.
George C. Dalby, 238 Pearl Street, Cambridgeport, who is absent from home, for work on tablet, . $60 00
Bills not collected.
John Crowley, 348 loads of stone, at 25c $87 00
George C. Stearns, 19 loads of stone, at 25c 4 75
Thomas Murphy, 15
3 75
David Greenhood, for vane,
.
.
.
5 00
$100 50
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