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135. Sept. 10. Bruno, Salomone & Petitti, con- struction, Section 3 3,221 22
136. Sept. 10. Norris, Staples & Gould, pipe 128 96
137. Sept. 10.
Eastern Clay Goods Co., pipe
1,358 34
138. Sept. 11. Alex. F. Johnston, damage to well
10 00
139. Sept. 11.
Maurice E. and Mary J. Nelligan, land damage 1,300 00
140. Sept. 26. Cencdella & Co., construction, Section 4 400 00
141. Sept. 28. Cenedella & Co., construction,
Section 4 2,000 00
142. Sept. 28. Fred A. Houdlette & Son, pipe 726 49
143. Sept. 28.
Hobbs Title Co., examination of titles 15 00
144. Sept. 28.
Milford Journal Co., advertising . 6 40
145. Sept. 28. Milford Daily News, advertising . 10 50
146. Sept. 28. Milford Iron Foundry, manhole
frames, covers, steps 239 82
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147. Sept. 28. Norris, Staples & Gould, repair- ing pump $ 1 30
148. Sept. 28. Municipal Journal and Engineer, advertising 4 00
149. Sept. 28. Clark Ellis & Sons, lead and drain pipe, fittings 294 44
150. Sept. 28. Sarah E. Phillips, right of way for carting 5 00
151. Sept. 28. Eastern Clay Goods Co., pipe 881 60
152. Oct. 5. Bruno, Salomone & Petitti, con- struction, sewage disposal works . 6,344 57
153. Oct. 5. Macuen Bros. Coal Co., teaming ·
87 25
154. Oct. 5. Vincenzo Calabrese, labor ·
5 50
155. Oct. 5. Joseph F. Hickey, services as
clerk to Sept. 10, 1907 . 100 00
156. Oct. 5. G. M. Billings, advertising 2 00
157. Oct. 9. New York, New Haven & Hart-
ford R. R. Co., freight 450 25
158. Oct. 9. Boston & Albany R. R. Co.,
freight . 15 36
159. Oct. 9.
H. J. Glendenning, repairing filter beds 268 46
160. Oct. 9. F. A. Barbour, supervising con- struction 1,425 00
161. Oct. 10.
Milford Journal Company, adver- tising 6 40
162. Oct. 10. Cooney & Higgiston, on account J. H. Nealon, well damage 11 29 ·
163. Oct. 10. Milford Water Co., on account J. II. Nealon, well damage 12 90
164. Oct. 11.
Eastern Clay Goods Co., pipe 140 78
165. Oct. 19. Cenedella & Co., construction, Sec- tion 4 1,858 03
166. Oct. 21. Charles Brown, boundary stones . 91 40
167. Oct. 23. Electric Storage Battery Co., land purchase 1,200 00
168. Oct. 30.
Charles Brown, boundary stones . 22 80
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169. Nov. 9. Bruno, Salomone & Petitti, con- struction, Section 5, low level sewer .
$1,922 36
170. Nov. 9. Bruno, Salomone & Petitti, con- struction, Section 3 4,926 39
171. Nov. 9. Macuen Bros., teaming 10 00
172. Nov. 9. Milford Iron Foundry, manhole
frames and covers 92 40
173. Nov. 9. New York, New Haven & Hart- ford R. R. Co., freight . 93 60 ·
174. Nov. 9. City Trust Co., certification of $45,000 bonds and legal ser- vices of Storey, Thorndike, Palmer and Thayer, approving bond issue 100 00
175. Dec. 7. Bruno, Salomone & Petitti, con- struction, Section 5, low level sewer
3,290 60
176. Dec. 7. Coffin Valve Co., sluice gate valve 5 75
177. Dec. 7. Frank H. Marshall, printing signs 6 00
178. Dec. 7. Hobbs Title Co., examination of titles 10 00
179. Dec. 7. Fred A. Houdlette & Son, iron beams 84 22 ·
180. Dec. 7. Webb Pink Granite Co., paving blocks ·
50 00
181. Dec. 7. Macuen Bros. Coal Co., teaming . 55 00 182. Dec. 7. Milford Daily News, advertising . 8 00
183. Dec. 7. F. A. Barbour, supervising con- struction 475 00
184. Dec. 7. H. J. Glendenning, repairing sewer beds, setting bounds . 109 51
185. Dec. 7. Eastern Clay Goods Co., pipe . 186. Dec. 7.
299 18
H.J. Glendenning, repairing sewers 1908.
17 00
187. Jan. 15.
Lawrence Pump & Engine Co., electric machinery for pump- ing station, 50 per cent of bill
1,837 50
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188. Jan. 15. Clifford A. Cook, recording deeds $ 8 45
189. Jan. 15. New York, New Haven & Hart- ford R. R. Co., freight . .
6 05
190. Jan. 15. Lysander Grow & Son, labor and materials 230 25
191. Jan. 15. Clifford A. Cook, recording deeds 6 20
192. Jan. 15.
H. H. Lent, labor and materials
'88
193. Jan. 15. Eben S. Draper, rent of pipe yard 194. Jan. 15. Samuel Gaskill, sand ·
1 80
195. Jan. 15.
Clark Ellis & Sons, hardware
11 49-
196. Jan. 15.
Milford Iron Foundry, casting ·
6 52
197. Jan. 15.
Cenedella & Co., work not in con- tract 210 00
198. Jan. 15.
Milford Iron Foundry, special man- hole frames 45 00
199. Jan. 15. J. M. French & Son, gravel for concrete
20 00
200. Jan, 15. New York, New Haven & Hart-
ford R. R. Co., freight . 1 00
201. Jan. 15.
G. M. Billings, advertising . 2 50
202. Jan. 15. Joseph F. Hickey, services as clerk to Jan. 10, 1908 200 00
203. Jan. 15. Joseph F. Hickey, postage, tele- graph, telephone charges ·
11 22
204. Jan. 15. Bruno, Salomone & Petitti, con-
struction, Section 5, low level sewer 2,638 79
205. Jan. 15. Bruno, Salomone & Petitti, work
not in contract . 259 67
206. Jan. 25. George H. Doe, land damage 50 00
$176,671 08
Approximately $8,200 is due on contracts ; payment of which amount is to be withheld for six months from date of engineer's final estimate in each case.
Six land claims remain unsettled, viz : William Vogel
30 00
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(suit pending), Della M. Albee, John H. Cunningham, Richard Barry heirs, Walpole heirs, C. F. Claflin.
For statement of expense preliminary to construction, amounting to $847.24, see selectmen's report of 1906-7.
Respectfully submitted,
J. E. WALKER,
ABBOTT A. JENKINS, WENDELL WILLIAMS, GEORGE W. ELLIS, JAMES LALLY, MICHAEL S. McMAHON,
TIMOTHY BURNS,
J. H. EGAN,
O. F. CROUGHWELL,
LUCIUS E. HEATH,
S. A. EASTMAN, J. J. COMBA,
H. D. BOWKER,
FRANK P. DILLON,
CLINTON R. SCOTT.
Sewer Committee.
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ENGINEER'S REPORT.
TO THE SEWERAGE COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN OF MILFORD: Gentlemen :-
I beg to submit the following brief report of the work of construction accomplished to date.
The preliminary report, describing the system recom- mended, was submitted to your Committee June 13th, 1906, and approved by the State Board of Health, July 12th, 1906.
The preparation of plans and specifications for the con- struction of disposal plant and main intercepting sewer was immediately undertaken. Bids were received for the plant, which constitutes Section I, and for the main sewer, Section 'II., on August 21st, 1906, the former section being let to Bru- no, Salamone & Petitti and the latter to J. E. Burns & Co. During the remaining months of 1906 the work progressed on these two sections but neither was completed until the sum. mer of 1907, the final estimates on Sections I. and II. being given on September 1st, 1907.
The disposal plant, Section I., includes the construction of settling tanks, and ten (10) acres of sand filters divided in- to sixteen (16) beds. The main sewer ends in the settling tanks from which an effluent pipe leads to a dosing chamber in the center of the field and from this chamber distributing pipes, laid in the embankment, extend in four directions so as make possible the automatic dosing of any of the sixteen (16) beds. The construction of the beds involved the stripping of the loam and subsoil from the surface, these materials being used in the building of the embankments. Underneath the sand at depths of five (5) feet or more, underdrains were laid, the total length of such pipes aggregating about two miles. These underdrains receive the liquid after it has passed the sand and carry the filtrate to the river. The field has been designed and constructed so as to present a pleasing appear- ance.
The main intercepting sewer (Section II.) extends from the filter bed through private property to Howard street ; thence along this street to South Main street, through South Main street to Depot street, through Depot street to the Claflin
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property ; thence through private property to South Bow street, through South Bow street to Finley slip, through Fin- ley slip to Central street, through Central street to Bragg slip, through Bragg slip to Jefferson street, through Jefferson street to Court street, through Court street to private proper- ty, across private property to North Bow street, through North Bow street to Goodrich Court, through this court to private property adjacent to the railroad and through this property to Main street. This sewer as just described consti- tutes the main interceptor which collects all that portion of the sewage which can be carried to the disposal plant without pumping. The obtaining of a location for this interceptor was a matter involving more or less difficulty and necessita- ted the use of private property and a more or less crooked line of location. Large quantities of rock most difficult to handle were encountered, delaying the completion of the work and involving increased cost. However, the possibility of in- tercepting the sewage by gravity and the reduced cost of maintaining the system thus made possible will more than compensate for the first outlay required for this gravity in- terceptor.
On February 26th, 1907, bids were received for the con- struction of two additional sections. Section III. included that portion of the town lying between Franklin, North Bow, Congress, Sumner and Lincoln streets. Not all of the streets in this district were sewered but a substantial portion of the pipes required were laid. This section was awarded to Bru- no, Salamone & Petitti.
Section IV. included the construction of the Fruit street interceptor and the streets west of Congress street, between Fruit and West streets lying on the easterly slope of Godfrey brook. This section was awarded to Cenedella & Company.
It is to be noted that both of these sections drain into the interceptor, already constructed, by gravity, and that the work done under Sections III. and IV. involved the laying of the main sewers leading to the interceptor. In other words the work already accomplished constitutes the main arteries
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of the system and the most difficult and expensive work to be undertaken.
The following table shows the location and length of the sewers laid in different streets in Sections III. and I.V.
TABLE.
SECTION III.
Street
From
To
Length, ft.
Main
Sumner
Congress
2778
Congress
Church
Congress Hgts.
3376
Pleasant
Gibbon Ave.
Congress
892
Gibbon Ave.
Pleasant
W. Pine
791
Spruce
School
Congress
1026
Pine
Main
Congress
1020
Exchange
Main
Congress
648
Park
Main
Congress
287
W. Pine
Congress
Gibbon Ave.
567
West
Congress
Valley
450
Central
Bragg Slip
Main
815
Clark
Exchange
Fayette
188
Lincoln
Sumner
School
655
Sumner
Main
Lincoln
1200
School
Main
Spruce
334
So. Bow
Finley Slip
Baker Slip
389
Grove
So. Bow
Summit
593
Franklin
Grove
Main
767
Chestnut
Franklin
Orchard
598
Jefferson
Bragg Slip
Main
647
Spring
Court
Main
555
SECTION IV.
Main
S. Main
Prospect 2540
Fruit
Main
Interceptor
2150
Vine
Fruit
Godfrey Brook
180
Whitney
Depot
Interceptor
760
Interceptor
Whitney
Fruit
Thayer
Water
Main
1053
Water
Main
Church
850
Church Pl.
Congress
Church
925
Church St.
Water
West
818
III
On October 22d, 1907, the contract for Section V. was awarded to Bruno, Salamone & Petitti. The work as let in- cluded the construction of the low level pumping station, the main sewer, the main low level interceptor running north from this station through River, Depot and Central streets and some additional sewers in other streets of the low level district. This contract is not as yet completed, the sewers already laid being about one-half (¿) mile in length.
The following table is a summary of the total lengths of sewers laid to date :-
Main interceptor
2.85 miles
Section III. .
3.42 66
Section IV. .
1.73 66
Section V. .
.50 66
Total
8.50 66
Of this total about seven (7) miles of sewer abuts on assess- able property which can be immediately provided with sewer- age facilities. A contract has also been let to the Lawrence Pump & Engine Company for the furnishing of the pumping machinery required to lift the sewage to the high level inter- ceptor. The force main from the pumping station and the high level interceptor has already been laid as a part of Section V. The pumping machinery includes electric motors and centrifu- gal pumps in duplicate and has been delivered but not yet set up, owing to the delay in the completion of the pumping station.
Respectfully submitted,
F. A. BARBOUR.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have examined the books of the different departments and find that the vouchers correspond with the orders drawn on and paid by the town treasurer. I have also examined the accounts of the tax collectors and treasurer and find them to be correct.
Respectfully submitted, THOMAS F. MANNING, Auditor.
Milford, Mass., January 21, 1908.
REPORT
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OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
- - AND
Superintendent of Schools
OF THE
-
TOWN OF MILFORD
FOR THE
Year Ending January 20, 1908.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
J. V. GALLAGHER
Term expires 1908
W. B. WHITING
66
66
1908
J. C. LYNCH
66
66 1909
J. E. SWIFT
66
66 1909
GEORGE E. STACY
66
66
1910
G. M. BILLINGS
66
66
1910
ORGANIZATION.
GEORGE E. STACY, Chairman. C. W. HALEY, Secretary.
SUB-COMMITTEES. Rules and Regulations.
G. E. STACY
J. C. LYNCH
Repairs and Fuel.
J. V. GALLAGHER
Teachers and Salaries.
J. C. LYNCH W. B. WHITING Books and Supplies.
G. M. BILLINGS J. E. SWIFT
SUPERINTENDENT, C. W. HALEY.
The superintendent is a member of each sub-committee ex-officio.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
The regular meetings of the committee are held on the first Friday of each month at 8 p. M.
G. E. STACY
3
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE.
Office at high school building. Office hours 4 to 5 P. M. daily when schools are in session, except Fridays ; 8 to 9 A. M. on Fridays.
SCHOOL SESSIONS.
High school-8 A. M. to 1 P. M.
Grammar schools -- 9 A. M. to 12 M .; 1.30 to 3.30 p. M.
Primary schools-9 A. M. to 12 M .; 1.30 to 3.30 P. M.
Country schools-9 A. M. to 12 M .; 1 to 3.00 p. M.
HOLIDAYS.
February 22, Patriots' Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day Thanksgiving Day and the day following.
NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL. Adopted Jan. 1, 1908.
22 repeated three times on the fire alarm.
At 7.30 A. M .- No morning session for all schools, including the High school.
At 8.00 A. M .-- No morning session below the High school. At 8.30 A. M .- No morning session for grades below the fifth. At 12.30 p. M .- No afternoon session for all grades.
Between 12.45 and 1.00 p. M .- No session for grades below the fifth.
At 6.30 p. M .- No session of the Evening school.
When the no-school signal is sounded in the morning and not repeated in the afternoon, there will be an afternoon session.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.
TO THE CITIZENS OF MILFORD : -
The approaching close of another school year admonishes that a report of the conditions and needs of our schools be- comes incumbent upon those who have the educational interests of the youth in this town to care for. We have passed through a successful season in all our schools, the work of teachers and pupils has been in the main quite satisfactory, yet we feel that if a more intense interest could be evinced by the parents in behalf of their children, much of the absenteeism and truancy would be avoided. The exciting attractions of a lively town lure some of our pupils from the work which they should be forced to accomplish. The buoyancy of youth must be controlled and guided in proper channels if we are to produce intelligent and worthy men and women to enter soon upon the realities of life.
If the young could only appreciate the opportunities they have, and be made to realize the remorse that will surely come from idleness, indifference, and ignorance, how anxious they would be to seize upon the advantages spread before them. Parents, do your whole duty and oblige your children to do the work so necessary for their future welfare.
Soon after the commencement of the fall term, Mr. Thomas J. Murphy, sub-master in our high school, was re- moved from earthly labors by the strong hand of Death. He was ever faithful in his calling as a teacher, was |sincerely respected as a citizen, and his untimely loss in the useful walks of life is deeply mourned.
We are again confronted with the imperative necessity, in the near future, of providing additional school accommoda- tions. The rooms in the Plains district are overflowing; al- ready we have had to obtain the use of the Italian Operaia Society's building for a primary grade school; while the Oliver
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street school building is becoming too crowded for the best in- terests of the pupils. The tenements being built in the southwest- erly part of the town, will, when occupied, no doubt cause an increase of scholars that must be provided for in that vicini- ty. What is best to do must soon be considered.
The evening school still continues to be largely attended. When we consider that the law requires youths under sixteen years of age to attend some day or evening school, and illiter- ates, under twenty-one years of age, to attend an evening school, in order to be employed in our several industries, it is readily seen that a large class will be on hand in order to re- tain their situations, while many adults who are not acquaint- ed with the English language seek to obtain a sufficient knowledge of it to make themselves intelligently understood. We believe the members of the evening school fully realize the advantages they receive, and are duly thankful therefor.
The condition of the schools and their needs will be found stated in the Superintendent's report, which has been adopted by the school committee, and to which we invite a careful consideration.
The following appropriations are recommended for the ensuing year :-
$26,000 00
Teaching
1,800 00
Carriage hire for teachers
450 00
Transportation of pupils
650 00
Janitors
.
·
2,900 00
Fuel
.
·
3,000 00
Repairs
.
1,800 00 .
Supplies
.
.
.
1,900 00
Incidentals
.
®
.
1,800 00
Medical inspection
200 00
$40,500 00
For the Committee,
GEORGE E. STACY.
Supervision
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriations
$40,000 00
Tuition
.
.
101 00
Sales and breakage
-- $40,127 10
EXPENDITURES.
Teaching
$25,658 80
Supervision
1,800 00
Carriage hire for teachers
419 25
Transportation for pupils
639 00
Janitors
2,820 50
Fuel
3,190 24
Repairs
.
.
1,659 72
Supplies
1,839 61
*Incidentals
2,099 87
40,126 99
Balance
11
$40,127 10
*Includes $200 paid for Medical Inspection.
. ITEMIZED ACCOUNT. REPAIRS.
Weed Bros.
$ 75 91
Harry S. Clark
13 71
Milford Iron Foundry
4 95
Waters & Hynes
115 02
Mrs. Mary MeDermott
95 13
W. E. Cheney ..
62 25
Eldredge & Son
44 06
Arthur P. Clarridge
121 75
T. E. Morse
100 00
Thomas McGuire
74 25
H. H. Lent
77 74
S. B. Holbrook
50 00
Otis Whitney & Son
.
99 34
Russell & Cass
.
.
129 67
.
.
·
.
.
.
.
.
26 10
7
Elbert M. Crockett
$ 86 75
A. B. Edmands
18 10
Cooney & Higgiston
76 05
Hub Range & Heating Co.
253 95
Dillon Bros.
36 14
Staples & Gould
25 80
Pratt Bros.
27 90
Albert Albee .
1 25
Clark Ellis & Sons
70 00
$1,659 72
FUEL.
Macuen Bros. Coal Co.
$637 87
Harold M. Curtiss
.
642 97
Charles S. Mullane
610 77
H. A. Barney .
617 22
Wm. Johnston & Co. .
681 41
--
$3,190 24
SUPPLIES.
Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover .
$ 5 34
H. I. Dallman & Co. .
.
22 00
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
22 31
J. B. Lippincott Co.
40 50
Phonographic Institute Co.
4 82
Wadsworth, Howland & Co. .
35 11
C. C. Birchard
8 35
Typewriter Exchange
·
63 00
American Library Co.
15 00
Esterbrook Steel Pen Co.
7 50
C. E. Mather
3 60
J. A. Rice & Co. .
21 18
Carter, Rice & Co.
15 88
Little, Brown & Co.
12 00
Allyn & Bacon
12 05
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
31. 55
F. W. Draper & Co.
7 50
Hunt Pen Co. .
7 50
Milton Bradley Co.
27 60
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.
4 64
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·
8
G. M. Billings . $ 26 00
Milwaukee Dustless Brush Co.
2 40
Orville Brewer Pub. Co. ·
2 40
D. C. Heath & Co.
33 27
G. F. King
119 86
Ginn & Co.
139 46
American Book Co.
241 20
E. E. Babb & Co.
487 92
Silver, Burdett & Co. .
222 60
The A. N. Palmer Co.
14 08
J. L. Hammett Co.
161 49
S. C. Smith & Bros.
6 50
Educational Pub. Co ..
15 00
$1,839 61
INCIDENTALS.
Milford Water Co.
.
$ 189 36
Milford Electric Lt. & Power Co.
127 40
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. .
5 01
Trowbridge Piano Co.
.
3 00
Chas. E. Mather
17 26
Milford Journal Co.
24 85
F. W. Draper & Co.
41 60
Staples & Gould
140 03
C. M. W. Earle
46 00
G. M. Billings . ·
68 60
Cheney Bros. & Co.
6 66
The Dustbane Manf. Co.
4 00
Davoren's Express
7 35
A. W. Gould .
3 30
W. C. Tewksbury
9 48
Weed Bros.
19 06
Cooney & Higgiston
30 10
A. A. Coburn .
3 60
Dillon Bros.
13 57
Remnick Fur. Co.
19 05
Peter Scartissie
5 00
August Peterson
5 00
Bertha S. Draper
.
8 05
.
9
P. F. Fitzgerald
$ 13 50
Edward Hogan
·
1 00
Town of Milford
4 00
Wm. Johnston & Co. .
7 65
Milford Gas Co.
68 68
J. L. Buxton .
15 55
Avery & Woodbury
10 40
J. L. Hammett Co.
25 46
Clark Ellis & Sons
91 18
Mrs. C. Norman
1 50
James B. De Shazo
10 00
W. B. Whiting
2 70
Geo. W. Stacy
.
3 65
T. C. Donovan
14 50
American Seating Co.
185 88
Bass & Co.
2 00
Otis Clapp & Son
.
3 00
James J. Cahill
195 00
Mrs. Corva
1 50
N. Jewell .
10 00
Mary C. Melzard
9 00
Mrs. Thos. Rolfe
2 50
D. Tower
2 25
Thos. Welch
6 00
G. A. Sherborne
40 32
Frank L. Young & Kimball
5 00
C. W. Wilcox
1 50
Adams, Cushing & Foster
30 00
John B. Henderson
25 00
J. A. Tyler
1 00
H. Edson Wheeler
2 00
Winchester Tar Disinfectant Co.
25 50
Jámes Sullivan
77 24
J. F. Barrett
·
Mrs. Lundgren
1 75
E. F. Lilley
1 50
Milford Daily News
.
2 70
Highway Dept. .
.
9 00
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.
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.
.
.
.
.
86 00
.
.
.
IO
Suffolk Engraving & Electrotyping Co.
$ 5 95
E. E. Vaughan
5 60
Dr. J. M. French
100 00
Dr. J. V. Gallagher
100 00
L. E. Belknap .
40
Sherborne, Coughlin Express Co.
8 30
Raphael Marino
6 00
Secretary's salary
50 00
Adams Express
.
.
.
$2,099 87
TABLE SHOWING RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
The following table shows the estimated amounts under the several headings for school expenses in 1907, the amount expended under the different headings, also the balance or deficit of each :-
Appropria- tion.
Expeuded.
Unex- pended.
Ex- ceeded.
Teaching,
$25,600 00
$25,658 80
$ 58 80
Supervision,
1,800 00
1,800 00
Carriage hire for teachers,
450 00
419 25
$ 30 75
Transportation for pupils,
450 00
639 00
189 00
Janitors,
2,900 00
2,820 50
79 50
Fuel,
3,000 00
3,190 24
190 24
Repairs,
1,900 00
1,659 72
240 28
Supplies.
2,100 00
1,839 61
260 39
Incidentals,
1,600 00
1,899 87
299 87
Medicul inspection,
200 00
200 00
Received for tuition,
101 00
101 00
Received for sales,
26 10
26 10
$40,127 10
$40,126 99
$738 02
$737 91
Balance,
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11
$40,127 10
$40,127 10
$738 02 $738 02
.
.
3 90
American Express
1 40
Postage
.
13 63
Telegrams
1 25
Travelling expenses
10 70
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At a meeting of the school board held Thursday, January 23, the reports of the secretary and superintendent were read and accepted, and will constitute a part of the report of the board to the citizens of Milford.
C. W. HALEY, Secretary.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF MILFORD.
Gentlemen :-
My twelfth annual report and the thirty-first in the series of superintendents' reports is hereby submitted to you, and through you to the citizens of Milford.
STATISTICS.
Number of children in town September 1, 1907, between 5. and 15 years of age, as reported by the census enumera- tor :-
Number of boys
1050
Number of girls
.
1050
Total number between 5 and 15 years
2100
Total number in September, 1906
.
2050
Increase
.
50
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
Number enrolled under 5
11
66 between 5 and 8 .
580
66
66 8 and 14
·
1031
66
66 14 and 15
120
66
66
66 15 and 16
76
66
over 16
83
Total enrolment
1901
66
between 5 and 15 .
1731
Average membership in all the schools
1701.9
Average attendance .
1621.6
Per cent of attendance
95.2
Number of cases of tardiness in all the schools
·
1416
dismissal 66
.
904
.
12
Number of cases of corporal punishment
15
66 truancy .
14
Visits by superintendent
624
66
committee .
1
others
1342
The census report as taken last September shows an in- · crease of 50 children in town between the ages of 5 and 15 years.
The attendance of three consecutive years is given below for comparison :-
1904.
1905. 1,824
1906. 1,901
Average membership
·
. 1,462.9
1,642
1,701.9
Average attendance
. 1,395.2
1,555.2
1,621.6
Per cent of attendance
·
95.3
94.7
95.2
Number of half days' absence
. 21,842
28,906
31,397
Number of cases of tardiness
1,197
1,372
1,416
Number of cases of dismissal
706
882
904
.
·
ACCOMMODATIONS.
This may seem to be a somewhat time-worn topic, but it is constantly before us, and indeed it demands considerable attention and study. When the Plains primary and the Oliver street buildings were completed it was thought that they would answer the requirements for several years, but in two years the former was found inadequate and every room in the latter was occupied the third year.
Before the schools opened last September it was antici- pated that an additional room would be needed. According- ly the Italian Hall on Genoa avenue was hired for the year and equipped with seats, etc., sufficient to accommodate 40 pupils. This room is undesirable in many ways and should be used for school purposes only until such time as better quarters can be provided.
The Hoboken school on East street and the first grade at
.
Total enrolment
1,648
13
the Claflin are already over-crowded. The latter, particular- ly, has had more pupils for the past two years than one teacher can properly take care of. The locality in the vicinity of these two schools is becoming more thickly settled, and some move should be made to relieve the situation.
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