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This same condition prevails in many places on streets which have a public sewer, and there really is no excuse for this negligence; the cost of entering a sewer is small in comparison to the value it places on one's property, and it would help in a small way to reimburse the town for the large expense of our sewer system.
Regarding the privy, which is still used in many places in our town, the public will kindly note that the town of Palmer has regulations governing its Board of Health in this matter, and we submit herewith Rule Eight, referring to these regulations :
RULE 8. Every vault shall be at least two feet from the line of every adjoining lot, street, lane, passageway, or public place; shall be water tight, and so suited and constructed as to exclude all surface drainage, and its contents shall never be within 18 inches of the surface of the ground around and above the vault. And when- ever any privy or vault shall become offensive, the same shall be cleansed; and in case the condition or construction of any vault or privy shall be different from the requirements of this section, the Board of Health may cause the same to be cleansed, repaired, amended, altered, or removed, and shall charge all the expenses in- curred in so doing to the owner or party occupying the estate in which such privy or vault may be; provided, they shall first give such owner or party occupying, a legal notice, and allow the space of at least 48 hours for such owner or occupant to comply with such notice.
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There are few vaults in Palmer that meet this re- quirement. It is everywhere conceded that the open un- cleansed privy vault is the one bad place from which to spread disease, distributed by the common house fly. Why. should we not do away with this in every place possible? With a suitable room provided in any house where it has a sewer connection, a watercloset can be installed at an expense of from thirty to fifty dollars, according to the loca- tion of the room to the plumbing, and the kind of closet used. This should really be a matter of civic pride rather than of expense.
The Board of Health are of one mind that, so far as public health is concerned in a thickly settled locality as Palmer, is fast becoming, these conditions are entirely wrong, and we would ask a united and interested co-operą- tion of the public that these conditions can be properly adjusted.
We would say in conclusion that this Board recom- mends an appropriation of one thousand dollars for its use, in addition to salaries.
WILLARD C. HITCHCOCK, J. P. SCHNEIDER, SAMUEL O. MILLER,
Board of Health.
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BACTERIOLOGIST'S REPORT.
January 6, 1915
Board of Health, Palmer, Mass. Dear Sirs :
I submit below the summary of the work done for your Board on the bacteriological tests for the presence or absence of diphtheria germs for the period March 1 to De- cember 31, 1914.
Almost twice as many cases were submitted to the laboratory as in 1913. The number of examinations of cultures, both for release and diagnosis, was more than four times the work done for you last year. Diphtheria was prevalent during the last three months of 1914 and the bulk of the work, of course, occurred during this period. The cultures have been generally satisfactorily taken and most positive cases have been submitted, both for diagnosis. and release. There has been no change in the way the work has been conducted by this laboratory.
DIAGNOSIS RELEASE.
DIAGNOSIS RELEASE
Months
Positive
0 0 Oo · Negative
0 0 0 O· · Positive
0 OO O Negative
1
1
April,
0
2
May,
3
0
0
3
13
June,
1
0
0
0
1
5.
July,
0
0
0
0
0
2
August,
0
0
0
0
0
0
September,
0
0
0
0
0
1
October,
10
2
1
0
13
34
November,
10
3
0
1
14
37
December,
8
0
1
0
9
36
Totals,
33
5
2
1
41
131
Total cases examined,
41
Total cultures examined,
131
Respectfully submitted, HERBERT EMERSON, M. D.,
Bacteriologist.
1
Total
Caces
Total
Cultures
March, 1914,
1
0
-
-
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REPORT OF MEAT INSPECTOR.
Palmer, Jan. 1, 1915.
Beef
Cond.
Veal
Cond. Hogs
Cond.
Feb., 1914,
30
1
13
0
15
0
March,
11
1
7
0
13
0
April,
5
0
14
0
19
0
May,
9
0
23
0
13
0
June,
7
0
22
0
5
0
July,
13
0
37
1
3
1
Aug.,
32
0
46
1
2
0
Sept.,
20
2
12
0
3
0
Oct.,
40
1
18
0
9
0
Nov.,
24
0
4
0
41
0
Dec.,
9
1
5
0
32
2
200
6
201
2
155
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CHARLES H. KEITH,
Inspector.
REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR
Palmer, Mass., Dec. 31, 1914.
Board of Health,
Town.
Report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1914 :
Number of inspections of barns (including cows when present), milking pails, milk rooms and milk wagons,
131
Number of milk licenses issued, 69 @ 50c,
$34.50
Number of oleomargarine licenses issued, 6 @ 50c,
3.00
$37.50
Cash to Town Treasurer,
$37.50
One milk license issued by my predecessor.
Respectfully submitted,
M. H. DAVITT,
Milk Inspector.
Highway Surveyor's Report
Palmer, Mass., January 1, 1915.
To the Voters of the Town of Palmer :
In the work on the highways of the Town the past year more of it has been done with the cart than ever before. A gravel bank at the fish hatchery of a very fine quality has been opened and two thousand feet of road graveled from that point. At Palmer Center, from the Electric Road to the top of the hill near Mr. Johnston's has been graveled from Mr. Hamilton's bank. The Belchertown Road from Three Rivers has been graveled to within about four hun- dred feet of the town line. The road from Palmer Center towards Ware receives the hardest use of any of our roads and should be widened and graveled. The improved roads of the Town call for a large amount of work. There has been about three thousand gallons of tar and four hundred tons of broken stone used in the repairs. Thorndike Street from Palmer towards Thorndike was macadamized in 1896 and 1897, and is in a worn out condition and should have a special appropriation for repairs. Main Street, Palmer, to the Point of Rocks is in a bad condition and should have a special appropriation. The Bridge Street bridge at Palmer has been planked and painted. The covered bridge near Forest Lake, also the Dutton bridge and the State Street bridge at Bondsville have all been planked and some minor repairs on some others. The various sewer jobs that were provided for at the last annual meeting have all been done by the day .. The one at High Street in Thorn- dike was extended 150 feet farther than planned, so as to connect with the sewer at School Street, and a section of the sewer on School Street was lowered to meet the grade
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of the new sewer. The outlet of the main sewer in Thorn- dike has been extended and its outlet carried down into the river. An extension of the sewer on Squire Street has been made, and several of the other sewers in the town that were partly clogged have been cleaned out. Several additional man-holes and catch basins have been installed.
INVENTORY OF TOOLS.
One four-horse road scraper.
One two-horse road scraper.
Six road drags.
Two ploughs.
Twenty-four shovels.
Six picks.
Eight lanterns.
Three rakes.
Four hundred feet wire cable.
Three hundred feet rope.
Three hundred feet couplings and rods.
Two sewer hoes.
One tar kettle.
Two sand heater pipes.
Four barrels asphaltam.
I would recommend the following appropriations :
Care of Highways,
$6,000.00
Care of Improved Highways,
2,500.00
Care of Bridges,
1,200.00
Care of Sewers and Culverts,
1,200.00
Repair of Tar Walks,
1,000.00
Repair of Ash Walks,
500.00
Railings, 250.00
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES T. BRAINERD, Highway Surveyor.
Cemetery Commissioners' Report
The Cemetery Commissioners, in submitting their an- nual report, regret the small overdraft in their account caused by the unusual amount of work done in the early winter, both in the opening of graves, and building of foun- dations. There have been some permanent improvements that make for the beauty of the cemetery. The early clos- ing of the books may account in a measure for the large number of unpaid accounts, some of which have been paid since the closing of the books. There have been several additions to the perpetual care fund, which is growing rapidly.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation, 1914,
$1,600.00
Sale of lots, Oak Knoll,
238.00
Sale of lots, Four Corners,
48.00
Care of lots,
654.50
Grading lots,
26.90
Opening of Graves,
233.00
Foundations,
109.86
All others,
5.45
Total,
$2,915.71
Over draft,
16.93
$2,932.64
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EXPENDITURES.
Salaries, $150.00
Printing, postage, etc.,
5.14
Supplies,
107.77
Labor,
1,123.21
Teams,
71.76
Equipment and repairs,
10.80
Fertilizer,
26.57
All others,
121.68
Total,
$1,616.93
Paid G. E. Clough,
1,315.71
$2,932.64
BILLS RECEIVABLE.
William Mason, 1912, single grave, $1.00
Mrs. George E. Smith, lot, 20.00
Clarence A. Rogers, lot, 8.00
$29.00
William Mason, opening grave, 1912, 3.00
C. S. Ruggles, care, 1913,
2.00
C. A. Smith, care, 1913,
1.00
E. C. Buffington, care, 1913,
2,00
John Lawler & Sons, foundation, 1913,
12.16
Mary Chambers, grave,
5.00
E. H. Tupper, grave,
3.00
F. W. Darling, grave,
3.00
Estate Mrs. C. V. Weeks, grave,
3.00
D. L. Richards, grading, 5.00
*Henry Graves, care, 2.00
Mrs. L. L. Merryfield, grading,
3.00
Mrs. L. P. Page, grading,
1.00
Mrs. L. A. Flynt, grading,
3.00
*F. R. Sistare, care,
2.00
F. B. Pope, care, 3.00
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Mrs. E. J. DeCourcey, care,
1.00
*C. H. Banister, care,
2.00
*A. F. Stone,
5.00
W. E. Lawler, foundation,
6.00
McGregory & Casman, foundation,
24.28
J. W. Lambert,
12.50
WV. E. Sedgewick, grave,
3.00
$106.94
Total,
$135.94
*Paid since closing of books.
PERPETUAL CARE FUND.
Amount Present Condition
Louise Waid,
$200.00
$233.83
John A. Squier,
100.00
104.32
Waterman Fuller,
200.00
226.28
John and Lucy Smith,
200.00
208.25
John H. Haynes,
200 00
220.83
W. A. Breckenridge,
200.00
204.83
Laura E. Child,
500.00
517.17
Henry Scism,
100.00
104.32
Jane A. Gibson,
100.00
106.61
Calesta E. Hendricks,
100.00
105.69
Keyes Foster,
100.00
103.39
James W. Snow,
100.00
104.11
A. W. Green,
200.00
206.25
Pliney Cooley,
50.00
51.29
H. G. Loomis,
200.00
-
219.96
Maria Lawrence,
500.00
526.75
William Holbrook,
200.00
201.78
Torrey Fund,
100.00
104.90
E. B. Gates,
50.00
51.99
Franklin Blanchard,
100.00
103.32
Minnie K. Bennett,
200.00
206.78
Mary A. Shaw,
100.00
102.32
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Amos A. Allen,
100.00
103.97
Harriet Cooledge,
200.00
216.96
Mrs. L. W. Brown,
200.00
224.02
Eliza J. Kenerson,
200.00
208.00
William Merriam,
200.00
214.63
Mary Redding,
50.00
51.00
D. S. Davis,
200.00
206.89
A. M. Andrews,
200.00
209.00
Marshall Andrews,
200.00
215.00
Enos Calkins,
100.00
104.00
S. C. Rogers,
200.00
212.00
Willard G. Kenerson,
100.00
103.00
Maria B. Chapman,
200.00
210.00
M. B. Chapman (Barker),
100.00
103.00
Julia H. Henry,
100.00
107.00
Isaac King,
150.00
155.00
Abel H. Calkins,
100.00
103.00
E. C. Sexton,
100.00
103.00
H. A. Moore,
100.00
107.00
J. S. Koster,
100.00
103.00
Melissa Hall,
150.00
155.00
Jeremiah Long,
1,000.00
1,020.00
M. J. Plympton,
100.00
102.00
Clymena P. Fuller,
150.00
154.00
Abigail T. Nichols,
50.00
51.00
Mary Hastings,
100.00
103.00
O. B. Smith,
200.00
203.00
O. B. Smith (T. B. Smith),
100.00
103.00
Laura P. Green,
100.00
103.00
J. H. Kenerson, _
100.00
102.00
William Harvey,
150.00
154.00
Alden L. Fletcher,
60.00
62.00
Carrie A. Kurtz,
100.00
104.00
Ralph Green,
200.00
216.00
Minerva R. Olds,
100.00
102.00
Meriva L. Capen,
100.00
103.00
Otis C. Lyon,
100.00
102.00
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Hitchcock-Graves,
100.00
102.00
Minerva M. Gates,
200.00
205.00
Rogers-Paine,
100.00
102.00
Elizabeth D. Moore,
100.00
103.00
Mary E. Bailey,
100.00
106.00
M. M. Rogers,
100.00
102.00
Nellie S. Hooker,
75.00
. 77.75
Ethan Warriner,
100.00
100.00
Lizzie E. Fletcher,
100.00
102.00
Andrew Pinney,
100.00
125.19
Frank F. Marcy,
500.00
505.00
Thomas McDougall,
100.00
102.00
Sarah J. Winter,
200.00
204.00
Charles B. Fiske,
200.00
204.00
Minnie B. Converse,
500.00
510.00
Amelia M. Culver,
100.00
101.00
Elmer W. Marcy,
100.00
100.00
Jennie E. Rokenbaugh,
250.00
250.00
$12,585.00
Gain in Perpetual Care Fund,
$450.00
Cemetery Commissioners Interest Fund,
January 1, 1914,
201.78
Gain,
9.33
Present Condition,
211.21
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INVENTORY OF PROPERTY IN CEMETERIES.
Toolhouse, Oak Knoll,
$75.00
Tools,
50.00
Toolhouse, Four Corners,
50.00
Unsold lots at market price.
Four Corners-
166 at
$8.00
$1,328.00
Oak Knoll-
7 at
50.00
350.00
2 at
40.00
80.00
14 at
30.00
420.00
23 at
25.00
575.00
67 at
24.00
1,608.00
13 at
20.00
260.00
3 at
10.00
30.00
1 tract not laid out estimated
to contain 75 lots at 24.00
1,800.00
$6,451.00
DAVID L. BODFISH, LEWIS R. HOLDEN, SAMUEL M. PHILLIPS, Cemetery Commissioners.
Report of the Overseers of the Poor
In addition to the receipts for the sale of produce at the Town Farm as paid to the Town Treasurer, the sum of $166.09 has been received and paid out by the Warden for incidental expenses. The following tables will give a detailed account of the receipts and expenditures at the farm.
RECEIPTS.
For sale of
Butter,
$254.02
Eggs,
84.95
Calf,
15.00
Pigs,
40.50
Potatoes,
52.50
Cow,
100.00
Pork,
115.00
Vegetables,
1.50
Stock service,
10.00
Rye,
20.00
Board of Wilton Taft,
150.00
$843.47
EXPENDITURES.
Geo. E. Clough, Treasurer,
$677.38
Labor,
82.00
Car fares,
1.80
Supplies,
17.74
Berries,
11.61
Meat and fish,
24.49
Soaps and disinfectants,
22.00
Barber,
6.45
$843.47
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We would recommend the following appropriation :
Support of poor,
$10,000
Contingent, Salaries,
500.
430.
F. J. HAMILTON, P. J. FITZGERALD, CHAS. GIROUX, Overseers of the Poor.
Tax Collector's Report
Account of 1912.
Outstanding,
$7.72
Account of 1913.
Outstanding last report,
$887.53
Interest received, 20.27
$907.80
Paid Treasurer to date,
334.36
Outstanding,
$573.44
Account of 1914.
Total to be collected,
$127,715.59
Interest received,
259.68
$127,975.27
Abatements,
$220.71
Paid Treasurer to date,
120,358.93
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120,579.64
Outstanding, $7,395.63
The Poll Tax abatements for 1913 and 1914 have not yet been made.
J. A. HAWKES, Tax Collector.
Report of the Auditors
To the Selectmen of Palmer :
We have examined the accounts of the Treasurer for 1914 and find the following : Balance, Feb. 16, 1914,
Receipts during the year,
$11,284.97 208,054.25
$219,339.22
Total expenditures,
189,704.50
Balance, 29,634.72
Of the above balance, $8,593.38 was in the hands of the Treasurer Dec. 31, and the remainder was received by him after that time.
The accounts of the Tax Collector from last annual re- port to the present date are as follows :
Account of 1912.
Outstanding, $7.72
Account of 1913.
Outstanding last report,
$887.53
Interest on amount collected, 20,27
$907.80
Collected and paid Treasurer,
334.36
Outstanding, 573.44
"Account of 1914.
Total to be collected,
$127,715.59 259.68
Interest,
$127,975.27
Collected and paid Treasurer,
$120,358.93 220.71 7,395.63
$127,975.27
We find the standing of Trust Funds Dec. 31, 1914, to be as follows:
Perpetual care of Cemetery lots,
Income account. on above,
Thompson Fund,
Merrick Fund,
$12,585.00 486.17 989.70 000.00
CHARLES K. GAMWELL, EVERETT W. CARPENTER,
Palmer, Jan. 21, 1915. Auditors.
Abatements,
Outstanding,
Report of License Commissioners
To the Voters of the Town of Palmer :-
The Board of License Commissioners organized March 20, 1914, and elected Harry Haley Chairman, and J. Clifford Shaw Clerk. It was voted to have the price of all licenses the same as the previous year.
The number of applications received were as follows :- Thirteen first class; two 4th class; six 6th class; and five 4th class with the 1st class.
The Board met later and granted seven 1st class, five 4th class, and six 6th class.
During the year the Board has granted eleven Common Victualler's and twelve Sunday Licenses ; also six Innhold- er's Licenses.
HARRY HALEY, J. CLIFFORD SHAW, HORACE R. PAINE,
Board of License Commissioners of Palmer.
Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures.
For the Year ending Dec. 31, 1914.
This department has tested, sealed, corrected or con- demned the following :
Adjusted Sealed Condemned
Platform scales weighing over
5,000 lbs. 11
Platform scales weighing under 5,000 1b's. 1 107
Computing scales,
43
All other scales,
3
175
Self measuring pumps for oil, etc.
27
1
Weights, 2
525
2
Dry measures,
10
-
Liquid measures,
124
2
Linear measures,
15
Total, 6 1,037 5
Special inspection of scales,
35
Reweighing of coal,
10
Receipts of office,
$100.85
Expense of office,
13.05
Balance paid Town Treasurer,
87.80
J. A. HAWKES, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
December 31; 1914.
Young Men's Library Association
Report of the Librarian for the Year Ending January 1, 1915
INTRODUCTION.
To the Members of the Young Men's Library Association :
I herewith submit my fourth annual report as Librarian of your association. This report will not be as extensive as the previous ones, because the writer feels that it need not be. Former reports were largely devoted to giving the public some ideas concerning the changed policy, aims, and functions of our library. The aim of these reports was edu- cational as well as informational. This task having been accomplished, a brief report on the past year's work will be given.
CHANGE OF YEAR.
The change of the fiscal year by the town has caused our association to change its library ycar to coincide with that of all the town departments. Previously our year ex- tended from March to March; now it will cover the period of time from January to January. This change has made the year just closed one of ten months' duration. For a comparison of statistics, this change does not work well now; next year, though, it will re-adjust itself.
ANDREW PINNEY FUND.
Several years ago, upon the death of the late Andrew Pinney, it became known that some day, through a gener- ous provision in his will, the Young Men's Library Associa- tion would receive a sum of money, the same to be used for library purposes. The exact knowledge of the provisions ot the will, the amount to come to the association, and the
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nature of the investments from which this bequest would be paid, were unknown to most of the members of the associa- tion. In fact, no one knew definitely as much about this fund as should be known.
Upon the election of Mr. Charles L. Waid as President of our organization, it was decided to have a thorough in- vestigation made. Mr. Waid has completed this and suffi- cient of his findings will be given to clear up any uncertain- ty that may rest in your mind.
CLAUSE IN WILL OF "Should my said daughter WILLIAM INGRAM. die without issue then to pay over to said Andrew Pinney, his heirs, devisees, or assigns, the sum of forty thousand dollars ($40,000).
CLAUSE IN AGREEMENT IN REGARD TO A TRUST FUND DEPOSITED WITH THE TROY, N. Y., TRUST COMPANY.
"And upon like con- sideration the said Trust
Company further cove- nants and agrees that at and upon the decease of said Jennie P. Ingram, leaving no issue her surviving, it will forthwith pay over and deliver said fund of Ten Thousand dollars ($10,000), or the security or securities in which said fund may be at the time invested (and if it shall not have therefore duly and lawfully been discharged from said trust) unto the said Charles B. Fiske, as executor of said Andrew Pinney, or to his successor or successors in office, and free and clear of all trust."
"All the rest, residue and
CLAUSE 10 IN WILL remainder of my estate, of OF ANDREW PINNEY every kind and nature, whether real, personal or mixed, and wheresoever located, I give, devise and bequeath unto the Young Men's Library Association, of said Palmer, and to their successors, in maintaining a library in the depot vil- lage, so called, of said Palmer, forever, the income thereof to be used for such purposes as said Association, or its suc- cessors, may deem wise."
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The foregoing clauses show that, at the
RESUME. death of Jennie Ingram, the only daughter of William Ingram,-provided she dies without issue-the Estate of Andrew Pinney will receive the sum of $50,000. The Tenth Clause in the will of Andrew Pinney makes the Young Men's Library Association of Palmer the Residuary Legatee of his estate; and, as all bequests from his estate have been paid, together with all expenses, except that of administration, the above amount-less about $1,000 for administration-will come into the possession of the Young Men's Library Association, the income of which must be used for maintenance of a library in the Depot Village of Palmer.
Jennie Ingram is an insane person, approximately fifty years old, of whom Henry A. King of Springfield, Mass., is the guardian ; and there can be no question that, in the due course of time, the above bequest will become available, as there is over $150,000 in the hands of the Trustee of the William Ingram Estate, invested mainly in Municipal Bonds from which the $40,000 will be payable. The $10,000 in the hands of the Troy Trust Company will be equally well secured, as the laws of the State of New York are very strict in regard to the investment of trust funds. Both of the above funds-the $40,000 and the $10,000-are admin- istered under the New York laws.
Mr. Waid has been appointed executor of the Andrew Pinney Estate and will ably safeguard the interests of our association in these funds. The association is indebted to him for the clear exposition of the Andrew Pinney Fund as given above; it is practically a verbatim copy of an article prepared by Mr. Waid.
CIRCULATION.
Our total circulation for the past ten months is much larger than any previous circulation for a full twelve-month year in the history of our library. It is as follows :- Main Library, 24,477 ; Three Rivers Branch Library, 8,929 in books
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and 623 in magazines, totalling 9,552; Bondsville Branch Library, 3,703 ; Thorndike Branch Library, 2,286; total cir- culation, 40,018. If our year had closed March 1, 1915, as previously, our total circulation would have easily reached 48,022. This would have been an increase of 11,068, or a 23% increase over that of last year. Our rates of increase the past years have been :- 1913, 29.75% ; 1914, 42.1% ; 1915, 23%. This year's circulation is an increase of 139% over the circulation of 1911-12, which was 20,004. This is surely an extraordinary increase. In fact, the rate of increase has been so great that if anyone had predicted it three years ago, he would have been classed as visionary. But I am willing to subject myself to this probable classification by declaring that, if sufficient means were to be provided, our circulation could be doubled once more within the next three years.
The opening of branch libraries has greatly increased our total circulation; this year, for instance, they have given us a circulation of 15,541 against 7,064 last year. This is an increase of 120%. This is a par excellent showing. It simply demonstrates the fact that there is a large field for library work in our villages. Our attempts, in view of our financial limitations, to supply the needs in these locali- ties are as yet very feeble. I believe that Three Rivers alone would press Palmer hard were she given cqual library advantages.
While this extension work has been in existence, it has not as yet reduced the number of books taken out from our main library. Of course, many of the former patrons get their books at the branches ; still, we are constantly increas- ing our local output. For a full year our local circulation would have been about 29,497, or an increase of 1,764 over that of last year. Before opening extension centers, our total local output was 26,007 yearly. The increase, in spite of the narrowing of our field, has been about 3,500.
The circulation figures for the library year ending
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March 1st of each year for several years past is as follows : 1900, 15,971; 1901, 14,855; 1902, 16,208; 1903, 16,395; 1904, 17,658 ; 1905, 17,076 ; 1906, 18,203 ; 1907, 16,787 ; 1908, 19,577 ; 1909, 19,821 : 1910, 19,403 ; 1911, 22,136; 1912, 20,044; 1913, 26,007 ; 1914, 36,954; 1915, $48,022.
" These figures speak more plainly than any words pos- sibly can concerning the growth of our circulation in years gone by. It is apparent that from 1900 to 1912 the growth was very small; in fact, there was almost stagnation.
*Estimated for twelve months; actual for ten months, 40,018.
APPROPRIATION.
Owing to the shortened year, we have a balance of some $500 left over from our last year's appropriation. This means that we shall need only $2,500 for next year, as this amount-with our balance-will net us $3,000 .I would recommend, therefore, that we ask for an appropriation of $2,500 for this year.
CONCLUSION.
Our work is gradually opening up on a larger and larger scale. Our opportunities are unlimited ; our means are limited. To make the wisest and best use of the money given us is our task. May we do this with intelligence, discretion, and foresight.
75 STATISTICS. Circulation.
Main Library,
24,477
Three Rivers,
9,552
Bondsville,
3,703
Thorndike,
2,286
Total,
40,018*
Last Year,
36,954 **
Increase,
3,064
Estimated, 12 months,
48,022
Last Year,
36,954
Increase,
11,068
*Ten months.
** Twelve months.
Books on hand, March 1, 1914,
9,921
Purchased,
441
Donated,
30
Books on hand January 1, 1915,
10,392
Number of papers and magazines supplied, 49 Respectfully submitted,
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