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The wishes of the State as generally understood in these matters are, in part, a decrease in the number of schools by discontinuing and uniting those schools so small as to cause a waste of money; the furnishing pupils of such schools with conveyance which insures comfort and safety of trans- portation, and the employment of the very best instructors possible.
Our normal schools are giving the best of advantages for a thorough professional training, and the time has come when such training should be demanded of our teachers in most cases, it being little less criminal to permit a novice to practice on the intellectual powers of our children than on their physical. Such training is expensive to the individ- ual and calls for an adequate compensation when used in teaching. The unfairness of conditions that permit a green, foreign girl to receive a larger salary for the performance of the coarsest manual labor than is paid the professionally trained teacher, is very evident.
It may be said that the foregoing has little application to us, and it certainly is a pleasure to say that it has not in great measure, nevertheless that it has sufficient to warrant our consideration, may be seen from the following state- ment of present conditions and the suggestions for their improvement. With our present number of schools and available funds we are totally unable to pay salaries which will secure and retain first-class teachers, except under most favorable conditions. The towns about us by paying more are constantly taking our good teachers from us and caus- ing us harm in that we are often compelled to change teachers several times during the year in a given school. It is probably a fact that if it were not that nearly all the teachers in our central schools are able to remain at home, we should not be able to secure a single first-class teacher for them at the present salaries. If these favorable condi- tions fail, we immediately come to this-we must be con- tent with second-rate and inexperienced teachers and take
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a position in our school affairs which none of our neighbors are willing to accept. Our present arrangement of schools is neither satisfactory nor economical. The transportation of entire classes, and the sending of pupils to Northampton for a year's work at great expense is unnecessary and waste- ful. We are, at present, compelled to this course simply from lack of room. Neither of our central buildings is properly located or equipped for high school work, and the only true remedy of these difficulties appears to be the erec- - ¿ tion of a suitable high school building, properly equipped and so located as to best accommodate the pupils without transportation, the employing of instructors capable of pre- paring the students for college or other institutions of more advanced education, confining their work to high school grades and investing our money at home. Of course the initial expense is the great argument against this, but when we consider the willingness with which we incur indebted- ness for other purposes it seems that one so important should not be neglected. A good building can be erected for thirty-five hundred dollars, the interest on which sum at four per cent. amounts to one hundred forty dollars a year; this would permit of our paying for it in a few years with a very small increase of the tax rate. While we may not be able to save much in the way of salaries, we can save a Northampton tuition bill of some one hundred fifty dollars a year, a transportation bill of two hundred, and would receive from the State an additional sum of three hundred dollars which we now lose. These facts, with the additional one that the increased amount now paid us by the State makes possible the hiring of the teachers, and the equipping of laboratories, etc., without additional expense to us, indicates that it is none too early to seriously con- sider the proposition. Moreover, and above all other con- siderations, we should have the satisfaction of knowing that we are doing our duty by our children and educating them at home where it should be done.
Such a course is all the more necessary since it has be- come imperative that a different arrangement of the school
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rooms in the Haydenville house be made. One room has been twice condemned by the State Board of Education and once by the Inspector as being unfit for school pur- poses because of a deficiency of light. This room should be closed for school use, and the pupils placed in one of the other rooms.
Whatever action may be taken relative to the foregoing recommendations, it is quite necessary that the following be accepted :- That the Haydenville building be provided with new windows, as owing to their condition, it is almost impossible to set glass in them, and quite impossible to warm the building sufficiently for comfort, or so as not to endanger health ; it frequently happens that pupils are unable to remove their wraps, or undertake any work for nearly a whole half session : That the village buildings be furnished with suitable and adequate out-buildings ; the present ones are unfit, insufficient and often a disgrace to the schools. There are about one hundred fifty children in the Haydenville school building, and the closets furnished are so located as to make privacy almost impossible, and are about the same as to size as those ordinarily provided for a family.
The school buildings in the out districts should be provided with sheds of sufficient capacity to contain a year's supply of fuel, and the third primary room at Haydenville be furnished with prism glass windows.
It may be thought that this report calls for too much from the town, but it should be remembered that the writer has just that interest in these matters as a parent that others have, and it asks only for those things which all parents have a right to expect will be furnished their children. Moreover, the very nature of his office requires that the best interest of education be always first with him.
Again heartily thanking the members of the School Board for their continued support and cheerful assistance at all times, and the citizens for the liberality shown to, and the interest manifested in the schools, this report is
Respectfully submitted,
E. W. GOODHUE, Supt. of Schools.
STATISTICS .- SCHOOL YEAR 1903-1904.
SCHOOLS.
Weeks.
Boys Enrolled.
Girls Enrolled.
Pupils
Registered.
Average
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Per cent. of
Attendance.
Total Days
Attendance.
Tardy Marks.
Dismissals.
Williamsburg High, .
.
.
40
18
31
49
43.71
40.38
92.38
7757.5
270
73
13
Intermediate, ..
36
8
15
26
20.92
19.28
92.16
3470
38
27
27
Primary,. .
36
19
23
45
37.31
32.44
86.95
5804.5
99
99
60
Searsville, ...
36
8
2
11
10.10
9.32
92.27
1672
222
12
17
North Street,
36
6
7
16
12.09
10.98
90.82
2002.5
321
14
43
Nash Street, .
36
12
19
14.06
13.07
92.96
2308
20
20
10
South Street, .
36
4
8
13
9.35
7.94
84.92
1439.5
9
6
33
Mountain Street,.
36
10
5
15
14.00
12.69
90.64
2270
2
0
40
Skinnerville,
36
6
6
15
11.20
10.06
97.94
1835
1
18
13
Haydenville High,
39
22
20
42
37.80
34.65
91.66
6912.5
91
37
27
Grammar, ...
36
19
20
41
37.42
34.92
93.02
6293
110
40
34
Intermediate,. .
36
21
19
41
39.56
35.81
90.52
6416
70
94
36
Third Primary, ..
36
20
20
42
37.32
34.21
91.67
6148
102
28
37
Second Primary, .
36
12
15
27
24.45
21.42
87.61
3825
341
69
37
First Primary, .. .
36
27
27
55
40.13
34.64
86.32
6216
109
00
86
212
225
457
389.42 351.81
90.79
64369.5 1805
537
513
.
40
.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR. Subject to change by Committee.
1905 Sept.
M. T. W. T.
F.
1906
M. T. W. T. F.
5
6
7
8 Feb.
1 2
11
12
13
14
15
5
6
8
9
18
19
20
21
22
12
13
14
15
16
25
26
27
28
29
19
20
21
23
26
27
28
Oct.
2
3
4
5
6
Mar.
1
2
9
10
11
12
13
5
6
8
9
16
17
18
19
20
12
13
14
15
16
23
24
25
26
27
Vacation.
30
31
Nov.
1
2
3
Apr.
2
3
4
5
6
6
7
8
9
10
9
10
11
12
13
13
14
15
16
17
16
17
18
20
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
27
28
29
30
30
Dec. .
1
May
1
2
3
4
4
5
6
8
11
12
13
14
15
14
15
16
17
18
18
19
20 21
22
21
22
23
24
25
Holiday recess.
28
29
31
1
2
3
4
5
June
1
8
9
10
11
12
4
5
6
8
15
16
17
18
19
11
12
13
14
15
22
22
24
25
26
18
19
20
21
22
29
30
31
25 26 27 28 29
Bold-faced type for High School Grades only.
The following pupils were not absent, tardy or dismissed during the entire year : Nora McGrath, Annie Brady, Grace L. Damon, Louise Aiken, Ruth Brooks, Earl E. Ed- wards.
Not absent : Margaret Warner, Carrie Warner, Herbert Wilson, Josephine Murphy. Seventeen have not been absent over one day each.
Grace L. Damon has not been absent for three years, and
8
2
10
11
1906 Jan.
.
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Maud E. Damon but one and one-half days in the same time. Not absent for two years, Earl E. Edwards. Thomas O'Neil one-half day.
There are a great number of others who are justly enti- tled to equal credit with the above as they are never absent unless compelled to be by illness, and because of this fact it is probable that this list will hereafter be omitted.
REPORT OF MUSIC TEACHER.
Mr. E. W. Goodhue, Supt. of Schools:
DEAR SIR :- There has been a marked improvement dur- ing the past year in the department of music instruction, in the results obtained in the teaching of reading. To read music readily, demands a thorough knowledge of the fund- amental principles, and special attention has been directed to the presentation of these principles.
There were few changes in methods during the year. The system of individual instruction has been continued with increasing success. In the High School we have thor- oughly reviewed all the principles in music, and studied the elementary principles of harmony. We are now de- voting the time to chorus work. From the third grade up the children are writing original exercises in music, and in the sixth and seventh grades the three-part singing is pro- gressing rapidly.
No new music books were bought but the fourth readers were transferred from Haydenville to Williamsburg, and the third readers sent to Haydenville. Some coda music formerly used in the Williamsburg High School is now be- ing used in Haydenville.
I wish to express to the regular teachers my appreciation of the readiness with which they carry out my suggestions, for without such co-operation the work of a special teacher would be very ineffective.
Yours respectfully, MARY V. KILEY,
Northampton, Mass., February 9, 1905.
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TRUANT OFFICERS' REPORTS.
To the Honorable School Committee :
GENTLEMEN :- I submit the following report for the year ending February 1, 1905.
Whole number truants reported, 31
Number families visited, 21
truants sent to school, Respectfully submitted,
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- SAMUEL J. EDWARDS, Truant Officer, Haydenville.
To the Honorable School Committee :
GENTLEMEN :- I submit the following report for the year ending February 1, 1905.
Whole number truants reported,
11
Number families visited,
6
66 truants sent to school, 11
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY A. BISBEE,
Truant Officer, Williamsburg.
Treasurer's Report.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1905.
RECEIPTS.
Balance from previous school year ending February 1, 1904,
$ 16 81
Town appropriation for Schools,
$4,500 00
Superintendent, 375 00
Text Books and Supplies,
500 00
Repairs, 255 00
Tuition,
270 00
Unpaid bills of 1903-4, 533 00
-$ 6,433 00
Received, from Cummington for tuition, 1903, $ 8 66
Goshen for tuition, 1903,
52 00
State for High School tuition, 1903, 45 00 66 tuition of State wards, 167 80
City of Boston, for tuition of City wards, 284 00
State, Superintendent's Fund, 375 00
66 Teachers' 66
250 00
Collins School Fund, Town,
636 63
Mass. School Fund, State, 1,303 89
Tuition of children in small towns, State, 135 00
Refund of Dog Tax, County, 199 49
A. S. Hills, sale of R. R. tickets, 2 00
F. W. Thayer, goods returned,
20
A. S. Hills, sale of shingles, 20
Edw. E. Babb & Co., sale of supplies, 7 61
Town of Chesterfield, 8 52
Town of Worthington, " 66
15
$3,476 15
$9,925 96
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EXPENDITURES.
Unpaid bills of previous year 1903-4,
$546 25
Teaching,
$5,758 50
Superintendent :
Salary due 1903,
$150 00
Paid for 1904-5,
375 00
Received from State,
375 00- 900 00
Tuition,
210 00
Fuel,
565 59
Janitors,
380 88
Cleaning,
53 76
Transportation,
218 00
Fixtures,
6 60
Repairs,
326 78
Permanent improvements,
80 33
Text-books and supplies,
309 13
Sundries,
132 17
Miscellaneous,
167 40
$9,109 14
$9,655 39
Balance, cash on hand,
270 57
$9,925 96
ITEMIZED LIST OF EXPENDITURES.
UNPAID BILLS OF PREVIOUS YEAR ENDING FEB. 1ST, 1904. Teachers.
Edith L. Cunningham,
$ 14 00
James F. Connor,
16 00
Nellie G. Ryan,
8 50
Josephine G. Cahill,
9 00
Lizzie Purrington,
10 00
Margarita Burns,
16 00
Myra E. Kingsley,
7 00
Edith B. Damon,
7 50
Mary I. Sanderson,
28 00
Mary V. Kiley,
15 00
$131 00
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Fuel.
G. M. Bradford, $36 00
Text Books and Supplies.
Allyn & Bacon,
$9 00
American Book Co.,
5 76
Ginn & Co.,
151 51
Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.,
18 84
Edw. E. Babb & Co.,
84 44
Larkin Bros.,
60
$270 15
Repairs.
E. A. Warner, 60
Sundries.
F. W. Warner,
$5 00
S. J. Edwards,
8 50
H. A. Bisbee,
5 00
$18 50
Tuition.
Northampton School Committee,
$90 00
$546 25
TEACHERS.
Williamsburg High, James F. Connor, $656 00
Ena S. Stewart, 200 00
Ruth Whitmore, 210 00
Grammar, JosephineG. Cahill, 153 00
Edith B. Damon, 177 50
66 Primary, Grace F. Martyn, 323 00
Haydenville High, M. J. Greaney,
262 50
Roy W. Rose
262 50
66 Grammar, Minnie F. Quill, 170 00
Josephine G. Cahill, 180 00
66 Intermediate, Nellie G. Ryan, 323 00
PrimaryNo.1, Lizzie Purrington, 380 00
66 66
" 2, Ethel Curry, 304 00
66 66
" 2, Louisa J. Dakin, 251 20 Elizabeth K. Utley, 54 40
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Skinnerville,
Myra E. Kingsley, $210 00
Mountain Street,
Hattie L. Metcalf, 18 00 Harriet M. Partridge, 35 00 Sadie M. Plummer, 136 00 Elizabeth K. Utley, 105 60 Winifred A. McCabe 12 80 Lisle T. Barrows, 40 00
Nash Street,
Edith B. Damon, 127 50
Nancy C. Moore, 140 00
Searsville,
E. L. Cunningham, 119 00
Frances Donohue, 140 00
North Street,
Margarita Burns, 144 00
Mae Pollard, 160 00
South Street,
Mary I. Sanderson, 259 00
Music (7 schools),
Mary V. Kiley,
204 50
$5,758 50
JANITORS.
G. M. Holmes,
$140 28
Sadie M. Plummer,
4 75
Edith B. Damon,
5 00
Edith M. Smart,
2 90
E. H. Miller,
4 75
George Blake,
2 00
Matthew Dolan,
3 50
Edith L. Cunningham,
1 75
Myra E. Kingsley,
50
Nelson H. Damon,
121 50
Philip H. Holmes,
6 00
G. Frank Marks, Jr.,
79 55
Ward E. Shumway,
2 90
Mrs. George Loomis,
2 00
Lisle T. Barrows,
1 50
Mrs. Elmer Stiles,
2 00
$380 88
TUITION .: Northampton School Committee, $210 00
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TRANSPORTATION.
Northampton Street Railway,
$110 00
Thomas Culver,
108 00
$218 00
FIXTURES.
Haydenville Co., desk platform,
$4 25
E. H. Miller, curtains,
2 35
$6 60
FUEL
Charles L. Hyde,
$20 09
William H. Warner,
20 25
John Pierpont,
16 20
J. Walter Nash,
23 16
George Loomis,
1 50
Nelson H. Damon,
16 15
John Phinney,
29 88
Louis Cresta,
1 50
G. E. Ledbetter,
6 00
George Thresher,
28 00
E. H. Miller,
75
G. M. Bradford,
78 20
C. R. Damon,
37 78
T. I. Breckenridge,
204 50
Stanley H. Nash,
1 00
E. P. Hemminway,
12 50
Matthew Dolan,
1 50
A. S. Hills,
3 50
Byron Loomis,
19 75
H. W. Warner,
50
D. C. Graves,
75
Horatio Bisbee,
4 38
W. E. Pillinger,
37 75
$565 59
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PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS
A. F. Holmes, store room in Haydenville Center School, $16 00
Edward A. Warner, plumbing in Hay- denville High School, 19 91
Edward A. Warner, plumbing in Wil-
liamsburg High School,
21 60
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., freight,
82
Williamsburg water works department, tapping two mains, 22 00
$80 33
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Henry Holt & Co.,
$ 1 62
Ginn & Co.,
64 86
D. C. Heath & Co.,
15 33
Silver, Burdett & Co.,
8 06
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
180 93
S. E. Bridgman & Co.,
4 00
George F. King & Co.,
1 52
Milton Bradley Co.,
2 16
Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co.,
5 50
Educational Publishing Co.,
60
E. W. Goodhue,
7 32
Hinds & Noble,
5 02
American Book Co.,
2 49
P. H. Chew,
9 00
Orville Brewer Publishing Co.,
72
$309 13
REPAIRS.
E. A. Warner,
$ 10 60
R. F. Burke,
35
F. M. Holmes,
25 88
E. H. Miller,
85
William H. Warner,
3 27
Franklin County Lumber Co. (flooring), 31 01
50
Nelson H. Damon,
$0 50
C. L. Hyde,
25
La Fleur Bros.,
9 58
C. R. Damon,
2 33
F. A. Brooks,
1 79
F. W. Thayer,
1 63
Jesse Wells (laying floor),
47 12
Byron Loomis,
4 75
J. A. Sullivan,
4 41
A. S. Hills,
4 25
William A. Bailey (masonry),
42 18
G. M. Bradford,
4 46
House & Richardson (painting),
97 82
Arthur F. Holmes,
3 15
Haydenville Co.,
70
Lorenzo Swift (painting roof),
19 00
H. L. Richardson,
3 50
O. W. Hill,
1 40
Foster Bros.,
1 00
F. W. Warner,
2 75
Matthew Dolan,
60
G. Frank Marks Jr.,
1 65
$326 78
CLEANING.
E. H. Miller,
$11 95
Sadie M. Plummer,
1 50
Mrs. Frank Montgomery,
8 25
F. M. Holmes,
8 25
Mrs. Ellen Murray,
8 25
R. H. Dewey,
1 50
Mrs. Elmer Stiles,
3 00
Haydenville Co.,
32
Larkin Bros.,
2 84
M. H. Smart,
1 65
Matthew Dolan,
5 00
Mrs. A. L. Harris,
1 25
$53 76
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SUNDRIES.
Sadie M. Plummer,
$ 1 00
Larkin Bros.,
4 13
Cecil T. Bagnall (vouchers),
3 20
R. H. Smith Mfg. Co.,
35
The Haydenville Co.,
3 15
Metcalf & Sheehan,
1 42
E. H. Miller,
8 43
C. R. Damon,
4 76
Foster Bros.,
1 20
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. (freight),
5 56
R. M. O'Brien (taking census twice),
6 00
Oral & Koster (diplomas),
7 00
Kingsbury Box and Printing Co., 4 25
C. L. Hyde, 1 50
Williamsburg Water Works (water rent), 13 35
Henry T. Richards (taking census), 2 00
F. W. Thayer, 70
Mrs. N. A. Higgins,
3 50
E. W. Goodhue,
23 77
Howard C. Pomeroy,
2 95
G. Frank Marks, Jr.,
George W. Green,
6 50
A. S. Hills,
6 80
F. Sherwin & Son,
2 50
C. S. Damon,
1 45
Henry A. Bisbee (truant officer),
5 75
Samuel J. Edwards (truant officer),
10 50
$132 47
MISCELLANEOUS.
Henry W. Hill (amount returned, over- paid on State School Fund), $ 167 40
$167 40
E. W. Goodhue, Superintendent :
Salary due 1903,
$150 00
Paid for 1904-5, 375 00
Received from State,
375 00 $900 00 $900 00
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THE ELLSWORTH H. HYDE AND THE A. D. SANDERS FUNDS ACCOUNT. (For the Haydenville Schools, Third District only.)
RECEIPTS.
Balance from previous year, $ 56 87
Cash received during the year, 140 00
$196 87
EXPENDITURES.
Drawing teacher (only five days, $20.00, and drawing supplies, $5.30), $25 30
Balance on hand, $171 57
The income from these two Trust Funds will hereafter be entered separately, giving to each its proper credit.
A. S. HILLS,
Treasurer of School Committee.
February 1, 1905.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
WILLIAMSBURG, MASS., February 20, 1904.
We, the undersigned, certify that we have this day ex- amined the accounts of the Selectmen, Town Treasurer, Water Commissioners, Sinking Fund Commissioners and School Committee, and find them correct and properly vouched for, to the best of our knowledge and belief.
THOMAS P. LARKIN,
G. M. BRADFORD, Auditors.
REPORTS OF
WILLIAMSBURG
TOWN OFFICERS
For the Year Ending February 1, 1906
1905
:
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Williamsburg,
FOR THE
Year Ending February Ist, 1906.
NORTHAMPTON, MASS. THE GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY 1906
.
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 1 .- To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2 .- To elect three Selectmen, one Town Clerk, one Treasurer, one Elector under the Will of the late Oliver Smith, Esq., one Tax Collector, two Constables, two Audi- tors, and one Tree Warden, all for one year. Also, one Water Commissioner, one Sinking Fund Commissioner, one Library Trustee, and one School Committee, all for three years. Also, to vote on the question : " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town, Yes or No ?" All on one ballot.
ART. 3 .- To choose all necessary minor Town Officers for the ensuing year.
ART. 4 .- To revise and accept a list of Jurors nominated by the Selectmen.
ART. 5 .- To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the current expenses of the Town.
ART. 6 .- To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the municipal year beginning February 1st, 1906, in anticipa- tion of the taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the dates thereof. All debts incurred under the authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present muni- cipal year.
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ART. 7 .- To hear the report of the Selectmen, Treasurer, School and other Committees, and act thereon.
ART. 8 .- To hear the report of the Water Commission- ers and act thereon.
ART. 9 .- To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for Memorial Day and choose a committee to expend the same.
ART. 10 .- To choose a committee to expend the income of the Whiting Street Fund.
ART. 11 .- To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for maintaining Street Lights.
ART. 12 .- To fix the amount of the salary of the Tax Collector.
ART. 13 .- To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for building and repairing sidewalks.
ART. 14 .- To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the rebuilding of the Engine House, in the village of Williamsburg.
ART. 15 .- To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to contract for the building or finishing of a section of State Highway the coming season.
ART. 16 .- To see if the Town will vote to discontinue the road leading from the residence of Lewis Lobelo's, to the old Scott place, so called, near High Ridge.
ART. 17 .- To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the building of an extension of the water main of our present Water System, beginning on Valley View Street at a point near the residence of John W. Hill, in the village of Williamsburg, and leading along said street to the residence of Lewis Alexander.
Treasurer's Report.
RECEIPTS.
Balance from last report, $ 362 58
Rec'd from Temporary Loans, 11,500 00
Taxes of 1904, 1,655 26
1905,
15,356 53
66 Income State School Fund, 1,008 99
66 66 Collins 66 646 63
66
יי Whiting Street " 240 00
Refund of Dog Tax, 188 35
For schooling of State wards, 66
348 50
66 Boston "
226 50
Tuition Town of Goshen,
High School tuition from State,
90 00
Supt. of Schools Fund,
375 00
Teachers'
250 00
Water Department, 2,000 00
State Corporation Tax, 120 63
National Bank 66 636 64
For State Aid reimbursed, 644 00
St. Railway Corporation Tax, 384 15
66 Excise
304 48
District Court fines,
111 00
Sale of old junk from Engine house, 86 17
Old bridge plank, 5 00
" Standing grass sold, 2 00
Burial of indigent Soldier, 35 00
Rent of Town Hall, 23 00
104 00
6
Received Mrs. Emily Hill's pension, $96 00
Interest on Deposits, 39 60
" overdue taxes, 50 68
For Sundry licenses,
5 00
Compensation Inspector of animals, 13 50
Transportation of State pauper, 3 30
Temporary support "
66
4 19
$36,916 68
EXPENDITURES.
Total receipts,
$36,916 68
Paid State Tax,
$1,200 00
County Tax, 1,675 19
Temporary Loans, 10,500 00
Orders of School Committee,
9,205 37
66 Selectmen, support of poor,
793 80
66
Highways and bridges, 2,063 02
66 Contingent account,
1,666 09
66
66 Street Lights,
1,180 70
66
66 Soldiers' Relief,
357 24
66
66 Fire Department,
756 26
66
66 Sidewalks,
935 68
Interest,
298 33
For Memorial Day, 50 00
Repairs on State highway,
68 02
Hydrants and watering tank, 800 00
Interest on Water bonds,
2,000 00
Sinking Fund Commissioners,
1,000 00
Almoners of Whiting Street fund, 240 00
Trustees Haydenville Library, 100 00
State Aid, 646 00
District Court fees, 73 30
Burial of indigent Soldier, 35 00
Physicians' Certificate of births, 9 25
One-fourth License fee to State Treas., 25
Balance cash on hand, 1,263 18
--- $36,916 68
INCOME FROM COLLINS SCHOOL FUND.
Dividend on 20 shares Northampton
National Bank stock, $200 00
Dividend on 20 shares Hampshire County National Bank stock, 90 00
Dividend on 12 shares Mechanics National Bank stock, 48 00
Dividend on 21 shares First National Bank of Northampton, 126 00
Dividend on 21 shares First National Bank of Greenfield, 126 00
Interest at Haydenville Savings Bank,
56 63
$646 63
Paid School Committee,
$636 63
SCHOOL ASSETS.
Appropriation, Schools, $4,300 00
Superintendent, 375 00
66 Text books and supplies, 450 00
66 Repairs,
300 00
66 Tuition,
275 00
66 Plumbing,
100 00
Rec'd from town of Goshen, 104 00
66 State, tuition H. Sch. scholars, 90 00
66 schooling of State wards,
348 50
66 Boston wards, 226 50
66 State, Supt. of Schools Fund, 375 00
from Teachers' 66 250 00
" Income Collins School 66
646 63
State, inc. Mass. 66 66
1,008 99
66 Refund of dog tax, 188 35
Balance due from 1904,
167 40
$9,205 37
Paid on orders of School Committee,
$9,205 37
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TOWN ASSETS.
Balance in Treasury,
$1,263 18
Due on taxes of 1905,
1,135 98
" State Aid account, 646 00
Due for inspection of animals, 15 00
Amount of Sinking Fund, 2,072 14
Cash in hands of Water Commissioners, 4,143 87
Balance liabilities over assets, 42,148 83
- -$51,425 00
TOWN LIABILITIES.
Due R. F. Burke, salary 1905, $ 125 00
On temporary loans,
1,000 00
I. F. Baker, legacy, 300 00
Town Water bonds,
50,000 00
-- $51,425 00
STATEMENT OF WATER DEBT.
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