Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Williamsburg 1895-1915, Part 18

Author: Williamsburg (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Town of Williamsburg
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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


.


·


41


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


46


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


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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


8


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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