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The deep, underlying purpose of the school, however, is the highest and best development of the individual, according to
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his capacity, to take his rightful place in the world. Such an attitude precludes following the line of least resistance, sum- mary expulsion, in the case of a boy who lacks interest or self- control, or even of that one who is actively the source of dis- turbance, and involves much greater responsibilities of influence and training on the part of the teachers. These obligations have been willingly assumed and worthily fulfilled. Numerous instances could be related, of boys and girls who have been held in the High School, almost, if not quite unwillingly, until their outlook upon life was entirely changed, and they either went out, with a clean record, and an earnest determination to make an honorable place for themselves in the world, or remained to do steady, persistent work.
Furthermore, every boy or girl who has left the school, either as a graduate or before they finished the course, has been followed with the greatest interest, and every effort made to aid them so far as such help was justified.
From this practical instruction and practical interest, we have seen certain distinct results. More children have entered the High School from the grammar grades than ever before; more young men and women have remained in the school; more former pupils have confidently applied for advice and recom- mendations; and more employers have come directly to the school authorities for assistance.
OUR TEACHERS.
I have dwelt somewhat at length on these points because it is this spirit and this training that are gradually permeating our whole system, and rapidly becoming evident in improved results. Moreover, it is by such accomplishments, more even than by their thorough academic instruction, that our teachers have earned their right to that title, and it is this same spirit of all around helpfulness, this realization of greater responsibilities, that have inspired our whole teaching force, and given us this year a corps of teachers enthusiastic over their work and opportunities, devoted to their duties, loyal to their profession, doing more work, and doing it better and more easily, because of the uplifting power of higher and broader ideals.
It is to this spirit, also that we can trace one most gratify- ing result, for whereas last year we lost twenty-six of our teach-
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ing force, during the present year we have lost but six-two from the High School and four from the grades. Of these, two retired, one resigned to pursue higher studies, and one went to a larger position at a considerable increase in salary. On the other hand, several remained, who had opportunities to obtain desirable positions and more money elsewhere.
In closing, I would say that I am always glad to meet pa- rents or other interested citizens, at my home or at my office, to discuss school affairs in general, or individual cases in par- ticular.
I wish also to assure your Committee of my appreciation of your continued support, advice and consideration.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN C. ANTHONY, Superintendent of Schools.
January 1, 1909.
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STATISTICS.
Number of children in Town between 5 and 15, Sept. 1, 1907 1261
Number of children in Town between 5 and 15,
Sept. 1, 1908
1414
Number of children in Town between 7 and 14, Sept. 1, 1907 914
Number of children in Town between 7 and 14, Sept. 1, 1908
1025
1410
Average membership for year ending June, 1908 Average attendance for year ending June, 1908 Percentage of attendance year ending June, 1908 Number of pupils enrolled during fall term, 1908 Number of regular teachers employed fall term, 1907 Number of regular teachers employed fall term, 1908 Number of special teachers employed fall term, 1908 Number of schoolhouses in use
1243
88
1,583
41
45
2
9
Number pupils graduated from grammar schools June, 1908 . 114
Number of above who entered the High School in September .
92
Total net expenditures for Support of Schools, 1908 Expenditures per pupil based on average member- ship for year ending June, 1908
$37,612.06
26.67
Expenditures per pupil, based on membership for fall term, 1908 . 23.76
Average expenditures per pupil in State of Massa- chusetts
29.44
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GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE BRAINTREE HIGH SCHOOL TOWN HALL Wednesday, June 24, 1908 At Eight o'clock, P. M. A posse ad esse.
PROGRAMME
1. CHORUS,-"The Beautiful Blue Danube." Strauss
2. SALUTATORY, with Essay, "The Spoils System." BESSIE MABELLE TIRRELL
3. ESSAY, "The Development of Shoemaking." MARGARET VERONICA GALLIVAN:
4. CHORUS, "Rub-a-Dub."
Vincent
5. ADDRESS. MR. M. T. SHEAHAN OF BOSTON.
6. PRESENTATION OF GIFT FROM CLASS. DUDLEY PENNIMAN HOWLAND, President of Class.
7. CHORUS, "Hunting Song." Gilchrist
8. VALEDICTORY, with Essay, "Class Motto." MARY AGNES REYNOLDS.
9. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS AND MEDALS. REV. C. F. HILL CRATHERN, Chairman School Committee.
GRADUATES.
Fred Belyea Grace Helen Rogers
Margaret Veronica Gallivan Arthur Lawrence Holmes
Dudley Penniman Howland Anna Hazel Lothrop Bessie Loring Miller
Fanny May Qualey Vesta Augusta Raasch
Mary Agnes Reynolds
Helen Marguerite Smith
Robert Henry Stocker
Florence Viola Strathdee
Bessie Mabelle Tirrell Marion Beal Tobey
Esther Louise Trufant
Lena Katherine Vigneau Wilbert Eben Welch
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School Committee.
C. F. Hill Crathern, Chairman, 1111 Washington Street, South Braintree.
Herbert F. Kneeland, Clerk, 92 Hollis Avenue, Braintree. Mrs. A. M. Brooks, 124 Franklin Street, South Braintree. Albion C. Drinkwater, 391 Elm Street, Braintree. Mrs. Carrie F. Loring, Front Street, East Braintree. Thomas A. Watson, 115 Quincy Avenue, East Braintree.
SUPERINTENDENT AND SECRETARY. John C. Anthony, 45 Hollis Avenue, Braintree.
OFFICE HOURS.
On school days, except Thursdays, from 3 to 4 P. M., in the Monatiquot Building.
MEETINGS OF COMMITTEE.
Second Thursday of each month at two o'clock, P. M., at the Monatiquot Building, Washington Street, Braintree.
SCHOOLS IN SESSION.
Jan. 4, 1909 to April 2, 1909; April 12 to June 25, 1909; Sept. 7, 1909 to Dec. 24, 1909.
HOLIDAYS.
Feb. 22, April 19, May 31, Nov. 25, 26, 1909.
DAILY SCHOOL SESSIONS.
High, 8.30 A. M. to 1.05 P. M.
Monatiquot, 9 to 12 A. M., 1.30 to 3.30 P. M.
Jonas Perkins, 9 to 12 A. M., 1.30 to 3.30 P. M. Noah Torrey, 9 to 12 A. M., 1.30 to 3.30 P. M. Penniman, 9 to 12 A. M., 1.30 to 3.30 P. M. Pond & Union, 9 to 11.45 A. M., 1.15 to 3.30 P. M. Southwest, 9 to 11.45 A. M., 1.15 to 3.15 P. M. South, 9 to 11.15 A. M., 1.15 to 3.30 P. M.
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STORM SIGNAL.
On very stormy days there will be no session of the Public Schools. This will be announced by 3-3-3 sounded on the fire alarm at 7.25 A. M.
On days when it is moderately stormy or bad walking, there will be no afternoon session. This will be announced by 3-3-3 at 11 A. M.
TUITION OF NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS.
High School, $1 a week; grades 5 to 8, 75 cents a week; grades A and 1 to 4, 50 cents a week.
Non-resident students will not be admitted to any school without the written permission of the Superintendent.
JANITORS.
Monatiquot, John H. Macandrew, West Street.
Jonas Perkins, William Orr, Front Street.
Noah Torrey, F. F. Tupper, Central Avenue. Penniman, Omer Hollis, Union Street.
Pond, A. R. French, Franklin Street.
Union, E. O. Pierson, Washington Street.
Southwest, Willie P. Reed, Pond Street.
South, Mrs. John Illingworth, Mayflower Park.
TRUANT OFFICERS.
Jeremiah F. Gallivan, Braintree.
Horace F. Hunt, South Braintree. A. R. French, South Braintree.
Amos J. Loring, East Braintree.
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Fire Department.
Dec. 31, 1908.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.
GENTLEMEN: The fire Department submit the following report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1908.
The organization of the department is as follows: J. Samuel Hill, Chief; F. O. Whitmarsh, Clerk; C. V. Cottrell, Assistant Engineer, and seventy-two call men.
The department responded to 33 alarms during the year, also to 4 fires, for which no alarm was given. Precinct 1 had 11 alarms, Precinct 2, 12 alarms, and Precinct 3, 10 alarms. There was one second alarm, 5 false alarms and 11 alarms for wood fires.
LOSS BY FIRE.
Value of buildings
$42,000
Value of contents .
25,975
Loss on buildings
.
5,420
Loss on contents
3,965
Good work on the part of the firemen have on several occasions prevented a much larger loss.
THE APPARATUS.
The apparatus consists of 3 hose wagons, 3 hook and ladder trucks, and 16 fire extinguishers; which are in good condition with the exception of one piece, which needs painting and some repairs.
RECOMMENDATION.
We would recommend that the Town appropriate the sum of $500 for the purchase of new hose; $1,575 for the pay of en- gineers, firemen and stewards; $900 for general expenses; $300 for pay of firemen at fires; and $100 for the painting and repair of one piece of apparatus.
We wish to call the attention of the citizens of the Town to the necessity of purchasing a life-net for the south part of the Town. We have now in our midst three large shoe factories and two hotels and we can never tell when we may be called
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upon, not only to battle with fire, but also to save human life. . If anything of this kind should occur, we would be helpless with- out this life-saving net.
We therefore ask that the sum of $100 be appropriated for the purchase of the same.
Respectfully submitted.
J. S. HILL, C. V. COTTRELL, F. O. WHITMARSH, Engineers of the B. F. D., 1908.
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Report of Board of Health.
ORGANIZATION FOR THE YEAR 1908.
HENRY L. DEARING, M. D., Chairman. C. A. SULLIVAN, M. D., Secretary F. HERBERT GILE, M. D., Bacteriologist. W. H. MARTIN, Agent.
At a joint meeting of the Selectmen and this Board, Dr. F. Herbert Gile was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dr. Robert F. Burleigh.
The Board of Health have the honor to submit the follow- ing report for the year ending December 31, 1908:
Contagious Diseases.
Contagious diseases reported.
Diphtheria
83
Scarlet Fever
.
36
Tuberculosis
7
Typhoid
3
Measles
11
Chicken Pox
3
Pertussis
12
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Number fumigated 128.
Average cost of fumigation $3.50 each.
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Cultures examined for diagnosis of Diphtheria . 22
Cultures examined for release form quarantine . 41
Examination of sputum for tuberculosis 16
Miscellaneous examinations-water, pus, etc. 8
87
The Board requires a negative culture for release from quar- antine in all cases of diphtheria.
A glance at the above demonstrates the fact that the main- tenance of health, with the constantly increasing duties of the Department in conforming as closely as possible to existing Legislative acts, with a steady increase in population and property holders, demands a consequent expenditure of money from year to year, dependent, to a great degree, upon existing conditions.
The cost of maintaining strict quarantine during the past year was necessarily large on account of an epidemic of diph- theria, originating, in our opinion, primarily from neglect or ig- norance of the householder or attendant to promptly notify this Department. An old infected well, contaminated through carelessness in connection with the delivery of milk, was un- doubtedly the cause of the rapid extension of the epidemic; and this disease is extremely liable to propagation in soil-infected areas.
The Board is fortunate in its present organization in being able to examine its own cultures, thus avoiding necessary delay in getting returns from the State Department,-always a hard- ship to the afflicted.
Tuberculosis.
It is of the utmost importance at this time that we urge upon physicians, nurses and families the prime necessity of forming a habit of eternal vigilance in combating this disease, thereby assisting in establishing and assuring early diagnosis, early notification and immediate action by the proper authori- ties. Your Board of Health hopes to begin the work of caring for patients unable or unwilling to avail themselves of sanitary treatment, thus becoming a menace to public health, by relo-
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cating and converting into three or four shacks, the present pest house at the Poor Farm.
Classes for school children and adults should be formed upon the premises for purposes of demonstrtaion and educa- tion. An Active Anti-Tuberculosis Association should be or- ganized without delay.
Inspection of Milk, Animals and Meats.
In our opinion these inspections should be created and di- rectly carried out at a fixed standardization by this Department, and it is believed that the present legislature will succeed in se- curing the means to this end.
Inspection of School Buildings, Factories and Bakeshops.
The usual inspection of the sanitary condition of school buildings and bakeries have been made. Floors in the Union School Building are badly dilapidated, and a menace to health. We recommend the use of a proper dust layer as a present and future help under existing conditions. Operatives of factories and workshops are to be congratulated upon the efficient man- ner in which they have complied with the State requirements.
Vital Statistics.
Total number of deaths, 125. Male, 59; female, 66.
EXPENDITURES.
Fumigating material:
W. A. Torrey
$10 35
W. A. Torrey
75 75
W. A. Torrey
22 50
F. A. Smith
31 42
F. A. Smith
19 30
F. A. Smith
55 23
F. A. Smith
26 28
F. A. Smith
.
15 00
F. A. Smith
14 70
.
$270 53
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Labor (fumigating) :
W. H. Martin
$21 00
W. H. Martin
87 00
W. H. Martin
21 00
J. H. Cuff
3 00
E. W. Hobart
31 67
E. W. Hobart
12 30
J. F. Galivan
12 00
$188 00
Dr. F. H. Gile, examination milk, etc.
$4 00
Dr. F. H. Gile, culture material
20 00
Dr. F. H. Gile, culture material
14 40
Fors, Fulty & Co., culture material
8 60
Pratt & Pratt, printing
2 50
Pratt & Pratt, printing
2 50
G. W. Prescott, printing
3 00
G. W. Prescott, printing
23 00
Samuel Ward, printing
12 50
Clark E. Drew (quarantine)
28 00
R. Allen Gage, cleaning dumps
38 00
R. Allen Gage, cleaning dumps
26 00
J. J. Kenily, plumbing inspector
9 80
D. Burleigh, Estate .
5 57
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
5 20
Antoine Johnson, garbage collection
41 65
Antoine Johnson, garbage collection
16 66
$261 38
Total, $719 91. Appropriated, $725. Balance, $5.09.
Recommendations and Estimates for 1909.
ESTIMATES FOR 1909.
Fumigating material
$300 00
Labor
200 00
Collection of garbage.
101 00
Cleaning dumps
·
75 00
.
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Plumbing inspector
.
.
25 00
Printing
50 00
Quarantine and Hospital
.
300 00
$1,050 00
Drinking Water.
We recommend, with the advice of eminent State authori- ties the boiling and cooling in covered jars or bottles all town water for drinking purposes, until an adequate system of sewage disposal is acquired.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY L. DEARING, M. D. C. A. SULLIVAN, M. D. F. HERBERT GILE, M. D.
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Report of the Trustees of Thayer Public Library.
During the past year marked progress has been made in the reorganization of the library. Through the efficient and en- thusiastic interest of the Librarian and her assistant, all the books have been classified according to subject matter. A card shelf list has been begun, and will be completed within a few months. The reading-room has been much improved through the gift from "The Philergians" of two tables and twelve chairs.
At the December meeting of the Board the following memo- randa were adopted:
It is with the sincerest regret that the Trustees of the Thayer Public Library learn that Mr. Henry A. Johnson has felt obliged to resign his position as Trustee.
The last surviving member of the original Board, he has freely and generously devoted his abilities to the service of his fellow-townsmen for more than thirty years, in striving to main- tain a high standard in the selection of books, and in the promo- tion of the library's efficiency. During the last five years he has acted as Chairman of the Board, and his associates desire to ex express their high appreciation of the dignity, courtesy and high- mindedness which have characterized him in that capacity.
Judge Albert E. Avery has been appointed to succeed Mr. Johnson.
During the year 1909, through the operation of the Stetson and Hunt funds, an average of about 20 new books will be added each week; 50 magazines, twice the usual number, will be found on the tables; the card catalogue will be commenced, and will be carried on as rapidly as income will permit.
BENJAMIN F. DYER, WILLIAM GALLAGHER, WILLIAM C. HARDING, ALFRED E. AVERY, FREDERICK R. GRIFFIN.
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Treasurer's Report.
Treasurer's Report for Year Ending December 31, 1908. F
EXPENDITURES.
Caroline M. Wilkinson, librarian
$500 00
Alice A. Holbrook, assistant librarian
250 00
Abbie M. Arnold 225 00
Woodsum Coal Co., coal and wood
162 50
W. B. Clarke Co., Boston, books
117 16
C. H. Hobart & Son, insurance
135 00
Town of Braintree, electric lighting 74 88
Caroline M. Wilkinson, 1 No. 5 Oliver typewriter . 67 50
Michelson Bros., Boston, binding books 30 00
George W. Prescott & Sons, Braintree Observer for 1 year, and printing 37 65
Abbie L. Allen, extra work at Library
33 60
Supplies, expressing, postage, paper and inci- dentals per the librarian 38 50
R. Allen Gage, cleaning basement, carting ashes, etc. 9 50
W. H. Heath, repairing clock 8 50
Town of Braintree, installing electric lamps . 25 00
Town of Braintree, water tax for year
11 00
The Palmer Co., Boston, magazines
8 05
Library Bureau, Boston, stamps, ink-pads, clips, etc. 7 05
O. M. Rogers, ball cock and hammer .
3 70
C. H. Hobart & Son, soap, brush, etc. 3 78
L. J. Freeman, 1 set Key Books repaired .
3 60
Boston Transcript, subscription
3 80
Leonard Scott Pub. Co., Nineteenth Century, 1 year 4.50
C. M. Clark Pub. Co., Boston, Books 2 70
Books per the Librarian . 2 96
Journal of American History, New Haven, Ct., 1 year 2 00
H. W. Borden, adjusting storm windows 2 70
Gaylord Bros., Syracuse, N. Y., card dater, gum
cloth, etc. . 1 55
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Old Corner Book Store, books 1 13
Springfield Weekly Republican, 1 year 1 00
G. R. M. Bestick, reseating chair 1 00
New York Weekly Tribune, 6 mos. subscription Out West Magazine Co. 33
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Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1908, State Street Trust Co., Boston
27 08
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$1,803 47
WILLIAM C. HARDING, Treasurer of Trustees.
Have examined the accounts of William C. Harding, Treas- urer for the Trustees of Thayer Public Library, and find the same correct, with all vouchers, to Dec. 31, 1908, inclusive. Also showing a balance to his credit of $27.08. (twenty-seven and 8-100 dollars) in State Street Trust Co., Boston, Mass.
WILLIAM A. McKEAN, Auditor.
Braintree, Mass., Jan. 18, 1909.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
for year ending Dec. 31, 1908.
RECEIPTS.
1908
Jan. 1. Cash on deposit in National Mount Wollas- ton Bank . $7 15
From Town Treasurer
1,200 00
Interest on Town note 400 00
Interest on Stetson note
100 00
Caroline M. Wilkinson, librarian, for fines, lost books, etc. 84 87
Dividends from Faneuil Hall National Bank 7 00
Interest on Bank deposits, State Street Trust Co., Boston 4 45
$1,803 47
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APPENDIX.
The following is a list of the books, pamphlets, and periodi- cals given to the Library during the year of 1908. Several people have donated back numbers of magazines which have been very acceptable, and to each person and institution the Library extends thanks.
Name of Donor
Books Pamphlets
Ancient Order of Hibernians, Div. 12
1
Beverly, Mass.
1
Chelsea, Mass.
1 1
Colonial Dames of America
Depew, C. M.
1
Donor unknown.
Four-pools mystery
1
Dover, Mass.
1
Friend
1
66
1
Hepburn, A. B.
1 1
Hopedale, Mass.
1
Lee, J. D.
1
Bradley, C.
1
Lincoln, Mass.
1
Lynnfield, Mass.
1
MacAndrew, J. H.
1
Mann, A. W.
1
Marblehead, Mass.
1
Mass. Agricultural Experiment Station
1
Mass. Board of Education
1
Mass. Free Public Library Commission
1
Massachusetts
3
Nicholson, Dr. W.
1
Northampton, Forbes Library
1
Morrison, Harold
2
Morrison, Walter
4
Palmer, F. H.
1
Raymond, G. L.
3
Shanks, Dr. B.
8
Simms Rev. Thomas .
2
.
2
Lake Mohonk Conference
180
U. S .- Smithsonian Institute
8
U. S .- Civil Service Commission
1
U. S .- Dept. of Agriculture
29
U. S .- Dept. of Commerce and Labor
7
U. S .- Dept. of Interior .
2
U. S .- Interstate Commerce Commission
3
U. S .- Library of Congress
1
7
Vinton, Dr. C. H.
2
Webber, H. E.
1
Westminster
1
Willis, G. D., Jr. .
30
Total 38 103
STATISTICAL SUMMARY.
Number of days the Library was open 296
Library closed twice for fumigation
Largest daily circulation
220
Average daily circulation
78.78
Total circulation for the year
23,319
Number sent to Depository station at East Brain- tree 5,176
Average percent of fiction
81
Books destroyed by order of the Board of Health
51
Books lost
1
Books added by purchase
413
Number of books borrowed from Boston Public Library
9
Number borrowed from Tuft's Library, Weymouth,
2
Number of borrowers since the new registration, March
1,244
Number of new borrowers
367
Number of borrowers in East Braintree
199
Number of teachers' cards issued
29
Amount of fines paid in 1908
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$82 17
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The Library subscribes to the following magazines. Back numbers of most of them may be taken out for home use for a period of seven days.
Atlantic Monthly
Century Magazine
Charities and the Commons
Chautauquan
Collier's Weekly
Craftsman
Living Age London Punch McClure's Magazine Masters in Art Missionary Review Musician
Nation
New England Homestead
Current Literature
New England Magazine
Delineator
Nineteenth Century
Dial
North American Review
Education
Outing Outlook
Forum
Pacific Monthly
Good Housekeeping
Popular Science Monthly
Harper's Monthly
Publishers' Weekly
Harper's Weekly
Readers' Guide
Hibbert Journal
Review of Reviews
Illustrated London News
St. Nicholas
Independent
Scientific American
Scientific American Supple- ment Scribner's
Journal of American History
Ladies' Home Journal
Library Journal
Westminster Review
Life Literary Digest
World's Work Youth's Companion
Current Events (a weekly news- paper for the children)
Fortnightly
International Studio
ANNUAL REPORT
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Electric Light Department
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE
FOR THE
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Electric Light Department.
REPORT OF MANAGER.
The Street Lighting System is the same as in 1907, to wit: 98 arc lamps and 259 series lamps, including 4 at the Electric Light Station. To the Domestic and Commercial Lighting System there has been added during the year 1908, 106 new consumers connecting 2,067 lamps; also one Horse Power electric motor, there were 3 removals, making total number of 765 consumers with an aggregate number of lamps, 19,000, and five one Horse Power electric motors connected in the entire system and there were several applicants for houses to be con- nected that were not completed at the end of the year 1908, and are not reported until connected with the system.
CHARGES FOR LIGHT, POWER, METER RENTS AND WIRING FOR THE YEAR 1908.
For light, six months, ending June 30,1908 $7,525 73
For light, six months, ending Dec. 1908 8,292 73
$15,818 46
For power, six months, ending June June 30, 1908 141 78
For power, six months, ending Dec. 31, 1908 360 96
502 74
For meter rents, six months, ending June 30, 1908 312 65
For meter rents, six months, ending Dec. 31, 1908 325 00
$637 65
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PREPAY METER.
For six months, ending June 30, 1908 $876 44
For six months, ending Dec. 31, 1908 741 50
Summons in 1908 11 25
$1,629 19
$18,588 04
LESS ABATEMENTS.
December, 1907, and March, 1908 . $141 85
June account, 1908
32 92
September and December, 1908
34 17
$208 94
$18,379 10
WIRING ACCOUNTS.
March 31, 1908
$782 53
June 30, 1908
670 38
Sept. 30, 1908
890 09
Dec. 31, 1908
1,306 38
$3,649 38
$22,028 48
ELECTRIC LIGHT ACCOUNT.
Appropriations for the Electric Light Department made at the annual Town Meeting, March 9, 1908:
Depreciation Fund, estimated
$136,060.50 at 3% $4,081 82
Payment of note due in 1908 3,900 00
Interest on notes and bonds
1,090 50
Appropriation for maintenance
3,500 00
For Sinking Fund
430 00
$13,002 32
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In addition to the foregoing appro- priations, it was voted the revenue derived from sales of Electric Lights, Power, Meter Rents and Wiring Accounts should be applied to operating expenses and to make necessary repairs to the Plant. Amount revenue received to Dec. 31, 1908, and paid to Town Treas- urer for receipts .
22,531 89
OPERATING EXPENSES.
Paid Superintendent, salary
$1,500 00
Manager, salary
750 00
Station wages
4,751 97
Distribution wages
446 00
Repairs lines, lamps and meters
875 91
Repairs on Steam Plant
584 39
Repairs on Electric Plant
166 61
Repairs on real estate
134 72
Insurance account
566 96
Oil and waste
529 90
Carbons
65 78
Station tools and appliances
38 10
Distribution, tools and appliances
136 85
Globes
39 02
Stable account
1,455 30
Water account
344 25
Office account
245 73
Lamp account
1,125 52
Fuel account
$698 43
703 98
237 11
140 72
83 43
$35,534 21
1,863 67
$15,620 68
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WIRING ACCOUNTS.
Supplies, D and C lamps . .
$3,552 87
Paid wiring account wages 822 00
$4,374 87
EXTENSION ACCOUNTS.
New construction, extension of lines, lamps and connecting new con- sumers :
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