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Meeting of the Commissioners to examine bills and claims against the Department. the FIRST WEDNESDAY EVENING of each month.
Bills against the Department must be rendered on or before the first Wednesday of each month, or they will lie over until the following month.
Approved bills paid by the Town Treasurer at the Town office.
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
The Water Commissioners herewith submit their 50th Annual Report :-
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand,
$2,456 52
Water rates, domestic,
26,165 32
Water rates, manufacturing,
1,702 00
Labor and material,
1,054 17
Miscellaneous,
241 40
Note issue,
1,440 00
Appropriation,
3,500 00
Overdrawn balance,
5,606 65
$42,166 06
EXPENDITURES.
Maintenance,
$8,836 70
Pump,
3,062 66
Bonds and interest,
13,037 46
Extension of mains,
9,972 04
Extension of services,
307 85
Expended at new station,
6,949 35
$42,166 06
PUMPING STATION.
Salaries, Labor,
$1,343 31
33 00
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Materials and supplies,
117 48
Fuel and light,
1,391 89
Rental, heating, lighting engineer's house,
141 88
Freight and trucking,
3 45
Parts and repairs to machinery,
31 65
$3,062 66
MAINTENANCE.
Salaries,
$2,250 00
Labor,
3,548 00
Horse hire and electric car tickets,
732 50
Carting water,
294 65
Repairing Little South Abut.,
197 37
Lowering pipe on Summer street,
I12 00
Stationery, stamps and printing,
106 IO
Rental storehouse,
75 00
Packing, duck, lead and oil,
145 99
W. T. Eldridge, ins.,
74 25
Tools bought and repaired,
75 74
Street department labor,
69 00
Freight, express and trucking,
62 25
Telephone,
44 35
Fuel and light,
39 61
Stove for office,
12 00
Rubber boots and mittens,
22 44
Cement.
138 3I
Corporations, stops, gates, boxes, etc.,
837 20
$8,836 70
BONDS.
Bond paid on issue, June 1, 1885,
$2,800 00
Bond paid on issue, August 1, 1890,
1,300 00
Bond paid on issue, February 3. 1894,
240 00
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Bond paid on issue, August 1, 1894,
800 00
Bond paid on issue, October 2. 1899, 1,500 00
Bond paid on issue, May 1, 1900, Bond paid on issue, July 1, 1903,
1,000 00
666 66
Total bonds paid,
$8,306 66
INTEREST.
Interest paid on issue, June 1, 1885,
$1,176 00
Interest paid on issue, August 1, 1890,
728 00
Interest paid on issue, February 3, 1894,
4 80
Interest paid on issue, August 1, 1894,
512 00
Interest paid on issue, October 2, 1899,
960 00
Interest paid on issue, May I, 1901, 612 50
Interest paid on issue, July 1, 1903,
737 50
Total interest paid,
$4,730 80
Bonds and interest,
$13,037 46
Since rendering our last report the pumping station then in process of construction has been completed and the con- tractor settled with in full. All that now remains to be done to complete the new arrangements, is to remodel the old pumping station for the use of the engineers.
This will be done as soon as the old pump can be removed and installed in the new station.
The pump contracted for and now installed in the new station has been subjected to two rigid tests under the direc- tion of the consulting engineer.
These tests have demonstrated that the pump falls short of its guarantee by 2 3-10 per cent., duty guaranteed 50.000,- 000 feet pounds per 1,000 pounds steam, duty obtained 48,- 850, 000 feet pounds per 1,000 pounds steam.
While this may seem a small amount it is the purpose of the commissioners to have the pump in its highest state of perfection before acceptance.
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The town in the meantime, having full use of the pump, under contract with the Barr Pumping Engine Co., and being at no loss save in the annoyance caused by delay in completion of the arrangements at the new station.
The amount expended under the several contracts on the new pumping station and pump are as follows :-
Amount previously reported.
$12,933 75
Ernest L. Sampson, 4,181 64
Barr Pumping Engine Co., on account,
1,650 00
Charles W. Leavitt, Jr ..
200 00
L. C. Howland & Son,
185 30
Charles T. Holmes,
12.4 80
Ephraim D. Bartlett,
122 18
Penn. Metal Ceiling Co.,
57 60
A. Griffing & Co.,
142 40
Walworth Mfg. Co.,
36 78
Builders Iron Foundry,
27 02
Nightingale & Childs,
63 43
Miscellaneous,
158 15
$19,883 10
During the year the commissioners have installed new pipes in the following streets, Atlantic street, 244 feet 4- inch; Castle street, 575 feet 4-inch; Sandwich street, 3,007 feet 8-inch; B. Hedges new street off Cherry street. 145 feet 2-inch; Fremont, Union and Water streets, 2,633 feet 6-inch; Savery's new street west of Standish avenue, 477 feet 4-inch; B. Hedges street east of Court street, 276 feet 4 inch: Prospect Park, east of Oak street, 338 feet 2-inch; Lothrop street, 1,146 feet 6-inch and 250 feet 4-inch. at a cost of $9,972.04.
The commissioners would recommend1 that the sum of $1,000 be appropriated by the town for the extension of the pipes in new streets.
By vote of the town, the commissioners have installed
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new pipes on Lothrop street, at an expense of $1.440.00. We would recommend that an appropriation be made to cov- er that amount.
In accordance with the vote of the town, acting upon the recommendation of the Committee of Fifteen regarding Article 22 of the March warrant your commissioners have installed three thousand feet of new pipe from Spring Hill to Winter street. In so doing as there was no appropria- tion voted at the March meeting we have incurred an indebt- edness of $4,833.81. We would recommend that notes or bonds of the town, payable in a term of years be issued by the town for the payment of the indebtedness incurred.
The State is soon to macadamize Warren avenue, from Hotel Pilgrim to Cliff street and your commissioners feel, that before this improvement is made in the surface of the street, it will be wise to install a new six-inch water main over this section of Warren avenue. To do this it will be necessary to lay 4,600 feet of pipe at an estimated cost of $5,000. We therefore recommend that this amount be ap- propriated to be expended under the direction of the com- missioners, and that notes or bonds be issued payable an- nually.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN W. CHURCHILL, H. P. BAILEY, CHARLES T. HOLMES, JOHN H. DAMON.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
PLYMOUTH (MASS.) WATER WORKS. Publshed by request of the New England Water Works Association.
Population by census of 1900: 10,000. Date of construction : 1855.
By whom owned : Town.
Source of supply : Great and Little South and Lout Ponds.
Mode of supply : Gravity for low service and pumping for high service.
PUMPING.
I. Builders of pumping machinery : Barr & Worthington.
2. Coal: (b) Bituminous; (d) Brand, various; (e) $4.90 to $5.50 per gross ton.
4. Total fuel: Worthington (326, 890) pounds. Barr (194,400) pounds.
5. Total water pumped : Worthington (121,212,352) gals. Barr (81,157,764) gals.
6. Average static head : Worthington 65.
7. Average dynamic head : Worthington 73.
8. Number of gallons pumped per pound of coal : Worth- ington 370.8; Barr 417.5.
9. Duty of pump : Worthington 23,386,577.
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COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON PUMPING STATION EXPENSES, VIZ. : $3,062.66.
190.4.
IO. Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $15.13.
II. Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic), $0.207.
COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON TOTAL MAINTENANCE, VIZ. : $11,899.36.
12. Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $58.80.
13. Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic), $0.805.
FINANCIAL.
MAINTENANCE.
RECEIPTS.
EXPENDITURES.
A. Water rates, domestic,
$26,165.32 1,702.00
AA. Management and repairs. BB. Interest on bonds,
$11,899.36 4,730.80
$27,867.32
$16,630.16
1,295.52
12,532.73
$29,162.89
$29,162.89
$8.306.66
4.226.07
$12,532.73
CONSTRUCTION.
$2,456.52
Extension Mains by Commissioners,
$9,972.04
4,226.07
Extension of services, Expended at new station,
6,949.35
1,440 00
5,606.65
$17,229.24
$17,299.24
$8,306.66 paid yearly on principal. Bonded debt at 31/2 per cent.,
$17,000.00
33/4
19,333.14
4
.6
29.400.00
Note
4
66
1.440.00
$355,318.21
$117,173.14
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B. Water rates, manufacturing,
Total water receipts, Miscellaneous,
Total, Profit for year.
Paid bonds, Carried to Construction Acc., Total,
Undrawn balance, Profits of maintenance. Appropriation, Note issue, Overdrawn balance,
307.85
3,500.00
Cost of works, Town appropriations From profits.
$158,190.27 197,127.94
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1905.
DISTRIBUTION.
I. Kind of pipe used: Wrought iron and cement lined; principally cement lined.
2. Sizes; From 2-inch to 20-inch.
3. Extended, 9,186 feet.
4. Discontinued, 5,707 feet.
5. Total now in use, 46 miles, 2.349 feet.
6. Cost to repair per mile, $15.77.
.7. Number of leaks per mile, 1.27.
8. Small distribution pipe, less than four inches : Total length 10 miles, 1,312 feet.
9. Hydrants added, 16; discontinued, 10.
IO. Hydrants now in use, 164 public, and 35 private.
II. Stop gates added, 48; discontinued, 21.
12. Number now in use, 498.
13. Small stop gates, less than four inches, total, 134.
14. Number of blow-offs, 37.
SERVICES.
16. Kind of pipe : Lead and cement-lined.
17. From one-half inch to four-inch.
18. Extended, 671.8 feet.
20. Total now in use, 6 miles, 2,579.8 feet.
21. Service taps added, 41.
22. Number now in use, 2,151.
23. Average length of service, 16.3 feet.
24. Average cost of service, $7.50.
27. Motors and elevators added, none.
28. Number now in use, I motor.
LABOR.
Extensions, Services, Making pipe,
$3,822 56
85 50
642 50
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Pumping station,
33 00
Services repaired and renewed,
65 50
Laying 10 inch and 20 inch pipe station, All other labor,
320 00
3,548 60
$8,517 66
Received for labor,
$750 12
Received for shut off and let on,
84 50
$834 62
Net cost of labor,
$7,683 04
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REPORT ( OF THE COLLECTOR OF WATER RATES.
Gentlemen : I hereby submit the annual report of the Collector's Department of the water works for the year 1904.
The Collector is charged as follows-
Arrears
$2,592 66
Water rates,
27,681 36
Labor and material,
1,184 69
Miscellaneous,
146 60
$31,605 31
Cr.
Abatements,
$475 47
Uncollected labor and material,
130 52
Uncollected rates,
1,836 43
Total collections,
29,162 89
Water is supplied to 2,226 families; 1,370 water closets; 595 bath tubs; 104 stores, offices and shops; 145 stables; 498 horses; 154 cows; 17 urinals; 4 cemeteries; 9, engines; 12 fish and meat markets: I water motor; 4 bakeries; 3 laundries; 5 banks; 8 churches; 7 manufactories; 2 photo- graph saloons; 4 saloons; 10 hotels and boarding houses; 3 hot houses; 2 printing offices; 5 public halls; 2 banquet rooms; 2 billiard rooms; 2 cigar manufactories; 390 hose; gas works; N. Y., N. II. & H. R. R. engines; 2 electric plants; woolen mills, County buildings; public Town build- ings; and watering streets.
Yours Respectfully, N. REEVES JACKSON. Collector of Water Rates.
Plymouth 8
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Board of Water Commissioners :-
Gentlemen: I herewith submit the annual report of the Superintendent of the Plymouth Water Works, for the year ending December 31, 1904.
Account of pipe laid for year ending December 31, 1904.
WHERE LAID.
LENGTH IN FT.
SIZE IN INCHES.
TOTAL COST.
Atlantic street extension to houses of G. F. Holmes
244.0
4
$135 09
Castle street extension to houses of John Peck
575.0
4
346 69
Sandwich street. Winter to Market, including changing houses and necessary connections with cross streets
3007.0
8
4833 81
B. Hedge's new street, off of Cherry street
145.0
2
46 08
Fremont, I'nion and Water
2633.0
6
2584 11
Savery's new street, west of Standish avenue
477.0
4
293 58
East of Court street, houses of B. Hedge
276.5
4
164 44
Prospect Park, east from Oak street
338.2
2
128 24
Lothrop street, new 6-in. H. S. and replacing 3-in. L. S. under railroad with 4-in.
1146.5
6 ł
1440 00
250.0
4 (
9186.2
$9972 04
SERVICE PIPES.
Forty-one new service pipes have been laid at a cost of $307.85.
All water takers on Sandwich street, from Jabez Corner to Market street, have been changed onto the 10-inch high service or 8-inch low service pipe. One hundred and three (103) services were thus changed over at a cost of $1,128.79 and the old main pipe was abandoned as shown by table of pipes discontinued.
Seventeen services have been renewed at a cost of $148.63
There have been four leaks repaired in service pipes at a cost of $9.50.
93.0
4
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STANDPIPES.
Three new standpipes have been added this year, making a total of twenty-seven now in use or capable of being used for street sprinkling purposes.
Their location is shown on pages 118 and 119.
NEW WATER TAKERS.
There have been added through the year forty-eight fami- lies, 125 water closets, 67 bath tubs, 17 hose attachments, 2 urinals, 4 stables, 6 laundry tubs and 6 stores.
LEAKS.
The unusual severity of the winter 1903-04 increased the cost of maintenance in this department in various ways.
At the time of year when it was particularly difficult and expensive to repair leaks we were kept very busy and a total of 59 leaks have been repaired at a cost of $733.40.
A portion of the old pipe which gave trouble last winter has been replaced the past summer with new.
The frost in some cases penetrated to a depth of from four to five feet and caused serious inconvenience to over one hundred water takers by freezing of service pipes.
It was deemed impracticable to attempt to thaw out so many services with the means at our disposal, although an unsuccessful attempt was made to thaw the service pipe of the Jordan Hospital through the kindly co-operation of Supt. Rowell of the Plymouth Electric Light Co.
Carts with water were accordingly sent to those houses deprived of their usual mode of supply.
The cost of carting water was $294.65
In addition to the freezing of service pipes the 4-inch main pipe on Summer street, at Miss Appleton's, was frozen.
During the past summer 360 feet of this pipe was lowered at a cost of $112.00.
Several service pipes were also lowered.
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ABUTMENTS AT THE PONDS.
For the past two years the abutment at Little South Pond has been cracking and the top stones on the front have been settling out of position. It was imperative that repairs should be made before another winter passed.
This repair work was in charge of Mr. Nathan Pierce, who has rebuilt a portion of the abutment in a substantial and satisfactory manner, and there should be no necessity for further work there for several years.
The cost of the above work was $197.37.
The abutment at Great South Pond remains in good con- dition.
The following distribution pipe has been discontinued :-- On Winter street, 94 feet, 2-inch.
On Lothrop street, under the railroad tracks, 225 feet, 3- inch.
On Sandwich street, from Jabez Corner to Training Green, 4,388.7 feet, 4-inch.
On Sandwich street, Training Green to Market street, 914 feet, 6-inch.
On Market street, 175 feet, 8-inch.
Total pipe discontinued, 5.796.7 feet.
GATES DISCONTINUED AND ADDED.
ADDED.
DISCONTINUED.
NUMBER.
SIZE.
NUMBER.
SIZE.
6
2-in.
6
2-in.
11
4-in.
2
3-in.
19
6-in.
9
4-in.
11
8-in.
3
6-in.
1
14-in.
1
S-in.
-
-
48
21
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HYDRANTS.
The following table shows the number of hydrants set and the number discontinued through the year, also the size of pipe which feeds the hydrant and whether on high or low service.
TABLE OF HYDRANTS SET AND DISCONTINUED, 1904.
HYDRANTS SET.
HYDRANTS DISCONTINUED.
POST OR FLUSH.
HIGH OR Low SERV.
SIZE OF PIPE.
POST OR FLUSH.
HIGH OR LOW SERV.
SIZE OF PIPE.
2 Post
Low
8-in.
1 Flush
High
6-in.
8 Post
High
6-in.
1 Post
High
4-in.
3 Post
High
4-in.
2 Flush
High
4-in.
3 Post
Low
4-in.
5 Flush
Low
4-in.
16 Total
9 Total
Number of public hydrants on high service,
129
Number of public hydrants on low service,
36
Number of private hydrants,
35
Total number of hydrants available,
200
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SCHEDULE Showing number of feet of each size of pipe and number and size of gate.
SIZE IN INCHES.
LENGTH OF PIPE IN FEET.
No. of gates.
No. of check valves
No. of air cocks.
No. 10-in. B. O.
No. 6-in. B. O.
No. 4-in. B. O.
No. 2-in-1-in. B.O.
No. hydrants.
20
190
1
1
16
7,515
2
14
8,252.0
1
2
12
11,203.5
29
15
10
34,275.0
54
2
8
1
3
30
8
7,630.7
23
12
6
33,577.5
74
5
3
3
39
4
88,473.8
175
3
9,037.0
17
2
42,750.0
108
3
1
1,352.0
3/
973.0
2
245,229.5
497
3
37
2
9
8
18
164
LOCATION OF STANDPIPES FOR STREET SPRINKLING.
I. Court Street, near Seaside line.
North Spooner Street, near Court.
3. Court Street, at Plymouth Cordage Co.
4. Cherry Street, near Court.
5. Centennial Street, near Court.
6. Court Street, at Thomas King's. -
7. Alden Street, near Allerton.
8. Allerton Street, near the Monument.
9. Allerton Street, near Clyfton.
IO. Allerton Street near Russell.
II. Vernon Street, near Court.
12. Water Street, near Chilton.
1
1
2
5
2
-
-
-
1
1
2
2
3
3
62
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13. Water Street, near North.
14. North Street, near Court.
15. High Street, near Spring. 16. Summer Street, near Mill Lane. 17. Oak Street, near Summer. 18. South and Pleasant Streets.
19. South, near Mt. Pleasant.
20. Whiting Street, near Stevens.
21. Stevens Streets, at Sandwich.
22. Mt. Pleasant Street, near Sandwich.
23. Sandwich Street near T. E. Cornish's.
24. Warren Avenue, near I. Blackmer's.
25. Warren Avenue, near Otis Burgess'. 26. Warren Avenue, near C. I. Litchfield.
27. Warren Avenue, near Hotel Pilgrim. Respectfully submitted, A. E. BLACKMER.
OLD PUMP-1904.
MONTHS.
Hours run
Total lbs. No. revolu- No. gallons fuel used. tions.
pumped.
dynam. Av. head
No. gals. pumped with 1 1b. coal.
Average duty.
Rainfall in inches.
Average tempera- ture.
Daily aver. water pumped. Gallons.
Daily aver. fuel used. Pounds.
Jannary
243
40.890
340,709
16.190,054
395.94
24,105.609
5.44
28.35
11.74
522.260.1
1,319.03
February
.
268
43,850
316.100
17,872.2.2
73
369.64
22.504.442
3.61
29.13
12.79
616,285.2
- 1,667.24
March
229
55,890
343,400
16,318.368
73
291.97
17.775,717
2.47
40.09
25.9
526.399
1,802.9
April
218
41.740
315,000
14.968,800
73
358.62
21,834,405
9.11
18.93
33.06
498 960
1,391.33
May .
230
41.200
356.600
16.945,632
73
411.05
25.022,502
2.23
70.87
45.74
546,633.2
1,329.03
June
853/4
17.650
141.500
6.724,050
73
380.9
23,189,953
2.58
68.33
52.1
611,280
1,604.54
July .
.
273%
18,825
123,465
5,865,056
23
424.3
25,824,317
3.52
20.32
57.35
586,705.6
1,382.5
September
233/4
4,360
35.400
1,682.208
385.8
23.438,275
3.18
60.9
50.6
560.736
1,453.3
October
551/2
11,165
81.000
3.849.120
73
344.7
20,992.113
1.85
55.
39.13
481,140
1,395.6
November
2041/2
35,635
295.000
14.018,400
73
393.3
23.944.890
3.53
14.16
27.63
483,393.1
1,228.79
December
6634
11,985
103,400
4,913.568
73
409.9
24,955.531
4.10
32.48
15.29
545,952
1,331.66
1,7251/4
326,890
2.550,765
121,212,352
.
45.64
75.61
59.8
827,904
1.866.6
August
.
24
.
. .
Av. number of gallons pumped per pound of coal, 370.8.
Av. duty for year, 23.386,577. Av. dynamic head. 73 feet. GEO. H. PHILLIPS, Engineer.
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.
.
.
.
4,200
39,200
1.852.784
73
443.5
27,001.166
4.02
Max.
Min.
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NEW PUMP-1904.
HOURS RUN
TOTAL FUEL
No. REVO- LUTIONS.
No. GALLONS PUMPED.
June
1351/4
(4
31,220
218,493
11,514,581
July
2143/4
37.640
330,181
17,400,538
August
1561/4
30,175
247,683
13,052,894
September
1951%
37,415
304,166
16,029,348
October
1391/2
27,375
216,670
11,418,509
November
6
1,480
8,651
445,907
December
139
29,095
213,662
11,295,987
9861/4
194,400
1,539,506
81,157,764
Average number of gallons pumped per pound of coal, 417.5, Barr pump.
Old pump, gallons,
121,212,352
New pump, gallons,
81,157,764
Total for year,
202,370, 1 16
GEORGE H. PHILLIPS, Engineer.
Diagram showing revenue for the past tenyears
Diagram showing quantity at water pumped annually for the past ten years
30 000
$ 30.000
25000
25000
Gallons
Gallons
20 000
20 000
200 000 000
200.000 000
15 000
15000
150.000 000
150 000. 000
10 000
10 000
100 000 000
100 000. 000
00
085-398
953-695
1699
233-
9.3-4-201
338 €82-6/
959-255-591
JOKE - 292
182.5
89.6
2631
9691
6691
0061
1901
2061
E 06/
6051
1895 9651
2631
968
669
1200
1067
1902
1903
1904
50 000 000
50.00
19525
20 010
05:02
24550
38592
5000
50 000 000
841501
501
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090
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee
FOR THE YEAR
I 904
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
INCREASE ROBINSON, 1907
FRANK H. PERKINS,
1907
J. HOLBROOK SHAW, 1906
WILLIAM S. KYLE, 1906
JOSEPH T. COLLINGWOOD, 1905
ELIZABETH THURBER, 1905
Chairman, William S. Kyle.
Secretary, Elizabeth Thurber.
The Committee meet regularly at their rooms in Town square on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 7 p. m.
Superintendent of Schools, FRANCIS J. HEAVENS.
Office hours, 4 to 5 p. m., each school day.
Truant Officer, A. W. HOGAN.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Finance-Messrs. Robinson and Kyle.
Repairs-Messrs. Robinson, Shaw and Collingwood.
Janitors and School House Supplies-Messrs. Perkins and Collingwood.
Heating and Ventilation-Messrs. Shaw, Kyle and Robin- son.
Text Books and Course of Study-Miss Thurber and Mr. Perkins.
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SCHOOL SESSIONS.
High School-8 a. m. to I p. m.
North Schools, Grammar and Primary-Morning session, 9 to 12 o'clock; afternoon session, 1.30 to 3.30 o'clock. Centre Schools-Morning session, 9 to 12 o'clock; afternoon session, 2 to 4 o'clock (except from Nov. I to Feb. I, when the afternoon sessions are from I.30 to 3.30 o'clock ).
The sessions of the other schools are as prescribed from time to time by the committee.
CALENDAR FOR 1904 AND 1905.
Winter term began Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1905.
Summer term begins Monday, April 3, 1905. School year ends Friday, June 23, 1905. Fall term begins Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1905. Fall term ends Friday, Dec. 22, 1905.
VACATIONS.
March 25, 1905, to April 3, 1905. June 24, 1905, to Sept. 5, 1905. Dec. 22, 1905, to Jan. 2, 1906.
HOLIDAYS.
Every Saturday, Washington's Birthday, Patriots' Day, Memorial Day; from Wednesday noon before Thanks- giving, the remainder of the week.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The School Committee respectfully submit to the Town their annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1904, to which is appended reports of the Superintendent and of the Truant Officer, as follows :-
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
Credited to department-
Appropriation for general school purposes,
$41,000 00
Interest Murdock fund,
18 25
Rent. Ellisville school house,
25 00
Supplies sold,
73 75
$41,117 00
Overdraft,
572 74
$41,689 74
Expenditures-
Salaries,
$28.935 87
Fuel and light.
3.564 87
Books and supplies,
2.362 87
Repairs,
1.971 93
Janitors,
2,869 22
Truant Officer,
IO1 00
Transportation of pupils,
675 26
Freight and carting,
172 71
Printing,
III 03
School house sundries,
76 44
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Rent (Sever street), 130 00
Insurance renewals, High School,
193 50
Census expenses,
39 10
Incidentals,
152 09
Balance heating contract, Cornish
building, app'n 1903, 333 85
$41,689 74
In the Committee's estimates $2,700 was considered ample for the year's supply of fuel, but the actual outlay was $3,564.87, the difference more than accounting for the over- draft above noted.
Summary, showing expenditures for land, new buildings, etc., covering special appropriation of $28,000 :---
Cornish Building addition-
Building contract, P. S. Burgess, $10,787 54
Heating contract, Boynton Furnace Co., 1,595 00
Plumbing contract, C. T. Harris & Son, 720 00
Extras, C. T. Harris & Son, 156 40
Extras, P. S. Burgess, 185 82
L. A. Bradford, 96 64
Chas. T. Holmes,
23 34
Sundry small bills,
32 36
Architect's commission,
677 07
$14,274 17
Knapp Building addition-
Building contract, C. D. Howland, $8.926 00
Heating contract. Boynton Fur- nace Co .. 961 00
Plumbing contract. C. T. Harris & Son, 580 00
Extras. C. D. Howland, 133 68
Grading, removing soil, etc .. IIO 37
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L. T. Robbins,
35 60
Architect's commission,
531 63
$11,278 28
$25,552 45
Furnishing both buildings-
Chandler Desk Co.,
$1,275 00
J. D. Jewett & Co.,
200 50
J. B. Collingwood & Sons,
544 29
B. O. Strong & Son,
32 18
Gooding Bros.,
55 00
J. F. Waters,
70 54
Sundry bills,
14 00
$2,191 51
Insurance during construction,
125 50
$2,317 OI
$27,869 46
Mary Barlow, land, Russell street,
1,500 00
J. Stephan, land, rear Knapp Building,
500 00
$29,869 46
Appropriation,
28,000 00
Overdraft,
$1,869 46
The above-noted overdraft of the appropriation for new buildings was unavoidable and could neither have been fore- seen when the appropriation was made nor obviated after- wards. It will be remembered that in its report of last year this committee asked the town for a four-room addi- tion to the Knapp Building at the North, and a new four- room school house at the Center of the town. The Knapp
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addition was voted, but opposing counsels prevailed as to the other building, and instead of adopting our recommen- dation, the town ordered the construction of a four-room addition to the Cornish Building, a proposition on which no plans or estimates had been made. It was assumed, and the assumption seemed reasonable, that this scheme would not cost more than the separate building proposed by this committee, and the appropriation appeared to be ample, al- though it proved otherwise. As work progressed, changes and additions involving extra expense became desirable and necessary in both buildings, and the unex- pected need of every one of the new rooms as soon as ready, increased the estimated cost for furnishing. Extensive alterations had to be made in the old Cornish Building, and the forced transfer of the Manual Training School from the old basement to the new, made impossible the use of furnaces as originally planned : a steam system thus became necessary and its cost was practically double the estimate for heating in the plan before the town, on which plan the assumed cost of the adopted scheme was doubtless based by those who proposed it. The overdraft is, therefore, cov- ered by necessary items of permanent advantage and value.
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