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Small distribution pipes less than 4-inch: 9 miles, 3,495 feet. Hydrants added, 3. Discontinued, none.
Hydrants now in use: 239, public; 67, private.
Stop gates added, 5. Discontinued, 3. Number now in use, 683. Small stop gates less than 4-inch, 118.
Number of blow-offs, 42.
SERVICES.
Kind of pipes: Lead and cement lined.
Sizes: From one-half to 4 inches.
Extended, 239 feet. Discontinued, None.
Total now in use, 8 miles, 80 feet. Service taps added, 17. Discontinued, none. Number now in use, 2,776. Average length of service, 14.0 feet.
Average cost of service, $13.20.
Number meters added, 39. Number now in use, 798. Percentage of services metered, 29%.
Number of motors and elevators added: None. Number now in use, one motor.
Published by request of the New England Water Works Association FINANCIAL
MAINTENANCE
Total water receipts,
$37,082 89
Management and repairs, Interest on bonds,
$17,918 49 1,085 50
Total,
$19,003 99
Profit for year,
18,078 90
Total,
37,082 89
Paid bonds and notes, $5,266 66
Carried to construction, 14,812 24
Total,
$18,078 90
CONSTRUCTION
Profits of maintenance, $14,812 24
Extension of mains,
$5,149 25
Extension of services,
224 40
Meters and setting,
617 50
Stock on hand at shop,
3,205 87
Unexpended balance,
1 19
Total,
$9,198 21
Bonded debt at 312%,
$1,200 00
" 33, 07 3/4 /0,
6,666 66
" 4%,
18,000 00
Total, Paid yearly on principal,
$25,866 66
$3,266 66
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Board of Water Commissioners.
Gentlemen: In accordance with the custom of this de- partment, I submit herewith the annual report of the Super- intendent of the Plymouth Water Works for the year ending December 31, 1923.
TABLE SHOWING LENGTH, SIZE AND COST OF PIPE LAID IN 1923.
LOCATION
Length in Ft.
Size in Inches
Cost
Winslow Street
738
6
$1,091 79
Howland Street,
723
8
1,299 60
Nicks Rock Road,
1,379
6
1,600 24
Manters Point,
920
6
998 02
Davis Est. (Grant St.)
266
6
159 60
TOTAL
4,026
$5,149 25
RAINFALL.
The average annual rainfall for 37 years has been 46.19" and the rainfall for 1923 was 42.38", or 3.81" below the average.
This lower rainfall is reflected in the elevations of Great and Little South Ponds, both of which were about one foot lower January 1, 1924 than they were January 1, 1923.
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TABLE SHOWING SUB-DIVISION OF USE OF METERED WATER.
For What Use.
Quantity in Gallons.
Domestic,
65,064,000
Manufacturing,
59,011,000
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. & Plymouth Electric Light,
7,538,000
Hotels and Restaurants,
5,728,000
Laundries,
5,821,000
State, County and Federal Buildings,
2,047.000
Stables and garages,
2,324,000
Miscellaneous,
10,621,000
158,154,000
We have now in service 798 meters of various sizes and the above table shows the sub-division of the use of metered water by various classes of consumers.
POND ELEVATIONS AND STORAGE DEPLETION.
Plate I is the chart that shows the monthly elevations and depletion of storage from July, 1905, to January 1, 1924, inclusive.
The monthly and annual rainfall for this same period is also given.
An inspection of the chart shows that the rainfall of 42.39" for 1923 was the lowest annual rainfall in Plymouth since 1918 when we had a rainfall of 34.92".
Great South Pond was lower on January 1, 1924 than at any time during the previous four years, undoubtedly due to the low rainfall of the past year.
Annuel
Monthly
1030
104.0
600
200
900
140
. 33
.72
Nav
4. 2.1
Jan
$.33
Feb
8.45
March
April
May
D
June
July
Pand
August
2.9
Sept
4.50
OCT
.45
Nov
3.93
3.41
Feb
March
April
3.40
907
June
1.10
July
5.82
August
Sept
Det
Nav
3.78
Jan
+ 17
Feb
9.96
March
April
May
90€
June
3.07
July
41
August
10 17
Nov
+ 20
5.44
Feb.
.7+
March
6. 41
April
3.51
Mau
3.04
June
.25
Ayquot
4.73
Out
3.54
Jen
Feb
5.81
March
1.51
April
Z.E7
May
3.62
June
L. 71
July
August
1.Br
Sept.
1.54
Nav
Jan
3.17
Feb
.35
March
1.66
April
0.9
Moy
June
5.01
-
3.44
5
6.19
59
Jon
Feb-
March
April
4.71
May
June
2.52
July
August
Oct
1
Nov
14
Jon
3.50
Tab
3.40
Morch
.. 46
April
May
+
.57
June
July
August
3.47
POND
BETWEEN
Jon
Feb
March
April
1.10
19.5
June
1.71
-
4.
AVOUSY
sept
Oct
No
.4L
F.e
March
April
Moy
1916
June
$5
GRADE 98.0 AND 106.0 = 855,000,000 GALLONS
E.R. HorWww Jr
Annual
Monthly
Rainfall
123.0
104.0
1050
500
600
700
BOO
900
1000
Jor
L-95
Feb
Munch
Apr:1
May
June
July
August
Sept.
0.71
Oct.
Nov
Jon
77
F+b.
Merch
.78
April
₣.47
Me1
1.07
June
4-75
7.49
4.95
NOY
2:41
4.14
Jon
March
4.5
April
4.46
Moy
7.38
Juna
5. 6
3. 4
Avquat
Sept
2.75
Oct
NO.
Jan
47
3.79
March
5.56
April
5.19
Moy
Junt
Auquel
Sept
1.46
January
Februar
March
4 20
April
2.34
F
4 34
Jurs
J
July
Avgust
Soptembs
October
1-
November
4.05
7.11
Februar 5
March
, 30
5.75
Moy
0-88
925
2.17
Taly
1.45
5-10
1.73
5.34
FULL Para FLey, 106.0
Mey
June
.41
July
3.49
August
sept
1 . 47
OUT
47
Nov
1 .79
3.61
Jen
4.82
Fel
.47.
March
5.41
April
STORAGE OF GREAT AND LITTLE SOUTH
COMBINED
909
July
TO
Storage Depletion Curve
June
9
Jon
2.57
Fel.
6.27
March
4.
April
Me
7.01
Mey
4.59
June
1.
July
..
Sept.
0.40
NOY
.57
918
August
Sept
OLF
12.7
1920
July
3. 15
19%
2.74
922
1.13
PLATE
H
1910
912
4.09
19-59
51
4-50
+
2.30
Mey
Pond elevations above M.L.W- Storage mn million gallons.
F(
D
M N H L
St S
a W
P
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a
fı 1
a
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PLATE I
١٠٩٥٥٠٥٥٥
1-200.000
1-800.000
1.800000
1-700.000
Total Consumption
2
1-600.000
1-600.000
1.500.000
1-500.000
Average daily total consumption
1,446,000 gals
1-400.000
1-4.00.000
1-300.000
1-300.000
11-200-000
1.200.000
1-100-000
High Service Consumption
1. 100.000
٥٥٥٠٥٥٥-
1.000.000
Consumption
900.000
900.000
800.000
800.000
Daily
700.000
@Low Service Consumption
700.000
600.000
600.000
Average daily low service consumption _ 556,000 gala.
500.000
500.000
400.000
400.000
L-
300.000
300.000
200.000
200.000
7
14
21
25
4
-
L5
6
25
-
8
22
29
$ 3
27
3
17
14
-
:5
22
29
12
19
26
2
,
16
13
so
1+
20
+
O
2
9
6
25
0
Jan
:
Feb
1
:
Mar.
1
Apr
..
..
:
:
=
July
:
:
-
Aug
=
:
Sept
Oct
..
-
Nov
=
:
:
Dec
:
=
E. R. Harlow Jr
high
ervice consumption
890,000 gols.
in gallons, shown weekly.
25
..
7
5
June
May
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CONSUMPTION FOR 1923.
Plate II is a chart that has been published annually for several years showing the weekly variation in the average daily consumption.
The consumption for the months of June, July and August was 159 million gallons compared to 124 million gallons for the corresponding three months of 1922.
The large increase in use is due to the low rainfall of 6.94" during June, July and August of 1923 compared to the rain- fall of 17.71" for the same three months of 1922.
The average daily low service consumption for the year was 556,000 gallons, the high service 890,000 gallons and the total 1,446,000 gallons.
The low service was 38% and the high service 62% of the total consumption for the year.
The usual water analyses have been made by the State Department of Health during the year 1923 and a copy of these has been filed in the office of the Superintendent.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR E. BLACKMER,
Superintendent
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REPORT OF FIRE COMMISSIONER
The record of the Department accompanying the report of 1923 shows a greater number of calls answered than for any previous year. In addition to calls for service at fires, six calls for the lung-motor were answered, six out-of-town calls for fires; one for Brant Rock, two for Sagamore and three for Kingston.
During the past year we have had an unusual amount of work and we have been obliged to purchase new hose to re- place discarded hose, which has been turned over to other Town Departments where it may be used further but not under high pressure. I therefore recommend the purchase of two thousand feet of new hose this year.
The Commissioner would call especial attention to the condition of the Pope Hartford chemical truck. This piece of apparatus has seen many years of service, has suffered accidents, which have weakened its condition and it is now unfit for further service, and I would recommend the purchase of a new piece of apparatus to take the place of the old Pope Hartford.
ROBERT C. HARLOW,
Commissioner.
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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF DEPT.
FIRE ALARM
New wires were provided, slack wires were pulled up, bare wires insulated and tree grounds cleared, all fire alarm boxes were repaired, cleaned, painted, and frequently tested.
BUILDINGS
Certain repairs on the Central Station as well as North Station, will need looking after this year.
Inspection of hotels and lodging houses as required by the State Police was made by the Chief of Department and reports filed at State House as required by law. License to build and operate garages have been granted in accordance with the State regulations, and inspections made of those in operation.
I would recommend
New supply truck to carry men to and from fires, equipped with tools and supplies, to take care of all outside work on hydrants, fire alarm wires, and all outside troubles caused by storms.
The co-operation and spirit of the men in the service which has helped to maintain the efficiency of the department has been appreciated.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT E. HILLER,
Chief of Fire Department.
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ORGANIZATION.
Fire Commissioner,
Chief of Department,
Deputy Chief of Department,
Fire Department Surgeon,
Fred A. Jenks Albert E. Hiller Clifton B. Hatton Walter D. Shurtleff
CENTRAL STATION.
Combination B. Hose and Pumping Engine Combination D. Triple Combination.
Captain,
Lieutenant,
Fred W. Paty (Permanent) A. E. Nickerson (Call)
Permanent Men.
E. G. Gardner
C. L. Schroeder
C. T. Shaw E. Wood
P. W. Gardner J. Farris
A. Burgess
Call Force.
F. H. Donlevy Elmer Chandler
D. Sullivan
C. Baumgartner Joseph Kaiser
C. Lovell E. Nutter
J. Sampson A. A. Raymond Jr. Peleg Chandler
John Kennedy
George Banker
Chester Govoni
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Ladder Co. No. 1.
Captain,
H. F. Robbins (Permanent)
Lieutenant,
L. Hedge (Call)
J. E. Beauregard
C. H. Hatton
G. C. Bunker
A. Barbieri
R. M. Fogarty
Wm. Baker
Peter Bibeaui
George Wood
Combination Engine and Ladder Co. No. 2.
Capt .- H. T. Cash
Lieutenant-J. Stephen
W. I. Delano
J. R. Ruprecht
Axel Hultenius
R. Thom
E. C. Hardy
H. P. Webber
W. S. Pierce
B. Wolf
FIRE RECORD.
No School Signals,
2
Automobiles, 5
Electric wires,
3
Set by Boys,
8
Soot,
42
Hot ashes, 4
Smoking,
18
Oil fires,
2
Railroad,
12
Sparks from chimneys,
3
Blow Torch,
2
Fire Works, 1
Lungmotor,
6 False and needless, 8
Thawing waterpipes,
1
Children playing with matches, 5
Drying wood in oven of stove,
2
Oil stoves,
3
Overheated stove pipes,
3
Horse in well,
1
Unknown,
7
Lightning, 1
Woods,
22
Lamp exploded, 2
Bonfires and Rubbish,
31
Electric car wires,
1
Back draft from
Removing cat from trees, 1 chimneys, 6
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HOW EXTINGUISHED.
Pumps
Chemical
Engine
Pony
No Action
Lungmotor
Total
Out of Town
Jan.
1
5
4
1
11
Feb.
2
4
2
1
9
March
3
7
10
2
22
April
7
11
11
29
Kingston-1
May
7
10
5
22
Sagamore-2
June
2
6
1
2
11
July
1
6
14
1
22
Aug.
2
9
6
3
1
21
Kingston-1
Sept.
1
5
2
1
9
Kingston-1
Oct.
2
6
7
1
1
17
Brant Rock-1
Nov.
1
5
6
12
Dec.
2
4
7
4
17
Total
31
73
72
20
6
202
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ALARMS-FIRE LOSSES-INSURANCE
ALARMS
BUILDINGS
CONTENTS
TOTAL VALUE
INSURANCE
MONTHS
Still
Bell
Lungmotor
Totals
Value
Loss
Value
Loss
Value
Loss
Buildings
Contents
JANUARY
8
3
11
$15,000.00
$350.00
$9,800.00
$60.00
$24,800.00
$410.00
$10,500.00
$5,300.00
FEBRUARY
6
2
1
9
5,000.00
150.00
3,500.00
25.00
8,500.00
175.00
3,000.00
None
MARCH
21
1
22
18,000.00
1,313.00
34,300.00
12,005.00
52,300.00
13,318.00
14,000.00
11,290.50
APRIL
26
3
29
9,300.00
4,147.00
3,450.00
950.00
12,750.00
5,097.00
5,000.00
500.00
MAY
16
6
22
189,589.00
7,456.00
40,628.00
7,732.00
230,217.00
15,188.00
168,765.00
16,335.00
JUNE
8
1
2
11
7,100.00
2,513.00
4,075.00
1,335.00
11,175.00
3,848.00
5,000.00
500.00
JULY
20
2
22
3,900.00
3,900.00
800.00
800.00
4,700.00
4,700.00
3,000.00
500.00
AUGUST
17
3
1
21
17,475.00
13,495.00
9,739.00
2,825.00
27,214.00
16,320.00
14,475.00
4,400.00
SEPTEMBER
8
1
9
1
17
2,075.00
110.00
500.00
None
2,575.00
110.00
1,400.00
None
NOVEMBER
9
3
12
2,750.00
515.00
2,000.00
4,750.00
570.00
1,500.00
None
DECEMBER
12
5
17
15,500.00
492.00
17,400.00
55.00 2,089.00
32,900.00
2,581.00
6,500.00
5,900.00
TOTAL
167
29
6
202
285,689.00
34,441.00
126,192.00
27,876.00
411,881.00
62,317.00
233,140.00
44,725.00
Damage by fire at White Horse Beach (No water supply),
$16,300.00 4,700.00
Damage by fire at Manomet Point (No water supply),
$21,000.00
OCTOBER
16
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APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1924
Salaries and Wages-
Permanent Force,
$20,969 00
Call Force,
3,370 00
Other Employees, 150 00
Total Salaries and Wages,
$24,489 00
Hose, New 1,705 00
Equipment & Repairs, 1,750 00
Hydrant Service, 450 00
Fuel and Light,
1,400 00
Maint. Bldgs. and Grounds,
645 00
Telephone, Janitor and
other supplies, 330 00
Total,
$6,280 00
New Apparatus
To replace Pope Hartford, 7,500 00
Seagrave Suburbanite,
Type recommended with slight changes
Utility wagon,
2,500 00
Total
10,000 00
Total of Appropriation-1924,
$40,769 00
Signed:
FRED A. JENKS,
Fire Commissioner.
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REPORT OF WHARF RELOCATION COMMITTEE
February 9, 1924.
Since this Committee made its last report, an appropria- tion of $130,000.00 has been made by the Town to build a wharf on property owned by the Town opposite South Park Avenue and other land to be acquired for the purpose.
Satisfactory arrangements have been made with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company for ac- quiring the necessary land opposite their property, and there will apparently be no difficulty in dealing with the American Woolen Company, in acquiring so much of their land as will be needed for the wharf.
The Federal Government and the State have made a joint appropriation of $102,000.00 for dredging a channel to the proposed new wharf.
Plans for the wharf and stone dike have been prepared for your Committee by Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, of Boston, Mass.
Bids for the construction of the wharf and dike will be opened by your Committee on February 23, 1924, and bids for dredging the Channel will be opened by Major Godfrey, United States District Engineer, on February 25th, 1924, at the United States Engineers office, Boston, Mass.
Your Committee feels that definite and satisfactory pro- gress has been made in the work of wharf relocation, which they were instructed by the Town to carry out, and it now appears probable that construction work will begin in the spring or early part of the summer.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK EASTWOOD,
Chairman.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD
Plymouth, Mass., February 16, 1924.
The Plymouth Planning Board submits its report with special reference to the conditions and needs of the street system of Plymouth.
At the request of the Board, the Town Engineer has made plans for certain new streets which by paralleling the exist- ing over crowded highways near the waterfront will secure relief from traffic congestion and danger.
There is an urgent and growing demand for additional highway facilities to meet the ever increasing automobile travel and to secure public safety and convenience. Upon examination it became evident that there was no adequate relief to be secured from existing congestion by slight widen- ings of existing highways, which involved an expense entirely disproportionate to the real public service rendered. It were better to spend a substantial sum of money in laying out new useful avenues, of adequate width which would amply meet the requirements of the present and future travel, than to spend an equal sum of money in the attempt to widen existing narrow thoroughfares which are more or less closely built up and consequently very costly to change.
The Board is advised by the Chief Engineer of the State Department of Public Works that many other cities and towns in the State have constructed or have under contem- plation the construction of circumferential roads, so-called, to take traffic around instead of through the center of the thickly settled portion of a town in order to secure public safety and convenience at reasonable cost. It would seem obvious that the way to relieve the congestion in the Town of Plymouth is by the construction of new roads on vacant or semi-vacant land rather than by widening here and there
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some narrow portion of an existing road already too narrow throughout its whole extent for traffic at certain times of day, or on certain days.
Plans have been prepared by the Town Engineer showing two ways of relieving travel through a large part of the center of the town.
1. By the improvement and new surfacing of Standish Avenue and Spooner Street and laying out a new highway from Court Street near the Kingston line to Spooner Street, or by extending Spooner Street, if the cooperation of the Town of Kingston can be obtained, to and through Crescent Street in Kingston. Standish Avenue and Spooner Street need today new surfacing and the estimated cost of that work is $4.000. The estimated cost of extending Spooner Street to Court Street within the limits of the Town, would probably not exceed $5,000. If this work were done, it would be possible to drive from the Kingston line through Spooner Street, Standish Avenue and Oak Street to Summer Street, and compared with the present conditions, at a sav- ing in time and with greater comfort and safety than through Court and Main Streets.
2. The second plan under consideration is the extension of Water Street northerly to some point at or near Prince Street in North Plymouth, diverting the through travel at Prince Street or at some other street nearer than Prince Street to this new water boulevard. The convenience and beauty of such a new avenue of ample width easterly of the railroad and overlooking the harbor, if it could be done at a reasonable expense, would be of substantial benefit to the town.
The Town has acquired land, constructed playgrounds and bath houses along the waterfront at the foot of Nelson Street. To reach the playground and the bathing beach, persons passing down Nelson Street must run the risk of crossing the railroad at grade and at a point within the yard limits of the Plymouth station. It has been thought that it would be possible to erect an overhead bridge at the danger- ous railroad crossing at that point, at an expense which
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would not be prohibitive and which safety and convenience alike today require.
But to attempt to lay out streets in the northerly part of the Town without reference to the needs and conditions in the central and southerly parts of the town and the necessity for construction of new streets or the possible widening of old streets in those sections forming connecting links, to provide for the large and increasing through travel in Ply- mouth, would be unfortunate because haphazard and in the end costly.
The Town of Plymouth may be conveniently divided into. three sections for the purpose of considering some of its present problems:
The northerly section, lying north of the depot, is becom- ing more and more the industrial section and necessarily so, because it has the required rail facilities and the only facilities for the transportation of freight, both by water and rail.
The central section, lying between the railroad station and Town Brook, is of necessity its civic center. There are the federal building, the town buildings, the county buildings, the banks, stores and offices, and in addition, it is also the historic center which attracts all visitors to Plymouth.
South of Town Brook is largely a residential section and more likely than any other to continue and increase as a residential section only. The coordination of these sections by through or connecting roads, adapted to the present needs and future development of those sections, will require the most careful and comprehensive study by experienced town planners.
"When we speak of town planning, we are not proposing something that is new but only a different method of doing something which is, in part at least, being done already." Town planning does not necessarily mean an increased ex- penditure of public funds, for the rate of expenditure of public funds is not determined by the planning but the planning leaves the determination where it is now, a matter for the voters of the town to decide. To decide wisely there
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must be a careful study of existing conditions, the collection of a large amount of data, well considered and carefully pre- pared plans, and when all the facts are presented and all the arguments considered, a final determination by the town of the broad scheme to be adopted and towards which the town will build in the future.
Town planning does not mean more spending, it means more careful spending and in the long run a great saving in expenditure. If the planning is carefully and thoroughly done, it will enable the voters better to determine where the need of expenditure is the greatest and also where expenditure can be avoided altogether.
To accomplish the result which the Board seeks to secure for the benefit of the Town, it will, in its opinion, be necessary to secure the services of some experienced professional town planner who has given to this problem in other towns and cities exhaustive study, and can prepare for the Town in cooperation with the Planning Board, the Town Engineer and all other officials and interested residents of the town, an outline plan which will be extremely helpful in its decision as to the locality and extent of the construction work to be done now and in the future.
The Planning Board is advised that with an expenditure of three thousand dollars such a general plan can be obtained which will show more clearly than in any other way the possibilities of a useful, economical and attractive develop- ment of its streets, its housing, its parks, and its boulevard along the waterfront, and make safer and more convenient the transportation of people and material to and through the Town of Plymouth.
The Board recommends an appropriation of three thousand dollars to be expended by the Board in securing the services of a town planner or engineer, experienced in town planning, to prepare carefully studied outlines of plans, estimates, printing, etc., which will enable the Board to present to the Town a comprehensive system of highway development with definite recommendations and data necessary to enable the Town to determine what action shall be taken to meet the difficult problems in the highway development.
ARTHUR LORD, Chairman.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
Superintendent of Schools
OF THE
Town Of Plymouth
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1923
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CONTENTS
Page
School Directory
255
Report of The School Committee
256
Financial Report
262
Budget for 1924
262
Superintendent's Report
265
Vacancies
267
Substitute Teachers
268
State Reimbursements
268
Summer School
269
State-Aided Practical Arts Courses
270
Age-Grade Distribution Chart
271
Employment and Educational Certificates
272
School Census
272
Sight and Hearing Tests
273
High School Report
274
Junior High School Report
278
Report of School Physician
281
Americanization
293
Attendance
296
School Department Employees
297
Recommendations 301
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SCHOOL DIRECTORY
Fred D. Bartlett, Chairman,
Term Expires 1925
Dr. Helen F. Pierce, Secretary,
1924
MEMBERS
Burt H. Corey 1924
Edward W. Bradford
1925
Edward R. Belcher 1926
Ellis W. Brewster 1926
The regular meetings of the School Committee are held on the first and third Mondays of each month.
Superintendent of Schools, Horace F. Turner.
Office open from 8:30 to 12 a. m. and 1:30 to 4:00 p. m. every school day. Saturdays, 10 to 12 a. m., 7:00 to 7:30 every Wednesday.
Office hours of the Superintendent of Schools 3:30 to 4:30 p. m. Mondays and Fridays. At other times by appoint- ment.
Attendance Officer, John Armstrong.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Last year's report as well as reports of previous years called attention to the need of additional school accommoda- tions in the north part of the town. No proposition for consideration by the Town was presented at the 1923 annual Town Meeting but following the organization of the 1923 Committee (enlarged from three members to six at the annual Meeting) discussion of the matter developed that the members were unanimous in the belief that a move should be made to submit the question to the Town.
Gay and Proctor, architects, were, therefore, requested to submit sketches and estimates for a four room addition to the Hedge School building and a new five or six room building to be located in the vicinity of Cold Spring, the first mentioned to replace the two portable buildings at the Hedge and Knapp Schools, and the latter to replace the two- room Cold Spring and the one-room Alden Street buildings and allow two or three rooms for redistribution of pupils and future use, as might be desirable.
Estimates submitted by the architects were about $114,000 for the Hedge School addition, including an auditorium, and a complete new heating unit to take care of the old build- ing, the proposed addition and four rooms should they be added at any time, the heater equipped to burn hard or soft coal; and for the new building from $100,000.00 to $110,000.00.
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