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Aug. 26
George W. Dexter . .
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Arthur W. Butler
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Aug. 19
Ilarry W. Warrington .
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Saugus. Saugus. Lynn. Saugus.
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16 Maine .
Saugus.
May 29 May 8 June 15 June 29 July 6
Sarah E. Nourse
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Exeter, N. H. .
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Chicago, Ill.
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George E. Lane
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Saugus. Saugus. Malden.
Saugus.
Saugus.
May 19
Saugus.
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Lynn.
64
Saugus.
May 29
Ireland Saugus Barnstead, N. II. Dennis
28
11 Revere Lynn . Saugus Ireland Hethdale, R. I.
28 19
Boston Saugus Newport, Me. Boston Saugus
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4
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Brewster.
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73 71 38
Harold E. Allen Leroy S. Jenness
John Speed John Smyth Horace E. Burdick
Helen L. Gridley HI. Augustus Atherton Mildred Stacey . Dorothy M. Leather .
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Boston Saugus
George A. Bacon · .
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William B. Woodbridge Laura M. Ellis . .
John O. Rhodes
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Deaths Registered in the Town of Saugus for the Year 1905 .- Continued.
Age.
Date.
Name.
Birthplace.
Parents' Names.
Place of Burial.
Y.
M.
D.
Oct. 22
Eugene Coombs .
49
6
19
Boston
James F. and Arana (Penny) Coombs .
Saugus. Lowell.
Oct.
29
Frank L. Hall .
62
3
29
Boston
Charles and Mary M. (Hall) Hall . . Bernard H. and Mary C. (Millard) Damon
Fairhauen.
Oct. 31
Mary A. Damon .
72
6
24
Fairhaven
George W. and Etta C. (Lockwood) Truesdell
Saugus.
Oct.
12
Louis A. Truesdell
.
9
5
Saugus
Ernest and Alice (Van Amburgh) Doran
Saugus.
Oct. 13
- Doran .
1
I
Lynn
.
Thomas and Daisy (Williams) Stanley
Saugus.
Nov. 3
Merrily Stanley
1
1 Saugus
.
Henry and - Quarmby
Saugus.
Nov.
4
Henry T. Quarmby
6S
II
27
Richard and Mary (Emerton) Valpey
Lynn.
Nov. 6
George A. Valpey .
78
I
3
William and Mary (Fogarty) Peters .
Malden.
Nov. 13
Ellen Howard .
6S
1
-
John and Betsey (Holt) Fielding
Saugus.
Nov. 24
Alice Chadwick
75
10
15
England
Cyrus and Sarah (Tiplady) Kimball
Nov. 29
Mary F. Clark
59
1
22
Dracut .
.
Warren A. and Anna (Walters) Skelton
Saugus.
Nov. 29
William W. Skelton
37
5
27
Cambridge
Dec. 2
B. Franklin Pike
65
6
9
Saugus
John and Mary (Adams) Pike .
Lynn.
Dec.
4
William Linehan
2
4
Keene, N. H.
David and Faithful (Priest) Mead . .
Danvers.
Dec.
4
.
7
65
3
10
Waterford, Conn.
John and Eliza (Beckwith) Phillips
Saugus.
Dec. 11
Charles C. J. Rennie
4
75
9
27
Weston
.
Everett.
Dec.
20
Saugus.
Dec.
23
- McLeod
1
1
13
Saugus
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·
Lynn.
Dec. 25
John Cunnian .
50
Dec. 23
Timothy Perrie
57
Spain
Joseph Perrie .
Saugus.
Dec. 28
79
IO
15
England
William Greenwood .
Saugus.
Dec. 27
James S. Adams . .
28
3
4
St. John, N. B.
Henry G. and Levistro (Budd) Adams
Saugus.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Saugus.
Dec. 19
William Hobbs
Edith L. Hatch
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2
Saugus
.
George P. and Edith L. (Stevens) Hatch
Carolina, R. I.
Dec. 10
Peter Phillips
22
Saugus
Charles and Jane S. P. (Fullerton) Rennie
Lynn.
Saugus
Martin and Mary (Donovan) Linehan
David Mead .
96
20
England .
Lynn
.
Ireland
Wakefield.
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.
Whole number of deaths 121; males 79, females 42. Males born in United States 65, females 33. Males born out of United States 14; females 9.
Robert W. Greenwood
Scotland
Osborne and Eva C. (Godfrey) McLeod . James and Mary A. (Cunnian) Cunnian
Marriages Registered in the Town of Saugus for the Year 1905.
Date.
Name.
Age.
Birthplace.
Name of Father.
Maiden Name of Mother.
.
Jan. 4
E. Howard Bennett .
23
Everett
Frank P. Bennett .
Nancy L. Clark Sarah J. Collins Hattie Rhoades
Jan. 18
Arthur S. Howard
31
Saugus
James H. Howard
Hilda Basil .
26
Nova Scotia
Francis Basil ..
Mary E. Laughlin
Feb. 4
Samuel Walker .
21
England
George Walker
Mary A. Swift
Catherine MacCormack
18
Lynn .
Patrick MacCormack
Annie Eagan
Mar. 13
Edwin F. Sprague
24
Lynn
Newburyport Pittsfield, Vt.
Henry Carroll
Nellie King
Mar. 15
Benjamin F. Carroll Hattie M. Copp . .
29
Grasmere, N. H.
John H. Copp
Martha Keyton
Apr. 23
Dennis C. Garrison
22
Virginia .
22
Boston
Edward J. Sheehan
Winifred Maher
Apr. 24
Nellie B. G. Blosson
23
New Bedford
Simpson J. Blosson Lorenzo Ames
Myra F. Hawkes
May 10
W. Burton Ames . Edith P. Hudson . Benjamin F. Hudson, Jr. Lottie J. Sawyer .
21
Providence, R. I.
Benjamin F. Hudson
Mary A. Burke
19
Lynn
.
Axel W. Carlson
27
Sweden
Carl Larson
Mary E. Larson
June 3
Omanda A. Lindelof
23
Sweden
Adolf Knelstrom
June 14
Emmie G. Grevine
22
Sweden
Jacob L. McNutt
Addie G. Damon
June 14
Minnie E. Fiske
23
Saugus
Daniel Terrell
Mary Rideout
June 14
Benjamin L. Terrell Carrie E. Hill
24
Boston
Samuel Hill
Carrie Church Adda Mills Lizzie Smith
June 21
22
South Boston
Edward A. Laveau
George H. Devine
Johanna DeLarney
June 27
True M. Stevens
Mary Swift
June 28
George W. Ellard
30
Woburn . .
John Ellard
Jane Baxter Lamb
Blanche C. Meserve
31
Lawrence
Orrin E. Meserve
Clara E. Merrow
John C. Gibbs
36
Lovell, Me.
James D'. Gibbs
Louise Waterhouse
June 29
Bertha R. Rhodes
32
Lynn
Thomas E. Rhodes
Henrietta Faulkner
37
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Agnes G. Sheehan
25
Pawtucket, R.
Samuel H. Bailey
Abbie B. W. Gooding
Saugus
.
William Hudson
Phoebe Oliver
20
Nova Scotia
.
Charles Sawyer
Flora Deering
Sweden
John Lindelof .
Louisa C. Lind
Robert Chellstrom
30
Karl A. Grevine
Emelia Lindberg
Edward D. McNutt
24
New Bedford
Willard L. Fiske
Jennie Williams
June 15
Horace M. Cooper
21
England
Albert E. Cooper
Bridgeport, Con
William J. Moore
Mary E. Ryan
20
Newburyport
Orrin E. Meserve
Clara E. Merrow
25
Lawrence .
24
Littleton, N. H.
Jessie Moore . William A. Laveau Gertrude G. Devine Ralph I. Meserve . Mabel M. Stevens
22
Boston
20
Edwin A. Sprague
Ella Reed
Ethel R. Gove
20
Richard L. Gove
Sarah A. Chase
31
Sarah E. Floyd
John Q. Garrison
Laura Randall
Samuel H. Bailey, Jr.
25
May 29
Edna L. Nourse
25
Saugus
Phineas H. Nourse
Gustava Hallin
38
Marriages Registered in the Town of Saugus for the Year 1905 .- Continued.
Date.
Name.
Age.
Birthplace.
Name of Father.
Maiden Name of Mother.
June 29
Frank Murphy
36
Lynn .
Michael Murphy
Margaret Fitz Ellen O'Donnell
June 30
George L. Ward
30
Lawrence
James Ward
Harriett Stafford
Hulda J. Barnes
27
Nova Scotia
Job S. Barnes
Hannah Ward
July 2
Ernest Pleasant
22
Nova Scotia
Amos Pleasaut
Esther Dines
Evelyn Milliner
17
Saugus .
James Millener
Bessie Thompson
July 3
George Fiske .
45
Saugus
Francis Fiske
Sarah Houghton
Eliza J. Collins
41
Linneus, Me.
Eben Collins
Mary J. Sterrett
July 5
Granville A. Clark
22
Saugus
.
James B. Wiggin
Frances M. Hazen
July 18
Richard E. Roberts
24
England
William S. Clark .
Arleta Jones
July 31
Edward Ames
43
Richmond, Me.
James Ames
Elizabeth More
Carrie M. Sweeney
50
Nova Scotia .
Charles A. Grant
Mary A. Derrings
Aug. 14
Jesse T. Lillibridge Lillian B. Stacy
21
Aug. 16
William J. Bateman
25
Boston
Theodore E. Barry
Florence Russell
Aug. 23
Thomas H. Carr
62
Maine .
William Carr .
Ruth Adams Laura B. Copeland Sarah Jones
Sept. 6
Arthur Huggins
58
England
Joseph F. Rogers . William Huggins John McDermott Henry C. Page .
Annie McDermott
Sept. 7
Henry C. Page
30
Kansas City, Mo.
Rufus A. Johnson
Ellen M. Newhall
Sept. 9
Richard N. Grafton
25
Portland, Me.
Elbridge Grafton .
Francis J. Smith
Delia Kelley
Sept. 27
Herbert G. Hatch
35
North Jay, N. Y. ·
Charles E. Hatch
Ora Woodard
Albion, Me. .
John Woodsun
Annie Estes
Oct. 4
Annie F. Woodsun George W. Upham Lena G. Williamson
23
Lynn
J. Warren Upham
Hannah S. Hellan Ada Smith
Oct. 8
Reuben A. Bradley .
24
Minnie A. Musculey
Oct. 10
Bert Pearl Pranker .
27
Salem
Lewis W. Marden
Carrie T. Fowler Sarah Mansfield
Oct. 12
John H. Skinner
58
Lynn
Beujamin S. Skinner
Lena Hinkley
58
Maine
James Brooking ·
Delia White Caterina Fabrano
Oct. 22
Louis Scagliozza
26
Italy
22
Ohio
James B. Barnes .
Anna McKenna
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Ella L. Poole
Louise M. Wiggin
24
Chelmsford
William C. Roberts
Sarah E. Worthington
Minna Clark .
25
26
E. Greenwich, R. I Revere
Herbert M. Lillibridge
Ella E. Talbot
George B. Stacey .
Rosabelle Rhodes
New Brunswick
Henry A. Bateman
Amanda Stiles
Edith M. Barry . .
17
Lucetta M. Copeland
52
Maine
Jane Smith
51
England
Deborah Woods
Louise Johnson
26
Saugus
Annie Nelson
Margaret E. Smith
25
Boston
Lynn
Whitman H. Williamson Guilford S. Bradley Fred Starum .
Susan M. McGregor
Minnie A. B. Starum
25
Germany Saugus
George Pranker
Susanna Stott
Florence W. Marden .
25
Floriano Scagliozza
Lillian Barnes
36
Saugus
Owen Sullivan
Nellie Sullivan
Francis W. Clark
Boston
.
·
27
10
Nova Scotia
.
Oct. 23 Irving W. Tobey Maud M. Bissett
22
Maine
Walter D. Tobey . Andrew Bissett
Annie R. Nutter Margaret Glass Arletta Jones
Oct. 30
Warren C. Clarke
21
East Boston
William S. Clarke
Sarah Worthington
Nov. C
Walter F. Rich .
30
Maine .
Leona Hawkes
Nov. 21
Louis H. Sylvester
19
Saugus
Henry G. Sylvester
Mary A. Mclaughlin
Edith E. Hobbs
16
Saugus
Nov. 22
Charles G. Symonds
29
Lynn .
Charles I. Symonds
Elizabeth Farnham
Ilelen A. Ames
26
Saugus
Norris Ames .
Addie E. Day
Nov. 29
Eda F. Rhodes ..
16
Saugus
Michael F. Layden
Louise Hutchinson
Dec. 6
George T. Layden
37
William D. Clark
Sarah A. Steadman
Edith L. Clark
29
Cambridge
Warren Littlefield
Catherine O. Buin
Dec. 6
24 24
Nova Scotia
Leonard Lyon
Mary A. Lovell
Dec. 10
Georgie C. Branscomb
56
Nova Scotia Canada .
William H. Covert Alfred Beliveau .
Mary Hamel
Dec. 10
Ernest A. Beliveau
25
Charles Florence
Elizabeth McFarlane
Edith F. Trefethen
25
Lynn .
Thomas H. Carr
Mary J. Curtis
Dec. 14
Mabell A. Leeman
22
Bath, Me.
Alden Leeman
Harriett A. McKean
Dec. 25
Charles N. Worinstead, Jr.
21
Saugus
Charles V. Wormstead
Margaret McArthur
Eva E. Shaw .
IS
New Brunswick
Archibald Shaw
Martha E. Hook
Dec. 31
Bertha A. Cunningham
21
Lynn
William Cuuningham
Phebe De Wolf
Whole number of marriages 50. Nativity of persons married : Born in United States-Males 39, females 38. Born out of United States-Males 11, females 12.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Susie Roberts
20
England
Charles R. Roberts
Royal F. Rich
Jennie M. Stowell
Ethel H. Robinson
24
Saugus
Benjamin F. Robinson
Carrie C. Hitchings
Wallace C. Hobbs
Mary A. Foster
Frank HI. Newcomb
31
Quincy
Abram A. Rhodes
Agnes L. Coates
George F Littlefield
Maine
Teresa Wolf
Susie E. Lyon Levi J. Shapleigh
62
Maine
Levi J. Shapleigh
Matilda Snow
Simeon C. Carr .
32
Patten, Me.
Delia A. White
Franklin W. Putney
22
Saugus
Warren L. Putney
20
New York
Maurice R. Newcomb
Charlestown
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Report of the Finance Committee.
For action upon articles under warrant acted upon in Town Meeting of March 13, 1905.
Article 7. Town charges :
1
Town Warrant.
Finance Committee.
Town Vote.
Schools.
$27,400
$27,400
Selectmen's Incidentals
6,500
6,500
Overseers of the Poor .
3,000
3,000
Water Loan (principal)
3,000
3,000
School-house Loan (princi- pal)
Roby
3,000
3,000
Lynnhurst
350
350
Interest
8,500
8,500
State and Military Aid
2,300
2,300
Highway and Bridges
5,000
5,000
Fire Department (for amount
contracted for in excess of
Town appropriation for year 1904)
700
700
Article S. Salaries :
Town Clerk
$100
$100
Selectmen .
350
350
Treasurer £
500
500
Amounts carried forward,
$60,700
$60,700
40
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REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Town Warrant.
Finance Committee. $60,700
Town Vote. $60,700
Amounts brought forward,
Auditor
250
250
Overseer of the Poor
300
300
Water Commissioners .
100
100
Board of Health
75
75
Chief Engineer of Fire Dept.
100
100
Asst. Engineers of Fire D'pt.
100
100
Constable .
75
75
Assessors .
Soo
Soc
Sec'y. of School Committee,
50
50
Firemen (eleven men to company $50 to each man )
2,200
2,200
Art. 10.
Police
$4,000'
$4,000
II. Memorial Day
$250
250
250
12. Street Lighting
6,000
6,000
13. Insurance .
425
425
14.
Repairs of Town
buildings and grounds .
1,000
1,000
15.
Board of Health,
1,500
1,300
(Committee recommend removing garbage and ashes to be let out to the lowest responsible bid- der.)
1
(Recommendation voted in negative.)
1,000
1,000
17.
16. Sup't. of Schools, Assessors, search- ing records .
100
50
50
18. Sidewalks .
300
300
19. Tree Warden ·
200
200
20. Sealer of Weights and Measures .
75
75
Amounts carried forward,
$350
$79,550
$79,350
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REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Town Warrant.
Finance Committee.
Town Vote.
Amounts brought forward,
$350
$79,550
$79,350
21. Collector of Taxes,
(If less than 75 per cent. of the taxes of 1905 are collected before May 1, 1906, 1 per cent. If 75 per cent. or over are col- lected before May 1, 1906, 11/2 per cent. (Voted in affirmative.)
23. Expense of Lock- up .
Court Fines
Court Fines
Court Fines
25. Fire Department,
$2,000
$2,000
$2,000
26. Library
Dog Tax Dog Tax Dog Tax
& $600
& $600
& $600
400
400
400
28. Soldiers Relief . 29. Numbering Houses . .
50
50
50
30. Sinking Fund
1,000
1,000
1,000
31. Water Loan
*
5,000
*2,500
*2,500
32. Sidewalk, Win- ter street
475
33. Repairs, interior school building, 34 Salary, Superin- tendent Ceme- tery and horse hire
700
700
700
35. Fire Alarm
39. Covering floor, Town Hall
100
100
40. Riverside Ceme- tery
1,400
1,400
1,400
41. Gutters, Riverside Cemetery .
300
Amounts carried forward, $12,300
$86,300
$86,575
500
500
500
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REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Town Warrant.
Finance Committee.
Town Vote.
Amounts brought forward $12,300
$86,300
$86,575
43. Piano
45. Cellar and walk, · Lynnhurst school, 150
100
I00
47. High School Blg., 60,000
48. Gram. Sch. Blg., 28,000
49. Two Room Blg., 5,000
Total .
$86,400
$86,675
* (Not including Water Loan.)
For action upon articles under warrant acted upon in Town Meeting of June 7, 1905.
Art. 3. Gypsy Moth $870 $866 77
$866 77
5. School Buildings,
*70,000 00 *75,000 00
6. Vault for Assess- ors ·
800
700 00
700 00
7. Drinking Foun-
tains ·
300 00'
300 00
8. Fire Department,
1,000
300 00
300 00
Total
$2, 166 77 $2, 166 77
* (Not including School Building Loans.)
With increased demand upon the Town each year and depart- ments presenting increases in their fixed charges, which we do not see any way of avoiding, we do not doubt that the money is actually necessary, and would be expended judiciously and to the advantage of the Town.
We known that in this way what seems to be the inevitable trend of the times, increased expenditure can be somewhat restricted, and this we can accomplish by an enlightened interest on the part of our citizens by attending the Town meetings in the spirit of an aroused public interest and a hearty co-operation on the part of the citizens of Saugus.
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REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Retrenchment always comes harder than an increase in expenditures, whether it be for the individual, the corporation, municipality or Commonwealth. Instead of continuing to increase debts and interest charges, which cannot but mean higher taxes in the future we should in our opinion begin to decrease them if we are to regain our reputation for conservative financial management. We want to see the Town government conducted in the most economical way possible, consistent with the dignity and standing of our Town.
The Finance Committee recommend that the different boards should keep within the amounts appropriated by the Town for their respective departments.
Committee recommendations for municipal appropriations for year 1906 :
Schools
$30,400 00
Superintendent of Schools
1,000 00
Selectmen's Incidentals
6,500 00
Overseers of the Poor .
3,500 00
Water Loan (principal)
3,000 00
School-house Loans (principal)
Roby
3,000 00
New Saugus School-houses,
2,000 00
Lynnhurst
350 00
Interest
10,800 00
State and Military Aid .
2,750 00
Highways and Bridges
5,000 00
Fire Department (for amounts contracted for in
excess of Town appropriations for year, 1905) .
300 00
Assessors
900 00
Assessors' searching records
100 00
Assessors' numbering houses
25 00
Police
4,250 00
Street Lighting
6,500 00
Insurance
1,690 00
Repairs, Town buildings and grounds .
1,000 00
Amount carried forward,
$83,065 00
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REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Amount brought forward,
$85,065 00
Board of Health .
1,500 00
Sidewalks .
300 00
Tree Warden
200 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
150 00
Expense of Lockup
Court Fines
Fire Department
2,100 00
Library (Dog Tax and)
800 00
Soldiers' Relief
500 00
Sinking Fund
1,000 00
Water Loans
* 4,000 00
Repairs, interior school buildings
500 00
Superintendent Cemetery and horse hire
700 00
Riverside Cemetery
1,500 00
Salaries, estimated .
$5,100
Less Assessors
900
4,200 00
Gypsy Moth
1,733 54
State Tax (estimated)
6,923 82
County Tax (estimated)
4,500 00
$109,672 36
*(Not including Water Loans.)
For the Committee,
EDGAR B. OLIVER, Chairman. F. C. CHEEVER, Secretary.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE
ON
Additional School Accommodations.
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus :
The Committee appointed at the special Town Meeting held in December to investigate and recommend to the Town the best plan for additional school accommodations, beg leave to submit their report. The Committee has held several meetings, has consulted experts on school buildings, has visited the localities and buildings where the worst conditions exist, and has consulted the Town Counsel as to the legal questions involved under its plan.
New Buildings Necessary.
There can be no two views as to the immediate necessity for the construction of new school buildings. When the Felton School at Cliftondale was built it was expected that provision had been made for the growth of Cliftondale for several years to come. This has proved not to be the case and today that build- ing is filled practically to its limit. No rooms remain available for the annual increase in the school population of that precinct. What the School Committee will do in September of this very year is puzzling them at the present time and there is no question but what a new building ought to be ready for occupancy there at this minute. The annual increase in scholars at Cliftondale has been approximately enough to fill one room each year. In
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ADDITIONAL SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS.
the construction of a building, however, provision ought to be made for the growth of several years, and this fact the Committee has duly considered,
It cannot be said that conditions at East Saugus are one whit better than those at Cliftondale, and the old four-room building which has sufficed that precinct for many years is quite inadequate for the present school population, to say nothing of the rapid increase that is bound to occur if contractors continue to lay out the farm land of East Saugus in house lots as they are doing so industriously now. One room at East Saugus, for example, has 64 scholars and the School Committee, to satisfy the require- ments of Statutes have been compelled to place an assistant in this room. Proper instruction under such conditions is hardly possible.
At Saugus Centre, although the whole of the brick school- house is occupied and the two old wooden buildings adjoining made complete use of, there is not room enough for all of the scholars, except by crowding. One room in particular, that of Mrs. Peckham, has 59 scholars, nine more than the statute intends to permit under the care of one teacher, and the seats take up so much of the room that there is barely a chance for the teacher and her desk in the space which remains. The accommodations therefore, are insufficient at present ; what they will be if the new manufacturing corporation is so successful as to operate its plant to the full capacity passes comprehension.
Additions to Present Buildings.
The problem for your committee therefore was to provide some plan for the relief of all three precincts. With due regard to economy, they were first inclined to some plan involving only additions to the present buildings. A careful examination, how- ever, of the various buildings, caused your committee to unani- mously abandon that idea. There was practically no way in which it could be properly followed at the Centre and it was a question whether any building at Cliftondale except the Felton School would readily lend itself to such additions.
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ADDITIONAL SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS.
An addition there, however, seemed less desirable than some plan which would afford relief to East Saugus at the same time, as an addition to the East Saugus school did not appear advisable because of the narrowness of the lot on which the school stands, the inconvenience of the interior arrangement of the building and the necessity of large additional cost for heating, sanitary arrange- ments and other necessary changes.
Recommendations.
Your Committee would therefore recommend, first, the imme- diate construction of a large, modern, twelve-room brick building to be located in the vicinity of Saugus Centre and to be occupied by the High School and all of the ninth grades of the Town. The advantages of this plan are obvious. The High School is at the present time inadequately supplied with laboratory facilities. The seating capacity of its main assembly room has reached its limit. If the entering class of this present year is as large as it bids fair to be, the assembly room will this autumn be too small for the school. Moreover, the instruction of the ninth grades could be made much more uniform if under one or two teachers supervised by the principal of the High School and all scholars would enter the High School equally well fitted to take up its work. Two other immediate advantages appear. First, that the removal of the High School from the Roby building will provide part of the additional accommodations necessary for the grammar and primary schools. Second, that the removal of the ninth grades from Cliftondale and East Saugus will also afford those sections a considerable relief. Such a building ought to have a large hall in the upper story for the morning exercises of the school and for other school assemblies; the classes could pass from there to various rooms where in bodies of forty or fifty they could study and recite under the various teachers. Such a build- ing, thoroughly modern, supplied with laboratories as college requirements for admission make necessary, would cost for con- struction, above the cost of the land and grading, about $60,000.
Secondly, your committee would recommend the immediate erection of an eight-room brick building half way between Clif-
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todale and East Saugus, the same to be used for grammar and primary schools. This plan appeals to the committee principally because the growth of Cliftondale and of East Saugus appears to be toward each other. Such a building would cost to erect at the present time above the cost of the land approximately $28,000.
For its third recommendation, the committee advises the erection of a two room wooden building at Pleasant Hills. The foundation of this ought to be made sufficient for a later raising of the building one story to provide two more rooms or four rooms in all. Such a building could be built for approximately $5,000 above the cost of the land. We believe that Pleasant Hills is entitled to school accommodations, especially for its smaller children, nearer than any it now has and the rapid increase of the population in that vicinity makes the erection of such a building unquestionably wise.
Your committee realize that the total expenditure recommended above, $93,000, which does not take into account the cost of land and grading, must look very large at first sight to the citizens. It will have to be raised by loans and as the amount exceeds the balance available under the debt limit, legislative permission will have to be obtained. Your committee cannot feel, however, that it would be wise to adopt any less comprehensive plan. The erection of one building would be totally insufficient. The School Committee are going to require presumably at least three rooms this very fall. They really ought to have four. Inside of three years, or four at the outside, a new eight room building would be completely filled and if any great delay should be met in its con- struction, it is really a question whether one such building would be much more than completed before work would have to be begun upon still another. The plan here proposed takes into account our needs for many years to come. If not adopted at this time, it can be delayed only a year or two at the most and we confi- dently predict that, unless work is begun at once, two years will not have elapsed before children of the school age will be abso- lutely without schooling because no place can be found to put them. Your committee recommends, therefore, that the Board
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of Selectmen be instructed to petition the legislature for authority to issue bonds of the Town to the amount of $100,000 at the lowest practicable rate of interest, the same to be used for the construction of the three buildings recommended above.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY J. MILLS, A. J. STRUTHERS, FRANK P. BENNETT, JR., HERBERT E. DODGE, CHARLES N. WORMSTEAD,
Committee.
APPROPRIATIONS
Selectmen's Incidentials . $6,500 00
Schools . 27,400 00
Superintendent of Schools
1,000 00 .
Overseers of the Poor ·
3,000 00
Water Loan Principal
3,000 00 · ·
Roby School House Loan Principal ·
3,000 00
Lynnhurst School House Loan Principal, 350 00
Interest on Loans and Notes .
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