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Houses Unfit for Habitation.
In the early spring several places were reported to this Board, and upon investigation it was decided to condemn some of them. One family was ordered out of the premises and the owner noti- fied of the action taken. Another was removed to the Saugus Home and the place closed up. One other was sent to Tewks- bury and the shack destroyed.
Several other places were kept under observation until they had complied with the demands of the Health Officer. And we would recommend that this officer be allowed at least two (2) weeks in the month of April to thoroughly investigate the con- ditions of cellars, yards, outhouses and cesspools, and make such recommendations as his judgment each case requires. We believe that a little money spent this way would save more than the cost in Hospital bills.
Domestic Animals.
The Board of Health has reached the conclusion that pigs, goats and fowl are a nuisance, if not detrimental to the public health, and they are detrimental to the comfort of the neighbors.
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This year there has been an unsual number of complaints regard- ing them.
Many pigs are kept without a permit and the amount collected for taxes would not pay for the time it takes to investigate the complaints, if the Town had to pay someone to look after such complaints. The time is cheerfully given by the Board on Sat- urday afternoons and Sundays in looking after such matters.
For all pigs killed and the Animal Inspector called, it costs the Board 50c. The amount collected this year in taxes for pigs is about $40, and that amount will not pay for inspecting them when killed, therefore the Board would be justified in eliminat- ing pig raising altogether from the Town, or charge a reason- able amount for each permit granted.
Health and Sanitation.
All bills presented to the Board before December 31st, have been paid. There remain a few unpaid bills which should have been presented before December 31st. We could have paid them and would have a small balance left.
We have paid for Hospitals bills, $1,334.13 ; ambulance hire, $100, fumigation, $218.61 ; dead animals, $22. A few years ago it cost the Board more than that amount nearly every month. $1,300 was paid to C. B. Austin for collecting ashes, and garbage, and medical attendance, $88.
Vital Statistics.
Bills amounting to $238.90 were paid for the return of births, deaths and marriages.
There has been reported 219 births, 130 deaths and 80 mar- riages. The cost to this Board is, for every birth 75 cents, deaths 70 cents and marriages 20 cents.
Printing and postage for the department cost $36.96 ; $16.40 was paid for work on brooks. About half the expense was borne by the abutters.
Inspector of Milk and Slaughtering.
One hundred and seventy-five dollars was appropriated for this department, of which $130.50 was spent.
Chapter 744 of the Acts of 1914 provides for a dairy inspector, who must inspect all dairies and grant permits before the Milk Inspector can grant a license to sell milk. We believe that all dairies should be inspected at least four times a year, and that a
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sum of money should be appropriated for this purpose which would cost about $75.00. Forty-three permits were granted this year.
Bills Due This Department.
We claim from the State of Massachusetts, $158 00 From the Trustees of the Consumptives' Hospital 65 00
From the Town of Reading 27 86
There are several bills that should be paid by citizens if able, that would amount to about $500.00, which amount would cut down the running expenses in this department.
Mosquitoes.
We have purchased a small amount of oil and spraying pumps, and will endeavor to experiment with these troublesome things in the early spring. The expense has been $23.43.
In Conclusion.
We desire to call the attention of the citizens to this report and ask them to carefully consider the amount of time and labor it takes to carry out the work of this department. All con- tagious cases must be reported to the State Department of Health, also to the State District Medical Examiner and then placed on record. Cases which belong to other cities or towns which we pay for, bills must be sent to them and collected. No cases will be accepted at any hospital unless the patient can pay at least two weeks in advance. The records must show the patient's name, age and address, the doctor's name who reports the case, the grade and school they attend. The settlement must be determined and that town or city notified, or if it should be a state case the State Board of Charity must be notified with all facts of the case within 24 hours or they will not recognize the case, so that if the secretary should neglect to report one case of scarlet fever, it would cost the Town more than the salary of the whole Board amounts to.
The Board purchased a typewriter for the use of the Secre- tary at the expense of $25, to assist in getting out the work in proper form.
We wish to thank the citizens for their support and coopera- tion during the year and for voting the amount of appropriation asked for, which has just carried us through with a small balance in each department.
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BOARD OF HEALH REPORT.
1915]
With an epidemic of scarlet fever and diphtheria, through the Fall, we believe we have carried out the watchword for the year, which is economy.
We have tried to be impartial to all, and have tried to make the laws and rules apply the same to everyone with whom we have had to deal.
Respectfully submitted,
DR. GEORGE W. GALE, Chairman. CHARLES E. LIGHT, Health Officer. TOM D. EMMETT, Secretary.
Report of Cattle and Milk Inspector.
To the Board of Health :
GENTLEMEN,-I have inspected the following slaughtered animals and found the same to be in a healthy condition, with the exception of one hog, which had tuberculosis and was dis- posed of by rendering.
Cows
4
Calves
4
Hogs
144
Total
152
Owing to the presence of hoof and mouth disease in other places, the annual inspection was omitted.
I have issued 45 milk licenses.
Respectfully, A. W. SAWYER.
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Report of Inspector of Plumbing.
CLIFTONDALE, MASS., December 31, 1915.
Board of Health, Saugus, Mass .:
GENTLEMEN,-In accordance with the requirements of Chapter 103 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts of the supervison of plumbing, I herewith submit my annual report for the year ending December 31, 1915.
The number of inspections during the year, will be found in the table herewith annexed.
Total number of inspections 307
Permits issued
98
Permits refused
9
Complaints of violation of ordinance
3
Complaints of violation of ordinance investi- gated 3
Cesspools inspected
107
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS C. SUTHERST, Plumbing Inspector.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT.
1915]
Report of Library Trustees.
The Town of Saugus has maintained a public library since the year 1887. Under the watchful care of a few kind friends it has grown slowly but steadily. Having passed more or less unnoticed through the stages of infancy and youth, it is found in 1915, the centennial year, at a vital point in its career.
Is it to maintain its present degree of usefulness, or is it to go forward, keeping pace with present day requirements and giving the citizens something worth while and something to be proud of ?
The Trustees feel that now is the time for to go forward. Will you help us ?
We have earnestly endeavored to make the most of our appro- priation, to improve and extend the library and to lay plans for its future development. With this in mind, the Massachusetts Free Public Library Commission was invited to make an exam- ination of the Library and its needs. Mr. John A. Lowe, agent of the commission, spent several days in this work, and the report of the commission was received by the trustees in January of this year.
Following are some of the vital points in the Commission's Report :
The Town is at present appropritaing less than fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) for the library, far too small a sum for the sort of service the library should render the community, a sum which is way below what other towns the size of Saugus are providing.
The Library should have at least a $2,000 appropriation. An increase of $1,000 would raise the tax rate one cent and six mills. To raise the appropriation from $1,400 to $2,000, would increase the tax rate just one cent.
The Library needs, perhaps most of all, new and better quarters. It is at present located in the old Town Hall, over the Manual Training School. The danger from fire is great. Should one occur it would destroy the entire collection of books now owned by the Town, and the slow and expensive work of building up a Library would have to begin anew. Besides this danger, the place is unattractive, noisy, difficult of access and inadequate.
The Library should be housed in a new building in which the citizens would take pride, to which they would be glad to go and for which they would be willing to work.
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Better branch service both for Cliftondale and E. Saugus is a crying need.
Public interest and enthusiasm should be aroused and main- tained.
No institution can stand still. It must go backward or forward.
Will you give the Library a push - Forward?
Respectfully submitted, W. SANFORD FULL, Secretary.
For the trustees of the Saugus Public Library.
ERNEST J. EDMANDS, Chairman,
CLARA J. CALLEY,
GEORGE A. LEAROYD,
RAYMOND N. PORTER,
CLAYTON M. REES,
W. SANFORD FULL.
Report of Librarian.
December 31, 1915.
Number of books in library, January 1, 1915 12.417
Number of volumes added during the year 342
Number of volumes worn out 186
Number of volumes destroyed (contagious diseases),
IO
Number of volumes lost .
8
Total number of books in library January 1, 1916 . 12,555
Circulation during the year
28,538
Gifts for 1915.
Given by the publishers-"The Church Militant," "Dumb Animals," "The Saugus Herald."
By the Christian Science Church, Lynn-"The Christian Science Monitor."
Mrs. Evelyn Ordway-"St. Nicholas," "Youth's Companion." Mrs. Edward P. Parsons-"Everybody's."
Mrs. A. C. Cheever, Mrs. Fred Cheever, Mrs. Henry E. Newhall, Miss Emma E. Newhall, Mrs. Susan Smith-Back new magazines, pamphlets, etc.
EMMA E. NEWHALL,
Librarian.
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
1915]
Report of Water Commissioners.
Water Department.
General Stock on hand December 31, 1915 . $1,372 46
Extension Stock on hand December 31, 1915 2,046 79
Tools on hand December 31, 1915 912 29
Outstanding Bills due from services laid 357 38
Due from City of Lynn, for repairing meters, 1914, 92 50
Due from City of Lynn, for repairing meters, 1915,
22 50
Cash payments to Treasurer for year ending 1915, $10,746 68
Services and Repairs.
New services laid
48
Services repaired
48
Services changed to new mains
I
Services cleaned out (No force) .
52
Feet of 14 in. galvanized wrought iron pipe used,
59 ft. 6 in. 6
Feet of ¿ in. galvanized wrought iron pipe used
2
Feet of & in. galvanized wrought iron pipe used . 158 ft. 8 in.
Feet of I in. enamel pipe used
2,542 ft. 8 in.
New meters set. 2, 2 in. ; 48, & in. 50
8
New meters purchased from Lynn, but set by Saugus Meters repaired .
I5
New Fire Hydrants Set
5
Fire Hydrants Replaced
I
Fire Hydrants Repaired
9
New Main Gates used
5
Main Pipe Leaks Repaired .
8
Feet of 12 in. galvanized wrought iron pipe used .
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Table Showing Location, Etc., of Water Pipes Laid Since 1887.
DIAMETER OF PIPES.
NAME OF STREET.
10 IN.
8 IN.
6 IN.
4 IN.
Adams ave., cast iron.
3,130
87-91-94
Addison avenue
452
1907
Alden
1.473
1911
Appleton
475
216
1905-10
Atherton. 7 4 inc cast iron.
393
1899
Auburn Court, 150 feet 6 inch cast iron.
710
1900
Avon
...
871
1887
Baker, castiron.
2,227
196
1909
Bates street
....
...
336
1911
Briggs avenue and Oak Hill terrace
...
1,937
96-97-0
Broadway North
30
1,548
1911
Brooks Terrace.
1,278
7,568
540
535
1907
Columbus ave., cast iron
Cottage.
324
1908
Clifton.
...
1,578
620
1887
Cliftondale ave., cast iron.
280
48,410
1911
Curtis, cast iron.
247.7 1,124
725.
1893
Cleveland ave., cast iron.
1894
Cross, Cliftondale, cast iron.
1900
Cross, Saugus Centre, 250 feet 6 inch cast iron .. Crescent avenue
146
1908
Crescent, cast iron.
.....
357
146
1894
Danforth court
...
1,854
87-9
Denver, 1,545 cast iron.
1900-97
Denver-Street court, 395 4 inch cast iron.
...
....
483
1898-97
Eaton avenue
.....
312
1908-09
Edison, 243 cast iron
1911
Elm, cast iron ..
4,252.5
287 1,373
1892
Elm, Saugus Centre, cast iron.
1887
Emery, cast iron
1898
Emery court, cast iron
692
....
1893
Eustis, cast iron.
10
385
1894-10
Elmwood ave., cast iron
315
1894
Fair View ..
300
443
1899
Felton, 349 cast iron
1,000
134
1907
Floyd ..
182
185
1902
Foss avenue.
494
1891
Foster
413
1897
Forest ave., cast iron.
.....
841
1894
Fairmount ave., cast iron
310
1894
Franklin, cast iron.
100
1910
Felsmere avenue
176
1911
Fulton avenue
...
....
242
1889-05
Granite street
...
...
1896
Grove, cast iron.
....
Hamilton and Summer
....
704
415
87-97-10
....
1911
Ballard, cast iron.
2,220
Bristow street.
196
1910
Beachview avenue
110
1910
Blueridge avemue.
442
1910
Broadway, cast iron
120
1911
Central
Clayton avenue
591
1890
Cleveland avenue.
484
1887
Clifton avenue
Castle.
484
1891
Clinton avenue ..
1,042
1893
Cliff Path, cast iron.
1893
1907-98-09
Ella
2,365
1895-92
Essex, 518.13-10 cast iron
603
1891
1899-97
Endicott, cast iron
1,020
311
1887-00
Fairmount, 315 feet 6 inch cast iron ..
100
1891-92 89-9
1893-97
First, cast iron ..
489.5 72
Granite court
296
1909
..
Fair mount-Street court, 313 4 inch cast iron
240
.....
Dream, 353 feet 4 inch cast iron .
....
1896
187
1891
Auburn, 164 feet 4 inch cast iron.
145
1900-09
Auburn, off Cross St., 1,016 feet 6 inch cast iron Austin avenue
262
573
132
1909
Ash, cast iron
1887
1892
1894-06
1887
504
1908-09
Ernest, 404 feet 4 inch cast iron
YEAR LAID'
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TABLE SHOWING LOCATION OF WATER PIPES-Continued.
DIAMETER OF PIPES.
NAME OF STREET.
10 IN
8 IN.
6 IN.
4 IN.
YEAR LAID.
Hayden road
415
1910
Horton, cast iron
2,881
393.2
1892
Holstead street.
731
1909
Hesper, cast iron
658.
372
1899
Herbert ave., cast iron
716
1892-07
High, cast iron.
375
242
1891
Harlow street
. .
292
1909
Hood
Jackson
Jackson-st court
,397
..
1887
Johnson, cast iron.
950
1896
Knowles ave., cast iron
431
1892
Kenwood avenue, cast iron.
624
1904
Laurel cast iron.
468
1887-92
Laconia avenue, cast iron.
585
1904
Lawndale avenue
1,099
95-96-09-10
Lincoln avenue
3,149
468
1909
Lynnwood, cast iron
5,230
602
1887-96
Main, Saugus, 374 7-10 cast iron.
2,362.7 870.5
451
1892-97
Maple, Cliftondale
1,690
1889-94
Morris place .
1,202.5
543
1887-06
Myrtle, 278 feet cement.
1,150
11
1887-95
Newcomb avenue, cast iron.
264
1909
Nowell.
394
1907
Oakley street
861
1904-09
Pearson
300
487
87-10
Park avenue, 48 4 cast iron
80
455
91-97-0 5-6
Park Road, cast iron.
140
364
1904
Parker, cast iron ..
447
1894-97
Pleasant avenue, cast iron.
51
612
1892
Prospect Road, cast iron.
221
36
1904
Prospect, cast iron
148
1905
Putnam, cast iron.
492.5
1893
Packard avenue.
172
1911
Putnam
588.5
1911
Raddin terrace
116
1909
Richard, cast iron.
688
Round Hill
..
768
1910
School ...
2,171
97
1887-94
Second, cast iron
214
84
1907-09
Sherman, cast iron
394
..
1894
Stone, 30 feet 4 inch cast iron
410
Sussex street
242
1800
Smith.
438
1919
Sunneyside avenue
400
377.2
1892
Taylor. 132 cast iron
. .
1,187
1887-93
Vermont avenue, cast iron.
387
1892
Vincent, cast iron ...
488
240
1894-96
Waban Road, cast iron
...
.....
528
132
1903
. .
144
1895
Lindell street
Linsdale street
..
135
1909
Main, Cliftondale, 722 5-10 cast iron.
89-93-94
Maple, Saugus, cast iron.
610
1894-95 1907
Mountain ave .
1891-93
Mt. Vernon, 404 feet 6 inch cement.
992
1887-93
Newhall avenue
192
1897
Oak, cast iro n.
...
292
1892
146
1909
Overlea avenue, cast iron Overlook terrace
144
1909
Park
409
1910
Pleasant ..
235
1,243
1887
Rhodes, 126 feet 4 inch cast iron.
253
1899-05
95 96-09-10
Riverside court
1887
Summer, 1.055 feet 6 inch cast iron
1894-95
741
1997-98
1910
Tuttle, cast iron
Walcott court .
274
1895-92
Harvard avenue
546
1911
172
1911
Jasper, 1749 cast iron
514
1910
Johnston terrace
456
1910
Kent, cast iron.
251
247 244.5
1893
Levin, cast iron
1887
1887-92
Marden, cast iron.
Morton ave., 337 5-10
185
1887
Harrison ave., 185 cast iron.
1894
235
180
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TABLE SHOWING LOCATION OF WATER PIPES .- Continued.
NAME OF STREET.
DIAMETER OF PIPES.
YEAR LAID.
10 IN.
8 IN.
6 IN,
4 IN.
Western avenue, cast iron
1992-00
Waverly ave., Baker's Hill, cast iron.
1905-06
Washington avenue, 204 feet 6 inch.
198.6
1901
Wamasit avenue.
1903
Wickford street.
890
1909
Winter
5,350
2,363.5
356
1891
Whitney, cast iron.
908.
1893
Wakefield and Pratt avenues.
728
214
99-03-10
Walnut (Pleasant Hills), cast iron
1894
Walnut, North Saugus, cast iron
2,131
1895
Wendell, cast iron .
....
232
1894-06
Walden Pond avenue.
1911
Westford street
.....
644 530
....
....
.....
Table Showing Size and Total Length of Cast-Iron Pipe Laid in 1912
STREET FROM TO.
TOTAL.
4-IN.
6-IN.
8-IN.
10-IN.
12-IN.
Walnut Pond avenue, Walnut
358
· ·
·
·
575
Houston avenue, Ballard
1,193
Beachview
Belair
Hewlett, Bristow
1,072
12
Walden avenue, Broadway
706
Park, Extension .
108
Granite road, Exten ion
120
Webb place, Central
375
Olive avenue, Jackson
I20
Sunnyside park, Lincoln
440
Tuttle, Extension
190
Oakcrest, Walnut
150
Fairmount avenue, Washington
176
Johnson, Ballard
140
Granite road, Extension
26
12
1,644
5,336
1,311
. . .
12
1,644
8,303
. .
. .
1887
Woodbury avenue
...
388
1911
Westland avenue
1911
Appleton (west) Summer .
724
Cottage, Extension
122
Willis, Winter, Winter .
40
.
.
Lincoln avenue, E. Saugus bridge, Ballard
Size (Inches) Length (Feet)
449
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
Table Showing Size and Total Length of Cast-Iron Pipe Laid in 1913
Size (Inches) Length (Feet)
STREET FROM TO
4-IN.
6-IN.
8-I .
10-IN.
12-IN.
Granite Road, Extension
60
. Anawan Ave., Essex.
216
Cottage. Extension
180
Pratt, Grand View
492
Grand View, Extension
120
Lewis, Pratt, Springdale
365
Springdale Ave., Willis
1,457
Laconia Ave., Extension
Westford St ..
500
Harlow, Extension, Venice.
Venice Ave., Harlow
605
Sussex St .. Extension
175
Halstead, Extension.
472
Seagirt Ave .. Lincoln Ave.
410
Fairmount Ave., Walnut, Oakcrest
Oakcrest St ...
Fairchild Avc., Fairmount
Sterling Ave., Fairmount
325
1.240
Blueridge Ave., Extension.
630
Harrison Ave., Extension.
146
Twin Springs Rd., Extension ..
1,413
Wormsted Ave., Twin Springs Rd.
217
Emory St., Extension ..
52
Pearson St., Jasper St
160
Hood St., Extension.
195
Stone St., Extension
216
3,925
5,721
9,646
Table Showing Size and Total Lengh of Cast-Iron Pipe Laid in 1914
Size (Inches) Length (Feet)
Name of Street
4-IN.
6-IN.
S-IN.
10-IN -
12-IN-
16-IN.
Total
Saugus avenue, Extension . Intervale avenue, Extension .
265
300
Eustis street, Extension .
167
Kent street, Extension .
466
Mountain avenue, Extension . Newhall court Extension
230
208
8
212
296
108
Gates road, Guild road, Clem- ent and Richards streets . . Lincoln avenue from Central street to Schoolhouse (relaid) Lawndale avenue and Hillcrest avenue .
170
1,200
16
8
360
Fairmount avenue and New- comb avenue .
1,558
Spencer avenue
1,025
.
Totals
3,075
4,191
16
8
.
.
360
7,650
.
554
Bailey avenue
153
TOTAL.
Johnson street, Extension . Allard and Springdale Ext'n . Pearson street, Extension
366
13
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Table Showing Size and Total Length of Cast-Iron Pipe Laid in 1915
Size (Inches) Length (Feet)
NAME OF STREET.
4-IN.
6-IN.
8 IN.
10-IN.
12-IN.
16-IN.
Total
Setting check valve aud meter tube on Walnut street . . Farrington avenue, Extension Seagirt avenue and Tuscan avenue
278
.
135
Richards street, Extension New hydrant, Bailey avenue
Oceanview and Summit Ave.
195
80
Springdale avenue, Extension Jefferson avenue, Extension
154
106
Total
693
816
512
. .
.
2,021
.
·
6
335
500
Raddin terrace, Extension . . Intervale avenue, Extension .
130 90
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ROBERT T. ALLEN, HERBERT E. DODGE, J. ARTHUR RADDIN,
Water Commissioners.
1915]
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE REPORT.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO LOOK INTO THE ADVISABILITY OF A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING IN SAUGUS.
Pursuant to the vote passed at the special Town Meeting held in November, 1915, the moderator appointed the undersigned, a Committee of five citizens, to look into the advisability of the construction of a new schoolhouse in Saugus and to make its recommendations in connection therewith to the citizens of the Town at the annual meeting to be held in March.
Immediately after the appointment the Committee organized with Frank P. Bennett as Chairman and Joseph G. Bryer as Secretary. The Committee have held at least one meeting each week since the time of its organization and it has on one occasion visited another Town to look over a certain type of construction which appealed to it at that time.
Many architects have been requested by the Committee and others have sought of their own volition to submit their sugges- tions in regard to the type of building best suited to the needs of the Town. Some twelve or fifteen different architects prepared sketches and elevations for the proposed building, the cost of which were estimated at various amounts ranging from $65,000 to $95,000.
The first question considered by the Committeee was whether or not a new schoolhouse was needed in the Town. It found in this connection that the schools in the various sections of the Town were in an overcrowded condition and especially in the High School Building where sessions of the High School were being held in the morning and sessions of the ninth grade were being held in the afternoon. From its observations of this situa- tion the Committee came to the conclusion that additional school- house facilities must be provided in the immediate future.
The next problem considered was as to the nature and loca- tion of the proposed building. Some study was given by the Committee to the present school curriculum and the Committee
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were of the unanimous opinion that a reduction of the present educational period of 13 years for the ordinary child to a period of 12 years was advisable. This period of 12 years the Com- mittee recommends being divided into a six and six division, that is to say, during the first six years of the school life, the child should carry on the work now done by the children of the first six grades of the school. There should then be established a Junior High School for a period of three years and a Senior High School with a course of equal length. This plan entail- ing as it does the elimination of the ninth grade, meets with the approval and the repeated suggestions of the Superintendent of Schools. It is a plan recognized by leading educators in the country and has been adopted by many of the Cities and Towns in this Commonwealth. With the establishment of a Junior High School, so-called, the Committee felt that the most econo- mical solution of the overcrowded condition of our schools was by the segregation of all grades above the sixth in the Town, in one central building where departmental instruction could be instituted and the education of the children carried on at its highest efficiency.
Following out this decision it was felt that the first considera- tion in determining the location of the building was that the building should be centrally situated in connection with the lines of transportation. The location in the immediate vicinity of the present High School is undoubtedly the best adapted in the Town from a transportation viewpoint as every means of trans- portation in the community passes in close proximity to that point.
The construction of a building near the present High School and the consequent location of all grades above the sixth in this building in a Junior High School, so-called, will relieve the congested conditions existing in all the other sections of the Town, and should provide for a normal growth of the school population of the Town for a number of years to come without additional school buildings. The adoption of such a plan should carry with it the consideration of eventually constructing a Junior High School at Cliftondale, East Saugus and North Saugus when the growth in these particular localities demand additional school facilities in other sections of the Town. This, however, should not be necessary until some quite distant future date. The establishment of the Junior High School at the point above suggested and the employment of a principal who
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1915]
should have charge of both the Junior and Senior High Schools should add to the efficiency of both schools and should bring about many economical features in connection with the cost of janitor service and the fuel expense.
Your Committee therefore recommends the following propo- sitions to the Town :
(1) The reduction of the present school term from thirteen years to twelve years for the normal school life of a child.
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