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HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings theron, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeeting, as aforesaid.
Given under our hands, this twenty-eighth day of October, in the year nineteen hundred and four.
JOSEPH M. BASSETT, MARTIN L. QUINN, PERCY F. MUNSEY,
Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest :
RICHARD G. GILLEY,
Constable.
Return on the Warrant.
Pursuant to the within Warrant to me directed, I have notified the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott, qualified as herein expressed, to meet at the time and place and for the purpose herein mentioned, by posting up attested copies of said Warrant at the Town Hall, Depots, Post offices, and twenty other public and conspicuous places in said Swampscott, on Tuesday, the first day of November, 1904, the posting of said notices being at least seven days before the time of said meeting.
RICHARD G. GILLEY, Constable of Swampscott.
Joseph M. Bassett, Chief Election Officer.
Willis C. Paul, Special Election Officer.
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Ernest B. Thing, (Rep.) David W. Nisbett, (Dem.) Ballot Clerks.
Edmund Russell, Francis S. Oliver, Frank V. Porter, W. R. Patten, (Reps.) Frank D. Thurston, Joseph P. Mather, Bernard McDermott and Albert A. Stone, (Dems.) as Tellers.
The polls opened at 6.05 A. M. and closed at 4.32 P. M., 951 ballots having been cast, with the following result :
Electors for President and Vice-President.
Corregan and Cox, Socialist Labor
2
Debs and Hanford, Socialist
18
Parker and Davis, Democratic
168
Roosevelt and Fairbanks, Republican
704
Swallow and Carroll, Prohibition
24
Watson and Tibbles, Peoples Party
9
Blanks
26
Governor.
John Quincy Adams, Socialist
22
John L. Bates, Republican .
573
Michael T. Berry, Socialist Labor
3
Oliver W. Cobb, Prohibition
IO
William L. Douglas, Democratic
306
Blanks
.
37
Lieutenant Governor.
Olof Bokelund, Socialist
2.1
John C. Crosby, Democratic
212
Frank P. Dyer, Prohibition .
IS
Curtis Guild, Jr., Republican
608
Moritz E. Ruther, Socialist Labor .
2
Blanks .
90
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Secretary.
James A. Bresnahan, Socialist Labor
II
Fannie J. Clary, Prohibition
19
Charles C. Hitchcock, Socialist
IS
Henry B. Little, Democratic
136
William M. Olin, Republican
·
637
Blanks .
.
130
Treasurer.
Hubert C. Bartlett, Socialist
23
Arthur B. Chapin, Republican
624
Edmund D. Codman, Democratic
I42
Andrew Mortensen, Socialist Labor
4
Willard O. Wylie, Prohibition
24
Blanks
I34
Auditor.
Charles E. Burnham, Prohibition
25
Walter J. Hoar, Socialist Labor .
IO
Charles Stevens, Socialist
19
Francis X. Tetrault, Democratic
I27
Henry E. Turner, Republican
622
Blanks .
148
Attorney-General.
Henry M. Dean, Probibition
24
John P. Leahy, Democratic ·
.
124
Herbert Parker, Republican
633
John Weaver Sherman, Socialist .
2 I
Thomas Stevenson, Socialist Labor
5
Blanks
144
Representative in Congress-Sixth District.
James F. Carey, Socialist 47
Daniel N. Crowley, Democratic .
.
.
.
156
Augustus P. Gardner, Republican · . .
614
Blanks . .
.
I34
.
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Councillor - Fifth District.
William C. Cuseck, Democratic .
114
Frank E. Hale, Socialist
30
George R. Jewett, Republican
577
Julius F. Rabardy, Prohibition
23
Blanks
·
209
Senator - First Essex District.
William F. Craig, Republican
612
Wilbur D. Moon, Prohibition
19
Everett B. Sherman, Democratic .
I34
Fred S. Stone, Socialist
24
Blanks
162
Representatives in General Court - Eleventh Essex District.
Herbert E. Ballard, Socialist
25
Isaac B. Barnard, Socialist .
17
John M. Grosvenor, Jr., Republican
614
George H. Jackson, Republican .
545
John J. Mooney, Democratic
98
Albert W. Rogers, Prohibition
24
Rufus E. Seavey, Prohibition
19
Sidney M. Shattuck, Democratic .
I So
Blanks
380
County Commissioner-Essex.
Wallace Bates, Republican . 583
Walter L. Ramsdell, Democratic .
IS6
George A. Sanborn, Socialist
.
3I
Blanks
.
151
Associate Commissioners-Essex.
Isaac C. Day, Republican 549
Francis P. Grant, Socialist .
30
William H. Hitchcock, Socialist .
33
Sherman Nelson, Republican
491
James O. Parker, Democratic
122
William E. Sherburne, Democratic
91
Blanks
586
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District Attorney-Eastern District.
Robert A. Amend, Socialist
29
John P. S. Mahoney, Democratic
107
W. Scott Peters, Republican, Republican Citizens Nomination Paper
637
Blanks
.
178
Sheriff-Essex County.
Samuel A. Johnson, Republican
568
James H. Moulton, Democratic
·
.
. .
212
Harry V. Noyes, Socialist · . .
31
Blanks ·
.
.
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Attest : MILTON D. PORTER,
Town Clerk.
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RECORDS OF TOWN CLERK.
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Town Clerk's Statistics.
Births Recorded.
Males, 53; females, 48. Total, 101.
In January, 8; February, 7; March, 5; April, 13; May, 12 ; June, 4; July, 9; August, 7; September, 6; October, 7; November, II; December, II.
Nativity of Fathers-Massachusetts, 51 ; Italy, 18; Canada, 16; Maine, 5 ; New York and Ireland, 2 each ; New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, England and Newfound- land, I each.
Nativity of Mothers-Massachusetts, 41 ; Canada and Italy, 18 each ; Ireland, 5; Maine, New Hampshire and New York, 4 each; England, 2; Rhode Island, Connecticut, Newfoundland and Norway, I each.
Fathers born in Swampscott, 14; mothers born in Swamp- 1 scott, 9.
Marriages Recorded, 48.
In January, 2; February, 3; March, 5; April, 1; May, 2 June, 8; July, 5; August, I; September, 7; October, 5 ; November, 7; December, 2.
Nativity of Grooms-Massachusetts, 26; Maine, 6; Canada, 4; New Hampshire and Italy, 3 each; Vermont, 2; Rhode Island, New York, England and Ireland, I each.
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Nativity of Brides-Massachusetts, 20; Canada, II ; Maine and New Hampshire, 3 each ; England and Italy, 2 each ; Vermont, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Newfoundland, Ireland and Sweden, I each.
Grooms born in Swampscott, 5 ; Brides born in Swampscott, 6.
Deaths Recorded.
Males, 42 ; females, 29. Total, 71.
In January, 9; February, 5; March, 11; April, I; May, 5 ; June, 6; July, 4; August, 2; September, 4; October, 9 ; November, 7; December, 8.
Under 5 years, 11 ; 20 to 30, 5 ; 30 to 40, 7 ; 40 to 50, 8; 50 to 60, 10 ; 60 to 70, 11 ; 70 to 80, 14 ; 80 to 90, 4 ; over 90, 1.
Seventy years of age and over - Mary Augusta Bradley, 70 yrs. 2 mo. 21 d., pneumonia; Edmund T. Lampard, 70 yrs. 3 mo. 2 d., hemorrhage; Frances E. Ellis, 70 yrs. 4 mo. 2d., paralysis; James Allen Mott, 71 yrs. 7 mo. 7 d., pneumonia ; Charles Henry Aborn, 71 yrs. 11 mo. 13 d., appendicitis, Melvina Melissa Toothaker, 72 yrs. 7 mo. 27 d., apoplexy ; Benjamin F. Getchell, 74 yrs. 5 mo. 3 d., carcinoma, Deborah Wing Crosman, 74 yrs. 9 mo. 25 d., angina pectoris ; Sarah A. Galloupe, 76 yrs. 9 mo. 27 d., pulmonary embolism ; William Ambrose Haskell, 77 yrs. 10 mo. 28 d., carcinoma ; Edmund Pyne, 78 yrs., apoplexy ; Sarah S. Chick, 78 yrs. 5 - mo. 24 d., heart failure; Joseph Smith Brown, 79 yrs. 21 d., nephritis ; George W. Knowlton, 84 yrs. 10 mo. 17 d., myo- carditis ; George Fordyce Blake, 85 yrs. 2 mo. 2 d., cardiac ; Mary A. Hussey, 85 yrs. 10 mo. 13 d., old age; Hannah Butterfield Hadley, 87 yrs. 8 mo., old age; Alvin Reed Page, 92 yrs. 2 mo. 23 d., old age.
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Dogs Licensed. Males, 200; females. 49 ; total. 249.
Licenses Issued to Junk Dealers.
Seven at $10.co each ; one at $15.00.
To Peddlers of Foreign Fruits.
Two at $2.00 each.
Pool Table Licenses.
One at $2.00.
Attest : MILTON D. PORTER, Town Clerk.
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Jury List.
Ashton, Herman F. Bain, Wellesley W.
Manufacturer
Painter
Salesman
Plumber .
Blanchard, George H.
Fisherman
Blanchard, Horace W. Brackett, Samuel G.
Retired
Bradford, Frank H.
Paper hanger
Cahoon, L. Herbert
Fisherman
Call, Edward E.
Clerk
Cann, John W.
Shoemaker
Caton, James F.
.
Manufacturer
Clay, George F.
Shoemaker
Chase, Charles A.
Manufacturer .
Collins, William H.
Clerk
Conner, George M.
Shoemaker
Delano, Gilbert
Carpenter
Douglass, Henry E.
Fisherman
Douglass, Rodney A.
Fisherman
Drew, John G.
Retired
Edgerly, I. Irving
Superintendent
Estes, Stuart P.
Photographer
Estes, William A.
Paper hanger Merchant
Farnham, Edwin A.
Finney, Winslow
Shoemaker
Fogg, Burton A.
Motorman
Heath, George A.
Machinist
Bassett, Frank H. . Beckett, Daniel C. .
.
Superintendent
.
.
5
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Hutt, William D.
Agent
Jackson, Charles T.
Shoemaker
Jeffers, Charles P. .
Druggist
Johnson, Frank E. .
Shoemaker
Kendrick, Seth C. .
Special police
Keefe, John F.
.
Clerk
Leslie, Robert
Salesman
Merritt, John R.
Manufacturer
Morris, Stephen D. .
Fisherman
Nies, Martin
Willow ware
Nisbett, David W.
Clerk
Phillips, James E.
Painter
Rowe, Allen S.
Farmer
Rowell, Arthur W.
Mason
Russell, Edmund
Painter
Stanley, John G.
Hotel keeper
Taylor, James L.
Barber
Thing, Ernest B.
Fisherman
Thurston, Frank D.
Fisherman
Tuttle, Edgar M.
Paper hanger
Weston, Dexter E. .
Teamster
Whitcomb, Otis A.
Salesman
Wiley, Edwin F.
Mason
Widger, James H. .
· Expressman
Wood, Coleman M.
. Teamster
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
1905]
Report of Selectmen.
To the citizens of Swampscott :
Having tried to fulfill our duties as Selectmen to the best of our judgment we take pleasure in addressing our fellow-citizens at the close of our official year. We can certainly take great pride in the thought that we are an up-to-date and prosperous town. Having carefully considered the expenditure of the appropriations intrusted to our charge from an economical stand- point and with the best interests of the Town at heart, we sin- cerely hope that we have acted in a manner which will meet with the approval of the citizens of the Town, to whom we respectfully submit the following report :
Playground.
This land was purchased as by vote of the Town, and the necessary deeds have been passed. The land has been used a large part of the time by the children, but needs improvement. We would recommend that the sum of $500 be appropriated to regrade and put it in suitable condition for a general play- ground.
Stone Ledge.
The Selectmen consider the purchase of this land a good bar- gain. The Surveyor of Highways has taken possession, and there is rock enough in sight to last the Town for at least 25 years.
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Road to Pest Pouse.
Of an appropriation of $100 the sum of $99.10 was spent to roughly grade the road leading to the Town Pest House, and the road, for this amonnt, was put in passable condition only.
Humphrey Street Culvert. (Near estate Allen Rowe.)
This improvement has been carried out the past year, and is apparently satisfactory to the abutters.
Hay Scales.
The Hay Scales were removed to their new location on Pine street and placed in good working order. General repairs were made by the makers of the scales. This improvement was carried out at a cost of $231.28. The Selectmen consider this an ideal spot and feel confident that the scales will be used more largely than at their former location.
Widening Orient Street.
By the donation of land by Mr. Leonard H. Phillips and the removal of the ledge the road has been straightened and a dan- gerous corner near the entrance to the Little estate has been removed. The Selectmen consider this a great improvement, and with a small expense for grading, the roadway can be put in excellent condition.
Water Carts.
The Committee on looking into this subject decided to repair one of the carts owned by the Town and to purchase one that was slightly used.
By doing this the Town has at present two carts, in good con- dition, at the price of one new one, making a total of three carts owned by the Town.
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Police Department.
The Police Department is in good condition and rendering good service to the Town. During the last year an officer has been on duty night and day at the Police Station. This has been a great addition to the Department and we believe one that is thoroughly appreciated by the citizens and should never be discontinued.
The report of the Chief of Police will be found elsewhere.
Fire Department.
The Fire Department is in good condition and we believe affords the Town ample fire protection in every way. The report and recommendations of the Board of Engineers will be found elsewhere. We approve of the recommendations made by the Board of Engineers.
Sidewalks.
We trust the citizens will approve of the appropriation of $2,000 recommended for permanent sidewalks.
Swampscott does not compare favorably with a good many towns in regard to its sidewalks.
The Town has been quite liberal in its appropriations for its roads and they will compare well with the roads of other towns but there has never been the same effort put forward for good sidewalks as there has been for good roads, and while some of the citizens have occasion to use the roads, we all have occasion to use the sidewalks. A certain amount of money expended each year and having the work done in a continuous line so far as the appropriation will go, would in a few years place a system of sidewalks in the Town that would be a credit to the Town and something that would be appreciated by all.
Enlargement of Town Hall.
The present Town Hall will seat, provided every seat in the hall is taken, just 400 persons. The Town has over 1, 100 voters. We think provision should be made to accommodate a larger number of voters.
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The Police Station is now situated in the cellar of the Town Hall. It has no conveniences whatever; is damp, and in our opinion, unhealthy. The place is not suitable or fit in any way for the location of the station.
The library is also much in need of more room.
We believe an addition could now be made that would be practicable and one that the voters, as well as several of the departments, would derive direct benefit from.
We are of the opinion, land can be secured at a reasonable price directly in the rear of the main body of the hall and the hall could be extended directly back about forty feet, throwing the stage back just this amount. This would give all the room required by the departments on the first floor, besides adding to the seating capacity of the hall from 250 to 300 persons, and the hall so enlarged would in our opinion serve the needs of the Town for many years.
We recommend this matter be referred to a committee to report on same at the adjourned meeting.
Ambulance.
The Town has occasion to use many times during the year a vehicle to convey injured, sick, or intoxicated persons, and especially in case of the sick or injured it is almost impossible at times to procure a suitable carriage to convey them in either to the hospital or their home, and while we do not advocate at this time the purchase of a new ambulance, as the cost of same would be considerable, we do recommend an appropriation of $300 for the purchase of an ambulance. Frequently an opportunity is offered by some city or town to secure a second hand ambulance which is practically as good as new, and an appropriation o this amount would place the Selectmen in a position to take advantage of an offer of this kind.
During the last year the Selectmen had an opportunity of this kind but as they had no appropriation and the matter had to be decided at once, they were obliged to pass the offer.
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Land for Cemetery.
The Town will soon be compelled to buy more land for ceme- tery purposes as about all the available land has now been graded and sold for lots.
The Selectmen have secured an option on about five acres of land at $800 until April 1, 1905, immediately adjoining the cemetery and consider it a reasonable price for the land and would recommend that the Town purchase the same.
Interest and Discount.
Article 3, Section 6, of our by-laws state the Town shall charge interest on all taxes remaining unpaid after the first day of November. Our Town counsel interprets this that the Town must charge a rate of interest on all taxes remaining unpaid after the first day of November.
The Town has for many years allowed a discount on all taxes paid on or before October Ist. This discount amounts to about $1,500 per year. This is not generally done by towns and cities and we believe it should be discontinued in our Town as the amount given for discount has to be added to taxes raised, and the amount the Town allows of two per cent., which is practically only for one month, is equal to the rate of twenty- four per cent. per annum. The Town can hire money for a much less rate, and in our judgment it would be good business policy and a direct saving to the Town to abolish the two per cent. discount.
Selectmen.
We would recommend to the voters, that commencing with the Board of Selectmen to be elected ir. March, 1906, one mem- ber be elected for three years, one member for two years, and one member for one year, and thereafter one member of the Board be elected each year for three years. This would always give to the Town two experienced men on the Board. We
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believe that this is in the line of good business policy and one that should be adopted by the Town.
The Board of Selectmen is the only department of the Town to-day that is not elected for three years, and in our opinion, is the board of all others that should be elected for that term.
We have had an article inserted in the Warrant which if adopted would make this possible for our Town election held in March, 1906.
Amendment to By-Laws.
We have offered an amendment to the By-laws. See War- rant.
The amendment proposed is to prevent the shutting off of debate on an article before any consideration has been given to it. Frequently in our meetings a debate on an article in our Warrant has been shut off by some subsidiary motion being made, the same as " previous question " or "indefinite postpone- ment," etc., which are not in themselves open to debate, and if carried in the affirmative, which is frequently done, shuts off entirely all debate when voters present have come prepared to present facts and make arguments on the same. We recom- mend the amendment be adopted.
New Streets.
During the year several petitions have been received to lay out streets. Plans have been drawn, hearings given, and the streets laid out. This matter will be submitted to the citizens for acceptance at the annual March meeting.
The following amounts are asked for by the various depart- ments for the current year :
Selectmen's Department
$5,700
Highway .
10,000
Sidewalk .
1,500
Crushing Stone . .
1,500
Catch Basins and Gutters
1,500
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Permanent Sidewalks
$2,000
Care Snow
1,500
Resetting Curbstones
200
Tree Warden
1,200
School
27,000
Street Watering
3,000
Health
4,500
Police
5,700
Street Lights
9,000
Poor
2,500
Fire, Receipts, and .
8,500
Town Hall, Receipts, and
1,500
Curbstones
500
Cemetery .
1,000
Library, Dog Tax, Receipts, and
800
Care Monument Lot .
·
35
Memorial Day .
175
Water Rates
1,100
Soldiers' Relief
2,000
State Tax (estimated)
8,000
County Tax (estimated)
7,000
Interest (estimated) .
9,000
Sewer Bonds
5,600
Interest Sewer Bonds
7,500
Sewer Maintenance
4,000
The following bids were received :
For Coal.
William C. Holder, egg, $6.90; broken, $6.65 ; stove, $7.00. J. B. & W. A. Lamper, egg, $6.85; broken, $660; stove, $7.00.
B. O. Honors & Son, egg, $6.65 ; broken, $6.40 ; stove, $6.75. Awarded B. O. Honors & Son.
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Removing Hay Scales
James T. Lyons, $60. M. McDonough, $55. Awarded McDonough.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH M. BASSETT, MARTIN L. QUINN, PERCY F. MUNSEY, Selectmen of Swampscott.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
1905]
Report of the School Committee.
To the Citizens of the Town of Swampscott :
Your Committee believe that commendable progress has been made during the past year in the work of our Town schools.
Officers and faithful teachers have co-operated with parents to 1 produce the best possible results in the mental equipment of our pupils.
Methods of education are undergoing such radical change, in some respects, that it requires constant investigation to keep in touch with the best and most effective lines of training and development for teacher and scholar alike.
Numerous problems, large and small, have confronted the committee, which they have endeavored to solve after careful consideration in accordance with their best judgment and to meet actual conditions.
One of the first matters for consideration was the necessity of additional school-room. Because of numerical growths in the higher Grammar School grades it became necessary to establish an additional eighth grade, but there was no available class-room that it could occupy. Beside this, our fourth and fifth grade schools at both Redington street and Essex street were so over- crowded that the teachers had each from ten to fifteen more pupils than one teacher should be expected to be responsible for, and towards the close of the spring term we found it advisable to employ an additional teacher for the remainder of the school year, to aid, in turn, the fourth and fifth grades of both schools. It was evident, too, that the High School would, before long, need another class-room.
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The committee felt that a new school building should be erected to provide for the rapidly growing educational needs of our Town scholars, for which we, in common with every other community of our State, are responsible.
In consultation with various architects, we decided upon a plan to present to the town, for the erection of a four-room brick school building, so constructed that at any future time, four additional rooms could be added, whenever needed.
This would have provided for present class room requirements and have relieved the pressure at the Redington Street and Essex Street Schools, which have been taxed to their utmost capacity.
After careful investigation and planning, and realizing the urgency of immediate action, we were prepared to lay the neces- sities of the case before the Town, at a special meeting called to consider that and other business in July last.
As many of our citizens will recall, we were not given, at that meeting, even the courtesy of a hearing. The motion of the Chairman of the Board was postponed indefinitely, without affording him an opportunity to state facts that the citizens of the Town needed to know.
Realizing, however, that this action did not reflect the real sentiment of the Town, for only a small proportion of its citizen- ship was present at the special meeting, the committee simply made the best arrangements possible to meet existing conditions.
For the needed additional class-room, we leased the lower floor of the Odd Fellows' Hall, on Elmwood road, for the ensuing year, and furnished it for school purposes.
One of the sixth grade schools was transferred in September from the Phillips building to this improved school room, and a room was thus made available, at the former building, for the new eighth grade.
As to the Future.
The arrangement thus made is only temporary. With the coming year, the formation of still another school will be neces- sary. The entering first grade classes were so large in the fall that a mixed second and third grade at Redington street must be separated, at the opening of the next school year, and formed into two schools, with a teacher for each.
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We have no available room for the new class. Does it not seem clear that we must have a new building for our growing family of scholars, which is keeping pace with the development and growth of our Town?
The committee feel that a new brick school building should be provided for at the coming annual Town meeting. We say a brick building, because it will prove economy for the Town, in the end. We would recommend the erection of an eight room building, with a room for the storing of supplies and text books, to meet the present needs, and in which to concentrate two or three of our Town schools which are neither an ornament, a necessity or economy for the Town, as now conducted.
There are two school properties, at least, which we recommend that the Town sell: The Pine street building, with only two schools and the school building at the beach, in which only one school is held. For each of these we must employ a janitor, as well as for the school room on Elmwood road.
The two school buildings referred to could be sold and the proceeds applied towards the erection of a substantial brick structure, with a more modern equipment, in which could be gathered our scattered schools, and which could be conducted at less comparative expense, in the future.
This principle of concentration of buildings and forces is being applied, by all the progressive Towns of our state and others, to their educational plants.
Superintendent of Schools.
Before the opening of the fall term, the committee felt it would be wise for the accomplishment of the best results in our schools, to separate the offices of Superintendent of Schools and Principal of the High School. Accordingly, Mr. H. C. Childs was released from the former duty, that he might give his entire time to the administration of high school affairs.
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