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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Jan. 31
During the past year the trouble has been found to exist as in former years that the children are allowed to remain out of school for trifling excuses which according to law are inexcusable and for which the parents are liable to prosecution. This cause of irregular attendance should be guarded against by the parents and those having control of children of school age. During the the coming year these cases will receive closer attention as your Truant officer feels that the parents should by this time fully understand the provisions of the law.
Respectfully submitted,
ALFRED F. FRAZIER, Truant Officer.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
[1910
GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE
SWAMPSCOTT HIGH SCHOOL
AT PHILLIPS SCHOOL BUILDING Friday Evening, June 25, 1909. AT 8 O'CLOCK.
program.
INVCOATION Rev. W. G. Colgrove.
" Unfold, Ye Portals Everlasting " from " The Redemption," School Chorus. Gounod
SALUTATORY -" The Pipes o' Pan " Evelyn M. Havill.
Debate-Resolved, That United States Senators should be elected by direct vote of the people Affirmative - Theodore H. Haskell Negative - Dean A. Munsey.
" Union and Liberty "-" Tannhauser "
School Chorus. Wagner
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Scenes from the Life of Marie Antoinette .
Blanche A. LeGallee.
" The Two Grenadiers " Schumann
School Chorus.
Famous Sentences in American History
Wesley B. Hatch.
CLASS PROPHECIES . Esther M. Symonds.
Song -" I Love and the World is Mine " Manney Ethel M. Bentley. Violin Obligato - Robert C. Mansfield.
PRESENTATION OF CLASS GIFT
George E. Goodwin.
ACCEPTANCE OF GIFT AND AWARDING OF PHILLIPS MEDALS. Superintendent of Schools, William J. Pelo.
" In Praise of Song " Strauss School Chorus.
VALEDICTORY - " The Master Workman " Edith M. Dow.
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
Dr. H. K. Glidden. Member of School Committee.
CLASS ODE
Evelyn M. Havill.
Accompanist, Ester M. Symonds.
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GRADUATES-1909.
Ethel M. Bentley. Lillian H. Butler. Marjorie W. Daniels. Edith M. Dow. Alice J. Gassman. Alice M. Gott. Evelyn M. Havill. Maude L. Hersey. Jessie M. Homan. Ruby M. Leadbetter. Blanche A. LeGallee. Mary E. Sanderson. Rena C. Shorey. Hazel M. Snow. Mildred L. Snow. Esther M. Symonds. Roland C. Barnes. George E. Goodwin. Theodore H. Haskell. Wesley B. Hatch. Irvin K. Hussey. Dean A. Munsey.
Post Graduate, Class of 1909.
Robert C. Mansfield.
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GRADUATION EXERCISES
OF THE
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS
At Town Hall, Swampscott, Mass.
Thursday Evening, June 24, 1909. 7.45 P. M.
Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Oliver Wendell Holmes and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Program.
INVOCATION-Rev. J. Robbins.
CHORUS-Lift Thine Eyes (from Elijah) Mendelssohn
RECITATION-"The Chambered Nautilus" Ida Florence Derry.
Holmes
PIANO SOLO-"Hunting Song" . Mendelssohn Marion Frances Sampson.
RECITATION-"Bill and Joe" Holmes
Leon Eugene Abbott.
GIRLS' CHORUS-"The Maybells and Flowers" Mendelssohn
ESSAY-"Oliver Wendell Holmes"
Helen Marion Bailey.
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PIANO SELECTION-"Fantasie" Mendelssohn Percy Raymond Miller.
RECITATION-"Old Ironsides"
.
Holmes
Edmund Young.
CHORUS-"Spring Song"
.
Mendelssohn
RECITATION-"The Boys" . Holmes
Eddie Linwood Horton.
CHORUS-"Angel of Peace"
Words by Holmes
ESSAY-"Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy"
Howard Burnham Sprague.
RECITATION-"But our Talent"
Holmes
Marion Douglas Chesley.
CHORUS-"Harvest Home" .
Mc Farren
RECITATION-"Voyage of the Good Ship Union"
Holmes
Florence May Butterworth.
PRESENTATION OF CLASS GIFT-Arthur Wilhelm Reinholm.
ACCEPTANCE-Vivian Gerald Fairbanks.
READING OF THE HONOR ROLL-The Superintendent.
CHORUS-"Union Jack" Adams
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS-Dr. Howard K. Glidden,
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Graduates of Phillips School.
Helen Miller Bailey
Ruth Lovejoy Kitfield
Cora Bernice Bean
Doris Loring
Ernest Austin Benner Ethel Louise Brown
Frank McDonough
Marion Horton Martin
Margaret Esther Burnett
Joseph Henry Monahan, Jr.
Marion Douglas Chesley
Louise Estella Riefkohl
Jessie Katherine Coan Mary Elsie Connell Ida Florence Deery
Olive Elizabeth Flagg
Laura Richards Foster
Earl Henry Allen Goodwin John Joseph Holland George Raymond Hussey
Leo Vincent Ryan William Coleman Ryan
Marion Frances Sampson Helen Winchester Smith James Herbert Spalding Harold Proctor Sprowl Edmund Young
Graduates of Clarke School.
Leon Eugene Abbott
Lena Hall Adams
Ranghild Bache Sarah Bucknam Florence May Butterworth Mary Louise Costello George Vivian Doane Winnifred Eliza Doty Lloyd Irving Edgerly Earl White Ellis Clyde Wilber Homan Eddie Linwood Horton Earl Edson Jenkins Marion Thomas Jones
Jane Isabel Ledie Elizabeth Anas Maitland Percy Raymond Miller Allen Bisbee Ranger Arthur Wilhelm Reinholm Marion Josephine Rowen Howard Burnham Sprague Marion Leola Sprague Harold Aubrey Tenney Rose Lillian Tenney Florence Jane Wallace Hazel Priscilla Webster Sarah Zletz
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Enrollment for Fall Term.
HIGH SCHOOL :
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
Graduates
3
2
2
2
. .
Senior
IS
12
2I
26
19
Junior
I4
25
30
22
21
Sophomore
33
43
23
25
27
Freshmen
57
28
30
37
43
Sub. Freshmen
.
34
43
49
52
Totals
125
144
149
16I
162
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS :
Grade VIII
62
57
61
63
62
Grade VII
87
71
94
78
76
Grade VI
77
93
90
100
137
Grade V
107
105
97
147
95
Grade IV .
92
109
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92
II6
Totals
425
435
476
480
486
PRIMARY SCHOOLS :
Grade III
IO4
115
94
II6
130
Grade II
106
IOS
119
125
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Grade I
I2I
158
135
I4I
I33
Totals
331
38I
348
382
398
Grand Totals
.
SSI
960
973
IO23
1046
Increase
46
79
I3
50
23
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Table Showing Average Age of Pupils in the Grades of the Elementary Schools.
Years
Months
Grade I
Boys
5
9
Girls
6
O
Grade II
Boys
7
5
Girls
6
II
Grade III
Boys
8
3
Girls
8
I
Grade IV
Boys
9
7
Girls
9
2
Grade V
Boys
II
O
Girls
IO
3
Grade VI
Boys
I 2
8
Girls
II
7
Grade VII
Boys
I 2
6
Girls
I2
2
Grade VIII
Boys
I3
7
Girls
·
13
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
6
.
.
Number of boys in Grades over 15 years old 7
Number of girls in Grades over 15 years old 2
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Promotions by Grades, June 1909.
Grade I
Boys
52
Girls
·
56
Grade II
Boys
· 57
Girls
· 45
Grade III
Boys
57
Girls
·
30
Grade IV
Boys
45
Girls
61
Grade V
Boys
41
Girls
39
Grade VI
Boys
32
Girls
37
Grade VII
Boys
32
Girls
31
Grade VIII
Boys
·
23
Girls
·
.
.
.
·
·
.
.
.
.
Totals, Boys, 339 ; girls, 330 .- 669.
Graduates from High School, Boys, 6; girls, 16 .- 22.
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STATISTICS.
School population census 1909, 5-15 years old 819
Attendance Jan. 28, 1909
975
Absences, Jan. 28, 1909 · 76
Total enrollment Jan. 28, 1909 .
1,046
Average membership Jan., 1909-June, 1909
763
Average daily attendance Jan., 1909-June, 1909
715
Percentage of daily attendance to average membership 97.3
No. days absence Sept., 1908-June, 1909 . 7,573
No. cases tardiness Sept., 1908-June, 1909
1,152
No. dropped from roll prior to June 30, 1909
71
No. cases truancy ·
23
No. boys completing Grammar school course
23
No. girls completing Grammar school course
31
No. school buildings
6
No. sittings in grades
944
No. pupils in High school . 162
Amount appropriated for school purposes for each $1,000 of valuation $3.46
Increase of attendance over 1908-09 . 23 .
TEACHERS.
Phillips High School.
Date of Election. Salary.
Harold W. Loker, Prin.
1907
$1,800
Harvard University, 1895
77 Paradise road
A. Lillian Rideout
1 893
900
Boston Universty, 1891
15 Andrew road
Mabel L. Butler
1905
800
Mt. Holyoke, 1895
6 Elmwood terrace
M. Lillian Smith
1907
700
Radcliffe, 1905
6 Elmwood terrace
Alice F. Haskell
1907
700
Radcliffe, 1905
46 Bloomfield street, Lynn
Sarah L. Bell
1907
700
Ilikox Shorthand, 1901
22 Rockland street
W. Firth Eastwood
I907
500
Hummerton College, London, 1892
Mabel F. Knight
1909
700 Tufts College, 1902
Phillips Grammar.
618 Salem Normal, 1868
34 Rockland street
Clarke School.
Frances A. Gould V, Prin. 1 888
700 Holton High, 1879
7 Nichols street, Danvers
Minnie H. Fernald, VII 1888
600
Salem Normal, 1874
60 Thomas road
Mabel S. Knight, VI
1894
600 Salem Normal
30 Burley avenue, Danvers
Annie W. Chase, IV
I 906
600
Framington Normal, 1897
16 Rockland street
Edith A. Farnum, III 1897
600 Salem Normal, Sp.
II Rock avenue
Florence Gregg, II
1905
600 Beverly Training, 1895
16 Rockland street
Anna F. Willey, I
1902
600 Salem Normal, 1902
Alice A. Oliver
1909
600 Castine, Me., Normal
25 Mountain avenue 56 Rockland street
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155 Ruggles street, Boston 76 Banks road
Elizabeth J. Hadley, VIII, Prin. 1872
Where Educated.
Address.
[0161
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Redington Street School.
Date of Election. Salary.
Alice L. Shaw, Prin., VI
1902
$650
Salem Normal, 1901
Katherine Y. Prescott, II
1902
600 Salem Normal, 1902
Edith S. Gardner, IV
1894
600 Swampscott High, 1893
55 Blaney street
E. Jennie Owen, V
1906
600 Tilden Seminary, N. H., 1883
99 Norfolk avenue
L. Ardell Kimball, I
1903
600 Salem Normal, Sp., 1902
II4 Elmwood road
Marion A. Sands
1909
600 Fitchburg Normal, 1902
Essex Street School.
Mabel E. Verry, Prin., VI
1 896
650 Danvers High, 1886
Elsie M. Hussey, II
1907
600 Salem Normal, 1906
Dorothy Jasinsky. I
1907
660 Salem Normal, 1906
Catherine Flagg, III and IV
1909
450
Salem Normal, 1909
Beach School.
Ellen M. Dewing, VII
1894
600 Natick High, 1868
Farm School.
618 Wheaton Seminary, 1886 618 Coburn Institute, Me., 1899
149 Humphrey street 149 Humphrey street
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
139 Perkins street, Somerville I22 Norfolk avenue 129 Norfolk avenue
20 Outlook road
Louise C. Stanley, II and III
1888
Blanche E. Doyle, I 1903
Where Educated.
Address.
9 Farragut road 23 Huron street, Lynn
33 Rockland street
Supervisor of Music. Date of Election.
Mabelle B. Proctor
1097
$400
Florence I. Bulfinch. . .
Supervisor of Drawing. 1908
$500
Clerk of School Committee.
Arthur W. Stubbs . .
1906 $ ISO
Truant Officer.
Alfred F. Frazier .
.
$75
School Physician.
Dr. Howard K. Glidden
1907
50 Humphrey street
Janitors.
School. Salary.
Address.
H. W. Wardwell
Phillips
$800
George I. Blake
Clarke 600
28 Blaney street
Charles Roderick .
Machon 400
I Elmwood road
A. G. Stone . .
Redington
400
Mrs. P. A. Nickerson
Beach 100
Palmer 350
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Address. 24 Mill street, Revere
40 Beach avenue
74 Paradise road
10 Elmwood road
.
.
.
.
·
A. McNamara
49 Blaney street Orient court 802 Humphrey street I33
SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
8 Fuller avenue
·
Salary.
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Medical Inspection of Schools.
Chapter 502, Acts of 1906, provides as follows :
APPOINTMENT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIANS, ETC.
SECTION I. The school committee of every city and town in the Commonwealth shall appoint one or more school phyicians, shall assign one to each public school within its city or town, and shall provide them with all proper facilities for the per- formance of their duties as prescribed in this act : provided, how- ever, that in cities wherein the Board of Health is already main- taining or shall hereafter maintain substantially such medical inspection as this act requires, the Board of Health shall appoint and assign the school physician.
EXAMINATION AND DIAGNOSIS TO BE MADE.
SECT. 2. Every school physician shall make a prompt exam- ination and diagnosis of all children referred to him as herein- after provided, and such further examination of teachers, janitors and school buildings as in his opinion the protection of the health of the pupils may require.
SECT. 3. The school committee shall cause to be referred to a school physician for examination and diagnois every child return- ing to school without a certificate from the Board of Health after absence on account of illness or from unknown cause ; and every child in the schools under its jurisdiction who shows signs of being in ill health or of suffering from infectious or contagious disease, unless he is at once excluded from school by the teacher ; except that in the case of schools in remote and isolated situa- tions the school committee may make such other arrangements as may best carry out the purposes of this act.
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NOTICE TO BE SENT TO PARENT OR GUARDIAN.
SECT. 4. The school committee shall cause notice of the disease or defects, if any, from which any child is found to be suffering to be sent to his parent or guardian. Whenever a child shows symptoms of smallpox, scarlet fever, measles, chickenpox, tuberculosis, diptheria or influenza, tonsilitis, whooping cough, mumps, scabies or trachoma, he shall be sent home immediately, or as soon as safe and proper conveyance can be found, and the board of health shall at once be notified.
TESTS OF SIGHT AND HEARING AND EXAMINATION FOR DISABILITY OR DEFECTS.
SECT. 5. The school committee of every city and town shall cause every child in the public schools to be separately and care- fully tested and examined at least once in every school year to ascertain whether he is suffering from defective sight or hearing or from any other disability or defect tending to prevent his receiving the full benefit of his school work, or requiring a modification of the school work in order to prevent injury to the child or to secure the best educational results. The tests of sight and hearing shall be made by teachers. The committee shall cause notice of any defect or disability requiring treatment to be sent to the parent or guardian of the child, and shall require a physical record of each child to be kept in such form as the State Board of Education shall prescribe.
SECT 6. The State Board of Health shall prescribe the directions for tests of sight and hearing and the State Board of Education shall, after consultation with the State Board of Health, prescribe and furnish to school committees suitable rules of instruction, test-cards, blanks, record books and other useful appliances for carrying out the purposes of this act, and shall provide for pupils in the normal schools instruction and practice in the best methods of testing the sight and hearing of children. The State Board of Education may expend during the year nine- een hundred and six a sum not greater than fifteen hundred dol-
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ars, and annually thereafter a sum not greater that five hundred dollars for the purpose of supplying the material required by this act.
EXPENSES.
SECT. 7. The expense which a city or town may incur by virtue of the authority herein vested in the School Committee or Board of Health, as the case may be, shall not exceed the amount appropriated for that purpose in cities by the city council and in towns by a town meeting. The appropriation shall precede any expenditure or any indebtedness which may be incurred under this act, and the sum appropriated shall be deemed a sufficient appropriation in the municipality where it is made. Such ap- propriation need not specify to what section of the act it shall apply, and may be voted as a total appropriation to be applied in carrying out the purposes of the act.
SECT. 8. This act shall take effect on the first day of Sep- tember in the year nineteen hundred and six.
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[Revised Laws, Chapter 44.] SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
ATTENDANCE COMPULSORY BETWEEN SEVEN AND FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
SECTION. I. Every child between seven and fourteen years of age shall attend some public day school in the city or town in which he resides during the entire time the public day schools are in session, subject to such exceptions as to children, places of attendance and schools as are provided for in Section 3 of Chapter 42, and Section 3, 5 and 6 of this Chapter. The Superintendent of Schools or, if there is no Superintendent of Schools, the School Committee, or teachers acting under author- ity of said superintendent or committee, may excuse cases of necessary absence. The attendance of a child upon a public day school shall not be required if he has attended for a like pe- riod of time a private day school approved by the School Com- mittee of such city or town in accordance with the provisions of the following section, or if he has been otherwise instructed for a like period of time in the branches of learning required by law to be taught in the public schools, or if he has already acquired such branches of learning, or if his physical or mental condition is such as to render his attendance inexpedient or impracticable. Every person having under his control a child as described in this section shall cause him to attend school as herein required ; and if he fails for five day sessions or ten half-day sessions within any period of six months while under such control to cause such child, whose physical or mental condition is not such as to ren- der his attendance at school harmful or impracticable, so to attend school, he shall, upon complaint by a truant officer and conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars. Whoever induces or attempts to induce a child to ab- sent himself unlawfully from school, or employs or harbors a child who, while school is in session, is absent unlawfully from school shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
S. PERRY CONGDON, Chairman 1908-1911 41 Thomas road.
ARTHUR W. STUBBS, Secretary 1909-1912 74 Paradise road.
HOWARD K. GLIDDEN 1907-1910 49 Rockland street.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
WILLIAM J. PELO, 84 Prescott street, Cambridge, Mass. OFFICE, REDINGTON SCHOOL, SWAMPSCOTT. OFFICE HOURS : 3.45-4.45 P. M. on Monday and Thursday.
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School Calendar.
Winter Term of 1910 began January 3, 1910. Spring Term, 1910, begins February 28, 1910. Summer Term, 1910, begins May 2, 1910. Fall Term, 1910, begins September 12, 1910.
Holidays.
Washington's Birthday, February 22.
Patriot's Day, April 19.
Memorial Day, May 30.
Bunker Hill Day, June 17.
Thanksgiving recess, from noon of the day before until the Monday following Thanksgiving Day.
Christmas week.
Every ninth week following the opening of the schools after Christmas week.
No School Signal.
If the signal, "2-2" is sounded on the fire-alarm at 7.20 A. M., the High School will open at 8.30 A. M., and the other schools at 9 A. M. If the signal is repeated at 7.50 A. M., no schools will open for the forenoon. If " 2-2" is sounded at 12.50 P. M., no schools will open in the afternoon.
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Report Public Library Trustees.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
The past year has seen no progress made for a new building, for the use of the Town for a Hall, a library room, and other much needed purposes, except the consideration of some designs for such a building. The crowded condition of the present library room has in consequence been allowed to remain the same as it was a year ago, other than the making of some small changes that it was found could be advantageously made at small expense. The work of the library, however, has been well conducted, and we feel that the public has been promptly served and that the service and usefulness of the Library has lacked only the benefits of some additional features and facilities which we should have been able to have introduced had the Library been given larger rooms. The Library now contains 11,690 volumes. The additions for the past year, acquired by purchase, have been 418 books. Of the number of books worn out dur- ing the year, 50 volumes have been replaced. The list of mag- azines has been increased by the addition of " Popular Mechan- ics." In the matter of books partially worn out we have had rebound 400 volumes. The number of new names entered on the Library Register of readers during the year, has been 237. The Library Register shows that for the past year 31,725 books have been loaned to readers, which large number well illustrates the extended use that the library books have had among the inhabitants of the Town. There has been presented to the Library some few books of reference, and a copy of " Millwood
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a Family Tree, a partial history of the descendants of John Ellis of Rehoboth, Mass., has been given by Mr. F. O. Ellis, for all of which the Trustees thank the donors in behalf of the citizens of the Town and the Library.
The financial standing, with a full report of the receipts and expenditures of the Library, will be found in the Auditors' reports and are therefore not mentioned here.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK F. STANLEY, ELIZABETH J. HADLEY, FRANK E. INGALLS,
Public Library Trustees.
February 1, 1910.
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Report of Park Commissioners.
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., January 31, 1910.
To the Citizens of the Town of Swampscott:
The Board of Park Commissioners submit herewith its annual report for the season of 1909. Organization : Clarence B. Humphrey, Chairman; Robert Leslie, Everit B. Terhune, Secretary.
Blaney Beach Reservation.
Mr. Horace W. Blanchard was reappointed superintendent. In our report of last year we recommend building a granolithic way on east side of this reservation, connecting fish house with the Town drain, and continuing the iron fence on Humphrey street along the sea wall to the Town driveway, all of which was approved by the Finance Committee. Plans and specifications for the granolithic work were drawn up and in answer to proposals, bids were submitted as follows :
Felix Marino $701 00
Warren Brothers
648 00
M. McDonough 560 00
James T. Lyons. 420 00
The contract was let to James T. Lyons which, with extras, due to increased area, amounted to $492.00. This walk is composed of a 5-inch base, and 1}-inch wearing surface built with a toe on the ocean side 36 inches deep, being a granite curb laid on a concrete base which prevents the sea from undermining same.
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PARK COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
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The drains from the fish house rooms have been connected with the sewer, with an intervening settling basin, the contract for this work being let to James T. Lyons for the sum of $120.00.
The storm of Sunday, December 26, 1909, destroyed the south stairs, the two doors, and removed all shingles from this end of the fish house for a distance of about 14 feet from the ground, besides removing large quantities of gravel from the west drive- way and park. The floors of the two south rooms have settled, and will have to be relaid, and the gutters on the house repaired. If the gutters were replaced with copper it would save repairs every three years, and we recommend that this be done.
As a matter of record it will be interesting to add here that the elevation of the water during this storm was higher than any since April 16th, 1851, when Minot's Light was destroyed. At that time the elevation was 15.66 Boston base. On Sunday, and during this storm it rose to 15.90 Boston base. Mean high water is elevation 10.63, and the grade of the floor of the fish house is elevation 16.50.
The driveway on the west side will have to be regravelled, and we would recommend that the granolithic work be continued around on this side 18 feet wide to conform with that already laid, and that $650.00 be appropriated for this purpose. Early in August plans were drawn and bids received for extending the iron fence as follows :
E. C. Phillips
$285 00
J. T. Lyons
261 00
A. H. Jenkins .
245 00
W. A. Delory · 229 00
Connell & McDermott
220 00
Due to irregularity in the line and grade of the top of the wall, we decided to provide iron flanges and have them set under the supervision of the town engineer, before the fence was erected. Being unable to obtain the services of the Town Engineer to get this work done, which would consume about two days' time, and consequently Connolly & McDermott, who have the con- tract for this work, are waiting to build the fence. The offal
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from the Fish House has been taken care of by arrangement with the Board of Health, and a special officer was maintained on the reservation Sundays and Holidays during the summer months.
The total number of boats stored upon this reservation this season is 101, being 21 more than last year. Owing to the in- creased number, the Board ruled that for storage purposes, non- resident owners be assessed $1.oo for dories and $3.00 for naphtha boats. The rentals from the Fish House rooms for the fiscal year ending October 16, 1909, were as follows :
From rents due Oct. 16, 1909 ·
$330 08 From rents due Apr. 16, 1910 and
paid in advance . 17 70
Amount received from storing boats
$347 78 15 00
$362 78
Amount uncollected and due Octo-
ber 16, 1909
$32 50
In connection with this reservation and situated on the ex- treme easterly end of the beach is a small triangular piece of undeveloped land about which we have received numerous com- plaints and lying as it does on a much travelled thoroughfare, we would suggest building a small retaining wall, using the stone at present on the premises and grade the ground off even with the sidewalk, and recommend an appropriation of $150.00 to begin the work.
For repairs and maintenance on this reservation, we recom- mend that the Town appropriate the sum of $1,000, and receipts.
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