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27. Wilbar F. Cleverly, of Weymouth, and Minnie E. Glover, of Quincy. .
29. Francis S. Torrey and Eunice (Taylor) Pratt, both of Weymouth.
134
Oct.
5. Charles Smith and Margaret (Brady) Doyle, both of Weymouth.
. 66
11. Walter W. Pratt and Carrie M. Stowell, both of Weymouth.
11. Wallace C. Williams, of Hingham, and Addie E. Manuel, of Weymouth.
66
12. John H. Frazier, of Braintree, and Mary E. Loner- gan, of Weymouth.
66
19. Warren H. Damon, of Hanover, and Ella A. Tyler, of Rockland.
6 25.
Herbert A. Thayer, of Braintree, and Annie I. Thayer, of Weymouth.
25. Frederic W. Hunt, of Canton, and Ruth B. Robinson, of Braintree.
28. John J. Daley, of Weymouth, and Lizzie Dalton, of Braintree.
Nov. 2. Wallace H. Easton and Martha E. Brooks, both of Abington.
66
2. John Lynch and Susie Curry, both of Weymouth.
6 5. Judson Hunt and Bertha E. Munroe, both of Somer- ville.
66 15. Luther W. Turner, of Weymouth, and Agnes J. Litchfield, of Scituate.
15. Hugh P. Coyle and Bridget A. Smith, both of Wey. mouth.
16. Walter P. White and Katie M. Fowler, both of Wey- mouth.
66
22. Roscoe H. Tisdale and Helen F. Tirrell, both of Wey- mouth.
24. Thomas Smith and Elizabeth Foley, both of Wey- mouth.
66 29.
Charles A. Hamlin, of Weymouth, and Mary L. Bates, of Cohasset.
30. Simon Veno and Alice Davison, both of Weymouth.
Dec. 6. H. Franklin Perry and M. Ernestine Trufant, both of Weymouth.
135
Dec. 7. Manuel Perry, of Weymouth, and Maggie Kingston, of Boston.
66
14. Herbert L. Derby, of Weymouth, and Clara A. Hunt, of Rockland.
66
20. Joseph S. Batchelder, of Weymouth, and Lucy F. Williamson, of Norwell. '
66
23. Thomas F. Collyer, of Weymouth, and Eliza P. Whiton, of Hingham.
66 24. Frederick L. Binney, of Weymouth, and M. Estelle Morris, of Abington.
66
25. Nathaniel Stowers and Mary Ella Derby, both of Weymouth.
1
136
DEATHS
Registered in the Town Clerk's Office, Weymouth, in the year 1893.
Age.
Date.
Name.
Years.
| Months. |
Disease.
Birthplace.
Jan. 4 66
5
Annie W. (Kingman) Davey,
61
6 22
Valvular Disease of
Heart.
Weymouth.
7
Tirzah (Shaw) Tirrell, widow of Benjamin
93 9
6 Pneumonia with senile,
'Weymouth.
60
Ann M. (Lowell) Howard, widow of Bradford
Consumption
66
13
John O'Connor
Broncho-Pneumonia ... Acute Bronchitis.
13
Michael Capelle ..
68
-
66
20 Richard M. Gorham
Consumption
66
21
Sarah M. (Billings) Loud, wife of Perez.
Bright's Disease
66
23
Thomas Doyle.
Heart Disease.
2.4
Male child of Joseph and Felle- mar Jeffe ..
- Stillborn
Weymouth.
28
Ellen (O'Brien) Mahoney, widow of Jeremiah .. .
S2
Disease of Heart.
4
3 29 Brain Fever.
66
30
Josephine (Capon) Briard, wife of Oliver W. Briard.
8
3
Heart Disease.
7
1
7 Scarlet Fever
79
2
7 Pneumonitis
4 14
58
1
8
Chronic Rheumatism, . Ulcer of Stomach, and Gen'r'l Debility,
66
15
Susan M. (Austin) Stevens,
81
3
19
Daniel F. Rowell
1 25
66
20
Mary A. Duffy ..
3 17
22
Gertrude B. Tinkham.
1 10 25 Acute Tuberculosis ..
40L 7
Heart Disease.
66
25
Theresa A. Hughes.
28
7
Pulmonary Consump- tion
66
26
Johannah (Cohan) O'Connor, widow of John .
65 76
- 4
1
Cerebral Hemorrhage, General Debility and Attack of Severe
cold
2
Apoplexy
6.
Helen (McElarney) McArdle, widow of Constant.
84
Influenza 1
3
George F. Cushing.
25 1 5 Diabetic Coma
Frank W. French.
40 - 25 Paresis.
5
Bridget A. (Coffey) widow of John ..
Hughes,
-
6
Eben N. Beane ..
1 Erysipelas
7
Elizabeth C. Davis.
60
Phthisis pulmoralis ...
7
George Ryan.
1
3 Marasmus
60
Theo Alice Shaw
1
1
Convulsions,
S Lizzie Augusta Torrey.
40
2 12 Peritonitis
10
Andrew J. Morton .. 80
8 5 Bronchitis with Old
Age.
| Days.
Warren Burrell.
6 30
Old Age.
Hingham.
45 69
-
Weymouth. Ireland. Ireland.
19
Mary J. (Cornish) Campbell, wife of John G.
52 49
6 1 23
- Cancer
Devonshire, Ireland.
86 62
Keene, N. H. Ireland.
Ireland. Weymouth. [R. I.
Feb. 2
3
William J. Grant .. Oran White ... Lydia R. (Tirrell) Nash, widow of Clinton.
Providence, Weymouth. Weymouth.
Weymouth.
Halifax, N. S. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Ireland.
24
Edward Hill ..
1
-
Weymouth.
Ireland.
27
George N. Blanchard.
Mar. 2 John G. Burrell ..
65 5
Weymouth. Weymouth.
Ireland. Weymouth. Weymouth.
59 66 8
Consumption
Ireland. Bethel. Me. Fall River. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Freetown.
30
Elsie M. Holbrook ..
47
widow of Benjamin
Apoplexy Broncho-Pneumonia .. Marasmus
[Eng.
wife of Stephen J ..
137
DEATHS. - Continued.
Age.
Date.
Name.
Disease.
| Years.
| Months.
| Days.
Mar. 10
Nancy C. M. (Winship) Loud, wife of Byron W.
18
5 4
66
15
Edward Lewis ..
61 6 22
18
Female child of Almon B. and Alice R. Raymond .
Annie Dwyer.
20
1
Consumption ..
25
William P. Marlow
60
-
28
George Bennett.
56
1 Pneumonia.
28
Joshua Pratt.
86
3 19
Bronchitis
31
Marie Curtin.
2 21
Bronchitis .
Apr. 7
Oliver Lincoln
69
-
17 Valvular disease of
heart and Lenevey thaemics ..
Mary E. (Beals) Abbott, wife of Willie P.
22
7
Diphtheria ending with 9
66
14
Nicholas Garofalo.
-
27
Augustus Beals.
55
8
1 Heart disease
20
John Tirrell ..
85
1 9 Pneumonia.
23
George F. Hayden.
57 2
3 Bullet wound, blood pressure, apoplexy .. Pneumonia .. -
Michael S. Kennedy ..
4
25
Leon Howard Larmey
1
28
George T. Loud ..
28
Zelotus A. Trask.
Martha (Goodwin) Mitchell, wife of Wm. H.
73 37
-
-
1
- 5
Pneumonia .. Phthisis Pulmonalis ... Diabetes Mellitus Ex- haustion
1 Asthænia
Congestion of the Lungs
Consumption -
- Insanity
Ireland.
Scituate.
Weymouth. Weymouth. Unknown.
Marlow, N. H.
Weymouth. Ireland. Scituate. Weymouth. Scituate.
Weymouth.
66
25
Mary J. (Reardon) Howe, wife of Edward C.
34 11 18 59 8 3
Acute Endocarditis Embolism
Cohasset.
“ 31
June 2
3
1
-
Whooping cough ......
Canton. Bristol, Me.
Weymouth. Ireland. St. John, N. B. Franklin, N. H.
Weymouth. Weymouth.
Weymouth.
Holbrook. Italy. Weymouth. Weymouth.
Holbrook. Holyoke. Weymouth. Weymouth. Maine.
Virginia. Weymouth.
Weymouth. Weymouth.
Plympton. Ireland.
5
Mary (Hurley) Sullivan, wife of Daniel
-
5
Mercy B. (Jones) Pratt, wife of Geo. W ..
9
Broncho-Pneumonia ..
Rosina B. (Pratt) Foss, widow of Benj. F. 62 1
6
Fatty degeneration of heart.
14 Unknown
-
- Paralysis
Chronic Bronchitis. . . .
87 1 25 Valvular disease of
heart ..
3 21
Phthisis.
1 - Typhoid Fever
James K. Bowker ..
Cynthia H. (Collier) Bicknell,
widow of Stephen.
74
4 17 9|10|23
Suppurative Asthritis . Malignant Scarlatina, with Typhoid.
Consumption.
England.
Charles C. Tower.
Clara M. (Smith) Phillips, wife of J. Wendall. Mary L. Joyce,
29 10
4 Inflammati'n of bowels,
Weymouth. Weymouth.
May 1 1
Franklin D. Pratt.
60 9
John Burke ..
1
4
3
Samuel P. Deane.
77 10 29
4
Phillip R. Fraher.
20 10
62 55 9
66
7
9
Carl Herbert Larmey.
1
Charles Henry.
54
Rebecca A. (Tenny) Gardner, wife of Elbridge G. 71 11 27
16
16
Patrick Welch ..
17
Ellwood P. Curtis
17
20
25
Frederick L. Gerald.
-
Stillborn
24
13
25
26 -
Unknown.
56 6 19 Cerebral hemorrhage .. 76 11 |12 Visceral disease.
30
Wm. H. Looney
2
13
13
Eveline (Nash) Leach, widow of Isaac ..
76 17 49 8 25 Paralysis ..
Birthplace.
Dilatation of the heart, Chronic Osteitis.
5 Cardiac Asthenia.
ʻ
Congestive Fever ... . Marasmus.
17
29
138
DEATHS. - Continued.
Age.
Date.
Name.
Disease.
Birthplace.
| Years.
| Months.
Days.
June 3
Susan (Reed) Blanchard, widow of Winslow.
72
2 10
Haemoptysis.
6
Mary (Hughes) Kennedy, wife of Patrick
70 2 19
Disease of Heart ..
7
Male child of Lewis and Georgi- na Farina.
Stillborn.
66
12
John Mclaughlin
73
66
14
Emily Daly.
22 7
- 6 Catarrhal Pneumonia .. Pulmonary Tuberculo- sis
Weymouth.
=
19
Ronald J. Martin
2
¡
66
22
J. Edward Kerivan.
20
Tuberculosis
24
John F. Lee ...
69 4 19
Senile Marasmus
27
Male child of Edward W. and Lillian Parker
1
1
30
John Woodruff ..
83
1
2
Clarissa H. French.
76
9 26
George H. Kilburn
22 10|27
Tuberculosis
Gracie E. Tower.
18
- 21
Abscess of the Brain ..
14
James Carroll.
21 Unknown
15
Elizabeth A. Hunt.
52
Phthisis
16
John Hayes.
28
-
Accident, killed by the cars.
Ireland.
16
Male child of Harry and Emma Smith.
1 59
5
6
Pulmonary Tuberculo- sis.
Scotland.
21
Male child of Frank W. and Cora A. Pratt
Stillborn
Weymouth.
25
Male child of Howard L. and Mary L. Dunbar.
-
16
Consumption
66
20
Meningitis .
Aug. 3
8 22
Convulsions.
69
5
9 Cerebral Hemorrhage.
58
6
-
8
Lucy A. (Cooledge) Nash, wife of Aaron P.
78
8 23
Angina Pectoris
66
8
Mary E. Gilligan
2
1 6
Cholera Infantum.
9
Otto E. Barnes.
9 11
Cholera Infantum ..
11 Henry Whitman
32
7
Drowning.
12
William Torrey ....
1 21
Heart Disease
13
Stanley W. Orvey
S 23
Cholera Infantum.
13
John A. Guillardet.
8 128
Cholera Infantum.
66
19 Betsy Veazie.
95
-
S
2 Diarrhea
Weymouth. Boston. Boston.
Sept. 3 4
John E. Boyle ...
24
1 Phthisis.
Braintree.
66
6
Albert B. Lyon.
5 23
Diarrhea
11
Male child of Wm. E. and Lucy A. Hawes ..
-
Stillborn.
12
Frederick C. Lewis
6 19 Meningitis
17
Betsy (Humphrey) Bates, widow of Josiah
98 9 14
Old Age.
18
Grace H. Billings.
3
7 23 Diphtheria
19
Norman Wood.
Premature Birth
Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth.
1
1
Weymouth. Ireland.
15 Male child of Francis H. and Margaret Maguire.
1
* Unknown
Weymouth. Weymouth. Newton. Wareham.
Weymouth. Westfield, N.J. Weymouth. Hingham. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth.
Weymouth.
19
George McFawn
Stillborn.
29
Mary McMullen Susan Agnew.
Charles E. Salisbury
43
8 Intestinal Obstruction,
4 6
Margaret (McCue) Healey, wife of William.
Heart Disease.
Ireland.
Braintree. Weymouth. Weymouth. Rockland. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Braintree.
23
William Lyman ...
3
6 Consumption
66
23
Henry Johnson .
4
9
Cholera Infantum
Charles G. Easterbrooks.
68
3 21 Hemiplegia ..
Hingham.
5
Edmund R. Howley.
8 10
Enterocolitis
Weymouth. Weymouth.
Weymouth. Weymouth.
20
Gladys M. Larmey
Intussusceptio
Weymouth. Cape Cod. Unknown. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth.
30
11 19 7
John J. Green
David B. Lovell ..
Stillborn
July' 7 9
Meningeal Apoplexy .. Meningitis
12
-
- -
Premature Birth ...
Purpura
Weymouth. Ireland.
* Ten minutes.
65
139
DEATHS. - Continued.
Age.
Date.
Name.
Disease.
| Years.
Months.
Days.
Sept.19
Charles E. Abbott
2 16
Marasmus
21
Mathew Marron.
23 10 14
Acute Phthisis
22
Louiza Ghiorzi
-
3 14
Marasmus
23
Annie E. Healey .
-
2 23
Marasmus
24
Michael Cohan.
38
7 1
Phtbisis.
24
Sabrina B. (Nash) Cowing, wife of Francis H ..
73 2 26
Bronchitis, Asthma,
Mary L. Caulfield
-
6
Dysentery
24
Ernest C. Morgan ..
11
3
Peritonitis
25
Susan W. (Burrell) Raymond, widow of George F.
3 19
Nervous exhaustion ...
26
Mabel Ethel Burrell.
8
6
Cholera Infantum. ..
27
John T. Madden.
35
6
Mitral Insufficiency & Stenozis
Weymouth.
27
Lovey A. (Richardson) Dalton, wife of William W
71
5
17
Cardiac disease
66
28
Ralph Cotter.
2
4 Marasmus
30
Annic M.(Dwyer) Corcoran, wife of John F
24
15
Tuberculosis.
30
Marina Hunt.
79
21 Senile Gangrene
Oct. 1 66
3
John Gorman.
51
6
3
Abigail J. (Johnson) Thayer, widow of Chapin
65
8|13
Cancer
6
Ellen (Murphy) Dalton, wife of Thomas .
50
-
66
Michael Flynn.
80
Disease of Heart. -
9
Cornelius H. Cowing
1
9 Marasmus
11
Putnam W. Sweeting.
25 7
9
Typhoid Fever.
66
13
James F. Donahoe ..
Acute Phthisis
14
Cora M. Chambers ..
10 Marasmus
14
John J. Crehan.
21 10
Consumption
14
Micah Blanchard
90
3 13
Heart Disease & Pas- sive Congestion of Lungs Marasmus
=
Clara Parker Denton
27
4
3
Phthisis Pulmonalis
23
George F. Cleverly .
60
8
4 Consumption
23
Annie Loretta Nelligan.
-
3 11 Capillary Bronchitis
24
Nancy B. Nash .
74
- Paralysis ..
24
William H. Crockett.
60|11|17
Cardiac Disease
25
Male child of Joseph and Fella- mar Jeffe.
- Stillborn
Bernard S. Donahue ..
19 7 14 Tuberculosis.
71 9
0 Chronic Bronchitis -
Ireland.
29
Bronchitis
30 Millie P. Pratt .
Typhoid Fever
Nov. 1
Clarence L. McDonald.
2 19 Marasmus
Timothy McCarthy .
32 -
-
Phthisis
Lizzie V. (Hilton) Studley, wife of George S.
27 18
1 18 9 21
Chronic Nephritis ..... Acute Bronchitis, tu- bercula Phthisis .....
70
- Heart Disease
Discase of the Brain ..
Weymouth.
Birthplace,
Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth.
Weymouth. Weymouth. Boston.
Hingham. Weymouth.
Harvard. Weymouth.
Ireland. Weymouth. Weston. Weymouth. St. John, N. B.
Braintree.
Ireland. Ireland. Weymouth. Taunton. Weymouth. Weymouth. Ireland.
Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Quincy. Weymouth. Weymouth. Grandman, Me.
Weymouth. Weymouth.
Weymouth. Weymouth .. Weymouth. Ireland.
Weymouth.
5
Wallace W. Lee
John Ryan.
7 7
75 Susan S. (Tirrell) Tirrell, widow of Leonard B. 7 3
1
30 Rena A. Lencc
3
-
Cholera Infantum
Frank R. Lovell ..
27
3
- Phthisis.
Hemiplegia.
Pul. Phthisls compli- cated with chronic Pleurisy.
22 11 13 5
Augustine Terry.
6
16 17
26
Elizabeth (Mclaughlin) Demp- sy, widow of John Eliza (Thayer) Richards, wife of Minot ..
87 6 23 6 20
2
2
Weymouth. Ireland.
62
Emphysema.
24
140
DEATHS. - Continued.
Age.
Date.
Name.
Years.
Months.
| Days.
Nov. 12
Catherine G. (Doherty) Lenee, wife of Maxamillian
18
Consumption.
“ 13
Deborah (Sprague) Stoddard,
widow of James ..
88 4 27
Old age
14
Male child of Charles W. and Eliza L. Joy
1 71
3
5 Disease of Brain ..
17
Cornelius A. Pratt.
35
9
3 Pulmonary Tuberculo- sis
Weymouth.
17
Female child of Willie T. and Martha E. Thayer
Stillborn.
18
55
Apoplexy
18
J. Alfred Martin.
30
5 120
Typhoid Fever.
20
Joseph Fazio ..
42
-
-
66
21
Mary M. (Downing) Sherman, widow of Cyrus ..
67
5 27
Cancer
Boston.
23
Margaret (Caplies) Smith, wife of James ..
60
2 25
24
Margaret A. Cahill
21|11 |15
losis
Weymouth.
26
Catherine (Haggerty) Logue,
widow of William
56 5|15
Heart trouble
27
George A. Stoddard
43
3 10
Typhoid Fever
27
Charles L. Bradford, Jr
11
S
-
Heart disease.
28
Sargent L. Stoddard ...
79 7 |13 Carcinoma and Chronic Diarrhoea
28
Female child of Frank B. and Laura E. Allen.
Stillborn
" 30
John W. Burr ..
53
Paralysis
Dec. 1
Sarah A. (Clark) Pratt, widow of Nathaniel G ....
78
8
8
Old Age.
Boston.
1
Mary J. (Cobb) Hewitt, wife of Elmer .
85
I
1
Senile with Congestive Asthma ...
9
4
Pneumonia.
5
George Reed. .
7 16 Natural causes
6
Priscilla Blanehard.
94
3 19 Old Age
6
Catherine (Dwyer) Blaney, wife of James .
25
- Consumption.
Ireland.
9
Minerva P. (Lothrop) Burrell, wife of William F
29 6
9
12
80 1
-
66
13
Aliee G. Desilet. .
1 10
66
15
Edward J. Pratt.
1 11
21 Infantile Paralysis ....
18
Harriet L. (Reed) Worthen, wife of Albert P
Aeute Bright's Disease
19
Francis H. Cushing.
66
21
Male child of Albert P. and Har- riet L. Worthen.
4
Convulsions
66
22
Catherine Smith
* * * Natural causes.
46
24
Female ehild of Chester H. and Sarah L. Stoddard.
-
John Fennell ....
1
Bronchitis
28
Mary A. (Tower) Nason, widow of George S ..
89 8 12
Influenza
Braintree.
29
Susan F. (Joy ) Cushing, widow of Theron.
11
6
Broncho-Pneumonia ..
Weymouth.
30
J. Frank Dee
66 19
3 10 Septicaemia from Ap- pendicitis ... Phthisis Pulmonalis ... 7 |11
Weymouth. Ireland.
Mary E. Crehan
21
1
-
Weymouth. Hingham.
17
Jeremiah Bailey.
F
Premature Birth.
Weymouth. Scituate.
-
James Ryan.
Weymouth. Ireland. Weymouth. Italy.
Ireland.
Ireland. Weymouth. Scituate.
Gloucester.
Weymouth. Hingham.
Hanson. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth.
Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth.
33 71 7 21 Locomotor Ataxia ..
Weymouth. Weymouth.
Weymouth. Ireland.
Stillborn
25
Weymouth. Weymouth.
31
4 Cornelius T. Robbins
65 69
William Lovell.
Aeute Tuberculosis ... Arterial Degeneration. Unknown ...
- 23
Disease of liver
Croupous Pneumonia. Pulmonary Tubercu-
Birthplace.
Disease.
* Unknown. Very old.
141
Number of marriages recorded in the town of Weymouth for the year 1833 : -
Where one or both parties were residents of the
town
95
Non-residents
. . .
. .
16
Total
. .
.
111
Number of births : - -
Males
133
Females . ·
103
Totals
236
Number of deaths : -
Males
115
Females
·
·
91
Total
206
Excess of births over deaths
30
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk.
WEYMOUTH, Jan. 30, 1893.
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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
To the Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,- In accordance with the requirements of the Pub- lic Statutes and for the gentlemen appointed by you to constitute the Board of Engineers for the Fire Department, I have the honor to herewith submit my seventh annual report, and the fif- teenth of the present organization for the year ending Dec. 31, 1893.
The department as now organized is under control of five engineers, as follows : F. D. Thayer, Chief of Department, W. O. Collier, clerk, F. M. Drown, N. P. Sprague, and Otis Cushing.
The manual force of one hundred and sixty-three men has main- tained its reputation for strict attention to the requirements of the service, and is classified as follows : Seven hose companies, four ladder companies, and one chemical company. The apparatus consists of three hose wagons, two hose carriages, two hose reels, four ladder trucks, one chemical engine, two steam fire engines, 9,500 feet of hose, and 1,300 feet of ladders. The several pieces of apparatus have been maintained in good working condition with no large outlay for repairs, and should be credited to the companies having them in charge. The introduction of wagons to replace the heavy reels I trust will be continued to all other stations.
One new station has been added and located at Weymouth heights ; much needed repairs in other stations are recommended.
FIRE ALARM.
This branch of the service is reported by the Superintendent, H. L. Humphrey, to be in good condition. The very efficient duty performed and the reliability of the service warrant the highest commendation, with my personal acknowledgments. Twenty- three calls have been sent in during the year, giving evidence of its reliability, and the great assistance to the firemen in giving the alarm and denoting the locality of the fire. As the alarm is in connection with the high service at the pumping station the supply of water for the department has fulfilled the demand in every in- stance. Several additional boxes have been located, and the sys- tem will undoubtedly be gradually extended.
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RECOMMENDATION.
To meet the expenses of the department for the ensuing year, we would recommend an appropriation of $5,700 estimated as follows : -
Salaries of firemen and stewards, $2,200 ; care of fires and sup- plies to engine houses, $1,600 ; care, supplies, and extension of fire alarm, $700; hose, $500; chemical extinguishers for fires in the interior of buildings which would save much damage by water, $300 ; for sheathing and general repairs to engine houses, $400; with care of apparatus valued at $13,000; fire alarm, $3,000, and buildings at $13,000. This request seems to be reasonable and one in which the Town should have no hesitation in granting.
The Board of Engineers have worked for the best interests of the department and have made some improvements. In behalf of the Board I wish to express their entire satisfaction for the prompt and thorough manner in which all of the department work has been conducted during the past year. We also express our apprecia- tion of the kind words which have been spoken by many of our citizens and the expressions of their approval.
Respectfully submitted,
F. D. THAYER, Chief of Department.
During the year the department has responded to 23 box alarms as follows : In Ward 1, 8; Ward 2, 7; Ward 3, 5; Ward 4,1; Ward 5, 2.
The estimated value of property where fires have occurred in town, is,-
Value of buildings
$13,100 00
Damage to buildings
.
3,296 00
Insurance upon buildings
8,600 00
Insurance paid
2,046 00
Value of contents
6,900 00
Damage to contents
1,835 00
Insurance upon
.
5,500 00
Insurance paid
.
.
.
. 1,835 00
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY.
The Board of Trustees respectfully submit their fifteenth annual report as follows : --
During the year 1893, the library was open for the delivery of books three hundred and three days.
The number of volumes delivered for home use was, 57,856, an average of 191 volumes per day. The largest number of loans in one day was 497 volumes, on Feb. 23, and the smallest number, 28 volumes on Feb. 20. 31,499 volumes were delivered to persons coming to the library, and 26,357 through the several agencies, as follows : -
Precinct 1. Bartlett's store . 4,507
Precincts 2 and 6. Salisbury's store
8,336
Precincts 2 and 6. Bates & Humphrey's store
2,560
Precinct 4. Lovell's Corner . 829
Precinct 4. Nash's store
4,189
Precinct 5. Foster's store
5,936
The teachers have borrowed 2,618 volumes on their special cards.
The classification of the whole circulation is as follows : -
Arts, two per cent ; biography, two and one half per cent ; fic- tion, including juveniles, seventy-two per cent ; history, three and one half per cent ; literature, three per cent; natural science, two per cent ; poetry, one and one half per cent; social science, one per cent ; theology, four tenths of one per cent ; travels, six per cent ; periodicals, six and one tenth per cent.
The number of borrowers' cards to date is 7,025, of which 349 were issued during the last year.
The library has been increased during the year by the addition
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of 875 volumes, making the highest accession number 15,381. 69 volumes have been discarded as being too much worn for further circulation. As 57 volumes replaced worn out copies, the net gain is 818 volumes.
The annual inspection of the library was made, as usual, at the beginning of the present year, and the whole number of books was found to be properly accounted for, one having been lost by the borrower, and the price paid.
Some of the more important books added since the last report are Cameron's World's Fair, Elliott's Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building ; Appleton's Annual Cyclopædia, 1892; the International Dictionary ; Robinson's Atlas of Norfolk County ; Lippincott's Gazetteer .of the World, new edition ; Duruy's Histoire de France ; Green's Short History of the English People (beautifully illustrated) ; History of Hingham ; Lanciani's Rome ; Oliphant's Victorian Age of English Literature, and Makers of Venice ; the biographies of Booth, of Alcott, of Ruskin, of Jenny Lind Goldschmidt, and Pierce's Life of Sumner, vols. 3 and 4; the Letters of Gray, of. Lowell, and of Scott; the Men of Achieve- ment series, 4 vols. ; Index to General Literature ; second supple- ment to Poole's Index ; Slingo and Brooker's Electrical Engineering ; Ball's Atlas of Astronomy ; Daniell's Physics ; Proctor's Old and New Astronomy ; Remsen's Inorganic Chemistry ; Colange's American Cyclopædia of Commerce, etc. ; Baedeker's United States ; Manning's Egypt (illustrated) ; Nansen's Eskimo Life ; Urwick's India.
The following is the classification of the books purchased during the year : -
Arts, seven per cent; biography, eleven per cent; reference books, one per cent ; fiction, twenty-four per cent ; juvenile fiction, periodicals, and travels, each eight per cent ; foreign languages and poetry, each three per cent ; theology, two per cent ; social science and natural science, each five per cent ; language and literature, six per cent ; history, nine per cent.
In April the Book Committee subscribed for the following ad- ditional magazines for the circulating department: The " Cos -. mopolitan," " New England Magazine," "Outing," "Scribner's,"
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and extra copies of the "Century " and "Harper's " magazines. This has been so much appreciated by many borrowers that more magazines will be added for the coming year.
The experiment of placing on the counter an open bookcase filled with interesting books of history, travel, etc., which persons may examine at their leisure, has proved successful, and no loss or injury to the books has resulted from granting this privilege.
In view of the constantly increasing use of the reference books, which are easily accessible in the reading-room, it is desirable to encourage the growing demand by making frequent additions to this department.
The work of the library in connection with the schools promises beneficent results, and a considerable number of books is pur- chased each year with special reference to this use. Some of the teachers show their interest in this work not only by making good use of their special cards, but also by selecting books for their pupils to borrow on their own cards. The universal adoption by the teachers of this practice would render the library more useful in forming tastes for helpful literature among the younger portion of the readers.
Besides the reports and public documents, the library has re- ceived a small number of gifts, for which we tender thanks to the givers. Mrs. A. W. Clapp has presented a medallion of Mrs. Maria W. Chapman, which has been placed on one of the cases in the delivery room. The library is indebted to the courtesy of Hon. E. A. Morse, M. C., for the receipt since June 20 of the numbers of the Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, which are to be found on the tables in the reading-room. From the same source we also receive, as published, the Reports of the Eleventh Census, and the Congressional Record.
In view of the large proportion of the annual appropriations for the support of the library, which are necessarily devoted to other uses than the purchase of new books, it is, in the judgment of the trustees, most desirable that an appropriation for its super- intendence, circulation, and enlargement, no less liberal than that of last year, shall be granted for the current year, and they there- fore respectfully recommend the appropriation for those uses of
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