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Interest and discount 3,413 62
Borrowed from surplus revenue .
4,786 53
$469,958 65
INTEREST ON BONDS.
Amount paid to date per statement . $191,940 00
Money for the payment received as follows :-
Town appropriation. $11,400 00
Accrued interest on bonds
3,893 86
·
Water rents
.
.
176,646 14
$191,940 00
277
WATER RENTS.
Amount received to date per statement
$352,108 04
Accounts chargeable to same as follows, viz. :
Interest on bonds
. $176,646 14
Pumping station
25,133 48
Sinking fund .
85,060 00
Maintenance
17,835 35
Superintendent
20,022 40
Expense account
7,701 54
Office expense .
8,420 60
Tool and supply account .
1,906 31
Water Commissioners services . 3,263 88
-
Treasurer's services.
1,025 00
$347,014 70
Surplus revenue . .
$5,093 34
Due from construction account. $4,786 53
Cash on hand .
306 81
$5,093 34
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ASSETS, DEC. 31, 1897.
Amount due for water rent $3,688 54
Amount due for labor and material
1,341 01
Cast iron pipe and specials
2,742 31
Service pipe and fittings .
2,860 02
Tools and supplies .
1,278 50
Office furniture and supplies · 645 17
Coal, tools, etc., at pumping station .
1,400 03
Shed at pumping station .
100 00
Land near pumping station
200 00
Work shop and stable
300 00
Cash in hands of Treasurer
306 81
·
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$14,862 39
WATER ACCOUNT.
TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
Received for water rents and use of hydrants $34,163 03
for labor and material, construction account
2,971 60
interest First National Bank . 15 87
$5,000 water bonds due May 1, 1927
5,000 00
accrued interest on bonds sold
26 22
Total
$42,176 72
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1897 .
1,294 00
$43,470 72
DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid on Water Commissioners orders .
$25,159 91
coupons for interest on bonds
17,560 00
Total
$42,719 91
Deposit in First Nat. Bank
$330 81
Deposit in Nat. Bank of the Republic to pay coupons due
420 00
Cash balance .
750 81
$43,470 72
STATEMENT.
Cash balance Dec. 31, 1897 .
$750 81
Due for water rents
3,688 54
Due for labor and material
1,341 01
$5,780 36
Coupons due and unpaid .
420 00
Cash assets Dec. 31, 1897
$5,360 36
·
.
.
.
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TRIAL BALANCE, DEC. 31, 1897.
Dr. Cr.
Town of Weymouth, (appropriation)
$11,400 00
Town of Weymouth (bonds)
445,000 00
Accrued interest
3,893 86
Interest and discount
3,413 62
Premium account
16,758 50
Water rents
352,108 04
Construction account
$469,934 65 7,701 54
Expense account
Interest on bonds
191,520 00
Maintenance of works
17,835 35
Office expenses
8,420 60
Pumping station
25,133 48
Sinking fund account
85,060 00
Superintendent
20,022 40 .
Tool and supply account .
1,906 31
Treasurer,
·
1,025 00
Water Commissioners
3,263 88
Deposit, First National Bank .
330 81
Deposit, National Bank of the Re- public, Boston
420 00
$832,574 02
$832,574 02
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN H. STETSON, Treasurer.
Weymouth, Dec. 31,1897.
.
·
SINKING FUND ACCOUNT.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
Received from Water Commissioners
$8,800 00
Interest on city bonds
149 50
" railroad bonds
240 00
66
66
" town bonds
2,520 00
66
66
" mortgage notes
723 50
66 66 " deposit First National Bank
37 88
66
" deposit Dedham Savings Bank
42 38
for $3,700 Sioux City bonds .
3,700 00
66
on mortgage loan
50 00
Total .
$16,263 26
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1897
2,068 17
$18,331 43
INVESTMENTS, INTEREST AND EXPENSES.
Paid for $5,000 Weymouth bonds, due 1927 .
$5,000 00
Loaned on real estate mortgages .'
9,100 00
Received interest Dedham Savings Bank
42 38
Received accrued interest Weymouth bonds
26 22
Paid for rent safe deposit box
15 00
H. A. Nash, expenses to Brockton
2 75
J. H. Stetson, expenses to Brockton Cash on deposit, First National Bank
2 75
Total
.
$18,331 43
·
·
.
4,142 33
166
281
Expenses charged off
$20 50
Accrued interest charged off
26 22
Received for bonds .
3,700 00
Received on mortgage ·
50 00
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1897
2,068 17
$5,864 89
Increase for the year
$12,466 54
Sinking fund, Jan. 1, 1897
91,228 05
Sinking fund Dec. 31, 1897
. $103,694 59
.
SINKING FUND INVESTMENTS.
$18,000 town of Weymouth 4 % bonds, due November, 1917 $18,000 00 $1,000 town of Weymouth 4 % bonds, due No- vember, 1919 .
1,000 00 $7,000 town of Weymouth 4% bonds,- due No- vember, 1920 . 7,000 00 $10,000 town of Weymouth 4 % bonds, due May; 1921 10,000 00
$13,000 town of Weymouth 4 % bonds, due May, 1924
13,000 00
$4,000 town of Weymouth 4 % bonds, due May, 1925. · $8,000 town of Weymouth 4 % bonds, due May, 1926 , $5,000 town of Weymouth 4 % bonds, due May, 1927
4,000 00
8,000 00
$1,000 town of Whitman 4 % bond, due Septem- ber, 1916
5,000 00
$6,000 Fitchburg R. R. 4 % bonds, due April 1, 1907
5,910 00
Loaned on real estate mortgages
25,550 00
Deposited in Dedham Savings Bank
1,092 26
Deposited in First National Bank .
4,142 33
$103,694 59
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN H. STETSON, Treasurer.
WEYMOUTH, Dec. 31, 1897.
1,000 00
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the Board of Water Commissioners :-
GENTLEMEN :- I submit my twelfth annual report for the year ending December 31st, 1897.
POND.
The condition of the dam and pond is as it has been in the past. Samples of the water have been sent to the State Board of Health from time to time for examination, and the analysis show about the same as in the past.
PUMPING STATION.
Last Spring on examination of our Deane pump two cracks were found in the back end of the low pressure cylinders. It was thought at first that two new cylinders would be needed, but the builders were consulted, and they reported that they could be re- paired, which was done at a much smaller cost than had we been obliged to put in new cylinders. With the exception of a few new springs, no other repairs have been required. Two new tubes have been needed in the boilers and the brick work over the door has been repaired.
The Boiler inspectors report show our boilers to be in good con- dition.
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STAND-PIPE.
The water was drawn out of the stand-pipe last June and the sides and bottom cleaned and found in fair condition.
I would recommend that it be painted both inside and out this coming season.
MAINS.
Five thousand five hundred and thirty-seven and five-tenths feet of main pipe has been laid in the streets, as shown by the table following this report. Two hundred feet of 2-inch and 622 feet of 12-inch galvanized iron pipe in Bridge street has been replaced with 6-inch cast iron.
The total length of main pipe now in use is 58 miles 2,270 feet.
Only four small leaks have occurred in the mains during the year.
HYDRANTS.
Four new hydrants have been set this year., Total number now in use, 366. The hydrants have received the usual care during the year and are all in good working order.
GATES.
The gates are in good order and have received their usual at- tention. All wooden boxes found bad have been replaced with iron.
SERVICE PIPES.
Seven leaks have been repaired during the year.
Sixty services have been relaid, most of which were in Union and Bridge streets. Owing to the widening of the streets and
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changing the grade, this has made quite a difference in our main- tenance account.
Fifty-eight new service pipes have been laid and sixty old ser- vices have been re-laid, as follows :-
84 2-inch lead
2,028. feet 261.9
10 1-inch lead .
1 ¿- inch lead lined 18.5
1 2-inch tin lined lead 47. 66
1 1-inch tin lined lead 39.
1 1-inch tin lined 33. 66 12 2-inch galvanized iron 187.5 66
2 1-inch galvanized iron
26.6 66
3 13-inch galvanized iron
129. 66
2 2-inch galvanized iron
14. 66
1 4-inch cast iron
40.5
2,825. feet
· Number feet of service pipe re-laid 1,651.9 "
Number feet of new service pipe laid . 1,173.1 feet
Twenty-three hundred and eighty service pipes have been laid to date; of these there are fourteen that have not been let on and fifteen that have been discontinued.
Number of feet of each size laid as follows :-
2,096 2-inch diameter 49,364.2 feet 5,722.5
217 1-inch diameter 3 14-inch diameter 83.3 919.5
22 12-inch diameter
30 2-inch diameter 679. 66
1 22-inch diameter 17.
2 3-inch diameter
44.1 66
6 4-inch diameter
3 6-inch diameter
136. 53. 66
Total length of service pipe 57,018.6 feet
Number miles of service pipe . 10.798
286
Sixty water takers have been added this year, making the total number to date two thousand four hundred and ninety-six.
Thirty-six services are shut off temporarily on account of vacancy, and ten services are shut off for non-payment of rates.
Water is supplied to the following :-
Families
2,563
Lawn Hydrants .. · 72
Stores .
56 Blacksmith Shops . .
2
Offices .
9
Groves
·
2
Banks .
5
Paint Shops .
2
Markets
5
Ice Houses . 2
Depots
4 Electric Light Station
1
Bakeries
2
Coal and Wood Yards .
1
Churches
14
Street Watering Stand
Halls .
11
Pipes ·
Public Libraries
1
Barber Shops
·
13
Photograph Rooms
1
Boarding Houses 10 .
Club Rooms . 10 .
Engine Houses
·
7
Restaurants .
3
Greenhouses 9 .
Laundries
9
School Houses 20 .
Manufactories
27
Slaughter Houses .
2
Cemeteries .
8
Ornamental Fountains .
2
Private Stables
178
Public Drinking Foun- tains
12
Stables .
8
Motors
12
Truck Stables
.
17
Meters
.
.
4
Parks .
·
1 Hydrants
. 366
NUMBER FIXTURES.
Faucets
. 2,948
Water closets
· 298
Hand hose
. 1,350
Urinals
· 25
Bath tubs
219
Number of houses supplied with water.
2,183 Number of houses on pipe line not supplied with water . 87
Number of houses that pipe line does not reach .: 95
.
Livery and
Express
·
·
287
PIPES LAID AND GATES AND HYDRANTS SET IN 1897.
Length in Feet Laid.
Gates Set.
STREETS.
Location.
Cast Iron, 6 In.
Galv. Iron, 2 In.
Galv Iron. 1} In
Galv Iron, 1} In
Galv Galv Iron, Iron 1 In. ¿ In.
Hydrants.
6 In 2 In & In
Adams Pl. .
75.
Bridge St. ..
983.5
1
1
From end of pipe west From Monatiquot Heights road to Pine Point House.
Donovan's Av
569.
1
2
From Middle st. west From end ofpipe west
East St.
213.
Hunt's Hill.
111.
1
From Beach south
Mill Lane. .
1,372.
2
Private Way ..
428.
1
1
From Middle st. to High school house
194.5
1
Off North st
233.
Off Prospect st
291.
Off Wessagusset st
149.
Off Wharf st
Washington St
463.5
1
Wharf St
242.
From end of pipe north.
Wessagusset
213.
1
1
2,193.5 2,443.5
149.
213.
75. 463.5
4
5
6
1
Number feet pipe laid
5,537.5
Number hydrants set
4
Number gates set
.
.
12
1 1
1
St .. . ..
288
DISTRIBUTION PIPES AND GATES LAID TO DEC. 31, 1897.
SIZE.
Cast Iron Pipe. Ft.
Wrought Iron Ft. Pipe.
Galv. Iron Lead Pipe. Pipe. Ft. Ft.
Gate s
20-inch diam.
250.
1
18
2,092.5
12
12
66
19,087.8
28
10
30,905.2
37
8
37,465.2
58
6
66
155,323.7
245
4
66
4,717.5
13
2
60
9,935.9
7,271.
36
12,642.7
1,831.
40
642.
1 4
66
1,575.
2,286.
520.5
11
463.5
1
270,521.4
24,153.6
12,493.5
520.5
483
307,689. total number feet,
2 12-inch valves.
58.274 total number miles,
1 14-inch check valve. ·
483 gates,
6 automatic air valves.
366 hydrants,
7 6-inch blow-offs.
9 4-inch blow-offs.
1 2-inch blow-off.
200 ft. of 2-inch and 622 ft. of 1} inch galvanized iron pipe taken out of Bridge street and replaced with 6-inch cast iron.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE J. RIES, Superintendent.
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20,679.5
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS-STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. GREAT POND, WEYMOUTH, WATER ANALYSIS (PARTS IN 100,000.)
Date of
Appearance.
Odor.
Residue on Evaporation.
Ammonia.
Nitro- gen as
AlbumInoid·
No.
Collection.
Examination.
Turbidity.
Sediment.
Cold.
Hot.
Total.
Loss on Ignition.
Fixed
Free.
Total.
In Solution.
In Suspen-
Chlorine.
Nitrates.
Nitrites.
Oxygen Consumed.
Hardness.
289
1897.
1897.
18501
Feb. 15 Feb. 16
Very slight.
Cons.
1.20
Distinctly vegetable and mouldy Distinctly vegetable. Faintly vegetable. Faintly vegetable. Faintly vegetable. Faintly vegetable.
Distinctly vegetable. Distinctly vegetable. Faintly vegetable. Faintly vegetable. Faintly vegetable.
4.25
2.10
2.15
.0006
.0186 .0176
.0010
,62
0000
.0000 .8343
0.3
20318
Aug. 30 Aug. 31
None.
Slight.
0.65
3.75
1.70
2.05
0014 .0170
1.0158
.0012
.60
.0020 .0000 .7486
0.6
20977
Oct. 27 Oct.
27
Very slight.
Slight.
0.60
3.15
1.70
1.45
.0012
0174 .0158
.0016|
.68
.0070 .0000
.4960
0.6
21689
Dec. 29 Dec. 29
Very slight.
Cons.
1.10
4.75
2.45
2.30
.0008 .0200
.0198 .0002
.70
.0040.0000 .8400
1.3
4.75
2.45
2.30
.0026 .0246 .0216 .0030
.68
.0050 .0000 .8960
1.4
19142
Apr. 29 April 30
0014
.61
0030 .0000 .7760
0.5
19712
June 28 July
3
Very slight.
Cons.
1.05
0.90
3.85
2.15
1.70
.0012 .0248 .0234
Very slight.
Slight.
Distinctly vegetable.
Color.
sion.
ENGINEER'S REPORT.
To the Weymouth Water Board :-
GENTLEMEN : I respectfully submit the following for the year ending December 31, 1897 :
Thirty-three new springs have been needed in the Deane pump. Each boiler has had one new tube.
I have attended to thirty-one fire alarms on the following dates : Jan. 2, 5, 15 ; March 9, 16, 25, 26, 30; April 1, 2 (two), 3, 4, 6, 13, 19, 25; May 29; June 11, 17 (two) ; July 3, 9 (two) ; Aug. 8; Sept. 19; Oct. 17, 19.
The following tables show the amount of water pumped, coal con- sumed, etc.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE W. SARGENT,
Engineer.
291
April .. . . ..
15
40
45
2 43
73,966
2,588,810
145
45º
4,500
9,400
13,900
1,390
186
275
22,522.646
33,304,764
May . .... ·
17
62
00
3 38
113.006
3,955,210
141
62º
5,100
14,300
19,400
1,940
203
276
23,974,688
32,525,101
June. .
19
59
15
3
07
117.155
4,100,425
142
62°
4,650
13,700
18,350
1,835
223
299
26,463,494
35,445,629
July.
17
91 50
5
24
180,905
6,331,675
138
74°
40
4,200
20,125
24,365
2,432
259
314
29,908,685
36,209,944
August .. . .
16
67
10
4 11
133,715
4 680,025
143
73°
4.800
16.100
20,900
2,090
223
290
26,705,700
34,667,648
September ..
15
66
55
4 27
119,125
4,169,375
143
68°
4,350
14,450
18,800
1,880
221
288
26,449,361
34,411,626
October ....
14
40
25
2 53
81,659
2,858.065
145
56°
35
4 200
10,500
14,735
1,470
193
272
23,456,111
32.916,742
November .
14
36 -35
36
72,305
2,530,675
145
40°
4,200
9,800
14,000
1,400
180
258
21,859 608
31,228,013
December ..
15
38
30
2 34
78,449
2.745,715
145
35°
6,000
8,400
14,400
1,440
190
326
23,058,285
39,528,489
Totals and averages
189
697
40
3 41
1,319,717
46,190,095
141
51º
75
56,100
161,075
217,250
21 717
212
286
25,001,970
33,721,421
80
50
5 03
Rev. 145,236
Gals. 5,083.260
Ft. 135
34°
Lhs. 4,800
I,bs 19,300
Lbs. 24,100
Lbs. 2,410
Gals. 210
Gals. 263
23,747,893
29,654,105
February . .
15
76 25
5 05
132.363
4,632,705
135
36°
4,500
16,100
20,600
2.060
224
287
25,320,206
32.397,282
March .....
16
37
00
2 18
71,833
2.514,155
145
36°
4,800
8.900
13.700
1,370
183
282
Pumping.
Average Duty in Ft. Lbs.
Per 100 Lbs. Coal en
Average Duty in Ft. Lbs.
Per 100 Lbs. Coal While Pumping.
Separate Days Pumping.
No. of Hours Pumping.
Average Number of Hours Pumping.
Total Number Revolutions
Total Number Gallons
Average Dynamic Head
Against Pump.
Water.
Wood :
Coal in Pounds.
Raising Steam, Bank-
ing Fire and Heat-
ing Building.
Pumping.
Total Coal.
Ashes.
No. Gallons Pumped Per
Lb.of Coal for Total Coal
No. Gallons Pumped Per
While
Coal
Per Month.
Pumped Per Month.
5
Lbs. of Wood.
Average Temperature of
Coal Consumed.
=
MONTHS.
January .. ..
16
H. M.
HI. M.
Lb. of
Total Coal.
22,192,463
34,161,433
.
2
RECORD OF DEANE PUMPING ENGINE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1897.
RECORD OF BLAKE PUMPING ENGINE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1897.
Separate Days Pumping.
No. of Hours Pumping.
Average Number of Hours Pumping.
Total Number Revolutions
Total Number of Gallons
Average Dynamic Head
Against Pump.
Water.
Wood : -
Coal in Pounds.
Raising Steam,Bank-
ing Fires and Heat- ing Building.
Pumping.
Total Coal.
Ashes.
No. Gallons Pumped Per
Lb.of Coal for Total Coal
No. Gallons Pumped Per
Average Duty in Foot
Pounds Per 100 Lbs. of
Average Duty in Foot
Pounds Per 100 Lbs. of Coal While Pumping.
January ....
15
81
15
5 25
Rev. 139,031
Gals. 4,866,085
Ft. 130
34°
Lbs. 40
Lbs. 4,500
Lbs. 15,800
Lbs. 20,340
Lbs. 2.030
Gals. 239
Gals. 307
25,938,098 33.391,197
February ..
13
31
55
2 27
56,801
1,988,035
138
36°
3,900
6,100
10,000
1.000
198
325
22.880,691
37.509,329
March .. . . .
15
38
00
2 32
70,674
2,473,590
138
36°
40
4,500
8,300
12,840
1,280
192
298
22,172,150
34,300,049
April ..
15
51 50
3 27
84,223
2,947,805
141
53º
4,500
9,000
13,500
1,350
219
327
25,677,346
38,516,020
May . . .
17
62 25
3 40
104,581
3 660,335
134
57º
5,100
11,100
16,200
1,620
220
329
25,250,888
36,852,639
June ... .
15
91 10
6 04
159,084
5.567,940
135
66°
4,350
14,700
19,050
1,905
292
378
32,907,839
42,645,875
July . . ... .
21
104
50
4 59
177,820
6,223,700
131
74°
5,100
19,575
24,675
2,467
251
317
27,516,276 34,225,497
August . . .
16
60
20
3 46
109,403
3,829.105
139
73º
4,350
11,650
16.000
1,600
239
328
27,743,301 38,102,388
September ..
16
55
20
3 27
105,689
3,699,115
134
62º
4,650
10,650
15,300
1,530
245
347
27,019,594
38,816,741
October ....
17
53
45
3 09
103,552
3,624,320
135
59º
5,100
9,800
14,900
1,490
243
369
27,386,724
41,638,998
November ..
16
46
45
55
85,584
2,995,440
135
49°
4.800
9,200
14.000
1,400
213
325
24,089,756|
36,658,324
December ..
16
50
2 36
74,188
2 596,580
135
4,800
8,400
13,200
1.320
196
369
22,147,571
34,803,445
Totals and averages
192
719
25
3 44
1,270,630
44,472,050
135
53º
80
55,650
134,275
190,005
18,992
234
331
26,352,507
37,289,950
H. M.
H. M.
Per Month.
Pumped Per Month.
Average Temperature of
Lbs of Wood.
5
MONTHS.
Pumping.
/
292
.
2
41
38º
Coal Consumed.
Lb. of Coal While
Coal on Total Coal.
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REPORT OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of the Town of Weymouth :-
Your committee desire at this time to make a partial report of the progress of the work upon the New High School Building.
At the last Annual March Meeting it was voted to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $50,000 to erect and furnish a High School building suitable to accommodate three hundred scholars. The following committee was appointed to carry said vote into effect :- W. A. Drake, James Humphrey, William Hyde, Jr., Joseph Chase, Jr., C. B. Cushing, M. E. Hawes, A. J. Richards, J. H. Flint, Bradford Hawes, Wilton Loud, H. A. Thomas and H. W. Sears. In October Mr. Thomas, on account of change of resi- dence, resigned from the school committee, and Mr. George C. Torrey was appointed to fill the vacancy. By virtue of his elec- tion to the school committee, Mr. Torrey became a member of the building committee.
On March 13, 1897, the Building committee met at the Jeffer- son school building and organized by the choice of W. A. Drake as chairman and Superintendent I. M. Norcross as secretary. The following sub-committees were authorized and duly ap- pointed ;- Committee on Rules, on Site, on Plans, on Heating and Ventilation, on Contracts, on Construction, and on Fur- nishing.
The Committee on Plans, after examining several rough plans submitted by different architects and visiting many high school buildings, reported in favor of accepting the plans submitted by
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Loring and Phipps of Boston. This report was accepted and adopted, and Messrs. Loring and Phipps, who have had a great deal of experience in school house architecture, were selected to prepare plans and specifications and to supervise the construction of the building.
The building is old colonial in style, of brick, with freestone trimmings, with the base of rock-faced native granite. The brick work is laid in Flemish bond in large white joints. The roof is of slate with metal cornices.
The exterior dimensions are 126 feet 10 inches, by 77 feet, and the structure is three stories above the basement. In the base- ment are two wardrobe rooms, modern in style, two bicycle and lunch rooms, a manual training room, and toilet rooms. Toilets are also provided on the first and second floors. The boiler and fresh air supply rooms are also located in the basement.
On the first floor there are three entrances, two facing Middle street and one with carriage porch on the southerly end. The staircases are located at the entrances and provide a very quick means of exit. The stairs are of iron and steel, and are practi- cally fire-proof. On this floor are located the library, principal's room, three recitation rooms, and two large class rooms.
On the second floor are three class or recitation rooms, a room designed for typewriting and stenography, an assembly hall, and a lady teachers' room.
On the third floor there is a gymnasium room, 37 by 68 feet, a chemical laboratory, a lecture room, a physical laboratory, an apparatus room, and a large room for a museum.
The Committee selected for the site of the new building, a fine five-acre lot on the west side of Middle street about three minutes' walk from Shaw's corner. The building has an elevation of three hundred feet from Middle street. The grounds are ample for development as play grounds for the large number of pupils who will gather there when the two high schools are consolidated, and also for botanical and agricultural experiments which are now being taught to some extent in the schools of the town.
The contract for excavating the cellar and grading the grounds was awarded to Mr. G. M. Pratt.
The competition for the construction of the building was very
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great. About fifty partial and complete bids were received by the committee. The bids ranged from $35,636.75 to $54,930. Mr. P. H. Jackson, of Brockton, was the lowest bidder and after furnishing satisfactory references and bonds, was awarded the contract. Twelve bids for heating and ventilating the building were received. These ranged from $3,775 to $7,612. After careful consideration of the several bids the contract was awarded to Mr. L. E. Smith of Gloucester, Mass.
The work on the building is now progressing to the entire satis- faction of the committee. The Committee on Construction has carefully watched the material and labor in every part of the building and is well satisfied with the character of the work thus far completed.
Respectfully submitted,
W. A. DRAKE, JAMES HUMPHREY, WILLIAM HYDE, JR., JOSEPH CHASE, JR., C. B. CUSHING, M. E. HAWES,
A. J. RICHARDS, JAMES H. FLINT, BRADFORD HAWES, WILTON LOUD, GEORGE C. TORREY, H. W. SEARS.
Building Committee.
W. A. DRAKE,
I. M. NORCROSS, · Secretary.
Chairman.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
Town of Weymouth.
1897.
WEYMOUTH, MASS. : WEYMOUTH & BRAINTREE PUB. CO. 1898.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1897.
Chairman-WILLIAM A. DRAKE. MEMBERS. WARD ONE.
WILLIAM A. DRAKE WILLIAM HYDE, JR.
.
WARD Two.
East Weymouth.
JAMES H. FLINT ·
WARD FOUR.
Weymouth.
BRADFORD HAWES
: (Lovell's Corner),
WARD FIVE.
South Weymouth.
East Weymouth.
GEORGE TORREY
I. M. NORCROSS, Secretary and Superintendent of Schools, P. O., EAST WEYMOUTH, MASS.
OFFICE HOURS.
At Bicknell School on Tuesdays.
At South High School on Wednesdays.
At North High School on Thursdays.
From 3.30 to 4.00, from the first of November to the first of Feb- ruary, and from 4.00 to 4.30 at other times of the school year.
After June 1st, office hours at new High Schoolhouse.
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD.
Regular meetings of the Board : First Saturday of each month except July and August.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Teachers.
WILLIAM A. DRAKE, JAMES H. FLINT, WILLIAM HYDE, JR. Text Books.
BRADFORD HAWES, JAMES H. FLINT, WILLIAM HYDE, JR. Supplies. JOSEPH CHASE, JR. WILLIAM A. DRAKE. JAMES H. FLINT. Repairs.
BRADFORD HAWES, WILLIAM A. DRAKE, JOSEPH CHASE, JR. Fuel.
GEO. C. TORREY. WILLIAM HYDE, JR. JOSEPH CHASE, JR.
North Weymouth.
Weymouth.
JOSEPH CHASE, JR. . . WARD THREE.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of the Town of Weymouth :-
Your School Committee, in accordance with the requirements of the Commonwealth, respectfully submit herewith their Annual Report, together with the report of the Superintendent of Schools, for the year ending December 31, 1897.
FINANCIAL.
The sum appropriated at the last Annual Town Meeting for the support of schools from April 1, 1897, to April 1, 1898, was as follows :----
Amount raised by direct assessment $41,375 00
One-half of dog license tax .
512 18
Income from Alewife Fund . 252 00
Tuition from non-resident pupils
62 00
Total , · $42,201 18
Amount on hand January 1, 1897, for support of
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