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STAND PIPE.
The water was drawn out of the stand pipe and the bottom cleaned. The whole inside should have been thoroughly cleaned and painted, to prevent it from rusting through, which it will do in a very few years if it is not kept well painted. I consider it necessary to paint it every year.
MAINS.
During the early spring our whole pipe system was gone over, divided into sections and the pipes thoroughly flushed out. I would recommend that the same thing be done again this spring.
Fifteen hundred and forty-three and one-half feet of main pipc have been laid as shown by the table following this report.
Total length of main pipe now in use is 58 miles, 2992.6 feet.
Six leaks have been detected and repaired. So far as can be seen now no leaks of any size exist.
HYDRANTS.
One new hydrant has been set this year, making total number now in use 367. They are in fair condition, but should all be gone over this spring, examined, oiled and most of them re- packed.
Two hydrants on Bridge street were set back to conform to the State Highway regulations.
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GATES.
The gates are in good condition. All decayed wooden boxes have been replaced with iron ones.
SERVICE PIPES.
Eight hundred and three leaks have been reported and investi- gated, six have been repairs in iron and lead pipes and stop cocks in street, seven hundred and ninety-seven have been re- ported in pipes and fixtures on premises, these have been partly repaired by occupants or owners.
Of the total number of leaks stated above eight hundred and one were reported by the inspector as the result of the annual canvas, they were distributed as follows :-
Five hundred and three on faucets two hundred and seven on ball-cocks and ninety-one on pipes and shut-offs.
Fifty-two new service pipes have been laid and sixteen old ser- vices have been re-laid as follows :-
45 2-inch lead 1,098.5 feet
3 1-inch lead 80.2
16 2-inch galvanized iron 258.9
1 1-inch galvanized iron 15. 6:
1 1 ¿- inch galvanized iron
33.5
2 2-inch galvanized iron 22
Number feet of service pipe relaid
· 1,508.1 feet 384. 66
Number feet of new service pipe laid 1,124.1
1
Twenty-four hundred and thirty-two service pipes have been laid to date; of these there are nine that have not been let on and sixteen that have been discontinued. Number of feet of each size laid as follows :
2,141 3-inch diameter . 50,334.7 feet.
221 1-inch diameter .
5,817.7 "
3 14-inch diameter
83.3
285
23 12-inch diameter
32 2-inch diameter
1 2}-inch diameter
2- 3-inch diameter 44.1 66
6 4-inch diameter
136. 66
3 6-inch diameter
53. 66
Total length of service pipe
58,139.8 feet.
Number miles of service pipe
11.011
Fifty-eight water takers have been added this year, making the total number to date two thousand five hundred and fifty-four.
Forty-one services are shut off temporarily on account of vacancy and thirteen are shut off for non-payment.
Water is supplied to the following :-
Families
.
2,546
Blacksmith shop 3
Stores .
59
Groves
2
Offices 11
Paint shops 2
Banks .
5 Ice houses 2
Markets
6
Electric light stations 1
Depots
4
Coal and wood yards
1
Churches
14
pipes 3
Halls
12
Barber shops 13
Public Libraries
2
Boarding houses 10
Club rooms .
12
Engine houses
7
Restaurants .
3
Green houses
9
Laundries
10
School houses 20
Manufactories
26
Slaughters houses
2
Cemeteries 8
Ornamental fountains 2
Private stables
179
Public drinking foun-
Livery & express stables
8
tains 13
Truck stables
18
Motors
13
Parks .
1
Meters
4
Lawn hydrants
72
Hydrants
367
Number of fixtures :-
Faucets
3,173
Water closets
358
Hand house
· 1,378
Urinals
. 25
Bath tubs
.
· 242
953. 701. 17. 66
feet.
Bakeries
2
Street watering stand-
PIPES LAID AND GATES AND . HYDRANTS SET IN 1898.
Length in Feet Laid.
Gates Set.
STREETS.
Cast Iron,
6 inch.
Galv. Iron,
2 inch.
Galv. Iron,
1} inch.
Galv. Iron,
1} inch.
Galv. Iron,
Hydrants.
6 inch.
2 inch.
1} inch.
1 inch.
Hunt's Hill
101.5
1
.
·
Private way
655.
1
1
.
.
.
Private way
178.5
1
.
Off Ford avenue, Rose Cliff. Off Pearl street, south.
286
Leading from Beach at Hunt's Hill to Bayside House.
Summit street .
200.
.
.
1
From end of pipe as before laid
655.
195.5
421.5
71.5
200.
1
1
2
2
1
Off Sea street.
Off Central street.
.
Private way
94.
71.5
1
·
.
Private way
243.
·
1
.
Number feet pipe laid, 1,543.5. Number hydrants set, 1. Number gates set, 6.
Location.
1 inch.
.
287
DISTRIBUTION PIPES AND GATES LAID TO DECEM- BER 31, 1898.
SIZE.
Cast Iron Pipe. Wrought Iron Pipe. Ft. Ft.
Galv. Iron Pipe. Ft.
Lead Pipe. Ft.
Gates.
20-inch diameter
250.
1
18
2,092.5
1
14
20,679.5
12
12
66
19,087.8
28
10
30,905.2
37
8
66
37,465.2
58
6
155,978.7
246
4
66
4.717.5
13
2
9,935.9
7,466.5
38
12,642.7
2,252.5
42
11
,١
1,575.
2,486.
520.5
12
463.5
1
271,176.4
24,153.6
13,382.
520.5
489
309,232.5 total number feet,
2 12-inch valves.
58.566 total number miles,
1 14-inch check valve.
489 gates,
6 automatic air valves.
367 hydrants,
7 6-inch blow-off's.
9 4-inch blow-off's.
1 2-inch blow-off.
GEORGE J. RIES, Superintendent.
713.5
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS-STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. GREAT POND, WEYMOUTH, WATER ANALYLIS (PARTS IN 100,000).
-
Date of
Appearance.
Odor.
Residue on Evaporation.
Ammonia.
Nitrogen as
Albuminoid.
. NUMBER.
Collection.
Examination.
Turbidity.
Sediment.
Color.
Total.
Fixed.
Free.
Total.
In Solution.
In Suspension
Chlorine.
Nitrates.
Nitrites.
Hardness.
1898
1898
22001 Jan. 26 Jan. 27
4.40 2.30 2.10 .0002 .0218 .02 6 .0012 .74 .0050 .0000
.9800 1.1 Great Pond.
2268:
Mar. 30 Mar. 31
Very slight Very slight Very slight Slight
Very 1.02 Slight Snght .99
Faintly vegetable Faiutly vegetable Faintly vegetable None
Distinctly vegetable Faintly vegetable Distinctly vegetable None
4.15 2.35 1.80
.0008
.0232 .0198
.0034 .52 .0010 .0000
.8720 1.0 Tap in town.
24752 Sept. 23 Sept. 2: Decided
None
3.70|1.75 1.95 .0052 .0232 .0180
.0052 .50 .0040 .0001
. 7440 0.8 Last hydrant , on Randolph st.
24811 Sept. 28 Sept. 29
Slight
Cons. .85 Iron Cons. .98 Iron Slight 1.30
None
4.60 2.75 1.85 .0010
.0238
.0204 .0034 .54 .0050 .0000
.9600 0.5 Great Pond.
25506 Dec. 1 Dec. 1
Slight
Faintly vegetable
Faintly earthy Faintly vegetable Distinctly vegetable
3.25|1.50 1.75 .0006
.0196 .0162 .0034
.48 .0030 .0000
.9040 0.6|Tap at north end of town.
2328
May 24 May 24
.7600|0.3 Great Pond.
24075 July 28 July 29
Very Slight C'ous. .75
1.00
Loss on Ignition.
Taken from.
Cold.
Hot.
Oxygen Consumed.
288
5.30 3.10 2.20 .0014 .02:6 .0250 .0016 .53 .0020 .0000 1.3600 0.8 Great Pond.
3.85 2.00 1.85 .0006 .0178 .0170 .0008 .57 .0070 .0000
ENGINEER'S REPORT.
To the Weymouth Water Board :-
GENTLEMEN :- I respectfully submit the following for the year ending December 31, 1898 :-
Fifty-four new springs have been needed in the Deane pump. Twelve new springs and valves in the Deane vacuum pump. The Blake pump has had new packing on the main plungers. The Blake boiler has needed one new tube.
I have attended to twenty-one fire alarms on the following dates : Jan. 7, 11; March 13, 21; April 18 (three) ; May 2, 11,31; June 3, 8, 14, 28; Sept. 28; Nov. 3, 7, 14; Dec. 6, 9,10.
The following tables show the amount of water pumpcd, coal consumed, etc.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE W. SARGENT,
Engineer.
RECORD OF BLAKE PUMPING ENGINE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1898.
Separate Days Pumping.
No. of Hours Pumping.
Average Number of Hours Pumping.
Total Number Revolutions
Total Number of Gallons
Average Dynamic Head
Average Temperature of
5
ing Fires and Heat
ing Building.
Pumping.
Total Coal.
Ashes.
No. Gallons Pumped Per
Lb. of Coal for Total Coal
No. Gallons Pumped Per
Lb. of Coal While
Average Duty in Foot
Pounds Per 100 Lbs. of
Average Duty in Foot
Pounds Per 100 Lbs. of Coal While Pumping.
January ......
16
40 05
H. M. 27 30
Rev. 81,582
Gals. 2,855,370
Ft. 135
34°
Lbs. 4,900
Lhe. 7,700
1,hs. 12,600
J.bs. 1,260
Gals. 226
Gals. 370
25,514,770 41,751,442
February ....
14
36 25
2 36
65,638
2,279,330
135
36°
4,200
6,500
10,700
1,070
214
353
24,173,193
39,793,289
March ..
15
44 20
2 57
74,903
2,621,605
135
36°
4,500
8,000
12,500
1,250
209
327
23,613,320
36,895,813
April ..
15
44 40
2 58
81,547
2,854.145
135
45°
4,500
8,900
13,400
1,340
212
320
23,981,207|
36,106,537
May .
16
61 05
3
49
110,081
3,852,853
133
51º
3,100
13,750
16,850
1,635
228
280
25,362,858 31,081,030
June.
20
69
15
3 27
120,460
4,216,100
131
64°
5,000
13.650
18,650
1,865
226
308
24,698,433
33,745,479
July.
20
143
45
7 11
256,846
8,989,610
129
73º
5,600
29,680
35,280
3,528
254
302
27,413,723
32,586,124
August .. . . . .
20
85 40
4 17
150,263
5,259,205
135
74°
5,850
15,150
21,000
2.100
250
347
28,196,851
39,084,745
September . . .
30
191 35
8 23
331,558
11 604,530
134
68°
8,700
30,300
3,900
3.900
297
382
33,253,227
42,801,183
October.
1
14
30
3 37
29,068
1,017,380
145
65º
800
3,900
4,700
470
216
260
26,176,970|
31.546,606
November .. .
15
51
50
3 27
97,157
3,400,495
140
48°
4,500
10,000
14.500
1,450
234
340
27,382.192 37,704,179
December ....
16
55
40
3
28
107,588
3,765.580
140
33°
4,800
11,400
16,200
1,620
232
330
27,140,069
38,567,466
Totals and averages
201
838 50
4 10
1.506,691
52,734,185
135
52º
56,450
158,930
215,380
21,538
244
331
27,666,820
37,358,219
Pumped Per Month.
Against Pump.
Water.
Wood ;-
Coal in Pounds.
Raising Steam, Bank-
Coal Consumed.
Lbs. of Wood
=
MONTH8
Per Month.
Pumping.
Coal on Total Coal.
II. M.
290
RECORD OF DEANE PUMPING ENGINE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1898.
Separate Days Pumping.
H. M.
H. M.
Re:V. 68.018
Gals. 2,380,630
Ft. 145
Lbs.
Lbs. 5,000
Lb -. 8,500
Lbs 13,500
Lbs. 1,350
(ials. 176
Gali. 280
21,325,154 33,969,362
February
14
34 40
19
28
70,905
2,481,675
145
36°
4,200
9,400
13,600
1,360
182
261
22,093,293 31,964,765
March .
16
41 25
2 35
77,302
2,705,570
145
43º
31
4,800
10,500
15,331
1,530
176
257
21,341,372 31,160,436
April ..
15
10
45
2
43
76,571
2,679,985
145
470
4,500
9,800
14,300
1,430
187
273
22,663,677 33,070,467
May .
16
50
05
3
07
99,749
3,491,215
143
61º
3,100
14,350
17,450
1,745
200
243
23,860,703 29,015,281
June ..
15
97
15
8 23
198,779
6,957.265
140
24
4,000
23,650
27,674
2,765
251
294
29,353,554 34,348,002
July
26
107
40
4 08
203.890
7,136,150
132
7.30
6,700
26,120
32,820
3,282
217
273 .
23,936,760 30,076,741
August ..
12
41 '00
3 25
$6,218
3,017,630
145
73º
3,450
10,750
14,200
1,420
212
280
25,695,732 33,946,232
September ..
October .. .
27
93
20
3 27
197,398
6,908. 580
145
57º
5,400
25,400
30,800
3,080
224
271
27,125,148 32,891,912
November ...
15
43
00
2 52
92,824
3,238,840
145
$10
4,500
11,100
15,600
1,560
207
291
25,107,238 35,285,848
December. . ..
15
49
3
18
102,234
3,578,190
145
3.3º
4,500
10,700
15,200
1,520
235
334
28,467 797
40 440,235
Totals and averages
186
634 15
3 47
1,273,878
44,576,730
143
51º
55
50.150
160,270
210,475
21,042
211
Lb. of Coal Whlle No. Gallons Pumped Per
Average Duty in Foot Lbs.
Per 100 Lbs. Coal on
Average Duty in Foot I.bs.
Per 100 Lbs. Coal While
Pumping.
January ......
15
35 25
2 21
Average Number of Hours
Total Number Revolutions
Total Number Gallons
Average Dynamic Head
Average Temperature of
1.bs. of Wood.
10
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.
Pumping.
Total Coal.
..
291
..
..
. . .
No. of Hours Pumping.
Pumping.
Per Month.
Pumped Per Month.
Coal Consumed.
MONTHS.
278 25,258,629| 33,170,955
34°
70°
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
Town of Weymouth.
1898.
WEYMOUTH, MASS. : WEYMOUTH & BRAINTREE PUB. CO. 1899.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1898.
Chairman -WILLIAM A. DRAKE. MEMBERS. WARD ONE.
WILLIAM A. DRAKE WILLIAM HYDE, JR.
WARD TWO.
North Weymouth. Weymouth.
JOSEPH CHASE, JR. East Weymouth.
H. FRANKLIN PERRY
WARD THREE.
WARD FOUR. Weymouth.
BRADFORD HAWES
Porter.
GEORGE C. TORREY
WARD FIVE. South Weymouth.
I. M NORCROSS, Secretary and Superintendent of Schools, P. O., EAST WEYMOUTH, MASS.
OFFICE HOURS.
At Bicknell School on Tuesdays,
At Howe School on Wednesdays, ( From 3.30 to 4.30 P. M. At Hunt School on Thursdays,
At Office in High Schoolhouse Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 to 10 A. M.
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD.
Regular meetings of the Board : First Friday of each month except July and August, at High Schoolhouse.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Teachers.
WILLIAM A. DRAKE, BRADFORD HAWES, WILLIAM HYDE, JR. Text Books.
BRADFORD HAWES, GEO. C. TORREY, WILLIAM HYDE, JR. Supplies.
JOSEPH CHASE, JR. WILLIAM A. DRAKE, WILLIAM HYDE, JJR. Repairs.
H. FRANKLIN PERRY, GEO. C. TORREY.
Fuel.
GEO. C. TORREY. H. FRANKLIN PERRY, JOSEPH CHASE, JR.
.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Town of Weymouth :-
The School Committee submit herewith their annual report for 1898.
FINANCIAL.
The sum appropriated at the last annual Town Meeting for the support of schools from April 1st, 1898, to April 1st, 1899, was as follows :
Amount raised by taxation . $39,000 00
One-half of the dog license tax
493 24
Income from alewife fund 252 00
Tuition from non-resident pupils
30 00
Total
$39,775 24
Balance on hand January 1, 1898, for the support
of schools to April 1, 1898 10,445 76
Total
$50,221 20
Received from sale of platform
10 00
Received from Globe Co., discount on bill
86
Total
$50,232 06
Expended from Jan. 1, 1898 to Jan. 1, 1899 :
Salary of teachers and superintendent $31,411 12
Text books and supplies 3,278 78
Fuel, janitors and cleaning 4,865 55
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Repairs
$2,476 14
Miscellaneous
909 05
Incidentals and water rates
311 70
Truant officers
. 54 00
Total
$43,306 34
Leaving a balance in the Town Treasury for the support of schools, from January 1st, 1899, to April 1st, 1899, of
$6,925 72
There are outstanding bills as follows :--
Supplies
$759 25
Repairs .
320 00
Covering steam pipes
330 00
.
Total
$1,409 25
Leaving a net balance on hand, of $5,516 47
The amount necessary to pay the salaries of teachers and jani- tors to April 1, 1899, will exceed $10,000, which leaves a defi- cit of $4,500.
The above deficit has been brought about by the following con- ditions :-
First-The town voted at the annual town meeting to reduce the appropriation for the support of schools $2,373, which was followed by a vote which practically prevented the committee from reducing the expenses of maintenance. .-
Second-It became imperatively necessary to make some ex- pensive repairs on several buildings or close the schools.
Third-Owing to a phenomenal increase in the number of pupils in our High School, the dilapidated condition of the High School text-books, the additional chemical and physical apparatus and the establishment of a new school at Weymouth Heights, a much larger supply and miscellaneous account was unavoidable.
The School Committee assume that it is not within their prov- ince to question or criticise the action of the town as voted in a town meeting. We are but servants of the people, and must carry out the instructions of the voters, regardless of results, so far as lies within our power. Nevertheless, we are obliged to maintain the schools, and when the people see fit to pass votes
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that are practically impossible to carry out or even to approxi- mately comply with, the only choice for your committee is to exercise the most rigid economy, and keep the schools up to their present standard.
'This uncontrovertible fact should be plain to any intelligent man who would give any study to our school system-that less money means poorer schools and vice versa. There are certain fixed charges in our school expenses that are beyond the power . of any committee to change. The only reductions that it is possible to make are the salaries of teachers and janitors and repairs of school houses. As has been repeatedly expressed in town meeting, such a policy of reduction would be little less than suicidal. For several years past the committee have been obliged to omit making many necessary repairs. It has seemed to be the policy of the town to pay little attention to the reports of the School Committee on the condition of our school houses, and, as a natural result, the buildings are fast becoming dilapidated and causing expenses, where a different policy would have been economy. While we have not enmnerated in our reports all the repairs necessary for each building, we have for many years called your attention, both in the annual reports and in town meeting, to our needs and the want of foresight in appropriating so small an amount for repairs.
Every year each school building and room is systematically ex- amined and careful estimates made as to the requirements for repairs and the cost of the same, and at no time for several years bas the most conservative estimate fallen below $5,000. Then the study has been, not to do the work, but to see how little we could do in order to keep within the appropriation. The old maxim that "A stitch in time saves nine," was never more truly verified than it has been, and will continue to be in the case of our school houses if the present policy is continued.
During the past year it has been imperatively necessary to relay several floors that had become unsafe, to rebuild and repair outbuildings that had become unfit for use and to refurnish sev- eral rooms where the furniture was past repair and had become dangerous. Whatever has been done has been completed in a thorough and workmanlike manner. No buildings have been
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painted for three years. During the past year the committee have expended about $3,000 for repairs. While we fully realized that every cent spent for repairing our school buildings was add- ing to an inevitable deficit, we were obliged to decide, between the expenditure, leaving the premises unsafe to occupy, or closing some of the schools.
The bills for school supplies have been unusually large owing to the consolidation of the two High Schools. Many of the text books which were in use in the old building were in such a condi- tion that it was impossible to move them and distribute them again to other pupils and teachers, Besides there were in school a larger number of pupils than ever before in the history of the town. The expense of providing text books for the freshmen is about $10.00 per pupil. This with the additions and repairs to our physical and chemical apparatus and the furnishing a new school at Weymouth Heights has cost nearly $1,000. Another year this account should not exceed that of previous years.
We desire to call your attention to the fact that, all things con- sidered, the regular school supply account has been the smallest per pupil of any town or city, approximately the size of Wey- mouth, in the Commonwealth. This has been accomplished by the very careful supervision of our superintendent, and, where possible, by competitive bids for furnishing the material. Against the supply account is charged everything used in the school room, such as maps, books, paper, apparatus, pencils, slates, brooms, stove supplies, mats, etc. Many towns charge much of this to other accounts which lessens the apparent cost per pupil.
The miscellaneous expense account has been greater than for several years, owing to the many expenses caused by changing our High Schools, clearing up the old buildings and starting new schools in the Adams and Howe buildings. The estimate given the Appropriation Committee and reported at the town meeting was not acted upon by either body. Hereafter this account will not exceed the average for the past few years.
Owing to the increased number of pupils in the Adams and fifth and sixth grades in the Athens School, it became necessary to furnish another room and start a new school at Weymouth
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Heights. Additional assistante have been employed in the Athens and in the Bates schools, owing to the large increase in membership.
The estimates for the ensuing year are as follows :
Salaries of teachers and superintendent
$32,500 00
Janitors, fuel and cleaning
4,800 00
Text books and supplies
3.000 00
Repairs
3,000 00
Miscellaneous expenses
400 00
Incidentals and water rates
300 00
Trnant officers
75 00
Total .
$44,075 00
This may be reduced by one-half
the dog license tax
$495 00
Income from alewife fund
252 00
Total
747 00
Leaving a balance to be raised by taxation of . $43,328 00
The amount paid for teachers' and superintendent's salaries last year will be increased the coming year by the new school at Wey- mouth Heights and the probable necessity of establishing another school in Ward 1. The Athens Grammar school will have at least seventy pupils in three grades in one room. It seems to us that this fact is a sufficient argument in favor of the proposed school. One teacher cannot successfully handle over forty pupils in a Grammar school.
At the last annual Town Meeting the salary of the superin- tendent was reduced ; the committee unanimously re-elected Mr. Norcross in accordance with this vote commencing at the beginning of the school year. As we said before, it is not our province to question the action of the town or criticise the source of such action. Nevertheless, we feel that the question of employing' some one to fill this office should be left wholly with the com- mittee, unhampered by any action of the Town.
The salary that this town has paid for about eighteen years was .
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established after a very thorough investigation by a careful and competent committee. This salary has never been increased al- though the requirements have been growing more exacting each year. We trust that the appropriation committee will ascertain the amounts paid superintendents in adjoining towns and in places having about the same number of pupils as there are in Wey- mouth.
REPAIRS NECESSARY FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
While we have given in our estimate for another year the sum of $3,000 as the amount necessary for repairs, it must not be assumed that this is a sufficient sum to put the buildings in first- class condition. That would cost several thousand dollars more. The estimate covers only such work as is imperatively necessary.
The sills, posts and other parts of the frame of the Athens building are decaying. The rooms are dingy and generally out of repair. The building should be painted. Competent builders have estimated that $1,000 will be necessary to put this build- ing in good repair.
The River school house is built on a side hill in a clay soil, with- out a cellar; the foundation has been thrown by the frost so that it will have to be raised and repaired. The inside must be painted and the seats repaired. The ground should be newly graded in order to protect the yard and building. This work will cost $200.
The Adams schoolhouse should be thoroughly overhauled. The cellar is wet and unhealthy and the condition of the outbuildings and surroundings is such that the health of the pupils is endan- gered. This is a just cause of complaint by those residing in that vicinity. It will cost $500 to put the building in good repair.
In Ward 2 there have been practically no repairs made on the houses for several years. Three of the buildings should be painted ; all of the rooms except the Franklin should be whitened and the woodwork varnished.
The Jefferson building has not been painted since it was built. The repairs in this ward will cost at least $1,200.
The outbuildings at the Hunt, Lincoln and Tufts schools ought
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to be replaced by new ones. They are a constant menace to the health of the pupils and near residents, and the complaints to the committee come loud and often. The conditions here are not conducive either to cleanliness or good morals. Some of the floors must be relaid during the coming summer and all of the rooms should be whitened and painted or varnished. New seats and desks will be required for one room. The estimates for the ward are $1,600.
The Holbrook building should be painted inside and out and new blackboards are required for the schoolroom.
The Pratt schoolhouse should have a considerable amount of at- tention during the coming year. The sills are rotten and much of the woodwork should be replaced. This building is sadly in need of paint. New blackboards should be placed in the lower rooms.
The Shaw schools should be whitened inside and some other re- pairs of a minor nature made. These buildings are in fairly good condition. Slate black boards should be put into the grammar and primary rooms.
At the Bates school much work is needed. First, we should paint the building both outside and in. A new heater ought to take the place of the one now in use. The cellar is damp, water often standing in it two or three inches in depth; it ought to be newly cemented and well drained. The fence is down, and new seats must be put into one room, and new stairs should be built inside the building.
The Howe school has been occupied by lower grades since the removal of the High school to the new building. New outbnild- ings ought to be constructed, the cellar drained and a large amount of work done inside the house.
The Thomas school needs new seats and should be painted.
The Hollis should be renovated inside.
In addition to the above enumeration there should be added the annual outlay for the repairs of heaters, amonnting to $250; also the incidental repairs-like setting glass, repairing seats, etc. - amounting to $150.
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