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This may be done in four ways, one is by increasing the pres- sure, which means larger pumping facilities, second by increasing the size of the mains, third by combining both methods, fourth by conserving the present supply by the use of meters. What- ever method is adopted means the expenditure of a large amount of money. The situation, however, must be met. The leading
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question is, what will give the most satisfaction at the least ex- pense ? It will be only by a careful study of financial and physi- cal conditions that any reliable or definite conclusions may be got. I should advise a Consulting Engineer be employed for a proper solution of the problem.
HYDRANTS.
The hydrants are primarily installed for fire protection, and any other use should be restricted. Under present conditions they are in frequent and common use for street sprinkling, steam roller, tree spraying, etc., in all parts of the town. The promis- cuous use to which the hydrants are subjected makes it almost im- possible to warrant them in working order when you consider the number, 422, scattered over a town of this size. If not operated properly they will get out of order, which means a frozen hydrant if not looked after. Last winter they required almost daily in- spection. The importance of their being in working order can- not be overestimated, consequently the hydrants should be used for other than fire purposes only when absolutely necessary, and then operated by practical men.
Seven hydrants that leaked badly were replaced with new ones. Two new hydrants were installed, one on West Street, opposite James McDonald's, and one on Federal Street, between Front and Summer Streets.
MAINS.
6,434.8 feet of main pipe of all sizes has been laid during the season. In common with many other departments the unusual length and severity of the cold weather last winter caused some of the smaller mains to freeze, pipes of a diameter of two inches or smaller. These mains were laid at the usual depth and had never cansed any trouble from this source before. In thawing them out an electric current was used which proved to be a satis- factory method. The Elecric Light and Power Company fur- nished the electricity and necessary apparatus. The extensions in detail will be found in a following report.
SERVICE PIPES.
In common with many other water departments the intense cold of last winter froze up a great many of the services; these
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were thawed out as expeditiously as possible using electricity when practical, The very old services, those that were nearly or partially stopped with rust and sediment, giving the most trouble. Forty-eight leaks have been repaired during the year.
One hundred and thirty-five new service pipes have been laid and sixty-nine old service pipes have been relaid as fol- lows :-
142 2-inch lead lined
3,200.5 feet
12 1-inch lead lined .
241.6 66
45 2-inch galvanized iron
710.3 66
1 1-inch galvanized iron .
.
18.5
66
1 12-inch galvanized iron
10.0
3 2-inch galvanized iron .
.
39.6
66
4,220.5 feet
Number of feet of service pipe relaid 1,571.4 "
Number of feet of new service pipe laid
2,649.1
Three thousand five hundred and seventy-two service pipes have been laid to date; of these there are fifty-one that have not been let on and twenty-five that have been discontinued
Number of feet of each size laid, as follows :
3135 2-inch diameter
.
70,165.9 feet
328 1-inch 66
·
.
8,690.4 "
5 14-inch 66
.
·
105.3 66
31 12-inch
.
1,174.5 66
56 2-inch 66
.
.
1,284.1
66
1 22-inch 66
17.0
66
2
3-inch
66
.
·
44.1
6 4-inch
66
.
.
136.0
7 6-inch
66
264.6 66
1
8-inch 66
22.0
66
Total length of service pipe 81,903.9 feet
Number of miles of service pipe
15.512
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.
.
.
.
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One hundred and eighteen water takers have been added this year, making total number to date three thousand six hundred and eighty-five.
Thirty services are shut off temporarily on account of vacancy and three are shut off for non-payment.
Water is supplied to the following :
Families
3574
Cemeteries
9
Stores
73
Private stables .
167
Offices .
19
Livery and express
Banks
4
stables .
5
Markets
4
Truck stables
14
Depots
4
Parks
1
Bakeries
4
Lawn hydrants
78
Churches
15
Blacksmith shops
3
Halls
7
Groves
1
Public Libraries .
2
Paint shops
2
Club-rooms
11
Ice houses .
3
Restaurants
4
Electric Light Station .
1
Laundries .
4
Coal and wood yards .
1
Manufactories
20
Public drinking fount-
Barber-shops
12
ains
13
Boarding-houses
8
Ornamental fountains .
2
Engine-houses
7
Meters
23
Green-houses
·
7
Motors ·
.
·
8
School-houses
15
Hydrants .
422
Slaughter-houses
1
Number of fixtures :
Faucets
5396
Water-closets
1372
Hand-hose
1330
Urinals
36
Bath-tubs .
.
·
880
·
1
·
·
PIPES LAID AND GATES AND HYDRANTS SET IN 1912.
GATES
HYDRANTS
LOCATION.
STREETS
Cast Iron, 6 in.
Cast Iron, 4 in.
Galv. Iron, 2 in.
Galv. Iron, 1} in.
Galv. Iron, 1} in.
Galv. Iron, 1 m.
6 in.
4 in.
6 in.
4 in.
Ft.
Ft.
Ft.
Ft.
Ft.
Bartlett
Center
Essex
Francis Road
Front
228.0
Federal
696.0
Hunt's Hill
606.5 366.5 526.0
To E. E. Pratt's house. To J B. Denbroeder's house.
Oakden Avenue
.
.
Off' Pond
37 0 157.5
To Chas. Hollis' house. To J. W Curtis' bouse. To M. Bloom's house.
Off Broad
220.3
Pecksuot Road
143.0
92.0
To Frank H. Sprague's house. South.
Pilgrim Road
96.0
1
Opposite Dr. Clark's house.
Pilgrim Road
192.0
To Lydia Hatton's house.
Sherwood Road
To R. B. Worster's house.
Torrey's Lane .
143.0
1
)
To F. H. Graves' house.
Winona Road
172.0
1
To Jas. McDonald's house.
West
1080 0
2435.0
456.0
3254.3
194 5
92 0
30
4
2
2
Number of feet of pipe laid, 6434.8.
Number of gates set, 6.
Number of hydrants set, 2.
292
Off Neck .
133.0
1
Off Hill
Ft. 340 0 52.0 780.0 191.0
3.0
To H. H. Colburn's house. To Enile Cassitore's house. To Mrs. A. E. F. French's house.
To Ernest Lord's house. To E. W. Richards' house.
1
1
To J. O. Bicknell's house.
Off Union
Powow Way
180.0
1
293
DISTRIBUTION PIPES AND GATES LAID TO DECEMBER 31, 1912.
SIZE.
Cast Iron Pipe.
Wrought Galv.Iron Iron Pipe Pipe.
Lead Lined Pipe.
Lead Pipe.
Gates.
20
in. diameter ..
250 0
1
18
in.
2,092 5
1
14
in.
20,679.5
12
12
in.
66
19,087 8
28
10
in.
66
30,905.2
37
8
in.
66
38,636.2
58
6
in.
66
183,272 0
294
4 in.
18,074.3
37
2
in.
66
41
1} in.
66
8,984.9 12,499.7
7.818 2
43
14 in.
4.932 6
3
1 in.
1,363.0
9.540 0
131.0
526.3 334.0
12
& in.
2,698.6
1
312,397.5
22,847.6
46,387.1
131.0
860.3
568
Total number of feet
382,623.5
Total number of miles
72.466
Gates .
· 568
Blow-offs, 6 in.
7
Hydrants
·
422
Blow-offs, 4 in.
. 11
Valves, 12 in.
·
2
Blow-offs, 2 in.
1
Automatic air valves
.
8
Check valves
2
Accompanying this will be found the report of the Engineer of the Pumping Station.
In conclusion, I desire to thank the Water Board for their advice, courtesy and ready cooperation ; also the employees of this department for their zeal and the efficient manner in which they have discharged their duties.
Respectfully yours,
IVERS M. LOW,
Superintendent.
·
.
.
Feet.
Feet.
Feet.
Feet.
Feet.
21,396.9
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
GREAT POND, WEYMOUTH, WATER ANALYSIS, (PARTS IN 100,000.)
DATE OF
APPEARANCE,
ODOR.
Residue on Evaporation.
AMMONIA.
AS
NUMBER.
Collection.
Examination.
Turbidity.
Sediment.
Cold.
Color
Total.
Fixed.
Free
Total.
In Solution
In Suspension
Chlorine.
Nitrites.
Nitrates.
Hardness. .
Iron.
1912
1912
97757 Jan. 24 Jan. 25
Very Slight
Verv Slight
Distinctly Vegetable
Decidedly Vegetable
6.40 2.70 3.70
.0050
.0255
.0240
.0015 .61 .0020 .0000 1.12 1.3
.0300
Great Pond.
98813 Mar. 25 Mar. 27
Very Slight
Very Slight
.82
Faintly Vegetable
Distinctly Vegetable
4.15 2 05 2.10
.0036
.0268 .0204 .0064 .52 .0010 .0000 1.04 0.8
.0250
Great Pond.
100148 June 6 June 11
Very Slight Slight
Very 1.24
Disinctly Vegetable
Decidediy Earthy
4 55 1.80 2.75
.0048
.0216 .0200
.0016 .56
1.0010
.0000 1.12 1.3
.0280
Great Pond.
101340 July 27|July 29
Very Slight
Very Slight
.70
Distinctly
Vegetable
4.55 2.25 2.30
.0044
.0220 .02001.0020 .55
.0000
.0000
.80 1.3
.0170
Great Pond.
103083 Oct.
2 Oct.
7
Slight
Slight
.50
Faintly
Vegetable
4.10 1.90 2.20
.0062|
.0196 .0170
.0026 .62 .0000
.0000
.58 0.8
.0300
Great Pond.
104406 Nov. 29 Nov. 29
Very Slight
Very Slight
44
Faintly Unpleasant
Faintly Unpleasant
4.00 1.35 .2.65 .0048 .0182 .0166 .0016 .61 .0030 .0001
.55 0.8
.0400
Great Pond.
294
.82
Oxygen Consumed.
TAKEN FROM.
Hot.
Loss on Ignition-
ALBUMINOID.
NITROGEN
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ENGINEER'S REPORT.
SOUTH WEYMOUTH, MASS., January 1, 1913.
To the Superintendent of Water Works :
DEAR SIR : I hereby submit my report of the year 1912.
The Blake pump has done good work throughout the year. I have new packed the plungers and put in all new springs. I have placed one new foot valve in the Blake feed pump and new piped it to the hot well.
I have had two new pistons made for the Deane pump. A leak developed in the suction chamber of the Deane pump which has made it necessary to lay it off for repairs.
I have placed a new valve in the return to boiler No. 1 and fixed the brick work under the front of the same boiler.
From measurement I find that Great Pond was at the greatest height from March 29 to April 5, it being at that time five inches above high water mark, and at its lowest point on Oct. 27, Nov. 29, Dec. 13, it being at that time thirty-eight inches below high water mark.
Respectfully yours, GEORGE W. SARGENT.
RECORD OF BLAKE PUMPING ENGINE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1912
MONTHS.
Separate Days Pumping.
Number Hours Pumping.
Average Number Hours Pumping.
Total Number Revolutions
Total Number of Gailons
Average Dynamic Head
Raising Steam, Bank-
ing Fires and Heat-
ing Building.
Pumping.
Total Coal.
Ashes.
No. Gallons Pumped per
No. Gallons Pumped pe!
Average Duty in Foot Ibs.
per 100 lbs. Coal on Total
Average Duty in Foot lbs.
Pumping.
January .
16
88 55
5 33
Rev. 167,930
Gals. 5,8:7,550
Ft. 148
Lbs. 4,176
Lbs. 21 148
Lbs. 25,324
Lbs. 3,472
Gals. 232
Gals. 277
Ft. Lbs. 28.647,842 34,304,792 Ft Lbs.
February ...
15
91 10
6 04
172.981
6,05 335
148
3,798
18,775
22,573
3,241
268
322
33,105,893
39,802,858
March . .
20
118 55
5 56
230,487
8 7,045
150
5,120
2,982
31,102
4,461
259
310
32,447,666
38,842,172
April ..
30
154 10
5
08
287,558
10,064,530
150
5,730
7,704
32,190
39,894
6,803
252
312
31,560,452 39,113,821
May .
31
187 03
6 02
299,041
10.466,435
150
8,865
7,854
35,134
12,988
8,219
243
297
30,457,127
37,267,348
June.
22
184 10
8 22
326,634
11,432,190
154
6,572
3,020
35,107
38,127
6,316
299
325
38,484,663
41,823,703
July.
31
389 20
12 33
769.950
26,598.250
150
2,617
7,928
75,057
82,985
10,759
320
354
40,097,259
44.3 2,588
August.
31
314 35
10 09
615,251
21,533,785
150
4,798
8,625
59.86)
68,435
8,130
314
359
39,335,299
45,002,973
September. .
30
236 35
7 53
451,539
15,803,865
150
8,212
47,471
55.683
6,342
284
332
35,505,631
41,647,816
October ..
31
197 25
6 22
378,310
13,240,850
150
9.400
38,824
48,224
5,951
274
341
34,348,671
42,665,112
November ... ..
30
182 10
6 04
324,270
11,349.450
150
12,726
9,000
37,386
46,386
5,944
244
303
30,615,188 37,985,239
December .. . ...
31
171 05
6 09
332,313
11,630,955
150
12,918
9,300
36,726
46,026
5,983
252
316
31,613,272 39,618,593
Totals and averages.
318
2315 33
7 16
4,356,264
152,119,240
150
54.227
84,137
463,660
547,797
75.621
277
329
34,739,364
41,043,264
per 100 lbs. Coai while
H. M.
H. M.
per Month.
Pumped per Month.
Agamst Pump.
S ree
ing.
Coal.
296
1
.
.
.
ib. of Coal on Total Coal.
1b. of Coal while Pump-
COAL CONSUMED.
Lbs.
RECORD OF DEANE PUMPING ENGINE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1912
MONTHS.
Separate Days Pumping.
Number Hours Pumping.
Average Number Hours Pumping.
Total Number Revolutions
per Month.
Total Number of Gallons
Average Dynamic Head
Against Pump.
Screenings
Raising Steam, Bank-
ing Fires and Heat- ing Building.
Pumping.
Total Coal.
Ashes.
No. Gallons Pumped per
lb. of Coal on Total Coal.
lb. of Coal while Pump- No. Gallons Pumped per
Average Duty in Foot
Average Duty in Foot
Pounds per 100 Pounds
of Coal while Pumping.
January ..
15
H. M. 81 45
H. M. 5 27
Rev. 159,065
Gais. 5,567,275 5,877,200
Ft. 150
Lbs. 3,966
Lbs. 18,778 20,718 12,856
Lbs. 22,744 24,226 15,780
Lbs. 2,710
Gals. 244
Gals. 291
Ft. Lbs.
Ft. Lbs. 30,621,977 37,089,473
February ..
14
65 50
5 25
167,920
101,925
3,567,375
150
2,924
April
May .
June.
30
183 20
6 06
362,265
12,679,275
154
6,627
3,632
26,740
30,372
7.296
417
474
53,617,653
60,900,350
July .
19
68 40
4 40
175,284
6,134,940
149
1.143
1,342
17,803
19,145
2,395
320
344
39,818,462
42,822,246
August ..
3
21 35
7 11
42,739
1,495,865
136
160
675
4,024
4,699
700
318
371
39,180,036
46,000,743
September ..
5
22 45
4 33
37,608
1,316,20
150
788
3,880
4,668
518
281
339
35,275,627 42,439.852
October ...
.
..
.
December ...
Totais and averages.
97
528 25
54 59
1,046,806
36,638,210
148
7,930
16,835
104,799
121,634
19,344
301
349
34,739 364
46,089,333
.
.
11
54 30
4 51
226
277
28.281,279 34,713.643
.
.
297
COAL CONSUMED.
Total Coal.
30,146,790 35,251,285
3,508
3,306
242
283
lbs. per 100 ibs. Coal on
ing.
.
November ..
Pumped per Month. -
Lbs.
149
March
2,419
TUFTS FUND.
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF THE SEVERAL OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE FUND WAS DONATED BY THE LATE QUINCY TUFTS.
LECTURE FUND.
Deposited with Mass. Hospital Life Insurance Co., $5000.
January, 1912, balance on hand $1,313 35
January 6, 1913, received from in-
come .
206 25
January, 1913, received from Wey-
mouth Savings Bank interest
56 38
$1,575 98
READING ROOM FUND.
Deposited with Mass. Hospital Life Insurance Co., $2,500.
January 6, 1913, received from in- come 103 13
January 6, 1913, paid F. M. Drown,
treasurer
103 13
LIBRARY FUND.
Deposited with Mass. Hospital Life Insurance Co., $2,500. -
January 6, 1913, received from in come . 103 12
January 6, 1913, paid F. M. Drown,
treasurer
103 12
1
299
CEMETERY FUND.
Deposited with Mass. Hospital Life
Insurance Co., $500.
January 6, 1913, received from in- come 20 63
January 6, 1913, paid Russell H.
Whiting ·
20 63
SHADE TREE AND SIDEWALK FUND.
Deposited with the Mass. Hospital Life Insurance Co., $2000.
January 1, 1912, balance on hand . 172 57
January 10, 1912, deposited in First National Bank, income 82 50
255 07
E. W. HUNT, Chairman Board of Selectmen,
Weymouth, January, 1913.
FIRE WARDEN'S REPORT FOR 1912.
There were about twenty still alarms.
The largest and most serious one was in October. The fire which started in North Abington and burned to South Weymouth, Ward 5. This lasted several days and nights and burned nearly 200 acres of woodland. It cost the town a good deal.
As Warden I would recommend that about $300 be spent for necessary articles, such as brooms, rakes and chemicals to extinguish these fires.
At present there are two deputies in Ward 5, two in Ward 4, one in Ward 3, one in Ward 2, and one in Ward 1.
E. S. WRIGHT,
Fire Warden.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH
1912
GAZETTE PUBLISHING COMPANY, WEYMOUTH, MASS. 1913.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
H. Franklin Perry .
March, 1913
Clarence P. Whittle, Chairman
March, 1913
Arthur H. Alden
March, 1914
A. Lillian McGregor, Secretary
March, 1914
Prince H. Tirrell .
.
March, 1915
Theron L. Tirrell
March, 1915
.
Regular meetings of the Committee are held the first Tuesday in each month 'at the Selectmens' Room, East Weymouth.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Parker T. Pearson. Office hours : Tuesday at close of school, Jefferson. Wednesday at close of school, Howe. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 4.30 P. M. to 5.30 p. M., at home, 511 Com- mercial Street, East Weymouth.
SCHOOL CALENDAR.
Winter term closes March 21, 1913. Spring term begins March 31, 1913, closes June 20, 1913. Fall term begins Sep- tember 2, 1913, closes December 19, 1913. Winter term begins December 29, 1913, closes March 20, 1914.
HOLIDAYS.
Washington's Birthday, Patriot's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day and Friday following.
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL 2-2-2, -- 2-2-2.
At 7.30 A. M., no school in any school during A. M. At 8 A. M. no school in grades I-IV inclusive. At 11.45 A. M. no school in grades I-IV inclusive during the P. M. At 12.45 P. M. no school in any grade during the P. M.
Term Expires.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of Weymouth :
The School Committee herewith presents for your consideration the annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1912.
The Board last year called the attention of the Town to the crowded condition of the schools at North Weymouth. During the present year the increase has been much greater than was antici- pated even by the Committee.
The first year the building was opened (1892) two hundred and thirty-four pupils were enrolled, while during the current year the number was three hundred and fifty-two. It has been necessary to hold half sessions in the first three grades. Three additional rooms are absolutely necessary to accommodate the pupils.
The Board has carefully considered the situation, consulted architects, has tried to obtain the sentiment of the citizens living in the district from which the pupils come, and has decided to recommend the building of an addition of two wings to the present structure, tlereby improving the appearance of the building as well as providing the three needed rooms and an extra room for future use when required. This addition can be erected at a cost of $15,000 and will be less expensive to maintain than a separate building.
In order that all possible progress might be made the architects Loring & Phipps, who drew the plan for the present building, have been asked to prepare plans and specifications, obtain bids from at least five reliable contractors, and report to the Com- mittee before the next annual town meeting, so that the voters may have useful information for their intelligent action. If this recommendation is accepted, and the building of the addition is authorized, the work can be begun sufficiently early in the spring to permit the building being completed by the opening of the next school year in September.
On account of the limited appropriation available for the pur- pose, tne Committee has been restricted to making only such
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repairs to the various school buildings as were considered abso- lutely necessary.
At the Athens School we have replaced some of the plaster- ing which came down and the rooms have been retinted.
The High School was sadly in need of attention and about $1,000 have been expended in repairs and improvements! The outside of the building has been painted, some of the rooms retinted, a conductor placed on the north side of the building, the gutters repaired, and many slates placed on the roof. A new steel ceiling has been placed in the lunch room in the base- ment. The plumbing in the chemical laboratory has been a source of much trouble, water leaking through to the rooms below. This has been replaced by new plumbing throughout the labora- tory. A partition was built through the principal's room, giv- ing additional room for books and supplies. The grounds in the rear of the building have been cleared of brush and such trees as were not needed for shade. The Educational Associa- tion has spent about one hundred dollars in transplanting trees in front of the building, with marked improvement to the grounds. The Association has also appropriated three bundred dollars to be used in building a sidewalk on the street in front of the school. This will be done in the spring. We believe the Town should appropriate an amount sufficient to allow the Committee to use a small sum each year in improvements on these grounds which in their present condition are far from be- ing a credit to the Town. With the thousands of people passing our High School each year, money used in improving its appear- ance and making its surroundings attractive would seem well expended.
Quite a few repairs were necessary at the Jefferson school At the Washington and James Humphrey schools only a small out- lay was made.
In Ward Three, the old fence between the Hunt school and the land purchased from the Stetson estate was removed and a wire fence placed on the new boundary. In this ward few re- pairs have been made on the buildings, the board believing it poor policy to lay out a large sum of money on the present build- ings. With but a small increase in the present number of pupils we shall be confronted with the same condition now existing at North Weymouth. For a number of years the hall at the Hunt .
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school has been used as a class room. The light in this room is very poor, and its heating expensive. We believe it will be for the interest of the town to replace the present building with a modern building of fourteen rooms.
In South Weymouth some of the rooms are crowded, and in the near future provision will have to be made for a new school house in that part of the town. We feel that the town should take some action at the present time in regard to securing land suitable for that purpose. At the Bates school a new fence was built and a few minor repairs made. At the Howe school only a few repairs were necessary.
During the summer petitions were received from residents in the Pond and Hollis school districts asking for the reopening of these two schools. Acting upon what the committee considered at the time to be reliable information, to the effect that there was a larger number to attend than were enrolled at the time the schools were closed, the committee voted to reopen them.
In view of the necessary employment of three additional teach- ers at North Weymouth at an expense of at least $1500, the in- creasing cost of fuel and the need of constant and extensive re- pairs, the committee feel obliged to ask for a larger appropria- tion than was made last year.
We respectfully submit the following estimates for school ex- penditures for the coming year :
RESOURCES.
Balance from 1911 . ' $16,347 28
Appropriation March 11, 1912
.
62,500 00
One half dog license money
721 21
Tuition of State children
.
169 00
Supplies and tickets sold
11
Use of telephone, Athens School
28 26
Use of telephone, Tuft's School
14 28
Use of telephone, A. L. McGregor
2 35
Refunded J. H. Libby
1 50
$79,880 99 -
EXPENDITURES.
Superintendent
.
$2,000 00
Instructors
.
.
40,802 75
Janitors
.
4,867 86
Amount carried forward
$47,670 61
.
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Amount brought forward
$47,670 61
Fuel
4,620 35
Repairs .
.
.
2,916 74
Water Rent
327 00
Supplies
4,160 48
Miscellaneous
1,054 35
Transportation of pupils .
.
2,805 00
63,554 53
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1912 .
ESTIMATE FOR 1913.
Superintendent
2,000 00
Instructors
.
·
45,200 00
Janitors
·
5,235 00
Fuel
4,900 00
Repairs .
3,500 00
Water rent
350 00
Supplies
4,500 00
Transportation
2,600 00
Miscellaneous
715 00
69,000 00
Respectfully submitted,
CLARENCE P. WHITTLE, H. FRANKLIN PERRY, ARTHUR H. ALDEN, 1
A. LILLIAN MCGREGOR, THERON L. TIRRELL,
PRINCE H. TIRRELL.
$16,326 46
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Members of the School Committee :
I herewith submit my fourth annual report, the same being the twenty-seventh in the series of annual reports of the superintend- ents of this town.
Of the four years I have acted as superintendent of your schools, I have found the present year in many respects the most pleasant, sustained as I have been at all times in the performance . of my duties by your hearty co-operation and support. In order to obtain the best results from any school system, it is necessary that harmony should exist in all branches of the work, otherwise much of the energy which should be devoted to the upbuilding of the schools, will be devoted to plans inspired by personal interest or prejudice.
The past year has been a successful one in the history of the schools, and I feel that much of the advance made has been due to the progressive spirit of the teachers, the kindly interest of the parents, and the hearty support given by the committee to all measures for improvement. I wish to take this opportunity to thank all concerned for the cordial and helpful spirit shown in the endeavor to raise the standard of our schools.
A brief review of the year's work shows that we have had many favorable conditions. The per cent. of attendance has been higher than last year and is higher than the average for the state although there have been several epidemics of children's diseases. There have been fewer changes in the teaching force. The principals, with one exception, are the same as last year. That good attendance means something even in dollars and cents, the following figures will show. With the per cent. of attendance that we have been able to maintain, there have been on the av- arage 173 children absent each day from school. Taking the av- erage membership for the year closing June 30, 1912, and the expenditures for the same period as a basis, we find that the av- erage daily cost per child is almost exactly fifteen cents. The
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daily loss in efficiency therefore amounts to $25.95. the yearly loss to $4,890.50. Much of this waste is remediable, as a care- ful study of the causes of absence has led me to believe that over five per cent. of absence in any one year is unnecessary.
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