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These plans, constantly used by the assessors, have materially equalized the tax value of land in Weymouth; the desirability and consequent value of any parcel depending largely on its loca- tion, size and shape, all of which are apparent upon inspection of said plans. They also practically eliminate the possibility of a parcel being overlooked or an incorrect area taxed. There has been an increase in the valuation of the town since the beginning of the survey in 1907 of over 54 million dollars or nearly 70 % and on the real estate this has been more uniformly distributed by the use of these sheets.
Up to Jan. 1, 1916, the town received from the sale of prints and maps $507.50. Of this amount approximately 62% was re- ceived during 1909 and 1910; 62% during 1911; 67% during the three following years, and 20% during 1915. This included sales to the County, Metropolitan Park Commission, City of Quincy, local banks, corporations, societies, conveyancers, own- ers of land in Weymouth, etc., and were furnished by the town at practically cost.
While there still remains some new work, such as filling in various omissions wherever possible, the majority of all future work will be the maintenance or revision of the plans to the date of assessment each year.
During the seven years from 1908 to 1914 inclusive there were
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recorded approximately 3500 transfers of land (exclusive of tax sales), or an average of 500 each year, and the transfers for 1915 probably number about the same. Every transfer in Weymouth is now copied and entered on the plans, the necessary surveys or other work being done to accomplish this result. As these changes necessitate erasures, etc., and are made on the tracings, so that prints correct to the date of assessment may be furnished the assessors, it is apparent that a certain portion of the older tracings will have to be redrawn each year. Some of these having been thus revised since 1907 will probably need to be renewed the coming year. This revision work was started on a small scale almost from the first, about one-fourth of the town being revised in 1909 and 1910, and increased in area yearly until 60 sheets were revised to April 1, 1915.
As the assessors tax land to the owner of record, it is import- ant that all deeds be recorded; it is also desirable that many · deeds contain a more accurate description than has been the usual case in the past. It has not been possible with the appro- priation covering both new work and revision to complete said revision at a date early enough for use by the assessors in April or May ; the revision should, however, be completed each year about the first of May and the major part of the appropriation for any year be used on the revision to April 1st of the year fol. lowing.
At this writing the revision to April 1, 1916, has been started and while this cannot be finished as early as desired the present year, an improvement can be made over the past, when the new work occupied a large portion of the time,
It would seem to me desirable to make an appropriation for 1916 sufficient to complete said revision, and to allow work on the revision to April 1, 1917.
During the past year plans have been drawn for use in the publication of a lithograph map embracing the whole town, on a scale of 600 feet to the inch, dated 1915, making a map 33 inches wide and 89 inches long. It was necessary to complete the re- maining new work before all of the above plans could be finished, and in December, 1915, the town contracted with the Walker Lithograph and Publishing Co. for publishing said map, and it is hoped that this will be complete before the annual town meeting of 1916.
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As the question of a sewerage system for Weymouth is at pres- ·ent receiving the attention of the town planning board, I would again recommend as in my report for 1913, and somewhat more fully in my report for 1914,, that a system of benches be run throughout the town, and that the various profiles and eleva- tions necessary for studying this question be obtained. What- ever system may be considered or adopted, this will have to be done before any definite plan or estimate can be made. These elevations could be plotted on the town map or on the sectional sheets. Anticipating the building of sewers at some future date, it is desirable that plans showing the location of all gas pipes, water pipes, wire conduits, or other obstructions in the streets be filed by their respective companies with the town.
In recent work other than town survey work I would mention the following :- The preparation of a list of accepted streets and state roads in Weymouth including private ways commonly used (whether named or not) with their lengths, dated January 1, 1915 ; the measurement of street oiling and of tar concrete sidewalks laid and the apportionment of each of these to the abutter, lines and grades being furnished the contractor on the latter work ; street lines have been given to several abuting owners ; the proper street number indicated in several cases ; plans have been pre- pared for hearings on various streets, for streets recommended for acceptance, and of locations where accidents are alleged to have taken place ; plans showing encroachment on town property ; also various grades have been given, estimates made and measure- ments taken at the request of your Board.
The position of street lines is each year becoming of more im- portance and their location should be definitely marked. During 1914 several of the streets more recently accepted by the town were staked out and stone bounds set; this was not continued during 1915, but I think something should be accomplished on this work during the coming year. An important piece of work the past year was the relocation of Washington Street from Main Street to the Hingham line. While this was done for the County, the surveys were made by the town, and the line adopted by both the County Commissioners and the State Highway Department.
I would again call the attention of any reader to any plan or map covering land in the "Old City," so called ; at the south end of Weymouth Great Pond .; and along Anne Street ; in the region
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west of the "Old Swamp" river; around Whitman's Pond, and along Weymouth back River. There are some omissions in each of these localities and no doubt old plans are in existence that would help in properly establishing certain boundaries. I should be pleased to call and inspect any such plan brought to my attention.
In conclusion I wish to extend my thanks to your board and to other town officers for the continued confidence and courtesy shown me, and to all others who have rendered assistance in various ways.
Mr. Libby has continued in my office as first assistant since the beginning of the survey, and one of my other assistants has been with me since 1911, both devoting much of their time to this work.
I am always glad to confer with anyone on any boundary line, of interest or value to the town, which has not as yet been established.
Respectfully submitted,
RUSSELL H. WHITING,
Civil Engineer
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Trustees of
THE TUFTS LIBRARY
WEYMOUTH, MASS.
1915
TRUSTEES.
Louis A. Cook, William A. Drake, Francis M. Drown, James H. Flint.
Joseph E. Gardner, William F. Hathaway, John B. Holland, Frederick T. Hunt,
Clarance P. Whittle.
SELECTMEN, EX-OFFICIO.
Henry E. Hanley, Bradford 'Hawes,
Edward W. Hunt, George L. Newton, Ralph P. Burrell.
OFFICERS, Clarance P. Whittle, President. Francis M. Drown, Secretary.
LIBRARIAN. Abbie L. Loud.
ASSISTANTS.
Louisa C. Richards, Alice B. Blanchard.
JANITOR. Frank D. Sherman.
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INFORMATION.
The library is for the use of all residents of Weymouth.
Temporary residents are entitled to the same privileges as residents.
The library is open every day excepting Sundays, Legal holidays, New Year's day and June 17th.
Library hours : 2 to 8 p. m .; Wednesday, 2 to 5 p. m .;
Saturday, 2 to 9 p. m.
Summer hours : July and August, 2 to 6 p. m .; Wed- nesday and Saturday as above.
Two cards are issued to each borrower over twelve years of age. A white card for general use and a green special card for non-fiction, including magazines and music scores.
A white card is given to each child between nine and twelve years of age if the application is signed by a trustee of the library.
Teachers and students are given cards which permit the taking of ten or more books, other than adult fiction, for twenty-eight days.
The vacation privilege allows a borrower, when away from home, to take several books, not recent publications, for an extended time.
All books from the circulating department, even the new fiction, , may be kept for fourteen days. Recent numbers of magazines are limited to seven days with no renewal.
A book cannot be transferred from one card to another, but may be renewed by mail or * telephone, unless stamped THIS BOOK CANNOT BE RENEWED. The shelf number or title of the book and the borrower's name should be stated when the request for renewal is made.
* Telephone, Weymouth 112-W.
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A fine of two cents a day will be incurred for each day's detention of a book after it is due. When a book is sent for by the librarian it will be at the expense of the borrower.
Signs and abbreviations used in booklists :
R Reference.
+ Gift.
* Not loaned without permission.
j Juvenile.
jj Very juvenile.
Cases of contagious diseases are reported to the library by the Board of Health and exposed books are burned.
For the convenience of residents living in different parts of the town, books are exchanged through the delivery stations once a week as follows :
Lovell's Corner W. W. Pratt Tuesday
East Weymouth
Marion F. French Wednesday
Weymouth Center
Bates & Humphrey Wednesday
South Weymouth
Fogg Memorial Library Thursday
South Weymouth
Marshall P. Sprague Thursday
North Weymouth
J. W. Bartlett & Co. Friday
Weymouth Heights
W. J. Sladen Friday
Application for borrowers' cards may be made at the delivery stations. Class lists and book lists may be consulted or pur- chased at these stations.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY.
The thirty-seventh annual report of ie Board of Trustees of the Tufts Library is respectfully submitted as follows :
The library has been open 303 days for the delivery of books during the year 1915 with a total circulation of 58546, an aver- age of 193+a day, which is an increase of 2820 over last year. 26011 of the total number were circulated through the schools and the delivery stations. The largest number given out on any one day was 482 on April 14 and the smallest was 42 on July 19.
The number distributed through the several delivery stations is shown in the following table :
PRECINCT.
DELIVERY STATION.
LOANS.
1
J. W. Bartlett & Co.
5683
1
W. J. Sladen
2061
2 & 6
J. P. Salisbury Co.
5334
2 & 6
Bates & Humphrey
2950
4
W. W. Pratt
1085
4
Marshall P. Sprague
914
5
Fogg Memorial Library 1680
19707
CLASSIFICATION OF CIRCULATION.
CLASS.
LOANS.
PER CENT.
Arts
·
2260
3.86
Biography
.
·
1026
1.75
Fiction .
40908
69.88
History
2632
4.48
Literature
1104
1.89
Natural science
1170
2.00
Poetry .
667
1.14
Social science
.
1220
2.09
Theology
176
.30
Travels .
1777
3.03
Periodicals
.
5606
9.58
.
58546
100.00
.
.
.
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6 SCHOOLS, including one Sunday school, have received 6304 volumes and in addition to these, 42 teachers have borrowed 1201 volumes for their school work. .
78 STUDENT'S CARDS have been used, on which 977 books have been borrowed.
8 VACATION CARDS have been used, on which 173 books have been loaned.
Through the INTER-LIBRARY LOAN system a neighboring library has borrowed one book.
The REGISTRATION OF BORROWERS shows that there have been 323 applications for cards during the year, making a total of 3722 since the beginning of the present registration in April, 1909.
The ANNUAL EXAMINATION OF THE BOOKS shows that 25 have been lost. One of these has been paid for.
3 books have been burned on account of contagious diseases. 243 books have been discarded because they had become unfit for circulation. 3 of the books previously reported lost have been found. 10 are unaccounted for.
The ACCESSIONS numbered 1211 volumes, of which 86 were gifts, 147 replacements and 73 bound periodicals. 479 volumes have been rebound. The total number of accessions is 33391.
A list of books, including music, purchased this year, excepting the duplicates and replacements and the books purchased from special funds, is given in Appendix B-General literature.
The books purchased from the Susannah Hunt Stetson fund, the Augustus J. Richards fund, and the Tirrell Donation are listed in Appendix C.
The READING AND REFERENCE ROOM has received the follow- ing additions to the reference department: A. L. A. index to general literature, Supplement, 1900-1910; American year book, 1914; Firkins' index to short stories ; Hazell's annual, 1915; New international year book, 1914; Quigley's Index to kinder- garten songs ; Statesman's year-book, 1915 ; Walsh's Heroes and heroines of fiction, 2v. ; Who's who, 1915; World almanac and encyclopedia, 1915.
The list of periodicals, as given in Appendix D, varies from that of last year as follows :
American homes and gardens is now consolidated with House and garden under the name of House and garden. Lippincott's
1
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magazine has taken the name of the new publishers and is now McBride's magazine.
The magazine listed last year as Modern mechanics is now the Popular science monthly, with the following titles to its credit since 1912 : Popular electricity, Electrician and mechanic, Modern electrics and mechanics, Popular electricity and modern mechanics, Modern mechanics, World's advance, and now, as stated above, it is The Popular science monthly.
This quotation from the Bulletin of bibliography will explain the Scientific monthly :-
"The Science press, publishers of the old Popular science monthly, will continue all subscriptions with a new magazine, the Scientific monthly. . .. The Scientific monthly will make its appeal to ' educated readers, as opposed to the public generally.'"
The Technical world is now the Illustrated world.
Bird lore, the Canadian magazine, New England, Nineteenth century and after, Primary education, and System have been added by subscription. America and the Woman's journal are gifts.
The Christian endeavor world, the Congregationalist, Gospel trumpet, and the Nurse are no longer received from the donors. The Journal of American history has been discontinued.
The ART EXHIBITIONS have included 14 collections of pictures from the Library Art Club as follows :
Verona, Pt. I., The city ; Lumbering ,mini g, quarrying, pot- tery and glass ; Days near Rome, Pt. II ; Eighteen Alpine views, principally in the Tyrol; Studies of animals, Pt. II., by M. Meheut ; Joan of Arc; Four and twenty toilers ; Berlin and its environs ; Fisheries around the world ; Decorative art of Rome ; How we have bread to eat ; Pageant at Lancaster, Massachusetts, July 4, 1912 ; French chateaux ; Pictures in Buckingham palace and Windsor castle, Pt. II., Flemish, Van Dyck to Janssens.
The GIFTS of the year included public documents ; annual re- ports, bulletins and other publications, presented by 37 libraries ; and books and pamphlets from individual donors.
Mrs. Mary Fifield King has added to the Fifield Collection a number of historical relics of peculiar interest to Weymouth people among which are two copies of the Anti-Slavery publication, called the Liberty Bell, one of which contains a sonnet written by
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Maria Weston Chapman and two poems written by her sisters, Anne Warren Weston and Caroline Weston. There is also a copy of a rare pamphlet entitled "The Great April Gale and the Destruction of the Lighthouse at Minot's Ledge." This pamphlet was published in Boston in 1851 and sold for six cents. These gifts were described more fully in two historical articles published in the Weymouth Gazette of Aug. 6, and Dec. 3, 1915.
A copy of The New England primer, printed in 1777, given by Mr. George H. French, deserves special mention because of its rarity.
Mr. Frederick T. Hunt has presented a photographic copy of the painting, entitled "Rab and his Master," by his brother, E. Aubrey Hunt ; this is an excellent portrait of their father, the late Edmund Soper Hunt.
The James Humphrey school presented to the library three boxes for the transportation of books to and from the schools. These boxes, made by some of the pupils of the school, show careful workmanship.
The Trustees acknowledge these gifts with gratitude to the donors whose names appear in Appendix E.
New awnings have been purchased during the year, the old ones having become too worn for further service.
Another sixty-tray standard cabinet for the card catalogue, a revolving book case and a 12 ft. range of low wall shelving have been placed in the Delivery room.
As suggested in the last report more than eight hundred volumes have been moved to the shelves built in the hall up- stairs last year and about seven hundred juvenile books have been placed on the new shelves in the Delivery room, where the children have free access to these books.'
This has slightly relieved the congestion in the general stack room, but as more than twelve hundred new books have been added during 1915, the library is again confronted by last year's problem-namely, what provision can be made for continued growth ?
Can a thousand books be discarded every year to enable a thousand new ones, possibly of less value, to take their place ? It is evident that the annual discarding of as many books as ara
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purchased is not to be considered. Some radical change must be made.
Two-story stacks could be installed, thus nearly doubling the shelf capacity.
The hall, now used as a store room, could be finished off for general use and a part of it fitted up for a children's room. The children, who are now confined to the limited space of the De- livery room, would be greatly benefited by this long desired and much needed improvement.
One or two local branches of the library, with a deposit of books both for circulation and for reference, might be established where the demand would warrant it. As this would mean con- siderable initial expense, with the additional cost of maintenance, perhaps it cannot be effected at present but it is a suggestion toward future development.
A special appropriation would be necessary for the carrying out of any one of these suggestions but the Trustees feel confi- dent that the citizens of Weymouth will respond generously to a request for money, as it is needed, in order that the library may continue its growth and retain its position as an educative force in the town.
As soon as time and funds will permit a new Class list will be issued. It is hoped that the work may be accomplished during the coming year as no Supplement has been published since August 1, 1910.
CLARANCE P. WHITTLE,
By order and in behalf of the Trustees.
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Appendix A. Table of Statistics.
Appendix B. General Literature.
Appendix C. Books purchased from Special Funds.
Appendix D. Periodicals.
Appendix E.
Donors.
APPENDIX A .- TABLE OF STATISTICS.
Days open during the year · 303
Number of volumes at beginning of year 28812
Number of volumes added during the year by purchase 1052
Number of volumes added during the year by gift . 86
Number of volumes lost or withdrawn during the year 271
Number of books previously reported lost, found
3
Total number at end of year 29755 · ·
Number of volumes of fiction lent . .
· 40908
Number of volumes lent for home use
52242
Number of volumes lent to schools
6304 .
Total number of volumes lent during the year ·
58546
Average circulation per day .
·
193++-
Number of delivery stations .
7
Number of volumes lent through the delivery stations ·
19707
Number of new borrowers registered during the year 323.
Number of newspapers and periodicals currently received (Number of copies, not titles)
108
Number of volumes rebound
479
Number of periodicals bound
73
RECEIPTS FROM
PAYMENTS FOR
Unexpended balance $96 47
Books
$1,113 81 .
Town appropriation 2,300 00
Binding
278 31
Dog tax .
645 44
Endowment funds
625 64
Fines and sale of publi-
Heat
379 04
Light
202 13
Other sources
1,393 05
Other expenses
· 1,313 99
Balance on hand
·
3 07
Total
$5,197 71
Total
$5,197 71
·
Salaries, library service,
janitor service 1,907 36
cations
137 11
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APPENDIX B .- GENERAL LITERATURE.
Adams. The clarion . A2162.1
Little Miss Grouch . A2162.2
ALBERT I, king of the Belgians.
King Albert's book. 1915
225.130
ALCOTT. Sears, C. E., comp. Bronson Alcott's
Fruitlands ; with Transcendental wild oats, by Louisa M. Alcott. 1915
315.235
Allen, E. F., ed. Guide to the national parks of America. 1915 .
224.217
Allen, J. L. Sword of youth
A427.8
Altsheler. Forest of swords .
A469.26
Hosts of the air j
A469.28.
Rock of Chickamauga
j
A469.27
Star of Gettysburg .
j
A469.25
American academy of political and social science.
Commission government and the city-manager plan. 1914
314.175
Arnim. Pastor's wife
A749.6
Ashmun, ed. Modern short stories. 1914. 113.60
Atherton. California. 1914 · .
617.160
Atkinson. Johnny Appleseed
A875.2
Autobiography of a happy woman. 1914 . 315.229 .
Bache. When mother lets us make candy. 1915 j
725.177
Bacon. Rambles around old Boston. 1914 224.165
Bagley. School discipline. 1914
313.213
Bailey, L. H. Plant-breeding ; new edition revised by Arthur W. Gilbert. 1915 735.146.
Bailey, Temple. Contrary Mary .
B152.1
Banks. An Armenian princess
B2238.1
Barbour. Left tackle Thayer
j
B2314.33.
Lucky seventh .
j
B2314.32
Secret play ·
j
B2314.34
Barclay, Mrs. F. L. C. My heart's right there
B2316.9. [66p.]
Barclay, Sir Thomas. Law and usage of war. 1914
315.284
Barr. Winning of Lucia B271.51
Barrie. Half hours. 1914 .
822.82:
.
j
·
.
·
252
Barstow. Famous buildings ; a primer of architec-
ture. 1915
j 722.87
Barton. Educational missions. 1913 834.91
Bassett. Taming of Zenas Henry .
B297.1
Baum. Scarecrow of Oz
j
B321.9
Beach, E. L. Roger Paulding, ensign
j
B353.8
Roger Paulding, gunner
j
B353.7
Beach, Rex. Heart of the sunset
B357.7
Beard. On the trail; an outdoor book for girls. 1915
j 723.252
Beith. (Ian Hay.) Knight on wheels
B393.5
Bender. Teacher at work. [1902] 313.207
Bennett, Arnold. City of pleasure
B4357.12
Bennett, I. D. Flower garden. 1914
726.255
Vegetable garden. 1910 ·
726.254
Benson, A. C. Escape, and other essays.
1915 .
136.118
Bindloss. Harding of Allenwood
B516.4
Secret of the reef
.
.
B516.2
Blanchard. Camp fire girls of Brightwood j
B593.33
Bolte. Back yard farmer. 1914
726.243
Brady. Eagle of the empire
B725.17
Island of surprise .
B725.18
Brewster. Nutrition of a household. 1915
726.225
Brink. History of English literature. (From the
fourteenth century to the death of Surrey.) Pt. 2 of Vol. 2 of 134.15
Bromley & Cobleigh. Mathematics for the prac-
tical engineer. 1914. .
734.126
Brown, A. F. Lucky stone.
j
B811.8
Brown, Alice. Children of earth ; a play of New England. 1915. ·
822.84
Brown, E. A. Arnold's little brother . ·
B8152.3
j Browne. Rubber. (Peeps at industries ) 1912. j Buckrose. pray on the windows · Famous war correspondents. 1914.
726.8
B858.7
918.9
.
B443.2
Benson, E. F. Arundel
B516.3
Sydney Carteret, rancher . .
312.145
Bostwick. Making of an American's library. 1915 Bradley. Splendid chance .
B7234.1
.
253
Burgess. Adventures of Chatterer, the red squir-
rel
j
B912.17
Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse j B912.12
Adventures of Grandfather Frog · j
B912.13
Adventures of Sammy Jay
.
j
B912.16
Tommy and the wishing stone ·
.
j B912.21
Burnett. Lost prince .
.
j B933.29
Burroughs. Breath of life. 1915.
736.167
Burton. Dumb in June
826.99
Lyrics of brotherhood. [1899]
826.98
Cable. Amateur garden 1914 . 726.239
Gideon's band C112.12
Cabot & others. Course in citizenship. [1914].
314.177
CAPEN. Hawkins. Samuel Billings Capen. [1914]
917.199
Chambers. The reckoning .
·
C355.17
Cheney. New movement in the theatre.
1914
822.74
Chester. Cordelia Blossom
C4273.3
Get-rich-quick Wallingford
C4273.1
Young Wallingford .
C4273.2
Chesterton. Wisdom of Father Brown
C4275.5
Churchill. Far country
C476.9
Clark, B. H. Continental drama of to-day. 1914 822.73
835.80
CODY. Sabin. Buffalo Bill and the overland trail
1914 .
917.202
Cole. World of labour. 1913
314.178
Collier. England and the English from an Ameri- can point of view. 1914
232.138
Conrad. Set of six. [Short stories ] C765.10
Victory .
C765.11
Youth; and two other stories. Contents :
Youth-Heart of darkness-End of the tether Cooke. Bambi .
C7743.1
Cooney. Dons of the old pueblos
C778.1
Craig. On the art of the theatre. 1912 .
822.75
Cramb. Germany and England. 1914
311.175
Origins and destiny of imperial Britain and nine- teenth century Europe . 623.66
Crawford, Caroline. Dramatic games and dances
for little children. 1915. j 721.369
.
.
.
Clark, H. W. Liberal orthodoxy. 1914
C765.12
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Crawford, M. C. Social life in old New England
1914 .
224.197
Crockett. Hal o' the Ironsides ·
C873.33
Cullum. Law-breakers ·
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