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$4,000, Funded Loan, as voted April 2, 1888.
1,500, Renewal of loan, as voted July 22, 1889.
5,000, New Schoolhouse, as voted March 2, 1891.
These will be included in the tax levy of 1892, without further action by the town.
In the last annual report the Auditors note the following per- sons indebted to the town for concrete and highway bills for previous years :
Estate of Lilley Eaton,
$30 89
Freeman Emmons,
7 27
Peter Mccullough, 5 07
Edmund Sweetser,
2 83
Philip J. Flanders,
7 00
Wakefield Water Co., .
5 00
The Treasurer has twice reminded these parties of their indebt- edness, and requested payment.
The Estate of Lilley Eaton claim that the charge is not justly due, because the estate was damaged much more than it was ben- efited, and they have a contra claim against the town.
The Water Co. signify their willingness to pay the bill when- ever the Supt. of Streets (Mr. Ricker) will show where the work was performed.
Mr. Flanders denies that he owes the amount named. Messrs. McCullough and Sweetser have admitted the debt, and promise to pay. Mr. Emmons does not reply.
Respectfully submitted,
(signed) THOMAS J. SKINNER,
WAKEFIELD, MASS., Feb. 11, 1892.
Treasurer.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Value of Buildings, exclusive of land,
$2,638,435 00
" " Land, exclusive of buildings, 1,431,135 00
Total value of Real Estate, $4,069,570 00
Value of Personal Property, .
575,555 00
" " Resident Bank Stock (Nat. Bank of S. Reading), . 78,660 00
Total valuation, .
$4,723,785 00
Number of dwellings taxed, .
1,372
horses .
482
cows, .
.
284
swine, .
73
Value of real estate and machinery of corpora- tions,
$783,140 00
Value of church property exempted by law from taxation, .
144,000 00
Number of steam boilers, . .
26
Aggregate horse power of steam boilers, .
1,179
Town appropriations,
$86,282 00
State tax,
3,270 00
County tax,
3,510 12
$93,062 12
Estimated receipts.
$6,500 00
Tax on 2,106 polls,
4,212 00
$10,712 00
Amount assessed on property,
$82,350 12
Overlay,
316 12
Whole number of tax payers,
2,985
Persons paying tax on property,
1,723
66 poll tax only,
1,262
Non-residents assessed on property,
.
360
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RECOMMENDATIONS. *
The Board of Assessors is of the opinion, and would respect- fully recommend, that action be taken to secure plans of the real estate in Wakefield, especially in the central portion of the town, for the purpose of securing a more complete and equal assess- ment; also that an allowance be made for the necessary clerical services of the Board, thereby allowing the members more time for the important work of assessing, believing that the return to the town would be tenfold.
CHAS. F. WOODWARD, CHAS. F. HARTSHORNE, ALSTEAD W. BROWNELL,
Assessors.
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COLLECTOR'S STATEMENT.
TAX OF 1889.
Balance uncollected, Jan. 31, 1891,
$5,646 59
Received as interest,
444 05
Paid Town Treasurer, .
$5,606 86
Abated by Assessors,
.
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TAX OF 1890.
Balance uncollected, Jan. 31, 1891, $13,851 78
Re-assessed by Assessors,
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Received as interest,
195 60
$14,047 62
Paid Town Treasurer,
$8,079 65
Abated by Assessors,
602 94
8,682 59
TAX OF 1891.
Total amount assessed, .
$87,705 19
Received as interest,
.
6 95
Paid Town Treasurer,
$67,666 99
Discounts allowed,
2,569 02
Abated by Assessors,
1,017 51
71,253 52
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$16,458 62
CHAS. F. WOODWARD, Collector. JAN. 30, 1892.
$6,090 64
483 78
6,090 64
$5,365 03
$87,712 14
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES 1
OF THE
BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY
AND
PUBLIC READING ROOM,
WITH
LIST OF PERIODICALS
. IN THE
READING ROOM.
1892.
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ORGANIZATION OF TRUSTEES.
Chairman,
Treasurer, ·
Secretary, . ·
·
. Samuel K. Hamilton. . Thomas J. Skinner.
. William E. Rogers.
COMMITTEE ON LIBRARY.
Thomas Winship, Junius Beebe,
George E. Dunbar.
COMMITTEE ON FINANCES.
Solon O. Richardson, Rev. Chas. J. Ryder, Samuel K. Hamilton.
COMMITTEE ON BOOKS.
William E. Rogers,
Rev. Chas. J. Ryder,
Reuben H. Mitchell, Otis V. Waterman,
Samuel K. Hamilton.
COMMITTEE ON READING ROOM.
Otis V. Waterman, William E. Rogers, Thomas Winship, Junius Beebe, Solon O. Richardson.
COMMITTEE ON CATALOGUE.
Reuben H. Mitchell, George E. Dunbar, William E. Rogers.
LIBRARIAN.
Harriet A. Shepard.
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TRUSTEES' REPORT.
Churches, schools and libraries are the potent forces which have given New England her pre-eminence in education and mor- als, and stamped hers as the highest type of civilization.
To these her people are largely indebted for the influence they exercise in every department of human thought and industry. Without their christianizing and educating control, anarchy would prevail and barbarism become universal. Powerful of themselves as these agencies are, their power is multiplied by the accessories which comfort and convenience demand.
Churches, without meeting houses, "live at a poor dying rate." Schools, without good schoolrooms, lose much of their worth, and libraries, whose books are not accessible to the public, soon be- come piles of rubbish.
It is not enough that libraries should be established, books pur- chased and catalogues printed, but opportunities and facilities for examination and use should be provided. This is especially true of that class of books ordinarily not allowed to be taken from the library room known as reference books, of which so many are now published and which are in constant demand. Those patrons of libraries who seek information upon particular subjects, usually desire to examine and study all accessible authorities upon those subjects, and every one, even he who reads the lightest literature is aided by a hasty glance over books before taking them home.
The cramped and poorly ventilated quarters in which our library is located, and the utter lack of conveniences for examination and study of the books which it contains, have led us to these reflec- tions and to the determination to place the situation before the people of the town in its true light so far as we are able.
The Beebe Town Library contains to-day nearly eleven thou- sand (11,000) volumes. Every inch of available space in the
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library room is occupied by shelves, and nearly every shelf is filled with books. The ordinary purchases of another year will com- pletely exhaust its capacity. Not only is there no further room for books, but there is not even a place for a table or chair at which one can with comfort examine a dictionary, a volume of the encyclopædia, a map or other work. The only facilities which the library offers its patrons for study are a shelter from the storm and the privilege of standing at a counter under a blazing gas jet.
Thus are our people largely deprived of the use of their own property and of the learning and culture which naturally follow the use of that particular kind of property.
This is not right. Larger and more spacious quarters, with the necessary adjunct of study rooms supplied with the furnish- ings and accessories which a well-ordered study requires must be furnished, or further acquisitions to the library be abandoned.
Nearly twenty thousand volumes, or over sixty-five per day, were delivered from the Library during the past year, which de- monstrates the fact that ours is a reading community and the latter alternative will not be considered.
What form these larger quarters shall take, how and when they shall be obtained, are serious questions which call for a speedy answer. It is difficult to see how any portion of the Town Hall with its present occupants can be utilized to advantage ; it is pos- sible, but barely probable, that suitable rooms could be obtained elsewhere at a rate which the town would be warranted in paying, but rented quarters for this purpose are for manifest reasons undesirable, and there remains the only other alternative, of erec- ting a Library building adequate in size to the present and future needs of the town, and which shall contain rooms for reading and studying, furnished with all the essentials to develop its highest usefulness. Viewed in all its aspects, this is the wise, the true and the economical solution of the problem presented. However chary of large indebtedness, however economical in municipal ex- penditure, and however conservative in thought and feeling we may be, the march of events crowds us to-day, where yesterday we dared not tread; and we must keep step to the music of progress about us.
. Within the last decade we have seen Malden and Woburn make
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wonderful strides in population and wealth. Who can say to what extent these cities have been aided by their excellent libra- ries and beautiful library buildings? Who can count the num- bers who have been drawn to those places by the air of culture and refinement which the possession of such structures and their contents affords? It may be answered that these cities owe their possessions to the munificence of some one of its citizens, and that Wakefield has no one on whom it can lean for largesses of this character. And it is true; but she has a population who are " neither rich nor poor," who have learned the value of a dollar by earning it, and who the better can appreciate either the neces- sity or the luxury which its expenditure brings.
The book which costs us the greatest effort is the most highly prized and the most thoroughly digested.
To the erection of a new library building we invite the thought- ful attention of the town.
READING ROOM.
The Reading Room continues to be a useful adjunct to the Library, and during the past year has well filled the place for which it was designed. On its tables may be found the best literary and scientific publications of the day while "Judge " and " Puck " are not excluded. The advantages of the Reading Room are appreciated by a large number of our people as shown by the patronage it receives.
A few additions to its current literature should be made the coming year.
In our opinion it should be open on Sunday, and we recommend an additional appropriation therefor. We append a list of the publications upon its table.
STATISTICS AND FINANCES.
For interesting statistics we refer to the report of the Librarian hereto appended, and for a statement of the finances of the Library to the Treasurer's Report.
During the year the Board has lost an active member, and the town a valued and valuable citizen by the death of Dr. Preston Sheldon. As a man and public official his integrity and ability were recognized. In his profession he had entered upon a career
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which promised wide usefulness and eminent success. His culture, knowledge of books and literary tastes peculiarly fitted him for the discharge of any duty in connection with the Library, and made him a delightful social companion.
The Selectmen and the Trustees in joint convention, elected Rev. Charles J. Ryder to fill its vacancy until the next annual meeting. The term of office of Messrs. Winship, Richardson and Hamilton will expire at the end of the present municipal year, and the town will be called upon to elect four Trustees, one for two years and three for three years each.
BOOKS.
The annual library bulletin will be issued as soon as practicable, showing the additions to the library during the current year.
In the meantime we call attention to a few of the valuable works in the various departments, which have been purchased. Mr. Rogers has been for several years the selecting and purchas- ing agent for the Trustees, and it is only just to him that the town should know that to his learning, judgment and fidelity, it is indebted for the excellent selection of books placed upon its library shelves. It is a great pleasure to the other Trustees to convey this information to the town and incorporate it in their report, which is done without his knowledge. The following is a list of some of the most valuable books added to the library during the year.
ARCHEOLOGY.
The Defences of Normbega,
.
Schlieman's Excavations,
.
Horsford Schurchardt
ART.
Art and Criticism, .
. .
Child
The Renaissance,
.
Pater
BIOGRAPHY.
Lewis Cass, .
McLaughlin Smiles
John Murray,
.
.
John Boyle O'Reilly,
· Roche
John Ericsson,
· Church
Michael Angelo, .
. Grimm
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Patrick Henry, · Richard Moncton Milnes,
Tyler Reid
Lord Beaconsfield, .
. Froude
Paul Revere, .
Gosg
Stonewall Jackson, .
Jackson
ESSAYS AND ORATIONS ..
Essays, . . · Lowell
Orations and Addresses of Judge Devens,
Devens
Speeches of Wendell Phillips.
FICTION.
Betty Alden, .
Austin
A Colonial Reformer,
Boldrewood
Stand Fast, Craig Rorston,
Black
Beads of Tasmer,
Barr Barr
The Lady of Fort St. John,
The Witch of Prague,
Gallaher and other Stories,
Monk and Knight, .
. Gunsaulns Johnston
Captain Blake,
King Lillie
The Mystery of the Woods,
Murray
On New Found River,
Page
History of David Grieve,
Ward
HISTORY.
History of Rome, .
Mahaffy
American Revolution, ·
Fiske
Knickerbocker History of New York,
Irving
HISTORICAL RESEARCH.
Revolutionary Letters, ·
Stone
The Vikings of Western Christendom,
Keary
The Hudson River,
Lossing
A Sister to Esau, .
St. Katherine's by the Tower, .
Besant Catherwood Crawford Davis
Widow Guthrie,
For Honor's Sake, .
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LITERATURE.
Intellectual Development of Europe,
Draper-
Essays in English Literature, .
. Saintsbury
German Literature, .
.
· Hosmer
Essays in Little,
.
. Lang
POETRY.
Rhymes of Childhood,
Riley
The Younger American Poets,
Sladen
Japonica,
. E. Arnold
Light of the World,
· E. Arnold
Blue Poetry Book, .
. Lang
REMINISCENCES AND RECOLLECTIONS.
Marie Louise and the Invasion of 1814,
St. Armand
Marie Louise and the Hundred Days, .
St. Armand
Marie Louise at the Tuilleries,
St. Armand
Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty, St. Armand St. Armand
Court of the Empress Josephine,
Memoirs and Reminiscences of Capt. V. Gronow,
Grego
Reminiscences of Montague, .
Williams
Recollections of President Lincoln, , · . Chittendon
Journal of William Maclay,
. Maclay
.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Number of volumes in the Library February 1, 1890, 10,429 Added by purchase during the year, . 368
66
to replace worn-out volumes. .
32
donation, . .
11
Magazines bound from the Reading Room, .
40
10,880
Volumes worn out during the year, . 34 Total number of volumes in the Library February 1, 1892, 10,846
Volumes added in various classes as follows :
Fiction,
168
Social Economy, 13
History,
.
.
50
Political Economy, 7
Biography, .
40
Poetry, 8
Magazines, .
.
50
Religious, · 5
Literature,
24
Public Documents,
7
Science,
.
22
Miscellaneous, 10
Travel,
.
15
419
Donations from
Donations from
United States,
W. Baker & Co.,
1
State of Massachusetts, ·
3
J. Guy Vassar, 1
State of Connecticut
1 A Friend,
1
Pamphlets received from various sources, .
30
Persons having signed Application Cards from February 1, 1891, to February 1, 1892,
300
Total number of cards issued,
2,817
Number of books delivered during the year,
19,758
During March, 1891, 2,036
Largest number delivered in one day, .
295
Number of volumes replaced, ·
32
66 rebound,
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HARRIET A. SHEPARD, Librarian.
WAKEFIELD, February 1, 1892.
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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS IN READING ROOM.
MONTHLIES.
Atlantic.
Century.
Forum.
Cosmopolitan. Godey's Lady's Book. North American Review. Poultry World.
Arena.
. Carpentry and Building. Woman's Journal.
Eclectic. Blackwood's.
Harper's Monthly.
Hall's Journal of Health. Outing.
Harper's Young People.
Magazine of American History. Scribner's. All the Year Round.
Popular Science Monthly. American Bee Journal. New England Magazine.
FORTNIGHTLY. The Literary World.
WEEKLIES.
Forest and Stream.
St. Nicholas.
Harper's Weekly.
Wakefield Record.
Harper's Bazaar. Irish World.
Wakefield Citizen and Banner. American Architect.
Judge. Puck.
Texas Siftings. National Tribune.
Life.
Scientific American.
Youth's Companion.
Metal Worker.
The Standard. Nova Scotian. Frank Leslie's Illustrated. London Graphic.
N. Y. Tribune.
DAILY NEWSPAPERS.
Boston Journal. Boston Herald. New York Daily Graphic.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
S. K. HAMILTON,
Chairman.
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1891-92.
Interest on Town Debt, $4,000 00
Payment of Town Debt, 2,500 00
Support of Schools ($800 voted Nov. 3, 1891), 19,800 00
School Contingent Fund,
1,400 00
School Text Books and Supplies, .
1,300 00
Clerk of School Committee, . 200 00
Moving and Repairing Schoolhouses, 625 00
New Schoolhouse,
50,000 00
Philosophical Apparatus, High School, .
200 00
Heating and Ventilating High School House (Bal- ance of Appropriation voted Aug. 4, 1890),
2,273 50
Heating and Ventilating Franklin Street School House (voted Aug. 4, 1890), .
875 00
Poor Department ($500 voted Nov. 3, 1891),
5,500 00
Fire Department, 2,300 00
Forest Fire Ward's Bills,
200 00
Public Library (and Dog Tax 1890, $585.64). 400 00
66 Reading Room, .
175 00
Town House Expenses ($500 voted Nov. 3, 1891), Street Lamps,
2,100 00
New Street Lamps ($80 voted Nov. 3, 1891),
146 00
Salaries of Town Officers,
2,725 00
Police Department,
1,000 00
Night Watch,
1,800 00
Miscellaneous Expenses ($3,000 voted July 20, 1891; $1,500 voted Nov. 3, 1891), . 8,100 00
Concrete Sidewalks ($500 voted July 20, 1891), 1,500 00
Rental of Hydrants (voted June 8, 1891,) 4,480 00
Memorial Day, 200 00
2,000 00
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Purchase of New Hose, 330 00 Rebecca C. Arrington Case (voted June 8, 1891), 1,500 00 Fish Committee, - the receipts, . 62 75
Common aud Park Commissioners, 800 00
Fire Department Building and Purchase of Land (voted March 31, 1891), . 6,000 00
New Fire Alarm Boxes (voted Nov. 3, 1891), 400 00 Highways and Bridges ($500 voted Nov. 3, 1891), 8,500 00
Repairs on Vernon Street, 700 00
Vinton Street Bridge, . ·
200 00
Prospect Street (voted July 20, 1891),
500 00
Maple Street, 100 00 .
Water Street, 300 00
Highland Street, . 200 00
Railroad Street (voted Nov. 3, 1891), . 300 00
Building Fairmount Ave., etc. (voted June 8, 1891),
600 00
66 Morrison Ave. etc., (voted Nov. 3, 1891), 200 00
Land Damage, Wiley Street (voted Nov. 3, 1891), 25 00
Revision of Town By-laws (voted Nov. 3, 1891), . 100 00
Total,
$136,617 25
Balances from 1890 available in 1891, . ·
$3,148 50
Voted since annual meeting, .
21,485 00
$24,633 50
Voted at annual meeting,
111,983 75
$136,617 25
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
March 2d, Appropriation authorized,
$19,000 00
Nov. 3d, 66
add'l, 800 00
$19,800 00
Expended as follows :
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
Pay rolls, 1 year, to Feb. 1, '92, .
$16,836 73
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JANITORS' SERVICES.
Geo. E. Gamage, Centre, to Feb. 1, '92, . · $225 00
Noah M. Eaton, West and Hamilton, to Feb. 1, '92, . 253 00
Wm. H. Wiley, High, to Jan. 1, '92, 287 50
Mrs. Lucy A. Hill, Franklin st., to Jan. 1, '92, .
100 00
B. F. Shedd, North, to Feb. 1, '92,. 40 00
I. F. Sheldon, South, to Feb. 1, 91, 40 00
Chas. D. Drury, East, to Feb. 1, '92, · 84 00
F. M. Murphy, Little World, to Jan. 1, '92, 48 00
$1,077 50
FUEL ACCOUNT.
Denis Greany, 10 tons furnace coal,
$57 50
Wakefield Coal Co., ¿ ton nut coal and basketing, 3 25
. 66 10} tons furnace coal at $5.75, . 60 37
" 1} tons egg coal at $6,
9 00
190 365-2000 tons egg and fur- nace coal at $5.10,
969 94
Wakefield Coal Co., 2 ft. pine wood,
1 25
" 1 cord pine and oak wood, 7 00
66 " 2 cords oak wood, at $5.75,
11 50
66 66 4 cords pine wood, at $4.50, 18. 00
G. P. Haley, 1 ton stove coal, 6 50
Chas. D. Drury, sawing wood,
1 00
W. H. Wiley, sawing and splitting wood,
3 00
N. M. Eaton,
6 95
F. M. Murphy, “
66 66
2 00
$1,157 26
MILITARY EXPENSES.
Philip J. Flanders, drill master, Oct. 1, '90, to June 16, '91,
$100 00
James H. Keough, opening armory 41 times at 75c., . 30 75
$130 75
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RECAPITULATION.
Teachers' Salaries, .
. $16,836 73
Janitors' Services, .
1,077 50
Fuel Account,
1,157 26
Military Expenses, .
130 75
Total,
. $19,202 24
Balance unexpended, . .
597 76
$19,800 00
SCHOOL CONTINGENT FUND.
March 2d, Appropriation authorized,
$1,400 00
From Tuition, . ·
78 00
$1,478 00
Expended as follows :
J. D. Mansfield, chemicals, High school, . $0 63
Cutler Bros.,
66 3 29
Whitall, Tatum & Co., supplies for laboratory, High school,
22 66
John W. Locke, expressage,
2 40
F. W. Pierce,
4 55
Allie Bessey, use of carriage, .
3 00
D. W. Hunt, moving desks, etc.,
3 91
Edward B. Nye, tuning 2 pianos, High school, 4 00
H. F. Miller & Sons, " 2 " 66 66
4 50
J. E. Bell, blackboards, .
20 52
S. F. Littlefield & Co., plumbing, hardware, etc., 218 38
Sidney Merchant, setting glass,
8 75
Geo. H. Taylor, hardware, repairs, etc.,
.
14 00
Lucas Bros., repairing clocks, . .
4 75
D. N. Chadsey, “ clock, .
70
A. G. Whitcomb, furniture for schools, 42 37 .
Lappen Bros., 3 office baskets, 3 00
John Flanley, repairing chairs, Franklin street, 2 50
Geo. E. Gamage, repairing furniture and flag, . 5 30
Geo. H. Teague, repairing locks and setting glass, 5 00
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F. M. Tinkham, carpenter work and repairs, $62 68
E. I. Purrington,
20 17
Roger Howard, 66 66 297 08
N. H. Dow, jobbing in school yards, 56 00
W. H. Wiley, labor in High school yard, . 2 00
janitor's supplies, High school, . .
31 92
66 1 furnace shaker, 50
Citizens Gas Light Co., 9500 ft. gas, at $2.15, $20 43 Less discount, 2 97
17 46
Wakefield Water Co., 21 faucets and 1 boiler to Dec. 1, '91, 37 00 ·
Wakefield Water Co., 25 faucets to June 1, '92, 46 00
pipe and labor, 123 65
5 25
O. N. Gammons, setting glass & repairs, Franklin st., Nathaniel Ross, cleaning vault, Hamilton, 6 00
N. M. Eaton, " West Ward, and labor,
5 75
.. . 6 66 1 furnace poker,
75
A. W. Brownell, 200 postal cards and printing same, 2 75
C. W. Eaton, printing 125 manuals, 7 00
M. P. Foster, printing graduation programmes, High 1 School, 10 00
M. P. Foster, advertising fuel proposals, 3 25
" Wakefield Record," advertising fuel proposals, 2 50
American Bank Note Company, 16 diplomas at 50 cts., for High School graduates, . 8 00
H. C. Kendall, filling 18 diplomas for High School graduates, 1891, . 4 50
Mrs. H. A. Shepard, copying 12 hours at 15 cts. (ex- amination papers), 1 80
A. H. Thayer, 1 Bunsen gas burner, High School, 75
A. H. Thayer, repairing flag, Greenwood, 1 75
A. H. Thayer, 1 key,
25
W. G. Strong, removing ashes, High and Franklin street Schools, 22 30
C. H. Spencer, lumber, . 38 66
J. H. Morse, repairing roofs, High and Hamilton, 62 60
Wright & Potter Printing Company, printing 200 cer- tificates, 3 00 .
140
J. R. Reid, moving out-house at Montrose, $15 00 Geo. W. Killorin, moving out-house, High to West Ward, . 20 00
Geo. W. Killorin, 75 yds. top dressing at 25 cts., 18 75
12 yds. concrete at 50 cts., . · Balch Bros., paid them on account subscription to Century Dictionary, 37 50
6 00
James M. Fairbanks, painting West Ward and repairs, Winchester Furniture Company, 35 tablet chairs at $1.50,. 52 50 .
94 25
Geo. M. Stevens, repairing bells, 3 68
Mrs. Lucy A. Hill, extra cleaning, Franklin street, .
3 50
Fred. S. Hartshorne, taking school census, 30 00
Total,
$1,536 71
Balance overdrawn, 58 71
$1,478 00
SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
March 2d, Appropriation authorized,
. $1,300 00
Expended as follows :
Ginn & Co., text books,
172 84
12 pitch pipes,
2 50
Allyn & Bacon, text books, . 13 67 ·
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., text books,
71 40
American Book Co., text books,
92 39
D. C. Heath & Co., text books,
16 67
Wm. Ware & Co., text books,
144 77 .
Carl Schoenhof, text books,
16 98
Effingham, Maynard & Co., text books,
gym. Apparatus,
1 50
Oliver, Ditson & Co., text books, (music)
21 60
Silver, Burdett, & Co., text books,
.
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283 25
- Boston School Supply Co., text books, 66 " " supplies, .
50 52
Thompson, Brown, & Co., text books,
37 50
The Educational Supply Co., rep. app. and supplies,
24 53
J. L. Hammett, models and rewards, 5 14
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17 28
6 00
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Geo. S. Perry, stationery and supplies, . $183 65 Greenough, Hopkins & Cushing, stationery and supplies, 92 40
Coburn Bros., 1 roll book, 90
E. A. Upton, text books, traveling expenses to see about teacher, supplies and expressage, 11 00
W. W. Bessey, delivering school supplies, March, '91, 10 00
Barstow's Express, expressage, 3 60
F. W. Pierce, expressage, ·
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20 50
American Ex. Co., expressage, .
25
$1,300 84
Balance overdrawn, 84
$1,300 00
Heating and Ventilating High Schoolhouse.
Aug. 4, 1890, Balance of appropriation authorized,. $2,273 50 Paid Fuller & Warren Warming and Ventilating Company, on account contract, $2,000 00
Balance unexpended, 273 50
$2,273 50
Heating and Ventilating Franklin Street Schoolhouse. Aug. 4, 1890, Appropriation authorized, $875 00
Paid C. N. Drennan & Co., labor, $566 67
Balance unexpended, 308 33
$875 00
Clerk of School Committee.
March 2, Appropriation authorized,
$200 00
Paid E. A. Upton, services as clerk, 1 year, 200 00
New Schoolhouse.
March 2, Appropriation authorized, $50,000 00 Expended as follows :
Waitt & Cutter, Architects, making plans, etc., $300 00
66 services, ·
1,204 99
Roger Howard, builder, payments on contract, . 34,240 00
Fuller, & Warren Warming and Ventilating Co., payment on contract for heating apparatus, · 575 00
142
B. F. Sturtevant & Co., payment on contract for heating and ventilating apparatus, $2,000 00 Arthur Greenough, grading, building and stoning cess- pool, etc., 129 00
James A. Bancroft, C. E., making levels and setting battens, 12 00
$38,460 99
Balance unexpended, 11,539 01
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