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600
Mary C. Donovan
1-2
1904
Symonds K.T.S.
650
Woodville
Anna Hurley
Principal, 3-4
1914
Lowell Normal Salem Normal
500
Montrose
Helen Prescott
Principal, 5-6-7
1911
Arlington High Salem Normal
625
Mary T. Dowling
1-2-3-4
1912
500
Prospect
Mabel A. Kernan
1899
Wakefield High
650
Addie R. Crosman
Principal, 3-4 1-2
1899
650
Mrs. Myrta Knight
Per. Substitute
1910
Wellesley Colleget Salem Normal
500
+Not a graduate.
1-2
1914
Ruth Hickey
550
Harriet O. Paine
287
1912
Salem Normal
625
Marion de C. Ellis
258
SPECIAL TEACHERS
Name
Position
Date of first election
Where Educated
Salary
C. Albert Jones
Supervisor Music
1912
Boston Conservatory
$800
Amy L. Butterfield
Superv'r Draw.
1910
Boston Normal Art
750
Rachel Ayer
Ass't in Drawing
1913
Boston Normal Art
280
Louise U. Ekman
Teacher Sewing
1909
Woburn Training School
700
Joseph Fanck
Teacher Sloyd
1913
Mass. Normal Art
1100
John H. McMahon
Military Instrtor
1909
A Co., 6th Inf., M.V.M.
100
Dr. C. E. Montague
School Physician
$200
Mr. Albert D. Cate,
Attendance Officer
500
JANITORS
Name
School
Residence
Salary
Edward E. Eaton
High
31 Park Street
$800
Charles F. Newman
Lincoln
13 Otis Street
900
Albert Heath
Warren
40 Gould Street
525
Josiah H. Ringer
Greenwood
Greenwood Avenue
525
W. W. Shedd
F. P. Hurd
25 Cordis Street
250
A. A. Mansfield
Franklin
8 Summer Street
550
Charles E. Classen
. Woodville
Nahant Street
150
Lewis Hatch
Montrose
237 Salem Street
150
T. John Ardill
Prospect Street
8 Fairmount Avenue
150
Hamilton
250
259
APPENDIX D.
COST OF PUBLIC DAY AND EVENING SCHOOLS, 1914
SUPPORT
Day Schools
Evening School
Total
High
Elem.
Elem.
Practical Arts
General Expenses:
School Co., Clerk, etc Other expenses
$475.50
701.49
Supt. of Schools and en -- forcement of law: Salary
2,380.01
Other expenses
253.30
Expenses of instruction Supervisors' salaries
1,824.00
Principals' salaries
7,656.38
$2,200.00 13,078.63
$5,213.38 33,853.03
$151.10 750.87
$91.90
Teachers' salaries
47,944.40
Text Books
2,118.75
765.05 795.30
1,353.70 989.48
Expenses of operating school plants:
Janitor service
4,770.19
1,076.96
3,552.73
86.03
54.47
Fuel
5,056.26
969.39
4,019.94
57.56
9.37
Mis. exp. of operat'n
1,170.50
237.87
932.63
Maintenance:
Repairs and upkeep
1,917.50
418.41
1,499.09
Auxiliary agencies :
200.00
200.00
Promotion of health Miscellaneous
718.78
Miscel. expenses:
Evening School
48.97
Outlay:
New equipment
575.14
305.50
181.32
88.32
Total expenditures for $79,595.95 all school purposes
$19,847.11
$51,795.30
$1,063.86
$536.60
. 18.30
30.67
261.87
Stationery and sup's
1,784.78
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APPENDIX E Financial Statement December 31, 1914
Appropriation
Amt. Expended
General
$63,508.00
$63,953.98
Contingent
6,000.00
5,280.93
Supplies
3,700.00
3,903.53
Fuel
4,800.00
4,857. 05
Evening School
1,000.00
1,063.86
Practical Arts
650.00
536.60
$79,595.95
Balance on hand
62.05
$79,658.00
$79,658.00
General
.
Appropriation
. $63,508.00
Transferred from Contingent
445.98
Total .
-$63,953.98
Expended .
$63,953.98
Contingent
Appropriation . $6,000.00
Transferred to General
$445.98
Transferred to Supplies
203.53
Transferred to Fuel
57.05
Expended
5,280.93
Balance
12.51
$6,000.00 $6,000.00
Supplies
Appropriation ..
$3,700.00
Transfer from Contingent
203.53
Total amount available
$3,903.53
Expended .
$3,903.53
261
Fuel
Appropriation
$4,800.00
Transfer from Contingent
57.05
Total amount available
$4,857.05
Expended .
$4,857.05
Evening School
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Transfer from Practical Arts
113.40
Total amount available
$1,113.40
Expended
$1,063.86
Balance
49.54
$1,113.40 $1,113.40
Practical Arts
Appropriation
$650.00
Transferred to Evening School
$113.40
Expended .
536.60
$650.00
$650.00
Income Account
Received from tuitions .
$1,734.70
Received from other sources
349.62
Total receipts
$2,084.32
Balance on hand
62.05
Unpaid bills
51.40
Special Appropriation for payment of
Tuitions under Chapter 471 - Acts, 1911
Appropriation
$1,075.00
Expended
$1,008.90
Balance
66.10
$1,075.00 $1,075.00
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STATEMENT IN DETAIL
General
Appropriation made in January, 1914
$12,570.00
Appropriation made in March, 1914 50,938.00
Total appropriation .
$63,508.00
Transfer from Contingent Account
.
445.98
$63,953.98
Expended as follows:
Salaries as per payroll (teachers) $58,518.08
Janitors' service
4,661.37
Clerk
469.50
Truant Officer
115.00
Attendance Officer
115.03
Census
75.00 $63,953.98
Contingent
Appropriation made in January, 1914
$400.00
Appropriation made in March, 1914 5,600.00
Total appropriation
$6,000.00
Expended as follows :
Transfer to General Account $445.98
Transfer to Supply Account
203.53
Transfer to Fuel Account 57.05
Allen Shade Holder Co., shades
4.58
American Bank Note Co., diplomas
35.50
American Express Co., service
2.33
American Orchestra, music (reception)
25.00
American School Board Journal, subscrip.
1.50
American Seating Co., changing seats
26.10
Anderson, Arthur, sword and belt 4.50
Angell Co., repair pencil sharpener . 1.35
263
Ardill, T. John, seating chairs $6.00
Atkinson, Mentzer & Co., paper for office 1.38
Atwell, W. B., traveling exp., personal, H. H. Prin. and money paid out . 178.30
Ault & Wiborg Co., carbon paper
1.50
Babb, E. E. & Co., repairing blackboards
43.73
Badger, W. B., desk .
12.15
Beasley, George W., miscellaneous.
13.83
Belmore, Ralph, sword and belt .
5.50
Berry, S., service at exhibition (teaming)
15.00
Bonney & Dutton, miscellaneous
.50
Bowering, C., repairs and plumbing
85.60
Branch, Warren, assisting janitor .85
Brown, Howland Co., N. E. A., cards
90.18
Brockbank, Gray, sword and belt 4.00
Bumpus & Cook, sharpening tools
13.16
Burnham, W. P., mason work
15.70
Burrows, Edward O., mis. repairs (boiler)
58.65
Burton, A. & E., Co., brushes 50.89
Butler, Aaron A., excavating
106.64
Chadsey, D. N., repairs (clock)
2.25
Chamberlin Weather Strip Co., weather stripping 27.86
Chesterton, A. W., janitor supplies
1.72
Cotter's Express, service .
.35
Dallman, H. I. Co., brushes
25.73
Dearborn, S. B., envelopes
47.79
Dolge, A. B. Co., disinfectants 18.62
Doughty, Henry C., oils 15.12
Dudley, Dana, miscellaneous repairs
8.44
Eaton, E. E., cleaning and repairing
117.26
Eaton, George W., miscellaneous
5.83
Eaton's Express, service
8.62
Economy Baler, repairs 1.25
Farquhar, David, binding books
20.50
Ferguson, Charles, inspector of boilers
6.00
Feindel, H. A., repairs . 117.41
Flanley, John, Est., rent and miscellaneous 265.55
264
Forbes, John J. Co., mis. repairs on bells $76.09
Formacone Co., disinfectant 11.00
Frawley, W. H., service (teaming)
130.25
Gale-Sawyer Co., binders for office.
3.90
Gilchrist & Stuart, plumbing
38.18
Giles, T. E., miscellaneous
1.00
Gilson, William E., electrical repairs
1.00
Grace, J. Wallace, repairs, etc.
109.07
Greenough, W. S. & Co., paper
11.47
Guillow, Paul, sword and belt
4.00
Gurney, G. F. & Co., brushes
49.30
Halleron, George H., painting.
94.25
Hallissey, Michael, mason work
3.13
Hammett, J. L. Co., blackboards and mis.
140.57
Harding Uniform and Regalia Co., swords and belts 15.50
Heath, Albert, removing ashes
12.00
Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., chairs
44.90
Hill, Edward L., book cards
11.50
Hitchcock, Edward S., oil
.30
Howe, Charles H., paid out for stamps
6.85
Howes, S. M. Co., janitor supplies .
53.70
International Chemical Co.,germ destroyer
116.79
Iver Johnson, military supplies .
12.00
Jenkins-Phipps Co., seating chairs
8.00
Johnson, Otto, painting
187.23
Jones, C. Albert, music
25.00
Jordan, Marsh Co., sheets and pillow cases
4.20
Kelley, George M., repairs .
2.50
Keough, James H., janitor service (W. H. S. Cadets)
36.00
Killorin Contracting Co., removing rubbish
1.00
Kingston, Norman, sword and belt
5.75
Knox, W. E., repairs
156.69
Knowles, C. S., sharpening tools .
5.50
Langiell, W. D., janitor supplies
2.05
Lansing, E. H., piano cover
4.00
Lee, Edward E., janitor supplies
16.74
265
Locke, Arthur T., lumber $2.08
Loughlin, Thomas, plumbing 71.15
Lucas Brothers, repairs (clocks)
35.75
MacAdams, Lawrence, service at high school .75
MacIntosh, George W., painting
6.75
MacLeod, William, sword and belt
7.75
McAlpine, William T., repairs
70.31
McArdle, H. B., office supplies
7.00
McInnis, J. W., repair on bell
1.00
M. C. O. F. Order, loan of tables (exhib't)
1.40
Mansfield, A. A., janitor service (evening)
8.00
Middleton, John, seating chairs .
18.20
Morgan, Hugh, mason work
38.85
Morrison-Skinner Co., miscellaneous. 20.25
Mosler Safe Co., safe 225.00
National Spring Bed Co., cot 8.82
Nelson, Frank, electric wiring
24.00
Neostyle Co., neostyle supplies 11.09
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., service
158.89
Nicholson, Lewis, service at high school
. 68
Orient Spray Co., sprayer
1.31
Paine, J. T., ribbon (graduation)
11.40
Parker, H. S., service (exhibition)
3.00
Pendleton, F. M., repairs.
3.50
Pettingill-Andrews Co., miscellaneous 2.69
Prescott, W. A., repairs
203.21
Read, William & Sons, muskets . 86.55
Remington Type. Co., repair machines
16.82
Ried, Fred, sword and belt
6.00
Ringer, J. H., painting chairs
3.00
Robie, F. C., grading 14.69
Russell, George O., service at graduation
2.00
Russell Sage Foundation, bulletins
. 60
Sawyer, Clifford, sword and belt. 4.50
Sawyer, John B., copies Literary Digest
6.75
Scott Printing Co., printing
49.25
Scribners, Charles Sons, report .50
266
Smith, W. E., care of lawns 45.00
Souhegan Lodge loan of tables (exhib't) 1.75
Spencer, Harold C. engraving diplomas
20.90
Standard Plate Glass Co., glass 6.27
Taylor, George H., repairs and mis. 205.34
Teague & Cobb, inkwells
2.70
Thayer, A. H., office supplies
4.03
Vardon, Ross, miscellaneous
3.29
Wakefield, Town of, miscel. (graduation) .
59.10
Wakefield Daily Item, printing and advert.
162.70
Wakefield Moth Dept., spraying
19.00
Wakefield, M. L. P., gas and repairs
257.87
Wakefield Water Dept., water
348.45
Wanamaker, W. E., repairs
35.69
Waverley Heating Co., janitor supplies
1.55
Webb, Thomas N., care of lawn .
2.00
Weston Teaming and Rigging Co., team- ing safe 3.00
Wheeler, Henry A. & Co., dags
31.88
Wiley, Herbert B., miscellaneous
6.94
Williams, Alexander, sword and belt
5.00
Wilson, George F., organ
10.00
World Book Co., copy School Standards .
1.50
Wright and Potter Printing Co., school
blanks
1.10
Zuicker, Elliot, sword and belt
6.25
Balance
12.51
$6,000.00
Supplies
Appropriation made in January, 1914
$283.00
Appropriation made in March, 1914 3,417.00
Total Appropriation.
$3,700.00
Transfer from Contingent Account 203.53
$3,903.53
267
Expended as follows:
Allyn & Bacon, books $80.36
American Book Co., books . 370.20
Appleton, D. & Co., books
77.66
Atkinson, Mentzer & Co., paper
18.50
Ault & Wiborg Co., carbon paper
3.00
Aus Nah und Fern, German drill book
3.80
Babb, E. E. & Co., books and miscel. sup ..
523.43
Birchards, C. E. & Co., books
36.47
Bridgeport Wood Finishing Co., paints
16.80
Brown, J. D., reference books
20.00
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co., chem- istry supply 35.37
Carter's Ink Co., miscellaneous supplies 38.45
Chandler & Barber, manual training sup's 37.12
Cohen, Sydney S., blotters
3.65
Dutton, E. P. & Co., books .
21.87
Funk & Wagnalls Co., books
24.30
Ginn & Co., books 356.02
Gregg Publishing Co., books
17.53
Hammett, J. L. Co., miscellaneous sup's
534.69
Heath, D. C. & Co., books
205.77
Houghton, Miffin Co., books
122.83
Howard Hunt Pen Co., pens
27.30
Jameson, Frank J., liquid soap
5.00
Knott, L. E. Apparatus Co., chemistry supplies . 111.89
Library Bureau, cards .
3.34
Little, Brown & Co., books .
73.29
Longmans, Green & Co., books
1.77
McArdle, H. B., miscellaneous supplies
8.25
Makepeace, B. L., drawing supplies
4.23
Michelson Brothers, rebinding books
131.91
Milton Bradley Co., miscellaneous. . 464.18
Morrison-Skinner Co., manual training .
15.69
Neostyle Co., neostyle supplies 17.46
Oliver Ditson Co., music . 19.47
268
Pearson & Marsh, reference books . $18.50
Phonographic Institute Co., books. 12.03
Practical Text Book Co .. books .
7.42
Preble, Alfred E., chemistry supplies
3.00
Rand, McNally Co., books and maps
12.40
Riley, J. B., books
3.60
Rowe-Peterson Co., books
5.60
Scott, Foresman Co., books.
14.95
Scribner's, Charles Sons, books
3.35
Silver, Burdett & Co., books
49.19
Stimpson & Co., toilet paper
33.50
Taylor, Geo. H., manual training supplies
51.96
Thayer, A. H., miscellaneous
6.50
Tyer Rubber Co , rubber bands .
3.37
Underwood Type Co., typewriters
105.00
Wakefield Daily Item, miscellaneous cards
3.95
Wadsworth, Howland Co., paints
1.05
Woods, John M. Co., lumber
133.35
World Book Co., books
3.21
$3,903.53
Fuel
Appropriation made in January, 1914
$100.00
Appropriation made in March, 1914
4,700.00
Total appropriation
$4,800.00
Transfer from Contingent Account
57.05
$4,857.05
Expended as follows :
Curley Brothers $179.30
Hickey, Thomas
4,453.20
Killorin Contracting Co. .
224.55
$4,857.05
269
Evening Schools
Appropriation made in January, 1914
$547.00
Appropriation made in March, 1914 453.00
Total appropriation .
$1,000.00
Transfer from Practical Arts
113.40
$1,113.40
Expended as follows:
Beasley, George W., mis. $ .27
Dearborn, S. B., envelopes 5.31
Scott Printing Co., printing
1.00
Simonds, H. A., posting notices
1.50
Vardon, Ross, miscellaneous
2.59
Wakefield Daily Item, printing
7.63
Wakefield M. L. P., gas
57.56
Salaries
988.00
Balance
49.54
$1,113.40
Practical Arts .
Appropriation
$650.00
Expended as follows :
Transfer to Evening School $113.40
Milton Bradley Co., supplies . 60
Nelson, Frank, electric wiring
24.00
Singer Sewing Machine Co., machines
88.32
Wakefield Daily Item, printing 6.07
Wakefield M. L. P., gas 9.37
Salaries
408.24
$650.00
Income Account
Received from B. G. Learned, tuition . . $70.00
. 66 Chas. O. Quimby, tuition. 25.00
270
Received from City of Melrose, tuition $8.00
66
Town of Lynnfield, tuition 787.50
66
66 City of Boston, tuition . 150.00
Town of Saugus, tuition ..
97.70
Received from Town of Stoneham, tuition
150.00
66
Town of Winchester,tuit'n
12.00
66 Commonwealth of Mass., tuition
364.00
66
66
F. S. Sidney, tuition
25.00
66
66 Town of Reading, tuition.
45.00
66
Commonwealth of Mass., reimbursed one-half for Practical Arts
290.88
Evening School Deposits
.
not refunded 41.00
miscellaneous receipts
17.74
$2,084.32
271
BISBE TOWN LIBRARY
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SERILED, MASS.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
The Overseers of Poor in presenting their report for the year 1914 feel that they have performed their duties to the best of their judgment.
Many new laws are being enacted by the State which require much time and expense in order to carry out the law.
The law relating to mothers with dependent children under 14 years of age is at present costing the town a large amount, and later on will cost considerably more, as we have a number of applications on file.
Owing to the labor trouble that was prominent this past summer, and to the present business depression, the board is still the recipient of many applications for aid. Many neces. sary improvements and repairs have been made at the Farm the past year. There are twelve inmates at the almshouse. at present, seven males and five females.
The Home is in good condition, and the inmates are well cared for by the superintendent and matron, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Hallowell.
HUGH CONNELL, Chairman, ALBERT D. CATE, Secretary, GEORGE E. ZWICKER.
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272
Appropriation, March, 1914 $14,000.00
Almshouse Earnings
Sale of Milk
$764.56
Cream
7.00
66
Cows 708.00
Calves 18.00
66 Vegetables
175.81
66
Tobacco
1.00
Bull
90.00
Pigs
35.00
66
Junk
2.50
Cement
4.50
66 Sand
3.20
66 Barrels
.50
Milk Box
.85
"
Milk Bottles and Caps
13.93
Hay
19.00
66
Hens
2.15
Use of Bull
6.00
" Telephone
4.94
" Team
19.00
Board of Inmate
41.00
$1,916.14
Re-imbursements from State, Cities and Towns
Town of Lynnfield
$8.11
Town of North Reading
25.79
Town of Stoneham
98.66
City of Cambridge
84.21
City of Haverhill
44.71
City of Melrose
6.40
City of Salem
135.00
Associated Charities of Malden
1.00
$403.88
ยท
273
Expenditures for Outside Poor
Home Relief .$3,758.45
At State Institution 108.57
Aid to persons residing here with settle- ment eleswhere 796.57 Aid to non-residents with settlement here. 1,638.42
$6,302.01
Expenses at Almshouse and Town Farm
Hay, grain and feed $621.74
Manure and fertilizers 283.55
Stock expenses 146.00
Groceries, provisions and fish 1,303.89
Dry goods, clothing and shoes 192.63
Seeds, tools and hardware 216.51
Blacksmithing, horseshoeing and harness. . 182.25
Permanent improvements 937.94
Drugs and medical attendance
74.82
Salaries 687.00
Farm labor and kitchen help
1,333.79
Telephone charges
43.05
Coal
403.10
Miscellaneous 814.62
$7,240.89
Detailed Almshouse and Town Farm Expenses
Hay, grain and feed :
Curley Bros.
277.66
L. H. Kirk
344.08
$621.74
Manure and fertilizer :
W. G. Skinner
$2.00
Morrill-Atwood Ice Co.
218.05
J. C. Edmands
3.50
W. W. Berry & Son
42.00
Wakefield fire department
18.00
$283.55
274
Stock expenses :
Henry S .Harris & Son $5.00
Dr. C. H. Playdon
11.00
Cow bought
115.00
Dr. Palmer Corbett
15.00
$146.00
Groceries, provisions and fish :
A. B. Robinson $15.93
W. P. Whitehead 70.95
R. De Cecca
1.44
F. C. Small
24.42
A. C. Verge
251.09
S. H. Garving & Son
225.97
E. E. Gray
28.78
Junction Market Ins.
177.56
W. L. Finney
180.85
Miley Soap Co.
17.50
Public Market
87.66
E. E. Lee
91.54
Charles McCarthy
128.95
Hatch Extract Co.
1.25
$1,303.89
Dry goods, clothing and shoes :
Bowser & Co. $54.25
Wakefield Shoe & Clothing Co.
41.55
People's Clothing Store
33.38
W. T. Regan
63.45
Seeds, tools and hardware :
J. W. Grace $40.26
G. H. Taylor 19.85
J. Laybolt 26.82
J. Breck & Sons 100.06
R. & J. Farquhar
15.25
Ames Implement & Seed Co.
12.87
City of Lynn * (seeds)
1.40
$192.63
$216.51
275 . .
Blacksmithing, horse-shoeing and harness:
R. C. North $12.00
T. E. Giles 18.00
J. T. Gosnay 91.15
R. H. North 6.38
C. H. Colwell
43.97
W. H. Grant
1.60
W. D. Langiell & Co. 9.15
$182.25
Permanent improvements :
H. A. Feindel $142.25
Gilchrist & Stewart 12.60
T. P. Loughlin 96.48
W. E. Knox 87.54
A. T. Locke 154.27
134.54
W. A. Prescott
128.14
W. A. Smith & Co. 137.12
Wakefield Cement & Stone Co. 45.00
Drugs and medical attendance:
Bonney & Dutton $7.30
J. W. Heath 44.00
W. B. Hunt Co.
17.22
J. C. Dinan
1.30
D. M. Wood 2.00
F. T. Woodbury 3.00
$74.82
Salaries :
Charles H. Colwell, 9 months $537.00
George F. Hallowell, 3 months 150.00
Farm labor and kitchen help $1,333.79
$687.00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co .. $43.05
$1,333.79
$43.05
C. J. Seaward
$937.94
276
Coal :
Curley Bros. $72.50
330.60
Thomas Hickey
$403.10
Miscellaneous :
Wakefield Municipal Light Plant $29.21
Morrill & Atwood Ice Co. 32.77
W. E. Gilson 9.85
Wakefield Water Department 40.00
John Flanley Estate 70.10
W. A. Prescott 34.67
T. P. Loughlin
24.44
G. H. Taylor 51.21
Town of Wakefield, Moth Department.
13.00
Charles H. Colwell
7.95
C. B. Dolge
2.25
J. Whittemore 1.00
R. T. Lapp
1.60
Morandi Proctor Co.
5.00
D. F. Munroe & Co.
3.74
G. W. Beasley
16.30
Morrison-Skinner Co.
12.60
Wakefield Daily Item 2.50
12.29
Wanamaker & Feindel
30.95
Elm Hill Farm
65.00
Wakefield Ice Cream Co. (extracts) 2.75
Expressage, freights, etc. 11.48
F. H. Coburn 16.87
D. Dudley .75
W A. Snow Iron Works 3.50
L. F. Dommerich & Co. 6.00
C. J. Seward 8.36
Barrett Mfg. Co. 4.25
Smith & Anthony Co. 8.50
Gilchrist & Stewart 10.60
L. O. Magoon 6.25
H. A. Feindel
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C. H. Wright 11.80
Gilchrist & Co.
31.23
A. A. Butler
12.00
E. E. Caldwell
4.43
W. & A. Bacon
140.17
Houghton & Dutton Co.
19.00
F. Gray
47.00
H. C. Ormsby 3.25
$814.62
Recapitulation :
Appropriation
$14,000.00
Expended as follows :
$6,302.01
At almshouse and town farm
. 7,240.89
$13,542.90
Balance
457.10
Inventory, Dec. 27, 1914 :
2 Horses $500.00
2 Cows
175.00
Hay
350.00
Harness
140.00
Hose
5.00
Grain
15.00
Salt
1.00
Buggy
60.00
Heavy express wagon
90.00
Milk wagon
90.00
Heavy wagon
90.00
Two carts and a farm wagon
225.00
Farm tools
25.00
Horse rake and tedder
25.00
Mowing machine 25.00
Plows
50.00
Corn planter and cultivators
25.00
Drag
3.00
Outside poor
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Harrows
23:00
Manure spreaders
35.00
Iron roller
5.00
Two sleds
85.00
Horse hoe
3.00
Barbed wire.
3.00
Weeder
7.00
Extension ladder
10.00
Pigs
90.00
Fowl
15.00
Hay cutter
8.00
Wheelbarrow
2.00
Hen wire
2.00
Milk cans and bottles
20.00
Groceries
40.00
Household goods
825.00
Manure
250.00
Lumber
50.00
Grindstone
7.00
Set kettle
19.00
Clothes reel
2.00
Kerosene tank
5.00
Vegetables
260.50
Coal
266.00
Scales
10.00
Stantials
3.75
Screens
20.00
Wood
131.25
Cement
3.50
Total
$4,095.00
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REPORT OF BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
The Board of Park Commissioners has the honor to submit herewith its annual report covering the municipal year, De- cember 31st, 1914, together with the report of the Supervisor of the Bath House. A report submitted by a committee of the Kosmos Club, who furnished matrons for the Bath House on days set apart for its use by girls, is also appended.
Common and Park
During the past year but little effort was made to make many needed improvements on the Park, owing to its constant use by baseball and football players, and also the large num- ber of band concerts during the summer and early fall. In December operations were begun on the Park frontage on Church Street. A large portion of it was plowed and harrowed, and 100 loads of loam put on. The coming of cold weather prevented the completion of this work. This should be done early in the ensuing spring, and although this may prevent the use of that portion of the Park for a few weeks, it is hoped that the citizens will not be deprived very long of that section of the Park. Apparently there is a very thin surface of loam on a large part of the Park, and its constant and increasing use for rest, recreation and entertainment has worn down the shallow surface. The Park Commissioners should have avail- able a sufficient appropriation to plan each year for resurfac- ing a portion of this land. Considerable filling in is needed to improve conditions and make available for park purpose the land on Lakeside near the outlet. It is hoped this may be accomplished during the building of the Boulevard at the head of the Lake. The trees on. both the Common and Park are apparently in good condition, due to the attention given them by the Superintendent of the Moth Department, Mr. W. W. Whittredge. It is problematical to what extent the elm trees are or may be infested with the leopard moth.
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Time will tell, but we shall be very fortunate if we are exempt from the depredations of this pest, which has caused the destruction of so many fine elms in neighboring cities and towns. We have recommended $375.00 for miscellaneous ex- penses, that a part of this might be used to combat the leopard moth, as this does not come under the gypsy and brown-tail moth work.
Church Street Lot
This lot, adjoining land of the Congregational Church, and lying between the old Cemetery and Church Street, was turned over by the Board of Selectmen to the care and control of the Park Commissioners. As no money was available for care or improvement no efforts were made to improve its condition. Its present condition is not creditable as an adjunct of the Park Department. We recommend that the town raise and appropriate $350.00 for the necessary improvement of this lot.
Hart's Hill Reservation
Substantial and attractive improvements were made dur- ing the year on this reservation. The two rows of maples on the Main Street front were removed and replaced with fine specimen evergreen trees. This change has materially im- proved the attractiveness of this fine reservation, second to none in this vicinity. The driveway was extended several hundred feet, and the sidewalk on Main Street filled and graded to Green Street. We should be derelict in our duty, as well as doing an injustice to a generous friend of the town and this department if we failed to acknowledge the assistance received financially and in other directions from Mr. John J. Round, but for whose liberality and public spiritedness Hart's Hill Reservation would not be in its present excellent and at- tractive condition. While. a continuation of the driveway would be very desirable and much appreciated by owners and drivers of vehicles who wish to reach the summit of the hill, yet in the present financial condition of the town we are not disposed to urge this. There will be some expense necessary
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in keeping the Main Street frontage in proper condition. The board has incorporated this in the $800.00 required for main- tenance of the Park Department.
The Junction Lot
The seeding of this lot not having proved satisfactory, the entire lot was gone over and reseeded and put in proper condition. With proper care the present year, this plot should add to the attractiveness of the Junction District. Better lighting facilities are needed along the driveways and paths. Mr. Round erected at his own expense a handsome electric light pole opposite the B. & M. R. R. Station; but at least two more are required to properly light the approaches to the R. R. Station.
The Bath House
Improvements were made at the Bath House by building a platform extending the entire length of the building, and also a new runway. The roof of the Bath House was repainted, and improvements made along the shore. Mr. S. C. Wiberg was appointed supervisor, and acted as such the entire season. The experience of the past two years convinces us that a new bath house is greatly needed, in order that proper accommo- dations may be provided for both sexes, which now, under present conditions, is an impossibility. During the past sea- son the Bath House was patronized by 9,800 boys and 1,392 girls, who had but one day (Wednesday) of each week for its exclusive use. A committee of the Kosmos Club rendered ef- ficient aid in providing matrons for the days set apart for the girls. We recommend an appropriation of $300 for the Bath House for the ensuing year.
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