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Saturday, March 2d, 7.00 p.m. Box 48. Rifle Range at Reading. Storage house.
Tuesday, March 12, 8.10 a.m. Box 15. Main Street. Office and store- room owned and occupied by Wm. E. Knox. Loss, $1,420. Cause probably from stove.
Wednesday, March 20, 7.46 a.m. Box 63. Dwelling-house at 9 Winn Street, owned and occupied by Aaron Parsons. Loss $812. Cause, stove.
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Tuesday, April 2nd, 5.20 p.m. Box 58. Barn and dwelling at Lowell Street, Lynnfield, owned by Taber estate.
Saturday, April 6th, 2.20 p.m. Still alarm. Grass fire at the old cemetery off Church Street. $50 damage to fence. Cause, grass.
Saturday, April 6th, 4.15 p.m. Still alarm. Hen-house at Forest Street. Loss, $25. Cause, caught from brush fire.
Tuesday, April 9th, 11.25 a.m. Still alarm. . Off Morgan Street. $100 damage. Cause, burning brush.
Thursday, April 11, 9.00 a.m. Still alarm. Off Water Street. Hay stack afire. $20 loss. Cause, probably children.
Thursday, April 11th, 7.20 p.m. Still alarm. Off Nahant Street. Woods afire. Loss, $100. Cause, probably boys.
Tuesday, April 16th, 2.41 p.m. Still alarm. Off Water Street. Small shed owned by Harris Chickles. Loss, $125. Cause, small children.
Thursday, April 18th, 11.55 a.m. Box 8. Dwelling-house at 54 Richardson Street, owned by the O'Connell estate. No loss. Cause, chimney.
Friday, April 26th, 3.15 p.m. Still alarm. 71 Prospect Street. Dwelling- house owned by H. R. Ryland. Loss small. Cause, burning grass.
Friday, April 26th, 4.25 p.m. Out of town call. North Reading.
Saturday, April 27th, 2.30 p.m. Box 44. Butler's Woods. Woods afire. Probably set by boys.
Sunday, April 28th, 11.49 a.m. Box 61. 91 Elm Street. Dwelling-house, owned by Mrs. E. A. Carpenter, occupied by E. H. Seagrave. Loss, $50. Cause, sparks from chimney.
Saturday, May 4th, 1.07 p.m. Box 19. Off Main Street. Woods afire. No loss. Cause unknown.
Saturday, May 4th, 6.10 p.m. Box 22. Off Foundry Street. Dump fire. No loss. Cause unknown.
Tuesday, May 7th, 6.06 p.m. Box 38. Lincoln Street, occupied by Wakefield Laundry. Loss small. Cause, gas jet.
Thursday, May 9th 11.13 a.m. Box 24. 94 Gould Street. Dwelling-house, owned by D. Greany, occupied by P. Peterson. Loss, $25. Cause, children. Sunday, May 12, 4.23 a.m. Box 8. 10 Hart Street. An out-building, owned by G. Petruccia. Loss, $25. Cause unknown.
Saturday, May 25, 4.11 p.m. Box 44. Off Montrose Avenue. Woods fire. No loss. Cause unknown.
Thursday, June 20th, 6.20 p.m. Still alarm. Foundry at Foundry Street. Owned by Smith & Anthony. Loss small. Cause, sparks from chimney.
Monday, June 24th, 5.25 p.m. Box 28. 39 Lake Street. Barn, owned by A. P. Butler. Loss, $25. Probably caused by children.
Wednesday, July 3d, 9.25 p.m. Still alarm. 2 Stark Avenue. Dwelling- house owned and occupied by M. T. Lane. Loss small. Cause, fireworks ignited awning.
Thursday, July 4th, 4.48 p.m. Box 9. 12 Newhall Court. Dwelling-house, owned by Vito Carbone, occupied by John Gregerio. Loss, $100. Cause unknown.
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Sunday, July 7th, 3.20 p.m. Still alarm. 6 Crescent Hill. Dwelling-house, owned by heirs of C. Bayrd, occupied by R. Bolton Loss, $250. Caused by Lightning. No fire.
Sunday, July 7th, 3.35 p.m. Box 38. Water Street. Shoe factory, owned and occupied by L. B. Evans & Son. Loss $1,880. Cause, probably com- bustion.
Wednesday, July 10th, 11.48 p.m. Box 58. False alarm.
Sunday, July 21, 11.49 p.m. Box 58. False alarm.
Wednesday, July 24th, 4.34 p.m. Box 37. Main Street, near Lawrence. Tarvia truck owned by Barrett Mfg. Co. Loss small. Cause, back firing.
Wednesday, Ausgut 1st, 1.35 p.m. Still alarm. Off Oak Street. Hay stack. Loss small. Cause unknown
Wednesday, August 28th, 2.12 p.m. Box 48. Off Main Street. Grass fire.
Saturday, September 21st, 3.55 a.m. Still alarm. 512 Main Street. Vulcanizing shop owned by J. S. Griffiths, occupied by J. P. Boudrow. Loss, $25. Cause, probably cigar butt.
Thursday, October 3d, 9.48 a.m. Box 47. Main Street. Auto truck, owned by Malden Knitting Mills Co. Loss $100. Cause, probably by exhaust pipe.
Tuesday, October 15. 11.20 p.m. Box 14. Main Street, near Melrose line. Small shed. Loss small. Cause unknown.
Wednesday, October 16th, 2.01 p.m. Box 28. Crystal Lake Park. Dwelling-house, owned and occupied by Edwin Beyea. Loss $2,400. Cause probably kerosene stove.
Thursday, November 7th, 3.45 p.m. Box 35. 10 Richardson Avenue. Dwelling-house, owned and occupied by Leo P. Curley. Loss $5,600. Cause, probably by children.
Friday, November 8th, 10.02 p.m. Box 48. False alarm.
Monday, November 11th, 5.05 p.m. Box 17. False alarm.
Monday, November 11th, 4.35 a.m. Fire alarm sounded to announce the signing of Armistice by Germany.
Monday, November 11th, 6.15 p.m. Military call. Four rounds of box 55 to announce the holding of a parade to celebrate the signing of the Armistice.
Tuesday, November 12th, 12.27 a.m. Box 32. False alarm.
Wednesday, November 27th, 10.52 a.m. Box 56. 183 Salem Street. Barn owned by George Mears heirs, occupied by Charles Patterson. Loss small. Cause, grass fire.
Tuesday, December 3d, 9.12 a.m. Still alarm. Dwelling at 20 Park Street, owned and occupied by C. A. VanDerveer. Loss small. Cause, hot ashes in wooden barrel.
Saturday, December 7th, 1.17 p.m. Box 31. Water Street. Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Rattan Factory. Loss, $1,070. Cause, probably overheater motor.
Tuesday, December 10th, 9.30 a.m. Still alarm. 49 Avon Street. Dwelling-house, owned by Charles Cheeney, occupied by Mrs. T. E. Sweetser. Loss small. Cause, rubbish around stove.
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Monday, December 16th, 11.42 a.m. Box 27. 51 Cedar Street. Dwelling owned by Chas. Cheney, occupied by Frank Smith. Loss $50. Cause, set by children.
Monday, December 30th, 5.09 p.m. Box 58. False alarm.
Monday, December 30th, 5.35 p.m. Box 19. False alarm.
Estimate of value of property endangered $624,815.00
Estimate of loss on same
12,747.00
Insurance on same.
645,700.00
The Department has rendered out-of-town service two times during the past year as follows:
April 2d, Lynnfield. April 26th, North Reading.
CONCLUSION
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In closing this report I wish to return my sincere thanks to the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Also to Selectman Harry I. Clemons, Committee on Fire Department, for the interest manifested by them in all matters pertaining to this Department, during the past year.
To the Chief of Police and the members attached to his department for valuable assistance rendered.
My thanks are also due to each officer and member of the department for their prompt and faithful discharge of duty the past year.
Also to Dr. C. L. Sopher for his valuable aid to our members at all fires For appropriations and expenditures, see Town Accountant's Report
W. E. CADE,
Chief of Department
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Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Dear Sirs :-
I herewith submit to you a report of my year's work.
Scales
Adjusted Sealed
Non-
Con- sealed demned
Platform over 5,000
14
Platform under 5,000
96
1
Counter
2
104
Beam
7
Spring
11 .
56
2
Computing .
20
Personal weighing
6
Prescription
6
Weights:
Avoirdupois
13
786
1
Apothecary
65
Metric
31
3
Capacity Measure :
Dry measures
13
Liquid measures (other than milk jars)
1
86
1
Oil pumps, molasses pumps, gasoline pump
1
5 molasses
Stops
3
46
Linear Measures:
Yardsticks
36
11
Trial Weighing and Measurements
(In this list include manufacturers' as well as dealers' packages).
Number
Incorrect
Tested Correct Under
Over
Coal (in transit)
2
2
Coal (in paper bags)
5
5
Wood
1
1
Hay
4
1
1
2
Grain and feed
1
1
Dry commodities
8
3
5
Fruits and vegetables
66
23
32
1
Mass. sealed bottles (milk jars)
196
196
Amount of fees collected .
.$102.29
1
Yours respectfully, ALBERT A. MANSFIELD Sealer of Weights and Measures
1
23 oil
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Report of the Chief of Police
Wakefield, Mass., January 1, 1919
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :- I have the honor to submit to your Honorable Board, the report of the doings of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1918.
Number of arrests
298
Number of arrests on warrants
36
Number of summons served
74
Males
281
Females
17
Residents
179
Non-residents
119
FOR THE FOLLOWING CRIMES, VIZ :-
Arrested for other officers
13
Adultery
3
Assault and battery
12
Assault to rob
4
Abandonment
1
Breaking, entering and larceny
4
Cruelty to animals
1
Drunkenness
139
Disturbing the peace
1
Desertion
1
Disorderly conduct
2
Fornication
7
Fishing in Crystal Lake
2
Gaming on the Lord's Day
2
House of ill fame
1
Insane
5
Indecent exposure
1
Illegitimate child
3
Larceny
8
Non-support
10
Not working
1
Operating an automobile under the influence of liquor
Pickerel less than ten inches
2
Refusing to assist an officer
1
Stubbornness
.
1
Surrender
1
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
2
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Selling cigarettes to minor
3
Suspicion
1
Safe keeping
3
Truancy
1
Violation of town By-Laws .
5
Violation of automobile laws
41
Violation of traffic laws
16
Total
298
HOW DISPOSED OF
Appealed
3
Continued
18
Continued for trial
1
Concord Reformatory
3
Delivered to other officers
13
Discharged
13
Dismissed
10
Fines imposed
65
Insane Hospital
5
Lyman School
3
Lancaster School
2
Probation
28
Placed on file
18
Released
111
Restitution
1
Shirley School
3
Training School
1
Total
298
AMOUNT OF FINES IMPOSED BY THE COURT
6
at
$1.00
$6.00
3
3.00
9.00
8
66
5.00
40.00
31
10.00
310.00
8
15.00
120.00
3
66
20.00
60.00
5
66
50.00
250.00
1
100.00
100.00
Total
$895.00
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
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MISCELLANEOUS REPORT
Amount of stolen property recovered
$1,366.15
Amount of lost property recovered
153.75
Amount of property left outside of stores and cared for Accidents reported
45
Bicycles found
4
Burglary (false alarm)
3
Buildings found open and secured
172
Broken wires reported
5
Complaints and cases investigated
172
Detail for public assemblages
224
Detail for private assemblages
15
Defect in street and sidewalks reported
81
Defect in water pipes reported
49
Defect in gas pipes reported
3
Defect in hydrants
1
Dogs killed
6
Dead body cared for
1
Fires discovered and alarm given
1
Fences blown down and reported
2
Horses killed
2
Lost children cared for
20
Lost dogs found and returned to owners
31
Lanterns in dangerous places
70
Medical examiner cases
1
Obstructions removed from the street
5
Officers at fires
33
Posting notices
50
Runaway boys cared for
5
Sick and disabled people assisted
10
Stray teams cared for
2
Stray horses cared for
5
Street lights not burning and reported
261
Serving summonses for selective service law
22
Wires burning trees and reported
3
Water running to waste and reported
49
I have collected in non-support cases $2,971.62, and have paid the same by checks.
During the year one member of this Department has resigned and one man has been added and he has been assigned to night duty at the North Ward.
On duty calls forty-one thousand, three hundred and eighty.
Discipline
It has been a very busy year for the police and the officers have performed their duties in a creditable manner and I want to thank them.
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Recommendation
I am asking for an automobile for the Department, and I think you will agree with me that it is needed now more than ever.
CONCLUSION
To your Honorable Board, and to His Honor, Judge Charles M. Bruce, and his associates, E. Leroy Sweetser and Thomas P. Riley, and to the Clerk, Wilfred B. Tyler, and his Assistant, Henry C. Bacon, and to all those who have assisted this Department I wish to extend my sincere thanks. Respectfully submitted, JAMES J. POLLARD, Chief of Police
Report of Library Trustees ORGANIZATION OF TRUSTEES
Chairman Secretary
Winfield S. Ripley, Jr.
Miss Elizabeth F. Ingram
Treasurer
Arthur H. Boardman
COMMITTEES LIBRARY
Richard Dutton, Chairman
Hervey J. Skinner
Mrs. Florence L. Bean
READING ROOM Mrs. Florence L. Bean, Chairman
Winfield S. Ripley, Jr. Hervey J. Skinner
CATALOGUE
Miss Elizabeth F. Ingram, Chairman
Arthur L. Evans
Frank T. Woodbury
FINANCE Walter O. Cartwright, Chairman
Richard Dutton
Arthur L. Evans
GREENWOOD
Frank T. Woodbury, Chairman
Walter O. Cartwright Miss Elizabeth F. Ingram
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REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
BOOK
Edson W. White, Chairman
Richard Dutton Frank T. Woodbury Elizabeth F. Ingram Hervey J. Skinner
Winfield S. Ripley, Jr. Arthur L. Evans Florence L. Bean Walter O. Cartwright
LIBRARIAN
H. Gertrude Lee
Assistant Librarian *Olive L. Eaton
Assistants
Mrs. Cora MacQuarrie (Greenwood) Mrs. Katherine Madden
Etta F. Smith
Mrs. Idabelle F. Studley
(Greenwood)
Extra Attendant
Sunday Attendant, Reading Room
Oliver Howland, Jr.
*Appointed Nov. 1918
REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
The Trustees of the Beebe Town Library present the sixty-third annual report of the Board for the calendar year, 1918.
It is a matter for congratulation that the town is nearing the realization of its dream of a new library building. The conditions existing in the old building are, of course, growing more acute day by day. The shelving space is crowded to the utmost capacity and in rush hours thestanding room for the patrons of the library is almost as crowded. The ventilation is so poor that the library staff are constantly between the Scylla and Charybdis of impure air and cold draughts from open doors and windows. These conditions not only affect the health and enthusiasm of those who work under them, but they also deprive the public of the library service to which they are entitled. The Trustees feel sure that with the dawn of peace and the reconstruction of our community life there will arise in our midst a dignified and spacious building dedicated to the service of the people of Wakefield.
There has been little change in the library staff during the year. Miss Olive Eaton; who had been assisting the librarian, was given a leave of absence during the months of July and August in order to attend the summer library course at Simmons College, Boston, in preparation for the position of assistant librarian, to which position she was elected at the November meeting of the Trustees, at a salary of four hundred dollars ($400).
An attempt has been made to make the salaries of all the members of the library staff more nearly proportionate to the increased cost of living. In
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April the librarian's salary was increased fifty dollars ($50), making the total eight hundred dollars ($800). During the year the salaries of the other members of the staff were also increased. But even now the salaries are in no way proportionate to the service rendered to the town.
The work that was begun so successfully last year for Camp Libraries has been carried on this year. Seven hundred and forty-one books were contributed for distribution at the different camps. Two hundred and eighty-six books were given by the English department of the High School. One hundred and fifty-five books were sent to Camp Plunkett. Three hundred and seventy-two books were sent to the Boston Public Library for distribution, and two hundred and fourteen books were sent to the Widener Library, Cambridge, Mass., to the overseas dispatch office. All these books were carefully labelled and book cards inserted ready for circulation before they were sent from the Town Library. The English department of the High School also raised forty dollars ($40) for relief work, twenty-five dollars ($25) of which was spent for books for which there was a special demand at the Camp Libraries and for a daily paper for Camp Plunkett.
The work of the Story-telling Hour for children, carried on by a com- mittee composed of members of the Kosmos Club, with Mrs. Hubbard Mansfield, chairman, began in January and continued during the three winter ' months. All the meetings were held on Saturday morning in the Reading Room except one, which was held in the hall of the Greenwood School. The meetings were well attended, the total attendance being five hundred and seventy-three.
An attempt was made at Christmas time to have an exhibition of attract- ive and inexpensive books suggestive of gifts for young people. But owing to the lack of space in which to display the books to advantage, the exhibition did not accomplish the good it might otherwise have done.
In spite of the unfavorable conditions, the Beebe Town Library is doing good work. The circulation is larger in proportion to the population of the town than that of most of the surrounding towns and cities. For two years there was a decrease in the circulation of about two thousand books per year, making a total of four thousand volumes. But, as was stated in the report last year, the Trustees have felt that this decrease was due to condi- tions brought about by the war, and that it would not prove permanent. The report for the current year shows that already there has been an increase of two thousand one hundred volumes, making the total circulation for the year 76,127 volumes.
Until the new library building is provided, the Trustees feel that it will be unwise to begin new constructive work. Therefore no attempt will be made to do more than to administer the usual activities of the library as efficiently as space and money will permit.
For the ensuing year, the Trustees recommend for the Library appro- priation four thousand one hundred and thirty-five dollars ($4,135), including the dog tax.
ELIZABETH FRANCES INGRAM, Secretary of the Board of Trustees
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
To the Trustees of the Beebe Town Library, the Librarian submits the following report for the year, 1918.
The current phrase "Carry on" applies very well to our year's work. Despite various interruptions by epidemics, the circulation is more than for last year. Reclassification has gained and the arrangement of the books has been simplified ,but the work is not yet completed. Old books in bad condition have been discarded, more books are being stored in the room on the third floor of the hall, and worn-out books are not replaced if seldom used, until needed. Only in this way can room be found to shelve new additions.
We have maintained a Food Bulletin board in the reading-room, have displayed war posters of all kinds during "drives", distributed garden, food, and war bulletins, inserted War Saving, Liberty Loan, and War Fund Cam- paign slips in circulating books, started a card file of war-time recipes and, so far as we could, participated in any way to help.
We are indebted to Mrs. Hervey J. Skinner and Mr. L. L. McMaster for help in carrying books to Camp Plunkett.
Miss Alice Jones, whose brother is in France, presented to the Library, some copies of the "Stars and Stripes", the official newspaper of the A. E. F.
The Daily Item has generously printed lists and library notes of interest as in previous years.
During the coal shortage the reading room was closed on Sunday afternoons.
Some old books of value were given to the library by Mr. J. D. Beyer of Greenwood. Other gifts are listed later in the report.
The receipts and expenditures of the past year are as follows:
LIBRARY AND READING ROOM
Appropriation
$2,630.00
Income from Dog Tax
853.86
Income from Trust Funds
320.60
$3,804.46
SALARIES
Librarian
$791.60
Assistants
607.72 $1,399.32
BOOKS
New
. $500.77
Replaced
ยท
295.82
Duplicate
71.21 .
Binding and rebinding
364.12 $1,231.92
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Printing
148.75
Express
13.30
Telephone
26.09
Lighting
161.80
Incidentals
108.81
GREENWOOD BRANCH
Librarian
$150.00
Assistant
52.09
Janitor
32.50
Express
26.00
Lighting, etc.
30.50
Books-New
$74.58
Replaced
10.24
84.82
$375.91
READING ROOM
Daily attendant .
. $103.40
Sunday attendant
18.75
Magazines and newspapers
177.35
Books
31.60
Miscellaneous
7.39
$338.49 $3,804.39
Balance
S .07
Library receipts for 1918, returned to Town
$232.26
STATISTICAL REPORT
Number of volumes Jan. 1, 1918
19,093
Added by purchase, new
550
Added by purchase to replace worn-out volumes (8 by donation) 483
Added by donation .
102
Added by magazines bound
33
Volumes added to Greenwood Branch :
By purchase, new 75
By purchase, to replace
11
By donation
4
By magazines bound .
2
92
20,353
REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
63
Volumes worn out and discarded, Main Library . 825
Volumes worn out and discarded, Greenwood
33
858
Total number of volumes Jan. 1, 1919
19,495
Number of volumes rebound, Main Library
624
Number of volumes rebound, Greenwood
78
702
New names registered, Main library
538
New names registered, Greenwood
68
606
Books and magazines circulated for home use:
Main library
64,344
Greenwood
11,783
Total circulation
76,127
Days open for circulation, Main library
302
Average daily circulation
213
Days open for circulation, Greenwood
150
Average daily circulation
78.5
Total number of cards registered, Main library
4,218
Total number of cards registered, Greenwood
745
Postals used for waiting list, Main library
386
Postals used for waiting list, Greenwood
130
516
Gifts of books and pamphlets were received from the following:Miss Minnie Anderson, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Emile Carbonnel, Mrs. Sarah L. Carter, Prof. W. McNeile Dixon, H. M. Dolbeare, G. H. Doran Co., R. H. Donnelly Corporation, F. F. Dryden, Equity, Phila- delphia, Pa., Friends, General Education Board, New York; Guaranty Trust Co., New York; Ferguson Haines; Japan Society, New York; Kosmos Club; Massachusetts, Commonwealth of; Mr. and Mrs. George McNeir; Pullman Co., Chicago; W. S. Ripley, Jr .; Mrs. W. C. Robbins,; Charles Scribner Sons; D. J. Starbuck, Superintendent of Schools; United States Government; Mrs. F. T. Watson; C. A. Wiswall.
MAGAZINES DONATED
Dutton, Richard. Harvard Alumni Bulletin.
Dutton, Richard. Journal of the Outdoor Life.
French, Mrs. G. R. Our Four-footed Friends.
Italian Bureau of Public Information. Italy To-day.
Publishers. Dupont Maga:ine.
Publishers. Mexican Review
Publishers. Our Dumb Animals.
Skinner, H. J. National Geographic Magazine.
United States Government. Carry On.
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GREENWOOD BRANCH
Gifts of books were received from Flora Borden, a friend, and D. J. Starbuck.
MAGAZINES DONATED
Dr. N. Ayer. Miscellaneous copies.
Hall, Mrs. Mary K. Harper's Magazine and miscellaneous copies.
MacQuarrie, Mrs. Cora. Miscellaneous copies.
Morrill, Mrs. Helena. Pictorial Review and miscellaneous copies.
Publishers. Our Dumb Animals.
Turner, Mrs. Ella F. Miscellaneous copies.
Library Hours :
Daily, except Sunday, 2 to 8.30 p.m .; Saturdays, 2 to 9 p.m.
Reading Room Hours:
Daily, 10 to 12 a.m., 1.30 to 5, 7 to 9 p.m .; Sundays, 2 to 5 p.m.
Greenwood Branch:
Monday and Thursday, 3 to 5 p.m .; Saturday, 6.30 to 8.30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
H. GERTRUDE LEE, Librarian. Jan. 2, 1919
American Library Association Form for Uniform Statistics
Annual report for year ended Dec. 31, 1918.
Beebe Town Library, Wakefield, Mass.
Population, 12,781.
Terms of use. Free.
Agencies. Main library, one branch.
Days open during year, Main library
302
Hours open each week for lending, Main library
3912
Hours open each week for reading, Main library
1 391/2
Days open during year, Branch
150
Hours open each week for lending, Branch
1
6
Hours open each week for reading, Branch
6
Number of volumes at beginning of year
19,093
Number of volumes added by purchase
1,111
Number of volumes added by gift .
114
Number of volumes added by binding
35
Number of volumes withdrawn during year .
858
Total number of volumes at end of year
19,495
Number of volumes loaned for home use
76,127
REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
65
Number of borrowers registered during year
606
Total number of registered borrowers
4,963
Registration period
5 years
Number of newspapers (4) and periodicals (60) currently re- ceived, Main library .
64
Number of periodicals currently received, Branch
12
LIBRARY RECEIPTS'
Local taxation
$2,630.0
Income from Dog Tax
853.8
Income from Trust Funds
320.6
$3,804.46
PAYMENTS FOR
Books
$952.62
Periodicals
150.35
Binding
364.12
Salaries
1,633.91
Light
192.30
Other expenses
511.09
$3,804.39
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STATISTICS 1910-1918
Year ending Dec 31
Total Volumes
Volumes Worn Out
Volumes Replaced
Total Circula- tion
Total Expendi- tures
Receipts
Income from Trust Funds
New
Replaced
Duplicate
Paid Rebind- ing
1910
17,499
238
183
42,973
$2,581.48
$118.47
$280.20
$322.11
$127.29
$25.95
$178.80
1911
17,873
290
169
50,665
2,639.18
163.17
286.94
368.44
126.26
26.17
199.42
1912
18,222
382
206
54,399
2,697.07
187.24
280.20
363.28
120.37
26.59
260.03
1913
18,678
325
159
54,728
2,808.56
200.63
280.20
374.24
99.01
37.96
147.17
1914
18,417
988
181
61,066
2,820.66
218.70
280.20
288.98
137.40
24.89
253.54
1915
18,132
1,250
257
78,266
3,056.44
210.31
280.20
387.06
139.07
17.51
267.19
1916
18,581
886
462
76,145
3,306.26
193.14
280.20
403.49
351.04
25.48
296.52
1917
19,093
858
455
74,028
3,670.37
249.23
247.70
500.62
339.83
80.52
296.20
1918
19,495
858
494
76,127
3,804.39
232.26
320.60
575.35
306.06
71.21
364.12
TOWN
OF
WAKEFIELD
Paid Books
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REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL
Report of Town Counsel
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