Town annual reports of the several departments for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1885, Part 6

Author: Worcester (Mass.)
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: The City
Number of Pages: 448


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198 06


11


2,800 00


551 20


3,351 20


237 67


237 67


12


2,400 00


360 02


2,760 02


198 06


198 06


13


1,900 00


284 11


2,184 11


158 44


158 44


14


2,800 00


422 64


3,222 64


237 67


237 67


15


2,600 00


273 6S


2,873 68


198 06


198 06


16


7,200 00


903 39


8,103 39


594 15


594 15


17


2,800 00


178 49


2,978 49


198 06


198 06


18


566 53


566 53


39 61


39 61


19


7,200 00


135 09


7,335 09


514 94


514 94


20


3,000 00


47 98


3,047 98


$115,390 66


$27,139 96


$142,530 62


$5,000 00


$6,337 77 $11,337 77


Of the $115,390.66, received on account of city contributions, the sum of $68,190.66 was realized from unexpended balances of 1884, including sundry items of revenue specified in Sec. 8, Chap. 42, of the City Ordinances ; $10,200 from water revenue, specially appropriated ; and $37,000 from the appropriation for sinking funds provided for in the tax levy of 1885. Of the $27,139.96, received on account of interest, the sum of $25,531 was realized from interest on city bonds, and $1,608.96 from interest on bank deposits.


110


CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 40.


FUNDED DEBT AND SINKING FUNDS.


November 30, 1885.


FUNDED DEBT.


SINKING FUNDS.


No.


Created.


Due.


Amount.


Investm'ts.


Cash Deposits.


Amount.


1


Prior to 1876. 1885 to


1905. $1,896,300 00


$210,400 00


$68,828 88 $279,228 88


2


Nov. 27, 1876. Dec.


1, 1906.


100,000 00


21,500 00


725 52


22,225 52


3


Jan. 29, 1877. Jan.


1, 1887.


100,000 00


86,000 00


3,143 06


89,143 06


4


April 1, 1878. Jan.


1, 1888.


60,000 00


45,500 00


1,883 23


47,383 23


5


Feb. 10, 1879. Jan.


1, 1889.


40,000 00


27,500 00


828 24


28,328 24


6


Mar. 10, 1879. Jan.


1899.


100,000 00


36,500 00


1,478 17


37,978 17


7


8


Dec. 22, 1879. Jan.


1,


1900.


30,000 00


7,500 00


521 04


8,021 04


10


Mar. 28, 1881. Jan.


1,


1901.


55,000 00


11,500 00


455 47


11,955 47


11


Mar. 28, 1881.


Apr.


1891.


35,000 00


14,500 00


736 89


15,236 89


12


Jan. 9, 1882.


Jan.


1892.


30,000 00


9,500 00


698 31


10,198 31


13


Mar. 6, 1882.


Jan.


1,


1892.


23,400 00


7,500 00


556 79


8,056 79


14


Mar. 20, 1882.


Apr.


1,


1892.


35,000 00


11,500 00


396 19


11,896 19


15


Dec. 19, 1882. Jan.


1, 1903.


65,000 00


7,500 00


482 43


7,982 43


16


Mar. 27, 1883. .


Apr.


1,


1893.


90,000 00


25,000 00


889 60


25,889 60


17


Dec. 10, 1883. Jan. 1,


1904.


70,000 00


5,000 00


638 23


5,638 23


18


Apr. 11, 1884. Apr.


1,


1914.


250,000 00


14,000 00


758 03


14,758 03


19


Feb. 16, 1885. Jan.


1,


1905.


180.000 00


6,500 00


0 15


6,820 15


20


Mar. 30, 1885. Apr. 1,


1915.


100,000 00


3,047 98


3,047 98


Totals.


$3,389,700 00


$632,400 00


$89,163 70 $721,563 70


1,


1889.


100,000 00


69,500 00


2,122 71


71,622 71


9


Dec. 22, 1879. Apr.


1,


1890.


30,000 00


15,500 00


652 78


16,152 78


1,


1,


The funded City debt comprises coupon bonds to the amount of $523,500, and registered bonds to the amount of $2,866,200; of which amounts $956,300 bears interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, $760,000 at 5 per cent., $140,000 at 4} per cent., $1,433,400 at 4 per cent., and $100,000 at 3} per cent. The sinking fund investments consist of City of Worcester reg- istered bonds, exclusively, comprising $19,500 City 6's, $139,500 City 5's, $10,000 City 4}'s, and $463,400 City 4's ; the average annual rate of interest thereon being about 47% per cent.


WM. S. BARTON,


Treasurer.


WORCESTER, MASS., DECEMBER 21, 1885.


1,


Mar. 10, 1879. Apr.


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.


CITY OF WORCESTER, MASS., DECEMBER 14, 1885.


To the Honorable City Council : -


The Joint Standing Committee on Finance, having examined the books and accounts of the City Treasurer, beg leave to report -


. That they find that his books are carefully and correctly kept, and that the cash assets belonging to the city are properly accounted for.


They further report that it appears from the books of the Treasurer, that his cash receipts, from all sources, for the finan- cial year ending November 30, 1885, amounted to $2,269,901 17


That his cash balance, Nov. 30, 1884, was 170,422 82


Making a total of $2,440,323 99


And that his cash payments amounted to 2,086,285 99


Leaving a cash balance, November 30, 1885, of


$354,038 00


Which they have verified by actual count of the cash on hand at the close of business on Monday, November 30th, and by an examination of the several bank balances standing to the credit of the city on that date.


They further report that the only city security now in the cus- tody of the Treasurer, Trust Fund securities excepted, is the fol- lowing, viz. : -


1 Certificate, numbered 29,589, of 262 shares in the Stock of the Fitchburg R. R. Co. (par value),


$26,200 00


.


112


CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 40.


They further report that the following taxes, assessments and department bills remained uncollected at the close of business, November 30, 1885, viz. : -


City, County and State taxes of 1877,


$4,430 92


66


66


60


66 1879,


4,906 44


66


66


66


66


66


1880,


6,210 07


6,420 40


66


66


66


66


66 1883,


5,803 18


66


66


66


66 1884,


6,596 05


66


60


66


66


66 1885,


24,449 00


.


School-book taxes, 1877 to 1884 inclusive,


$69,827 19 903 30


Sewer assessments, including apportionments,


30,474 42


Sidewalk assessments,


3,463 54


City Hospital bills ; board of patients, etc.,


110 99


Fire Department bills; material sold,


120 87


Highway Department bills ; labor and materials,


2,918 16


Incidental Expense account; engineering, etc.,


37 08


Lighting Streets account; damage to lanterns,


9 25


Pauper Department bills ; aid to paupers,


939 94


Sewer Construction account; labor and materials,


55 50


Street Construction account; grading, etc.,


500 00


Water Construction account; service-pipe, etc.,


4,085 97


Water Maintenance account; water rates, etc.,


12,383 68


Total,


$125,829 89


Respectfully submitted,


CHAS. G. REED, ANDREW ATHY,


S. A. PORTER,


A. M. STONE,


W. H. CRAWFORD, W. F. BANCROFT,


Joint Standing Committee on Finance.


66 1878,


5,118 94


66


1881, 1882,


5,892 19


REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK.


CITY OF WORCESTER, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, January 1, 1886.


To the Honorable City Council :


In accordance with the requirements of Chapter VIII. of the City Ordinances, the City Clerk submits the following statement of the moneys received by him as fees or otherwise during the year ending November 30, 1885, viz .:- ·


From Licensed Amusements,


$1,105 50


66


Auctioneers,


42 00


66


Billiard Tables, etc.,


460 00


66


Dogs,


1,667 00


66


Hacks and Job wagons,


265 00


Intelligence Offices,


80 00


Junk Dealers,


100 00


66


Pawn Brokers,


400 00


Petroleum,


128 00


Sale of Ordinances,


9 00


Licenses for sale of Fireworks,


31 00


Office Fees,


1,782 90


$6,070 40


This sum has been paid to the City Treasurer, and receipts taken therefor.


There has also been paid to Edward A. Brown, County Treasurer, the sum of of $3,615.60 for dog licenses.


Respectfully submitted,


E. H. TOWNE, City Clerk.


WORCESTER SCHOOLS.


ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE


AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE


CITY OF WORCESTER,


SEPTEMBER, 1885.


CHARLES G. REED, President.


ALBERT P. MARBLE, Supt. and Secy. 492 MAIN STREET.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


MEMBERS WHOSE TERM EXPIRES JANUARY, 1888.


Ward.


Residence. Ward.


Residence.


1. REBECCA BARNARD,


2. HELEN B. MERRIMAN,


67 Lincoln St. 6. ALZIRUS BROWN,


3. EUGENE M. MORIARTY, 5 Howard St. 7. HENRY L. PARKER,


4. DANIEL J. KELLEY, 6 Harrison St. 8. GEORGE SWAN,


MEMBERS WHOSE TERM EXPIRES JANUARY, 1887.


Ward. Residence. Ward.


Residence.


1. WM. T. SOUTHER, 1 Lincoln Square. 5. THOMAS J. CONATY,


2. FORREST E. BARKER,


16 Reservoir St. 6. WILLIE C. YOUNG,


3. DENIS SCANNELL, 112 Shrewsbury St. 7. KATE C. TAFT,


4. M. J. P. MCCAFFERTY, 5 Jefferson St. 8. JOSEPH F. LOVERING,


93 Elm St.


MEMBERS WHOSE TERM EXPIRES JANUARY, 1886.


Ward.


Residence. Ward.


Residence.


4 Agricultural St. 5. GEORGE C. REIDY, 23 Sigel St. 15 High St.


9 Auburn St. 6. HENRY S. KNIGHT,


3. JOHN J. CASEY. 22 Hill St. 7. EMERSON WARNER,


574 Main St.


17 Conlin Ct. 8. EDWARD B. GLASGOW, Lincoln House.


STANDING COMMITTEES.


ON SCHOOL-HOUSES .- Messrs. Brown, Reidy, McCafferty, Tolman and Conlin.


ON BOOKS AND APPARATUS .- Messrs. Parker, Scannell, Knight, Young and Moriarty.


ON TEACHERS .- The Superintendent, ex-officio; Messrs. Conaty, Swan, Warner, Barker and Mrs. Merriman.


ON APPOINTMENTS .- The Superintendent, ex-officio; Mrs. Taft, Messrs. Glasgow, Casey, Miss Barnard and Joseph H. Kelley,


ON FINANCE .- The Mayor, ex-oficio; Messrs. Warner, Thompson, Lover- ing, Daniel, J. Kelley and Souther.


The Committee of Visitation shall exercise a general supervision over the schools to which they are severally assigned, and shall visit them not less than once in four weeks, and report their condition at the monthly meeting of the Board .- [Rules, Chap. 3, Sec. 6.


22 Trumbull St. 633 Main St.


1022 Main St. 3 Irving St.


340 Cambridge St. 18 Charlton St.


72 Woodland St.


1. GEO. F. THOMPSON,


2. EDWARD F. TOLMAN,


4. PETER A. CONLIN,


184 Main St. 5. JOSEPH H. KELLEY,


SCHOOLS .- SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 117


Though each school is assigned to a special committee, yet every member of the Board shall consider it his duty to watch over and visit all the public schools of the city, as his convenience will permit .- [Sec. 7.


VISITING COMMITTEES.


HIGH SCHOOL.


Messrs. Warner, Conaty, Swan, Glasgow, Mrs. Taft, Parker and Scannell. TEACHERS.


Alfred S. Roe, Principal.


A. Carey Field,


Jennie I. Ware, Carry P. Townsend,


William F. Abbot,


Rachel L. Moore, Florence Snow,


Joseph H. Perry,


Mathilde de Maltchycè, Mary E. Whipple,


John W. Gordon,


James Mahoney,


John I. Souther,


Mary P. Jefts,


Nellie M. White, Irene P. Huse.


Helen M. Parkhurst,


The ROMAN NUMERALS designate the ROOMS to which members of commit- tees are specially assigned, and the GRADES according to the course of study.


BELMONT STREET.


COMMITTEE.


TEACHERS.


GRADE.


Barker,


Arthur G. Lewis, Principal,


IX


Barker,


(Emma C. McClellan, ) Assistant.


Barker,


Mary H. Warren, 66


Barker,


Sarah M. Averill,


VIII


Barker,


Owen H. Conlin,


VIII-VII


Barker,


Sarah L. Phillips,


VII


Barker,


Tirzah S. Nichols,


VI


Barker,


Jennie L. Dearborn,


VI


Glasgow,


Esther G. Chenery,


V


Glasgow,


Mattie A. Collins,


IV


Glasgow,


Carrie A. Smith,


IV


Glasgow,


Mary T. Gale,


III


Tolman,


Anna M. Waite,


III


Tolman,


Addie T. Gauren,


II


Tolman,


Maud L. Davis,


II


Tolman,


Lilla F. Upton,


I


Tolman,


Hattie B. Andrews,


I


DIX STREET.


COMMITTEE.


TEACHERS.


GRADE.


Thompson,


James Jenkins, Principal,


IX


Thompson,


(Effie F. Kinne,)


VIII


Thompson,


Anna DeW. Pearce,


VII


Thompson,


Minnie W. Sherman,


VI


Thompson,


Nellie F. Lindsay,


V


Conlin,


Susie W. Forbes,


IV


Conlin,


Esther B. Smith,


IV-III


Conlin,


Alice W. Giddings,


III


Conlin,


Harriet Lightbourn.


III-II


Conlin,


Mary E. Barnard,


II-I


Conlin,


Maria F. Bosworth,


I


9


Thompson,


Carrie L. Paige, Assistant.


Thompson,


Mattie Howe,


Glasgow,


Sarah E. Rogers,


118


CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 40.


WINSLOW STREET.


COMMITTEE.


TEACHERS.


GRADE. IX


Mrs. Taft,


J. Chauncey Lyford, Principal,


Mrs. Taft,


(Ella K. Morgan,) Assistant.


Mrs. Taft,


Sarah Brigham, 66


Mrs. Taft,


Mary A. Drake,


VIII


Mrs. Taft,


Jessie M. Nichols,


VII


Mrs. Taft,


Eva E. Stone,


VI


Knight,


Ella E. Goddard,


IV


Knight,


Ida M. McCambridge,


III


Knight,


Edna Currier,


III


Knight,


Emma G. Goodwin,


II


Knight,


A. Calista Hale,


I


CHANDLER STREET.


COMMITTEE.


TEACHERS.


GRADE.


Parker,


William H. Bartlett, Principal,


IX


Parker,


Clara Manly, Assistant.


VIII


Parker,


Helena M. Kalaher,


VII


Moriarty,


Lucy Lewisson,


VI


Moriarty,


Mary E. Convery,


V


Moriarty,


Harriet E. Maynard,


IV


Moriarty,


Eliza J. Seaver,


IV


McCafferty,


Mary E. Horgan,


III


McCafferty,


Mary L. Haselden,


II


McCafferty,


Gertrude Melanefy,


I


WOODLAND STREET.


COMMITTEE.


TEACHERS.


GRADE.


Swan,


Joseph Jackson, Principal,


IX


Swan,


Alice E. Meriam, Assistant.


Swan,


Ann S. Dunton,


VIII


Swan,


Mary M. Lawton,


VII


Swan,


Carrie R. Clements,


VI


Swan,


Martha T. Wyman,


VI


Souther,


Emma F. Brown,


V


Souther,


Susie A. Partridge,


V


Souther,


Sarah J. Melanefy,


IV


Souther,


M. Rosalie Goddard,


IV


Souther,


Maggie I. Melanefy,


III


Mrs. Taft,


Carrie F. Meriam,


III


Mrs. Taft,


Maggie A. Flaherty,


II


Mrs. Taft,


Emma Buckley,


II


Mrs. Taft,


Mary E. Proctor,


I


Mrs. Taft,


Carrie A. Hildreth,


I


WASHINGTON STREET.


COMMITTEE.


TEACHERS.


GRADE.


McCafferty,


McCafferty,


McCafferty,


Charles T. Haynes, Principal, Ida L. Gaskill, Assistant, M. Louise Rice, Assistant.


IX


Parker,


Jennie L. Higgins,


Mrs. Taft,


Octavia H. Vaughan,


SCHOOLS .- SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.


119


LEDGE STREET. TEACHERS.


GRADE


Conaty,


Charles C. Woodman, Principal,


IX


Conaty,


Margaret M. Geary, Assistant.


Conaty,


Emma L. Cowles,


VIII


Conaty,


Maria P. Cole,


VII


Conaty,


Kate A. McCarthy,


VII


Conaty,


Alice G. McMahon,


VI


McCafferty,


(Mary J. Packard,)


VI


McCafferty,


Daniel H. Casey.


McCafferty,


Frances M. Athy,


V


McCafferty,


Mabel Piper,


V-IV


McCafferty,


Mary E. D. King,


IV


McCafferty,


Fanny A. Williams,


III


Warner,


Carrie E. Howe,


II


Warner,


Mary B. Dudley,


II-I


Warner,


Hannah M. Kickham,


I


COMMITTEE.


GRADE.


Moriarty,


Francis P. Mckeon, Principal,


IX


Moriarty,


Ella J. Lyford, Assistant.


VIII


Moriarty,


Eliza J. Lawler,


VII


Moriarty,


Elida M. Capen,


VI


Moriarty,


Hannah Sheehan,


V


Swan,


Hattie S. Putnam,


IV


Swan,


Myra H. Baker,


III


Swan,


Mary L. Gafney,


II


Swan,


Alice A. Tatman,


I


COMMITTEE.


GRADE.


Lovering,


Harriet G. Waite, Principal,


VIII


Lovering,


(Mary E. Houghton,) Assistant.


Lovering,


Anna P. Smith, Assistant.


Lovering,


John E. Lynch,


VII


Lovering,


(Belle H. Tucker, )


VI


Lovering,


Mary E. Fitzgerald.


VI


Lovering,


M. Ella Clark,


V


Mrs. Merriman,


Rosa I. Seavey,


V


Mrs. Merriman,


Hattie G. Gates,


IV


Mrs. Merriman,


(Esther E. Travis,)


III


Mrs. Merriman,


Nellie M. Rood.


Mrs. Merriman,


Ella A. Casey,


III


1). J. Kelley,


Addie E. Sprague,


II


D. J. Kelley,


Jennie C. Clough,


I


D. J. Kelley,


Abbie J. Taft,


I


EDGEWORTH STREET. . TEACHERS.


GRADE.


Brown,


Ella E. Roper, Principal,


VIII-VII


Brown,


Anna T. Cavanough,


VI


Brown,


Julia E. Greenwood,


V


Brown,


Sarah M. Brigham,


IV


Brown,


Louise F. Clark,


III


Parker,


Lucia N. Jennison,


II


Parker,


Fransess D. Martin,


II


Parker,


Estella V. Rolston,


I


Parker,


Selma P. Ahlstrom,


I


Moriarty,


Mary A. Rourke,


MILLBURY STREET. TEACHERS.


THOMAS STREET. TEACHERS.


Lovering,


Elma L. Studley,


COMMITTEE.


COMMITTEE.


120


CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 40.


WALNUT STREET.


COMMITTEE.


TEACHERS.


GRADE.


Glasgow,


Nellie C. Thomas, Principal.


VIII


Glasgow,


Kate A. Meade,


VII


Glasgow,


Ella M. Macfarland,


VI


Glasgow,


Mary L. Norcross,


V


Glasgow,


Kate A. Coughlin,


Miss Barnard,


Mary E. McCormick,


III-II


Miss Barnard,


Mary L. Seavey,


I


OXFORD STREET.


COMMITTEE.


TEACHERS.


GRADE.


Young,


Ella L. Dwyer, Principal,


VIII


Young,


Mary A. Hathaway,


VII


Young,


Nettie A. Murray,


VI


Young,


Mary F. Harrington,


V


Young,


Ida A. Tew,


V


Parker,


Mabel B. Tew,


IV


Parker,


Mary F. Barker,


III


Parker,


M. Gertrude Griggs,


II


Parker,


Catherine T. Nevins,


I


Parker,


Alphonsine T. L'Esperance.


SYCAMORE STREET.


COMMITTEE.


TEACHERS.


GRADE.


Warner,


(Charlotte H. Munger,) Principal .


VIII


Warner,


S. Lizzie Carter.


VII


Warner,


A. Teresa Timon,


VI


Warner,


Emma M. Plimpton,


V


Lovering,


Hattie S. Hagen,


IV


Lovering,


Sarah W. Clements,


III


Lovering,


Ida A. E. Kenney,


II


Lovering,


Eliza J. Day,


I


NEW WORCESTER.


TEACHERS.


GRADE.


Souther,


M. Ella Spalding, Principal,


VIII-VII


Souther,


Martha D. Adams,


VI-V


Souther,


Georgianna M. Newton,


V-IV


Conaty,


Jennie M. Tainter,


III


Conaty,


Anna B. Ranger,


Conaty,


Rebecca H. Davie,


I


SOUTH WORCESTER.


COMMITTEE.


TEACHERS.


GRADE.


Reidy,


Carrie A. George, Principal,


VIII


Reidy,


Ellen M. Boyden,


VII


Reidy,


Edward A. Quinland,


VI


Reidy,


Mary O. Whitney,


V


Reidy,


Lydia W. Ball,


IV


Brown,


Mary C. Paige,


III


Brown,


Maggie A. Mahony,


II


Brown,


Mary McBride,


I


Brown,


(Jennie M. Sprout,)


Brown,


Ellen G. Daley.


I


Warner,


Janet Martin,


COMMITTEE.


121


SCHOOLS .- SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.


QUINSIGAMOND.


COMMITTEE.


TEACHERS.


GRADE.


Knight,


Richard H. Mooney, Principal,


VIII-VII


Knight,


F. May Prentice, VI


Knight,


Annie W. Newell, V


Knight,


Jeannie E. Sanderson,


IV


Barker,


Mary A. Winter,


III


Barker,


Alice V. Phelps,


II


Barker,


Mary G. Smith,


I


PROVIDENCE STREET.


TEACHERS.


GRADE.


Miss Barnard,


Etta A. Rounds, Principal,


VIII


Miss Barnard,


Etta R. Leonard,


VII


Miss Barnard,


Anna G. Foley,


VI


Miss Barnard,


Marion C. Tucker,


V


Young,


Margaret F. Hagan,


IV


Young,


Sarah J. Newton,


III


Young,


Mary A. Kane,


II


Young,


Mary C. Smith,


I


GAGE STREET.


TEACHERS.


GRADE.


Scannell,


Ella W. Foskett, Principal,


VIII


Scannell,


Minnie M. Parmenter, Assistant.


Scannell,


Annie Brown, VII


Scannell,


Mary E. C. Carroll,


VI


Scannell,


Jennie E. Maloney,


V


Scannell,


Eliza T. Gilbert,


V


J. H. Kelley,


Julia A. Bunker,


IV


Aloysia Radcliffe,


IV


Kate C. Cosgrove,


III


J. H. Kelley,


Mary J. O'Connor,


III


Maggie E. Magone,


II


EAST WORCESTER.


TEACHERS. GRADE.


Anna T. Kelley,


II


Nellie G. McGillicuddy,


I


Ellen F. Fallon,


I


LAMARTINE STREET.


TEACHERS.


GRADE.


J. H. Kelley,


Arthur Hay, Principal,


VII


J. H. Kelley,


Nellie F. Saunders, Assistant.


VII-VI


J. H. Kelley,


Louise A. Dawson,


VI


Ellen T. Shannon,


V


Mary E. Russell,


IV


Anna M. Murray,


III


Abbie F. Hemenway,


III


Thompson,


Katharine B. Adams,


II


Thompson,


Mary B. Wheatley,


II


Moriarty,


Mary C. Morrissey,


I


Moriarty,


Helena B. O'Keefe,


I


Moriarty,


Edith M. Rolston,


I


J. H. Kelley,


J. H. Kelley,


J. H. Kelley,


COMMITTEE.


J. H. Kelley,


J. H. Kelley,.


J. H. Kelley,


COMMITTEE.


J. H. Kelley,


Mary J. Sullivan,


J. H. Kelley,


J. H. Kelley,


Thompson,


Thompson,


COMMITTEE.


COMMITTEE.


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ADRIATIC.


COMMITTEE.


TEACHERS.


GRADE.


Conlin,


Emma A. Porter, Principal,


VII


Conlin,


L. Elizabeth King,


VI


Conlin,


Lizzie E. Chapin,


Conlin,


Abbie B. Shute,


IV


Conlin,


Cora A. Baldwin,


IV-III


Reidy,


Mary A. McGillicuddy,


III


Reidy,


Mary M. Bowen,


II


Reidy,


Etta T. Whalen,


I


Reidy,


Mary A. Morrissey,


I


ASH STREET.


COMMITTEE.


TEACHERS.


GRADE.


Tolman,


Mary J. Mack, Principal,


VI


Tolman,


Mary S. Eaton,


V


Tolman,


(Mabel Crane,)


IV


Tolman,


Ida F. Buxton.


III


D. J. Kelley,


Sarah A. Boyd,


II


D. J. Kelley,


Marina H. Tucker,


I


GRAFTON STREET.


COMMITTEE.


TEACHERS.


GRADE.


D. J. Kelley,


Bridget T. Carlon, Principal,


D. J. Kelley,


Evelyn E. Towne,


IV


D. J. Kelley,


Kate A. McLoughlin,


III


Casey,


Margaret J. McCann,


II


Casey,


Carrie M. Adams,


I


Casey,


Ella J. Emerson,


I


Casey,


Katharine A. Hackett.


SUMMER STREET.


TEACHERS. GRADE.


Casey,


Mary A. Gauren, Principal,


V


Casey,


Mary A. Hayward,


IV


Casey,


Anna T. Smith,


III


Casey,


Alice Chapin,


II


Casey,


Agnes R. Stewart,


I


SALEM STREET.


COMMITTEE.


TEACHERS. GRADE.


Mrs. Merriman,


Minnie F. Whittier, Principal,


IV


Mrs. Merriman,


Mary O. Whitmore,


III


Mrs. Merriman,


Addie M. Blenus,


II


Mrs. Merriman,


Nellie J. Carlon,


I


UNION HILL.


COMMITTEE.


TEACHERS.


GRADE.


Miss Barnard,


IV-III


Miss Barnard,


Etha M. Stowell, Principal, Anna D. Stowell,


II-I


D. J. Kelley,


Kate A. Fallon,


COMMITTEE.


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COMMITTEE.


Scannell, Scannell,


MASON STREET. TEACHERS. Mary E. Pease, Principal, Effie L. Bennett,


GRADE.


II


I


SUBURBAN.


COMMITTEE.


PLACE.


TEACHER. (Mary F. Lewis.)


Souther,


Northville,


Joanna F. Smith.


Lovering,


Tatnuck,


Benjamin W. Kinney.


Warner,


Trowbridgeville,


Ada D. Saunders.


Knight,


Blithewood,


Eudora E. Hay.


Casey,


Bloomingdale,


Lizzie M. Urban.


Glasgow, Tolman,


Burncoat Plain,


Hattie L. White.


J. H. Kelley,


North Pond,


Etta M. Thayer.


J. H. Kelley,


Chamberlain,


Fanny R. Spurr.


Swan,


Lake View,


Minnie A. B. Chase.


Swan,


Lake View,


Ada B. Braman.


Miss Barnard,


Valley Falls,


Ann Foskett,


Miss Barnard,


Valley Falls,


Annie M. Ham,


VI-IV III-I


DRAWING. TEACHER. Walter S. Perry. Fanny H. Smith, Assistant, High School.


COMMITTEE. Messrs. Parker, Barker, Reidy, Mrs. Merriman and Mr. Tolman.


MUSIC. TEACHER. Seth Richards. COMMITTEE. Messrs. Swan, Lovering, Mrs. Taft, Mr. J. H. Kelley and Miss Barnard.


EVENING SCHOOLS.


COMMITTEE. Messrs. Conaty, Casey, Mrs. Taft, Messrs. Glasgow and Thompson.


TRUANT OFFICERS. Henry E. Fayerweather, 105 Summer St. Michael J. English, Brackett Ct.


Rebekah L. Taft.


Adams Square,


Olive G. Davidson.


SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.


To His Honor the Mayor, and the School Board of Worcester :


In conformity to your regulations, I submit the following as my Eighteenth Annual Report; and by these regulations this report, which it is the duty of the Superintendent to prepare, becomes the Report of the School Board to the public, and the school authorities of the State.


ABSTRACT OF STATISTICS, FOR THE YEAR 1885.


I. POPULATION.


Population, Census of 1885 68,383


Children between the ages of five and fifteen, May, 1885. 13,269


II. FINANCIAL.


Valuation, May, 1885 $52,719,391 00


Increase for the year . 1,945,915 33


City Debt, December, 1885, less Cash and Sinking Fund . 2,394,914 64


State, city and county tax, 1885 986,272 37


Rate of taxation 0.18


Value of school-houses and lots 967,100 00


Other school property


105,515 56


*Ordinary expense of schools


194,884 08


Per cent. of same to valuation . .0037


Per cent. of same to whole tax


.19


Repairs of school-houses, furniture and stoves 9,624 64


$204,508 72


Extraordinary repairs


$955 38


New furniture . $1,389 72 Rents 1,145 83


$2,535 55


$3,490 93


Expended for all purposes


$207,999 65


*See detailed statement in Secretary's report.


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Average cost per scholar for day schools, including ordi- nary repairs. .


$19 80


Average cost for all schools, including ordinary repairs Same last year .


18 67


Cost of evening schools


4,210 36


Average per scholar 13 01


Cost of evening drawing schools


1,434 45


Average per scholar 7 49


Cost of High School


22,299 73


Decrease. 2,972 41


Average per scholar


37 54


Decrease


9 44


Expended by City Council for new school-houses


65,467 72


III. SCHOOL-HOUSES.


Number occupied December, 1885 . 42


Rooms, not including recitation rooms 234


Rooms rented. . 2


Drawing-school rooms, recitation and evening-school rooms, additional 9


Whole number of sittings :


In High School 660


Grammar schools, Grades IX .- VI 3,416


. Grammar schools, Grades V .- IV 2,861


Primary rooms, Grades III .- II .- I . 5,108 Suburban schools 562


IV. SCHOOLS.


High School rooms . 16


Grammar rooms, Grades IX .- VI. 68


Grammar rooms, Grades V .- IV . 57


Primary rooms, Grades III .- II .- I . 95


Suburban schools 13


Northville, Tatnuck, Valley Falls (2), Trowbridgeville, Blithe- wood, Bloomingdale, Adams Square, Burncoat Plain, North Pond, Chamberlain, Lake View (2).


Evening schools . 9


Belmont Street, South Worcester and Grafton, for both sexes; Washington Street, New Worcester, Lamartine Street, Quin- sigamond and East Worcester, for boys; Walnut Street, for girls.


Free Evening Drawing Schools, both sexes


7


$18 62


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V. TEACHERS.


Male teachers in High School . 7


Female teachers in High School . 10


Male teachers in Grammar Schools . 13 Female teachers in all grades below the High School 234


Special teacher of Music, male 1


Special teacher of Drawing, male .


1


Special teacher of Drawing, female .


1


Number of teachers in Day Schools


267


Graduates of the Worcester Training School, or of a State Normal School . 184


Male teachers in Evening Schools 19


Female teachers in Evening Schools . 15


Teachers in Free Evening Drawing Schools, male 5, female 1 . 6


Whole number of teachers 307


VI. PUPILS.


Census of children 5 to 15, May, 1885


13,269


Number registered in Day Schools 12,981


Increase .


283


In Evening Schools


376


In Free Evening Drawing Schools 223


Number registered in all the schools . 13,580


Increase


243


Number over 15 years old .


1,815


Increase 320


Estimated number attending in private schools 1,500


Pupils in State Normal School, this city . 130


Average number belonging to public schools


10,758


Increase 611


Average daily attendance in Day Schools


9,598


Increase . 527


Average daily absence .


1,160


Increase . 91


Number at close of Fall term, 1884.


10,668


At close of Winter term, 1884-85 . 10,512


Increase from last year . 709


At close of Spring term Increase .


796


At close of Summer term


10,138


Increase .


622


10,861


At close of Fall term Increase .


193


90.1


Per cent. of daily attendance to average number belonging, Increase .


.6


10,511


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SCHOOLS .- SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.


Number perfect in attendance the whole year


155


Increase .


22


Perfect three terms


39


Perfect two terms


780


Perfect one term .


1,977


Number registered in High School .


898


Increase .


80


Boys . .


435


Girls .


463


Increase .


16


660


Number at the close of the year . Increase .


43


Number of graduates, June, 1885


68


Number left the school .


186


Average number belonging


593.9


Average daily attendance


556.4


Average daily absence


37.5


Per cent. of daily attendance to average number belonging,


95.5


Average age of pupils, January 1, 1886 .


16.7


Average number of pupils to a regular teacher


34.9


THE BULLOCK


HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY AND APPARATUS FUND.


OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER, WORCESTER, MASS., December 26, 1885. $


To A. P. MARBLE, EsQ.,


Supt. of Schools.


SIR:


The undersigned, as Treasurer, ex-officio, of The Bullock High- School Library and Apparatus Fund, presents for your informa- tion, and for that of the Honorable School Board, the following brief Statement, showing the receipts and payments, on account of said fund, during the last financial year, and the balances car-


Increase 64


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ried forward, on the books of the treasurer, at the close of busi- ness on Monday, November 30, 1885 : -


Balances, December 1, 1884, viz. :




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