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FIREMEN'S RELIEF ASSOCIATION.
The association was organized in 1874 and received its charter in 1878. The object is to furnish to firemen relief, who may be dis- abled or in any manner injured while doing fire duty. The Asso- ciation has paid, to some of those injured during the year, benefits. The following have been more or less disabled for a time during the past year: January, 1886, William Tyler, Hose No. 7; David Boland, Hose No. 2; Adam Creelman, Hook and Ladder No. 1; Olney Dickinson, Hose No. 8; Sabin Flagg, Hose No. 1. Feb- ruary, 1886, S. T. Newton, Hose No 4; F. B. Jones, Hook and Ladder No. 1; Capt. H. R. Williamson, Fire Patrol; Chief S. E. Combs, Chief of the Fire Department; C. F. Finn, Hose No. 6; Geo. Newton, Hose No. 4; Oscar Cerf, Hose No. 1. July, 1886, Walter Sheldon, Hook and Ladder No. 1; Elmer
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Sweet, Hose No. 4; William L. Mclaughlin, Hook and Ladder No. 1; G. A. McLeod, Hose No. 5. August, 1886, Augustus Harper, Hook and Ladder No. 1; William E. Bancroft, Steamer No. 1. November, 1886, Joseph Bruso, jr., Steamer No. 2. The many substantial recognitions the relief association has received from the citizens in the past satisfy the officers and members that it has earned the confidence and deserves the sup- port of the public, and I trust it will continue if properly man- aged by its officers.
EXPENDITURES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
The cost of maintaining the Department was $55,358.06, revenue, $1,407.47; for a detailed statement I refer you to Auditor Griffin's report of the finances of the city-the above amount includes the purchase of the new apparatus and furnishing the new houses. It was necessary to be more economical in some branches of the service than would be prudent another year, because of the damage done in the ice-storms to the fire-alarm and to the apparatus in the serious fires early in the year.
CONCLUSION.
The general condition of the Department is excellent. The men are not only interested, but enthusiastic in the work. They have worked together harmoniously and efficiently, under the stimulus of a friendly spirit of rivalry which has never become petty jealousy. They have been prompt in their responses to calls for service and always ready to obey instructions. They have attained the confidence of the public which has frequently found generous expression. The City Council has always lis- tened to the calls of the Department attentively and given them prompt attention. The Committee on Fire Department has worked earnestly for the success of the Department and has won the gratitude of every member of the organization. The police ser- vice has been excellent at fires, and the Water Department has co-operated cordially with us in all the work of the department.
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It is again my pleasure to return official and individual thanks to all the officers in the various departments in the city. To the Mayor and Aldermen, and members of the City Council : Gen- tlemen, you have an efficient Fire Department, and I trust it will receive from your hands the coming year such support as will keep it at its present standard.
Most respectfully submitted. S. E. COMBS,
Chief of Department.
REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
WORCESTER, January 3rd, 1887.
To the Honorable City Council :-
GENTLEMEN-I herewith submit my first annual report of the condition and working of the Fire-Alarm Telegraph, together with the number of boxes, bells, amount of wire, and all pieces of ap- paratus belonging thereto; the number of box and telephone alarms, and number of stray blows that have been through the repeater during the year ending January 1st, 1887. Number Boxes in circuit January 1st, 1887, 71 ; Tower Bells, 7; Whistles, 2; Engine-House Gongs, 15; Engineers' Gongs, 11; Indicators, 12; Tappers, 10 ; Relays for releasing doors, 6; Alarms of fire : box alarms, 78 ; General alarms, 10 ; No-school signals, 7 ; Telephone alarms, 12; False alarms, 4; Test boxes, 1; Stray blows, 230. Caused by Fire-Alarm Dep't. 30; caused by other Companies, 200. Number of miles of wire strung, 16 ; Poles set, 103 ; Engine Houses put in circuit, 2. Boxes put in, 4. All blows during the year are accounted for. I wish to thank companies having wires in our city, for many courtesies shown, and am pleased to note the harmony that exists at the present time.
Respectfully submitted.
C. M. MILLS,
Sup't Fire-Alarm Telegraph.
COMMISSIONERS
-OF-
HOPE CEMETERY
FOR THE YEAR 1887.
THOMAS M. ROGERS, -
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- Term expires 1888.
ELIJAH B. STODDARD, -
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1889.
ALBERT CURTIS,
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1890.
ALBERT TOLMAN, -
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1891.
WILLIAM BUSH, - -
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ORGANIZATION FOR THE YEAR 1887.
Chairman, -
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ALBERT TOLMAN.
Secretary, -
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- E. B. STODDARD.
Manager, -
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- WILLIAM BUSH.
ALBERT CURTIS.
Assistant-Manager, - - -
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Superintendent of Grounds,
F. A. BARNES.
THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
COMMISSIONERS OF HOPE CEMETERY,
FOR THE YEAR 1886.
To Hon. Samuel Winslow, Mayor, and to the City Council of the City of Worcester :-
The extended drive-ways and paths necessary to give access to twenty-six hundred and thirty-six lots owned by individual proprietors and extensive portions of the Cemetery appropriated to free burials, were put in good condition after the storms of Winter.
They have been kept in good order to the close of the year.
All parts of the Cemetery were carefully raked over early in the season.
In the Winter a heavy growth of wood was cleared from about five acres of land and considerable grubbing done. The land is now ready for grading.
Twelve hundred loads of muck were carted from the swamp, at such times as the work could be done, for another year's use.
Fifty-three lots were graded, turfed and corner-stones set, at the cost of $1,486.
One hundred and ninety-one lots were graded and laid out. They are ready for sale.
Sixty-three lots that have corner posts set and are turfed are ready for sale.
The Commissioners prefer to have all lots turfed before they are sold.
The plan adopted some years ago of having all work in the Cemetery performed by the foreman and his men has been con- tinned.
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One hundred and twenty-three lots were graded for individual owners.
Eight hundred and seventy-one were taken care of through the year.
Foundations were laid for 32 monuments and 78 tablets.
Three hundred and eighty-eight graves were dug.
For these four items there was received $5,546 01
And uncollected bills amount to 678 56
Total for work and materials from proprietors, $6,224 57
NEW TOMB.
The City Council appropriated, last Spring, Five Thousand Dollars for a receiving tomb.
The Commissioners unanimously agreed that it was not best to build in connection with the old one, there not being room in the locality it occupied.
They selected the most available place in the Cemetery, and have built a new one, using the materials from the old one as far as was practicable.
It is in three sections, each apartment is 18ft. x 36ft., giving four times as much room as was in the old one.
Excavating, grading, moving of the old tomb and laying of the inside stone walls was done by the men and teams usually employed in the Cemetery.
The sum expended, as shown by accompanying statement, has been $5,546.10.
There is iron work for racks on which to place coffins, not yet completed.
The old tomb built in the year 1872 cost $4,345.07.
The extra expenditure above the appropriation will be from the funds of the Cemetery, and will be fully returned by the in- creased value of the land that was occupied by the old tomb.
The tomb is found to meet, in all particulars, the purposes for which it was built.
Three hundred and eighty-eight burials were made ; forty-nine were free.
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HOPE CEMETERY.
One hundred and thirteen lots were sold for $5,369.00, being the largest number ever sold in one year. Fifteen to eighteen men and three horses were employed.
The increasing demand for lots and burial places, the small quantity of available land belonging to the cemetery, the irregu- larity and inconvenience of its boundary lines, and the condition of surrounding territory, fully convince the Commissioners that the recommendation of His Honor the Mayor in his inaugural address, relating to Hope Cemetery, should be considered by the City Council at an early day.
We annex to our Report the valuation of property at Hope Cemetery, a statement of expenditures on the tomb, the balance sheet of Commissioners' account, and the City Treasurer's state- ment of his receipts and payments for the year ending Nov. 30th, 1886, and of the several balances carried forward on the books of the Treasurer.
Valuation of Property at Hope Cemetery, Nov. 30th, 1886 :-
Tools as by schedule,
$197 50
Harnesses, halters, &c.,
70 00
Three carts, two wagons, two sleds,
275 00
Three horses,
500 00
Hay,
100 00
Straw,
36 00
Lumber,
30 00
Wood,
150 00
1,200 loads of muck,
300 00
$1,658 50
Barns, sheds, tool-house and office,.
$2,100 00
House and one-half acre of land, 3,000 00
$5,100 00
Total,
$6,758 50
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HOPE CEMETERY, 1886. Cost for Building Tomb.
For labor of men and teams employed on the grounds as follows, viz. :-
Labor, 115 days, with men and horses, $175 00
Laying 306 perch stone wall in cement at $2.35, 719 10
100 loads sand for arches, 25 00
Cementing the floors in two arches and the walk in front of tomb, 146 00
Filling in the rear and covering, and sodding the whole sur- face over the tomb, 376 80
$1,441 90
Thos. Brosnan, contract for front, $1,700 00
J. A. Brigham, contract for circles,
169 23
Smith & Green, contract for cement,
154 44
93,000 bricks,
651 00
D. S. Burgess, laying 93,000 bricks,
581 25
Carting bricks from the cars,
120 00
Richardson & Carr's bill, concreting,
112 40
Thos. Brosnan's bill for building ventilator and piecing curb in front, 116 50
H. C. Fish, iron girders, rods, doors, &c., 368 13
Fuller & Delano, plans and specifications, 45 75
A. G. Mann, Superintendent, 40 00
30 00
Kinnicutt & Co., locks for doors, 3 07
A. B. Lovell, ventilating pipes,
31 31
$4,123 08
$5,564 98
City appropriation received,
5,000 00
Amount paid from cemetery fund, 564 98
H. C. Fish, for iron racks inside of tomb, at estimated cost, about $375.
WM. BUSH,
For the Committee.
BALANCE SHEET, 1886.
Dec. 1, 1885, balance cash, Cash, W. S. Barton,
7,756 46
House rent,
165 00
Wood sold,
265 27
Labor and material on lots,
5,546 01
Work on tomb,
881 30
Bills receivable,
107 24
$15,414 84
Furnace and coal for drying out arches,
$ 693 56
HOPE CEMETERY.
403
Paid City Treasurer,
$2,450 00
City Engineer,
43 09
Telephone,
42 28
66
Hay and grain,
319 13
Horse shoeing, etc.,
87 34
Lumber and carpentering,
50 54
Turf,
208 46
Grass seed,
16 75
Tools and repairs,
177 42
Books, paper, printing, etc.,
60 07
66
Stone posts,
366 00
Lime and cement,
165 84
Labor with teams,
265 45
66
One horse,
225 00
City water,
40 00
Extension water pipes,
441 13
Manure,
329 63
Iron stakes and numbers,
70 50
Stone for walls and foundations,
226 60
Paints,
14 75
Sundries,
222 12
" Labor,
7,756 46
$13,578 56
1,836 28
$15,414 84
Submitted by the Commissioners of Hope Cemetery, - November 30, 1886.
OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER,
WORCESTER, MASS., Dec. 10, 1886.
To the Commissioners of Hope Cemetery :-
GENTLEMEN :- The undersigned, as Treasurer, ex officio, of sundry funds in charge of your Board, herewith presents a state- ment of his receipts and payments, on account of Hope Ceme- tery, during the last financial year, and of the several balances carried forward, on the books of the Treasurer, at the close of business, November 30, 1886.
$5,822 10
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Balances, Dec. 1, 1885, viz .:-
Savings Bank deposits, reserved fund, $7,000 00
Savings Bank deposits, Ch. 116, P. S. (32 lots), 2,700 00 Savings Bank deposits, Ch. 186, Stat. 1884 (13 lots), 1,350 00 Cash on deposit, 1,758 01
$12,808 01
Receipts during the year, viz. :-
Proceeds of 113 lots sold, $5,369 00
Grading account from W. Bush, commissioner, 2,450 00
Special deposits, Ch. 116 P. S. (4 lots),
350 00
Special deposits, Stat. 1884 (8 lots),
800 00
Dividends on Savings Bank deposits (general),
266 00
Dividends on Savings Bank deposits (special), 160 50
Interest on bank deposits, 11 71
$9,407 21
$22,215 22
Total, Payments during the year, viz .:- Labor of men, etc., as per pay-rolls, $7,756 46
$7,756 46
Balances Nov. 30, 1886, viz. :-
Savings Bank deposits, reserved fund, $7,000 00
Savings Bank deposits, Ch. 116, P. S. (36 lots), 3,050 00
Savings Bank deposits, Stat. 1884 (21 lots), 2,150 00
Cash on deposit,
2,258 76
$14,458 76
Total,
$22,215 22 WM. S. BARTON, City Treasurer.
All of which is respectfully submitted, by
WILLIAM BUSH, THOMAS M. ROGERS, ELIJAH B. STODDARD, ALBERT CURTIS, ALBERT TOLMAN, Commissioners of Hope Cemetery.
Worcester, January 20th, 1887.
REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
WORCESTER, Jan. 12, 1887. To the Honorable City Council.
GENTLEMEN :- In compliance with the City Ordinances, Chap- ter 48, Section 3, I have the honor to submit the following report of the condition of the Public Buildings, the amount expended for repairs, and the cost of the construction of new buildings and land purchased, for the year ending Nov. 30th, 1886.
CITY HALL.
The rooms vacated by the removal of the Central District Court and the Police Department have been reconstructed and utilized for additional office room; the City Engineer, Superin- tendent of Sewers and the Board of Assessors, having offices in the rooms vacated by the Court, the City Clerk and Superin- tendent of Public Buildings taking the rooms formerly occupied by the City Treasurer, the Treasurer taking the rooms left vacant by the removal of the Board of Assessors and the City Marshal, the Clerk of the Board of Overseers of the Poor having the offices vacated by the City Engineer, the Auditor retaining his old room and having the room formerly used by the Clerk of the Overseers of the Poor, the Water Office being enlarged by the taking of the room formerly occupied by the Auditor, the Com- missioner of Highways and City Messenger retaining their old offices, the Inspector of the Board of Health having the office for- merly used by the Assistant Marshals. A new brick safe has been
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built in the basement for the safe custody of the plans of the City Engineer and the Sewer Departments, the remaining por- tion of the basement being let for business purposes. The cost of the safe has been as follows :-
For Mason work, vault,
$217 30
Iron beams and rods,
59 65
Vault doors, Speaking tubes,
112 00
18 59
$407 54
For other alterations and repairs-
Iron colums in basement,
$102 50
Lumber and carpenter-work,
2,604 34
Painting,
1,339 10
Plumbing,
760 97
Mason-work,
691 42
New furniture,
709 41
Carpets, curtains, whitening, etc.,
603 73
Steam heating apparatus,
258 21
Plans of alteration,
11 92
Moving Engineer's office,
7 40
Safes,
34 00
Sewer connections,
32 96
$7,562 50
For ordinary expenses-
Janitor and Engineer,
$600 00
Watchman,
471 66
Coal and wood,
405 58
Gas,
392 82
Furniture, fixtures and repairs,
336 16'
Repairs of building,
227 98
Removing ashes and snow,
89 43
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SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
For brooms, mats, brushes, etc.,
$73 21
Ice,
25 64
Roach exterminator,
21 00
Washing towels,
27 20
Clocks and repairs,
7 25
Insurance on boiler,
15 62
$2,693 55
Total amount,
$10.256 05
ARMORIES.
The amount of rent paid by the City for
Companies A and C, 2d Regiment
Infantry, and Battery B, 1st Light Artillery, has been,
$1,789 05
For coal and wood, Gas,
217 85
68 10
Furniture,
99 46
Amount allowed by the State for Armory rent,
$1,300 00
CITY HOSPITAL.
The several buildings at the City Hospital are in good condi- tion. The new ward built by the donations of Mrs. George W. Gill and Stephen Salisbury, has been completed and occupied, and has fully met all expectations in regard to the heating and ventilation, which were planned by Dr. Charles A. Peabody, and embody the latest improvements of the new wards of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. The Gill ward contains room for twenty patients and the Salisbury ward ten private rooms.
$16,763 17
For repairs of the City Hospital there has been expended,
$1,420 00
1,157 05
873 57
Coal and wood, Gas,
$2,174 46
The cost has been,
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CENTRAL DISTRICT COURT AND POLICE BUILDING.
There has been expended for new awnings, changing marshal's room, new carpets, additional water closets, additional heating apparatus, painting and carpenter-work, $1,332 41 For coal, 581 97
Gas,
468 50
Janitor and engineer,
545 00
$2,927 88
For repairs, Station No. 2,
$85 92
CITY STABLES.
The City Stables, Sheds, Store House and Tool House are in a fair state of repair.
The amount expended for repairs of buildings has been,
$58 85
FIRE DEPARTMENT, NEW BUILDINGS, SOUTH WORCESTER HOSE- HOUSE.
Amount of contract,
$5,540 00
Extra work,
98 93
Galvanized gutter, extra,
69 74
Iron gratings, cellar windows,
36 40
Extra valves and brass pipe plumbing,
14 75
Paving and curbing driveway,
102 60
Sewer,
44 50
Engineering and advertising,
19 39
Iron-work,
16 00
Brick,
1,256 93
Plans,
100 00
Service pipe, Worcester Water Works,
11 88
Hack for committee,
3 00
Examining title of land,
3 00
Land,
832 75
$8,159 87
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SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
WOODLAND-STREET HOSE-HOUSE.
Amount of contract,
$4,670 00
Paid for plans,
100 00
" land, 1,200 00
66
" brick,
438 14
For engineering and advertising,
11 09
Service Pipe, Worcester Water Works,
9 11
Sewer,
45 00
Snow guard,
54 00
Extra valves, plumbing,
11 75
Paving and curbstone, entrance,
98 72
Hinges,
16 00
Grading,
32 68
Hack for Committee,
3 00
$6,689 49
The Amount expended for repairs on Engine and Hose-houses has been
$619 31
For Coal and Wood,
712 44
Gas,
455 08
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Free Public Library building is in fair condition. I would recommend the renewal of a portion of the basement floors, the new plastering of the ceiling of the Medical Library room and the strengthening of the attic floor on account of the great weight of books it has to sustain, the amount expended
For repairs of Building,
$174 45
Coal, 324 46
Gas,
802 98
PAUPER DEPARTMENT-FARM.
At the time of making my last report the following bills were not included in the cost of the new wing, and should be added to that amount :-
For plumbing,
$19 27
Heating apparatus,
262 03
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For Extra work, A. Palmer,
286 14
Trench for steam pipe,
85 00
$652 44 $10,212 57
Amount as per last report,
Making the actual cost,
$10,865 01
The following amounts have been expended for repairs and alterations of buildings :-
For covering steam pipes,
$281 25
Building refrigerator,
157 90
Plumbing,
43 16
Repairs of buildings,
1,900 06
$2,382 37
For Repairs of House Offal buildings and Piggery, $46 99
New school desks, Truant school, 19 74
$66 73.
ADDITION TO HORSE BARN.
The horse barn has been enlarged by an addition 40x50 feet which gives much needed storage room for wagons and carts. Amount expended :-
For stone-work,
$156 10
Cement, &c.,
151 66
Lumber and carpenters' labor,
1,489 92
Stall plates and gutters,
105 34
Slating,
. 166 58
Painting,
195 51
Trucking,
85 65
Watering trough,
11 00
$2,361 76
NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
The Millbury-street, Sunnyside and Freeland-street school- houses have been completed and occupied during the year, and a new single-room building has been built and occupied at Green- dale. A two-room school building has been built and occupied
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on the Bloomingdale school lot, and a six-room school building is in progress and will be ready for use in the spring. The whole amount expended for school-houses during the year has been $46,094.42, and upon the different buildings as follows :-
FREELAND-STREET SCHOOL-HOUSE.
Amount of contract,
$18,595 00
For extra work,
182 42
Plans,
200 00
Engineering,
46 92
Advertising,
18 38
Water pipe, Worcester water works,
33 14
Insurance,
157 50
Steam heating contract,
2,354 17
Plans of steam heating,
33 33
Coal,
269 60
Care of boiler,
132 93
Sewer and cess-pool and blow-off,
149 51
Connecting city water to boiler,
10 75
School desks and other furniture,
1,217 16
Grading lot,
558 79
Curtains,
135 00
Galvanized iron chimneys,
13 65
Fencing lot,
549 84
Use of stoves and furnaces,
8 90
Resetting steam pipes after finishing,
17 75
Damper, &c., boiler,
19 68
Hack for committee,
3 00
-$24,707 42
Of the above amount the sum of $11,880.01 was paid in 1885, and the balance, $12,827.41, was paid the present year.
The cost of land 30,000 ft., at 12} cts. per foot, Brick,
$3,750 00
2,950 62
MILLBURY-STREET SCHOOL-HOUSE.
Amount of contract,
$9,800 00
For Plans,
75 00
Engineering,
8 72
Advertising,
13 69
Contract for steam heating,
1,237 00
Plans of steam heating,
35 34
Hack for committee,
4 75
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For City water service pipe,
28 67
Sewer and under-drains,
177 66
Grading lot,
238 74
Insurance,
64 00
Care of boiler,
72 86
Use of furnaces and labor,
14 81
Coal,
97 00
Resetting steam pipes,
3 25
Trenches for return pipes,
44 88
Connecting city water with boiler,
16 23
Concreting,
19 25
Clocks,
52 00
Labor putting together school-seats,
49 53
Window curtains,
35 00
Teachers' desks,
60 00
chairs,
15 50
Hardware,
4 29
School desks,
660 00
Extra work,
92 80
Travelling expenses,
3 34
Resetting fence,
25 32
$12,949 63
Of the above amount, the sum paid in 1885, was $7,025.54, and the balance the present year of $5,922.09. The school lot has been enlarged by taking 7,000 feet from the lot in the rear of the buildings, and is worth $700.00. Cost of brick $1,389.06.
SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL-HOUSE.
Amount of contract,
$9,700 00
For Plans,
75 00
City water, service pipe,
15 78
Engineering and advertising,
21 44
Sewer,
100 00
Steam heating contract,
1,253 00
Plans of steam heating,
33 33
Hack for committee,
2 50
Travelling expenses,
3 33
Safety plug, boiler,
1 67
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SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
For Insurance,
64 00
Grading lot,
314 37
Use of furnaces and labor,
7 22
Coal,
98 00
Care of boiler,
60 37
Trenches for steam pipes,
41 85
Connecting water pipes with boiler,
12 25
Labor on school seats,
52 32
School seats,
660 00
Curtains and clocks,
48 00
Teachers' desks and chairs,
75 00
Concrete walks,
30 70
-- $12,670 13
For extra brick and stone work, making the basement two feet higher,
$421 18
Extra carpenter labor,
93 50
Fencing lot,
293 32
$808 00
Total,
$13,478 13
Cost of land $2,400.00. Cost of brick $1,423.55.
Of the above amount $6,699.23 was paid in 1885, and the balance $6,778.90, the present year.
BLOOMINGDALE SCHOOL-HOUSE.
Amount of contract,
$3,473 00
Plans,
45 00
Engineering and advertising,
9 70
Sewer,
44 85
Insurance,
48 75
School desks and furniture,
396 20
Curtains,
32 28
Heating apparatus,
219 54
Service pipe, Worcester water works,
24 15
Grading,
142 98
Extra work, outbuildings,
145 00
Hack for committee,
1 33
Eave troughs,
30 24
$4,613 02
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GREENDALE SCHOOL-HOUSE.
Amount paid contract,
$1,867 00
For plans,
30 00
Engineering,
14 90
Curtains,
14 00
Advertising,
2 50
School desks and furniture,
181 76
Extra work, outbuildings,
145 10
Insurance,
27 30
Grading,
20 00
Hack for committee,
1 33
Land,
300 00
Total,
$2,598 89
NEW LEDGE-STREET SCHOOL-HOUSE.
Owing to several changes from the original plans, caused by the adoption of the Ruttan-Smead Heating and Ventilating System, and other causes, the house is in an unfinished state at this time, with a probability that it will be completed, ready for occupancy, about March 1st.
The cost to date has been as follows : -
Paid on account of contract,
$6,782 58
For extra work,
392 50
Brick,
2,075 77
On contract for heating,
1,083 75
Plans,
170 00
Tracings of plans,
5 00
Engineering,
29 11
Grading and trucking,
46 75
Service pipe, Worcester water works,
6 77
Advertising,
5 00
Snow guards,
48 30
Eave troughs,
41 16
Hack for committee,
1 34
Land,
2,700 00
Total,
$13,388 03
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SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
REPAIRS OF SCHOOL-HOUSES.
It has been the policy to keep the school buildings in good repair and not to allow them to deteriorate more than the wear from daily use. There has been added the present year five new school-buildings containing nineteen additional school-rooms, of which there has been occupied fourteen rooms, and the school at Trowbridgeville has been discontinued, as has the old school- house at Bloomingdale, and there are unoccupied school-rooms, one in Dix, one in Lamartine, one in Valley Falls, one at North- ville, one at New Worcester, and there is a room hired at James- ville. The amount expended for repairs of all kinds has been as follows : -
For extraordinary repairs-
Putting in new windows in Belmont-street roof for addi- tional light,
$329 97
For fire escape at South Worcester school-house,
155 00
For fire escape at Quinsigamond school-house,
155 00
$639 97
For ordinary repairs-
There has been expended,
$7,788 35
As follows :-
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