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Kingsbury, Frederick J., Water- bury, Conn., Knudsen, C. W., South Norwalk, Conn .. 1
1 Mercantile Library Association, New York City,
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Harvard University, Cambridge, Hawley, Goodrich & Co., Hart- ford, Conn.,
Heinzle, F., Woodstock College, Md., Heywood, John H., Melrose, Hickcox, John H., Washington, D. C.,
Highland Military Academy, Worcester,
Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio,
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Holmes, Howard M., Lansing, Mich.,
Home Knowledge Association, New York City,
1 Massachusetts, Board of Luna- cy and Charity,
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1 1 Secretary of the Common- wealth, 18
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1 State Lunatic Hospital, Wor- cester, 1 State Normal School, Worces- ter,
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1 11 3 State Library, State Lunatic Hospital, North- ampton,
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Johns Hopkins University, Bal- timore, Md.,
Massachusetts Lord Acoustic Telephone Company, Mathews, Robert, Rochester, N. Y.,
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1 Mechanics' Institute of San Francisco, 2 Mercantile Library, New York City,
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Hartford Steam Boiler Inspec- tion and Insurance Co.,
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DONORS.
Books.
Pamphlets
DONORS.
Books.
Pamphlets
Mercantile Library Association, San Francisco, Cal.,
Mercantile Library Company, Philadelphia, Pa.,
Mercantile Library · of Phila- delphia,
Michigan, State Board of Health, Middlesex Mechanics' Associa- tion, Lowell,
Milwaukee, Wis., Public Li- brary,
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minn.,
Missouri, Commissioner Labor Statistics and Inspection, Mitchell Library, Glasgow, Scot- land,
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Perry, Amos, Providence, R. I.,
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1 Peterson, Ellis, Boston,
1 Phillips Exeter Academy, Ex- 1 eter, N. H.,
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Pickering, John, Family of the late,
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00 Plymouth, England, Free Pub- lic Library,
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Pott, James & Co., New York City,
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1 Pratt, Charles, New York City, Providence Athenæum, Provi- dence, R. I.,
1 3 Providence Public Library,
Providence & Worcester Rail- road Co.,
Putnam, F. W., Cambridge,
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Redwood Library and Athe- næum, Newport, R. I.,
2 Reynolds Library.
N. Y. Rochester, Rice, Franklin P.,
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New York Free Circulating Li- brary, New York City,
Newport Historical Society, Newport, R. I., Newton Free Library,
North Brookfield Free Public Library,
North Brookfield, Town Histo- ry Committee, 1
Northboro Free Library,
Norwegian Society, Worcester, 65 Norwich Free Academy, Nor- wich, Conn., 1
Omaha Board of Trade, Omaha, Neb.,
Omaha, Neb., Public Library,
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1 Oswell, O. N., Cambridge, Paterson, N. J., Free Public 1 Library,
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Pawtucket, R. I., Free Public Library,
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11 Peabody Institute, Danvers,
Peabody Museum of American Archæology and Ethnolo- gy, Cambridge,
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5 Perkins, Frederic B., San Fran- cisco, Cal., 1 newspaper,
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1 Perkins Institution and Massa- chusetts School for the Blind, 59 1
Moore, George H., Boston, Morse Institute, Natick,
Museum of Comparative Zo- ölogy, through Alexander Agassiz, Cambridge,
National Association of Wool Manufacturers, Boston, 1
National Council of the Congre- gational Churches, Secre- tary of, 2
National Prison Association of the United States, 1
Nevins Memorial Library, Methuen, 2 New Bedford Free Public Li- brary,
New Haven Free Public Li- brary,
New York, Commissioners of the State Reservation at Niagara,
New York, State Library, .
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Richmond, Surrey. Free Public Library,
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Royal Society of Canada, Mon- treal, Canada,
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2 Russell, A. U., Lancaster,
1 St. Louis, Mo., Public Library, St. Paul Chamber of Commerce,
2 St. Paul, Minn., Public Library, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Mani- toba Railway Company,
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1 Salisbury, Stephen,
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Samuel, L., Portland, Oregon, Sawin, James M., Providence, R. I.,
Sawyer Free Library, Gloucester, 1 2
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2 Rice, W. W., M. C ..
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FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
DONORS.
Books.
Pamphlets
DONORS.
Books.
Pamphlets
Schoolmasters' Club of Worces- ter, Sheffield Scientific School of Yale College, New Haven, Conn.,
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Uxbridge Free Public Library, Ward's Natural Science Estab- lishment, Rochester, N. Y., Ware, William R., Boston,
1 Ware Brothers, Philadelphia, Pa.,
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Silas Bronson Library, Water- bury, Conn.,
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Smithsonian Institution, Wash- ington, D. C.,
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Southbridge Town Officers, Southworth, George C. S., Gambier, Ohio,
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Wharton, Francis, Washington, D. C.,
Spelling Reform Association, New York City,
Sprague, Homer B., San Fran- cisco., Cal.,
Springfield City Library Asso- ciation,
1 Winsor, Justin, Cambridge,
1 Woburn, Public Library, Wood, Mrs. Sarah B., Chicago, Ill.,
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1 Worcester (Eng.) Herald, Pub- lishers of, 1 newspaper.
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Sutro, Theodore, New York City, Swansea, Wales, Public Library, Taunton, Public Library,
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Worcester, City Council, City Engineer,
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Tedder, Henry R., London, Eng., Thayer, Eli, 1 sheet.
Thayer Academy, Braintree,
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Thompson, Eben Francis,
1 Worcester County Musical
Tilley, R. H., Newport, R. I.,
1 Association,
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Toledo, Ohio, Public Library, Toronto Public Library, Toron- to, Canada,
1 Worcester District Medical So- ciety,
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Trübner & Co., London, Eng., 2
United States, Bureau of Edu- cation, 2 1
Department of State,
Department of War, 14 maps, 3
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7 Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn.,
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Department of the Treasury, 3 circulars,
Library of Congress,
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1 Young Men's Library Associa- tion, Cincinnati, O.
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University of California, Berke- ley, Cal., 1
438 574
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1 Willis, Henry, Worcester, Eng., 1 newspaper.
1 Winslow, John, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1 sheet,
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Stevens, B. F., London, Eng., Stimson, Henry A., St. Louis, Mo.,
Stone, J. B., Boonton, N. J., Sturgis, Mrs. Henry, Boston, 1 folded sheet.
2 City Hospital, · Superintendent of Schools, 1
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1 Worcester Fire Society, Worcester Polytechnic tute,
Insti-
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3 Worcester Society of Antiquity, 26 Yale University, New Haven, Conn.,
Department of the Interior,
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1 Young Men's Christian Asso- 1 ciation, Meriden, Conn., Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation, New York City,
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Life Saving Service, Naval Academy, Ordnance Department,
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1 Watertown Free Public Li- brary,
Simms, Joseph, New York City, Smith, Henry M.,
4 Wayland, Francis, New Haven, Conn., Welsh, Herbert, Philadelphia, Pa.,
1 Wesby, J. S. & Sons,
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Department of the Navy,
1 Worcester Academy,
1 Worcester County Horticultu- 1 ral Society,
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY.
To the Board of Directors of the Free Public Library :
The Library Committee has met once a month during the past year and at its meetings has attended to the business which it is usually called upon to transact.
It is unnecessary, however, to give here a detailed account of the work done by the Committee as that has been fully described in the exhaustive report of the Librarian.
The Committee requests the City Government to make an appropriation for buying books for the use of teachers, scholars and other residents of Worcester, the coming year similar in amount to the sum spent last year.
In the last report the Committee stated that there was an imperative need of additional accommodations. The statement should now be emphasized that provision for the growth of the library and its other pressing needs ought to be made without any further delay.
JONAS G. CLARK. JAMES E. ESTABROOK. F. A. GASKILL. E. H. RUSSELL.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE READING-ROOM.
To the Board of Directors of the Free Public Library :
The Committee on the Reading-room is impressed by the convictions that much more room in the aggregate is needed by persons who frequent the upper reading-room, and that it is very important that such accommodations should be provided here as will allow of the classification of readers and of bringing together in separate rooms of persons of similar age and pur- poses.
When added space is provided great care should be taken to have the new rooms well lighted and ventilated, and so fin- ished and furnished as to make them pleasant to sit in. It has been the aim of the Committee during the last year, as always, to supply the wants of citizens as well as the funds at its dis- posal and the circumscribed nature of the upper reading-room would allow.
Added to this report is a list of gifts and the Committee grate- fully acknowledges the kindness of its friends which it shows ; there have been during the year continued and fresh manifesta- tions of that kindness.
GEORGE SWAN, JOHN O. MARBLE, M. H. HARRIS,
Committee on
Reading-room.
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PERIODICALS AND PAPERS ADDED TO OUR LIST DURING THE YEAR.
Amateur photographer, The. Harvard monthly, The. + Musical items. Philatelic journal of America, The.
Railroad and engineering journal, The. Scottish review, The.
Scribner's magazine.
Weekly bulletin (San Francisco). -
PERIODICALS DISCONTINUED DURING THE YEAR.
+ British quarterly review.
+ Engineering Era. + State, The. -
+ Van Nostrand's eclectic engineering magazine. Weekly alta, California.
GIFTS TO THE READING-ROOM.
American, The,
Publishers.
American gas light journal,
American missionary, The,
Amerikanische Turnzeitung,
American machinist,
Proprietors of the Spy.
Baptist missionary magazine,
Berrow's Worcester journal,
F. A. Gaskill. Charles H. Birbeck.
Bulletin of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers,
Association.
Christian leader, The, Christian register, The,
Universalist Publishing House. American Unitarian Association.
Churchman, The,
Jessie E. Tyler.
* Congregationalist, The,
Henry A. Stimson.
Congressional record,
W. W. Rice.
Le Courrier de Worcester,
Donahoe's magazine,
Thomas J. Conaty.
Publishers.
Publishers.
Fitchburg weekly sentinel,
Sentinel Printing Co.
Home missionary, The,
Publishers.
Journal of American orthoepy, The, *Lend a hand, Locomotive, The, Maine farmer,
Publishers. Stephen Salisbury. J. L. Smith,
Proprietors of the Spy.
Massachusetts ploughman,
Proprietors of the Spy.
Messenger, The,
Publishers.
Jessie E. Tyler. Anonymous.
Publishers.
Publishers.
Publishers.
Proprietors of the Spy.
Missionary herald, The, Musical herald,
Musical times,
New England farmer,
Mid-Weekly, The, *Million, The,
Publishers.
Engineering, Evesham journal,
P. W. S. Canfield.
Audubon magazine, The,
G. Warren Dresser, Editor. American Missionary Association. Publishers.
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FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
New England Staaten Zeitung, Official gazette of the U. S. Patent Office, Open court, The, Our dumb animals, *Philanthropist, The, Public ledger, Signs of the times, The, Southern workman, The, Sunday herald, The, Le Travailleur, Tuftonian, The, *Union signal, The, Unitarian review, The, Unity, Universalist quarterly, Voice, The,
Watchman, The,
Woman's journal, The, Worcester daily spy, Worcester daily times, Worcester evening gazette, World's crisis, The, Zion's herald,
*Discontinued.
Publishers.
U. S. Patent Office. S. S. Green. Publishers. Mrs. E. E. Foster.
George W. Childs, Proprietor.
Eliza Thayer. Mrs. P. S. L. Canfield. Anonymous. Publishers. Tufts College. James A. Norcross. American Unitarian Association. Anonymous. S. D. Harding. Funk & Wagnalls. Publishers.
Joseph A. Howland. Publishers. Publishers. Publishers.
Publishers.
Anonymous.
+Publication stopped.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE BUILDING.
To the Board of Directors of the Free Public Library :
The Committee on the Building submits the following report.
The foundation timbers of the building have been carefully examined and many of them have been replaced.
A girder, supported by pillars from the basement, has been thrown across the ceiling of the Medical Library-room from north to south in order to support the weight of books which it has been necessary to place in the French roof.
The sum of $185 has been spent in repairing the elevator. New radiators have been placed in the Green Library-room and one new radiator has been put in the working room of the Librarian.
A new room has been fitted up in the basement. After this room shall have been filled there will be no more room left in the building for the storage of the books bought for the Circulating Department of the library.
This and other weighty reasons make it evident that immediate attention should be given to the petition presented last year to the city government for the purchase of land and the putting up of a new building.
An item of $175 has been put into the estimates for the com- ing year for the purpose of having the Otis Governor attached to the elevator.
It is estimated that $500 is the smallest amount which can properly be asked for to meet the expenses of probable repairs and purchases of furniture and furnishings the coming year.
Sums have been put into the estimates to cover the ordinary expense for light, fuel and water.
THOMAS GRIFFIN.
H. H. MERRIAM.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.
To the Directors of the Free Public Library :-
The Finance Committee herewith submits statements re- specting the City appropriation and the Green Library Fund, covering the year ending November 30, 1887.
It appears that the present amount of the Green Library Fund is $42,531.76, an increase over the previous year of $519.76.
The bequest of Dr. Green was $30,000. This amount has been kept carefully invested, and in accordance with the testa- tor's will a quarter of the income of the fund has been every year added to the principal and also conservatively invested. It is mainly through the increase provided for as thus stated, that the fund has grown since Dr. Green's death by the amount of $12,531.76.
The amount of the City appropriation last year was $15,000; of the dog license money, $3,961.16 ; and of the money received from fines, the sale of books, catalogues, etc., $894.88. The total receipts for the year were thus $19,856.04. The expendi- tures, as appears from the detailed report of them, were in the whole amount $19,853.14, and $2.90 has been carried to the Sinking Fund.
The expenditures were wisely made.
The Committee herewith presents for your consideration its estimates of the sums of money that will be needed to meet the necessary expenditures of the coming year.
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It is made the duty of this committee to keep the books, furniture and building insured, as prescribed in the City ordi- nance ; $298.75 has been spent for this purpose the present year, and $96 will have to be paid out for insurance the coming year.
The Committee has made a careful examination of the securi- ties in which the Green Library Fund is invested. These are in the hands of the City Treasurer, William S. Barton, Esq. It has also examined Mr. Barton's accounts of receipts and dis- bursements, and has found them to be correct. It has examined the account of the Librarian and found it to be accurate.
The Finance Committee is convinced that the reasonable demands of the citizens of Worcester cannot be properly attend- ed to without the immediate purchase of a lot and the erection of a new building.
The late Judge Dewey, who at the time of his death was chairman of this Committee, examined, with another member of the Committee, the securities and accounts presented to the Committee for examination by the City Treasurer.
It was a very noticeable trait in Mr. Dewey that, while he was capable of managing the most important trusts and was a man of great mental capacity, he never neglected minor obliga- tions. He always kept in memory all the duties that should fall to him to perform, prepared for their performance and attended to them when the time came to attend to them ; doing the work devolving on him thoroughly, and never leaving any part of it undone.
As a member of this Committee, as well as in other positions, he was always punctual at meetings and quick, capable and sagacious in the discharge of the duties which membership in the Committee entailed upon him.
His loss is keenly felt here, as it is in every institution with which he has been connected.
JONAS G. CLARK. A. G. BULLOCK.
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FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. CITY APPROPRIATION.
Financial Statement for the Year ending Nov. 30, 1887.
RESOURCES.
City appropriation,
$15,000 00
Dog money,
3,961 16
Fines, sale of books, catalogues, etc.,
894 88
$19,856 04
EXPENDITURES.
Binding,
$981 85
Printing lists of additions,
163 59
Other printing and charging slips,
97 70
Freight, postage stamps, expressage and minor running expenses,
343 94
Paper for covering books and stationery,
143 21
Postal cards for notices to delinquents,
65 00
Cards for cataloguing,
25 35
Repairs, furniture, brushes, etc.,
1,644 49
Coal and wood,
305 18
Gas,
763 83
Water,
124 64
Salaries of assistants,
3,158 50
Salary of librarian,
2,958 33
Wages of janitor and messenger,
750 10
Additional library service,
1,392 94
Cataloguing,
6 00
Insurance,
298 75
Books for school purposes,
1,500 00
Other books,
4,629 74
Papers and periodicals (in addition to the amount of money spent from the income of the Reading- room fund), 500 00
$19,853 14
Balance to Sinking Fund,
2 90
$19,856 04
JONAS G. CLARK. A. G. BULLOCK.
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 42. STATEMENT OF THE GREEN LIBRARY FUND.
Nov. 30, 1887.
The income for the year ending November 30, 1887, is as follows :
Interest on notes secured by mortgage, $1,156 07
Dividends on bank stock,
394 50
Dividends on Savings Bank deposits,
473 04
Interest on bank deposits,
8 13
Bank tax, refunded by Commissioner,
47 32
$2,079 06
Of this income, there has been added to the fund one- fourth part, viz., $ 519 76
And to the book account three-fourths, viz.,
1,559 30
The following statements show the condition of the In- vestment and Book accounts as verified by the books and securities in the hands of the City Treasurer :
INVESTMENT ACCOUNT, VIZ. :
Nov. 30, 1886.
Nov. 30, 1887.
Notes secured by mortgages,
$22,751 00
$23,251 00
Bank stock, par value,
7,300 00
7,300 00
Savings Bank deposits,
11,961 00
11,980 76
Total,
$42,012 00
$42,531 76
BOOK ACCOUNT, VIZ. :
Balance, December 1, 1886,
$1,609 24
Three-fourths of annual income of fund,
1,559 30
Interest on bank deposits,
22 96
Total,
$3,191 50
Expended for books during the year,
1,945 97
Balance, November 30, 1887,
$1,245 53
RECAPITULATION.
Nov. 30, 1886.
Nov. 30, 1887.
Investment balances,
$42,012 00
$42 531 76
Book account balances,
1,609 24
1,245 53
$43,621 24
$43,777 29
JONAS G. CLARK. A. G. BULLOCK.
$2,079 06
REPORT OF THE TREASURER
OF THE
READING-ROOM FUND.
JAMES E. ESTABROOK, Treasurer, in account with the Reading-room Fund of the Free Public Library : -
DR.
Dec. 1, 1887.
Balance in Treasurer's hands, 1886,
$ 69 91
Money received from City, 500 00
Interest money in Savings Banks, 348 24
on Mortgage notes, 130 00
CR. $1,048 15
Dec. 1, 1887. Cash paid out for newspapers and periodi- cals, $835 94 Cash paid postage and stationery, 2 50
$838 44
$209 71
Balance in Treasurer's hands, The Reading-room Fund is invested as follows :- Money in Savings Bank, loaned on Mortgage,
$7,312 65
3,500 00
Total amount of fund, $10,812 65
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES E. ESTABROOK,
Treasurer.
Examined and approved.
JONAS G. CLARK. A. G. BULLOCK.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
WORCESTER, Jan. 23, 1888.
To the Honorable City Council :
GENTLEMEN :- In compliance with the City Ordinances, Chapter 48, Section 3, I have the honor to submit the following report of the amount expended for new buildings, land pur- chased and for the repairs of buildings for the year ending Nov. 30, 1887.
NEW BUILDINGS.
The new Ledge-street School-house, partially finished at the time of my last report, was not completed until April, 1887, and was occupied at the commencement of the Summer term, May 3. It is provided with the Ruttan-Smead Heating and Ventilating System and its operation has thus far given very satisfactory re- sults. The cost of the building has been as follows :-
Amount expended in 1886 :- For additional land,
$2,700 00
Upon Building,
10,688 03
Amount expended from Nov. 30, 1886, to Nov. 30, 1887, isas follows :-
$13,388 03
Balance of contract, D. W. Haskins,
$5,392 42
416 25
Heating,
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For School desks,
975 95
Teachers' desks and chairs,
130 50
Clocks,
72 00
Bank wall and steps, Water Street,
362 31
Grading lot,
281 60
Castings and labor,
8 72
Brick,
48 75
Coal,
82 64
Freight and cartage of seats,
10 73
Insurance,
68 00
Labor on seats and cleaning,
29 26
Hack for committee,
4 00
$7,879 13
Making the total cost of land and building,
$21,287 25
Cost of building exclusive of land,
$18,562 25
JAMESVILLE SCHOOL-HOUSE.
A new school building, built of wood, containing one large school room with a seating capacity for 70 pupils with large recitation room and ample cloak-rooms, has been built in the village of Jamesville, and was occupied for school purposes September 3, 1887.
The cost has been as follows :--
Amount paid for land,
$400 00
" Contract for building,
2,535 00
For School desks,
181 15
Grading,
145 10
Fencing lot,
365 40
Plans and specifications,
63 87
Engineering and advertising,
24 05
Insurance,
29 25
Hack for committee,
4 00
Total cost of land and building,
$3,747 82
" building exclusive of land,
$3,347 82
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SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
ADAMS SQUARE SCHOOL-HOUSE.
The Adams Square school-house, built of brick with brown- stone trimmings, contains four school-rooms, each 25x36, all hav- ing a southern exposure and provided with ample cloak-rooms. The building is heated and ventilated with the Ruttan-Smead system, and provided with the Smead dry closet system.
The excavations for foundations and grading were found to be much more difficult and expensive than was expected, and has added materially to the cost of the building.
The amount of the contract for the building was $9,493.00, the City furnishing the brick, doing the excavating, putting in the foundations, and doing the grading. The amount expended to date has been as follows :-
For Engineering,
$28 93
Advertising,
18 75
Plans,
305 00
Excavating,
1,672 96
Stone foundations,
546 28
Bricks, 165,800 @ $8,
1,326 40
Cleaning old brick, 40,000,
60 51
Hack for Committee,
2 00
Amount paid on contract,
6,734 80
Grading,
443 70
Laying bank wall,
56 97
Powder,
10 80
Trucking,
8 90
Amount paid on contract for heating,
750 00
Insurance,
94 50
Clocks,
20 00
Freight and cartage,
33 81
$12,114 31
NEW BARN-WATER DEPARTMENT.
A new brick barn has been built in the yard of the Water Department, Thomas street, with stalls for five horses, and box stall, harness room, carriage room, hay loft, etc.
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The expense has been as follows :--
For Stone foundations,
$319 78
84,800 brick @ 8.00, 676 00
Laying brick,
486 64
Stone thresholds and window sills,
98 00
Lumber,
446 33
Window frames and sash, door frames, and doors, 144 55
Gravel roof,
92 85
Galvanized Iron Company, gutters and conductors,
40 97
Railroad iron, angle iron, and truss rods,
17 04
Iron mangers and slate gutters, 19 45
Hardware,
42 24
Painting,
86 09
Carpenters' labor,
235 95
Total, $2,705 99
Building shed in yard, Thomas street,
100x27 feet, 480 52
Repairs of barn and house, Chamberlain Farm, Holden, 439 51
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
New floors have been put in a part of the basement of Library building, and all the available room fitted up with book- cases and shelves for books. The upper story floor, French- roof, has been strengthened by hard pine girders, supported by columns commencing in basement and continued to upper story. The outside of the building has been painted, new steam radiators have been put in the Green Library, and the elevator repaired.
The expense has been :--
For Carpenters' labor and lumber, $628 94
Mason work and stock, 71 40
Painting,
209 52
Repairs of elevator,
192 09
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
271
For Whitening,
5 00
New radiators, and repairs,
243 00
Miscellaneous repairs,
23 00
Total,
$1,372 95
CITY HOSPITAL ADDITION.
The new addition to the kitchen wing at City Hospital has pro- gressed as fast as could be reasonably expected, considering the time when commenced. The amount expended to date, Nov. 30, 1887, has been
For Advertising,
$23 10
Putting up batters,
4 61
Excavation, Highway Department,
500 80
Moving back bank wall and relaying the same,
401 61
Stone foundations,
685 76
Cinders and labor,
80 98
Amount paid on contract,
1,687 31
Total,
$3,677 18
NEW KNOWLES WARD.
This ward, in process of construction, is built under the direc- tion of the Trustees of the City Hospital, and at their request under my superintendence.
There has been expended to date, on contract, $9,553 60 For Advertising and engineering, 34 00
Plans,
200 00
325 51
Alteration of steam pipes, 66 ventilating pipes,
348 40
Mason repairs,
145 25
Total,
$10,606 76
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FIRE DEPARTMENT BUILDINGS.
The several Engine and Hose houses are in good condition, the principal wants being the rebuilding of the retaining wall in the rear of the John-street house, new fences around the lot of Hose 7, Lamartine street, and the lot of Hose 3, Cambridge street, with the usual amount of painting. There has been expended under my superintendence the following items :-
For Grading Woodland street,
$3 80
Gutters and conductors, 56 98
One-half cost of bank wall and fence. 71 18
New doors and frames, Hose 4, 83 32
New gutter and repair of slate, Hose 1, 85 10
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