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1.50
J. L. Flemming, repairing tools 1.70
A. S. Bailey, repairing tools.
13.75
Geo. L. Pratt, repairing tools.
3.05
Jos. P. Mercier, repairing watering cart
100.48
Town of West Springfield, repair Mit- tineague Bridge. 114.50
Cordner & Montague, rebuilding Whit- man Bridge.
1,209.60
E. N. & R. E. Spaulding, building culvert. 590.00
$13,839.57
EXPENDED ON
Shoemaker Lane and South Street $744.38
Meadow Street 2,978.58
Suffield Street. 722.29
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Springfield Street near Agawam Bridge. $1,847.73
Steam roller .. 1,000.00
Whitman Bridge.
1,209.60
General repairs
5,336.99
$13,839.57
MONEY AVAILABLE.
Unexpended balance Jan. 31, 1911
$605.89
Appropriation, Meadow Street
1,200.00
Appropriation, Shoemaker Lane and South Street.
800.00
Suffield Street
600.00
Steam roller
500.00
General repairs.
1,000.00
Springfield Street Railway Co., excise tax
2,732.47
Springfield Street Railway Co., corpora- tion tax
5,509.65
Received for use of steam roller
150.00
Received from sale of rock.
29.75
$13,127.76
FORESTRY DEPARTMENT.
PAYMENTS.
Care of Trees :----
S. B. Church, spraying machine
$955.85
Pay rolls. 347.25
E. M. Hitchcock, labor
58.79
E. A. Kellogg, labor .
2.50
Jas. F. Cleary, trees
4.50
J. W. Adams, trees
15.50
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H. C. Puffer Co., arsenate of lead $150.00
M. C. Hitchcock, supplies 7.00
Hisgen Bros., gasoline.
7.48
C. W. Atwood, printing. 3.25
$1,552.12
Forest Fires :-
H. L. Tower, labor
$4.35
F. J. Pomeroy, labor. 4.00
Bert Connor, labor
5.20
H. F. Flower, labor.
9.50
C. H. Wyman, labor
8.25
31.30
$1,583.42
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation.
$1,500.00
Received from sale of hand pump .. 15.00
Received for spraying trees on private land. 10.50
Received from State Highway Com- mission .
15.00
Reimbursed for forest fire
5.20
$1,545.70
STREET LIGHTS.
J. P. H. de Windt, Contractor
$2,509.67
United Electric Light Co .. 95.89
$2,605.56
Appropriation .
$3,200.00
Unexpended balance
$594.44
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
J. F. Wilson, rent
$60.00
J. F. Barry, wood. 3.50
J. P. H. de Windt, light. 13.00
C. W. Hegeman, supplies
1.75
J. A. Roy, supplies. 1.42
Revere Rubber Co., supplies .
114.50
$194.17
Appropriation
$200.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
PAYMENTS.
E. S. Connor
$604.00
W. F. Sullivan.
289.68
A. H. Rowley
19.25
Fred Larro
5.00
C. H. Wyman .
5.00
Alfred E. Rose .
4.00
Geo. B. Miller
2.08
Walter E. Allen.
12.00
Joshua Desforges, team.
3.00
Joshua Desforges, Jr., dragging river ..
4.00
$948.01
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Fines.
206.09
$1,206.09
$258.08
Unexpended balance.
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CARE AND REPAIR OF TOWN HALLS.
PAYMENTS.
A. Brissette, labor. $7.00
John McCleary & Son, slating.
188.94
J. P. H. de Windt, lights. 99.50
C. W. Smith, repairs. 14.35
United Electric Light Co., repairs.
1.35
Springfield Gas Light Co ..
3.56
Agawam Water department
7.00
C. W. Hastings, supplies.
3.38
W. C. Campbell, janitor
27.00
W. C. Campbell, repairs
3.75
C. H. Wood, janitor.
16.00
C. H. Wood, repairs.
6.36
$378.19
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$300.00
Received for rent .
79.00
$379.00
STATE AND MILITARY AID.
Emma C. Brown.
$60.00
William W. Hitchcock.
48.00
Emeline E. Hitchcock.
36.00
George F. Naughton
48.00
Ira F. Humason .
48.00
Alfred Woodworth.
72.00
Rollin C. Pomeroy
72.00
Augustus G. Demond
16.00
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David Woodworth.
$60.00
Hanora Woodworth 24.00
$484.00
Appropriation
$200.00
MEMORIAL DAY.
A. P. Loomis
$50.00
C. A. Barden 50.00
$100.00
Appropriation.
$100.00
SURETY BOND.
American Surety Co. of New York .. $60.00
Appropriation . $100.00
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Emerson Laboratory
$10.00
E. H. Guild 4.00
C. E. Smith, formaldehyde. 1.00
Formaldehyde Co., supplies .
12.00
Dr. J. W. Hastings, services
2.00
D. J. Collins, express and supplies
1.50
D. J. Collins, services. 34.50
J. H. Reed, services
12.75
$77.75
Appropriation
$100.00
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT.
Johnson's Bookstore, books
$17.25
A. H. Bartlett, tax bills 5.55
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Wakefield Daily Item, blanks. $0.45
Louise M. Taylor, copying valuation book. 15.00
F. L. Johnson, searching records. 12.00
Almon Jones, services .
90.25
R. M. Taylor, services. 105.75
H. P. Worden, services. 73.00
Appropriation
$400.00
TOWN OFFICE.
Loring & Axtell Co., printing check lists. $18.25
Springfield Printing & Binding Co.,
town reports. 196.06
Springfield Printing & Binding Co., printing ballots. 15.75
Springfield Printing & Binding Co., printing tally sheets. 18.50
Daily News Publishing Co., printing
13.45
A. H. Bartlett, printing . 3.45
Hobbs & Warren, blanks.
.84
J. H. Gifford, tags and badges.
12.75
R. H. Smith Mfg. Co., stamp
1.10
Johnson's Bookstore, supplies
1.65
C. T. Bagnall, blanks.
1.57
W. J. Eldred, binding
15.00
C. W. Hastings, supplies.
46.15
Geo. G. Ware, repairing typewriter
7.95
Raymond Finnigan, typewriting
2.70
New England Audit Co., auditing. 130.00
F. H. King, Auditor .
4.00
E. A. Trevallion, Auditor .
4.00
W. H. Granger, Sinking Fund Com- missioner . 12.00
$319.25
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H. E. Bodurtha, Moderator $5.00
Registrars of Voters.
108.00
Election Officers . 190.00
D. J. Collins, express, telephone, etc. 10.00
D. J. Collins, services as Selectman . 231.00
A. H. Brown, services as Selectman. 198.35
J. H. Reed, services as Selectman. 85.50
$1,333.02
Appropriation
$1,100.00
TOWN CLERK, TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR.
Judson W. Hastings $600.00
Appropriation . $600.00
CONTINGENCIES.
PAYMENTS.
Edwin Leonard, inspecting animals ....
$52.20
E. U. Leonard, sealer of weights and measures. 30.60
W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies. 11.90
Geo. A. Graves & Sons, lock.
1.50
Hobbs & Warren, liquor license blanks .. . 4.50
Springfield Printing & Binding Co., printing. 3.07
Daily News Publishing Co., printing By-laws 57.40
C. L. Goodhue, water 50.00
E. A. Kellogg, water. 50.00
Scott Adams, legal services
99.15
Returns of deaths 12.25
Returns of births 10.00
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J. W. Hastings, justice fees, postage, express. $11.11
J. W. Hastings, recording, indexing, and returning to Secretary of State vital statistics. 66.95
Appropriation .
$460.58
$600.00
INTEREST.
PAYMENTS.
Spencer Savings Bank. $200.00
Leicester Savings Bank. 400.00
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank .. 200.00
W. H. Granger, Sinking Fund Com- missioner 200.00
C. D. Parker & Co., anticipation of taxes loan .
53.55
Union Trust Co., anticipation of taxes loan . 38.41
Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, schoolhouse loan 80.00
$1,434.46
Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, water loan.
$400.00
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, water loan. 160.00
560.00
$1,994.46
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation .
$1,000.00
Interest on taxes
425.26
Interest on deposits
118.90
$1,544.16
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PAYMENTS ON LIABILITIES.
Springfield Institution for Savings. .... $4,000.00
Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, school- house loan . 1,000.00
Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, water loan . 1,000.00
$6,000.00
MEANS OF PAYMENTS ON LIABILITIES.
Income from liquor licenses. $2,025.00
From cash in Treasury, Jan. 31, 1911 .. . 3,975.00
$6,000.00
SINKING FUND.
W. H. Granger, Treasurer $1,000.00 Appropriation . $400.00
Money received from sale of Williams
place,
600.00
$1,000.00
LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Five notes payable at National Bank of the Commonwealth, Boston, June 1, 1914, 4 per cent. $25,000.00
One note to Springfield Institution for Sav- ings, payable July 8, 1912, 33/4 per cent. . 3,000.00 One note payable to Jose. Parker & Co., Boston, January 1, 1913 (schoolhouse loan) 1,000.00
$29,000.00
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Nine notes held by the Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, due $1,000 annually, Janu- ary 1, 1912-21 (water loan) . $9,000.00
Four notes held by the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, payable $1,000 annually, January 1, 1922-25 (water loan) 4,000.00
$13,000.00
Total debt, including water debt .... $42,000.00
ASSETS, FEBRUARY 1, 1912.
Cash in Treasury
$3,457.64
Due from Judson W. Hastings, Col-
lector, 1910. 1,212.62
Due from Judson W. Hastings, Col- lector, 1911. 7,887.10
State Treasurer, State and military aid . 394.00
Amount in Sinking Fund . 22,404.64
$35,356.00
Excess of assets over liabilities, not including water debt. $6,356.00
Excess of liabilities over assets, in- cluding water debt. $6,644.00
ALBERT H. BROWN, DANIEL J. COLLINS,
Selectmen of Agawam.
REPORT OF Sinking Fund Commissioners
Amount on deposit in :-
Springfield Five Cents Savings Bank. $160.64
Springfield Institution for Savings. 973.16
Westfield Savings Bank. 1,485.59
Suffield Savings Bank. 351.94
Palmer Savings Bank.
1,414.30
Monson Savings Bank.
1,428.11
Mechanics Savings Bank, Holyoke.
1,295.29
People's Savings Bank, Holyoke.
1,295.29
Dime Savings Bank, Hartford, Ct.
1,306.42
Ludlow Savings Bank. 1,243.30
Hampden Savings Bank. 1,014.75
Amherst Savings Bank.
1,206.98
Ware Savings Bank.
1,171.62
Chicopee Falls Savings Bank.
1,115.08
Easthampton Savings Bank 442.17
Note, Town of Agawam
5,000.00
Loan on real estate. 500.00
Cash. 1,000.00
$22,404.64
W. H. GRANGER,
Treasurer.
Trust Funds
JUDSON W. HASTINGS, Treasurer.
THE WHITING STREET FUND.
Dr.
To amount in Treasury, February 1, 1911 .. $371.75 To income from fund 297.10
$668.85
Cr.
By aid to six families.
$119.00
By balance in Treasury, February 1, 1912. 549.85
$668.85
THE DESIRE A. PYNE FUND.
Dr.
To amount of legacy. $2,000.00
To balance in Treasury, February 1, 1911 165.14
To income from fund.
80.80
$2,245.94
Cr.
By aid rendered. $23.00
By unexpended income, February 1, 1912. 222.94
By amount of legacy
2,000.00
$2,245.94
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OLD CEMETERY, FEEDING HILLS, FUND.
Dr
To amount of fund $300.00
To income. 12.12
$312.12
Cr.
By payment to Edwin Leonard 12.12
By amount of fund 300.00
$312.12
THE MARY A. PHELON SCHOOL FUND.
Dr
To amount of legacy . $4,017.21
To unexpended income, February 1, 1911 640.91
To income from fund 194.80 - $4,852.92
Cr.
By amount paid for transportation, supplies,
and expenses.
$217.26
By unexpended balance, February 1, 1912. . 618.45
By amount of legacy 4,017.21
$4,852.92
THE MARY A. PHELON LIBRARY FUND.
Dr.
To amount of fund.
$500.00
To income.
20.20
$520.20
Cr.
By payment into Town Treasury.
$20.20
By amount of fund.
500.00
$520.20
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REPORT OF THE Board of Water Commissioners
AVAILABLE FUNDS.
Received from water rents $1,523.07
Received from connections, etc ..
112.48
Appropriation for payment of note. 1,000.00
$2,635.55
EXPENDITURES.
Durkee, White & Towne, profile of pipe line. . $10.45
Town of West Springfield, water rent. . .
561.10
Town of West Springfield, supplies. . . City of Springfield, repairs on tapping machine 2.48
11.70
N. E. Plumbing Supply Co., supplies 52.11
H. Mueller Mfg. Co., supplies.
29.69
National Meter Co., meters and repairs.
158.00
Geo. A. Graves & Sons, supplies
1.50
Stanislaus Albeghini, pipe.
4.80
Pay rolls, labor.
206.40
H. E. Bodurtha. reading meters and clerical work.
25.00
Interest account
560.00
Note of construction 1.000.00
-
$2,623.23
Balance
$12.32
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SPECIAL WATER COMMITTEE.
Expenses of Committee. $17.27
G. E. Montague, driving wells and supplies 68.73
R. E. Spaulding, engineering 214.00
$300.00
Appropriation $300.00
HENRY E. BODURTHA, DENNIS M. CROWLEY, EDWARD A. KELLOGG,
Commissioners.
Report of the Tree and Forest Warden
SPRAYING FOR ELM LEAF BEETLE.
For the first time our elm shade trees were sprayed as they should be and I think results fully justified the expense of our new power spraying machine. Our 800 elm trees were sprayed at a cost of fifty cents per tree and as an experiment about 200 of them were sprayed twice, which we found was a great improvement over one spraying. In 1910 the cost of spraying 600 trees was over one dollar per tree and the leaves being quite badly eaten, especially the last week or ten days, the work was of no particular value to the trees except in killing a few beetles after the damage was done.
I earnestly advise two sprayings, one about May 20 and again June 10, for which an appropriation of $600.00 should be made.
OTHER INJURIOUS INSECTS. MAPLE LEAF GIRDLER.
The Maple Leaf Girdler was quite active last May, causing quite a dropping of foliage of maple trees, but I do not appre- hend any great damage from them another spring. If bad, arse- nate of lead, 1 to 10, will kill them.
WHITE BIRCH SKELETONIZER.
This is a leaf-eating insect and usually appears once in a term of five or six years, doing no particular damage except a slight weakening of the tree and disfiguring its beauty as a
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shade or ornamental tree. Remedy: spray with arsenate of lead, 1 to 10.
COTTONY MAPLE SCALE.
This scale, although being more or less active for several years, has not, until the season of 1911, proved dangerous to shade trees and then on account of the very dry season when propagating. A heavy rain seems to be very detrimental to the young scale.
The killing of this scale (like the San José scale) is a very different proposition from killing leaf-eating insects; for a few trees whale-oil soap, 1 to 15, put on thoroughly with a white- wash or paint brush will answer, but for a number of large trees use lime-sulphur solution, 1 to 8, or any of the prepared commercial oils, 1 to 12.
Spray, when trees are dormant, from four sides to cover every part thoroughly and if possible use 200 pounds pressure at the nozzle, certainly not less than 100 pounds.
I am hoping that the heavy rain of last fall and the extreme cold this winter will check this scale, thereby making it unnec- essary to spray our maple trees.
BROWN TAIL MOTH.
Although this moth has not been found in this town, yet it is surely coming and that very soon.
I would earnestly advise every landowner to watch his trees (especially fruit trees) closely and if any nests are found clip them off and burn them. The nests are very easily recognized and if destroyed it will check their ravages for several years. After that spraying will have to be resorted to.
CHESTNUT BARK DISEASE.
Although this fungous disease of chestnut trees is not very serious now, yet it is well to be prepared; it is known by the
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leaves turning yellow in midsummer, usually first on some small branch.
The only known remedy at present is to cut off the affected limb and burn, or, if on the trunk, cut out the affected part and treat the wound with some of the many disinfecting compounds or cut the whole tree and burn.
TREE TRIMMING.
We have removed several large trees but have done no trim- ming except what was absolutely necessary.
I have a number of applications for the removal of large, dangerous trees which should be cut this season and also a lot of other necessary work which we had to leave undone last season. For this purpose I would recommend an appropriation of $200.00.
TREE PLANTING.
We have planted 75 new trees, mostly where old trees were removed or had died.
There seems to be a strong sentiment in the town to have more tree planting done. This will of course require a larger appropriation.
EXPENDITURES TO JANUARY 1, 1912.
Spraying machine and equipment.
$955.85
Freight on spraying machine. 11.14
Insurance on sprayer. . 6.00
Spraying, labor, and supplies
400.00
Other labor on trees. 140.23
Trees purchased for planting
17.00
$1,530.22
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CR.
State and private work.
$25.75
$1.504.47
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Sale of old pump
15.00
$1,515.00
Forest fires, no appropriation.
$53.20
EDWIN M. HITCHCOCK,
Tree and Forest Warden.
REPORT OF THE Sealer of Weights and Measures
To the Selectmen of Agawam.
GENTLEMEN :- This is my fourth and last report, and in making it I thank you for all the help you have given me.
All coal weighed was found correct.
Articles in store or transit weighed.
310
Calls made. 128
SEALED. CONDEMNED.
Platform scales over 5,000 1bs.
2
1
Platform scales under 5,000 1bs.
11
1
All other scales.
24
Weights 65
Dry measures
22
3
Liquid measures.
6
1
Oil pumps. 3
Respectfully,
EDWIN U. LEONARD, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
February 1, 1912.
Report of Library Trustees
EXPENSES.
H. R. Huntting Co., books $177.04
Johnson's Bookstore, books. 144.39
Houghton Mifflin Co., books 17.50
G. & C. Merriam Co., books 18.00
King-Richardson Co., books. 5.25
J. D. Plummer, books 30.00
Walter Rice, book.
1.00
O. L. Allen, contractor, lights
15.88
M. J. Mecum, labor
11.68
E. A. Kellogg, water
9.00
J. F. Barry, wood.
3.50
W. J. O'Connor, coal. 33.75
F. P. Halladay, annuity
120.00
S. N. Smith, librarian
65.00
Ralph Perry, librarian
55.00
Julia Tower, librarian.
20.00
W. C. Campbell, janitor.
10.00
$736.99
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation.
$200.00
Receipts from rent.
135.56
Receipts from dog fines
18.00
Income, Phelon fund
20.20
Income, dog fund. .
479.00
Unexpended balance, January 31, 1911.
387.16
$1,239.92
Unexpended balance $502.93
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BOOKS.
Number at Agawam 2,950
Number at Feeding Hills.
3,255
Number at Mittineague.
577
BORROWERS.
Number at Agawam 201
Number at Feeding Hills.
231
Number at Mittineague
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CIRCULATION.
Agawam 4,030
Feeding Hills.
920
Mittineague
536
LIBRARIANS.
Agawam. . Ralph Perry
Feeding Hills. S. Newell Smith
Mittineague. Julia Tower
S. NEWELL SMITH, RALPH PERRY, HENRY L. TOWER,
Trustees.
SCHOOL REPORTS
Agawam Public Schools
ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL BOARD
FRED. A. WORTHINGTON, Chairman. . Term expires 1913. Post office address, Agawam, Mass.
CLARENCE H. GRANGER, Secretary .... Term expires 1914. Post office address, Feeding Hills, Mass.
J. ARSENE ROY, Purchasing Agent ...... Term expires 1912. Post office address, Mittineague, Mass.
Superintendent of Schools
WALTER E. GUSHEE. Post office address, Ludlow, Mass.
Regular meetings of the Committee are held at 7.30 p. m. on the second Tuesday of each month.
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1912-13
School year, 37 weeks.
Fall term, September 3 to December 20. 16 weeks. Holidays, Thanksgiving and day following.
Winter term, January 6 to March 7 9 weeks.
Spring term, March 24 to June 13.
12 weeks
Holiday, May 30.
The Superintendent of Schools will be at the
Grammar School Building at Agawam Center, Mondays, from 10:30 a. m. to 12 m.
Grammar School Building at Feeding Hills, Mondays from 2: 30 to 3: 30 p. m. Grammar School Building at Mittineague, Tuesdays, from 2: 30 to 3:30 p. m.
Report of School Committee
To the Citizens of Agawam :-
The crowded condition of our schools as reported last year has been intensified this year, particularly at Agawam Center and at Feeding Hills Center. Soon after the opening of the schools in the fall your Committee very reluctantly felt obliged to make a rule, the effect of which was that when there was not sufficient room, children that would not become seven years of age during the school year were refused admission, commencing with the youngest. This year the rule affected particularly the Primary School at Feeding Hills, and some parents very naturally were disappointed that their chil- dren five years of age were not permitted to attend school. Later, after some children had left school, there was made a place for all, but there are still more in the room than one teacher should have when the pupils are divided into three grades, and one of these grades in three divisions. There are also more pupils in the intermediate rooms at Agawam Center and Feeding Hills Center than can be taken care of to the best advantage.
Besides this some are being transported to Mittineague, but there is no room to spare in the intermediate and primary rooms at Mittineague, and we advise that more room be pro- vided at once at Agawam Center and at Feeding Hills Center. In this way we can obtain the needed room, and at the same time have a better system of grading, which should give better results. Last year we suggested three different ways by which our overcrowded schools could be relieved, and the town appointed a committee of seven men, including the School Board, to consider the whole matter. This Committee met sev-
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eral times during the year, and will report the result of this investigation, and present plans and estimates at the annual town meeting.
At the opening of the fall term a course in drawing that com- plies with the law was introduced into our schools. By unit- ing with the Town of Ludlow we have been able to secure the services of Miss Jessie C. Morse as supervisor of drawing, and feel sure that satisfactory work in drawing is now being done in our schools. Miss Morse gives two and one half days of her time each week to Agawam, and the same to Ludlow.
During the past year the amount appropriated for repairs to the heating plant at Feeding Hills has been expended with good results. The West Street building has been painted inside and various small repairs made to other buildings and equip- ment. There is urgent need of repairs to the Suffield Street School. The roof should be shingled or slated, and the ceiling plastered and tinted. This schoolroom is always hard to keep warm, but a tight ceiling and roof may help.
At a special town meeting the town went on record as favor- ing the payment of $50.00 per year towards the tuition of such high school pupils as desired to attend a high school in Spring- field, and accordingly your Committee have made arrangements with the Springfield School Board whereby they will take such pupils as are qualified, and charge the Town of Agawam at the rate of $50.00 per school year for each pupil, providing the par- ents pay the balance promptly. At present we are sending eleven high school pupils to Springfield, and forty-three to West Springfield.
There is now another kind of school to which we are obliged by law to pay tuition of all who are qualified, and obtain the approval of the State Board of Education, the State reimburs- ing one half of the expense. This is the Vocational School, and there are now three pupils from Agawam who attend the Springfield Vocational School, and the net cost to this town will be at the rate of $50.00 per year for each pupil.
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We believe that we have an excellent force of teachers, who are doing good work under the efficient supervision of our Superintendent. We ask you to give careful attention to the accompanying report of the Superintendent.
We call your attention to the financial statement accompany- ing this report, where you will find in detail the expenses of the school department. By strict economy we have been able to keep within the appropriation.
For the coming year we are obliged to ask for a somewhat larger appropriation, as we expect to be obliged to open two more rooms in the fall, and there will be extra expense on account of tuition to be paid for children who go to the Voca- tional School, and in all probability a larger bill for high school tuition. Some more, too, should be laid out for repairs than was expended last year. We ask for a general appropriation of $13,700 for all school purposes, based on the following esti- mates :-
Schools, superintendence, and supplies. $9,850
High School tuition.
2,600
Vocational School tuition 150
Transportation 600
Repairs. 400
Medical inspection 100
$13,700
FRED. A. WORTHINGTON, CLARENCE H. GRANGER, J. ARSENE ROY,
Committee.
Financial Statement of Schools
GENERAL EXPENSES.
W. E. Gushee, Superintendent. $631.56
C. H. Granger, School Committee. 50.00
J. A. Roy, School Committee. 55.00
F. A. Worthington, School Committee 50.00
Monroe Hayward, Truant Officer
2.50
C. H. Wood, Truant Officer
1.00
W. E. Gushee, expenses and supplies. 10.67
C. H. Granger, expenses and supplies. .
2.10
F. A. Worthington, expenses and supplies. . 1.40
Charles R. Fitzgerald, taking school census. . 5.00
C. H. Granger, taking school census. 5.00
Melville Duclos, taking school census. 5.00
$819.23
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
Caroline W. Chaffin, Supervisor of Music .. $234.96 Jessie C. Morse, Supervisor of Drawing. . 173.09
Bertha E. Appleton, teaching 35 weeks. 525.00
Emma L. Dee, teaching 37 weeks. 449.40
Fannie E. Mason, teaching 37 weeks
444.00
Hyacinth E. Roy, teaching 37 weeks
379.50
Mary L. Powers, teaching 18 weeks.
189.00
Linda M. Shipman, teaching 19 weeks 190.00
Ruby Munsing, teaching 1 4-5 weeks. 21.60
Dora M. Turner, teaching 37 weeks 444.00
Jennie M. Lucas, teaching 37 weeks. 444.00
Katherine A. Coughlin, teaching 37 weeks .. 444.00
80
Mae Ferris, teaching 37 weeks .. 432.50
Anna M. Sullivan, teaching 37 weeks. 444.00
Katherine G. Danahy, teaching 37 weeks. 555.00
Annie W. Richards, teaching 37 weeks. 555.00
Katherine J. Keenan, teaching 37 weeks. 407.00
Faolin M. Peirce, teaching 37 weeks. 416.50
Nina M. Kingsley, teaching 18 weeks. 198.00
Theresa L. Custer, teaching 19 weeks 190.00
$7,136.55
TEXT-BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Silver, Burdett & Co .. $41.70
Edward E. Baab & Co.,. 140.61
Meekins, Packard & Wheat. 6.00
Ginn & Co ..
41.80
G. & C. Merriam Co.
36.00
Milton Bradley Co ..
143.73
J. L. Hammett & Co.
26.41
D. C. Heath & Co.
11.42
Frederick Brown. . 4.50
A. C. Barnes & Co.
17.90
Rand, McNally & Co. 40.00
A. H. Bartlett. 61.10
American Book Co.
6.76
Springfield News Co.
37.15
E. W. A. Rowles
2.20
Gaylard Bros.
75
Forbes & Wallace
4.00
$622.03
HIGH SCHOOL TUITION.
Town of West Springfield.
$2,218.75
City of Springfield.
155.00
$2,373.75
81
TRANSPORTATION.
Springfield Street Railway Co., car tickets .. $42.00
M. L. Ahl, transporting children. 80.80
Fred Dudley, transporting children 32.25
D. E. Bailey, transporting children. 72.00
M. L. Ahl, repairs on school wagon. 12.55
Wm. E. Schmautz, transporting children. .
63.50
Harry W. Noble, transporting children. 61.25
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