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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Hard and conscientious work is being done by pupils and teach- ers in the High School. The standard of scholarship is high and the results along classical lines excellent. Last June twenty took examinations, both preliminary and final for Harvard and Rad- cliffe Colleges and for the Institute of Technology, and there were no failures and very few who did not pass every subject taken. There were thirteen honors received.
In September, a broadening of the course of study was in- augurated by the opening of a Commercial Course, with pre- scribed work covering four years. A commercial teacher of ex- perience was placed in charge. A room for Stenography and Type-writing was finished, and in it have been placed blackboards and furnishings, including seven type-writers of the following makes: - three Remingtons, two Smiths, one Underwood, and one Oliver.
The Commercial Course is expected to require as much keen, hard study, and to furnish as vigorous training as any other course in school. The object is to fit girls and boys who will not go to college to enter an earning career on graduation. Neverthe- less, care has been taken to include in the work of each year, enough general instruction in science, language, literature, and history to prevent one-sided training. In schools where the work has been going on for several years it has been found that the earning power of the commercial graduate is from two to five times that of the ordinary High School graduate, during the year after graduation. Each year, in the regular course of events, a new class will be formed in this course, so that a larger teaching force will be needed.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
The public has a right to demand that in the matter of com- petency, that a child graduating from the grammar school shall be a good reader, both oral and silent. He should be so trained that he shall enjoy reading and have a taste for good books. The pupil should know the elementary work of arithmetic thoroughly. He should be accurate, skillful in the use of fractions, both com- mon and decimal, and he should be familiar with percentage and interest and with their common applications. The study of geog- raphy and history should furnish the pupil with a large amount of valuable information which shall form a foundation for future reading and study. The study of language and grammar should
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train the pupil to speak and write the English language well. He should know the mechanics of written composition, and proper forms in letter writing.
That we are not meeting these demands we are deeply con- scious. The writing is very poor. The vertical system of writing has had a fair trial and has been found wanting. I recommend, therefore, the adoption of a medial-slant system of writing.
The schools have no language books worthy the name, and I recommend the adoption of new language books for the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades.
The work I shall advocate for the schools will be along safe and well-defined lines. No hastily considered experiments will be recommended, but my policy shall be to advise as broad and generous training as is consistent with thoroughness; one which shall educate the whole child, physical and moral as well as in- tellectual.
It shall be my policy to visit the various class rooms frequently, to listen to class exercises, and to take part in the conducting of recitations ; in short, to make myself, as far as possible, a stimulus and help to both: teachers and pupils. I believe that one of the most helpful parts of a superintendent's work is to say a word of commendation and appreciation of what is being done that is good. Many good teachers need no other help than this. It is my desire to minimize the amount of poor teaching and tactless disci- pline in our schools.
I cannot close without saying a word of commendation for the earnest and conscientious work being done by most of the, teachers in Arlington. I am impressed with their fidelity and their honest desire to improve. The faithful. work of a good teacher is the highest type of service that a town receives, and is often the . least appreciated. The best teachers are usually those who are most · conscious of their shortcomings. Their ideals are not reached, and they go to their boarding-places, many of which are very unsatisfactory, with a feeling of partial failure. With the growing teacher her ideals never can be reached, for as fast as they are approached, they move forward and form an incentive to continued effort. Good teachers need and should be accorded the encouragement and sympathetic friendship of the members of the School Committee.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. SCULLY, Superintendent.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
SCHOOL STATISTICS FOR YEAR, 1904-1905.
SCHOOLS.
GRADE.
Enrolled
for Year.
Member-
ship, June
1905.
Average
Member-
Average
tendance.
Per cent.
of Attend-
ance.
HIGH SCHOOL
168
149
153.0
148.1
96.7
46
IX. A.
41
33
34.3
32.6
95.2
IX. B.
37
27
32.3
31.
95.9
44
IX. C.
37
29
33.2
32.1
96.7
TOTAL
115
89
99.8
95.7
95.9
RUSSELL SCHOOL
VIII .
46
38
40.7
37.8
92.8
VII. A.
44
40
39.7
37.5
94.4
VII. B.
48
42
43.1
38.8
89.5
VI.
53
45
46.
43.
92.5
V
50
45
45.2
41.6
91.3
..
IV. and V.
45
46
45.3
42.
92.7
IV.
47
43
41.5
38.1
91.7
III .
41
37
34.2
31.3
91.6
III. and II.
38
35
34.9
38.2
92.4
II.
34
33
28.8
26.6
91.6
I. A
40
37
34.1
29.3
86.
I. B.
38
38
35.5
34.3
90.8
TOTAL
524
479
469.0
433.5
92.3
CROSBY
SCHOOL.
VIII
21
18
19.
18.
94.7
VII.
26
23
23.6
22.
93.2
VI.
31
31
30.8
28.9
93.8
V.
37
24
28.3
25.7
90.8
IV.
39
42
38.3
35.9
93.3
III.
51
45
43.3
39.2
90.5
II.
43
36
33.9
31.2
92.
I.
52
38
42.9
37.6
87.6
TOTAL
CUTTER
SCHOOL
VIII.
20
17
18.3
17.2
93.8
VII.
36
31
32.4
30.2
93.5
VI.
35
29
28.8
26.7
94.4
43
41
40.
36.9
90.3
IV.
31
31
30.
28.
90.
III.
36
36
31.4
22.5
91.3
II.
50
50
49.3
46.
93.3
41
40
39.9
36.3
91.
TOTAL
292
275
270.1
243.8
92.2
LOCKE
SCHOOL
VIII.
27
23
23.2
21.8
93.4
VII.
39
35
36.3
34.4
94.3
VI ..
37
34
33.4
30.7
91.9
V.
50
42
41.8
38.5
92.3
66
IV.
45
42
40.1
37.3
93.1
III.
57
52
51.5
46.3
90.
II.
50
39
40.9
38.2
93.4
I
54
47
47.9
42.7
89.1
TOTAL
359
314
315.1
289.9,
92.2
PARMENTER SCHOOL
IV. and III
36
32
32.3
30.1
92.5
II. .
32
33
30.5
27.1
88,8
I.
35
33
32.1
29.3
91.2
TOTAL
103
98
94.9
86.5
90.8
66
·
.
.
66
46
300
257
260.1
238.5
91.9
..
V.
I.
44
ship.
Daily At-
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOLS.
Information concerning our schools is frequently sought by citizens. Following are the principal facts concerning them. Ad- ditional knowledge may be gained from the Rules and Regula- tions :-
Primary Schools .- Our elementary school course covers nine years, the first three of which are spent in primary schools. We have no exclusively primary school buildings, though the Par- menter School has but one grammar class. The thirteen primary classes are distributed among five school-houses.
Vaccinated children five years of age, or who will reach that age on or before the first day of October, are admitted during the month of September only, provided they have never attended school before. Applications for admission should be made to the principal of the school.
Only experienced teachers are employed, the salaries being $500, $550 and $600.
First-grade teachers, with classes numbering fifty, are allowed an assistant, who is paid from five ($5.00) to ten ($10.00) dollars a week. -
Grammar Schools .- The grammar classes except the Ninth Grades are found chiefly in four buildings. The course covers six years, and includes only those studies which the statute re- quires, with the addition of music, sewing, gymnastics and manual training.
The ninth grades attend school in the High School building. The salaries of grammar school teachers are the same as those of primary teachers, except that teachers of the ninth grades may receive $650.
Promotions .- Promotions in all grades, from the first to the thirteenth, are made in June by the regular teacher and the prin- cipal, with the approval of the Superintendent. They are based on the estimate of the pupil's daily work made by the teacher and recorded bi-monthly. Occasional brief, unannounced, written tests are a factor in this estimate.
Where there is reasonable doubt of a student's fitness, he may be promoted on a trial of five weeks. In such cases the parent is notified and kept informed of his child's progress. At the end of this probationary period 'he may be returned to his former grade, provided it seems best for him.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Children capable of more rapid advancement may be promoted one or more grades at any time.
Fitness for graduation or for admission to the high schools is determined in precisely the same way. Diplomas are given in grammar and high schools to those who have satisfactorily com- pleted full courses.
Graduates of grammar schools are admitted to the High School on presenting a certificate of qualification signed by a Grammar School principal. All other pupils are admitted by an examina- tion in grammar school studies, given on an appointed day pre- ceding the opening of the schools in September.
The tuition for non-residents is the per capita cost for the year, payable in advance. In the Grammar Schools there are two ses- sions daily : one from 9 to 12 o'clock and one from 2 to 4 o'clock ; except from the first Monday in November until the first Monday in March, when they are from 9 to 11.40 and from 1.30 to 3.30. In the High School building there is one session from 8 to I o'clock. In very stormy weather either or both sessions may be omitted.
Manual Training .- A special teacher is employed for four days a week. A room is equipped in the basement of the High School building for the manual training department. The course in- cludes carpentry, wood-turning, and carving, and mechanical drawing. The work is done by the seventh, eighth and ninth grades and the first year High School class.
Sewing .-- A special teacher is employed for four days a week. Sewing is taught to the girls in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades in weekly lessons of one hour each, and to the ninth grade in weekly lessons of two hours each.
Music .- Music is taught in every grade of the schools. A supervisor is employed for three days a week. She visits the High School two mornings a week, and every grade room at least once in two weeks.
Drawing .- A supervisor is employed for two days a week. She visits the first year High School and ninth grades once a week, the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades once in three weeks, and the first, second and third grades once in seven weeks.
Gymnastics .- A supervisor of gymnastics is employed for two days a week, and Swedish Gymnastics are practiced twice daily in all grades below the ninth.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Supervision .- The superintendent of schools is the executive officer of the Board, and upon him devolves the general manage- ment of the schools. His office hours are from 4 to 5 o'clock every school day. Meetings of the School Board are held on the third Tuesday of each month, except August at half-past seven in the evening, in the High School building.
TEACHERS IN ARLINGTON, JANUARY 2, 1906.
Name. Grade.
Address. Began Service.
Ira W. Holt .. Principal .. 362 Mass. av. 1892.
Angelina L. Weeks. Assistant. .
. 1 Newman Way 1898.
Sarah J. Bullock. . 66
9 Bartlett av. 1903.
Winnifred B. King. . .
9 Bartlett av.
1903.
Elizabeth S. Magay.
15 Sparks pl., Cambridge. .1903.
Bertha T. Davis.
3 Jason st.
1905.
Pearle E. Cheney.
7 Pelham tel 1905.
Ninth Grade.
L. Alice Upham. IX ....
Harriet M. True. IX . ... 22 Park av., W. Somerville. . 1905.
Martha E. Randall IX. ...
12 Beech st., Waltham ... .1905.
Russell School.
75 Academy Hill rd., Brighton,
1904. 108 Mass. av., E. Lexington. . 1905. 7 Swan st. 1905.
Sarah E. Gile. VIU ..
Louisa R. Warren. VII .... 417 Mass. av ... 1873.
Carolyn E. Mann .VI. . . .
107 Warren av., Boston. 1904.
39 Day st., Somerville. 1905.
13 Swan st .. 1894.
106 Warren st., Brighton 1903.
Elizabeth L. Geer. III
& IV. ...
12 Pinckney st., Boston .1884.
Anna M. Newell. III. . . 19 Wyman st .. 1903.
Florence W. Jones Il.
Sarah L. Gifford. I & II.
1069 Boylston st., Boston. 1893.
Elizabeth A. Day I. .. 613 Mass. av .. 1884.
Crosby.
Mary F. Scanlan .. . Principal VIII. 259 Mass. av. 1873.
Carrie L. Minott. VII . . . . 13 Swan st. 1902.
Jennie M. Cottle. VI .... 15 Water 'st. 1903.
Ursula B. Hanna V .. . . 48 Banks st., W. Somerville. 1904.
Amelia J. Bisbee. .IV. . . .
5 Academy st. 1901.
Sara M. Henderson III .. . Appleton st .. 1902.
Esther G. Hatch II .... 126 Cypress st., Watertown .. 1901.
Annie W. Cobb I ....
301 Mass. av .. 1903.
Maud A. Norton Assistant I. 15 Winter st., Melrose 1905.
Cutter.
Jennie A. Chaplin. . Principal VIII.
Eva Gertrude Jones. . VII . . . .
Katherine E. Russell. .VI .. . .
44 Gray st .. .1884.
44 Gray st. . 1899.
5 Academy st. 1901.
* Assists principal in Crosby, also.
15 Avon pl. 1903.
Russell School.
Jennie S. Wescott. Principal. .
* Augusta A. Jackson VIII .
Emily M. Rogers.
V & VI ....
Nellie A. Grimes ..
Eva M. Cotton IV.
Lexington ter., Waltham.1904.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Marion Leland. .V.
108 Mass. av., E. Lexington .. 1904.
Carolyn M. Young IV . 79 Dartmouth st., Boston .. 1902.
Florence R. Norton. III.
Antoinette L. Canfield Il .. 22 Avon pl. 1897.
Josephine Davidson. . I ....
Belle Menard ..... Asst. I & III . .
Mass. av. 1905.
Locke.
Martha Wentworth Principal .. 173 Appleton st. 1897.
*Bessie Conway. VIII. .
37 Flint st., Somerville. 1905.
Sara N. Phelps VII. 53 Walleston av. 1897.
Dora Leadbetter. VI. 119 Eastern av .. 1904.
Philena A. Parker . V.
23 Walleston av 1906.
Lottie M. Cobb. IV. 119 Eastern av .1905.
Lucy E. Evans III. 119 Eastern av. 1889.
Alice M. Bean
.II. .1218 Mass. av. 1895.
Mabel Darrah I. 53 Irving st. 1905.
Eva Ruggli .. Asst. .1140 Mass. av. 1905.
Parmenter.
Susan F. Wiley, Prin. III & IV .. 79 Dartmouth st., Boston ... 1901.
Grace B. Tibbetts II .... 226 Pleasant st. . 1906.
Helen M. Dow. I .... 79 Dartmouth st., Boston ... 1904.
Supervisors.
Blanche E. Heard. . Music. .
Evelyn F. Cross. Drawing. .
Bessie L. Barnes. . . Gymnastics ..
Special Teachers.
Mary J. Copeland . Sewing .. 119 Eastern av.
Alfred C. Cobb. . Carpentry . . 22 Avon pl. 1894.
JANITORS.
William Finley ... . High School. .
9 Grove st. 1895.
Nath. E. Whittier. Russell School .. 393 Mass. av. .1894.
R. A. Knight. . Crosby School ..
Belknap st.
.1896.
21 Webster st. 1901.
16 Webster st. 1900.
15 Beacon st. 1904.
GRADUATION EXERCISES, ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL. Class of Nineteen Hundred and Five. TOWN HALL, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 22. PROGRAM.
PRAYER.
FAMOUS LYRICS.
ADDRESS BY CLASS PRESIDENT. Myra De Normandie Wood.
* Assists principal in Cutter and Crosby, also.
7 Pelham ter. 1893.
- Warren and Marble sts., Stoneham 1897.
39 Summit av., Brookline ... 1905.
M. W. Callahan. .. . Cutter School. .
M. E. Callahan. . Locke School ..
Thomas Hodge. Parmenter School ..
15 Winter st., Melrose 1905.
67 Crescent Hill av. 1898.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
SCOTCH LYRICS.
a. Oh, Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast.
b. Scots Wha Hae wi' Wallace Bled. Words by Robert Burns.
LYRIC POETRY, Its Nature and Motives. Howard Thompson Viets.
RECITATION.
a. War Song: Pibroch of Donuil Dhu.
b. Cavalier Songs: Boot and Saddle. The Cavalier's Escape.
c. Sea Song: The Bell Buoy. Howard Symmes Russell.
Scott.
Browning. G. W. Thornbury. Kipling.
SONGS FROM SHAKESPEARE.
a. Sigh No More, Ladies. From "Much Ado About Nothing."
b. Sing Care Away. Used in "Romeo and Juliet." Composed 1570.
RECITATION. Love Lyrics.
a. Le Jardin d'Amour.
Alsatian Folksong. (The Garden of Love.)
A picture of a young maiden's mingled joy and fear upon her first entrance into the garden of love.
b. Drowned in Yarrow.
Anon.
c. The Manly Heart.
d. The Low-Backed Car.
George Wither. Samuel Lover.
Nettie Lenore Fisher.
ENGLISH LYRICS.
a. A Love Song. Cauffman.
Words by Ben Johnson.
b. Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog. Words by Goldsmith.
Old English Catch.
RECITATION.
a. Mignon. Goethe. The maiden, Mignon, longs to return to the Italian haunts of her childhood.
b. Wandrer's Nachtlied. Goethe.
(Wanderer's Night-Song.)
Suggests the silent lonliness of evening among the mountains.
C. Reiterlied. Georg Herwegh.
(Cavalier Song.)
Frederic Stearns Mead, Jr.
GERMAN LYRICS.
a. Gebet während der Schlacht. (Prayer During Battle.) Words by Theodor Körner.
b. Dr. Eisenbart. Himmel.
Folksong, 18th Century.
Mendelssohn. Folksong, 1314?
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
FOLKSONGS. Mabel Briggs Coolidge. IRISH FOLKSONG. Brien the Brave. (Words by Thomas Moore.)
Old Irish Air.
CLASS ESSAY. Arthur Chester Frost. All's Right with the World. Tufts.
(Words by Browning.) Senior Class.
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS.
HALLELUJAH CHORUS. From "The Messiah."
GRADUATES.
Louise Rebecca Anderson.
Harriet Sarah Bishop.
Helen Augusta Blake.
Mabel Briggs Coolidge.
Nettie Lenore Fisher.
Arthur Chester Frost.
Robert Alan Gordon. Paul Gustafson.
Ethel Frost. Howard Thompson Viets. Carrietta Wells. Myra De Normandie Wood.
Arthur Joseph Hendrick.
William Archibald Mansell. Louise McConney.
Frederic Stearns Mead, Jr. Howard Symmes Russell. Arthur Newell Tappan. Edward Lincoln Viets.
SPECIAL STUDENTS.
Edna May Fessenden.
Alice Gertrude Kendall.
Ada Norman Stephenson. Emma Josephine White.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ARRANGEMENT OF CLASSES FOR MONTH OF DECEMBER, 1905 and 1906.
SCHOOL.
GRADE.
1905.
1904.
HIGH SCHOOL
All.
168
157
HIGH SCHOOL (BUILDING)
IX, A
33
35
IX, B
32
35
IX, c
32
35
97
105
RUSSELL SCHOOL
VIII, A
36
40
VIII, B
34
VII, A
39
VII.
47
VII, B
44
VI.
47
47
VI. and V.
46
V.
47
V.
44
V. and IV.
46
IV.
39
42
IV. and III.
35
III.
32
III.
33
III. and II.
35
II.
39
30
II. and I.
31
I.
34
I.
33
37
464
473
CROSBY
SCHOOL
VIII.
21
19
VII.
29
24
VI.
24
33
V.
36
28
IV.
34
37
..
III.
40
44
II.
31
34
I.
49
46
264
265
CUTTER
SCHOOL
VIII.
26
20
VII.
29
33
VI.
34
29
..
V.
36
40
IV.
34
32
III.
54
36
II.
43
48
I.
46
42
302
280
LOCKE
SCHOOL
VIII.
40
24
VII.
34
36
VI.
41
34
V.
51
45
. .
IV.
50
43
III.
46
55
6 4
II.
45
45
I.
51
51
358
330
PARMENTER SCHOOL
IV. and III.
48
35
II.
32
32
I.
32
34
112
101
46
. .
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The following pupils received diplomas for the Grammar School course in June.
Dorris Allen.
Edward J. Dineen.
Ethel Beals.
Harold B. Needham.
Hannah Brooks.
Carl W. Patriquin.
Laura Finley.
Forbes W. Robertson.
Emma Gustafson.
William C. Scannell.
Alice S. Lenk.
John F. Barry.
Anna Hendrick.
William S. Black.
Lillian Lindsay.
Harry Brown.
Bessie Ludwig.
Fenno Derby, Jr.
- Ethel Ober.
Edwin Soderquist.
Laura Pearse.
Harold L. Severy.
Agnes Preston.
Emma McCoy.
Elma Soderquist.
Emily D. Roden.
Irene Worthen.
Maria C. Wilson.
Marian A. Buttrick.
Bertha Bitzer.
Ella Chistenson.
M. Linda Black.
Fanny E. Gratto. Alice F. Hill.
Mary K. Brown.
Agnes L. Kelley.
Florence Hardy.
Lois V. Lannin.
Erma A. Johnson.
Ruth Hawes.
Mary F. Kenniston.
Bessie Lusk.
Paul N. Storer. Alexius Smith.
Nellie Power.
Evelyn Towne.
Herbert F. White.
Mary L. Duffy.
Ada D. Mansell.
Prescott Bigelow. Robert Brown.
REPORT OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 30, 1905.
The Board of Registrars of Voters herewith submit their report for the year ending Dec. 30, 1905.
Mr. Winthrop Pattee was appointed a member of the Board, July 21, 1905, for a term of three years, beginning May Ist, 1905, his father, William H. Pattee, severing his connection with the Board, of which he had been a member continuously since the enactment of the law requiring the appointment of the Board. He served for many years as Chairman of the Board.
The total number of registered voters as reported Dec. 31, 1905 was 1876.
Whole number males. 1758
Whole number of females II8 1876
During the year one hundred and thirty-three (133) names were stricken from the list on account of death or other causes.
At the Meetings held by the Board for Registration the number added was as follows : -
Town Hall, February 21. I7
Union Hall, Hts., February 24 I
Town Hall, February 25. I8
Town Hall, September 15. I3
Town Hall, October 19. . 42
Union Hall, Hts., October 25. I4
Town Hall, October 28. 45
I50
Making a total registration for the year, 150.
The list as revised to Jan. I, 1906 is as follows :
Whole number registered. 1893
Whole number males. 1775
Whole number females II8 1893
JOHN W. BAILEY,
WINTHROP PATTEE, FRANKLIN T. ANDERSON, THOMAS J. ROBINSON,
Registrars of Voters.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Board of Health respectfully submits the following report for the year 1905 :
Organization .- The Board, consisting of Edward S. Fessenden, Dr. Edwin P. Stickney and John S. Lamson, met March 15th and chose Edward S. Fessenden, chairman; Horace A. Freeman, clerk.
Appointments .- For appointments see the list of Town Officers.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Ashes .- Arrangements were made with the Board of Public Works for the collection of ashes, paper and offal by the Highway Division, under the direction of the Superintendent of Streets.
A special wagon for collecting the paper and other light ma- terial separately has been provided, and circulars giving the time and manner of collecting have been printed and distributed throughout the Town. The result has been a much more satisfac- tory service and the department is able to keep the dumping places in better condition.
Offal .- An advertisement was inserted in the local paper for three weeks asking for proposals for the collection and disposal of the Town offal.
On June 30th, the date of opening, only one bid was received, that from Mr. W. W. Rawson, in which he agreed "to collect the offal or swill of the Town of Arlington, for a term of five years for the sum of twelve hundred (1,200) dollars per annum. The offal to be used at my place at the corner of Warren and River streets, Arlington."
This bid was not accepted and at a conference with the bidder the Board requested him to submit an estimate for the collection and shipping of the offal to his place in Newton, N. H. Also, bids were again requested from other parties for collection and dis- posal. In July the following bids were received :
164
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Bidder.
Term.
Bid for collect- ing bidder to
have swill per
annum
Bid for collect-
ing only, per
annum.
Bid for swill
only, per
annum.
To be re-
ceived.,
To be de-
livered.
To be con- sumed.
H. J. Green.
5 years
$2,300
Outside Town limits
Lexington
H. J. Green
5 years
$2,750
Within Town limits
N. C. Skilton
1 or 3 years
$200
Within Town limits.
D. F. Hutchinson. & Sons ..
5 years
600
In Lexington
Lexington
W. W. Rawson ...
10 years
3,500
Somerville
Newton, N. H.
After a thorough investigation of the matter it was deemed best to arrange with the Highway Division of the Town for the collection of the offal as heretofore.
It has cost the Town annually about $2,000 for the collection of the offal and the delivery of it to Mr. W. W. Rawson, who paid to the Town $400 per annum for the same, that making the net cost about $1,600.
The increased cost to deliver it to D. F. Hutchinson & Sons, in Lexington, would be about $700.00, or about $2,700.00 for collec- tion and delivery, which reduced by $600.00, the amount they offered for the offal, would make a net cost of $2,100.00 to the Town, or $500.00 per annum more than the net cost during the preceding years.
By a majority vote the offal was offered to Mr. W. W. Rawson for a term ending July 1, 1909 at an annual price of $500. Mr. Rawson accepted the offer and on November 2, 1905 a contract was executed signed by a majority of the Board.
By this contract the Town is to deliver to Mr. W. W. Rawson at his premises corner of Warren and River Sts. in Arlington the swill and house offal until July 1, 1909, Mr. Rawson agreeing to pay for the same $500 per annum.
Cost - The cost of collecting ashes and offal the past year is as follows :
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BOARD OF HEALTH.
Labor.
Horses
Total. $1,810 98
Ashes
$1, 185 09
$625 89
Offal
1,591 27
358 90
1,950 17
Incidentals
225 20
$3,986 35
Manure Stations - An order was passed June 6th regulating the delivery of manure by the Boston & Maine R. R., discontinu- ing the public delivery at Arlington Heights, Water Street, and Linwood Street, and approving of a public delivery at the siding on Wm. H. Allen's farm below Lake Street.
The Board again calls the attention of all interested parties to the regulation requiring all vehicles carrying manure, swill or other offensive matter through the streets of the Town to be se- curely covered by canvas to avoid littering the streets and to pre- vent the spread of offensive odors. In one case a fine was imposed by the court the past year for violation of this regulation, and in another the violator was placed on probation.
Nuisances - Carelessness and indifference in keeping one's premises in good sanitary condition gives rise to justifiable com- plaints to the Board of Health. These complaints are generally of the nature of offensive cesspools, privies, water-closets, defec- tive drainage, bad odors, and untidy, filthy premises.
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