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LEWIS M. BANCROFT, HARRY P. BOSSON, Auditors. EDGAR N. HUNT,
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Reading :
The Board of Engineers submit the following report.
The department has been called out eight (8) times since the last report, as follows:
1889.
March 23 .- Fire in wood-land, in north-west part of town. Loss, $25.00.
March 24 .- Brush fire near John Stock's house. No loss.
April 11 .- Fire in wood-land of Dana Parker. No loss. July 12 .- Cow stable belonging to Herbert Nichols. Cause, chil- dren playing with matches. Insurance $500; insur-
ance paid, $300. Loss on contents, uninsured, $75.00. Nov. 28 .- Call for assistance from City of Boston.
Nov. 29 .- Fire in Black's Block, in store occupied by H. Ban- croft. Cause, lamp left burning. Loss $100; insur- ance paid, $30.
1890.
March 6 .- Fire in Black's Block, including six stores and six tenements, and in the adjoining building occupied by M. Hanley. Insurance on buildings, $8900; insurance paid, $8700. The various tenants had an insurance amounting to $4030, on which $3623 has been paid.
Since the last report two (2) fire-alarm boxes have been added ; one near the house of Brooks Nichols, and one on the mill of the Bradley Fabric Co., Mr. Derrick kindly furnishing the steam gong with steam-power without any expense to the town. Also about one mile of wire has been run to the school-house, near the estate of Charles Wakefield, a neighborhood very much in need of an alarm box. It has been necessary to have some repairs made
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to the steamer, which will probably need no more for several years, except in case of accident.
At the recent fire in Black's Block the urgent need of a better water supply was evident. The supply was so scanty that the posi- tion of the steamer had to be changed at a very critical time ; and we could only protect the adjoining property - the well at Mr. Proctor's factory furnishing so small a supply that it was possible to utilize only one-half the power of the engine.
The fire apparatus is in very good condition, and only slight repairs will be needed this year. The town has twenty-one hun- dred feet of fabric hose, which has been in use five years, and which seems as good as new ; there are also two thousand (2000) feet of leather hose, rather the worse for wear, but which will do for the hand engines at present.
The force of the department at present consists of one Chief Engineer and three Assistant Engineers ; a steamer company of fifteen men ; a hand-engine company of fifty men, and a hook and ladder company of fifteen men. Also in the north part of the town is a private fire company, owning a small hand-engine, which will be of great use in case of fire in that region.
It will be seen that by our expenditures we have somewhat over- drawn our regular appropriation. This is due to the fact that some unexpected repairs became necessary, and that several members of the department left town before the year was up, making it neces- sary to pay them at once ; whereas they should have drawn on the next appropriation.
The Board recommends that the same sum of money be raised this year as last, namely, two thousand three hundred and fifty dol- lars, to defray the expenses of the department for the ensuing year.
The Board returns thanks to the members of the department and to the citizens for the assistance rendered the past year.
EDWARD C. NICHOLS, Chief. WILLIAM L. CROWE, I Assistants. WILMOT PRATT, WENDELL BANCROFT, Clerk.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation .
$2,350 00
Received from City of Boston
29 05
" Melrose 7 50
$2,386 55
Pay roll $1,152 41
Wendell Bancroft, fuel, material, and salary. ...
348 10
Beal & Clement, drawing engine, and expressing, 113 70
George M. Stevens, material.
112 58
Leonard T. Eames, engineer of steamer 69 00
Button Fire Engine Co., repairs.
63 55
William Henry Bancroft, steward 60 00
Edward C. Nichols, salary and duties 60 00
Henry Stock, janitor. 60 00
Andrew J. Morse & Son, material 42 40
Citizens' Gas Light Co., gas. 41 99
Walworth Manufacturing Co., fittings
48 78
Robert F. Philbrook, engineer of steamer 32 13
M. A. Stone, sundries . 29 80
A. L. Danforth, steward. 27 65
William L. Crowe, engineer 20 00
James Dewhurst, engineer. 20 00
Henry Gorus, labor. 17 10
A. Howard Pearsons, carting fuel . 15 50
Tristram Littlefield, labor and material. 14 00
William H. Lowe, materials.
11 02
George W. Ambrose, services
10 16
Greenleaf S. Tukey, labor
9 80
Ira Diderware, services
5 83
Otis W. Smith, services 6 65
Newell B. Hawes, labor
6 00
Michael Daley, services.
5 17
Simon Dulong, services. 5 17
P. McCall, services
5 30
Amount carried forward,
$2413 79
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Amount brought forward, $2413 79
William J. Draffin, labor. 4 15
Robert C. Totten, labor. 3 25
Howard Patent Metallic Brush Co., repairs .. 3 00
Charles H. Nichols, labor
3 00
Webster Eames, watching at fire. 3 00
Francis Bros., material 2 41
H. C. Watson, labor 1 90
Henry K. Austin, fittings 1 70
Edward C. Bancroft, services 1 67
1 50
Peter Froton, services
1 50
O. O. Ordway, labor.
1 25
George D. Putnam, watching at fire.
1 25
A. S. Jackson, material
1 00
E. McDonald, labor
65
John A. Blunt, labor.
35.
A. G. White, expressing
15
$2,445 52
Overdrawn 58 97
$2,445 52
FIRE ALARM DEFICIENCY.
Appropriation.
$400 00
Wendell Bancroft, labor
$113 88.
L. T. Eames, labor
81 06
George M. Stevens, labor and supplies
60 29
Samuel W. Bowker, teaming 49 88
Samuel Brown, labor.
16 00
Edward C. Nichols, labor
10 00
Wm. M. Titus, labor.
2 60
Moses E. Nichols, labor
1 99
$335 70
Unexpended
64 30
$400 00
A. S. Skinner, supplies
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MAIN STREET FIRE ALARM.
Appropriation,
$150 00
George M. Stevens, labor and supplies $95 89
O. N. Willis, labor. 13 80
$109 69
Unexpended
40 31
$150 00
HANCOCK HOUSE FIRE ALARM.
Appropriation
$250 00
George M. Stevens, labor and supplies $250 00
POLICE REPORT.
TO THE SELECTMEN OF READING :
Gentlemen - We submit the annual Police report :
Assault
5
Breaking and entering
4
Drunkenness
13
Vagrancy
.
2
Adultery
3
Liquor nuisance
1
Fornication
1
Insanity
1
Attempt to rape
1
Larceny .
1
Sabbath breaking
3
Cruelty to animals
1
Evading fare.
2
-
Whole number of arrests 38
Number of tramps lodged during the year :
March. 73
September 16
April 58
October. 46
May
17
November
72
June 13
December 72
July
4
January
84
August
5
February
54
Total
514
Number of doors found unlocked. 15
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY STOCK,
Constables of
CLARENCE J. NICHOLS, S
Reading.
LIBRARY REPORT.
The Trustees of the Public Library submit the following report :-
FINANCIAL REPORT.
Appropriation . $450 00
Amount of dog tax 414 96
$864 96
Expenditures :-
L. S. Cox, librarian . $161 40
Jessie Grouard, assistant 11 90
J. W. Ripley, binding books 44 90
N. W. Broad, labor. .
3 47
Gertrude Ruggles, services
2 40
Geo. H. Walker & Co., books 15 00
C. L. Martin, fuel . 10 00
L. M. Bancroft, insurance 28 13
C. M. Barrows & Co., printing 45 50
Citizens' Gas Light Co., gas 43 00
Rent 180 00
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books
30 00
Estes & Lauriat, books. 281 26
E. H. Hames & Co., papers 8 00
$864 96
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FINE ACCOUNT.
Balance, 1888 $63 65
Received for fines 42 53
for cards, 5 30
for catalogues
10 65
for waste paper
39
$122 52
Paid for expressage $4 90
incidentals
1 97
care of rooms
23 82
books
91 83
$122 52
The circulation for the year has been 15,075 volumes. The largest circulation in any single month, was that for November, 1889, namely, 1602 volumes ; and the smallest that for July, 1889, 845 volumes. The following volumes have been presented to the library :-
NAME OF DONOR. NUMBER OF VOLUMES.
U. S. Government. 35
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 9
Miss Etta Coggin 3
F. K. Pope
1
J. C. Ayer & Co. 1
During the year a vacancy occurred in the Board of Trustees, by the death of Stephen Foster, Esq., its president. Mr. Foster had long been connected with the library, and was one of its most earnest friends and supporters. By vote of the trustees the following letter was sent to Mrs. Foster, and a copy placed upon record :-
READING, Nov. 14, 1889.
Mrs. Stephen Foster,
Dear Madam :-
At the last meeting of the Trustees of the Public Library, the president and secretary were directed to convey to you our sympathy in your recent bereavement by the death of Mr. Foster. For many years he has been a co-worker with us in behalf of the library, and during the entire time he has never failed in his earnest desire to advance its interests in every possible way. His fidelity as a public officer and his estimable private character : were highly appreciated by us and we all have a sense of personal loss now that we no longer have the benefit of his assistance and advice.
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The vacancy was filled by the choice of Walter S. Parker, Esq., for the remainder of the year.
The terms of Messrs. Griggs and Barrows expire, making two vacan- cies to be filled for three years, besides one for the unexpired two years of Mr. Foster's term, now filled by Mr. Parker.
Respectfully submitted.
H. G. WADLIN, Chairman. CYRUS M. BARROWS, Sec'y. JAMES H. GRIGGS, HARLEY PRENTISS, C. D. THOMAS, WALTER S. PARKER,
Trustees.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF READING
FOR THE YEAR 1889 -- 90.
School Committee.
HORACE G. WADLIN
Term expires 1890
WALTER S. PARKER .
66
1890.
GILMAN L. PARKER .
. 6
1891.
WARREN E. EATON .
66
..
1891.
EDWARD F. PARKER
1892.
CYRUS M. BARROWS .
1892.
Truant Officers.
HENRY STOCK. CLARENCE J. NICHOLS.
Organization of the Committee.
WALTER S. PARKER, Chairman. G. L. PARKER, Secretary.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
High School,
W. S. PARKER, H. G. WADLIN, G. L. PARKER.
Eighth Class Grammar, W. E. EATON. Seventh Class Grammar, C. M. BARROWS.
Sixth Class Grammar, G. L. PARKER. Fifth Class Grammar, E. F. PARKER. Fourth Class Grammar, G. L. PARKER. Third Class Primary, H. G. WADLIN. Second Class Primary, W. S. PARKER. First Class Primary, H. G. WADLIN. Chestnut Hill Grammar, C. M. BARROWS. 66 Primary, C. M. BARROWS. Prospect St. Grammar, W. E. EATON. 66 66 Primary, W. E. EATON. Lowell St. School, E. F. PARKER.
Main St. School, E. F. PARKER. Haverhill St. School, C. M. BARROWS.
Prudential Committee and ( E. F. PARKER. Committee on Supplies, C. M. BARROWS.
W. S. PARKER,
Committee on Text Books,
G. L. PARKER,
C. M. BARROWS.
Committee on Music, - G. L. PARKER.
W. S. PARKER.
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In accordance with the law and custom, the Committee respect- fully submit the following report :
The general condition of the schools has not materially changed during the year. We are compelled to report several changes in our corps of teachers.
Miss Lilla A. Morrill resigned at the close of the year, in June, 1889. She was succeeded by Miss Mary G. Heald, who remained in the school but a few weeks, and was succeeded by Miss Alice Barrows, who was transferred from the Seventh Grade Grammar. where she had won the love and respect of her pupils. The Vacancy made by her transfer, was filled by the appointment of Miss Carrie E. Kelsea. No other change has been necessary in the schools at the centre of the town.
& Miss Damon, of the Haverhill Street School, received a call at more advanced pay in Rockland, Mass., and resigned in September, and Miss. Winifred Emerson, of the Main Street School, was transferred to fill the vacancy. Miss Grace G. Berry was elected to the Main Street School. In these schools the changes were made without loss of much time to the schools.
At the Chestnut Hill School, the resignation of the teacher in the Grammar grade was so sudden, and the Committee on that school notified so late Saturday, that the school was closed for a few days. The Committee were fortunate, however, in procuring the services of an experienced teacher, Miss Ada M. Gordon, of Maine, a graduate ot the Gorham Normal School.
HIGH SCHOOL.
The High School has been fortunate in the fact that no change has been made in the corps of instructors.
Both assistants have had opportunities to go elsewhere, at advanced salaries, but have decided to remain in Reading at present.
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The school, we believe to be in a good healthy condition, morally, mentally and physically. The standard of scholarship has been raised, good order and discipline maintained. Pupils who have attained to the age of those in our High School, ought to have self-respect enough to conform readily to all reasonable requirements without external force of any kind.
Public opinion in our High School should be of such an elevated character, that it would frown down any of the petty annoyances frequent in lower grades.
The school is now working on the full four years' course. The graduating class of 1889 was the last class under the three years' course.
The classification of the school, under the different courses marked out by the course of study, has necessitated the employ- ment of extra help in the work. One of the former graduates, Herbert C. Barrows, has aided very acceptably and efficiently in some of the branches of study.
The philosophical apparatus ought to be replenished, and many new pieces added to the set. New encyclopædias and other refer- ence books ought to be supplied. The funds received from the course of entertainments given by the school have been expended in books that were very much needed.
MILITARY DRILL AND CALISTHENICS.
We report confidently that progress has been made in these important branches of physical culture. The girls have more erect forms, greater expanse of chest, and more graceful carriage, the boys a more soldierly bearing and steadiness of movement, the offi- cers greater self-control in command, the cadets more promptness in executing orders. With the small increased appropriation, we shall be enabled to furnish some of the equipments necessary to carry this branch of study to a higher degree of efficiency. Thus
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far the cadets have, by their own exertions, furnished instruction and arms. They have solicited from a few of our generous citi- zens, funds that should have been furnished from the general appropriations.
FLAGS.
Every school has been supplied with the Stars and Stripes, either through their own exertions or the liberality of patriotic citizens. Flagstaffs have not been furnished. We hope to provide suitable poles during the coming year. It is hoped that the patriotic sentiment aroused during the past year by the agitation on the national banner will not die out.
The custom adopted by many schools of celebrating annually Washington's birthday and also the birthday of that great man who so fitly represented the plain common people of the republic, Abraham Lincoln, is commended as a custom to be rigidly ob- served. The history of our country is rich with illustrious names and heroic deeds. We know of no more effective way for the pupils to catch the spirit of our republican institutious, than by the inspiration engendered through the knowledge of the lives of our eminent statesmen, renowned scholars and ablest generals.
We trust that time will but strengthen the love and deepen the respect that all Americans must and ought to have towards those eminent men who were the architects of our government, and later, those who were, in the hand of Providence, instrumental in perpetuating the glorious heritage.
It yet remains for us, their descendants, to forever keep pure and sacred the principles they inculcated and to imitate their examples.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The Committee recommend that the Town raise and appropriate · the sum of $10,300 for regular school expenses, which includes teachers' salaries, fuel and care of buildings. They also recom-
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mend that $1900 be raised and appropriated for incidental school expenses, including the purchase of text-book supplies, and that $125 be raised and appropriated for the purchase and erection of suitable flagstaffs, halyards, etc., for all the school buildings.
COMMITTEE VACANCIES.
Two vacancies in the Committee are to be filled at the ensu- ing Town meeting. The terms of Messrs. Horace G. Wadlin and Walter S. Parker expire.
Adopted in School Committee, Mar. 14, 1890.
WALTER S. PARKER, HORACE G. WADLIN, EDWARD F. PARKER, WARREN E. EATON, GILMAN L. PARKER, CYRUS M. BARROWS.
Table Showing Salaries, Attendance, and Number of Visitors.
NAMES OF SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS NOW EMPLOYED.
SALARIES
NOW PAID.
1st Term.
2d Term.
3d Term.
1st Term.
2d Term.
3d Term.
Pupils during yr.
under 5 years
High School
29
Miss Olive A. Prescott, 1st Assistant ...
600 00
84
86
80
80
81
78
· 65
.
Miss Carrie E, Berry, 2nd Assistant .... Frederick E. Chapman, Instructor Music.
500 00
400 00
500 00
500 00
46
46
43
44
43
3
Sixth Class Grammar ... ...
50
Miss Annie F. Merriam.
12 00 per week.
30
33
31
28
31
30
. .
Fifth Class Grammar ... ... .
82
Miss Edith J. Holden ...
10 00
32
41
38
31
40
36
. .
..
..
82
Miss Mary W. Howard.
11 00
42
43
42
39
39
36
..
Second Class Primary ... .
71
Miss Elnora A. Emerson.
10 00
39
32
30
35
30
26
.
First Class Primary . ...
216
S Miss Ruth L. Pratt ... Miss Annie B. Parker, Substitute.
12 00
70
52
53
60
47
41
.
Chestnut Hill Grammar. ·
50
Miss Ida M. Gordon ..
10 00
22
28
25
20
26
24
..
Chestnut Hill Primary . .
70
Miss Annie P. Reid.
8 00
38
28
27
34
25
22
..
Prospect St. Grammar.
·
·
.
38
Miss Grace W. Berry ..
6 00
10
14
16
10
12
13
. .
Haverhill St. Mixed ..
38
Miss Winifred Emersonl.
8 00
25
21
19
23
19
17
2
.
1173
613
604
584
570
563
525
81
..
Seventh Class Grammar .. ....
65 Miss Carrie F. Kelsea.
.
...
10 00
36
34
34
32
31
..
....
.
.
9 00
.
.
66
31
32
31
29
30
28
. .
..
Lowell St. Mixed ..
69
Miss Addie M. Bancroft.
8 00
34
34
35
32
31
32
Propect St. Primary ..
90
78 Miss M. Fannie Wilson.
11 00
32
34
34
31
32
29
. .
.
.
.
No of Visitors.
.
. .
Wilson R. Butler, Principal ..
$1550 00 per year.
44 44
46
43
42
44
39
11
.
Eighth Class Grammar .......
74 Miss Alice Barrows.
71 Miss Kate L. Beard ..
Fourth Class Grammar ...
Third Class Primary ...
.
Average Membership
Average Attendance.
Pupils during yr.
over 15 years.
.
Main St. Mixed.
Miss A. Olive Pearson ...
10 00
APPENDIX.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Population of Reading, (1885) . 3,539
Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age, May, 1889 614
Number of children between 8 and 14 years of age, May, 1889 372
Amount appropriated for instruction, fuel, and care of rooms
$9,800 00
Amount appropriated for incidentals 1,800 00
Unexpended balance of appropriations for repairs at Chestnut Hill School, (1888) . 55 72
Amount from books and supplies sold. 32 05
Amount drawn from Massachusetts School Fund. 289 96
Total receipts $11,977 73
Expended for instruction, fuel, and care of
rooms $10,052 63
Expended for text books and supplies . 854 11
Expended for incidentals 1,070 99
Total expenditures
. $11,977 73
PUPILS.
Number of different pupils enrolled during the year 729
Average membership of all the schools. 600
Average attendance in all the schools during the year. ..... 553
Percentage of attendance, based on average membership. . . 92
Number attending within the year between 8 and 14 years of age (compulsory age) . . 405
Number of pupils admitted to the High School. 39
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Age of youngest pupil admitted, 12 years 9 months. Age of oldest pupil admitted, 16 years 11 months. Average age of pupils admitted, 14 years 6 months.
TEACHERS.
Number of male teachers employed 1
Number of female teachers employed . 17
Average wages per month of female teachers. $42 32
Number of teachers who have attended Normal Schools. . . . 11
Number of teachers who have graduated from Normal Schools,
10
NAMES OF PUPILS GRADUATED FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL,
JUNE, 1889. FOUR YEARS' COURSE. Herbert Cyrus Barrows. THREE YEARS' COURSE.
John Martin Cummings,
Joseph Dwight Lewis,
Richard Bettinson Lewis,
Mabel Frances Bancroft,
Alice May Damon,
Annie Augusta Dewey, Gertrude Olive Foss, Lucy Wellington Roby, Bertha Mason Stott, Harriet Lydia Weston,
Mary Bent Wilson.
ROLL OF HONOR.
Giving names of those who have been neither absent nor tardy since March, 1889, and the schools to which they belong.
HIGH SCHOOL.
*Grace D. Sweetser, Wilfred A. Bancroft, Harry E. Eames, Lena W. Barrus,
Ella M. Hunt, Ardell P. Temple, Marion K. Dewey, ¡Emma E. Totten.
EIGHTH CLASS GRAMMAR.
Edith L. Swain,
Marion T. Pratt,
Linnie L. Thayer.
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SEVENTH CLASS GRAMMAR.
+ Annie M. Martin, Charles Goldthwait, ¡Roy E. Parker, FOURTH CLASS GRAMMAR.
+Edgar O. Dewey. SIXTH CLASS GRAMMAR.
¡Charles F. Perry.
FIFTH CLASS GRAMMAR. William O. Davis.
Lucy A. Danforth,
¡S. Quincy P. Brown, William S. Badger. THIRD CLASS PRIMARY. Florence B. Allen. SECOND CLASS PRIMARY.
+Harry C. Barr, Edward F. Parker,
Alma N. Damon, Stanley F. Parker.
Henry M. Allen,
John P. Hardy.
CHESTNUT HILL GRAMMAR.
¡Robert B. Weston.
Joseph Weston,
PROSPECT STREET GRAMMAR.
Mabel F. Platts,
Grace A. Platts.
MAIN STREET SCHOOL.
Cora Nichols,
Edwin Killam.
HAVERHILL STREET SCHOOL.
Emma E. Wakefield,
John J. Wakefield.
LOWELL STREET SCHOOL. Blanche P. Washburn.
* Neither absent nor tardy for six years.
t Neither absent no · tardy for two years.
FIRST CLASS PRIMARY.
FINANCIAL REPORT.
EXPENDED FOR JANITORS.
Center School Buildings
$399 00
Prospect Street Building.
114 00
Chestnut Hill
57 00
Lowell Street
36 00
Main Street 66
·
28 50
Haverhill Street
66
38 00
$672 50
EXPENDED FOR FUEL.
C. L. Martin, for coal . $51 25
Wendell Bancroft, for coal
718 27
L. J. Walker, for wood. 56 48
Howard W. Batchelder, for wood. 18 50
D. E. Cox, for wood. 12 00
$856 50
William Ellis, labor on wood $2 50
Howard W. Batchelder, labor on wood
5 00
Charles F. Bessom, 66 66
6 00
Eben Beard, 66 66 66
3 00
$16 50
EXPENDED FOR TEACHING.
High School,.
$2,605 00
Eighth Class Grammar,
513 69
Seventh
460 94
Sixth 66
456 00
Fifth 66 66
380 00
Fourth
66
380 00
Amount carried forward, $4795 63
66
Amount brought forward, $4795 63
Third Class Primary
422 00
Second
380 00
First
404 40
Chestnut Hill Grammar
319 00
Chestnut " Primary
304 00
Prospect Street Grammar
418 00
Prospect Primary
284 80
Lowell 6 4 Mixed
324 00
Main
228 00
Haverhill
304 00
Music Teacher
323 30
$8,507 13
Total
$10,052 63
Appropriation $9,800 00
Drawn from Massachusetts School Fund. 252 63
--- $10,052 63
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
J. L. Hammett $57 28
A. C. Stockin
56 78
Harper Brothers
55 25
George F. King & Merrill
70 10
D. C. Heath & Co.
29 20
George S. Perry
25 15
Thompson, Brown & Co.
29 49
Lee & Shepard.
34 53
A. S. Barnes & Co.
23 57
William Ware & Co.
65 98
Clark & Maynard.
4 80
Harrison Hume. 47 27
George Frost.
1 00
Pulsifer, Jordan & Pfaff.
25 00
Boston School Supply Co.
5 47
Charles H. Kilborn
8 00
Amount carried forward,
$538 87
67
Amount brought forward, $538 87
Carter, Carter & Kilham
1 48
Educational Supply Co.
6 88
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
31 03
D. Appleton & Co ..
16 25
Educational Publishing Co.
7 50
Iverson, Blakeman & Co 21 00
F. M. Ambrose 15 24
W. R. Butler
5 30
George P. Smith
1 10
Ginn & Co ..
170 81
Thomas Hall.
38 65
$854 11
INCIDENTAL SCHOOL EXPENSES.
Arthur J. Davis, labor . $1 00
Wm. H. Twombly & Sons, printing. 1 50
N. W. Broad, labor and material. 218 60
Murphy & Levens, brushes and dusters
18 68
Edward F. Parker, 2 gongs
6 00
William H. Wightman, insurance
33 00
C. M. Barrows & Co., printing
22 00
D. C. Sanborn, labor.
1 75
H. L. Cummings, teaming .. 75
Jerry Flint, plastering and whitening 19 00
Wendell Bancroft, labor and material 51 97
Old South M. E. Society, use of church. 20 00
H. F. Miller Piano Co., use of piano
8 00
Michael Quinlan, labor and material
39 00
G. S. Tukey, new pump 21 00
Patrick Conley, labor 6 00
H. K. Austin, repairs on furnaces 3 40
B. & M. R. R., freight. 1 38
Albert B. Franklin, furnace grates 24 00
Moses . Nichols, painting 171 35
Beal & Clement, express 2 25
Amount carried forward, $670 63
68
Amount brought forward, $670 63
R. L. Beers, labor. ... 12 45
Howard W. Batchelder, labor 1 00
Howard W. Batchelder, rent of land 5 00
Lewis M. Bancroft, agent, insurance. 24 00
H. C. Watson, labor and material
11 32
A. G. Whitcomb, school furniture 64 20
H. M. Wiswall, repairing blackboards .
2 50
Lang's express . 13 30
C. T. Robinson, bell wheel 4 00
G. W. Atkinson, pails. 1 15
J. C. Cook, painting
15 04
Charles F. Bessom, labor
50
Francis Brothers, labor and material
42 13
John H. Bancroft, labor.
50
Citizens' Gas Light Co., gas.
11 00
Reading Planing Mills, umbrella stands 11 00
David C. Temple, labor
50
Laton W. Bryant, labor
10 50
M. A. Stone, supplies
7 10
David Pratt, labor
10 00
W. R. Butler, supplies
3 17
Edward F. Parker, agent, for books and supplies from March 1, 1888, to March 1, 1890 ..... 150 00
$1070 99
$1925 10
Appropriation $1800 00
Books and supplies sold . 32 05
Balance from Chestnut Hill, 1889
55 72
Drawn from Massachusetts School Fund.
37 33
$1925 10
Books and supplies in hands of Agent ....
$105 08
TOWN WARRANT.
1890.
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TOWN WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
TO EITHER OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE TOWN OF READING, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in Lyceum Hall, in said Reading, on Monday, the seventh day of April, A.D. 1890, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, viz. :
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