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Pay roll, 1898 $105 78
Reading Co-op. Ass'n, washing soda 4 40
Meyers Putz Pomade Co., Putz pomade 1 90
Geo. HI. Atkinson, washing soda . 2 50
O. P. Symonds & Sons, stock, etc. 2 00
S. S. Bell manager, car fares, telephoning, etc.
13 66
$130 24
INTEREST.
Edward F. Parker, treasurer, on notes
$476 00
Edward F. Parker, treasurer, on bonds
1,180 00
Edward F. Parker, treasurer, interest over- drawn, 1897 58 00
$2,414 00
STABLE.
Francis Bartley, blanket
$1 40
P. J. Seaman, iron work, etc.
22 45
F. H. White, board and care of horse
240 00
Amount carried forward. $263 85
132
Amount brought forward $263 85
F. P. Abbott, board and care of horse
240 00
J. H. Johnson, repairing harness 19 50
C. H. Playdon, veterinary services
2 50
C. D. Wells, blacksmith
24 00
J. L. Sullivan, harness
25 00
F. W. Danforth. painting wagons
17 00
$591 85
WIRING, LABOR AND FIXTURES,
Pay roll. 1895 $168 76
Jas. W. Poole & Co., wiring supplies 25 49
N. Y. Insulated Wire Co .. wire . 107 88
Eastern Electric Cable Co., wire 4 27
II. M. Viall, freight and express . 27 39
Francis Bros., sundries 10 51
Western Electric Co., wiring supplies 97 39
Pettingill, Andrews Co .. wiring supplies 211 82
American Express Co., express . 2 20
McKenney & Waterbury, fixtures 275 38
Wm. I. Ruggles, wiring sundries returned . 2 20
C. S. Knowles, conduit 37 50
Electric Gas Lighting Co., batteries and sun-
dries 8 97
F. O. Dewey Co., conduit 45 00
Wheeler Reflector Co., supplies 2 30
Anchor Electric Co., wire . 7 60
W. Bancroft & Co., sundries 1 63
Bibber White Co., wiring supplies 10 86
Crefield Electric Works, wire 8 51
S. S. Bell, manager, sundry expenses 84
Boston & Maine R. R., freight 50
P. J. Seaman, labor and materials 10
$1,057 10
133
Total charges to maintenance account Am't due construction account, 1897
$12,645 36
235 32
$12,880 68
Total receipts of maintenance acct. .
$12,378 70
Amount borrowed from construction account
$501 98
LIST' OF SALARIES PAID EMPLOYES OF THE READING MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT DURING 1898.
Stewart S. Bell, superintendent and manager $1,200 00 per annum
A. R. Prentiss, clerk
250 00 4
A. E. Brown, engineer
1,000 00 66
E. D. Smith, night fireman .
2 00
day
J. W. Walker, day fireman and cleaner
2 00
66
A. N. Turner, lineman
2 00
66
F. P. Abbott, trimmer .
2 00 66 66
RECAPITULATION.
VOST OF MAINTENANCE, INCLUDING INTEREST ON BONDS AND
NOTES, YEAR 1898.
Fuel . . $1,989 09
Oil and waste
198 74
Water
106 45
Station wages
2,584 71
Repairs of real estate
9 09
Repairs of steam plant
177 45
Repairs of electric plant
121 85
Station tools and appliances
20 70
Wages, care of lights
780 00
Repairs of lines and lamps
239 11
Carbons
294 47
Amount curried forward $6,521 66
.
134
Amount brought forward $6,521 66
Globes
37 40
General salaries
1,453 92
General office expenses
86 43
Rents
132 00
Insurance .
180 70
Bad debts .
40 06
Incidentals
130 24
Interest
2,414 00
Stable
591 85
Wiring, labor and fixtures .
1,057 10
-$12,645 36
Add
Amount due from wiring, labor
and fixtures, Dec. 31, 1897 .
$841 66
Maintenance stock on hand Dec. 31, 1897
671 68
Amount due from consumers for
light, meter rent and sun- dries, Dec. 31, 1897 . .
710 66
$2,224 00
$14,869 36
Deduct
For amount received in 1898 for
commercial incandescent
light
$1,744 19
Domestic incandescent light
1,696 52
Town incandescent light
131 89
Meter rents
141 40
Wiring, labor and fixtures .
1,292 05
Miscellaneous articles
8 00
Interest on deposits
8 65
Maintenance stock on hand Dec. 31, 1898 .
761 77
Amount carried forward $5,784 47
135
Amount brought forward . $5,784 47
Amount due Dec. 31, 1898.
Commercial incandescent light
$444 98
Domestic incandescent light 369 35
Town incandescent light .
12 97
Wiring, labor and fixtures .
625 89
Meter rents
30 20
Miscellaneous articles 5 86
$1,489 25
$7,273 72
Total cost of maintenance, 1898
$7,595 64
Number of are street lamps
· 128
Cost of each light for 1898 $59 34
INVENTORY.
CONSTRUCTION STOCK ON HAND DEC. 31st, 1898.
300 Insulators $4' 50
40 Lag Screws 52
13 Hoods 47 50
101 Cross Arms
19 07
579 lbs. Wire
91 31
188 Cross Arm Braces
15 51
41 Poles 158 88
3 Mast Arms 42 00
4 Lamp Pulleys
2 00
30 Tree Insulators
60
80 ft. Cable 2 40
Lightning Arresters 29 12
3 Converters 160 00
33 Arc Globes
16 50
7 Meters
107 05
447 Lamps
96 37
$793 33
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MAINTENANCE STOCK ON HAND DEC. 31st, 1898.
15 lbs. Nails $0 60
741 ft. Conduit 23 73
3130 ft. Wire 30 22
1086 Clay Tubes
5 21
24 lbs. Solder
2 X8
4 boxes Soldering Acid 40
55 Fuse Plugs 2 55
2 lbs. Tape 60
2 lbs. Splicing Compound
×0
42 Sockets
4 50
324 Knobs
1 63
50 Shade Holders
2 12
41 Cutouts
× 66
14 Shades
1 42
44 Insulating Joints
11 00
500 ft. Silk Cord
12 50
30 ft. Twin Cable
90
35 Bushings 1×
15 Cord Adjusters
13 Switches
× 75
1 Chapman Receptacle
1 50
65 Fixture Spars
3 25
2 Attaching Plugs
16
6 Crow Feet
30
175 ft. Moulding
2 63
$4 Rosettes
9 24
223 Cleats
2 68
35 Security Knobs
53
71 Westinghouse Receptacles
15 62
350 Nickle Sockets 41 80
195 Brass Armored Couplings
4 8%
Amount carried forward . $201 32
137
Amount brought forward
$201 32
395
Elbows
12 75
2} cords Slabs
10 00
100 tons Coal
380 00
10900 Carbons
87 20
200 lbs. Waste
14 00
125 gals. Oil
44 50
15 gals. Pole Paint
12 00
$761 77
Total stock on hand Dec. 31st, 1898
$1,555 10
No. of Incandescent Lamps installed in '98 7 32-candle power, 8 8-candle power, 398 16-candle power.
Total 411 Lamps and equal to 416 lamps of 16-candle power each.
Poles installed during 1898 13
Meters installed during 1898
19
Converters installed during 1898
9
Wire installed during 1898
14,000 feet
Coal used during 1898 .
493 tons
Number of customers using light Dec 31.
1897
.
136
Number of customers added during 1898 . 34
170
Number of customers discontinued during 1898
19
151
Net increase 15
138
Number of days and hours that street circuits were lighted during 1898 :
Days.
Hours.
January
25
141
February
21
120
March
25
117
April
22
106
May
22
100
June
24
101
July
25
108
August
23
105
September
24
125
October
24
141
November
25
145
December
27
157
Total .
287
1.466
Table showing the earnings each month from incandescent light and meter rents and a comparison with the previous year :
1898
Light.
Meter Receipts.
Total.
1897 Total.
January
$509 54
$10 90
$520 44
$334 09
February
337 02
12 00
349 02
263 86
March
365 20
12 80
378 00
229 13
April
284 11
13 10
297 21
120 82
May .
193 21
11 00
204 21
150 86
June .
137 80
10 20
148 00
200 00
July .
138 11
10 70
148 81
103 61
August
221 05
14 10
235 15
181 11
September .
256 72
13 00
269 72
275 02
October
414 23
13 70
427 93
398 10
November .
533 08
13 50
546 58
451 80
December
462 20
14 10
476 30
510 57
$3,852 27
$149 10
$4,001 37
$3,218 97
.
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Less discount al-
lowed for cash
$139 41 $129 15
Total . $3,852 27 $149 10 $3,861 96 $3,089 82
COST OF NEW MACHINE.
.
Appropriation for 1898
$3,000 00
Paid on account of machine . $2,005 46
Due Westinghouse Electric & M'fg. Co. 999 25
Due J. Hunter Machine Co.
58 59
$3,063 80
Due from Hawkes Electric Co.
53 24
$3,010 06 Appropriation exceeded by . $10 06
The foregoing report gives in detail the doings of this depart- ment for the past year. In one respect, the figures show fairly good results. The receipts from incandescent lighting have increased 25 per cent. over the year 1897.
At the same time, the report is disappointing in the small net gain of customers. We believe many are deterred from using the electric lights on account of the cost of wiring their houses, but this may be partly accounted for by misinformation of the actual expense. For the benefit of any who contemplate using electricity in their homes, we will state that the cost of wiring a house, together with necessary fixtures, is from $30 to $100, according to the num- ber of lights and switches desired.
The expense of using the lights varies from 50 cents to $10 per month, according to the number of lights and the number of hours that they are burning. The price per hour is three-quarters of a cent for a sixteen-candle power light, which is equal to an ordinary gas jet, with gas at $1.50 per 1,000 feet. Any increase in the num- ber of consumers will reduce the cost of street lighting, thereby affecting favorably the rate of taxation, and eventually a lower rate per hour for the house lighting.
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The past year thunder storms have been frequent and unusu- ally severe, causing great damage in many places to churches, pub- lic buildings and private residences. Electric power and lighting plants have not escaped the freaks of the lightning. Our munici- pal plant has been fortunate, under the circumstances, to pass through the season with only trifling damage. A few transformers on the lines were burned ont, and also two of the armature coils in the alternating machine at the station. The latter caused a shut- down for three nights, very much to the inconvenience of those depending on the plant for light.
This contingency was pointed out in the report last year, and the citizens very generously voted the funds to install a duplicate dynamo. AA contract was signed in April for this machine, but it was not completed and in running condition until the latter part of Angust. The station is now completely equipped with all necessary machinery, and should be equal to the needs of the town for a number of years to come.
There has been quite an urgent request from several of the citizens in different localities for a few street lights, but as the ap- propriation committee of last year advised against any addition to the number already installed, no money has been expended in this direc- tion. An outlay of a few hundred dollars in these street lights will procure consumers for the house lights, which promises a large per cent. income on the expenditure. The Board will be pleased to carry out the expressed wishes of the citizens in this matter.
Respectfully submitted, HENRY ROBINSON, A. NEWELL HOWES, J. H. CARLETON, Town of Reading Municipal Light Board.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation $900 00 Amount dog tax, 1897. 399 17
EXPENDED.
Rent.
Odd Fellows' Building Association $475 00
Light.
S. S. Bell, electric service Salaries.
55 78
L. S. Cox, librarian $300 00
Jessie Grouard, assistant 26 50
B. Y. Smith, janitor 40 00
$366 50
Books.
Estes & Lauriat . $90 11
C. E. Lauriat Company 105 64
H. E. Hooper 12 50
H. G. Wadlin, cash expended 16 50
A. W. Danforth, periodicals 30 25
$255 00
Sundries.
Insurance . $60 00
W. H. Twombly & Sons, print- ing .
26 25
F. J. Barnard, binding
60 64
$146 89
$1,299 17 $1,299 17
1422
FINE ACCOUNT.
Amount on hand Jan. 1. 1×98
$37 73
Received for catalogues
6 15
Received for card-
3 70
Received for fine-
$102 ×1
Paid for binding
$30 30
Paid for incidential supplies
1 10
Paid for expressage
1 95
$33 35
Balance
$69 46
The following volumes have been presented to the library : NAMES OF DONORS. NUMBER OF VOLUMES
United States. Documents and Reports
15
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
11
Reading Woman's Club
Mrs. F. W. Hatch
Mi- Jessie Grouard
li
Other source-
4.7
Number of new volumes added
¥1
Number replaced
Total number in library
Circulation. year ending Jan. 1. 1899
17.720
Largest single month. January .
1.69€
Smallest single month. September
1.116
In presenting their last annual report to the town the trustees estimated the proceeds of the dog tax. appropriated for the library, at $430. This was based upon the experience of previous years. In point of fact. only $399.17 was actually available. and this, to- gether with the sum of $900 otherwise appropriated. placed at the disposal of the trustees for the expenses of the current year an
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aggregate amount of $1,299.17, all of which has been expended, as will appear from an inspection of the financial statement. By groups the items of expense may be classed as follows :
4. For rent, (including heating) $475 00
1. For salaries, (librarian, assistant and janitor)
366 50
4. For books, periodicals, rebinding, in- surance, printing and lighting 457 67
$1,299 17
A part of items(" covers an outstanding account for books reported as added in 1897. The actual number of new volumes added by purchase during the twelve months ending Dec. 31. 1898, was 81, while 56 volumes were purchased to replace books worn ont. This is a very small number and, of course, does not permit the addition of many volumes of current interest which are espec- ially desired by patrons of the library and which ought to be placed on our shelves. Indeed, the requests for new books filed in the hbrary are always far in advance of our present resources, and rigid selections and exclusions must necessarily be made in respect to purchases. The trustees therefore urgently request a slight addi- tional appropriation, in order that at least a few more volumes may be purchased during the next year, than it has been possible to obtain in 1898. The fixed expenses of the library cannot be re- duced, and these, covering rent, services, printing and care of rooms, absorb a large portion of our annual appropriation.
There is no educational force, except the public school, that has greater possibilities than those which may be developed through the public library. But to give this force adequate expression, the library must be fostered, not merely allowed to exist. The entire expense of the library during the last year has amounted to only about 25 cents per capita of the population, and the amount raised by taxation to about 22 cents per each $1000 of valnation. To increase the annual appropriation $200, which would materially add to our purchasing power, would raise the per capita cost less than
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four cents, and would add only about five cents to the tax rate per thousand.
When the subscriptions expired to the various periodical- originally placed upon the reading tables in the library by private gift. they were renewed by the trustees out of the annual appro- priation. The use of the reading tables shows a slight increase. while the general circulation of books for home use has risen from 17.233. as in 1897. to 17,720. Increased purchases would undoubt- edly have carried it still higher.
An additional supplement to the catalogue will be required immediately, which will increase the cost of printing during the coming year. and. unless we are given an enlarged appropriation. will still further reduce the fund available for the purchase of new books.
The trustees therefore recommend the appropriation of $1.100 and the proceeds of the dog tax. for the use of the library during the year 1×99.
Two vacancies occur in the board. to be filled at the annual town meeting. the terms of Cyrus M. Barrows and Frederic E. Whittemore expiring. Respectfully submitted,
H. G. WADLIN, Chairman. F. E. WHITTEMORE, HARLEY PRENTISS. HENRY G. KITTREDGE. J. WOODWARD MANNING, CYRUS M. BARROWS. Secretary,
Reading, January. 1898.
Trustees-
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ANNUAL REPORT
... OF THE ...
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
... OF THE ...
Town of Reading,
For the Year Ending December 31, 1898.
School Committee.
X
WALTER S. PARKER, Chairman, Walnut St., Term expires 1899. GILMAN L. PARKER, Sec'y, Washington St., 1900.
HORACE G. WADLIN, Woburn St., 66 1899.
MRS. ELLEN M. BANCROFT, Sanborn St.,
66 1900.
MRS. MARY L. NESMITH, Main St., "ר 66 1901.
HENRY C. PARKER, Chute St., 66
1901.
Superintendent of Schools. CHARLES E. HUSSEY.
Truant Officers.
FREDERIC D. MERRILL. ARTHUR E. DAVIS.
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ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMITTEE.
WALTER S. PARKER, Chairman. GILMAN L. PARKER, Secretary.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
Finances and Accounts.
G. L. Parker,
H. G. Wadlin.
Books and Supplies.
W. S. Parker,
Mrs. Nesmith.
School Houses and Property.
H. G. Wadlin, H. C. Parker, G. L. Parker.
H. C. Parker, II. G. Wadlin,
Rules and Regulations. Mrs. Bancroft.
Teachers and Salaries.
W. S. Parker,
Mrs. Nesmith,
G. L. Parker. Music and Drawing.
G. L. Parker.
Course of Study.
W. S. Parker, H. G. Wadlin,
Mrs. Nesmith.
Mrs. Bancroft,
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
In accordance with our usual custom the School Committee respectfully submits the following report, together with the reports of the Superintendent and other school officials.
We invite your careful attention to facts and figures contained in the accompanying reports, especially those pertaining to the necessary expenses incurred by the Board during the past year.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
The work of remodeling the High School was begun last year, but on account of the limited appropriation the work was not com- pleted. We believe it should be completed this year, and we have asked for a special appropriation of $500 for that purpose.
Several of the school buildings are in urgent need of painting and repairs, and the committee contemplate using part of their inci- dental school appropriation for that purpose.
The work in the commercial course of the High School has not been entirely satisfactory in the past.
There are many pupils in the school who intend entering upon some mercantile employment. The work at the school should be of such good quality that our graduates would not be obliged to go elsewhere for this needed instruction. The school fits a few boys and girls each year for college. Is it expecting too much to ask that the necessary instruction in bookkeeping and other commercial branches be given that many might be fitted for their chosen call- ing ?
Some of the parents in the Main Street district have asked to have their children transferred to the Highland School. We have granted the request because we have believed, and have made known that belief through our past reports, that the children of that
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district and also of the Haverhill Street district would be far bet- ter off in every way if the schools should be closed and the pupils transported in a satisfactory manner to the schools at the village. The Town could transport them free of expense and give them much better educational advantages than they now enjoy. There is a feeling among property holders that closing the district school build- ing would depreciate real estate in the neighborhood. The experi- ence of many towns in the Commonwealth shows that it would have just the opposite effect. An intended purchaser from any of our larger towns would give more for a given farm if he were informed that his children would be carried to school and that they would have the benefits of the best schools in town.
The Town would give the children better instruction, better accommodation, better appliances and for less money. This method of transporting the pupils to the village is not new. It began in this state nearly thirty years ago. Within the last ten years 229 towns in Massachusetts have tried the plan at the aggregate cost of over $100,000, and yet in nearly every case money has been saved and the pupils better served, and from an educational stand- point a very great gain has been made. The old town of Concord commenced the good work in 1869. All over the New England states, New York, New Jersey, Ohio and even in benighted Russia and in Australia they are consolidating schools by transportation "after the Massachusetts plan."
The schools are for the benefit of the children and from that standpoint down it seems plain what action should be taken. When we consider the advantages derived from the better build- ings, the better teaching, have we a right to deprive the children of the advantages enumerated? A short quotation from an article by our former townsman, A. E. Winship, would not be out of place here.
" Thirty years ago the schools of Concord were 'confusion worse confounded.' Little school houses were sprinkled over the town in an absurd fashion. Today the children are in a beautiful
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building in the village. Heat, ventilation and sanitation are ideal. From all parts of the town the barges drive in just before the school opens and the children climb out from under robes and from heated soapstones, going into comfortably warmed hallways and school rooms, in strange contrast with those of other days, when they were broiled on one side and frozen on the other. There are now no cold feet in February, no bedraggled skirts in March. What a charming place this village school for all the towns. Such black- boards, window plants, decorated walls, reference books and appli- ances that would have been impossible in a dozen little school houses all over the town."
In the light of this picture and others like it we have for sey- eral years wondered why the parents of our smallest districts did not petition that their children be transported to the center schools where they might have the benefit of the best which the town affords, in the way of school instruction and accommodation.
VACANCIES.
The terms of Horace G. Wadlin and Walter S. Parker, mem- bers of the Committee, expire at the ensning town meeting.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The Committee recommends the sum of $17,500 for regular school expenses, $3,000 for school incidentals, $1,000 for salary of Superintendent, and $500 for repairs on High School building.
Adopted in School Committee February, 1899.
WALTER S. PARKER, Chairman, HORACE G. WADLIN, ELLEN M. BANCROFT, HENRY C. PARKER, MARY L. NESMITH, GILMAN L. PARKER, Secretary.
READING, February 6, 1899.
One member of the Board dissents from that part of the report which refers to the transportation of school children to the village.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
To the School Committee :
My sixth annual report as superintendent of the schools of Reading is herewith respectfully submitted.
On account of the completeness of the School Report for 1897, in the averaging of expenses and school statistics for the past ten years, the present report will be somewhat abridged, and reference is made to the preceding report for information and comparisons on these subjects.
For several years the schools have been in session forty weeks. This time was considerably shortened during the past year by reason of the legal holidays and the omission of school sessions on account of stormy weather. The actual length of the past year has been 37.2 weeks. The schools opened September 7, 1896, and closed June 23, 1897. Vacations of one week each were allowed at Christmas and in April.
VALUATION SCHOOL PROPERTY.
The valuation of the school property is the same as was stated in the report of last year, with the exception that repairs have been made in the High School building to the extent of one thou- sand dollars ($1,000). To make these alterations and repairs five hundred dollars ($500) were appropriated by the Town. The inten- tion was to make repairs to the extent of the $500, but while these were being made it seemed economical to complete certain plans which had been undertaken. This appropriation of $500 has been exceeded by nearly another five hundred dollars, which amount has been taken from the appropriation for incidental school expenses.
The High School house, land and furniture is regarded as har- ing a value of eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000). The total valua- tion of all school property, including land and furniture, is estimated one hundred and eight thousand dollars ($108,000).
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THE SCHOOL CENSUS.
By the school census of May, the number of children in town between 5 and 15 years was :
1890
611
1891
629
1892
666
1893
692
1894
771
1895
804
1896
794
1897
864
1898
845
By the school census of May, 1897.
Number of children between 5 and 6 .
76
6 and * 7 .
80
7 and 8 .
82
8 and 9 .
74
66
66
9 and 10 .
88
66
66 10 and 11 .
77
11 and 12 .
72 64
לל
66
13 and 14 .
89
14 and 15 .
63
66 15 and 16 .
78
Number of children in school
832
Not in school for various reasons
13:
Total number: Males, 534; Females, 311; total
845
Number between 8 and 14 years 574 Length of school year . 40 weeks.
Days lost-stormy weather, holidays, etc. 14
Actual length of school year . 37.2 wks.
A comparison for the years 1897 and 1898 shows some changes in enrollments and averages.
12 and 13 .
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PUPILS.
A
1896
1897
1898
Total enrollment from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31
929
1,018
981
Total enrollment in May
799
843
829
Total enrollment in October
848
895
864
Average number belonging in May
780.3 .
822.9
807
Average number belonging in October
. 815.7
841.7
850.6
Average number belonging in year
782.5
851.2
833.8
Average daily attendance for the year
733.6
802.2
789.3
Per cent. of attendance for the year
.
93.7
94.2
93.8
The school attendance for the past year has been excellent and the percentage is considerably higher than the average for the past ten years.
It is gratifying to report the fact that there is comparatively little truancy among pupils in our schools. This indicates that the teachers succeed in awakening and holding the interest of pupils in their studies throughout the year. The wishes of parents in hav- ing their children in school is also from this fact apparent.
SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS.
As has been the practice, various sums are included in the in- cidental school expenses which in many towns are taken from an entirely different appropriation; for instance, insurance premiums, and extraordinary expenses for repairs, which for the past year have amounted to several hundred dollars; also, there has never been any division in this appropriation determining what amount shall be devoted to the purchase of books and supplies, and how much shall be used for incidental expenses. This lack of a division of this fund has resulted in too large expenses for repairs, insurance, furniture, water and electricity, etc., and too small an expenditure for books and school supplies. Of the thirty-five hundred dollars ($3,500) appropriated, twenty-five hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-four cents have been used for contingent expenses, and nine hundred sixty-three dollars and eleven cents ($963.11) have
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