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The usual chorus of children from the Highland School Gram- mar grades sang at the Memorial Day exercises. This is the fourth successive year the children have sung for the G. A. R., and I am glad to have them take an active part in these patriotic exercises.
The work in the high school cousists of chorus work once a week for forty-five minutes with the whole school.
At present we are preparing for a concert to be given in the
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Old South Church on Feb. 1st. "The Village Blacksmith," a cantata written by Noyes, will be given with soloist, piano, or- gan and anvils.
The singing of the school at graduation was good.
In the preparation of this music, the pupils of the high school show a good, earnest spirit and it is always a pleasure to lead them.
I could wish that the music in our High School could amount to more than simply the chorus drill which we now have. A course in Harmony and Musical History could be given in a way to make it interesting and instructive, especially to a class who elect to take this study.
A chorus of children under the direction of Miss Barrows, principal of the Highland School, gave a Christmas operetta in the school hall on the Friday before Christmas. The afternoon per- formance was for the children of the school. In the evening an admission of 10 cents was charged to pay the expenses and the hall was filled. It speaks well for the children to say that they were asked to repeat it, which they did on January 4th, to another large audience. The music of this operetta was written by Mr. Chas. E. Boyd and is very bright and pretty.
The costumes and acting of the children were good and I heard many express their appreciation. All the credit should go to Miss Barrows, who with the help of Mrs. Bancroft made it possible to hear this delightful bit of music.
A chorus of boys and girls from the High School furnished the music at the reception given in Highland School hall on Friday, Dec. 7th. Owing to a previous engagement I could not attend, and Mr. Stone conducted the various numbers of the chorus.
For your hearty co-operation in my work, I wish to thank you, also the School Committee and your faithful corps of teachers.
F. W. ARCHIBALD,
Teacher of Music.
TRUANT OFFICERS' REPORT.
To the Sup't of Schools.
The truant officers submit their annual report for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1900.
Number of absentees reported
27.
Left school to be employed
2
Sickness
6
Insufficiently clothed
2
Cases of truancy
17
Taken to school
.
7
Respectfully submitted FREDERIC D. MERRILL, J. HENRY ORR,
READING, JAN. 1ST, 1901.
JANITORS.
NAME.
SCHOOLS. SALARY.
D. C. Sanborn,
High, Union St., John St. $470
Clement Gleason,
Highland 700
Timothy Cummings,
Prospect St. 120
Charles F. Bessom,
Lowell St. 50
O. H. Brown,
Chestnut Hill
80
Truant Officers ..
GRADUATING EXERCISES
CLASS OF 1900
READING HIGH SCHOOL
Old South Church
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
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PROGRAMME.
"NIL SINE LABORE."
PRAYER,
REV. W. W. WAKEMAN.
SINGING,
Vocal March, V. E. Becker
SALUTATORY AND ESSAY,
The Heritage of American Youth of Today,
MARION ADDIE HOWES.
SOLO, A May Morning, L. Denza
ELVY JOSEPHINE HUNT.
ESSAY, The Colonial Maiden,
BERTHA MAY HARRIS.
SINGING, The Lord Is Great (Athalie), Mendelssohn ORATION, The Spoils System
OSCAR ALFRED NICHOLS.
ESSAY,
Education Out of School,
LOUISE MARION PRATT.
SINGING,
A Unison Song, Bullard
ORATION,
The Boer Patriot,
ERNEST TIMOTHY WAKEFIELD.
SINGING,
Merry June (Duet), Vincent
VALEDICTORY ESSAY, Our Aspirations and Our Ideals, ALMA NELLIE DAMON.
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SINGING, Unfold, Ye Portals (Redemption), Gounod PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS,
MR. W. S. PARKER.
NAMES OF GRADUATES.
CLASSICAL COURSE.
Alma Nellie Damon
Marion Addie Howes
LATIN-SCIENTIFIC COURSE.
Bertha May Harris
Oscar Alfred Nichols
Mary Ellen Cullinane
Rebekah Louisa Bruorton
Alice Ethelyn Nichols
Martha Hodges Kittredge
Elsie Marion Tuttle
Grace Marion Stimpson
Ernest Timothy Wakefield
Jennie Hall Nichols
Ethelyn Abbott Smith
ENGLISH COURSE.
Percival Parker
Ella Martin Gleason
Elvy Josephine Hunt
Ina Louise Eames Grace May McCrum Vera Emerson Scott
Herman Walter Hay
Louise Marion Pratt
INSTITUTE COURSE.
Clarence Elmore Carter -
Edward Francis Parker, Jr.
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GRADUATES FROM GRAMMAR SCHOOL
JUNE, 1900.
Abbott, Edwin H.
Nason, Robert C.
Badger, Zaida L.
Newell, Eva
Bolton, John
Nichols, Inez B.
Bosson, J. Chapman
Nichols, Leonard G.
Brown, Rodney W.
Oxley, Gertrude E.
Bryant, Josephine
Parker, G. Leslie
Burgess, Pearl M.
`Parker, Raymond B.
Carter, Maude A.
Parker, Bertha M.
Choate, Elizabeth A.
Parker, Moses
Connelly, Anna
Preston, George C.
Cook, Guy B.
Ramsay, Flora
Devaney, Margaret
Ruggles, Helen
Ellison, Edna
Russell, Florence
Fairchild, James W.
Sanborn, George H.
Frost, Marion
Sawyer, Carl
Frost, Charles E.
Shackford, Rutha
Gould, Goldie A.
Tingley, Lena M.
Guild, Theodore A.
Turner, Franklin
Haley, Harris B.
Turner, Mary
Hannaford, Sadie
Torrey, Howard
Hewes, Blanche V.
Whitton, Edna
Jewett, Harold B.
Whitchurch, Ruel
McIntire, M. Eleanor
Wickens, Alice
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STATISTICS TAKEN FROM REPORT TO THE STATE BOARD IN APRIL, 1900, AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST.
NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN TOWN BETWEEN 5 AND 15 YEARS.
Sept. 1899
832
1900 . .
853
NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN TOWN BETWEEN 7 AND 14 YEARS.
648
Sept. 1899
1900
648
Length of school year 1899-1900 40 wks
Number of days lost from stormy days, etc. 8
Actual length of school year
9 mos. 12 d.
Number of different pupils enrolled for year ending June 22, 1900 1009
Average number in each of the twelve grades for first four months of school year.
Year. I HI III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII Special Total
1899 120 103 102 87 108 75 93 68 56 46 17 23 5 903
1900 127 136 66 107 89 98 66 82 49 37 36 14 907
TEACHERS IN SERVICE, WHERE EDUCATED, AND YEAR WHEN FIRST APPOINTED).
ALSO ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE FOR THE TERM ENDING DEC. 21, 1900.
School
Grade
Teacher
Where Educated
First Appointed
Salary
Total
Enrollment
Average
Membership
Attendance
Per cent. of
Number of cases
Number neither
Absent nor Tardy
High
XIL XI
F. E. Whittemore, Principal
Brown University
1891 $1,750
138
135.5
131.7
97.1
40
48
x
Saralı T. Kurt
Wesleyan University
1897
750
IX
Mary A. Whitney
Wellesley College
1897
725
.
66
Jennie F. Currier
Radcliffe, Special
1900
400
VIII
Alice Barrows, Principal
Bridgewater Normal
1880
850
12
39.5
38.8
98.2
6
15
VIII
Marie Clifford
Gorham, Me., Normal
1900
600
45
42.2
40.1
95.
17
9
VII VII-VI
Emma S. Page
N. Il. State Normal
1899
500
47
42.3
40.4
95.5
9
VI
Mary W. Baker
Salem Normal
1899
500
53
47.
43.9
93.3
18
10
VI-V
Carrie M. Ricker
Bridgewater Normal
1900
400
49
46.9
43.5
92.9
76
5
66
V
Zelpha L. Thayer
Bridgewater Normal
1900
350
47
44.9
42.5
94.3
42
0
..
V-1V
Mary E. Barnes
Girls' High, Boston
1899
475
50
48.2
46.1
95.7
16
14
Union St.
III
Laura C. Pollard
Salem Normal
1899
500
50
48.4
45.1
93.7
8
6
66
III-11
M. Grace Wakefield
Salem Normal
1890
400
49
47.3
41.9
90.4
22
66
I
Myra K. Parker
Reading High
1898
400
49
43.6
38.9
88.6
36
John St.
I
Lillian E. Tibbetts
Chelsea High
1897
450
44
36.5
33.
90.4
39
3
Lowell Normal
1900
350
25
22.3
19.9
89.4
1
Salem Normal
1892
450
35
32.5
30.5
93.7
30
4
II-1
Lucy E. Morgan
Oberlin College
1894
450
15
41.9
38.4
91.5
63
3
Summer School, 9 yrs.
1900
450
29
28.1
26.
91.4
15
4
Annie B. Parker
Prang's Normal
1892
400
965
907.4
849.5
93.6
Supervisor
Fred. A. Archibald
Holt's Inst. of Vocal Harmony 1894
650
of Music
IV
E. Josephine Coffin
Newburyport Training
1900
400
48
46.8
43.2
92.2
20
II-I
Annie P. Reid
Reading High
1884
400
50
47.4
44.3
93.5
48
3
Chestnut Hill 66
VI-IV
Isabel M. Wetherell
Woburn Training
1899
400
21
20.2
18.8
92.5
29
111 -I
Florence B. Parker
Prospect St.
IV-III
A. Gertrude Demsey
Lowell St. Supervisor of Drawing
11-1
Mabel E. Bemis
Randolph, Vt., Normal
1900
450
49
45.9
42.5
92.6
26
Clara D. Merriman
Wellesley College, 2 yrs.
1900
650
Highland
Christine M. Scott
Salem Normal
1895
800
Average
Attendance
of Tardiness
Carrie M. Evans
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Appropriations:
General, for teachers, janitors, and fuel, $18,500 00 Contingent, for incidental expenses, books, and supplies 3,500 00
Manual training
500 00
Sundry receipts
25 51
For superintendent of schools Total receipts
1,000 00
$23,525 51
Paid for teachers, janitors, and fuel 18,073 19 .
Paid incidental expenses
2,798 13
Paid for books and supplies
1,299 60 .
Paid superintendent of schools
987 50
Transportation
453 20
Truant officer
20 00
Rent for Main street school
5 00
Total expenses
$23,636 62
Overdraft
111 11
General appropriation
$18,500 00
Paid teachers
. $14,962 50
Paid janitors
1,463 03
Paid fuel
1,642 66
Paid transportation
453 20
Care of Haverhill street building
5 00
Rent on Main street building
5 00
Truant officer
20 00
-
- $18,551 39
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Overdraft .
51 39
Appropriation for incidental expenses and
supplies . $3,500 00
Manual Training plant
500 00
Sundry receipts
25 51
$4,025 51
Paid incidental expenses
$2,798 13
" books and supplies
1,299 60 .
$4,097 73
Overdraft
72 22
Total overdraft
123 61
Deduct balance on salary Supt. 12 50
$111 11
Salary of Superintendent of Schools. . balance
$12 50
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
PAID TEACHERS.
HIGH SCHOOL.
F. E. Whittemore
$1.720 00
Christine M. Scott
800 00
Sarah T. Kurt
750 00
Mary A. Whitney
693 30
Maud A. Bonner
360 00
Clara D. Merriman
260 00
Jennie F. Currier
160 00
$4,743 30
187
HIGHILAND SCHOOL.
Alice M. Barrows
$850 00
Frances M. Wilson
299 06
Grace M. Dennison
270 00
Marie Clifford
240 00
Nina A. Duley
82 50
Emma S. Page
500 00
Mabel E. Bemis
180 00
Mary A. Perkins
261 56
Florence E. Hunter
78 75
Zelpha L. Thayer
290 50
Mary W. Baker .
461 56
Helen A. Parker
219 36
Mary E. Barnes
430 00
Carrie M. Ricker
160 00
E. Josephine Coffin
160 00
$4,483 29
UNION STREET SCHOOL.
Laura C. Pollard
478 75
M. Grace Wakefield
408 75
Annie P. Reid
407 50
Myra K. Parker
390 00
$1,685 00
PROSPECT SCHOOL.
A. Gertrude Demsey
$433 12
Lucy E. Morgan
450 00
.
$883 12
CHESTNUT HILL SCHOOL.
Isabel M. Wetherell
$371 50
Jessie E. Dyer
240 00
Florence B. Parker
137 37
$748 87
:
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JOHN STREET SCHOOL.
Lillian A. Tibbetts $460 00
LOWELL STREET SCHOOL.
Carrie M. Evans . .
450 00
MAIN STREET SCHOOL (6 mos.)
Alice M. Day .
$210 00
SUBSTITUTES.
Ethel Stratton, for services in March
$9 00
Effie F. Heath, "
" Oct., '99 5 64
Marion Pratt, " April
16 88
Florence Parker for services in March and June
18 25
Adelia J. Webber, for services in May 16 70
Ethel A. L. Sills,
" Nov. 2 63
Margaret Hearn,
" Dec. 3 00
Mrs. Abbie Granger, for services in Dec.
17 82
$89 92
$14,962 50
PAID JANITORS.
Clement Gleason
$700 03
D. C. Sanborn
464 00
Timothy Cummings
120 00
O. H. Brown
80 00
Chas. F. Bessom
75 00
Samuel E. Killam (6 mos.)
24 00
Amount carried forward $1,463 03
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Amount brought forward
$1,463 03
Rent of Main street building $5 00
Care of Haverhill street building
5 00
$10 00
PAID FOR TRANSPORTATION.
Borthwick Brothers .
$337 00
Lawrence & Reading St. Ry. Co.
92 20
Ethel Pratt
24 00
$453 20
PAID FOR FUEL.
C. L. Martin
$416 20
Wendell Bancroft & Co.
1,147 58
W. A. Allen
25 00
H. W. Batchelder
16 75
W. O. Dockendorff
28 38
Chas. F. Bessom
5 00
Timothy Cummings
3 75
$1,642 66
INCIDENTAL SCHOOL EXPENSES.
Knight & Thomas
$162 00
Chandler Adj. Fur. Co
189 35
H. C. Diamond & Co.
8 97
Fife Bros., Carter & Co.
48 35
Geo. S. Perry & Co. .
64 05
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
48 94
N. W. Broad
2 02
Chandler & Barber
150 00
Amount carried forward $673 68
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Amount brought forward
$673 68
Peoples' Gas & Electric Light Co.
11 75
Reading Water Works
170 70
Lewis M. Bancroft
84 30
Geo. H. Atkinson
8 40
H. R. Johnson
532 41
R. A. White
3 50
E. H. Forbes
42 88
S. Brown
1 00
Electric Light & Power Dept.
18 55
R. L. Beers
6 30
Typewriters Exchange
125 00
S. E. Parker
40 00
M. S. Quinlan
80 77
Murphy, Leavens & Co.
16 80
Wendell Bancroft
44 14
H. M. Parker
3 00
Cummings Express
38 62
Timothy Cummings
3 00
M. F. Charles
3 65
M. E. Nichols
99 38
Clement Gleason
12 15
Melville A. Stone
41 83
J. W. Gleason
13 00
J. L. Hammett Co.
4 37
Congregational Society
8 00
D. C. Sanborn
3 00
J. Stocks
33 00
P. H. Meehan
65 50
C. H. Russell
106 50
Old South M. E. Church
20 00
Amount carried forward
$2,315 18
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Amount brought forward
$2,315 18
W. F. Cook
31 72
Henry F. Miller & Sons Piano Co.
10 00
Copeland & Bowser
3 12
H. C. Kendall
5 75
R. P. Burgess
30 00
American Express
7 90
Francis Bros.
394 46
$2,798 13
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Longmans, Green & Co.
$12 28
F. L. Goldsmith .
13 37
Silver, Burdett & Co.
23 56
Suffolk Ink Co. .
3 50
Cong. S. S. Pub. Society
4 00
Education Pub. Co.
11 46
Boston School Supply Co.
100 11
Pulsifer, Cook & Co. .
1 10
American Book Co.
14 00
Oliver Ditson & Co.
11 04
Boston Music Co.
4 50
J. L. Hammett Co.
79 91
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.
89 65
Ginn & Co.
308 64
The MacMillan Co.
27 71
E. E. Babb & Co.
213 95
Wadsworth, Howland & Co.
14 00
Annie B. Parker
1 32
W. H. Willis
3 45
Sarah T. Kurt
2 06
Amount carried forward
$939 63
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Amount carried forward
$939 61
Werner School Book Co.
101 52
The Morse Co. .
11 10
D. C. Heath & Co.
12 23
Wendell Bancroft & Co.
15 18
Dennison Manufacturing Co. 3 95
Geo. B. Holden .
1 10
Fred G. Barker .
12 00
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
14 88
The Arnold-Roberts Co.
2 80
Atkinson & Mentzer
6 33
Allyn & Bacon
51 50
Ideal Busy- Work Co.
2 09
Kasson & Palmer
4 00
Murphy, Leavens & Co.
13 63
Rockwell & Churchill
3 20
F. J. Barnard & Co.
51 87
Eagle Pencil Co.
21 20
Typewriter Exchange
11 20
G. H. Atkinson .
3 46
Perry Mason & Co.
16 75
$1,299 60%
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation
$1,000 00 Proceeds of dog tax, 1899
349 20
EXPENDED.
Rent.
Odd Fellows' Building Association $475 00
Light.
S. S. Bell, electric service
37 41
.
Salaries.
L. S. Cox, librarian $300 00
Jessie Grouard, assistant 28 25
B. Y. Smith, janitor
50 00
$378 25
Books.
C. E. Lauriat Company $153 73
Hazard Stevens 5 00
H. M. Meek Pub. Co. 2 00
Desmond Pub. Co.
20 00
A. W. Danforth, periodicals 33 55
H. G. Wadlin, cash expended
21 72
Sundries $236 00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing $75 75
Amounts carried forward $75 75 $1,126 66 $1,349 20
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Amounts brought forward $75 75 $1,126 66 $1,349 20
F. J. Barnard, book binding 41 79
Insurance 60 00
$177 54
$1,304 20
Unexpended
45 00
$1,349 20
$1.349 20
FINE ACCOUNT.
Amount on hand Jan. 1, 1900
$87 79
Received for catalogues
6 55
Received for cards
4 60
Received for fines
47 92
$146 86
Paid for expressage
$3 45
Paid for cleaning
4 00
Paid for incidental supplies
2 88
$10 33
$136 53
The following volumes have been presented to the library: NAMES OF DONORS. NUMBER OF VOLUMES.
United States. Documents and Reports
10
Others
-
26
Number of new volumes added . 225
Total number in library
8,840
Circulation, year ending Dec. 31, 1900
15,506
Largest single month, March
1.885
Smallest, July
1,040
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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During the year the new supplementary catalogue has been printed. The trustees have purchased a card catalogue cabinet, not yet delivered, and as stated in our last report the writing of the cards without expense to the library will be at once begun, cover- ing at first the departments of history and biography.
Provision has also been made for issuing from time to time brief bulletins covering certain important books in the library, with short notes as to their contents. It is hoped that in this way attention may be attracted to some of the standard works, especially those relating to subjects of current interest, and thus extend the usefulness of the library.
It is also proposed to place in the library at an early date a "patrons' letter box" in which communications upon the following subjects may be placed :. 1. Inquiries as to what books the library contains on any special subject. 2. Requests for advice as to a course of reading on any special subject. 3. Requests for books which it is desired to have added to the library. Answers to these communications will be posted on the bulletin board in the library as soon as possible, usually (in cases when extended investigation is not required), during the week following the deposit of the in- quiry. This is to be tried as an experiment, and its continuance will depend upon the ascertained results.
In order that the subjects covered by the latest purchases may be seen, classified under the different branches, we may say that of 644 volumes added to the library, comprising the accessions of near- ly three years, up to the date of the publication of the catalogue supplement issued in the summer, 243 were fiction; 39, juveniles; 68, literary miscellany, including works on religion, art, essays, etc .; 4, agriculture and horticulture; 50, American biography; 12, for- eign biography; 24, science; 30, travel; 92, history; 12, poetry; 23 magazines and periodicals; 47, public documents, official reports, etc. Although fiction, as in most libraries, forms a large propor-
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tion of the circulation, it will be seen that it has formed but about 38 per cent of the accessions. The percentage of money expended for fiction as compared with other branches is even less. The Trustees have endeavored to meet the demands of all classes of readers, exercising in each department a somewhat rigid rule of selection. There are those who would exclude books of the mod- ern romantic school, and others who would purchase no fiction ex- cept, possibly, the works of Scott, Thackery, Dickens, George Eliot, or other standard works. Manifestly opinions vary, and the merely personal judgment of individual readers, or of the Trustees themselves, as to the merits of any particular book, is hardly a suf-
ficient guide to its selection or rejection. Works by authors of recognized standing, not unclean or merely sensational or trivial, are not excluded. While not neglecting any department, as the figures we have cited sufficiently prove, the Trustees have always purchased representative works of current publication, which are everywhere being read and which are in demand by the patrons of the library. It is very probable that some of these will not obtain permanent standing as literature. Nevertheless they are products of our time and cannot be entirely neglected.
The question of attracting to the library readers who would not otherwise use it has some hearing in this connection. The reader who begins with books of a certain type does not always stop there. As recently stated in the report of one of our great public libraries, it makes very little difference whether or not a reader who desires it can obtain from the library "Richard Carvel', or any of the books that are being widely read and discussed in the magazines or daily papers, some of which are, judged by strict standards, of low rank as literature. But it makes a very great dif- ference indeed, whether or not such a reader is attracted to the library or repelled.
An inspection of the bulletins of recent accessions will show
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that very few novels of the merely weak, sensational, or common- place class have been purchased in late years. The Trustees have not knowingly purchased others to which exception can justly be taken upon moral grounds. Occasionally complaint reaches us as to some book of the last named kind, and in every such case the volume is retired from active circulation if the point is found to be well taken. The Trustees have always preferred to err upon the side of extreme care in this direction, although they have thereby excluded works by authors of the highest standing and of inter- national reputation. In a library supported at the public expense they do not wish to offend the moral sensibilities of any citizen.
In the financial statement it will appear that the sum of $45 remains unexpended from the appropriation. There is, however, an outstanding bill of that amount in connection with the proposed card catalogue which could not be paid before January 1st, when the account was closed. As it will have to be met in due season the Trustees recommend its reappropriation, and they also recommend that the sum of $1,000 and the proceeds of the dog tax be appropriated for the support of the library during the coming year, this being the same appropriation as made in 1900.
Two vacancies occur in the board, to be filled at the annual town meeting, the terms of Horace G. Wadlin and J. Woodward Manning expiring.
Respectfully submitted,
H. G. WADLIN, Chairman, F. E. WHITTEMORE, HARLEY PRENTISS, HENRY G. KITTREDGE, J. WOODWARD MANNING, CYRUS M. BARROWS, Secretary,
Trustees.
READING, January, 1901.
TREE WARDEN'S REPORT.
I would recommend that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $50 for the purchase of trees to take the place of some that have died and also for the general beautification of the town.
It seems to me that the Reading Womans Club merits appreciation for their action in purchasing and presenting trees to the Town; and they did not let the matter rest there, for they even paid the expense of planting them.
I have been in communication with Supt. Lane of the Lynn & Boston St. Ry. regarding the protection of the trees from the feed wires of the electric roads and he shows a disposition to co-op- erate with me all in his power, and I think in another season reme- dies may be looked for in this particular.
WILLARD A. BANCROFT,
Tree Warden.
Geo. Leach, labor
$7 78
W. E. Johnson, labor
1 50
Peter White,
3 50
Simon Clements, "
1 75
W. K. Pratt,
5 06
E. L. Chamberlain, team
3 00
S. W. Bowker, team .
75
Frank Danforth, paint
50
Filing saws
1 60
W. A. Bancroft, labor, man and team
76 30
$101 94
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SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS.
P'ATION
SUNDRY CREDITS
TOTAL AMOUNT INCLUDING APPROP'ATION
EXPENDED
UNEX- PENDED
OVER- DRAWN
Salaries of, Town Officers.
$3,300 00
$3,300 00
$3,549 65
$249 65
Town Building and Office
250 00
250 00
386 27
136 27
Election Expenses
200 00
200 00
180 88
$19 12
Printing ...
500 00
500 00
480 12
19 88
Estate of Eliza C. Swall
134 73
134 73
Willard Welsh vs. Town of Reading ..
45 00
45 00
Ipswich Mills vs. Town of Reading ..
300 00
300 00
Margaret Allen vs. Town of Reading.
130 00
130 00
Decoration and Care of Soldiers' Graves.
175 00
Bandstand ..
500 00
500 00
510 05
10 05
Municipal Light and Power Plant.
4,500 00
4.500 00
4,500 00
Construction.
1,500 00
1,500 00
1.500 00
Interest on Bonds and Notes.
2,276 50
2,276 50
2,276 50
Arc Lamps ....
Bancroft Avenue and Mineral Street
165 00
165 00
165 00
Reduction of Debt.
1,400 00
1,400 00
1,400 00
Bond No. 6, issue 1894
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
School House Note, issue May 1, 1896 ..
2,000 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
School House Bonds, issue Aug. 1, 1895
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
Interest on School Honse Notes.
520 00
520 00
470 00
Interest on School House Bonds.
1,520 00
$20 00
1,540 00
1,460 00
Reading Water Works.
Interest on Water Loan
2,470 00
2,470 00
2,470 00
Hydrant Rentals.
3,930 00
3,930 00
3,930 00
Drinking Fountains ..
300 00
300 00
300 00
Reduction of Water Loan
7,000 00
7,000 00
7,000 00
State and Military Aid
2,300 00
2,300 00
2,534 00
234 00
Soldiers' Relief.
800 00
800 00
1,440 25
640 25
Soldiers' Relief Account, No. Reading.
93 30
93 30
Miscellaneous Expenses.
800 00
24 76
824 76
850 14
25 38
Care and Improvement of Common and Parks ..
150 00
150 00
144 19
5 81
..
Note, issue of May 1, 1896.
175 00
175 00
Maintenance
50 00
. 80 00
.
...
Valuation Reports ..
300 00
300 00
289 35
10 65 1 09
Abatement of Taxes
400 00
400 00
398 91
Interest .. ..
200 00
1.528 36 561 35
1.728 36
2,491 19
762 83
Highways, Bridges and Repairs of Sidewalks ...
5,500 00
6,061 35 500 00
437 93
62 07
Repairs of Concrete ...
300 00
112 20
412 20
412 20
Concrete Sidewalks and Edgestones (abutters to pay one-half).
100 00
233 65
633 65
466 35
167 30
Concrete Sidewalk and Edgestones, Middlesex Avenue.
622 58
622 58
622 58
Howard Place (now Haven Street).
300 00
200 00
500 00
500 00
Haven Street, Paving
1,000 00
1,000 00
842 12
157 88
Grand Street Extension to Lowell Street
300 00
300 00
302 08
2 08
Drain across land of Galen A. and Milton D. Parker.
200 00
200 00
259 58
59 58
Street Sprinkler.
300 00
300 00
300 00
Sprinkling Streets
400 00
1 00
401 00
349 00
52 00
Removal of Snow and Ice.
600 00
600 00
278 57
321 43
Fire Department
3,200 00
3,200 00
3,259 35
59 35
Forest Fires.
150 00
150 00
321 82
171 82
Repairs to Steam Fire Engine.
1,700 00
1,700 00
1,700 00
New Fire Hose ..
250 00
250 00
248 62
1 38
Police Department.
2,600 00
136 65
2,736 65
2,419 01
317 64
Board of Health.
450 00
450 00
598 29
148 29
Laurel Hill Cemetery
900 00
355 00
1,255 00
1,252 37
2 63
Overseers of the Poor Account.
4,000 00
1,492 89
5,492 89
5,517 91
25 02
Almshouse, Additions and Repairs
961 00
961 00
972 70
11 70
City of Waltham ..
106 00
'106 00
Town of Swampscott.
56 35
56 35
56 35
Town of North Reading
66 95
66 95
69 20
$2 25
City of Fall River.
19 15
19 15
19 15
City of Melrose.
7 15
7 15
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
98 40
98 40
Committee on Sewerage
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
Schools .
18,500 00
25 51
18,525 51
18,551 39
25 88
4,000 00
5 25
4,005 25
4,097 :3
92 48
Superintendent of Schools
1,000 00
1,000 00
987 50
12 50
1,000 00
349 20
1,349 20
1,304 20
45 00
$88,006 50
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