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During the winter many needed improvements have been made in and around the Gymnasium. Bleachers accommodating about 200 have been built, four 200-candle power Tungsten lights, with protective gratings have been installed in the Gym., and a hot and cold shower bath has been made available. All this has been done at the expense of the Athletic Association. Besides this, the Committee appropriated a sum sufficient to build a dressing room and closet, with steam heat, for the accommodation of the players. All these improvements are greatly appreciated and furnish accom- modations in our own building which in many towns are sought for in hired halls and local Y. M. C. A.'s, a condition prolific of many evils from a school point of view.
It is hardly possible to estimate the good which accrues from a strong, enthusiastic athletic spirit in the school, when such a spirit can be controlled and guided along right lines by the right kind of men, with the interest centered around our own building and equipment, especially during the winter months. Such a spirit spreads out into other lines. School life is quickened, attendance is improved, more interest in the real work is engendered, and above all, that intangible thing, school spirit, is aroused, and this it is that solves in advance most of the problems of discipline both
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for principal and teacher. Given a school where a strong school spirit has been developed along right lines and given an adminis- tration based upon common sense and fairness, and the result is a practical disappearance of disagreeable incidents ; discord and pun- ishments are rare. There is such a spirit at our High School.
REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING
To the Superintendent of Schools :
The principles which underlie any system of drawing must necessarily remain the same, but an effort is made from year to year to vary the exercises which tend to develop these principles. This year a beginning in handicraft has been attempted in the High School, that principles of design may be actually applied to useful objects, and that skill and intelligent training in the manual arts may be attained. Only the simplest methods of leather and metal working have been introduced. These require but a limited and in- expensive working equipment, and may easily be continued at home, a desirable result, of which the interest of the pupils gives promise.
It is of interest to note that four of our High School graduates are at the present time studying in the Massachusetts Normal Art School.
This year has been a memorable one in mural decorations. In February a great effort was made to raise a fund for the decoration of the new High School building. An entertainment and art exhibit was given Feb. 26, 27, 28, the pupils and teachers of the Grammar and Primary Schools contributing most generously and disinterest- edly to its success.
A picture as a prize was offered the class in the Highland, Center and Primary Schools which sold the most tickets to the enter- tainment. These prizes were won by Miss Whittemore's seventh grade class, of the Highland School ; Miss Flanders' fourth grade, of the Center School; and Miss Drown's class, of the Prospect Street School.
The proceeds of this entertainment and exhibit were more than doubled by the efforts of Superintendent Stone, who solicited adver- tisements for an illustrated program in booklet form which nette
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more than three hundred dollars. The total proceeds, with the liberal terms given by the Horace K. Turner Co., amounted in pur- chasing power at list prices to the grand sum of $693.85. This has been expended under the direction of the Public School Art League for the following pictures and plaster reliefs :
The pictures unless otherwise indicated are Turner prints.
CORRIDOR (FIRST FLOOR)
The Manuscript, Alexander
$32 00
Tradition, Alexander
32 00
Giralda Tower
17 00
Cologne Cathedral - Exterior
23 50
Cologne Cathedral - Interior
23 50
Cicero against Cataline
17 00
Concord Bridge
17 00
Niagara Falls
17 00
Westminster Abbey
17 00
Houses of Parliament
17 00
SUPERINTENDENT'S ROOM
Windsor Castle, Etching
15 50
Morning, Plaster medallion
1 50
Night, Plaster medallion
1 50
Portrait Andrea del Sarto
8 25
Detail Anatomical Lecture, Rembrandt
8 20
RECEPTION ROOM
Portrait of Washington, hand colored print 15 25
Windmill, Ruydael, hand colored print . 14 50
Souvenir of Italy, Corot, hand colored print.
14 50
Parson's Daughter, Reynolds, color print
27 50
Pot of Basil, Alexander, color print
9 25
Hebe, Plaster statue
15 00
ASSEMBLY HALL
Amiens Cathedral .
33 75
.
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CORRIDORS (SECOND FLOOR)
King Arthur
23 50
Colleoni .
23 50
Alexandrian Procession, Plaster relief
18 00
Apollo and the Muses, Plaster relief
18 00
Victory, from Trajan's Column, Plaster relief .
7 00
Nike untying Sandals, Plaster relief
8 00
STAIRWAYS
Lower Nile
23 50
Egyptian Temple
23 50
Taj Mahal
23 50
Mt. Vesuvius, from Naples
23 50
Three pictures given as prizes 36 60
Three pictures ordered but not yet received
65 00
Twenty-nine brass name plates
23 00
A cordial invitation is extended to all to visit this collection of beautiful pictures and see how much they add to the charm and the homelike atmosphere of the building.
The Highland School, already enriched with so many gifts from its graduates, received from this year's class as the result of the very successful annual entertainment, decorations to the amount of seventy-five dollars.
They were as follows :
Night, Plaster medallion, Thorwaldsen
Morning, Plaster medallion, Thorwaldsen.
Alexandrian Procession, Plaster relief, Thorwaldsen.
Oak Walk, Color print ..
The Bugler, Hunt, Brown print.
Two unique Japanese stencils framed as transparencies.
Respectfully submitted,
ANNIE B. PARKER,
Supervisor of Drawing.
REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICER
FROM JAN. 1, 1908, to JAN. 1, 1909
To the Superintendent :
Number of absences reported to me 61
Number found to be truants
15
Number reported as ill
11
Number insufficiently clad
16
Number kept at home to work
19
Number taken to school
12
Number returned to school .
45
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM KIDDER,
Truant Officer.
GRADUATION EXERCISES
READING HIGH SCHOOL Wednesday Evening, June Twenty-four 1908
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
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PROGRAM
Prayer
REV. W. H. PARKER
1 Mars and its Canals (Salutatory)
CLARA MILDRED TUTTLE
2 The Man of the Hour
GEORGE CLARKE BROOKS
Estudiantina P. Lacomde
HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS
3 Our Town
OSCAR HARRIS ROUNDS
4 History of Class 1908 SUSIE FRANCES GRANFIELD
The Two Grenadiers Schumann
HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS
5 The Currency Question
LUKE TERRENCE DEVANEY
6 Our Schools and Our Girls (Valedictory ) ETHEL GRAHAM TRASK
Praise ye the Father Gounod
HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS
Conferring of Diplomas
Walter S. Parker, Chairman of School Committee
Benediction
REV. W. C. MYERS
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MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1908
COLLEGE COURSE
George Clarke Brooks
Luke Terrence Devaney
Margaret Louise Robinson Alma Lillian Eaton
Marjorie Roberts
SCIENTIFIC COURSE
Herbert Lewis Bartlett
Henry Blethen
Charles Warren Underhill John Whitley Underhill
Oscar Harris Rounds
NORMAL COURSE
Hilda Weston Eames
Muriel Alice Emerson
Ruth Peabody Ethel Chase Robinson
Susie Frances Granfield
Susie Carrie Simpson
ENGLISH COURSE
Lottie Frances Abbott Marion Stone Bancroft
Robert Jewett Barr
William Campbell Barrett Alice May Bartlett Everett Wilson Brown Doris Batchelder Campbell Albert LeRoy Case
Blanche Flemming Chisholm
Almeda Elizabeth Colby William Augustine Connolly Marion Coolidge Edna Maud Crosby Nora Lena Cullinane Russell Willis Davis Rose Imelda Devaney
Florence Anna Eaton Sarah May Eaton
Alice Alecta Eames
May Lillian Forbes Gertrude May Greeley Benjamin Martin Hartshorn John Carvill Holmes Leland Waldron Kingman Gabriella Edilena Lasell Grace Clarke Mansfield George Raymond Moses John Justin Quinlan Ethel Graham Trask Harvey Gay Turner Roy Wilson Turner Clara Mildred Tuttle
GRADUATING CLASS OF THE HIGHLAND SCHOOL, JUNE, 1908
Babcock, Ralph G. Bancroft, Helen L.
Herbolzheimer, Julia
Hughes, Arthur
Batchelder, Harold W.
Jewett, Mildred
Boothby, Horace E.
Jones, Charles W. Kidder, Mildred
Cail. Wilbur S.
Canty, Charles A.
Libby, Anna L.
Carlson, Ragner L.
Maguire, Margaret
Carnes, Harold A.
Mansfield, Ruby
Carney, John J.
Mason, Ralph J.
Clark, Avery W.
McCrum, Alberta
Cloudman, Elmer H.
McGarry, Catherine
Cook, Louise M.
McKay, Florence
Coolidge, Frank O.
Meuse, Helen
Cummings, Agnes S.
Michelini, Margaret Michelini, Romeo M. Milbury, Edward L. Milbury, Ruby J.
Evans, John S. Forbes, Robert S.
Montgomery, Marjorie
Murphy, Clarence J.
Foster, Ethel G.
Murray, Ellen V.
Galvin, Agnes M.
Newhall, Howard D.
Nichols, Florence G. Nichols, Rachel J.
Gear, Helen Geary, James L. Goodridge, Harold S. Goodwin, Mary Grant, Joseph A.
Park, Marion E. Parker, Elliott E.
Parker, Gladys E. Parks, Edith M.
Hanscom, Lillian Hartshorn, Chester G.
Proper, Laneta
Doucette, Helen
Doulong, Helen
Enos, Marion G.
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Ricker, Everett M.
Sullivan, Lillian
Roberts, Paulina
Robertson, Herbert L.
Surette, Lena L. Swasey, Theresa B.
Robinson, Donald C.
Swett, Mildred
Robinson, Howard P.
Symmes, Willard
Seaman, Frank T.
Symonds, Edith R.
Seaman, Mildred
Thorn, Jesse P.
Shepardson, Helen
Turner, Mary
Slack, Frank T.
Vermille, Norman H.
Smith, Elbridge S.
Villiers, Isabella
Stembridge, Harold E.
Waters, Mary V.
Sullivan, Alma
White, Harry A.
STATISTICS TAKEN FROM REPORT OF THE STATE BOARD IN APRIL, 1908, AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN TOWN BETWEEN 5 AND 15 YEARS
Sept. 1899 .
832
1900 . 853
66 1901 . 890
66 1902 . 915
66 1903 .
967
66 1904 .
938
1905 .
972
1906 .
1022
1907 .
997
1908 .
1005
194
NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN TOWN BETWEEN 7 AND 14 YEARS
Sept. 1899 .
648
1900 .
648
1901 .
680
1902
636
66 1903 .
682
1904 .
758
66 1905 .
698
1906.
759
1907 .
723
1908
695
Length of school year, 1907-1908
. 40 wks.
Number of days lost from stormy days, etc.
9
Actual length of school year
9 mos. 11 dys.
Number of different pupils enrolled for the year ending June 26, 1907
1213
Average number in each of the twelve grades for first four months of school year :
YEAR
I 120
II
III
IV 87
V 108
VI 75
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
SP. TOT'L
1899
103
102
66
107
89
98
66
82
49 37
36
14
0 907
1901
177
102
108
77
105
87
97
64
61
42
28
25
5 978
1902
142
126
90
86
117
98
100
70
56
64
34 21
4 1008
1903
127 129
131
116
116
95
91
97 109
93 86
63
61
53
53
45
4 1156
1906
118
129
109 150
127
114
105 120 123
104 100 109
93
100 110 118
78 92
82 75
58 75
76 72
63
1907
120
110
1908
123
111
120
128
97
138
93
68
56
46 17 23 5 903
1900
127
136
114
103
104
86
109
1904
1905
129
118
130
124
88 100
79
60
85
88
6 1212
48 5 1166 :42 50 47 5 1226
31 9 1050
54 4 1123
96 97
TEACHERS IN SERVICE, WHERE EDUCATED, YEAR WHEN FIRST APPOINTED
ALSO ENROLLMENT FOR FOUR MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER 24, 1908
SCHOOL
GRADE
TEACHERS
WHERE EDUCATED
Year First Appointed
Salary
Total
Enrollment
Average
Average
Attendance
Per cent. of
Attendance
Tardiness
Cases of
Dismissal
High
.
H. T. Watkins, M. A., Master ..
Colby University
1903
$2200
306
290-6
281.2 96.7
97
7
Wm. R. Redden, A. B.
Bates College . ..
1907
1100
Natalie A. Smith, A. B.
Wellesley College.
1905
700
Mt. Holyoke College
1905
700
Radcliffe College . .
1906
750
Ruth Buffum, A. B ..
Mt. Holyoke College.
1907
600
L. Lucile Wheeler, A. B.
Mt. Holyoke College-
1907
600
Mabel A. Hayes, A. B ..
Mt. Holyoke College.
1907
600
Helen B. Flanders, A. B.
Boston University .
1907
600
Alice M. Lombard . .
Bay Path Institute.
1907
600
Helen A. Taff, A. B
1908
525
Highland
Alice Barrows, Principal.
1880
1000
N. H. State Normal
1899
650
41
39.9
38.3
95.9
22
4
VIII
Edith A. Estes ·
1901
600
42
37-8
35.5
93.9
40
1
VIII
Fannie C. Whittemore
1905
600
40
39.4
38.7
98.2
11
4
VII .
Lavinia C. Cairns
1907
600
53
48.2
46.2
95.9
20
18
46
VII .
Amy A. Lapham.
1908
550
49
47.5
45.7
96-2
35
13
VI ..
Bessie M. Parker
1905
525
49
46.2
42.4
91.8
32
30
VI ..
Julia A. Floyd .
1907
525
48
45
40.9
90.9
105
32
66
VI ..
Pearl M. Pillsbury .
1908
500
50
45.5
42.2
92.8
74
20
V .
Edna F. Wood
North Adams Normal
1907
475
51
49
46.5
94.9
26
12
IV ..
Elizabeth G. E. King
Bridgewater Normal
1908
450
51
46.2
43.4
93.9
40
19
Center .
III
Salem Normal
1890
550
44
40.9
39
95.3
13
7
Annie L. Donovan
Bridgewater Normal
1907
475
48
45.3
42.4
93.6
11
18
Salem Normal.
1905
450
52
46.8
44.6
95.3
21
Salem Normal.
1908
400
48
41.8
40.2
96.2
24
2
II
Farmington Normal.
1907
550
41
36.8
34
90.2
20
6
Anna P. Reid.
Reading High School
1884
450
39
36.6
34.7
94.8
11
15
Bridgewater Normal
1904
475
48
41.1
35.8
87.1
30
4
I.
Miriam P. Clark ..
Lowell Normal
1908
400
47
42.2
38.4
90.9
55
6
Prospect St
IV-III
Josephine Drown ..
Johnson St. Normal, Vt.
1908
500
49
46.1
42.9
93.1
34
II-I .
Carolyn R. Spencer.
Woburn Training
1908
450
36
31.5
28.4
90.1
65
9
Lowell St
III-II-I
Elsa R. Anderson
Lowell Normal
1908
450
36
30.9
27.8
89.9
67
7
Chestnut Hill
IV-III-II-I
Marian F. Hall .
Gorham Normal ·
1903
450
28
25.8
23.6
91.5
43
1
4
III
Joyce L. Fielder
Union St
.
Eudora W. Gould, Principal .
II . .
I
Marion H. Morgan
M. Grace Wakefield, Principal.
V
IV
Ethel M. Flanders
Gorham Normal
S. S., N. H. State Nor., Hyannis.
Lowell Normal
R. I. State Normal
Salem Normal ..
Lowell Normal (Special)
Newburyport Training .
..
VIII
Emma S. Page, Ass't Principal ..
Radcliffe College
Bridgewater Normal
Mary P. Gordon, A. B ...
Mary Lerner, A. B ..
.
Membership
Cases of
. ..
196
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriations :
General, for Superintendent, teachers,
janitors and fuel . $29,000 00
Incidentals, books and supplies
4,000 00
Received for Haverhill Street School
house
75 00
Received refund on bills
1 53
Received telephone tolls
5 13
Received for tuition
2,133 50
Received fines on damaged books
3 07
Received fines on desks and buildings .
5 45
Received fines on laboratory breakage . 9 94
Received for materials sold . .
15 70
- $35,249 32
EXPENDITURES
Paid for teachers, janitors and fuel . $28,459 26
Paid incidental expenses
2,471 08
Paid for books and supplies
2,456 59
Paid Superintendent of Schools .
1,120 00
Transportation
702 00
Truant Officer
40 00
Total expenses
$35,248 93
Balance
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General appropriation . $29,000 00
Transferred from Incidentals Account . . 1,281 26
$30,281 26
Paid Superintendent
.
. $1,120 00
Paid teachers
22,620 58 .
Paid janitors
2,919 75
Paid for fuel
2,918 93
Paid for transportation
702 00
-
- $30,281 26
Appropriation for incidentals, supplies and insurance . $4,000 00
197
Received for tuition
$2,133 50
Received refund on bills
1 53
Received for Haverhill Street school- house £
75 00
Received telephone tolls
5 13
Received fines on damaged books
3 07
Received fines on desks and buildings .
5 45
Received fines on laboratory breakage .
9 94
Received for materials sold .
15 70
$6,249 32
Paid to general account
· $1,281 26
Paid incidental expenses
2,471 08
Paid Truant Officer
40 00
Paid for books and supplies
2,456 59
$6,248 93
Unexpended balance .
39
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS
Superintendent of Schools, Melville A. Stone $1,120 00
HIGH SCHOOL
Harry T. Watkins, Master .
$2,177 09 .
Wm. R. Redden, Sub-master
.
1,088 53
Mary Lerner
759 37
Mary P. Gordon .
708 75
Natalie A. Smith
365 00
L. Lucille Wheeler
576 25
Ruth Buffum
576 25
Mabel A. Hayes .
576 25
Alice M. Lombard
576 25
Helen B. Flanders
576 25
Helen A. Taff
203 44
Alice P. Rand
343 75
Beatrice Springer
343 75
$8,870 93
198
HIGHLAND SCHOOL
Alice Barrows, Principal
$1,012 50
Emma S. Page, Assistant Principal
658 13
Alice E. Hood
323 00
Edith A. Estes
591. 88
Fannie C. Whittemore
576 25
Amy A. Lapham
554 88
Lavinia C. Cairns
540 00
Edna F. Wood .
184 06
Bessie M. Parker
469 07
Edna H. Dyer
307 80
Julia A. Floyd
515 94
Pearl M. Pillsbury
193 75
Elizabeth G. E. King .
174 38
Emma Bird
83 00
Annie M. Reck
306 87
$6,491 51
CENTER SCHOOL
M. Grace Wakefield, Principal
$566 59
Annie L. Donovan
451 81
Ethel M. Flanders
448 87
Edna F. Wood .
250 00
Louise W. Gardner
17 63
Joyce L. Fielder
155 00
$1,889 90
UNION STREET SCHOOL
Florence E. Babcock, Principal, 6 months
$332 39
Eudora W. Gould, Principal, 4 months 492 69
Anna P. Reid
435 22
Marion H. Morgan
480 94
Miriam P. Clark .
155 00
Joyce L. Fielder
9 38
Mary Wiley
9 .96 - $1,915 58
199
PROSPECT STREET SCHOOL
Josephine Drown
$506 25
Hortense F. Small
281 25
Mary Wiley
3 38
Carolyn R. Spencer
171 00
$961 88
LOWELL STREET SCHOOL
Lulu C. Colby
$142 50
Edith T. Sanborn
93 50
Elsa R. Anderson
174 38
Mary Wiley
4 50
$414 88
CHESTNUT HILL SCHOOL
Gertrude B. Carter
$247 75
Marian F. Hall .
167 63
Mary Wiley
6 75
.
$422 13
SPECIAL TEACHERS
Annie B. Parker, Drawing .
$455 63
Leon R. Maxwell, Music, 6 months
312 50
Albert E. Brown, Music, 4 months
193 75
Wm. Firth Eastwood, Manual Training
532 50
Eunice F. Bancroft, Sewing, 7 months
115 63
Frances K. Dolley, Sewing, 3 months .
43 76
$1,653 77
$22,620 58
JANITORS
Clement Gleason
$900 00
Wm. Killam
744 00
Wm. Kidder
620 00
Mrs. Ara Pratt
420 00
Timothy Cummings
123 00
Oscar Rounds
61 50
Benj. Hartshorn .
51 25
$2,919 75
200
FUEL
Bancroft, Wendell & Co.
$112 75
Batchelder, A. E.
21 50
B. & M. R. R. .
1,027 77
Emerson, W. D. .
9 00
Hanscom, E. C. .
245 15
Hartshorn, Benj.
5 50
Nelson, C. W.
41 50
Parker, Asa
8 00
The Russell Co. .
848 77
Wakefield, Charles
24 00
Walker, J. Albert & Co.
574 99
$2,918 93
TRANSPORTATION
B. & N. Street Railway Co.
$350 00
Borthwick Bros. . 352 00
$702 00
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT
Allen, Hall & Co., retinting Highland Hall . $263 35
American Express Co .. 31 20
American Painting & Decorating Co., stain American Seating Co., repairs and new cast-
1 00
ings
10 50
American Steam Gauge & Value Co. . 1 50
Atkinson, Geo. H. Co., supplies for reception
8 61
Babb, Edward E., ink wells
1 00
Bacon & Co., iron for guards on lawn .
1 40
Badger, W. B. & Co., repairing desk locks .
50
Bancroft, W. A. & Co., lumber, cement, etc.
45 86
Bent, L. G., laundry
11 68
Blunt, John, repair of tools . 4 87
Bond, Mrs. J. S., repairs of flag . 1 00
Carpenter-Morton, shellac for desks 13 46
Clapp, R. D., repairs and jobbing
29 25
-
201
Cook, W. F., painting Highland School $175 00
Cummings Express, carting and expressage . 101 68
Dimond, H. C. & Co., rubber stamps . 1 53
Eames, L. T., repairs and new wiring . 28 01
Edgerley & Bessom, rent of chairs 3 50
Electrical Goods Mfg. Co., repairs on H. S. system 4 43
Farquhar, John, Sons, repairs on roof
16 35
Fife, T. C., repairs and change of steam valves . 160 11
Francis Bros., repairs and manual training supplies 113 19
Gleason, J. W., reeving halyards 5 00
Hammond, Edward A., desk baskets
1 75
Hanscom, E. C., work on cesspools
21 00
Hartshorn, Benj., work on lawn .
40
Johnson, F. L., painting 12 75
Johnson, H. R., repairs, mounting pictures,etc.
40 43
Killorin Contracting Co., concrete repairs
2 70
Ladd, F. A., tuning pianos .
·
13 25
Lang, J. E., work on H. S. walk
1 00
LeFave, J. A., work on steam plant at H. S.
1 00
Manning, J. W., work on H. S. and High- land grounds 20 00
Metcalf, E. C., sundry supplies
9 36
Miller, Henry F., Piano Mfg. Co., rent of piano . 10 00
Municipal Light Board
81 87
Murphy, J. A., repair of clocks
23 75
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. .
112 67
Ordway, O. O., repairs
3 50
Orient Mfg. Co., spray
50
Park, H. L., repairs at Highland .
9 50
People's Gas & Electric Co.
39 04
Pierce, Geo. E., rent of chairs
2 00
Prentiss & Viall, insurance .
108 00
202
Reading Police Dept. .
$6 90
Reading Water Works
190 89
Sargent, W. E. & Co., repairs on H. S. tel- ephone service 15 73
Sennett, F. S., services at graduation
3 00
Smith, A. A., taking census
40 00
Stewart & Robertson, repairs on Center and Union Schools 115 00
Surette, Leo, labor in laboratories 2 25
Stock, John, cleaning vaults
10 00
Stone, Melville A., travelling expenses
210 74
Studley, Edward H., engrossing diplomas
12 00
The Ashton. Valve Co., steam valves .
12 00
The Macey Co., filing cabinet
20 00
The Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., supplies
2 80
The Standard Electric Time Co., work on clock
16 14
Trow, Catherine M., lunch counter
127 39
Twombly, W. E. & J. F., printing and sup- plies, 1907-08
86 74
Wightman, W. H., insurance
48 95
Wilkins, J. E., work on H. S. walk
3 00
$2,471 08
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES ACCOUNT
Allyn & Bacon, books
$33 41
American Book Co., books and supplies 259 00
American Peace Society, programs for Peace
Day . 1 40
Appleton, D. & Co., books .
1 13
Atkinson, Geo. H. Co., supplies for janitors
32 71
Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover, books and sup- plies . 301 33
Babb, Edward E. & Co., books and supplies 321 61
Baird, A. F., supplies . 10 00
Baker & Taylor Co., books . 10 84
203
Barnard, F. J. & Co., rebinding books $137 41
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., microscope 28 80
Bradley, Milton Co., supplies 98 34
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co., botany supplies 16 32
Chandler & Barker, thermometers and man- ual training supplies 23 77 · Charles, M. F., envelopes, crayon and bands 2 45
Cook, A. S., supplies for sewing . 5 10
Dallman, H. I., janitors' supplies
42 00
Ditson, Oliver Co., music supplies 5 58
Dodd, Mead & Co., reference books 40 00
Eagle Pencil Co., pencils and pens
69 25
Eimer & Amend, chemical supplies
43 46
Fuller, Seth W. & Co., electrical supplies 2 05
Ginn & Co., books
181 66
Greenough, W. S. & Co., supplies
1 50
Hall, Arthur W., chemical and physics sup- plies 3 65
Hanmer, W. H. Co., typewriter supplies
8 00
Hayner, Norman C. Co., janitors' supplies
34 79
Heath, D. C. & Co., books .
117 19
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books .
62 82
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, supplies
130 87
King, Geo. F. & Co., supplies
2 00
Knott,'L. E., Apparatus Co., physics supplies
19 51
Lambert, F. D., biology supplies .
10 55
Library Bureau, office supplies
2 25
Little, Brown & Co., books
6 00
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., books
12 85
Milbury, Ora L., manual training supplies
80 74
Orient Mfg. Co., janitors' supplies 76 50
Redden, Wm. R., laboratory supplies. 1 05
Sanborn, Benj. H. & Co., books .
2 17
Schonhoff Book Co., books
18 42
Scribner's, Chas. Sons, books ·
10 65
204
Silver, Burdett & Co., books and supplies
$41 26
Smith, L. C. Bros., typewriter supplies 3 50
The Beal Press, commercial supplies 4 50
The Typewriter Exchange, supplies
9 00
Turner, J. E. Wagon Co.
6 14
Twombly, W. E. & J. F., blank reports and office blanks 74 48
Wallace, F., supplies .
1 80
Ward, Samuel Co., supplies
3 75
Willis, W. H., supplies
4 45
Winchester, Geo. A., supplies
26 08
Wood, W. A. Co., janitors' supplies
12 50
$2,456 59
REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON EXTENSION AND RENEWAL OF THE MUNICIPAL ELEC- TRIC LIGHT AND POWER PLANT
The purpose for which this Committee was elected having been accomplished, the following statement is submitted.
Appropriation
$26,000 00
Cash for Material sold
265 42
Due from Depreciation Account .
1,000 00
Interest allowed by Town for use of
money for other purposes 58 66
Total receipts
$27,324 08
Bills approved for payment . $25,995 41
Outstanding bills :
Balance Engineer's commission
75 29
Ridgeway Dynamo & Engine Co.
300 00
Wetmore-Savage Co. .
3 00
W. Bancroft & Co.
1 30
Municipal Light and Power Plant, for
work on lines, renewing and set- ting poles, etc.
949 08
Total disbursements
$27,324 08
ANALYSIS OF DISBURSEMENTS
Engines
$4,815 00
Generators .
.
5,956 62
Switchboard
3,650 63
Station
856 55
Arc System
4,494 37
Engine repairs
221 78
Lines .
1,359 10
Engine foundation and piping
2,051 10
206
Boilers
1,058' 00
Boiler setting and piping
1,610 64
Engineer's fees
1,250 29
-- $27,324 08
For detail of disbursements see Selectmen's Report.
The progress of the work has been somewhat delayed, the prin- cipal reason being that at the time operations commenced, i. e., May, 1907, all manufacturing plants were overcrowded with orders, mak- ing it impossible to obtain delivery of necessary equipment until several months after the contracts were awarded.
The results obtained, however, more than compensate for the loss of time, and when it is considered that the Plant has been prac- tically transformed, that the arc system has been entirely changed, and extensive renewal made in the poles and lines without a break in the service or any inconvenience to the patrons of the power or light systems, the Committee is satisfied that all will agree in accord- ing to the employes of the Plant and the engineers credit for having completed successfully a difficult task.
The present condition of the Plant is excellent, the outlook very promising, as shown by the following detailed report from the engi- neers, and in this connection we cannot refrain from referring to the superior judgment shown by those interested in the original con- struction, their foresight as to foundations and other unchangeable conditions having made the task of the present committee much less onerous. The rapid advance of electrical science of the last few years and the ever increasing demand for electricity for various pur- poses, are the only reasons that can be given for the present altera- tions and extensions.
GILMAN L. PARKER, Chairman, WILLIAM C. BUCK, Secretary, GEORGE L. FLINT, WILLIAM H. BYERS, FRANK T. STROUT, JAMES MAXWELL, JOHN F. TURNER,
Special Municipal Light Committee.
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To the Special Committee on Municipal Light and Power Plant, Town of Reading, Mass., Mr. Gilman L. Parker, Chairman :
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