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J. S. Crane
No. 4
15
Niagara
No. 5
10
Highland
No. 6
10
Laconia H. & L. Co., No. 1
20
Eureka
No. 2 20
APPARATUS. 133
The general condition of the apparatus is good. Steamer No. 1 and the fuel wagon have been newly painted. The Hook and Ladder truck No. 1, Reliance Hose carriage No, 3, J. S. Crane Hose carriage, No. 4 and the Steamer Hose wagon have been varnished the past year and put in first-class re- pair.
FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.
This branch of the department has been under the immedi- ate charge of Mr. E. F. Dean, as superintendent, and I am
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10
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CITY OF LACONIA.
pleased to report that the system has proved to be all that was predicted when purchased, and has given excellent service the past year. Once during the year the system was burnt out by the wires coming in contact with the electric light wires, but were immediately repaired, thus causing no great damage.
HYDRANT SERVICE.
We have 101 hydrants in use, including 17 private ones.
HOSE INVENTORY.
Twelve thousand, four hundred and fifty feet of hose, good, bad and indifferent, is the sum total of the equipment in this department. Quite a large quantity of this is old leather hose which has been in service several years ; also 1,900 feet of linen hose, which is in very poor condition, and in my opinion entirely unsuitable for service at this time ; also 1,450 feet of unreliable Eureka rubber-lined, that would hardly stand the pressure.
Size
Qualitv.
Good.
Fair.
Poor.
Total.
Steamer House
21/2
Red Cross
3,750
3,750
Reliance Hose House
21/2
Red Cross.
1,200
1,000
2,200
Crane
.. 66
1 2 1/2
Cotton, rubber lin'd Leather 66
1,000
1,450
2,450
Niagara
16
21/2
400
400
Highland
2
750
750
Weirs
21/2
Red Cross, Cotton rubber lined
1,000
1,000
Total number of feet
12,450
PUBLIC RESERVOIRS AND COST OF CONSTRUCTION.
1. Pleasant street, near Harvard $ 150.00
2. Depot square 300.00
3. Main street, opposite Oliver Sanborn's 221.25
4. Academy street, corner Bowman 176.00
5. Court street, corner Fair 221.25
6. Main street, corner Pine
200.00
7. Lyford street
200.00
8. Main '. opposite Geo. A. San- ders' residence 150.00
1,900
1,900
Linen, not lined.
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9. Mechanic street, near Rublee's shop 160.00
10. Belvidere street, near School . 125.00
11. School street, near Elm 300.00 12. Elm street, (north end) 160.00
13. Near Lakeport passenger depot 1,202.53
$3,566.03
INVENTORY OF PROPERTY.
Steamer house, Water street . · $1,000.00 .
Engine house and furniture, Water street 480.00
Land 400.00
Hose house, Ward 1
400.00
Eureka Hook & Ladder house, Ward 6
800.00
J. S. Crane Hose house,
600.00
Niagara
50.00
Highand Hose room, 25.00
Laconia steam fire engine
3,500.00
Hose wagon
400.00
Reliance hose carriage
450.00
G. A. Sanders, hose carriage 170.00
Weirs
170.00
J. S. Crane 66
500.00
Niagara
150.00
Highland
150.00
Laconia Hook & Ladder truck
200.00
Eureka 66
200.00
Supply wagon . 175.00
Niagara engine No. 1 .
500.00
Torrent engine No. 2 .
100.00
6,950 feet Red Cross hose, 212, good . 4,517.50
1,000
66 fair 350.00
1,450 66 Eureka 66
poor . 290.00
1,900 66 Linen
175.00
750 Leather 2
375.00
400 66
66 21/2 100.00
1 Steam heater 175.00
50 Feet 3 in. hose and hose pipe .
115.00
Fire alarm telegraph and supplies for same 2,500.00
$18,817.50
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CITY OF LACONIA.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Coal for steamer .
$ 20.00
heater 4.00
2 Flue brushes 3.00
Pole for Laconia Hook & Ladder truck 10.00
Eureka 10.00
Reliance Hose carriage 10.00
66 J. S. Crane " 10.00
6 Badges for engineers . 15.00
12 hose pipes for hose carriage 180.00
3
steamer 60 00
2 L deluge set 60.00
17 Reducers 25.50
12.00
2 Copper branches 8.00 ·
55 Rubber coats .
110.00
16 Hose straps
16.00
4 Hose clamps
12.00
2 Jack screws . 6.00
1 Copper hose pipe 2.00
1 Brass 2.00
11 Hose pipes 110.00
10 " straps 5.00
12 Hydrant wrenches 12.00
56 Spanners
33.60
19 belts 9.50
6 Hose patches (patent)
18.00
1 Patent discharge pipe, Eastman
28.00
4 Perfection nozzle-holders and nozzles 140.00
2 Desks 15.00
1 Extra pole for engine No. 1
10.00
1 Saddle
50
1 Spanner belt
50
1 Strainer, copper 5.00
2 Extra couplings 5.00
6 Spanners, 2 in . 3.00
1 Dust brush 1.50
1
8 Increasers
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
1 Pail and rope 1.00
10 shut-off nozzles
150.00
1 Deluge set 120.00
1 Set steps 1.25
1 Scraper
75
2 Engineer's lanterns 10.00
2 Asst. יי
10.00
2 Coal hods .
80
2 Harnesses
125.00
3 Snow shovels
1.50
55 Coat straps
11.00
18 Fire lanterns .
36.00
2 Lamps for steamer
10.00
1 Stove for hose tower
10.00
1 Box stove .
5.00
2 Wood stoves for hose house . 15.00
2 66 Hook & Ladder house .
20.00
1 Basket and 2 pails
1.50
1 Crow bar
2.00
7 Oil cans 3.50
Oil on hand . 2.00
1 Bangor extension ladder . 150.00
1 Hammer and screw-driver 1.00
1 Lamp
75
- -- $1,668.15
LOCATION OF HYDRANTS.
Century avenue, at the head of Thompson avenue . 1
. near Mrs. Stanyon's residence 1
.. at the head of Baker avenue . 1
in front of Lakeside House 1
Main street, near junction Pleasant street 1
corner Oak street 1
opposite Lyford street 66 Harvard 1
1
66
Church 1
Bank square 1
66 Corner Mill street . 1
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Main street, corner Gove court
Court street 1
opposite Dr. A. H. Harriman's residence 1
Bowman street 1
front of Abbott Cotton . 1
Union avenue, opposite Gilford Hosiery
1
Abel Machine Co
1
Spring street
1
corner Gilford road
1
near H. Burns tenement .
1
opposite E. L. Dow's
1
66 near Dr. Henry Tucker's
1
opposite C. W. Pickering's .
1
near F. J. Hoyt's .
1
opposite Ralph Adams'
1
near Railroad oil house
1
opposite Harrison street .
S. A. Arnold's
1
corner Walnut street 1
Sleeper road .
1
near L. P. Lamprey's
1
Pleasant street, opposite Oak street .
1
66 Harvard street 1
front of Mrs. Otis Beaman's
1
Messer street, opposite Oak street
1
corner Lyford street
1
.. near Church street
1
Church street, corner Union avenue
1
head of Beacon street
1
Lyford street, opposite Belknap street
1
*Water street, near C. & M. R. R. tracks . 1 near Laconia Car Co. shops 1
corner Fair street . 1
Mill street, foot of Beacon street
1
*Court street, corner Academy street
1
Cook's court 1
front of A. L. Collins' house
1
1 Academy street, corner Bowman street front of Mrs. Cook's 1
1
.
1
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Oak street, corner Central street 1
Fair street, front Geo. M. Webster's . 1
Province street, front Mrs. C. H. Dolloff's 1 Adams street, corner of junction Centre street 1
Summer street, front Mrs. Hartly Lewis'
1
High street, opposite Mrs. Semple's .
1
Avery Street, corner Batchelder street
1
Baldwin street, corner extension of Pine street
1
Pine street, opposite Warren street
1
Winter street 1
Gale avenue, south side
1
Mechanic street, opposite Campbell street 66 O. T. Muzzey
1
66 corner Pear street 1
*Clinton street,
Mechanic street 1
Willow street 1
*Elm street, opposite Postoffice . 1 Fore street, near Odell block 1
1
*Franklin square, near drinking fountain
1
Elm street, corner Fairmount street
near D. M. Rowe's 1
corner School street 1
Belvidere street
1
66 Jefferson street . 1
Washington street, corner Fairmount street
" School street 1
*Franklin street, corner Washington street 1
Belvidere street, corner School street 1 near J. B. Pulsifer's 1
North street, corner School street . 1
Belvidere street . 1
Valley street, near N. L. Taylor's 1
*Indicates steamer connections
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1
Park street, corner Gold street 1
Moulton street, corner South street
1
1
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PRIVATE HYDRANTS.
County farm . 1
Concord & Montreal R. R., Ward 1
7
J. W. Busiel & Co., near boiler house 1
Pitman Mfg. Co., in yard
:1
Laconia Car Co., in yard
1
Cole Mfg. Co., in yard
2
Lake Co., mill yard .
3
17
FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH. Location of Boxes and Keys.
No. 25 .- Main street, corner California court ; keys at La- conia One-Price Store, G. A. Sanders' Store, Eagle Hotel and C. F. Goodspeed's.
No. 26 .- Laconia Car Co. office ; keys at office of Car Co., Osgood's Carriage shop and American Twist Drill Co.
No. 27 .- Mill street, near Sam Hodgson's, Machine shop ; keys at Sam Hodgson's office, F. P. Holt's, J. W. Busiel & Co.'s and Tetley box shop.
No. 28 .- Water street, near the Railroad crossing ; keys at Laconia Lumber Works office and residence of Henry A. San- born.
No. 43-Depot square ; keys at passenger station. Kirt- land House and residence Mrs. Otis Beaman.
No. 46 .- Pleasant street, corner of Harvard street ; keys at Isaac Fonda's and A. T. Quimby's.
No. 47 .- Main street, corner of Oak street : keys at Michael Scott's, Geo. A, Sanders' and C. P. Dow's conservatory.
No. 48 .- Messer street, corner Oak street ; keys at C. E. Frye's, C. W. Baldwin's and Opechee Club house.
No. 53 .- Church street, corner of Messer street ; keys at Geo. E. Stevens', R. H. Carter's and Lewis Boynton's.
No. 54 .- Union avenue, corner of Gilford street ; keys at Horse Car stable, Kellogg's carriage shop and residence Chas. J. A. Wardwell.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
No. 56 .- Union avenue, corner Spring street ; keys at resi- dence Francis H. Davis, J. L. Dixon and Tetley box shop.
No. 57 .- Union avenue, opposite Grist mill ; keys at Pitman Mfg. Co. office, Leavitt & Coburn's office, W. D. Huse's shop and residence of Wm. H. Lamprey.
No. 58 .- Batchelder street, corner Avery street ; keys at residences Wm. Belford, James Collins and F. H. Champlin.
No. 63 .- Academy street, corner of Fair street ; keys at residences C. B. S. Watson, F. J. Osgood and Gordon Bur- leigh.
No. 65 .- Main street, junction of Province street : keys at residences Oliver Sanborn, Bent. Weeks and Sidney Chase.
No. 67 .- Court street, corner of Academy street ; keys at Chas. Lamprey's, Dr. D. B. Nelson's, City Hotel, and James H. Tilton's store.
No. 68 .- Fair street, near G. Cook & Son's mill ; keys at office of Cook & Son, residences Geo. Webster and J. Mur- chey.
DIRECTIONS .- To give an alarm, pull down the handle once and let go.
SIGNALS.
I Test signal, which is struck every day at 12:30.
I I Given after an alarm denotes " fire out."
I I I School signal. Struck on stormy days at 8 A. M. and 1 P. M., denotes " no school."
I I Engineers' call to Engine house.
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CITY OF LACONIA.
ROLL OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. 1893.
CHIEF ENGINEER. GEO. A. SANDERS.
ASSISTANT ENGINEERS.
1st, E. A. BADGER. 3d, MOSES T. WHITTIER.
2d, JAMES B. FERNALD. 4th, GEO. D. MERRILL. 5th, H. C. BATCHELDER.
LACONIA STEAMER CO. NO. I.
C. A. HARVELL, Foreman.
H. J. GLOVER, Asst. Foreman.
HAZEN BEDEL, JR., Clerk. W. W. SAUNDERS, Engineman
JAMES HARVELL, Asst. Engine- and Steward.
man and Treasurer.
MEMBERS.
Nelson Gilbert,
A. E. Dow,
H. O. Burleigh,
W. J. Gregg,
L. E. Dearborn, E. P. Merrill,
J. T. Martin, Frank Smith,
J. D. Reid, Theodore Sanborn.
LACONIA HOOK & LADDER CO. NO. I.
C. A. YOUNG, Foreman. A. W. WILCOX, Asst. Foreman.
GEO. H. PIPER, Clerk. R. S. Foss, Treasurer.
J. A. WILCOX, Steward.
MEMBERS.
J. C. Dame,
E. F. Dean,
Geo. H. Edwards,
J. S. Foster,
A. M. Farrar, Frank Gusha,
Bert Griffin,
Will Jackson,
W. I. Johnston,
P. Morrill,
J. F. Sanborn, W. J. White,
Fiske A. Durrell,
Fred Wilcox,
Charles Peavey.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
EUREKA HOOK & LADDER CO. NO. 2.
G. W. MOULTON, Foreman. WILL GRIFFIN, Asst. Foreman.
W. J. BEAN, Cl'k and Treas. JOE GIRARD, Steward.
MEMBERS.
G. H. Millette,
E. M. Abbott,
C. W. Buzzell,
H. H. Brawn,
S. C. Crane,
W. R. Harris,
W. E. Holihan,
E. E. Nutting,
C. E. Piper,
Samuel Rose,
H. H. Winchester, G. O. Clark, W. O. Kane, Henry Lachance,
H. H. Wardwell.
WEIRS HOSE CO. NO. I.
C. H. CORLISS, Foreman. W. E. FLOYD, Asst. Foreman.
F. E. MOORE, Clerk. W. M. SMITH, Treasurer.
MEMBERS.
C. J. Avery, Lyman Batchelder, Fred Floyd, F. C. True,
Chester Avery, F. F. Elkins,
Ernest Floyd, F. A. Marsh.
G. A. SANDERS HOSE CO. NO. 2.
BYRON PHILLIPS, Foreman. WILL CHASE, Asst. Foreman. CARROLL TEBBETTS, Clerk. W. A. WEEKS, Treasurer. HARRY DIMOND, Steward. MEMBERS.
E. W. Bean, H. Meserve, Geo. McKay,
L. P. Hale, Ross Piper, F. E. Weeks, S. H. Wentworth.
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CITY OF LACONIA.
RELIANCE HOSE CO. NO. 3.
E. S. HARRIMAN, Foreman. L. L. EVANS, Asst. Foreman. C. A. DAVIS, Clerk. NAT. BURNHAM, Treasurer.
EREN CUTTING, Steward. MEMBERS.
M. E. Burnham,
Geo. F. Babb,
W. M. Buckley,
L. L. Farrar,
H. J. Farrar,
Orin Martin,
Thomas O'Loughlin,
Frank O'Shea.
C. W. Frye, E. H. Wilkinson.
J. S. CRANE HOSE CO., NO. 4.
W. I. BURNHAM, Foreman.
ELMER PIPER, Asst. Foreman.
E. H. KENNEDY, Clerk. ALLIE BAGLEY, Treasurer.
ERVING H. RAND, Steward. MEMBERS.
E. H. Dockham,
G. W. Buck,
J. P. Rand,
F. T. Smith,
Fred Smith,
Thomas Keay,
Joseph Thyng, M. J. Bagley,
E. C. Sargent, Raney McMurphy.
NIAGARA HOSE CO. NO. 5.
C. L. SIMPSON, Foreman. H. E. SHERWELL, Asst. Forem'n
F. E. Hall, Clerk and Treas. H. A. RUBLEE, Steward.
MEMBERS.
C. A. Arnold, F. B. Brown, H. R. K. Foss, E. Sargent, E. E. Arnold, C. H. James.
HIGHLAND HOSE CO., NO. 6.
C. W. BAILEY, Foreman. EDGAR DAVIS, Asst. Foreman.
BERT SANBORN, CI'k and Tres. ARTHUR TATHAM, Steward. MEMBERS.
A. T. Staples,
A. B. Carpenter,
W. G. Knowles,
E. C. Grant. Nelson Judkins, O. M. Moulton,
J. H. Rowen.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I would recommend that provision be made for the immedi- ate purchase of 2,000 ft. of 21% cotton rubber-lined hose, as a large part of our present supply is getting old and unsafe, and several times the past two years we have been obliged to bor- row of the mills, having laid every foot in the department.
For the better preservation of the property I would recom- mend that Niagara and Highland hose carriages be painted, and Hook and Ladder Truck No. 2 be varnished.
I would recommend that the city make arrangements by which the department may have the use of the city horses, or others, to assist in hauling the following pieces of apparatus to fires : Hook and Ladder Trucks, Nos. 1 and 2, and Hose Carriages 3 and 4, in the winter if not at all times, as these carriages are heavy (weighing about 2,800 lbs.) when fully equipped, and the men are not in good form to perform their duties on arrival at the scene of action.
There are several portions of the city that are not properly protected with hydrant service, and I would recommend that the chief engineer be authorized to locate hydrants in the fol- lowing sections of the city : Baldwin street, lower end ; * Gil- ford avenue; * New Salem street ; tMesser street ; Court st., near Durkee brook bridge; Lincoln and Garfield streets ; Manchester, corner Valley street.
There are, also, several new Fire Alarm Signal Boxes re- quired, and I would recommend the addition of five boxes to the present system. I would also recommend the immediate extension of the Fire Alarm System to Ward 6, for in my judgment the interests of the property owners in both sections of the city demand it, and I believe that should a large fire get started in either of our manufacturing industries, the time saved in summoning assistance would more than pay in taxa- ble property saved, the whole expenditure of the system. I would recommend not less than ten boxes for Ward 6.
I would recommend that suitable quarters be engaged to place one of our Hose Companies in the vicinity of Casino
*If Water Works Co. extend their pipes to this section of city.
tProvided the new Gas Co. build their new works in that locality this year.
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CITY OF LACONIA.
Square, as there is a large amount of taxable property in that locality that needs better protection.
I would recommend the purchase of a Life-Saving Net.
I would recommend a new boiler for the Steamer, as the present one is old and rusty, and I am afraid it is weak and needs attention at once.
The apparent deficiency in the finances of the department is caused by the purchase of 2,000 feet of hose authorized by vote of the town of Laconia and the City Council, for which no appropriation was made.
I would respectfully recommend the following appropriations for the coming year for the Fire Department:
Current expenses . $1,500.00
For new hose, (2000ft.) 1,000.00
" extension of fire alarm (15 boxes) .
1,500.00
$ 4,000.00
Hydrant service, 84 hydrants.
FIREMEN'S PAY.
Chief engineer $ 100.00
4 asst. engineers 200.00
1 25.00
Steamer Co., 15 men, $23.00 each 345.00
Hook and Ladder Co., Nos. 1 and 2, 20 men, $23.00 each 920.00
Hose Co., Nos. 3 and 4, 15 men, $23.00 each . 690.00
Hose Co., No. 1, 12 men, $7.00 each . . 84.00 Hose Co., Nos. 2, 5 and 6, 10 men, $7.00 each . 210.00
--- $ 2,574.00
$6,574.00
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
My acknowledgements are respectfully tendered the Mayor and City Council, also Committee on Fire Department for their earnest support and courteous treatment of requirements of the service.
To my assistants and the officers and men of the depart- ment my sincere thanks are expressed for the harmony and strict attention to duty which have characterized their services. To the city marshal and the police my thanks are expressed for their hearty cooperation the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. A. SANDERS, Chief Engineer.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES.
The Trustees of the Laconia City Libraries invite attention to the accompanying reports of the Librarians and Treasurer, showing in detail their condition and financial situation. The very extensive circulation of books and the large number of our citizens who continue to avail themselves of its privileges, furnish the clearest and strongest proof of the favor with which this institution is regarded.
The Laconia Library has the income of the Helen A. Avery fund of $1,000 that now pays 6 per cent. This with the amount appropriated by the town of Laconia of $700 for its support and increase, has enabled your trustees to defray the ordinary expenses and appropriate $300 for new books.
The Lakeport Library having a larger appropriation in pro- portion to its expenses, has enabled us to appropriate $350 for this library. The new books will soon be ready and sup- plementary catalogues issued in both Libraries.
Your trustees will continue to make the expenses as low as possible, consistent with their good management, and deem it of great importance that sufficient appropriation should be made each year to defray the ordinary expenses and to make a reasonable outlay in the purchase of new books.
New rules and regulations for the government of both Li- braries will be adopted so that they may work on ths same basis, and a new registration of all its patrons will be neces- sary.
A very large proportion of readers in all libraries indulge in light literature-novels and stories are in demand everywhere. In this department it is designed to procure wholesome and harmless books. Standard works of every variety are repre- sented to some extent in our Libraries.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The highest commendations of the Trustees and patrons of the Libraries are well merited by our Librarians for the care, efficiency and zeal which they have manifested for its welfare.
We recommend that the. sum of twelve hundred dollars be appropriated the next year for the support and increase of the Libraries.
FRED W. STORY, Ward 1, - H. W. CAREY, 2, ¥
JOHN T. BUSIEL, 3,
WM. F. KNIGHT, 4,
CHAS. K. SANBORN,
5,
HENRY TUCKER, 1 6,
L. M. GOULD,
REPORT OF THE LACONIA PUBLIC LIBRARY, From March 1, 1893, to Feb. 1, 1894.
Whole number of books 6,157
Juvenile 866
Fiction 1,891
History, travels, biography
3,400
Whole number of cards issued
5,199
Number issued during the year
308
Greatest number of books taken out in one day 423
Average each day .
262
Greatest number out at one time
750
Average number out .
601
Total during the year
25,384
Average of juvenile each day
67
.. fiction 158
all others " 35
Thanks are due Miss Ann Drown for the contribution of six books; also to the Rev. James E. Odlin for a copy of his book of sermons.
JULIA S. BUSIEL,
Librarian.
10
Trustees.
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CITY OF LACONIA.
REPORT OF THE LAKEPORT BRANCH OF THE LACONIA PUBLIC LIBRARY,
For the Year Ending Jan. 31, 1894.
Books on hand Feb. 1, 1893 935
purchased . 211
donated 33
lost 2
" and paid for
3
66 worn out and discarded
on hand Feb. 1, 1894
1,170
withdrawn from circulation to be rebound 8
Duplicate books donated 4
Pamphlets donated . 5
Cards issued during the year 319
Whole number of registered borrowers Feb. 1, 1894
875
Books loaned during the year . 13,156
Greatest number in one day, Jan. 13, 1894 . 137
Smallest " July 4, 1893 7
Average daily circulation for 313 days . 42
of fiction from Mar. 1, 1893, to
Jan. 31, 1894 31
Per centage of fiction circulated 78.3
Greatest number out on the first day of any month, Feb. 1,1894 . 349
Smallest number out on the first day of any month, July
1, 1893 . 198
Average number out the first day of each month
263
LIST OF DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY.
Geo. H. Robie, 2 pamphlets, 1 book ; Mrs. O. D. Bailey, 2 books ; S. C. Clark, Esq., 1 book; State of N. H., 9 books ; Dr. Henry Tucker, 1 book; Mr. J. H. Whittier, 1 pamphlet ; Town of Gilford, 1 pamphlet ; Dover (N. H.) Public Library, 1 pamphlet ; Mr. A. H. Busiel, 1 book ; Hon. J. H. Gallinger, 6 books; Mr. J. F. Sanders, 6 books: Mrs. S. A. Sanders, 1
4
rebound 26
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PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
book; Mrs. Z. C. Smith, 1 book; Mrs. H. C. Hicks, 1 book ; Gilford Library Association, 1 book; Mr. Shepard Rowe, 1 book; Miss E. A. Cole, 5 books.
OLIN S. DAVIS,
Librarian.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
LACONIA PUBLIC LIBRARY IN ACCOUNT WITH WM. F. KNIGHT, TREASURER.
RECEIPTS.
1893.
March 1, balance on hand as per last report . . .
$ 116.17
Town of Laconia, bal. of appropriation 1892 .
100.00
City appropriation for 1893 700.00
Julia S. Busiel, librarian, from fines 63.01
catalogues
10.00
supplements
7.70
66 66 books lost
2.87
66 sold 6.51
66
66
66 rebinding 3.00
Total
. $1,000.26
CASH PAID OUT.
Julia S. Busiel, librarian, 11 mos. $ 114.58
extra service .
5.00
cash paid for
sundry items 18.78
Laconia Nat. Bank, for rent 18 mos. to Oct. 1, 1893
300.00
Laconia Gas Light Co .. gas bills 17.50
Library bureau, for book supports 1.80
J. G. Roberts, for rebinding 10.60
Estes & Lauriat, for books 50.70
Lewis, Vaughan & Co., for catalogues, etc. 41.50
F. J. Barnard & Co., rebinding 10.90
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CITY OF LACONIA.
Melcher & Prescott, insurance 27.75
Mercantile Library Association, for books 5.60
The Granite Monthly Co., for vol. 15 . 2.00
C. E. Leavitt, for freight .98
Julia S. Busiel, for cash paid for books 5.93
$613.62
Cash on hand, general fund
$395.64
HELEN A. AVERY FUND.
1893.
Mar. 1, cash on hand as per last report . $ 6.01
Cash from interest on loan 60.00
Cash on hand, income Avery fund
$66.01
LAKEPORT BRANCH LACONIA PUBLIC LIBRARY.
RECEIPTS.
Henry Tucker, former treasurer $ 13.99
City of Laconia appropriation, 1893 500.00
Olin S. Davis, librarian, from fines 31.08
..
catalogues
5.20
" books lost 2.90
$553.17
CASH PAID OUT.
Olin S. Davis, services and expenses to
Feb. 1, '94 $ 150.00
Melcher & Prescott, for insurance 8.00
Chas. F. Locke, cash paid for freight and express .74
Olin S. Davis, cash paid for express .25
W. F. Knight " treas. book . .70
$159.69
Cash on hand to balance $393.48
WM. F. KNIGHT
Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION - AND -
HEADS OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS
- FOR THE - -
YEAR ENDING FEB. 15, 1894.
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CITY OF LACONIA.
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
PRESIDENT, GEORGE B. Cox.
SECRETARY, CHARLES L. PULSIFER.
FINANCIAL AGENTS,
STEPHEN VITTUM, WALDO H. JONES.
PURCHASING AGENT, ALBERT C. MOORE.
COMMITTEES :
COMMITTEE ON RULES AND REGULATIONS,
CHARLES L. PULSIFER, ALBERT C. MOORE,
CHARLES F. STONE.
COMMITTEE ON TEXT-BOOKS,
CHARLES F. STONE, CHARLES L. PULSIFER,
LYDIA E. WARNER.
COMMITTEE ON NOMINATION OF TEACHERS,
STEPHEN VITTUM,
ALBERT C. MOORE,
WALDO H. JONES. COMMITTEE ON TRUANCY,
ALBERT C. MOORE, STEPHEN VITTUM,
SAMUEL H. MARTIN.
COMMITTEE ON BOUNDARIES,
SAMUEL H. MARTIN, CHARLES F. STONE,
WALDO H. JONES.
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BOARD OF EDUCATION.
To the Citizens of Laconia :
The closing of the present school year will probably mark the end of the management of our schools under the old régime of the town government.
The supervision of the Board of Education under the new government embraces the entire city and includes 33 schools, 38 teachers and about 1,500 scholars.
The past year some steps have been taken to bring together under one system the schools which heretofore have been under the separate management of three different Boards of Education. A uniform course of study has been adopted. The rules and regulations were arranged so as to be applicable in all parts of the city, and the music and drawing of the en- tire city have been united and placed in the hands of special teachers.
Still greater changes remain for the coming school year.
The superintendency of our schools should be in the hands of one capable person, instead of maintaining the three sep- arate heads of the present system.
One of the two High Schools now existing should be abol- ished, and the work consolidated in one. This will not only do away with the expense of double teachers in many instances, but will enable the Board to engage specialists in the differ- ent branches, and thereby promote the efficiency of the work.
To accomplish this change will require the use of the sec- ond floor of the High School building for high school pur- poses exclusively, and to make the arrangements complete for successful work in this school. We would also recommend the finishing of the third floor of the building into a hall where the entire school can assemble for the morning exercises and on the many other occasions so necessary for the full and complete education of our children.
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