HomeMy Public PortalAbout1874 Annual Watertown Report ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE AUDITORS OF THE
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Mar mbing f cbruaru 2, 1874.
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REPORTS OF THE TREASrRER, SELECTMF-%, ASSESSORS, APPRAISERS, COLLECT-
ORS OF TAXES, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR AND HIGHWAYS, TOWN
CLERK AND REGISTRAR, ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPART-
MENT, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, TRUSTEES OF THE FREE
PUBLIC LIBRARY, ETC., ETC.
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BOSTON :
IXIFANT AND NEWIIAI.L, 82 ITAWLEY STKEET.
1874.
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1873.
Selectmen.
OLIVER SHAW, GEORGE N. MARCH,
LYMAN P. GEROULD, HAYES W. MACURDY,
SAMUEL S. GLEASON.
Town Clerk.
JOSEPH CRAFTS.
Toren Treasurer.
JOHN K. STICKNEY.
Assessors.
ISAAC ROBBLNS, JOHN K. STICKNEY,
JOSEPH CRAFTS.
School Committee.
HENDERSON J. EDWARDS, Chairman. Term expires, March, 1876.
RE`'. MICH AEL M. GREEN. " 64 14 1876.
CHARLES BRIGHAIII. " " 1874.
JOHN COOLIDGE, Jx. " it 64 1874.
CHARLES W. STONE, Secretary. 1875.
CORNELIUS WALKER, chosen to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the resignation of 1874.
Rev. Nat'l Fellows.
Surveyors of Highways and Overseers of the Poor.
OLIVER SHAW, GEORGE N. MARCH,
LYMAN P. GEROULD, IIAYES W. MACURDY,
SAMUEL S. GLEASON.
Superintendent of Highwny4.
WILLIAM PERKINS.
Comttables and Truant Officers.
GEORGE PARKER, EZRUAI V. HOWARD,
HENRY F. BRIGHT.
4 TOWN OFFICERS.
Collector of Taxes.
GEORGE L. NOYES.
Auditors and Appraisers.
GEORGE N. MARCH, EDWARD B. EATON,
ARTHUR H. BAILEY.
Fence Viewers.
JOHN COOLIDGE, Jn., GEORGE PARKER,
WILLIAM C. S. HARRINGTON.
Surveyors of Lumber.
WILLIAM H. DADMUN, GEORGE C. SANGER,
GEORGE L. NOYES.
Field Drivers.
ZACHARIAH BOODY, GEORGE PARKER,
EZRUM V. HOWARD, HENRY F. BRIGHT,
L. P. HA_'NIMON D.
Trustees of Free Public Library.
ALFRED HOSIER. Teruo expires Mareh, 1876.
CEARLES J. BARRY. 64 it « 1876.
JOSHUA COOLIDGE. " it it 1874.
GEORGE N. MARCH. 46 fit if 1874.
A. C. STOCKIN. fl « 1875.
GEORGE K. SNOW. '° 66 1875.
OFFICERS APPOIII'TF.D BY THE SELECT.IIE.V.
Regular Policemen.
GEORGE PARKER, EZRUM V. HOWARD.
Policemen with Pay while on Duty.
ANGL S G. TUPPER, resigned, and WM. J. GLEASON appointed in
his place.
II. B. CHENEY, DAVID J. BOYNTOti,
TIIOMAS CARROLL, RICHARD NEWMAN,
HENRY F. BRIGHT, CHARLES L. NYE,
CHARLES E. LUGEE, GEORGE E. SMITH.
Sexton and Undertaker.
ALEXANDER GREGG.
TOWN OFFICERS. 5
Pound Keeper.
Z ACHARIAH BOODY, who is also Keeper of Almshouse.
Sealer of Weights and pleasures.
JOSEPH CRAFTS.
Surreyors and Aleasurers of Wood and Bari:.
SAMUEL S. GLEASON, ARTEMAS B. ROGERS,
W ILLIAM H. PEVEAR.
4' Clerks of the 3-farket.
SA:1ItiEL S. GLEASON, J. ALBERT SULLIVAN.
31easurers of Grain.
CHESTER LYDIAN, SAMUEL S. GLEASON,
ALBERT C. LYMAN, WILLIAIII PERKINS,
JOH-N D. KELLY.
Public Weigher and Superintendent of Hay Scales.
THOMAS PATTEN.
Private Weighers of Hay, Coal, 4-c.
E. B. EATON, WILLIAM H. PEVE AR,
L. B. HAMMOND, EARLE P. MASON.
Engineers of Fire Department.
ATWOOD G. DREW,
REUBEN PUFFER, resigne(l, GEO. B. MOORE, appointed in his place,
SAMUEL S. GLEASON.
Janitor of Town Ilall.
ALEXANDER GREGG.
TOWN GRANTS AND APPROPRIATIONS.
GRANTS of Money made by the Town of Watertown, for the
year 1873, and ordered to be assessed upon the Polls
and Estates of the Town, according to Law, the said
grants being appropriated as follows, namely : —
For the support of schools, $22,000 00
it It the poor, 2,000 00
it It highways, 107000 00
it it bridges and culverts, 2,000 00
Paying interest on town debt, 51500 00
it portion of it 31000 00
Insurance, 1,000 00
Police expenses, 37000 00
Discounts and abatements, 37000 00
Fire Department, 47000 00
Free Public Library, 27000 00
Contingent expenses, 2,000 00
Laying concrete sidewalks, 27500 00
Salaries of town officers, 21750 00
Isaac B. Patten, Post No. 81, G. A. R., 200 00
For finishing Hospital Building, 500 00
(I alterations in West Schoolhouse, 4)000 00
it collection of Taxes, 500 00
it new Reservoirs, 7,000 00
It It Culverts, 1,500 00
It Hook and Ladder Truck, 11000 00
new Hose-carriage, 500 00
It fencing and grading atEtna Schoolhouse, 700 00
$801650 00
TOWN GRANTS AND APPROPRIATIONS. 7
Grants of money for which the Town Treasurer was author-
ized to borrow on the credit of the town, the same
being appropriated as follows, viz. :—
Alterations and repairs of High Schoolhouse, $24,000 00
Watering Cart, 500 00
Completing High Schoolhouse and furnishing School-
houses, 4,000 00
Granted in 1872 for painting and repairing Town
House, but not drawn upon until 1873, 11000 00
$29,500 00
ASSESSORS' REPORT,
VALUATION AND TAXES OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN, FOR
THE YEAR 1873.
The valuation of Real Estate is $5,286,530 00
it it Personal " 223461060 00
Total valuation of Estates is $7,632,590 00
The whole number of Polls is 1,293.
AMOUNTS ASSESSED.
State Tag, $7,132 00
County Tax, 41063 36
Town Grants, 80,650 00
Overlayiugs, 27331 22
�94,17 7 08
Tax on 1,293 polls, at $2 00 each, $27586 00
" estates, at 1 20 per ct., on
$77632,590 00, is 911591 08
$941177 08
The sum of $100 00 has also been
assessed as additional taxes, K00 00
The number of dwelling-houses is 750
it " horses, 426
" It cows, 233
" It oxen, etc., 16
it it acres of land taxed, 220801
ISAAC ROBBINS, Assessors of
JOHN K. STICKNEY, Tf'atertown.
JOSEPH CRAFTS,
COLLECTOR'S REPORT FOR 18716
To the Auditors of the Town of Watertown.
GENTLEMEN, —I herewith submit my report of the collec-
tion of taxes for the year 1871.
D R.
To amount to be collected, as per report 1873, $31052 74
Interest collected, 549 44
$3,602 18
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer, as per receipts, $2,250 43
U abatements, as per Assessors' certificates, 14 74
It amount uncollected, 308 37
Cash now in hands of Joel Barnard, Collector, 1,028 64
Ah V,602 18
Yours respectfully,
# JOEL BARNARD.
We have examined the foregoing account of Joel Barnard,
Collector, and find the same to be correct.
GEORGE N. MARCH,
E. B. EATONI Auditors.
A. H. BAILEY,
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
To the Auditors of the Town of Watertown.
GENTLEMEN,— I herewith submit my report of the collec-
tion of taxes for 1872-73.
1872. DR.
To balance of taxes unpaid, per report 1873, $5,379 41
" Interest collected, 318 69
$5,698 10
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer, per receipts; $41 7 61 92
" abatements per Assessor's certificates, 54 96
balance taxes uncollected, 881 22
w 5,698 10
1873. DR.
To whole amount of taxes committed, $94717 7 08
" additional taxes, 102 00
" interest collected, 51 91
$947330 99
CR.
By cash paid Tow❑ Treasurer, per receipts, $77,239 25
it it County Treas. County Tax for 1873, 4,063 36
It It discounts allowed, 2,357 95
49 it abatements for Assessors' certificate, 11926 21
it it balance taxes uncollected, $81744 22
$941330 99
Respectfully yours,
GEORGE L. NOYES, Collector.
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COLLECTORS REPORT. 11
WATERTOWN, Feb. 19, 1874.
The above accounts of George L. Noyes, Collector, were
presented with proper vouchers, which were carefully exam-
ined, and found to be correct. We have to commend the sys-
tematic manner in which the accounts of the collector are
kept.
GEORGE N. MARCH,
A. H. BAILEY, Auditors.
E. B. EATON,
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AUDITORS REPORT.
SCHEDULE OF RECEIPTS AND ExPENDITURES FOR THE FINAN-
CIAL YEAR ENDING FEB. 2. 1874.
RECEIPTS.
Cash in Treasury, Feb. 22, 1873, $5,809 42
Received of Geo. L. Noyes, taxes and interest, 1872, 4,761 92
cc It I( it it 18731 77,239 25
41 Joel Barnard, 11 It it 18111 21250 43
Borrowed of Watertown Savings Bank, for new
hose, 37000 00
it of Watertown Savings Bank, for hospital, 1,000 00
of National Bank of the Commonwealth, in
anticipation of taxes, 20,000 00
it of Union Market National Bank, in antici-
pation of taxes, 237000 00
It of Mercantile Savings Institution, for High
School building, 24,000 00
It of Martha and Susan B. Whitney, for heat-
ing and furnishing schoolhouses, 1,500 00
it of A. A. Learned, for lieating and furnishing
schoolhouses, 11000 00
it of Watertown Savings Bank, for heating
and furnishing schoolhouses, 1,500 00
Received of Middlesex Insurance Company on ac-
count of almshouse barn, 27000 00
$1671061 02
AUDITORS REPORT. 13
ON ACCOUNT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Received of town of Belmont, support of
paupers, $222 60
" of State Treasurer, support of
paupers, 179 23
for sale of produce, 10 00
for board of Mr. Glidden, 40 00
" for rent, house on town farm,
seven months, 56 00
It board of men, &c., 419 50
927 33
HIGHWAYS.
Rec'd of Wm. Perkins, sale of 2 horses, $475 00
it for labor at _Etna-Mills schoolhouse, 63 00
t` for labor on reservoirs, 11159 00
it for labor on bridges and culverts, 801 00
It of Wm. Perkins for sundry labor, 433 34
$2,931 34
SUNDRIES.
Received for rent Town Hall, $586 50
it for sale of engine No. 1, 250 06
" return premium insurance, .36 78
of George K. Snow, unex-
pended balance on account
of cemetery, 202 55
" from State Treasurer, bank
tax, 2,096 89
tt from State Treasurer, corpo-
ration tax, 41292 12
from State Treasurer, school
fund, 262 79
Itfrom State Treasurer, State
Rid, 800 00
it from Thomas Patten, town
scales, 192 32
14 AUDITORS REPORT. '~
Received from S. T. Carrier, bill over-
paid, �18 69
It return of dog tax, 337 62
it from fire dep. proportion of coal
for heating Engine House, 100 00
$9,176 26
$1801095 95
EXPENDITURES.
To cash paid Almshouse account, $41035 37
it it Fire Department, 51019 21
It " Purchase of new hose, 21512 80
it it Hook and Ladder truck, 1,250 00
it _' Supply wagon for steamer, 349 50
it « Two hose-carriages, 350 00
44 << On account of Schools, 23,696 94
44 it Police, 37035 65
« 69 Bridges and Culverts, 47833 08
it 44 Highways, 12,244 42
State Aid, 852 00
it it Free Public Library, 27000 00
it Concrete Walks, 21395 53
« it Painting Town House, 424 99
it " State Tax, 7,132 50
Grand Army Republic, 200 00
it 64. Watering Cart, 500 00
« It High Schoolhouse, 26154 22
it it West Schoolhouse, 37984 00
« it Insurance, 1,665 89
96 it Salaries Town Officers,
including Collector of
Taxes, 31170 83
it Hospital, 1,585 90
<< ' Silk Factory Building,
sold for tares, 306 75
Reservoirs, 31587 89
__ « Interest, 6,002 16
AUDITORS' REPORT. 15
To cash paid Damages Pleasant Street, �2,8 25 00
it it Fence .LEtua-Mills School-
house, 701 58
It it Dog-tag to Public Library, 334 60
It It Contingent Account, 197079 38
« « Town Debt and Borrowed
Money, 31,300 00
Treasury balance on band, 8,565 76
$1802095 95
SCHOOLS.
RECEIVED.
i Appropriation, $22,000 00
Town's share of State School Fund, 262 79
Transferred from Contingent, defi-
ciency, 1434 15
—$23,696 94
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EXPENDED.
SALARIES OF TEACHERS.
Geo. R. Dwelley, $2,000 00
Geo. W. Andrew, 1 600 00
W. T. Copeland,
280 00
W. H. Crocker, 1,090 00
Geo. S. Turner, 1 500 00
B. S. Andrew, 11400 00
Harriet Robbins,
610 00
Annie E. Coolidge, 250 00
L. P. Kent, 475 00
Helen If. Souther, 100 00
1 Harriet B. Crafts, 500 00
L. A. Otis, 237 50
16 AUDITORS REPORT.
Bertha M. Whitney, $475 00
Elizabeth Jennison, 500 00
Lyda F. Wicks, 475 00
Nellie Bradlee, 425 00
Annie M. Gregory, 15000 00
Lilla Frost, 510 00
Etta B. Dadmun, 437 50
Nellie Williams, 475 00
Mary D. Patten, 475 00
C. S. Cushing, 280 00
Ellen Al. Crafts, 750 00
H. L. Hill, 412 50
M. L. Howard, 140 00
H. M. Tucker, 260 00
S. A. Worcester, 500 00
A. J. Norcross, 225 00
S. F. Coolidge, 200 00
H. G. Cary (music teacher). 540 00
C. Barrows, 160 00
W,282 50
JANITORS.
Paid to E. G. Bunker, $682 83
it W. T. Copeland, 24 00
it John Whitney, 88 31
It W. H. Crocker, 96 00
it G. Bright, 2 50
it Nathaniel M. Gee, 271 00
It Clement Howes, 90 00
it Jas. R. Harrison, 75 00
1,329 64
FUEL FOR SCHOOLHOUSES.
Paid to R. Gilkey & Co., Coal, $11,296 70
It Aiken & Woodard, Charcoal, 86 00
$1,382 70
AUDITORS REPORT. 17
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid C. C. McLauthlin, books and station-
ery, $173 85
G. S. Bowen, labor and materials, 173 48
Alfred Howes, sundries, 111 72
Nichols & Hall, books and stationery, 208 83
Noyes, Holmes, & Co., do. do., 50 28
S. S. Gleason & Co., sundries, 88 22
«'m. Rogers, care of clocks, 15 00
Howard & Parker, Truant Officers, 60 00
11. G. Carey, music-books, 34 70
Knight, Adams, & Co., mercliandise, 26 18
J. L. Hammett, 9
1 Solar Telluric," 15 00
Thomas Gavin, labor, 2 50
J. H. Grant, books, 2 10
Snow & Bradlee, printing, 32 00
L. Bent & Coy., brushes, 6 99
J. T. Blaisdell, repairs South School-
house, 465 3 7
J. T. Blaisdell, repairs on Centre and
High Schoolhouses, 62 06
J. T. Blaisdell; labor and materials, 462 33
T. L. French, it It 144 04
Henry Russell, painting, 31 50
H. B. & W. 0. Chamberlain, 30 42
T. P. Emerson, express, 17 90
J. R. lIarrieon, Town Hall, 12 00
W. H. Crocker, sundries, 10 75
G. Cutting, tuning pianos, 8 25
Joseph Crafts, _Etna-Bills Schoolhouse, 2 00
Thomas Gavin, labor, 8 00
W. I1. Crocker, books, 3 00
Otis Brothers, crash, 1 38
S. F. Carrier, plumbing, 18 67
Charles Redding, cleaning windows, 2") 00
H. J. Edwards, advertising, 7 50
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18 ALDITORS' REPORT.
Paid W. L. Stiles, sundries, $26 60
J. H. Wyeth, it 17 6
J. F. Bryan, plumbing, 15 34
Thompson, Brown, & Co., stationery, 7 20
H. B. & W. 0. Chamberlain, merchan-
dise, 115 55
T. P. Emerson, express, 60 48
American Tablet Co., blackboards, 50 30
H. Russell, painting, 34-67
J. T. Blaisdell, labor, 20 24
L. Bent & CO., furniture, 14 5.5
Knight & Adams, stationery, 13 68
Brewer & Tileston, charts, 6 00
John Ross, iron work, 5 63
J. A. Sullivan, chemicals, 4 21
D. Lothrop & Co., record-books, 2 00
�2,702 10
Total expenditures, $2306 94
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
RECEIVED.
To appropriation, $2000 00
Transfer of receipts, viz. :from town of Belmont, 222 60
it sales of produce, 10 00
it board Mr. Glidden, 40 00
it rent of house, 56 00
it board horses, etc., employed on
highways, 419 50
it State Treasurer, 17 9 2)3
it Contingent Account, deficiency, 1,108 04
$4,035 37
AUDITORS' REPORT. 19
EXPENDED.
For salary Z. Boody, $.549 94
sundries paid out by Z. Boody, 2 33
services Airs. McCabe, 27 00
it N. B. Glidden, 116 00
grain, meal, and flour, Coin & Magee, 352 85
hay, of sundry persons, 411 89
$1,460 01
FISH.
For fish to M. Rogers, $21 46
$21 46
DRY GOODS, ETC.
For dry goods and crockery, of Nourse
& Barnard, 983 58
dry goods, Otis Brothers, 68 90
*152 48
GROCERIES, ETC.
For amount paid S. S. Gleason & Co., $35 7 21
it it S. E. Sparrow, 58 84
" Thoe. Dana & Co., 21 90
" S. Noyes & Co., 88 57
526 52
PROVISIONS, PEAT, ETC.
For ain't paid W. Horne, $62 00
D. Bond & Son, 1 80
" H. P. Alason, 82 86
` E. S. Plaisted, 117 75
$21104 41
CLOTHING.
For ain't paid A. B. ]Roger,,, $60 50 y
A. McMaster, 3 50
— -- $64 00
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FUEL.
For am't paid R. Gilkey & Co., coal, $106 38
it C. Conant, wood, 37 26
49 J. P. Osgood, 8 00
151 64
SHOES, ETC.
For am't paid A. D. Drew, $8 00
64 S. L. Coombs, 31 19
$39 19
HARDWARE.
For ain't paid W. L. Stiles, 05
49 A. Howes, 26 17
$36 22
BLACKSMITHING.
For ain't paid J. Ross, $3 20
it Jas. Hall, 20 45
23 65
SUNDRIES.
For am't paid H. Russell, painting, &c., $16 91
it T. L. French, mason work, 26 93
it Geo. Peirce, carpenter work, 26 42
'i L. Bent & Co., furniture rep'g, 36 95
it T. Patten, harness rep'g, 1 25
it H. W. Macurdy, blinds, 82 80
it R. Gilkey & Co., plaster, 1 25
it J. A. Sullivan, medicine, 38 91
it Dr. Stone, medical attendance, 3 00
it
Dr. Richardson, it ?5 00
it S. Berry, labor, 33 00
69
E. Mountain, 10 00
it Dr. Morse, medical attendance, 29 UO
$331 42
AUDITORS REPORT. 21
ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS OUTSIDE ALMSHOUSES.
Paid city of Lowell, aid to Mrs. Kerwin, $35 00
Cambridge, aid to Mary Dailey, 86 07
It it J. M. Ward, 5 23
Worcester, " H. Doherty, 19 00
Charlestown, " Al. A. Chant, 32 25
Boston, " Hary Skinner, 70 82
" it N. W. Stone, 79 31
'< " It
E. 3f. Walker, 32 68
it It it E. Smith, 21 25
it It " E. Bacon, 4 31
Town of Franklin, it W. Hammond, 42 00
John Welch and daughter, 144 00
S. S. Gleason, sundries, 29 20
S. E. Sparrow, it 29 00
S. Noyes & Co., 5 00
J. H. Wyeth & Co., 20 00
H. P. Mason, 5 00
Otis Brothers, it 5 00
R. Gilkey & Co., it 66 00
State Reform School, 26 00
A. G. Tupper, refreshments to travellers, 48 00
E. V. Howard, it It (l 7 0o
S. E. Smith, to hospital, 5 95
J. Mahoney, nursing, 5 00
A. Gregg, funeral expenses Freeborn, 29 00
G. B. Stockwell, for J. Morrison, 6 00
Dr. Richardson, medical attendauce, 9 00
Dr. Hosmer, " 'i 5 00
Dr. Diorse, it it 65 00
Howard Bros., ice, 27 30
$964 37
Total expenditure,
$4,035 37
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation, $4000 00
Rec. for pumping reservoirs, 85 00
Transferred from Contingent Account,
deficiency, 11019 21
5,10.1 21
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Hiram McLauflin, engineer, salary, $1,051 00
H. G. Pierce, driver, salary, 7 61 75
Steamer Pay Roll, 615 00
Hook and Ladder Pay Roll, 276 12
H. Lindley, stoker, 59 15
W. H. Stevens, 11 13 35
B. B. Titcomb, hay, 3 7 40
Coffin & McGee, grain, 215 15
J. R. Harrison, extra duty, 34 00
N. & W. Gas Light Co., gas, 86 80
R. Gilkey, coal, 170 00
S. S. Gleason & Co., refreshments, &c., 119 11
J. -Madden, repairs, 17 00
W. C. Foley, shoeing, 8.1 88
G. S. Bowen, tinware, 8 413
Henry Horn, carpenter work, 4 25
Sam'l Richardson, saddle, 4 00
A. Howes, hardware, 0 80
Kendall & Roberts, repairs, 1 44
T. P. Emerson, use of supply wagon, 115 40
it hay, 26 02
J. Ross, iron work, 17 35
G. McWhirter, harness work, 13 23
Wm. Mills, steward, 10 00
A. Loker, wood, 9 56
Samuel Berry, sawing do., 1 75
Belt & Leather Stuffing Co., 1 oil tank, 60 00
A MORS7 REPORT. 23
Paid Edgard E. Brown, hay, $23 08
E. Robinson, keys, 6 00
Dr. Putnam, professional services, 4 00
Metallic Art Works, valves, 2 25
Stackpole & Perkins, oil, 2 00
Hollingsworth & Whitney, soda ash, 1 50
H. A. Winship, hats and badges, 77 75
James Boyd, repairing hose, 37 00
George Pierce, labor in stable, 30 78
L. Bent & Co., furniture, 27 50
John Ross, repairs, 6 50
A. Howes, hardware, 4 20
C. C. xIeLauthlin, stationery, 1 80
T. P. Emerson, express, 65 56
it use of supply wagon, 41 6i
Geo. Bowen, sundries, 14 55
J. 11. Cameron, use of wagon, 15 00
John Ross, iron work, 10 40
John `sadden, repairs, 6 80
A. Howes, hardware, 6 75
Nourse Barnard, crash, 0 32
G. McWhirter, harness work, 14 15
George Pierce, labor, 13 63
John Ross, blacksmithing, 1' 15
Otis Bros., dry goods, 1 80
Belt & Leather Stuffing Co., 168 87
Arnmikeag Manuf: Co., heater, 140 00
T. P. Emerson, hay, 66 83
It
use of supply wagon, 20 83
Walworth Mannf. Co., tube expander, 20 00
J. F. Bryan, plumbing, 15 16
Braman Dow & Co., 13 50
John Ross, blacksmithing, 11 97
H. A. Winship, hats, 11 50
J. II. Bacon, wood, 7 00
G. P. Clerk, labor, 6 38
John Ross, 5 50
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Paid E. H. Ashcroft, $4 50
A. Howes, hardware, 3 15
Win. Rogers, cleaning clock, 1 .50
Boston Nickel Plating Co., 1 50
Hollingsworth & Wljitney, 7 89
George Pierce, labor, 50 37
B. B. Titcomb, hay, 34 29
S. E. Sparrow, 32 36
Miles Pratt & Co., castings, 20 03
Geo. S. Bowen, labor, 16 15
G. McWhirter, harness work, 12 70
A. Howes, hardware, 9 63
N. L. Stiles, spittoons, 4 95
T. L. French, labor, 4 60
S. Berry, " 1 25
John Barnard, setting glass, 0 42
T. P. Emerson, hay, 35 14
George Pierce, labor, 15 38
John Madden, sundries, 3 50
G. S. Bowen, damper, 3 00
A. Howes, sandpaper, 0 47
John Ross, iron work, 13 50
Proportion of coal used for heating en-
gine house, 100 00
Total Expenditure, $5,104 21
PURCHASE OF NEW HOSE.
Received unexpended Appropriation, 1872, $31000 00
Expended as follows : — .
Paid Jas. Boyd & Sons, for hose, $12552 80
H. A. Winship & Co., do., 960 00
$2,512 80
Balance unexpended tramiferred to Con-
tingent, 487 20
$3,000 00
AUDITORS) REPORT. 25
HOOK AND LADDER TRUCK.
Appropriation, $1,000 00
Transferred from Contingent Account,
deficiency, 250 00
1,250 00
Paid Madden & Ross for Hook and Ladder Truck, 11250 00
SUPPLY WAGON FOR STEAMER.
Received from sale of engine No. 1, $250 00
Transferred from Contingent Account,
deficiency, 99 50
$349 50
Paid Madden & Ross for new Wagon, 349 50
NEW HOSE CARRIAGES.
Appropriation, $500 00
Paid John Ross for two hose carriages, $350 00
Transferred to Contingent, balance nnex.
pended, 1.50 00
500 00
ISAAC B. PATTEN POST, NO. 812 G. A. R.
Appropriation, $200 00
Paid H. W. Otis, Prest., 200 00
WATERING CART.
Appropriation, $500 00
Paid Alvin Adams for water-cart, 500 00
STATE TAX.
A mount assessed, $7,132 50
Paid State Treasurer, 7,132 50
26 AUDITORS REPORT.
PAINTING TOWN HOUSE AND NEW LOCK—UPS.
Appropriation, $11000 00
Paid Henry Russell, painting, $42.1 99
Uuexpended Balance transferred to Con-
tingeut Account, 575 01
$1,000 00
POLICE.
RECEIVED.
Appropriation, $37000 00
Transferred from Contingent deficiency, 35 65
3,035 65
EXPENDED.
Paid George Parker, 1 year's service, $1,066 00
E. V. Howard, 1 ' ,065 50
� H. F. Bright, special service, 12 00
H. B. Cheney, 1i62 00
� A. G. Tupper, 180 00
R. Newman, �� 135 00
it T. Carroll, it 123 00
it C. L. Nye, it 15 00
CI W. J. Gleason, it 100 50
It G. E. Smitli, it 135 00
it C. E. Lougee, It .15 00
it `'F'm. Greenslit, it 3 00
it Samuel Merrow, it 3 00
It F. E. Hinds, it 12 00
44 N. and W. Gas-liglit Co., 81 20
it Guild & Delano, badges, 12 15
it George Parker, refreshments to pris-
oners, 1 50
It E. V. Howard, sundries, 3 00
« J. A. Sullivan, medicine, 80
$3,035 65
AUDITORS REPORT. 27
CEMETERY ACCOUNT.
RECEIVED.
Unexpended balance of 1872, $253 10,
Received of J. K. Stickney on account
appropriation 1872, 200 00
— $453 10
EXPENDED.
Paid A. Gregg, labor in town cemeteries,$250 55
Transferred to Contingent Account, 202 55
— $453 10
NOTE.—The appropriations for the above Cemetery Recount were made and with-
drawn from the Treasury previous to the present fiscal,therefore no memorandum of
payment appear in the Treasurer's account of expenditures for the present year.
SIDE`'VALPS.
RECEIVED.
Appropriation, $`7500 00 $12,500 00
EXPENDED.
Paid TRinter & Tripp for concrete, $2,152 71
At D. `V. Bailey, It 242 82
2,395 53
Transferred to Contingent, unexpended
balance, 10447
$2,500 00
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
A ppropriation, $21000 00
Paid George N. March, treasurer, $32000 00
1
28 AUDITORS) REPORT.
STATE AID.
RECEIVED.
Received from State Treasurer, $800 00
Transferred from Contingent, deficiency, 52 00
$852 00
EXPENDED.
Paid Charles F. Jackson, $72 00
it John Hallahan, 164 00
« Deborah Bright, 48 00
Horace W. Otis, 72 00
Mary Severance, 48 00
it Henry G. Peirce, 164 00
it Diary McCabe, 16 00
it Otis A. Pollard, 96 00
It Sarah W. White, 92 00
it Mary Keating, 56 00
it George W. Young, 24 00
$852 00
BRIDGES AND CULVERTS.
RECEIVED.
Appropriation, $21000 00
(I New culvert, 11500 00
Transferred from Contingent, deficiency, 1,333 08
4,833 08
EXPENDED.
Paid George Peirce, labor and materials, $180 54
it T. L. French, it 290 08
It Berry & Moody, �� It 157 86
it Jahn Page, it it 68 77
it Highways, it it 801 00
AU,UDITORS' REPORT. 29
Paid Day &- Collins, drain pipe, $924 13
It A. Howes, it 2 40
(l Davis & Farnum, It 30 85
" R. Gilkey & Co., lumber, 592 75
It W. A. Horton & Co., lumber, 1)055 34
it G. Fuller & Son, it 554 79
It R. Gilkey & Co., cement, 30 25
It H. S. Cate, stone, 24 70
« 31. Pratt & Co., iron frames, 20 55
" W. C. Foley, it work, 58 57
It William Perkins, car fares, 7 50
« T. P. Emerson, express, 10 50
Fitchburg R. R. Co., freight, 22 50
$9,833 08
HIGHWAYS.
RECEIVED.
Appropriation, $10,000 00
Rec'd of Wm. Perkins, gale of horses, 475 00
" for labor at Etna-Dully Schoolhouse, 63 00
it it on reservoirs, 1,159 00
" (Ion bridges and culverts, 436 00
" It
" It
" 365 00
" ccon Franklin Street, 150 00
for sundry labor, 198 34
$1 ) 846 34
EXPENDED.
Pail Surveyor Highways, pay roll 12
months, $7,471 29
itoffin & Diagee, grain, 350 30
itC`John Madden, wheo1wrigl►t work, 56 15
" John Ross, blacksmith work, 115 98
W. C. Foley, It
185 72
Di. J. Nolan, " 15 75
30 AUDITORS' REPORT.
Paid James Hall, blacksmith work, $4 25
it N. McIntire, it 9 01
`' George Peirce, carpenter work, 23 68
it G. S. Bowen, sundries, 7 55
41 G. McWhirter, harness repairs, &c., 57 55
it Thomas Patten, '` it 76 65
`1 John Barnard, painting, 2 50
It George E. Teele, " 1 25
It Parker & Gannett, tools, 36 00
it M. Pratt & Co., castings, 52 19
It Rawson & Hittinger, repairing
stone-crusher, 43 41
it Blake Crusher Co., repairing
stove-crusher, 97 20
" Almshouse, board men and horses, 419 50
it R. Gilkey & Co., coal, 95 83
<< " lumber, 14 17
It S. S. Gleason & Co., oil, 19 26
S. Noyes & Co., " 2 40
Fitchburg R.R., freight, 6 63
T. P. Emerson, hay, 26 11
it it use of wheels, 6 25
It It gravel, 2.1 45
Ii J. Regan, '` 103 20
it H. Jennison, " 3 00
it R. Bradley, " 18 20
it J. Dardis, " 18 60
It H. Gray, it 51 20
it A. Cutter, " 227 80
it W. S. Cate, stone, 167 44
it D. & H. Gore, " 13 05
it C. H. Slade, It 5 20
it T. W. Mead, " crushed, 1,086 75
W. C. S. Harrington, stone crushed, 87 60
it B. Whitney, It 40 80
It Tainter & Tripp, it 25 23
44 S. N. Grant, it 1 50
AUDITORS REPORT. 31
Paid Z. Boody, stone crushed, 42 00
J. T. Stickney, professional services, 28 00
It A. Howes, 20 49
It William Perkins, salary, 1,083 33
122244 42
Transferred to Contingent Account, 601 92
$127846 31
RESERVOIRS.
Appropriation, $7,000 00
Received from highways, labor, 85 00
— $71085 00
Paid Highway account, labor, $17159 00
T. L. French, labor and material, 1,999 93
it J. T. Blaisdell, 'I and material, 78 00
A. D. Drew, 11 it " 107 00
R. Gilkey & Co., cement, 25 39
� H. S. Cate, stone, 68 85
it William Perkins, rubber boots, 15 00
It M. Pratt & Co., covers, 19 75
It N. C. Foley, blacksmitliing, 5 33
it S. S. Gleason & Co., oil, 5 03
it T. Murphy, windlass, 5 00
49 H. IV. Macurdy, labor, 3 61
James Lyons, lighting lanterns, 5 00
James Nilson, powder, 6 00
it Fire department, coal and labor
used pumping, 85 00
Transferred to Contingent Account. un. 3,587 8t�
expended balance, 3,497 11
$7,085 00
32 AUDITORS I REPORT.
INSURANCE.
Appropriation, $1,000 00
Transferred from Contingent, deficiency, 665 89
$1,665 89
EXPENDED.
Paid W. H. Ingraham and
Joel Barnard, $1,665 89
$1,665 89
SALARIES.
Appropriation, $27750 00
61 for collection of taxes, 500 00
$3,250 00
Paid School Committee, Salary, 250 00
Auditors, " 75 00
Engineers, `' 245 83
Assessors, " 750 00
Joseph Crafts, Town
Clerk, it400 00
Joseph Crafts, sealer, " 50 00
John K. Stickney,
Town Treasurer, " 400 00
Geo. L. Noyes, col-
lector, " 500 00
Selectmen and Over-
seers, " 500 00
3,170 83
Transferred to Contingent Account,
unexpended, 79 17
$3,250 00
ITllI'rORS7 REPORT. 33
_ETNA-31ILLS SCHOOLHOUSE FENCING AND
GRADING.
Appropri,ltlon, $700 00
Transferred from Contingent, deficiency, 1 58
$701 58
Paid NN'. H. Wicks for fence, 495 00
P. Boyle, labor, 16 .40
HighNva,y account, gradii)g, 63 00
Taint(--r and Tripp, concrete walks, 127 18
701 :58
ALTERATION OF AND ADDITION TO HIGH
SCHOOLHOUSE.
Appropriation, $247000 00
Transferred from Contingent Account,
deficiency, 2,154 22
EXPENDED.
Paid 14. ` . Macurdy, labor and ma-
terials, $187340 00
T. S. Clogston & Co., heating ap-
paratus, 41100 00
R. M. Shattuck & Co., labor and
materials, 473 27
G. S. Bowen, do. do. 175 63
T. L. French, do. do. 11050 00
S. F. Carrier, plumbing, 55 84
J. F. Bryan, 14 57 95
Metallic Art Works, knobs, 4 c., 85 43
Eureka, Ventilation Co., ventilator, 30 00
G. H. Sleeper, grading, 11421 35
3
34 AUDITORS' IM-ORT.
Paid N. H. Crafts, professional services, -E�;73 25
Jos. Crafts, t• it 41 50
13rigl►am & Sturgis, it 25.) 00
,154 22
NOTE. — Beside the above expenditures,
the sum of $5,730i 5-3- was paid
for land, details of which appear
in Contingent Account.
PLEASANT STREET DAMAGES.
Appropriation, $22425 00
Transferred from Contingent, deficiency, 400 00
w2,825 00
Paid -Al. Welch, award of county com-
missioners, ::1250 00
Gardner Aldrich, do. do., 100 00
J. Murphy, 400 00
A. Robl)ins, 75 00
$2,8 25 00
WEST SCHOOLHOUSE ALTERATION.
Appropriation, $4)000 00
Paid Robt. K. Snow, contract, 3,750 00
Sturges d: Brigham, architects, 160 00
James Tunney, lo-tbor, 70 00
C. S. Cate, it 4 00
3,984 00
Transferred to Contingent, unexpended, 1(i 0o
; 4.000 00
"7.
_ UPITOR�' REPORT. 35
HOSP1`1'A1..
Appropriation, $1,500 00
Transferred from Contingent, deficiency, 85 90
l,5V5 90
1'aiil H. W. Macurdy, labor rind wa-
terials, $17176 93
TI►o.q. L. French, do. do., 301 97
R. Gilley d; Co., lumber, 17 00
Henry Russell, painting, 75 00
turges &- Brigham, architects, 15 00
$1,5S5 90
I-N-I'EREST ACCOUNT.
Appropriation, $52500 00
Transferrc►1 from Contingent, deficiency-, 502) 16
6,002 16
EXPENDED.
Paid L. J. Nm-cross, 1 year's interest can
$2002 $12 00
Boston Five Ceut Savi►►g, Bank,
01) w10,000, 600 00
Lowell Institution fi►r `►ivingz, 1 _
year's interest; 720 37
1,t►well 111:4tit►lti,►n t;►r Savin-ro, 1
V'."Ir interest un .$5 500. 330 o0
W"t"'t„"'ll "�:lvirl_s Bank, interest, GIG ;s
Mrs. L. Forbes, 1 year's interest on _
$31000, .`1t) rt►
Faxon, interest, 15 60
.Hiss A. J. \o,rcros, 1 Ye►►r's ill-
fillk''7�� �•� 11f)
36 AUDITORS' REPORT.
Paid Mrs. E. Glines, 1 year's interest on
$170007 K0 00
State Treasurer, 1 year's interest
On $13,7687 848 58
Messrs Hinckley & Co , 1 year's
interest on Q87000 (7 per cent), 560 00
Eastport Savings Bank, 1 year's in-
terest on $2,100 (7 per cent), 147 00
Alden Bradford, 1 year's interest
on $2,000 (7 per cent), 140 00
Mercautile Savings Institution, 6
months interest on Q.24,000 (7
per cent), 840 00
National Bank of Commonwealth,
town notes discounted (7 per
cent), 431 67
Union Market National Bank, town
notes discounted (6 per cent), 418 16
— $62002 16
CONTINGENT ACCOL NT.
Appropriation, 2,000 00
Received f'or rent town hall, $586 50
It of Tire Department, for coal
at engine Douse, 100 00
Thos. Patten, fees of town
scales, 192 32
Firemen's Insurance Com-
pany, return premium, 36 78
it 11 Middlesex Ins. Co., loss of
almshouse barn, 21,000 00
Appropriation for High School, and
furnishing schoolhouses, 47000 00
t►
4
ACDITons• REPORT.
Transfers, unexpended balances, as
fullows . —
)n account of purclMse of fuse, $487 20
« " cemetery-, 202 55
« " side«�alk., 231 65
• " new hose carriages, 150 00 _
•� It " painting town Louse, 575 01
" bighways, 601 92
It " `Vest schoolhouse, 16 00 `
; " " salaries, 79 17
44 it It reservoirs, 31497 1.1
141756 21
"Transferred from receipts, 22,030 31
�36,786 52
Paid balance of accounts exceeding
appropriations, as follows : —
On account of Fire Department, K019 21
49 " almshouse, 11108 04
" " " Look and ladder truck, 2,50 00
" Itit supply wagon, 99 50
" it It schools, 1,434 15
it `` it police, 35 65
it it " State aid, 52 00
it it " bridges and culverts, 1,333 08
" " High schoolhouse, 21154 22
64 it " insurance, 665 89
<` " It
Pleasa,nt..t. damages, 400 00
it " Lospital, 85 90
11 tna-11i113 schoolhouse,
fencing, 1 ")8
interest and discount, 502 16
Paid Newton MA Watertown G,-js
Light Co., town IIall, *347 40
Newton and Watertown Gaa
Light Co., street lightK, 2,079 97
38 AUDITORS I REPORT.
Paid NeWton and Watertown Gas Light
Co., posts, &c., �520 42
R. Gilkey & Co., coal, ;J9 00
R. Gilkey & Co., lumber, 9 28
F. S. Gleason & Co., sundries, 22 16
Nourse & Barnard, brush and comb, 1 50
Win. Rogers, care of town clock, 60 00 �
A. Howes, hardware, 17 44
11. McLaughlin, janitor town hall, 226 75
C. C. HcLauthlin, printing and sta-
tionery, 105 66
Rand, Avery, & Co., printing, 3 50
Rockivell & Churchill, printing town
reports, 599 66
W. A. Forbes & Co., printing, 71 80
C. H. Bradlee, 40 00
A. R. Gay & Co., 5 30
Little, Brown, & Co., statutes, 7 50
George Phinney, advertising, 26 50
Cutter, Tower, & Co., treasurer's
account-book, 19 00
Welch, Bigelow, & Co., water report, 58 58
G. F. Horgan, Court record for
assessors, 66 42
C. B. Stevens, rebisteriug and re-
cording deeds, 0 75
II. W. Hacurdy, labor on fly;;-staff, 28 35
S. L. Batchelder, refreshments, 58 00
G. 11'. Chapman, secret service, 300 00
R. . Bright, killing dogs, 45 00
T. Patten, one-half services at town
scales, 96 16
T. Patten, extra services, 7 04
G. E. Teele, sign, Boyd street, 2 00
G. H. Sleeper, moving priv-�-7 8 00
George L. Noyes, horse-hire and
stationery, 19 00
A'
AUDITORS RFPUR.•r. 39
I' tid J. K. Stickney, stamps and st:►tiuu-
e1 ti �10 00
J. K. StickneY, services State aid, 30 00
P. BO'N le, abatement tax, 7 `20
1'. 1 . Emerson, do., G 00
T. P. Emerson, exl►ress, 11 130
I. Rohl►ins, lighting street lamps, 12 00
P. J.Fluunery, it it 24 65
J. U. Rieder, it ti 24
W. MacurdV, It 16 60
Knox &: Angier, tending draw, 4.2 00
G. B. Stockwell, use horse and
hu�n�• fib 00
Isaac Robbins, use Horse and
bugn -, fir assessors, 12 00
Citizen's Ice Co., two horses for
highways, 656 00
E. H. Brabl'00k, chairs and mats, 40 50
George Park, r, repairing; flan, 3 00
S. Baker, cleaning vault -All. Welch, 5 00
E. Pratt,ringing hell, 5 00
Hollin-sworth &$ Whituey, land for
sidewalk, Church street, 181 50
Joseph Sanger, land at High
School, 1,433 70
Jere. Russell, land, 4,296 83
T. L. French, labor and materials, 28 21
1l. Russell, 4.
It
49 27
Berry &; 1foo(ly, 1 37 05
George Peirce, or <: G0 90
J. T. I31aisdell, it « 96 7Q
George S. Bowen, repairing lan•
terns, �(c., 0-0 15
W. L. ,tiles, rep'g pump, &;c.) G 07
J"I,n ItoRs, it vault (h)or, 11 75
W C. Fule y repairing, 7 54
E. 0. .Morris, slating, ::5 09
40 AUDITOR3� REPORT. ti '
Paid L. Bent it- Co., bracket, $9 00
Wheton, Brother, & Co., rope, 10 30
G. W. Walker & Co., rep'g Neater, 59 39 1
Bliss d. Perkins, gas fittings, 45 63
P. F. B3-ram, 30
G. T. Chirk, 66 12 38
A. Gregg, repairing tombs, 24 (10
11401ving cemetery, 31 00
return of deatinz, 10 55
J. B. Goodrich, legal services
cases Annexation to Cambridge,
`Velel,, &c., 400 00
Goodrich & Edwards,legal services, 100 00
Shattuck, flulmes, fit; Monroe, le-
gal services, Dickenson ease, 172 31
E. R. Hoar, legal services, Mar-
ket street., 200 00
W. A. Mason, plans and survey,
Alarket street, 1t0 00
T. Monacrhan, loan, 66 75
zn
County Commissioners, Pleasant
street, 225 00
Fitchburg Railroad Co., fence at
Bemis's, 49 60
G. 11. Sleeper, balance salary
�•, 1872 135 00
Jos. Crafts, survey ing, 331 14
it postage, &c., 2 05
it pauper returns, 20 50
99
searching title Russell
land, 15 00
41 labor at State House, 29 90
recordit)g birtlls, mar-
ri.igos, (IeatLs, 112 60
search and copying
old records, 24 91")
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AUDITORS REPORT. 41
The following hills were paid from the
special appropriation of $4,000 : —
paid W. 0. Haskell & Son, furniture
for schools, 1,780 00
G. W. Walker & Co., heating for
school., 901 18
G. W. Walker ck Co., heating for
schools, 315 67
G. S. Bowen, tinwork, 261 80
American Tablet Co., tablets, 124 70
Miles Pratt & Co., sundries, 41 45
Thor. Gavin, labor, 32 75
J. F. Bryan, plumbing High school, 117 07
H. Russell, painting " 201 39
H. W. 1lacurdy, extra labor, " 582 29
47361 30
$?8,220 76 -
Cash on hand, 8,565 76
$36,186 52
Total amount expended, $281220 76
Transferred to sundry aects. $9,141 38
Actual expenses of Contin-
gent, 19,079 -08
$28,220 76
MONEY BORROWED, AND PAYMENTS ON AC-
COUN1' OF TOWN DEBT.
Borrowed of Watertown Savings Bauk,
for new hose, at 7 per cent., $37000 00
Borrowed of Watertown Savings Bank,
for hospital, at 7 Per cent., 1,000 00
Borrowed of National Batik of the
Commonwealth, in anticipation of
taxes, at 7 per cent., 52000 00
42 AUDITORS REPORT. }
Borrowed of National Bank of the
Commonwealth, in anticipation of
taxes, at 7 per cent., 1-1"67000 00
Borrowed of National Bank of the
Commonwealth, in anticipation of
taxes, at 7 per cent., 61000 01)
Borrowed of National Bank of the
Commonwealth, in anticipation of
taxes, at 7 per cent., 3,000 00
Borrowed of Union Market National
Bauk, in anticipation of tales, at
6 per cent., 5,000 00
Borrowed of Union Market National
Bank, in anticipation of taxes, at 6
per cent., 51000 00
Borrowed of Mercantile Savi nns -Ins.,
for High school building, at 7 per ct., 24,000 00
Borrowed of 11. & S. B. Whitney, for
heating schoolhouses, at 7 per cent., 1,500 00
Borrowed of A. A. Learned., for heat-
ing schoolhouses, at 7 per cent., 1,000 00
Borrowed of Watertown Savings Bank,
for heating schoolhouse, at 7 p. et., 1,500 00
Borrowed of Union _Market National
Bank, in anticipation of taxes, at
6 per cant., 51000 00
Borrowed of Union Market National
Bank, in anticipation of tares, at
6 per cent., 62000 00
Borrowed of Union Market National
Bank, In anticipation of taxes, at
6 per cent., 2,000 00
$75,000 00 .757000 00
Paid note National Bank of the Com-
nionwealth, $5,000 00
Mrs. 1=I. N. Faxon, town note, 300 00
AUMTORS' REPORT. 4
Paid note Nat. B'k of the Commonwealth, $6,000 00
It 6,000 00
E ,1 lG 3,000 00
tTuion Market Nat. Bank, 51000 00
5,000 00
Lowell Ins. for Savings, on town
note, 1,000 00
$31,300 00
Amount clue Union Market Nat. Bank,
to be pail from proceeds of taxes, ',;,13,000 00
Amount of increase of town debt, 30,700 00
757000 00
CASH ASSETS, FEB., 1874.
Balance in Treasr rer's hands, K565 76
Due from State, on acc. of State aid, 852 00
Outstanding taxes in hands of Geo.
L. Noyes, 1872, 881 22
Outstanding tales in hands of Geo.
L. Noyes, 1873, 81744 22
Outstanding taxes in liands of Joel
Barnard, 1871, 308 3 7 1
Gish in hands of Joel Barnard, 1,028 64
Silk Factory building bought for taxes, 306 75
— $20,686 96
JUMEPIATE LTABIL1TIEq.
Borrowed money, $13,000 00
Interest due on or before May 1, about 11300 00
Due schools, pay;ible in March and
April, a4mtlt 47000 00
Dne Fire Department in May, about 17000 00
, itrl►Ins, 11386 06
201686 96 '
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REPORT CONCERNING THE ACCOUNTS OF THE
TREASURER.
Ix COMMITTEE, Feb. 23, 1874.
The Auditors chosen to examine and audit the accounts of
the Treasurer, Mr. John K. Stickney, fur the financial year
ending Feb. 2, 1874, have attended to that duty, and
REPORT
That the accounts of the Treasurer have been carefully and
correctly kept, and that he Las satisfactory vouchers for all
payments made by him, according to the schedules herewith
submitted, showing a balance in his hands of eight thousand
five hundred sixty-five and 100 dollars ($S,565.7 6), on the 23d
day of February, 18 7 4.
GEO. N. MAIICH,
E. B. EA l ON, Auditors.
A. H. BAILEY,
AUDITOR$' REPORT. 45
APPRAISEMENT
Of Property at Town Farm, pertaining to and used
on Roads.
Horses, $650.00
Harness, carts, wagons, etc., 952 75
Stone-crusher engine and covering, 1,160 00
Materials for roads, 665 00
$3142 7 75
APPRAISEMENT
Of Personal Property at the Alnishouse in Watertown,
pertaining to and used on the Torun Farm.
Live Stock, $74 00
Grain and Produce, 282 12
Farming Utensils, etc , 312 50
Furniture in House, 778 90
Groceries and Provisions, 184 90
--- $1,632 42
A detailed inventory of the above property can
ba seen at the Selectmen's rooms.
GEO. N. MARCH,
E. B. EATON, Appraisers.
A. H. BAILEY,
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• ESTIMATED EXI'ENSES FOR 1974.
IST3. 1N74.
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For what purpobe.
' _amount Amount _mount Re-
Appropriated. Expended. a,mntct.ded.
School Expenses...... ...... .. .. . . .. .. S22,000 00 $23,69G 94 �i 25,500 00
Fire Department and Engineers... . . .. .. 4,000 00 5,019 21 $5,500 00
Support of Poor.. . . ... . .. .. . . .. . . .. . .1 2,000 00 4,035 37 3,000 00
Highways .. . . .. .. ..... . .. ...... . . .. . . 10,000 00 12,244 42 12,000 00
Bridges and Culverts.. ........ ...... . I 2,000 00 4,833 08 2,000 00
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Interest on Town Debt........ . ...... . 5,500 00 6,002 16 8,000 00
Salaries.... ............ .. .......... ... 2,730 00 3,170 83 4,000 W
Discounts and Abatements. .... .. .. .. . .i 3,000 Ott 4,367 06 3,500 00
Paying portion of Town Debt. . ...... .. 3,000 UG I 1,300 00 5,000 00
Police .... . . .. .... .. . . .. . . . . . .. .... . 3,000 00 3,035 G.) 3,500 00
Insurance .......... .. .. .... . . .. .... .. 1,000 00 1,665 89 ! 550 00
Free Public Library.. .. .... ... .. . . .. .. 2,000 00 2,000 00 2,000 00
Concrete Sidewalks... .. .. .. . . . .. .. .... 2,500 00 2,395 53 2,504) 00
Contingent Expenses..... . .. . . .. . . . . . . 2,000 00 I 19,079 38 2,000 N)
Street Lights and Posts. . .. . . . . .. . ..... .... . ...... . .. .. .. .... .. 4,000 00
Printing ... . .. ... .... .. .. . . . . ... . .. .. ..... . .... . . . .. 1,000 00
Heating,Lighting, and Care of Town Hall ... . . ...... . . ...... 1.0110 00
Reservoirs .. . . . . ... . .. . . .. . . . .... .. ..... . . .. ...... ... . . .... . . . 4.000 00
Care of Cemeteries... ... ...... .. .. .... .... ...... . .... . .... ... . . 100 00
S64,750 00 i $92,845 52 S-89,150 00
Ai'nITnR.S' REPORT. 49
SCHEDULE AND VALUATION ON TOWN
PROPERTY.
TOWN FA RM,—
3 1? acres of land, $1,000, $317500 00
Buildings on the same, 3,000 00
34.500 00
Personal property, as per appraisement, 1,6322 42
Used on roads, 3,42 7 75
$5,060 17
TOWN-HOUSE AND LAND, AND ENGINE-
HOUSE,—
12,920 feet of land, $1279?0 00
Town-louse and Engine-house, 35,000 00
Furniture in Town-house, including
heating apparatus 4500 00
— $52,420 00
NIGH SCHOOLHOUSE,—
57,010 feet of lend, $11,400 00
High Schoolhouse and furniture; 40,000 00
$51,400 00
PhIlogophiral apparatus, 2,000 00
Library and piano, 800 00
CENTRE SCHOOLHOUSE, —
1.5,318 feet of land, $41000 00
Schoolhouse and furniture, 12,000 00
Piano, 250 00
— $1G,250 00
EAST sSCHOOLHOUSF., —
271378 feet of land, $2,500 00
Schoolhouse a1141 furniture, 12,000 00
Piano, 250 00
4 $141750 00
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`NEAT SCHOOLHOUSE, -
21,500 feet of land, $27250 00
School-)house and furniture, 147000 00
16,250 00
NEW WEST SCHOOLHI)USE,-
Land, 48,120 feet, $2,`)00 00
School-house and furniture, 7,000 00
— A9,500 00
SOUTH SCHOOLHOU-;E, -
11,830 feet of land, $22000 00
School-house and furniture, 141000 00
— '-�-16.000 00
Free Public Library and furniture, 102000 00
Iron Safe at Town Treasurer's, 65 00
Hay Scales, 300 00
Gravel Bank on Beacon Hill, 1 2.5
acre land, 1,500 00
Water-Cart, 450 00
APPAR�TUS USED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT, -
Steam Fire-engine and Hose-Carriage, ' -1,250 00
One Hand-engine and apparatus, 100 01)
Hook-and-Ladder Carriage, 50 00
3 Horses used on Engine and Hose-Car-
riage, 17000 00
Hose, harnesses, and furniture, 37000 00
New Hook-and-Ladder Truck, 172 0 00
Two new Hose-Carriages, 350 00
Tender Wagon and equipments, 350 00
z;10,'150 00
Total Valuation Town Property, ,.;z2411595 17
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A LIST OF JURYMEN,
As prepared by the Seleetweii Feb. 16, 18794, to be passed upon
at the Aanual If4rch -Meeting.
Angier, Massillon IV., Eustis, George P., Noyes, George L.,
Bean, James M., Evans, John A., O'Brien, John,
Bent, Herbert F., Farwell, William E., Payson, Gilbert R.,
Berry,'Frank, Fewkes, Jesse, Peirce, George,
Blaisdell, Jaines T., Fitzwilliam, Edward, Peirce, Joel A.,
Bowen, George S., Geroul►l, Lyman P., Perkins, William,
Bradlee, Charles H., Gilkey, Royal F., Phelps. Jonas,
Bri(,ham, Charles, Hall, John, Priest, Philemon,
Bright, Charles H., Harris, Purter, Rogers, Artemus B.,
Brooks, Rufus F., Horne, Robert F., Rosebrook, Alvin E.,
Brown, Lucius T., Howard, William C., Russell, George F.,
Chancy, Alden D., Jackson. Charle,; F., Sanger, Charles E.,
Chapin, George H., Iiendall, Francis, Shipton, Ambrose J.,
Chase, Henry, King, William '�., St- Ales, Charles II.,
Clark, Ilenry W., Lane, Frank W., Stone, Joshua C.,
Corson, W. W., Lincoln, Abraham J., Stone. Joseph 1I.,
Crafts, Joseph, Locke, Henry W., Tainter, I)aniel A.,
Critchett, James H., Masters, Fred M., Tainter, George,
Da%idson, Irving H., Mayo, Emery M., Wept, Thomas P.,
Dow, Benjamin 13., 'McLauthlin, .Joseph L., Wilson, Charles IL,
Drake, Dothan, 1•Ierithew, Willie O., Wheeler, Horace,
Edgecomb, Freeman ll., Nichols, Gilbert, Worcester, Francis,
Emerson, Thomas P., Norcross, George F.,
Published by order of the selectmen.
JOSEPH CRAFTS,
Town Uerk
W ATEETOWN. I'En. 17, 1474.
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK AND REGISTRIII.
BIRTHS.
THE whole number of births registered during the year
1873 was one hundred and sixth-nine (169), sixty (60) more
than in 1872.
The ►lumber of births is in the ratio of one (1) to 25.65+
of the population.*
Of the whole number born, one hundred (100) were
males, and sixty-nine (69) females.
One hundred an 1 fifty-two (152) were born in Watertown,
five (5) in Newton, four (4) in Boston, one (1) in Cornwallis,
N.S., one (1) in Waltham, two (2) in Cambridge, one (1 ) in
Somerville, one (1) in New Iiampshire, one (1) in Philadel-
phia, one (1) in New Britain, Ct., one (1) in Belmont, and one
( 1) in Woonsocket, R. I.
There were born of American parents, 59
f; " foreign parents, $u
it is American and foreign parent-A, : G
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it it parentage not fully ascertained, 4
16:1
MARRIAGES.
The whole number of marriages recorded for 1873 Nvas
seventy-eight (78), two (2) less than in 1872.
a
First ruHrri;ige of both parties, 66 F
one and second of the other, 5 1
• The Iinpulstion of IYAU rlown,nrrordhig to the census of MO, In 4,337.
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Second of both, 2
99 it one and third of the other, 1
Third of 49first 3
It « secolid 1
78
Number of marriages, both parties native horn, 29
it It
it foreign l►orn, 33 1
it `` one native and the other foreign, 16 j
78
Ages of some of tlae parties married.
Oldest couples, Groom's age, 15, Bride's age, 54
« J5 it 43
« 51 It 31
it 50 " 45
it it 4G, ig 38
It it 4.' It 24
it It 40, 14 40
cc `` 40, " 23
Younger couples descending in age from last named age
to groom's age, 21, and bride's age, 18.
The number of intentions of marriage recorded is fifty-
four (54).
The ratio of intentions of marriage is as 1 to 80.31+ of
the popul'atlon.
NOTE. — Persons sule nuizing marriages are required by
law to make returns of the same to the Town Clerk or Regis-
trar, between the first and tenth days of each month : and
they should be careful to read the instructions on the
back of the certificate as to the manner of returns. The
chief difficulty to be remedied is that of not sending a cer-
tificate, as required — where neither of the parties are resi-
dents of the town in which they are married — to the clerk
of the town in which one, or both are resident.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK AND REGISTRAR. 57
DEATHS.
The whole number of deaths registered for 1873 is seventy-
nine (79), three (3) less than in 1872.
The ratio of deaths to the population is as one (1) to
54.90 of the population.
Of the whole number of deaths, forty--one (41) were males,
and thirty--eight (38) were females.
The condition of persons deceased, as per record, was, —
Single persons, 52
Married, 22
Widowed, 5
79
Age and condition of some of the odder persons deceased.
1. 93 years, 2 months, 0 days, male widower.
2. 85 " it female, single.
3. 85 « married.
4. 84 it male, widower.
5. 83 " 9 5 It
male, married.
G. 81 It 3 ,.2 it ((
7. 79 3 t6 female, single.
8. 72 « 5 Is male, married.
9. 68 " 9 `` female, willow.
10. 68 4 it ,
male, married.
The number of per,onv deceamed undir 5 year. cif age, wasof 24
between 5 and to years of age, was
1. 10 and 0 of it
to 21) and 3o " ..
30 and 40
40 and 5o 9
• go50 and 60 to �� a 1
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so and 90
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90 and loo If .c i
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The number of deaths of per.ons native born, was 62
" foreign it 16
it it place of birth unknown, wai 1
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The number of deaths of native-born parentage, was 3�
" foreign 36
" native and foreign parentage, S
79
CAUSES OF MORTALITY, AS RETURNED.
Accidents, 2 Lung Diseases :
Anemia, 1 Inflamatio❑ of lungs, 1
Apoplexy, 2 Hemorrhage �� 1
Meningitis, 1
Brain Diseases : It Cerebro spinal, 3
Congestion of brain, 2 It Tubercular, 1
Consumption " 1 Old age, G
Bright's disease of kid- Paralysis and hemorrhage
neys, 1 of brain, 1
Bright's disease and Peritonitis and inflamma-
aedema of lungs, 1 tion of appendix cwci, 14
Bronchitis, acute, 1 Plithisic, 4
Cancer, 2 Pleurisy, 1
Cerebral symptoms, 1 Pneumonia, 2
Cholera lnorbus, 1 Psoriasis, 1
Consumption, 13 Scai-latina, 3
It turhercular, 2 it congestive, 2
Drupsy, 1 Scarlet fever, G
Erysipelas and debility, 1 It and membran-
Heart disease, 2 eous croup, 1
It and rlleu- Spine fracture, 1
matism, 1 Still-born, ='
Infantile, 2 Typhoid fever,
it and diarrhoea, 1 It bilious, 1
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK A1D REGISTRAR. 59
CAUSES OF DEATH. — TABULAR LIST.
CI.A43 1.-ZY-MoTIc DISEASES.
Order 1. — Miasmatic.
Scarlet Fever, 7 Scarlatina, 5
Erysipelas, 1 Cholera morbus, 1
Rheumatism with heart Typhoid fever, 3
disease, 1 —
18
CLAss 2. - CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Order 1. — Diathetic.
Anemia, 1 Cancer, 2
Dropsy, 1 Tubercular meningitis, 1
5
Order 2.— Phthisic, embracing consumption, 19
CLAss 3.-LOCAL DISEASES.
Order 1. — 1\ervou System.
Cereb. spinal meningitis, 3 Apoplexy, 2
Paralysis and hemor. Brain diseases, embracing
rhage of brain, 1 congestion of, consumption
of, and cerebral symptoms, 4
Order 2. — Organs of Circulation. 10
Heart disease, 2
Order 3.— Respiratory Organs.
Bronchitis, 1 Pleurisy, 1
Pneumonia, 2 Lung diseases, 2
Order 4.— Digestive Organs.
6
Peritonitis,
Order 5. — Urinary Organs.
Bright's disease of kidneys, 2
Order 8. —Integumentary System.
Psoriasis, 1
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CLASS 4. —DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Order 1. — Development of Diseases of Children.
Still-born, 2 Infantile debility, 3
5
Order 3. — Developmental Diseases of Old People.
Old age, 6
CLASS J. — VIOLENT DEATHS.
Order 1. — Accident or Negligence.
Fracture of spine, 1 Otherwise (accidents), 2
3
1
Facts concerning births and deaths, required by statute, to 1
be returned to the Town Clerk.
" In the record of births, the date of the birth, the place of the birth,the name of
child (if it have any), the sex and color or the child, the names and the places of birth
of the parents, the occupation of the father, the residence of the par(ats, and the date
of the record.
"In the record of deaths, the date of the death, the name of the ('eceased, the sex,
the color, the condition (whether single, widowed, or married), the age, the residence,
the occupation, the place of death, the place of birth, the naines and places of birth
of the parents, the disease or cause of death, the place of burial, and the date of the
record."
BOOILS TRANSFERRED FROM LIBRARY IN SELECT—
MEN'S ROOM TO FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Geology of Mass., by Edw. Hitchcock, LL.D., 1 Vol. V
Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zoulogy of
Mass., by Edw. Hitchcock, LL.D., 1 vol. 8°
Icbnology of New England, by Edw. Hitchcock,
LL.D., 1 Vol. V
Supplement to do. by do., 1 vol. V
Invertebrate Animals of Mass., by A. A. Gould, 1 Vol. 8°
Report on the Fishes, Reptiles, and Birds of Mass., 1 vol. 8°
History of New England, by Wm. Hubbard, 1 vol. 8°
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK AVD REGISTRAR. 61
Plvuiouth Colon- Records, Ed. by N. 13. Shurtleff,
from 1663 to 1698, 12 vols. 4'
Records of the Governor and Company of the Mass.
Bay. Rl. by N. B. Shurtlefl', from 1628 to
16862 viols. 17 3, and 4. Parts 1, 2, and 5, 6 vols. 4'
Charter, Acts, and Resolve-; of the Province of
Mass. Bay, from 1692 to 1726, 1 Vol. Imp. 80
Joumal �,F Ffouse of Reps. of the Province of Mass.
Bay, held at Boston, A.P. 1736. 1 Vol. folio
Journal of ati Convention for framing a Constitu-
tion of Gov't for Mass. Baby, 1779-80, 1 Vol. 8'
Dchaws un tlae Con titutiou of Bass., 1788, 1 Vol. 8'
Juurn:al of Mass. Convention, 1853, 1 Vol. 8'
Juurna,l of the Provincial Congress in 1774-5, 1 Vol. 8°
State Papers on Nullification, 1 Vol. 80
Reports on Contested Elections, by L. S. Cushing, 1 Vol. 80
Report of Sanitary Commission, 1850, 1 Vol. 8'
f Patent Office Report, Part 2d, 19537 1 Vol. 8'
Statistical View of the District of Dlaine, 1816, 1 Vol. 8'
LIBRARY NOW IN SELECTMEN'S ROOM.
Laws of the United States, 3 vole. 80
General Statutes of Mass., 1836 to 1872, 4 vols. 80
Auts a11-1 Resolves of Mass., 1860-18 7 3, 12 viols. 8°
flerrich's Town Officer, 1 Vol. 80
Mass. Special Laws, from the Adoption of the Con-
stitntion to A.D. 18101 12 vols. So
3taga. 1►igest, 1►N• B►�nnett &- fleard, 2 vols. 80
'Mass. Term Reports, from 1804, 17 vols. 80
Pickerint;'s 'Perm Reports, vols. 1 to 21 inc. 21 vols. 80
Metealf's If It .' 1 to 1.2 inc. 12 Vol-. 80
(;uahing's It " It 1 to 12 inc. 12 vols. 80
Gray's if is It 1 to 16 inc. 16 viols. 80
Allcn's If if 11 1 to 14 inc. 14 vols. 80
Reports, by A. G. I3rowne,.lun., Nos. 97 to
1081 12 vols. 80
62 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK ANT) REGISTRAR.
Public Documents of Mass., from 1858 to 1872 in.
clusive, 58 vols. 8o
Mass. Register and Military Record, 1 Vol. 81,
History of Mass. in Civil War, by Sebouler, 2 voIs. 8°
Record of Mass. Vols., 1861-65, by the Adjutant
General, 2 vols. 1'
Industry of Mass., 1860, 1 vol. 8°
Census « 11 1 Vol. 80
Journal of Valuation Committee, 1860, 1 vol. 80
Acts and Resolves of the Province of Baas. Bay,
from 1692 to 1714, 1 vol. 8°
Perpetual Laws of the Commonwealth of Mass.,
from 1780 to 1789, 1 Vol. Imp. 80 ,
Plymouth Colony Laws, Ed. by Wm. Brigham, 1 vol. 81
Ancient Charter and Laws of the Mass. Bay, pub.
by order of the General Court. 1814, 1 vol. 8'
Railroad Commissioner's Report, 1872, 1 vol. 8'
Reports of State Board of Health, 187143, 3 vols. 8' j
Board of State Charities, 186E-73, 6 vols. 8'
DOGS.
THE whole number of dogs licensed the past year is 191 :
males, 17 8 ; female: , 16.
Amount received for licenses, viz. : —
178 male dogs, at $`? each, $356 00
16 female dogs, at $5 each, 80 00
-136 00
Clerk's fees : —
194 licenses, at 20 cent3 each, 39 80
Paid County Treasurer, Per receipt, $39 7 20
The whole number of dogs killed during; the past year, as
per return of Henry F. Bright, Constable, is forty-five (45).
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH CRAFTS, Toicn Clerk.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
THr, past year has been one in the management of the
to wn's affairs which has called largely upon the time and
attention of the Selectmen ; and we see no prospect in the
future for their duties to become less. Sixty-four evening
meetings, with long sessions generally, have scantily sufficed
for the ,judicious consideration of the regular inside business,
and such other subjects as have been pressed upon their
attention.
Numerous other meetings during the year have been
DeCessitatea by the applications for laying out new streets,
and widening of many lung since laid out and accepted. It
should be borne in mind that the Selectmen have acted in the
f)iir-fold capacity of Selectl[neri, Surveyors of Highways,
Overseers of the Poor, and as Board of Health, relieved,
However, very much in their duties as surveyors of highways, I
by the appointment of a Superintendent of Streets.
Notwithstanding their varied duties, we know of no
inctance in which their decisions have not been entirely
harmonious.
The expensPQ of the town for the past year have been
largely in excess of the previous year ; and for this excess
there are some good reasons. And firQt, the regular grants
Wid appropriations to be assey,ed upc,n the polls and estates
for 187► were --1-11,865 larger than ti►r 187'1,.
"ecorld. Some of the grants of 1872 were not expended
until 1 '{73 ; •ucli as piircl,a�-e of new hose, painting the town
huuyo, h r.
Third. The expense of widening Pleasant Street was re-
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ferred, by vote of the town, to the County Commissioners ;
and the Town Treasurer authorized to pay their award, with-
out any appropriation being made therefor.
Fourth. Our proportion of' the State and County taxes was
$1,189.49 more for 1873 than in 1872.
Fifth. Tile bridge over Charles River, near the Arsenal, on
Market Street, was found to be in Guch a bad condition, as to
demand extensive and immediate repairs ; and for thi:z there
was no special appropriation.
So fitr as grants of money have been made, subject to com-
mittees appointed or chosen I,y the town, we respectfully
refor the citizens and tax-payers to the reports of such com-
mittees.
By pasting in review, as briefly Tis possible, some of the
principal items which have called for considerable expendi-
ture and attention, we shall perhaps be able to present such
further explanations and suggestions as seem to us proper.
ROADS.
PLEASANT STREET.
Reference to this street has already been made, so fir as
the award of the County Commissioners covered the dam-
ages. There are, However, some ckims, not large in amount,
which the abutters failed to present at that time;, which may
have to be adjusted.
STARCH FACTORY LATE.
This street has been widened during the past year, to con- '
form to the laying out and acceptance by the town, as per
vote of May 7, 1872. It is now thirty feet in width from
Galen Street to the Starch Works.
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MAPLE STREET.
This street has been widened from thirty-two feet to forty
feet, from Galen Street to the dividing line between Newton
and Watertown. The widening was done under due notice
of the Selectmen, that the Betterment Law would be applied
in the case.
The heirs of the estate of William Stone, from whom all the
land was taken for the widening, have sent in notice of refusal
to accept the damages in that case, as awarded by the Select-
men , and the matter is still unsettled.
BORDER, OR FRANKLIN STREET.
This street has been laid out and accepted by the town
during the past year, forty feet in width. The requirements
of the Selectmen having been fully complied with. On the �
Petition of the abutters, the original name has been changed
by the Selectmen ; and it is now known as « Franklin Street."
ALTON AVENUE AND BIGELOW AVENUE.
These streets at the easterly- portion of the
e town leading
outhwardly from Mount Auburn titreet, on the 11 Norwood
Park " land, have been laid out and accepted by the town
both forty feet in width.
WA
LNUT STREET.
On the petition of Delano March and others, fir the widen-
ing and straightening of said street, the Selectmen caused a
survey and plan to he made ; RI)d the same, with report, were
presented to the towu for acceptance on the 18th of July last.
And at an adjourned meeting, hold August -1th, succeeding,
the town voted to recommit the same to the Selectmen, with
instructions to Change their laving out of W:jlnut Street, so
38 to conf►rm to a supplemer►tarti* plan, submitted ]IT 11. J.
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Edwards, Esq., at the last meeting. These instructions not
being in accord with our judgment, no further action has been
taken in the matter.
BRIDGES AND CULVERTS.
The Bridges over Charles River at .-Etna Alil11, and near
the Arsenal on Market Street, have been thoroughly repaired,
the latter having been built Anew above the piling. Also a
substantial sidewalk has been built on the east side of the
bridge, leading to Newton, over Charles River, on Galen
street. Should the order of the County Commissioner-, with
reference to Arsenal Street, be carried into effect, the bridge ,
over Charles River at the Brighton, or " Nineteenth Ward "
line, will naturally come in for widening ; and, at all events,
will need repairs.
The privilege of crossing the Watertown Branch of the
Fitchburg Railroad, on what is known a, White's Avenue, at
grade, having been refused by the Coanty Commissioners,
the Selectmen called on the Count- Cornmissioners to deter.
mine the manner of approach and crossing. And the Com.
missioners so far determined the manner, as to order a plan
for a bridge ; and appointed a meeting of the Selectmen and
the authorities of the Fitchburg Railroad with the said Com-
missioners. At this meeting, the President of the Fitchburg
Railroad agreed to waive all legal objections to the laying
out of said avenue across the railroad: provided the Selectmen
and the Railroad Company could agree upon the sum which
said Railroad Company should pay as its proportion of the
cost of the bridge.
The culvert on Common Street, conveying the drainage
through and from the land of Jeremiah and Wm. NV. Russell
to Treadaway Brook, has been taken up at considerable ex-
pense, and relaid deeper and wider. Pipe-drains have been
laid on Church Street, leading to, across, and down Palfrey
Street toTreadaway Brook ; from Phillips Street across Yount
Auburn Street, and down Palfrey Street to Treadaway Brook ;
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from a point near P. J: Kelly's on the easterly side of Mount
Auburn Street to Treadaway Brook ; and froin a point near
the Arlington-street Depot, easterly along the line of the
Fitchburg Railroad. This under-drainage has worked well
and given good satisfaction.
BURIAL—GROUNDS.
As authorized by vote of the town, on July 18tli, 1873, we
have effected an exchange of land at the north-east corner of
the village burial-ground, for adjoining land of William W. and
Jeremiah Russell. This secures a perfectly straight line for
the north-easterly boundary of the burial-ground. We regret
the refusal of the town to purchase an additional strip of
about twenty feet in Width, adjoining said line. The pur.
chase of such a strip of land would be economical for the
town, Would allow of a grade to the land which would add
very much to its beauty, and cost less than to grade and
wall up on the present line. We hope the town will see that
it is for its interest to purchase accordingly. The wall
around the burial-ground is in need of repairs, and the
general appearance of the grouixis could be rert- much
iml,roved by a small appropriation for that purpose. Mr.
Gregg, who has had charge of both the village and the old
burial-ground, reports the whole ruin expended the past year
as sixty-ono dollars, and says that not less than one hundred
dollars should be specially appropriated for the care of these �
grounds for the coaling ye►ir.
An appropriation will be. required for laying the wall :roil
fencing on the line of the exchanged land, and also for the
ether purposes alluded to.
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WATEx1N G S'pREETS.
As authorized 1iy vote c,f thf� tont'u, on .Tune 10, 18713, a
watering-cart, or street-sprinkler, was; purchased, and uRed on
the streets, in ti►e villslgv laortion of the town, as far ;is pos.
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sible. But one sprinkler is not sufficient to keep the streets
watered as far as the people desire, who are willing to pay a
portion of the expense. We recommend that an additional
sprinkler be purchased, similar to that now in use.
POLI CE.
As authorized by the town, we have appointed, in addition
to the regular force, two policemen, at the east part of the
town, subject, with reference to compensation, to the order
of the Selectmen.
We have also appointed one policeman for that portion of
the town lying south of Charles River, with particular time
of duty designated. Other policemen have been appointed
from time to time, as occasion required.
FIRE—POLICE.
It is) in our judgment, wise a11d proper, that at any fire
which may happen there should be present police-officers, to
protect not only the property endangered by the fire, but to
prevent depredations and Nvanton destruction of surrounding
property.
Our regular police should not, under the circumstance of a
fire, feel or be obliged to leave their usual beats. We are
obliged, from time to time, to al)pl)int extra police, who receive
pay only while on duty. We should not have to appoint the
extra police if the fire-police is established. For these rea-
sons, w1i ieli we think must commend themselves to the favor-
able consideration of the citizens, of this town, we respectfully
recommend that the Selectmen shall be granted authority to
organize a fire-police fierce, under such regulations as they
shall deem proper in the case.
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STREET—LIGHTS.
Commensurate with the increase of wealth and population
will inevitably come demands for an increase of conveniences.
The number of street-lights has been increased during the
past year by the addition of twenty-nine, and the demand for
a further increase is still Dressing. We recommend that
street-lights shall be continued on Main Street to Waltham
line, and on :Yount Auburn Street to Cambridge line, as fast
as the main gas-pipe is extended.
NA31ES OF STREETS.
On the petition of abutters, the names of the following
streets have been changed, viz. :—
So much of what has been known as South River Street as
lies between the west side of Galen Street,by the bridge, and
the junction of South River and South Streets, with South
Street extending south-westerly to the dividing line between
Watertown and Newton, shall be called " Watertown Street."
So mlich of what has been known as South River Street,
from its junction with South Street, and extending westerly j
to Newton line, shall be called "California Street."
The street leading southerly front California Street, by the
lands of William White, to Watertown Street, shall be called
Gore Street."
WATER.
The Water Committee have Met tlae Selectmen with
proposals forming a basis for a contract with the town of �
Waltham, to supply this torn with pure water. The Pro.
posals first exhihited were withdrawn, and after further con-
sultation with the authorities at Waltham, the Committee
have again presented ameuded proposals, which we have
under consideration, and which we underatani from the
Water Corruuitteo will appear in their report. See page 91.
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LOCK—UP.
In 1872 an appropriation was inade for painting the town.
house, and moving and repairing the lock-up. The appropri-
ation was one thousand dollars. The town-house has been
painted during the past year, at an expense of :-424.99, and
the balance of $575.01 has been covered into the Coiitinaent
Fund."
The lock-up is neither safe for confining a prisoner nor
suitable for the purposes btherwise required , and we recom-
mend that it be removed from its present location, and suit-
ably constructed under the police-office.
By reference to the printed reports for the past five years
or more, it will be seen that a practice has grown up, and
been tolerated, of using unexpended balances of appropria-
tions to meet over-expended appropriations, which we think
pernicious in its operation, although the appropriations, as a
whole, may not have been exceeded ; and while we are
morally sure that no bills have been paid which would
not ultimately have to be paid, and while the auditors, who
have had the opportunity only to examine the town accounts
at the expiration of the year, and then to make up the same
in the manner which seemed to them the plainest and best,
have thus been obliged to transfer from one appropriation to
another, yet we think that some method of auditing the town
accounts, different from that DOw pursued, may be devised,
which sliall check any draft upon the treasury in excess of
the appropriation, and simplify the labor of malting up the
accounts at the close of the Year. And, for this purpose, we
recommend, that instead of the Board of Auditors and
Appraisers, as now in custom, there shall be elceted three
appraisers and one auditor. That the duties of the auditor
shall embrace the examination and certification of all bills
presented for payment, before being passed upon by the
Selectmen ; keep a correct account of Dr. and Cr. with each
appropriation, in such manner that the exact sum, or balance
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pertaining to each appropriatiou, can be seen at any time ;
and at the close of the year to audit the Treasurer's account,
and malte up a detailed statement of the receipts and
expenditures for printing.
We also recommend that some of the items of expense
uu« classed in the Contingent Account, such as street-lights,
gas-bills, printing, etc., etc., shall be detached therefrom, and
that separate appropriations be made therefor. This will
tend to produce a more careful estimate of probable expendi-
tures ; and if then the. expenditures are kept within the
appropriations, by means as hereinbefore suggested, there
cannot be fault found, with any good reason, with the sum-
mary of expenses made up at the end of the year.
Our town is steadily increasing in valuation and population ;
and with this increase there naturally comes a demand for
increased appropriations ; and so long as these demands are
right and reasonable, they should be granted.
Yet we think there should be a basis established, if pos-
sible, which should govern the town in making its grants. A
prudent man considers his weans before making an outlay,
and the valuation of the town is the means by which its
expenses should be determined.
For the past year, 1.20 per cent of the whole valuation, as
determined-by the assessors, together with the Bank and cor-
poration tax —malting a total sum of $100,566.09, besides
sundry small amounts received, an expense of over $20.11
per head for each man, woman, and child in town, allowing
the population to be 5,000, which is large —has been taken
to defray the running expenses of the town. Besides this,
the town debt has been increased from $66,193 to $96,893, an
increase of $30,700, for exceptional expenses.
We are aware that there is a yearly increase in the valua-
tion; but we think that for the -ensuing year not inuch over
the added value of new buildings can be safely counted upoll.
We are not aware that the rate p)er cent on the valuation of
the past year has caused serious complaint ; but we feel
assured that an increase of any considerable amount, whether
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1)Y mite per cent or by increase of values, would be produe.
tive of complaints which would wake theinselves heard.
Twelve dullars out of each thousand dollars of valuation,
together with such receipts as have beeii alluded to, could
seem sufficient to defray all necessary tu«n expenses. Let
us avoid iucreasinb our indebtedness by all judicious weans.
Pay as we go, and, by a small yearly appropriation therefor,
we -shall slowly perhaps, but surely, cancel our present debt,
and then be more able to bear increased expenses.
Respectfully submitted,
OLIVER SHAW, �
GEORGE N. MARCH, Selectmen ;
H. W. MACURD' Of
LYMAN' P. GEROL. .D, Watertown.
SAMUEL S. GLEASON, )
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
To the Sw-veyors of Hayhways.
Gentlemen, — The labor upon the roads for the bast year
has been mainly upon the following accepted streets of the
town, to wit-.—
ON' THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHARLES RIVER.
On WatertONVD, California, Gore, Maple, an(l Boyd Streets,
and Starch-Factory Lane ; most of the labor on Maple Street
and Starch-Factors Lane being required by the widening of
said streets.
AT THE FAST PART OF THE TOWN.
On Ehn, Grove, Arlington, and Itount. Auburn Streets. On
Blount Auburn Street, opposite the land known as " Norwood
Park," a large amount of filling was required, in order prop-
erl), to grade the road and construct a sidewalk. The road
at tills point is now in good condition for travel to its full
Width.
FRO'.%I BRIGHTON LINE TO THE SQ17 %RE.
On Market and Arsenal Streets ; Arsenal Street Having
received the most attention.
AT THE WEST PART OF THE TOWN.
On Main and Belmont Streets.
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Spring Street has been considerably filled and graded from
Main Street to the railroad crossing. Riverside Place has
been gravelled, an(] Mount :'auburn Street, in sections, rubbled
and gravelled.
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SIDEWALKS.
All the filling and grading for concrete sidewalks hax-e been
done at the expense of highways.
CRUSHED STONE USED.
About fifteen hundred tons of field stone have been crushed
the past year, all of which has been pelt upon the streets, dis-
tributed upon Main, Mount Auburn, and _Market Streets.
There have been purchased about nine hundred ton, of crushed
stone. This material was taken from a ledge in Weston, and
was put entirely upon Arsenal and Arlington Streets. It is
my opinion that this material is not as durable as crushed field
stone ; and, while it may answer a serviceable purpose on }
roads of light travel, yet field stone should be used upon
those of heavy travel.
IiORSF.S.
Since the loss of the towu's horses by the fire at the aluis-
house, two horses have been purchased, ivhich have been
kept in use, and proved good and reliable. It will be noces-
nary, before the spring work cower ore, to purcha`e two more
horses in order that the work required may be done advall-
tageutlsly.
EXPENSES.
By performing some labor for individual:; and other depart-
welits of the Town, I have been able to keep within the
regular appropriation, as will be seen by the following state-
Went : —
• HIGHWAYS DR..
To alipropriation, $10,000 00
'` Receipts per Treasurer's account, 27846 34
12,846 34
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By bills paid, including pay-roll per
Tre�isurer's account, $12,244 42
By balance unexpended, —601 02 $121846 31
Respectfully submitted,
WM. PERKINS, Superintendent of Streets.
REPORT OF SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS$
To relieve ourselves of the care of the labor as performed
upon the streets of the town, as it progressed from day to
day, we appointed Mr. William Perkins as Superintendent
of Streets ; and the work has been done under his constant
supervision. He has given good satisfaction ; and we believe l
the roads in and through the town have been fully kept up 9
to the requirements of travel. His report shows more in
detail the nature of the work performed.
The loss to this department by the fire at the Tuwn Farm,
was
Four horses valued at $800 00
Road tools, 300 00
Wheels to crusher, 100 00
1,200 00
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Since t1;i., loss we have been obliged to piircl►ase for imme-
diate use two horses. But, as will be seen by the report of
the Superintendent, two more will soon be required.
The amount of road surface to be kept iii repair is constantly
on the increase, necessarily involving more outlay.
For these reasons, and because tl,e salary of the Superin-
tendent is paid out of grant for the hinhwaye, we are obliged
to ask for a larger aPpropriation than was made Dist year.
The subject of separating the department of ltigliways from
the almshouse department lias been somewhat discussed since
the burning of the town barn ; but we are not prepared to
recommend to the Town definite action (M that subject. Per-
haps the best nietl►od would be, to refer that inatte;r to a
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c0liliiiittee, to bu chosen by tho Town at the annual March
u�a �tiu�.
Respectfully submitted,
O LWER SHAW,
GEORGE N. MARCH,
II. IV. MACURDY,
LY MAN Y. GEROULD,
Sr1S1UEL S. GLEASON,
Surveyors of Highways.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
TaE amount recommended by the Overseers for the support
of the poor in their last annual report was $2,500 ; but the
Town saw fit to reduce the grant to $2,000. This sum has
been insufficient to meet the necessary expenses of the
department. Notwithstanding the strictest scrutiny into the
applications for outside aid, the amount deemed necessam-
alld granted liar been considerably larger than last year. -
The destruction of the hay, grain, and live stock by the +
fire has deprived this department of the usual amount of r ,��
cr� ditr:, a9 for board of horses, &Cc. ; and has also caused an
increase in provision bills. These causes are Dot, however,
sufficient to account for the entire excess of expendi-
tures ; and we therefore feel obliged to ask for a larger ap-
propriation for the ensuing year, in order to meet necessary
expenses.
The almshouse is in good condition. New blinds have
be(in put upon the main house, at an expense of about $100.
Thi:A we deemed necessary fbr the comfort of the inmates.
The size of the main horse is 30 X 50, two stories, L or shed
20 X 401 fifteen rooms, forty-two willduws, and will accuwmo-
date thirty persons.
KEF:PrR, Zuchariuh Boody.
.air. Roorly and wife have bad the charge of the almshouse
for tho past five years, and have given good satisf►ictiun.
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INMATES OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
For Cite entire year.
Name. Age.
*Joseph Mackin, 7 7 years.
*Lucretia Norcross, 67 «
John R. Tufts, 63 �
*Eliza D. Tufts, 62 «
Antonio Bomene, 49
Elijah Hager, 82
Abigail Gardner, 55
Amos L. Derby, 55 «
Gerry Hager, 44 '
Mary McCabe, 54
Charles McCabe, 19 '
Mary Woods, 76
The above may be considered as permanent inmates.
Willie Rooney, jun., age 15, is supported in the Perkins
Institute Blind Asylum.
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For a portion rf the year.
Daniel Burns, left June 21, 18 7 3.
Sarah Smith, came July 6, July 9, �
Edward Houghton, came July 23, Sept. 11
Julia Donahoe, came Aug. 1.5, it Sept. 2, 11
For those marked thus * this town is entitled to $1.10 per
week 1'or each one froin the town of BeIrnont . also to 32.59
per cent of whatever sum is paid for outside aid to Naucy W.
Stone, now living in the city of Boston.
The number of travellers lodged during the past year is
At the almshouse, 6
it station-house, 3.16
The average cost per week for each pauper supported at
the almshouse, as per statement. to Board of State Charities,
Oct. 17 1873, exclusive of interest on the value of the farm,
buildings, &-c., is $4.46 + ; the average number for the vear
ending at that date being 10.93 -{-.
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HOSPITAL.
The building to be used for hospital purposes has been
completed during the past year. As no occasion was iinmi-
nent for the use of the building for the precise purpose for
which it wa erected, we have leased the Name, ret-linin(r one
r,)om. at eight dollars per month, with the understanding that
the tenant is to vacate the premises at a moment's notice, if
the same are needed on account of the prevalence of any con-
tao-iou-3 disease.
The loss by.1ire to this department is as follows : —
Barn and outbuildings, $21,000 00
One horse, $200 00
Two cows, 100 00
Live Stock. Fight hogs,
175 00
Thirty-two hens, 24 00
499 90
( Fifteen tons hay, 450 00
' I Two tons corn fodder, 16 00
Hay and Stra . � Two and one-half tons
oats and barley. 62 50
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l Five tolls rye straw, 1150 00
678 50
Fifty bus. corn at 85 cts. 4? 50
Grain, etc. 35 rye 90 '. 3l 50
1 six beans, 18 00
VL 00
One express wagon, 00
Wagon, farming � Harnesses 50 00
tools, &(-. :►fow'g Whine and ralze, i 00
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Forks Chains and tools, 5 00
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$3,419 .50
On tl,e total loss, which includes 200 pert,li>>irlg to the
lei '111r _t•s in addition to the above" there has Inc, 1 ] � ,
11ici lfe-4!. e'll paid �)y the,
Y Alutual Fire Iu:•urance Co . the till�ll of �.�' 000,
«-high has been covered into, the treasury.
84 RETORT OF 1EI15 OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
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The question of rebuilding the l;;u•n has been before the
town at a ineatiub held on the 29th of December last; and
was referred to the selectmen, with authority to report by
plans and estimates.
Respectfully submitted,
OLIVER :IHAWI
G-EORGE -. MARCII,
H. 1t'. MACt'I DY7
I.YMA I'. GEIIO>1 LDY
S.i MUEL S. GLEA:�ON,
Overseers of the Poor.
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN AND ENGINEERS OF
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THE subjects of Reservoirs, Hook-and-Ladder Truck, Rose
Carriages, and Supply Wagon, having been referred to the
Selectmen and Engineers jointly, the following report thereon
is respectfully submitted : —
RESERVOIRS.
The appropriation for building new reservoirs was $7,000,
of which there is a large balance unexpended.
We have caused to be constructed a reservoir at the junc-
tion of Howard and Main Streets of a capacity of forty-five
thousand gallons ; one at the east part of the town, near Mr.
Joseph Bird's on' Mount Auburn Street, capacity, thirty
thousand gallons ; also a large well at the junction of Irving
and Market Streets, and two wells by the riverside ; one near
the waste-way of Aldrich's factory on Watertown Street; and
one at the town landing on Riverside Place. These wells by
the river side we consider of great utility. They afford an
easy, quick, and inexhaustible supply of water ; and, wherever
feasible, we think more of them should be built.
HOOK-AND-LADDER TRUCK.
The appropriation for this purpose wag $1,000, which has
been somewhat exceeded. It was found impossible to procure
the building of a truck for the sum for which they had been
built for neighboring towns. We therefore decided to pat-
ronize our own mechanics, and through them Procure a truck
at as reasonable a cost as possible. The work has beau well
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and substantially done, and ought to serve the requirements
of the town for many years.
HOSE CARRIAGES.
The appropriation for the purchase of hose carriages was
$500, which has not been fully expended. Two new car.
riages have been purchased, one of which is located at the
paper mill of Hollingsworth & Whitney, and one at the :Etna
Mills.
SUPPLY WAGON.
The Committee were authorized to sell One of the Hunne-
man hand-engines and apparatus, and the old hook and ladder
carriage and appliances ; and the money received from those
sources was appropriated for the purchase of a supply wagon.
The engine and apparatus has been sold for the sum of $250.
The hook and ladder carriage is still on hand. The supply
wagon has been purchased at a cost of $350, including equip-
ments.
In behalf of the Committee,
OLIVER SHAD, Chairman of Selectmen.
AT`DOOD D. DREW, Chief Engineer.
REPORT OF THE ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
AGREEABLE to a custom adopted, and in compliance with
the requirements, the engineers respectfully submit the third
Annual Report of the Steam Fire Department of Watertown,
under their charge. On assuming the duties of this office, we
determined that no effort, on our part, should be wanting,
which would contribute to the efficiency and integrity of the
Fire Department; and we have the satisfaction to acknowledge
t rit our efforts in this direction have been successful, in the
result obtained. The Engineers, in presenting this Report,
desire to call the attention of the citizens to the fact, that, of
all the branches of our town government,the Fire Department
is among the most important ; and that every citizen should
take an interest in its efficiency, and give it all the attention
that is required to make it so. In order that it should be
prompt and efficient in the discharge of duty, its members
must be men of temperate habits, with knowledge of, and a
congenial disposition for, the discharge of the duties to he
performed. And we are pleased to say that the men who have
been appointed members of the Department up to this time, for
moral character and physical ability, to discharge the respon-
sible duties of their respective positions, compare favorably
with any portion of our community ; and as this Department
ig a safeguard against the ravages of fire, to protect our
homes, lives, and property, it should be so organized as to bu
made subservient to a thorough discipline, tending to the
duty of extinguishing fires (as it is a duty, not a pastiche) ;
and that the element of fun be dispensed with while on duty.
84 ENGINEERS' REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPART-MENT.
We therefore recommend that the town adopt a code of
regulations for the government and discipline of the Fire
Department. It is improving and increasing with the growth
of the town ; and, as a natural result, the duties and expenses
will increase in the same ratio. By a vote of the town, we
have added to the Department a supply wagon, which was
much needed, and is very useful. We have also attached a
steam-heater to our engine, which has proved, in several
instances, to be of more service to us than ten times its cost.
We have also added a new ladder-truck, of modern style, folly
equipped, with 275 feet of ladders, with hooks, rakes, forks,
poles, lanterns, buckets, ropes, axes, dogs, wrenches, and all
that is needed to work with at any fire that may occur. (The
butt and tip-ladders are so arranged as to be easily spliced,
thus making perfect ladders from fifty to sixty feet.) We
look upon this apparatus, with a good, efficient company, to
be a very important arm of the Department. As the duties
of the ladder-men are very arduous, and from year to year
will increase, to their particular service. in the opinion of
this Board, will be due a liberal share of the success of the
Department in the future.
As is often the case, upon the arrival at the fire, the only
appearance of fire is a dense smoke issuing from the threat-
ened premises, which, if water was freely used, without first
examining the premises, and determining, if possible, the
exact location of the fire, the probable damage by water
would be great ; which, by the reason of the fearless and
faithful efforts of this branch of our Department, that must
be prompt, ready, and ever willing to perform their duty,
however dangerous the undertaking. And many times, when
the fire is reached, it is found to require but a few buckets
of water, which, being immediately applied, the fire is ex-
tinguished, and excessive loss by water avoided. Again,
during the continuance of fires, however small or great, the
services of the ladder-inen are in constant demand. A ladder
wanted here, an axe there, this stuff overhauled, and that
portion of the premises to be pulled down, duties which are
ENGINEERS) REPORT of THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 8.5
oftentimes extremely laborious, and continued a long time
after the rest of the Department have been relieved. And
without detracting an iota from the valuable and efficient
services always rendered by the other branch of the Depart-
ment, the Board are happy to say, that, in their opinion, the
services of the ladder-men cannot be over estimated, when
Viet' do their duty, and should receive the same compensation
for their services as the hosemen in the other branch of the
Department. We recommend that their salary be increased
to forty dollars, in order to equalize the pay of the members
in the Department. The vote of the town has been carried
out by the purchase of two two-wheel hose carriages ; one
for the lEtna Mills, and one for the Paper Mill, to be supplied
with hose, and located at those places.
With all the improvements that have been added to the
Ilepartment, there is room for more. We desire to call your
attention to the necessity of appointing a Fire Police, in-con-
nection with the Department, to attend all fires, to protect
property, taken from buildings on fire, from theft; disperse
the crowd, and rope the street, if necessary. The Engineers
have long felt the need of such a force ; and do recommend
the appointment of responsible men for that position, to act in
concert with the Engineers.
APPARATUS.
THE apparatus of the Department, at the present time, con-
eiAs of one steam-engine, oue four-wheel, and two two wheel
hose carriages, one hook and ladder truck, one supply-wagon,
all of which are in order, and fully equipped ; and one manual
engine, out of service, with the old ladder-truck. The in-
crease of our town in its buildings, and their magnitude,
calls the attention of the Board of Engineers to the fact that
an ample, thoroughly-organized, and well-equipped fire depart-
ment is an imperative necessity.
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MANUAL FORCE.
THE manual force of the Department, at the present time,
consists of one chief, and two assistant engineers, fifteen
hosemen, with engineer, stoker, and driver, who are attached
to the engine (the engineer and driver being permanently
employed), with J. G. Holbrook, foreman ; and fifteen,members
of the Hook and Ladder Company, with W. J. Mills, foreinau.
The engineers are happy to be able to report the permanent
men as being ever watchful and attentive to their several
duties ; also competent to perform the same ; the apparatus
and Horses, as well as the house, having been kept in good
order by them. The transient officers and members have
responded with alacrity to every call for their services ; and
for their valiant efforts to save property of their fellow
citizens from the devouring elements, they are justly entitled
to the highest meed of praise from the public ; and by their
efficiency and promptness the former gra.ifying standard of
the Department has been kept up to aijd enhanced. The
members thereof vieing with each other who shall do the most
good and least harm at fires, and who shall be the most
energetic in saving property from damage by water as well
from fire.
ANIMAL FORCE.
THis very important portion of the Fire Department is but
in part supplied with those valuable servants that are of such
vast importance to us in getting the apparatus to the fire in
the shortest possible time. We have during the past year
witnessed the necessity, and experienced advantages gained
by being ready to start at a moment's notice ; and in getting
at work, and a stream of water on the fire, in a very short time ;
which has been the means of stopping the spread of fire and
preventing a large conflagration. We learn from good au-
thority that the marked delay of the fire department of Natick
in getting at work was the cause of that disastrous conflav ra-
tion, owing to not being prepared to start at a moment's
ENGINEERS' REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 87
notice. The true policy is, to provide the very best means
for getting men and apparatus to the point in danger in the
shortest time possible. In order to carry out this policy, it is
necessary to have five horses for the use of the fire depart-
ment, subject to call at a moment's notice. There are four in
the department at present, three of which are owned by the
town, the fourth by Mr. Howard. We were obliged to secure
a horse for the supply-wagon, which was done by Mr. Howard
letting us his for the keeping. This is but temporary ; and
something permanent is necessary for that use. As we find
it very difficult to get good men that will haul the apparatus
to fires, a horse with the ladder-truck will make it more
efficient with less men than it can be otherwise ; but, as the
stable is not of sufficient size to admit of this addition, we do
respectfully recommend that the stable be enlarged, so as to
accommodate five horses, with more loft-room, and room to
house the wagon. We also recommend that a horse be fur.
nished for the use of the Department, in addition to the three
that we now have, to take the place of the one owned by Mr.
Howard. If the streets are to be watered, it can be done by
those horses. A fire organizatiorf, to be of value, should be
ready at a moment's notice for active service. All that can
be introduced to promote this efficiency should be made
available. When it is considered that five minutes insures
the safety or destruction of the building, it is almost criminal
to neglect proper precautions for preservation.
HOSE.
Txis indispensable portion of our Fire Department calls the
attention of the Board of Engineers to the complement that
is required to meot the adequate demands of the Department.
The places from which we can obtain a supply of water for
fire purposes are so separated, that long continuous line's of
hose have to be used to convey the water to the scene of
conflagration ; and by this operation, the amount of friction
to ovc,rcome is very great, requiring oftentimes a very great
88 ENGINEERS' REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMEN r.
water-pressure, which causes frequent burstings of the Bose,
thus making the wear on the hose very severe. There are
three thousand feet of good hose in the Department at pres-
ent, which is a fair complement. A full supply of good hose
is a matter of great importance to all well-governed fire
departments.
WATER.
THIS much-needed element for our security from fires is
but in part supplied by the location of reservoirs for that
purpose. Three new reservoirs have been constructed since
our last Report ; yet there are places that are not pro-
tected by this element ; so our apparatus would be of no use
in the event of a fire in those localities. We recommend
that an ample supply of water be furnished for the use of the
Fire Department in all localities where it is needed, so as to
enable the firemen to cope speedily and successfully with the
fire ; as the success depends upon the quick application of
water.
There have been two small swells sunk,—one at the landing,
and one on the west side of the river, which have proved a very
great advantage to us. As it does not require a great outlay
to construct them, we recommend that more of those wells be
sunk on the banks of the river, where they may be needed ;
and that four thousand dollars ($I,000) be appropriated for
reservoirs and wells, the reservoirs located as follows : one
on Walnut Street, one on Summer Street, and one on Palfrey,
at the head of Church Street.
FIRES AND ALARMS.
DURING the year almost every city in the country, and
many of our neighboring towns, have suffered from disastrous
conflagrations.
We are happy to congratulate our citizens upon our ex-
emption from the great calamity that has befallen so many.
Although it is possible that a disastrous conflagration may
ENGINEERS REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTDIENT. 89
sweep through our town, and as no human intelligence can
foresee how long we may escape the ravages of the devouring
element, and as we are duly warned by the conflagrations
around us, it becomes all good citizens to do their duty, by
ailing the constituted authorities in preparation and estab-
lishment of safeguards for Such protection as our judgment
and experience may suggest, to meet such an emergency.
We have suffered by the hands of the incendiary, and
have had a greater number of fires than in previous years ;
and the members of the Department have had a greater
amount of duty to perform, by which they have had the ex-
perience and practice that is required to perfect them in the
skill of extinguishing fires. The Department has been called
out to thirty alarms during the year , fifteen were working
fires. The Department has been called upon to render as-
sistance at three fires in Newton, and one in Brighton.
EXPENDITURES.
THE expenses of the Department for the past year exceed
the appropriation. This excess arises mainly by the larger
number of fires than the previous year, the addition of a steam.
circulating heater to the engine, and alteration in the stable.
The increased duties required the past year, and which may
be called upon to perform the coming year, increase the ex.
p,-nses of the Department. The Board do respectfully ask an
appropriation of five thousand five hundred dollars to defray
the expenses of the Department the coming year. The items
of expenses estimated are as follows : —
Salaries . $3,500 00
IIay and grain '
600 00
bight 100 00
Coal and wood
• 200 00
Repairs . 500 00
Sundries
• coo 00
$5,500 00
90 ENGINEERS' REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
During the past year, the duties of the firemen have been
much more arduous than any previous year. And for their
promptness, efficiency, and good conduct, both officers and
men do herewith receive our sincere thanks. The largely.
increased labor that has been required of them the past year,
and which they may be called upon to do the coming year,
illustrates the necessity for the increase of pay.
Respectfully submitted,
A. D. DREW,
Chief Engineer for the Board of Engineers.
i
WATER C031MITTEE.
THE committee appointed i❑ 1873 to make a conditional
contract with the town of Waltham for a supply of water to
the town of Watertown beg leave to report as follows : —
That, after several interviews with the Waltham Water
Commissioners and consultations with your board of selectmen,
a memorandum of an agreement was submitted to us, as fol-
lows : —
" Waltham shall agree to supply Watertown and its inhabit-
ants with water needed to extinguish fires, generate steam,
and for domestic uses, the amount of which supply shall not
exceed the same proportion of the entire amount of water
which Waltham may take from Charles River, under the
present and any future legislative act that the population of
Watertown bears to that of Waltham.
Contract to be for the term of ten years.
If, at the close of the term, Watertown wishes to extend
the contract and the parties cannot agree on the terms
therefor, then the question of terms shall be referred to a
commission of three persons to be appointed by tho Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court ; one of said commissioners
to be a lawyer, and one a civil engineer.
If, at the close of said term, Watertown does not wish to
extend said contract on any terms, then Watertown shall posy
to Waltham such sum, if any claim' is made, as commissioners
appointed as before provided deem equitable, on account of
expenses incurred by Waltham to supply Watertown beyond
those reasonably needed to supply Its own inhabitants.
Waltham shall collect all water rates in Watertown free of
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expense to that town ; shall provide all needed superintendence
and all ordinary care of pipes for distribution and service of
hydrants, stop-gates, and meters.
All repairs of pipes, gates, fixtures, and hydrants belong-
ing to Watertown shall be made by Waltham, and the actual
expense paid by Watertown.
Watertown shall lay and maintain all pipes, stop-gates,
hydrants, and every thing connected with the use of water in
that town, and shall guarantee all of the same to be suitable
and serviceable for the term of the contract.
Watertown shall guarantee for ten years to legally estab-
lish the same water-rates as are or may be in that time
established in Waltham, with the same rules governing the
use of water, and the same penalties for violations thereof.
Watertown may locate any number of fire hydrants, and
shall pay therefor annually to Waltham the sure of twenty-
five dollars each.
Watertown shall furnish Waltham a map of Watertown,
showing all streets in which pipes are laid, and the location
of all pipes, hydrants and stop-gates.
Waltham shall be at the expense of pipes to the Watertown
line on Main Street.
The Iine of supply is understood to be through Main Street,
at present, and when a greater supply than can be afforded
through a twelve-inch pipe is needed, it is understood that
the second line shall be through River Street.
Watertown shall pay to Waltham a reasonable sum for the
services of an Inspector.
Waltham shall pay to Watertown twenty-five per cent of
the water-rates collected, not including the charges to the
town for hydrants, the payments to be made annually.
In case Waltham shall be required to pay to any persons
or corporations for the water pumped for public use, then
Watertown shall pay proportionally for the water she uses.
This is not intended to cover any expenses Waltham may
be subjected to in testing the question of liability."
The foregoing memorandum of agreement has been placed
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by us in the hands of the selectmen of Watertown for them
to consider and give their approval or such recommendations
to the town as shall seem to them to be expedient in the
premises.
The reason why no formal contract has been submitted, is
because the Waltham Water Commissioners preferred to have
us lay before you the terms they deemed to be fair and just
for a supply of water to the citizens of Watertown, and such
as they would recommend the town of Waltham to agree to.
They also wished some expression of opinion should be given,
by the town of Watertown, ill regard to the acceptance of the
terms proposed.
Your committee have given careful attention to the subject
submitted to them, and would state that the proposed rate of
twenty-five per cent— to be returned to Watertown upon
receipts from water-takers —is a larger rate than is returned
by Charlestowu to either Somerville, Everett, Chelsea, or to
Boston for B. Boston supply.
Salem pays bac,c but ten per cent to Beverly ; hydrants
free.
We note the above facts for the information of the citizens,
so that they may judge as to the fairness of the terms pro-
posed. It is for them to decide as between the cost of an
expensive system of pumping-engines, reservoirs, and some
three miles or more of mein conduit, or pipes through so6e
of our adjoining towns, in order to deliver water at the out-
side limits of this town, in addition to the cost of piping the
streets in the town : or to take the water delivered to us at
the town-line, on Main Street, through a twelve-incli pipe, by
the town of Waltham ; we being at the expense only of laying
pipes in our own streets.
We, as a committee, are satisfied that the latter Plan is the
most economical one for the town to adopt, as the additional
interest upon an expenditure needed, to have works entirely
our own, would much more than offset the amount we shall
pay to Waltham for water under this contract.
We submit this as a partial report, and ask the town to
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give us further instructions as to completing the contract,
upon the terms proposed, and submitting it for ratification to
the voters of the town, in accordance with Chap. 93 (1810)
of the laws of this Commonwealth. We would also recom-
mend that this committee have power to ask for an act of
legislation, if any should be needed, to give force to such a
contract.
GEO. K. SKOW9 1
THOS. P. WEST, I
WM. A. BLODGETT, Committee.
ROYAL GILKEY,
EDWARD FITZWILLIAMS,
DEPORT OF THE BUILDING CONUITTEE ON
THE HIGH-SCHOOL HOUSE,
THE committee chosen by the town for the purpose of alter-
ing and remodelling the High-School house have attended to
the duty assigned them, and respectfully submit their
report : —
As instructed by the town, the committee purchased of
Jeremiah Russell and Joseph Sanger 33,746 feet of land adjoin-
the old schoolhouse lot, at a cost of $52730.53. This amount
was paid, as per vote of the town, out of the assets of the
town or eventually out of the contingent fund.
The appropriation for moving and remodelling the house,
and for heating apparatus, was $24,000.
The amount expended, as per bills paid, is $267039 41
49 bills due and unpaid, is $646 22
Less sums due, 136 50
------ $509 72
Total coat, $26,549 19
It will be seen that the whole cost of the house will exceed
the appropriation by the sum of $2,549.19, and that there is
still the sum of $509.72 to be provided for.
Our estimate of the cost of the 41 heating apparatus " was
too low, by at least Q,1,000. The expense attendant upon
moving and repairing the old portion of House was in excess
of our anticipations, and it became necessary to cut down
Marshall Street to a considerable extent in order to secure a
proper grade for the schoolhouse grounds. These causes are
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more than sufficient to account for the excess of expenditures
above the appropriations.
Notwithstanding this excess, we can truly say — what no
committee has heretofore been able to say — that the whole
house is now susceptible of being kept in a comfortable con.
dition ; while the conveniencies afforded for school purposes,
and especially for the High School, we believe, are not
excelled by any of our neighboring towns and cities. It
needs but inspection, to satisfy any impartial mind that the
accommodations furnished— which are sufficient to last the
town for a long series of years — are well worth the outlay.
MILES PRATT,
JOSHUA COOLIDGE,
JOHN H. CONANT,
A. O. DAVIDSON,
LYMAN P. GEROULD, }Building Committee.
THOIIAS P. `'EST,
FREDERICK ROBBINa, ,
FRANCIS KENDALL,
WILLIA'.%1 H. DADMAN,J
COMMONWEALTH OF 31ASSACHUSETTSI
MIDDLESES, ss.
At the Seq)erior Court begun and holden at Cambridge, within
and for the County of Middlesex, on the fourth Monday of
June, being the tiveidyfourth day of said month, Anno
Donzini, 1872.
THE following By-Laws of the Town of Watertown in said
County, are presented to this Court for approval, to wit: —
11 1st. There shall be annually elected by the inhabitants
of the town, at 'heir annual meeting in March, at least three
suitable persons, to be called Commissioners for Truant
Children, who shall hold their offices for one year, whose
duty it shall be to make and enter complaints against all such
persons as are named or described in the first section of the
two hundred and seventh chapter of the Laws of the Com-
monwealth for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, en-
titled, I An Act concerning Truant Children and Absentees
from School.'
" 1 Be it enacted, etc., as follows: —
<< ' SECTION 1. Each city and town shall make all needful
provisions and arrangements concerning habitual truants, and
also concerning children wandering about in the streets or
public places of any city or town, having no lawful occupa-
tion or business, not attending school, and growing up in
ignorance, between the ages of seven and sixteen years ;
and shall also make all such By-Laws respecting such chil-
dren as shall be deemed most conducive to their welfare and
the good order of such city or town ; and there shall be an-
nexed to such By-Laws suitable penalties, not exceeding
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twenty dollars for any one breach ; provided, that said By-
Laws shall be approved by the Superior Court sitting in any
County in the Commonwealth.' 11
SECT. 2. The almshouse of the town is hereby assigned
as the suitable situation named in said act.
SECT. 3. Complaints under these By-Laws shall, when-
ever practicable, be entered by said commissioners before
any magistrate having jurisdiction of the offence in Water-
town, Cambridge, or Waltham.
SECT. 4. Habitual truants shall, upon a first conviction,
be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars, or by
imprisonment in the almshouse, as the court or magistrate
may determine ; upon a second conviction they shall be pun-
ished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars or by imprisonment,
as aforesaid ; upon a third conviction, they shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding fifteen dollars, or by imprisonment as
aforesaid ; upon a fourth conviction, by a fine of not less than
twenty dollars, or by imprisonment as aforesaid.
SECT. 5. Children wandering about it the streets or pub-
lic places of the town, having no lawful occupation or busi-
ness, not attending school, and growing up in ignorance,
between the ages of seven and sixteen years, shall, upon a
first conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than ten
dollars, or by imprisonment in said almshouse for such time
as the magistrate or court may determine. Upon a second
conviction they shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
fifteen dollars or by imprisonment as aforesaid ; upon a third
conviction they shall be punished by a fine of not more than
twenty dollars, or by imprisonment as aforesaid.
SECT. 6. Before making any complaint as aforesaid, the
said commissioners, or either of them, shall report to the
school committee of the town for the time being, the resi-
dence and condition of the person or persons to be com-
plained of, with their names, and the names, residence, and
occupation and condition of their parents or guardians, and
such other material facts concerning such persons as may
come to their knowledge ; and the said commissioners shall
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receive and follow such directions concerning such persons
as the school committee may see fit to give ; but if within
ten days after making such reports the said school committee
shall not give any such directions, the said commissioners
shall forthwith enter their complaint before the proper magis-
trate or court.
SECT. 7. The said commissioners shall each receive
such annual compensation for their services as the selectmen
for the time being shall determine ; such compensation shall
continue until the expiration of their time of office. In case
of resignation, the commissioners so resigning shall be enti-
tled to a proportional amount of said compensation.
SECT. 8. The selectmen at their first regular meeting
after these By-Laws shall be approved, and hereafterwards at
their first regular meeting after the annual meeting of said
inhabitants, shall divide the town into three suitable districts,
and shall assign one of said commissioners to each district,
who shall have the special charge and superintendence of the
SMI'le, and of all the aforesaid persons residing or found or
being therein : but it shall be the duty of each commissioner
to report to the school committee any offence within his
knowledge, whether committed in his own or any other dis.
trict.
SECT. 9. The school committee of the town for the time
being may exercise, if they choose so to do, the general
charge and superintendence of the doings of said commis-
sioners, who shall in such case be subject to the orders of
said committee.
SECT. 10. The said commissioners shall be organized as a
Board in the month of March, annually, by the choice of a
chairman, who shall also be the secretary of the Board.
SECT. 11. The said commissioners shall keep a f4ir record
of their proceedings and of the offences complained of, with
the acquittalA or convictions, and the punishment awarded
therefor, and the names and residences of the persons com-
pl.Lined of, and the names and residences and occupations of
their parents, or guardians, which, or a copy of which, shall
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be delivered to the chairman of the school committee, or any
one of them, at all times.
SECT. 12. The school committee, in their annual report to
the town, are requested to present an abstract of the com-
missioners' report, with a particular statement of their
action, if any, upon the matters embraced therein, accompa-
nied by such observations in relation thereto as may be re-
quired for a full understanding of the operations of the
Board.
HIGHWAYS.
SECT. 13. Whoever shall throw stones, sticks, or other
missiles, or shoot with or use a bow and arrow, in any of the
streets, or upon any of the sidewalks in this town, shall for-
feit and pay into the town treasury, for each offence, a sum
of not less than one dollar, to be paid by each offender, or his
or her parents or guardians respectively.
SD-T. 14. No person having charge of any beast with
intent to drive the same, shall suffer or hermit any such beast
to run, gallop, trot, pace, or go at any rate exceeding ten
miles to the hour, through any way or street in this town on
the Lord's day ; and any person who shall violate the provis-
ions of this by-law shall be liable to a penalty of five dollars
for each offence.
SECT. 15. No horse or other grazing cattle, goats, sheep,
or swine, shall be suffered to run at large, or to remain, or to
loiter by the roadside, or by the roadside of any railroad con
poration, or to fired upon or root up the herbage therein,
either «-ith or without a keeper ; and no person shall volunta-
rily permit the sane to go upon any sidewalk, harnessed or
unharnessed ; and for every offence against this by-law the
owner shall forfeit and pay five dollars.
SECT. 16. No person shall tie or fasten any horse to, or
have the same standing by, any ornamental or shade tree in
or near the streets, lanes, or places of this town, so near as
to injure any unprotected tree, or wrongfu]ly injure or abuse
such tree in any other manner, under a penalty of one dollar
For each offence.
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SECT. 17. No person shall place or cause to be placed
upon any footpath or sidewalk, any wood, lumber, iron, coal,
trunks, Bales, boxes, crates, casks, barrels, stone, packages,
or other things, or allow any door or gate to swing outward
over any street or highway, for more than one. hour ufter
being notified by a constable, police officer, or other person,
to remove the same, under a penalty of one dollar for each
offence.
SECT. 18. No person shall behave himself or Herself in a
rude or disorderly or boisterous manner, sing any song or
songs or refrains, or use any indecent or profane or insulting
language, in any street or other public place in the town, or
near any dwelling-house or other building therein ; or be or
remain upon any sidewalk, public passage-way, or way or ways
to any public hall or church, court, or public office, or upon
any door-step, portico, or other projection from any such
house or other building, or upon any bridge, to the disturb-
ance or obstructio❑ of any person lawfully entitled to pass or
inhabit or resort thereto ; and no person shall sit upon any
bridge, wall, fence, bank, or doorstep facing upon any public
place, not being the occupant or owner thereof, without the
express consent of the owner or occupant of the premises as
his companion or guest, or at his invitation or request ; nor
shall any person, by any noise, gestures, or other means,
wantonly and designedly frighten or drive any horse in charge
of another in any street or other public place in the town ;
and, for any offence against this by-law, each offender sliall
forfeit a penalty of five dollars.
SECT. 19. No person shall fire or discharge any gun, fowl-
ing-piece, pistol, or other fire-arm, or any fire-crackers or tor-
pedoes, or make any bonfire or other fire, in any street or
public place of the town, or within ten rods of any dwelling.
house, excepting in the performance of some duty, under a
penalty of five dollars for each offence.
SECT. 20. No person shall mike any indecent figure, or
write any words, or make any marks upon, or cut, whittle, or
deface in any manner, any wall, post, fence, or building, or in
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any public place whatever, in this town, nor post nor paint any
advertisement of any nature upon any rail, rock, bridge, wall,
fence or building, without the express consent of the owner
or occupant thereof, and of the selectmen of the town in case
the property or structure is the property of the town ; and
any person, by himself or his agent, offending any provision
of this by-law, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars for
each offence.
SECT. 21. All persons intending to erect, repair, or take
down any building on land abutting on any way which this
town is obliged to keep in repair, and who desire to make
use of any portion of said way for the purpose of placing
thereon building-materials or rubbish, shall, before so placing
any building-materials or rubbish, give notice in writing to
the selectmen of such wish. And, thereupon, the selectmen
are to cause to be allotted such portion of said way to be
used for such purpose, as in their judgment the necessity of
the case demands, and the security of the public allows, and
to grant a permit accordingly.
SECT. 22. It shall be the duty of every person to whom
any such permit may be granted, to place all his building-
materials and rubbish on the place designated by the select-
men ; and during the whole of' every night, from twilight in
the evening until the next morning, unless the same is en-
closed, keep lighted lanterns so placed as effectually to secure
all travellers from liability to come in contact with such
materials or rubbish.
SECT. 23. In case any person shall use any portion of such
way for the purposes mentioned in the twenty-first section,
without the permit in writing of the selectmen as therein
provided, or for a longer time than so permitted, or shall
fail to comply with the requisitions of the twenty-second
section, the party so in default shall forfeit and pay into the
town treasury ten dollars for each day that such offence shall
continue, and shall also reimburse the town for all expenses,
by way of damage or otherwise, which the town maiv be com-
pelled to pay by reason of the way being so encumbered.
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103
SECT. 24. No building shall be moved over any way in this
town, which this town is obliged to keep in repair, without
the written permit of the selectmen being first obtained ; and
any person so moving or assisting in moving any such build-
ing without such permit being first obtained, or any such per-
son who shall not comply with the restrictions and provisions
which the selectmen may think the public security demands,
shall forfeit and pay into the town treasury, for every such
offence, fifty dollars ; provided such restrictions and pro-
visions are set forth in the permit ; provided also, that the
selectmen shall in no case grant a permit for the removal of
any building whatsoever, which in the course of its removal
will be likely to damage any trees, the property of individu-
als, whether standing in the road or in the field, unless the
consent of such individual is first obtained.
SECT. 25. In case any building shall be moved contrary
to the provisions of the twenty-fourth section, the owner of
the building shall reimburse the town all expenses by way of
damages or otherwise, which the town may be compelled to
pay by reason of the way being so encumbered.
HEALTH AND COMFORT.
SECT. 26. No person who shall remove or drive, or cause
to be driven, any cart or wagon containing night-soil, slaul;h-
ter-house offal, or blood, between April 1 and Dec. 1, be-
tween the hours of five, A.N. and ten, P.M., shall permit any,
such wagon to stand between said hours in any street or
Pquare. Any person offending against thig section 811,t11 for-
feit and pay the sum of ten dollars for each and ever
offence.
SECT. 27. No person shall put or leave any dead animal
or dead animal snl►9tance, fish-offal, or other animal matter,
refuse vegetables, or the husks or pods thereof, or other vege-
table matter, or deposit any coal ashes, or store or house
sweepings, in any street, except with the written permission
of a surveyor of highways ; nor throw, conduct, or permit
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soapsuds, sink or waste water to flow into any street. And
any person offending any provision of this section, or permit-
ting the same from premises in his occupancy or control, shall
forfeit and pay the sum of one dollar for each offence.
SECT. 28. No person shall be allowed to collect swill or
house offal in any of the streets of the town, without having
first obtained a written license from the selectmen, which said
license shall designate the locality in which said person may
collect such swill or house offal ; and no person acting under
such license shall allow any cart, wagon, or truck used in
collecting or conveying such swill or house offal to be drawn
over or stand upon any sidewalk. And any person offending
against this section shall forfeit and pay the sum of two dol-
lars for each and every offence, and be thereafter disqualified
from obtaining such license.
POLICE AND POLICE REGULATIONS.
SECT. 29. The selectmen shall appoint annually two or
more police officers, whose especial duty it shall be to see
that these police regulations are duly enforced, and who shall
remain in office until others are appointed in their stead, sub-
ject to removal by the selectmen.
SECT. 30. The police officers shall receive from the town
such compensation as the selectmen may deem reasonable.
SECT. 31. They shall disperse all gatherings in the streets
or elsewhere, by day or night, of noisy men or boys ; and may
and shall take into custody all disorderly persons, and persons
found wandering at unreasonable hours and in suspicious
places, and hold theirs in custody until they can be brought
before a magistrate for examination.
SECT. 32. All idle or disorderly children who shall misspend
their time in the streets. or fields during school-hours ; all
persons who shall by day or night congregate noisily in or
about the streets, or disturb the public quiet by unauthor-
ized ringing of the church or other bells, or in any other im-
proper manner, or who shall engage on Sunday in idle sport
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or needless labor, or fishing, or hunting, or who shall at any
time deface, pull down, or injure any building, fence or sign,
or other structure in this town not under their own rightful
control, or shall trespass on any property, real or personal,
or wrongfully remove therefrom or injure thereon any tree,
Pant, shrub, fruit, or vegetable, or who shall create any dis-
turbance of or in any lawful meeting of the citizens of this
torn, or be guilty of using profane or obscene language in
public, or in the hearing of others, or who shall indecently
expose their person by bathing or in any other way, in sight of
the public road or of any private dwelling, or shall permit
any dangerous animals to go at large, or make any needless
and alarming noise or tumult, or leave or occasion any need-
less obstruction, or make any nuisance in the highway or on
the sidewalks, or on the bridges over Charles River, shall for
each and every one of such offences be severally liable to a
fine not exceeding twenty dollars.
SECT. 33. Wherever the word [l street " or l( streets " is
mentioned in these by-laws, it should be understood as mean.
ing all alleys, lanes, courts, public squares, and public places,
including sidewalks and gutters, unless the contrary is ex-
pressed, or the construction would be inconsistent with the
manifest intent; and all fines shall be for the use of the
treasury of the town of Watertown.
Which said By-Laws, being seen and understood by the
Court, are on this eighteenth day of July instant approved.
Li testimony that the foregoing is a true copy of record,
I hereto set nay hand and affix the Real of said Superior
Court, this thirty-first day of July, A. A 1872.
JOHN J. SAWYER, Amt. Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT FOR MEETING TO BE HELD
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1874.
THE Legal Voters of Watertown are hereby notified and
warned, in the name of the Commonwealth, to meet in the
TOWN HALL on MONDAY, the sixteenth day of March
next ensuing, at nine of the clock, A.M., to act upon the fol-
lowing articles, viz. :—
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator for said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year.
ART. 3. To hear the reports of Town Officers and of Committees
heretofore appointed, and act thereon.
ART. 4. To grant such sums of money as may be thought necessary
for the uses and expenses of the town for the ensuing year and for paying
a portion of the town-debt, direct how the money so granted shall be
raised, or act thereon.
ART. 5. To see what method the town will take for the collection of
taxes for the ensuing year, choose a Collector of Taxes, or act thereon.
ART. G. To see if the town will authorize the Town Treasurer to
borrow, on the credit and behalf of the town, such sums of money as may
be necessary for the uses of the town, in anticipation of the taxes, or act
thereon.
ART. 7. To see if the town will adopt the Jury List, as prepared by
the Selectmen, or act thereon.
ART. 8. To see if the town will grant the sum of two hundred dollars
to Isaac B. Patten Post 81, G.A.R., for the purpose of assibting said post
in defraying the expenses of decorating the graves of deceased soldiers
on Decoration Day, direct how the same shall be raised, or act thereon.
ART. 9. To see what action the town will take with reference to
watering the streets of the town, grant money for that purpose, direct
how it shall be raised, or act thereon.
TOWN WARRANT. 107
ART. 10. To see if the town will grant the free use of the Town
Hall to the Young People's Literary Society, the Literary Institute,
Isaac B. Patten Post 81, G.A.R., and St. Patrick's Total Abstinence
Society, a certain number of evenings during the year for lectures and
entertainments of a moral character.
ART. 11. To see if the town will construct and establish additional
Reservoirs for furnisbing water in case of fire, grant money for the same,
direct how it shall be raised, or act thereon.
ART. 12. To see if the town will pay one-half the expense of laying
concrete sidewalks where the abutters will pay the balance, and also
pay the same amount per square yard for brick sidewalks as they do for
concrete where the abutters prefer brick to concrete, grant money for the
same, direct bow the same shall be raised, or act thereon.
ART. 13. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to organize
a Fire Police, grant money to pay the said Police while on duty, direct
how the same shall be raised, or act thereon.
ART. 14. To see if the town will light Main Street with gas, from the
estate of B. 0. Nilson to that of Edw�u-d Bangs, erect ten lamp-posts,
and pipe the street between the points named, grant money for that pur-
pose, direct how the name shall be raised, or act thereon.
ART. 15. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to cause the
track of the Union Railroad Company to be moved from its present loca-
tion — from the junction of Main and Mt.-Auburn Streets, to the north-
erly line of Walnut Street produced — to the centre of Mt.-Auburn
Street, or act any thing thereon.
ART. 16. To see if the town will sell a portion of the Town Farm, or
act thereon.
ART. 17. To see if the town will construct a sidewalk over Charles
River on the westerly side of the bridge on Galen Street, grant money
for that purpose, direct how the money shall be raised, or act thereon.
ART. 18. To see what action the town will take with reference to
purchasing maps of the town, as prepared by T. W. Beers, grant money
fur that purpose, direct how the dame shall be raised, or act thereon.
ART. 19. To see if the town will arrange with the Depot Master of
the Fitchburg Railroad at Watertown, and the First Parish, for striking
the observatory time upon the bell of said Parish once during each day,
or act thereon.
ART. 20. To see if the town will order a reservoir for fire-purposes to
he located and built on Lexington Street, near the estates of Bradshaw
Whitney and Joel Pierce, or act thereon.
108 TOWN WARRANT.
ART. 21. To hear the report of the Selectmen on the widening and
straightening of a portion of Alain Street, and act thereon.
ART. 22. To see if the town will authorize the Town Treasurer to
pay W. H. Park, Jr., the bounty due him as per vote of the town, passed
the 17th of July, 1862, with interest on the same.
ART. 23. To bear the report of the Selectmen on the widening of
Walnut Street, and act thereon.
ART. 24. To hear the report of the Selectmen on '_Market Street, and
act thereon.
ART. 25. To see if the town will authorize the School Committee to
appoint a Superintendent for the Public Schools, or act any thing thereon.
ART. 26. To see if the town will authorize the School Committee to
purchase teat-books for use in the Public Schools at the expense of the
town, or act thereon.
Given under our hands at Watertown, this twenty-eighth
day of February, A. D. 1874.
OLIVER SHAW,
GEO. N. MARCH, Selectmen
H. W. DIACURDY, of
LYMAN P. GEROULD, Watertown.
SAMUEL S. GLEASON,
To EZRUM V. HOWARD, constable of Watertown.
SUMINfARY OF APPROPRIATIONS1 ETC. 109
SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS, AND EXPENDI-
TURES, FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY, 1874.
Amounts Ex-
Appro-I Unexpended ceeding p- Total E_•
pCia- Receipts. Bnlsuces propnn[ioA n,
Lions. corned to taken from penditure.
Contingent. Contingent.
schools........................ $22,000 I $2,32 79 ............ $1,434 15 $23,696 94
Almshomie..................... 2,000 927 33 .. 1,108 04 I 4,05 37
Ifighwtt}•e...................... 10,000 2,931 34 $601 92 .. 12,244 4'2
Bridges and Culverts........... 3.500 I..... 1 333 U8
Interest........................ .... .•• , 4,833 08
Town Debt..... 515U0 �.......••• 50.2 16 6,002 16
1,7W 00• 1,30o (K)
Insurance..................... 1,INr0 I........... 1.... 665 69 1,665 89
Police...... .. ...... 3.000 .......... ........ .. 33 85 3,035 65
Discount and Abatements. 3,000 No account opened.
Fire Department........... ... 4,000 .•b,019 21
Free Public Library ""' """""' '
19 21
Contingent, including Appro-
priation for Beating and Fur. 6,000 ..... ... 13,0;9 38 19,079 38
Dishing School-Houses........ '�' "'
Concrete.. .. 2.500 104 47 21395 53
Salary including Tax-Collector 3.250 �•
G.A.it., Post 81 l00 I............ 70 ..........
17 I: .� 3,170 83
Hospital .............. 5W I........... .......... I ... :I 200 00
West School-House Alteration..� 1,085 90 1,5S5 90
4,000 ..,,,,,,,,,I
Iteservoire... 7,000 3,497 It ...........
I look and Ladder ruck.......,
3,984 00
'•'
Hose Carringca 1'� ............ 1:L.50 W
9
l50 00 I., 2J0 00 I 3�o UU
Fencingandt3radingfF,tm[3lille �00 ...."...'I
school House.. 700 .........
High Beho„ ...... I ,
• 1 58 ^
�t'g &rt.. se Alteration.. 24,0410
atering.t;art.......... 5W •.......... ............� 2,1,r1 2f, 5 01 ^2
fainting Town Hall &c.(A ....... . ...........I 5W 00
proppriatlun 1872)...'.. p 11000 ............i 575 Ol ............ 424
New Ilaee(Appropriation 1872) 3,000 �
Mate -11d... 487 20 ............ 2.512 80
Bale Engine• No. 1. Supply .WO.W """"" 5'2 00 r852 00
fi'apou. 250 00 .I 99 50 349 50
Rent Town IIall. I. .I b86 50 .•••. ..
Return Premium Insurance.:.: ...... 58fi 5o I.,,,, ..
G. K. Snow,from Cemetery ae. I 36 78 38 78 i ...........I. .,._..,...,
Count........... I
` ..• ............... .I 202 55 °02 55 I...........,BankTax
...........
t.orporation 1nz ..... . Y
096 99 I 2,096 89 ............'......
T. Patti n Hay ScAles..••• I•: 4.292 1'2 4,292 12 ............ .
Bill overpaid S. F.Carrier,re. I 19'2 32 19'2 32 1'.......... ...........
tnrne't by him.............. I ••••. 1R 89 18 89 I .
Dog Tax, pj%.. I ............ ............
.............. I 337 6'2 I 337 62
`H!,uRe.d fur heating Engine• I ......•. ...........
100 00 I
Middleeea 100 (io •............ ............
Insnrance Company; I
Almoohomw Barn Lose 2.000 00 2,000 00
Pleasant Street Damages
llog Tax,1172 to Public Library """""'I" I 2.9'2a 00 I ^,32i 00
Silk Factoty.�....... I
, .. ...........I WI M)
State I•az .•.........I: 334 60
Balance of('ash......... 3UF 75 I w 3t16 75
Tries Receipts from I 32 bU 7,132 50
7 1, n
after deductingAppro• i
priattnns. .. I 11,411 02 I `
IReceivedcfrom Taxes
Money. 43,0W 00 13,000 I ...
Cash balance on hand........ I"" 12'2,061 02 �.........� ..•..•.....I 30,000 00
- - - ._ I•...... ........... 8,585 76 i....8.565 78
$180,095 93 i $41,985 37 $41,985 37 I $1110,095 95
THE
THIRTY- SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF
WATERTOWN,
For 1878-74.
BOSTON :
PRESS OF RAND, AVERY, & CO., 117 FRANKLIN STREET.
1874.
WATERTOWN, Feb. 23, 18i4.
In School Committee, Voted, That the Annual Report of
the School Committee, as presented by the chairman, be
adopted.
Attest: CHAS. W. STONE,
Seeretary.
REPORT.
Ix the discharge of one of the many duties imposed by the
statutes of this Commonwealth upon the School Committee
of the several towns and cities, we herewith submit our
annual report. We desire to set forth briefly, and still at
sufficient length for a just comprehension, the work which
has been done and the results which have been obtained,
making a careful review of the year ; with such further sug-
gestions of our own in regard to the great necessities of the
cause in which all should be equally interested with ourselves,
as may, in this connection, seem most pertinent and likely to
awake❑ the attention of our people to the surpassing impor-
tance of this subject. As the success of our public-school
system depends upon the harmonious co-operation of pupils,
teachers, parents, committee, and the people generally, it
must be admitted that the highest success can only be
attained when these different elements shall work and co-oper-
ate with the least friction. The success of the public schools
Of this or of any community cannot be attained by the most
earnest labor of either of the above elements alone : each
depends upon the other, and all upon each ; and opposition in
either may—nay, must—detract, in a greater or less degree,
according to its intensity, from the amount of good wliieli
might otherwise be obtained. The School Committee, by the
laws, are empowered with the exclusive charge and adminis-
tm ion of all the public schools in town. All school property
is placed in their custody. The disbursement of all moneys
raised by the town for the support of schools is committed to
their judgment and discretion, together witli the selection of
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text-books and the employment of teachers ; but do not
imagine, gentlemen, that, because you have conferred these
large and important duties upon your School Committee,
there is nothing for yourselves to do. Large and im-
portant as are these duties, the duties of the parents —of
the fathers and the mothers of the community —are still
more onerous, still more important. That the Committee
may carry out, with any degree of success, the duties which
you have placed upon them, one of the first requisites, and per-
haps the most important, is, that they should receive the most
ample support and assistance of the parents. It would be
impossible, in a report of this nature, to define explicitly the
various methods in which such support and assistance should
be rendered ; but especially should there be a mutual sym-
pathy, a hearty support of those measures which we all agree
In deeming the best for the ends sought, a mutual confer-
ence and consulting together in regard to those methods on
which we may not agree, and a kindly concession to the will
and honest judgment of the majority. It is certainly a right
and a privilege of the people to watch closely those who are
administering their affairs, and to criticise their action, should
they honestly believe such criticism necessary ; but the
criticism itself, and the spirit of the criticism, should be
Christian-like, and should tend to the obvious correction of
evils, rather than to their increase ; and those malecontents
who would use this privilege fbr the gratification of personal
spleen must ever find that their darts rebound, and, like the
venom of the scorpion when begirt by fire, become baleful
and noxious only to themselves.
The exclusive charge and administration of the public
schools confer upon the School Committee, in their own
sphere, almost unlimited power ; but because this almost
unlimited power has been conferred upon the School Com-
mittee, it certainly never was the intention of those who made
this law, that the rest of the community should be relieved
from their share of this most important work. How important
the work is, seems to be a matter which the great mass of the
f
SCHOOL REPORT. 7
people trouble themselves very little about. The records of
the early settlers of New England, and especially of Massa-
chusetts, teem with provisions and laws for the furtherance
of general education, — the education of the masses. This
was, indeed, one of the moving forces which sent the Pilgrim
Fathers across the sea, and caused them to brave the hard-
ships and privations of a new world. Along the rugged and
barren coast, as soon as they had obtained a shelter for their
bodies, they erected the schoolhouse and the college ; and in
the first town meetings and assemblies they enacted laws, and
made provision for the support of their teachers and the
education of their children ; they made ignorance a crime,
and liable to be punished ; the education of their children
and the free diffusion of knowledge was the object, above all
others, which absorbed their attention and engaged their
faculties. They appreciated (far more keenly than the people
of to-clay seem to appreciate) the fact that the free govern-
ment which they sought to establish could have no surer basis
for its perpetuity than the general intelligence of the people;
and, in this respect, their history is worthy of our most
earnest emulation. Should we not strive together to du in
onr day and generation what they did in theirs ? Po not
think, gentlemen of the town of Watertown, that, when you
have elected a school committee, and paid your portion of
the taxes aasessed for the support of schools, you have done
your whole duty. You owe it to the committee whom you
have elected, to the teachers they have appointed, all(], above
a.11, to your children, and to the community in general, to lend
your assistance, counsel, spud advice, in all manners and by all
means,for the furtherance of this grand object. That the people
of this town do not,or cannot, appreciate the importance of their
public schools, we do not mean to imply; but we do desire to
intimate, that, individually, we are all disposed, in the abstrac-
tion of the other cares of life, not to give this subject its due
attention. A continuous zeal and an eternal watchfulness
should inspire all to work faithfully, harmoniously, and with
inutual sympathy, in the cause to the end. To Alassachu-
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setts belongs the honor of the establishment of the first free
public-school system in the world ; and this rich heritage,
which has been transmitted through a period of more than
two centuries to us, is the one, above all others, which we
should cherish, nurture, and support.
11 Go back," says Horace Mann, 11 to the earliest days of the
Colony, to the year 1647, when the free common schools of
Massachusetts had their origin ; when almost the whole of
the present State was a wilderness ; strike out of existence
this single element, the provision made for the education of
the whole people : and would our recorded history be different
from what it is ? Would it have bee❑ illuminated or darkened
by the change ? Without the schools, should we have had
the great men i❑ the councils and in the fields of the Revolu-
tion ? Or, which is substantially the same question, should
we have had the mothers of those men ? should we have
had the sages who formed our own State Constitution, and
assisted in that more arduous work, the formation of the
Constitution of the United States ? Without the schools,
should we have had the industrious yeomanry exhibiting so
generally within our limits the cheering signs of comfort,
competence, and respectability ; or that race of artisans
and inventors who have made partnership with the inexhaust-
ible powers of the material world, and won their resistless
forces to labor for human amelioration ? Without the schools,
would the same qualities of intelligence and virtue have
signalized the hundreds of thousands, who, from the distant
regions of the Nest and South, turn their eyes hitherward to
their ancestral home ? Would our enterprise equally have
circuited the globe, and brought back whatever products
belong, to a milder climate or a richer soil ? Without this
simple and humble institution, would no change have come
over our character abroad, our social privileges at home, over
the laws which sustain, the charities which bless, the morals
which preserve, the religion which sanctifies ? " It is true,
indeed, that all that we are to-day, all that we can expect to
be, all that we can liope for the future, depends upon the
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general diffusion of education and upon the intelligence of 14
the people, consequent thereon. In the use of the term
" education," let us not be misunderstood. We have not
used the word in the sense in which many of the writers
of to-day seem to have used it, as applying to mental cul-
ture alone, but in its broadest and most comprehensive
sense. " To educate," properly used, means 11 to bring
forth, develop, or form, the various physical, intellectual, and
moral faculties ; to form the mind and character ; to train, to
breed, to instruct, to teach." A system of education which
shall include all this will indeed be broad, comprehensive,
and complete. True it is, that this is the objective point
which we seek to reach ; but it is equally true that we have
not in all respects been successful. Until within a few years,
the educational system of this Commonwealth and of the
country generally (withperhaps the exception of the United
States 'Military Academy at `Vest Point and the Naval School
at Annapolis) has substantially ignored physical culture, or
at least failed to give it its proper place and attention. Have
we not also, imperceptibly perhaps (and in that lies the dan-
ger), drifted backward from the high standard which our
fathers set up for moral culture ? The education which we
seek to confer upon the young should be neither mental,
moral, nor physical alone, but all three combined and inter•
woven with such care and delicacy that neither should pre-
dominate, neither should be sacrificed to the aggrandizement
Of the other. Among the ancient races physical culture was
stimulated to the highest possible point. llluscular develop-
ment, Lower of endurance, and insensibility to pain, were
considered of the first importance, for the very reason that
it was of the first importance that the people generally should
he able to do the duty of soldiers ; and thus the cultivation of
the physical faculties was carried on to the almost entire exclu-
sion of any consideration for the intellectual and the moral :
and this system brought its own reward ; for, as the people
Hpproximated to the brute in strength, so did they become
brutish in their instincts. And the period which in history
10 sCHOOI. REPORT.
we term the dark ages (for it was during this period that
physical development was almost the only development
known) was a period of darkness, suffering, and despair to
the people, for the gratification of the ambition of their
rulers, who deluged the world in blood, and overrun each
other's territories with their ruthless hordes. The various
social forces which have exerted their influence towards
civilization and the general diffusion of knowledge, — com-
merce, the invention of letters, the art of printing, and, most
potent of all, the invention of the printing-press, which one
of our modern writers on political economy describes as
being lC that complex machine of wood and iron which has
stalked in among crowns and princes, and seized upon an
empire mightier than their own," —these and many other in-
fluences,each powerful in itself, working together, have step by
step produced a complete revolution in this respect. But, like
all revolutions, there is danger that we may go too far in the
opposite direction, and to a certain extent lose sight of the
importance of physical culture, in our pursuit of the intel-
lectual. By physical culture we do not so much refer to
size of muscle and strength of sinew (although these are to
be desired), as we do to a thorough knowledge of the laws of
health, and furthermore a respect for them. We do not mean
to assert that a person with a feeble physical development
may not be able to acquire a good education, mentally and
morally ; but, as the body is the instrument through which the
mind operates, it is quite evident that the chances vastly pre-
ponderate in favor of those whose physical culture has been
properly attended to. Healthy exercise and recreation are
equally necessary for both mind and body. The time spent
in the schoolroom is, generally speaking, too long. We seek
to do too much in the time given. We believe that the
period devoted to the education of the young should begin
later in life than at present, and end later. The years de-
voted to study by the young are the Sears in which, if ever,
a healthy and robust constitution is formed, on which de-
pends the power to use to its utmost advantage the very
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education which they are striving to gain, and on which the
success and happiness of life depends. It is one of the ten-
dencies of our age to do all things in a hurry. We are a
bm,;iness People ; and this is a business age in which we live ;
and our system of education has become warped towards the
practical and the material. As a people, we are anxious to
acquire wealth, not so much perchance for the wealth itself as
for the comforts and the luxuries which it will produce.
Parents and guardians are anxious to have their children
finish their education and started on the highway of life at the
earliest possible age, without once thinking whether or not it
is done at the expense of their health, or perhaps the short-
ening of their life. It is a mistaken kindness to shorten the
period of childhood. How often does it happen that a child,
anxious to advance, emulous to get through the prescribed
curriculum of the school, and laudably so, feels that he or she
bas suffered a wrong, if the committee or the teacher shall
deem it best, when the promotion-day arrives, to keep it back
a year !—a feeling in which the parents, to our personal
kt,( wiedge, indulge equally at least with the child. We
sincerely believe that the school-hours per day might he
shortened, and the years of school-life increased, to the great
advantage of the pupils intellectually as well as physically.
And in this respect we might wisely follow the example of
the national schools at West Point and Annapolis, in which
the fundamental principles of a manly education are more
strictly complied with ; where physical training occupies an
equal share of the attention with the sciences ; where the
education which fits the pupil for life proceeds simultaneously
with that which prepares him for his profession ; and where,
although his profession is to be that of war, the course Of edu-
cation never loses sight of the fact that he is to be also a gentle.
man. This portion of the education of the young, the years
u-hich they may be allowed to devote to the acquisition of learn-
ing, culture of and obedience to the laws of Health, come at
least as much within the guidance and control of the parents
Y
as of the committee and teachers. As the tendency of our sys-
S
12 SCHOOI. REPORT.
tem has been warped towards the practical and material ; so
have we been led, unintentionally indeed, but not the less
truly, to lose sight of the paramount importance of the morals.
No one will deny the broad proposition that "the mental facul.
ties should not be cultivated to control the moral faculties,
but just the reverse : the moral faculties should be culti-
vated to control and direct the mental :_'' and in this respect
have not we fallen behind the high standard of the Pil.
grims ? Among the early enactments in reference to educa-
tion, we find the duties of instructors thus set forth It shall
be the duty of the president, professors, and tutors of the
University at Cambridge, and of the several colleges, of all
preceptors and teachers of academies, and all other instructors
of youth, to exert their best endeavors to impress on the
minds of children and youth committed to their charge and
instruction, the principles of piety and justice, and a sacred
regard to truth, love of their country, humanity, and universal
benevolence; sobriety, industry, and frugality ; chastity, mod-
eration, and temperance ; and those other virtues which are
the ornament of society and the basis upon which a republican
constitution is founded. And it shall be the duty of such
instructors to endeavor to lead their pupils, as their ages and
capacities will admit, into a clear understanding of the ten-
dency of the above-mentioned virtues, to preserve and perfect
a republican constitution, and secure the blessings of liberty,
as well as to promote their future happiness, and also to paint
out to them the evil tendency of the opposite vices." This
law, made for the guidance and direction of the instructors,
presupposed the controlling influence of the moral faculties
in the home circle and in the community at. large. Would
such a supposition bold true to-day ? We assert that in t-his,
more than in any other particular, should the education
acquired at school be supplemented by the education acquired
in the home-circle. Vain indeed will be the labors of the
teachers unless they are assisted by the parents to the utter-
most.
How happens it that almost every edition of the public
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press heralds the account of some defalcation, theft, or crime,
and that, too, perpetrated by a class of people who have not
the excuse of ignorance, if it be not true that our system is
faulty, or, to speak less harshly, negligent in this respect ?
The cultivation of the moral faculties is the basis, the founda-
tion-stone, upon which all else in our system should stand.
And when we shall neglect this, then must our system of
education fail. We believe that the lessons of the day all
appeal to us in trumpet-tones to see to it that in this regard,
above all others, there shall be no negligence either of parents,
teachers, or committee.
In the rope-walks of Great Britain, there is a time-honored
custom of intwining with every piece of rope, twine, or cord-
age which is intended for the use of the government, a single
scarlet thread of silk, as a mark of its identity: so that wher-
ever it may be found,—be it floating i❑ mid-ocean, or cast upon
the coral reefs of the southern seas, or frozen to the glittering
icebergs of the arctic zone, or after whatever lapse of time
or whatever usage,—when the test is applied, and the fragment
is cut, the scarlet thread is revealed, which bespeaks the
ownership of the royal navy. Such should be the moral
training which our youth receive. It should be the scarlet.
thread running through, giving character to, and controlling
their every action and their whole life.
Another matter, which has been a source of some care and
labor to your committee, has been the selection of text-books.
11 There is no royal road to learning; '' and no one ever yet
attained an education, whatever may have been his privileges
in this respect, without effort on his own part. The great
diversity of text-books has been one of the leading causes of
difficulty in this respect. And so fast and so thickly are new
one@ in every department brought to our notice, that it would
occupy the greater portion of our time to pass a just judg-
ment upon them- The one object which we have sought has
been uniformity : and we had at one time decided upon a
general change ; but, upon the suggestions of those upon
whose judgment we placed some reliance, we decided to let
14 SCHOOL REPORT.
the matter rest for the present year. We believe that gen.
eral good would result, should this matter be taken in charge
by the State Board of Education, and the selection for all of
the schools of the Commonwealth be made by them. At least,
uniformity would be secured, and probably a decrease. in the
expense, always a matter for consideration. The Legislature
of last year passed an act substantially as follows : (l Any
city by an ordinance of the city council, and any town by
legal vote, may authorize the school committee to purchase
text-books for use in the public schools ; said text-books to be
and remain the property of the city or town, and to be loaned
to the pupils, under such regulations as the school committee
may provide."
This act has already been adopted in several localities, and
has been found to work most satisfactorily in all cases. We
would therefore recommend the adoption of this act by our
town.
The question of salaries has also Leen one of grave and
constant consideration. And we still adhere to the opinion,
that, although perhaps we are paying what would be a fair
consideration in comparison with other towns of equal popu-
lation and wealth,we have not yet reached the point at which
we give a fair equivalent for the services demanded. We do
not, indeed, propose at the present time any general increase,
excepting in the salaries of the teachers in the lower grades
of schools, which should be raised ; and we have made our
estimate of expenses for the coming year with this purpose
in view.
Again and again, in presenting their Annual Report, have
your School Committee felt called upon to recommend the
employment of a school superintendent. We believe that
the necessity increases yearly as your schools increase. The
arguments which we have had occasion to use in previous
reports are more applicable than ever ; and we believe that
the interests of the schools demand that the office of super-
intendent be created and worthily filled. " Considering the
number of schoolhouses under our charge, and the constant
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attention required to keep them in good repair, and provided
with suitable conveniences ; considering the number of
schools, of teachers, and of scholars, that make up one part of
our complex school organization; the large amount of detailed
official wort: to be done, and the sum total of the annual ex-
penditures, — it seems manifest, that in no other department
of town affairs are so many persons employed, and so many dis-
tinct objects looked after, without a competent and responsible
officer at the head. Certainly, with a good superintendent,
with the guidance of one controlling mind to carry out the
plans devised after mature deliberation by the committee, a
greater uniformity and a better classification of our school-
labor can be secured than if twenty or more teachers of
diverse temperaments and of different administrative capa-
cities were alone intrusted with these responsible duties." `
" It is a source of information to teachers, to parents, and to
the committee ; it helps, more than any thing else, to model
the schools, and affords comfort and strength to those em-
ployed in them ; it ;orms and deepens a general interest in
the cause of education, by the able reports which it sends
forth ; and its influence has been to advance the cause of
education throughout the State and country."
Just here it may not, we trust, be considered out of place
to make a few suggestions which force themselves upon us -.
and they are forced upon us for the reason that they are now
being discussed and examined by the leading educationists
of the community, in regard to the co-education of the sexes.
The very able wort: of Dr. Clarke, but recently published, has
created such a commotion upon this subject, that, although it
cannot be said to decide the matter, it will undoubtedly insure
a more thorough investigation, and the correction of evils, if
evils exist, in this department. The discussion is opportune ;
for to-day, more than ever, the liberal minds of the community
throughout the country at large are demanding; that the doors
of the higher universities of learning; shall be as open to the
girls as to the boys ; that the co-education which is offered to
them in the public schools shall be as freo to them in the
lfi SCHOOL REPORT.
seminaries and in the colleges. Starting with the broad
proposition, that man is not superior to woman, nor woman to
man ; that the relation of the sexes is one of equality, not of
better or worse, or of higher or lower,— still that they are
different from each other, and so different that each can do in
certain directions what the other cannot ; that the loftiest
heights of intellectual and spiritual vision and force are free
to each sex, and accessible by each, but that the paths to be
followed must be separate, and adapted to the physiological
construction of each ; that boys must study and work in a
boy's way, and girls in a girl's way, —they may study the
same books, and attain equal results, but should not follow the
same methods.
11 Identical education, or identical co-education," lie says, "of
the sexes, defrauds one sea or the other, or perhaps both. It
defies the Roman maxim, which physiology has fully justi.
fied, I dens sans in corpore nano.' The sustained regimen,
regular recitation, erect posture, daily walk,persistent exercise,
and unintermitted labor, that toughens a boy and makes a man
of him, can only be partially applied to a girl. The regimen
of intermittance, periodicity of exercise and rest, work three-
16urths of each month, and remission, if not abstinence, the
other fourth, physiological interchange of the erect and reclin-
ing posture, care of the reproductive system, that is the cradle
of the race,—all this, that toughens a girl and makes a woman
of her, will emasculate a lad. A combination of the two
methods of education, a compromise between them, would
probably yield an average result ; excluding the best of both.
It would give a fair chance neither to a boy nor a girl. Of
all compromises, such a physiological one is the worst. It
cultivates mediocrity, and cheats the future of its rightful
legacy of lofty manhood and womanhood . . .
11 The gardener may plant, if he choose, the lily and the rose,
the oak and the vine, within the same enclosure ; let the same
soil nourish them, the same air visit them, and the same sun-
shine warm and cheer them ; still lie trains each of them with
a separate art, warding from each its peculiar dangers, devel-
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oping within each its peculiar powers, and teaching each to
put forth to the utmost its divine and peculiar gifts of
strength and beauty."
If the conclusions of Dr. Clarke are correct, then is the
System of co-education of the sexes in our high schools a
mistake. Whether he be wrong or right, we do not propose
to discuss in this connection. We shall have done some good
perhaps by calling the attention of the parents, and especially
of the mothers, to this subject, the investigation and solution of
which is of such importance to all.
In the selection of teachers your Committee have experi-
enced, as we imagine all school committees must experience,
a most difficult and delicate task. The vacancies which we
have been called upon to fill have, for the most part, occurred
in the schools of the lowest grade ; in which, from the salary
fixed, we have been obliged to place new teachers, or, in
other words, teachers without experience. The number of
applicants for these positions has been unusually large; and the
fact that many of them have been graduates of our own high
school, and well known to the Committee, has not lessened,
at least, the delicacy of the situation. Much care and con-
sideration have been exercised ; and although it would be
presumptuous for us to assert that we have in each case made
the most judicious choice, still we feel confident that the result
will prove, that, for the most part, the selections have been
wise, and that those whom we have seen fit to place in charge
of the schools will be found worthy of the support and con-
fidence of the Committee and the people. A mistaken notion
seems to exist in the minds of many, that any graduate of tlio
high, or perhaps even of the grammar school, is competent
at once, and with no other training, to fill the position of a
teacher in the primary school. Nothing could be farther
from the truth : in the priivary school,,,, above all others, do
Wo need teachers of experience,— teachers endowed with.
nztural capacities, Atrengthened and enlarged by a thorough,
careful, and judicious course of training for their vocation.
No one in the community would for a woment think of ern.
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ploying a person to do any kind of manual labor, — at least
where the work was of any consequence, —without first
ascertaining whether or not the party about to be employed
was conversant with the labor or work to be performed.
In your important matters of business, do you employ the
attorney who has never had a cause ?— in the, extreme sick.
ness of any of your family, do you call in the physician who has
never had a patient ? Surely the education of your children,
at this,the earliest and most impressible period of their exist-
ence, is of more importance than your business, — is a matter
of greater consideration than your silver or your gold, your
houses or your lands. Under the present system, the teachers
employed in the schools of the lower grades are almost exclu-
sively females ; and this, we believe, is as it should be. It is
too obvious a fact to require argument, that woman, endowed
as she must naturally be with motherly instincts, with a live.
lier sensibility and quicker sympathy than man, brings to
bear upon the minds of young children those congenial
influences so absolutely necessary in t1r) first stages of their
education. And what nobler sphere could there be for woman
than this ? " To be the former of wise and great minds is
as much more noble than to be wise and great, as the
creative is higher than the created. In camps and senates
she could shine but for a day, and with a fitful light ; but if
with enduring patience and fidelity she fulfils her sacred
duties to childhood, then, from the sanctuary of her calm and
sequestered life, there will go forth a refulgent glory to irra-
diate all countries and all centuries. The loftiest spirits,
the finest geniuses, of pagan antiquity, passed by the gods of
the deep and full-flowing river with moderated reverence ; but,
nicely true to a moral and a religious instinct, they bore their
richest offerings, and paid their deepest homage, to the god-
dess that presided at the fountain." As the teacher himself
is the controlling power in the school ; so it is evident that
the amplest effort; of parents and committee must be in vain,
unless this controlling power is endowed with the proper
characteristics and requisites for teaching. The perfect
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teacher must bring to his vocation great and varied talents,
11 large acquirements, a deep and profound scholarship ; the
rare f4culty of imparting instruction, the ability to interest
others, against their will even, in those matters which they
must learn in order to appreciate ; unwearied patience
and forbearance for the mistakes and faults of his pupils ; an
armor of proof in the perfect serenity of his temper against
the numerous petty irritations of the schoolroom; an even
gentleness of disposition, and yet an unbending determina-
tion to follow the dictates of of enlightened conscience and a
keen sense of right." He should lore his .work for the work
itself, although it is proper that he should have a just con-
sideration for its compensation. The teacher is called upon
year by year to go over the same work ; he is required to
reiterate the same illustrations and to explain the same prin-
ciples over and over again : but the subject upon which he
operates is constantly changing ; and the various dispositions
a id natures with which he is brought in contact by the con-
tinnai change of classes — the new periodically taking the
place of the old — should produce just as constantly a new
train of idens, of methods and manners, of explanation and
illustration, adapted to these different natures and dispositions.
" The teacher who cannot draw exhaustless energies from a
contemplation of the natnre of his calling, whose heart is not
exhilarated as he looks around upon the groups of children
mmrnitted to his care, who can ever consciously speak of the
tediam of school-keeping, or the irksome task of instruction,
should either renovate his spirit or abandon his ocenpation :
the repining teacher may be useful in some other spliere, he
MAY be fit to work upon the perishable materials of wood or
iron or stone. but lie is unfit to work iipnn the imperishable
mind." As securing tiie obedience of scholars is preliminary
to their attainment of knowledge, it follows that the re(lnigite
of the first importance f)r a teaelier is to be able to govern.
The sentiment of onr system presupposes IONIC and respect
hctween teacher and pupil, and a mritual good understanding ;
and that system of digciphne will be most, successful which
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is based upon this mutual love and respect, and from wl,irh
the sentiment of fear, on the part of the child, is most
thoroughly eradicated. We believe that the occasions are
rare indeed which justify a resort to penal discipline. That
there are cases which justify the infliction of corporal punish.
meat we do not mean to deny ; but we believe that it
never should be resorted to until all other methods of refor-
mation have been tried ; and then it should be administered
carefully, judiciously, and in a kindly and parental spirit on
the part of the teacher. It is recorded of an old-fashioned
schoolmaster, — such a one, perhaps, many who read this
report may be able to call to mind,—that in the course of
fifty years lie administered to his pupils nearly half a million
canings, and a hundred and twenty-four thousand proper
floggings ; but this was in the days when the maxim of
14 sparing the rod and spoiling the child ,"' was more literally
obeyed than at present, not only in the school, but in the
home circle. Quintilian, one of the most eminent of ancient
teachers, who taught in the latter half of the first century,
condemned justly and severely the use of whipping in
schools ; but his advice seeins to have produced but little
effect upon his contemporaries, and it remained for the civi-
lization of the nineteenth century to extirpate this relic of
barbarism. The nature of this report compels us to be
brief in the statement of these matters, which seem of im•
portance to your Committee : there are other topics of equal
importance, perhaps, to which we should advert ; but the
spice forbids. As to those which we have discusssed thus
briefly, whether you shall agree with us or not, still, we
feel that we shall have accomplished some good, provided we
shall have invited investigation, and aroused the interest of
the community in behalf' of their public schools.
Our town is one of the smallest in area in the State, one of
the richest in material wealth, one of the richest, too, in its
historic past ; active, energetic, and enterprising in the
present : let her not pause nor falter in this her most important
duty. The judicious management, the generous support, and
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the earnest endeavors of her people, individually and col-
lectively, must be brought to bear, to the end, that, in the
department of her public schools, she may be second to
Bove.
The School Committee, as at present organized, consists of
Term expires,
Chairman.—H. J. EDWARDS . . . . . . . 1876
Secretary. —C. W. STONE . . . . . . . . 1875
CHARLEs BRIGIiAM . . . . . . 1874
JOHN COOLIDGE, JIJN. . . . . . 187 4
Ri. Al. GREEN . . . . . . . . 1876
COR-ELIUS WALKER . . . . . . 18 71
SUB-COMMITTEES.
Ilrgh School.
H. J. EDWARDS, Chairman, and the entire Board.
Mest Distrirt. ,South District.
AI. M. GREEN, Chairman, CHARLEs BRIGIFAM, Chairman,
CHARLEs BRIGHA:II, 11. J. EDWARDS,
C. WALKER, JOHN COOLIDGE, JUN.
East Dturid.
J(,HN COOLIDGE, Ckainnan,
Al. Al. GREEN,
CHARI.ES W. STONE.
Centre Gra-mar and Prir„ary V0. 1.
C. WALKER, Chairman,
CHARLEs BRIGHAM,
CHARLES W. STO\F
CenfrF Intermediate and Pri�1e4rq 1'o. 2.
CHARLF-4 `AT. STONE, Chairman,
H. J. EDWARn9,
M. Al. (TI RFr%N.
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HIGH SCHOOL REGISTER.
George R. Dwelley, Master; Miss S. Alice Worcester, First
Assistant ; bliss Ellen M. Crafts, Second Assistant ; Miss Anna
Gregory, Teacher of Drawing ; and Henry G. Carey, Teacher
of Music.
For the Year.
Whole number of Pupils re,ristered.. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .92
d< 44 " Girls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. ..
{[ tc " Boys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. .. .. .. . .
NUMBER OF PUPILS OVER FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
First Terni. Second Term. Third Term. For the Year.
Whole No. 51 47 45 67
Boys, 20 27 25 39
Girls, 31 20 20 28
The graduates during 1873 were, in the four years' course,
Miss Jane Stockwell, Miss Sarah F. Coolidge, Alias Lucy
J. Russell, Miss Mannie B. Patten, Miss Alice C. Ingraham,
Miss Lottie M. Bemis, Charles A. Clarke, and Frank H.
Perkins.
The graduates in the three years' course were, bliss Irate
L. Barrows, Miss Mary E. McLauthlin, Miss Ellen M. Boynton,
Miss Emily C. Blaisdell, Stephen S. Blanchard, James D.
Manahan, and James Stevens.
There will be fourteen candidates for diplomas at the end
of the present year.
The apparatus is in excellent condition. Injuries by re-
moval and long use have been repaired, and several new
pieces added in the chemical department.
The drawings by the pupils for the summer exhibition have
been hung on the walls of the drawing-room, and two sets of
drawing models purchased.
The library now numbers three hundred and seventeen
volumes. It is much used both by teachers and pupils.
PUPILS NOT ABSENT DURING THE YEAR.
Cora A. Barker, Emma McLauthlin, Josephine A. Priest,
Alice G. Patten, Joanna 31. Riley, Maria E. Clark, Maria E.
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Blodgett, Hattie V. White, Docia E. McCurdy, Annie Ceiley,
Frank W. Cobb, Palter T. Priest, Fred. E. Crawford, Frank
M. Cheney, J. Frank Greene, Eugene E. Russell, Sumner
Coolidge, Edward M. French, Frank W. Barker, John A.
Coffin, Fred. N. March, Michael J. Green, Thomas J. Hughes,
Charles L. Gerould, and Fred. Collins.
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Studies of Fist Year.
Teachers. I Subjects. I Text-Books.
i
Mies Cmfts....I Algebra.............I Bradbury's Elementary Algebra,
Physiology.......... Hooker's First Book of Physiology.
.... Physical Geography. Guyot's Physical Geography.
' « English..... �....i Parker's Exercises and English Composition.
Miss Worcester Reading and Spelling' Underwood's Hand-Book of English Literature.
I
+ " French.............. ! Otto's Grammar. Otto's Reader. Conversation
t exercises with each recitation.
I
Studies of Second Year.
Teachers. Subjects. Teat-Books.
Mies Crafts....i Latin................ Harkness'Grammar and Reader.
Miffs W orceste► Geometry............ Bradbury's Elementary Geometry.
i
Miss „ i English............. Quackenboss' Rhetoric. Graham'x Synonymee.
Underwood's Hand-Book of English Literature.
I Otto's Grammar. 'Otto's Reader. Sommer's
French.............. Synonymes, and French conversation.
Mr. Dwelley...� Natural Philosophy.. f Cooley'x Natural Philosophy. Experiments, two
t recitation hours per week.
__—__ ----I=- ----- --- --
Studies of Third Year.
` Teachers. Subjects. I Text-Books.
i Harknexe' Grammar. +
Miss Crafts... Latin......... ... Duderlein a 8ynonymes.
Virgil.
Otto's Grammar. Otto's Reader. Sommer's Syn-
X its Worcester French..............I j onymex. Brachet's Historical Grammar. Aud
French conversation.
I i
J
(Greene's Analysix, Trench On the Ltndy of
" " Words, Hadley's History of the Englixh
I English.............. l.anquagP, and Underwood's Iland-Book of
I ) EturliMh Literature. Studies from liould's
Il Good English, White's Words and Their URes,
and De Vere's Americanisme.
Mr. Dwelley... Trigonometry� y........ Bradbury's$lementxry Trigonometry,
Bookkeeping
J Bryant & Stratton's High School Double Entry
�� ... j
P 8•••••••• g
Aookkeping.
($Ilot k Rtorer's Elementary Manual of Chem-
J iatry. Black board lnetructlon from Barker's
..; Chemistry.....
...... Theoretic Chemixtry and Cooke'x Chemical
I Philoxophy. Experiments, two recitation hours
i per week.
I` n Greek.......... Goodwin's Grammar. I.,Ighton's Reader.
26 SCHOOL REPORT.
Studies of Fourth Year.
Teachers. Subjects. Text-Books.
i
Miss Crafts....; Geology............ Teuney's Geology.
it it ronomy......... I Rolfe & Gillett's Hand-Book of the Stars. Proc.
Ast tor's Star Atlas.
Constitution of I Townsend's analysis of Civil Government.
G uited States.
i
History.............., Worcester's History of Greece.
Otto's Grammar. Les Prosateurs Frangais. Som.
Miss Worcester, French.............. mer's Synonpmes. Brachet's Historical Gram.
mar. French composition and conversatiuu.
{Gray's 'Manuel and Lessons. Daily Analcais of
Mr. Dwelley... Botany...........• { Plants, over one hundred species in Mummer
i ( Term.
Arithmetic. .....,,,. ) Greenleaf a Intellectual Arithmetic. Greenleaf's
t Higher Arithmetic.
(Cleveland's Compendium of English Literature,
first two terms. Cralk's English of Shakspeare,
third term.
Gilman's Firet Steps in English Literature, first
u « Isecond Ch ht and Present,ngs . ..........., term. SPeucer's Philosophy hY of
I Style,third term.
Selections from Miner's Lectures on Language.
Whitney on Th s Study of Language. Moriis's
I3istorical Acciaence. Shakspearian Grammar,
L &:c.,throughout the year.
SCHOOL REPORT. 27
EXA111NATION FOR AD.IIISSION TO HIGH
SCHOOL, JUKE, 1873.
ARITHMETIC.
1. It of a cubic foot make a bushel, how many bushels
will a bin contain which is 6 feet in length, 41 feet in width,
and 21 feet in height ?
2. Divide 5 by 7, give the rule for the division, and explain
the process.
3. How many yards of carpeting, .75 of a yard in width,
will cover a room 20.75 feet in length, and 15.25 feet in
width ?
4. What is the interest upon $380 for 1 year, 3 months,
and 12 days, at 7 per cent?
5. What is the amount of $700 for 3 years and 6 months,
at 5 per cent, com,)ound interest?
6. A note for $600, payable in 90 days, was discounted at
the Union Market Bank, at 71S per cent interest. What
sum was received for the note?
7. At what price must a stock be purchased, whose par
value is $100 per share, and which pays an annual dividend
of 6 per cent, in order that the investment may pay 8 per
cent?
S. Divide $240 among three persons in the ratio of 3, 41
and 5.
9. If 4 horses consume 12 Bushels of grain in 16 days,
how many bushels would last 2 horses 24 days ?
10. If an army of 49,284 men were drawn up in the form
of a square, how many men would there be on on side of the
square?
GEOGRAPHY.
1. Draw an outline map of Massachusetts, and put into it
the Connecticut and Merrimac Rivers, and the cities Spring.
field, Worcester, Boston, Salem, and Lowell.
28 SCHOOL REPORT.
2. Name the States of the Union lying on the sea-coast.
3. Name the five cities of the United States which rank
first in commercial importance, and tell in what States they
are.
4. Name the waters through which a vessel must pass in a
voyage from Chicago to London.
5. Draw an outline map of Great Britain and Ireland, and
put into it Land's End, the Thames, the Isle of Man, and the
cities Dublin, Edinburgh, Liverpool, and London.
G. In what river basin is Vienna ?
7. Bound Spain, tell its capital, and name the countries of
North and South America once belonging to it.
8. Name the countries of Europe, Asia, or Africa, having
substantially the same latitude as Mssachusetts.
9. What conditions affect climate ?
10. To what countries do Cuba, Corsica, and Australia
respectively belong ?
GRAMMAR.
1. Write the plural of the following words : Book, Cash,
Man, German, Sheep, My, Ox, Valley, City, It, Thief, Solo,
Scissors, Negro, and Grief.
2. Give the principal parts of the following verbs : Begin,
Choose, Come, Fly, Lie (to place one's self in a horizontal
position), and Lie (to speak falsely).
3. What is a compound sentence ? Write one. What is a
complex sentence ? Write one.
4. Write a synopsis of the verb 11 know " in the active
voice, indicative mood, third person, and singular number.
5. Correct, if needed, the following sentences, and give the
rules by which you correct them : —
a. It is me.
b. Who did you see ?
c. If any one asks for me, tell them I am out.
d. He, and not I, am responsible.
e. Our Father, which art in heaven.
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G. Write a sentence containing a proper noun, an irregular
verb in the passive voice, and an adverb of manner.
7. In the following sentence, parse the second ou," and
tell what part of speech 11 that " is, in each instance of its use.
I desire that you at once begin that task that has been
assigned you.
£. When is the a to " of the infinitive omitted?
9. Analyze the following quotation, and parse the words in
italics.
11 The quantity of mercy is not strained: it droppeth as
the gentle dew from heaven upon the place beneath."
10. Write a declarative sentence, then change it to an in-
terrogative, imperative, and exclamatory one.
SPELLING.
Fifty words selected by Examining Committee.
READING.
Selections in prose and poetry.
CONDITION OF SCHOOLS AND CHANGES OF
TEACHERS.
The year which has just closed has been one of faithful
effort on the part of both teachers and pupils, and the results
obtained have been generally satisfactory. The High School,
on account of the alterations in the building, which ivere
not completed until December, was obliged, from September
until that time, to make use of the Town Hall ; and, as the
ball and ante-rooms were but poorly adapted to school pur-
poses, the work carried on bore with more than usual severity
both upon teachers and scholars. Notwithstanding this, sub-
stantial progress has been tuade in all departments ; and the
30 SCHOOL REPORT.
teachers, by their judicious and painstaking efforts, have
merited the highest commendation of your committee. At
the commencement of the fall term, Miss S. Alice Worcester
was elected to the position of first assistant. Miss Worcester
came to the school with a high reputation, both as to ex-
perience and qualification,— a reputation which it gives us
pleasure to state has been more than sustained since her
connection with this school. Starting, as we do, with the new
building, commodious and excellent in all of its appointments,
with a corps of teachers in whom we have the highest con.
fidence, and with the scholars determined and zealous in
their work, we predict more than usual prosperity- for this
school for the coming year.
At the East Grammar School, Mr. Wm. H. Crocker was
elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of lfr.
Copeland. Previous to his appointment in this school, Mr.
Crocker had had charge of one of the grammar schools of
Randolph. Since his connection with the school, lie has dis-
charged his duties faithfully and to the entire satisfaction of
the Committee. Miss Etta B. Dadmun was in September pro-
moted to the charge of the Intermediate School in this dis-
trict, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss
Coolidge. It is sufficient commendation for us to say that we
believe, that, under the charge of Miss Dadmun, this school
has been kept fully- up to the high standard which it had
attained under the charge of her able predecessor. In the
primary department of this district, the amount of work
accomplished has been commendable : but with the discipline
of the school we cannot express our entire satisfaction ; the
earnest and persistent efforts of the teacher must be brought
to bear upon this portion of her duties.
In the Centre District, the Grammar School, under the
charge of Air. Geo. W. Andrew and his efficient assistants,
Ifiss Dobbins and Miss Frost, has, we believe, reached a higher
standard than ever in the past. The teachers have fulfilled
their onerous duties with zeal and fidelity, and richly merit
the high estimation in which they are held by that portion
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SCHOOL REPORT. 31
of the community whose children have been under their
inimediate care. -We are indebted to Mr. Andrew for many
valuable suggestions in regard to the schools of this district.
In the Intermediate School, we have recently been called
upon to accept the resignation of bliss Hannie L. Hill, who
was induced to give up her charge of this school, for a higher
position and salary in one of the grammar schools of the
city of Cambridge. During her connection with this school,
Miss Hill had won for herself an enviable reputation as a
teacher and as a disciplinarian ; and although your Committee
felt disinclined to lose her valuable services, we did not feel
that as yet Ave could compete with the city of Cambridge in the
matter of salaries. Her resignation was therefore accepted ;
and the vacancy thus occurring was filled by the appointment
of Mrs. Mary E. Fingley, a lady who comes to us with an
experience derived from four years of service in the schools
of Charlestown. The vacancy in the position of assistant in
this school, caused by the promotion of hiss Dadmun, has
been filled by the election of 'Miss Sarali F. Coolidge. In
the primary department of this district also, during the past
year, Ave have had occasion to make several changes. The
vacancy caused by the resignation of hiss L. A. Otis, a lady
who by a course of long and faithful service in this, school
bad earned and received the respect and estitn;ttion of all
who know her, was filled by the election of bliss Maria H.
Tucker, who had previously served as an assistant in this
school. At tho completion of the High-School building, the
two primary schools were divided into three, a long-con-
templated and ninth-needed change ; buss Mary D. ,Patten
taking charge of Primary No. 1, so called, in the new room
finiahed for that purpose in the Fligh-School building, Aiis3
Alice L iorcross taking charge of the new school created by
this division. We have now, therefore, in this district, three
primary schools, in which the work incident to this depart.
inent is being carried on fRitilfally and efficiently. The room
occupied by Miss Patten's school has been furnished with now
furniture, and is in all respects a model schoolroom. In tho
32 SCHOOI. REPORT.
south district there has been no change of teachers. The
work has progressed finely, the attendance upon the schools
has steadily increased, and the teachers have each in their
departments performed meritorious service.
At the Nest Grammar School, Mr. George S. Turner has,
as always in the past, accomplished all that, could be expected ;
the high stand taken by his scholars in the High School evi-
dencing their thorough and careful preparation. The labors
of Mr. Turner in the Grammar School, and of' Miss Jennison
in the Intermediate, have been somewhat lightened by the
appointment of bliss hate L. Barrows, a graduate of our High
School, as assistant, who has divided her time between these
schools. The Primary School, which had previously been under
the charge of bliss Lyda F. Wicks, with an assistant, has, since
the completion of the changes upon the building, been divided
into two schools ; one remaining under the charge of bliss
Nicks, and bliss Nellie Bradlee taking charge of the other.
These schools, although somewhat disarranged on account of
the changes which have been made, still jive evidence of the
faithful and efficient labors of the teachers. The Primary School
at the .,Etna Mills, under the charge of Hiss Williams has fully
realized our expectations in its behalf, and is, we believe, one
of the best primary schools in the town. During the year
the labors of the masters of the grammar schools have been
materially increased by giving to each a general supervision
of all the schools in his district ; the Committee requiring
from each, at the end of every term, a written report of the
condition of the schools thus confided to his supervision. In
this manner we believe that more uniformity and a better
state of discipline will be obtained. The eye of the teacher
should be upon his pupils, and those of the lower schools
under his supervision, even after they leave the schoolroom ;
and lie should see that they do riot congregate in the yards, or
upon the sidewalks and streets adjacent to the school-build-
ings. The successful efforts of the master at the South Dis-
trict, in this respect, have been most efficient,and have rendered
that locality — which, before his appointment, was a nuisance
SCHOOL REPORT. 33
to all the good people there being, abiding, or passing— one
of the most orderly districts in the town. We append a state-
ment of the text-books in use in the Grammar, Intermediate,
and Primary departments : —
PRIMARY.
Wilson's Primer.
Sanders's Union Reader, Nos. 1 and 2.
Guyot's Elementary Geography.
Greenleaf s Primary Arithmetic.
Together with general exercises in singing, spelling,
object lessons, and drawing.
INTERMEDIATE.
Greenleaf s Primary Arithmetic.
Greenleaf's Practical Arithmetic.
Colburn's First Lessons (Intellectual Arithmetic).
Worcester's Primary Speller.
16 Elementary "
Sanders's Union Reader, No. 3.
Writing-books (Payson, Dunton, & Scribner).
Drawing-books (Bartholomew's).
Guyot's Elementary Geography.
id •Intermediate 'i
Kerl's Elementary Grammar.
General Exercises.
Grammar.
Greenleaf's Practical Arithmetic.
Guyot's Intermediato and Common School Geographies.
KerI's Common School Gratumar.
Worcester's Elementary and Pronouncing Speller.
Sanders's Union Reader, Nos. 4 and 5.
Writing-books (Payson, Dunton, & Scribner).
Drawing Book (Bartholomew's).
Scott's History.
General Exercises.
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34 SCHOOL EEPORT.
MUSIC AND DRAWING.
The studies of music and drawing have, at the writing of
this Report, been in the schools a sufficient length of time to
obviate the necessity of our entering into any discussion as
to their utility or necessity. From the public concerts given
by the children, and, the public exhibitions of drawings, the
community have been enabled to form their own conclusions.
The teachers in these departments— Miss Anna M. Gregory
in drawing, and Mr. Henry G. Carey in music — have each
in their -own sphere labored earnestly and with judgment.
The results obtained have been more than satisfactory, and
they have well earned, and should receive, the most cordial
support and commendation of the people. During the past
school-year, instruction in drawing has been given in all of
the public schools of the town ; the length of time devoted to
each varying according to the grade. In the primary schools
the aim has been to teach the alpliabc-t of drawing, com-
mencing with the simplest lines and forms ; not only requiring
the children to copy upon their slates what had been drawn
upon the blackboard, but to combine lines so as to pro-
duce original designs, thus seeking to develop the inventive
genius of even the youngest pupil. What has been accom-
plished in that direction may be seen by looking at the
designs to be found from time to time upon the blackboards
of the various primary schools.
In the intermediate schools drawing-books have been used
instead of slates, while pupils have been required to copy
examples found in the books. Instruction has also been
given from the blackboard, thus training not ouly the eye and
hand, but the understanding and judgment, so that drawing
shall not be a mere mechanical exercise. Original designs
have been required ; and very many of the pupils have shown
decided talent in that direction, while all have entered heartily
into it, and, with few exceptions, have appeared to derive real
pleasure from the exercise. The work has steadily pro-
gressed in the grammar schools ; a majority of the pupils
SCHOOL REPORT. 35
working with an earnestness of purpose that always insures
success. Thus far the work done has been freehand drawing
from blackboard and copy, and also from dictation ; pupils not
being allowed to rule or measure, but relying upon the eye
and hand alone to produce accuracy, while the means of
thoroughly testing the work have been kept in the hands of
the teacher. Very little has yet been attempted except in
flat outline, that being considered of the first importance,
— the solid foundation upon which the superstructure
must rest. Lines suggestive of light and shade have
occasionally been added to give interest and variety, and
original design has been made a special feature of the work.
In the High School, on account of its crowded condition,
only an hour and a half a week could be devoted to drawing,
and even that necessarily divided into two parts, thus giving
each pupil but forty-five minutes. From the commencement
of the work until the close of the school year, last June, the
High School had received an aggregate of only forty-four
hours' instruction. Comparatively little could be expected ;
hnt the pupils endeavored to do all that they could in the
time allotted, making up in work, as far as possible, what was
lacking in time. The results were seen in the drawings upon
exhibition last June.
Three months of the present year have been lost in
drawing to the High School (as also to the Centre Intermedi-
ate) ; and,after commencing, considerable time was necessarily
consumed in recovering lost ground, so that less will have
been accomplished than was proposed. Object-drawing will
be taken up, drawing from copy and blackboard continued,
and some attention given to original design.
Bartholomew's drawing-books have been used in the
schools, some textbook being absolutely necessary ; but as
no person can be expected to produce a perfect system of
drawing, each having its defects as well as its excellencies,
the endeavor has been to select the best from all, and thus
arrange a system adapted to each particular school or grade
of schools. The work in the intermediate and primary
36 SCHOOL REPORT.
schools is now done by the teachers themselves, under the
direction of bliss Gregory ; Friday afternoon of each week
being devoted to the instruction of the teachers, and their
preparation for the work required of them. In addition to
this, it has been the endeavor of Miss Gregory to visit each
school once a week, at the time a drawing-lesson was being
given, thus obtaining an opportunity to watch the progress of
the pupils, and make any suggestion needed.
The time allotted to the teaching of music in the public
schools has been divided as in the judgment of the teacher
in this department seemed best. The most of the time has
been spent in teaching the principles of music, a very small
portion only having been occupied in lessons for song-sing.
ing. The teachers have endeavored to assist Mr. Carey in
this department, but have not succeeded as we could have
wished, from the. fact that in the presb of other studies the
time designated by the Committee for daily instruction in
music has not been so devoted, with the exception of the
grammar and intermediate school in the East District, in which
marked and much to be commended progress has been made.
Besides the usual work of the year, the schools have been
given a printed examination in the rudiments of music every
month, and with the following results : —
AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OF CORRECT ANSWERS.
High School, 1st Class 100
It 41 2d Class, Girls, 97.8
It it It Boys, 98.8
it it 3d Class, Girls, 98.4
It it it Boys, 89.2
it it 4th Class, Girls, 98.7
it it it Boys, 9.1.7
Grammar Schools, 1st Class, Girls, 95.6
96 'c it Boys, 91.4
C4 it 2d Class, Girls, 91.2
it « (l Boys, 77.4
It
3d Class, Girls, ,88.4
it « 64 Boys, 80.4
SCHOOL REPORT. 37
The intermediate schools have done a little better on ex-
aminations than have the grammar. And the general result
has been quite satisfactory. These examinations are so
graded, that the pupils passing them correctly and under.
standingly will be able to read music in any key before
entering the grammar schools. In addition to this the in-
structor has heard each pupil in the grammar and intermedi-
ate schools sing individually, for the purpose of ascertaining
their capabilities ; and has furnished us, as the result of this
examination, with the following statement : 11 In the gram-
mar schools I have found only five girls whose ear was not
good. Of the boys the percentage of those in the first class
who have the ability to sing a melody correctly, is .78, second
class, .94, third class, .90. The second and third classes have
had instruction in the lower schools. In the intermediate
schools the number of poor singers is still less, some classes
having not one discordant voice."
VISITS.
Number of visits by individual members of the committee, 189
Number of visits made by other persons, 365
SCHOOL BUILDiNGS.
Several important changes have been made in the school
accommodations since the beginning of the school year. In
the West District, at the Atna Dills School, the walks about
the building have been laid in concrete, and a fence con-
structed around the grounds, giving an air of finish and com-
pleteness to this structure. The grammar-school building has
been enlarged by the addition of a new wing, furnishing two
new rooms for the use of the primary schools. One of these
rooms has been provided with new furniture, and the other
with the furniture removed from the room in the basement
formerly used by the primary* Peluxil. The use of the base-
ment-room has now been discontinued, excepting occasion-
38 SCHOOL REPORT.
ally as a recitation-room by the assistant. A furnace has also
been put in for heating the new portion. At the south and
east, only the ordinary repairs Dave been done, and the
buildings are in good condition. At the Centre Grammar
School, in addition to the ordinary repairs, a steam-heater has
been put in, which has thus far worked admirably.
The alterations of the High-school house, made during the
past year, have been the result of the careful consideratiou
of a long-deferred and important subject by the building-
committee appointed by the town at the last March meeting,
It had been the hope of the School Committee that a new
edifice might be erected, devoted wholly to the use of the
High School, which should have been a model of its bind, and
a monument or testimonial of the estimation in which the
citizens held the school, — one of its most important trusts.
It was, however, the judgment of the building committee,
after thorough discussion of the plans and schemes submitted,
that an enlargement of the present stucture would give
abundant accommodation for the High School, — probably as
much as could be obtained in a separate building of moderate
size, in not less convenient form, and still reserve a consider-
able space for other schools. The result has verified that
opinion ; and we have now a very commodious edifice, amply
sufficient for many years to come.
The former building has been moved a short distance, at
right angles to its previous position ; and an addition, meas-
uring 46 X 50 feet, made upon the south side, giving a com-
plete floor space of not less than fire thousand feet in each
story. The old staircases were removed, and the space given
to large corridors in the first story. New staircases and the
principal entrances are now at the southerly front towards
Marshall Street ; and the entrances to the first story are
upon Common Street.
The entire second floor is given to the use of the High
School, the principal room occupying nearly the whole of the
new portion. This room is 43 X 45 feet, by 15 feet in height,
with bay windows on either side, and a large alcove behind
SCHOOL REPORT. 39
the teacher's desk; being rather more than twice the dimen-
sions of the former schoolroom.
The two large rooms in the old building are transformed
into assistants' rooms ; and a separate room, 13 X 25 feet, is
obtained for the library. A special feature has been made in
this story of the central portion formerly occupied by the
staircases, which now becomes an apparatus room, 13X39 feet,
by about 20 feet in height. In the first story, besides the
two rooms in the old portion, we gain a new room 29 X 45
feet, besides larger dressing-rooms for the High School near
its entrances. Play-rooms are arranged in the basement for
the use of all the schools ; and, indeed, nearly all the con.
veniences to be desired in a school-building are perhaps
reasonably obtained in this. The house is heated by a steam
apparatus, which seems to have stood the test of this season
remarkably well. Considerable pains have been taken with
ventilation ; and one of the principal features in the design
is a large ventilating shaft or chimney, in the centre of which
is placed the smoke-flue of the heating apparatus. This, Avitli
ducts from every room, secures an artificial means of venti-
lation of considerable value.
In exterior, the architects being bound, in a degree, by the
style and proportions of the old structure, which still stand
in the design, have endeavored to obtain good proportion
and outline,and a proper emphasis to the leading features, with-
out over-elaboration. The principal entrance on Marshall Sheet
is made prominent by a clock-tower ; and a piazza, with bal-
conies over it, gives emphasis to the entrance on Common
Street. The recessed-windows of the great room, with their
steep roofs, constitute the important features in the treatment
of the sides of the building. When the growth of trees and
the ornamentation of the grounds, in the laying out of which
the building committee have taken great pains, with the
promise of much beautiful effect, shall have lent that picto.
rial aid which every good edifice needs, it is thought the
town will have a building as pleaQing in its exterior as it is
convenient and commodious in interior.
40 SCHOOL REPORT.
In furnishing the building, the old furniture was used in
the rooms of the Intermediate School, the primary room
being newly furnished. I❑ the High-school rooms, the desks
on band being of excellent pattern, and nearly new, were
retained and patterned to finish out the main room and the
smaller ante-room. In the larger ante-room a new style of
desk, which can be used for a drawing-desk, being movable,
was put in. The other articles which make up the furnishing
of the different rooms are substantial, and admirably adapted
to the uses for which they were designed. Taken all in all,
we believe that our High-school accommodations are among
the best to be found anywhere in the State ; and that our
school accommodations generally are in a better condition
than ever before ; and that for some years to come there will
be no necessity for outlay, save ordinary repairs.
There have been employed to take care of the school-
buildings, three janitors.
NEST DISTRICT, INCLUDING =iA MILLS.
Salarv.
Clement L. Howe, $360 00
EAST DISTRICT.
William H. Crocker, $120 00
CENTRE DISTRICT, INCLUDING HIGH SCHOOL.
Nathaniel Gee, $900 00
NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN' TOWN.
The assessors for 1873 return eight hundred and thirty-
eight (838) children in town, between five and fifteen rears
of age.
SCHOOL REPORT. 41
Teachers and their Salaries.
schools. Names. Date of Salary.
Election.
High School................ George R. Dwelley................. 1871 $2,000
" " ............... S. Alice Worcester, 1st Assistant... 1873 1,000
It
" .........I..... Ellen M. Crafts, 2d Assistant ..... 1871 $00
East Grammar School....... William H. Crocker................ 1873 1,400
" Intermediate School... Etta B. Dadmun.... .............. 1873 475
' Primary " Lottie P. Bent.................... 1871 475
Centre Grammar it George W. Andrew.. .............. I 1870 1,600
" " " .... Harriet Robbins, 1st Assistant...... 1872 7 00
It
it " .,. Lilla Frost, 2d Assistant........... 1872 600
" Intermediate " Mary E. Fingley................... 1874 500
" 69 " Sarah F. Coolidge, Assistant....... 1873 400
" Primary No.1 School. Mary D. Patten......... .......... 1871
!7b
" 64No.2 " H. Maria Tucker........... ........ ..... 1873 450
" No.3 " Alice I. Norcross .................. 1873 450
South Grammar " B. S. Andrew...
•••••••••••.••••. 1872 1,400
" Intermediate " Hattie B. Crafts......
••••• ....... 1672 600
At Primary " Bertha M. Wbitney............... 1872
475
West Grammar " George S. Turner................ 1E68 1,500
" Intermediate " Elizabeth Jennison................. 1871 500
Kate L. Barrows Assistant,........ 1873 400
" Prima '
ry No. 1 " Lyda F. Wicks................... 1868 476
" At No, 2 "
Nellie Bradlee............ ........ 1873 450
JF'tnq Mills Primary " Nellie E. Williams...... ,
••••..... 1872 475
Teacher of Drawing....•„ Anna M. Gregory,•,,,, ••••,..••
1871 1,000
" Music......... Henry G. Carey...................,--- -- i 1871 600
Substitutes.
Lottie N. Bemis.
$Seale M. Rogers.
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NU31BER OF CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS.
Number of children between five and fifteen, 785
ig " over fiften, G4
14 " under five, 4
849
Difference between number of children in town and number
between five and fifteen years of age in schools, 53.
SCHOLARS NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY DUR-
ING THE YEAR.
CENTRE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Fred G. Barker, Frank Burke, Edwin Stockin, Storer F.
Jones, Ellen S. Green, Jessie W. Cate, Nellie S. Edgercomb,
William W. Shedd, Jacob M. Frazer.
EAST GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Peter McDouou;h.
WEST GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Ellen E. Tenney, 31ary A. Gill, Lena F. Curtis, bate Sulli-
van, Maggie Riley, J. H. Waters, DIichael Dowd.
SOUTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
George J. Ward has not been absent or tardy for four
years.
CENTRE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
Abbie Farwell, btary Gavin, Libbie Dsaybury, Lillian Rack.
liff, George Lane, Charles Learned, Michael Flynn, `Tillie
COX, Miles Barrows.
EAST INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
glary 3fcDonough, James Carroll, Lizzie blaliar.
WEST INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
Lizzie R. Kinsman, Jennie L. Itinsman Ruth W. Howar-i
(has not been absent or tardy for four years), Geo. S. Parker
I'utsey Noonan, George C'ullins. ,
44 SCHOOL REPORT.
CENTRE PRIMARY, NO. 1.
John Monahan.
EAST PRIMARY.
Mary Carroll, Anne McDonough.
SOUTH PRIMARY.
Mary Mooney, Frank Burns, Maggie Lary, Richard James.
EXPENSES FOR 1873-74.
Sum total of expenses, $23.696 94
Appropriation, $221000 00
Town's share of School Fund, 262 79
22,262 79
Deficit, $11434 15
ESTIMATED EXPENSES FOR 18 3-75.
The following sums will be necessary to meet the ex-
penses of our schools for the coming year : —
Salaries of teachers, 6119,500 00
Care of schoolhouses, 1,380 00
Fuel, 17500 00
Apparatus and library, 200 00
Incidentals (repairs, 8.c.), 37420 00
$261000 00
The above Report is respectfully submitted for the action
of the Board and Town.
H. J. ED WAR.DS,
Chairman School Committee.
REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT
OF THS
TEACHERS, PUPILS, AND JANITORS,
OF THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF WATERTOWN.
FOR THE TEACHERS.
TEACHERS will be at their respective schoolrooms fifteen
minutes before the opening of the session.
The school will be opened with reading the Scriptures, 41 with-
out written note or oral comment." Amend Rev. Stat. Chap. 5T,
1862.
There shall be a recess of fifteen minutes in the middle of
each half clay.
The hour for recess, as well as for opening and closing; of the
schools, is to be closely observed.
Care must be taken that a free and healthful circulation of
air is preserved in the schoolrooms, by opening doors and
windows, before and after school, and during recess, and by
regulating ventilators and registers to secure as nearly as
possible a mean temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit.
A due regard to neatness and order must be observed and
maintained in and around the schoolhouses.
The windows, ventilators, and doors are to be shut and
f i5tened in each schoolroom, before leaving them at the close of
each session.
Prompt notice is to be given to the Committee of any injury
46 SCHOOL REPORT.
done to any article or portion of school property, and of any
repairs that are needed ; and the teachers are to use all possible
care that no article or portion of school property in their respec-
tive rooms be in any manner marked or injured.
When there are several schools in one building, it sliall be the
duty of the male teacher (if there shall be one employed in the
building) to look after the general good order of the house,
entries, cellars, outbuildings, fences, etc., to prescribe such rules
as shall secure the good order of the same, and to see that all
school furniture is duly and properly cared for.
No scholar being a member of any school above the grade of
Primary Schools, who has been absent five consecutive School-
days in a term, except by reason of sickness certified to the
teacher by the parent, guardian, or attendant physician, sliall be
admitted to his or her seat, or restored to previous position in
the class, unless by direct permission of the Committee.
All teachers are expected and required to report to the Com-
mittee all cases of irregular attendance and tardiness which are
not satisfactorily covered by the written excuses, or the personal
statements made by the parents or guardians of the offending
children.
FOR THE PUPILS.
The schoolhouse will be opened by the teacher at least ten
minutes before the commencement of the school session, and it
is expected that no scholar will be about the schoolhouse be-
fore that time.
No scholar will be allowed to take from its place any article
of school furniture without the teacher's permission, or to in-
terfere in the least with the furnaces, stoves, registers, etc.,
without express order.
Every pupil who sliall accidentally or otherwise injure any
part of the buildings, or any school property, shall be liable to
pay all damages.
Every pupil who shall, in or around the school premises, use
or write any profane or unchaste language, or shall cut or draw
SCHOOL REPORT. 47
am• vulgar pictures, or in any way intentionally deface any prop-
erty- whatever, belonging to the school estate, shall be punished
in proportion to the offence, and shall be liable to action at law.
The scholars shall pass through the streets, on their way to
and from school, in an orderly and becoming manner, and so
enter the schoolroom, and take their seats in a quiet and respect-
ful manner. They will not be allowed to make use of the
schoolroom, entry, or stairways at any time for play. Tliey
shall take care that their books, desks, and the floor around
them, are kept neat and in good order.
All scholars are expected to pay due attention to the cleanli-
ness of their persons, and the neatness and decency of their
clothes, not only for the purpose of forming good habits of order,
but also that the school may be at all times prepared to receive
friends and visitors in a respectable manner.
FOR, THE JANITORS.
They shall see that the schoolrooms are thoroughly swept at
least twice each week, and oftener• if necessity requires, and that
the entries and stairways are swept every day after the close of
the school ; also to see that the desks, settees, chairs, and all the
articles of school furniture, are kept properly dusted and clean.
They shall make the fires in the stoves and furnaces in their
respective schoolhouses, and see that the schoolrooms during
the season of making fires are at a temperature of 63 degrees
Fahrenheit, at the opening of the schools.
The ashes from the fires must be carefully sifted, and kept in
such locality as not to engender fire ; and all due economy must
be used in the consumption of fuel.
The outer doors of the schoolhouses must be carefully locked
by the janitors when they leave the premises.
Tne out-houses are to be kept in as neat condition as possible,
and no rubbish or objectionable matter shall be allowed to ac-
cumulate on the premises.
In the winter season, in case of snow, suitable paths must be
48 SCHOOL REPORT.
made from the sidewalks to the doors of the schoolhouses. But
in cases of extraordinary storms, additional compensation for
making paths may be granted by the Committee.
The foregoing regulations were passed in School Committee,
April 12), 1869.
Attest : JOSEPH CRAFTS.
Secretary.
SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
Or THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE
Free loublic Flohrm
OF
THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN.
18 74.
Ii0STON:
PRESS OF RAND, AVERY, & Co ., 117 FRANKLIN STREET.
1874.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR 18 i 3-4.
GEORGE N. MARCH, Term expires 1874.
JOSHUA COOLIDGE, « 1874.
GEO. K. SNOW, " 1875.
A. C. STOCKIN, 64 1875.
CHAS. J. BARY, « 1876.
ALFRED HOS.IiER, 64 1876.
ALFRED HOSMER, Chairman.
A. C. STOCKIN, Secretary.
GEO. N. MARCH, Treasurer.
Executive Committee.
ALFRED HOSMER, A. C. STOCKY,
GEO. N. MARCH.
Committee on -Books.
ALFRED HOSMER, JOSHUA COOLIDGE,
A. C. STOCKIN.
Committee on Finance.
GEO. N. MARCH, GEO. K. SNOW,
CHAS. J. BARRY.
Librarian..
SOLON F. WHITNEY.
Assistant Librarian.
MISS NELLY BRADFORD.
TRUSTEES' REPORT.
I,,%- presenting their sixth annual report, the Trustees are
enabled to offer their conbratulatious that the Library has
safely passed the dangers of infancy ; and although it may
not Set claim a place among the older institutions of its kind,
it does enjoy the advantage of a vigorous youth. And the
record of its substantial prosperity must afford the utmost
satisfaction to those who know the uncertainties which entered
into the early history of the movement, and who remember
the, opposition which the project of a free public library pro-
voked on the part of some, the indifference with which others
regarded the proposed benefaction, and the tardy success
which attended the efforts made in its behalf during the year
which followed its effectual conception in 1867. Its corner-
stone was not a generous donation of money, but the devotion
and perseverance of a few individuals, whose public spirit
gladly seized the opportunity of doing an everlasting good,
and whose earnest faith foresaw the existence of the trust
with the care of which we have been honored. And we
frankly confess the pleasure which we derive from this official
relation. It is a' constant gratification to know that the
Library annually receives a cordial and liberal munlcipttl sup-
port; that it is appreciated by its numerous beneficiaries at
home, and occasionally remembered by non-residents who
have only an ancestral connection with the town ; that it has
never known any thing but -harmony in its councils, and that
no attempt has ever been made to render its mauagemeut
subservient to any selfish or unworthy interest.
A glance at uur statistics will show a Marked increase in
4 TRi'STEE3I REPORT.
each item. The year which is just closing compares most
favorably with all previous ones, whether it be considered in
reference to the number of new subscribers, to the annual
circulation, or to the accessions, including both purchases at,d
donations. Of the twelve hundred dollars which have been
paid out, apart from the current or running expenses of the
Library, a small portion has been absorbed in subscriptions
for periodicals ; but the larger part has been invested in
books. And while the Trustees have ever been ready to
recognize and gratify an extensively prevailing taste which
demands books that possess only a transient interetit and
value, they have not forgotten to make large provision fur
what, in the future, must constitute the wealth of the Library,
and have been constantly placing; upon the shelves permanent
additions, by the selection of the vest standard works, — those
of older as well as those of recent date ; and they are sorry
to believe that even now very many do not know the best
portion of the contents of the Library, ,nd do not realize fully
how many valuable books here stand at their service. In
view of the limited amount of money to be expended, the
uuliinited productions of the press, and the unknown varieties
of individual tastes and needs in the matter of reading, it is
not always easy to choose books wisely and judiciously ; and,
if errors have been committed, they have not been the result
of hasty and inconsiderate action. And not only this, but the
Trustees, wishing to secure for the Library something more
than the results of their own knowledge, have constantly
souglit suggestions from others, by inviting any and all who
are willing to take so much trouble, to submit, for examination
by the Board, lists of such books as they deem desirable for
the Library, or suitable fur purchase by the Trustees. In
this way very many useful hints have been obtained.
We have alluded to the increase of our circulation. This
fact includes another, which is the greater wear and tear of
the material which constitutes the essence of the Library ;
and while we cheerfully- accept the deterioration which
inevitably ensues from the constant, though careful, use of
TRUSTEES REPORT. 5
our books, we cannot conceal the fact, that, although we have
never been compelled to throw aside a book as being utterly
worthless, we, now and then, notice a degree of abuse of
which we may justly complain. Books are sometimes
returned minus, for instance, a portion of a leaf, which
may be simple test or some useful illustration, a defective
condition in the production of which, probably, two or more
persons have had an agency. But in the case of each indi-
vidual, it is impossible to define the exact limit of proper use,
and no ordinary examination will suffice to determine who
has commenced and who has completed the mutilations to
which we refer : hence the difficulty of always indemnifying
the Library for obvious and serious damage to its property.
And although a system of fines and forfeits for injury done is
established, and enforced as far as possible, our safety and
protection must depend mainly upon the honor and conscien.
tious care of those who use the Library. Let every reader
guard a Library book as though it were his own, and remember
that uo one is fit to Piave the custody or enjoy the perusal of a
book who does not respect it enough to save it from abuse.
A year ago it was decided to remove the restriction as to
age, which had, up to that time, prevented minors under
sixteen from occupying the reading-room. The result of that
change has disappointed the Trustees. The room was origin-
ally intended both for those whose studious habits would seek
the quiet and conveniences which such a place would naturally
be expected to afford, and those who might be engaged in
the investigation of such subjects as are treated in any of the
books of reference in the Library. Now the seats in the
room are mostly occupied by boys, who are simply curious to
inspect the pictures which can be found in illustrated works,
who cannot, unaided by some supervision, observe the
standing rule of silence, and who find little pleasure in the
r► oni when this rule is rigidly applied. Without facilities for
tl,t, a�l►lutirm which one library at least renders obligatory,
without any suitable means for ventilating the reading-room,
and with the personal negligence of many of those who �
i
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6 TRUSTEES REPORT.
habitually resort to it, the atmosphere of the apartment is
constantly vitiated, and often exceedingly offensive. So that
what was done with the liberal purpose of opening the room
to all, has practically deprived of its privileges many who are
best able to appreciate and improve them. The Trustees
have in contemplation such action as will restore to this part
of the Library that utility which alone can make it a success,
and justify the expense, not small, of maintaining it.
The premises in the Town Hall are not well suited either
for economy of administration or for the convenience of those
in charge of the Library. It may be also asserted, without
exaggeration, that even now the Library has its treasures
-which are worthy the protection of a fire-proof structure.
Further, its rapid growth is fast encroaching upon the
unoccupied space which was so abundant when we took pos-
session of our present quarters ; and it will not be long before
an increase of shelf-room will be an absolute necessity ; and,
although the ingenuity of the Librarian will surely find suit-
able places for a large number of addit'onal volumes with-
out any expensive alteration, the fact cannot be ignored, and
should not for an instant be forgotten, that, at no very distant
day, the Library will require a larger, and should have a
better, provision than has ever been made for it, in the way
of security, convenience, and opportunity for expansion.
Then will come up for discussion and decision the question
of the location, the cost, the style, and constructive arrange-
ment of a new building, which shall raise the Library from
the dependence of a tenant to the dignity of occupying and
holding, for its exclusive use, that which shall be assigned
to it for its own. And, if private munificence shall in the
mean time obviate, in any degree, the need of municipal
appropriations, we shall all be Happy to see one more monu-
ment erected in honor of a wise generosity.
During the year the Library has received one donation of
money. In April last, Estes Howe, 1I.D., of Cambridge, pre-
sented the sum of one hundred dollars in behalf of the heirs
of the late Jonas White of Watertown.
TRUSTEES REPORT. 7
We desire to commend to the attention of all who have . ny
interest in the Library the annexed Report of the Librarian,
who for six years has discharged the duties of a most im-
portant office with an assiduity and enthusiasm that have
never known any abatement.
Iu November the Trustees were compelled to accept the
resignation of the assistant Librarian, Miss Agnes Gribble,
who deservedly received a vote of thanks for her faithful
services. Miss Nelly Bradford was chosen to fill the place
thus made vacant.
The treasury appears in the usual condition of exact
exhaustion. The Trustees ask the appropriation of the follow-
ing sums for the purposes specified ; and also beg the Town
not to forget to assign to the Library the money derived from
the tax upon dogs.
Librarian's salary and assistance, $1,000 00
Binding Books, 75 00
Gas, 225 00
New Books and Magazines, 700 01
A total of $2000 00
We express sentiments which very few will refuse to
accept, when ive advocate the cause of the Public Library as
the supplement and adjunct to the Public School, as a certain
means of diffusing knowledge, of improving morals, of devel-
oping intelligence, of promoting culture, and of elevating
character; and, finally, as being an object in which all mem-
bers of the community must have a common and abiding
interest.
Signed in behalf and by authority of the Board.
ALFRED HOSMER, Chairman.
N.B.—The Tru.tees deRire to secure for the Library any of the earlier reports of the
Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture; and also copies of the first twelve reports
of the Board of Education. They also wi`h to collect in the Library all volumes
extant, which once belonged to the District School Libraries.
g TRUSTEES REPORT.
George X. March, Treasurer, in account with the Trustees of
the Free Public Library.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation, $22000 00
Received, Dog-Tag, 334 60
di from Estes Howe, from heirs
of Jonas White, 100 00
41 from sale of Catalogues, 9 60
Fines, 71 74
— 2,515 94
EXPENDITURES.
Paid for Insurance, $50 00
it Gas, 217 20
61 Express, 6 40
94 Rockwell & Churchill, Printing, 31 50
it C. C. McLauthlin, Binding, 8 46
ti Trull & Co., 64 11 85
it M. M. Chick, it 7 00
It Postage, 20 17
it Nichols & Hall, Stationery, 20 10
" S. F. Whitney, Librarian and Asst. 600 00
it M. Agnes Gribble, (l 250 00
it Nelly Bradford, it 50 00
it Henry Russell, Painting, 32 41
-K,305 09
it Noyes, Holmes, & Co., Books, $19 05
it Lee & Shepard, it 22 15
it Noyes, Holmes, & Co., 8 25
11 Lee & Shepard, it 20 7 27
Paid James Campbell, it 175 81
it A. W. Lovering, 44 63 15
11 Estes & Lauriat, it 55 12
it Lee & Shepard, it 26 36
« it << 49 268 63
it it it it 3 34
TRUSTEES REPORT. 9
Paid Noyes, Holmes, b Co., Books, $93 50
it it It 94 11 78 24
Estes &-. Lauriat, It 187 3$
for American Agriculturist, 2 00
?1,210 8,a
$2,515 94
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN.
To the Trustees of the Watertoivn Free Public Library.
GENTLEMEN,— In accordance with the regulations of the
Library, I have the honor to submit my sixth annual report.
The statistics presented in the following table are for a period
of about ten months ; that is, from Feb. 17, 1873, to Jan. 1,
1874.
The whole number of books belonging to the
Library, Feb. 17, 1873, was 6,501
The whole number of books belonging to the
Library, Jan. 1, 1874, was 71275
Showing an increase of 7 74
Of these, there were presented, 213
61 (1 purchased, 561
The whole number of pamphlets, Feb. 17, 1873, 3,491
« « It it Jan. 1, 1874) 41821
Of these there were presented partly for the Read-
ing Room, 722
Of these there were purchased partly for the
Reading Room, 608
Making the whole number added to the Library,
to Jan. 1, 1874, 17330
The number of persons who had subscribed to the
obligations and had received cards, Feb. 17,
1873, 17483
The number who had subscribed, Jan. 1, 1874, 1,i 61
The number who had subscribed during the year, 281
The whole number of volumes issued, to Jan. 1,
18741 20,948
LIBRARIAN*s REPORT. IL
By the change in the end of the year, making the Library
year coincide with the calendar year, the numbers reported
are not as large in comparison with former rears as they
would be by continuing to the middle of February. The
whole number of volumes added to Feb. 17 would have
been 954
The number of pamphlets, 114E2
The number of cards issued, 331
The number of volumes in circulation, 222815
The amount of money received for fines is $71 74
It It it " catalogues is 0 60
These figures are all considerably larger titan they bare ever
been before, showing, beyond any doubt, the increasing useful-
ness of the Library. When we take into account the fact that
a larger proportion of the better class of books has been used,
the numbers become more significant. The reading-room
has been used by 1-rger numbers than before ; but it must be
confessed, that the use which has as yet been made of it does
not realize our idea of the best use of such a place. Indeed,
from some cause not fully understood, our readers have not
yet acquired that longing for a quiet place for reading and
study, which the best interests of an intelligent community
like ours would suggest to the scholar or philanthropist. A
year ago it was thou(-lit best to remove the restriction of age
as a condition for enjoyment of the privileges of the reading-
room. A desire to make the Library as useful as possible to
all led to this ; also the fact that the boys and girls less than
sixteen years of age were quite as quiet in their demeanor,
and appeared as much interested in the books, as their elders.
The tables had been extended with the change in the rooms,
and there appeared no verystrong objection to trving the ex-
periment. But the experience of the past year shows that our
room is not large enough, is not ventilated well enough, to con-
tinue this, unless we crowd out those for whom the reading.
room was especially intended. The boys and girls under
sixteen have the public schools for their improvement.
12 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
These might employ all the time which youth of such an age
can devote profitably to study ; and it certainly is not the pur.
pose of such a place as a public library reading room to
furnish amusement. If this were the end proposed, we should
hardly expect to compete successfully with travelling shows
a nd 11 sensations." The Library and reading-room should
supplement the work of the public schools. It should furnish
books, which, from their variety or expensive illustrations,
could not be expected to be even in the hands of the older
pupils. It should furnish the means of extending their
studies in any particular lines, of broadening their views of
life, their knowledge of nature, of the works of man, or of
the character and peculiarities of human societies. There is
DO way in Which the means of this broader culture, this
higher intellectual food, can be furnished to a community as
large as ours so easily or so cheaply, as by a public library
with a public reading-room. The taste, the moral tone, of a
whole community may be raised by the mere preseuce in its
midst of a treasure-house of good hocks illustrated, as the
best books are Dow illustrated, by the brush and graver of
the artist.
But such books should be properly used. Their proper
use requires a comfortable and quiet room. And I am satis-
fied, after a year's trial, that, until our quarters are consider-
ably enlarged, you ought in justice to older readers to ex-
clude boys and girls until they are sixteen years of age ; un-
less, perhaps, when they come with a note from their teachers
or parents, requesting the privilege of looking at particular
works, for some special purpose of instruction. Of course,
all the less expensive books will be accessible to all, by card ;
even to the youngest by the cards of their parents, if the
parents choose to trust them with them, and become responsi-
ble for their proper use and return.
In ,justice to those in charge of the library and reading-
room, it should be considered that the present arrangement
of rooms was not the original one, not the or.e designed by
the trustees. By the first plan, the reading-room and waiting
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LIBRARiANIS REPORT. 13
room were under the eye of the librarian while he was at-
tending to the delivery of the books. -Now both cannot be
attended to at one time. Much of the inconvenience ex-
perienced by those desiring to read or study might be avoided
by keeping a responsible person in the reading-room, but this
would take for this room alone nearly the entire time of an
attendant.
An alphabetical list of the periodicals to be found on the
reading-room tables follows this report.
The number of books issued by slips to readers in the
reading-room in December last was five hundred, and in
January over seven hundred. This, you see, is from twenty
to twenty-six volumes each day. Others for special and brief
examination, while readers were looking up some special
points, have taken a small part of the time of the librarian
or his assistants, a kind of service most pleasing to render
and most useful to be received. There are twenty-four chairs
in this room; these frequently have all been occupied.
That some of tho books most in request here, like the
bound volumes of Harper's Magazine, should be considerably
worn, and sometimes, ill the absence of the attendant, should
be torn, is not surprising. For the proper preservation, ]low-
ever, of the books and periodicals, some additional safe-
guards are required.
On examination of the books on the shelves on Saturday
morning, Feb. 14, all but 573 were found. This number
represents the number in circulation, by actual count; and
this is 8 per cent of the whole number belonging to the Library.
Of LIWAv, there came in before the close of the Librarti- at
nine o'clock, about one-third. At this rate, all the books in
the Library would circulate eight or nine times during the
year. As this is the period of most rapid circulation, the
average could hardly be maintained higher than half of thiq
rate. The entire circulation from Feb. 17, 1873, to Feb. 1 7,
1874, has been 22,81.5, showing the actual circulation for the
past year of each book about three and a half time,;.
The number of books covered during the year has not been
14 LIBP.ARIAN's REPORT.
kept, but will be for the future. You yourselves have wit-
nessed the good condition of the books in this respect, Which
is evidence of a large amount of faithful work on the part of
the assistants.
The Library was opened to the public about five years ago;
and, notwithstanding many of the books have been in con-
stant use, in some cases carelessly used or even abused, and
also many of our books were cheaply bound, you have never
been called upon to discard a book as no longer fit for use.
Many have been re-bound; some several times, it is true. And
the expense for the coming years must be larger than it has
yet been, if the circulation continues as large as at present.
Occasionally a book is returned damaged, sometimes with a
part of a leaf or more gone. Some of these have been re-
paired, others replaced by the borrower.
During the past year there have been changes in the work-
ing force in the Library. Miss M. Agnes Gribble, who had
made herself' very agreeable and useful -.o the frequenters of
the Library, resigned the first of last November, after having
been in the Library a little over a year. The second assistant,
Miss Nelly Bradford, had shown such ability and fitness, for
library work, that she was at once recommended to fill the
vacancy. Since the Library first opened we have always been
extremely fortunate in securing, for assistants in the Library
some of the best home talent as well as most willing hands.
Few know how much work is to be done until they attempt
to do it ; and I can assure you and the town, that the assistants
have always - worked as if working for the good they could
do, and not for the salaries which they receive.
One word in reference to the relation which might exist
between the Library and reading-room, on the one hand, and, on
the other, the various literary societies and clubs or associa-
tions for mutual improvement, of which there are several in
this town. I know that our Library might be of great use to
them all. I know that you would be glad to confer with their
officers, as with any citizen or citizens of the town, in re-
gard to the purchase or use of any particular line of works.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. 15
I know You desire to make this institution as useful as possi.
ble to all seeking to promote the general good. Would it be
worth while to invite by this public report all such officers to
confer at any time with you in regard to their particular
needs, or the class of books or periodicals most useful to them
in their peculiar interests? A public library must be man-
aged for the general good; can never be made the instrument
of any particular society or societies ; but all societies formed
to promote the interests of human progress in any particular
direction or in any particular manner have much in coulmon.
And a body of men constituted as yours is, by annual election
by all qualified to vote in town affairs, is better constituted to
harmonize all special interests for the general good than
would be the officers of any particular society.
And why should any society find it necessary to create or
maintain any special library in a community so small as ours?
Let all unite their forces to make the additions to this Library
double or triple what they have ever been, that the wants
of -,dl may be fully, met.
We have just received copies of the bound public docu-
ments of the State of Massachusetts for the last three years ;
and are in almost daily receipt of the interesting and impor-
tant documents brought to the notice of our representative in
General Court, which any one may see on application to
the librarian. Thus, through the kindness of our present
representative, Mr. S. S. Gleason, the Library is able to offer
its readers many valuable reports, speeches, and other public
documents, almost as soon as published.
We should acknowledge, specially, the receipt of valuable
documents from Jahn Davis, Esq., from the Department of
State at Washington, concerning the Court of .Arbitration at
Geneva and Berlin, and of many volumes franked last June
by ITon. C. C. Este, member of Congress from Framingham.
We hope that our government at Washington will enable our
present representative, Iron. John M. S. Williams, to send his
intended favors.
I should not neglect reminding you of the very handsome
16 LIBRARIANI8 REPORT.
donation of about a hundred pamphlets and a hundred volumes
from our lamented fellow-citizen James Sharp. This was his
last gift to the town. Appended to this report will lie found
a list of donors, alphabetically arranged, with the ❑umber of
papers, pamphlets, or volumes given. Among these are
several others worthy of special mention. Mr. Geo. H.
Chapin has presented two volumes, one of them almost two
hundred years old (1679), —a vellum-bound folio ; and Mr.
Charles J. Barry has given a copy of one of the very first
directories published in this country, and also five rare vol-
umes on educational subjects ; Mr. George R. Snow has given
two volumes of the Carpet-Bag (1851-53), a weekly Boston
journal, noted for its early contributions by 31rs. Partington,
and has also helped to complete our valuable set of the Patent
Office reports ; Dr. C. F. Horne has given the Library the
numbers for several volumes of The E ew England Farmer;
Rev. 1Ir. Abbott has given to the Library ten bound volumes,
and for the reading-room The Watchman and Reflector; Rev.
Nath. Fellowes, The Zion's Herald ; the .American Unitarian
Association, The Christian Register and The Religious
Monthly ; Oliver Ditso❑ & Co., Dwight's Journal of Music-,
and the various publishers enumerated in the list, their
various publications.
All interested in the new inventions which are patented at
Washington will find in the weekly Official Gazette of the
United States Patent Office, received Saturday of each week,
and placed ou the reading-room tables, and in the full official
volumes, published monthly, giving the exact words of the
patents issued,and heliographic representations of the objects
patented, an ever fresh and wonderfully suggestive source
of information. What ambitious young roan with brains, and
the manual dexterity* which comes from the training acquired
in learning a trade, cannot get hints from soave other fertile
brain, that will enable him to contrive some new application
of principles of mechanism already applied, or, by the law of
contraries, to devise something totally new, that will be of
use to himself and the whole country ? What a difference it
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LIBRARIAN'. REPORT. 17
would make with this town if all its young mechanics and
manufacturers found their recreation and pleasure in such
plays of the mind ! Every one capable of taking a wide view
of Human society recognizes the fact, that the great difference
in the progress of different communities is due chiefly to the
different amount of brain-power applied to the ordinary work
of life ; and this depends in a great measure upon the use of
such stimulus as is here put within the reach of all our young
men.
Last summer you tried the experiment of import;ng a few
desirable books from England, with good results. Some fine
editions were secured at comparatively small cost. The dis-
count and absence of duty left, after paying the agent's com-
mission, something in our favor. You would do well to repeat
the experiment whenever there is a considerable number of
English books desired. These can be bound, also, cheaper
and better there.
Among those hiported are the entire works of Roger
Ascham ; the Utopia of Sir Thomas More ; Hooker's
General system of botany, with over five thousand wood-
cut, ; Hemsley's Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and
plants ; Hibberd's New and rare beautiful-leaved plants ;
Huxley's Introduction to the classification of animals ; Lav-
ard's Nineveh and its remains; Fairholt's Costume in Eng-
land, a, history of dress ; Owen's Lectures on invertebrate
anirnals ; and his Vertebrates, in three volumes ; Loudon's
Ennyclopmdia of cottage, f rin, and villa architecture ; Tvii-
dall's Glaciers of the Alps ; Morris's British butterflies, wit],
Plates ; Liibke's History of sculpture, in two volumes, with
many cuts ; those charming books by Bartlett, Tho Nile boat,
Forty days in the desert, Pictures from Sicily, and Gleanings
on the overland route,—the four volumes illustrated with fine
steel engravings ; sand a fine French Avork of colored plates,
giving historical illustrations of ccwtrrmes.
Among the ►►tlier l+r►�,lts ;iald(ld will 1►4 lonncl about one lmn-
1:d volurnes tof the '1'aur,l►nitz i�cliiic►n of English novelists.
Tliege v„lurnes, wrth ru;any af' thc► a published recently in this
18 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
country, are light and Dandy to hold ; and, by their clear and
sharply cut type, present a pleasant page to the eye. What
more rational enjoyment can a man wearied by the May's toil
or turmoil have, than to forget himself in the pleasing society
to which firs. Craik or DlacDonald or Hale or 'Mrs. Whitney
or Bulwer-Lytton or Mrs. Stowe or Howells are ever ready,
by one of these little volumes, to introduce him ?
In travels or descriptive works, you have added the library
of eight volumes, edited by Bayard Taylor ; Richardson's
Wonders of the Yellowstone ; Lake regions of Africa ; The
pearl of the Antilles ; Lane's ;Modern Egyptians, in two well
illustrated volumes ; Whymper's Scrambles among the Alps ;
Davis's Carthage and her remains; Reclus'Ocean, atmosphere,
and life, the cornpai ion of The Earth, and completing the
author's great work on physical geography ; Secretary
Seward's Travels around the world ; Hazard's Santo Da
mingo ; Palliser's Brittany and its by-gays ; Miisgrave*s
Nooks and corners of Old France ; Pike's Sub-tropical
rambles.
Among the biographical works are Thomas's Pronouncing
dictionary of biography and mythology ; G. W. Greene*s Life
of Gen. Greene, in 3 vols. 8vo ; Thornbury's Life of J. 1N1. W.
Turner, in 2 vols. 8vo, — a rare book , J. S. C. Abbott's
Life of Napoleon I., full of life and interest, though partial;
also his Napoleon III. ; Lyman Beecher's Autobiography,
edited by his son Charles ; Life and Works of Benjamin
Franklin, in 10 vols. 8vo ; Jeaffreson's Life of Robert
Stephenson, in 2 vols. ; Bruhn's Life of Alexander l-on Hum-
boldt, 2 vols. ; Masson's Life of Milton, of which three volumes
only have been published.
A very full list of books of general and special interest,
relating to Irish or Scotch biography, history, scenery, cus-
toms and manners, language or literature, may be found under
the Headings Ireland and Scotland in the supplement.
In history, we have the last three volumes of Appleton's
Annual encyclopmdia ; Medical and surgical History of the
war of the rebellion, in two argc 4to volumes ; Drake's His-
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toric fields and mansions of Middlesex, — a late and com-
panion volume of Old landmarks and historic personages of
'Boston ; Lossing's Pictorial history of the civil war in the
United States. Then, as a basis of any genealogical study
of New England families, there is Savage's Genealogical
,dictionary of the first settlers of New England, in 4 vols. ;
and nosy,-by the transfer made by the selectmen, from their
room, we have the Records of the Massachusetts-Bay and
Plymouth Colonies, in sixteen large quarto volumes.
In early church history, we have added Neander's General
history of the Christian church, in 4 vols. 8vo ; Conybeare &
Howson's Life and epistles of St. Paul ; and Pressense;'s Early
years of Christianity.
You have added copies of the Statutes of Mass. and Sup-
plements to the present time ; a copy of Montesquieu's Spirit
of laws ; and would it not be well to add, also, copies of a
few of the leading works on common law, like Blackstone's
and Kent's Commentaries?
Under Natural History will be found a list of titles of some
of the smaller works, which are more attractive to the young,
like those by Adams, H. G.; as well as some of the finer illus-
trated popular works, like Michelet's Bird, or The mountain,
or Nature, or Mangin's )Mysteries of the ocean, or T)uncan's
Tranrsf'ormations of insects, or Guillemin's Forces of nature, or
Morris's History of British butterflies, or Smee',s My garden ;
while the more advanced student will find aid in Cowes's hey
to North American birds ; Chauveau's Comparative anatomy
of domesticated animals ; Flower's Introduction to the oste-
ology of mammalia ; Huxley's Chas�,ification of animal, ; 11iav_
nard's• Naturalist's guide
; Owen's Invertebrata, and his
Vrertehrsates, a very full work in 3 vols. ; Packard's Insects ;
Rolleston's Forms of animal life ; Gould or Hitchcock's Mas-
sachusetts reports; or other Massachusetts and Uuited States
local reports.
Astronomy or botany have not been neglected, as the
stillhlemeut will show. Proctor has several interesting
works ou astronomy ; while Hooker's large. work on botany
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has over five thousand figures to illustrate the text ; and there
is a small new work by Gray, as interesting as any of its
predecessors.
Cranch's Translation of Virgil is good in its way. Cresy's
Encyclopmdia of civil engineering and Gwilt's Encyclopaedia
of architecture are among the later and Inure useful books of
reference on those subjects. The Library was fortunate in
getting its copy of MusGe de Peinture et de Sculpture with
its seven hundred and twenty engravings, with their charm-
ing outlines. Walter Smith's 'Teacliers' manual of freehand
drawing will be of especial value to teachers. All will be glad
to turn the leaves and see the illustrations, while they read
Knight's edition of Shakespeare in 8 vols. large octavo.
Perhaps in no year have you made more valuable additions
to the Library than in the one just closed. That these may
be known, used, and appreciated, is the constant endeavor of
your humble servant,
SOLON F. WHTTNEY, Librarian.
NOTE. — The fourth Supplement to Catalogue, giving list
of books added to the Library during the year ending Fob-
ruary, 1874, will appear in separate cover, and be distributed
at an early day.
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LIST OF DONATIONS OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS.
Names. Papers. ramph. Boun
olsa
Abbott, Rev. G. S.. .. .... . ... . ... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 49 10
Agriculture, Department of, Washington. . . .... ... . I
Agriculture, Alassachusetts Board of. . .. ... . ... .. .. I
American Peace Society.. . ... .... ... ... . . ... .... . 12
American Unitarian Association.... .... .. .. .. . .... 52 12
Bailey, John J., St. Louis..... .. .... . ... . ... . .... 2
Ban•y, Charles J.. ... .. ... ... .... .... . . .. ... . ... . 7
Bird, Joseph .. . . .... . ... ....... . ... . .. . . .. . ... . . 1 1
Boston Public Library. ...... .... ....... . ... . .. . . 6
Bradlee, firs. D F... .. ........ ........ .. .. .... .. 10
Bradlee, John E. . . .. .. ........ ........ .......... 6
Brookline Public Library... ............ .... ...... I
Chapin, Georg-e 11... .... . ............. ....... .... 2
Charlestown Public Library...... .... .. . ... . . .. . .. I
Cincinnati Public Librar!.... .... . .. .... . .. . . ..... 1
Crafts, Joseph. . . .. . . .... . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . . . . . . 35 4
Davis, .John,Washington, D. C... . ... . . ... . . . . . . .. 1 9
Dit+on,Oliver & Co., " Dwight's Journal of :Music.". 25
Edwards, H. J.,Esy... . .. . . .. .. . . .. . . ... . .... .. . . 4 1
EFty, Hon. C. C., of Framingham. ... . . . . . . .. .. .. . 17
Fall River Public Library .. . ... . .... . ... . .... ... . . 1
Fellows, Rev. Nathaniel, "Zion's herald.". . . . . .. . . 43
Flint, Charles L., Sec. of Mass. Board of Agr. . . . . . . 2 3
Flint, David B.. ... . ... .. ....... . .... ........ . . . . 1
Gleason, S. S.. . ... .. ..... ... .... . ... .... . .. . . . . . 78 2
G'orely, Charles P.. . .. . . . .. . .... . .... . .. . . .. . . . . . 1
Holton Public Library, Brighton.. .... . .... . .. . . . . . 2
Borne, C. F... . .... . . .. . .... . . .... .. .. ... . . . . . .. 142 3
Hosmer, Alfred, M. 1). .... .. . .. . . ... . . .. . . .. . . . . . 7 2
Itowarrl, Mfrs. W. II.. . .. . . .. . . . ... . .. . . .. . . .. . . . . u
Krrtrinll, John II... . . .. . . . .. . .. . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 1
LanCNAter Library Com►nittce.. . . .. . .... . . . . . .. . .. . 1
Manchester Libra+ry. ..... . .. . . .. . .... . ... . ... . . . .
Jl: reh, George N... .... . . . . . .... . ... . . .. . . . . . . . . .
Ma4-ichusetts Boarri of Education. .... .. . . ... . . . .. 3 1
AlIseachusett_s Society for Prevention of Cruelty to
Aninials, "Our Dumb Animals "... ... . . .. . . .. 13
MasRarhusetty state Board of health. .. .... . . .. . . . . 1
Aleacham, Aliss Mary A... .. .. . . . . . . .. . . .. . ... . . . . 2
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Names. Papers. Pamph. 11,,nnd
Vu1u.
Medford Library.. .. .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
New Bedford Public Library. . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Newton Public Library.. . . .. ....... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Nordstrom, Mrs. C. N. . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 1
Peabody Institute. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. ... .. .. . . . . . . .. 2
Poole, Charles A.. . . .. . . . . . .. .. . .... ... .... . .. . .. 36
Providence Athen.Tum. . . . . . . .... .. . . . .... . .. .. ... 1
Richardson, Mrs. Dr, Samuel. . . .. . . . .. ........... 12
Seventh-Day Adventist Tract Society.. .. .. ....... . 1
Sharp, James. . . .. .. . .. . ... . . .. . . . .. . .. .. ... . . ... 119 99
Snow, Geo. K. . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . .. . .... . .. . .. 14
Somerville Public Library. . . .. . . ... . . .. . .... . .. ... 1
State, Department of, at Washington.. ..... .. . .. .. . 5
State of Massachusetts. . . ... .. .. . . .. .. . .. ... .. .. . 2 21
Stiles, William L.. . . .. . . . .. ..... .. . . . .. ..... .. .. . 18
Stocking A. C.. . . . .. .. .. . ... . .. . . . .... . .. ..... . . . I
Townsend, Rev. L. T.. . . .. . . . .. .. .. . . .. . ... .. .. .. I
Underwood, General'A. B . . . . .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .... . . 1
Unknown. . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . ... . .. . .. .. . . ..... . . 5
United States Patent Office, Washington... .... . ... 1
Wakefield Public Library.. . . . .. . . .. . .. .. ... .... . . I
Waltham Public Library. . . .. . . .. .. ... ....... .. .. 1
White, Smith, & Perry, C° The Folio..... . .... ... .. . 12
Whitney, Rev. F. A.. . . . .. . .. . . ..... ... . .. ... . . . . 1
Whitney, Solon F.. . . . .. .. .. . .. ..... .... ......... 96 46
Woburn Public I.ibrary. . . . .. . .... .. .. ........ .. . . 1
Worcester Public Library.. . . .. ..... . . ... .. ..... . 1
LIST OF PERIODICALS ON THE TABLES OF THE
READING-ROOM.
Advocate of peace, The --Horticulturist, The
Agriculturist, The Journal of chemistry.
'�_imencan naturalist. Littell's living age.
Appleton's journal. -London quarterly.
Atlantic, The Massachusetts teacher.
-Bibliothcca sacra. -Nation, The
British (luarterly. North American review.
Chambers' journal. Official gazette of the U. S.patent office.
Cbristian register. Old and ne%v.
'- ontemporary review. Our dumb animals.
Dwight's journal of music. Overland monthly,
Eclectic magazine. Popular science monthly.
'� -Edinhurgh review. Punch.
Educational monthly. ]Religious magazine
1:very Saturday. St. Nicholas.
Folio, The Scientific American.
Galaxy, The Scrihner's monthly.
Good words. `Watchman and reflector.
IlalF hour recreations in popular science.-Westminster review.
1larper's magazine. Zion's herald.
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INDEX.
AUDITOR's REPORT. Pkrg
Almshouse Account 10
Almshouse, Inventory of 45
Almshouse, Report of Overseers of 77
Assessors' Report. 8
Assets 49
Borrowed Money . 41
Bridges and Culverts Account 28
By-Laws 97
Cemetery Account 27
Collector's Report 10
Collector's Report, 1871 9
Contingent Account 36
Dogs, concerning 62
Expenses, per estimate . 48
Fire Department, Account of 22
Fire Department, Engineer's Report 83
Highways, Account of 29
Highways Report o Surveyors 74
High-School House, Report of Building Committcc o! . 95
lllsuranee Account 32, 53
Interest on 'town Debt 35
Jurymen, List n-1 54
Library Account 27
Police Account 26
Registrar's Report 55
Reservoirs 31
Salaries 32
School Expenses 15
Selectmen, Report of 63
Sidewalks 27
State Aid 28
State Tax 25
Streets, Superintendent's Report 73
Tax (Synopsis of) from 1820 to 1873 51
Town llebt 46
Town Grant . 6
Town Officers, List of 3
Town Property, Valuation 49
Town Warrant 106
Treasurer, Rep(V-t of 44
SCHOOL COMMITTEE's REPORT.
REPORT or IliuiLDING COMMITTEE.
LjDRAItY, TRUSTEES AND LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.