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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE OFFICERS OF THE
TOWN OF WATERTOWN,
FOR Tlik
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YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1890.
WATERTOWN :
FRED. G. BARKER, PRINTER, ,
1890.
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POPULATION,
The whole number of in of Watertown, per State
Census of iSk, was 6238. Males, 3ooq, females, 3234•
TOWN OFFICERS, 1889.
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Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Appraisers.
EDWARD F. POR'i'ER, ITIRA31 D. SKINNER,
HORACE W. OTIS.
Toton Clerk.
WILLIAM 1I. INGRAH A31.
Toton Treasurer.
JOHN K. STICKNEI.
Assessors.
WILLIAM H. INGRAHAM, Chairman. SAMUEL S.GLEASON,
WILLIA E. FARWELL, Clerk.
School Committee.
JULIAN A. MEAD, Chairman, Term expires lurch, 1892.
RUTH A. BRADFORD, °i it " 1892.
CHAS. W. STONE, Clerk, 44 it 44 1891.
CHAS. S. ENSIGN, L° C° 14 1891.
JOSHUA C. STONE, 'L it °' 1890.
JAMES D. MONAHAN, 4• « '6 1890.
Collector of Taxes.
WILLIAM• E. F ARI EI L.
Auditor. • '
HOW ARD RUSSELL.
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Curator of the Town Clock.
GEORGE H. TARLTON.
Constables.
GEORGE PARKER, EZRUM V. HOWARD,
DANIEL H. COONEY.
Fl°nce Viewers.
GEORGE PARKER, LUTHER BENT, Jl
THOMAS H. WICKS.
Superintendent of Streets.
THOMAS G. BANKS.
Trustees of Free Public Library.
CHARLES S. ENSIGN, Chairman, 'Perm expires 1890.
CHARLES BRIGHAM, it 1892.
GEORGE E. PRIEST, is C6 1892.
REV. R. P. STACIi, 4,41891.
EDWARD E. ALLEN, " L4 1891.
A. 0. DAVIDSON, " 44 1890.
Board of Health.
GEORGE A. 'POWER, F. E. CRAWFORD,
H. A. PHILBROOK.
Chosen by Nomination at Large.
Field Drivers.
GEORGE PARKER, EZRUM V. HOWARD,
DANIEL H. COONEY, JAMES MCLAUGHLIN,
S. ALBERT GREGG, JOHN D. LYONS.
Officers Appointed by Selectmen.
Begular Police.
GEORGE PARKER, EZRUM V. HOWARD,
DANIEL COONEY. THOS. F. LYONS,
JAM E,S F. BUR.KE, *IANI?S A. SHAW.
*Appointed Oct.14,ISS9.
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Special Police, with pay when on duly.
*LINUS A. SHAW, JOHN H. HOLT,
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN, HERBERT A. PHILBROOK,
C.L. NYE, tC. A. BEDELL,
J. D. EVANS, A. J. SHIPTON,
FRANK H. DRAKE. FRANK H. CALLAHAN,
JOHN MOORE, WILLIAM H.ELLISON,
W. A. LAMB, C. W. BERRY.
Special Police without pay.
FRANKLIN C. HATCH, CARLETON A. TRUNDY,
$J. M.DAY, *J. C. GEORGIE,
$RUFUS F. DOWNES, $J. G. PARKER.
Keeper of Lockup, and Janitor of Town Hall.
JOHN H. HOLT.
Inspector of Oil.
ROBERT L. DAVIS.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
GEORGE H. GREGG.
Meaburers of 11"ood and Bark.
HARRY E. DADMUN, WILLIAM H.PERKINS,
JOHN J. GAVIN, WILLIAM H. PEVEAR.
Almoner.
GEORGE F. ROBINSON.
Measurers of Brain.
WILLIAM H. PERKINS, JA31ES W. MAGEE.
Public Weigher and Superintendent of Town Scales.
§THOMAS L. PATTEN.
*Appointed to regular force,Oct.14,1889.
t Resigned.
$All of Cambridge.
I Resigned,and D.J.Mahoney appointed.
b TOWN OFFICERS.
Weighers of Coal, Hay and Live Stock.
31ICHAEL HAMROCK, WILLIAM P. HARRIS,
WALDO A. LEARNED, JOHN J. GAVIN,
HARRY E. DADMUN, AVM. H. PEVEAR,
JAMES H. FLAGG.
Keeper of Almshouse and Pound.
JOHN REED.
Board of Engineers and Forest Fire Wards. f
JOHN ADDISON YORK, JOHN F. REAGAN,
PEREZ SHURTLEFF.
Superintendent of Cemeteries.
AIXXANDER GREGG.
Town Physician.
GEORGE A. TOWER, M.D.
Registrars of Voters.
0. W.DIMICK, Chairman, WILLIAM IT. INGRAHAM, Clerk,
WILLIAM C. FOLEY, CORNELIUS D. REAGAN.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The year 1889 has been one of unusual activity in town affairs.
It commenced with increased appropriations, and it was decided
also to pay for the various objects contemplated, by the taxes of
the year, which caused the rate of taxation to remain at so high a
figure, that when understood by the presentation of the tax bill to
the citizen, it was the occasion of criticism, and, as is quite
natural, will be followed possibly by reducing unreasonably
appropriations for the current necessities for another year. We
think iC preferable to maintain as near as practicable an even tax
rate, covering all that is properly current expenses of the various
departments in the town, but when improvements and expendi-
tures are required, which in their nature and design are to be
permanent, needing not to be repeated or repaired for a term of
years, and which others, our successors, are to share the benefit
of, the cost of them might be borrowed and made payable in part
every year, or in the manner hitherto practised in the town, a fair
proportion of the whole debt being raised and paid each year, and
an even and uniform practice of doing this would give stability
to town affairs which would be more satisfactory, and meet with
better results than a fluctuating and ever-varying tax rate.
The new and increasing demands of the town for the better ,wM
convenience of its citizens, and the development of its natural
advantages for business and building (already attracting consid-
erable attention) require a broad .and liberal foresight which shall
be alert to all possible requirements and opportunities to improve
these advantages and facilities.
Among the many things which have more than usually occu-
pied our time and attention, it may be proper to mention the
following: The widening of Irving street; the laying out and
making the extension of School street; the hearings and location
of the Newton Electric Street Railroad ; the building of a large
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drain through North Beacon and Irving streets, and consultation
with the Fitchburg Railroad to continue it through their land
(which has been done), with proper arrangement for connections
when needed, and rights granted to extend towards Phillips, Par-
ker, Chester, Otis, and Washburn streets.
We believe the work already done by the railroad, and the pro-
jected work is much more valuable to the town, than the sum
they were requested to pay towards the costs of the drain.
They have also been requested to consider the question of
removing the Cattle Yards to another locality, which we believe
will be done in the near future.
The Soldiers' Monument, so long deferred, is completed and
placed in a desirable position, yet needing more complete grading
and arrangement of the lot ; the design and execution is highly
satisfactory to the people, and reflects their appreciation of the
heroic services of those whom it commemorates, as well as the
remembrance of respectful gratitude to those who still remain to
participate in the battles of life.
The occasion of its dedication, October 31st, was indeed a
memorable day; all persons, young and old, seemed equally
united in respectful cognizance of the obligation we are under to
those"ho, through such labor and sacrifice, preserved the Union.
The further mention of the day and its memories are given in
pamphlet form, with ceremonies and oration as they transpired.
The only regret which was felt by gill was, that no place of suf-
ficient capacity to convene the people could be had, and many
wishes for a capacious Town Hall were expressed.
The new ballot law, which went into effect in the fall, required
considerable labor and attention, but gave general satisfaction in
its operation. Possibly the voting could all be done in two pre-
cincts; the expense of precincts and method of voting are shown
under the head of contingents, as also the cost incurred in the
dedicatory services of the monument.
The bridges leading to Brighton have both needed unusual
repairs, which have overrun the appropriation for that item.
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The call for new sidewalks and the repairs of old ones is also a
pressing need, which should have a larger expenditure.
The removing of stone pavement on Main street, which the
town ordered, has been effected, the street raised and crowned,
and rebuilt with Macadam in a very substantial manner.
The project of widening the street along the east side being
mentioned to those about to build a costly, substantial block on
the corner of Spring street, they with commendable public spirit,
set back their building in apparent confidence that the town in*
due time would widen the street and reimburse them for the land
thus left to public use.
All these unusual and costly outgoes have been accomplished
with a very small excess over the various sums estimated for them,
and except for t'he unusual amount of rainfall which caused delay
and expense. especially in building the drain (which was done
mostly by day labor from the town), there would have been an
aggregate saving of several hundred dollars from the estimates.
There has come to our attention the fact of much uncertainty
about the correct line of the town in some of its streets, ways,
landings, etc. We therefore recommend that the incoming
Board of Selectmen be instructed and authorized to employ
a competent engineer to ascertain the true lines and boundaries
of all such uncertain places and report the same as early as prac-
ticable, the cost of which to be paid frorn contingent.
The question of gravel for highways has been under considera-
tion by a committee of the town, and a recent report gives their
opinion on the subject, in which we concur. The streets of the
town have been subjected to unusual wear and washings by the
excess of rain, and we think there will be needed increased ex-
penditures the coming year. The report of the Superintendent
will further elucidate the work and necessities of that department,
which should receive close attention with earnest and liberal sup-
port.
There have been two other new streets laid out and accepted
by the town, viz: Prentice street, from Mt. Auburn street to Bel-
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mont, and Coolidge Hill street from Arlington street to stone
bound, with probability of extension to Grove street at an early
date. The town has accepted the Act called the 11 Betterment
Act," and the School street extension was laid out and built un-
*der that Act, the who cost of which, including land damages is
$S,o14.a9- We have assessed upon the estates through which it
passed and which it benefitted, the sum of $6,514, leaving the
• town to pay $1,500.29 as its share of the cost, for the advantages
derived from it.
Should this policy of laying out and widening streets be deemed
wise (and if judiciously done, we think it will be), there are other
localities where public convenience would be served, and private
property enhanced in value, which could reasonably bear a pro-
portionate, if not the whole cost of the laying out and building.
The petition for removing the tracks of the horse railroad from
the side of Mt. Auburn street to the centre of the street from near
Bailey road to the Mt. Auburn bridge was early in the year con-
sidered by the Board, but the action was deferred because of the
understanding that the railroad desired, as soon as practicable for
them, to run on this route by the electric system, and if location
was given they would lay a double track the whole distance. In
view of such It probability and the widening of Mt. Auburn street
to a uniform width sufficient to admit of such double track, con-
structed in a similar manner as on Beacon street, Brookline, has
caused us to allow the matter to remain open. Meantime the
preparation for reaching Mt. Auburn by electric cars from Har-
d'ard Square has been going on ; Brattle street in Cambridge has
been widened towards the Cemetery, and it is expected that early
in the season electric power will be employed to that point.
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When that is clone, we believe the time will have fully come to
press the widening and double track on Mt. Auburn street as
above indicated.
STREET LIGHTING.
The street lighting has been considerably interrupted, owing
chiefly to the moving of the electric plant from Newtonville to
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the Gas Company's location on Water street, so that for nearly
the whole year there has not been a light added, or an oil light
supplanted, as they soon will be by the electric incandescent,
affording much increased light with but little more cost.
We have only a provisional contract with the Newton & Wa-
tertown Gas Light Co. for street lights in the town, the price
being the same per light as in Newton, the conditions in some.
respects being a little different and full as favorable on the whole,
we consider the terms and prices very reasonable, and the streets
much better lighted than ever before. The poles, fixtures, lights,
etc., belong to the company.
No. Lights Feb. 1st, 7 Arc Lights at $1ou.00 per year.
172 Incandescent, 13.50 46
36 Gas, 12.00
9I Oil, 10.50
By March 1st the above number will be considerably increased.
CEMETERIES.
Mr. Alexander Gregg has had the care of them another year,
and we hope may continue to have for many years to come ; be-
lieving that he makes the best use possible of the amount appro-
priated by the town.
BATH HOUSE.
Has been in charge of Special Officer C. L. Nye, who has per-
formed his duties in a satisfactory manner. It was open three-
months, from June 15th to September 15th.
Number of bathers, 4,790—Boys, 4,627. Men, 163.
WATER.
The Water Company have extended water pipes on the follow-
ing streets, as petitioned for by the citizens: —
Arlington Street.—From Mt. Auburn to Belmont, and from
Elm to Arsenal.
Arsenal Street. —From Sand Hill to opposite Carpet Lining.
Factory.
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Common Street.—From Orchard to Common street Place.
Coolidge•Hill Street. —From Arlington to end of street.
Putting in eighteen hydrants, making in all to date, I97. We
are of the opinion of all our predecessors since the water was
introduced, that economy and good management of the town
aflalrs requires the purchase and control of the Watertown Water
Supply Company.
POLICE.
This department has undergone some changes during the year,
necessitated by action on petition of the citizens of the town, and
of the serious illness of Officer Howard.
Officer George Parker, on account of his long and faithful
services of twenty-five years, was transferred to day duty.
Officer E. V. Howard was appointed Chief of Police, but was
unable to do duty after the middle of July, on account of severe
sickness, from which he has not yet recovered.
We exceedingly regret the loss to the town of his long and
valuable experience as an officer on the force.
Special Officer L. A. Shaw has been appointed a regular offi-
cer.
Number of arrests, r38.
LIQUOR CASKS.
Searches made, IS. Convictions. Io.
Liquors found, I I. Fines, 7.
Seizures and Complaints, 12. House of Correction, 3-
Acquitted, 4. Left Town, I.
In view of the fact that the two oldest officers in the town have
been partially disabled, so that one asked to be relieved from night
service (which has been granted), and the other of]duty since
July last, from sickness, we call attention to their extended and
faithful service, which should invoke the earnest consideration of
the town, in some substantial manner, either by pension on retire-
ment from age, or disability caused by, or in service,or by award
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of some amount commensurate with the term and experience of
the officer, or by offering a sum equivalent to the amount that all
the officers will leave with the treasurer, of their monthly pay,
which may soon become a sufficient fund for permanent relief.
Chapter 437, Acts 1889, renders void Article 7, Section 26, of
Town By-Laws, which should be amended.
TOWN IIALL.
We think most of the citizens of the town have become con-
vinced of the necessity of taking some action which will result in
a new Town Hall; and we would recommend that the same
committee who have had the matter in charge, be continued and
authorized to carry out the recommendations of the report made
to the town.
METROPOLITAN SEWER.
The last legislature passed an Act, Chapter 4392 to provide for
building, maintenance and operation of a system of sewerage
disposal for the Mystic and Charles River valleys. The Act pro-
vides for a commission to have charge of the construction (which
has already been appointed). It also authorizes the expense of
building it by the issuing of State Scrip, to run forty years, and
for commissioners to be appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court
every five years to apportion the cost to the several cities and
towns situated in these valleys, to be paid as a state tax annually.
We call attention to the subject, which has been more or less
agitated for some years, as having assumed form and authority,
which will possibly during the year ensuing require some action
of the town, to provide for their share of the cost, if not to enter
upon the construction of sewers preparatoty to utilizing the main
sewer when ready.
TOWN RECORDS.
TheOubject of having the old records of the town printed has
been under consideration, and in compliance with the instruction
given us, we have had two meetings with officials of Waltham,
Weston and Belmont.
They deemed it quite important to preserve the records by
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printing them, and their conclusions were, that it was expedient
-to have printed 250 copies— which would be in three books of
record and one book of births, marriages and deaths—of the
records dating from the first, 1630 to 1738, the date of incorpora-
tion of Waltham, that the expense would probably be about
$2,600 for copying and printing, and that each of the towns and
the city be requested to appropriate $650 for that purpose.
NORUMBEGA.
An event of unusual interest occurred in November last, it being
a visit of members of the American Geographical Society in com-
pany with members of Watertown Historical Society, who held a
meeting in the Town Hall in commemoration of the finishing of
the Norse Tower, which has been erected in Weston, near the
Cambridge dam at the mouth of Stony Brook. Prof. E. N.
Horsford, of Cambridge, has been engaged for some years in
investigating the subject of the landing and work of the Norse-
men, centuries before the discovery of this continent by Columbus,
.and has settled the location, with great confidence to himself, and
with evidences which challenge the support of other great students
of the event, like Judge Daly, President of the American Geo-
graphical Society, who accepts the discovery as settling the ques-
tion of locality. The subject is especially interesting to Water-
town (which formerly extended above where the tower stands),
as being the locality where traces of Norsemen are found, and
where they lived and labored, gathering fish, fur, and Masur
wood during the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The
latest Norse ship returned to Iceland in 1347• Certainly, here is
occasion and incentive for profound study and research sufficient
for the enthusiast and enquirers for antiquity near home.
EDWARD F. PORTER, Selectmen.
HORACE W. OTIS, of
HIRAM D. SKINNER, Wateilown.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
In submitting this, our report for another year, it is satisfactory
to be able to state that there has been in this department during
the past year, no call for any unusual expenditure. The new
almshouse has proved ample for all demands made upon it, and
will, doubtless, be equal to the needs of our growing town for
many years to come.
It is much to be desired that the town might be relieved from
the support of one class of persons, who, by means of a legal set-
tlement in the town avail themselves of the almshouse as a home.
This class consists of able-bodied persons whose families are filly
able to support them, but neglect or refuse to do so because of the
unpleasantness of associating with them, usually because of their
:utemperate habits. However burdensome or unpleasant the
individual may become, the duty to support him or her rests upon
the family, when able, rather than upon the town.
The town farm tinder its present management has steadily
increased in productiveness during the past throe years. Though
ryre remunerative this year than last, as will be seen from the
account added below, much remains for the future to bring the
farm to that state of cultivation of which it is capable. There
have been during the year seventy-five loads of manure brought
frc•n outside places, which amount added to that produced on
the farm itself will insure still better returns for the coming sea-
son.
The following statement will show expenditures and income
on the farm for the past year:—
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TO fVN FARM.
EXPENDITURES.
For manure, farming tools, seeds, etc., $198 75
<< labor, 229 72
44 supplies for house, 18l 72-
$610 19.
RECEIPTS.
By sale of produce, $11040 59
<< furniture of old house, 22 00
wood of old house, 15 00
$1,077 59
610 19
Balance, $467 40
The produce, above what has been used in the house and barn,
has been sold in Boston for cash. After paying for labor em-
ployed and materials used, the balance is turned into the town
treasury.
Mr. John J. Reed has been in charge of the almshouse during
the year, and Mrs. Reed has acted as matron.
Dr. G. A. Tower has served his third term as town physician.
Mr. G. F. Robinson has been continued as almoner.
Inmates of the Almshouse for the .Entire Year.
Name. Age.
Gerry Hager, 6o years.
Samuel Bacon, 74 "
William Bond, 65
Cyrenus Bates, 86 "J
John Welsh, 78"' "
Michael Welsh, 64 "
Abraham Johnson, 69 "
Charles Walker, 36
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Name. Age.
Catherine Fagen, 71 years.
Elizabeth Swan, 59 "
Harriet Lawler, 46 44
Bridget Harrigan, 63 , cc
Maria Manning, 61
For a Portion of the Year.
Charles Doughty; 54 years.
Maurice Galvin, 64 'c
Patrick Loftis, 56 cc
Malcolm Ellison, 75 «
Jerry Colbert, 84 'c
Martin Ferdin, 55 cc
Lucy Skinner, 27
Katie Coons, 43 "
Teresa Cosgrove, 39 "
cy Moore, 31
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orcester Insane Asylum.
Anolia Ford.
Westboro Insane Asylum.
Samuel McMaster.
�,.•�.� State Almshouse.
Harriet L. Butterfield.
EDWARD F. PORTER, Overseers
HIRAM D. SKINNER, ) of the Poor.
HORACE W. OTIS,
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APPRAISEMENT.
Live stock, furniture, and provisions at almshouse, $4411 70
Pertaining to and used on highways, 4,138 25
$8,549 95
For items of both accounts, see appraisal on books in Town
Clerk's office.
EDWARD F. PORTER, Selectmen
HIRAM D. SKINNER, of
HORACE W. OTIS, Watertown
VALUATION OF TOWN PROPERTY. 19
SCHEDULE AND VALUATION OF TOWN
PROPERTY.
Town Farm.
New almshouse, $12,000 00
.3i j acres of land, i6,000 oo
Buildings on the same, as follows, viz:
Shed, 400 00
Barn, 2,500 00
Hospital, 1'000 00
$31,900 00
Personal Property,as per appraisement, $4,411 70
Used on roads, 4,138 25
$8,549 95
Town House and Land and Engine House.
a 2,92o feet of land, 6o cents, $7,752 00
Town-house and engine-house, 20,000 00
Furniture in town-house, including
heating apparatus, 2.i0o 00
$30,252 00
i' Phillifis (High) Schoolhouse.
57,010 feet of land, $7,000 00
Haigh schoolhouse and furniture, 23.000 00
-- $30,000 00
Ph, osophical apparatus, $i.50o 00
,Library and piano, 500 00
$2,000 00
Carried forward, $102,701 95
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Brought forward, $IO2,701 95
Francis (Centre) Schoolhouse.
15,318 feet of land, $3,500 00
Schoolhouse and furniture, 6,500 00
Piano, 150 00
101150 00
Coolidge (East) Schoolhouse.
27,378 feet of land, $1,300 00
Schoolhouse and furniture, 7,000 00
Piano, 150 00
Engine House, 500 00
— $8,95o 00
Sfiring- ( West) Schoolhouse.
2I,500 feet of land, $1,400 00
Schoolhouse and furniture, 9,000 00
Piano, 150 00
10,S50 00
New West Schoolhouse.
48,120 feet of land, $1,500 00
Schoolhouse and furniture, 5,000 00
6.500 00
Parker(South) Schoolhouse.
11,830 feet of land at 15 cents per foot, $1,775 00
Gleason land, adjoining, 4,000 00
Schoolhouse and furniture, 6,000 0o T
Piano, 150 00
11,925 00
Lowell Schoolhouse.
15,648 feet of land, $450 00
Schoolhouse and furniture, 3,000 00
3,450 00
Carried forward, $154,226 95
VALUATION OF TOWN PROPERTY. 21
Brought forward, $154,zz6 95
Grant Schoolhouse.
34,000 feet of land, $4,000 00
Schoolhouse and and furniture, 12,500 00
— 16,500 00
Apparatus Used by Fire Department.
Steam fire engine and hose carriage, $3,375 00
Six horses for engine and hose carriage, 1,200 00
Hose, harnesses and furniture, 2,000 00
Hook and ladder truck, boo oo
Bangor ladder, 125 00
Four hose carriages, 200 00
Tender-wagon, pung and equipment, 300 00
Hose-wagon, 440 00
8,240 00
Public .Library.
Land, $10,000 00
Building and improvements, 20.000 00
Library and furniture, 1S,000 00
48,000 00
'Miscellaneous.
Iron safe at Town Treasurer's, 40 00
Hay-scales, 125 00
Gravel bank on Bacon Hill, 1 2-5 acres of land, 1,800 o0
Titcomb land, 22,000 00
Bath house, 700 00
z4o Iron Posts with Lanterns, i,68o oo
Total valuation of town property, $253,311 95
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]REPORT OF THE SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
GENTLEMEN, —I respectfully submit for your consideration the
report of the doings of the Highway Department for the year 1889.
Crushed stones have been put on the following streets:—Ar-
senal street, from foot of Clay Hill to nearly opposite the
freight station of the Fitchburg Railroad Co., 1,375 feet long, 36
feet wide, 6 inches deep, average. Main street, to replace old
paving, Spring street, Galen and Mt. Auburn streets, using3,a3o.
tons.
Gravel has been put on the following streets: —Arsenal, Ar
lington, Boyd, Church, Cuba, Fayette, Franklin, Garfield, Grove,
Green, Irving, Orchard, Morse, Pleasant, Parker, Phillips, Riv-
erside, School, Spring, Water, White's Avenue, Watertown,
Waltham, Walnut, Whitney, Winter-twenty-six streets, using
1,428 two-horse loads.
Also, sidewalks on the following streets:—No. Beacon, Cuba,
Forrest, Franklin, Green, Garnet, Howard, Morse, Main, Mt.
Auburn, Pleasant, Summer, Spring, Water, White's Avenue,
Riverside, using 7,76 two-horse loads, a total of 1,704 loads.
MAIN STREET.
There is about 1,000 feet of this street between Waltham line
and the railroad bridge that should be covered with crushed_..
stones, which will put it in good condition from Waltham line to
the Square. The town appropriated $1,500 to remove the cobble
paving and Macadamize the same. This work has been done by
the Highway Department.
MOUNT AUBURN STREET.
This street has had but little work done upon it the pAst year,
owing to the uncertainty in regard to the removing of the horse
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car track to the middle of- the street. If it is decided not to re-
move the tracks this year, then it will be necessary to cover with
crushed stones that part between Bailey road and the estate of
George Frazier, as it is badly worn in many places.
IRVING STREET.
This street has been widened in accordance with a vote of the
town, and with its long line of edgestones and new concrete side-
walks, it snakes one of the finest streets in town.
NORTH BEACON STREET.
This street, from the Square to Irving street, has been dug up
for the purpose of constructing a brick drain, which was finished
so late in the season that it was not thought best to re-grade until
spring.
As I stated in my report last year, this street, from oppositethe
residence of John E. Cassidy to the draw bridge should have
crushed stones put on nearly the whole distance.
ARSENAL. STREET.
This street is not in as good condition as it should be. In con-
sequence of the very heavy teaming which passes over it daily,
the"wear on it is much greater than on any other street in town.
The appropriation made for the Highway Department will not
warrant a yearly outlay to keep it in necessary repair. Some
portions of it have been covered with crushed stones every year,
but not enough to keep it in proper condition.
DRAIN PIPE.
The six-inch drain pipe on Fayette street was found to be en-
1-irely filled up, and 424 feet of it was taken up, cleaned out, and
relaid. Also, twenty feet of new six-inch pipe was put in on
School street near Belmont street, and seventy-four feet of new
six-inch pipe used to connect with the new catch basin at corner
of Mt. Auburn and Irving streets.
24 REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS.
PAVED GUTTERS.
These have been laid on Russell avenue 8o9 feet long, 2j feet
wide; on Common srreet, 273 feet long, 4 feet wide ; on Fayette
street, 74 feet long, 2j feet wide ; on Galen street,.56o feet long,
3 feet wide, making a total of I,716 feet of paved gutters laid this
year.
In 1887, paved on Spring and Mt. Auburn streets, 775 feet.
z888, " Riverside, Summer, Mt. Au-
burn and Garfield streets, Sao feet.
1889, paved as above, I,716
Making a total in three years of 3,311 feet.
The stone used in this work was nearly all taken from the town
pit and Main street.
BRIDGES AND CULVERTS
The bridge on North Beacon street has been replanked and put
in good condition. The culvert from Walnut street near the
hotel stable to Arsenal street was found to be almost entirely filled
up. This has been cleaned out and relieves the lower part of
Walnut street through Cassidy's brook.
WATERING STREETS.
The town appropriated $600 for this purpose. The West End
Railroad Co. gave $50, and private subscriptions collected by
Officer Parker amounted to $331, making a total of $981.
Paid P. J. Kelly, labor, 4 horses and 2 men, $421. Highway
Department, $16o. Watertown Water Supply CO., $400. To-
tal, $981.
The limit arranged by the Board of Fire Engineers for the - -
drivers on watering carts have been carefully and promptly cov-
ered by them, and their work performed in a very satisfacto�..
manner, as is always their way of doing this work. //
SWILL AND ASIiES.
The expense of collecting swill, ashes and garbage must neces-
sarily increase with the increase of population. The number of
REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS. 25
new houses erected each year calls for more labor and expense of
collecting. The swill is sold to the town for $75 per year. This
work has been done by the Highway Department by license from
:the Board of Health.
HIGHWAY PROPERTY.
The only change in the property of this department has been
-the selling of the old black mare, Fanny, and a tip cart to Mr.
John O'Brien for $85, and the sending of the brown mare (Fan-
ny's mate), to Brighton on account of permanent lameness.
April 3d we purchased a pair of brown horses five years old.
'The price paid was $550, which was taken from the Highway
Appropriation. They have proved very satisfactory.
All the tools, carts, harnesses, etc., will be found in good con-
,dition.
My thanks are due the regular police officers for their prompt-
ness in reporting any dangerous or bad places in the streets or
.sidewalks found by them in the regular discharge of their duties.
While the work of removing the paving from Main street was
going on the writer became satisfied that the number of teams
passing on Main street between Sullivan's drug stole and Spring
street was very large ; consequently, on Tuesday, September 24th,
Officer Charles Nye was posted in front of the Enterprise office
at 7 o'clock, A. m. and remained till 7 o'clock, P. m., keeping an
•exact account of the number of teams, with the following result:
1,531 one-horse ; 403 two-horse ; 55 three-horse ; and zz four-
horse. A total Of 2,011 teams in twelve hours.
The snow ploughs have been used only twice at the time of
►vriting this report, February 6th. Sand on sidewalks twice.
Unexpended balance, $5.62.
The very*open, mild weather this winter, with frequent rains,
and freezing and thawing, will call for a larger appropriation than
usual. I recommend the sum Of $15,000 be appropriated for
Highways and Drainage.
Respectfully submitted.
THOMAS G. BANKS,
Surveyor of Highways.
2
26 REPORT OF TOWN IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.
REPORT OF THE TOWN IMPROVEMENT
SOCIETY.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:—
GENTLEaMEN,—In accordance with the vote of the Town, the
Watertown Improvement Society submits for your consideration
its Annual Report.
The treasurer, Charles F. Jackson, charges himself with the
following sums, viz :—
To balance on hand Feb. 1, 1889, $15 91
Town appropriation for current year, 200 00
Amount received from abutters, 66 oo
Amount of uncollected bills, 1888, 1 75
• $283 66
CR.
By cash paid for 61 trees, $61 oo
" GG " 37 boxes, 43 20
" " " labor, 80 50
" " " loam, 20 50
Sundry items, 12 95
Balance of bills receivable, 1 75
Cash on hand, 56
Balance in treasury of the town, 63 20
$283 66 The Town granted at its annual meeting $200, which sum has'
not been wholly expended. The anticipated call for trees aeon
the new streets on the Ladd estate was not made in season to
allow them to be planted, and the demand must await another
season. After meeting the demands already made, the antici-
REPORT OF TOWN IMPROVEMENT SOOIETY. 27
pated calls from new streets already constructed or in process,
will require, in the estimation of the Society, the grant of at least
two hundred dollars to continue the work so far approved by the-
town.
The abutters along each street, by the course adopted, get their
trees for about one-half the cost that they could be obtained if
bought singly by each land owner, besides having them planted
by an experienced and successful hand. Last year the usual good
success has attended the planting of the trees, very few failing.
Respectfully submitted,
WARD M. OTIS, President.
28 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK AND REGISTRAR.
Birtlis.
The number of births registered during the year 1889 was one
hundred and forty-nine (149), being an increase of twelve (Iz)
over last year. Of the number registered, eighty-two (8z) were
males, and sixty-seven (67) were females. Of this number
one hundred and thirty-nine (139) were born in Watertown,
two (z) were born in Waltham ; two (z) in Newton; one
(i) each in Boston, Brockton, Brighton, Cambridge, Raymond,
N. H., and Cranston, R. I.
Born of American parents, 58
61 Irish parents, 40
C6 American and foreign parents, 19
44 German parents, z
46 British Province parents, 10
44 British Province and Irish parents, 6
44 Scotch parents, z
44 English parents, 4
44 Swedish parents, r
46 English and Irish parents, 1
Lt Italian parents, I
44 Polish and English parents, I
Scotch and English parents, z
L6 British Province and English, I
Irish and Spanish parents, r
Total, I:1
Of the foregoing, there were two pairs of twins— male one colored and one mulatto.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK. 29t
Marriages.
The whole number of marriages registered for 1889 was eighty-
one (81), being seven (7) less than in 1888.
First marriage of both parties, 69
First and second marriage of both parties, 7
Second marriage of both parties, 3
Second and third marriage of both parties, 1
Third and first marriage of both parties, 1
Total, 81
Number of both parties native born, 33
44 " foreign born, 3
native and foreign born, 16
81
Occupation of Grooms.
Dentist, i ; Grocer's Clerks, 2 ; Undertaker, i ; Laborers, 7 ;
Milk Dealer, i ; Railroad Hand, i : Travelling Salesmen, 2 ;:
Engraver, i ; Varnishers, 2 ; Machinists, 4; Bookkeepers, 7 ; G1.0-
cer, i ; Printer, 1 ; Bank Clerk, i ; Carpenters, 2 ; Watchmaker, i ;.
Painters, 2 ; Watchman, i ; Shoemakers, 2 ; Blacksmith, i ; Farm
Hand, i ;Journalist, i ; Merchant, i ;Card Clothier, i ; Teamsters,.
4; Clerk in Market, i ; Superintendent of Electric Works, i ; in
Lumber Yard, 2 ; Emery Wheel Moulder, i ; Shoe-tip Cutter,_
i ; Car Driver, i ; Station Agents, 2 ; Dealer in Natural History,
r ; Rubber Worker, i ; Paper Makers, z ; Steam and Gas Piper,
i ; Glue Maker, i ; Masons, 2 ; Wood Worker, i ; Foremen in
Y:,rd, 2 ; Farmer, i ; Provision Dealers, 2 ;Coachman, i ; Clerk,
i ; Ice Teamster, i ; Piano Maker, i ; Fireman, i ; Conductor,
i ; Physician, i ; Mill Hand, i ; Pressman, 1.
Deaths.
The whole number of deaths registered for the year i889, was.
one hundred and twenty (120), being eighteen (18) more than in
1SS8. Of this number sixty-seven (67) were males, and fifty-
three (53) females.
.30 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Condition.
Married, 31
Single, 66
Widowed, 23
Total, 120
Name, Ape and Condition of Persons Deceasd, Aged
Seventy Years and Upward.
Yrs. BIOS. Days.
Cynthia Tabor, 77 II Widow.
Mary Keating, 73 Married.
Ann Colligan, 70 Widow.
Lucretia A. Capen, 75 9 Widow.
Eliza Gill, 92 Widow.
Louisa Baxter, 74 Widow.
Harriet Hancock, 81 Widow.
Sophia A. Holther, 76 11 Widow.
Rebecca F. Barton, 88 9 Widow.
Thomas F. Whiton, 75 1 18 Married.
Nathaniel C. Sanger, 70 9 Married.
Abigail D. Shattuck, 94 4 Widow.
Anna Schenck, 72 4 Single.
Lydia A. Stockin, 78 8 23 Married.
Thomas Emerson, 74 1 Io Married.
Mary Hamilton, 93 2 10 Widow.
Mary L. Patten, 70 24 Married.
Patrick Boyle, 72 Married.
Sarah Whiting, 85 Wi&, .
Patrick Duffy, 86 7 Widower.
Rodman F. Claflin, 86 16 Married.
Bridgett Madden, 83 Widow. '
Whole number, 22.
Number of persons deceased under five years, is 43
C° " between 5 and Io years, 1
<< cc cc « IO and 20 5
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Number of persons deceased between 20 and 3o years, I
<< « cc 30 and 40 " 9
40 and So 6
co cc cc c. So and 60 " 5
6o and 70 " 16
Number ON'er 70 years, as above, 2
Total, 120
Number of deceased native born, 83
foreign born, 37
Total, 120
An unusually large number of old people have died the past
year, there being 38 over sixty years of age, and 22 of that num-
ber being over 7o years. Deaths from contagious diseases have
been very few, for full particulars of causes of deaths you are
respectfully referred to the Report of the Board of Health.
DOGS.
The whole number of dogs licensed during the year was 376
Amount received for licensing-
346 males, at $2 each, $692 00
30 females, at $5 each, 150 00
Total, $S42 00
Deduct fees for licenses, 75 20
Paid to County Treasurer, as per receipts, $766 So
EAST CAMBRIDGE, MASS., June 3, 1889.
Received of W. H. Ingraham, Town Clerk of Watertown,
Klass., Three Hundred Forty-six Dollars and Eighty Cents, on
account of Dog Licenses, as per his return of June 1, 1889.
$346.80. J. O. HAYDEN,
County Treasurer.
32 REPORT OP TOWN CLERK.
EAST CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Nov. 30, 1889.
Received of W. H. Ingraham, Town Clerk of Watertown,
Mass., Four Hundred Twenty Dollars, on account of Dog Li-
censes, as per his return of Nov. 3o, 1889.
$420. J. O. HAYDEN,
County Treasurer.
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General Statutes of Mass., 1836 to 1872, 3 vols. 8vo..
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Public Statutes of Mass., 1882, 1 vol. 8vo.
Mass. Special Laws, from the adoption of the Con-
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Manual Gen'1 Court, 1884, 1885, 1887, and ISM, 4 vols. 8vo
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK. 33
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Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. INGRAHAM,
Town Clerk.
34 ASSESSORS' REPORT.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
The Assessors submit the following as their Report, showing
the financial standing of the Town:—
Value of real estate of residents, $4,5z1,380 00
C° << personal estate of residents, I,166,953 00
« " real estate of non-residents, I'115,770 00
personal estate of non-residents, 234400 00
Total, $7,038,503 00
Total value of real estate, $1,637,150 00
« << personal estate, 1,401,353 00
$7,038,503 00
Showing an increase in value of real estate of $130,150 00
The personal estate shows a loss of $2,735, leav-
ing a total gain of $127,415.
Number of dwelling houses in town, 1264
horses, 496
46 << cows, 297
44 11 bulls, 4
« <' swine, go
acres of land taxed, 2027
cc cc polls, IgI2
persons liable to military duty, ragz
children between five and fifteen years 1185
State tax for the current year was $6,94o oo
County tax for the current year was 5,380 27
Town grants to be assessed, 93,800 00
Overlay, 2,261 53
Total, $I o8,381 80
ASSESSORS) REPORT. 35
The tax on 1912 polls was $3,824 00
Anticipated corporation tax, 2,500 oo
6,324 00
The town grants for the year were 103,800 00
Of which sum the Town voted to pay
from money in treasury, 3,000 00
and to borrow on one year's time, 71000 00
I0,000 00
Leaving to be assessed as above, $93,800 oo
Requiring a tax of$14.50 per thousand.
SHIPPING.
The value of shipping engaged in foreign trade, owned by res-
idents of this town, was $47,655 00
Taxed to residents here, 5,o58 24
Balance, . $42696 76
The tax upon which balance will be allowed to the town by the
State Treasurer in adjusting balances.
'The amount of property exempt from taxation for church and
school, and charitable purposes, was $154,670 00
STEAM BOILERS.
The number of steam boilers as returned to the state is 37,being
two more than last year.
The gratifying increase of the value of the real estate continued
this current year, there was a slight falling off in the personal,
still leaving in the total valuation a handsome gain. But, not-
withstanding the gain in value, the increase of expenses or of
money granted at your annual meeting, relatively far exceeded it,
and your Assessors found theanselves obliged to levy a tax of
$14.jO per thousand ; a rate much exceeding your average, and
in fact seldom equalled since Watertown has reported her taxes.
36 ASSESSORS' REPORT.
It is well for us to remember when we make up our estimates, or
when we are in March meeting assembled, that it is one thing to
vote money, but quite another thing to pay the tax bill in Sep-
tember, when called upon by the collector. The town can well
afford to be liberal in its expenditures, but with its small territory
and large valuation, we can hope, with careful management, for
a lower rate the coming year.
Respectfully submitted,
W. H. INGRAHAM,
SAMUEL S. GLEASON, Assessors.
Wm. E. FARW ELL, 1
ASSESSORS' REPORT. 37
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38 COLLECTOR 18 REPORT.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
To the Auditor of the Town of Watertown:—
I herewith make my report of the collection of taxes for 1882,.
1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, i 887, 1888, and i 889.
.1882.
DR.
Uncollected taxes, $229 03.
CR.
By uncollected taxes, $229 03.
1883.
DR.
Uncollected taxes, $182 25.
CR.
By uncollected tales, $182 25
1881.
DR.
Uncollected tales, $232 37
CR.
By uncollected taxes, $232 37
1885.
DR.
Uncollected taxes, $202 50
CR.
By uncollected taxes, $202 50
1886.
DR.
Uncollected taxes, $244 13.
CR.
By uncollectcd taxes, $244 13
COLLECTORS REPORT. 39
1887.
DR.
Uncollected taxes, $3,912 41
Interest, z 18 76
$4,131 17
6 CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer, $3,927 11
Uncollected taxes, 204 o6
$4,131 17
1888.
DR.
Uncollected taxes, $16,509 38
Interest, 364 29
$16,873 67
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer, $12,854 33
Uncollected taxes, , 4,019 34
$16,873 67
1889.
DR.
Taxes committed, $105,881 8o
Bank tax, 1,008 14
Additional, 540 49
Interest, 21 89
$107�452 32
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer, $83,841 15
cc 11 County Treasurer, 5,380 z7
Uncollected taxes, 18,230 90
$107,452 32
Most respectfully yours,
WILLIAM E. FARWELL, Collector.
I have examined the accounts of W. E. Farwell, Collector,
and find the uncollected balances as shown above, to be correct.
HOWARD RUSSELL, Auditor,
40 REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Board of Health of Watertown submit the following as
their report for the year ending December 31, 1889.
Causes of Death.
Abscess, I
Apoplexy, a
Bright's Disease, I
Blood Poisoning, I
Bronchitis, 5
Cancer, '7
Carcinoma,
Cholera Infnitum, ¢
Consumption, to
Convulsions, 3
Diabetes, I
Diarrhoea, z
Disease of Brain, I
Disease of Spleen, I
Drowning, I
Dropsy, I
Diphtheria, 4
Erysipelas, I
Epilepsy, I
Epistatis, I
Enteritis, I
General Decay, I
Heart Disease, 5
Heart Failure, 4
Internal Injuries, I
Imperfect Development, I
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEATH. 41
Inflammation of Bowels, I
Meningitis, 6
Membranous Croup, 2
Malarial Fever, I
Old Age, I I
Ovarian Tumor, I
Pneumonia, Io
Peritonitis, 2
Pulmonary Complaint, 2
Paralysis, 2
Prolapsis Funis, I
Railroad Accident, I
Rheumatism, 2
Rheumatic Fever, I
Schirrhus of Breast, I
Sarcoma, I
Suppression of Urine, I
Stillborn, 7
Typhoid Fever, 4
Tuberculosis, I
Whooping Cough, 2
Total. 122
The Report of the Town Clerk shows the classification of the
ages of the persons whose deaths occurred during the year.
Contagions Diseases.
,The town has been unusually free from contagious diseases
during the past year. Twenty-five cases in all have been reported
as against twenty-nine last year. That this is a good showing, is
seen by comparing the number reported to us with the number
reported to the Board of Health of Newton. Newton has a little
more than three times as many inhabitants as Watertown ; yet
during the months of October, November and December 58 cases
of contagious diseases were reported to the Newton Board, as
42 REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
against 7 cases reported to us during the same time. The largest
number reported to us during any three months was Io. As.
heretofore, all cases are at once reported to the Superintendent of
Schools and the Librarian of the Public Library.
The following table will chow the number of cases reported,
and the months in which they occurred.
DISEASES. C �0 - y, d � .� y ti y
tiw � < —.4 ozaH
Diphtheria ............ I 2 2 4 I . 2 I I I 15
Scarlet Fever........... ... I ... ... ... ... ... ... ... I . .. I I
Typhoid Fever.......... ... ... ... ... I ... ... ... I I I I 5
Cholera Infantum....... ... ... ... I I ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2
Total...... ..... I 3 3 6 I 2 2 3 I 3 25,
Swill and Gai-bage.
The question of the collection of swill and garbage seems at last
to have been settled in a manner satisfactory to all concerned.
Under the direction of the Superintendent of Streets, the town
has done the work in a faithful and cleanly manner. No com-
plaints have been made to the Board.
Vaults and Cesspools.
The matter of vaults and cesspools has been the source of many
complaints by citizens, and of a good deal of annoyance to, as
well as the subject of much consideration by, the Board. If people
would not persist in doing their necessary cleaning at unseason-
able hours and without permission, the matter would be easier to
handle.
The person licensed by the board to do this work, reports that
he has removed from vaults more than 18o loads, and from cess-
pools more than 309 loads, at an average cost to the owners of
three dollars per load. In many cases owners have cleaned their
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own cesspools, or hired some one other than the person licensed,
to do it for then, so that this number, although large, is much
within the actual number of loads removed. The Board has con-
sidered the advisability of the town's procuring the necessary ap-
paratus and assuming control of the whole matter, as it has so
successfully done in the collection of swill. While we do not at
this time make any recommendation, we desire to place before
the town the results of our investigations. We find that the cost
of apparatus will be about as follows:—
Tank, $30 00
Running gear, 125 00
Pump, 250 00
4o feet suction hose, 120 00
Hose couplings, 44 00
Tank fixtures, 45 00
Leading hose, 130 00
Six barrels, at $5 each, 30 00
Cart, 150 00
So that the entire cost including horses and har- $9►9 00
nesses, would be about $1,700 00
It also seems to us that the persons now employed in the col-
lection of swill, might with some additional help also perform
the work of the vaults and cesspools.
Treadaway Brook
Has been thoroughly cleaned out once•during the year, and more
or less work done upon it at other times. The Board found that
the overflow pipes from two cesspools emptied into the brook,
and promptly ordered the owners to remedy the same, which was
done. The brook is a nuisance to those living in its vicinity, and
will sooner or later have to be covered.
Vie Cattle Yards.
The condition of the cattle yards has been exceedingly bad
during a great portion of the year. The prevalent warm weather
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and fi-equent rains have softened -the ground, so that. the 1500 or
2000 head of cattle which are almost constantly there, have been
standing in from two to eight inches of mud for days at a time,—a
condition of things which, while not injurious to the public health,
is very offensive to the eye and nose. Numerous complaints
have been made to the Board by citizens living in the vicinity,
who truthfully assert that the yards are a nuisance to them and
an injury to their estates. As the result of a joint meeting of the
Selectmen and Board of Health, the chairman of both boards
waited upon the management of the Fitchburg Railroad Com-
pany and laid the whole matter before them, requesting that im-
mediate steps be taken to remedy the evils connected with the
yards, or to remove them altogether. Subsequently the board
again waited on the company, and were informed by the presi-
dent that the company is now diligently searching for a suitable
site elsewhere, to which they can remove the yards, and that they
will remove their at the earliest possible day. We also asked
that, as a measure of immediate relief to the abutters, a fence
might be built parallel to and ioo feet from the rear line of the
estates on Franklin street, so that the cattle :night be kept that
distance away. This, the company assures us in writing, will be
clone immediately.
While the Board has hesitated to take summary means to close
the yards, and thus perhaps involve the town in a long lawsuit,
we have done all we could to hasten the day -,%,hen the town shall
be free from this nuisance.
Nuisances.
The following nuisances have been investigated and dealt with
According to requirements :
Vaults and cesspools full, 23
Defective vaults, z
New cesspools ordered, S
Vaults ordered repaired, 2
Sinks without traps, 2
Filthy yards, 3
Cesspool pipes emptying into Treada„vay Brook, 2
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In all 63 complaints have been investigated in various parts of
the town.
The sanitary condition of the town is good at the present time.
Our citizens are recogizing more and more the importance of de-
stroying to the utmost all sources of sickness, and are sustaining
the Board of Health in their efforts in that direction.
Clerk and Agent.
At the beginning of the year the Board appointed Mr. Phil-
brook its clerk and agent, and lie has personally investigated every
complaint which has been made to the Board, and has acted in
the premises in a very caref►il'and efficient manner.
Ei mpenses.
The expenses of the Board have been as follows:—
Patrick Condon, cleaning Treadaway Brook, $10 00
E. V. Howard, serving notices, 1 00
George Parker, serving notices, 2 00
Postage, 4(>
Oil of peppermint used in detecting cesspools, ;O
H. A. Philbrook, services as agent and clerk, " 100 00
$113 70
Amount of appropriation, a00 00
Balance unexpended, $86 30
The Board recommend that an appropriation of $aoo be made
for 18go.
G. A. TOWER, Board
H. A. PHILBROOK, , of
F. E. CRAWFORD, Health.
46 REPORT Or BOARD OF. H F: LTI t.
State- Cattle Colninission.
The Board of Health has received the following circular which
it desires to bring to the notice of the town :—
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
STATE CATTLE COMMISSION, SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
DEDHAM, MASS., Jan. 6, 18go. j
To boards of Health of Cities and Towns, and Citizens of
of the Commonwealth :—
The Cattle Commissioners of Massachusetts, in conformity to the
requirements of the Public Statutes, hereby make and publish the
following rules and regulations for the suppression Of contagious
diseases among domestic animals.
RULE I. Whoever has knowledge of, or has good reason to
suspect the existence of a contagious disease among any species
of domestic animals in this State, whether such knowledge is ob-
tained by personal examination or otherwise, shall forthwith give
notice thereof to the Board of Health of the city or of the town
where such diseased animals are kept.
RULE 2. The Board of Health of a city or of a town, having
received notice of a suspected case of contagious disease among
any of the domestic animals in their city or town, shall forthwith
make an examination thereof personally, or by a competent per-
son appointed by them for that purpose, and, if satisfied there are
good reasons for believing that contagion is present, shall cause
the suspected animals to be securely held by the owners or other
reliable persons, and shall immediately inform the Cattle Coln-
missioners.
RULE •3. An order, written or verbal, to securely hold such
suspected animals in isolation shall be binding, whether given by
a member of the Board of Health of the city or town, an author-
ized agent of such board, or by a single member of the State
Cattle Commission.
RULE 4. Persons having the care Or custody of suspected ani-
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH. 47
coals, whether such animals are their own property or otherwise,
and having received un order for their isolation, shall neither sell,
swap, trade, give or in any way dispose of such animals, nor
drive, or work, or move, or allow them to be moved away fi-om
the place of isolation, nor allow other animals not alreadv ex-
posed, to come in contact with them, till permitted so to do by
the Cattle Commissioners.
PLEURO—PNEUMONIA. HOG CHOLERA.
RULE j. In cases of suspected contagious pleuro-pneumonia
among cattle, or swine-plague or cholera among swine, the entire
herd must be-secured against communication with other animals
of the same species that have not been exposed to the suspected
animals, and owners of other herds which may have been ex-
posed and afterwards moved, should be immediately notified and
warned of the existing danger.
GLANDERS.
RULE 6. Horses or mules suspected of having the disease
known as glanders or fancy, may only remain in the custody of
their owners, and in the stalls or on the premises previously oc-
cupied by them, when in the judgment of Boards of Health such
owners can be relied on with confidence, and when such stalls or
premises are deemed suitable places for holding such diseased or
suspected animals till taken in charge by the Cattle Commission-
ers.
PUBLISHING REGULATIONS.
RULE 7. The death of a citizen of this state from that loath-
some.and fatal disease, glanders, contracted from a diseased horse
alleged to have been surreptitiously removed from isolation; the
too general negligence of horse owners, veterinarians and others
in giving notice of the suspected existence of contagious diseases;
and the lax or indifferent action of municipal officers in taking
possession or control of animals within their jurisdiction sus-
AR
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pected of being infected with contagion, — makes it imperative
that we call the attention of all good citizens to,the statutes pro-
vided for the suppression of contagion among domestic animals,
and that Boards of Health in each of the cities and towns of the
commonwealth publish and place upon their records such regu-
lations concerning the treatment of suspected cases of.contagion
among domestic animals as will enable the proper authorities to
subject offenders to legal prosecution.
PENALTIES.
The statutes provide that any person who fails to comply with
a regulation made or an order given by the Cattle Commissioners
or Boards of Health in the discharge-of their duty, is punishable
by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment
not exceeding one year; and any city or town whose officers re-
fuse or neglect to carry into effect the provisions of Chapter asz
of the Acts of 1887, relating to the publication of regulations,
the isolation of suspected animals and the carrying into effect of
all proper orders from the Cattle Commissioners, shall forfeit a
sum not exceeding five hundred dollars for each day's neglect.
LEVI STOCKBRIDGE, Cattle Commissioners
A. W. CHEEVER, of
O. B. HADWEN, !Massachusetts.
REGULATIONS OF BOARD OF HEALTH. 49
REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
[Extracts from Public Statutes, Chap. 8o, Sect. z8.
The board of health of a town shall make such regulations as
it judges necessary for the public health respecting nuisances,
sources of filth and causes of sickness within its town.
Whoever violates any such regulation shall forfeit a sum not
exceeding o\TE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
OFFAL.
REG. i. No person shall convey, or cause to be conveyed
through any street in this town, any night-soil, slaughter-house
offal or blood, except in a vehicle effectually covered and water-
tight.
REG. 2. No person shall throw into, or leave in or upon,anv
street, court, lane, public square or enclosure, or any vacant or
occupied lot owned by the town or the public, or into any pond,
canal, creek or stream of water within the limits of the town, any
dead animal or vegetable matter, or waste-water, rubbish or filth
of any kind, nor shall any person throw into or leave in or upon
any flats or tide-water within the jurisdiction of this town, any
dead animal or other foul or offensive matter.
REG. 3. No person shall collect swill or house offal in any
street without a license from the Board of Health, and no person
acting under such license shall allow any vehicle used for collect-
ing or conveying such material, to be drawn over or to stand upon
any sidewalk.
DRAINS AND BROOKS.
REG. 4. No sink or waste water shall be turned into or
thrown upon the streets or gutters or sidewalks of the town.
All brooks, open drains and sluiceways shall be kept free from
+ such obstructions as in the.opinion of the Board may endanger
550 REGULATIONS OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
the public health, and upon notice from the Board of Health, the
owner or occupant shall remove such obstruction within the time
allowed by said Board.
REG- 5. No person shall suffer any waste or stagnant water
to remain in any cellar or on any lot of land, or vacant ground
owned or occupied by him, so as to become a nuisance, or offen-
sive, or dangerous to the public health.
CESSPOOLS AND PRIVY VAULTS.
REG. 6. The vaults of every privy shall be below the surface
of the ground. Every privy vault hereafter constructed shall be
built of brick and cement, and shall be situated at least two feet
distant from the line of any adjoining lot, and the same distance
from every street, lane, alley, court, square or public place, or
public or private passage-way, and shall be so constructed as to
be conveniently approached, opened and cleansed.
REG- 7. Every privy vault constructed shall be made tight, so
that the contents thereof cannot escape therefrom.
REG. S. All pipes connecting a water closet with a soil pipe
shall be trapped, each separately and close to the connection with
each water closet. All waste pipes shall be trapped, each sep-
arately and close to the connection with each bath, sink, bowl or
other fixture.
REG. g. Cesspools and privy vaults shall be emptied and
cleansed at least once each year, and at such other times as may
be necessary to prevent them from becoming offensive, or when-
ever the Board of Health may require. If the occupant neglect
to empty and cleanse any vault or cesspool within forty-eight
hours after notice so to do, the Board of Health will have the
same emptied and cleansed at the expense of the owner or occu-
pant of the estate.
REG. io. No cesspool or privy vault shall be opened or cleaned
out between sunrise and nine o'clock, P. M., at any time between
the first day of May and the first day of December, without a
special permit in writing by the Board, nor the cotents thereof
moved through any street between sunrise and nine o'clock, P. m. '
REGULATIONS OF BOARD OF HEALTH. 51
DISEASED ANIMALS, SALE OF FOOD, ETC.
REG. I I. No animal affected with an infectious or contagious
disease shall be brought within the limits of the town.
REG. 12. No diseased animal or its flesh, shall be sold or
offered for sale, and no decayed or diseased, or unwholesome
meat, fish, vegetable or fruit, or other article of food, shall be
sold or offered for sale, and the Board of Health may cause the
seizure and destruction of all such diseased or unwholesome ani-
mal, fish, fruit or vegetable matter, so sold or offered for sale.
SWINE.
REG. 13. No swine shall be kept in any part of this town
which is within one mile of the Town House, corner of Main
and Church Streets, without a license from the Board of Health,
and then only in such place and manner as said Board shall pre-
scribe.
REG. 14. No person keeping swine, shall so keep or locate
them as to cause a nuisance or create offensive odors which annoy
or injure his neighbors or the public.
SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
REG. Is. No new slaughter house shall be established within
the limits of this town. Those already established must be kept
free from all offensive smells, and all offal must be removed or
disposed of daily.
REG. 16. No melting or rendering house shall be established
or used as such within the limits of the town, except by special
permission of the Board, and with such restrictions and regula-
tions as they may judge best.
REG. 17. No manufacturing or other business giving rise to
noisome or injurious odors shall be established or continued within
town limits, except in such locations and under such regulations
as this Board shall assign.
REG. IS. No fish, slaughter house offal, pigs' feet, or other
decaying animal matter shall be left upon land for purposes of
52 REGULATIONS OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
fertilization, without being plowed in, or otherwise made inoffen-
sive.
VACCINATION.
Rrc. ig. All children must be vaccinated before attending
public schools in this town.
RESTRICTION OF DISEASE.
REG. zo. Any householder in whose dwelling there shall
break out a case of cholera,yellow fever, small-pox, scarlet fever,
diphtheria, or any other disease dangerous to the public health,
shall immediately notify the Board of Health of the same, and
until instructions are received from the Board, shall not permit
any clothing or other property that may have been exposed to
infection, to be removed from the house ; and upon the death,
recovery or removal of such person, the rooms occupied and the
articles used by hire shall be disinfected by such householder in a
manner approved by the Board of Health.
[Extract frovi Acts of ,885, Chapter ,98.]
The School Committee shall not allow-any pupil to attend the
public schools while any member of the household to which such
pupil belongs is sick of small-pot, diphtheria, or scarlet fever, or
during a period of two weeks after the death, recovery or removal
of such a person ; and an3- pupil coming from such household
shall be required to present to the teacher of the school the pupil
desires to attend, a certificate from the attending physician or
Board of Health, of the facts necessary to entitle him to admis-
sion in accordance with the above regulation.
REG. ar. No person shall inter or cause to be interred, any
dead body in a grave where the top of the coffin is less than three -
feet from the surface of the ground surrounding the grave.
RED. zz. No body shall be disinterred between the first of
June and the first of October, without permission from the Board
of Health.
IZEG. zg. At the direction of the Board, a flag may be dis- dd=
pLiN rd on any house in which there is a case of small-pox, diph-
thcri,i. scarlet fever, or other disease which, in the opinion of the
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Board, may endanger the public health. No person shall remove
or in any way meddle with said flag without permission of the
Board of Health.
REG. 24. No person shall open or clean out a privy vault or
cesspool within a mile of the Town Hall, without a special per-
mit in writing from the Board. No person shall convey or cause
to be conveyed through any street, court, lane, or public square,
any night soil, slaughter house offal or blood, without a written
license from the Board.
REG. 25. The body of a person who has died of diphtheria,
scarlet fever, small-pox, or any other disease that, in the opinion
of the Board, may endanger the public health, shall not be con-
veyed through the streets in any upholstered vehicle.
REG. 26. The body of any person dying of cholera, small-
pox, varioloid, diphtheria, or scarlet fever, if placed in a receiv-
ing tomb, shall be inclosed in a metallic coffin hermetically sealed.
REG. 27. No person, except the immediate members of the
family, and the persons necessarily concerned in the burial, shall
enter a house where there is lying the body of a person who has
died of diphtheria, scarlet fever or small-pox.
REG. 28. The body of any person dying, who has previously
and within twenty.days from the date of death been reported by
the attending physician to the Board of Health, as having had
cholera, small-pox, diphtheria or scarlet fever, shall within twen-
ty-four hours be interred, and shall be subject to Regulations
numbers tw?nty-six and twenty-seven.
The Board most earnestly request the cooperation of all citi-
zens in securing the desirable sanitary condition, to promote
which the foregoing regulations are issued.
All citizens are requested to notify the Board of any existing
nuisance or cause of injury to health.
The police of this town are hereby directed to cause the fore-
going regulations to be strictly enforced, and to report any viola-
tion thereof.
54 BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN.
BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS:
At the Superior Court, begun and holden at Lowell,.within and
for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of March,
being the ninth day of said month, Anno Domini, 1885 ;
The following By-Laws of the town of Watertown in said
county are presented to this Court for approval, to wit:—
ARTICLE I.—AUDITOR.
SEC. 1. In addition to the town officers required by the Stat-
utes of the Commonwealth to be elected, there shall be chosen
annually one Auditor, whose duty it shall be to examine and cer-
tify to all bills presented for payment before being passed upon
by the Selectmen. He shall also keep a correct account of debit
and credit with each appropriation or department, so that the
sum or balance pertaining to each can be seen at any time during
the year, and at the close of the financial year he shall audit the
Treasurer's account and submit his report.
SEC. 2. The Auditor shall not certify to the Selectmen any
bills for which there is no appropriation. No money shall be
paid from the treasury of the town upon any bills without the cer-
tificate of the Auditor and the order of the Selectmen for the
same.
ARTICLE II.—APPRAISERS.
SEC. It shall be the duty of the'Selectmen to annually
appraise the property of the town, and submit the appraisement
to the town.
BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN. bJ
ARTICLE III.—SCHOOLS.
SEC. 4. The School Committee, at the meeting for their
organization, shall appoint not exceeding four persons, who shall
act as truant officers, as specified by the Statutes of the Common-
wealth.
SEC. $. Any minor between the ages of seven and fifteen
years, convicted of being an habitual truant, or wandering about
in the streets or public places, having no lawful occupation or
business, not attending school, and growing up in ignorance,
shall be committed to the House for the Employment and Re-
formation of Juvenile Offenders at Lowell, for such time not
exceeding two years, as the Justice of the Second District Court
of Eastern Middlesex may determine.
ARTICLE IV. —PUBLIC WAYS.
SEC. 6. Whoever shall throw stones, sticks or other missiles,
or shoot with, or use a how and arrow in any of the streets, or
upon any of the sidewalks in the town, shall forfeit 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 guar-
dians respectively.
SEC. 7. No person having charge of any beast with intent to
drive the same, shall suffer or permit any such beast to run,galop,
trot, pace, or go at any rate exceeding ten miles to the hour
through any way or street in this town, and any person who shall
violate the provisions of this By-Law, shall be liable to a penalty
of not less than five dollars for each offence.
SEc. S. 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 unpro-
tected tree, or wrongfully injure or abuse such tree in any other
manner, under a penalty of not less than one dollar.
SEC. 9. No person shall place or cause to be placed upon any
footpath or sidewalk, any wood, lumber, iron, coal, trunks,bales,
crates, casks, barrels, stones, packages or other things, or allow
56 BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN. .
any door or gate to swing outward over any street or highway,
for more than one hour after being notified by a constable, police
officer, or other person, to remove the same, under a penalty of
not less than three dollars for each offence. r
SEc. io. Whoever shall drive, wheel or draw any coach, cart,
wheelbarrow, hand-cart,, velocipede, bicycle, or any carriage of
burden or pleasure (excepting childreri s carriages drawn by hand),
upon any sidewalk in the town, or permit any horse, cattle, swine
or sheep under his or her care, to go upon any sidewalk in the
town so as to interfere with the convenient use of the same by all
passengers, or behave himself in a rude or disorderly manner,
or use any indecent, profane or insulting language in any public
place in the town, or near any dwelling house or other building
therein, or be or remain upon any sidewalk, or upon any door-
step, portico, or any other projection of any house or other build-
ing not his own, to the annoyance or disturbance of any person,
or by any noise, gesture, or other means, wantonly and designedly
frighten any horse in any street or other public place in the town,
or shall throw stones, snowballs, sticks or other missiles, or kick
at football, or play at any game in which a ball is used, or fly any
kite or balloons in any public ways in the town, shall forfeit and
pay for each offence not less than five dollars and not more than
twenty dollars.
SEc. i i. No person shall fire or discharge any gun, fowling-
piece, pistol, or other firearm, or any fire-crackers or torpedoes,
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.
SEc. i z. No person shall make 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 any public
place whatever in this town, nor post, nor paint any advertise-
ment of any nature upon any rail, rock, bridge, wall, fence or
building, without the express consent of the owner or occupant
BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN. 57
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 not less than five dollars for each offence.
SEC. 13. 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 por-
tion of said way for the purpose of placing thereon building
materials or rubbish, shall, before so placing any building materi-
als or rubbish. give notice to the Selectmen. And thereupon the
Selectmen may grant a permit to occupy such a 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 ; such
permit in no case to be in force longer than ninety days, and to
be on such conditions as the Selectmen may require, and especially
in every case upon condition_that during the whole of every night,
from twilight in the evening until sunrise in the morning, lighted
lanterns shall be so placed as effectually to secure all travellers
from liability to come in contact with such building materials or
rubbish. Any person violating any provision of this Section,
shall forfeit and pay into the town treasury the sum of ten dollars
for each day his offence shall have continued, and shall so reim-
burse the town for all expenses by way of damages or otherwise,
which the town may be compelled to pay by reason of the way
being so encumbered.
SEc. 14. No person shall be allowed to coast on any sidewalk,
or upon any street that crosses another street or railroad track.
Any person offending against the provisions of this By-Law, shall
forfeit and pay a sum not less than one dollar for each offence.
SEC- 15. All persons intending to erect buildings to be used
as block tenement houses, stalls, manufactories, storehouses or
purposes of a similar nature, shall, before commencing the erec-
tion of such building, give five days' notice to the Selectmen of
the town of their intention so to do, and of the materials to be
used in their construction, and the locations of all such buildings,
58 BY-LAWS OF TIE TOWN OF WATERTOWN.
the manner of construction, and the materials used shall be subject
to the inspection of the Selectmen at any and all stages of progress
in the work.
SEC. 16. It shall be the duty of the Selectmen forthwith, after
notice being served upon them of a person's intention to erect a
building such as is comprised in the foregoing Section, to view
the premises, and at such times as they deem proper, or whenever
called upon by any of the citizens of the town in writing, inspect
the work and materials used with reference to the prevention of
fire and protection of life. And if, in their judgment, the loca-
tion, the materials used, or the manner of construction, shall be
such as to endanger life or contiguous buildings to an extraordi-
nary extent by reason of fire, they shall immediately take meas-
ures to enjoin the party or parties erecting such building from
their proceedings in such erection.
ARTICLE V.—HAZARDOUS BUILDINGS.
SEC. 17. No business of an extra hazardous nature shall be
carried on in any building that would endanger the lives or prop-
erty of other persons in its immediate neighborhood by fire, with-
out having a night watchman constantly employed from five
o'clock, P. Al., until seven o'clock, A. at., under a penalty of not
less than five dollars per night during the time that such watch is
not kept while the business is being carried on ; and any building
of such nature remaining unoccupied and the owners failing to
employ such watchman upon the request in writing of five or
more citizens to the Selectmen for that purpose, the Selectmen
shall employ a suitable night watch to take charge of the premises
each and every night from five o'clock, P. M., until seven o'clock,
A. M., at the expense of the owners or possessors of the building,
or either of them.
SEC. IS. Upon all buildings on the line of the streets where
roofs are so pitched as to shed snow or water upon the sidewalks
or streets, it shall be the duty of the owners of such buildings to
erect good and sufficient barriers to prevent such fall or slide of
BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN. 59
snow or ice as may endanger the safety of person or persons pass-
ing upon the sidewalk or in the street, under the penalty of ten
dollars for neglect of such duty, in addition to whatever damage
may arise in consequence of the falling of snow or ice from the
premises.
SEC. ig. No drove of cattle shall be driven over or through
any street or public thoroughfare in this town, unless attended
by two or more drivers, one of whom shall be not less than
eighteen years of age. And the owner of any cattle driven in
violation of the provisions of this By-Law, shall forfeit and pay
a fine of not less than ten dollars for each offence. This section
shall not apply to those who are not dealers, and who drive their
cattle to and from pasture as occasion requires.
SEC. 20. 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 per-
son so moving or assisting in moving any such building without
such permit being first obtained, or any stich person 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 provisions are set forth in the permit, pro-
vided 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
individuals, whether standing in the road or in the field, unless
the consent of such individual is first obtained.
SEC. 21. In case any building 'shall be removed contrary to
the provisions of the foregoing section, the owner of the building
shall reimburse the town all expenses by way of damages or oth-
erwise, which the town may be compelled to pad- by reason of the
way being so encumbered.
ARTICLE V I.—HEALTH:
SEC. 22. No person shall convey or cause to be conveyed
through any street in this town any night-soil, slaughter-house
COO BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN.
offal or blood, except in a vehicle effectually covered and water-
tight. And no. person having charge of such vehicle when con-
taining any such substance, shall allow the same to stand in any
street or square, without a permit from the Board of Health.
Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of this section, shall
forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars for each and every offence.
SEC. 2,3. No person, without the license of the Board of
Health, shall throw into, or leave in or upon any street, court,
lane, alley, public square, public enclosure, vacant lot, or any
pond, brook, canal, creek, or other body of water, within the
limits of the town, any dead animal, dirt, sawdust, soot, ashes;
cinders, shavings, hair, shreds, oyster, clam, or lobster shells,
waste paper, rubbish, or filth of any kind, or any refuse animal
or vegetable matter whatsoever. Nor shall any person throw into:
or leave in or upon Hats or tide water within the jurisdiction of
the town, any dead animal, or other foul or offensive matter. A
violation of any provision of this section shall subject the offender
to a fine of five dollars.
SEC. 24- If any of the substances mentioned in the preceding
section shall be thrown or carried from any house, warehouse,
shop, cellar, yard, or other place, or left in any of the places
specified in the preceding section, the owner and occupant of such
house, warehouse, shop, cellar, yard or other place as aforesaid,
and the persons who actually threw, carried or left the same, or '.
who caused the same to be thrown, carried or left, shall severally 'I
be held liable for such violation of this ordinance, and all such '•'.
substances shall be removed from the place where they have been
so thrown or left, as aforesaid, by such owner, or occupant, or
other person, within two hours after personal notice in writing to
that effect given by the Board of Health -or any public officer,
or such removal shall be made under the direction of said Board
or its officers, and the expense thereof borne by such owner or
occupant.
SEC. 25. No person shall collect swill or house offal in any
street without license from the Board of Health, aiid said license
BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN. 61
shall designate the locality within which he may collect such swill
or house offal. No person acting under such license shall allow
any vehicle used for collecting or conveying such material to be
drawn over or stand upon any sidewalk. A violation of any of
the provisions of this section shall subject the offender to a penalty
of two dollars and a forfeiture of his license.
ARTICLE VII. —POLICE.
SEC. 26. The Selectmen shall appoint annually subject to
removal by the Board, two or more police officers, who shall
receive from the town such compensation as the Selectmen may
deem reasonable, and who shall remain in office until others are
appointed in their stead, whose especial duty it shall be to see
that these police. regulations are duly enforced. They shall dis-
perse all noisy gatherings in the streets or other public places, and
may and shall take into custody all disorderly persons, and per-
sons found wandering at unseasonable hours, and in suspicious
places, and hold them in custody until they can be brought before
a magistrate for examination.
SEC. 27. All idle or disorderly children who shall spend their
time in the streets or fields, all persons who shall congregate irn-
properly in any public place, or in any unauthorized manner dis-
turb the public quiet, or shall on Sunday engage in any idle sport
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
who shall trespass on any property, real or personal, or wrong-
fully remove therefrom, or injure thereon any tree, plant, shrub,
fruit or vegetable, or who shall create any disturbance of or in
any lawful meeting of the citizens of this town, 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 animal to go at large,
or make any needless and alarming noise or tumult, or leave or
62 13Y-LAWS OF TIIL TOWN OF W ATERTOWN.
occasion any needless obstruction, or make any nuisance in the
highway, or on any sidewalk, or on any bridge, shall for each
.and every one of such offences be severally liable to a fine not
exceeding twenty dollars. f
SEC. 7.8. Whenever the word " street" or '' streets" is men- ,
tioned in these By-Laws, it shall be understood as meaning all
alleys, lanes, courts, public squares and public places, including
sidewalks and gutters, unless the contrary is expressed, or the
construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent; and i
.all fines collected under these By-Laws shall innure to the town
of Watertown.
Which said By-Laws being seen and understood by the Court,
are on this twentieth day of May, A. D., 1885, approved.
In testimony that the foregoing is a true copy of record,
I herero set my hand and affix the seal of said Court,
[SEAL] this twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.
THEO. C. HURD, Clerk.
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REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIIIE DEPART-MENT. 63
REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF THE FIRM:
DEPARTMENT.
To the I-Ionorable Board of Selectmen :—
The Board of Engineers of the Fire Department submits its
Annual Report as follows:
Organization.
JOHN A. YORK, Chief Engineer.
PEREz T. SHURTLEFF, First Assistant.
JOHN F. REGAN, Secretary.
Pequossette Steam Fire Engine Co. No. I, fourteen men.
WARREN TAYLOR, Foreman.
JOHN H. HOLT, Engineer.
J. R. HARRISON, Fireman.
MOSES PATTEE, Driver of Engine.
GILBERT NtcxoLs, Driver of Hose Wagon.
A. D. Drew Hook send Ladder Co. No. I, ten men.
M. W. LYONS, Foreman.
Apparatus.
One steam fire engine; i hose wagon ; I hook and ladder
truck; I fuel wagon ; I pung; I four-wheeled hose carriage, and
4 two-wheeled hose carriages.
The town voted to appropriate money for a hose wagon, and
after visiting several manufactories it was decided to purchase one
of E. Teele & Co., Medford, Mass. It is a great improvement
over the old hose reel, as a line of hose can be laid much
quicker.
64 REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Hose.
There is in service at the present time 2400 feet of hose at the-
engine house; 500 feet at hose house, Mt. Auburn ; 400 feet at
paper mill of the Hollingsworth & Whitney Co ; 400 feet at the-
,Etna Mills, and zoo feet at the foundry of Walker & Pratt Man-
ufacturing Co.
At a special town meeting held january.3oth, the.recommenda
tion of the Board of Engineers that Soo feet of hose be purchased,.
was referred to the March town meeting.
We hope the town will vote to buy the hose, as we have not a
sufficient amount on hand to supply the department with dry hose.
after a fire.
Water for Fire Purposes.
The Watertown Water Supply Company has given entire satis-
faction in its supply of water for fire purposes.
Eighteen new hydrants have been added the past year, making
197 now ready for use.
Horses.
Six horses are now in service in this department. The town
voted to purchase two new horses, exchanging one old one in
part payment for one of the new ones. One new one was as-
signed to the hook and ladder truck, making two on that piece of
apparatus, which is a vast improvement, and enables the truck to
make much quicker time to a fire. ,
The floor of the stable is in an unsafe condition, and must be.
repaired at once.
Fires and d lai-ins.
There were fourteen alarms of fire the past year, three being still
alarms. Total loss on buildings, $6,4oS ; total loss on contents,
$io,oaS ; total insurance paid, $14,995•
Fire Alarm ,System.
The fire alarm system is at present in good condition. By vote
of the town five new boxes were added. The committee having;
the matter in charge purchased them of George M. Stevens.
REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. 65
The system consists of one striker, fifteen boxes and seventeen
miles of wire.
New Hose House.
At the last March meeting the town voted to build a hose
house at Mt. Auburn. A site was selected, and bids received for
the erection of a suitable building, the contract being awarded to
Chester Sprague, he being the lowest bidder. A hose company
was formed, and did good service at two fires, but owing to a
misunderstanding it disbanded. A new company will be formed
and serve as a regular company, if the town will pay them a
reasonable salary. We recommend that they be paid for their
services. We recommend that a bell and a gong be purchased
for use at the hose house as a means of notifying this company in
case of fire.
Receipts and Expenditures.
Appropriation, $5,500 00
Receipts from other sources, 35 00
Contingent transfer, 272 02
$5,807 02
Salaries, $4,136 45
Hay, straw and grain, 660 58
Fuel and lights, 44 50
Shoeing horses, and harness repairs, 240 16
Repairs, 429 15
Miscellaneous, 296 18
$5,So7 o=
Recommendations.
We recommend for the use of the department for the coming
year the sum of $6,700. This will include salaries, supplies,
fuel, gas. improvements on apparatus, repairs, and support of
fire alarm system. This appropriation will also include all
recommendations in this report.
66 REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT:
Watering Streets.
This department has done a great deal in the matter of water-
ing streets which has never been reported. The past year it has
laid 920,655 gallons, or 1497 loads of water. As 25 loads are a
day's wo1 k, then 6o days were consumed in the work. Reckon-
ing this at $4 per day (the same as charged by others), it would
amount to the sum of$24o, which should be placed to the credit
of this department.
Acknowledfline-itts.
We desire to tender our thanks to the officers and members of
the companies for the active interest they have manifested in all
matters pertaining to the success of the department; to the Se-
lectmen and its Fire Committee for the interest they have mani-
fested in the welfare of the department; to the Chief of Police
and members of the force, and to all citizens to whom we are
under obligations.
JOHN A. YORK,
PEREZ T. SHURTLEFF, Engineers.
JOHN F. REGAN, ,
TREASURER'S REPORT. 67
TREASURER'S REPORT.
At the Annual Meeting held in March, 1889, the appropria-
tions aggregated $io2,,600. This amount, less $io,000, was to
be assessed on the polls and estates the current year, $3,000 to be
drawn from the town treasury, and $7,000 to be borrowed for
one year. It was then voted that the Town Treasurer, under the
direction of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow the sum of
.$7,000 on the credit of the town, and issue a note or notes of the
town for the same, on one year's time, at a rate of interest not
exceeding four per cent. per annum, to meet the balance of the
above appropriations.
The above vote was not brought to the Treasurer's notice until
the last of the municipal year, when it would have been impossi-
ble to have negotiated the loan at the rate named, and conse-
quently no further action was taken. At the town meeting held
an August 16th, iS89, a vote was passed authorizing the Treas-
urer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum not
exceeding $7,300 for the continuation of School street through
the Adams estate, and as the Selectmen had contracted for a less
.amount than the above, the Treasurer was authorized to borrow
$6,000, and on October ist, 1889, a loan of that amount was
made of Messrs. Brewster, Cobb and Estabrook for three years,
at four per cent. per annum, in six coupon notes of $i,000 each.
The town note of $3,000, which matured on November r, 1889,
has been paid, and note of January r, 1889, for $5000 matures
January r, i89r, for which provision must be made. The Treas-
urer would suggest that the town authorize him, under the direc-
tion of the Selectmen, to borrow such sums of money in antici-
pation of taxes, as may be required to meet the current expenses.
68 TREASUREVS REPORT.
The Auditor has made monthly examinations of the Treas-
urer's accounts and vouchers, appearing in his report in detail.
The receipts have been $192,224 74
The expenditures have been 191,028 25•
Balance in the treasury, $1,196 49-
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN K. STICKNEY, Treasurer.
WATERTOWN, February 14, 1889.
The accounts of John K. Stickney, Treasurer, have been duly
examined by me, proper vouchers have been shown for expend-
itures, and the balance as here given is correct.
HOWARD RUSSELL, Auditor.
TREASURER'S REPORT. 69
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72 TOWN GRANTS AND APPROPRIATIONS.
TOWN GRANTS AND APPROPRIATIONS.
The following sums of money were granted and appropriated
to the different departments as follows, viz :
For support of schools and paying superintendent, $25,500 00
Highways and drainage, the money to be expended
under direction of selectmen, 10,600 oo
$600 of the sum to be used for watering streets.
Fire department, 51500 00
Police, 5,300 00
Bridges and culverts, 350 00
Interest, I'800 00
Paying a portion.of town debt, 3,900 00
Salaries, 3,775 00
Discounts and abatements, 2,000 00
Insurance, zoo 00
Free Public Library, and dog tax, 2,500 00
Concrete walks, 750 00
Street lights, 5,00') 00
Contingent, 1,000 00
Printing, 750 00
Lighting and care of town hall, 800 00
Painting school houses, , 600 oo
Care of cemeteries, 100 00
Isaac B. Patten Post, G. A. R., 250 00
State aid, 500 00
Military aid, 500 00
Removing ashes and garbage, 1,000 00
Town Improvement Society, 200 00
Hydrant service, 8.000 oo
TOWN GRANTS AND APPROPRIATIONS. 73
Board of Health, zoo 00
Support of poor, 5,500 00
Care of bath house, 175 00
Widening Irving street, 1,400 00
Reservoir or hydrant on Meeting-house hill, 500 00
Hose carriage house, 500 00
Drain, as per Report, 6,500 00
Soldier's monument, 3,600 oo
Paying Stephen Decker, 150 00
Repairs on Main street, special, 11500 00
Hose and hose wagon for fire department, 850 00
Fire-alarm boxes, 850 00
$i o2,600 oo
Deducting as below, 10,000 00
$9a,600 oo
Voted, That the above sums, less three thousand dollars to be
drawn from the town treasury, and seven thousand dollars to be
borrowed for one year, be assessed upon the polls and estates for
the current year.
At meeting held April 24.
Voted, To grant the sum of twelve hundred dollars, that being
the sum named by the chairman of the School Committee, to put
proper ventilators in all the school rooms of the town, where
they are needed.
Voted, To assess the sum of twelve hundred dollars upon the
polls and estates the current year, to pay for constructing and
putting in the same.
Making the total sum to-be assessed, $93,800 00
The sum of $7,000, authorized to be borrowed, was paid from
money received in the treasury for bank and corporation tax, and
was not borrowed, and will not be required to be assessed the
coming year.
74 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
SCHEDULE OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1890.
RECEIPTS.
Cash in treasury February 18, 1889, $916 17
• Received of William E. Farwell, col-
lector, taxes and inter-
est, 1887, 3,927 II
William E. Farwell, col-
lector,taxes and inter-
est, 1888, 12,854 33
William E. Farwell, col-
lector, taxes and inter-
est, 1889, 83,841 15
Borrowed of Treasurer of Common-
wealth, at 31 To, 15,000 00
Borrowed of Brewster, Cobb & Esta-
brook, at 3 %, 30,000 00
Borrowed of Brewster, Cobb & Esta-
brook, at 4 %, 6,000 oo
Borrowed of Brewster, Cobb & Esta-
brook, at 41 %, 10,000 00
Borrowed of Watertown Savings Bank,
at 4 %, 10,000 00
$172,538 76
RECEIPTQ ON ACCOUNT OF ALMSHOUSF_.
Received of Treasurer of Common-
wealth, for aid ren-
dered State paupers, $88 58
AUDITORS REPORT. 75.
Received of town of Abington, for aid
rendered Daniel Quin-
Ian, 100 00
Received of town of Abington, for aid
rendered Mrs. Marga-
ret Connors, 86 oo
Received of city of Worcester, for aid
rendered Mrs.Thomas
Clohssey, 34 00
Received_of town of Belmont, for aid
rendered Mrs.Conners
and Mrs. Rooney, 243 00
Received of city of Waltham, for aid
rendered W. Mulhern, 6 83
Received of city of Waltham, for
aid rendered Mary J.
Smith, 149 75
Received of town of Framingham, for
aid rendered Mrs. Ma-
ry Coffinger, 13 18
Received of town of Clinton, for aid
rendered Lizzie O'-
Brien, 10 00
Received of J. F. Loftis, partial sup-
port of father, 4 00
Received of J. Manning, partial sup-
port of wife, 12 00
Received of D. F. Welch, partial sup-
port of father, 40 00
Received of Tim Buckley, partial sup-
port of wife, 30 00
Received of John Reed, superintend-
ent, sale of farm pro-
duce, 467 40
Received of Highway Department,
for hay and straw, �"j0 00
$1,534 74
76 AUDITOR IS REPORT.
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF CEMETERIES.
Received of Alexander Gregg, for sale
of grave lots, $I SS 75
$ISS 75
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF CONCRETE WALKS.
Received of abutters, assessments col-
lected, $835 92
$835 92
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Received of Almshouse Department,
for manure, $i5 00
$35 00
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF BRIDGES AND CULVERTS.
Received of Superintendent of High-
ways, proceeds of sale
of old lumber, $14 00
$14 00
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Received of Thomas G. Banks, super-
intendent,sale of horse
and cart, $S5 00
Received of Bridges and Culvert De-
partment, for labor on
same, 115 63
Received of Watering Street Depart-
ment, for labor water-
ing, i 6o oo
Received of Sidewalk. Department,
for filling, and setting
edgestones, aoq. 25
Received of Street Light Department,
setting lamp posts, 7 50
AUDITOR)8 .REPORT. 77
Received of Ashes and Garbage De-
partment, for labor
collecting and re-
moval, 1,234 50
Received of Contingent Department,
for sundry labors, 48 39
Received of Almshouse Department,
for teaming manure, 22 00
Received of Irving Street Depart-
ment, for labor in
widening, 42I 43
Received of Main Street Department,
for labor on same, 1,056 79
Received of Thomas G. Banks, super-
intendent, for sundry
outside labors. 17 76
$3!373 25
RECEIPTS OF ACCOUNT OF INTEREST.
Received of Union Market Bank, in-
terest on deposits, $62 86
Received of Brewster, Cobb & Esta-
brook, premiums on
coupon bonds, and
elapsed interest, 45 33
$108 19
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT ON NORTH BEACON STREET DRAIN.
Received of James Madden, for fill-
ing, $17 70
Received of L. P. Hammond, for fill-
ing, I g 65
J. F. Ham, for filling, I2 go
J. T. Livermore, for fill-
ing, 2 40
$52 65
78 AUDITOR7S REPORT.
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Received of J. H. Holt, keeper of
lockup, fees for lodg-
ing, $12 95
$IZ 95
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Received of County Treasurer, dog
tax, 1889, $728 46
Received of Solon F. Whitney, libra-
rian,sale of catalogues,
and fines, 1 2 2 =13
— $S5o 89
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF SCHOOLS.
Received of A. O. Delano, juvenile
court fines, $20 00
Received of J. C. Stone, sale of
brick, 400
Received of Treasurer of Common-
wealth, school fund, 50 15
— $74 15
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF STREET WATERING.
Received of West End Street Railway
Co., $50 00
Received of Thomas G. Banks, col-
lected from abutters, J31 00
$-S I 00
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF TOWN HOUSE.
Received of J. H. Holt, rent of hall
to Feb. I, 189o, $371 00
$371 00
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF TEMPLETON FUND.
Received of Town Treasurer, interest
allowed, $125 00
-- $128 00
s
AUDITOR IS REPORT. 79
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF ASHES AND GARBAGE.
Received of Almshouse Department,
for swill collected, $75 00
$75 00
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF HORSE AND HOSE WAGON.
Received of Almshouse Department,
for one horse, $4S 00
$4S 00
MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS.
Received of Treasurer Commonwealth,
corporation tax, $811 18 39
National Bank tax, 1,235 59
State Aid, Chap. 252, 248 89
R 46 it it 301, 390 00
Foreign ship tax, 613 96
J. B. Woodward, drug-
gist license, 1 00
H. L. Coe, druggist li-
cense, 1 00
F. C. Howard, billiard
hall license, 2 00
Watertown Water Sup-
ply Co., amount paid
G. R. Payson for dam-
age to buggy, 61 oS
Thomas Patten, fees for
weighing on town
scales to Sept. 1, '89, 60 70
Daniel J. Mahoney, fees
for weighing on town
scales to Feb. I, 18go, 47 20
E. M. Mayo, for deed
of land on Franklin
street, 822 IS
80 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Patrick Quinn, for li-
cense to sell oleo, 50
$11,602 49.
$192,224 74
EXPENDITURES.
To cash paid Almshouse, $6,456 65
Board of Health, 113 70
Bath house, care of, 155 00
Bridges and culverts, 816 34
Contingent, 4,368 88
Cemeteries, care of, 192 45
Concrete walks, 2,273 84
Discounts and abate-
ments, 5,116 67
Fire department, 5,807 02
Fire alarm, 849 56
G. A. R., I. B. Patten
Post 81, 250 00
Highways and drainage, 13)367 63
Hydrant service, 7,704 o6
Hose carriage house, 500 00
Horse and hose carriage, 898 oo
Insurance, 129 00
Interest, 2,254 00
Irving street widening, 1,400 00
Military aid, 470 00
Main street improve-
ments, 1,500 00
No. Beacon street drain, 6,676 8o
Police, 5,323 45
Printing, 669 20
Public library, 3,295 85
Painting schoolhouses, 430 93
Removal of ashes and
garbage, 1,234 50-
AUDITOR 7S REPORT. 81
Salaries, 3,513 50
State aid, 432 00
Street lights, 4,371 22
Schools, 25,562 o6
Schoolhouse ventilation, 1,710 85
Soldiers' monument, 3,600 oo
Sphool street extension, 6,095 29
State tax, 6,940 00
Town house lighting and
care, 1,150 52
Town improvement, t 36 So
Town debt, 3,000 00
Templeton fund, 12S oo
Watering streets, 981 00
Stephen Decker, claim
for damages, 150 00
Borrowed money, 6o,000 oo
National Bank tax, 1,003 48
$Igi,o2$ 25
Balance in treasury, 1'196 49,
$192,224 74
Receipts and Expenditures in Detail.
ALMSHOUSE.
Receipts.
To Appropriation; $5,500 00
Treasurer of Commonwealth,
aid rendered state paupers, SS 5S
Town of Abington, aid ren-
dered Daniel Quinlan, 100 00
Town of Abington, aid ren-
dered Mrs. Margaret Con-
nors, 86 o0
City of Worcester, aid rendered
82 AUDITOR IS REPORT.
Mrs. Thomas Clohsey, 34 00
Town of Belmont, aid rendered
Mrs. Connors and Mrs.
Rooney, 243 00
City of Waltham, aid rendered
W. Mulhern, 6 83
City of Waltham, aid rendered
Mary J. Smith, 149 75
Town of Framingham, aid ren-
dered Mrs. Coflinger, 13 IS
Town of Clinton, aid rendered
Lizzie O'Brien, 10 00
J. F. Loftis, partial support of
father, 4 00
J. Manning, partial support of -
wife, 12 00
D. F. Welch, partial support of
father, 40 00
Tim Buckley,partial support of
wife, 30 00
John Reed,superintendent, sale
of farm produce, 467 40
Highway Department, for hay
and straw, 250 00
$7,034 74
Expenditures.
SALARIES.
John Reed, keeper, one year, $500 00
George F. Robinson, almoner, and
expenses, 113 34
Dr. G. A. Tower, town physician,
one year, 200 00
Katie Murphy, domestic, 166 50
Eugene Callahan, labor, 284 00
$1,263 84
AUDITOR$ REPORT. 83
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
Lynch Brothers, groceries, $134 46
N. B. Hartford, " 74 89
E. C. & A. B. Hall, groceries, III 69
E. A. Benton, " 125 23
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa, " 239 18
E. F. Shiek & Co., groceries and to-
bacco, 46 78
Hackett Brothers, provisions, 75 98
L. M. Dyer, " 5 97
N. E. Hollis, " 24 34
W. H. Lyman, << 27 86
H. P. Mason, 23 10
T. F. Kelley, 20 87
M. O'Halloran, potatoes, 9 6o
J. H. Snow, fish, 36 43
Jos. H. Burns, fish, 42 52
$998 90
HAY AND GRAIN.
Perkins & Co., $217 o6
$217 o6
DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING.
Otis Brothers, dry goods, $70 08
Lunt & Tarlton, dry goods, 12 99
George C. Lunt & Co., dry goods, 13 45
J. R. Parlin, clothing, 9 25
$105 77
FUEL.
Pevear & Russell, $229 79
Thomas Gavin, 32 50
$262 29
BLACKSMITHING, AND MISCELLANEOUS REPAIRS.
John Ross, blacksmithing, $58 o8
Walker & Pratt Co., tins and repairs, I2 5r
J. F. Ham, shoeing, z8 50
'A AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Gilkey & Stone, lumber, 23 87
Thomas Collins, harness repairs, 17 35
H. W. Martin, furniture oc 2 08
A. D. Drew, repairing boots and
shoes, 9 70
Thomas Patten, harness repairs, 4 70
C. H. Rollins, plumbing, I 00
Daniel Mahoney, harness repairs, 13 30
$171 09,
MISCELLANEOUS.
A. Gregg, burial of T. L. Whitten, $20 00
Geo. E. Teele, hardware and tools, 70 28
Fiske&Arnold,repairing wooden leg, 400
Wm. Rogers, cleaning and repairing
clock, 5 00
Howard Brothers, dressing swine, 22 50
Fred. G. Barker, Enterprise, 3 00
Jos. A. Burns, cigars, 13 00
Lovell Brothers, plants and manure, 35 50
Luther Bent&Co., furniture, and loan
of table and ware, 12 37
Warren Soap Co., potash and hogs-
heads, 6 50
R. H. Paine, hardware, I2 81
N. C. Sanger, wire screens, 75 00
Jacob Lacker, exchange of cows, 40 00
J. B. Woodward, medicines, 7 60
F. H. Martin, f6 5 85
Howard Brothers, ice, 69 22
E. H. & M. Hemenway, hotbed sash, 106 75
Fire Department, manure, 35 00
<< « horse, 48 00
Dr. M. J. Kelly, manure, 4 00
Highway Department, teaming ma-
nure, '
22 00 �
J +
AUDITOR)8 REPORT. 85
Ash and Garbage Department, swill
collected, 75 00
Watertown Water Supply Co., water, 66 66
B, $760 04
$3,778 99
ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS OUTSIDE OF ALMSHOUSE.
Byrnes, Michael W., fuel, $3 38
Booker, Bridget, rent and aid by city
of Boston, 59 69
Butterfield, Harriet L., at State Alms-
house, 177 20
Belcher, Mrs., fuel and groceries, I$ as
Cosgrove, John, groceries, 4 00
Coffinger, Mrs. A., fuel, 15 19
Clyne, Mrs., rent, 6o oo
Claflin, R. F., fuel and groceries, 51 05
Connors, William, groceries, 102 00
Clohssey, Mrs. Thomas, groceries, 32 00
Corcoran, Mrs. P., monthly aid, 110 OO
Cahill, Daniel, fuel and shoes, 21 38
Daley, Margaret, groceries, z 00
Eggleston, Mrs., 46 4 30
Fox, Mrs. Anna P., board and nurse, 48 7z
Flynn, Margery,at Worcester Lunatic
Hospital, 169 46
Ford, Anolia, at Worcester Lunatic
Hospital, 1-A 75
Fisher, Michael, groceries and fuel, 7 38
Gallagher, Mrs. Michael, monthly aid, 110 00
Goding, Mrs. L. E., fuel, 28 40
Hill, David D., groceries and rent, 68 91
Hanbury, Catherine, transportation, 1 00
Kelliher, Mrs. Mary, fuel, 1 69
Lindley, Ida M., aid by city of Boston, 9 8o
86 AUDITOR 7S REPORT.
Murphy, Ellen, fuel and groceries, 9 71
Mulhern, William, groceries and fuel, 8 67
Milner, Mrs., fuel, 8 72
Mulhern, James W., at Worcester
Lunatic Hospital, 58 25
Morrill, Emeline M., aid by city of
Boston, 23 00,
McMaster, Samuel, at Westboro In-
sane Asylum, 114 2I
O'Brien, Mrs. Lizzie, dry goods, 10 00
Pond, Mrs. Catherine, aid by city of
Newton, 11 50
Penderghast, P. B., at Worcester In-
sane Asylum, i o8 o6.
Patterson, Mrs., groceries, 3 00-
Quinlan, Mrs. John, aid by town of
Framingham, 53 5c,
Quinlan, Daniel, groceries, 145 oo.
Ring, W. T., aid by city of Waltham, 54 00
Rooney, Mrs., groceries and rent, 169 o?
Regan, Mrs. Thomas, rent and fuel, 73 74
Sullivan, Mrs. Florence, monthly aid, 110 00
Smith, Mrg. Annie E., " « 86 oo
Shea, Ellen M., at Worcester Insane
Asylum, 65 93
Sprague, Ellen M., aid by town of
Barnstable, 4S 00
Smith, Mary J., board, medicine and
nurse, 146 75
Scott, Mrs. Mary Jane, monthly aid, 16 oo
Tufts, W. H., monthly aid, 15 00
Vahey, Mrs. John, monthly aid, 1Io 00
$2,677 66
Unexpended balance to contingent, 578 og
$7,034 74 ,
AUDITORS REPORT. 87
BRIDGES AND CULVERTS.
To Appropriation, $350 00
Received from Superintendent of
Streets, sale of old lumber, 1400
Contingent transfer, 452 34
$816 34
Expenditures.
To Gilkey & Stone, lumber, Arsenal
and No. Beacon street bridges, $415 84 9
Moses Whiting, carpenter work, 81 89
Geo. E. Teele, nails and spikes, 21 30
Thos. H. Wicks, " " 179 81
Berry & Moody,. 64 1 87
Highway Department, labor, 115 63
$S16 34.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
To Appropriation, $200 00
$200 00
Expenditures.
To H. A. Philbrook, clerk, $100 00
H. A. Philbrook, cash paid for
peppermint, 70
P. Condon, cleaning portion of
Treadaway brook, ►0 00
E. V. Howard, serving notice, 1 00
George Parker, 11 notices, 2 00
$113 70
Unexpended balance to contingent, 86 30
$200 00
BATH HOUSE.
y� To Appropriation, $175 00
H $175 00
Expenditures.
To Charles L. Nye, keeper, $155 00
' Unexpended balance to contingent 20 00
175 00
88, AUDITOR ISREPORT.
CONTINGENT.
To Appropriation, $r,000 00
Received of Treasurer of Common-
wealth, corporation tax, 8,r18 39
Balance of National Bank tax, 232 11
State Aid, Chap. 252, 24.8 89
cc cc cc 30r1 390 00
Foreign ship tax, 613 96
Received of E. M. Mayo, for deed of
land on Franklin street, 822 18
J. B.Woodward, druggist license, 1 00
H. L. Coe, cc " I 00
F. C. Howard, billiard hall li-
cense, a 00
Watertown Water Supply Co.,
amount paid Gilbert R. Payson
for damage to buggy, 61 oS
Thomas Patten, fees for weigh-
ing on town scales, 6o. 7o
Daniel J. Mahoney, fees for
weighing on town scales, 47 20
Pat Quinlan, license to sell oleo-
margarine, 50
r 01599 01
Overlay tax, 2,261 53
$i 2,S60 54
Received from the following depart-
ments, unexpended balances :
Almshouse, $57S 09
Board of Health, S6 3o
Bath House, 20 00
Cemeteries, 96 30
Fire Alarm, 44
Highways and Drainage, 5 62 '-
AUDITORS REPORT. 89-
Hydrant Service, 295 94
Insurance, 71 00
Military Aid, 30 00
Printing, So 80
Painting Schoolhouses, 16g 07
Reservoir on Meeting House hill, 500 00
Salaries, 261 50
State Aid, 68 o0
Street Lights, 628 78
Schools, 12 09
Town House, 20 48
Town Lnprovement, 63 20
Town Debt, goo 00
$3,887 61
$16,748 15
Expenditures.
To McLauthlin & Co., sheets for col-
lectors, assessors, and station-
ery, $47 54
Dr. H. McIntire, returns of
births, 1 75
Thomas Patten, ticket book and
one-half fees for weighing, to
Sept. 1, 3 3 35
B. E. Potter, carriage hire, po-
lice and selectmen, 62 00
F. G. Barker, advertising notices
and warrants, 211 36
Forbes Lithograph Manuf ng Co.,
maps of Watertown and New-
ton, 3 2 00
Brigham & Spofford, making and
tracing map of Watertown, 15 00
Drew, Allis & Co., Newton Di-
rectory, 2 00
90 AUDITOR78 REPORT.
Geo. Bennett, refreshments, town
meetings, 47 00
Samuel Hobbs & Co., book for
board of registrars, 8 50
James F. Lynch, stamps, and
stamped envelopes, I z 90
House of Angel Guardian, sup-
port of Frank Manion, 49 25
House of Angel Guardian, sup-
port of Pat. Fahey, 29 15
House of Angel Guardian, sup-
port of J. J. Curry, 25 50
House of Angel Guardian, sup-
port of J. Lonergan, ' 26 84
House of Angel Guardian, sup-
port of Jerry Casey, 20 00
Wiggins & Ham, services, Albert
D. Ford case, 250 43
Houghton & Dutton, crockery for
new almshouse, 144 07
J. B. Goodrich, legal services,
town cases, 450 00
William Rogers, care of town
clock, 19 45
S. S. Gleason, moderator INIarch
meeting, 10 00
S. S. Gleason, sale of lot on
Franklin steeet, 25 00
S. S. Gleason, services at tax
commissioner's office, 10 00
D. W. Kinsman, repairing map, 50
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook,
7-8 fo on $6,000, difference in
time of coupon notes, 1897 and
19031 52 50
AUDITOR7S REPORT. 91
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, le-
gal advice, and telegram, 25 29
J. J. Sullivan, legal services and
expenses in securing signature
of J. A. Judd to deed of land
on Franklin street, 73 65
Wm. E. Farwell, statistics, and
attendance at meetings of com-
mittee on towns, 60 00
Wm. E. Farwell, postage and sta-
tionery, 10 00
Boston Globe, and Herald, adver-
tisement for John Fletcher, i 63
A. C. Libbey & Son, time and
record book, 2 50
New England Telephone Co.,
telephone, 48 15
S. F. Stearns, labor and material,
town clock, 10 00
John A. York, ringing bell Feb.
zz, and July 4, 4 50
Chester Sprague, building shed
and vault, almshouse, 3S6 60
J. R. Harrison, distributing bal-
lots, April 22, 5 00
Samuel Merchant, raising draw, 46 00
Highway Department, sundry la-
bors, 48 39
Kern & McLoud, abstracts of
deeds, 24 45
F. K. Hubbard, horse hire, po-
lice and assessors, 69 50
Mrs. Mary A. Berry, writing for
registrars and assessors, 1 j0 00
Gardner Priest, ringing bell, 3 i5
92 AUDITORS REPORT.
R. H. Paine, hammer and tacks, z1
Winship & Daniels, maps and
pamphlets, 9 50
J. H. L. Coon, distributing bal-
lots, 5 00
Gilbert R. Payson, damages to
buggy on Arlington street, 61 o8
George H. Walker & Co., atlas
of Middlesex County, 15 00
Jos. A. Burns, counter at March
election, 3 00
W. F. Learned, surveying and
laying out lot on Franklin St., 8 oo
George H. Tarlton, care of town
clock, 27 18
Moses Whiting, repairing tank for
Fire Department, and labor on
park fence, 22 50
G. D. Regan, counter, March
meeting, 3 00
Berry & Moody, repairs on town
scales, I 1 15
A. F. Haynes, plans for new hose
house, 15 00
Board of Registrars, salary, 200 00
•Chas. Cummings, ringing bell
Feb. zz and July 4, 4 50
Fred E. Crawford, legal services
in sale of land on Franklin St., 6 o0
Fevear & Russell, fuel to Mrs.
Milner, under Chap. 298, Act
of 1888 and 1889, 11 12
W. H. Ingraham, examining rec-
ords at office of Tax Commis-
sioner, 15 00
AUDITORS S REPORT. 93
L. H. Allen, expressage, 15
Kenny's Express, expressage, 1 00
J. H. Critchett & Son, express-
age, 25
Alexander Gregg, 71 death re-
turns, 17 75
E. F. Porter, cash paid for type
writing, 13 50
John K. Stickney, check books,
postage, and making monthly
returns, State Aid, 24 75
Daniel J. Mahoney, one-half of
weighing fees, to Feb. 1, 189o, 23 Go
W. H. Ingraham, collecting,
recording and indexing births,
marriages, and deaths, i o t 65
$3,155 41
The following bills of expense were
incurred by the use of the Aus-
tralian ballot system:—
To Mrs. Mary A. Berry, preparing
precinct lists, $9 00
Ballot Act League, pamphlets and
ballots, 1 65
Boston Book Co., 1 copy of Aus-
tralian Ballot System, 1 50
H. M. Meek, tally sheets, 2 00
Moses Whiting,precinct signs and
posts, S So
A. H. Stone, removing seats at
schoolhouse, 2 50
Charles E. Pierce, copies of elec-
tion record book, 90
McLauthlin & Co.,books and sta-
tionery, 1 75
:94 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
S. M. Spencer, rubber stamps, 3 00
Porter & Co., precinct signs, and
repairing ballot boxes, rg 65
Berry&Moody,preparing booths, 113 38
Edwin I. Dill, lunch to precinct
officers, 18 00
F. E. Crawford, warden, pre-
cinct t, 5 00
W. H. Bustin, Jr., warden, pre-
cinct r, 5 00
George F. Robinson, clerk, pre-
cinct t, 5 00
J. D. Monahan, inspector, pre-
cinct r, 400
J. C. Stone, inspector, precinct t, 400
Phillip Callahan, deputy inspec-
tor, precinct I, 4 00
J. D. Evans, deputy inspector,
precinct t, 4 00
George E. Priest, warden, pre-
cinct z, 5 00
M. J. Green, warden, precinct z, 5 00
Louis McLauthlin, clerk, pre-
cinct 2, 5 00
Charles S. Ensign, inspector, pre-
cinct z, 4 00
Geo. E. Teele, inspector, pre-
cinct z, 4 00
W. F. Learned,deputy inspector,
precinct z, 4 00
S. F. Stearns, deputy inspector,
precinct z, 4 00
S. S. Gleason, warden, precinct3, 5 00
Thos. F. Gallagher, warden, pre-
cinct 3, i 00
AUDITOR IS REPORT. 95
Henry R. Skinner, clerk, pre-
cinct 3, 5 00
S. G. Greenwood, inspector, pre-
cinct 3, 400
J. W. Griflith, inspector, pre-
cinct 3, 4 00
G. H. Gregg, deputy inspector,
precinct 3, 400
Jos. A. Burns, deputy inspector,
precinct 3, 4 00
$275 63
$3431 04
The following amounts were transferred from this account by
the Board of Selectmen, authorized by a vote of the town, Jan.
30, i8go, to meet deficiencies in these departments;—
Bridges and culverts, $452 34
Concrete walks, 687 92
Discounts and abatements, 2,511 73
Dedication of soldiers' monu-
ment, 937 84
Fire department, 272 02
Interest, 345 81
North Beacon street drain, 124 15
Police, 10 50
Removal of ashes and garbage, 159 50
Schoolhouse ventilation, 510 85
$6,o 12 66
$9,443 70
Unexpended balance, 7,304 45
$16,748 15
96 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
CEMETERIES.
To Appropriation, $100 00
Received of Alexander Gregg, sale of
Grave lot, No. 11, 10 00
No. i 2, 10 00
cc cc No. 13, 33 75
No. 14, 20 00
No. 215, 25 00
No. 216, 40 00
No. 217, 50 00
$288 75
Expenditures.
To Alexander Gregg, care of ceme-
teries, $185 00
Ethan A. Paddock, repairing and
oiling tree protectors, 5 70
Berry & Moody, repairing gate, i i5
— $192 45'
Unexpended balance to contingent, 96 3a
$288 75
CONCRETE WALKS.
To Appropriation, $750 00
Assessments collected, 835 92
Contingent transfer, 687 92
$2,273 84
Expenditures.
To D. F. Tripp, concrete walks,
crossings, and repairs, $1,475 80
Gilkey & Stone, lumber for plank
walks, 93 29
Moses Whiting, carpenter work, 32 25
Samuel Fletcher, edgestones for
L•ving street, 361 32
AUDITORS REPORT. 97
Fitchburg R. R. Co., freight on
edgestones, Io6 93
Highway Department,filling,and
setting edgestones, 204 25
$z,273 84
DISCOUNTS AND ABATEMENTS.
To Appropriation, $2,000 00
Interest collected, 604 94
Contingent transfer, 2,511 73
$5,I16 6-j
Expenditures.
To William E. Farwell, collector,
abatements, 1887, $356 50
William E. Farwell, collector,
abatements, 1888, 1,361 27
William E. Farwell, collector,
abatements, 1889, 11217 46
William E. Farwell, collector,
discounts, 1889, 2,181 44
$5,116 67
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
To Appropriation, $5,500 00
Almshouse Department, for ma-
nure, 35 00
Contingent transfer, 272 02
$>>5oi 02
Expenditures.
PAY ROLLS.
To Board of Engineers, three-quar-
ters salary, 1 $213 75
Steam Fire Engine Co., 1 year,
to Feb. 1, 1890, 710 00
Hook and Ladder Co., 1 year, to
Feb. i, 1890, 510 00
98 AUDITOR7S REPORT.
J. H. Holt, engineer, I year, to
Feb. I, 18go, 1,000 00
Moses Pkatee, driver, I year, to
Feb. I, 18go, 840 00
Gilbert Nichols, driver of hose
carriage;, I year, to Feb. I,
18go, 600 oo
J. R. Harrison, stoker, I year, to
Feb. I, 18go, 75 00
J. R. Harrison, relief engineer
and driver, 85 00
Henry W. Howard, relief driver, 6 oo
F. D. B. Hill, relief driver, 32 00
A. Flanders, extra driver, July 3
and 4, 6 oo
Charles A. Colligan, extra driver,
July 3 and 4, 6 oo
Jas. J. Flannery, relief driver, 48 50
Warren Taylor, labor, 4 20
— $4,136 45
HAY, STRAW AND GRAIN.
To George H. Sleeper, hay, $427 Io
Perkins & Co., hay and grain, 233 48
' — $66o 58
FUEL AND LIGHTS.
To Thomas Gavin, wood, $2 80
Pevear & Russell, fuel, new hose
house, 8 70
Newton & Watertown Gas Light
Co., ga,,, 33 00
$44 50
SHOEING, AND HARNESS REPAIRS.
To J. F. Ham, shoeing, $I22 31
Charles E. Berry, harnesses, 55 00
AUDITOR 7S REPORT. 99
'Thomas Collins, harness repairs, 33 60
Thomas Patten, �& " 4 95
B. A. Fuller, °° " 24 30
$240 16
REPAIRS.
To John Ross, iron work, and wheel-
wright, $125 35
American Tube Works, brass
tubes, 10 79
Geo. E. Teele, hardware, 35 19
Walker & Pratt Manuf ng Co.,
stove, machine work, and
lining tank, 103 22
Moses Whiting, carpenter work, 50 25
Manchester Locomotive Works,
heater grate, 1 25
Blake Manufacturing Co., valve
springs, 3 6o
R. H. Paine, hardware, 12 95
Fred S. Milner, painting supply
wagon, 42 00
Alexander Boyd, hose and re-
pairs, 54 55
$429 15
MISCELLANEOUS.
'T6 Dr. J. R. McLaughlin,veterinary
surgeon, $24 00
Edwin Rogers,zincs and coppers, 70 56
H. F. Bright, dentistry and clip-
ping, 17 00
Mrs. J. Barry, washing bed cloth-
ing, 24 00
C. S. Burr, rubber hose washers, 3 88
•
100 .AUDITOR)) REPORT.
Watertown Water Supply Co.,
water, 15 00
E. C. & A. B. Hall, salt,brooms,
and refreshments, 23 81
G. E. & H. W. Badger, tripoli, 6 00
L. H. Alle•i, express, 40
B. E. Potter, horse hire, 6 00
L. Bent & Co., table, chairs and
curtain, 8 00
A. S. Jackson, spanners and belt, 17 50
John J. Murphy,testing hydrants, } 00
W. Hall & Co., keys, 3 00
A. L. Thompson, use of wagon, 2 00
Stoughton ).lubber Co., fire coat, 4 50
Mitchell Manuf ng Co., badges, 17 75
J. H. Critchett & Son, express, 25
Rogers & I)ecrow, zinc, screws,
and cups, 2 40
Kenny's Express, expressage, 50
George M. Stevens, wire and in-
sulators, 1 88
McLauthlin & Co., note heads
and tags, 1 40
A. C. Fletcher, bracket lamp, 1 85
George W. Simmons & Co.,
coats, 40 50
--- $296 1 S
$5,807 oa
FIRE dLAR31.
To Appropriatini, $S50 00
$S50 00
Expenditures.
To George M. Stevens, five boxes
and line, as per contract, $750 00
AUDITORS REPORT. 101
George M. Stevens, hard pine
poles, battery jars, iincs, etc., 51 So
George M. Stevens, i6-inch tap-
per gong, 12 00
Charles L. Bly, twelve 3o-feet
cedar poles, 30 00
Charles H. Rollins, half-inch
pipe, 96
Benj. T. Rundlett, painting poles, 4 80
$849 56
Unexpended balance to contingent, 44
$850 00
G. A. R., I. B. PATTEN POST 81.
To Appropriation, $250 00
$250 00
Expendititres.
To Charles C. White, treasurer, $250 00
$250 00
HIGHWAYS AND DRAINAGE.
To Appropriation, $10,000 00
Received of Thomas G. Banks, su-
perintendent, sale of horse and
cart, 85 00
Thomas G. Banks, for outside Ta-
bor, 17 76
Bridges and Culverts Department,
for labor, 115 63
Street Watering Department, for
labor, i 6o oo
Sidewalk Department, setting
edgestones, and labor filling
and grading, 204 25
102 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Street Light Department, setting
posts, 7 50.
Ash and Garbage Department,
collecting and removing ashes, 61S 5o
Ash and Garbage Department,
collecting and removing swill, 616 oo
Contingent ]department, for sun-
dry labors, 48 39
Almshouse Department, teaming
manure, 22 OO
Irving Street Department, for la-
bor widening, 4�" 43
Main Street Department, for la-
bor, 1,056 79
-- $13,37- 2..
Expetzditurea.
To Thos. G. Banks, superintendent,
one year, $1,200 00
Thos. G. Banks, pay rolls for
employes, S,I S3 30
$9,3S3 30.
MATERIAL FOR ROADS.
To Patrick Condon, stone, $19 20
Mrs. Winslow, gravel, I 40
James O'Br:.en, stone, 97 57,
William Ahern, " 99 20
John O'Brien, i6 434 57
Francis Butt.rick, gravel, 30 45
J. H. Conant " 52 40
J. E. Cassidy, " 74 10
Mrs. M. M. French, gravel, 14. 70
Nathan Drake, " 16 oo
$S39 _5
AUDITORS REPORT. 103
TEAMING MATERIAL FOR ROADS.
To Thomas Gavin, $175 75
George H. Sleeper, 20 00
Patrick Condon, 49 00
Thomas Carroll, 3 50
Whittemore Rowell, 5 00
William McGuire, 136 95
P. J. Kelley, 423 $0
John O'Brien, 364 50
James O'Brien, 53 50
$1,237, 00
HAY. STRAW AND GRAIN.
To Almshouse Department, haN, and
straw, $250 00
Perkins & Co., grails, 342 75
$592 75
SHOEING AND BLACKSMITHING.
To F. C. Harthertz, shoeing and re-
pairs, $67 38
J. F. Nolan, shoeing, 37 55
J. F. Ham, ' 16 oo
John Ross, blacksmithing, 87 25
Patrick Regan, sharpening picks,
and repairs, 52 70 $26o 88
FENCE MATERIAL, AND CARPENTER WORK.
To Gilkey & Stone, lumber, $2 23
Thomas H. Wicks, carpenter
work, 5 65
Moses Whiting,sign posts,boards
and labor, 44 97
S. F. Stearns, carpenter work, 1 00
Berry & Moody, sign posts, 4 36
$58 7,1
t
104 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
REPAIRS.
To Fred S. Milner, painting water
cart, and swill cart, and street
signs, $a8 50
Geo. S. Bowen, repairing smoke
stack, t 25
M. E. Dardis, painting and let-
tering water cart, 20 00
Thos. Collins, harness repairs, 21 4-0
New England Machine Co., re-
pairs on crusher, 6o
Thomas Patten, harness repairs, 12 20
B. A..Fuller, blankets, and har-
ness repaii;s, 16 85
Daniel J. Mahoney, harness re-
pairs, 14 95
$151 75
MISCELLANEOUS.
To R. H. Paine, tools and hardware, $41 59
Charles A. Foley, labor sanding,
and on snow, 15 75
Patrick Doody, labor on snow, 17 35
Pevear&Russell, fuel for crusher, 73 34
W. H. Bustin, collars, 13 00
C. A. Bedell, labor on snow, 5 00
P. J. Kelley, use of shed for
sand, 15 00
J. C. Richardson, pair of brown
horses, 550 00
Lynch Brothers, salt and oil, 1 43
Geo. E. Teele, tools and bar-
rows, 37 15
E. C. & A. B. Hall, oil,salt, and
wicks, 5 34
AUDITOR'S REPORT. 105
Lappen Brothers, swill buckets, 3 :-5
James McLaughIin,buildingcatch
basins, 30 00
Samuel Walker, engine oil, 7 50
Otis Brothers. rubber boots and
coat, 6 25
McLauthlin & Co., pay envel-
opes, I 20
Alvin Adams estate, cap stones, 4 95
Rev. R. P. Stack, sand, 16 oo
West End Street Railway Co.,
watchman on Main street, 3 Sj
Talker & Pratt Manuf ng Co.,
black varnish, So
C. H. Rollins, labor on drinking
fountain. 75
$849 20
$13,367 63
Unexpended balance to contingent. 5 62
$13,373 25
HYDRA NT SERVICE.
To Appropriation, $8,000 00
$S,000 00
Expenditures.
To Watertown Water Supply Co.,
use of hydrants, 179, to April I, $3,743 75
Watertown Water Supply Co.,
use of hydrants 191, to Oct. I, 3,869 17
Moving hydrant on Common St., 52 25
C. H. Rollins, fountain repairs,
and pump for Lexington St., 38 89
$7,7o4 o6
Unexpended balance to contingent, 295 94
$8,000 o0
106 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
HOSE CARRIAGE HOUSE, EAST WATERTOWN.
To Appropriation, $500 00
$500 00
Expe2&d itures.
To Chester Sprague, contract, as per
plans and specifications, $500 00
— $joo 00
HORSE AND HOSE CARRIAGE FOR FIRE DEPART-
'MENT.
To Appropriation, $850 00
Almshouse Department, for one
horse, 48 00
— $898 00
.Expenditures.
To Joshua C. Stone, one horse, $200 00
George H. Sleeper, one horse, 250 00
D. E. Owens, one pair No. 2
hitches without buckles, S 00
E. Teele & Co., hose carriage, 440 00
— $SgS 00
INSURANCE.
To Appropriation, $200 00
$200 00
Expenditures.
To Wm. H. Ingraham, insurance,
almshouse, stable and contents, $69 oo
Win. I-1. Ingraham, insurance on
books in Public Library, 6o o0
$I29 00
Unexpended balance to contingent, 71 00
$200 00
AUDITORS REPORT. 107
INTEREST.
To Appropriation, $1,800 00
Received of Union Market Bank, in-
terest on deposits, 62 86
Received of Brewster, Cobb & Esta-
brook, premium on coupon
notes, and elapsed interest, 45 33
Contingent transfer, 345 Sr
$2,254 00-
Expenditures.
To Athol Savings Bank, i year's in-
terest, $i7,000, at 4 %, $6So oo
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, r
year, 3 days' interest, $3,0009
at 4 %, 121 00
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, i
year's interest, $io,000, at 4 %, 400 00
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, in-
terest on loan notes, 825 00
John Templeton Fund, i year's
interest, $2,500 17.8 00
Watertown Savings Bank, i year's
interest, $2,500, at4 a/p, 100 00
$2,254 00-
IR VING STREET WIDENING.
To Appropriation, $1,400 00
. $1,400 00
Expenditures.
To W. F. Learned, lines and grades
furnished, $45 00
Highway Department, labor, 421 43
D. F. Tripp, concrete walks, 625 2 r
John Lyons, moving trees, 10 00
108 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Patrick Condon, teaming, r 3 75
Thomas Gavin, 00
Pevear & Russell, " 7 00
R. Gilkey, labor, grading, io 50
Berry & Moody, moving fences, 231 37
Henry Russell, painting fences, 11 99
Geo. E. Teele, hitching post, 2 75
$1,400 00
MILITARY AID.
To Appropriation, $500 00
$500 00
Expenditu?-es.
To Thomas Donlan, 12 months, $72 00
David Johnson, I2 °' 72 00
Loui Lemmins, 12 96 oo
Thomas E. Dardis, 12 « 72 00
Owen Monahan, 12 " 72 00
Jos. D. Hill, 9 54 00
Chas. J. Towle, 4 << 32 00
$470 00
Unexpended balance to contingent, 30 00
$500 00
MAIN STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
'To Appropriation, $1,500 00
$1,500 00
Expenditures.
To W. F. Learned, plans, grades,
and superintendence, $25 00
Highway Department, labor, 1,056 79
Thomas Gavin, 4E 99 50
P. J. Kelley, °G 176 oo
John O'Brien, " 42 50
AUDITOR�8 REPORT. 109
Patrick Condon, labor, 3 50
Pevear & Russell, brick, 2 85
Chas. W. Cummings, labor on
catch basin, 3 50
John Ross, catch basin, frame,
and bars, 12 64
Alvin Adams Estate, stone for
crossings, 33 6o
Watertown Water Supply Co.,
moving hydrant, 44 12
$1,500 00-
NORTH BEACON STREET DRAIN.
To Appropriation, $6,5oo oo
Received of James Madden, for fill-
ing, 17 70
L. P. Hammond, for filling, Ig 65
J. F. Ham, " " 12 go
J. T. Livermore, " " 2 40
Contingent transfer, I24 15
-- $6,676 So.
Expenditures.
To Wilbur F. Learned, superintend-
ent, pay rolls for employes, $2,524 15
Pevear & Russell, brick, 1,471 50
James F. Lucas, laying brick, 1,288 40
R. H. Paine, hose, nails, drain
pipe, and cement, 535 35
Gilkey & Stone, lumber and ce-
ment, 240 IS
Berry & Moody, carpenter work, 51 71
J. H. Ladd, sand, 61 So
W. H. Carberry, man hole,
frames, covers and traps, 93 75
]1O AUDITOR 7 S- REPORT.
Geo. E. Teele, picks, shovels and
hardware, 69 14
Otis Brothers, rubber boots, 6 50
Walker & Pratt, dipper, 35
F. C. Harthertr., sharpeningpicks
and saw, 9 30
P. Regan, sharpening picks, and
repairing bucket, I I 75
Moses Whiting, making centres
and tool box, 41 90
E. A. Benton, barrel, 40
Lynch Brothers, oil, 3 33
T. P. Emerson, expressage, 4 49
D. J. Mahoney, leather washers, I 25
Fitchburg R. R. Co., putting
sewer under track, 16 25
Fitchburg R. R. Co., brick, 21 00
George S. Bowen, repairing
pump, 2 00
Watertown Water Supply Co.,
water, and repairing service
pipes, 22 30
W. F. Learned, estimate, plans,
and superintendence, 200 00
$6,676 8o
POLICE.
To Appropriation, $5,300 00
J. H. Holt, keeper of lockup,
travellers' fees, I2 95
Contingent transfer, 10 50
$5,323 45
Expendltures.
To James Burke, one year to Feb. I,
1890, $912 50
AUDITOR'S REPORT. 171
George Parker, one year to Feb.
I, 1890, 902 50
Daniel H. Cooney, one year to
Feb. I, 1890, 872 50
Thos. F. Lyons, one year to Feb.
I, 1890, 907 50
E. V. Howard, six months. 435 Oo
L. A. Shaw, special, 407 05
D. J. Sullivan, 358 75
H. A. Phil-brook, 31 24
Michael Carroll, " 7 50
George Bowles, 5 00
John Moore, 5 So
C. A. Bedell, 5 00
Geo. A. Merry, ' 11 25
Frank H. Callahan, 253 75
W. H. Ellison, 66 45 00
C. L. Nye, " 20 00
Frank H. Drake, 2 50
Thomas Collins, strapping two
billies, 50
L. A. Shaw, handcuffs, chain,
and whistle, 6 87
J. H. Holt, keeper of lockup, 60 00
Newton & Watertown Gas Light
Co., gas, 6S o0
E. C. & A. B. Hall, soap, sand,
and matches, i 24
$5,323 45
112 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
PRINTING.
To Appropriation, $750 00
$750 00
Expenditures.
To F. G. Barker, Town Reports,
voting lists, etc., $594 35
McLauthlin & Co., postals, war-
rants, tax bills, etc., 74 85
$669 20
Unexpended balance to contingent, 8o So
$750 00
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
To Appropriation, $2,500 00
Received of County Treasurer, dog
tax, 1888, 673 42
*Dog Tax, i889, 728 46
S. F. Whitney, librarian, fines,
and sale of catalogues, 122 43
$4,024 31
Expenditures.
To S. F. Whitney, librarian, $950 00
Miss Jane Stockwell, assistant, 529 15
Wm. McCaferty, janitor, and for
outside labor, 244 30
Jos. W. Ripley, binding books, 84 00
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books, 11 00
E. A. Paddock, filling tree pro-
tectors, 1 50
Walker & Pratt Manuf ng Co.,
hod, shovel, poker, and sifter, 1 85
F. G. Barker, printing library
cards and postals, 31 00
* To apply to Public Library appropriation, i8go.
AUDITOR'S REPORT. 113
To Newton & Watertown Gas Light
Co., gas, 293 60
Mudie Library Co., books, 40 80
Pevear & Russell, fuel, 23 50
H. C. Nash, books, 5 40
G. H. Critchley, books, 16 oo
Library Bureau, catalogue cards, tog 45
C. F. Fitz, books, 1 00
Estes & Lauriat, books, 175 10
Geo. H. Sleeper, fuel, 164 50
Henry Russell, setting glass, 1 70
R. H. Paine, repairing lawn
mower, 25
B. S. Moulton & Co., picture
frames, 6 oo
Kenny's Express, expressage, 2 go
J. H. Critchett & Son, express-
age, 1 00
T. P. Emerson, expressage, 2 55
A. H. Rofle & Co., periodicals, 75 11
Lawrence, Wilde & Co., cases, 100 50
DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., books, 48 00
Jeremiah Colburn, books, 5 00
C. L. Webster & Co., books, 10 00
Arthur Stockin, wood cut of li-
brary, 23 00
S. F. Whitney, librarian :—
Cash paid for periodicals, 61 tg
Cleaning, 33 95
Post Office, box and postage, 10 38
Express and messenger, 4 15
Stationery, labels, etc., 16 70
Labor on catalogues, 191 32
$3,295 85
Unexpended balance, 728 46
$4,024 31
114 AUDITOR 7S REPORT.
PAINTING SCHOOLHOUSES.
To Appropriation, $600 oo
$600 oo
Expenditures.
To George A. Page, painting, west
district, $134 00
Henry Russell, painting, Lowell,
-eEtna Mills, and East, 296 93
$430 93
Unexpended balance to contingent, 169 o7
$600 oo
REMOVAL OF ASHES AND GARBAGE.
To Appropriation, $1,000 00
Received of Almshouse Depart-
ment, for swill collected, 75 00
Contingent transfer, 159 50
- $I,-34 50
Expenditures.
To Iiighway Department, collecting
ashes, $61S 50
Highway Department, collecting
swill, 616 oo
$I,234 50
RESERVOIR, MEETING HO USE HILL.
To Appropriation, $500 00
$500 00
Expenditures.
Nothing expended.
Balance to contingent, $500 00
SALARIES.
To Appropriation, $3,775 00
-- - - $3,775 00
AUDITOR 18 REPORT. 115
Expenditures.
To Board of Selectmen: —
Edward F. Porter, $goo 00
Horace W. Otis, 300 00
Hiram D. Skinner, 300 00
Board of Assessors: —
W. H. Ingraham, 450 00
W. E. Farwell, 250 00
S. S. Gleason, 250 00
.School Committee:—
C. W. Stone, 50 00
J. C. Stone, 50 00
C. S. Ensign, 50 00
J. A. Mead, 50 00
J. D. Monahan, 50 00
Miss R. Bradford, 50 00
'Town Treasurer: —
J. K. Stickney, 300 00
Town Clerk: —
W. H. Ingraham, 300 00
"Town Collector : —
W. E. Farwell, 450 00
'Town Auditor:—
Howard Russell, 225 00
Clerk for Board of Selectmen :—
Henry R. Skinner, 88 50
$3,513 50
Unexpended balance to contingent, 261 50
$3,775 00
STATE AID.
'To Appropriation, $500 00
$500 00
Expenditures.
'To Mary McCabe, I2 months, $48 oo
Ellen Shuegrew, 12 48 00
116 AUDITORS REPORT.
To Edward Lord, i 2 months, 48 00
Mary L. Sawtelle, 12 " 48 oo
Ellen McNamara, 12 48 00
R. W. Ireland, 12 " 72 00
L. A. Flohr, I2 " 72. 00
Henrietta M.Cotting, i 2 •• 48 00
— $432 00,
Unexpended balance to contingent, 68 oo,
$500 00-
STREET LIGHTS.
To Appropriation, $5,000 00
$5,000 001
Expenditures.
To Newton & Watertown Gas Light
Co., gas, oil, and electric lights
to Feb. i, 18go, $4,36o 22
George S. Bowen, repairing lan-
terns, 3. 50
Highway Department, setting
posts, 7 50
$4,371 2Z
Unexpended balance to contingent, ' 628 79
$5,000 00,
SCHOOLS.
To Appropriation, $25,.500 00
Received of A. O. Delano, jin-enile
court fines, 20 00
J. C. Stone, sale of old brick, } 00 ,
Treasurer of Commonwealth,
school fund, 50, 15
$25,574 15
.AUDITORS REPORT. 11T
Expenditures.
SALARIES OF SUPERINTENDENT AND TEACHERS.
To George R. Dwelley, superintend-
ent and teacher, $2,500 00
Anton Marquardt, 825 00
Miss Ellen M. Crafts, Soo 00
Miss Etta B. Dadmun, 750 00
C. G. Ham, 750 00
George S. Turner, 65o o0
Miss E. P. Skinner, 600 oo
Miss E. B. Ashley, 600 oo
Miss A. J. Parsons, boo oo
Mrs. L. A. Campbell, 600 oo
Miss M. J. McDonough, boo oo
Miss H. M. Wiggin, 600 oo
Miss M. B. Patten, 550 00
Miss E. A. Adams, 550 00
Miss M. L. O'Brien, $50 00
Miss F. W. Richards, 550 00
Miss L. M. Stratton, 500 00
Miss A. C. Bullard, 500 00
Miss Ruth W. Howard, 500 00
Miss J. M. Riley, - 50000
Miss A. V. Winslow, 500 00
Miss M. L. Sullivan, 475 00
Miss M. E. ,Burns, 46o oo
Miss L. A. Burbank, 46o o0
Miss E. A. Fisher, 437 50
Miss S. J. Holbrook, 40000
W. M. Newton, 375 00
W. K. Norton, 300 00
Miss A. D. Hall, 300 00
Miss M. E. Tenny, 300 00
Miss M. E. Madden, 250 00
118 AUDITORS REPORT.
To Miss C. Greene, 225 00
Miss H. E. Brown, I jO 00
Miss A. M. Knight, 50 00
Miss S. A. Fell, 12 50
S. H. Hadley, teacher of music, 500 00
Miss J. F. Lewis, teacher of
drawing, 200 00
Miss B. I. George, teacher of
drawing, ISO 00
$1g,650 CO
EVENING SCHOOL.
To C. G. Ham, $73 32
Miss F. W. Richards, 58 31
Miss J. M. Riley, 58 31
Miss A. J. Parsons, 56 64
G. S. Turner, 23 33
W. K. Norton, I I 66
$2SI 57
JANITORS AND TRUANT OFFICERS.
To George F. Robinson, $699 97
Andrew H. Stone, 600 o0
Mrs. M. Austin, 99 97
Jos. K. Tarlton, 60 oo
Mrs. Ryan, 6o oo
Geo. F. Robinson, truant officer, 20 00
Andrew H. Stone, << « 20 00 '
George Parker, « « 210 00
Ezrum V. Howard, " '° 12 00
$1,591 94
$21,523 51 .
BOOKS, STATIONERY AND PRINTING.
To 'Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co.,
books, $6 so
AUDITORS REPORT. 119
To McLauthlin & Co., books and
stationery, 1,198 09
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books, 13 00
C. L. Webster & Co., °° 6 00
New England Publishing Co.,
Journal of Education, 5 00
George R. Dwelley, books, 4 25
Willard Small, books, 2 70
F. G. Barker, cards,programmes
and advertisements, 70 00
$1,305 54
REPAIRS AND INCIDENTALS.
To G. H. Tarlton, clock, and repair-
ing, $22 25
S. F. Stearns, carpenter work, 274 33
George E. Teele, hardware, 16 25
• Walker & Pratt Manuf ng Co.,
furnace repairs, 174 41
D. W. Kinsman, repairing map, 1 00
C. H. Rollins, plumbing, z:} 85
George S. Bowen, zinc, and la-
bor, 24 00
Jos. F. Starr, painting and kal-
somining, i o6 70
Houghton & Dutton, tiles, 13 50
John Ross, wrench, and bands on
water cask, 6 55
Moses Whiting, carpenter work, 54 00
C. A. Meserve, laying tiles, 14 40
J. E. Bell, repairing blackboards, 7 20
Henry Russell, painting, and set-
ting glass, 82 36
Thos. Ferden, cleaning and shel-
lacing desks, 18 75
Berry & Moody, carpenter work, 8 50
$849 °5
120 AUDITOR IS REPORT.
FUEL.
To Pevear & Russell, $19 50
Thomas Gavin, 451 50
Patrick Condon, 156 25
R. Fawcett & Co., charcoal, 54 30
George H. Sleeper, 50000
$I,I$I 55
MISCELLANEOUS.
To George R. Dwelley, fares, tele-
grams, etc., $31 58
H. W. Martin, chairs, 4 50
Walker & Pratt Manuf'ng Co.,
moulding sand and brushes, 4 50
A. G. Whitcomb, seats, 4 60
A. C. Fletcher, hose, mugs,
lamp, dusters and brushes, 32 09
E. A. Paddock, filling tree pro-
tectors, 15 89
W. K. Norton, laboratory sup-
plies, 27 21
J. L. Hammett, pointers, scis-
sors, and hangers, 33 15
Japan Tea Store, lamp, 95
Mrs. Mary Austin, cleaning, 14 25
George F. Taylor, chemicals, 6 76
R. H. Paine, ash barrels, cords,
etc., I S 49
Lunt & Tarlton. ribbons, wors-
teds, etc., 14 S I
Newton & Watertown Gas Light
Co., gas, and rent of burner, 20 So
Whiteall, Titurn & Co., glass
tubes, 6 91
L. Bent fi Co., curtains, 6 00
AUDITOR 3S REPORT`. 121
To Watertown Water Supply Co.,
water, 15000
Educational Supply Co., alcohol
lamps and thermometers, 4 78
E. C. lit A. B. Hall, mops,
matches, etc., 3 Io
L. A. Shaw, police duty at exhi-
bition, 125
P. J. Nally, moving settees, 2 00
B. E. Potter, carriage hire, 7 00
Sargent & Scott, stencils, 8 70
J. C. Conry, filling diplomas, J4 15
A. Mudge & Son, diplomas, 21 I0
Thomas Gavin, cleaning vaults, 45 00
Thomas Gavin,mowing and clean-
ing yards. I I 00
Otis Brothers, ribbons, I 62
E. A. Benton, soap, soda, and
ammonia, 2 10
S. H. Hadley, use of orchestra at
exhibition, 22 50
A. H. Stone, cleaning windows, 32 85
M. J. Lefavor, tuning piano, 5 00
George F. Robinson, cleaning
windows, 32 75
J. K. Tarlton, mowing weeds, 55
Parmenter Crayon Co., crayons, 6 12
Malden Book Cover Co., covers, 34 30
Fitchburg R. R. Co., freight on
book covers, I 56
Murphy, Leavens & Co., floor
brushes, Io 46
Eastern Educational Bureau,
chart and support, c o i3
J. H. Critchett & Son, express, 1 40
122 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
To J. B. Woodward, toilet paper, 7 30
Thomas Hall, grinding hemis-
pheres, 1 00
John Allen, tuning pianos, 25 00
$702 41
$25,562 o6
Unexpended balance to contingent, 12 09
$25,574 15
SCHOOLHOUSE VENTILATION.
To Appropriation, $1,200 00
Contingent transfer, 510 85
$I,710 85
Expenditures.
To Walker & Pratt Manuf ng Co.,
ventilators, $1,000 22
S. F. Stearns, carpenter work, 710 63
- $I,710 85
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
To Appropriation, $3,600 oo
Contingent transfer for dedication, 937 84
— $4�537 84
Expenditures.
To Hallowell Granite Co., monu-
ment, $3,600 oo
$3,600 oo
DEDICATION.
To W. M. Beals, decoration, $110 00
Chester Sprague, band stand and
tables, 46 84
• Carter's band, 135 00
A. A. Blair, programmes, 22 00
F. G. Barker, tickets and pro-
grammes, 400
,AUDITORS ,REPORT. 123
To B. E. Potter, carriages, 25 00
F. K. Hubbard, carriages, 20 00
Lester Allen, carriage, 5 00
American Powder Co., powder, 1 00
Edwin I. Dill, caterer, 507 50
T. Frank Holmes, 2 days' ser-
vices, 4 00
Gardner N. Priest, services at
church, 6 oo
Johnson & Thompson, wood cut
of monument, 20 00
National Lancers, use of equip-
ments, 19 50
$937 84-
$4,537 84
SCHOOL .STREET EXTENSION.
To Appropriation, $7,300 00
$7,300 oo-
Expenditiares.
To W. F. Learned, estimate survey,
plans, and superintendence, $1 00 00
John O'Brien, making street as
per contract, .990 50
Moses Whiting, sidewalk drain, 4 79
$6,095 29•
Unexpended balance, 1,204 71
$7,300 00-
NOTE. —The Town Treasurer was authorized to borrow seven
thousand three hundred dollars to cover the above appropriation,
but under the direction of the Selectmen, only six thousand dol-
lars was borrowed, they deeming that sum sufficient to complete
the work.
124 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
STATE TAX.
To Amount assessed, $6,940 00
$6.940 00
Expeitditzcres.
To amount paid Treasurer of Com-
monwealth, $6,940 o0
$6,940 00
TOWN HOUSE, LI GHT ING AND CARE OF.
To Appropriation, $800 00
Received of J. H. Holt, janitor, rent
of hall to Feb. I, 189o, 371 00
$I,171 00
Expenditicres.
-To J. H. Holt, janitor to Feb. i,
189o, $400 00
Newton & Watertown Gas Light
Co., gas, 272 6o
Pevear & Russell, fuel, 362 50
H. W. Martin, repairing chair,
and framing picture, 7 50
Moses Whiting, carpenter work, 6 55
E. C. &A. B. Hall,brooms,soap,etc., 7 51
R. H. Paine, dusters, keys, and
fitting, 10 03
Walker & Pratt Manuf'ng Co.,
ash barrels and boiler repairs, 17 78
C. H. Rollins, plumbing, i9 67
J. H. Holt, cash paid for clean-
ing, 30 25
F. C. Haywood, whitewashing, 13 95
J. B. Woodward, thermometers, I Io
AUDITORS REPORT. 125•
To L. Bent & Co., cleaning and lay-
ing carpet, 2 08
$1,150 52.
Unexpended balance to contingent, 20 48
$I1I7I 00.
TO WN IMPROVEMENT.
To Appropriation, $200 00
$goo 00
Expenditures.
To W. C. Strong, trees, $61 oo
Gilkey &'Stone, protectors, 40 80
Chas. F. Jackson, setting trees, 35 00
$136 so
Unexpended balance to contingent, 63 20
$200 00
TOWN DEBT.
To Appropriation, $-,goo 00
$3,900 00-
Expenditures.
To Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook,
coupon note of Nov. 1, 1888,
due Nov. 1, 1889, $3,000 00
$3,000 00
Unexpended balance to contingent, goo 00,
$3,900 00-
NOTE.—The above appropriation of thirty-nine hundred dol-
lars was made to cover- amounts appropriated for new town clock,
$Soo, and concreting high school _yard, $goo (not assessed last
year), and to pay $2,500 of the Town Debt; but no money was
borrowed for the above bills, they being paid out of the receipts
for that year, and the above note of $3,000 falling due November
Ist was paid in full, leaving a balance of$goo as shown above.
126 AUDITORS REPORT.
THE TE.IIPLETON BENEFIT FUND.
The Templeton Fund Of $2,500, the interest of which is dis-
tributed annually. according to the terms of the bequest (state-
ment of which can be seen on page 65, of the Town Report of
1875), is loaned to the town by the Selectmen, they holding the
Town Treasurer's note for the amount, and collecting annually
(Dec. 21) the interest, which is the sum to be distributed.
To interest allowed on $2,500 one
year to Dec. 21, 1889, $128 00
$12S 00
Expenditures.
GOODS WERE DELIVERED BY THE FOLLOWING PARTIES TO SUNDRY
PERSONS ON ORDERS FROM THE SELECTMEN.
To G. C. Lunt & Co., goods to the
amount of. $10 00
Fletcher & Towne, 4 00
James Vahey, 2 00
N. B. Hartford, 12 00
Levelley Brothers, 2 00
Field & Melvin, 14 00
E. C. & A. B. Hall, Io 00
E. A. Benton, 8 00
Otis Brothers, 34 00
Pevear & Russell, 14 00
Lynch Brothers. 16 oo
W. H. Lyman, 2 00
$128 00
STEPHEN DECKER CLAIM.
To Appropriation, $150 00
a 150 00
Expenditures.
To Stephen Decker, in frill settle-
ment for injuries received, $150 00
$150 00
AUDITOR'S REPORT. 127
WATERING STREETS.
To Appropriation, $600 00
To Thos. G. Banks, collected
from abuttors, 3S1 00
$981 00
Expenditures.
To Watertown Water Supply Co.,
water, $400 00
Y. J. 'Kelley, labor watering, 421 00
Highway Department, labor wa-
tering, i6o 00
$981 00
.STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES EX-
CLUSIVE OF TOWN DEBT TO FEB. I. 1890.
To balance in hands of Treasurer,
Feb. 14, 1890, $1,196 49
Amount due from State on account
of State Aid, 432 00
Amount due from State on account
of Military Aid, 235 00
Outstanding taxes, i882, in hands
of W. E. Farwell, collector, 229 03
Outstanding taxes, 1883, in hands
of W. E. Farwell, collector, 182 25
'Outstanding taxes, 1884, in hands
of W. E. Farwell, collector, 232 37
Outstanding taxes, 1885, in hands
of W. E. Farwell, collector, 202 50
Outstanding taxes, M6, in hands
of W. E. Farwell, collector, 244 13
Outstanding taxes, 1887, in hands
of W. E. Farwell, collector, 204 06
Outstanding taxes, 1888, in hands
of W. E. Farwell, collector, 41019 34
128 AUDITORS REPORT.
Outstanding taxes, 1889, in hands
of W. E. Farwell, collector, 18,230 90
Amount due from abuttors on ac-
count of sidewalks, 1S9 60
Amount due from abuttors on
School street extension, under
the Betterment Act, 4,645 00
$30, 1 67-
Liabilities.
To amount due the Watertown Sav-
ings Bank, note of Nov. 7,
1889, $10,000 00
Amount due Brewster, Cobb &
Estabrook, note of Dec. 30,
1889, I0,000 00
Miss Martha Sanger bequest, with
interest to Feb. 1, 1890, 548 88
Amount due Public Library, dog
tax of 1889, 728 46
$aI,277 34
Surplus, $8,935 33
The above statement closes the financial department for the
year. The Town Debt has been increased six thousand dollars,
by loan negotiated for the extension of School street, and reduced
three thousand dollars, by payment of note due Brewster, Cobb
& Estalirook, Nov. 1, 1889, making a net increase of three thou-
sand dollars.
The debt is now $35,500, and drawing annual interest as fol-
lows (see Treasurer's table, page 69) :—
$35,500 0o at 4 %, $1,420 00
Respectfully submitted.
HOWARD RUSSELL, Ait ditor.
NOTE.—The footing in the Contingent Department, page 88,
should be $11,599.01, instead of $10,599.01, leaving a balance of
$8,304.45, as shown in table, page i z9.
AUDITORS REPORT. 129
SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS, APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDI-
TURES FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN UARY 31. 1890.
lations.
App p ro ri. Transfers Unex.
Departments. Receipts, to Depart- Total Ex- pended
ments penditures. Balances.
overdrawn.
Ahnshouse....................1 $5,500 00 $1,534 74............ $0,456 65 $578 09
Board of Health.............. 20000....... ... ............ 113 70 8630
Bath House,care of.......... 175 00............ ............ 155 00 20 00
Bridges and Culverts........ 3.50 00 14 00 451 84 816 34 .
Contingent................... 1,000 00 16,748 IP. ............ 3,431 04 t14,317 11
Cemeteries, care of.......... 10000 188 75........... 192 45 9630
Concrete Walks.............. 750 00 835 92 687 92 2,273 84 ..........
Discounts and Abatements.. 2,00000 604 94 2,511 73 5,116 67 ..........
Fire Department............. 5,500 00 35 00 2e2 02 5,807 02 ..........
Fire Alarm.................... 850 00..:......... ............ 849 Sri 44
G.A.It. 1.B.Patten Post 81, 2•'i0 00 ............ ............ 250 00 ..........
Highways and Drainage..... 10,000 00 3,873 25 ............ 13,367 63 5 62
Hydrant Service....... ..... 8,000 00............ ........... 7,704 06 295 94
Hose Carriage House........ 500 00............ ........ 500 00..........
Horse and Hose Carriage.. . 85000 48 00 ............ 1i98 00 ..........
Insurance..................... 20000............ ............ 12900 71 00
Interest....................... 1,800 0o 108 19. 345 81 3,2..54 00 .... .....
Irving Street,widening..... 1,40000............ ............ 1,40000..........
Military Aid.................. 500 00 ............ ........ ... 470 00 30 00
Main Street, Improvements. 1,50000 ............ ............ 1 500 00..........
No.Beacon Street,drain.... 6,.500 00 5265 124 15 6,676 80..........
Police......................... 5,300 00 12 95 10 50 5,323 45..........
Printin�...................... 750 00............ ............ 66920 80 80
Public Library............... *3,173 42 850 89............ 3,29585 728 46
Painting School Houses..... 600 00............ ............ 4iU 93 16.1 07
Removal of Ashes&Garbage 1,00000 7.5 00 159 30 1,231 50..........
Reservoir,Meeting•househill 500 00.......... . ............ . ..... 500 00
Salaries....................... 3,i.5 00............ ............ 8,51350 261 50
State Aid ........ ........ 500 00............ ............ 432 00 68 00
Street Lights.................. 5,00000 ..... .. ........... 4,371 22 6,28 78
Schools........................ 25,500 00 74 15............ 25,562 06 1.2 09
School House Ventilation... 1,200 00............ 51085 1,710 85 ..........
Soldiers' Monument. ....... 3,600 00............ 937 84 4,537 81 ..........
School Street Extension..... 7,300 00............ ............ 6,095 29 1,204 71
StateTax.................. .......... ............ ............ 6,940 00 ..........
Ste en Decker Claim...... 150 00............ ............ 150 W..........
Towrr House,lighting&cart. 800 00 371 00............ 1,150 52 20 48
Town Improvement......... 200 00............ ............ 1.46 841 (3 20
Town Debt.................... 3,900 00............ ............ 81000 00 900 00
The Templeton Fund........ .......... 128 00............ 128 00..........
Watering Streets........ .... 660 00 381 00...... .... 981 00..........
'nixes paid to Feb. 14, 1890. .......... ............ ............ ............ ..........
lessInterest collected(car........... ............ ............ ............ ..........
ried'to discounts and abate........... ............ ............ ......
.... ..........
ments) and overlay taxes.......... ............ ............ ........ ..........
(carried to contingent)........... ............ ............ ............ ..........
eachitem b AnIK includedin .......... ............ ............ ........... .........
thereceipts of its respect........... ... ... ............ ............ ..........
ive accounts .............. .......... 97,75612............ ............ ... .....
Borrowed Money 111000 00............ ... .. ..........
Borrowed Money,paid...... ....... 60 000 00.
National Bank Tax 1,OOS 48............ 1,003 48 .........
Cash in Treasury,Feb.18,1889.......... 916 17 ... ........ ............ ..........
Balance in Treasury, Febru• ..........I............ ............ ...
ary 14, 1890.................. ......... ........ ............ 1,190 49..........
Deduct from amt.of Receipts.......... $190,112 35............. ........ ... ..........
unexpended balances car........... ............ ............ ............ ..........
ried to contingent.......... .......... 3,887 61 ..... ...... ......... ..........
Leaving actual receipts.... .......... $192 24 74 $6,012 66 $192,20A 74 ..........
t From balance of Contingent Account deduct transfers, $6,012.66, leaving an
actual balance of$8,304.45.
*Appropriation $2,500.00,and Dog tax,1888,$673.42.
ESTIMATES FOR THE YEAR 1890.
For Schools, $26,000 oa
Highways and drainage, 12,600 oa
Fire department, 6,700 00
Police, 51300 00•
Bridges and culverts, 200 00•
Interest, 2,000 00,
Town debt, 5,000 00•
Salaries, 3,600 cK>
Discounts and abatements, 2,000 00
Insurance, 300 00-
Free Public Library, 3,000 00
Concrete Walks, 1,200 00
Street Lights, 5,200 00-
Contingent, 1,000 00
Printing, 750 00
Lighting and care of town hall, 300 00
Care of cemeteries, 100 00
Isaac B. Paten Post, 250 00
State aid, 500 oa
Military aid, 500 00
Relief military aid, 500 00
Removing ashes and garbage, 1,300 00
Town improvement, 200 00
Hydrant;,service, 3,500 00
Board of health, 200 00
Support of poor, 51300 00
Bath house, 200 00
$93,200 00
A LIST OF JURORS,
As 'prepared by the Selectmen. Submitted to the Town for
consideration.
Atwood, Win. F. Hawes, Andrew.
Ayer, Lucius A.J Heald, Frank O.
Barnard, Samuel O. Hallahan, John.
Benton, Edgard A. Horne, Henry.
Bigelow, Jonathan. Hudson, George.
Burns, Joseph H. Jackson, Charles F.
Bailey, Frank M. Jarvis,John J.
Brown, Wesley B. Jones, Eduard J. Jr.
Bustin, Chas. F. Lougee, Chas. E.
Campbell, Cyrus H. Learned, Wilbur F.
Carroll, Michael. Livermore, Chas. E.
Cashman, Daniel. Locke, Henry W.
Cole, Alton B. Lyman, Wm. 1-I.
Cobb, Freeman W. Mayo, Emery lkI.
Cushing, William. Merrifield, Chas. E.
Coffin,John N. 'Monahan,James D.
Conant, Marvel J. Moody, Geo. H.
Coolidge, Herbert. Morse, Harry F.
Corson, William W. Murphy, Edward W.
Crawford, Calvin D. Martin, Henry* W.
Critchett,lames O. Noyes, Charles H.
Cushing, Sylvanus M. Newcomb, John W.
Dow, Benjaman 1-I. Norcross,James E.
Dupee, George 1-I. Otis, Ward M.
Drake, Frank H. O'Halloran, Michael.
Drew, Charles E. O'Neil, Arthur E.
Elverson, Thomas P. O'Hara,Jan%s R.
Edgcomb, Freeman H. Payne,Jedediah T.
Earle, Edward B. Parlin,Joseph R.
Fitch,William A. Perkins,Win. H.
Fewkes,Jesse. Philbrook, Herbert A.
Fraser,Jacob M. Phipps, Appleton.
Gardner, Chas. B. Powers,John 2d.
Goodwin, Andrew. Plaisted,-Edward S.
Gregg, George H. Potter, Briggs E.
Gill,James E. Priest, Geo. E.
Glidden. Chas. H. Regan,John F.
Goss, Orrin W. Regan, Cornelius D.
Greene, \'lichael J. Savage, Wallace W.
Greenwood, Samuel G. Stockin, Edwin.
Griffith,James W. Snow, Walter B.
Hackett, Thos. E. Thompson, Albridge L.
I-tall, Albert B. Tarlton, Lewis B.
Iiaynes, Alberto F. Wilson, Wm. H.
Holmes, Thos. F. Whitney, Chas. E.
Howard, Win. C. Whiting, Moses.
Harrington, Isaac. York,John Addison.
Hartwell, A. I-I.
FF.ISRUARY IS, I890.
132 WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING-.
To George Parker, a Constable of Watertown, Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are-
hereby required to notify and warn the l6gal voters of Watertown
to meet in the Town Hall, on Monday, the tenth day of March,
next, at 7 o'clock, a. m., to act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE I. 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 the Town officers and of any
committees heretofore appointed, and act thereon.
ART. 4. To grant such sums of money as may be thought
necessary for the use and expenses of the Town the ensuing year,.
and for paying a portion of the Town debt, direct how the same
shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto.
ART. 5. To see what method the Town will adopt for the
collection of the taxes the ensuing year, choose a collector and fix
compensation for his services, or act thereon.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will adopt the List of Jurors, as.
submitted by the Selectmen, or take any action thereon.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treas-
urer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow such sums.
of money, for the use of the Town, (not exceeding fifty thousand
dollars,) as may be necessary, in anticipation of the taxes of the-
current _vear, and issue the notes of the Town therefor, and all
debts incurred under this article shall be payable from said taxes,,
or take any action relating thereto.
ART. S. To see if the Town will grant a sum of money to aid
the Isaac B. Patten Post No. Si, G. A. R., in defraying the ex-
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING. 133
penses of decorating the graves of deceased soldiers on the next
Memorial day, direct how the same shall be raised, or act thereon.
ART. 9. To give in their votes upon the following question :
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in
this town?" The vote shall be by separate ballot, and the ballot
shall be "Yes " or 11 No." In taking this vote, the check-list
and patent ballot box must be used, and the ballot be not more
than five, nor less than four and one-half inches in width, and not
more than six nor less than five and one-half inches in length.
ART. io. To see if the Town will improve the Parker school
house, by moving the same into the centre of its lot, and back to
the line of the Gas Company's land ; also grade the yard of the
same, and appropriate a sum of money necessary, said sum not to
exceed five thousand dollars.
ART. i i. To see if the Town of Watertown will vote to pay
the laborers employed by them upon the highways the sum of two
dollars a clay while so employed, or act thereon.
And you will notify the legal voters of Watertown to meet at
the time and place herein specified, by leaving at every inhabited
house in town, a printed copy of this warrant, and also by post-
ing two or more of said copies in conspicuous public places in
town, seven days prior to the time of said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make return of this warrant, with your
doings thereon, to the subscribers, on or before the time of said
meeting.
Given under our hands this nineteenth day of February, A. D.
1 S9o.
EDWARD F. PORTER, Selectmen
r; HIRAM D. SKINNER, of
HORACE W. OTIS, Watertown.
RCG COS LS/'.
THE
FIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
OF
WATERTOWN,
FOR 1889-90.
WATERTOWN :
FRED. G. BARKER, PRINTER.
1890.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1889-90.
®R. J. A. MEAD, Chairman, Term expires 1892.
C. W. STONE, Secretary, 49 c° 1891.
JOSHUA C. STONE, tL 1$90•
JAMES D. MONAHAN, 1
4 1890.
MRs. RUTH BRADFORD, « « 1892.
C. S. ENSIGN, 1$91,
SUB—COMMITTEES.
Phillips School, Common Street.
DR. J, A. MEAD, Chairman, C. W. STONE, J. C. STONE,
C. S. ENSIGN. MRs. RUTH BRADFORD,
JAMES D. MONAHAN.
Francis School, Mt. Auburn Street.
MRs. RUTH BRADFORD.
Parker School, . Galen Street.
C. S. ENSIGN.
Coolidge School, Mt. Auburn Street.
J. C. STONE.
Grant School, White's Avenue.
C. W. STONE.
Spring School, Main Street.
JAMES D. MONAHAN.
Evening School, Grant Building.
C. S. ENSIGN, JAMES D. MONAHAN.
Bemis School, zEtna Mills.
JAMES D. MONAHAN.
Lowell School, Orchard Street.
J. C. STONE.
Finance and Repairs.
C. W. STONE, DR. J. A. MEAD.
Textbooks, Music and Drawinbm.
DR. J. A. MEAD, JAMES D. MONAHAN.
Nomination of Teachers.
DR. J. A. MEAD, Chairman, C. S. ENSIGN.
Committee on Sewing.
MRs. RUTH BRADFORD.
Committee on Repairs.
J. C. STONE, C. W. STONE.
Superintendent.
GEORGE R. DWELLEY,
Office: Town Hall. Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 3 3-4 to 4 3-4 o'clock, E-. m.
WATER'TOWN, MASS., Feb. 13, 1890.
In School Committee, Voted, That the Chairman's Report
of this date be accepted and adopted as the Annual Report of the
School Committee to the town, and voted to print for distribution
the report of the Superintendent of Schools.
Attest: CHARLES W. STONE,
Secretary.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT.
To the 111embers of School Committee :
GENTLEMEN,—The Superintendent's able and comprehensive
report deserves your careful consideration. You will find enu-
merated there the important changes that have been made during
the past year. You will find that, while the actual cost of the
schools is less this year than last, the per capita cost is very
largely in excess of former years. The reason that has brought
about this condition of things is fully explained in the Superin-
tendent's report.
Mr. Ham, a very successful teacher in Lynn, was appointed
last June master of the Grant School. He has fully sustained in
Watertown the excellent reputation he had earned in Lynn. He
has infused into the school a bright, earnest and harmonious
spirit, and has raised the condition of the school to a higher state
of excellence than it has ever enjoyed since it was organized.
Our hearty thanks are extended to the generous and patriotic
citizens who have presented two flags to our schools. It is hoped
and expected that these flags will be a constant reminder of the
benefits we enjoy under our free government.
Mr. Dwelley continues to be master of the High School, and
Superintendent. He has discharged the exacting duties of these
two positions with conspicuous faithfulness and ability. The
schools need .a Superintendent who can devote all his time to
their needs. No member of any committee can give the neces-
sary amount of time to the supervision of the schools. The addi-
tional cost would be fifteen hundred dollars; and while I would
not at this time recommend this additional outlay, it must be con-
sidered an expense of the future.
It seems to me wise to repeat the recommendation of last year,
that one thousand dollars be appropriated for an Industrial School,
in which cooking and the use of tools can be taught.
G CSHAMM" S REPORT.
You will see by consulting the report of the Finance Commit-
tee that a small unexpended balance remains. This result has
been attained by the strictest economy ; in many instances we
have been obliged to do without apparatus that the schools needed.
As no appropriation was made for an Evening School, the ex-
pense of conducting it has been borne by the regular school ap-
propriation.
The standard of the schools must be maintained, even if for a
few years the per capita cost is higher than usual. It is shown in
the Superintendent's report that the loss of nearly four hundred
scholars caused this high rate. With a competitor in the field it
is all the more necessary to make our schools more attractive,
so that we may win back those that we have lost. Writing on
this subject, the last report of the State Board of Education says:
"The movement to which we have referred, and which we
frankly deprecate, is not to be met by restrictive legislation, but
by a better feeling throughout the community, and especially by
the improvement of the public schools themselves, and the pro-
gressive enrichment of their courses of study. In these last ways
private enterprise cannot long compete with the power and re-
sources of the commonwealth ; and in this way we may snake
sure that the cause of the state will win, as it ought."
I gladly improve this opportunity to assure our faithful, dili-
gent and conscienscious teachers that they have earned by their
exemplary conduct and ability the entire confidence of the School
Committee.• We feel that the most important work of training
the pliant minds of the children could not be entrusted to safer
hands.
In closing this short report, it is gratifying to be able to state that
the Watertown schools still hold a proud position for excellence.
Whether or not this distinction will be granted .to them in the
future, depends largely upon the financial support they receive
from the citizens of the town.
JULIAN A. MEAD, Chairman. -
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE. 7
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Expenditures for Schools for the Year ending January/
.31st, 1890.
Appropria- Amount
tions. expended.
Salaries of Teachers and Superintendent.......... $19,510 oo$19,931 57
94 °' Janitors and Truant Officers.......... c,600 oo 1,591 92
Text Books and Stationery. ...................... 11500 00 1,242 00
Repairs and Incidentals.................... .••••• 11700 00 1,615 02
Fuel ......... .................................. 1,200 00 1,181 55
$25,500 00$25,562 o6
Total appropriation, $25,500 00
Town's share of School Fund, 50 15
Court Fees, 20 00
Sale of Old Brick, 4 00
$25,574 15
Amount not expended, 12 09
CHARLES W. STONE, Finance
JULIAN A. MEAD, Committee.
S REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Estimates for Appropriations for .1890-9Z.
Salaries of Teachers and Superintendent, $20,000 00
Salaries of Janitors and Truant Officers, 1,600 oo
Textbooks and Stationery, 1,500 00
Repairs and Incidentals, 1,700 00
Fuel, 1,200 00
$26,000 oo
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of Watertown:
GENTLEMEN:—In compliance with custom, the Superintend-
ent herewith respectfully submits to you— and through you to
the citizens of the town—his seventh Annual Report.
He presents to you a record of your most important official acts;
comparative tables and other intelligence respecting expenditures ;
such recommendations as have approved themselves to his judg-
ment; and occasional glimpses of what a world that is very much
in earnest in the matter is thinking and doing for the welfare of
its children.
As in former years, so in this last, he has sought with definite
aims, and your most cordial assistance, to secure improvement
for the schools in the quality of their teachers; in the extent of
their equipment; in their plan of study; in their organization ;
in the adoption of new forms of training; and, generally, in the
breadth and value of the education they give.
The following are the most important acts of the year:
I. The election of Miss Fisher as substitute teacher, of Miss
•George as drawing teacher, and of six regular teachers,—Miss
Green of the Coolidge primary, Miss Winslow of the Francis pri-
mary, Miss Holbrook of the Francis grammar, Miss Tenney and
Mr. Ham of the Grant grammar, and Mr. Newton, science
teacher of the High school.
II. The continuance of the evening school through a third
season. This school began November csth, and closed January
gist. It was taught by four teachers three evenings per week,
had a total attendance of 71, and an average of 2.7.
III. The purchase of Supplementary Readers and various
school-room appliances,—to replace worn out material and en-
large equipment.
10 SUPERINTENDENT IS REPORT.
IV. The extension of Love's II Industrial Instruction " to all
the primary schools except those of three grades. The character
of this instruction was sufficiently outlined in the Report of last
year.
V. The employment of the sewing teacher for two days in the
week,—instead of one as formerly,—and the extension of her
work into an additional grade of the grammar schools. In her
Report for the year there are some facts of general interest. Be-
sides 91 yards of plain sewing done, and io garments repaired,
there have been made by the children i dress, z skirts, 7 under-
garments, 105 aprons, 13 bags, 145 button holes, i z articles of
table linen, 54 towels, 3o articles of bed linen, 14 articles of chil-
dren's clothing, and 44 miscellaneous articles.
VI. Re-establishment of the Francis primary. At the semi-
annual promotions in February last, it was found that Miss Pat-
ten's school was too large to be efficiently taught by one teacher,
and too large for one schoolroom to accommodate. Hence this.
school—which had been discontinued for a half year in the in-
terests of economy—was of necessity reopened.
VII. Acceptance of the instruction given in the Parochial
School as a satisfactory foundation for the issue of" employment
certificates." The law empowers the School Committee to grant
or withhold such certificates, basing their decision on the kind of.
education given in a private school. To determine the quality of
the instruction, a sub-committee of the board officially inspected
the Parochial School.
VILL The establishment of a course of study in Natural and
Physical Science, continuing through the nine years of the pri-
mary and grammar grades. The teaching is elementary, objec-
tive and, —wherever practicable,—experimental ; and carefully
adapted to the development and capacity of the pupils. 11 First
Steps in Scientific Knowledge"—the text-book which is the
backbone of the instruction given—was written for the common
schools of France by an ex-Minister of Public Instruction, and
has had at home a remarkable popularity. Part I.—or the Nat-
SUPERINTENDENT IS REPORT. 11
ural History of Animals—is taught to the primary classes ; Parts
II. and III.—or Botany and Geology—to the three lower gra►n-
mar grades, and Parts IV. and V. or Physics and Chemistry—to
the three highest grammar grades.
IX. The adoption of " Pathfinder No. Two" as the text-
book of Physiology in the grammar schools.
Besides being a general treatise on its subject, the book details
with unusual fullness the evils resulting from the abuse of nar-
cotics and stimulants. It has the approval of the 11 Woman's
Christian Temperance Union," and has been put into the hands
of every child in the six grammar grades. The Superintendent
of Schools has satisfactory evidence that Watertown is among
the foremost towns in the state in this broad-cast use of text-book
facilities for instruction in Scientific Temperance.
SCIfOOL EXPENSES.
This subject is a many-sided one, and must be considered from
several different points of view.
And first, how does Watertown's expenditure for education
compare with such expenditure by the other towns and cities of
the State?
As the per cent. of the tax levied by a town upon its property
for school support represents perhaps the most fairly of any, test
the burden that educational outlay imposes upon the citizens, the
inquiry is an important one. It connects ability to pay with
willingness to pay.
In such a comparative view in 1889, Watertown ranked thirty-
seventh among the fifty-four towns and cities in Middlesex county,
and two hundred and thirty fourth among the three hundred
and fifty-one municipalities of Massachusetts.
In other words, two-thirds of the towns of the State, and more
than two-thirds of the towns of the county, imposed upon them-
selves a relatively larger tax for educational purposes than Water-
town has yet done.
The above figures are from the forthcoming report of the Sec-
retary of the Board of Education.
12 SUPERINTENDENT)S REPORT.
Next, how does Watertown's expenditure for schools during
the last few years compare with that of her immediate neighbors?
In this comparison Waltham, Belmont and Newton only are
tabulated, because in these communities alone is there a near
correspondence in the distribution of the school population.
Compactness of residence as in Cambridge, permits all schools to
be kept at a maximum of attendance, and reduces relative cost.
A comparison with Cambridge would be unfair, because of the
widely varying conditions.
The figures of the following table taken from the reports by
the State for the years named, show the annual individual outlay
as based on the number of children between five and fifteen years
of age.
FIRST TABLE.
z
3
e
e H a F
Er z
1884-5 $17 05 818.65 $21.20 $24.05
1885-6 21.76 19.36 18.46 28.72
1886-7 19.43 19.00 22.83 25.58
1887-8 18.74 20.56 21.50 26.22
1888-9 17.56 20.20 23.19 26.29
Total for five years, $94.54 $97.77 $107.18 $130.86
Average for five years, 18.91 19.55 21.43 26.17
A moment's examination of this table will show that, on its
basis of comparison, Watertown pays less than any of her three
immediate neighbors living in like conditions.
Third, taking into account all for whom you are expected to
make provision,—that is, the number between five and fifteen—
how does the per capita cost in r889 compare with the same cost
in previous years?
It will be seen from the same table that such cost has not widely
varied in the last five years, and that it was less in 1889 than the
average of these years.
Fourth, how does the per capita cost of the average number
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belonging in 1889 compare with the corresponding cost in the
seven previous years? The following table will show.
SECOND TABLE.
Average No. Cost per Pupil
Year. Total Outlay. Belonging. of Average No.
Belonging.
1883-4. $19,107 945 620 22
1884-5. 20,344 998 20 38
1885-6. 24,132 1071 22 53
1886-7. 24,780 1158 21 40
1887-8. 25,148 1111 22 64
1888-9. 25,680 899 28 56
1889-90. 25,502 754 33 90
At the time of writing the figures for i889-90 have not been
obtained, and cannot be used for purposes of comparison or argu-
ment. When introduced, they must be entered at the latest
moment, and without comment.
It must be borne in mind in any consideration of the figures of
this second table that, in 1:885-6,and for all the subsequent years,
fuel —which had previously been charged elsewhere—became a
charge of $i2oo or more a year, against the school appropria-
tion, that in the same year another $i000 was expended for rent
and furniture for the Grant school, and that about the same time,
by a new law, stationery and other miscellaneous supplies began
to be furnished to the schools at the public expense. And in
these later years an additional teacher has been put into the High
school, a sewing teacher into the Grammar schools, a substitute
teacher into the grammar and primary grades, and an Evening
School established. School-room helps—such as wall maps,
movable blackboards, moulding tables, reading charts, supple-
mentary reading, and kindergarten material,—have been largely
augmented, and teachers' wages increased to retain the best teach-
ers, and secure others of satisfactory quality.
Now, with a proper allowance for the additional burdens laid
upon the annual appropriation, it is found that there is but a
trifling advance down to 1888-9, and that this slight advance is
the source of the important improvements enumerated.
14 SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.
The writer now comes to the figures of 1888-9, and the ad-
vance of $6 in the per capita cost of the number in attendance.
He expects to show—and to show conclusively—first, that this
advance was beyond the control of that year's Committee, or of
any Committee; and second, that any attempt in existing circum-
�stances to preserve former per capita rates upon the number in
attendance would work far-reaching and —for years—irrepar-
able mischief to the schools.
In 1888-9, salaries were practically the same as in the previous
.year, the cost of supplies was the same, the total outlay was
nearly the same, and there were no extraordinary expenses.
What, then, was the cause of the rise? It was a falling off in
attendance amid a widely scattered body of children. The school
.of fifty shrank to a school of thirty, without change, however,
.in the cost of maintenance. How this contraction in attendance
affected the per capita cost, a child may understand. If a school
.of fifty pupils cost $750, the per capita cost is $15. Reduce the
same school to thirty pupils, and the per capita cost is $25.
Necessarily, the fewer the pupils, the higher'the individual rate.
Still further to familiarize this essential point, the writer will pre-
sent an actual case. The Plillips primary—No. 3—has had 33
pupils the past year, at a cost of $550 for salary, and an estimate
-of $8o for fuel, janitor, etc. The cost of the Lowell school with
14 pupils, has been for salary $500, and for other outlay an esti-
mate of $80. This makes a total expenditure for the Phillips
school of$630, at a per capita cost of$rg.o9; and a total expendi-
ture for the Lowell school of$580, at a per capita cost of$41.42.
The writer asks any fair-minded man—and he is writing for
no other—whether this difference in per capita cost springs
from the difference in attendance or extravagance in outlay?
Next, how, and how only, can the former per capita cost for
the number in attendance be restored?
There can be but slight reduction in the cost of repairs, fuel
.and supplies. The additions to the equipment of twenty-six
rooms, have not in recent years averaged above $250 for them
SUPERIl\TTENDENTIS REPORT. 15
all. The reduction must come in the salaries of teachers, or
through the discharge of teachers.
Now, a saving of $6 apiece on goo pupils amounts to $5400-
The outlay for salaries in 1888-9 was about $ao,000. A reduc-
tion of $5400 in this outlay would be somewhat more than one-
fourth. But at a reduction of one-fourth, the teacher now receiv-
ing $5oo would receive $375, the teacher receiving $60o would
receive $450, and so onward throughout the different salaries.
The writer knows perfectly well the commercial value of your
teachers, and that no town*or city for miles around pars the low
salaries that the restoration of the former per capita cost of the
number in attendance would require.
Newton—which had previously paid larger salaries than you
now pay—in order to keep her present teachers and obtain new
ones of similar quality, was compelled during the last year to ad-
vance the salaries of the majority, a little more than eight per cent.
Restore the former per capita rate in existing circumstances by
the sweeping reduction above outlined, and you will have the
resignation of half your teachers in six months, and, in a year,
the resignation of at least twenty-five out of thirty-one. And
you cannot replace these teachers in quality and efficiency for the
lower salaries mentioned.
Now for the restoration of the former per capita cost of the
number in attendance through discharge of teachers. The plan
outlined below is merely one out of several possible ones, and
perhaps of all the least harmful. The saving in connection with
such discharge, will be the figures named: Drawing teacher,
$400 ; music teachers, $500 ; sewing teacher, $too; two assist-
ants in the Grant grammar, $caoo; modern language teacher in
the High, $goo; science teacher in the High, $750; a school in
the South, $500; another in the West, $500; and the Francis
_ primary, $5oo. Total, $5450-
This plan will not save one dollar in supplies, and scarcely
anything in fuel or janitors' salaries, for no building will be
closed. But such a contraction would thrust you back into a
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condition long ago outlived, and in which no town of your
wealth, intelligence, history and neighborhood should be ex-
pected to rest contentedly for a moment. But if you allow the
per capita cost of the number M attendance to over-ride all other
considerations, and declare a purpose in existing circumstances,
to return to the former per capita rate, one or other of the above
methods—or some admixture of them—is the only possible
road to the end in view.
If the writer has by this time justified the conclusion that the
per capita cost of the number in attendance should not be the
governing factor in the determination of a policy,—or even a.
very important factor,—he will proceed to state the chief con-
siderations which in existing circumstances should influence the
school authorities wisely and prudently seeking the improvement
of the schools and the general welfare of the town.
These are the dictates of an economy that would not precipi-
tate disaster; the ability of the town to pay,—not yet approached
as was shown in the outset; the competing educational system
within the town,— which must be surpassed if possible; the in-
evitable comparisons by parents looking for homes,—who con-
sider the quality of schools, and not their per capita cost; the
expectations of intelligent critics, sharp-eyed for defect or remov-
able limitation ; the reputation of the town as an educational
foster-mother; the condition and progress of schools in neigh-
boring communities; the general advance in educational ideals;
and, by no means least of all, the known desire of the best citi-
zens for the best schools.
With these considerations in mind,—and many lesser ones,—
what was the action of the Committee upon the occurrence of the
diminution in numbers?
They at once closed three schools,—one in the Centre, and two
out,of the five in the West. They might, perhaps, have closed
two more ; it is not probable that any wise advocate of economy
would have pushed contraction farther. These two would have
been one in the South and the other in the West. But these pos-
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sible contractions were opposed both by educational interests and
by general public interests. It is an axiom in school organiza-
tion that a single-grade school is better than a two-grade school ;
and that a two-grade school is better by far than a three-grade
school.
Now, to have closed a school in each of these communities
would have substituted in both two three-grade schools for three
two-grade schools, and would have seriously impaired the quality
of the education given. From the moment of tuch change in
the South, a comparison of these schools with the Newton schools
would have been much to your disadvantage. Who wishes to
give a well grounded argument for separation to gentlemen sadly
in need of one?
And in the West, even as the schools now are, there is consid-
erable discontent, and a tendency of parents to desert the home
schools for the Centre, from a belief in the superiority of single-
grade schools. It was necessary to take into account the greater
discontent likely to ensue, as well as the shock to educational in-
terests, in the sudden contraction of five schools to two.
A return to former rates of individual outlay upon the number
belonging, can safely come only through growth of the school
population, and the consequent increase in attendance upon exist-
ing schools. This growth, during the writer's superintendence,
has been tiom 88z to I 185,—or a little more than 34 per cent.
And now for the concluding words on this subject. It has been
clearly shown, on the basis of comparison approved by the long
experience of the State as the fairest, that, with reference to the
cost of her schools in 1888-9, Watertown is in a position that
barely satisfies self-respect; and that a return to the former per
capita cost of the number in attendance would shatter like a hur-
ricane, —by the reduction of salaries scattering your teachers
throughout the good schools of the neighboring cities; and by
the discharge of teachers leaving you, amid the fragments of a
successful system, slowly and laboriously upbuilt, to reconstruct
as best you may.
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RECOMMENDATIONS.
(I.) Within the last few years in the town of Concord there
has been carried to a successful conclusion a policy of school con-
centration. Five outlying schools have been discontinued, and
their pupils incorporated into the better graded schools of the
village. It was at first feared that the value of real estate would
depreciate in the neighborhoods where the schools were closed ;
but such fears remain unrealized. The children are carried to
and from their homes by trustworthy conveyance at a cost of less
than fifty cents a week per child. During the mid-day intermis-
sion they are in charge of a teacher who is constantly with them
and responsible for their health, conduct, and associations. The
parents are almost unanimous in their preference for the new
policy,—partly because of the lessened exposure of their children
in bad weather, and partly because of the recognized superiority
of the instruction given by the well graded Centre schools.
Their Superintendent says that wherever the outlay for trans-
portation does not exceed half a dollar a week per pupil, and no
additional teachers are needed in the schools whose attendance is
increased, the concentration results in a diminution of expendi-
ture.
Mr. Walton—Agent of the State Board of Education—says
that in these years of change, the schools of Concord have im-
proved more than the schools of any other town in the common-
wealth.
Your own experience in concentration —as far as it has gone—
corresponds to that of Concord. The union of the South, West
and Centre schools to constitute the Grant grammar, brought re-
duction in expenditure, and a marked improvement in education.
Consolidation with you has given a greater uniformity in attain-
ment, and a higher level of attainment than was secured by the
separate schools.
It is desirable on economic and educational grounds alike, to 'r
extend the benefits of union to the Coolidge grammar of the up-
pergrades. The cost of carriage of its twenty-three pupils at half
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dollar a week per pupil for the school year of forty weeks would
be $46o. The salary of the teacher is $Soo per year. Leaving
out of view all other expenses springing from its independent ex-
istence, its absorption into the Grant would save $340 per year.
The Grant can receive its pupils without detriment or increase of
teachers. These pupils are now taught at the rate of nineteen
recitations per day. Of necessity they shoot through an exercise
as a boatman through " the rapids." But with pupils of these
grades there must be for the best success the gift of time,—the
opportunity for a drill whose patient repetitions shall saturate like
long continued rain. Such opportunity the Grant affords.
If a reasonable degree of parental consent can be obtained, it
is recommended that in September next this school be united to
the Grant.
(2.) On similar grounds and with a like consent, the fourteen
pupils of the Lowell school—a school of four grades—should
be distributed among the single grade schools of the Centre.
At fifty cents per week for each child, the cost of transportation
would be $280.
The salary of the teacher is$5oo, of the janitor$50, and there is
spent for fuel at least $30,—or a total annual outlay of $580 for
its separate maintenance. To merge this school in the Centre
schools with their better opportunities would save $3oo a year.
In the event of the discontinuance of these two schools as sug-
gested, their teachers would readily find places with you in the
vacancies and transfers of the mid-summer vacation.
,
(3.) In its preparation of students for Harvard University,—
with the present requisites for admission,—your High school
finds the time insufficient for those who acquire languages slowly.
Other High schools with a four years' course of study, have en-
-countered the same difficulty. The remedy- in Cambridge has
been to extend the preparatory course through five years; and in
Boston to take from the Grammar schools into the Latin school
.all who are to be liberally educated, and give them during the
last three years of the grammar course a training partly grammar
20 SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
and partly classical. The Boston method seems the better for
adoption here. A course of instruction in Latin for all who seek
a college education could easily be attached to the Grant curricu-
lum. This course, in 'addition to the essentials of the grammar
course, should include for the year of entrance some elementary
grammar and reader like Collar and Daniell's " Beginner's Latin
Book;" for the middle year, parts of Viri Romae and Nepos ;
and for the final year, perhaps two books of Caesar. On admis-
sion to the High school, these students—already well started in
Latin—could take Greek or German, or both, and their language
preparation for the university advance at a rate of progress at-
tainable by minds that acquire languages slowly. .As things now
are, for such minds the fit is either a skimming process or a
failure, and in the event of failure— in some cases inevitable—the
teachers are held responsible for a catastrophe as much beyond
their control as the 16 fall of man" or an eruption of Vesuvius.
It is recommended that this Latin course be introduced into the
Grant in September. There are teachers fitted for the work now
in the school ; and, if it should be found to crowd the existing
programme, one of these teachers would doubtless be willing for
$ioo a year to teach the subject in afternoon recitations.
(4-) In the Report of last year it was said in substance that
any future improvement of the schools would include changes in
the plan of study. Since that time the Committee has introduced .
into the schools the course in Elementary Science elsewhere de-
scribed. A similar course has been taught for some years in
the Boston schools, and for a longer time in the French and Ger-
man schools. But more remains to be done. Among American
authorities in education, President Eliot of Harvard, and Prof.
Harris,Commissioner of Education,rank with the highest. After a
careful comparison of American and French schools, President
Eliot says : 11 The French programme calls for greater exertion
on the part of the pupil than the American ; introduces him
earlier to serious subjects, and is generally more interesting and
more stimulating to the intelligence. As a rule, American pro-
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grammes do not seem to be substantial enough from the first year
in the primary onward. There is not meat enough in the diet.
They do not bring the child forward fast enough to maintain his
interest and induce him to put forth his strength. To enrich the
programme is not necessarily to increase strain. Over-fatigue
comes from lack of interest and lack of conscious progress. The
best way to diminish strain is to increase attractiveness and the
sense of achievement and growth." Prof. Harris would teach
algebra and geometry where now is taught only arithmetic. But
he shall speak for himself: « After a certain degree of acquaint-
ance with one elementary study, it is better to go on to a more
advanced study, than to spend more time on it for the sake of
thoroughness. Each elementary study should be pursued a suffi-
cient time to give the pupil a mastery of its technique and an
ability to use it in learning the next advanced study. Let the
pupil study arithmetic enough to fit him to take up algebra. Let
him study algebra a year, and he can easily make an arithmetic.
What is too difficult to be shown by a more elementary method,
ought to be postponed until the pupil masters a more advanced
method. Methods are tools of thought. Let the pupil flank his
higher arithmetic by learning the elements of algebra and geom-
etry."
This recommendation is no unrealized theory, spun in the brain
of an enthusiast, but the actual work of a German grammar
school whose list of studies is quoted below :
PROGRA\rME.
i. Religion.—a. Biblical history; b. Catechism ; c. Hymns
and Bible verses; d. History of the church.
2. Language.—The mother tongue. a. Reading and litera-
ture; b. Composition ; c. Grammar.
g. 11?athematics.—a. Arithmetic completed : b. Algebra,
elementary ; c. Geometry and mensuration.
4. Geography.—a. Topographical ; b. Astronomical ; c.
Political ; d. Physical.
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5. History. —a. General history in first year; b. Prussian
history in second year; c. German history in third year;
d. Review.
6. Natural History.—a. Botany in first year; b. Zoology ,
in second year.
7- Physics.—In third year ; apparatus.
S. Chemistry and Mineralogy.—In third and fourth years ;
apparatus.
9. Drawing.—Free-hand,geometrical, decorative, and draw-
ing from solids.
to. Plusic. —Theoretical and vocal.
I I. Gymnastics and Calisthenics.—With suitable apparatus.
The above programme exhibits the work of five years—the
years corresponding to the final five of your grammar grades. It
is preceded by four years of primary training. Is it too much
for the average American child to do in six years?
It is delightful in visits to the Grant grammar to see the swift-
winged intelligence with which difficult problems in arithmetic
are solved. One knows that there is careful and successful train-
ing; and that the mind is being developed and strengthened in a
good way; but the question will arise:—Is not the subject pur-
sued beyond business needs, and—as long as algebra and geom-
etry are untouched— beyond symmetry in culture? In a month's
time the whole transition to work in elementary algebra could be
effected, and the same beautiful alertness of comprehension exer-
cised in a new field of. thought. And the pupil would have a
new method of thinking.
In the second year of the Grant, in place of mental arithmetic,
such a book as Tower's � Intellectual Algebra"—which is to its
subject what Colburn's " First Lessons" is to arithmetic—would
furnish material enough. And similarly in the last year, Spen-
cer's 11 Inventional Geometry"—by the prominence it gives to f
problem work—would train to the same intuitive grasp of rela-
tions in another way of thinking, and in a fresh province of math-
ematical truth.
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For several years there has been good science teaching in the
schools, though somewhat fragmentary in plan, and somewhat
dependent for subject on the preference of the teacher. The late ac-
tion of the Committee has given to this teaching system, coherence,
regulated sequence, and defined limits. It is the endeavor, as
far as possible, to deal with the things themselves, which are
the material for instruction. The child puts questions to the
"visible forms" of the world about him, penetrates their secrets,
and in happy search brings to light qualities and laws. He is
trained to use his own eyes, to investigate closely, to weigh pro-
babilities, and to defer judgment till the evidence is in. A good
training in these methods of science is the best kind of training
for the vexing problems of business, politics, and personal obli-
gation ; and its practical helpfulness should reconcile to some
losses in other directions. In a course of study already full, the
valuable new must exclude the less valuable old. But " what
knowledge is of most worth?" Shall a child know the habits of
some savage people, every tributary of the Amazon, and the
names of the vessels of Columbus,—or shall he know why gun-
powder explodes, and water rises in the kitchen pump, and how
steam carries him, electricity lights him, and the telephone speaks
for him? The question is not difficult to answer, and the course
of study testifies of the answer.
With the changes suggested in mathematics and those already
accomplished in science, the programme will be in substantial
conformity with what is now believed to be best. There will be
some sacrifice of details in geography and history, but these
minor matters will be easy of adjustment.
(5.) In what follows with reference to the manual training of
boys, the plan of this Report demands great brevity of statement.
It is worthy of mention, however, even in the briefest treatment,
that Cambridge, Brookline and Waltham have manual training
schools, and that their number constantly increases in com-
munities noted for the best schools of other kinds and for the
deepest interest in education. In New York City alone, i4o,000
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children are now receiving the benefits of this form of instruction.
11 The argument for manual training rests upon psychology,
and it is only modern psychology that has discovered and empha-
sized the place that man's powers of expression occupy in the
acquisition of knowledge and the development of mental capac-
ity. Manual training is the form of instruction with which it is
proposed to appeal to these powers of expression. It consists of
two reciprocal parts, drawing and constructive work. The ob-
ject of the training is to add to the pupil's power of expression +
by verbal description, the powers of expression by delineation '
and construction. Either of the latter powers is simpler and
easier thail the use of abstract language. It is more natural to be
able to draw a sphere, or to make one out of clay or wood, than
to comprehend the geometrical definition of a sphere. Yet the
curriculum of the common school has little place for the former,
while it devotes much time to the latter mode of expression.
Manual training, in the sense in which it is here used, is mental
training. It is a training of the mind to accuracy of perception
and truthfulness and readiness of expression. If manual training
were non-mental and non-disciplinary it could have no proper
place in a public school course. The argument for it asserts that
the power to express and use knowledge is an essential part of
the process of acquiring knowledge. It claims that the powers of
expression have been neglected in education, and that nowhere in
the present school course is any provision made for sufficient
training of the judgment and executive faculty, than which no
mental powers are of more practical importance. The instruc-
tion in delineation and construction appeals directly to both these
faculties. It will be seen that the argument for manual training
is psychological and educational."
. The reasons for an appropriation to establish a Manual Train-
ing School-are the same as last year.
. (6.) As elsewhere stated, sewing is now taught to the four
lowest grammar grades, by a teacher employed for two days in
the week. If the pupils in these grades are to have but one ex-
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ercise a week—and more are not at present asked—and the
teaching is to be limited to plain sewing, the subject is on a fairly
satisfactory footing. But it is by no means on the footing ac-
corded to it in countries which have had a long experience of its
value as a department of school training. Reduced to a common
standard of comparison, for every four hours of sewing instruc-
tion Watertown gives to her girls, Prussia gives sixteen ; and
Austria, twenty; or four and five times as much.
The employment of the teacher for another day in the week
would extend the advantages of her instruction to the girls of the
two higher grammar grades, and give them some knowledge of
cutting and fitting. This extension of the course in sewing is
recommended for the next year.
In the belief that an acquaintance with the work accomplished
in one of the countries mentioned would increase confidence in
what you are now doing, and a willingness to do something more,
the Superintendent here introduces Dr. Klemm's account of what
he saw in Cologne in 1888.
The girls are taught " knitting, crocheting, embroidery, weav-
ing, sewing, lace-making, mending and patching, under the direct
influence of beautiful models, and according to the best pedagog-
ical principles and methods. The course begins at the age of
seven, with knitting upon two needles, a broad strap about a foot
long. On this strap are tau-lit the various stitches—plain,
double, reversed, etc. These straps are afterwards sewed together
to make little petticoats. Whole classes knit as the teacher beats
time. The above is the work of the first year. The course con-
tinues throughout six years, and includes the making of shirts,
chemises, and artistic bed clothing, a complete-garniture of tidies,
embroidery of letters, point-lace making, and thorough instruc-
tion in cutting out. Everything is first drawer and then cut
.according to given measurements. While the course is inflex-
ible as to the what is to be done and its to the number of pieces
required to be finished, it affords ample elbow room for the em-
ployrnent of the pupil's own taste and ingenuity in designing.
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And side by side with each year's course goes a course in draw-
ing and the designing of fiatterns, which lifts this instruction
from a mere practical, bread-and-butter exercise to a study of
great importance."
(7.) In the remarks about Drawing, in the Reports of r886
and 1887, there is a protest against a waste of time in the flat-
copying of model flat-copies, and against a system which finds
blossom and fruit and realized ideal in the imitation of an imita-
tion. The importance of beginning with the object, and of in-
cessant sketching from objects was warmly enforced ; and, with
the help of the regular teachers. objective sketch-work was then
begun.
To encourage these teachers in this work, and the present
drawing teacher in the assistance she gives them, the Superin-
tendent quotes a second time fi-om Dr. Klemm's observations in
European schools in 1888:
11 Copying from, flat-surfaced models, which never develops
self-activity, is fast disappearing from the schools of Germany.
The Leipsic system begins with free-hand drawing, and, contin-
ues it throughout the entire course. Drawing from solids, geo-
metrical bodies, casts, busts, etc., begins in the third year. This
system aims at the development of an -intellectual eye,"—at
conscious seeing. It proceeds genetically from the simplest to-
the most complicated forms. Everything new stands in organic
connection with previous cognitions. In the world of forms the
system develops forms, as, in the world of ideas, the good teacher
develops ideas. Not a form is taught which is not used to pro-
duce new ones in ever-varying applications. The especial merit
of this system is that it wonderfully nourishes the imagination,
and makes the pupil productive and creative. I find a great deal
of sketching done in the schools of Germany. Scarcely a lesson
is given without it. Oftentimes the pupils can talk in pictures
better, perhaps, than in words. It was amusing to see a boy,
when called to recite, seize a pencil, and while talking, assist his
demonstration by a sketch. The teachers say : I The habit of
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talking with the pencil is easily acquired. It is just as it is with
learning to swim. Plunge in, and bravely strike out. Don't try
to learn by practising the movements of legs and arms on the
parlor carpet. By persistent practice we accustom pupils to
sketch, and make of sketching first a duty, then a pleasure, and
lastly even a second nature.'
In the schools of Paris there is actually no copying done from
the flat-surfaced copy. In the third year of school—when in-
struction in drawing begins—solids are drawn at once. The
pupils draw geometrical bodies, plaster casts of relief ornaments,
busts, casts of human limbs, torsos of statues, furniture,—in a
word, whatever is set before them.
The aim in the instruction is the true aim of drawing in -the
schools,—to make the pupils observe objects correctly,present
them in outlines in tolerably exact perspective view, and then
shade them artistically.
The skill of French boys in sketching leaves everything be-
hind that I saw in other countries. I have several of their copy-
books in which are geographical maps, drawn hastily but very
accurately, sketches of animals, plants, physical apparatus, etc.,
serving as illustrations of that which is written. They talk with
chalk as readily as they express their thoughts orally and in writ-
ing. Thus, I saw a boy go to the board and illustrate his recita-
tion of the bees, by sketching rapidly and very accurately the
wings, head and feet of a bee. Another, speaking of birds,
sketched the characteristic forms of wings and beaks. This
sketching is an enviable skill, and possible only where the prac-
tice of sketching is made a daily occurrence."
In your schools—as everywhere else—the tares grow with the
wheat; it is in ideals only one expects perfection. It would not
be difficult to find fault or faults, but constructive criticism—or
the criticism that suggests a better than you now have—is alone
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given place. Such criticism naturally takes form in recommend-
ations ; and of the seven herein contained, there is not one but
has the approval of experience in one community, or in many, or
in whole nations.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. R. DWELLEY,
Superintendent of Schools.
WATERTOWN, Feb. 4, IS90.
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
I. Population.
Population of Watertown, census of 1885. 6,238
Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age,
May 1, 1889. 1,185
IT. Teachers.
Number of Teachers in the High School, 4
44 « lL Grammar grades, I1
46 4C Primary &° I
96 special teachers (music, drawing, and
sewing,) 4
Whole number of teachers, 31
III. Pupils.
Whole number of pupils enrolled, 917
Number over 15 years of age, 119
Average number belonging, 753.5
°' daily attendance, 697.6
Percentage of attendance (upon the number
• belonging,) 92.6
JANITORS.
NAME. SCHOOLS. SALARY.
George F. Robinson....... Phillips and Grant...... ...... $700
Andrew H. Stone.......... Parker, Spring,and Francis.... boo
Mary Austin........... .....Coolidge................ ...... 100
Mrs. Ryan..... ............ Bemis....... .................. 6o
Joseph Tarlton. ........... Lowell.................. ...... 6o
TRUANT OFFICERS.
NAME. DISTRICT. SALARY.
George Parker.......... .... Centre, South, and West....... $20
George F. Robinson...... '° 44 {{ . ..... 20
.Andrew H. Stone...... •' . ...... 20
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NAMES OF PUPILS NEITHER .ABSENT NO_
TARDY DURING THE YEAR.
HIGH SCHOOL—Sharlie Glidden, Ada Hales, W. Bertrand'
Corson, Frank Gilkey, Ralph Henry, James McCafferty..
COOLIDGE GRAMMAR—Lydia W. Masters, Elsie S. Sawin, Fred.
D. Sawin, Walter C. Masters, John J. Crump. GRANT GRAM-
MAR—Carrie Rand, May Thomas. FRANCIS GRAMMAR—Arthur
B. Rundlett, Edith Cole, Grace Stephens, Eva Towle, Charles
Russell. FRANCIS PRIMARY James Forrest. SPRING GRAM
MAR—May Brannifl; Lottie Eaton, Alexander Murray, Lewis
Thomas, Andrew Glynn. SPRING PRIMARY John Coffey,,
Ethel Collier. BEMIs PRIMARY—Annie Geogan.
EVENING SCHOOL.
Whole number resistered, 71,
Average enrollment, 37-
Average attendance, 27-
Expenditure8.
Mr. Charles G. Ham, $73 32
Miss Alice J. Parsons, 44 98
Miss Fannie W. Richards, 46 65
Miss Joanna M. Riley. 46 65 `
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TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES,
OF THE
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF THE
TOWN OF WATERTOWN.
4890.
WATERTOWN :
FRED. G. BARKER, PRINTER.
1890.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
CHARLES S. ENSIGN, Terin Expires 189o.
c A. O. DAVIDSON, 1890.
REv. ROBERT P. STACK,
. , 1891.
,c ct EDWARD E. ALLEN, 1891,
CHARLES BRIGHAM, 1892.
GEORGE E. PRIEST, 189:!.
CHARLES S. ENSIGN, Chairman
GEORGE E. PRIEST, Secretary.
CHARLES BRIGHAM, Treasurer.
Executive Committee.
CHARLES S. ENSIGN, GEORGE E. PRIEST,
CHARLES BRIGHAM.
Committee on Books.
CHARLES S. ENSIGN, REV. ROBERT P. STACK,
EDWARD E. ALLEN.
Committee on Finance.
CHARLES BRIGHAM, A. O. DAVIDSON,
REV. ROBERT. P. STACK.
Librarian.
SOLON F. WHITNEY.
Ist Assistant Librarian.
Miss JANE STOCKWELL.
Assistant Cataloguer.
Miss L. LOUISE WHITNEY.
Assistants.
Miss MABEL LEARNED, Miss FLORA E. WISE.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE FREE
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
In presenting their twenty-second annual report to the town,
the trustees ask that it be carefully perused and its recommenda-
tions considered.
In their report for 1888, among other things, it was recom-
mended that the publication of the list of books and pamphlets
added to the library during the current year, in the annual town
reports be discontinued, and that the card-catalogue system be
introduced into the library.
At the beginning of the fiscal year the question had to be con-
sidered, when should the change be undertaken, and how should
the requisite expense be met, without impairing the usefulness
and value of the library. To do this without obtaining an extra
appropriation fi-om the town for this specific purpose seemed
unadvisable. But as the town had made liberal appropriations
in other directions, and the demands upon it were continually
increasing, the trustees felt delicate in asking for any additional
appropriation to that granted at. the annual meeting. But the
longer time the matter was debated the more pressing seemed the
necessity for its immediate undertaking; and in the fore part of
the summer they concluded to commence the work and placed
the manner of its performance in charge of the librarian. As
there are a number of volumes of the original catalogue still
remaining undisposed, it was deemed better to commence with
the cataloguing of those books and pamphlets embraced in the
.supplements, or added to the library since Mo. When this part
of the work is completed and the system perfected. the remainder
of the work can be gradually finished. To catalogue a library
of the size and character of ours properly and intelligently,—
to cover all the practicable ground for permanent value,—is
4 TRUSTEES REPORT.
a difficult matter requiring an unusual amount of patience, shill,
care and study. Each book and pamphlet must be carefully and
accurately examined, in order that no subject treated or com-
mented upon is omitted, and sometimes a single volume requires
many cards to embrace and classify all of its contents.
We believe if this work must be undertaken it should be
thoroughly done, —never to be again changed,—only perfected.
On account of this plan of work laid out for the year, we have
not been able to spend as much of our appropriation for new
books as some might desire. Yet, valuable historical and scien-
tific material has been added, particularly at the close of the year,
and our serials we believe have been completed as far as pub-
lished. We believe it wise to keep the encyclopmdias and such
reference books of general use as we can afford to purchase, as
late in date of issue as possible. We feel that the library has not
suffered if fewer books have been purchased than usual. A
special rebate was obtained from the Newton & Watertown Gas
Light Co' for gas consumed in the library since 1887, amounting
to $38,77, which was of great assistance. For the reader who
enjoys a good substantial literary feast, as well as for the student
who thirsts for knowledge, there are the accumulations of years
amply sufficient to satisfy, and these will amply repay for perusal
and reperusal. It is not the quantity but the quality well digested
that educates,and affords a beneficial influence. Nothing is more
difficult for the trustees than to make a wise and judicious selec-
tion of books that will be of permanent value. Yet we candidly
admit that much that we should like to purchase, we cannot, for
reasons stated in former reports. The amount expended in 1888
was $789.65.
The wise and conservative policy pursued in the purchase of
Books for many years, has given this library a character among
the book dealers, who generally offer nothing but the most desir-
able. When possible, at least expense, we are completing the
missing numbers of those magazines, that are known for their
marked literary value. We cannot keep the novel—the fresh
TRUSTEES REPORT. 5
novel written for the day— at hand ; if a reasonable amount of the
best of fiction is purchased, that should be all that could be ex-
pected.
Many of the books—those of a light and less valuable charac-
ter—having been in constant use for years, are fast becoming
non-presentable. How far are the trustees justified in replacing
them? Many of them have a transient, not a permanent value ;
they amuse, but do not instruct. Some libraries replace them,
others tale a decided negative ground and when books of this
class are worn out, throw them one side, and erase the title from
the catalogue.
We feel that the standard of general reading is becoming ele-
vated, and that the public taste is gradually being educated for
better literature.
We are glad to report that our faithful school teachers are more
and more educating our scholars in this direction, and remedying
the neglect of former popuhu' taste.
Some of the standard works, also, by constant use need replac-
ing, and in some cases duplicates and triplicates even could be
put into circulation.
The new reading room has been well patronized by our towns-
people, but not as much by those for whom the donor of the
material furnished desires to reach. It is settled that it is a pub-
lic benefit. That it meets a want long needed in the town, and
that it will have a beneficent influence for the good and well-
being of our community.
Only such papers, magazines.and pamphlets have been pur-
chased as have been thought needed and desirable, and the list is
subject to change according to the demand. For the laboring
man, the tradesman and general reader there can be found
enough to inform, educate and cultivate.
The trustees are always open to advice, as they desire to carry
out the donor's ideas to the best advantage.
The upper reading room has been well patronized, particu-
larly by ladies, and the relief afforded by the additional rooms in
the basement has been appreciated.
6 TRUSTEES' REPORT.
The necessary binding of books and pamphlets is becoming
quite an expense, and must yearly increase. The wear and tear
of books in general circulation is great, no matter how much
care and supervision is taken. Unfortunately the new book of
the present day is rarely a strongly bound book, unless expen-
sive. Many of the valuable pamphlets and magazines are
kept in better condition when bound, particularly those in gen-
eral circulation. From our appropriation all that can be judi-
ciously spared is devoted to this object, but the demand will
• increase year by year. It is the inevitable experience of all
libraries.
We have kept as far as possible the library grounds in good
order, so that this may be an attractive spot in the town. Some
of the trees, particularly those onthe eastern boundary need trim-
ming, and the dead branches lopped. We have found the only
• objection to be the doubt whether on account of the height any
one would dare to risk life and limb in the attempt.
The town is very fortunate in having by gift upon the library
walls the speaking likenesses of three of the former chairmen of the
board and we are in hopes that another who has done much effi-
cient literary work may be added before long. For all gifts of works
of art, books, pamphlets and papers, we extend to the donors our
thanks. We believe that Isere should be the treasury of the
town's history, whether portrait, picture, furniture, handiwork,
memento or book, and we cordially invite all to contribute
towards it.
A few weeks past, the Grand Army of the town dedicated a
beautiful statue II In honor of the men of Watertown who fought
for the preservation of the Union." Let them complete this work
by depositing in the library the history of their lives and the story
of their valorous deeds, so that when future generations ask who
does that monument commemorate, the Public Library can name
the heroes. The Acts of the Legislature of 1888, Chapter 304,,
as amended in 1889, Chapter I I2, have enacted proper legisla-
tion of ecting Free Public Libraries'. By this act, unless the town
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otherwise votes, the treasurer of the town is ex-oficio the treas-
urer of the library. For some years this has been the custom in
vogue in the town, and we see no reason for departing from it.
For the detailed work of the library we commend the report of
the librarian for careful comparison.
We believe that the service of the library has been efficient, as
nothing has been heard but commendation for the librarian's
assistants. For their patient and courteous attention we know
that the town is grateful.
The chairman in closing his official career, thanks his past and;
present associates for their uniform courtesy and kindness.
Unexpectedly called to his present position—a stranger to
most of his fellow-townsmen—he thanks them for the interest
that has been shown in the library and its work, and for their
friendly suggestions. It has stimulated him in the performance
of his trust, as well as encouraged him in the knowledge that so
many of the townsmen take a hearty interest in this most impor-
tant educational work of the town.
The statement of the amount received and expended from the
town appropriation, together with that from the "Asa Pratt
Fund," are herein appended, and in asking an appropriation for
the coming year of $3,000 and the dog tax, we trust the town
will generously grant it.
Respectfully submitted in behalf of the Board of Trustees,
CHARLES S. ENSIGN, Chairman.
WATERTOWN, Feb. 3, 1390.
.rr
S TRUSTEES' REPORT.
Statement of A)nounts Received and Expended by the Trus-
tees for the Year 1889-90.
Received from town appropriation, $2,500 00
" " dog tax, 673 42
" " fines, catalogues, etc., I22 43
$3,295 85
Paid for books, $334 49
" " periodicals, $139.I1 ; binding, $84, 223 1'
express, $io.6o; furniture, $14.28, 24 88
gas, $293.6o; fuel $188, 481 6o
stationery, cards, etc,$32.r 7 ; post-
age, etc., $10.38, 42 55
printing, $18.50; engraving, $23, 41 50
card catalogue case, $100.50;
cards, $95.05 ; labor, $191.32, 386 87
care of building and grounds, 13m0s, 281 70
salaries for 13 months, 1'479 15
$3,295 85
" ASA PRAT-r FUND."
Balance on deposit in the Watertown Sav-
ings Bank, Feb. 3, 1890, $162 56
Received interest on bonds to Dec. 1, 1889, $250 00
Watertown Savings Bank, 6 85
$419 41
Paid for periodicals and pamphlets for 1889, $35 07
" '' " 180, 107 46
Balance in hands of librarian for 189o, 18 78
Balance in Watertown Savings Bank, $258 Io
$419 41
Respectfully submitted in behalf of the Board of Trustees of
the Free Public Library.
CHARLES S. ENSIGN, Chairman.
WATERTOWN, Feb. 3, 1890.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
To the Trustees:—
In accordance with the requirements of Article IY. of the rules
and regulations, it becomes my pleasant duty, at this time, to
place In your hands an annual report. This is the twenty_second
which I have had the honor to thus present, and it should be the
most hopeful, for not only does the library become more useful
to an increasing number of people, but its capability of becoming
still more useful and even essential to the convenience and the
progress of the people is more and more apparent.
There was a time when its eery existence depended upon the
fostering-care of a few who aided it by their means Now so
large a number depend upon its store of books quid periodicals
that in some form it will not be allowed to fail. However, you
and those more conversant with the books upon the shelves and
the use which has been made of them the past year, know that
with a larger expenditure for new books the extent of that use of
the library would have been still greater.
I hardly expect the mass of busy men who are crowded for
time in their regular pursuits, and who being interested and suc-
cessful in the management of their own aflairs and so best fitted
to manage the affairs of the town, will have the leisure to exam-
ine and judge of the value of any considerable proportion of the
thousands of new books that the industrious research of authors
or the enterprise of publishers is constantly producing, but some
few of them in their crowded time may feel the value of such
helps for themselves or others and may have the heart to wish for
.,t and the skill to secure more liberal expenditure in a direction
which will secure such lasting good to all members of this com-
munity. The testimony of experts in every direction will aid to
a wise selection. The needs of the busiest will suggest the value
t
10 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
of time and the greatest value of the greatest aids, whether to the
effectiveness of labor, or a higher enjoyment of their limited
moments of leisure. In a word, I dare not assume that the ma-
jority of the people of the town are already so fully convinced of
the value to the town of such a library as seems to me would be
most useful to the rising generation and all seeking to improve
their minds or better their condition. I hope there is no doubt
in the minds of citizens of Massachusetts that our schools are
worth far more than their cost. The time will come when libra-
ries will be maintained and improved and administered at any
cost of money or of time. Meanwhile it is incumbent upon all
those who have been more favored than others in education or in
wealth, and especially in both, to sustain by their influence and
their aid this institution and to constantly contribute to its treas-
ures, to the end that it may come to have its proper place in the
hearts of the community.
The library is under a heavy debt of gratitude to many of our
present and former citizens for its nearly nineteen thousand bound
volumes and its more than twenty-one thousand pamphlets and
papers, for its fine building with the increasing number of speci-
mens of art and science, but this only makes the stronger appeal
to others to do still more to merit a still heavier reward of grati-
tude. In what readier way can one earn an honored place in the
memory of his fellows and of his time, than in giving to an insti-
tution which must always be associated with thoughts of benefit
and growth and progress, and of the highest rational enjoyment.
PRESENT NEEDS.
The special need just now of the library, beyond the production
of an enlarged and improved index to its treasures, which in the
form of a card catalogue is being prepared, and of which we will
speak later, is the establishment of a fund for the purchase of
valuable books of reference. We should have copies of all the
best cyclopwdias for instance, so that our people will not be the
easy prey of interested agents for whose interest it is to sell cop-
ies of cyclop�edias already discarded by their first publishers.
LIBRAHIAN)S REPORT. 11
I spoke of this need of our library in my last report, and a part of
the expenditure for books for the past year has been in this direc-
tion, but I return to it again, because I hope that some of the
more wealthy sons or daughters of the town will find the heart to,
give a sum of money to be expended for this purpose, or to estab-
lish a fund, the interest of which shall forever be expended for
works of lasting value which otherwise are likely because of their
cost to find no place in our library. Such memorials will be hon-
ored wlicu mere piles of stone shall have crumbled into dust.
The grateful hearts of unborn generations will not fail to speak
with grateful appreciation of such benefactors.
THE CARD CATALOGUE.
The card catalogue which was recommended in my last report,.
and the materials for which you have provided, has been begun,
and several thousand cards have been written. It will be in place-
and begin to be of use to all during the present year. If we were
satisfied with a very brief finding list, such as many libraries.use,
it might now be completed. You have seen fit to provide the
best case and the best cards for a permanent catalogue which
could be purchased, not the most costly, but the best for use.
Those who are writing the cards are ambitious to give you in the
end a catalogue which will answer as many of the requirements
of a good catalogue as possible. I think you will have reason to
be satisfied with this extra expenditure. Meanwhile, will you
bespeak the patience and forbearance of the people who are using
the library while a little irregularity in the perfect arrangement
and order of our catalogues is necessary?
PRINTED CATALOGUE OF 1881.
While this catalogue is being prepared, which is made to cover
only the portions given in the eight or nine supplements, I would
caution the public to care for and preserve their copies of the
main catalogue, that is, the catalogue of Mi. Doubtless there
will be a greater demand for copies of this catalogue, of which
12 LIBRARIAN'S DEPORT.
we have a fair supply, which contains the titles and authors of
all the books purchased for the first thirteen years of the library.
You know that the earliest selection included in that catalogue
was made with singular intelligence and great care by Rev. John
Weiss and his able companions. You may see fit in time to
authorize the inclusion, in this card catalogue, of all the books of
the library, certainly of a fuller analysis of the contents of many
valuable works, the only indication of whose presence in the
library is an obscure title or the name of a more obscure editor
or author.
SYSTEM OF ARRANGEMENT OF BOOKS.
I would like to see, before I finish my work here, a change in
the order and arrangement of the books upon the shelves, more
in accordance with the needs of a large and growing library.
The one we have has answered very well the requirements of
a small library. Each volume has a number which designates its
place on the shelves, has, as some one has said, a local habitation
and a name. But in this active and mobile age, when time and
the.convenience of users of hooks, that is of everybody, is of
great importance, it is seen that a more perfect classification of
books by topics and by authors is desirable. Our present arrange-
ment is like the arrangement of the homes of a people by towns,
streets, and number. The newer arrangement adopted ,now in
all the larger libraries is by subject, and is more like the classifi-
cation of men in an army ready for service. Each mari has his
position in a certain company of a certain regiment of a certain
brigade and corps. It is no more impossible for the postman to
find him although he occupies no particular house or street, or
town, even, or if he be on the move, as in actual service. He is
located with reference to his fellows. To apply the illustration
to the arrangement of the books of a library, we may take the
alcove of fiction, for instance, where no attention is paid to the
real subjects presented in the story, and where books may find
perhaps the most easily understood grouping. Let the books be
arranged alphabetically by their authors, and under authors alpha-
LIBRARIANS REPORT. 13
betically by title. When a new book is added it will find its
proper place at once, crowding along those farther down the
alphabet. So in biography, which may be grouped by nations,
then easily arranged alphabetically by name of person whose life
is given, and where there are several lives of the same person, as
for instance, of Washington, or of Napoleon, by their authors.
In geography, and travels, and history, the geographical arrange-
ment by countries, cities and towns might be easily made, then
subdivided chronologically.
CHANGE THOUGH DESIRABLE, RATHER DIFFICULT.
Some may ask why such a change as this, if desirable, might
not be made at any time. It would, as you see, destroy all the
old book numbers in our catalogues and make the calling for
books by number from these catalogues impossible. It is not
easy, at any time, to change. But if we make a new catalogue,
and encourage the calling of books by author, or title, or sub-
ject, -a practice which is fast growing in the library from the
increasing difficulty of using so many supplements,—we shall
greatly aid in the findingof books by adopting the newer arrange-
ment and at the same time have a system that will easily adapt itself
to all changes of rooms and shelving. We should escape some of
the evils which have necessarily crept into our arrangement, at first
nominally a topical one, by the successive crowded condition of
our shelves before each extension of shelving.
WHEN TO MAKE THE CHANGE.
If it is decided to make this improvement in arrangement, it
might be begun soon and completed in the course of time as it
can be done without interfering with the regular work of the
library.
SYSTEMS OF CLASSIFICATION.
It is not necessary to discuss here what system of classification
of subjects, or what system of numbers, or numbers and letters
might be best used to designate these new relative locations of
14 LIRRARIAN'S REPORT.
books. There are several such systems. This is a matter of
detail which can be settled when it is determined that an improved
arrangement is on the whole desirable. Even a system of figures
that would look to an outsider precisely like our present system,
but with the same relative signification in each figure which the
first figure in our present system has now, would be satisfactory.
But any change involves the abandonment of our present nu tu-
bers, and some confusion for• awhile until the new numbers are
available for use. The cards of the new catalogue are being
numbered in pencil to make such a change sometime easier.
INCREASED CALL. FOR HISTORY.
During the past year we are all glad to see there has been
erected very near, on the park, a monument to the memory of
those who took part in the nation's late struggle for existence.
There has been an increased demand in the library for all litera-
ture describing or illustrating that struggle. Indeed, the signifi-
cance of our whole history has been from this and from other
causes impressed upon the young who with their elders have come
more frequently to the library for information and every variety
of expression of feeling or opinion concerning it. Soldiers even,
ask for books giving south-side views. All wish to know the
facts and are willing to plod through the works of even the dullest
writer. Can we not make a special effort this year to secure by
purchase any and all works that bear on our own town's history, or
on the history of our state, or our nation. Such a purchase will
ever make more significant the beautiful figure in stone that stands
visible from our Nviudows, so lustrous by (lay in the sunlight,
and not less conspicuous when illumined by the brilliancy of the
electric arc it stands out boldly against the darkness of night.
Opportunities occur not infrequently in the breaking up of valua-
ble collections to increase this store of history, which neglected by
us for want of means, passes to other more highty favored libra-
ries. Money invested in such material would pay a good interest
in use, and secure what would bring far higher prices in the
LIBRARIAN)S REPORT. 15
future, if the town were constrained to part with such possessions.
We have volumes in the library that are worth ten times their
cost, a few that could hardly be replaced. Let us have more
such.
PURCHASES FOR THE LIBRARY MAY BE A GOOD INVESTMENT.
Would it not be well to emphasize this view of library expendi-
ture, which all business men can understand. None doubt the
wisdom of any investment which yields a good return and con-
stantly appreciates in value. I think it within the bounds of a very
moderate estimate to sav that the cost of the worn-out and value-
less books which have in time accumulated on our shelves is more
than overbalanced by the worth of volumes grown scarce in the
destructive progress of time, and that today Our library is worth
to the town all it has cost. If this is so, then the amount voted
for the purchase of works for the library can not be considered so
much paid to mere expenses of living, but is in fact a part of the
permanent capital invested in the home and furnishings that will
descend to our children after us.
EXTENT OF CIRCULATION.
The nu lber of books issued is practically the same as last year,
namely, 37,435, exactly 375 less than then. Last year witnessed
a great increase in the circulation. This year, notwithstanding
these figures, it has for the bulk of the library improved. We
have had fewer new books, notably stories, in consequence of the
expenditure for the new catalogue, so have lost the use of those
bright new books which the press and the publishers take great
pains to bring to the attention of all ; but in the use of the Stan-
dard works which comprise the greater portion of our library,
there must have been an increase.
Our population is increasing. With the introduction of an
excellent water supply and the building of a large number of the
better class of houses. there has been quite an increase in the
number of intelligent and appreciative people who make constant
use of the library.
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CHARACTER OF CIRCULATION.
As to the character of the circulation, which can be understood
from the table below,* we may say that the movement towards
the use of books of science, history, poetry, biography, ge-
ography, fine arts, and cycloptedias, progresses in the right
direction. While we do not undervalue the worth of a book
because in the form of a story and think that the novels of Scott,
for instance, will teach more history than many a more preten-
tious tome labeled history, or works like Uncle Tom's Cabin, or
David Copperfield, or Nicholas Nickelby will be more effectual
in revolutionizing the morals of a country than many a volume
of ethics, we are prepared to admit, as all careful observers must
admit, that much of the story reading of a community is purpose-
less, vapid, wasteful of time of the young, and even of their
elders. We would however be willing to exchange, in the cause
of progress, the reading of the thinnest, least-meaty novels which
you may have allowed on your shelves, for the conversation of
men over their cups in out-of-the-way places, or in the listless
lounging on the curb-stones and street corners of our town.
*CIRCULATION FOR 1889.
NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGE OF BOOKS USED.
Volumes Volumes
used Ill carried Entire Per
Library. home. use. centage.
Periodicals, bound or in numbers, 1,093 2,092 3,185 8.5
Seientific works, 245 1,205 1,450 3.9
Theological and religious, 56 468 524 1.3
Travels and description of countries, etc., 2oi 1,731 1,932 5.2
Educational works, 116 531 647 I.7
Biography, 118 829 947 2.7
History, 281 1,495 1,776 4.7
Poetry, 242 Boo r,o42 2.8
Fine arts and literature, 174 1,207 1,381 3.7
Social science and tniscellaneou�. 885 797 1,684 4.5
Juveniles, 461 5433 5,594 15-
Fiction, 522 16,693 17,215 46.
Total, 4454 32,9$1 37,435 TOO.
LIBRARIANS REPORT. 17
While I would argue and labor most zealously for the most
solid works our literature has produced or can produce, I would
not forget that all persons have not learned to study the crowded
pages of the great thinkers; and I would therefore have the best
of every style and form of literature to beguile the weary hour, to
hold the wandering attention, to lead to the pleasure of getting
from the printed page thoughts of the brighter and better livers
and thinkers, and so strive, by placing before all according to
their condition and education the opportunity to form tastes and
habits that will naturally lead to better thinking, to higher living.
Food for the intellectual nurture of the whole people, varied in
form, but always wholesome, the library should provide.
SOME OF THE BOOKS ADDED THE PAST YEAR.
You have recently added the fourth and last volume of Grove's
Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Some months since, you
added the remaining volumes of the ninth edition of Encyclopm-
dia Britannica, that monument of intellectual effort, which is now
complete, except the full index to be published in an additional
volume. There will be endless additions to this, of course, some
of which have already appeared. You have two volumes of
Watts' Dictionary of Chemistry, for which we have been waiting
several years. The first volume of"A New English Dictionary,"
the combined work of its present editor, James H. H. Murray,
and of former editors and members of the [English] Philological
Society, you have put on our shelves. When in the course of
years the remaining five volumes give us six times as much as in
Webster's or Worcester's large quartos, we shall have a final
court of appeal before which can be tried all questions of the ori-
gin, history, or present use of the one hundred and fifty or more
thousand words of our language. Few of us ever use many of
them, it is true, two or three thousand at most, perhaps ; but we
are all mortified not to know or to be able to find out all about any
one of the vast number which anyone else may use. You have ad-
ded a frill set of Brownson's works,in twenty volumes,a quarter only
of which we have had from the beginning, as a gift from the
1S LIBRARIAN)S REPORT.
library of Rev. Mr. Weiss. The recently published Library of
American Literature, edited by Stedman & Hutchinson, has also
been added. A considerable portion of a growing library con-
sists of additions to sets already begun. These you have well
kept up. As we publish no supplemental list of the additions
this year, it may be well to mention a few of the more notable.
Of course, those who read the pages of the local paper have, from
week to week,—we wish it might be every week, —lists of such
additions. Among the more important might be named the vol-
umes of Drawings and Specifications of Patents coming from
the United States Patent Office each month. Stephen's National
Biography,now in its twentieth volume. Winsor's Narrative and
Critical History of America has been completed by the publica-
tion of the first and eighth volumes. Pictures from Holland,
Russian pictures, and Sea pictures, continue the admirable series
of Pictures drawn with Pen and Pencil, published by the
London Religious Tract Society. The Three Vassar Girls, The
Knockabout Club, The Zigzag Journeys, The Boy Travellers,
delight the young people with a new volume each. Du Chaillu
has added a very interesting well illustrated work in two octavo
volumes on The Viking Age, fitting followers of The Land
of the Midnight Sun. Appleton's Cyclopoedia of American Bi-
ography is now completed by the addition of the last volume.
Among the most recent additions, Prof. N. S. Shaler's
Aspects of the Earth, is well illustrated and well written.
The first two volumes of Prof. Asa Gray's Scientific Papers are
full of suggestive and critical notices of botanists and the works
of botanists. Miss Amelia B. Edwards' Untrodden Peaks and
Unfrequented Valleys take one in a charming manner up into
the Tyroland passes of eastern Switzerland, which with her Thou-
sand Miles up the Nile shows her to excel in other forms of lit-
erature than fiction, investing the ancient monuments of that most
ancient country with new interest. There was quite a call for
some good work on the processes employed in the best machine
shops in the construction and use of the best tools. Rose's Mod-
LIBRARIANTIS REPORT. 19
ern Machine-Shop Practice must satisfy any in this direction with
its two large splendidly illustrated volumes.
A new and more complete edition of Whittier is found in the
seven volumes of Prose and Poetical Works. Rein's Industries
of Japan gives desirable. information of the arts and industries of
that interesting people. Lady Brassey's Last Voyage to India
.and Australia continues her series of voyages which have excited
considerable interest. Farrar's Lives of the Fathers will meet the
wants of some. Jusserand's English Wayfaring Life in the Mid-
dle Ages fills in the gaps of history of the past of this nation, so
barren in details in regard to common life and the common peo-
ple, when wars, and nobility, and royalty absorbed chiefly the
historian's attention. George William Curtis has given us a
charming work in the Correspondence of John Lothrop Motley.
GIFTS OF BOOKS AND PERIODICALS.
Appendix II. gives a list of donors, with the number of books
and pamphlets or papers given by each. We shall speak of the
Pratt Fund and its administration. The Watertown Magazine
Club has made during the entire year a generous contribution of
their entire list as soon as they have gone the rounds of the small
club. It will be seen from the list that these periodicals are just
the ones every well informed person wishes to see regularly, and
they are generally on our tables within about a month of publica-
tion
Mr. Charles A. Stearns of East Watertown, has put the library
under great obligation by his repeated donations of late elec-
trical and scientific journals for the lower reading room.
Mr. Fred. G. Barker, publisher of the Watertown Enterprise,
has given many hundred local papers and pamphlets, as will be
seen from Appendices II. and III., for the lower reading room,
as well as two copies of his own paper.
Mrs. Abner French and Miss C. S. Shirley have made quite
a large contribution of useful volumes. Mr. Joseph Cashman
has given six volumes of valuable scientific books, and the Boston
Daily Journal for the year.
20 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
It will be seen from the appendix that 169 volumes have been
presented. The wisdom of the town in uniting with donors in
erecting this substantial and safe building is shown by these con-
tributions; and doubtless other gifts of books, and money to buy
books, will continue to show the interest of present and former
citizens of the town. We accept yvith thanks all books and pam-
phlets given to the library. Those proving to be duplicates may
be useful for exchange.
The library is indebted to Charles S. Ensign, Esq., to Hon. E.
D. Hayden, M. C.,to Senator E. L. Dawes, and to various depart-
ments of our state and national government for valuable docu-
ments; to Rev. W. G. Richardson, Dr. J. A. Mead, Mr. H. W.
Clarke, Mr. S. A. Gregg, and the publishers of papers in Boston,
Waltham, Newton, Denver, and other places, for regular con-
tributions of periodicals and papers for the reading rooms.
These and all other contributions of books and periodicals are
credited in Appendix II.
The Hollingsworth& Whitney Company have kept up their sup-
ply of excellent covering paper and ready-made paste for use in
covering books during the year.
BINDING.
Another valuable class of books can be obtained by binding our
periodicals. I hope it will be possible to enlarge considerably
the appropriation for this purpose. We have spent eighty-four
dollars chiefly for re-binding books that had become dilapidated
from use, say three or four hundred of them. We have the accu-
mulations of periodicals for the last two years. We have no
books more acceptable to many families in town than bound vol-
umes of Harper's, Scribner's, St. Nicholas, The Century, North
American Review, the Atlantic, for instance. We have parts of
three sets of Harper's. Would it not be well to complete them, _
as well as duplicate sets of some of- the others? Some of the
worn volumes, say of St. Nicholas, might be withdrawn from
circulation and kept for use in the library, for even in a much
worn condition they are worth far more than their first cost for
LIBRARIANS REPORT. 21
reference. The remark made in regard to these might be made
of some other periodicals.
THE ASA PRATT FUND.
The expenditures from the income of this fund under your
direction have been for the periodicals placed in the lower read-
ing-room. They have not exceeded, indeed, have not quite
reached, one hundred and twenty-five dollars each for last year
and for the present year. You are, I know, endeavoring to ascer-
tain what will be most useffil and acceptable to the readers who
will make use of this gift to the people. The number of readers,
while far from the full capacity of the rooms, is perhaps as great
as could be expected. As a knowledge of the valuable collection
of periodicals and papers, daily and weekly, religious, scientific
and artistic, popular and instructive, extends, and people so modi-
fy their habits as to take the use of these into their daily life, as
some do already, the rooms will be crowded, and you will find
use for the growing fund which the wise founder provided should
increase so as to provide one or two new periodicals each year to
all coming time. I would suggest, that in accordance with a
remark of the founder of the fund, a part of it might be used to
obtain past numbers of such valuable periodicals as it may seem
desirable to keep on file. The room well warmed and well
lighted, dry and airy in summer and in winter, with its periodi-
cals, its convenient furnishings, and its artistic adornments, should
be a cause of pride and growth-in-good-things for every citizen of
the town, and a cause of satisfaction in thinking of the judicious
expenditure.
Whether the lower reading-room and the adjoining patent-
room are doing the greatest possible good in the town or not, is
a matter to which you, I know, give constant attention, and on
which you are open to any and all suggestions. Time will cer-
tainly justify the hopes of-those who early advocated the open-
ing of this room.
If to secure greater quiet for readers in these rooms, an atten-
dant should be found necessary, as may be the case in the future,
22 LIBRARIANS REPORT.
I would now suggest that the delivery of juveniles, fiction, and
the more popular portion of the library might be from a desk in
this room, these books being placed on shelves in the room
behind, leaving the main part of the library and its use for the
upper rooms, thus encouraging the constantly increasing number
of scholars and people who are looking for information, and who
would prize the greater quiet thus secured. The time when such
a change will seem desirable may not be very distant.
PERIODICAL LIST.
A list of the periodicals to be found in our reading-rooms, with
an acknowledgement of the source from which they are obtained,
may be found in Appendix III.
LOCAL ALCOVES.
We are setting apart some shelves for anything published by
the city of Boston, or relating to it, as we have previously done
for anything we have received which has been published by the
state of Massachusetts, or by our national government at Wash-
ington.
We now wish to enlarge the number of our books, pamphlets,
papers, and cuttings that relate in any way to the history of Wa-
tertown (including all her daughters), or which were written by,
or which treat in any way of her people.
HISTORICAL MEMENTOS.
We wish we had under our roof a room for the reception and
preservation of any historical relic of the past of our town. The
late exhibition at a recent fair shows that there are many such
relics which might be obtained now, but which, unless thus col-
lected, will in no distant future be beyond the possibility of such
suggestive use. Perhaps in the future enlargement of our build-
ing, with a new Trustees' room and an art room, we may secure
a room for this purpose. The new Trustees' room might be a
convenient place to store and to display books on art in its vari-
ous phases, as well as the specimens of art.produced by sons and
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. 23
daughters of Watertown. There would be a fit place to hang
the portraits of men who have adorned the town's history.
PORTRAITS OF FORMER CHAIRMEN OF TRUSTEES.
Not to say so much as to embarrass one of the past presidents of
your board who yet lives among us, and whose likeness, the work
of his daughter's hand and her kind contribution to a collection
of such pictures, has been hung on our walls, we may express
the hope that a useful, calm, and happy old age may yet await
him. There has been added, by his kindness, the portrait also of
the first president of the board, whose friends and acquaintances
will recognize in his kind features, the spirit that with hearty,
large-minded, hopeful labor laid the foundations of this library in
the choice of the best he knew in all literature, whether from his
own shelves, or by direction of the purchase made in the book
market. To those who knew him best, it was most apparent that
his trust for the future of his country was chiefly in the spread and
increase of knowledge and intelligence, and in that more intimate
acquaintance, thus gained in the works of nature as well as of his-
tory and literature, with the footprints of Him who in all things
worketh good.
We hope to see the face of the first secretary, afterwards for
years president of your board, soon added to the list. If honor
for noble action, and gratitude for good deeds would prolong his
life and heal the wounds made by a too strenuous and exhausting
labor for public good, we would surely not restrain the prompt-
ings of our heart to make the offering. But we wish the picture
of his face to help to give us courage under difficulties, and to raise
the standard of high endeavor. I do not forget that he is still
president of our Savings Bank and of the Historical Society,
whose interests he so much promoted. Not to speak at greater
length of the present time, may we express the hope that the future
will lengthen the list of such honored names and honored port-
raits.
LIBRARY SERVICE.
Allow me to acknowledge the continued faithful services of my
24 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
assistants in their promptness and evident desire to carry out all
plans to serve most perfectly the convenience of the public.
While it is made the first duty of all in the library to do all in their
power at all times for the convenience of the readers and students,
the performance of this duty has been made most pleasant by the
uniform patience and courtesy of all coming to the library. A
large part of their duty however, is out of sight of the public, and
perhaps is little appreciated by those unacquainted with library
work. This is the constant surprise of each new assistant. It is
not necessary to enumerate such duties here; that they come to be
performed skilfully in all their details is attested by the fact that
several of those who learn to do such work here have found oc-
cupation in other libraries at good salaries. We are firmly of the
opinion that a few years' service here, would be a valuable part
of any person's education who would learn about books, or who
would acquire habits of thoroughness and self-help.
That the circulation has been maintained to almost the same
volume as last year, while.the readers are calling more and more
for books by title or by subject, probably more from the labor of
going through so many alphabets to find the numbers of books
desired, shows that the work of giving out books to- readers is
requiring more and more time, and perhaps is giving less satis-
faction to the readers themselves. When the new card catalogue
is completed, however, each reader will be able to see quickly
and frilly just what there is in the library by any desired author,
and on any desired subject, and by placing the numbers of such
desired books on his card, will be more quickly and consequently
more satisfactorily served, and so with much less expense of time
to the library. For the great majority of books this method will
be all that can be desired.Of course, beyond this, there should be some one in the library
who can assist those less familiar with books. to desired informa-
tion on, any particular subject. Such a person may, by careful
watchfulness of the tendencies of readers, strive by hints, or by
throwing the proper books in their way, to lead them even with-
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LIBRARIANIS REPORT. 25
out their special knowledge of the fact into better lines of reading
and thinking. You, by your superior- knowledge, will easily
choose for purchase the best books, and by your larger acquaint-
ance with the citizens of the town, will be best able to determine
their wants ; but after all, a library of the size of ours, or any.
library for that matter, will not do its best work unless with great
patience and a strong desire to be of use to all comers, there is
.some one to constantly watch the outflow of these books you have
chosen, to see that each fulfils its proper mission.
In the discharge of my duties for the past twenty-two years, I
am painfully aware of constant failures to reach the high ideal of
usefulness which should guide one in this position, but no one
-can say that I have not endeavored to make this library an efficient
educational influence in the intellectual and social upbuilding of
this town. The time fast approaches when I must leave this
work to other hands. I have ever been kindly treated, I bespeak
for this institution the kindly nurture of the most intelligent, the
.assisting hand of all according to their opportunity.
THE LIBRARY A SOURCE OF HOPE.
We know not by what particular creeds or schools of philoso-
phy the future will be most successfully guided, we know not
what political party or parties will reach out nearest that ideal
.goal at which in the dim future society will find greatest peace
.and fullest development, but this we know, that knowledge,
goodness, wisdom must eventually guide those who reach that
ideal state, and whatever fosters the love of these in any communi-
ty must claim the praise, the encouragement, the support, of all
wishing to lead in that direction.
Trusting that this town will still more adequately fill up and
make effective the treasures of learning and wisdom which this
library represents, and that we all may be the means of helping
to a larger use of them,
This report is most respectfully submitted.
SOLON F. WHITNEY, Librarian.
26 LIBRARLAN IS REPORT.
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APPENDIX II.
LIST OF DONATIONS OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, PAPERS, ETC.
Pamphlets
DONORS. and
Vols. Papers.
American Unitarian Association, "Christian Register,"
"Unitarian Review".......................... 64
Amherst College..................................... . 1
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co................... 1
Andover Memorial IIall Library...................... 1
"Asa Pratt Fund".................................. 2463
Baldwin, E. D., "Newton Graphic"..... .... .... .... 52
Barker, Fred. G., "Watertown Enterprise," etc....... 2 679
Barron, Mrs. D. W., for rare number of "Enterprise"
to complete volume.................. . . .. .. .... 1
Barry, Mrs. C. J., "Unitarian''............ . ..... .... 12
.Boston Park Commissioners.............. .. . . .... .... 2
Boston Public Library, "Bulletin," and report....... 2
Boston Record Commissioners........ .......... . ..... 3
Bradford, Mrs. Ruth A..... .... .... .......... .... .... 28
Bradlee, Rev. Qaleb D...... ...... .......... .... . ..... 2
Brooklyn Library, Brooklyn, N. Y..... ...... .... .... 3
Browne, H. E., ed., "Waltham Daily Tribune"•••• ... 253
Cashman, Joseph, books, and "Boston Journal" for
theyear..... .................... .......... .... 6 311
Chicano Newberry Library...... ................ .... 1
Chicago Public Library.... ........ ............. ..... 11
Clarke, H. W., "The Forest and Stream".... .... .... 50
Clinton, Bigelow Free Public Library............ .... 1
Collins, Henry, copies of ancient papers.... .......... 2
Concord Free Public Library. .......... .......... .... 1
Crawford, F. E.......... .... ........................ 1
Dawes, Hon. E. L., Official Gazette U.S.Patent Office, 58
Dedham Public Library...... .......... ........ ...... I
28 LIBRARIANS REPORT.
Ditson & Co., °i Musical Record"• •• •• •••• .... .. .. .... 12
Engineering News........... . ..... ...... .... .... .... 1
Ensign, Charles S.......... .... . ..... . ............... 17 202
Ewing, Gen. Thomas.... .... .. .. .... .... .... .... .... 1
Fairburn, W................... .... . . .... .... ... .... 1
Fewkes, Dr. J. Walter. .... •... ..•. .. .. .... .. .. . . .... 1
French, Mrs. Abner.... .... .... . ..... .... .... .. .. .. .. 12 58
Frisbie, Dr. J. F......... ...... ...... .... ...... . . .... 2
Funk& Wagnalls, 11 The Voice". . ... .. . . .... ........ 48
Glasgow, Scotland, Mitchell Library....... .. ........ 1
Gleason, S. S .......................... . ..... .... .... 9 25
Goodrich, J. B., Esq................. . ..... .. .. . ..... 1
Grand Rapids, Mich., Public Library. .... .... .... .... 1 1
Greeley, Gen. A. W...................... ............ 3
Gregg, S. Albert, "Amer.Legion of Honor Journal" 12
Griffith, Wm. H., manager, "Denver 'Times"........ 172
Harvard University Library, " Bulletin "............. 3
Hayden, Hon. E. D., X. C.............. ........ ...... 35 6
Hopedale Public Library..... .... .... .... .... .... .... 1
Horsford, Eben N.. ............ .... ...... ...... ...... 1 3
Hunter, Mr. Geo.L........... .......... .... .... ...... 1
Jackson, Charles F..... .......... .... .... .... . ... .. .. 4
Julian, George W...... ........ .... .... . ..... .... . ... 1
Lancaster Public Library.............. .... . . .... .... 1
Lawrence, Andrew,11 Commercial Bulletin ".... . . .... 11
Lawrence Free Public Library. ...... ...... •••• .. ..•. 1
Lenox, Charles W.............. .... . . .... .... .. .. .... 1
Los Angeles Public Library.. .... .... .... .... •••• •••• 1
Mack, bliss Monte E....... .... .... .. .. .... . ..... .... 1
Maimouides Library....... ...... ...... . ..... . ... . . .. 1
Malden Public Library........... ---- .... .... .. .. .. .. 1
Manchester (Eng.) Public Free Libraries. ...... ...... 1
March, George N...................... .......... .. .. 40 33
Massachusetts, Secretary of Commonwealth.... ...... 13 2
Massachusetts State Agricultural experimental station, 13
Massachusetts New Church Union.......•..... ....•• 1
Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals. "Our Dumb Animals"................ 12
Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to
Children....................................... 1
Mead, Dr. Julian A., "Die Gartenlaubo," etc......... 1 120
LIBRARIANS REPORT. 29
Melrose Public Library...... ........................ 1
Morse, Hon. Leopold..... ..... ...... .......... ...... 4
Natick, Morse Institute.... .... ............ ...... •••. 1
New Bedford Public Library..... .......... •••• . •.... 1
New England Conservatory of Music...•• .... .. . ..... 1
Newton Free Library.... .... ...... .... .... .... ...... 1
Nigers, Mrs. Charlotte............... . ... .. .. •• ...... 3
Omaha Board of Trade................. . . ...• •• •• .... 1
Open Court Publishing Co., 11 Open Court". .......... 31
Paterson, N. J., Free Public Library............ . ..... 1
Peabody Institute, Danvers, Mass..... .......... ...... 1
Peabody Institute, Peabody, Bass................ .... 2
Pierce, Miss Diary F................................. 1
Pope, Franklin L.......... .... .... .................. 1
Pratt, Charles, Sec. Asa Pratt Fund"•......•••••••• 1
Pratt, George H., 11 Newton Journal 11........ .... .... 50
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn.... .... ................ .... 1
Priest, George E..... .... .... ........................ 1
Providence, R. I., Public Library.... .......... ...... 1
Richardson, Rev. W.G., 11 Methodist Review,"11 Chris-
tian Advocate," 11 Our Youth 11..••.•.•••••. ..•. 114
St. Paul Public Library............ ........ .... ...... 1
Shirley, Miss C. S...... .... ...................... .... 10 136
Smith, Lucius E., "The Watchman". ...... .......... 46
Smithsonian Institution........................ ...... 1
Springfield City Library Association.... .............. 1
Starbuck, Alexander, " Waltham Daily Free Press ".. 266
Stearns, Charles A....... .. .. .. ................ . ..... 141
Stebbins, Mrs. S. B.. ... .. . ... .. . ..... ...... .... . ..... 1
Stockin, A. C...... .... ....... ..... ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
Taunton Public Library.................... .. .... .... 1
Temple, Thos. F., Registrar of Deeds.... .... .. .. .... 1
Toledo Public Library......................... ...... 1
Townsend, Dr. L. 'T., 11 Our Day".................... 2
Traveller's Insurance Co., 11'Traveller's Record 11.....• 12
Tufts College, 11 Tuftonian," etc...... .......... ...... 19
United States Bureau of Education........... .... .... 1 6
United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries...... 3
United States Commission of Pensions..... .... ...... 1
United States Department of Agriculture. .... .... .... 1
30 LIBRARIAN)$ REPORT.
United States Department of Interior, 61 Congressional
Record"................................. ...... 83
United States Department of State, 11 Consular Re-
ports," etc......... .... .... .... .... ...... ...... 1 17
United States Directorof the Mint.. ......... . . . . .. .... 1 1
United States Life-Saving Service.... . ..... .... ...... 1
United States Lighthouse Board...... . .. ... .... . ..... 1
United States Interstate Commerce Commission. ...... 3 1
Unknown............... ............................. 1 9
Vick, James;pub., 11 Vick's Illustrated Monthly"..... 13
Wade, R.R., Chief Massachusetts District Police•.... 1
Waterbury, Conn., Silas Bronson Library............ 1
Watertown Magazine Club..................... ...... 426
Weed, A. S., pub. 11 Zion's Herald".... .. .. . . .. .. .... 52
Westinghouse Electric Co.......... ...... .... .... .... 2
Weymouth Mass., Tufts Library..... .. .. .... .... .. .. 1
White, Smith & Co., "Folio"...... .... .. . . .... . ..... 11
Whitney, Solon F. .... .... .......... ........ ........ 10 2
Woman's Christian Temperance Union, "Union Sig-
nal.......................... ........ ............ 48
Worcester Public Library........ ............ ........ 1
Wright, Hon. Carroll D...... .... .... .......... ...... 1
APPENDIX III.
LIST OF PERIODICALS REGULARLY RECEIVED AT THE
LIBRARY.
Those not found on the tables of the Reading-room may be called for at the
Desk.
American Leglon of Honor Journal. Boston Public Library Bulletin.
American Library Journal. Century Magazine.
American Naturalist. Chambers Journal.
Andover Review. Chautauquan.
Appalachia. Christian Advocate.
Art Amateur. Christian Register.
Atlantic Monthly. Congressional Record.
Bangor Historical Magazine. Contemporary Review.
Boston Evening Journal. Decorator and Furnisher.
LIBRARIANS REPORT. 31
Denver Daily'Times. North American Review.
Dublin Review. Notes and Queries, Loudon.
Eclectic Magazine. Official Gazette of the U.S.Patent
Edinburg Review. Office.
Education. Our Dumb Animals.
English Illustrated Magazine. Our Day.
Fliegende Blatter. Our Youth.
Folio. Outing.
Forest and Stream. Overland Monthly.
Forum. Political Science Monthly.
Garden and Forest. Popular Science Monthly.
Gartenlaube. Punch.
Good Words. Quarterly Review.
Harper's Magazine. Queen.
Harper's Young People. Science.
Harvard Univ. Library Bulletin. Scribner's Monthly Magazine.
Home-Maher. Specifications and Drawings of Pat-
Illustration, Paris. ents from the U.S.PatentOffice.
Lend a Hand. St. Nicholas.
Library Notes. Tuftonian.
Life (N. Y.) Ueber Land and Meer.
Literary News. Union Signal.
Literary World. Unitarian Review.
Littell's Living Age. U. S. Consular Reports.
Magazine of American History. Vick's Illust. Monthly Magazine.
Mass.Agr.Exper.Station Reports. Voice.
Methodist Review. Waltham Dailv Tribune.
Musical Record. Waltham Daily Press.
Nation, N. Y. Watchman.
N. E. Historical Register. Watertown Enterprise.
N. E.Journal of Education. Wide Awake.
New England Magazine. Woman's Journal.
Newton Graphic. Youth's Companion.
Newton Journal. Zion's Herald.
Nineteenth Century.
PERIODICALS GIVEN BY MR. FRED. G. BARKER, PUBLISHER.
American Economist. New York Mail and Express.
Board of 'Trade Journal, Portland. Ornithologist and Onlogist.
Bridgewater Independent. Phrenological Journal.
Brighton Item. Portland Transcript.
Horse and Stable. Woburn .Journal.
Natick Bulletin. Watertown Enterprise (2 copies).
32 LIBRARIAWIS REPORT.
PERIODICALS GIVEN BY THE WATERTOWN MAGAZINE CLUB.
Arena. Harper's Weekly.
Atlantic Monthly. Leslie's Illustrated Weekly.
Century. Life.
Christian Register. I.ittell's Living Age.
Forum. St. Nicholas.
Good Housekeeping. Scribner's Magazine.
Graphic (London). Temple Bar.
Harper's Bazaar.
PERIODICALS PURCHASED FROM THE INCOME OF THE.
ASA PRATT FUND.
This list is not complete, is partly expertinental, the desire being to obtain.the
Lest practical journals that will be used. Anyone wishing any other journal not on
the list,is invited to confer with either of the Trustees of the Library,,or if more
convenient,with the Librarian.
American Architect. Iron, London.
American Agriculturist. Iron Age.
American Artisan, 'Pinner and Journal Exposition de Paris..
House Furnisher. Journal of Franklin Institute.
American Garden. Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper..
American Gas Light Journal. London Weekly Times.
American Machinist. Manufacturer and Builder.
American Manufacturer and Iron Massachusetts Ploughman.,
World. Metal Worker. '
Boston Herald (evening edition). New York Tribune, Semi-Weekly..
Boston Evening Record. New York Herald,daily,including.-
Boston Evening Transcript. the Sunday edition.
Cabinet Maker, London. Popular Science News.
Carpentry and Building. Poultry World.
Electrical Engineer. Scientific American.
Engineering, London. Sol. American, Builders' Edition..
Harper's Magazine. Scientific American Supplement,
Harper's Weekly. Shoppell's Modern Houses.
Illustrated London News. Springfield Republican.
Illus.Sporting and Dramatic News. Textile Manufacturer.
Inland Architect.
INDEX
Almshouse. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. SI
Appralsement. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . IS
Assessor's Report.. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Auditor's Report... . . . . . . . .. . . . . ... . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . 74
Bath House. . ... . . . .. . . . . .. . . . ..... . . . . .. . . . . .. . .... . 87
Board of Health, Report of. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . .. .. .40, 87
Board of Health, Regulations of tile.. . .. . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . 49
Bridges and Culverts. . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S7
By-Laws.. . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. 54
Cemeteries. . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . ... . . .. . . 96
Collector's Report. . . . . . .. . ... . . . . . . . ... . .... . . . . . . ... 38
Concrete Walks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 96
Contingent. . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . SS
Discounts and Abatements.. . ... . . . .. . . .. . . .. . .... . . . .. 97
Estimated Expenses for 1890... . .. . . . . ... . . . .. . . . . .. . . .. 130
Fire Alarm. . .. . . .. . . . .... . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . 100
Fire Department. . .. . . . ... . . .. . . . ... . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . .. . 97
c. " Engineer's Report. .... . . . .. . .. .. . . . .. . . 63
HIg11\i'aN-S... ... . ... . ... . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . ... . IO I
Horse and Hose Carriage. . . . . . .. . .... . . . ... . . . .. . . . .. . Io6
Hose Carriage House. .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . ... Io6
Hydrant Service. . .. . .... . . . .. . . . ... . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 105
Insurance... . .. . . .. . . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .70, Io6
Interest... . .. . . .. . . .. . ... . . ... . . . .. . . .. . . . . ... . . .... . 107
Irving Street Widening.. . .. . ... . ... . . .. . .. . . . .. . ... . . 107
Isaac B. Patten Post No. 81, G. A. R.. . . . . . . . .. . .. .. .. . 101
Jurymen, List of... ... . . .. . . . . ... . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . .... . 131
Mann Street Improveinents . . .. . ... . . .. . . . . . . .. . .. . . . .. 108
Martha Sanger Fund. . .. . . .. . ... . . .. . . . .. . . . .. .. . . .. . . 69
Military Aid. ... .. . . ... . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . ... . . .. . . .. . . . 108
North Beacon Street Drain.. .. . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . log
Overseers of the Poor, Report of.. ... . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . 15
r
Painting Schoolhouses.. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Police.. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tIo
Population.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Printing. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I12
Public Library... . . . . . .. . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i 1 a
Removal of Ashes and Garbage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Reservoir, Meeting House Hill.. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Salaries.. .... .. .. .. . .. . .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Schedule and Valuation of Town Property . . .. . . . . . . . . , . 19
Schoolhouse Ventilation.. ... . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 1 -12
Schools and Superintendent. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
SchoolStreet Extension.. . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Selectmen, Report of. .... , . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Soldiers' Monument. . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
State Aid. .... . . ..... . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Statement of Assets and Liabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
State Tax. 124
Stephen Decker Claim. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
StreetLights.. . .. . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Summary of Receipts, Appropriations and Expenditures.. . I2q
Surveyor of Highways, Report of.. 22
Synopsis of Valuation and Taxation of Watertown. . . . . . . . 37
Templeton Benefit Fund. ... . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . i 26
Town Clerk and Registrar, Report of.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Town Debt, paying portion of.. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ►2i
Town Grants and Appropriations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
TownHouse, lighting and care of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. r 24
Town Improvement Society.. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26, 125
Town -Notes, Time of Maturing. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 69
TownOfficers.... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Treasurer's Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Warrant for Town Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 132
WateringStreets.. ... . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
SCHOOL REPORT.
LIBRARY REPORT.