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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1894 Annual Watertown Report ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN, FOR TI I H YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1894. 6.30 •C �. 1\7 ATERTONVN : FRLD. G. BARKER, PRINTER. 1894. POPULATION. The whole number of inhabitants of Watertown, per United States Census of I S90 was 7073. TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1893. Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Appraisers. ABRAHAM L. RICIIARDS, CHARLES F. FITZ, EDWARD F. PORTER. ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD. A. L. RICIIARDS. Fire Department, Hydrant Service, Town Hall, Salaries, Printing, Highways. CHARLES F. FITZ. Police, Contingent Fund, Public Library, Cemeteries, Insurance, Parke and Public Lands. EDWARD F. PORTER. Almshouse, Outside and State Aid, Town Debt, Interest, Fuel,Schools, Street Lights, Bath House,Concrete Walks,Bridges and Culverts,House Connections and Sewer Maintenance. Town Clerk. FRED. E. CRITCHETT. Town Treasurer. SAMUEL S. GLEASON. Assessors of Taxes. WILLIAM H. INGRAHAM, WILLIAM E. FARWELL, JAMES H. NORCROSS. Tax Collector. WILLIAM E. FARWELL. 4 TOWN OFFICERS. School Committee. JULIANT A. MEAD, Chairman, Term expires March, 1895. HARRIET ADELAIDE COOLIDGE,. 44 " 16 1896. JAMES H. VAHEY, i6 " i° 1896. CHAR I,ES W.STONE, Clerk, it C6 1° 1894. CHARLES S.ENSIGN, " « « 1894. HENRY R. SKINNER, '° 1° t1 1895.. Auditor. GEORGE S. PARKER. Constables. GEORGE PARKER, DANIEL H. COONEY, LINUS A. SHAW. Trustees of Free Public Library. CHARLES BRIGHAM, Chairman, 'Perm expires ,March, 1895. GEORGE E. PRIEST, 11 It " 1895. REv. ROBERT P. STACK, " " " 1894. Dit. J. A. MEAD, it " 1894. HE13BERT COOLIDGE, it " 1896. WILI.IA111 H. BUSTIN, JR., it `• " 1896. Board of Health. Dit. li. F. DAVENPORT, Chairman, EDWARD F. PORTER, Clerk, JAMES R. HARRISON. PHILLIP P. CONNEALY, Agent, by appointment of the Board of Health. OfJleers Appo-hited by Selectmen. Regular Police. GEORGE PARKER, Chief and Probation Officer. Ll-NUS A. SHAW, DANIEL H. COONEY, TIIOi11A5 F. LYONS, JOHN F. DWYER. TOWN OFFICERS. 5 Special Police with pay when on duty. JOINT H. HOLT, HIRA➢I G. FANCHER, FRANK H. CALLAHAN, IIENRY W. HOWARD, ORRIN W. GOSS, MICHAEL CARROLL, WILLIAM P. COLEMAN, JOSEPH M. BURNS, JOSEPH B. warrE, ROBERT ELDER, D. J. SULLIVAN, T. FRANK HOLMES, FRANKLIN C. HATCH, G. N. PRIEST, C. O. DAVIS, Newton, QUINCY A. GREENE. Special Police at Mt. Auburn Cemetery. CHARI.ES J. MARSTON, JOHN M. DAY, .JAMES C. SCORGIE, GEORGE R. HILLIER. Deeper of Lockup and Janitor of Town Hall. JOHN H. HOL'P. Public Weigher and Supt. of Town Scales. D. J. MAHONEY. .lfeasurer of Grain. WILLIAM H. PERKINS. Public Weighers of Coal, Hay, Live Stock, etc. Di ICHAEL HAbIROCIi, S. W. LIBBIE, RICHARD JOY, J. H. FLAGG, W. H. PEVEAR, BARTLETT M. SHAW. Superintendent of Cemeteries. ALEXANDER GREGG. Agent for the Burial of Deceased Soldiers. FRED. E. CRITCHE'I'T. Fence Viewers. GEORGE PARKER, SAMUEL F. STEARNS, THOMAS H. WICKS. F) TOWN OFFICERS. .Almoner. HIRAM McGLAUFLIN. Field Drivers. T. F. LY ONS, BRADSIIAW WHITNEY, D. H. COONEY, GEORGE PARKER. Sealer of Weights and-Measurers. FRED. E. CRITCHETT. Measurers of Wood and Bark. WILLIAX H. PERKINS, B. M. SHAW. WILLIAM H. PEVEAR. Inspector of Milk and Provisions. PHILLIP P. CONNEALY. Inspector of Plumbing by appointment of Board of Health. PHILLIP P. CONNEALY. Inspector of Animals intended for Slaughter. W.E. PETERSON, Vet. Surgeon, Waltham. Keeper of Almshouse and Pound. JOHN REED. Board of Engineers and Forest Tire Wards. JOHN A. YORE, MICHAEL B. COLLIGAN, DAVID S. RUNDLETT. Town Physician. DR. M. J. KELLEY. Registrars of Voters. 0. W. DISIICK, Chairman, 'Perm expires 1895. C. D. R.EGAN, i1 i6 1894. GEORGE E.TEELE, 61 &c 1896. FRED. E. CRITCHETT, Clerk. r SELECTMEN'S REPORT. In accordance with the custom of years, a statement is sub- mitted to the town for the year ending Feb. tst, 1894. The sewer to /Etna Mills and western limit of the town, un- finished at the beginning of this fiscal year, was completed on the first of July last. Some work has been done on the south bank of the river be- tween the bridge and the dam, an attempt to make the place a credit to the town's ownership ; and it would appear wise if a grant of money should be made to finish the improvement of the river bank at that point. On petition of the Selectmen and Road Commissioners of last year, to the County Commissioners of Middlesex, and by order of the County Commissioners, Main street was widened along a portion of the line of Mr. Heatherstone's estate, and the question of expense to the town is still unsettled. Petitions have been presented from citizens, for fire alarm boxes, but no action has been taken for want of money which could be used for this purpose. If these petitions are to be com- plied with, money must be provided by the town. It has apparently been a satisfaction to the citizens of the town that two electric lines for street railway service have been opened, making a new connection for Watertown between the cities of Waltham and Newton,with the probability of a line through North Beacon Street, via West End Street Railway, to Boston. The electric line on Mt. Auburn Street is in operation as far as the eastern boundary of Watertown. Early in the past summer petitions were submitted to the Mid- dlesex County Commissioners for designating the lines, and for a uniform width for Mt. Auburn Street. Hearings by the Com- g SELEOTDIENIS DEPORT. missioners have been given, but as yet, no decision has been sent to the town of the purpose of the Commissioners. A petition to the same Board for laying out Watertown Street to its original location of 50 feet, was also submitted. A hearing was given, and some of the abutters, by counsel, appealed to the Commis- sioners to make the width 6o feet. The order from the Commis- sioners to the town, received on Jan. 15th, I S94, provides that the street be made 6o feet wide, with an award to various abutters of$1,847 for damages; $I,000 of this amount to be paid by the county, and the balance by the town ; the town to build the street. There are several locations about the town where lines and boundaries are not defined ; some of them are claimed and occu- pied by individuals or companies. We have commenced to have the town's rights investigated with a view to defining them, and insist on knowing where and what they are. STREET LIGHTS. The appropriations for these lights this year would not allow of any increase, as the number, upon a review or recount, is found to be more than was provided for,being 28o incandescent, 24 arc, and IS gas. The service has not been altogether satisfactory, and considerable thought has been given to the subject of improve- ment as well as to cost; both are in abeyance at this time, with the hope of early reduction of cost in the arc light service; and a direct supervision by the company, which has already been ordered, we think will tend to remedy defects and improve the whole service. The pales on Mt. Auburn Street and Galen Street have been supplanted by longer ones to accommodate the trolley wires of the electric railroad. There are a large number of lanterns and iron posts on hand which might be sold as they are not likely to be needed. POLICE. The regular police force of the town remains the same as it was at the time of our last report, there having been no change SELECTMEN'S REPORT. 9 either in its numbers or in its persons. Less service, however, has been required from the special officers than In I892 ;— the east and west districts of the town having been deprived of the day service which was given them during the year we were build- ing the sewer. The withdrawal of this service occasioned some lit- tle dissatisfaction, and a few citizens petitioned for a return of the same,—but after a careful consideration of the subject it was thought that there was no need for a return of this day service,— but even had its continuance been desirable, the appropriation of last March would not have warranted it. There is a good night service i❑ both of these districts, and an ample special force which can be called into requisition upon any occasion, and which was placed on duty during the fruit and harvest season. The police this year, as during past years, have been very efficient in preserving order in the town ; the arrests having been almost, if not entirely for minor offences. The effort to enforce the " no-license" vote of last spring has been quite successful, and nearly, if not all, the arrests for drunk- enness have been of persons who came into the town intoxicated. Number of arrests made during the year, 163. Number of lodgers at station, 788. Searches for liquors, 9- Liquors found and seized, s• Complaints made, s• Acquitted, 1 Convicted, 8 Fined, 7- House of Correction, 1 FIRE DEPARTMENT. The fire department• through the year has maintained its usual good condition for any service required. The value of the service. is recognized by the town. HIGHWAYS. See report of Superintendent of Streets, page 39• 10 SELECT.31ENIS REPORT. WATER. Five hydrants have been added to the number of last year; two on Belmont Street, two on Coolidge Avenue, and one other in East Watertown. Information from recognized experts on examination of sources and character of water supply, places Watertown as being furnished with good water, with an increase in quantity ; an ample supply in any season, proper regard being had for the regulations governing its use. CEMETERIES. The cemeteries still continue in the charge of Mr. Alexander Gregg, who has now for many years been the guardian of them. Their condition is an excellent testimony to his care and manage- ment. BATH HOUSE. The bath house has been in charge of Mr. Thomas Greenhalge who attended to the duties in an acceptable manner. It is well patronized during the time it is open, and no complaint of the water being unfit for bathing has occurred, as formerly, owing, doubtless, to the drainage being taken from the river to the sewer, which is another evidence of the value of the system of sewerage above that point. The number of persons using this privilege is as follows: Males, 6,11 z; Females, 579• BRIDGES. The Arsenal Street bridge was under contract and nearly com- pleted when our term began ; it was under control of Boston and the contractor; as soon as they were ready for it, our end was filled and graded. The cost of the draw and piers was divided, and our proportion as agreed upon by the Road Commissioners, was paid, amounting to $12,997.61, leaving the balance of the appropriation,—$2,002.39,—for the North Beacon Street bridge. We consulted the authorities of Boston early in the summer in reference to the work on North Beacon Street, which we were SELECTMEN'S REPORT. 11 informed Nvas to have a draw of the same kind and size; they said that when they were ready to begin work they would in- form us, but no information has reached us. The amount left of the appropriation is not sufficient for the object ; if it is intended to rebuild and construct the draw as contemplated, additional means should be furnished. Only temporary repairs have been made this year in view of a renewal of the whole structure. CONCRETE WALKS. All the applications made this year have been attended to, and quite a number brought over from last year which cost about $700. There are many places where old work should be re- newed, and if some attention should be given annually, the principal streets could be greatly improved by edgestones. TOWN HAIL. The expenditure on account of town hall has been larger than the appropriation, as the same course has been pursued as for the last two years in refusing to rent the hall for shows of a noisy or doubtful character. A system of ventilation has been introduced that has proved to be satisfactory. PLAY GROUND. In report of last year there was a suggestion that some pro- vision be made for a play ground for out door sports; no action was taken by the town, but upon urgent application from the boys of the High School, who had organized a foot-ball club, ground was appropriated at the Town Farm and prepared for the boys' use. Money for this purpose was taken from the High- way Department. OVERHEAD WIRES. A petition from the New England Telephone Company was received Jan. 18th, 1894, for the privilege of building a conduit, and carrying their wires under ground from the boundary line of the city of Newton, on Galen Street to Beacon Square on Main 12 SELECTMEN)S REPORT. Street. At a hearing on the petition the company would give no definite assurance of the removal of the poles cumbering the streets ; and unless putting the wires under ground, was followed by the absence of the unsightly poles, to grant the petition was but granting a new service on the streets without reciprocal benefit to the town. It was, therefore, considered wise to await legislative action on petition of cities and towns for enactment of laws, giving said cities and towns definite powers over con- struction of conduits in streets of their several municipalities, and compelling their use by the di(lerent electrical companies running overhead wires; and it is submitted, that it is in the interest of good government for Watertown to assist whenever there is opportunity, in procuring the enactment of laws regulating the acts of corporations that now proceed in their business as if they had unlimited powers in streets of cities and towns. UNION MARKET STOCK YARDS. Undeniably one of the bad spots on the fair appearance of our town is the long range of "stock yards," offensive in the eyes of all looking for property with views of settlement for homes. All the concomitants of the business are a menace to the prosperity of the town ; every feature of the business connected with the continuance of the "stock yards" is objectionable to every citizen interested in the growth and cleanliness of our community. Without question, the laws defining the powers of the Boards of Health give to such a Board power to order the removal of these yards; but, no doubt, such an order would be contested by the Railroad Company in the courts of the state, and the Board of Health, without money specially provided, could not prepare for and meet the contention. There is no disposition to create a warfare with the Railroad Company, who are increasing the facilities of Watertown for transportation, and who apparently consider that an excellent service for their patrons is a wise policy for the company. And while it is fair to assume there is no spirit of antagonism to the Railroad Company or its officials, t SELECTMEN IS REPORT. it is a fact that the thoughtful men and women of our town be- lieve these " stock yards" to be nothing less than a nuisance, maintained not for the profit of the Railroad Company, but for that of men of enormous money power, without care or thought of the detriment these yards are to this community. And if these " stock yards" are to be moved from their present location, it will be necessary for the town to act, as no individual or Board can successfully meet the combination interested in keeping them in Watertown. COMMON STREET CEMETERY. From time to time, especially in the past year, suggestions have been frequent to the effect that no more lots should be sold in Common Street Cemetery; that its use, except by those now owning lots, should be discontinued ; and answer has been, that the Selectmen have no power to prevent sales of lots. But some thought has been given to the matter of a place for a new ceme- tery; which leads to an opinion that a possible site for the pur- pose is on land owned by the town, west and north of the almshouse. This land apparently has many features usually considered favorable for the purposes of a cemetery ; and it is submitted that a careful examination of the territory, by a judicious committee, might result in beneficial action for the town. I4IPROVEMENT OF CHARLES RIVER. A subiect of much concern to the people of the town is that of improving the condition of Charles river and its banks. The Legislature of last year appropriated money for the purpose of an examination by engineers, and preparation of plans to be sub- mitted to the Legislature. The supervision of this work was en- trusted to a joint commission composed of the State Board of Health and Metropolitan Park Commission. In furtherance of the work, the combined commission named a sub-committee of its members to consider and report to the commission a system, 14 SELECTMEN'S REPORT. plan, or plans, for cleansing and utilizing the river as a water- way, and making its banks and adjacent lands of a character that might become of value as portions of a public domain. The work assigned to the sub=committee assumed large proportions; very much larger, it is submitted, than our citizens contemplated. Every system mentioned for the treatment of the river and its surroundings is .in intricate problem, involving large outlays of money, and reaching into the interests of the general government, state, municipal, corporate and private control. Consequently, every movement is slow, but progress is being made in arrang- ing for submission of plans to the Legislature,that will be accept- able financially ; providing for the requisite sanitary conditions, and rendering adjoining territory valuable and attractive. It may not appear to be an auspicious period for even a sug- gestion of new expenses for the town ; yet it is supposed that town affairs are to be carried on, and town affairs are made up of the varied wants and requirements of individuals, for their comfort, safety and convenience in the municipal life they con- stitute. And unless the requests of the many who desire the belongings of a well arranged town, are to be dismissed from consideration, every year added amounts of money will be needed for the current expenses of the town. It is but stating an obvious fact that an increase in population compels larger expenditures; and it is the province of the town to decide on the value that is attached to any effort for an increase in the valuation of its taxable property. The town -administers its own affairs, controls its expenditures ; officials obey its instructions, using, as they ought, their judgment in carrying out its directions. It is unquestioned that the high standing of a city or town among municipalities is because of the excellence of its educational institutions, solid, clean roads, its abundant care for the unfortunate, the provision made that its sanitary condition may be of the best. Watertown's record on all of these requirements indicates the high standing of SELECTMEN)S REPORT. 15 the town at this time. The town has natural beauty and physical conditions that attract people to make homes here, but some movement to meet the climbing tax rate, in the way of increas- ing the amount of taxable property, ought to be devised and sus- tained by united action, or the town will retrograde from its present worth ; and it is submitted, that no community, given advantages for increasing its corporate strength, is wise in its time, that does not act as if verifying a belief in its future as a successful town, or as if giving broad consideration to the possi- bility that even now is presenting itself for joining its wealth and influence, for mutual good, to a larger municipality. ABRAHAM L. RICHARDS, Selectmen CHARLES F. FITZ, of ED WARD F. PORTER. Watertown. REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. The almshouse and town farm continue in the care of Mr. John Reed and his wife, who perform their varied and important duties with discretion, having due regard to the comfort and happiness of the aged and infirm persons of whom the principal inmates consist. There have been two deaths and one removal during the year. The farm is worked in part as a vegetable garden largely by the inmates, who are willing and able to be employed in light work under proper conditions, thus contributing somewhat to their support. All the vegetables used in the house during the year are raised, and quite a sun is realized in the sale of the surplus, as appears in the detail report of receipts and expen- ditures. The balance of the land yields hay and aAords pasture, which more than supplies the animals necessary to carry it on, which also furnish all the mill: and butter used in the house. The piggery has been abolished at the request of the Board of Health, and only such number of swine will be kept as are neces- sary to supply pork for the house, and utilize the stable manure. A fire escape has been put upon the house at the order of the State Inspector of Public Buildings, and the house and shed have been painted. The tenant house, or hospital so-called, has also been repaired by request of the Board of Health in case of need, which, if not needed as a hospital, can be rented as formerly. The gravel pit we think should be cleared up and graded so as to become eventually a water park, when the progress and im- provement of the town reaches in that direction, so that the prop- erty is required for building purposes. We think the stone yard and crusher should be moved to a more remote place fi-om the street, which would improve the looks and relieve the noise now so objectionable to travel. REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. 17 The outside aid has been under the care of Mr. Hiram Mc- Glauflin, who also acts as agent for the Associated Charities, and is very acceptable in this capacity. The calls for aid are more numerous than for some years past, owing principally to the scarcity of work. Many of the cases are of the class who always consume all their earnings as they get them, and as soon as earnings cease are in need of help : such are not without blame for their habits, which generally are not of the best; others are unfortunate in various ways, ill health or losses, and dependents who overburden them ; but whatever the cause of their being in need, some relief is necessary and must be given, always with kindness, and also with counsel and advice suited to their particular case, always encouraging them to habits of temperance, industry, fi•ugality, and independence. The Alms House would be full if the law allowed of taking families with young children, but as it forbids children being placed there, we are compelled to give them aid outside. Fdnancial Statement for the Year 1893. RECEIPTS. Sale of produce, $1,I28.35 EXPENDITURES. Kichard H. Paine, for seed and tools, $67.58 Brewery grain and labor, 7z.30 Warren Soap Works, for casks and sheet iron, 6.00 John Fisher, for plants, 3.80 -H. E. Johonnot, repairing bell, 1.00 J. N. Alaire, for labor, i7.o6 Thomas Ferden for labor, 1.75 James Hughes, for labor, 2.05 Stock for the farm, 15.00 Expenditures for the house, 37.26 Balance on hand, 4.55 $2z8.35 Balance paid to the Town Treasurer, $900.00 18 REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. Inmates in the Ab ushouse for the Entire Year. Name. Age. Jerry IIager, 64 years. William Bond, 69 6 Cyrenus Bates, 90 " John Welsh, S? 64 - Michael Welsh, 68 Abraham Johnston, 73 Charles Waller, 40 " Charles Philbrook, 63 " Jerry Colbert, 73 Nelson Hager, 82 Patrick Loftis, 6o Samuel Grant, 76 Elizabeth Swan, 63 " Harriet Lawler, 50 " Bridget Hannigan, 70 " Lucy E. Skinner, 31 " Mary McCabe, 77 for Portion of the Year. Maria Manning, 65 Margaret McCline, 78 " Bridget Riley, 75 " Meals given to 85 tramps. ABRAHAM L. RICHARDS, Overseers CHARLES F. FITZ, of EDWARD F. PORTER. the Poor. APPRAISENENT. Pertaining to and used on highways, $5,417 zj Live stock, furniture and provisions at almshouse, 3,530 09 Board of health, swill wagon and harness, 195 00 House connections and sewer maintenance department, pipe, tools, etc., 2,004. Io $i 1,446 44 For items of these accounts, see appraisal on book in Town Clerk's office. ABRAHAM L. RICHARDS, Selectmen CHARLES F. FITZ, of EDWARD F. PORTER, Watertown. SCHEDULE AND VALUATION OF TOWN PROPERTY, Town Farm. New almshouse, $12,000 00 311 acres of land, 15,000 00 Buildings on the same, as follows, viz: : Shed, 400 00 Barn, 21500 00 Hospital, 1,000 00 - $30,900 00' Personal property, as per appraisement, $3,830 09 Used on roads, 5,417 25 House connections, etc., 2,004 t0 Board of Health, 195 00 $j I,446 44 Town House and Laud, and Engine House. 12,92o feet of land, $i.00, $12,920 00 Town house and engine house, 15,000 00 Furniture in town house, including heating apparatus, 500 00 - $28,420 oa Phillips (High) Schoolhouse. 57,010 feet of land, $7,000 00 High schoolhouse and furniture, 23,000 00 - $30,000 00 Philosophical apparatus, $1,500 00 Library and piano, 500 00 --- $2,000 00 Carried forward, $io2,766 44 SCHEDULE AND VALUATION OF PROPERTY. 21 Brought forward, $102,766 44 Francis (Centre) Schoolhouse. 15,318 feet of land, $3,500 00 Schoolhouse and furniture, 6,000 oo Piano, 150 00 $9,650 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 $8,950 00 Spring ( West) Schoolhouse. 21,500 feet of land, $111-00 00 Schoolhouse and furniture, 91000 00 Piano, 150 00 - $10,550 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 oo Piano, 150 00 - $II,925 00 Lowell Schoolhouse. 15,648 feet of land, $450 00 Schoolhouse and furniture, 3,000 00 $3,450 00 Carried forward, $153,791 44 22 SCIiEDULE AND VALUATION OF PROPERTY. Brought forward, $153,791 44- Grant Schoolhouse. 34,000 feet of land, $4,000 00 Schoolhouse and furniture, 12,500 00 — $16,500 00 Apparatus used by Fire Department. Steam fire engine and hose carriage, $3,250 00 Six horses for engine and hose carriage, 1,000 00 Hose, harnesses and furniture, 2,000 00 500 feet new hose, 400 00 Hook and ladder truck, 600 00 Bangor ladder, 125 00 Four hose carriages, 200 00 Tender-wagon, pang and equipment, 300 00 Hose wagon, 440 00 -- $s„15 00 Public Library. Land, $10,000 00 Building and improvements, 20,000 00 Library and furniture, 18,000 00 -- $48,000 00 Miscellaneous. Furniture in Selectmen's room, $200 o0 Hay-scales, 125 00 Gravel bank on Bacon hill, 1-; acres of land, 1,000 00 Titcomb land, 20,000 00 Bath house, 500 00 24o iron posts with lanterns, 1,200 00 Total value of town property, $249,631 44 AMENDMENTS TO THE BY-LAMPS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX SS. At the Superior Court, within and for the County of Middle- sex, Anno Domini, 1893- The following amendments to the by-laws of the town of Wa- tertown, in our county of Middlesex, are presented to this court for approval, to wit: Section Io is hereby amended by striking off all of said section following the word "passengers," in the seventh line thereof, and striking out the word 11 whoever," in the first line, and sub- stituting the words 11 no person" therefor, so that it shall read : " No person shall drive, wheel or draw any coach, cart, wheel- barrow, hand-cart, velocipede, bicycle, or any carriage of burden or pleasure (excepting children'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 such walk in the town so as to interfere with the convenient use of the same by all passengers." Section I I is that part of section Io following the word 1' pas= sengers," in the seventh line thereof, and the word 11 himself," in the first line, and the words "not his own," in the sixth line, are struck out, so that it shall read as follows, to wit: "No person shall behave 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 re►nain upon any sidewalk, or upon any door- step, portico, or any other projection of any house or other build- ing, 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 foot- AMEI`DIMENTS TO BY-LAWS. ball, or play at any game in which a ball is used, or Ay any kite or balloons in any public ways in the town, under a penalty of not less than one dollar." And the following section is added to the by-laws of the town, and numbered section I2 : " Section 12. No person shall stand or remain alone or with or near others, in any street in this town, in such a manner as to obstruct a free passage for passengers therein, or over any foot- way or sidewalk, nor shall any person sit or lounge upon any fence or post in front of or inclosing any of the public grounds of the town, under a penalty of not less than two dollars for each offence." And the following changes are hereby made in the numbering of the sections of the by-laws : Section number eleven shall be numbered Section thirteen. Section 12 shall be Section number 14. tt 13 c: c. 15, << 14 °: �. 16. c. 1; :c c. 17. 16 �. 18. << 17 :: 19. tc IS :: &c 20. 19 21. �. 20 tc �: 22. << 2 I :: <: 23. cc 22 c. tt 24- << 23 25. 24 26. t. 25 c: :: 27. 26 28. 27 c, cc 29. << 28 �: << 30. Which said amendments to the by-laws being seen and under- stood by the court, are, on this twenty-third day of November, A. D. 1893, approved. In testimony that the foregoing is a true copy of SEAL.] record, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said court this twenty-eighth day of November, A.D. 1893. THEo. C. Hu11D, Clei-k. BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN. CO\INIONNVEM.ru OF 2\IASSACIIUSETTS. 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, I885 ; 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. I. 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 bill 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 shall audit the Treas- urer'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 certificate of the Auditor and the order of the Selectmen for the Same. ARTICLE II. —APPRAISERS. SEC. 3- It shall be the duty of the Selectmen to annually appraise the property of the town, and submit the appraisement to the town. 26 BY-LAWS OF' THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN. 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. 5. 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 Reformation 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 `NAYS. SEC. 6. Whoever shall throw stones, sticks or other missiles, or shoot with, or use a bow and arrow in any of the streets, or upon any of the sidewalks in 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. 3, 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 un- protected tree, or wrongfully injure or abuse such tree in any other manner, under a penalty of not less than one dollar. SEC. g. 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 BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN. 27 allow any door or gate to swing outward over any street or high- way, 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. SEC. ro. No person shall drive, wheel, or draw any coach, cart, wheelbarrow, handcart, velocipede, bicycle, or any carriage of burden or pleasure, (excepting children's carriages drawn by the hand,) upon any sidewalk in the town, or permit any horse, cattle, swine or sheep under his or her care, to go upon any side- walk in the town, so as to interfere with the convenient use of the same by all passengers. SEC. i r. No person shall behave in a rude or disorderly man- ner, 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 doorstep, portico, or any other projection of any house or other building 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 foot-ball, or play at any game in which a ball is used, or fly any kite or balloons in any public ways in the town, under a penalty of not less than one dollar. SEC. 12. No person shall stand or remain alone, or with or near others, in any street in this town in such a manner as to obstruct fi-ee passage for passengers therein,or over any footway or sidewalk, nor shall any person sit or lounge upon any fence or post in front of or inclosing any of the public grounds of the town, under a penalty of not less than two dollars for each offence. SEC. 13. 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. 28 BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN. Sec. 14. No person shall make any indecent figure, or write any words, or make any marks upon, or cut, whittle or deface in anv 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 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. 15. 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 portion of said way to be used for such purpose as in their judgment the neces- sity 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 condititons 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 se- .cure all travellers from liability to come in contact with such building materials or rubbish. Any person violating any pro- vision of this Section, shall forfeit and pay into the town treasury the sum of ten dollars for each day his offence shall have con- tinued, and shall also reimburse 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. 16. No person shall be allowed to coast on any side- walk, 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 it sum not less than one dollar for each offence. BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN. 29 SEC. 17. 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, the manner of construction, and the materials used shall be sub- ject to the inspection of the Selectmen at any and all stages of progress in the work. SEc. 18. 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. 19, No business of an extra hazardous nature shall he carried on in any building that will 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. m., until 7 o'clock A. M., 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 em- ploy 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. Ni., until 7 o'clock A. -if., at 30 BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN. the expense of the owners or possessors of the building, or either of them. SEc. 2o. Upon all buildings on the line of the street 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 snow or ice as may endanger the safety of person or persons passing upon the sidevvnik or in the street, under the penalty of ten dollars for neglect of such duty, in addition to whatever dam- age may arise in consequence of .the falling of snow or ice from the premises. SEc. 21. 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 not be 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. 22. 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 such person who shall not comply with the restrictions and provisions which the Select- men may think the public security demands, shall forfeit and pay into the town treasury for every such offence, fifty dollars, pro- vided such restrictionsnd provisions are set forth in the permit, provided also, that the Selectmen shall in no case grant a permit for the removal of any building whatsoever, which in the course of its removal will be likely to damage any trees, the property of individuals, whether standing in the road or in the field, unless the consent of such individual is first obtained. SEC- 23. In case any building shall be removed contrary to the provisions of the foregoing section, the owner of the building BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF NVATERTOWN. 31 shall reimburse the town all expenses by way of damages or otherwise, which the town may be compelled to pay by reason of the way being so encumbered. ARTICLE VI.—HEALT11. SEC. 24. 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. 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. z5. 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 flats 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 of- fender to a fine of five dollars. SEc. a6. 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 be held liable for such violation of this ordi- nance, 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 otherperson, within two hours after per- �3� BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN. sonal 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. 27. No person shall collect swill or house offal in any street without license from the Board of Health, and said license shall designate the locality within which he may collect such swill or house offal. No person acting tinder such license shall allow any vehicle used for collecting or conveying such material to be drawn over or to 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. Sr_c. 2S. .The Selectmen shall appoint annually, subject to removal by the Board, two or more police officers, who shall re- ceive 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 special duty it shall be to see that these police regulations are duly enforced. They shall disperse all noisy gatherings in the streets or other public places, and may and shall take into custody all disorderly persons, and persons 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. 29. All idle or disorderly children who shall spend their- time in the streets or fields, all persons who shall congregate im- 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 BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN. 33 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 oc- casion 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 ex- ceeding twenty dollars. SEC. 30. Whenever the word "street" or 11 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 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 hereto 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. ASSESSORS' REPORT, As is customary the Assessors herewith submit their annual report showing the financial standing of the Town, for the con- sideration of the citizens, as valued May r st 1893- Value of resident real estate, $5,315,320 00 it " non-resident real estate, 1,335,067 00 << << resident personal property, 1'334,259 00 non-resident personal property, 212,030 00 Total, $S,r96,676 00 Total value of real estate, $6,650,387 00 personal estate, 1'546,289 00 $S,1 96,676 00 Showing an increase in real estate of $357,207 00 Also an increase in personal 44 71,450 00 Total increase, $428,657 00 Number of acres of land taxed was 21020 houses, 1,417 « horses, 688 cows, 294 " bulls, 2 it cc sxvine, 94 '< " hens, 2,720 44 " men assessed 2,to2 " children between five and fifteen years, 1,215 « persons liable to military duty, 1'427 The number of steam boilers returned this year was fifty-one. No accident reported from their use this year. The. Town Treasurer received from the State the sum due on shipping engaged in foreign trade. ASSESSORS' REPORT. 35 The property exempt from taxation, used for church, school and charitable purposes amounted to the sum of $155,655.00- The taxes levied were as follows: State tax for the current year was $8,275 00 County tax for the current year was 6,757 05 Sewerage interest and assessment, 2,863 33 Town grants and appropriations, 124,370 00 Overlay of taxes, 2,r 83 78 Total, $r44,449 16 Less the sum taken from amount in Treasury as voted 5,000 00 Leaving amount to be assessed, $139,449 16 The tax on 2,102 Polls at $2, $4,204 00 The tax on $8,196,676 at $16.50, 135,245 16 $139,449 16 Our rate of taxation was much larger than usual. The sum granted was perhaps no larger than the wants of the town re- quired, and we must ever bear in mind, if we grant large sums, a high rate of taxation must follow. A satisfactory arrangement of our sewer business, which was in question last year, has been made as is shown by report of the commitee having it in charge. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM H. INGRAHAM, Assessors WILLIAM E. FARWELL, of JAMES H. 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To the Auditor of the Town of Watertown: I herewith make my report of the collection of taxes for the years iSgo, 18g1, iSgz and 1893- 1890. DR. Uncollected taxes, $444 84 Interest, 51 14 $494 93 CR. By cash paid Town Treasurer, $494 98 18.91. D it. Uncollected taxes, $9,999 27 Interest, 494 08 $10,493 35 CR. By cash paid Town Treasurer, $S,158 80 Uncollected taxes, 2,334 55 $10,493 35 1892. DR. Uncollected taxes, $21,558 95 Interest, 256 6o $21,S15 55 Ca. By cash paid Town Treasurer, $13,350 29 Uncollected taxes, 8,465 26 -- $21,815 55 38 COLLECTOR 7S REPORT. 1893. DR. Taxes committed, $139,449 16 Bank tax, 956 o2 Additional taxes, 168 30 Inte1•est, 17 97 $140,591 45 CR. By cash paid Town Treasurer, $105,503 52 Uncollected taxes, 35,o87 93 $140,591 45 Yours respectfully, WILLIAM E. FARWELL, Collector. The uncollected balances of William E. Farwell, Collector, as shown above are correct. GEORGE S. PARKER, Auditor. REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS AND SEWERS. To the Selectmen of Watertown: In compliance with your instructions, the following reports for the year ending February ist, I894, are respectfully submitted The undersigned was appointed by your board, March zz, 1893, to act as Superintendent of Streets and Sewers, and on the following day assumed control of these departments. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. ARSENAL-STREET BRIDGE. One of the first subjects to receive attention was the uncom- pleted Arsenal-street bridge. This work was being delayed by the contractors, to the great inconvenience of the public travel, and the time agreed on for its completion had just expired, with the work unfinished. The city engineer of Boston, who had charge of the work, was interviewed, and every endeavor made then and afterwards to have it hurried, and the street, which had been closed since the previous zoth of September, opened to travel. On the day of its completion, May jth, it was thrown open to travel. GROVE-STREET BRIDGE. Another object to receive early notice was the Grove-street bridge, over the tracks of the Watertown Branch railroad, and an effort made to hasten the railroad company, that the bridge might be used. The filling of the approaches was made during freezing weather, and it was necessary to allow the frost to come out and the bank to settle somewhat, for safety. It was deemed advisable at this time to have only temporary, cheap fences 40 REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENT. erected, to be replaced by better ones later, when final settlement had taken place. Guard fences at the ends were removed May loth, and the street opened. STREET CLEANING. A.n attempt has been made to improve the appearance and attractiveness of our streets, especially of some of our main streets, by having the dust, mud, and refuse fi-equently removed. Incidentally, as is conceded by all authorities, we have shown true economy in doing this by increasing the durability of the road surface and decreasing the resistance to traction. A one- horse street sweeper was purchased, July l ith, of the Edson Manufacturing Company, for $270, for this purpose, and it has been used, generally, once a week about the centre of the town, on the main streets. This mechanical sweeper has been very successful in its operation, and with its aid this work was done at one-third the expense. As a move in somewhat the same direction, there has been added to the department a 'Champion Road Machine," at a cost of $250. This machine, or scraper, has been used the past year on nearly every street in town, smoothing or shaping the roadway, and cutting or cleaning out the gutters. STREET RAILWAYS. The electric street railway on Main street, to Waltham, was Opened Mati= loth, and the line to Newtonville, September 2d. The West End road began operating its road by electricity, December 1301. The Newtonville line has rails laid through Watertown street, Beacon square, and North Beacon street to the top of Clay hill, a short distance east of Royal street. The construction of this road has caused in expenditure from this department that would not otherwise have been made, because it seemed best to take advantage of this work and improve the grades of the streets. This has been done quite materially at two places : on Water- REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENT. 41 town street, near its junction with Galen street, a distance of zoo feet, was raised at the centre of this length one and one-half feet; on North I3eacon street, a similar length was raised at its centre three-quarters of a foot. Nearly all the material for these im- provements has come from that thrown out in putting in the tracks and paving. The surplus not needed. or not suitable, was taken' to Mt. Auburn, Pleasant, Williams, Church, and Summer streets for grading and surfacing. March 28th of last year, I called the attention of the West End Street Railway to the poor and dangerous condition of their tracks and paving. After some correspondence and an inspec- tion of the road with the roadmaster, repairing was begun, and at the same time preparation was made for the use of electric cars, in accordance with permit granted by your Board. This depart- ment has given grades for all these works where tracks were located near the centre of the streets, changing the grades and cross-sections of the streets wherever an improvement was practi- cable. This has necessitated taking levels on points set by the encri of the railways, taking cross-sections, and establishing and marking the grades. The railway companies have aided very greatly in moving surplus gravel from their various works, particularly to Watertown street, and from lit. Auburn street to Spring, Centre, and Washburn streets; but still, much additional expense was incurred at this time in grade and surface improve- ments that might otherwise have been deferred to a later time. There are sufficient reasons in these encroachments of the high- ways by street railways, necessitating much unavoidable extra expense, oversight, and dire, both in summer and winter, to off- set their advantages, and to stand as a strong argument in favor of cities and towns receiving some remuneration for the franchises granted. CHARLES RIVER BANK. The south bank of the river along Watertown and California streets has received an outlay of $300.37 for improving what was formerly a general refuse and dumping ground. REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENT. STONE CRUSHER. A subject of immediate necessity is the improvement of our stone-crushing plant. The cost of repairs on engine and crusher the past year have been large ; on engine and boiler, $110.S7, and on crusher, $167.7i—a total of $z78.zS. These repairs have been made not merely in the way of improvement, but were necessary to keep the plant in operation. There have been z,000 tons of stone crushed the past year, at a cost, when loaded on to the carts, of 94 cents a ton, omitting repairs, or, including repairs, of $i.o9 a ton. This quantity does not represent by far the total amount handled during the year. If we add the amount that was displaced by railway paving, and after screening, was used, that which was purchased, and also that on hand at the beginning of the year, the total is near the average. A larger quantity would have been crushed, and used, if the crusher could have been worked more economically. With a properly arranged plant, with modern labor-saving devices, a saving of at least 15 cents a ton could be made. The average yearly output of stone for the last five years has been 4,300 tons; with this as a basis, a yearly saving of$645, or 4 per cent on $16,1 z5, would be made. It will be readily perceived, therefore, that an expenditure of $z,000 or $3,000, either in repairing, rearranging and adding to the present plant, or even in purchasing a new outfit, would be a very wise and economical investment, and would pay for itself in from four to five years with the saving over our present arrange- ment. And in addition to this, we should have assorted stone to use ; a decided improvement, and a necessity to proper road- building and repairing. The purchase and use of new and improved machinery and tools is requisite, not only as a help to the building and mainte- nance of better roads, but also as labor saving, and as such, will frequently very soon pay for themselves. Our appropriation can be expended over a larger territory, make a better display, and give better results and satisfaction. REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENT. 43 Our rough stone for the crusher now comes mostly from Wav- erley, and the supply shows no signs of failing for several years, " but I would recommend the purchase and storage of all suitable stone which can be obtained, in anticipation of a possible scarcity in the future. The question of purchasing the whole or a portion of our crushed stone, delivered on cars at various parts of the town, has been considered and the cost carefully figured. I find that even with our present method of crushing, allowing a wide margin for repairs, we can purchase the rough stone, crush and deliver on any of our main roads, at an average of about fifteen cents less a ton, or with an improved plant at about thirty cents less a ton. BRIDGES AND CULVERTS. No separate appropriation was made for bridges and culverts, as has been the usual custom, but the cost of their construction and repairs has been drawn from that made for the Highway Department. Brook-street bridge, leading to the Island, has been replanked with hard pine. North Beacon-street bridge has also required repairs, decayed timbers in the four-inch deck planking have been replaced, and the entire sheathing of two-inch spruce relaid with new plank. Expense on this bridge was kept as small as possible, because of the probability of its being rebuilt in the near future. Several small wooden culverts have been rebuilt with earthenware pipe, and numerous small repairs made. The following gives the expenditures for this class of work Draw-tending, Arsenal and No. Beacon-street bridges, $57 00 Repairs on Brook-street bridge, 113 89 Repairs on North Beacon-street bridge, 211 91 Grove-street bridge, 22 68 Miscellaneous work and repairs, 201 79 Total, $607 27 -44 REPORTS OF SUPERINTTENDENT. CATCH-BASINS, GUTTERS, ETC. Six new catch-basins have been built during the year: On Main street, one ; Maple street, two; Water street, one ; and ' Watertown street, two. Besides these, several have been par- tially rebuilt, repaired, and gratings reset, and a large number of wooden frames for gratings renewed. All catch-basins have had a general cleaning out of silt three times during the season. One hundred and fifty lineal feet of four-foot wide gutter has been paved by the town, on Marshall street, with stone from the gravel pit, at a cost of 65 cents a square yard, and seventy-six feet has been paved by abutters on Russell avenue, making a total of 226 feet. One hundred and eighty-three lineal feet of straight and 41 feet of curved edgestone has been put in place, at an average cost Of 84 cents a foot, and one-half of the expense charged to the abutters. The County Commissioners have established the lines on Main and Watertown streets, ordering the widening of the latter from fifty feet to a uniform width of sixty feet. The widening of Mt. Auburn street is still under consideration by the commissioners. The amounts paid out on account of ice and snow and sanding of walks, thus far this winter, have been: For November, $S.68 ; for December, $3o6.85 ; and for January, $286.3o—a total of $6oI.83. Three of the horses belonging to the department were sick in October and November; resulting in the loss of one which should be replaced at an early date if possible. AVERAGE OF HIGIiWAY APPROPRIATIONS. The following averages of highway appropriations, from report Of the State Highway Commission for 1893, show the percent- ages that highway appropriations, exclusive of bridges and cul- verts, bear to the. total valuation and the total tax of towns and REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENT. 45 cities in the county and state and of our own town, from which certain comparisons may be made : Per cent.of Per cent.of Total Valuation. Total Tax.. Middlesex Co., excl. of cities, for'89, '90, '91, 0.21 14-3 State of Mass., 11 11 94 64 44 0.20 13.7 Middlesex Co., inclu ding cities, " 11 0.r7 I1.1 State of Mass., cc " AC '; 0.17 11.9. Computed from Watertown town reports : For years of '89, '90, '91, 0.18 12.0• For ten years ending Jan. 31, ISS4, 0.13 11.4 if << Jan. 31, 1394, 0.17 7I.6• For one year ending Jan. 31, 1890, 0.14 9.2 Jan. 31, 1891, o.16 II.O Jan. 31, 1892, 0.23 16.1 Jan. 31, 1893, 0.22 15.6 << Jan. 31, 1894, 0.15 8.9 From these we learn the following noticeable facts: First, that- our appropriation for highways for the same three years as taken by the Commission for comparison, 1889, 'go, 191, was o.03 per cent. of valuation lower than the average for the county, exclu- sive of cities, and 0.02 per cent. for the state, also 2.3 per cent. of the tax lower than the county and 1.7 per cent. for the state. Second, taking the county and state, including cities, it is o.01 per cent. of valuation higher, and respectively o.9 and o.i per cent. of tax higher. Third, examining the years ending Jan. 31,. 1892 and 1893, the per cent. of valuation and tax has been higher for this town, while the past year it has been very much lower than county and state averages. Expressed in dollars, the appropriation the past year, according to the average percentages given for the state, exclusive of cities, should have been $16,393, according to the valuation, or $19,105,1 according to the tax, instead of, deducting the amount spent on bridges and culverts, $12,393• These comparisons could be car- 46 REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENT. Tied further, but I only wish to show our own appropriations for highways in comparison with those made in other towns. There has been a growing tendency, the last few years, to raise the standard and to improve the condition of the roads of the entire country, and many movements have been inaugurated toward that end, national, state, and municipal. The people are awakening throughout the country to a realizing sense, not only of the great commercial value of good roads, but, also, of the influence they exercise on the social and moral conditions of the communities which they serve. It is well known that some of our main streets are eminently thoroughfares for unusually heavy teaming between Boston and Cambridge and the cities and towns to our south and west, and in consequence require a larger expenditure of money for main- tenance than usual for towns of our size; but it is true that these sane highways are a standing and continual advertisement for our town, an index, pointing either toward our thrift and enter- prise, or toward our lack of these essentials to a town's growth and prosperity. I wish here to gratefully acknowledge the courtesies, informa- tion and assistance rendered by the retired Board of Sheet Com- missioners and the Superintendent of Streets. I would recommend that the sum of $16,000 be appropriated for highways and drainage and for the enlargement and improve- ment of the stone-crushing plant. Also, a farther appropriation of $i,000 for bridges and culverts. The following are statements of balances from ledger accounts kept in this department, for the year ending Jan. 31, 1894 Feb. 1, 1393, to March 23, 1893- Credits. 1893. Feb. 1. By cash (appropriation), $13,000 00 Mar. 23. Labor and teaming, a 7 S 00 ----- $13,278 00 REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENT. 47 Mar. 23, 1893. Debits. To Bridges and culverts, $21 94 Horse board, So Io Horse shoeing, 17 1 Labor (pay-rolls, including Supt.), 1,765 16 Material (stone for crusher), I85 60 Snow and ice, sand and sanding, (outside of town labor), 474 63 Tools and machinery, 11 32 it it repairs 35 73 Cash (balance carried forward), 10,686 39 $13,278 00 March 23, 1593, to Feb. 1, I394. Credits. 1893- Mar. 23 By cash (brought forward), $io,686 39 Dec. 7 By cash (from contingent), 2,000 00 Feb. 1, 1894. By cash (bal. overdrawn), 16z 31 --- $12,848 70 Feb. 1, 1894- Debits. To Bridges and culverts, $585 33 Catch-basins and culverts, 739 69 Charles-river bank, 300 37 Engineering, III 96 Fencing, 74 43 Grass cutting, 39 68 Horse board, 741 01 Horse shoeing, 76 79 Leaves, clearing ofl'streets, 24 09 Materials : crushed stone (purchased), 22 6z it crushed stone (screening), 139 z6 " gravel (purchased), 13 80 " gravel (screening and gen- eral work in pits), 425 91 " miscellaneous, 28 25 stone crushing, 669 85 stone for crusher, 763 95 4$ REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENT. Miscellaneous expenses, 337 35 Roadways: General repairs and re- surfacing, 4,o26 41 cc Sweepings, II2 53 Sidewalks and crossings, 303 39 Signs: Street, bicycle, etc., z56 ao Snow and ice, sand and sanding, 6oi 83 Stone-bounds and setting, 64 67 Superintendence, 1,031 00 Tools and machinery, 690 56 6& 46 general repairs, 241 II Repairs on crusher, boiler and engine, 278 2S Trees, care of and labor on, 122 42 Water fountains, 25 96 — $12,848 70 Outstanding accounts remaining unpaid amount to $I 17.00. Appraisal of property pertaining to and used on highways: Tools and machinery, including horses, $4,549- 75 Materials: Rough stone for crusher, 750 tons, 450 00 - Crushed stone, 65 tons, 65 00 Miscellaneous, 352 50 Total, $5417 25 STREET—WATERING DEPARTMENT. The watering of streets has been done on the same general plan as heretofore, with money appropriated for that purpose by the town, and also by subscriptions from individuals. The length of street sprinkled was longer than formerly, because of the more extended route covered by the Fire Department. There is no question but what a larger expenditure, sufficient to water all of our pricipal streets, as, for instance, the whole of Main, Mount Auburn, Arsenal, and North Beacon streets, would be a very wise proceeding, adding very materially to our town's attractiveness, to its healthfulness, and greatly to the preservation REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENT. 49 of the roadbed,and consequent diminution in cost of maintenance. It is of vital importance for the town's prosperity that the roads shall be kept in perfect condition, and everything that can be done towards accomplishing this end, and maintaining them as near this condition as possible, should be adopted. Sprinkling the streets is one aid towards this, and while improving the out- ward appearance and comfort, is also in the line of economy by s.tving in cost of repairs more than the required extra outlay. The disbursements of this department have been largely in- creased by the cost of a new tub and repairs on one of the carts, otherwise there would have been no deficit to report. Statement of Street-Watering Department accounts: Jan. 31, 1894. Credits. By Cash (appropriation), $600 oo Cash (from subscription), 268 oo Balance (amount overdrawn), 98 10 — $966 io Jan. 31, 1894. Debits. To Labor and teaming, sprinkling, $378 95 Repairs on carts, etc., 187 15 Water supply, 40000 $966 10 SEWER AND HOUSE—CONNECTION DEPARTMENT. REPORT FOR SECOND YEAR. House-connections with the common, or public, sewers have been carried on during the past year under very nearly the same general rules and regulations as were in use last year. Work was begun in April, and continued until near the end of Decem- ber. Connections have been made covering 224 applications, making 223 distinct connections with the town's sewers, one directly with the 1Tetropolitan sewer, and one with the 'Newton sewers ; in all, 225 connections, conveying the sewage of about 409 tenements. 50 REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENT. A total length of i z,872 feet of pipe has been laid ; 8,302 feet on owner's premises, and 4,570 feet within street limits. This gives an average total length of 58 feet, and an average length of 37 feet, on owner's premises to an application. The average cost to applicant has been $14.40, or a cost of 39 cents to the foot. , The actual cost within street limits has been $I2.o4 a connection, or 59 cents a lineal foot. The number of buildings already connected with the common sewers is 48z, leaving about 4z5 buildings, omitting stables, which can be connected with the present system. The total number of stoppages in connections reported is iS, and several more which, upon investigation,were found in plumb- ing, but are not here given, as they were not under the supervis- ion of this department. The causes of these obstructions were found to be as follows: Ten from improper use, 3 from accu- mulations of grease, 2 from slight defects in piping, and 3 uncer- tain. All stoppages in connections should be promptly reported to the Superintendent, and will receive immediate attention. Sketches of all connection work are kept, from which the loca- tion of all pipes can be accurately determined. As stated in Report of Sewer Extensions, materials and tools belonging to that department have been transferred to this depart- ment, thus apparently increasing the expenditures for sewer con- nections to the amount of $9oS.o3, and showing a deficit of $378.72, instead of an unexpended balance of $529.3t, as would otherwise have been the case. There now remains in stock, tools and materials at the appraised value of $2,004.io; included among these are io,000 feet of 4-inch sewer pipe and specials, sufficient for about 170 connections. I would recommend that the sum of$5,50o be appropriated for the Sewer and House Connection Department. SEWER MAINTENANCE. The sewers have had frequent inspections, and have been kept in good order and repair. They have been flushed throughout REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENT. 51 the system three times, with water furnished by the Watertown Water Supply Company, free of charge. Several very slight stoppages have occurred, usually caused by some foreign sub- stance. The inverted siphon under Charles River has been fre- quently flushed with river water when at very high tide, and is working very satisfactorily. One hundred and twenty-nine manhole covers have been per- forated during the year and put in place. The following state- ments are given as showing, perhaps, in more detail than is elsewhere given, the accounts of this department. BALANCES OF SEWER MAINTENANCE ACCOUNTS. Jan. 31, 1894. Credits. By cash from S. & H. Con. Dep., $9T I 21 Jan. 31, 1894. Debits. To Engineering, $46 10 Horse and team hire, 24 00 Labor, from pay-rolls, 432 01 Manhole-covers, drilling, 155 10 Superintendence, 107 25 Tools, 146 75 $91I 2I BALANCES OF SEWER AND HOUSE-CONNECTION ACCOUNTS. Feb. 1, 1893. Credits. By Cash (amount of appropriation), $5,500 00 Feb. 1, 1894. By Miscellaneous, 205 50 69 (rec'd from applicants), 3,227 62 Cash (balance overdrawn), 378 72 -- $9,311 84 52 REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENT. Feb. 1, I894. Debits. To Clerical, $89 20 Concreting, 48 27 Engineering, 982 20 Labor, miscellaneous, 3 08 Labor, pay-rolls, 5,028 90 Materials, I1647 67 Superintendence, 150 00 Tools, purchase of, 382 76 Tools, repairs, 23 59 Water pipes, repairs, 12 78 Water, use of, 32 18 Maintenance (according to previaus statement), 911 2I $9,31 I S4 Appraisal of property belonging to Sewer and House-Connec- tion Department; Tools and machinery, $695 70 Materials, 1,308 40 Total, $2,004 I o WILLIAM T. PIERCE, Superintendent of Streets a;ad Sewers. WATERTOWN, Feb. I, 1894- SEWER EXTENSION DEPARTMENT. The extensions of the sewer system which were ordered by the town in 1892, and at an adjournment of the annual meeting in 1893, and for which a total sum of $29,000 was appropriated, were completed entirely by day-work, July 1, 1893- The first order was for sewer extension through private lands between Pleasant street and the river, through Pleasant street and Stanley avenue to Shelley Mills, with laterals in Brook and How- ard streets. The order of 1893 was for an extension through Bridge street, Swett court, Stanley avenue, and Waltham street from Pleasant street to Stanley avenue. Besides the foregoing, short branches have been laid in Church street from Main street toward the railroad, at a cost of $195,00; in private way off Ladd street, at a cost of $85,50; and in Brigham street, at a cost of $310.50—or a total of $591.00. The following table gives certain data relating to these extensions Sizes, Length in feet. On land of Conant, Robbins, and Colby, 18" 1,631 On land of ,Etna Mills Corporation, 15" and 12" 1,5S6 Pleasant street, 1811, 15", 1211, 6" 3,953 Brook street, 8" 150 Howard street, lo" goo Waltham street, 1011, 8", 6" 2,333 Stanley avenue, 12" 1,295 Bridge street, 6" 447 Swett court, 6" 150 Church street, 6" 200 Private way, off Ladd street, 6" l00 Brigham street, 6" 328 Total, 2.48 miles, or 13,073 ft. 5 54 REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENT. The saving by constructing portions of the trunk sewer to Bemis through private lands is given below as of possible interest, and as showing the advantage of the locations adopted. Trunk line through lands of Conant, Robbins, and Colby: Estimated cost for portion on Pleasant street, $17,000 00 Cost of construction on private lands, $3,625 00 Land damages, referees and legal chgs., 37400 00 Total cost on private lands, — 7,025 00 Amount saved on this portion, $9,975 00 Trunk line through lands of-,Etna Mills Corporation : Estimated cost for portion on Pleasant street, $11,645 00 Cost of const'n on private lands, about $4,500 00 Land damages, work done as an offset, 185 00 Total cost on private lands, 4,685 00 Amount saved on this portion, $6,96o o0 Total estimated saving, $16,935- The extensions having been completed,the balance of materials and tools remaining and' belonging to this department were transferred to the Sewer and House-Connection Department, to prevent future confusion. It is nearly impossible, and would require constant oversight and expense, to keep theirs separate. The total amount thus transferred has been $9o8.03 ; or divided, for materials, $6o8.o3, and for tools, $300- The following is a statement of the balances from ledger accounts for the whole of the sewer extension : Jan- 31, 1894- Credits. By Appropriation, 1892, $25,000 00 Appropriation, 1893, 4,000 00 -- $29,000 00 REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENT. JJ� Feb. 1, 1894. Debits. To Engineering, $947 95 Labor, miscellaneous, III 31 Labor, from pay-rolls, 13,071 23 Land damages, etc., 3,J93 23 Materials, 6,559 98 Miscellaneous, 352 08 Office, 235 91 Tools and machinery, 744 48 Water pipes, repairs and changes, 46 I2 Cash, (portion of appropriation not borrowed), 3,000 00 Cash, (balance on hand), 337 66 $29,000 00 From this statement it will be observed that the work has been done at a cost of $3►337.66 less than the appropriation, or for $25>662.34. bVILLIAM T. PIERCE, WATERTOWN, Feb. 1, I894. Engineer in charge. 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Arsenal at.......1 Belmont at...... 37-10 .5,200 Arsenal..... ........ Beacon aq....... Boston line...... 00 9,900 Auburn pl........... .lit.Auburn at... Southeasterly... 20 150 Bacon ............... Alain at........... Pleasant at...... 20 950 Bailey road......... lift.Auburn at... Northerly........ 40 850 Bartlett....... ...... Everett ave. .... Forest at......... 40 700 Belmont............. Lexington at.... Waltham line... 3549 2,600 Bigelow ave.... .... Mt.Auburn at... Nichols ave...... 40 1,085 Boyd.......... ...... Galen at.......... Newton line.... 40 990 Boylston. ........... Winthrop at..... School st......... 50 605 Bridge (Bemis)..... Waltham at...... Newton line..... 2G49 800 Brigham........... Russell ave...... Bailey road...... 40 645 Brook............... Pleasant at...... The Island.. .... 18 250 Brown............... Sycamore St..... Belmont line.... 40 205 Burnbain......:..... Candler at...... Belmont line.... 40 410 California........... Watertown at... Newton line.... 34-G4 1,575 Carroll.... .......... Orchard at....... Belmont at...... 40 1,434 Centre............... Franklin at ... Walnut at........ 40 515 Chandler............ Syycamore at.. .. Belmont line.... 30-40 545 Chauncy............. lilt.Auburn at... Boylston at...... 50 592 Chester.............. lift.Auburn at... Washburn at.... 40 655 Chestnut........... .%fain at...... ... Green st.......... 30 7%. Church ............. Alain at.......... 125 E Marion rd. 40 2,200 Church hill..... .... Pleasant at...... Northerly........ 1s 130 Church lane......... Main at...... .... Pleasant at...... 12-19 413 Church pl............ Church at........ Northwesterly... 22 320 Columbia. .... ..... Common at...... Russell ave...... 40 857 Common........ .... Mt. Auburn at... Belmont line.... Av.40 4,200 Coolidge ave........ Arsenal at....... Cambridge line. 40 3.000 Coolidge Hill........ Arlington at..... Grove st.......... 40-50 S40 840 Cottage ............. Alt.Auburn St... Cath.cemetery.. 23-30 1,005 Cottage pl........... Cottage at....... F.']y then S'ly.... 25 450 Cross.......... ...... Pleasant at...... Winter at........ 24-38 600 Cuba................. Main A.... ...... Myrtle at.... .. . 40 79-2 Cushman............ Fayette at........ Northeasterly... 40 330 Dana terrace........ Summer at....... North east or]y... 30 205 Dexter ave.......... Mt.Auburn at... Nichols ave...... 40 air' Dwight.............. Sycamore at..... Belmont line.... 40 210 Elm.................. Arsenal at....... Arlington at..... 40 1,480 Elton ave.......... Bigelow ave..... Nichols ave...... 40 6515 Everett ave......... Palfrey at........ Palfrey s:........ 40 1,255 Fayette.............. Spring at......... White ave....... 40 l,ca40 Fayette......... White ave........ Waverlcy ave... 40 1,250 F eld............... Irving at......... Southeasterly.... 40 350 53 REPORTS OF SliPERINTENDENT. Width LENGTII. STur:ET. Fuoat. To. fir Feet. Private. Pnblic. Fifth ave.... ....... Watertown at.... California at..... 60 575 Fletcher aerrace ... Patten at......... Southeasterly... 23 125 Forest................ Alain at.......... Qulriz at.......... 40 1,241 Forest................ (quirk at.......... lturtlett at....... 40 500 Franklin.... ........ lilt. Auburn at... Walnut at........ 40 1,373 French.... .......... Main at...... .... Wollilzer•lane.. 30 600 Galen............... Watertown sq... Newton line..... 50 2,500 Garfield.... ........ Alt.Auburn 8t... Northerly........ 40 1,4.50 Garnet .............. Irving at......... Parker st........ 40 431 Gilkey ct............ Patten at ........ Easterly......... 19-22 265 Gill road...... ..... Sycamore at..... Belmont line.... 40 215 Green............... Blain at.... Myrtle at......... 40 1,000 Grove................ Arlington at. ... Coolidge ave.... 30-52 3,100 Harndeu aye........ Lexington at.... Land of town.... 40 1,719 Barrington..... .... Belmont at...... Northerly........ 40 710 Hill.................. Fayette at....... Palfrey at........ 20 450 Holt. ................ Harrington at... Belmont line.... 40 1;280 Hovey............... Orchurd at....... Belmont at .... 40 1,320 Howard.............. Alain st ......... Pleasant at...... 49�2 900 Hudson.............. White ave....... Cushman at...... 40 479 Hunt................ Galen at......... Private way. ... 40 530 Irving............... Alt.Auburn at... No.Beacon at... 40 79; Irving................ No.Beacon at. .. Charles river.... 40 1,650 James................ Holt at........... Perry at.......... 40 365 Jewett. ............. Morse at......... Boyd at.......... 40 270 Ladd. ............... No.Beacon at.... Riverside at..... 40 525 Lexington........... Blain at.......... Belmont line.... 44-54 3,065 Library lane ... ... Main at.......... Northerly........ 40 300 Lincoln.............. Mt.Auburn at... Walnut at........ 40 760 Lowell ave.......... Orchard at....... Land of town.... 40 1,192 Alain................. Beacon sq....... Waltham line... 66-100 7,900 Blain at.ct...... Blain at...... Northerly Sit 300 Maple.... ...... Galen at. ... ... Newton line. 40 700 Marion road......... Spring at......... Northwesterly.. 40 1.030 Marshall............. bit.Auburn at... Oliver at......... 40 1,950 Melendy ave........ Aft.Auburn at... Nichols ave...... 50 823 Middle............... Main st.......... Myrtle at........ 20 418 Morse................ Galen at.......... Watertown at... 40 2,005 Bit.Auburn.......... Beacon aq....... Cambridge line. Av.64A 10,250 Myrtle............... Main at. .. ...... Pleasant at...... 38}; 1,080 Nichols avo.......... Arlington at..... Elton ave........ 40 780 Nichols ave.......... Elton ave ....... Dexter ave..... 4C 635 North Beacon....... Beacon sq....... Boston line...... 35-61 6,700 North Beacon et ... No. Beacon at. .. Southerly........ 30 290 North Irving park.. Irving at......... Royal St.......... 40 285 North park.......... horse at.......... Newton line..... 30 270 Oliver................ Church at........ Marshall at...... 40 835 Otis.................. Alt. Auburn at... Washburn at.... 40 550 Orchard.... ......... Common at...... Lexington at.... 35-40 4,300 Palfrey.............. Bit.Auburn at... Northwesterly.. 36-40 2,833 Palfrey.............. Northwesterly.. 40 687 Parker.. ....... Mt.Auburn st... Garnet at.... .... 40 492 Parker..... Garnet at........I Washburn at.... 40 270 Patten...... ....... Bit.Auburn at... Arsenal at....... 29-M 610 Pearl.......... ...... Summer at.......1 Oliver st......... 40 1,045 RKPORTS OF SUPERINTENME\TT. 59 Width LENGTH. STREET. FROM. To. in Feet. Private. Public. Perry............... Russell at.. .. Harrington St..., 49 428 Phillips.............. Mt.Auburn at... Garnet at........ 40 4.;� Phillips....... Garnet at........ Southerly........ 40 300 Pleasant..._......... Watertown sq... Waltham line... 8,600 Prentiss....... ..... Mt.Auburnat... Belmont at....... 40 1,077 Prospect... ........ Arsenal at....... No.Beacon St... 33 5'.3 Quirk................ Forest at.... .... Southeasterly... 30 418 Riverside............ Beacon sq. ...... Stickney est..... 40 2,150 Royal................ No.Beacon at... Riverside at..... 40 675• Russell ave.......... rift.Auburn at... Northerly........ 50 I'M Russell............... Holt at........... Perry at.......... 40 300 School............... Arsenal at....... Belmont at...... 30-60 4,830 Schoolhouse lane... ;tit.Auburn at... Southerly........ 28-30 530 Sidney............... Marshall at...... Marion road..... 40 201 South Irving park.. Irving at......... Royal at. ........ 40 285 South park.......... Morse at......... Boyd at.......... '30 275 Spring.............. Main at...... .... Common at...... 40 0,000 Stanley ave..... .... Waltham at...... Fitchburg R.R.. 40 1,000 3,080 Summer............. Mt.Auburn at... Waverley ave... 40-50 Swett ct.......... .. Waltham at...... Southerly........ 30 190 Sycamore............ Belmont at...... Belmont line... 50 1,524 Taylor............... Mt.Auburn at... Arsenal at....... 25 320 Walnut.............. Mt.Auburn_st... School st......... 50 2,56W Waltham............ Pleasant at...... Waltham line... 20-35 90 Warren......... Lexington at.... Waltham line... Av.30 2,8W Warren (Waverley Land Co.).......... Sycamore at..... Belmont line.... 40 80 Washburn Franklin at...... Chester at. ..... 40 447 Washburn.......... Chester at........ Parker at..... .. 40 190 Water............... Galen at......... Galen at......... 1941 1,555 Watertown.......... Galen at.......... Newton line..... 60 2,890 Watertown ct....... Watertown at. .. Northerly........ 22 300 Waverley ave....... Alain at. ......... Fayette at........ 40 1,200 Wheeler lane... ... Riverside at..... Southerly........ 30 500 White's ave........ Main at.... ..... Fayette at....... 40 1,000 White's ave. .. Payette at. ...... Palfrey at........ 30 470 Whitcomb.... ...... Private way..... Belmont line.... 40 85 White............... Orchard at....... Belmont at...... 50 1,087 IVbitney.... ........ Orchard at....... Belmont at...... 40 480 96 Williams...... ...... Galen at.......... Newton line..... 30 Winter.... Church at........ Cross at.......... 30 204 Winter.... .......... Cross at.......... Fayette at. ...... 2(', 30 855 Winthrop....... .... Mt.Auburn at. Boylston at..... 50 503 Wollitzer lane...... Myrtle at......... French at........ 16 285 Green at.......... Cuba at.......... 25 230 Green at.......... Cuba st...... .... 25 200 Cuba at...... .... Middle at........ 20 120 ➢Ia le at... ...... Hunt at ......... 33 210 Brook at.........j Easterly. ........ 1s 150 Cottage at....... Southwesterly.. 1712' 290 UNNAMED STREETS. Private way..... Southe.3....... 12% 297 Cottage at. ...... Private ay..... 30 195 Cottage at........ Southeasterly... 22 337 Private way..... Southerly....... 11 120 Cottage St. ...... Southeasterly... 19 270 Belmont at...... Belmont lino.... 40 580 Private way..... Belmont line.... 40 1238 • Totals..... ....... ......... 39,777 150,493 Private,7.53 miles; public,28.49 miles. REPORT OF THE ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. ENGINEER'S OFFICE, 1 Watertown, Jan. 31, IS94. 1j To the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Gentlemen :—In accordance with our annual custom, the Board of Engineers of the Fire Department submit their annual report of the duties performed, together with the comlition of the apparatus, and such recommendations as will, in their estimation, be for the benefit of the town during the coming year. When the new board came into control it was thought best to comply with the desire of the public, and so the hose wagop was placed in the front and the Steamer in the rear of the house. This plan has worked very satisfactorily. ORGANIZATION. JOHN A. YORK, Chief Engineer. M. B. COLLIGAN, rst Assistant Engineer. D. S. RuN`DI.ETT, Clerk. PEQUOSSETTE STEA\I FIRE ENGINE CO., No.I, (ten men.). ALEXANDER FLANDERS, Foreman. J. H. HOLT, Engineer. MOSES PATTEE, Driver of Steamer. GILBERT NICHOLS, Driver of Hose Wagon, A. D. DREW HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. I, (nine men.) J. J. MURPHY, Foreman. JAMES F. FLANNERY, Driver. HOSE No. 2, MT. AUBURN, (eight men.) DENNIS MEE, Forenzan. REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. 61 APPARATUS. The apparatus at the present time consists of one steam fire engine, one hose wagon, one four-wheeled hose carriage, one hook and ladder truck, one fuel wagon, one pung and four two- wheeled hose carriages. All of the above are in good condition except the engine which must have a new boiler, the works thoroughly overhauled and painted. The above would cost about$I,400. HOSE. We have at the present time three thousand five hundred feet of cotton hose in good condition and rezdv for use ; five hundred feet having been added during the past year. HORSES. We have at the present time six horses, four of which are in good condition, but the other two must be replaced by younger ones. FIRES AND ALARMS. There were twenty-two alarms of fire during the past year. Total loss on buildings, $7,z54; total loss on contents, $5,900> total insurance paid, $S,204. FIRE ALARM SYSTEM. The fire alarm system is at present in good condition. The system now consists of two strikers, nineteen street boxes, several tappers in the firemen's houses, and about twenty-one miles of wire. HYDRANTS. Six hydrants were added the past year, making a total of two hundred and fifteen ready for service. Three were added on Belmont street, near the Harrington estate, where a disastrous fire occurred last summer. At that time the nearest hydrant was 1,200 feet away, while if the supply of water had been nearer, the two barns would undoubtedly have been saved. Now that section of the town is well supplied with hydrants. 62 REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. Appropriation, $6i5oo.00 Balance from contingent, 39.24 $6,539.24 Salaries, o6 $4,575• Hay, straw, and grain, 732.13 Fuel and lights, 104.20 Shoeing and harness repairs, 201.57 Repairs, 149.72 Miscellaneous, 776.56 $6,539.24 In the summer of the past year the stable at the engine house was connected with the common sewer, and in arranging for its continued good condition, it was considered advisable by the Selectmen to concrete the floor of the cellar to the stable. The expense of $40.95 incurred for this work, was paid from the appropriation made for the use of this department, thus making a deficit of$39.24. There is a bill against the Almshouse Depart- ment for the sum of $35 which through an oversight was not paid. WATERING STREETS. At the beginning of the year, when the new arrangement of apparatus at the engine house went into effect, it was decided to dispense with the services of one permanent man. The three remaining permanent men were to perform the regular duties of the department and the customary amount of street watering. At a later conference of the Fire Committee of the Selectmen and the Board of Engineers it was agreed that the fourth man be re- tained provided a team be kept on the street all the time. Under this agreement our department has been enabled to do a much greater amount of work; ,going to the railroad bridge on Main Street, to the Newton line on Galen Street, besides Riverside and many other streets. REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. 63 RECOMMENDATIONS. We recommend for the use of the department the coming year the sum of $6,850. This will include salaries, supplies, fuel, gas, repairs, except those on the engine, and support of the fire alarm system. This does not include the cost of two boxes, the petitions for which have been presented to the Selectmen, which will require an additional appropriation of$250.00. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. We desire to tender our thanics to the officers and members of the companies for the interest they have manifested in all matters pertaining to the success of the department; to the Selectmen and members of the Police force, and the citizens in general who have so kindly assisted us. Respectfully submitted, JOHN A. YORK, M. B. COLLIGA\T, Ezzgineers. D. S. RUNDLETT. STATEMENT OF COX, MITTEE ON SEWERS. At the time of our report on the construction of the sewer, in the last town report, we said, "that the settlement with the as- signees of the contractor had been deferred, and was still pend- ing, with fair prospect of being concluded before long to our mutual satisfaction ;" but with varying alternation of hope and fear, yet with earnest effort on our part all the time since, we have failed to reach that end, or to see any reason why we should accept the theory they advance, and on which they base their claim for the extra amount of over $20,000. We have reviewed the profiles, plans, and estimates from which the sewer was con- structed, also the final completion of the work, and are fully satisfied that there is no valid claim on their part to be main- tained. We have paid the full amount due according to the terms of contract, including the forfeiture clause, and the twenty per cent. withheld from estimates while in construction, so there remains unpaid to them only the amounts which were filed with us, and which by terms of contract the town would be liable for. There are also several bills filed with us, for which we are not responsible, but which we have earnestly tried to have the con- tractor or his assignees settle and pay ; they have frequently said these should be paid, yet hitherto have shown no real disposition to do so. The following figures will give the contract price and payments therefor, also the amount of claims which are con- sidered valid against the town, with other claims (so far as known to.us) for which they, ( the contractor or assignees) are responsible. Whole amount of contract, $36,813.20 Paid, 36,154.86 Claims liable, 658.34 Claims against assignees, i,026.o9 STATEMENT OF COMINITTEE ON SEWERS. 55 With these facts and figures, we submit to the town our unani- mous opinion that the suit now commenced, should be vigorously contested, and, we believe, will be finally successfully defeated b%r the town. Inasmuch as the town took no action on Article j at the town meeting in December, and the suit therein mentioned had to be noticed and answered before the annual meeting, the committee have employed counsel and the case is being attended to in a satisfactory manner. J. C. STONE, H. H. SAWYER, Conimillee GEO. H. SLEEPER, Oil , EDWARD F. PORTER, Sezvers: SAMUEL WALKER, REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, The town have fortunately during the past year not suffered fi-om any special epidemic, and its general health has been good. The causes of the deaths which have occured are shown in tables upon page 78. FREE PUBLIC VACCINATION. Small pox having appeared within the Metropolitan District during the past season through some unvaccinated immigrants, it seemed prudent, as it did to most of the neighboring towns, to offer free public vaccination to all residents who would call at the office of the Board. Through the good services of five physicians of the town, who served in rotation, the Board maintained its public vaccination fi-om Jan. 4th to the 13th inclusive. During this time 301 persons received vaccination, 144 of whom had not been previously vaccinated. SANITARY CONDITION. It is believed that the town is now, through the connection of its seweragewith the South Metropolitan system, in a better sani- tary condition than it has been for these many years past. Thus far 478, or about half of the house holders within the sewered dis- trict, have made application to connect with the public sewer. Some of these have been desirous of making the connection, others have been quite indifferent, while some have been strongly op- posed, not appreciating the advantage thus offered them. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 67 In connection with the entrance of the house drains into the public sewers a thorough and systematic sanitary inspection of the houses has been made by the Board through its Inspector, and the detail reports made are kept on file at the office of the Board. In time it is hoped that these reports will include every building in the town, and they will be of great future service. The thorough nature of the inspection made is shown in the cletail exhibit, which follows, of what has been done under the applica- tions made for house connections with the sewer. HOUSE CONNECTIONS WITII THE PUBLIC SI NVER. The owner of the premises, or authorized agent, having signed the form provided in the application book in the custody of the Town Clerk, the latter notifies the Board of health of the same in the following manner. [SEAL.] No. WATERTOWN SEWER DEPARTMENT, WATERTOW N......... .... .... .. .. .... 1 8q TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH:— Gentlemen,--You are hereby notified that an :iphlication from ............ ...... .... ...... .... ...... .......... ...... . ..... .......... No..... .... .... ........ .... ....St., for a connection %%ith the common sewer has been received by this Board, and you are requested to state it' there is any reason why a permit therefor should not be issued. For the Board of Selectmen, ...... .... ...... ...... ...... ...... ......Clerk. On receipt of this notification, the Inspector of Plumbing for the Board, examines and tests the plumbing work in the premises named, and reports upon a blank form, a copy of which follows : 68 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. [SEAL.] Application. ...... .......... WATERTOW.N..... .... .... .... .... ..189 TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH:— Gentlemen:—I have this day inspected premises No........ .... .... .... ..Street, Owned by ......... .. . .............. and make the follo%ving report thereof: Water Closets, No. of............Condition...... .......••. .... .... ... Main Trap......... .... .•••••••Location of Air inlet,... .... .•.. •....••. Sinks, No. of........ ... Traps and Location... ...... .... .... .... ...... Baths, .. .... ........ .. ...... .......... .... .. .. Basins, .... << << .. Trays, << .... .... .... .............. . ... ...... .. Soil Pipe. Size,.... .... .. Material..... .... .. Termination..• •• .•.. Waste " .......... " ...... .... " .... . . .. .. Drain '° .... ...... " .. .. .. .... . . .... .... Vent " ...... .... " ...... .... .. .. .. .... Clean-outs, No. of.... ......Location.... .... .... . ..... .... .... .... .. .. Condition of Cellar......... .... .... .... Yard,..... ...... . . .. .... .. .. Vault, ...... .•.......••••• Distance from house,........ << .c Cesspool.................. « l{ <: .. . . .... << Stable. ................... .... .... General Sanitary Condition, S:c.................• ••..•• •••• •.•• •• •••. . ...... .................. ...... ......Inspector. If the work is found to be in proper condition and safe to con- nect: the Clerk of the Board of Health at once so notifies the Board of Selectmen through the Town Clerk, upon a blank, a copy of which is as follows: [SEAL.] No. W ATERTO W N BOARD OF HEALTH. WATERTOWN.. ...... ................189 TO THE BOARD OF SrmECrA1EN:- Gentlemen,—In reply to your favor of.... .... ......••.would state that the plumbing in the building owned by..........•.•••. ••..•••• •••• No........ .... .... ........ ........Street, is.... ......in proper condi- tion for a connection with the common sewer. By order of the Board of Health. .. ........... .... ................ ......Clerk. 1 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 69 If the work is found to be defective, and not in a proper condi- tion to connect, or, if no plumbing work exists in the premises, the Inspector so reports. When the defects are remedied, or the work is remodelled and made safe, or new work placed in position and properly tested, then the Inspector approves, and so reports upon the blank before mentioned. These reports are examined by the Clerk of the Board, and when found satisfactory, he so notifies the Board of Selectmen. The table herewith arranged shows the whole number of appli- cations made, inspected, and approved, since the commencement of the inspection system on Aug. 29th 1892. It shows the streets on which the premises are located, the number of connections wholly or partially completed, the number on which action has been suspended for a stated time, and others that have been with- drawn. It also shows the number of families, stores, etc., on the several streets, whose drainage is now connected with the public sewer. r 70 REPORT OF TH BOARD OF HEALTH. Applications for Sewer Connections. J �`y I J •� ri'.. y m STREETS. :r a _ O c> U c7 p F O 7 0 O U z m F `/. m A Arsenal............................ 12 1 13 26 2 Boyd................................ 5 2 7 8 Bailey road....................... 2 2 Bridge............................. 3 3 4 1 Chester......... ................... 7 7 11 Centre.............................. 3 1 4 3 Chestnut............................ 4 4 4 Common............................ 1 1 1 Church.............................. 14 14 17 1 Church Hill......................... 2 2 4 1 1 Cross.................... ........... 5 1 Il 20 Cuba............................... 3 1 1 5 9 Franklin............................ 11 11 14 Fayette......................9..... 17 17 2.3 French................. ........... s 3 5 Fifleld............................... 2 2 4 Forest................ ....... ..... 2 5 Galen................................ 12 1 1 14 27 4 4 Garfield....... ..... 7 7 7 Green.............................. 4 1 5 8 Hill........ ......................... 4 4 4 Irving Park....... . .............. 4 1 5 8 Irving............................... 10 10 15 Ladd. 3 3 8 Marshall............................ 1'3 1 13 15 Middle................ ............. 3 3 4 Mt.Auburn......................... 33 2 2 37 51 12 Main......................... ..... 24 4 1 29 32 65 Maple......... .................... It 1 2 7 11 Myrtle. 5 1 6 7 Marion road................. ..... 8 8 8 Morse............................... 12 12 25 ............... North Beacon...................... 11 11 24 1 Oliver.......... 5 5 5 Otis. 7 1 8 9 Parker.............................. 5 1 6 7 Palfrey........ ..................... 14 14 23 Patten................ ............. 9 1 2 1 13 16 Pearl.................. ..... ....... 3 3 5 Park.................. - 1 3 4 .............. Phillips.............. 2 2 2 Pleasant............................ 17 4 21 27 3 5 Riverside........................... 16 1 2 19 26 Ro}lal................................ 9 9 13 Railroad........... ........... .... 1 1 Russell ave......................... 10 1 11 10 Spring.............................. 25 1 1 27 36 3 5 Summer........................ .... 19 1 20 36 Sidney............................ I I 1 Stanley ave............ ............ 1 1 2 1 Taylor............. .. .............. 5 5 11 1 Water............................... 11 2 1 14 21 5 Washburn.......................... 4 4 4 Williams.......... ....... 4 4 8 Winter.............................. 4 4 10 Watertown......................... 5 5 4 1 Walnut.............................. 2 2 3 Waltham............................ 6 6 14 Fifty-eight streets. 434 30 14 10 488 702 90 26 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 71 STATEIMENT IN DETAIL. Applications made for connections with sewer in 1892, 259 << << << << << 1893, 229 Total, 488 Applications inspected, approved and connections com- pleted in 1892, 195 Applications inspected, approved and connections com- pleted in 1893, 239 Applications inspected, but connections not fully com- pleted, 30 44 " " suspended for a stated time, 14. Applications withdrawn, Io Total, 488 NATURE OF THE WORK INSPECTED. Applications where as yet there was no plumbing work, 235 " " the plumbing work was defective or remodelled, 147 Applications where the plumbing work was in good con- dition, 96 Applications withdrawn, Io 488 NATURE OF THE PREMISES WHERE WORK WAS INSPECTED AND APPROVED. Number of separate premises connected with sewer :— 550 " " families, " " " 702 " " stores, offices, etc., " 90 " 1' manufactories, etc., " " " 26 44 49 school-houses, " I 72 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTR. New water closets constructed and connected with the sewer:— Replacing privies, 336 64 '( on the river, 44 line of Treadaway Brook, 37 Constructed in new buildings, 43 New water closets connected with the sewer, 4.6o Old cc 61 which formerly drained to cesspools or to the river, now connected with the sewer, 283 Making a total of water closets connected with the sewer, 745 Privies and vaults abolished, 357 Cesspools closed up and abolished, 479 All the large manufacturing establishments have now either constructed new plumbing work, or remodelled their old. All their drainage, the cloth and wool scourings, the waste from starch and soap works, and other offensive matter is now diverted from the river, and discharged into the sewer. SEWERAGE OF EAST WATERTOWN. Certain portions of the East End of the town are now in urgent need of a sewerage system. Among them are Norwood Park and the Cottage Street District. BIGELOW'S SWAMP. The brook running from the swamp located upon either side of the railroad track near the Union Carpet Lining factory in the East End of the town has now been cleaned out and so deepened that it is expected this very objectionable tract will hereafter be effectually drained. THE UNION MARKET CATTLE YARDS. The sanitary condition of these yards has been greatly improved during the past year, yet they still remain with us and prevent the development of that otherwise beautiful and very desirable DEPORT OF THE BOARD OF IiEALTH. 73 portion of our town for residential purposes. It is greatly to be desired that the owners may shortly be brought to see that to move on further, out of the Metropolitan District, would work to their own as well as to our advantage. The Veterinary Surgeon in the employ of the town, under the Inspection of Provision Act, has continued in regular attendance at this market during the past year. He reports to the Board a great improvement over last year in the character of the cattle sold here. He has not found cause to enter a complaint before the District Court for the sale of immature veal since last spring. He has twice during the year inspected all the milch cows of the town. He quarantined several brought to the market, a few of which the State Cattle Commissioners caused to be killed. CIIARLES RIVER. As the river no longer receives any sewerage from our town, and but little relatively from the towns immediately above us, it has, during the past season, been very much less offensive than usual in the centre and western part of the town. The eastern part of the town however still suffers from the pollutions of the stream by our eastern neighbors, Brighton, Cambridge, Boston and Somerville. It is expected that when the North Metropoli- tan Sewerage system is completed, the Charles River Improve- ment Commission has finished its work upon the stream itself, and the Metropolitan Park Commission has taken possession of all of the banks of the river not already improved, that then this once beautiful and wholesome river will return again in a great degree to its former natural condition. Then it will no longer evolve noxious miasm, productive of intermittent fever, but as the water park of the town will contribute to the health as well as the pleasure of those who dwell upon its banks, or float upon its surface, even if no longer, as Wood wrote in 1634, "stores of shad and alewives are taken therein," or as Johnson wrote twenty _years later 11 it abounds in several sorts of fish at their seasons, bass, shad, alewives, frost-fish and smelt." 74 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF IIEALTII. TREADAwAY BROOK. This brook has during the past year ceased to be the open sewer which had become its actual condition during recent years. The change however has only been brought about through the presistent efforts of the Board. ROUSE OFFAL. The house offal collected by the Board was during the greater part of the past year disposed of, as had been the custom during recent years, by feeding it to the swine upon the Town Farm. But the Board, holding that an intolorable nuisance was thus created, have been able to sell the swill under a contract to be re- moved out of town within the day that it is collected, and they have thus converted a hitherto nuisance and cause of expense into a source of revenue wherewith to help pay the cost of collection. With the abolition of the piggery upon the Town Farm, and of a still larger one upon the grounds of an adjoining market gar- dener, the town has purged itself of its last large piggery, and thus this great source of complaint has been at last done away with. NIGHT SOIL. Some less offensive method of disposing of the night soil from the vaults and cesspools remaining in the town appears very de- sirable. It seems to the Board that the discharging of the odor- less excavator through a specially constructed man-hole directly into the common sewer would be the most simple and effectual way. The man-hole when thoroughly washed down and flushed out could give no offense. The public schools should, during the coming year be connected with the public sewers wherever there is an opportunity for so doing. COMMON STREET CEMETERY. Considering the advancing eastward growth of the more closely built up portion of the town, and that this growth is likely to go on at ail increasing rate, itwould seem to be prudent for the town REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 75 to begin to look about for a more suitable location for its com- mon burying place than the present Common Street Cemetery. In the opinion of the Board this location ought soon to be discon- tinued, and some other upon the outskirts of the town improved for this purpose. TIIE PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY. Since August 1st, 1892, two or more samples of water a month, taken from the Watertown Water Supply Company have been analyzed by the State Board of Health, and the results appear in the Annual Reports of the Board for 189x and for 1893. Here also appear analyses of the Charles River water. INCREASED DUTIES OF THE BOARD. The duties of the Board have been greatly increased during the past year in consequence of the completion of the sewerage system of a portion of the town, and the connections of houses therewith, which has necessitated the thorough sanitary inspection previously mentioned in this report. It has also been so in conse- quence of the passage of Chapter 477, of the Acts Of 1893, which relates to the licensing of plumbers, and the supervision of the plumbing business. This act calls for the formation of a Board of Examiners of Plumbers consisting of the Chairman of the Board of Health, the Inspector of Buildings, and a Practical Plumber. It also necessitates the appointment of an Inspector of Plumbing. Dr. Davenport, 3Ir. E. F. Porter, and Mr. Philip -P. Connealy have constituted the Board of Examiners, while Mr. Con- nealy has served the Board of Health in the capacity of Inspector of Plumbing, as well as of General Agent, with an ability and in- dustry which has given the Board the greatest satisfaction. This plumbing act calls for the adoption by the town of by-laws regu- lating plumbing, and for this,purpose the Board would recom- mend its present code of regulations under which they are now acting, and which are in accord with earlier Acts of the Legisla- ture. 76 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. During the past year Lafayette G. Blair, Esq., from his interest in the work of the Board, although not honored with election to membership, has served the Board without fee as its legal coun- sel, both at meetings and at court hearings when unfortunately the Board has been forced to proceed to that extremity. RECORD OF THE YEAR. The work of the Board during the past year, includes the fol- lowing. Meetings of record held, 33 Licenses granted to plumbers, 24 " " " undertakers, 2 " " remove night soil, 2 " " transport and carry night soil, I " keep swine, ; Permits granted to empty and bury contents of cesspools etc., on premises, 69 Permits granted to construct vaults and cesspools where sewer was not available, 9 Notifications issued :— Form No. i. Complaints of unsanitary condition of premises, S4 Form No. 2. Ordered to abate nuisances, 13 " 3. '• " vacate unsanitary prem- ises; 3 Special form. connect premises with sewer, SS The results from the special form of order to connect with sewer, have been as follows. Orders carried out, and premises connected, 76 suspended, and time extended, IO t' not complied with, and Court decisions pending, 2 Total, SS REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 77 Examination of Reports of Inspection of plumbing work, 283 Certificates of Approval issued for connection with the sewer, 239 Letters written to various persons, in relation to matters acted upon, 63 The Board through its Agent, has disposed of the following matters during the year, outside of regular inspection of plumb- ing for sewer connections. Inspection of plumbing, in houses outside of Sewer District, 14 Inspection of plumbing, additional to certified work, Io Foul vaults and privies, cleaned and repaired, 73 11 cesspools cleaned and emptied, 84 Yards cleaned up, 52 Cellars °' " 37 Stables and manure heaps cleaned up, 14 Dead animals, discovered and buried, S Defective plumbing (where sickness prevailed,) altered and repaired, 6 Houses fumigated and disinfected, 17 it placarded on account of infectious diseases, 56 APPROPRIATION NEEDED FOR THE COMING YEAR. A kind Providence preserved the town from any epidemic dur- ing the past year, and thus enabled the Board, even with their increased service, to keep much within their appropriation of $4,000, yet it does not seem prudent to ask for less than $3,000, that proper means may be provided in case of less fortunate cir- cumstances arising. The detail expenditures the past year, with the balance remain- ing, the collections from milk licenses, and the sale of house offal are to be found in full in the Report of the Auditor. BENNETT F. DAVENPORT, M. D., Chairman, EDWARD F. PORTER, Clerk, JAMES R. HARRISON, Board of 1Ycaltla.. PIIILIP P. CONNEALY, Agent, Insfiecter of Plumbhig. 78 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH• Causes of Death. ZYMOTIC DISEASES. DISEASES. ljp C. }; j Scarlet Fever .......... - I . • I Diphtheria........... . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 ... ... .. 4 Measles . '. . .. I I Whooping•Cough....... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• •• I 1 2 Cholera Infantum• ..... 2 2• Typhoid Fever......... ..I••• . I• I• a Total. ...... .. .. •I• .�...i •6• I i 3 •I. 14 GENERAL DISEASES. DISEASES. I _ cL'y I r ?e CL O a�i ++ Accident or Violence.. .. • I • • 1 1 3 Asthma .... .... .... .. .. ... . . I • • ' . 1 2 Apoplexia . ..... .... .. .. ••• .. • • 1 I2 2 I . -I• •I 9 Bronchitis•... . . .. . ... .. . . . . . 1 2 2 5 Cerebral Disease.... .... . .. •- • - ..I.. 2 Cancer ... ............ .. . I I 2 5 Congenital Malformation •I• • I Child Birth. .... .... .... ... .. ..�...I.. .. .. . I I Diarrllcea ...... .. .. . . .. . . . . .. .. •I• •2 •I .. . . . .. 4 Diabetes . .. .. .. .... . . .. .. . i .. ..,. . . .. I Erysipelas ... . .. . . . . .. .. . ... .. 2 Gastritis . . ..... .... . . .. ... . . • .2.. . . . ..� 2 Gangrene ...... .... . . ' . . . I 1 Heart Disease. .. .. . .... i II I .1. .2. .2. .331 1 1 13 Influenza ..... .... . .... I • • • ..I.. I Alaras►nus .... .... . .. .. . 1 1 I Meningitis.... ...... ... •1• . • • . •1• 2 •1• 6 Nephritis ........ ..... 2 1 2 1 I • • 2 9 Liver Disease..... ...... ... ... ... ... I ... ... ... ... 1 2 Old Age.... .... .... ... 2 �.. I I . •2� 6 Pneumonia......... ... 3 I I . •3 1 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peritonitis.... .... ...... • • • . • • • • • I I • • 2 • I . 5 Phthisis ...... ...... .... 1 251 1 2 1 1 •1 2 • 5 22 Puerperal Eclampsia .•.. • • . ... ... ... I I ... 2 Rheumatism,Chronic .. I • • . . . ... I Still Born........... ... 2 11 . I • 2 1 1 1 3 13 Total..... .... .. 141 7 12 9 11 19 10 13I 11 I 9 12 I IS 135 REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. WATERTOWN, FEB. 1,1893. [Extract from Public Statutes, CI afitei- So.] -The Board of Health of a town shall make such regulations as it judges necessary for the public health and safety. Whoever violates any such regulations shall forfeit a sum not exceed- in-ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS." The Board of Health of Watertown, as authorized by the statutes, has made, and published as is provided for in the statutes, the following regulations. The Board most earnestly requesf the cooperation of all citizens in securing the desirable sanitary condition, to promote which the following regulations are made, and request to be notified of any existing nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness within the town. The Selectmen have directed the police of the town to report to the Board any violation of these regulations which may come to their knowledge. Thev have also appointed the agent of the Board, Inspector of Milk and of Provisions. Reg. z. 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 stand upon any sidewalk. Reg. z. No person, without a written license from the Board, shall convey or cause to be conveyed through any street in this town, any swill, house offal, night soil, slaughter house offal, or any other decaying, noxious or offensive substance, and then SO REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. only in such an effectually covered and water-tight vehicle as is approved-by the Board. Reg. 3. No person shall throw into, or leave in or upon any 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. 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 the public health, and upon notice from the Board of Health, the owner or occupant shall remove such 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 offensive, or dangerous to the public health. CESSPOOLS AND PRIVY VAULTS. Reg. 6. The plumbing of every building upon a street or passageway not provided with a public sewer shall be connected by a proper drain pipe and trap with a proper cesspool or vault. No cesspool or privy vault shall be allowed to be continued upon premises accessible to the public sewer without a special permit from the Board. No privy shall open directly from any living or food storage room. Reg. 7- Every cesspool shall be substantially built, and venti- lated in a manner approved by the Board. If within twenty feet of the foundation wall of a cellar, or one hundred and fifty feet of REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 81 a well or other source of water supply used for culinary purposes, they shall be made absolutely water-tight to the satisfaction of the Board. Reg. 8. Every privy vault shall be substantially built of hard brick and hydraulic cement, and ventilated in a manner approved by the Board. They shall be below the surface of the ground, water-tight, and hold not less than eighty cubic feet. They shall be situated at least two feet distant from any cellar wall, the line of any adjoining lot, street, lane, alley, court, square or public place, or public or private passageway, and shall be so constructed as to be conveniently approached, opened and cleansed. Reg. 9. Cesspools and privy vaults shall be emptied and cleansed at least once a year, whenever filled to within one and a half feet of the surface of the ground, and at such other times as the Board of Health may require. If the occupant neglect to empty and cleanse any vault or cesspool within forty-eight hours after notice to do so, the Board of Health will have the same emptied and cleansed at the expense of the owner or occupant of the estate. Reg. Io. No cesspool or privy vault shall be opened and cleansed at any time without a permit or license from the Board of Health. From the first day of May to the first day of Novem- ber, it shall not be done between sunrise and 9 o'clock P. m. DISEASED A\IJIALS, SALE OF FOOD, ETC. Reg. I I. No animal aflected 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, offered or kept for sale, and no diseased, decayed, or unwholesome meat, fish, fruit, vegetable, or other article of food, shall be sold, offered or kept for sale, and the Board of Health may cause the seizure and destruction of all such diseased or unwholesome animal, meat, fish, fruit, vegetable, or other article of food so sold, offered or kept for sale. 82 RE,GULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 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 IIealth, 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 neighbor or the public. SLAUGHTER HOUSES. Reg. 15. No new slaughter house shall be established within the limits of this town. Those already established must be kept free from 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 regu- lations as this Board shall assign. Reg. I& No fish, slaughter house offal, pigs' feet, or other decaying matter shall be left upon land for purposes of fertiliza- tion, without being plowed in, or otherwise made inoffensive. VACCINATION. Reg. ig. All children must be vaccinated before attending public schools in this town. RESTRICTION OF DISEASE. Reg. zo. The attending physician and any householder in whose dwelling there shall break out a case of cholera, typhus, typhoid, or yellow fever, small-pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 83 membranous croup, measles, whooping-cough, or any other dis- ease which, in the opinion of the Board,may endanger the public health, shall immediately notify the Board of Health of the same, and until instructions are received from the Board, shall not per- mit any clothing or other property that may have been exposed to infection to be removed from the house. Upon the death, re- covery or removal of any person sick %vith such a disease, the rooms occupied and the articles used by him shall be disinfected by the householder in a manner approved of by the Board of Health. Reg. 2i. No pupil shall attend the public schools while having whooping cough, or while any member of the household to which such pupil belongs, or occupant of the house in which he dwells, is sick of small-pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, or any other disease which, in the opinion of the Board, may endanger the public health. Nor shall any such pupil at- tend within a period of two weeks after the recovery, death or removal of any such person, and the disinfection of the household to the satisfaction of the Board. Recovery will not be deemed by the Board to have been established before at least two weeks have elapsed since the beginning of the attack in case of measles, of four weeks in case of small-pox or diphtheria, and of sit weeks in case of scarlet fever. Any pupil coming from such a house- hold shall, before admission, present to the teacher of the school, a permit from the Board of Health, which permit will be granted only after the Board has received a notice from the attending physician that it is now, in his opinion, safe to have the pupil attend school. Reg. 22. 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. Reg. 23. No body shall be disinterred between the first of June and the first of October, without permission from the Board of Health. Reg. 24. At the direction of the Board a flag or placard shall 84 REGULATIONS OF TIIE BOARD OF HEALTH. be displayed in a conspicuous place on any house in which there is a case of small-pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, or other disease which in the opinion of the Board may endanger the public health. No person shall remove or in any way meddle with said flag or placard without permission from the Board of Health. Reg. 25. The body of a person who has died of cholera, small-pox, varioloid, diphtheria, scarlet fever, or any other dis- ease which,in the opinion of the Board, may endanger the public health, shall not be conveyed through the streets in any up- holstered vehicle. Reg. z6. The body of any person dying of cholera,small-pox, varioloid, diphtheria, or scarlet fever, if placed in a receiving tomb, shall be enclosed 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 cholera, small-pox, varioloid, diphtheria or scarlet fever. Reg. 28. The body of any person dying who has previously and within twenty-four days from the (late 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 twenty-four hours be interred, and shall be subject to regulations numbers twenty-six and twenty-seven. SALTING OF SNOW AND ICE. Reg. 29. No person shall sprinkle, scatter or put upon any sidewalk, crossing or street, or upon the rails, switches, or other appliances of a street railway in any street, any salt or mixture of salt, except in accordance with a permit from the Board of Health. i PLUMBING REGULATIONS. Sect. i. No person shall carry on the business of plumbing in the town unless he is a plumber and holds a license from and has registered his name and place of business with the Board of Health, whom lie shall immediately inform of any change therein. The license issued shall be valid only until the first day of the following April, and shall be conditioned upon the skillful and workmanlike performance of all wort: undertaken, and a faithful observance of all the regulations of the Board now or hereafter made in relation to plumbing. Sect. 2. Every plumber, before doing any work in a building shall, except in the case of repair of leaks, file at the office of the Board of Health, upon blanks for the purpose, a notice of the work to be performed, and no such work shall be done in any building without the approval of the Board. Sect. 3. The plumbing of every building upon a street or passageway provided with a public sewer will be required to be separately and independently connected with the public sewer, or with a proper and sufficient drain connected thereto outside of the building. All privy vaults and cesspools shall, as soon as practicable, be discontinued. Sect. 4- Pipes and other plumbing fixtures shall not be covered or concealed from view or used until approved, in writ- ing, by the Inspector of the Board, after proper test made by the plumber in the presence and to the satisfaction of the Inspector, who shall examine the same within two working days after notifi- cation that they are ready for inspection. Where practicable the water pressure test shall he used, otherwise the peppermint or other reliable test approved of by the Board. Sect. S. All chain or soil pipes shall be of four inches internal diameter, and all connecting ventilating pipes shall be of suffi- SG PLUMBING REGULATIONS. cient size. They all, both within and as far as at least three feet outside of the building, as well as the running trap of the drain pipe, shall be of extra heavy cast iron, except that lead pipe may be used for short connections which are exposed to view. Said pipes shall be of uniform thickness throughout, and shall have an average weight not less than that given in the following table 2inch pipe. ... . . .. . . . . . . . . . .... .51 lbs. per foot 3ic . .... . I . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9� « 4 cc << . . . .13 at << << 5 << << << << 6 cc . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 cc 44 cc S << <. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331" << << 10 << << . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...45 " « << 12 << <. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...54. << << 46 Drain pipes shall be properly secured by irons to walls, laid in trenches to uniform grade, or suspended to floor timbers by strong iron hangers. Every drain pipe shall be supplied with a suitable trap, placed with an accessible clean-out, at or near the point where it leaves the building, unless otherwise permitted in writ- ing by the Inspector of Plumbing, and shall have a proper fall. Upon the house side of this running trap, and as near thereto as possible, there shall be a fresh air inlet of four inch cast iron pipe, which may be of the form known as the " direct" when its un- covered opening can be placed sufficiently remote from all open- ings into the building, otherwise it must be of the form known as " indirect." . Drain pipes shall be carried above the roof, open, and undiminished in size, and to a sufficient height, not less than two feet above the roof, and not less than five feet above the top of any opening within fifteen feet into any building. Changes in direction shall be made with curved pipes, and all connections with horizontal or vertical pipes shall be made with Y branches. All drain pipes shall be exposed to sight where practicable within the building, and shall not be exposed to pressure where they pass through walls. Every part of every drain pipe below PLUMBING REGULATIONS. 87 the cellar floor shall be laid in a brick trench with a concrete base, and shall be accessible through sufficient unattached covers. Sect. 6. Iron pipes used in plumbing shall, before being put in place, be first tested by the water pressure or oil test, and then coated inside and out with coal tar pitch, applied hot, or with paint, or with some equivalent substance. .Joints shall be run full with soft molten lead, and thoroughly caulked and made tight. Con- nections of lead pipe with iron pipes shall be made with brass ferrules, properly soldered and caulked to the iron. Sect. 7. The waste pipe of each and every sinl{, basin, bath- tub, water-closet, slop-hopper, and of each set of trays or other fixtures, shall be furnished with a separate trap, which shall be -placed within thirty inches of the fixture that it serves. Traps shall be protected from siphonage or air pressure by special cast iron air pipes of a size not less than the waste pipes they serve, placed outside or below the trap. Lead air pipes may be used where they are exposed to view. Air pipes from water-closet traps shall be of two inch bore if thirty feet or less in length, and of three inch bore if more than thirty feet in length. Air pipes shall run as direct as practicable. Two or more air pipes may be connected together or with a drain pipe; but in every case of connection with a drain pipe such connection shall be above the upper fixture of the building. Sect. 8. Every water-closet, or line of water-closets on the same floor shall be supplied with water from a tank or cistern, and shall have a flushing pipe of not less than one inch in diameter; but this requirement shall not apply to water-closets substituted for vaults, where the same are located outside of the building proper. Such water-closets may be arranged so as to re- ceive their supply directly from the main,with proper. fixtures approved of by the Board of Health. No water-closet shall be placed in an apartment that has not. an opening of at least three square feet directly to the external air, unless there is a duct to the external air through a heated flue opening under or near the seat for taking air. 88 PLUMBING REGULATIONS. Sect. 9. No rain conductor, steam engine exhaust, boiler blow- off or refi-igerator waste, shall be connected with the house drain. All drip or overflow pipes for any fixture shall run into some place in open sight, and never connect directly with the drain pipe. Water pipes in exposed places shall be properly protected from frost. A ventilated grease trap shall be constructed under the sink of every hotel, eating house or other establishment re- quired by the Board, so as to be easily accessible for inspection and cleaning. Sect. io. These regulations apply to all new plumbing work hereafter constructed in the town. :\11 alterations in the future made in plumbing ah-eady in, must be in record with these regu- lations, and such alterations will be ordered by the Board when- ever in their opinion they judge it necessary for the public health and safety. It will be so judged when upon examination by the peppermint test any old plumbing is found to be defective. Watertown, Mass., Sept. iScga. TREASURER'S REPORT, The financial business of the town for the past year has, owing to the unusual business depression, caused the Town Treasurer to depart somewhat from old established routine ways and adapt the business to the exigencies of the times. Xloney has not been received frorn the payment of taxes as promptly as in former years, while at the same time the amount of money to be paid out has been larger on account of increased appropriations and expenditures. To meet this, the Treasurer has, under the direc- tion of the Board of Selectmen, during the year borrowed the following amounts : — April 4, $10,000 at 54 per cent., paid Oct. 4, 1893. June 1, $20,000 at 51 " " Nov. 1, 1893- :k July I, $Io,000 at 6 " " Nov. I, 1893. Nov. 23, $20,000 at 4 due Apr. 23, 1894- ' Dec. 14, $20,000 at 33 " " Apr. 14, 1894- These rates were all very favorable to the town. At the time the loan was placed in July at 6 per cent., other towns and cities were obliged to borrow at rates as high as 8 per cent., while many found themselves unable to borrow at any rate. The last loan placed in December was at a very low rate. The following long-time notes have been issued during the year : — $5,000, Sewer extension, due"April 1, 1895. $5,000, Arsenal street bridge, '' " 1, 1902. $I0,000, Sewer construction, " Jan. 1, Igo1. $5,000, " extension, " July 1, 1897. $5,000, Arsenal street bridge, " July r, igo2. $i,000, Sewer extension, " Jan. 1, 1903. 90 TREASURER'S REPORT. The amount of loan authorized by the vote for sewer construc- tion was $ioo,000, of which, $93,000 has been borrowed, leaving a balance not negotiated, of $7,000. The amount of loan authorized by the vote for sewer extension was $25,000, to which was added a second amount of $4,000 for further extension, making a total of $29,000, of which, $26,000 has been negotiated, leaving a balance of $3,00o not borrowed. The amount of loan authorized by the vote for Arsenal and North Beacon street bridge was $15,000, of which, the whole amount has been borrowed. These long-time notes were all coupon notes bearing 4'1 per cent. interest, and were all sold at a premium. Notes amounting to $15,000 have matured and been paid dur- ing the year. Notes amounting to $io,000 \sill 111 i[Wrc during the year 1894. In accordance with a vote passed by the town, the amount of cash in the hands of the Town Treasurer representing the Martha Sanger Fund, has been placed in the Watertown Savings bank, subject to the order of the town of Watertown, by its treasurer,and at the present time the balance there is $574.40- The Templeton Fund, amounting to $2,500, is represented by a town note given by its Treasurer and held by the Selectmen, on which interest is paid by the town at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The Treasurer would recommend that the.fund also be placed in the Watertown Savings bank. The Pratt bonds amounting to $5,00o are in the hands of the Town Treasurer, and the coupons of these bonds due in June and December have been cut off and passed over to the proper committee. Accompanying this report are given tables showing the amount and nature of all notes for town indebtedness, also the amount of insurance policies now held by the Town Treasurer. TREASURERS REPORT. 91 The amount of business done by the Treasurer during the past year, the details of which are shown in Auditor's Report, is as follows : — Cash received, $z69,319 64 Cash expended, 7-52,694 I z Cash in treasury, $16,625 5z SAMUEL S. GLEASON, Treasurer. The accounts of Samuel S. Gleason, Treasurer, have been duly examined by me, proper vouchers have been shown for expendi- tures, and the balance as here given is correct. GEORGE S. PARKER, Auditor. -.92 TREASURERS REPORT. 0 _ F o z w o ci D as EO he _ � o O at x kv m vi a 0 A �1 to w co m rcf, w - - � v Gsa ca . - . - _ - - - h - o $ Cl CD 0 0 $ o 0 1- 0 0 0 � b .� b b CI 1 ro co "r rl ti N wW C i4 ti 0 [y E+ 0 55�� o 0 0 0 0 0o Q 0 g o QQ a►j 0 25 0 c w If: o b Z5 b o 0 g $ E5 $ o o 0 rl J t-b C W 00 R, O�0 p`p OC W 00 dOD W tQiD W tlQD OQC ODD OC ti rti rl n r1 rl rM t-1 rl r'1 Iti r'1 ry O I 03 r"'1 't-'1 H 0 C1 CI C1 CI CI CI C 'Co M CN9 M OQ TREASURER S REPORT. 9a a ( \ : ( . | cn § � k \ \ \ \ \ f \ 2 h \ : - \ \ � | � � \ § � @ 8 § @ a s } § § § § at, « / a � } \ / k , � B0 \ \ / Ll 6 a ® # k � -4 . = o � Co 0 / � 7 = 94 TREASURER'S EEPORT. a m 8 ti Ut Ci M I .. rti rl 'r N '+ (� b LJ In ILA C7 U U o ° cd O c0 �' cdi d " R d ° O w a c i U m a a "" x Da � w m rn o Es '�' A p " rl > m M:. cd. o m w a •�• d d m °o a a a d � � v H A b o� a �3 'r°, z° a �o b W m W U m ...• a p c w E 4 TREASURERS REPORT. 93 # 6 ' r £ § e . m \ / A m m m m w 4 § 8 E § 8 m \ \ § f \ § \ g m . � § 3 0 2 § m u 2 ] 2 0 \ k o o k f § o a ; o § : ; 5 2 ■ 5 = � k / ` � k f f ƒ § § ( ) _ \ d @ ; o § 00 - � \ \ . § _ � § - B � � � k § ] [ & u m c 4 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK, Statistics of Births, Marriages and Deaths registered in the town of Watertown, from Jan. 1, 1893 to Jan. I, I894- I3IRTIIS. Whole number of births, 189 Males, 87 Females, Ioa Born in Watertown, 176 it " Boston, 3 " " Belmont, 1 cc cc Newton, z Roxbury, I " Waltham, cc ac Cambridge, I Alabama, I Marblehead, 1 Salem, I Born of American parents, 69 " " an(] Irish parents, zo " " British Province parents, IS •' " " English parents, j " " " Scotch " 1 " Irish parents, 49 and English parents, I British Province parents, 4- British Province parents, I I " " it and English parents, I " it " " Scotch " I " " it " Italian " I it " Scotch parents, 3 cc 11 English it 3 " " Norwegian and Swede parents, I West Indian parents, I REPORT OF TOWN CLERK. 97 MARRIAGES. The whole number of marriages registered for the year was eighty-six (86). First marriage of both parties, 78 First and second marriage of both parties, 7 First and third " �� I 86 OCCUPATION OF GROOMS. One clergyman, 2 expressmen, z firemen, 16 laborers, I ledge- man, 2 paper makers, I mechanic, I insurance agent, 5 clerks, I drug clerk, I shoemaker, 4 machinists, I keeper of insane asy- lum, I printer, I paper machine tender, I proprietor of steam carpet cleansing establishment, I plumber, I shoe dealer, I silk manufacturer, I electrician, 4 farmers, z milkmen, I interpreter, I grain dealer, I merchant, 2 carpenters, I tinsmith, z painters, I woolsorter, I bicycle setter, I shoe manufacturer, I cigar maker, 2 salesmen, I brick mason, I student, I cloth inspector, I fruit dealer, I jeweller, I horse shoer, I grocer, I florist, 3 blacksmiths, I sup't water works, I collector, I gardener, I loom fixer, I tan- ner, I bookkeeper, I car conductor, I gas worker, I iron moulder, i carriage drirer. OCCUPATION OF BRIDES. Four housekeepers, 6 dressmakers, 25 at home, 22 domestics, I jewel worker, I seamstress, z mill hands, I table waiter, 4 teachers, 4 milliners, I watch factory operative, I paper bag maker, 2 weavers, I presswoman, 4 bookkeepers, I art teacher, I yarn examiner, I proof reader, I overseer, I cook, I laundress. DEATHS. The whole number of deaths registered for the year was one hundred and forty-eight (148), twenty-two more than was recorded for the year 1892. Of these seventy-two (7z) were males, and seventy-six (76) were females. CONDITION. Single, 73 Married, 40 Widowed, 35 98 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK. NAME, AGE AND CONDITION OF PERSONS DECEASED, AGED SEVENTY YEARS AND OVER. Name. Yrs. Dios. Days. Condition. Julia Kelley, 89 9 Widow. Mary Dana Ames, 89 5 20 44 Eliza Cooper, 89 44 Adeline Phelps, 87 9 49 Jacob Smith, 85 10 24 Widower. Andrew M. Annis, 87 " Mary Norris Robbins, 88 3 I Widow. Eveline A. Bent, 85 8 44 Sabra B. Kendall, 82 8 14 Widower. Elizabeth M. Brown, 81 4 4 Married. Daniel Adams Tainter, 81 1 1 Catherine Ford, 8o Widow. Catherine Hart, 82 Married. Cornelius Riley, 8o cc Martha Whitney, 79 Single. Margaret Mecline, 79 Widow. Eleanor Paine Ruggles, 78• 10 10 " Sara A. Bradley, 78 2 4 " Eliza Ann Goodhue, 78 1 10 " John Page, 77 3 14. Married. Horace Wheeler, 75 7 9 Widower. Mary Connors, 75 Widow. Sarah Ann White, 74 `� Edmund O'Day, 74 Widower. James M. Bean, 73 3 2I Married. 66 William Lyman Akin, 73 2 8 George W. Blanchard, 72 9 20 Widower. Charles S. Stearns, 72 29 Married. Harriet Wood, 71 7 25 Widow. David W. Houghton, 71 6 10 Widower. Lucius M. Pinkham, 70 Married. Andrew McKeown, 70 Widower. John Manning, 70 cc Bridget Burke, 70 Widow. REPORT OF TOWN CLERK. 99 Number of persons deceased under five years of age, is 40 " " between 5 and Io years of age, is 7 cc cc cc cc IO and 20 cc 5 cc cc cb cc 20 and 30 cc cc 12 cc c< cc cc 3o and 40 cc cc 9 " it 4o and 50 " °' 8 cc cc cc cc 50 and 6o cc cc 1 cc cc cc cc 6o and 70 cc cc Is Number over 70, as above, 34 148 DOGS. The whole number of dogs licensed during the year, was 293. 283 males at $2.0o each, $566 00 7 females at 5.00 " 35 00 $601 00 Less clerk's fees, 58 00 $543 00 EAST CAMBRIDGE, MASS., June io, 1893- Received of Fred. E. Critchett, Town Clerk of Watertown, Mass., Two Hundred Twenty-nine and M Dollars, on account of Dog Licenses, as per his return of June 8, 1893. $229.80. J. O. HAYDEN, County Treasurer. EAST CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Dec. II, 1893. Received of Fred. E. Critchett, Town Clerk of Watertown, Mass., Three Hundred Thirteen �z� Dollars, on account of Dog Licenses, as per his return of Dec. 8, 1893- $313.20. J. O. HAYDEN, County Treasurer. 100 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK. Town Grants and Appropriations for the Year 1893. Support of schools, - $27,500 oa Manual training in the schools, I'000 oa Highways, bridges and culverts, 13,000 00 Watering highways, . 600 oo Fire department, 6,500 00 Police, 6,500 00 Pay town debt, 15,000 00 Interest on town debt, 7,000 00 Insurance, 440 00 Public library, and dog tax, 3600 00 Concrete walks, 2,000 00 Street lights, 6,300 00 Contingent, 1,000 00 Printing, 1,()00 00 Salaries, of which the assessors are to be paid $1,0001 3,600 oa Discounts and abatements, 2,500 00 Lighting and care of town hall, 600, o0 Care of cemeteries, 100 00 Publishing valuation of the town, 200 00 Decorating soldiers' graves, 250 00 State aid, 500 00 Military aid, 500 00 Relief aid, 250 00 Health department, 41o00 00 Town improvement, 200 00 Hydrants, 8,700 00 Support of poor, 5,000 00 Bath house, 150 00 << repairs, 100 00 Sewer department and house connections, 5,500 00 Grading and curbing around Soldiers' monument, 700 00 Procuring Town Treasurer's bond, 180 00 Sewer extension through Waltham street, Swett court and Bridge street, 4,000 00 $128,370 00 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK. 101 Of this amount, it was voted that the _ sum of one hundred and nineteen thousand,three hundred and seventy dollars be assessed on the polls and estates the current year, $119,370 00 That the sum of five thousand dollars be paid from the Contingent funds in the hands of the Town Treasurer, $5,000 00 That the sum of four thousand dollars for sewer extension through Wal- - tham street, Swett court and Bridge street be borrowed on the notes of the town at the rate of 43 per cent. per annum, payable in the year igo3, $4,000 00 $128,370 00 LIBRARY IN SELECTMEN'S ROOM. 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Reports of Cities of the Commonwealth, 35 vols. Report on the Public Records of Parishes, Towns and Counties, by Carroll D. Wright, I Vol. Report of State Board of Health on Sewerage of Mystic and Charles River Valleys, I I copies. The Australian Ballot System, by John H.Wigmore, 1 Vol. Bond's History of Watertown, I Vol. Laws and Resolves of Massachusetts, 174—'85, 1 Vol. Fifteenth Registration Report, Massachusetts, 1891, 1 Vol. Respectfully submitted. FRED. E. CRITCHETT, Town Clerk. TOWN IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, The Town Improvement Association has'in various directions continued its work through the past year. It has acted as an agent of the town in setting out trees, the treasurer of the society, Mr. Charles F. Jackson, faithfully overseeing the work. The entire number of trees set out since 1884 for the town, through the agency of this Association, is now nine hundred and forty-five. This has already made a great difference during the past decade in the aspect of our streets. Still greater will be the change sure to come in the next ten years, so deeply rooted are the trees and throwing out such fast widening areas of foliage. The streets thus lined will become bowers. It is to be regretted that people sometimes are so particular to hitch their horses in the wrong place, namely, to a wayside tree. The mutilation that may follow is very discouraging to the officers of the Asso- ciation. It was our purpose to plant trees along the borders of school- yards, the School Committee giving its approbation, and the Bemis school yard was selected as a beginning point. Although this purpose could not conveniently be carried out last year, such improvement is among the plans for the coming year. At a late Association meeting, attention was called to the Coolidge School grounds that resemble a prison yard for the use of convicts rather than a spot of recreation for innocent, happy children. The Asso- ciation voted to reserve for school yards some of the trees to be purchased this spring, and it is hoped that the Coolidge yard will be remembered and have less of a penal look than it has to-day. As everything pertaining to an improvement of the surface of the town, falls within the scope of our work as an Association, it is fitting to call attention to our sidewalks in winter. In summer REPORT OF IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. 105 they are our pride. Few towns have such fine and continuous sidewalks as border many of the Watertown streets. One in summer can stroll through the town, beginning at Mt. Auburn bridge and continuing to the. Newton line on Galen Street, and his feet will always press a concrete walk or in our business quarters one of brick. What is our pride in summer becomes our shame in winter. We allow the snow to remain on our side- walks after the passage of a snow-plow, and the flakes soften into a slush that is a seed-bed for chills and pneumonia, or hardens into a rough surface where a pedestrian may suddenly find an uncomfortable bed of another kind. As there is no town ordi- nance compelling any attention to such an evil, we can only rely on the sense of personal faithfulness. Such faithfulness may give a careless neighbor an uneasy conscience and good come from it. The Association has been interested in the statute giving town authorities power to exterminate insect-pests. Every year we see trees that are disfigured by such nests of evil, not only un- sightly objects but a menace to everything green in the neighbor- hood, and yet their owners are entirely neglectful of the nuisance. The Association would recommend that the town accept the act giving authority for the removal of this evil. The Association has not been unmindful of the great public improvement contemplated in the widening of Mt. Auburn Street. The secretary of the Association,Mr. W. H. Ingraham, so long and so honorably identified with the welfare of the town, prepared a paper on the widening of the street, to which the Association listened with great interest. The paper was a plea for the above improvement and showed that ill the lower part of Mt. Auburn Street a work of re-construction might be also a work of restoration, as in the past there have been repeated en- croachments on the original lines of the street. The president of the Association has pleaded for a width of a hundred feet east of the centre of the town and for the greater part of the way to Mt. Auburn. If this were made the standard width, some time in the future there might be an opportunity to bring other parts of 106 REPORT OF IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. the street out to these limits. Whatever the County Commis- sioners may decide upon as the new width of the street, the Asso- ciation will thankfully accept the improvement. The Association is not only desirous of securing street im- provements but would call attention to the subject of parks and park acquisitions. At the present time, the town has a so-called park on Main Street. Its condition is not a.credit to the town. There is no reason why unsightly piles of sewer pipes should longer disfigure the grounds. Their continuance on the line of one of our principal and much travelled streets, is to strangers only a conspicuous advertisement of municipal neglect. The Association would recommend that the sewer pipes and adjoin- ing shanty be removed to other town land and that the grounds be cleared up. The Grand Army Post fittingly asks that the town appropriate money to keep the grounds about the Soldiers' Monument neat and tidy. Why should not some measure of the same care be extended to the entire tract? One feels that at some seasons it only needs the turning in of a drove of cows to complete its resemblance to a country pasture. Its condition does not reflect credit upon us; neither is it a fair expression of that spirit of enterprise which I know has its home in this town. It is not like the progressive spirit of Watertown to allow any such state of affairs to be continued. The river-park, on the south bank of the Charles, is in an embryonic condition. Something has been accomplished by way of filling and grading, and that partial improvement is noticed with pleasure. A beautiful spot may be made there, and if to it there should be given the name Pequosset, meaning, according to the late Prof. E. N. Horsford, " In the neighbor- hood of white water," there would be a beautiful harmony be- tween the name and the location. Let a stranger, coming fi•om Newton, catch the white flash of the waters falling over the dam in May, and near it a picturesque park of green, and beyond it a swelling background of the spring under the azure of the REPORT OF IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. 107 sky—would it not be a pretty anticipation of the many beautiful features of our charming old town? We must all be interested in the improvements, by way of boulevards and parks, proposed by our enterprising neighbor, Newton. Let one examine the map of "Proposed Boulevard Routes," in the report sent to me through the courtesy of Mr. ,John C. Brimblecom. There will be found on the map some broad tracings in green, labeled 11 Proposed Park-areas." Of these broad lines, one sweeps down upon Boyd's Pond and sponges it up. Then the line divides, and its two branches go clown the two sides of Morse's Pond, enclosing it, in anticipation of the park-like shrubbery supposed to be there some time. Beyond the pond, the western line of green is continued to Charles river. This, of course, is a paper-extension into Watertown territory, and its realization will require the coopera- tion of Watertown, but this, without doubt, will be given. It shows, though, of what importance any improvement of the south bank of the river becomes. In itself desirable, it will con- nect us most picturesquely with the improvements Newton is so commendably planning. In this same report I find this state- ment: '° One of the most attractive improvements suggested in the recent discussions of parks, parkways, boulevards and public reservations, is a driveway following the Charles river from the basin and embankments in Boston through the whole Metropolitan District to Dedham,returning to the city through parkways already projected and nearly finished. Such a way would connect the increasing public reservations on the river, by means of which it is hoped to secure nearly the whole of both banks of the river in public ownership, for sanitary as well as esthetic purposes. On account of the different municipalities interested, if that great improvement is ever accomplished, it must be done by some such general agency as the Metropolitan Park Commission. Newton should be prompt to do its part whenever the time comes, for to no other city or town would it be of greater benefit." In all this, Watertown is as much interested as Newton, and doubtless will do 108 REPORT OF IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. its part. It illustrates the value of any improvement of the south bank of the river,and though the Association did not think it wise to recommend any financial outlay to-day, yet the time is coming when a liberal expenditure will be justifiable. The reference in the Newton report to the Metropolitan Park 'Commission lets us out upon the surface of a topic of still ampler breadth. Upon that commission has been placed a prominent Watertown citizen, Mr. A. L. Richards, and his appointment is a gratification to all Watertown residents. It would open wide the eyes of any drowsy Rip Van Winkle to read the recommended improvements of the Park Commission, and its work is amply justified when we read a statement of the so-called Metropolitan District, including eleven cities, besides Boston, and twenty-four towns, among which is Watertown. At the time of the report, this could be said : '° The cities and towns above named contain altogether eight hundred and eighty-eight thousand inhabitants, or close upon forty per cent. of the entire population of the Commonwealth. The proposed district is also, as respects both population and wealth, the most rapidly increasing part of Massachusetts. A city population is fast diffusing itself over it. It is not unsafe to pre- dict that, containing nearly nine hundred thousand inhabitants now, it will contain a inillion and a half within a measurable time. To all practical intents and purposes also that population will consist of the inhabitants of one large municipality. This state of affairs cannot but call for some common regulation of many things entering of necessity into modern civilized life." Among these " many things" a park system is mentioned. Watertown, as a part of this metropolitan area, is profoundly interested in all such improvements. Its widened Mt. Auhurn street will be a very beautiful line in the network of metropolitan avenues. Let us recall the parks neat us, already under way or contemplated. To the east of us is Fresh Pond Park, and soon there will be the Cambridge reservoir and its adjacent park, in Belmont. North of us is the territory already taken as a setting REPORT OF IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. 109 to the famous Waverley Oaks and sparkling Beaver brook- South and west of us will be the Newton and Waltham parks. Within our own borders there is an opportunity for a fine park, which has been already discussed in town circles. I mean the wooded slopes above Whiting Park, and the adjacent town lands extending to Orchard street. This, though, is only a fraction of Watertown possibilities. There are the unimproved banks of our winding Charles. The advice of the Metropolitan Park Commission is that these unimproved banks, extending back from Boston and Charlestown, receive thought and care, and that changes for the better be made. These banks are now too often dreary surfaces of mud or rank growths of marsh grass. What an opportunity for river-side improvements! One is led to ask, in view of all the above, what ought to be done by Watertown,. just now? Ought there not to be inside of its limits a board that can give intelligent and thorough consideration to all chances for local improvement, and that can confer with the Metropolitan Park Commission? There ought to be not only consideration, but improvement of any opportunities that may be offered. As a help to this, will not the town accept the Park Act,which does not necessarily involve expenditure, only as the town may be pleased to provide for it, but does ask for the appointment of park com- missioners, who shall give special attention to this whole subject, advising the town from time to time as need may be, and ready to meet the Metropolitan Park Commissioners and confer with them ? The Association would recommend that the town accept the so-called Park Act. As we review the great natural advantages enjoyed by our town, we may well be grateful to our Heavenly Father. We have an agreeable diversity of surface, both hill and valley. We have fine stretches of uplands, with their noble, command- ing views. We have charming nooks in the vallevs, where many, after a weary participation in the city's traffic, find homes of isolation and rest. There is the Charles River, with its many graceful turns, along whose course is felt, at every tide, the pulse of the Atlantic beating as far as the Watertown clam. 110 REPORT OF IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. Nature has richly dowered the town. Possession, though, leaves an obligation. Having received, we are to give. Let us be grateful for the opportunity to make all this neigborhood a beautiful garden-city, where many more will find a delightful shelter, retreat, and rest. The statement of the Treasurer of t11e Association is attached to this report. The Association has voted to recommend the customary appro- priation of $200, that the planting of trees along the streets or in any public grounds may be continued. EDWARD A. RAND. Pres. of Town Improvement Association. Treasurer's Report for 1893-4. DR. To Appropriation, $200 00 Amount received from abutters, 86 of Bills receivable, 1892, 3 50 $z89 51 CR. Shady Hill Nursery Co., seventy-eight trees, $71 50 Gilkey & Stone, protectors, 61 10 Labor, 103 88 Loam, 24 50 Incidentals, 3 36 Cash on hand, 25 17 $r89 51 C. F. JACKSON, Treasure)-. AUDITOR'S REPORT. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JATNUARY 31, 1894. RECEIPTS. Cash in treasury, Feb. 1, 1893, $9,024 24 $9,024 24 BORROWED, IN ANTICIPATION OF TAXES. S. T. Sharp, at 5+ afo, $I0,000 00 S. T. Sharp, at 53, a/o, 20,000 00 T. Putnam Symonds, at 6 %a, 10,000 00 State of Massachusetts, at 4 20,000 00 New England Trust CO., 39 �fo, 20,000 00 William E. Farwell, taxes of 189o, 494 98 cc cc c: 64 :c 1891, 8,158 8o G: 44 Ct ♦< « IJ92, 13,350 29 1893, Io5,5o3 52 $207,507 59 RECEIVED ON ACCOUNT OF THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS : Almshouse, $2,682 36 Arsenal street bridge, 10,000. 00 Cemeteries, 297 25 Concrete walks, 925 03 Contingent, 8,969 79 Health department, 187 90 Highways, bridges and culverts, 638 15 Interest, 498 18 Military aid, 293 00 relief, 210 6o Police, 561 79 112 AUDITORS REPORT. Public library, 778 49 Schools, 19 12 Sewerage department, 10,000 00 Sewer extension, II,950 28 C 9 department and house connec- tions, 3,487 37 State aid, 593 00 Street lights, 2 00 Street watering, 288 00 Templeton fund, 123 00 Town hall, 282 50 $52,787 Sr $269,319 64 EXPENDITURES. Watertown Savings bank, note Of July 12, 1891, $I,500 00 William Bassett, note of Jan. 26, 1893, 20,000 00 S. T. Sharp, note of April 4, 1893, 10,000 00 64 << << 11 June 1, 1893, 20,000 00 T. Putnam Symonds, notes of July 8, 1893, 10,000 00 State tax, 8,275 00 County tax, 61757 05 Sewer tax, 2,863 33 $79,395 33 PAID ON ACCOUNT OF TIIE FOLLOWING DEPART- TMENTS: Almshouse, $8,079 26 Arsenal street bridge, 10,913 84 Bath house, 167 37 Bond for treasurer, ISO 00 Cemeteries, 247 59 Concrete walks, 3,016 70 Contingent, 4,753 74 AUDITOR IS REPORT. 113 Discounts and abatements, $6,182 09 Fire department, 6)539 24 Grading and curbing around Soldiers' monument, 700 O0 Highways, bridges and culverts, 15,300 46 Health department, 3,120 80 Hydrant service, 8,520 00 Insurance, 489 00 Interest, 8,163 80 Isaac B. Patten Post 8r, G. A. R., 250 00 Martha Sanger fund, 610 40 Military aid, Chap. 279, 496 00 64 relief, Chap. 2.98, 409 92 Police, 6,087 12 Printing, 921 50 Printing earlier town records, 436 36 Public library, 4,229 ro Salaries, 3,600 00 Sewerage, 6,044 59 Sewer extension, 11,018 85 Sewer department and house connec- tions, 9,366 09 State aid, 660 00 Street lights, 6,298 83 Street watering, 986 ro Schools, 28,5r8 54 Templeton fund, 123 00 Town hall, 1,168 45 Town Improvement society, 200 00 Town debt, 15,000 00 -- $1-73,293 74 $252,694 12 C ash in treasury, Feb. 1, 1894, r6,625 52 $z69,319 64 11 AUDITOR IS REPORT. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES IN DETAIL. ALMSHOUSE. Receitts. Appropriation, $5,000 00 Abram Johnson, board, 96 oo John Reed, sale of produce, 983 71 Commonwealth, aid rendered State paupers, 324 44 Town of Belmont, aid rendered Mrs. 1 Connors and Jerry Colbert, 494 00 City of Worcester, aid rendered Mrs. Clohssey, 128 oo City of Waltham, aid rendered Mary J. Smith, 169 oo Town of Abington, aid rendered Mrs. Wm. Connors, I04 00 City of Boston, aid rendered Kate Pat- tison, 45 O0 City of Lawrence, aid rendered Mal- achi Hart, 17 8o Received for board of Bridget Riley,. 70 10 Highway Department, hay and straw, 250 31 $7,682 36 Contingent transfer, 396 90 $8,o79 26 Expenditures. SALARIES. John Reed, keeper, $500 00 Hiram McGlauflin, almoner, 105 14 Dr. M. J. Kelley, physician, 200 00 John Callahan, labor, 224 00 Mary Hartnett, domestic, 136 50 AUDITORS REPORT. 115 Bridget Cahill, domestic, $46 oo Jane Frazer, cc 6 oo $1,217 64 GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS. Hackett Brothers, provisions, $112 67 Wm. H. Lyman, 'c 117 46 H. P. Mason, " 129 19 Lynch Brothers, groceries, III 90 IN. B. Hartford, " 125 30 E. C. & A. B. Hall, groceries, 149 34 Edward A. Benton, << 37- 30 J. A. Harding, fish, 54 63 J. D. Monahan, tea, 60 64 J. H. Snow, fish, 61 77 $I,OI I 20 HAY AND GRAIN. Perkins &: Co., hay and grain, $417 39 S. B. Green & Co., hay and grain, 59 56 — $477 45 DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING. Otis Brothers, dry goods, $70 91 George C. Lunt & Co., dry goods, 15 36 Mrs. John F. Regan, cc 22 94 Parlin & Roche, clothing, 24 50 York & Holland, shoes, 3 75 $137 96 FUEL. Thomas Gavin, filel, $21 75 Patrick Condon & Sons, fuel, 69 32 W. H. Pevear & Co., fuel, 16 oo A. E. Dennis, Thompson Co., 185 00 $292 07 116 AUDITOR ISREPORT. BLACKS111THING AND REPAIRS. Nolan Brothers, shoeing, $23 76 C. H. Rollins, plumbing, 3 71 John Ross, repairing, 48 15 D. J. Mahoney, harness repairs, 31 55 Walker &PrattManuf'ng Co., furnace repairs, 15 65 $122 82 MISCELLANEOUS. George E. Teele, hardware, $55 42 R. H. Paine, Ll 55 38 A. C. Fletcher, cc 21 18 Gilkey & Stone, lumber•, 16 9r James A. Ready, fire escape, i85 00 Fred. C. Howard, tobacco, 81 60 Thos. H. Wicks, carpenter work, 31 40 L. Bent & Co., upholstering, 22 41 E. S. Plaisted & Co., potatoes, 17 75 Henry Collins, wall papering, 17 6S Watertown Water Supply Co., 50 00 Geo. F. Taylor, medicine, 30 Geo. F. Butler & Co., medicine, S go Geo. E. Teele, painting cart, 10 00 C. H. Keefe, upholstering, 3 70 W. C. Howard, ice, 77 94 Fred. G. Barker, Enterprise, 1 50 J. R. McLauthlin, vet'ry surg'n, pro- fessional services, 9 50 Health department, swill, 100 00 C. A. Raymond, burial Margaret Mc- Cline, 20 00 H. W. Macurdy, carpenter work, 3 00 Guy P. Danforth, medicine, 1g 10 B. T. Rundlett, painting almshouse, 1-5 00 AUDITOR 7S REPORT. 117 B. T. Rundlett, glazing and repairs, $14 25 Berry & Moody, repairing cottage, 157 95 Geo. H. Sleeper, manure, 45 00 Geo. F. Black, medicine, 3 40 J. B. Woodward, medicine, II 45 Mrs. John Reed, 25 00 $1,200 72 ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS OUTSIDE OIL ALMSIIOUSE. Abban, Mary, $127 67 Burke, Fred., 9 25 Butterfield, Harriet L., 146 oo Byrnes, Mrs. M. C., 24 64 Beatty, Robert, 69 oo Coffin, Zach. 10 00 Claflin, Mrs. R. F., 22 01 Clark, Margaret, monthly aid, 48 00 Corcoran, Mrs. P., " 138 50 Clohssev, Mrs. Thomas, groceries, 104 00 Connors, Mrs. William, 121 25 Chalmers, Hugh G., 46 oo Cronin, D., 6 oo Donovan, James, 3 40 Doughty, Charles, rent, 67 25 Eagan, Festus, 6 0o Eustis, John, 12 00 Flynn, Margery, 155 40 Fahey, James, 80 89 Ford, Anolia, 339 38 Farraher, M., groceries, 82 08 Gallagher, Mrs. Michael, III 70 Hart, Malachi, 2 80 Halliday, Maud, 4 00 Hill, Mrs. David, 51 58 Keirsted, Michael, 4 00 118 AUDITORS REPORT. Kerr, D. E., $12 00 Keefe, Mrs., 2 00 King, Harriet, 6 oo Learned, Miss A. B., rent, 5 00 Lyons, James, 18 00 McDonald, John, go 63 Mills, William H., 5 00 Moore, William, 81 74 Murray, Mrs. Michael C., IS 65 O'Neil, J. Mrs., 3 25 Norcross, George G., 55 15 Nally, John, rent and groceries, 163 00 O'Brien, James, 14 50 O'Brien, Christie, 6o oo Patterson, Kate, 64 56 Pyle, Emma, groceries, 47 00 Print, Albert, 194 74 Radigan, Thomas F., 119 00 Rinn, John, rent, 6o oo Rooney, Elizabeth, groceries, I12 00 Riley, Bridget, 70 Io Soars, H. S., 4 00 Smith, Mrs. Annie, groceries, I22 93 Smith, Mary J. Mrs., monthly aid, 123 00 Sprague, Ellen M., 6 oo Walker, Harold, groceries, 19 50 Walsh, Lavina F., 72 43 Vahey, Mrs. John, rent and groceries, 199 47 $3,542 45 ;MISCELLANEOUS. Chas. A. Raymond, burial children Malachi Hart, $15 00 Chas. A. Raymond, burial Albert Print, 15 00 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 119 C. S. Emerson, M. D., medical at- tendance, $6 00 J. B. Woodward, medicine, 39 45 D. A. Robbins, carriage hire, 1 50 $76 95 $8,079 26 ARSENAL STREET BRIDGE. Recetfits. Balance Feb. 1, 1893, $3,109 99 Appropriation, 10,000 00 $13,109 99 Exfienditures. City of Boston,inspectors, $182 00 '' " printing specifications, 1 04 Benjamin Young, contractor, 5,688 30 Miller & Shaw, iron work, 133 58 Boston Roofing & Paving Co., labor, 41 70 Michael McGurn, care of danger sig- nals, 13 50 Patrick McGurn,care of danger signals, 4 50 H. E. Kay, " 4415 65 Thomas Quinlan, " it 5 00 Thomas McCue, " " 3 51 Rockwell & Churchill, specifications, 14 17 Employes' pay-roll, 22 94 P. J. Kelly, labor, 83 00 Lawrence Barry, drilling holes, 5 25 Gilkey & Stone, lumber, 17 16 Moses Whiting, carpenter work, 43 72 F. C. Harthertz, repairs, 9 87 David H. Andrews, contractor on draw, 4,625 00 Chas. H. Stevens, recording deeds, 3 95 If $10,913 84 Balance Feb. 1, 1894, 2,196 15 $13,109 99 120 AUDITOR'S REPORT. BATH HOUSE. Receipts. Appropriation, $150 00 << for repairs, 100 00 $250 00 Expenditures. Thos. Greenhalgh, care of bath house, $150 00 E. C. & A. B. Hall, soap, etc., 35 Stearns & Co., carpenter work, 15 77 John Ross, repairs, 1 25 $167 37 Balance to contingent, 82 63 $250 00 BOND FOR TREASURER. Receipts Appropriation, $180 00 $180 00 Expenditures. Ellison, Coolidge & Co., bond, $1 So 00 $130 00 CONTINGENT. o Receipts. Appropriation, $1,000 00 46 for publishing valua- tion of town, 200 00 Corporation tax, 1892, 126 07 94 " 1S93, 7,748 43 Nat*2naI bank tax, 1893, 868 1S Fol ign ship tax, 1S93, 10 56 J. B. Woodward, license, 1 00 G. P. Danforth, 44 1 00 Geo. F. Black, 1 00 ti AUDITORS REPORT. 121 Harrie L. Coe., license, $1 00 Reed &McKinsie,"merry-go-'round" license, 21 00 Circus licenses, 20 00 Dan'l C. Smith, military aid rebate, 24 00 Premium on Arsenal street bridge note, 37 50 S. S. Gleason, auctioneer's license, 2 00 Jonathan Bigelow, " 2 00 L. N. Hamblin, billiard hall license, 2 00 ' O'Connell, pool-room license, 2 00 Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co.,license, 6 oo Wm. Finnerty, sale of grass at park, 5 00 Premium on Sewer Extension notes, 35 25 D. J. Mahoney, weighing fees, J5 So $io,i69 79 Overlay tax, 2,183 78 Unexpended balances. Bath house, 82 63 Cemeteries, 149 66 Health, i,o67 10 Hydrants, ISO 00 Interest, 154 17 Military aid, 297 00 Military relief, 5o 68 Police, 974 67 Printing, 7S 50 Public library, 49 39 Schools, 5S Sewer extension, 337 66 State aid, 433 00 Street lights, 3 1 $3,S5S zi Balance, 725 94 $16.937 72 122 AUDITORS REPORT. Expeiaditures. Fred. G. Barker, advertising, $102 25 McLauthlin & Co., stationery, 77 71 Henry M. Meek, it 5 00 Wm. H. H. Wood, " 1 70 Thos. Groom & Co., 6 So W. E. Peterson, M. D. V., examining cattle, 648 00 N.E. Telephone Co.,rent of telephone, 77 45 Fred. E. Critchett, clerk for assessors, IO2 00 Wm. A. Carrie, check books, 16 00 State of Mass., druggists' licenses, 1 00 L. A. J. Ayer, damage to team, 6 of Kern & McLeod, abstracts of deeds, 35 10 Berry & Moody, repairing booths, 22 55 L. B. Porter, street numbers, 4 00 Alice McGurn, injuries received on Cottage street, 250 00 R. H. Paine, hardware, 30 T. F. Kelley, use of land for ball games for boys of town, 25 00 National Express Co., expressage, 1 50 J. H. Critchett & Son, 11 45 Emerson Express Co., " I 35 John B. Goodrich, legal services, c 1 6 00 Jos. P. Lyons, b' " 25 00 J. J. Sullivan, 4 " 85 00 F. E. Crawford, '6 " 205 00 Henry R. Skinner, " 10 00 Robert Elder, killing caterpillars, 21 60 National bank tax, 951 71 John A. York, ringing bell, 2 00 G. N. Priest, " " 5 25 E. S. Plaisted, " 4 50 Election officers, March election, 92 00 AUDITORS REPORT. 123 L. P. Wiley, refreshments, $115 50 W. G. Morgan, care of town clock, 50 00 Geo. E. Teele, hardware, 1 55 O. W. Dirnick, board of registrars, 72 50 C. D. Regan, " " 72 50 L. B. Tarlton, " " 36 25 Geo. E. Teele, " " 36 25 Fred. E. Critchett, " " 82 50 " " " entrance of revised by-laws, 00 Berry & Moody, repairing hay scales, 6 63 Thos. E. Stanley, carriage hire, 2 00 B. E. Potter, " " 17 00 F. K. Hubbard, " " 43 00 Fred. E. Critchett, photographic views, 2 25 Paine's Furniture Co., cabinet, 32 00 Thos.H. Wicks, carpenter work at park, 45 05 A. W. Mitchell Manuf'ng Co., badges, 15 00 Julian A.Mead,M.D., medical attendance, io oo Thos. B. Wishart, repairing fence, 4 33 D. A. Robbins, carriage hire, 1 00 Chas.F.Jackson,surveying for assessors, 22 25 Arthur B. Curtis, repairing safe, 2 00 Little, Brown & Co., books, 5 50 L. B. Tarlton, services as juror, 4 30 Chas. F. Bustin, " " 4 30 W. H. Ingraham, copying valuation of town, 30 00 F. E. Critchett, copying valuation of town, 30 00 C. H. Keefe, moving furniture, 1 50 Wm. Finnerty, labor at park, 15 75 Martin and Catherine McDonough,in- juries received on Riverside place, 300 00 Fred. G. Barker, tax valuation books, 2S5 00 124 AUDITOR�s REPORT. Election officers, state election, $84 00 Election tellers, °t ct 24 00 Clerk of Courts, Middlesex Co., rec- ording by-laws, 1 50 Chas. A. Raymond, returning deaths to Board of Health, 14 50 D. J. Mahoney, weighing fees, 27 90 69 " ticket book, I 50 Cecilia Devanney, injuries received on Riverside place, 225 00 Fred. E. Critehett, returning births, deaths and marriages, r24 20 $4,753 74 TRANSFERS TO OVERDRAWN ACCOUNTS AUTHORIZED BY VOTE OF THE TOWN. Almshouse, $396 90 Concrete walks, gr 67 Discounts and abatements, 3,682 o9 Fire, , 39 24 Highway, bridges and culverts, 2,162 3r Insurance, 49 00 Sewer department and house connec- tions, 378 72 Street watering, 98 Io Town hall, 285 95 $7,183 98 Balance ofappropriations,not assessed, 5,000 00 $16,937 fie CEMETERIES. Receipts. Appropriation, $100 00 Grave lot, No. 240, 6 oo 44 " 2411 28 00 44 << << 2421 45 00 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 1`5 Grave lot, No. 243, $10 00 2441 25 00 cc c. cc 246, 3S 25 << << << 247, 100 00 << << cc 249, 25 00 c< cc cc 251, IO 00 253, to 00 $397 25- Expenditures. Alex. Gregg, care of cemeteries, $220 00 Water Supply Co., water, 14 72 Ethan A. Paddock, tree protectors, 9 50 A. C. Fletcher, rake, 37 Berry & Moody, carpenter work, 3 00 $247 59 Balance to contingent, 149 66 $397 25. CONCRETE WALKS. Recei fits. Appropriation, $2,000 00 Assessments collected, 841 03 P. J. Keenan, bill not paidi S4 00 $2,925 03 Contingent transfer 91 67 $3,o16 70. Expenditures. D. F. Tripp, concreting, $2,932 70 P. J. Keenan, labor, 84 00 $3,o16 70- 126 AUDITOR 9S REPORT. DISCOUNTS AND ABATEMENTS. Receipts. Appropriation, $2,500 00 Contingent transfer, 3,682 09 $6,182 09 Expenditures. W. E. Farwell, abatements, $6,182 09 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Receipts. Appropriation, $6,500 00 Balance to contingent, 39 24 $6,539 24 Expenditures. PAY ROLLS. Board of Engineers, $285 00 Steam Fire Engine Co., 510 00 Hook and Ladder Co., .460 06 Hose Co. No. 2, 16o 00 John H. Holt, engineer, 11000 00 Moses Pattee, driver, 720 00 Gilbert Nichols, driver, 720 00 Jas. J. Flannery, driver, 720 00 $4,575 06 HAY, GRAIN AND STRAW. Perkins & Co., hair and grain, $51z 63 S. B. Green & Co., hay and grain, 133 80 Geo. H. Sleeper, hay, 85 70 $732 13 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 127 FUEL AND LIGHTS. W. H. Pevear & Co., $22 IS Thomas Gavin, 2 8o Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co., 79 22 $I04 20 SHOEING AND HARNESS REPAIRS. Nolan Brothers, shoeing, $i4 00 J. F. Ham, 94 57 $168 57 REPAIRS. John Ross, repairing wagons, $12 27 R. W. Rogers, repairing wagons, 2 50 Moses Whiting, carpenter work, 85 76 T. B. Wishart, plumbing, 5 66 David F. Tripp, concreting stable floor, 40 95 D. J. Mahoney, repairing harnesses, 33 00 Walker& Pratt Manuf'ng Co.,repairs, 2 5S $182 72 MISCELLANEOUS. New England Garnewell Co., fire alarm supplies, $79 55 Smith, Benedict&Siegemund, sponges, 76 71 Charles E. Berry, hames, 4 38 Geo. S. Bowen, repairs, 3 50 J. N. Allen, expressage, 4 30 Geo. E. Teele, hardware, IS 82 A. C. Fletcher, " 3 25 John H. Holt,expressage and repairs, 6 91 Gilkey & Stone, lumber, 14 19 C. H. Bright, Storing pung, 20 00 128 AUDITOR'S REPORT. Mrs.John Berry, washing bed clothes, $33 00 R. H. Paine, hardware, 16 38 Watertown Water Supply Co., 15 00 Andrew J. Morss & Son, hydrant gate, etc., 22 63 Boston Woven Hose Co., repairing hose, 6 30 Stoughton Rubber Co., rubber coats, 7 50 W. G. Morgan, repairing clock, 1 25 Mrs. J. F. Regan, dry goods, 8 65 McLauthlin & Co., stationery, 2 50 F. E. Stanley, carriage hire, 17 00 F. K. Hubbard, 11 it 1 50 B. E. Potter, " it 9 50 Town of Belmont, use of hose, 5 00 N. B. Hartford, groceries, 2 98 Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co., hose, 325 00 E. C. & A. B. Hall, groceries, 12 25 A. S. Jackson, waste, 6 50 Fred. G. Barker, printing, 7 50 Edward A. Benton, groceries, 174 James Mee,services at Hose Co.No. z, 5 00 Geo. F. Blake Manuf'ng Co., valves, 4 68 James H. Jackson, relief driver, 5 00 J. H. Critchett& Son,. expressage, 6 7o J. G. Richards, soap, oil, etc., 99 J. B. Woodward, medicine, i 1 40 James Beatty, 3 00 George Howard, 3 00 Herbert J. Livermore, 3 00 $776 56 $6,539 24 AUDITOR)8 REPORT. 129 GRADING AND CURBING AT SOLDIERS'MONUMENT. Receipts. Appropriation, $700 00 $700 00 Expenditures. Alex. McDonald & Son, labor and granite, $boo 00 David F. Tripp, labor, 100 00 $700 oa HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND CULVERTS. Receipts.. Appropriation, $1-,000 00 West End Street R. R. Co., clearing; snow fi•om track, 145 75 T. G. Banks, sale of sled, 20 00 Health department, 308 00 Soule, Dillingham & Co., 4 17 Assessments collected for curbing, 1 31 j Health Department, sale of sled, 5 00 44 " labor, 1.1 00 Thomas Gavin, sale of sled, 10 00 $13,638 15 Contingent transfer, 2,162 31 $15,800 46 Expenditures. Pay rolls, employes, $8,464 29 SUPERINTENDENT. Wm. T. Pierce, $I,002 00 MATERIAL FOR ROADS. F. C. Sherman, stone, $340 70 Austin M. Howard, 11 35 00 James O'Brien, 189 15 130 AUDITOR'S REPORT. Win. H. Ahern, stone, $160 35 Bart Sheehan, " 56 35 G. F. Russell, 11 70 P. J. Kelly, " 6 go Mass. Broken Stone Co., stone, 22 62 Patrick O'Brien, gravel, 7 60 Wm. Finnerty, " 2 20 Jeremiah Riley, " 4 00 Chester Sprague, sand, 20 00 Mrs. A. Wollitzer, sand, 4 00 W. H. Pevear & Co., sand, Io 80 Hollingsworth&Whitney Co.,cinders, 5 25 $876 62 TEAMING AND LABOR. Geo. H. Sleeper, $6 25 Thomas Gavin, 393 50 Bart Sheehan, 187 25 P. Doody, 264 31 Chas. A. Foley, Ioo 50 Patrick Condon, 50 11 Thomas Kelly, 25 00 A. D. Gill, 5 25 P. J. Kelly, 63 54 Robert Elder, 62 20 Thomas Quirk, 77 50 Howard Ice Co., I0 00 $1,245 41 HAY, GRAIN AND STRA-W. Perkins & Co., grain, $570 80 Almshouse department, hay, 250 31 $82I II SHOEING AND BLACKSMITHING. F. C. Harthertz, 29 41 Nolan Brothers, 52 50 P. F. Keefe, 15 05 $96 96 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 131 REPAIRS. John Ross, $243 41 Haddow & Batchelor, repairing stone crusher, IZ3 21 L. B. Porter, repairing stone crusher, 13 45 S. E. Nightingale & Childs, repairing • stone crusher, 148 03 D. J. Mahoney, repairing harnesses, 51 zo Chas. H. Rollins, plumbing, 15 44 P. F. Keefe, z 16 Walker& Pratt Manuf'ng Co., repairs, 20 55 $617 45 MISCELLANEOUS. Geo. E. Teele, hardware, $59 44 R. H. Paine, 94 48 6o Moses Whiting, carpenter work, 98 27 Thos. H. Wicks, " " 116 53 Gilkey & Stone, lumber, 61 71 Morss & Whyte, gravel screen, 7 50 W. H. Pevear & Co., fuel, 173 08 A. C. Fletcher, hardware, II 00 Warren Soap Manuf'1rg Co., cask, I 50 Patrick Condon, picks, 6 oo • Geo. E. Allen, road scraper, 241 00 Fitchburg R. R. Co., transportation, 58 07 Watertown Water Supply Co., Io 52 Robert Elder, grading on south side of Charles river, 231 39 M. J. Donahoe, raising draw, 57 00 F. A. Lemon, painting signs, 7.6 6o M. J. Donahoe, stone bounds, and waste, 6o o0 Wm. T. Pierce, engineering, 140 96 Wm. H. Carberry, castings, 77 25 Wm. Finnerty, use of shed, 5 00 132+ AUDITORS REPORT. Edward A. Benton, oatmeal, $ 20 Perrin Seamans& Co.,gravel screen, etc., 8 84 Edson Manuf'ng Co., street-sweeping machine, 270 00 Street Watering Departm't, sprinkling streets, 20 00 E. C. & A. B. Hall, groceries, 3 03 Geo. S. Bowen, repairing pump, 2 00 Samuel Fletcher, edgestones, 241 o6 Boston & Maine R. R. Co., trans- portation, 12 07 E. C. Smith, posts and signs, go 00 L. B. Porter, supplies, 85 60 McLauthlin & Co., stationery, 6o Otis Brothers, rubber boots, 3 00 J. R. McLauthlin, M. D. V., pro- fessional services, 3 00 Tlios. Gavin,grading foot-ball grounds, 85 50 G. Fuller & Son, lumber, 13z 64 Geo. E. Allen, set of wheels, 34 80 Amer. Road Machine Co., bolts, 50 Geo. A. Page, painting, 4 04 Davis & Farnum Manuf'ng Co.,roller wheels, 17 40 W. E. Peterson, M. D. V., profes- sional services, 14 00 Sewer Extension Dep't, supplies, g 78 Sewer and House Connections Dep't, supplies, 20 15 Geo. E. Teele, sign boards, 87 50 Ames Plow Co., plow, 15 67 J. H. Critchett & Son, expressage. 16 32 Geo. F. Black, medicine, 6 65 J. B. Woodward, 66 35 Emerson Express Co., expressage, 50 $z,677 62 $15,800 46 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 133 HEALTH DEPARTMENT. Receipts. Appropriation, $4,000 00 Almshouse Department, swill, 100 00 Philip P. Connealy, milk dealer's licenses, 15 00 Edw. F. Porter, sale of swill, 57 40 Edw.F.Porter,collection of ashes from householders, 15 50 $4,187 90 Exfienditures. Highway Department, labor, $308 00 Patrick Condon, << 1,402 53 Philip P. Connealy, agent, 1'00I 95 West & Jenney, oil of peppermint, 24 00 A. W. Mitchell Manuf'ng Co., badge, 1 25 Little Brown & Co., book, 2 85 Fred. G. Barker, advertising, 16 50 Lalance & Grosjean Manuf'ng Co., milk pans, 94 McLauthlin & Co., printing and sta- tionery, 30 72 L. A. Shaw, serving notices, 4 00 George Parker, L4 5 00 R. H. Paine, hardware, 2 25 Lafayette G. Blair, legal services, 3 95 J. A. Murray, material for fumigation, 50 B. E. Potter, carriage hire, 3 00 Geo. F. Taylor, brimstone, 45 Geo. F. Black, candles, 66 Geo. E. Teele, painting swill cart, 3 00 G. P. Danforth, alcohol, 80 Emerson Express Co., expressage, 45 Wm. T. Pierce, engineering, 9 00 134 AUDITORS REPORT. Edw. F. Porter, vaccination, 50 00 Highway Department, use of sled, 5 00 labor, 14 00 Edw. F. Porter, clerk, 150 00 B. F. Davenport, services, 50 00 Fred. E. Critchett, receiving returns, 25 00 $3,120 80, Balance to contingent, i,o67 to $4,1$7 90. HYDRANT SERVICE. Appropriation, $8,700 00 $8,700 00 Expenditures. r� Watertown Water Supply Co., $8,520 00 Balance to contingent, 180 00 $8,700 Oa INSURANCE. Receipts. Appropriation, $440 00 Contingent transfer, 49 00 $489 00 Expenditures. S. S. Gleason, insurance, $69 oo Wm. H. Ingraham, 11 300 00 S. T. Sharp, " 6o oo Ellison, Coolidge & Co., insurance, 6o oo — $489 00 INTEREST. Receipts. Appropriation, $7,000 00 Wm. E. Farwell, interest collected 819 79 Union Market National Bank, interest on deposit, 238 20 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 135 Accrued interest on sewer extension notes, $36 87 Accrued interest on sewerage notes, 216 24 It << « Arsenal St. bridge, 6 87 $8,317 97 Expenditures. Interest paid on funded debt, $6,55o 68 It It. floating debt, 1,613 Ia $8,163 So Balance to contingent 154 17 $8,317 97 ISAAC B. PATTEN POST Si, G. A. R. Receipts. Appropriation, $250 00 Expenditures. Isaac B. Patten Post 81, $250 00 MARTHA SANGER FUND. Receipts. Balance Feb. I, 1893, $610 �1.o $610 40 Expenditures. Isaac B. Patten Post Si, $36 oo Deposited in Watertown Savings bank, 574 40 $610 40 MILITARY AID. Receipts. Appropriation, $500 00 State Treasurer, 293 00 $793 00 136 AUDITORS REPORT. Expenditures. Abram Johnson, $96 oo Louis Lemmins, 96 oo Owen Monahan, 72 00 Charles C. Philbrook, 72 00 Michael Gleason, 43 00 Thomas O'Brien, 96 oo Daniel C. Smith, 16 oo $496 oo Balance to contingent, 297 00 $793 00 MILITARY RELIEF. Receipts. Appropriation, $250 00 City of Marlboro, aid rendered Ellen Mead, 56 o0 Town of Plymouth, aid rendered Mrs. Daniel T. Perkins, 104 50 Town of Abington, aid rendered Mrs. Daniel Quinlan, 32 00 Town of Northfield, aid rendered James O'Brien, 18 to $46o 6o Expenditures. Mrs. Daniel T. Perkins, aid rendered, $rob 35 Mrs. Ellen Mead, " " 59 50 . Mrs. Elizabeth O'Mara_, " " 15 00 Bridget Booker, " " 46 oo Thomas O'Brien, " " 90 IS Mrs. Daniel Quinlan, " " 30 00 Festus Eagan, " i 2 50 James O'Brien, " " 13 39 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 137 Chas. A. Raymond, burial Edmund O'Day, 35 00 $409 92 Balance to contingent, 50 68 $460 60 POLICE. Receipts. Appropriation, $6,500 00 Second Middlesex District Court, fees, 498 79 John M Fisk, master House of Cor- rection, fines, 63 00 $7,061 79 Expenditures. REGULAR POLICE. George Parker, $912 50 Daniel H. Cooney, 892 50 Thomas F. Lyons, 912 50 Linus A. Shaw, 912 50 John F. Dwyer, 915 00 $4,545 00 SPECIAL POLICE. Henry W. Howard, $247 50 Frank H. Callahan, 438 75 Robert Elder, 136 25 Orrin W. Goss, I2I 25 Joseph B. White, 227 50 William P. Coleman, 131 25 Joseph M. Burns, 5 00 Michael Carroll, 5 00 Hiram G. Fancher, 5 00 Gardner N. Priest, 5 00 James McAssey, 5 00 James F. Hill, 5 00 138 AUDITORS REPORT. James Sharkey, $5 00 T. Frank Holmes, 2 50 H. O. Peckham, 2 50 James J. Barnes, 2 50 $1,345 00 KEEPER ON THE LOCKUP. John H. Holt, 6o oo MISCELLANEOUS. Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co., $41 97 F. K. Hubbard, carriage hire, 5 00 B. E. Potter, << « 23 50 R. H. Paine, pails, 2 25 E. C. &A. B.Hall,soap, matches, etc.,, 3 61 C. H. Keefe, blankets, 10 00 Moses Whiting, repairing lockup, 29 89 McLauthlin & Co., stationery, 35 John H. Holt, lodging travellers, 19 55 A. C. Fletcher, dipper, 1 00 $137 I3 $6,087 12 Balance to contingent, 974 67 $7,o61 79 PRINTING. Receipts. Appropriation, $1,00o 00 — $I,000 00 Expenditures. , Fred. G. Barker, $780 00 McLauthlin & Co., 141 50 — $921 50 Balance to contingent, 78 50 $1,000 00 AUDITORS REPORT. 139 PRINTING EARLIER TOWN RECORDS. Receipts. Balance Feb. 1, 1893, $637 43 $637 43 Expenditures. Fred. G. Barker, printing, $389 o6 Photo Electrotype Co., 47 30 $436 36. Balance Feb. 1, 1894, 201 07 $637 43 PUBLIC LIBRARY. Receips. Appropriation, $3,500 00 Dog tax, 1892, 649 70 Solon F. Whitney, sale of catalogues, fines, etc., I28 79 $4,278 49 Expenditures. SALARIES. Solon F. Whitney, librarian, $750 00 Miss Jane Stockwell, assis't librarian, 543 28 Miss Mabel Learned, it 250 00 Miss Flora E. Wise . � " 103 20 Wm. McCafferty, janitor, 200 00 $1,846 48 BOOKS. Estes & Lauriat, $279 43 Little, Brown & Co., 82 20 Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 10 55 Gustav E. Stechert, 4 15 George E. Littlefield, 16 10 Robert Clarke & Co., 9 00 140 AUDITOR'S REPORT. Commissioner of Patents, $31 20 Wm. H. Bustin, Jr., 5 00 A. L. Kidd, 5 00 Wm. J. Campbell, 6 75 Hessling & Shielmeyer, 2 70 Bangor Historical Magazine, 4 00 Koehler, Neuman & Co., 9 05 Carl Schoenhof, 56 12 $521 25 MISCELLANEOUS. L. Louise Whitney, labor on cata- logue, $219 30 Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co., 476 38 Solon F. Whitney, amount paid sun- dry small bills, 104 27 Charles Brigham, desk, 40 00 Fred. G. Barker, printing, 17 00 D. W. Kinsman, repairs, IS 78 Ethan A. Paddock, tree protectors, 1 50 A. L. Kidd, pictures, 12 00 Heliotype Printing Co., plans, 39 00 Francis M. Conant, malting negatives, 5 00 F. P. Hathaway, book binding, 78 25 Hub Blank Book Co., book binding, 158 40 J. G. Roberts & Co., " 17 67 Boston Book binding Co., book binding, 215 85 Library Bureau, supplies, 116 77 Haddow & Batchelor, repairing lawn mower, 1 1; A. C. Fletcher, hardware, 5 50 Jos. Scott, labor, 12 00 Geo. H. Sleeper, fuel, 205 25 Charles L. Bly, lamps, 5 00 AUDITORS REPORT. 141 Solon F. Whitney, cash paid for peri- odicals, $I oO 00 J. H. Critchett & Son, expressage, I a j Emerson Express Co., 11 Oj $r,s61 37 $4,229 IO Balance to contingent, _ 49 39 $4,278 49 SALARIES. Receipts. Appropriation, $3,600 00 $3,600 00 Expenditures. BOARD OF SELECTMEN. A. L. Richards, $300 00 E. F. Porter, 300 00 Chas. F. Fitz, 300 00 ASSESSORS. Wm. H. Ingraham, _too 00 Wm. E. Farwell, 300 00 James H. Norcross, 300 00 SCHOOL COMMITTEE. J. A. Mead, jO 00 C. W. Stone, 50 00 C. S. Ensigkn.n, 50 00 H. R. Skinner, jO 00 J. H. Vahey, 50 00 Miss Harriet Adelaide Coolidge, jo 00 TOWN TREASURER. Samuel S. Gleason, ,;00 00 TOWN CLERK. Fred. E. Critchett, 3;0 00 142 AUDITORS REPORT. TOWN AUDITOR. George S. Parker, $300 00 COLLECTOR. William E. Farwell, 450 00 $3,600 00 SCHOOLS. Receipts. Appropriation, $27,500, 00 for manual training, 1,000 00 Ginn & Co., books, Ig Iz $28,519 I2 Expenditures. SALARIES OF TEACHERS. George R. Dwelley, $2,500 00 Charles G. Ham, I,900 00 Arnold Ziillig, 950 00 Alfred C. Perkins, 52 00 S. Henry Hadley, 600 oo W. A. England, 350 00 Miss Ellen M. Crafts, 124 00 Rachael R. Hartwell, 701 00 E. P. Skinner, 600 oo Minna E. Tenney, 600 oo Anna D. Hall, 600 oo Etta B. Dadmun, 600 oo Sarah J. Holbrook, 300 00 Emma Merrill, 600 oo Mannie B. Patten, 600 oo E. A. Adams, 553 00 Alice V. Winslow, 275 00 Alice C. Bullard, 550 00 Ruth W. Howard, 550 00 Joanna M. Riley, .550 00 AUDITORS REPORT. 143 Miss M. L. Sullivan, $550 00 Mary E. Burns, 550 00 Lizzie A. Burbank, 247 50 L. S. Cutler, 118 25 Christina Green, S50 00 Susan A. Blake, 11000 Hattie B. Johnson, 550 00 Hattie M. Cutter, $50 00 E. C. Allen, 600 00 Alice S. Moody, 550 00 Winifred P. Stone, 588 00 Elizabeth H. Shepard, 440 00 Winifred H. Berry, 426 25 Grace E. Smith, 227 50 " Esther H. Pruden, 175 00 Ella M. Whiting, 100 00 Mary E. Alexander, 150 00 Helen A. Heustis, 10000 Abbie F.Mitchell, 32 00 M. A. Chandler, 25 00 Mary E. Stull, 297 00 S. M. H. Porter, 20 00 Florence H. Barnes, 5 00 S81vi Greve, So 00 Sara F. Cole, 1 00 Agnes M. Bates, 25 00 Jean C. Terry, 38 50 Martha Wentworth, 50 00 N. R. Mathison, 50 00 $20,766 00 JANITORS. George F. Robinson, $699 99 Andrew H. Stone, 600 00 N•Irs. Margaret Austin, 15C 00 Mrs. Ryan, 60 00 $1,509 99 1 144 AUDITORS REPORT. TRUANT OFFICERS. George F. Robinson, $20 00 Andrew H. Stone, 20 00 George Parker, 20 00 Thomas F. Lyons, 20 00 $8o 00 HOOKS, STATIONERY AND SUPPLIES. McLauthlin & Co., $1,518 23 Franklin Educational Co., 22 11 Geo. H. Dickerman & Co., 127 98 Ginn & Co., 19 12 Graham & Streeter, 52 8o Phillips Bros. & Co., 15 00 A. P. Gage & Sons, 45 H. J. Chase, 4 75 Mary L. Boyd, 5 00 J. E. Bell, 21 14 Otis Brothers, 53 14 Geo. R. Dwelley, 3 15 Geo. F. Taylor, 85 D. C. Heath & Co., 26 31 Holden Pat. Book Cover Co., 28 34 Ida A. Moore, 1 00 $1,899 37 FUEL. Patrick Condon, $446 75 W. H. Pevear & Co., 394 31 Thomas Gavin, 444 55 John Halloran, 69 65 $1,355 26 MISCELLANEOUS. Transportation, $311 i5 B. E. Potter, transportation and car- riage hire, 1,6 50 AUDITORS REPORT. 145 Fred. G. Barker, printing and adver- tising, $48 15 Newton & Watertown Gas light Co., 20 57 Watertown Water Supply Co., io6 34 Stearns & Co., carpenter work, 273 20 Berry & Moody, carpenter work, 15 00 Edw. A. Benton, candles and soap, 1 02 George S. Perry, mats, etc., 43 74 N. C. Sanger estate, door, 7 60 National Express Co., expressage, 1 00 A. H. Stone, shovelling snow, 7 50 Walker & Pratt Manuf'ng Co., radi- ators and repairs, 276 8o E. O. Morris, repairing slate, 119 02 R. H. Paine, hardware, 1 82 Geo. E. Teele, i° 44 40 A. C. Fletcher, ' 12 00 T. B. Wishart, plumbing, rio 83 M. L. Armstrong, making prints, 1000 B. F. Rundlett, setting glass, 50 Geo. A. Page, 11 " 2 35 Geo. S. Whitenect, setting glass, 1 25 , Dexter A. Robbins, carriage hire, 1 50 Ethan A. Paddock, repairing tree pro- tectors, 43 87 Burdett Business College, engrossing diplomas, 23 10 Alfred Mudge & Son,diplomas, 52 19 Smith Premier Typewriter Co.,repair- ing typewriter, 1100 S. Henry Hadley, services of orches- tra, at exhibitions, 69 75 C. H. Keefe, window shades, 12 95 Geo. R. Dwelley, travelling expenses, 15 15 146 AUDITOR'S REPORT. Geo. H. Ta?leton, rent of post office box, $6 00 Mrs. Kisick, laundry work, I So Gilkey & Stone, lumber, 3 24 Patrick Nally &Son, expressage, 2 00 Andrew H. Stone, attending door at exhibition, 2 50 George Parker, attending door at exhi- bition, 1 2 50 Harvard`College, Board of Examiners, 51 00 Thomas Gavin, labor, 4 50 Thomas Gavin, sanitary, 9 00 Geo. F. Robinson, cleaning windows, 31 75 Andrew II; Stone, iC it 34 50 Margaret Austin, 64 " 11 00 Sprague, Wilson & Hutchins, carpen- ter work, 266 84 Ed. F. Mulhearn, repairing furnace, 10 00 P. Stacy, Jr., mason work, 60 00 E. C. & A. B. Hall, sand, soap, etc., 21 03 Moses Whiting, carpenter work, IS 25 J. •W. Blakeney &- Co., painting and glazing, 8 60 Clelland & Atcheson, painting and glazing, 15 60 Chas. H. Rollins, plumbing, 9 20 Win. Finnerty, labor, 4 00 W. G. Morgan, repairing clocks, Io •50 Reading Planing Mills, work benches, 70 00 D. F. Tripp, concrete walks, 54 90 Buttrick Lumber Co., lumber, 18 41 J. E. Bell, blackboards, 5 95 J. L. Hammett, blackboards, II 50 Mrs. Nor•rish, cleaning windows, 7 85 Geo. S. Bowen, repairs, 3 50 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 147 , E. A. Fletcher, glass jars, $ 40 W. C. Howard, ice, 75 Erving Walker, care of Lowell school- house, IO 00 Chester Sprague & Co., lumber, 5 07 F. C. Haywood, mason work, 4 48 J. H. Critchett & Son, expressage, 30 L. Bent & Co., curtains, 2 50 John Allen, tuning pianos, 28 50 John Ross, repairs, 1 50 Moses Whiting, carpenter work, 2 40 Leigh Macurdy, overcoat lost at High school building, 16 50 Emerson Express Co., expressage, 8 85 J. B. Woodward, chemicals, 41 $2,907 92 $28,518 54 Balance to contingent, 58 $28,519 12 SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT. Receipts. Balance, Feb. 1, 1893, $1,947 39 Appropriation, in part, 10,000 00 $11,947 39 Expenditures. Titus Sheard, and J. H. Ives, assign- ees of M. Sullivan, $5,386 25 Held for payment of sundry bills for account of M. Sullivan, 658 34 $6,044 59 Balance, Feb. 1, 1894, 5,902 80 $11,947 39 148 AUDITORS REPORT. SEWER EXTENSION. • Receipts. Appropriation, in part, $1 1,000 00 Employers' Liability Insurance Co., 7 97 American Casualty Insurance Co., 1 50 Sewer Departm't and House Connec- tion : for tools, pipe, etc., 9o8 03 Highway Department, sewer pipe, 9 78 Received from sale of pipe, 23 00 $II,950 28 Balance overdrawn, Feb. 1, 1893, $593 77 Expenditures. EMPLOYES. Pay rolls, $7,807 68 $7,SO7 69 ENGINEER. William T. Pierce, $559 65 $559 65 MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES. Geo. H. Sleeper, cement, $3z8 75 Davis & Farnum Manuf'ng Co., iron pipe, 8z 72 W. H. Pevear & Co., brick, 419 40 Geo. H. Sampson, powder; etc., 39 09 Samuel Walker Oil Co., 3 15 A. C. Fletcher, hardware, 18 66 Kent & Gore, chain, 4 37- C. A. Harrington, cement, 12 6o Geo. E. Teele, hardware, 32 47 Gilkey & Stone, lumber, 209 19 L. B. Porter, iron stakes, z5 00 Otis Brothers, cloth, 25 ' R. H. Paine, hardware and pipe, 361 61 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 149 J. J. Dalton, oil, $6 oo Perrin Seaman, supplies, Ia 00 Osgood & Hart, rings and covers, 147 00 $1,702 2I MISCELLANEOUS. John E. Abbott, legal services, $8 35 M. ;j. Kelley, M. D., medical attend- ance, 10 00 Portland Stone Ware Co., pipe, I 98 F. C. Harthertz, sharpening tools, 20 29 Watertown Water Supply Co., 22 37 Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co., 6 36 Watertown Savings Bank, rent of office, 143 00 T. Frank Holmes, care of office, 57 00 Thos. H. Wicks, carpenter work, Io I I • S. S. Gleason, accident insurance policy, zoo oo Moses Whiting, carpenter work, 21 10 Belle Mullins, injuries received at ,Etna mills, 100 OO John Ross, sharpening tools, 22 79 Matthew Prior, sharpening tools, 26 32 P. F. Keefe, " << qo 25 Etna Mills, labor, 9 00 D. W. Stearns, M. D., medical at- tendance, Ig 00 Fitchburg R. R. Co., putting sewer under track, 20 71 Sewer Department and House Con- nections, labor and supplies, 211 56 E. C. & A. B. Hall, oil, I2 $949 31 $II,612 62 Balance to contingent, 337 66 $II,950 28 150 AUDITOR'S REPORT. SEWER DEPARTMENT AND HOUSE CONNECTIONS_ Receipts. Appropriation, $5,500 00 Newton Street R. R. Co., labor, 24 29 Received from real estate owners, 3,221 87 Sewer Extension Department, labor and supplies, 21I 56 Highway Department, supplies, 20 15 Received for sale of pipe, 7 75 Rebate, pay rolls, 1 75 $8,987 37 Contingent transfer, 378 72 $9,366 og E-Venditzeres. Pay rolls, $5,442 16 SUPERINTENDENT. William T. Pierce, 250 00 MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES. Geo. H. Sleeper, cement, $25 00 Davis & Farnum Manuf'ng Co., iron pipe, 37 74 Gilkey & Stone, lumber, 4 05 J. J. Dalton, oil, 9 00 Samuel Walker Oil Co., oil, 09 W. H. Pevear & Co., brick, 23 40 Frost & Adams, proof paper, 19 20 Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., hose, • 1 140 00 Geo. E. Teele, hardware, 21 23 R. H. Paine, hardware and drain pipe, 981 94 A. C. Fletcher, hardware, 4 05 $1,26S 7a AUDITOR IS REPORT. 151 MISCELLANEOUS. P. F. Keefe, sharpening tools, $13 85 John Ross, repairs, 8 05 William T. Pierce, engineering,' 1,035 55 Fred. E. Critchett, clerk, 89 20 E. True Aldrich, medical attendance, 1 50 F. J. Berry, labor and plumbing, 20 50 D. F.Tripp, repairing concrete walks, 48 27 Fred. G. Barker, printing and adver- tising, 22 25 F. K. Hubbard, carriage hire, 1 00 Haddow & Batchelor, drilling man- hole covers, 131 65 F. C. Harthertz, sharpening tools, 5 79 B. E. Potter, carriage hire, 24 00 J. B. Woodward, medicine, 35 Watertown Water Supply Co., 44 96 T. B. Wishart, iron pipe, 4 45 Otis Brothers, rubber boots, 4 25 Thomas Gavin, labor, 3 08 McLauthlin & Co., stationery, 6o J. H. Critchett & Son, expressage, 6 40 Sewer Extension Department, tools, pipes, etc., 908 03 Patrick Condon, labor, 31 50 $2,405 2 3 $9,366 09 STATE AID. Receipts.Appropriation, $500 00 State Treasurer, 593 00 $1,093 00 Exfienditures. Ellen Shuegrew, $48 00 Ellen McNamara, 48 00 152 AUDITORS REPORT. A. L. Flohr, $72 00 Henrietta M. Cotting, 48 00 Catherine T. Donlan, 48 00 Julia Quinlan, 44 00 Mary L. Sawtelle, 48 00 Chas. F. Jackson, 72 00 Daniel Hurley, 48 00 Arthur L. Winick, 72 00 Alson R. Sumner, 36 00 George T. Barker, 44 00 Chas. J. Towle, 32 00 $660 00 Balance to contingent, 433 00 $1,093 00 STREET LIGHTS. Receipts. Appropriation, $6.300 00 E. F. Porter, sale of lanterns, 2 00 $6,302 00 Expenditures. Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co., $6,298 83 $6,298 83 Balance to contingent, 3 17 $6,302 00 STREET WATERING. Receipts. Appropriation, $600 00 Received from abutters, 268 00 Highway department, labor, 20 00 $SSS 00 Contingent transfer, 98 10 $986 10 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 153 Expenditures. Patrick Nally & Son, labor, $396 oo L. B. Porter, water cart, 177 6o F. C. Harthertz, repairing cart, 1 00 William Finnerty, gravel, 2 95 Watertown Water Supply Co., 400 00 D. J. Mahoney, harness repairs, 8 55 $986 io TEMPLETON FUND. Receipts. Received for interest, $123 00 Expenditures. Amount paid on orders of the Select- men, in accordance with the terms of the bequest, $123 00 TOWN HALL. Receipts. Appropriation, $boo oo John H. Holt, rent of hall, 282 50 $882 50 Contingent transfer, z85 95 $1,168 45 Expenditures. John H. Holt, janitor, $249 99 Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co., 209 15 Moses Whiting, carpenter work, 36 16 R. H. Paine, hardware, 7 25 Geo. E. Teele, " 6o 151 AUDITOR'S REPORT. C. H. Keefe, shades, etc., $13 SS B. F. Rundlett, painting windows, t 00 Chas. H. Rollins, plumbing, 3 00 T. B. Wishart, " 17 13 W. H. Pevear & Co., fuel, 36a 50 E. C. & A. B. Hall, sand, soap,etc., 6 51 P. Stacy, Jr., mason work, i t 6o A. C. Fletcher, hardware, 2 00 Berry & Moody, ventilators, 212 IS John H. Holt, cleaning, 35 50 i,i6S 45 TOWN IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY. Receipts. Appropriation, $200 00 $zoo 00 Expenditures. Shady Hill Nurseries, maple trees, $50 00 Gilkey & Stone, tree boxes, 56 40 Chas. F. Jackson, setting trees, 93 6o $200 00 TOWN DEBT. Receipts. Appropriation, $15,000 00 Expenditures. Town notes, $15,000 00 ALTDITOR'S REPORT. 1515 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES TO FEB. 1, 1894.. Assets. Cash in treasury, Feb. 1, 1894, $16,625 52 Outstanding taxes, 1891, 2,334 55 cc 44 1892, S465 26 << << r893, 35,0S7 93 Due from abutters on account of side- walks, 189 08 $62,702 34 Liabilities. Town debt, see next page, $i_16,000 oo Amount due New England Trust Co., borrowed in anticipation of taxes, 20,000 00 Amount due State of Massachusetts, borrowed in anticipation of taxes, 20,000 00 Amount due the Templeton Fund, 2,500 00 Balance to the credit of 'z Printing Earlier Town Records " Depart- ment, Feb. 1, 1894, 201 07 Balance to the credit of " Arsenal Street Bridge"Department, Feb. 1, 1894, 2,196 15 Balance to the credit of" Sewerage" Department," Feb. 1, z894, 5,902 80 Net Liability, $134,097 68 $r96,800 02 $196,800 o2 Amount available for uses of ensuing year, $14,402 32 156 AUDITORS REPORT. As has been the case in former years, the preceding statement closes the financial department for the year. Thinking the information contained might be of interest and importance, the Auditor has compiled the following, in addition. The Town Debt has been reduced $15,000, in accordance with the provision made for that purpose, and increased $30,000, by the issuance of new notes according to the vote of the town. The funded debt is now $146,000, as follows:— $io,000 oo due 1894. 22,500 00 1895- 2,500 00 ` 1896. 15,000 00 1897. 10,000 00 1898. 15,000 00 1899. 10,000 00 `° 1900. 45,000 00 1901. 15,000 00 1902. I,000 00 " 1903- I$I,1_6,000 oo The floating debt is now $40,000. $2o,000 due April 14, 1894- 20,000 °' 23, 1894. $40,000 00 Note, $2,5oo, dated Aug. 21'1874, Templeton Fund, 2,500 00 Total Debt Feb. 1, 1894, $188,500 00 SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT. . Appropriation, $1 00,000 00 Borrowed by sundry notes, 93,000 00 Balance, $7,000 00 Amount standing to the credit of the Department, $5,902 80 Amount unexpended Feb. 1, 1894, $12,902 80 AUDITORS REPORT. 157 SEWER EXTENSION. Appropriation, $29,000 ooa Borrowed by sundry notes, z6,000 oo Balance, $3,000 00 Amount standing to the credit of the Department, 337 66 Amount unexpended Feb. 1, 1894, $3,337 66 ARSENAL STREET BRIDGE. Appropriation for rebuilding bridges, $15,000 00- Borrowed by sundry notes, $15,000 00 Cred i ts, 193 75• $15,193 75 Amount expended on Arsenal street bridge, 12,997 6o Amount unexpended, $2,196 15 Respectfully submitted. GEORGE S. PARKER, Auditor. 158 AUDITOR IS REPORT. SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1894. Credits Depart- including Amounts Uncx. mcnts Departments. Appropria- Expended. W.71 en c Over- t,ons. Balances. drawn. Almshouse............................... $7,682 36 $8,079 20 ....... .... $396 90 Arsenal Street Bridge.................. 13,100 09 10,913 84 $2,196 15.......... Bath House.............................. 2.50 00 167 37 82 GS.......... Bond for Treasurer..................... ISO 00 180 00 ............ .......... Cemeteries,Care of.................... 397 25 247 59 14966.......... Concrete Walks......................... 2,925 03 3,016 70............ 91 67 Contingent.............................. 12,3M 57 9,753 74 2,59983.......... Discounts and Abatements............ 2,500 00 6,182 09........... 3,682 09 Fire Department.............i......... 6,500 00 6,539 %. .......... 39 24 Grading and curbing around Soldiers' Monument............................. 700 00 700 00............ .......... Health Department... ................. 4,187 00 3,120 80 1,007 10.......... Iiigl»vays,bridges,and culverts...... 13,638 15 15,800 46 ...... .. . 2,16231 Hydrant Service....................... 8,700 00 8,520 00 180 00 .......... Insurance............................... 440 00 489 00............ 49 00 Interest 8,317 97 8,163 80 154 17 ......... Isaac B. Patten Post 81................ 250 00 250 00 ....... . .... .. Martha Sanger Fund................... 610 40 61040............ ......... Military Aid............................� 793 00 496 00 297 00.......... Military Relief.......................... 460 60 409 92 50 68 .......... Police.................................... 7,061 79 6,087 12 974 67 .. Printing ................................ 1'000 00 921 50 78 50.......... Printin•Earlier Town Records....... 6.17 43 436 36 201 07 .......... Public Library.......................... 4,27S 49 4,2.29 10 49 30 .......... Salaries ................................. 3,600 (;0 3,600 00............ .. Schools.................................. 28,519 12 28,518 54 5 ......... Sewerage..................... ....... 11,947 311 6,044 51) 5,002 80 .......... Sewer Extension........................ 11,950 28 11,612 62 337 66 .......... Sewer Dept.and house connections.. 8,987 37 9.366 0 ............ 378 72 State Aid............ .................. 1,0:13 00 660 00 433 00.......... Street Lights............................ 0,302 00 0'.298 83 3 17 .......... Street Watering........................ 888 00 086 l0............ 98 10 Templeton Fund........................ 123 00 123 00............ .......... Town Debt............................... 15,000 00 15,000 00 ............ .......... Town Iiall............................... 882 50 1,168 45 ........... 285 95 Town Improvement Society........... 200 00 200,00............ .......... $186,466 59 $1,8�892 51 $14,758 06 $7,183 98 Balance Unexpended................... . ....... 7,574 08............ 7,574 08 $180,466 rig $186,466 59 $14,758 06$14,758 00 GEORGE S. PARKER, Auditor. A LIST OF JURORS, As prepared by the Selectmen. Submitted to the town for consideration. Atwood, Henry A. Hartwell, A. H. Ayer, Lucius A.J. Hawes, Andrew. Bailey, Frank O. Haviland, Francis N.J. Bailey,James. Haynes, Alberto F. Bigelow, Wm. F. Hudson, George. Blazo, George E. Jarvis,John J. Brown, B.Wesley. Knox, Oscar F. Burke, Wm. H.,Jr. Learned, Wilbur F. Burns,Joseph H. Locke, Henry W. Bustin, Francis H. Lougee, Charles E. Campbell, Cyrus 1I. Lyman, Win. H. Carroll, Michael. Mayo, Emery M. Carroll,Thomas. Monahan,James D. Clarke, Claude II. Moody, Geo. H. Cobb, Freeman W. 'Morse, '-Marry F. Colligan, Michael B. Murphy, Edward W. Conant, Marvel J. Newcomb,John W. Coon,J. H. L. Newman, Richard. Corson, Wm. W. O'Hara,James R. Crawford, Calvin D. O'Neil, Arthur E. Crawford. Harry A. Otis, Ward M. Cunnifl', Martin J. Paine,Jedediah T. Davenport, Albert M. Parlin,Joseph R. Dimick, Carroll D. Perkins, William 1-1. Drake, Frank H. Philbrook, Herbert A. Drew, Charles E. Potter, Briggs E. Dumphy, Patrick J. Power,John 2d. Edgcomb, Freeman H. Regan, Cornelius D. Emerson, Thomas P. Regan,John F. Fraser,Jacob M. Savage, Wallace W. Galla her, Thomas F. Sherman, Charles F. Gill, ames E. Shurtletf', Perez T. Glidden, Charles H. Snow, Walter B. Goodwin, Andrew. Stevens, Frank. Green, Michael J. Whiting, Moses. Gregg, George 1-M. Whitney, Charles E. Hackett, Thomas E. Whitney, Solon F. Hartford. Nathan B. Wilson, H. Carlos. Harrington, Isaac. Wiswall, George H. FEBRUARY, 24, 1894. ESTIMATES FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1894. For Schools, Support of Schools, $28,000 00 Cooking School, 350 00 Manual Training, 650 00 � $29,000 00 Highways, i6,000 oo Watering Highways, boo oo Bridges and Culverts, 1,000 00 Fire Department, 8,500 00 Police, 6,000 oo Town Debt, 10,000 00 Interest on Town Debt, 8,000 00 Insurance, t29 00 Public Library, 3,000 00 Concrete Walks, 1,500 00 Street Lights, 6,500 00 Contingent, 2,000 00 Printing, 1,000 00 Salaries, 3,600 oo Discounts and Abatements, 2,500 00 Lighting and care of Town Hall, 650 00 Care of Cemeteries, 100 00 I. B. Patten Post 81, G. A. R., 275 00 State Aid, 500 00 Military Aid, 500 00 Relief Aid, 250 00 Health Department, 3,000 00 Sewers and House Connections, 5,000 00 Town Improvement, 200 00 Hydrants, 9,000 00 Outside Aid, 3,000 00 Almshouse, 3,000 00 Bath House, 150 00 $!24,954 00 WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING, To GE OR GE PARKER, a Constable of Watertown, GREETING: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the legal voters of Watertown to meet in the Town Hall, on Monday, the twelfth day of March next, at 5.45 o'clock, A. M., to act on the following articles, viz. Article I. To choose a moderator for said meeting. Article z. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensu- ing year, the following to be chosen on one ballot, namely One Town Clerk for one year. Three Selectmen for one year, who shall also be Overseers of the Poor, Surveyors of Highways, and Appraisers. One Town Treasurer for one year. Three Assessors of Taxes for one year. One Auditor for one year. Three Constables for one year. Two members of the Board of School Committee for three years. Two Trustees of the Free Public Library for three •ears. One Collector of Taxes for one year. Three members of the Board of Health for one year. Also on the same ballot: Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town the ensuing year:' Yes or No. 162 . WARRA\TT FOR TOWN 11EETING. Article 3. To choose all other necessary Town Officers in such manner as the Town may direct. The polls will be opened at 6 o'clock A. M., and may remain open until 4 o'clock P. M. Article 4. To hear the reports of the Town Officers as printed, and to hear the reports of any committee heretofore appointed, and act thereon. Article 5. To grant such sums of money as may be thought necessary for the use and expenses of the Town the ensuing year, and f6r paying a portion of the Town debt, direct how the same shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto. Article 6. To see what method the Town will adopt for the collection of taxes the ensuing year, and fix the compensation for the services of the Collector, or act thereon. ' Article 7. To see if the Town will adopt the list of Jurors as submitted by the Selectmen, or act thereon. Article S. 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 as may be necessary, in antici- pation of the taxes of the current year, and issue the notes of the Town therefor, the indebtedness of the Town, under this article, not to exceed the sum of sixty thousand dollars ($6o,000), and all debts incurred under this article shall be payable from said taxes or act thereon. Article 9. To see if the Town will grant a sum of money for the care of the grounds around the Soldiers' Monument, and to defray the expenses of decorating the graves of deceased soldiers . on the next Memorial Day, and authorize Isaac B. Patten Post Si, G. A. R., to expend the same, direct how the same shall be raised, or act thereon. Article io. To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Chapter 78 of the Acts of the year 1893, entitled, "An Act to provide for the extermination of insect pests,"or act thereon. WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING. 163 Article r 1. To make By-Laws or Rules and Regulations gov- erning plumbing and the business of plumbing, according to the requirements of Chapter 477 of the Acts of the year 1893, entitled An Act relative to the licensing of plumbers and the supervision of plumbing, or act thereon. Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provi- sions of Chapter 104 of the Public Statutes, entitled "An Act for the inspection of buildings," or act thereon. Article 13. To see if the Town will appropriate such a sum of money as is necessary to defray the expense of widening Watertown street, as ordered by the County Commissioners for Middlesex county, or act thereon. Article 14. To hear the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of Irving street extension"and Fifie;ld street, or act thereon. Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to take Stanley avenue and Swett court for sewer purposes, or act thereon. Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to prohibit the further sale of burial lots in the Common street cemetery, or act thereon. Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to pay from the treasury of the Town, the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.00) to Daniel Loughery for injuries received by falling on the Town Hall steps while coming from the last Town Meeting, or act thereon. Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to allow the free use of the Town Hall to the different political parties for the purpose of holding caucuses, or act thereon. Article i9. To see what action the Town will take upon the petition of James Conley and nineteen others, for the acceptance of 11 Cottage" street by the Town, or act thereon. 164 WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING. Article 2o. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate an additional sum of money to pay the cost of rebuilding the North Beacon street bridge, according to the requirements of the River and Harbor Act, approved Sept. ig, 189o, direct how the same shall be raised, or act thereon. Article 2 i. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to complete the embankment on the south side of Charles river, between the dam and Galen street bridge, or act thereon. Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a commit- tee to consider the question of a lot for a new cemetery, or act thereon. And you will notify and warn the legal voters of Watertown to meet at the time and at the place herein specified, by leaving a printed copy of this warrant at every inhabited house in town, and also by posting 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, into the office of the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands this twenty-sixth day of February, A. D., 1894. � •�� ABRAHAM L. RICHARDS, Selectmen CHARLES F. FITZ, Of EDWARD F. PORTER, Watertown. h A true copy, Attest GEORGE PARKER Constable of Watertown. THE FIFTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE oil WATERTOWN, FOR 1893-1894. NVATERTOWN : I�RED. G. BARKER, PRINTER, 1894. SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1893-1894. DR.J. A. MEAD, Chairman, Term expires 1895. C. W. STONE, Secretary, '° °/ 1894. C S. ENSIGN, °` 1894. HENRY R. SKINNER, 1895• Miss H. ADELAIDE COOLIDGE, 1896. JAMES H. VAHEY, °' °' i896. SUB—COMMITTEES. HIGH, THE WHOLE BOARD. PHILLIPS, HENRY R. SKINNER. GRANT, C. W. STONE. FRANCIS, DR.J. A. MEAD. SPRING, JAMES H. VAHEY. COOLIDGE, Miss H. A. COOLIDGE. BEMIS, JAMES H. VAHEY. PARKER, C. S. ENSIGN. Committee on Finance. C. W. STONE, Drt. J. A. \LEAD. Committee on Evening- School. C. S. ENSIGN, JAMES H. VAHEY. Committee on Text-Books. llR.J. A. MEAD, HENRY R. SKINNER. Committee on Repairs. C. S. ENSIGN, C. W. STONE. Committee on Sewinam. Miss H. ADELAIDE COOLIDGE. Committee on Nomination of Teachers. DR.J. A. MEAD, C. S. ENSIGN. Superintendent. GEORGE R. DWELLEY. Office: Town Hall. Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 3 3-4 to 4 3-4 o'clock P. M. WATERTOWN, MASS., February 15, 1894- 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. CHARLES W. STOVE, Secretary. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT, To the School Committee of Watertown: The Superintendent, in his report, has fully and carefully dis- cussed the conditions and needs of the schools. Every person -interested in the education of the children of this town, should read it. I have no hesitation in saying that the condition of the schools is excellent, and that the work of the past year has been fully up to the high standard required by this Co►m-nittee. As you well know, this has not been done without cheerful and hearty cooperation on the part of Committee, Superintendent, and teachers. I am sorry to say ,that two of our teachers, Miss Crafts and Miss Burbank, have died during the past year. Both had taught many years, and had won the confidence of the whole community. The records of this Committee bear witness to the high esteem in which they were held. We have been able, by the strictest economy, to keep within our appropriation. Whatever satisfaction we may feel from this desirable result is, in it great measure, neutralized by the fact that the schools have wanted for many things that the size of our appropriation has obliged us to refuse. If we continue to employ teachers of the present excellence ; if we continue the valuable work in cooking and manual-training, and if we establish a kin- dergarten, we must have a larger appropriation. I am fully aware that the tax rate is high, and that it is desirable to have as low it rate as possible, but it is not the schools that have added two dollars to the tax rate, but the cost of the sewers that Water- town has put into the tax rate, instead of making her citizens (as other places have done) pay a part of the cost. A system of sewers is an excellent thing for a town, but if it can only be had V CHAIRMAN'S REPORT. at the expense of the educational development of the children, it becomes a curse and not a blessing. Arranged according to the percentage of her taxable property appropriated for the support of puplic schools, Watertown stands number z81 among the 351 towns and cities of the state, and number 45 among the 54 cities and towns of this county. This -shows that the high tax rate can not justly be charged to the schools, as the schools in Watertown are responsible for a smaller per cent. of the tax than the schools are in other places, where. the tax rate is lower. Notwithstanding the repeated recommendations of the Com- mittee, the unsightly old building on Mt. Auburn street is still standing, and the children of the centre of the town are obliged to spend three years in this unhealthy building. Watertown is far behind the neighboring towns and cities in her schoolhouses. While her neighbors have been building (during the 'last ten years) large, brick buildings, with all the modern improvements .and sanitary conveniences, Watertown has allowed this anti- quated building, that would not be considered a fit building in the back district of a country town, to remain on her main avenue. There has been much agitation of late concerning the widening of this street, and those in favor of this project claim with justice, it seems to me, that a fine, wide street would add much to the beauty of the town, but such a street will only emphasize the ugliness and inadequacy of this relic of fifty years ago. If we can have both the wide avenue and the new schoolhouse, I shall be pleased ; if we can have but one, I am most strongly in favor of the schoolhouse, and am willing to wait for the wide avenue. The cooking school that,was established last year in the base- ment of the Grant school, has been an unqualified success, and should most certainly be continued the coming year. Now that the room and furniture have been provided, the school can be carried on for about three hundred and fifty dollars. The manual-training school is also located in the basement of CHAIRIIAN7S REPORT. 7 the Grant school, and in its new quarters has done very satisfac- tory work. Few people know what such a school is. It is not,. as is generally thought, a place where the boys are taught to be carpenters, but it is a place where the mind and hand are trained together; and as a mental discipline, manual training plays as important a part as the study of mathematics or the lan- guages. The advocates of these schools, and they are numerous and influential in educational circles, claim that this mental train- ing is the chief end they have in view. Any reduction in the appropriation asked for by the Committee means lower salaries for the teachers, and as the best teachers will not stay in our town when other places pay more, we shall be subjected to the humiliating experience of replacing them with others of a poorer quality. In other words, the citizens of this town can no longer feel that their children are having the best educational advantages, and they will naturally look with long- ing eyes to the schools of our neighbors. I submit that this is not the way to keep or attract the best citizens. To those quiet and unostentatious workers, our teachers, I extend, in this public,way, our warmest thanks for the ability and faithfulness that they have manifested from day to day during the past year. JULIAN A. MEAD, Chairman. REPORT OF FINANCE COMMMITTEE. Expenditures for Schools for the Year Ending January 31st, 1894. Appropria- Amount tions. Expended. Salaries of Teachers and Superintendent...... .... $20,500 00$20,766 o0 ic 11 janitors and Truant Officers.....•.... t.600 o0 1,615 93 Text-books and Stationery•.....• ••••..••••••••• 1,700 00 1,570 81 Repairs and Incidentals.................... ...... i,600 oo 2,498 43 Fuel . ..... .... ............ .... .......... .... ... 1,300 00 1,295 of Transportation of Pupils....... ................. 800 oo 772 30' $28,5oo 00$28,518 54 Total appropriation, $28,500 00 Received from Ginn & Co., 19 12 $28,519 12 Total amount expended, 28,518 54 Balance unexpended, 5S CHARLES W. STONE, j Finance JULIAN A. MEAD, j Commiltee. Estimates for Appropriations for 1894-95. Salaries of Teachers and Superintendent, $7.1,000 00 « 11 janitors and Truant Officers, I,600 oo, Text Books and Stationery, 1,700 00 Repairs and Incidentals, 1,600 oa Fuel, 1,300 00 Transportation, 8O0 °O Manual Training School, 650 00 Cooking School, 350 00 $29,000 00 SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. To the School Committee of Watertown: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,—In compliance with custom, the Superintendent of Schools herewith respectfully submits to you —and through you to the citizens of the town — his eleventh annual report, and the thirteenth in the period of Superintend- ence. He has no hesitation in saying that the schools are better than heretofore, partly because the new in them has become more per- fectly articulated with the old, and partly because recent changes in the staff of teachers have, as a whole, brought superiority of instruction ; but, most of all, because the practical element in them has been enlarged, and more and more they lead the child to study things and do things, and to feel and exhibit a deeper interest in realities and work ; and less and less, in their efforts to increase his intellectual strength, do they appeal to inculcated principles, or text-books, or authorities of any sort; but instead, to his own inner resources,—to the testimony of his senses, to the facts of his personal experience, and to the conclusions he inductively and independently forms. The following are the most important acts done or authorized by you within the year: I. The manual training exhibition. The material for this ex- hibition—given in the town hall—was prepared in the public schools, partly to show the friends of education the variety and quality of the industrial work done in the schools, and partly to secure a mass of articles of child manufacture out of which to select Watertown's contribution to the Massachusetts educational exhibit in the World's Fair at Chicago. The home exhibition was restricted to kindergarten work, 10 SUPERINTENDENT$ REPORT. drawing, sewing, and knife-work in wood; and was to the numerous visitors an impressive revelation of the skill, ingenuity and constructiveness of the little folks. While praise is justly due to every teacher whose school was represented, especial praise is due to Miss Whiting for the admira- ble display of needlework by the children in her charge, and to Miss Allen, teacher of drawing, for the plan, preparation, and general superintendence of the exhibition. II. The contribution to the World's Fair. The selections for this contribution were as follows, and were made with reference to prescribed limitations of space. 0.) Nine drawings from each of the nine primary and gram- mar grades. (2.) Eight photographs of the clay-work, three cards—22 by 28 inches—with kindergarten work mounted upon them, and a portfolio filled with the same work. (3.) A frame- 28 by 44 inches—covered with articles made or carved from wood. (4-) Five cases— 14 by 22 inches—displaying specimens of the work in sewing. The contribution, when displayed at Chicago, elicited much favorable comment from outside educators qualified to speak. Perhaps as gratifying a commendation as any was that of Mr. Winship, editor of the New England ,journal of Education, who said in a letter to the Transcript, descriptive of the Massa- chusetts exhibit: " Watertown's manual training is excellent, and its sewing takes the lead" in the state. Since the cloge of the Fair this contribution has been returned to Boston, and entrusted to the State Board of Education. With the rest of the educational contributions of Massachusetts, it is expected to be put on permanent exhibition, and illustrate— per- haps for years—the present condition of your schools in indus- trial and artistic effort. III. The extension of the time given in the high school to type-writing and stenography to double the former amount. SUPERINTENDENT IS REPORT. Each of these subjects now has four recitation hours a week. The business value of a knowledge of them, and the number of pupils engaged in their study, frilly justify the increase in their time allowance. There are twenty-one members of the class in type-writing, and twenty-four of the class in stenography. The pupils in these classes are chiefly girls, and in most cases the same girls, and they are studying the subjects with reference to a future practical use. IV. The establishment of a department of cooking and housekeeping in the Grant school for a portion of the girls of the different classes. The department is in charge of a teacher of tested ability in her specialty, and has excellent accommodations in a cheerful, sunny, basement room provided with all the appliances, utensils, and supplies which experience has shown to be needed in a school kitchen. A class is composed of fifteen girls; and, in any particular lesson, twelve of these rank as cooks, and three as housekeepers. There are two lessons a week of two hours each through a period of five months. On this plan thirty girls will have been taught the elementary principles of plain cooking during the present year. Each class is taught through personally conducted experiments: (i.) The necessary facts about heat and fuel, how to build and preserve a fire, and how to keep kitchen ware in satisfactory condition. (2.) How to boil, steam, broil, roast, stew, bake, etc., through preparation of soups, meats, vegetables, cereals, bat- ters, doughs, etc. (3.) How to prepare for the sick such articles of diet as beef- teas, gruels, jellies, and drinks. (4.) The care of food after it has been cooked. ($.) The adaptation of food to means, age, occupation, climate, etc. (6.) How to set a table, and how to wait at table. 12 SUPERINTENDENT IS REPORT. V. The establishment of a department of Manual Training for the boys of the lowest class in the Grant school. The department has its separate room —well lighted and warmed—in the basement of the Grant, and is provided with a special teacher and such equipment of work-benches, tools, and materials as is wont to be found in an elementary manual-training school. The instruction and practice of the department are through shop exercises in wood-work. Before their promotion to the Grant, the boys had been taught the use of the carpenter's rule and dividers, and of the gauge and try-square; and, with a pocket-knife as the cutting and shaping instrument, had made out of whitewood a great variety of articles of use and ornament. On this foundation the new department begins to build. In a general way it teaches:— (I.) Something with respect to the strength, grain, and availa- bility of the different woods employed. (a.) The customary methods of'' laying out" work. (3.) The theory, care and intelligent use of the common wood-working tools. (4.) Methods of sawing, boring, mortising, planing, and pol- ishing. (5.) Fastening by glue, pins, nails, screws, wedges, and dove- tails. (6.) The alphabet of joints as employed everywhere. (7.) Readiness and dexterity in the use of the hand, enlarged aptitude for mechanical work, and a quick perception of ways and means for arriving at results in construction. . There is no attempt to teach•a trade. There is no attempt to manufacture articles for a market. The end in view is the mastery of tools, materials, and methods, first, for the mind train- ing in such mastery, and second, for the usefulness of such mastery in the life of every man. IN MEMORY OF TWO GOOD WOVEN. For thirty years no writer of these reports has been called to SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. 13 chronicle a death among the working teachers. But all end has come to this long exemption. In June last, Miss Elizabeth A. Burbank died in the school- room of heart disease, at the close of a day of faithful service. As teacher of science in the Francis school, she brought to her task inherited aptitude, special training, and an unwavering inter- est; and she thought it a privilege to help children to see, and see into, the wonders hidden in common things. She was a brave woman; and for months had lived and labored—serene and unafraid— in complete foreknowledge of the summons that came at last like a thunderbolt. It was a sunny spirit that winged its way that perfect summer afternoon into the kindred Sunlight of a more perfect day. A few months earlier, in March, Miss Ellen M. Crafts—the teacher with the longest experience of any in your public schools —died suddenly of brain disease. In her official connection with the Wednesday Club and the Historical Society, and as teacher of history and English literature in the High school, she touched the intellectual life of the community at many points. She lived in and much loved an environment of books ; but her wide sym- pathy and diverse activities made her almost as much a woman of affairs as of letters. The most conspicuous traits in her teach- ing were balance and an intuitive grasp of proportion in her treatment of a subject, and were due to her own poise and sym- metry of faculties. She was a strong, loyal, and altogether trust- worthy assistant; even after clouds began to obscure for her the fixed line between reality and illusion, of unclouded kindliness; and of whatever was worth encouragement in her pupils—in- stinctively and from builded character alike—safe friend and guide. THE GRANT SCHOOL. Of all your schools this represents most frilly the complexity and expansions of the new education. Besides instruction in the old-time subjects of a'grammar school, its regular teachers give instruction in algebra, geometry and single-entry book-keeping; 14 SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. in physics, chemistry, and physiology; and in civics, gymnastics, type-writing, and English literature; while its special teachers do corresponding Nvork in German, music, drawing, sewing, cooking, and manual training. The concentration of four schools into this school some years ago opened the door for the departmental system ; and the departmental system, for the present range of subjects and a greater efficiency. In fact, with the departmental system, the burdens of a wide course of study are greater in appearance than in reality. The system encourages the correlation of studies, and in such corre- lation is an immense economy of teaching force. If kindred sub- jects are assigned to the same teacher, —and they are, — they are found to have much in common, and in much to reinforce one another. Arithmetic, algebra, and geometry furnish a good illustration of this. The laws of proportion are the same for all three. Half the algebra commonly taught is merely a transfer of the pro- cesses of arithmetic from figures to letters. Algebraic' methods facilitate solution for whole classes of arithmetical problems. The extraction of the square and cube root in arithmetic is as simply taught by the algebraic method as by the I block" —or objective— method. All the mensuration in arithmetic—and there is a good deal of it—is as much geometry as arithmetic. Before the child reaches the Grant, drawing has familiarized him with the forms and nomenclature of geometry. And, as in the use of the inclined plane one lengthens the base to lessen the angle of ascent, so, for the easy mastery of geometry in the Grant, the subjectis elsewhere begun simultaneously with the study of num- ber, and much of its truth objectively taught in the six previous years of school. It results from the help in correlation and earlier training that the three subjects are taught in the time, and almost with the ease of one. THE HIGH SCHOOL. The following were the studies and the number of students in each study at the opening of the school year: — SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 15 Greek, 13 ; French, 24; Latin, 58; German, 71 ; Algebra, 36; Geometry, 13 ; Physics, 16 ; Chemistry, 3; History, az ; Rhetoric, 37 ; English Literature, 48; Double Entry Book-keep- ing, z6; Stenography, 24; Type-writing, 21. Total number of pupils at the time of taking the above statis- tics, io4. The number of graduates in June last was 12. Of the students leaving the school for more advanced work, two entered Harvard; and one, the Institute of Technology. The school was one of the two public high schools of the state to take the examinations given by the School Examining Board of Harvard in the first year after the creation of the Board. As the Board exacts secrecy for its praise or blame, the writer is willing to be forgiven for his failure to quote from its report of the school. It is easy, however, to show what the colleges think of some of its recent graduates. Three years ago a class of three was graduated from its preparatory department. The young lady of the trio entered what is now Radcliffe College ; and at the end of two years was awarded second-year honors in the classics. As she then left study for a year, there has not yet been time for II third-year record. One of the two young fellows—though fitted by the school for freshman work only—passed the examinations of Boston College for admission as a sophomore; and, in spite of this handicap, was graduated last June as the second scholar of his year. The other young fellow entered Harvard ; won a $250 scholarship on his entrance examinations; has held this scholar- ship ever since; and is to-day the first scholar in the Senior class of the University. But let no one imagine that the school can carry every boy or girl along the earlier stages of such a career. Remember the parable of the sower. There must be soil as well as seed. And it is impossible in any school to train a bitter-weed into a rose. A PUBLIC KINDERGARTEN. Among the signs of the times the observer notes with pleasures a deepening interest in the earlier years of childhood.' Franc ti 16 SUPERINTENDENT I S REPORT. offers to educate her babies from the age of two; and England, from the age of three. Cambridge has six kindergartens sup- ported by the city ; Salem, five; Newton, seven; and Boston, forty-three—with a normal school of kindergarten methods besides. Everywhere throughout the country these schools are starting into life as spontaneously as the anemones of spring. As yet, however, Watertown has none founded upon the school appropriation; though the existence of a private one with twenty- two pupils demonstrates the need of a public one, and the cer- tainty of such an attendance as would justify its establishment. In the establishment of such schools elsewhere, there have been found wide variations in the knowledge of what a kindergarten is,—ranging from the notion that it is a contrivance for the relief of mothers, sandwiched between the nursery and the first year of school, to a truly appreciative conception of it as the best agency yet discovered for the cultivation in children from three to five of a symmetrical growth of head, heart and hand. Here are two glimpses into such a school; one revealing its joyous life; the other, an educational aim subtly working beneath. "The kindergarten occupies a room, more or less attractive, with quantities of pictures and objects of interest, growing plants and vines, vases of flowers, and plenty of light, air, and sunshine. A canary chirps in one corner, perhaps; and very likely there will be a cat curled up somewhere, or a dog which has followed the children into this safe shelter. It is a pretty, pleasant, domes- tic interior, charming and grateful to the senses. The teacher looks as if she were glad to be there, and the children are gener- ally smiling. The work lying cosily about is neat, artistic and suggestive. The children pass out of their seats to the cheerful sound of music, and are presently joining in an ideal kind of game,-where we see all sorts of healthful, poetic, childlike fancies woven into song. The little human birds and bees and butterflies flit hither and thither in the circle; and everybody seems merry and content. As they pass out the door at dismissal, good-byes and bores and kisses are wafted back into the room ; and it is all like a little piece of the millenium. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 17 The teaching in a kindergarten is unlike the teaching in the other-schools. A primary school teaches truths as facts; the kin- dergarten teaches them as inafiressions. A child may forget or dis- dain a fact; but he never recovers from an impression. It is atmos- phere that educates a little child ; and the kindergarten surrounds him with an atmosphere of culture and intelligence and good-will to men. Said the boy Heine of the old French drummer in his father's household : °When he talked about liberty, I did not understand; but when he played the Marsellaise on his drum, then I understood.' The kindergarten plays the Marsellaise on the finely responsive chords of the young soul, which will never vibrate to any other influence so effectively. The ordinary school tells the child to love his country ; the kindergarten makes him love it. The one tells him facts about Washington and Jefferson and patriotic lives; the other gives him a little American flag to wave as he marches round the room to a stirring national air, and behold! he has become patriotic ! And as he is made indelibly patriotic by a ►here impression, so he is taught indelibly in other ways, by other impressions, to be courteous, to be honest, to be thoughtful, to regard the rights of others, to feel the impulses of love and tenderness and sympathy and self-respect, and to be sensitive to beauty. There is not a game, or a talk, or a picture, or a song in the kindergarten method, but has an ulterior motive of teaching a fact, or imparting a feeling, by making an impress- ion." The Superintendent recommends the establishment of one kin- dergarten in September next. A NEW SCHOOLHOUSE. In view of existing needs at the High school, and of the rapid growth of the town,—as illustrated in Whiting park, Otisville, and such streets as Russell avenue, —it is absolutely necessary to speak of the inadequacy of school accommodations at the Centre. In the High school, there have been at one time the present year fifteen more pupils than it was ever intended to accommo- „r�r■�r 18 SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. (late. These extra pupils have for the most part found seats in the place designed for the piano, in the window niches, and in the recess behind the master's desk ; but for three there were no special seats assignable. At the beginning of February, however, all students, in excess of the eighty-eight regularly accommodated, were given temporary refuge in one of the recitation rooms. And the accommodations for class work are correspondingly insufficient. A few years ago, when the modern views in respect to laboratory training were first carried into effect, the original laboratory and a small recitation room, with facilities for pupil practice, were assigned to the teacher of science. Now, for two hours a day and four days of the week, or as long as the teacher of type-writing and stenography is engaged with her classes, some one of the smaller classes of the school is of necessity crowded into the already occupied rooms of the teacher of science. And, as if this were not enough, on one of these days, for wantof other place of instruction, a class is taught in one of the dressing rooms. There is an easy remedy for the needs of this school. Partly as a place in which to seat extra pupils, and partly as an addi- tional recitation room, the room down stairs and directly under the large room of the school could be connected with the other accommodations of the school by cutting a passage door through each of the two dressing rooms. The lower school, thus dispossessed of its home, would natur- ally occupy a room in a new building. As respects the other Centre schools, were it not for the oppor- tunity—already several times utilized—to transfer pupils to the South and West, the present accommodations would be as unsat- isfactory in quantity as some of them are in quality. So far as ways of use will permit, a school room should be as attractive as a sitting room. By tinted walls, color of plants, bust, picture, and dainty ornament, it should communicate to children, teacher, and visitor alike a cheerful impression. For lack of such appeals to the oesthetic sense, it is more and more difficult from year to year to retain in the Francis school teachers f� SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. 19 of the kind you want. Ladies object to its shabby stairways, its discolored walls, its cracked ceilings, its imperfect light, its want of yard room, its outhouses, and the many annoyances from near- ness to a much-frequented street. For two of the resignations of the year these conditions were assigned as contributory causes. If the writer understands what has already been done, a com- mittee was appointed a year ago to devise a plan of relief and release for this school; and out of such release would come the occupants of four snore rooms in a new building. The kindergarten—elsewhere recommended—would occupy another room. Here is a call for a schoolhouse of six rooms to be put to immediate use ; is it conceivable that the town,.with a wise fore- sight of prospective needs, will build one with fewer than eight? \iANUAL TRAINING. This has come to be the comprehensive title designating an important group of subjects,—for the most part of recent intro- duction into your schools. These schools, it is a pleasure to say, now teach clay-modelling, mat-weaving, and a host of like kinder- garten processes, form-study and drawing, knife-work in wood in the lower grammar grades, and shop practice with tools in the higher, sewing, cooking, type-writing, and stenography. In these methods of training one recognizes the forerunners of others approved and practised elsewhere. He is led to expect the unmixed kindergarten, the extension of sewing to the cut- ting and fitting of under-garments and children's garments, the extension of cookery to the allied subject of domestic science, and, as crown and completion of all, the school of mechanic arts. Of such a school, Mr. Thomas Davidson, a life-long and eminent teacher, thus writes: " I am strongly in favor of public high schools and colleges ; but I maintain, that, if any community cannot support both high school and manual-training school, it is bound to give precedence to the latter. Nay, more, if any com- munity now supports a high school, but has no manual-training 20 SUPERINTENDENT S REPORT. school, it is bound to exchange the former for the latter, or else maintain both." In the report previous to this, it was stated that a commission had been appointed by the legislature to inquire into the subject of manual training for the public schools. That commission has since reported, and in its report are these far-sighted recommenda- tions:— 11 I. That the principles and practice of the kindergarten be taught in the normal schools. a. That the principles and practice of manual training, so far as applicable in the primary and grammar schools, be. taught in the normal schools. 3. That the principles and practice of domestic science be taught in the normal schools. 4. That high schools, in which a course in the mechanic arts, approved by the Board of Education, shall be taught to boys, be established and maintained in all cities having a population of 20,000 or more. 5. That high schools, in which a course of domestic science, including sewing and cooking, approved by the Board of Educa- tion, shall be taught to girls, be established and maintained in all cities having a population of zo,000 or more. 6. Any city or town which, though not required so to do by law, shall nevertheless establish one or more schools for manual training or industrial education, shall receive from the state treas- ury an amount of money equal to the amount specifically appro- priated, provided the amount paid out from the state treasury to any one city or town in any one year shall not exceed $5,000. 7. That the state make provision for the training of teachers of the mechanic arts, by establishing state scholarships at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology or at the Worcester Poly- technic Institute, or at both these institutions. • 8. That the duty of advising with and aiding school commit- tees of towns and cities in relation to the introduction of kinder- garten instruction into the public schools be made the special duty of an agent of the Board of Education. SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. 21 9. That the Board of Education be by law required to appoint an agent whose special duty shall be to advise and aid in the intro- duction of manual training and industrial education into the pub lic schools, and to visit and report upon all schools in which such training and education are carried on." Mr. Samuel B. Capen, President of the Boston School Board, said in his letter of resignation submitted a few months ago : — 11 Out of every one hundred boys graduated from our grammar schools, only i per cent. enter the ministry ; i per cent. become lawyers; i per cent., physicians ; s per cent., business men ; and' 9z per cent. get their livelihood by their hands. Are we doing- all we ought for the 92 per cent.? " This is a grave question for any community. What are you doing? For instruction that may be specially helpful to the 9z per cent.,. you pay as follows:— For instruction in sewing, $too; in cook- ing, $zoo ; in the use of tools, $400; and in drawing, $600; or- a total of $1,400 per annum. The old education sought to develop and discipline the mind mainly through use of books. It gave little heed to Bacon's. aphorism, that "education is the cultivation of a just and legiti- mate familiarity betwixt the mind and things" ; or to the funda- mental truth that clear seeing is essential to clear thinking; or to the most suggestive fact that the partnership of the mind and eye has given to mankind every science. The old education restricted its efforts after expression to- expression through language. It did not recognize in the hand. the executive organ of mind and eye. It did not believe with the French naturalist, Buffon, that " if the human arm had ended in a hoof, the race would still be savages in the forests." And it was bat-blind to the fact that the partnership of mind, eye, and hand has given to mankind every household convenience, every help- ful invention, and every one of the fine and useful arts. The new education adds to the study of books the study of thins. It teaches through objects and objective methods, and, 22 SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. through the persistent direction of attention to the facts of natural and physical science. It trains the eye to accurate observation, widens the child's acquaintance with his environment, and sedulously cultivates in him the love of nature. In combination with the old, it furnishes by a true method a satisfactory educa- tion of the receptive and assimilating faculties, —or the half of a complete education. The other and better half interests itself in the development and training of those centrifugal forces within-us,—the construc- tive and creative faculties. It seeks to rouse these unseen ener- gies to outward manifestation ; to detach thought from the man — indifferent whether this finds expression in speech or literature, or through embodiment in things. The new education has its training exercises for the hand through every grade of school, from the kindergarten to the school of mechanic arts. Already you have these exercises in your schools up to the end of first-year work in a manual-training school. What are you going to do to continue the training thus far given? Do what you will, you will still be behind every neighbor of yours on the road from the seaboard to the interior. Boston, Cambridge, and Waltham have each a manual-training school with a three years' course of shop exercises. In any way to make your opportunities for industrial education approach theirs, you should have for next year a course in wood-work in advance of the present course, and accompanied by lathes driven by power; and for the year following, a course in metal work. But it is for next year only that this report will offer recommendations. The necessary room for the accommodation of pupils in this second-year work can be found in the Spring building. An estimate of thr cost is given below. a Lathes—eventually four, $150 00 i Dynamo, 200 00 Power for one year, 50 00 Work-benches, 7500 Tools, 125 00 Instruction for one year, 150 00 Material, 150 00 Total, $900 00 SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. 23 A manual-training school with a three-years' course—if of the quality the writer has in mind—will cost for equipment a total of, perhaps, $1,500; and afterward will entail an annual outlay of about $I,2oo for instruction, and $300 for material. SCHOOL EXPENDITliRE. Twice within the period of the writer's superintendence has the Outlay for schools been criticized by correspondents of the local newspaper. The ground of complaint in both instances was the per-capita cost. The more recent critic suggested as a remedy that the Committee should crowd more children into a school-room. To this "three-in-a-bed" specific there are valid objections, some of which it is proposed to state: (I.) The residents of the other parts of the town are entitled to schools for their small children as well graded and as conve- nient to their homes as are those for their neighbors in the more populous centre ; and impartial administration compels the con- tinuance of several small schools. (a.) The amount of air space necessary for the health of a child is an unchangeable quantity-; and pupils must not be crowded too closely. There is little learned in any school-room that will compensate for the mischief of its being learned in the midst of impure air. (3-) Practical educators who adopt the packing expedient,— and, unfortunately, there are such,—acknowledge the evils of the process, and seek excuse for their action in an alleged necessity. (4-) From the point of view of educational effect, there is universal disapproval. The general consent of experienced observers fixes the number of pupils to be successfully taught by the individual teacher somewhere from twenty-five to thirty. The Secretary of the Board of Education says the number must not be above forty. Below are given the lately expressed.opinions of two experts with regard to this point. The first is taken from the report of 1892 to the citizens of Waltham, by 'Mr. Whitte- more, Superintendent of schools. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. " We rarely have more than four pupils out of forty who are not promoted, and the average is much below that. I ascribe this good condition to one thing, more than to any other—the assigning of small numbers to each teacher. I am personally thankful for the stand the Board has taken in this matter, and pray that nothing will ever change its position." The second is from the report of a lecture by Pres. Eliot, of Harvard University, delivered in December last, to the Mass. Teachers' Association : "Another change which will mark the grammar school of the future will be the reduction of the size of the classes. As the classes are to-clay, the teachers are attempting a task no mortal can perform." If any one will examine the analysis of outlay which accom- panies this report, he will find that the appropriation is expended mainly for fuel, repairs, supplies, and salaries. Now, will it be claimed that the Committee are responsible for the market price of coal, or of the materials and labor needed in repairs, or of the books, paper, and the multitude of articles required by law to be furnished as supplies to the schools? Even the most discontented will answer, "Assuredly not." Then such criticism as exists must be levelled, not at these parts of the outlay, but at the sala- ries paid to the teachers. Yet, it seems to the writer a very easy matter to demonstrate that the market price of salaries is as much beyond the control of the Committee as is the price of coal per ton, or of lumber per thousand. And at this point, let him quote a few facts from his last year's experience. Miss Cutler, of the Phillips Primaries, was the first teacher to resign. Her salary was $J50. The position was offered to an Arlington teacher, and refused. The Arlington teacher is now employed by Newton, at $Gro. The school was then offered to- a Quincy teacher, and refused. This teacher proved to the writer that for her to come to Watertown at $550, would be at a loss of $50 per annum. The position was next offered to the lady who SUPERINTENDENT7S REPORT. 25 now so satisfactorily fills it, and her acceptance was after a pre- liminary refusal. Miss Holbrook, of the Francis school, resigned early in June. Her school was offered to an Everett teacher at $550, and ac- cepted. Almost before the ink was dry on the record of her election, this Everett lady resigned, to go to Cambridge at $62o. The school was then given to Miss Pruden, who resigned after four months of most acceptable service, to go, at a larger salary, as an assistant in the Concord high school. Much regret has been ex- pressed for the loss of Miss Pruden, but the Committee had not the money with which to retain her. The school is now in charge of a teacher taken from a Northampton school, and secured not by amount of salary, but through your nearness to her Boston home. In the mid-summer vacation, Miss Winslow, of the Spring school, resigned to become, at a large advance in salary, the principal of a training school of teachers, in Beverly. The school was then offered, at $550, to Miss Stull, a Braintree teacher, and was not accepted. As Miss Stull was a skilled kindergarten teacher, and it was in contemplation to recommend the establish- ment of a kindergarten in the near future, it seemed advisable to employ her at $600. Though Miss Stull has since been offered $650, she remains with you, in the expectation—next year—of the unmixed kindergarten she desires. To retain the modern-language teacher in the High school, it was necessary to advance his salary $ioo. The Committee did not have the money ; and, to secure it, fixed the salaries of two vacant positions at $500, instead of $550. The teachers engaged at $5oo were both gone within a few months, and their successors were obtained only on the promise of$550 in September. One lady has refused a $62o offer, because she prefers not to leave Watertown. There have been three resignations, which were withdrawn either because of a diminution of work or of responsibility. 26 SUPERINTENDENT 7S REPORT. Would these resignations have been offered if a school in Water- town was reckoned a bonanza by the lady in charge? In spite of all your advances in salary, and in spite of the exist- ing per-capita cost, your salaries average $5o below the salaries paid by your near neighbors. The average rate of payment to the twenty-two ladies of your primary and grammar schools is now $565. But Waltham pays a teacher like yours, $600; New- ton, $6ao; Cambridge, $620; and Boston and Brookline, more than these figures. It seems needless to offer further evidence in proof (i) that the neighboring communities establish the market rate for teachers, and (2) that your Committee are in constant difficulty in their endeavor, without sacrifice of quality in work, to keep the .sala- ries below the market rate. For their success in this effort, do they deserve the condemnation or the commendation of the critics? Whoever seeks to lower the per-capita cost.of your schools in present conditions, would lessen their efficiency, or their many- sidedness, or both; and a low per-capita cost would sink them to a classification with such values as a penny cigar, a dinner of Bread and water, or the mineral known as "fools' gold." But there are other things with reference to expenditure which it is the right of the friends of education to know, and the duty of a Superintendent to announce. (i.) Without some increase of the appropriation, the supple- mentary reading-matter, now for two years unreplenished, and fallen below daily demands, must continue to diminish in service- ability. One hundred dollars would satisfy existing require- ments. For the dividends accruing from such an investment, ask any teacher you happen to know, in the first six years of school. (z.) Without some increase in the appropriation, the Grant course of study in English literature, adopted a year ago, must remain in large part, as at present, an unattempted course. Now, there are in this school nearly two hundred pupils to be trained to a discriminating use of the Public Library,and teachers SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 27 more than eager to give the requisite training. The reading would be neither desultory nor for enjoyment alone, as is too often the case, but would be with an educational aim, under intel- ligent guidance, and from the best in literature. One hundred dollars would set in motion this current of benefit. (3.) Without some increase in the appropriation, the appara- tus at the High school, diminished by breakages and two bur- glaries, will continue, as now, insufficient for daily wants. One hundred dollars should be expended in this direction. (4.) Without in increase in the appropriation, it will be impossible for the Committee to establish a kindergarten, as rec- ommended. (5.) With a single exception, the losses by resignation the past year have been from teachers paid $500 or$550. There are five teachers now paid $550 who are liable at any moment, by reason of the superiority of their work, to receive offers from the neighboring cities. Without an increase in the appropriation, they cannot be retained in the event of an offer. (6.) You have many teachers paid $600 or above. Without an increase in the appropriation, these cannot be retained in the event of an otter. Would it not be wise, in the case of all teachers at risk, to give your Committee the means to protect your interests? That Watertown can do more than she has hitherto done, and more than she is likely to be asked to do, and yet not rise to the average paid in the neighborhood, the county, or the state, is apparent from the statistics, which follow. They are taken from the latest published report of the State Board of Education, the report for iScgi-92. With reference to the percentage on her valuation appropri- ated by Watertown for the support of schools, she then ranked the 45th among the 54 towns and cities of Middlesex county-, and the z3ist among the 309 of the state. Ten out of the fourteen counties paid more than Watertown, and there were fifteen towns that paid more than twice as mtich. The towns in the 28 SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. county which paid less are Dunstable, Carlisle, Burlington, etc. The above mode of comparison is thought by the Secretary of the State Board to be the fairest possible, and has been long in use. A comparison of what Watertown did with what the nearest neighbors did, shows that she paid less than any of them. Watertown appropriated $16.22 for the education of each child between 5 and 15 years of age; Cambridge, $18.38; Belmont, $ig.o2; Waltham, $20.84 ; and Newton, $25•93• A little farther away, one finds that Malden appropriated $17.11 ; Somerville, $iS.62 ; Winchester, $IS.77; Arlington, $20.30; Medford, $20.88; Concord, $21.17 ; Lexington, $21.S2 ; Weston, $32.88—or more than double the appropriation of Wa- tertown; and Brookline, $35.88—a second not-distant neighbor which paid more than twice as much as Watertown. In the last quarter of a century Newton and Brookline have been noted for their liberality of outlay upon schools, and their- determination to have the best in education. And, in the gen- eral outflow of wealth and character from Boston during these years, they have received far more than their due proportion. No one can dispute or doubt that these things are to a considera- ble degree related as cause and efrect. Li the selection of a coun- try home, churches, schools, and picturesque scenery are potent influences. Respectfully submitted, GEO. R. DWELLEY, Superintendent of Schools. Watertown, Feb. 6, 1894• REVISED COURSE OF STUDY. PRIMARY SCHOOLS. FIRST YEAR OF SCHOOL. READING.—First half of Franklin First Reader and Of ten sup- plementary Readers of the first grade. For the three hundred words to be taught in the first five Months, see vocabulary, as ar- ranged for the successive months. Require conversational tones. SPELLING.—Teach how to spell by sound, and how to write from dictation the sentences in the first year's work in Parker's " Spelling Chart." WRITING.—Teach the entire alphabet of small letters, and such capitals as become necessary. By the end of the year pupils should be able to write sentences from dictation. For methods, see Harper's "Manual of Penmanship." LANGUAGE.— Encourage tall: about familiar things, as pets, toys, pictures and objects in the school-room. Insist upon cor- rect forms of speech. Tell and read stories and lead pupils to reproduce them. In all possible ways add to their stock of ideas and words. Teach use of capitals, periods, and question-marks. Memory gems to be learned and recited. Consult Powell's " How to 'Palk," and the teacher's edition of 11 Elementary Les- sons in English," by Mrs. Knox. NUMBER.—Teach but one number at a time up to ten. All processes to be developed. Add, subtract, multiply, divide; at first, always with help of objects. Teach halves and thirds by use of Southworth's " Fractional Disks." Coins from cent to dime. Inch, foot, yard. Roman numerals to X. Finish first year work in Wentworth and Reed's '- First Steps in Number," and from two to five in Baldwins's " Industrial Arithmetic." GEOGRAPHY.— Teach the simple facts outlined for the first grade in Nichol's " Topics in Geography." Consult Parker's " How to Study Geography." NATURAL HISTORY. —Observation lessons on familiar ani- mals, as the cat, dog, rabbit, etc., —which may be present dur- ing the exercise, as subjects for fierceptive teaching,—and on the horse, cow, pig, etc., in their absence, as subjects of conceptive teaching. Avoid technical terms. For methods of instruction see lessons on the horse, cow, and dog, in " Quincy Methods"; and on the cat, dog, etc., in Hewitt's " Object Lessons" for chil- dren of five ol- six. Pupils 11 should be told as little as possible 30 SUPERINTENDENT IS REPORT. and led to discover as much as possible." In the study of animals not well known to the children, use the largest pictures attain- able. In addition to the above complete 11 Mammals" in Bert's 11 First Steps in Scientific Knowledge." For method in the in- formation lessons, consult Walker's Handy Book of Object Les- sons," and Prince's G°Courses and Methods," pages 2o9th to 213th. Before the year ends, have the children read the first half of Wood's 11 First Natural History Reader." PHYSIOLOGY.—Teach the nine subjects for first year work as shown in Prince's 11 Courses and Methods," page 196th. As re- spects narcotics and stimulants, teach to the extent asked for first year work in any of the books approved by the W. C. T. U. Music.—At the end of the, year the class should be able to sing with good pure tone, by syllable, numeral, la, or other vocalizing sound, at sight.or after a few trials, such simple songs as may be written upon the board or chart. FORM STUDY AND DRAWING.—Sphere, cube and cylinder studied as wholes and with reference to parts. Views and pat- terns drawn. Objects based upon type forms made from paper. Border and centre designs illustrating principles of repetition, al- ternation, symmetry and stability. Much drawing from the ob- ject. Pictorial compositions. MANUAL. TRAINING.—Block building of house, bridge, tower, flight of steps, etc. ; the use-of needle and thread in stringing straws and beads in geometrical figures; the laying of pasteboard tablets in various forms, and in the primary and secondary colors; paper folding—to produce definite prescribed forms, such as an envelope, book, fan, or star; clay modelling of the regular solids, fruits and articles of household use; free-hand drawing; writing; etc. Dictation exercises, followed by opportunity for inventive effort. Finish first-year work in Love's " Industrial Instruction." MANNERS AND MORALS.—Consult " Lessons on Manners," by E. F. Wiggin. Through familiar example or anecdote, or fortunate opportunity, teach the simple duties of life; strive to make moral imfiressions; rouse the conscience to activity. PRIMARY SCHOOLS. SECOND YEAR OF SCHOOL. READING. —Last half of Franklin First Reader and of ten sup- plementary Readers of the first grade. In the supplementary work, teach the meaning of all difficult words, and use persis- tently for the recognition of new words the " spelling-by-sound" method. Give careful attention to articulation ; insist upon the exact reproduction of the words of the book,—such insistence helps to quick and accurate perception,—and require fluency and naturalness of expression. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 31 SPELLING.—Spell new words orally, both by sound and letter, and dictate sentences containing them to be written by the class. Teach the ordinary sounds of the vowels—four for a, etc.— the sounds of the consonants, and of the consonant combinations rep- resenting simple sounds. Copies of words and sentences on blackboard to be written daily on ruled paper. Complete the second year work of Parker's " Spelling Chart." WRITING. — With pencils, practise on paper ruled to show the height of the medium letters. Teach how to form the capital letters. LANGUAGE. —Practise sentence writing with simple descrip- tion of objects, actions and pictures. Stories from the Readers, and stories told by the teacher to be reproduced orally, and in writing, by the pupils. Teach the simplest form of letter-writ- ing. Use as helps in language work, Powell's << How to Talk," and " Elementary Lessons in English," by Mrs. Knox. Have a weekly exercise in recitations of poetry appropriate to the grade. NUMBER.—Write and read numbers by Arabic method to Ioo; by Roman method to L. Drill on combinations and separations to 30. Teach how to tell the time from clock or watch. Pint, quart, gallon ; the dry quart, peck, bushel. Finish coins. Teach fourths, fifths, and sixths, through use of Southworth's "Frac- tional Disks." Consult second and third year work in Went- worth and Reed's " First Steps in Number," and teach from six to ten in Baldwin's << Industrial Arithmetic." GEOGRAPHY.—Teach first six subjects of second year work in Nichol's << Topics in Geography." Consult Parker's Lt How to Study Geography." NATURAL HISTORY.—Observation lessons on birds and fishes. Avoid technical terms. For perceptive teaching bring to the school-room canaries and stuffed birds,—which are common and easily borrowed,—a vase of gold fish from a private house, or a smelt, herring, or mackerel from the market. For conceptive teaching recall and arrange the children's memories of farm yard, field and forest; brook, pond, and seaside. For methods of instruction see Hewitt's lC Object Lessons " for chil- dren of six or seven ; Walker's " Handy Book of Object Les- sons." Use pictures and stencils. Read to thechildren Appleton's "Wings and Fins." In addition to the above, give information lessons to complete " Birds" and " Fishes" in Bert's " First Steps in Scientific Knowledge." Have the children read the last half of Wood's 11 First Natural History Reader." PHYSIOLOGY. —Teach the five subjects for second year work, as shown in Prince's 16 Courses and Methods," pages 196th and 197th. As respects narcotics and stimulants, teach to the extent 32 SUPERINTTENDENTIS REPORT. asked for second year work in any of the books approved by the W. C. T. U. Music.—At the end of the year the class should be able to sing properly as to-tine, ,pitch and accent, simple pieces in two or more keys, recognizing the various characters used in musical notation. FORM STUDY AND DRAWING.—Hemisphere, square prism, right-angled triangular prism, equilateral triangular prism, and scalene triangular prism studied as wholes and with reference to parts. Views and patterns Of above type solids drawn. Objects based on the type forms Of this year to be made. Much drawing from the object. Pictorial composition. Border, centre, and sur- face designs made. Units of designs made from type forms. MANUAL TRAINING.—Stick laying—to produce such figures as chair, rake, kite, ladder, easel, etc. ; picture cutting with blunt scissors—to learn the use of scissors, and to cut to line by follow- ing the outline of the picture in all its details ; the malting of scrap-books from these pictures—to learn the use of paste and brush, and the tasteful grouping of material ; spool-work, or the knitting of worsteds with a little instrument known as the " toy knitter;" paper embroidery, or the working of symmetrical de- signs and forms of life, as outlined upon paper, with worsted and needles; braiding in various ways; free-hand drawing; clay modelling; writing; etc, Complete second year work in Love's Industrial Instruction." MANNERS AND MORALS. —See " Lessons on Manners." Lead the pupil to distinguish, appreciate and name moral qualities. Illustrate by familiar anecdotes, narratives and fables, such quali- ties as industry, obedience, kindness, perseverance, faith and patriotism. PRI NIARY SCHOOLS. TIIIRD YEAR OF SCHOOL. READING.— Finish Franklin Advanced Second Reader, and eight supplementary Second Readers. Secure distinct articula- tion, correct pronunciation, the easy grasp of the thought, and nat- uralness in expression. Through much practice in silent reading, train the class to see words in groups. Children in this grade should be able to comprehend three or snore words at a glance. Rapidity in silent reading is as desirable as speed in an express train. SPELLING. —With pencils, spell fi-om dictation the new words of the Readers, the names of common objects, of the days of the week and of the months. Complete the third year Nvork of Par- ker's << Spelling Chart." 'Peach the children to put correctly into sentences words that sound alike, but are spelled differently. SUPERINTE\tiENTIS REPORT. 33 WRITING.—As prescribed for second grade. LANGUAGE. —Teach different forms of sentences; as state- ments, questions and commands. Teach the usual marks of punctuation, including the hyphen, apostrophe, quotation marks and contractions, the common abbreviations, and how to arrange thought in paragraphs. Refer often to Powell's 11 How to Write," and 11 Elementary Lessons in English," by Mrs. Knox. At the close of this year, pupils should have the ability easily, clearly and correctly to express their thoughts on the lessons they read, and on the objects, actions and pictures they see, and to write in proper form an original and well-worded letter. Recita- tions of poetry, as in previous grades. NumBER. —Teach how to add figures in groups, how to read and write Arahic numbers to millions, and Roman numerals to M, and teach all combinations and separations from 30 to 144. Teach eighths, ninths, and tenths through use of Southworth's Fractional Disks." Extend numeration to tenths and hun- dredths, illustrating with dime and cent. See that the decimal point is well understood, and the value of figures as determined by place. Teach the table of United States honey, of Time, and of Dry and Liquid Measure. COIl.Sult Wentworth and Reed's third year work in 11 First Steps in Number," and teach from eleven to twenty in Baldwin's " Industrial Arithmetic." GEOGRAPHY. — Peach last seven subjects of second year work as outlined in Nichol's 11 Topics in Geography." Consult Par- ker's 11 How to Study Geography." NATURAL. HISTORY, —Observation lessons on reptiles, as snake, lizard, fresh-water turtle and frog; on annulates, as grass- hopper; spider, lobster and earthworm ; on mollusks, as oyster and clam ; and on radiates, as the starfish. The children should draw the animals studied. The purpose of the lessons is not so much to increase knowledge through observation —though such knowledge is certainly a secondary purpose— as to awaken the interest which impels to perception, to train the .power to ob- serve, and to form the habit of observation. 1lvoid technical terms. Complete the Natural History of Animals" in Bert's 1C First Steps in Scientific Knowledge," and give a careful review of the whole subject. For methods of instruction consult Walker's 11 Handy Book of Object Lessons." Have tiie children read Nos. I and a Of the t1 Seaside and Wayside " series, and Wood's 11 Second Natural History Reader." PHYSIOLOGY. —Teach the seven subjects for third year work as shown in Prince's 11 Courses and Nlethods," pages 197th and 198th. As respects narcotics and stimulants, teach to the extent asked for third grade work in any of the books approved by the W. C. T. U. 34 SUPERINTENDENT 7S RI+TORT. Music. —Although, during the year, the class may have sung in several keys, it should at the end of the year, know definitely three; namely, C, F, and G, and should'be able to give the com- position of those scales. The class should also he able to sing, from the notes, many of the songs in the above keys in Part III of the Second Music Reader. MANUAL TRAINING.—Perforated cardboard embroidery. This differs from the previous cardboard embroidery in the particular that the figures are not patterned on the card. As the perfora- tions are equidistant in every direction, as great a number of figures may be dictated or invented as were shown on the old- time samplers; slat plaiting, or the interlacing of slats of tough, inflexible wood into a great diversity of forms; the construction of geometrical figures from tooth-picks, with softened peas as joints ; mat-weaving, or the weaving of paper strips of different colors—by the help of weaving needles—into a variety of de- signs. This process requires the equal Simultaneous exercise of both hands, cultivates taste, and the perception of color har- monies. Free-hand drawing; crocheting; writing; etc. MANNERS AND MORALS. —As occasion offers, widen instruc- tion in both subjects. Show the value of good habits, the evil consequences of bad ones, and the characteristics which con- tribute to usefulness, happiness, and success in life. GRAMMAR SCHOOL. SIXTH GRADE. FOURTH YEAR OF SCHOOL. READING. —Finish Franklin Third Reader, and four or more supplementary Third Readers. Teach articulation and Pronun- ciption in all exercises of the school. See that the end of the word is distinctly uttered. Keep words altogether separate in speech. Train children to see the eflect of tones, inflections and emphasis, and to reproduce such effects. Insist on accuracy, fluency and naturalness. Continue practice in silent reading. Train children to grasp as many words as possible at a glance. Encourage them to read at home. SPELLING. —Ill Worcester's " Pronouncing Speller," carry the class to the 47th page. See that the spelling lessons are care- fully written in ink. Also, either in oral or written exercises, teach how to spell difficult words in the reading lessons, in the geography, and in the general work. LANGUAGE.—Teach thoroughly and systematically to the Io3d page of'6 Elementary Lessons in English," by Mrs. Knox. Reproduce orally and in writing the stories read in silence. Teach how to fold, direct and stamp a letter. Train to ease and accu- racy•of expression, whether in speech or composition. Have weekly recitations of selections in prose and verse. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 35 NUMBER.—Teach how to read and write Arabic numbers to bil- lions, and the Ronan numerals to date of the year. Use four funda- mental rules in numbers not exceeding one hundred thousand. Continue practice in addition l;y groups. Teach how to multiply with numbers of three places of figures; how to multiply by to, ioo, i,000. Teach long division first, and up to divisors of three places of figures. Later, teach short division with divisors up to I2. Teach how to read. write, add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals to thousandths, illustratingwith dime, cent,and mill, but do not as yet use decimals as multipliers or divisors. Teach twelfths, fifteenths, and eighteenths, with simple additions, sub- tractions and reductions. Teach tables of Long and Square Measure, and of Avoirdupois Weight. Teach one-step reduc- tions in any of the tables known. Give much drill upon prob- lems that compel the pupil to think, and include in one problem two or more of the fundamental processes. GEO\fETRY. —Lines and Angles, or to page 72d in G. A. Hill's " Geometry for Beginners." Omit " vletric System," and translate examples into feet, inches, etc. BOOK-KEEPING. --Teach forms of bills and business letters. GEOGRAPHY.*—As outlined in King's 11 Methods and Aids in Geography," pages 224th to 227th. Interest the class in the earth as a whole—as a huge ball surrounded by air, warmed and lighted by the sun, and with two motions. From the first, cause the children to view the world as man's dwelling-place—its land surface, as the home of animals and plants; its water surface as the highway of commerce, and the source of clouds and rain ; the winds, as carriers of the moisture uplifted by evaporation from the sea, etc. Show how the two motions of the earth cause day and night and the changes of the seasons. NATURAL SCIENCE. —The first purpose of botanical study is to interest children in nature. The second is to train them to observe, to compare, to make clear statements, and to develop in them a taste for original investigation. The third is the acquisi- tion of knowledge. To attain these ends, keeb the children to the study of 61ants. Observation lessons on plants with refer- ence to root, stem, branches, leaves, flowers, and fruit. In an information lesson about a plant—as a tree, shrub, or herb— suitable heads for the matter are (I) Class, —as food plant, industrial plant, ornamental plant, etc., (2) Description, (3) Cul- tivation, (4) Locality, (5) Uses, and (6) History. Teach to 11 Classification of Plants" in Part II. of Bert's 11 First Steps in Scientific Knowledge." Read about plants in the geographies and supplementary readers. PHYSIOLOGY. — Pathfinder No. 2, Chapter I., Alcohol. Chap- ters VI., VII., Bones. Muscles. '96 SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. Music. —Teach how to sing two-part songs, and advance in Second Music Reader to the forty-sixth pate, Key of G. Omit the Chromatic Scales, and practise less in piece singing. Prac- tise daily in sight-reading of music, in singing by dictation, and in scale practice. FORM STUDY AND DRAWING. — Facts of form. Synthetic review of form. Classification of triangles and quadrilaterals. Views and patterns drawn free-hand and with use of ruler. Object drawing. Draw objects containing reversed curves. Blocking-in. Taking; pencil measurements. Design. Historic ornament, decorative and constructive design. Combined enclos- ing forms. Modification of combined units. Principles of con- trast, proportion and counterchange. MANUAL TRAINING. GIRLS.—First Year of Sewing.— (I)Folding. (a) Basting. (3) Backstitching. (4) Overcasting. (5) Hemming. Proper wearing and use of thimble with needle. Right length of thread, threading needle, making knots. Hold- ing work by left hand. Position of work and needle in connec- tion with stitch given ; also beginning, joining and fastening thread. Stitches first drawn upon paper, using ruler for accuracy in length of stitch. Hemming wide and narrow, first turned on paper, using ruler for measure. Each new stitch preceded by drill in proper position of hands and fingers while making stitch ; also, chill for arms in motion of drawing needle and thread through cloth. Models: Towels, napkins, handkerchiefs, etc., brought from home to hem. MANUAL TRAINING. Bays. — First )'car in Knife- Lhork. —Material, thin white-wood. (I) How to hold a gauge. Uses of gauge. Measurements with gauge. (a) How to hold a try- square. Use of try-square and gauge combined. Gauging on edge and end of boards. (3) Use of dividers. (4) Use of knife in cutting with reference to grain of material. (5) How to make a square board. (6) Uses of rule, carpenter's pencil, and sand paper. (7) How to cut the geometrical figures of straight lines. (S) How to cut circle, oval, and ellipse. (9) How to cut such figures as a star, in arrow, a vase, a clover leaf, etc. (Io) How to carve letters. -How to carve a monogram. (II) How to cut the sides and make a box. 4GRA11IJIAR SCHOOLS. FIFTI-[ GRADE. FIFTII YEAR OF SCHOOL. READING. — Finish Franklin Advanced Third Reader, and four or more supplementary Third Readers additional to those read in the sixth grade. Give daily lessons in silent reading, and continually train the eyes of the class to take in with each glance at the page the largest possible number of words. Children in this grade should be able, if well trained, to grasp five or more words at once, Question the children carefully on the subjects SUPERINTENDENTS DEPORT. 37 read in silence. A taste for reading should be fostered and strengthened unceasingly. SPELLING. —Carry the class from the 47th to the 69th page of the (C Pronouncing Speller." Keep a book contain- ing lists of words often misspelled, and Of difficult words likely to be used by the children in conversation, in writing let- ters, stories, etc., and teach spelling daily from this book in oral or written exercises. Also teach the children how to spell the names of parts of the body; of articles of clothing; of the fish, meats, vegetables, fruits, etc., they eat; the names of articles of furniture; of the parts of the house; etc. LANGUAGE. — fn daily exercises, teach as thoroughly as prac- ticable the second half of " Elementary Lessons in English," by Mrs. Knox. After the children have discovered the two parts of the statement, name words,quality words,and words that show How, When, or Where, teach them the names of the five possi- ble parts of the sentence,—subject, predicate, adjective part, object part, and adverb part. Practise them much in sentence building and in sentence analysis, (I) where the parts of the sen- tence are expressed by single words; (2) where the parts are expressed by two or more words. Lead the children to write abstracts of lessons, and little compositions upon incidents of school or street life or upon any subject of interest to them ; and. in all their work of this sort, give careful attention to form; to the place of the heading; to the breadth and regularity Of the margin, and to the right use of paragraphs. Everywhere, culti- vate freedom and variety in expression. Weekly recitations of prose and poetry as heretofore. NUMBER. —Teach addition, subtraction, multiplication and. division, as treated in the" FrankllnWritten Arithmetic." Apply these rules to decimals to millionths, using decimals as multipli- ers and divisors. In common fractions, add and subtract, using halves, fourths, eighths, sixteenths, —thirds, sixths, ninths, etc., to eighteenths,—fifths,tenths, fifteenths,and twentieths. Reduce to common denominators by inspection. Give a thorough review of tables of money, weights and measures. Teach what prime factors are, and how to find the prime factors of a number; what common divisors are, and how to find the greatest common divisor of small numbers ; what multiples and common multiples are, and how to find the least common multiple of small num- bers. Teach cancellation, and apply it wherever practicable. Put daily on the blackboard, problems designed to test knowledge and to evoke and strengthen thought. GEo.mETRY.—Triangles and Quadrilaterals, or from page 73d to page I23d in G. A. Hill's i' Geometry for Beginners." BOOK-KEEPING.—Teach forms of receipts and accounts cur- rent. e38 SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. GEOGRAPHY. —As outlined in King's " Methods and Aids in Geography," pages 227th to page 231st. NATURAL SCIENCE. — By observation lessons upon the flowers of the pea, the bean, the clover, the locust, the wisteria, etc., discover their points of resemblance and the reasons for grouping them as a family. Similarly treat several of the numerous species of the family of the cross-bearers, the asterworts, the labiates, etc., discovering the likenesses of the flowers within a family, and their broad differences when of different families. Observation lessons on ferns, mosses, lichens and sea-weeds. In information lessons,teach from the "Classification of Plants" to the conclusion of Part II. in Bert's 11 First Steps in Scientific Knowledge." PHYSIOLOGY.—Pathfinder No. 2, Chapter II. Fermentation. Chapters VILL, I1. Food. Are Narcotics Food? Music. — (I) Teach the Chromatic Scales, (2) the transposi- tion of the keys, and (3) songs in every key, as found in the Second Music Reader. Drill much in the sight-singing of music. FORM STUDY AND DRAWING.—Facts of Form. Views of combined models, using transferring lines. Invisible edges con- sidered. Working drawings. Use of compass and ruler. First five geometric problems and their application in developments, views, etc. Appearance. Drawing objects based upon hemis- phere and cvlinder. Axis of cylindrical objects to be vertical. Desia n. Historic ornament. Decorative and constructive design. Modification of combined enclosing forms. MANUAL TRAINING. GIRLS.—SECOND YEAR OF SEWING.— (I) Review previous year's work. (2) Overhanding on folded edges. (3) Overhanding on selvedges. (4) Wide Hems. (5) Plain fell. (6) Darning tear. (7) Running. Especial drill in position of fingers while making this stitch, also in use of side of thimble. Models: Pillow slips, plain aprons without gathers, small sheets, etc. MANUAL TRAINING. BOYS. — SECOND YEAR IN KNIFE- WORK.— (I) How to carve horizontal,vertical and oblique lines, diagonal interlacing, diamond border.and Greek fret. (2) How to carve concentric arcs, the wave scroll, the 'egg and dart, the guilloche, the ellipse and lotus leaf, and script capital letters. (3) How to cut from thick wood, square, circle, ellipse, oval, drafting board, T square, and triangles, and how to make a flight of steps. (4) Through thick wood, how to cut a square, round and elliptical hole, how to make a rectangular and elliptical pict- ure frame, and how to make a box with an elaborately carved cover. GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, FOURTH GRADE. SIXTH YEAR IN SCHOOL. READING.—Finish Franklin Fourth Reader; and for supple- mentary work, read, either aloud or silently in regular daily SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. 39 exercises, 11 Robinson Crusoe," •°-,Esop's Fables," " Black Beauty," and the "Swiss Family Robinson." In silent Reading, drill class in efforts to secure several words at a glance, two glances to the second. How many things in a dark night one sees by a single electric flash. Yet the light endures but for the twenty-four thousandth part of a second. SPELLING.—Carry class in the " Pronouncing Speller," from the 69th to the I I Ith page. Continue instruction in difficult common words met in daily reading. Train the class in all work to ob- serve how words are spelled. LANGUAGE.—Teach the whole of Southworth and Goddard's First Lessons in Language." Continue the work outlined in the previous grade. Correct all faulty expressions, Teach the class to discriminate in its choice of words. Teach the dis- tinction between such words as to teach and to learn; to discover and to invent, etc. Teach some of the simpler laws of arrange- ment of words and clauses. Train the class to clearness and strength of statement. Continue weekly recitations of good prose and verse. NUMBER.—Carry the class in the 11 Franklin Written Arith- metic" through Fractions—Common and Decimal. Widen knowledge respecting such weights and measures as a stone, a bushel of oats, or potatoes,—a gross, score, quire, ream,—a span, cubit, fathom,—a square of roofing, etc. Give problems that require thought, and increase their difficulty with the growing ability of the class. GEOMETRY.—Polygons and Areas, or from page I2481 to page 171st in G. A. Hill's "Geometry for Beginners." BOOK-KEEPING.—Teach forms of checks and orders, and the business usages respecting them. GEOGRAPHY.—As outlined in King's "?Methods and Aids in Geography," page 231st to page 234th. NATURAL SCIENCE.—Observation lessons at some freshly dug cellar, or gravel pit. Call attention to the soil, or loam, which is the outer envelope of the earth ; to the dark color given it by the vegetable mould it contains, and to the diminution of the black- ness as the subsoil is approached. Call attention to the loose material underlying the soil,—whether sand or gravel,—to the rounded pebbles, or cobble stones scattered through it, and to the boulders in the neighboring walls. Investigation of any of these natural forms brings the class to the study of the Drift formation ; and the study of the origin of Drift, to the study of the rocks. Induce the children to examine the slate and marble in the Com- mon-street Cemetery, the sandstone in the Otis building, the syenite in the curbstones of Main street, the conglomerate In the underpinning of the Public Library ; the column of basalt and cabinet specimens inside the Public Library; the coal in their 40 SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. cellars; the modelling clay of the geography recitation ; the hard- ening effects of fire on clay, as illustrated in bricks and all pot- tery ; and to study crystals, fossils, and specimens of ores and the less common roeks, borrowed from local cabinets. Direct atten- cion to the essential likeness among rocks of one kind, and their points of difference fi-om rocks of other kinds. Establish ability to recognize and name the commonest kinds of rock. In infor- mation lessons teach Part III, or °' Stones and Soils," in Bert's "First Steps in Scientific Knowledge." The teacher should saturate herself from Winchell's -•Geological Excursions," and Shaler's "First Book of Geology," teachers' edition. PHYSIOLOGY.—" Pathfinder," No. 2. Chapter III., Distilla- tion. Chapter X., XI., Digestion, Respiration. HISTORY.—Barnes's Il Primary History of the United States." Chapters I., II. Explorers. Settlements. Music.—Review work of the previous grade, and teach all the songs in every key in the Second Music Reader. Begin the prac- tice of three-part songs in the Third Music Reader. Continue drill in the sight-singing of music. FORM STUDY AND DRAWING.—Views of cylindrical objects, axes vertical and horizontal. Views of rectangular objects turned at an angle of 45 degrees. Views of vertical and horizontal sec- tions of objects. Objects made fi-om working drawings. Eight geometric problems and their application. Purpose, to lead pupils to think. Use of T square, triangle, compass, and draw- ing board. Afipearance. Drawing of cylindrical objects, axes vertical. Drawing of rectangular objects in front of, and below the level of the eye. Design. Historic ornament. Constructive and decorative design. Arrangement of units on unequal axes. Principles of interlacing. MANUAL TRAINING. GIRLS.—THIRD YEAR OF SEWING.— (I) Review previous year's work. (2) Gathering, laying or stroking gathers, putting gathers into band by backstitching and hemming. (3) French fell, straight fell, reversible seam. (4) Darning tear with silk. (5) Patching cotton cloth. (6) But- tonholes begun, four-holed buttons sewed on. (7) Feather and herring-bone stitches. (3) Proper way of tearing or cutting cloth for bands or ruffling, viz., straight or across the grain. Models: Aprons with bands, plain white-cotton or flannel shirts with bands, buttonholes, buttons sewed on, etc. MANUAL TRAINING. BOYS.—TI-IIRD YEAR IN KNIFE-WORK. Geometric forms carved. Prisms with triangular, square, and other bases; cylinders; pyramids with triangular, square, and other bases; cones; spools ; pointers; spheres; ovoids ; vases; etc. Joints. The halved, the miter, the mortise and tenon, the locked, and the dove-tailed. The halved frame, the windmill, and mitred box. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 41 SUMMARY OF STATISTICS. I. Population. Population of Watertown, census of 189o, 7,073 Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age, May 1, 1893, I,21 j II. Teachers. Number of Teachers in the High School 4 49 64 94 cc Grammar Grades, I 1 44 cc .4C '° Primary Cc II '4 °C Special Teachers (music, drawing, sew- ing, cooking, manual training, and stenography,) 6 Whole number of Teachers, 32 III. Pupils. Whole number of Pupils enrolled, 979 Number over 15 years of age, 121 Average number belonging, 829.5 44 daily attendance, 773.6 Percentage of attendance (upon the number belong- ing, 93.2 JANITORS. NAME. SCHOOLS. SALARY. George F. Robinson....... Phillips and Grant............ $zoo Andrew H. Stone.......... Parker, Spring,and Francis.... 600 Margaret Austin.... ........ Coolidge............ .... ..... 150. Mrs. Ryan................. Bemis............. .... .... ... 6o E. P. Walker ............. Lowell...%........ ...... ...... 10 TR UANT OFFICERS. NAME. DISTRICT. SALARY. George Parker...... ........ Centre, South, and West....... $20 George F. Robinson...... << << 94 It ...... 20 Andrew H. Stone.......... �< 44 at ....... 20 Thomas Lyons............. East ........ .................. 20 42 SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. �a Y bn Z N O 8 .Mi CA to N o p. � r H} Rl-5 O N �. - L• .r v N M tn en 00 N •e}• b0 C '� to ., a}- u•: A ri Q O 07 H et M M � :1 O L• 'r: �7 co m O 07 3z "c O M N n W W a y a A v '-' U H o W C7 �; 8 8 Lon 8 8 8 n o el cn cs ° L Aa 3 r cH F •o v m as U a°3 w Cd C7 ti U W 5 W W � z �, o E in U C V SUPERINTENDENTIS REPORT. 43 t� cis :a M \^ M d- ON M 00 d' O 00 C% _ M O1� a L� 1� �O C% -!- O iA N M " O CN N el �"� N !� M ty ty M V OD td y 1 N N V- N M M et N M M O 1 q � > > > > M �, vtni tn h Ln tr) ul� � H toncn v g g g g cl CIS v q q C7 a' U �--1 U w W 3 cS r +' •C L W u W U v E cs W is W yci _ L :n J L6 O a 3 = c ho m C: r L L L�i �'^ y C •� t•S bA •• cd BS ry Cl) _ ~ I U � /. C7 s: t7 r: 0 b4 u w Uq _AA SUPERINTENDENT IS REPORT. NAMES OF 4PUPILS NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY .DURING THE YEAR. HIGH SCHOOL.—Mabel Abbott, Minnie Brown, Grace Daven- port, Esther Dimick, Mina Evans, Mary Glynn, Eva Towle, Merton Clark, Nelson Davis, Charles Russell, Fred. Sawin, S. Tuthill. GRANT SCHOOL.—Eva Brown, Mabel Drake, Louise M. Lamont, Lillian E. Murphy, Ella McHugh, Maud E. Russell, Alice Sanger, Ethel J. Savage, Hortense L. Stevens, Ernest A. Bill, Edward P. Cole, John Courtney, Charles Dyer, Ralph S. Earle, Charles W. Gilkey, James Goddard, Walter• Gregg, Patrick Healy, Wendell Hudson, Leslie Jarvis, William P. Libby, Albert Perkins, William Smith. COOLIDGE SCHOOL.—Mary McGann, John B. Sullivan. €'RANCIS SCHOOL.—Margaret Bill, Carrie Lever, Myra Saf- ford, John Coffey, John Wombolt. PHILLIPS PRIMARIES.—Maud Lamont, Royal Gilkey. SPRING SCHOOL.—Charles Barron. PARKER SCHOOL.—Ethel Caney, Adelaide . Murphy, Ethel Ricker•, George Haddow. TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OIL THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF TlIE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY OIL 'I H E TOWN OF WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS. 4893. 1V ATERTOWN : F REI). G. BARKE-R, PRINTER, I S94- THE LIBRARY AND READING-ROOMS OPEN EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 2 TO 9 O'CLOCK. The lower reading room is for the use of all fiersons who observe the common rules of good behavior. Newspapers, popular journals, mechanical, manufacturing and building periodicals may be found in places prepared for them. These may be examined freely and should be returned to their places in good order. There is practically no restriction of age in the use of the read- ing rooms, decorum and the observance of the proprieties of such places only being required. Minors of thirteen or more years of age, properly recommended by parent or others who will be responsible for them, may have cards and the full use of the Lib- rary. It is desired to emphasize the fact that persons looking for special information, not readily found, will, on application, be gladly assisted to books by the Librarian, or may have for limited periods, sfiecial facilities in the use of the resources of the Library. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 1393-94. REv. ROBERT P. STACK, 'Perm expires 1894. JULIAN A. MEAD, M. D., &1 °' 1894. CHARLES BRIGHAM, it 49 1895. GEORGE t. PRIEST, A. M., 6i 44 1895• HERBERT COOLIDGE, it it 1896. WILLIAM H. BUSTIN, JR., 46 °i 1896. CHARLES BRIGHAM, Chairman. JULIAN A. MEAD, Secretary. GEORGE E. PRIEST, Treasurer. Executive Committee. CHARLES BRIGHAM, GEORGE E. PRIEST, JULIAN A. MEAD. Committee on Books. CHARLES BRIGHAM, Rim ROBERT P. STACK, WM. H. BUSTIN, JR. Committee on Finance. GEORGE E. PRIEST, JULIAN A. MEAD, HERBERT COOLIDGE. Librarian. SOLON F. WHITNEY, A. hI. jit Assistant Librarian. Miss JANE STOCKWELL. Assistants. Miss MABEL F. LEARNED, Miss FLORA E. WISE. REPORT OF TRUSTEES. Appreciating the benefits that have accrued to the Library in the past few years from generous appropriations by the town for special purposes in excess of the amount necessary for its regular and proper maintenance, the Trustees have briefly to report the excellent general condition of the institution in their charge ;— its custodian and his assistants faithful and zealous in the perform- ance of their duties; the building in good repair and well cared for; the installation of a system of electric lighting in place of gas; the practical completion of the card catalogue ; a marked improvement in the condition of the books upon the shelves; a very considerable gain in the department of magazine and peri- odical literature made available by reason of liberal expenditure for binding; the circulation of bobks for home use, large in com- parison with most other libraries of like grade ; and last but not least a notable increase in the consultation and use of books at the Library and reading room, than which nothing can better indicate the real and sincere interest of the people, and their appreciation of the practical advantages to be derived by direct intercourse and intimacy with the treasures of the Library. It must be borne in mind that the regular expenses of the Library cannot be curtailed without injustice. The salaries of the attendants are not too high. The cost of the electric lighting proves to be much more than that of gas, but the advantages de- rived from it, however, are so great that we cannot willingly dis- pense with it. The constant accumulation of periodical literature and the wearing out of old volumes makes it imperative that out of the aunual appropriation, as much as can be spared, should G REPORT OF TRUSTEES. be expended each year for binding. The balance left for buying books will necessarily be very small, limiting us to ordinary acquisitions. In view of the completion of improvements above noted, and bearing in mind the necessity for economy in municipal affairs, we respectfully ask the town to appropriate the regular sum of three thousand dollars and the dog tax. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES BRIGHAM, Chairman. 1 REPORT OF TRUSTEES. 7 Statement of the Amount Received and. Expended by the Trustees for the Year 1893-94. Received from town appropriations, $3,500 00 &. 6C " dog tax, 649 70 it " sale of catalogues, fines, etc., 12S 79 $4,27S 49 Paid for books, $536.75 ; binding, 459.02, $995 77 periodicals,$Io6.95 ; postage, $14.00, Ito 95 stationery and supplies, 7 15 repairs, shelving, etc., 93 05 printing, $17.00; express, $16.30, 33 30 , fuel, $218.25 ; electric lighting, $481.38, (for 13 mos.) 699 63 World's Columbian Exhibit, 71 00 care of building and grounds, fires, etc., 268 92 labor on card catalogue, 364 35 salaries, including extra labor cov- ing books, 1,608 45 Returned to the town, 15 92 $4+278 49 Statement of the Condition of the Asa Pratt Fund. ` Amount invested, in hands of Trustees, $5,000 00 INCOME AND EXPENDITURES. Balance on deposit in the Watertown Sav- ings Bank, Feb. 1, 1893, $658 6o Received interest on bond to Dec.. 1893, 250 00 it " " deposit in Watertown Savings Bank, 25 56 $934 << Paid S. F. Whitney, Libr'n for periodicals, $150 00 Balance on deposit in Watertown Savings Bank, Feb. 1, 1894, 784 16 $934 16 H. W. OTIS, Treasurer of Trustees of Asa Pratt Fund. OFFICERS OF THE WATERTOWN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. FOR THE FIRST TWENTY-SIX YEARS, 1868-ise4. TRUSTEES. REV.JOHN WEISS, 1868-1872, chairman, 1868, 1869. ALFRED HOS9IER, M. D., 1868-1879, secretary, 1868-1870, chairman, 1871, 1873-1876. JOSIAII STICKNEY, 1868-1872. JOSEPII BIRD, 1868, 1869. JESSE A. LOCKE, 1868-1873, chairman, 1870. ABIEL ABBOTT, 1868, 1869. REV.JAMES M. BELL, 1868, 1869. DAVID T. HucKINs, M. D., 1868, 1869, treasurer, 1868, CIIARLES J. BARRY, 1868, 1869, 1873-1883, secretary, 1875, 1876, chairman, 1877-1883- JOs11UA COOLIDGE, 1868-1888, treasurer, 1871, chairman, 1872, 1883-1887. GEORGE N. MARCH, 1869-1887, secretary, 1871, treasurer, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1884- 1885-1887. GEORGE K. SNOW, 1872-1884, secretary, 1877-1884. A. C. STQCKIN, 187.z-1884, secretary, 1872-1874• CHARLES F. FITZ, 1879-1881. REV. ROBERT P. STACK, t882-, treasurer, 1884- WILLIAM CUSHING, 1884, secretary, 1884. REV. EDWARD A. RAND, 1884-1887. EDWARD E. ALLEN, 1885, secretary, 1885, 1886, treasurer, 189o. ALBERT O. DAVIDSON, i885-i89o, secretary, 1888. CIIARLES S.ENSIGN,LL.D.,1887-1890,secretary,1887,chairman,1888,1889. HORACE W. OTIS, 1888, treasurer, 1888. CIIARLES BRIGHAM, 1889-, treasurer, 1889, chairman, 1890- _GEORGE E. PRIEST, A. M., 1889-, secretary, 1889, 189o, treasurer, 1891- I-IERBERT COOLIDGE, 1890- WILLIAM H. BUSTIN,JR., 1890- JULIAN A. MEAD, M. D., l891-, secretary, 1891- LIBRARIAN AN)D ASSISTAN rS. SOLON F. W IIITN RY, A. M., librarian, 1868- M. AGNES GRIBBLE, assistant, 1872, 1873; now Mrs. George H. Chapin. NELLIE BRADFORD, assistant, 1873-1877; now Mrs. Solomon B. Stebbins. JANE STOCKWELL, assistant librarian, 1877- ELLA SHERMAN, assistant, 1885-1888; now Mrs.James E. Norcross. I-IELEN CUSHING, assistant, 1888; now teacher in Philadelphia. T. E. MACURDY, assistant, 1889; now in Boston Public Library. L. LOUISE WIIITNEY, cataloguer, 1889.1893; now in Boston Athenaeum. MABEL F. LEARNERD, assistant, 1890-- FLORA E. Wisp-, assistant, 1891- LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. X VI. To the Trustees: GENTLEAIEN,—In presenting, according to custom and the requirements of the rules and regulations of the Library, my annual report, the 26th of the series I have been enabled to make, I am happy to congratulate you on the continued prosperity of the institution entrusted to your care and guidance. There are necessarily many questions of administration and policy in which the general public who support it by their contributions are inter- ested, and concerning which they should have exact information. There are many facts in regard to the use and condition of the property placed in my care, which may properly influence you and the citizens of the town in the immediate and future support of the Library, which can only be made known through a report based on the records, and the statistics, carefully kept at the Library. In the review of the first twenty-five years of the history of the Public Library published last year, it was clearly shown that the dealings of the town had been alike generous and honorable to the public spirit of this ancient community. The exhibit made by the library at the World's Columbian Exposition, at Chicago, during the past summer, while not conspicuous in so vast an exhibition, was yet honorable for a town even much larger than this. When the library was first opened to the public, on the first floor of the Town House, just twenty-five years ago this very month, there were on the shelves, ready for use, 2,250 volumes and 637 pamphlets, just about the number now in the alcove of fiction and juveniles; one year later, there were 4,683 volumes and 324 pamphlets ; now there are 22,233 volumes and a larger number of pamphlets and papers. ZO LIBRARIAN 7S REPORT. USE Or THE LIBRARY. The first year there was a circulation, wholly for home use, of I0,398 volumes: the last year the whole number of books and pamphlets used, in the library and at home, is in excess of those used in any other year of the library's history. Of some inter- esting and instructive changes in the character of the circulation, I will speak later. The first year the books were all new, fresh from the book-stores, I,788 volumes having been just purchased. These were taker out, on the average, six times each during the first year. During the past year the number of new books purchased has been 367 ; the year before, only 253 were purchased, making the purchase of new books small in comparison with almost any other similar period. Now that the card-catalogue has been completed, and the electric lighting has been installed, it is hoped that no new extraordinary expense will prevent your greatly increasing the number purchased, and that a corresponding increase in the use of the library will be immediately reflected in the records of circu- lation at the library. In appendix I. you will find the usual arrangement of figures showing the comparative use of the library for the past ten years. It has been customary to report the entire number of books issued, including both those for home use and those for use in the library. While the number used in the building was also reported, the number of books taken home has not been separately stated. These numbers could be obtained by a simple process of arith- metic. In this appendix, while the entire circulation for each year is given as before, the number of books issued for home use and for use in the library are also given separately. By these series of numbers, it will be seen that while the numbers of books used in the library have gradually increased, say for the past ten years, that the number of books taken home has gradually and quite regularly decreased for the past six years. This is true, in spite of the fact that our population has increased, and increased in that portion that read good books. These facts require consid- LIBRARIANS REPORT. 1I eration and explanation. Quality of circulation is another matter, and may be considered separately. Why the circulation might be diminished in numbers, I may mention two causes—one general, affecting all libraries, and one peculiar to our library. Our library has felt the effects of the rapid cheapening of the cost of popular books, which is partly the result of new processes of manufacture. Great numbers of popular books, many of" them of the best standard writers, are sold in the dry-goods stores for a small part of the cost of those on our shelves. While the quality of print and paper are not to be praised, they are good enough for a single reading, which is all many people care for. The other cause affecting our library in particular, is the dimin- ishing numbers of popular books on our shelves. This, you will be pleased to think, comes partly from the critical oversight you bestow on the quality and character of books you allow to go on the shelves. It comes, also, from the fact that considerable num- bers of books placed on the shelves by the Trustees in the earlier days of the library, have been worn out by constant usage, while they have not been replaced. About half of the circulation,—and, in comparison with other libraries, this is a small proportion,—comes from the alcove of fiction and juveniles. In the first years, when all books were new and in more equal proportions, the circulation of fiction was as high as 75, and even So, per cent. of the whole. In many free circulating libraries, this is constantly true. By the conserv- ative policy you have followed, the ratio of books of this class grows smaller and smaller. This fact will be satisfactory to you, no doubt, for the other side of it is, that history, description,. travels, biographies, poetry, and science, form a larger portion of the people's reading, if we may judge by the books taken from our library. Still, the fact should be stated, lest some may con- clude that the library, with a diminishing home circulation, is. failing in its proper work. 12 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. By actual count, a few days since, there were found on the shelves in the alcove of fiction, 2,114 volumes, less than one-tenth of the library. In the shelves devoted to children's books, only 581 volumes were found. About one-eighth of the volumes of the library thus do the work in circulation of five or six-tenths of all the books taken home. There were 359 books charged out, a hundred or more were at the binders undergoing repairs, while several hundred are beyond repair. The numbers on the cata- logues are considerably larger, being 2,754 for fiction, and 823 for juveniles, still the numbers given first as having been actually found on the shelves, make a fair statement of our average work- ing number in this alcove. Other alcoves are less depleted by the wear and accidents of use. Many numbers of books frequently called for, numbers found on half of the cards as they are handed in, are no longer fit for the shelves, or because of the fi-equent calls for them, are in use, and so are not, at any particular time, to be found on the shelves. You placed on the 4helves, it few months since, four copies of Lew Wallace's - Prince of India." Fifteen or twenty names of people waiting their turn to read this book have been, and are now,constantly on our list. You put in a duplicate set of Roe's works, some months since. Some volumes of the first set are worn out. The other volumes seldom remain many minutes on the shelves. Their numbers are on a large proportion of the cards whose holders wonder they can never get them. Among the juveniles, Alger and Kellogg and Trowbridge, whose books are in the catalogues, are largely represented in the list of worn out and not replaced books. We have only one of Henty's; few or none of several popular writers for boys. These facts will please those who think people, and especially children, should read only books approved by literary critics, rather than by themselves. Our college teachers in literature and history directed us to read only what we could enjoy. I would not suggest even, that, if the popular taste is, on the whole, sound, or if it could be largely trusted to correct itself, these diminishing P i LIBRARIANS REPORT. 13 numbers might, with increased appropriations, be made to tend the other way. I wonder if it has occurred to you that very many people, instead of uniting their common interests, may be supplying their individual wants at their own individual expense; may be neg- lecting to give their moral and financial aid to the common good and purchasing at far higher cost such reading matter as falls in their way. Where book clubs flourish, where each family finds_ it necessary to duplicate endlessly the purchase of the books the public wishes to read, the Public Library must be failing in its firo.per work. 1, If I want a book, I buy it," may bean intensely selfish saying, unless it can be followed with what should be its counterpart, " and when I have read it, I put it in the Public Library where others may read it." I think it would be economy for the town, which, without doubt the book-makers understand, to double this alcove of books in number within the next five years, making the collection as good as possible, but by all means selecting books the people will read. When one looks over the houses of the people, what wasteful extravagance one sees in the presence of hundreds of copies of a few books, when the same money spent under your guidance would give a sufficient number of copies of a varied and equally choice list of authors. Buying books of agents who press us, is like giving charity at the door, we help the wrong person, we buy the wrong book. You and I personally may not be able to make the Public Library take its proper position in the hearts and lives of the people, but the time will come when those more fortunate will fill our places, and true economy and the highest interests of good literature will be con- served in a far more liberal support of the work such an insti- tution is capable of performing in this community. I know you would rejoice to be able to furnish a larger number of books, if in the cominon interest, the great majority of our people made this demand. 14 LIBRARIANS REPORT. THE USE OF THE LIBRARY IN THE BUII,DING. While the fact of diminution in the home circulation is appar- ent in the diminishing figures in this appendix,* it will also be noticed that the use of books in the library is constantly increas- ing. This is alike creditable to the adults preparing to write articles on various subjects, and especially to the children, to their teachers, and to all concerned. It comes from an increase in the demand for information and an increase in the number of valuable books of reference, an improvement in the stimulating power• of teachers, and in greater facility in the use of catalogues, indexes, cyclop edias, and our increasing stock of valuable books of reference. This is the feature of library work in which we feel we can be of most use in the library. Now that the pressure •of other work is over, more time can be given to this. As an illustration of what may be attempted, I may cite one example. A teacher• of geography in one of the schools of the town, wishing to interest her pupils in the general subject Of Europe, and to prepare the way for an interest in the :separate countries of Europe, asked us to show some of her pupils some illustrated works, with pictures of places and physi- cal features of those countries. We very gladly devoted several •days to selecting from our alcoves such books as we thought would answer the purpose, and placed them on one of the long tables in the book-room, to the number of a hundred or more, and invited her to send her pupils, a few at a time, at their pleas- ure. They came by twos and threes, even a dozen, at a time, most of the hundred and fifty of them, as their teacher assured us, for they reported in a written exercise some result of their findings. On these exercises they were marked as on any other regular work. Of course, in looking up any particular topic, *That the extent of the circulation for home use follows almost exactly the ratio of the purchase of new books, immediately or soon afterwards, may be seen by consulting these figures. While the increase of use of the books of reference in the library makes a steady increase with the increase of the library. LIBRARIANIS REPORT. 1J they were learning the use of reference books, and gaining some knowledge of the variety and extent of our collection, some fuller knowledge of the variety of opinions, and the wealth of illustration in the more modern books. While it is almost impossible to estimate in figures the extent of such use, there can be no doubt as to its value in giving inter- est by adding illustrations, and in broadening their regular school work. Some teachers decry the reading of stories by their pupils, as a waste of time and a dissipation of mental forces. That may depend on what they are teaching. There can be no objection to the wise use of books of reference. PERIODICALS. The supply of periodicals, both of papers and magazines, for the lower reading-room, is assured by the slowly increasing income of the Asa Pratt Fund. The use of this room, I am glad to be able to state, is greater than ever before. Account of the num- bers visiting the room has been kept, particularly during the last month, both the numbers reading at the tables and those who, coming in from curosity, remain but a short time. A set of Harper's Magazine has been put in the rotary case and placed in the room. These are much read, and evidently prove acceptable reading. The old volumes of Harper's Maga- zine have always something of interest to everybody. I hope we may continue to increase the attractions by adding bound vol- umes of other illustrated periodicals. Would it not be well to add other books, as well? With an increase of fresh, new books, with the presence of some of our other bound illustrated period- icals on shelves prepared for them, and the presence here of an assistant while doing other regular library work, I shall expect to see the room frequently crowded. We have thirty seats at the tables, with half as many more chairs about the room. These I have never seen all filled at any one time, although frequently twenty of twenty-five are quietly reading at the tables, and more 16 LIBRARIANT S REPORT. than a hundred visit the rooms in a single afternoon or evening. Periodical literature is furnishing us more and more the regular work of the best writers. It is fortunate that we are enabled to preserve so much that is valuable, and that will become more and more valuable, in these regular bound sets, to which such an admirable guide is furnished in Poole's index and its supple- ments. I should be glad to know that you would think it best to ask the- town to continue another year the appropriation of an extra five hundred dollars for the purpose of completing the binding of our valuable collection. I would suggest the purchase of additional copies of a few periodicals, and allowing them to circulate for a few days each from the time of their first receipt. It would be a privilege esteemed by many. We allow all to circulate now among the homes at the expiration of a month from their receipt, or when the next number comes. EXTENSION OF PRIVILEGES. One other extension of privilege to takers of books I would suggest, which can be safely made, and which is in accordance with the usage in at least one large library, where the ratio of books to readers is not as large as here. This is, to allow any person to take out two books at a time, provided not more than one of them is a recent book from the alcove of fiction. This would be convenient for many readers, and would increase the usefulness of the library. A second volume of a work would be more likely to be read if at hand when the first was finished. It is proverbial that second volumes last much longer than first vol- umes, because less frequently called for and read. One's mood may change, in this country, in the interval while returning the first to the library and securing the next. In England three volume novels are common. In this country, our people will hardly bear a second. Then, if two books could be taken, the second book might be a nice biography or a book of travel, an LIBRARIANS REPORT. 17 entertaining poem or an instructive history. Of course, if one becomes interested in any science, or any deep question of history, he will hardly be satisfied with any two books, but will spend much of his time, while that interest lasts, at the library with all we can give him at hand. LISTS OF NEW BOOKS. We have continued to exhibit the new books for a week or two, or even longer, before they are allowed to go out, that as many as possible, by coming to the library, may see the new purchases. The publisher of the Enterprise has kindly continued to pub- lish the lists of new books as they are added, and this without expense to the library. Doubtless this proves equally interesting and valuable to the readers of our only local paper and to the users of the library, for each book-list in the paper is followed by an increased call for the books at the desk. The publication of the annual list in the town reports has always been followed by the largest monthly circulation of the year. This fact suggests the propriety of publishing more frequent bulletins, or, what would be better perhaps, class lists; as, for instance, lists of books in fiction, or lists of children's books, or lists of books of travel and descriptions of countries, or of biog- raphy and history. It is supposed, you may say, that every per- son in want of a book will come to the public library to see if he he can find it, or if he can not find it, to suggest its purchase. We all know how easy it is to neglect to do what we might do, and when one considers the vast number of books and the small num- ber in any town library, it is easy to see how much more likely the average person will be to remain at home, especially if he lives at any considerable distance from the library. I think the library should take more pains, be at some expense, if necessary, of printing, to make known more frequently and more exactly its possessions. 18 LIBRARIANIS REPORT. LIBRARY AGENCIES. I think, too, the time has come to try to save for the people living farthest from the library much of the present necessity of travel to get books. There should be branches or agencies at the two ends of the town. An agency at Mount Auburn would accommodate the people on our side of the line, as well as the agency of the Cambridge Public Library on the Cambridge side of the line accommodates those who dwell on that side of the village. If you say the people have not demanded it, I would say the people of this town had not demanded a library before one was started. The establishment of a public library, however, by those generous-hearted and far-seeing men who, at the outset, gave their time and their means to establish this library, in antici- pation of this sense of want, in anticipation of its proper appre- ciation, and, of course, in anticipation of its great usefulness, has been of great use as well as an honor to the town. There might well be an agency at Bemis. There is little doubt that it would be used, and that the good that would result would more than repay any little additional cost to the town. DONATIONS. The donations to the library this year have been constant and of value. The list of donors is given in Appendix IV., with the number of books and pamphlets given by each. Among the donations to the library is a volume in itself valuable, Max Miil- ler's li Science of Religion." But this copy is particularly val- uable to our library, as it bears an autograph of the country's friend, the Quaker poet, John Greenleaf Whittier, presenting the volume to his friend, a former distinguished writer and philan- thropist of tliis*town, Mrs. Lydia Maria (Francis) Child, who in turn presented it to her friend, Col. Thomas W. Higginson, for a short time a preacher in this town, and he has now presented it to this library. More recently, Col. Higginson has presented a pamphlet to the library, which he wrote many years ago (in 1855-6), which Chairman Barrows, of the Chicago World's LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. 19 Columbian Parliament of all Religions, says led him years ago to see that such a congress would be sometime a crowning glory of the spirit of true religion. In addition to the supply of two copies of each weekly issue of the Enterfirise, the publisher, Mr. Fred. G. Barker, has pre- sented the library, each year, with a bound volume of all the year's numbers. He has also continued to supply the library with a large number of papers and other periodicals from his ex- changes. These prove quite an addition to the reading matter of the lower room. . Mr. Charles A. Stearns, of Bast Watertown, has continued his gifts of electrical and mechanical journals. The number, which is quite large, is reported in the appendix. The Magazine Club continues to send us their entire supply of magazines as soon as they have passed through the hands of their members. We are indebted to the publishers of the Waltham Tree Press, the Newton Graphic, the Newton ,Journal, and now the Cam- bridge'Tribune, for the regular numbers of these neighboring local papers, which frequently contain matter of special interest to our townsmen. The only addition to our works of art is a cast of a portrait bust of her father by the late Miss Carrie Frazar, the gift of her mother. The Hollingsworth & Whitney Company have continued their gift of covering-paper made at their works, as well ,is a constant supply of fresh paste. The.quantity used the past year may be in excess of that used in previous years. THE BOOK-ROOM. The rearrangement of books formerly reported as desirable, it is now seen upon fuller examination, although no less desirable, must be postponed until some considerable changes are made in the shelving. 20 LIBRARIAN IS REPORT. We are fortunate in having a building which will accommodate, by such rearrangement or reconstruction of shelving, even twice the number now belonging. MATERIALS FOR HISTORY. The Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts calls the attention of the towns to an important matter:— It is of the first importance that the free public library of every town should preserve every published detail of its history, and of the lives of its citizens. It should become a treasure-house for the local historian. With this end in view, great care should be taken to secure and preserve: I. All printed histories of the town and its locality, including all historical addresses or sketches of its churches, associations, or societies of whatever nature. a. Complete sets of the annual reports of the selectmen, school committees, and all other town officers. Few towns have pre- served a complete set of their own municipal reports. 3. Genealogies and family histories which relate to those who have been or who are citizens of the town, including the preser- vation of biographical sketches and personal (memorials in scrap books. 4. Files of all the newspapers published in the town, or of those published in the vicinity, containing a ehronicle of the cur- rent events of the town. 5. All publications of natives or residents of the town, and of persons in any way identified with its history. 6. Prospectuses, programmes, and all transient publications which may be illustrative In any degree of the social, political, economical or moral development of the people of the town. 7. Manuscript material, such as unpublished sermons or ad- dresses, the records of societies, etc. We have already many of the volumes and pamphlets, papers, broadsides, and some few manuscripts, such as are mentioned in this quotation. This is inserted with a view of inviting all our people to co6perate with the library in making its possessions of this kind as complete as possible. This only confirms the desirability of uniting the work of the Historical Societv with the work of the library. If it had seemed best to all interested, I think we might have had now an addition LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. 21 to the building, of great use to the library and ample for the use of the Historical Society for some years to come, all furnished by private means without expense to the town. I throw out the suggestion now to you and to the members of the Historical Society, and to any interested in the history of the town, for pos- sibly it may not be too late by complete union to bring abobt such an extension of the library building. While the library would be greatly benefited by such extension, no one would at this time suggest that the town might add this to its other burdens, present and prospective. It should be erected, if erected at all, by those specially interested in such an undertaking. Anyone willing to construct such a fire-proof wing of the present building, would be ever held in grateful remembrance. THE LIBRARY AN HONOR AND A RESOURCE. The library still continues to enjoy the distinction of being one of the few public libraries having a complete set of the Patent Office publications. This should stimulate our young mechanics and manufacturers, to new inventions by showing them how they may become for a series of years sole owners of patents for such inventions. Let not the town tire of the good work taken up in I868. The town then was a kind of pioneer in the work, being the forty- second in the state which has now 308 of its 352 towns in the enjoyment of public libraries of some form. We are assured by the Library Commission that less than 2:3 per cent. of its entire population has not the free use of a public library. Is it no honor to have led in so good a work? Shall we forfeit the proud position we then took? The times may be hard. Money may be difficult to get. With hard times and scarce money comes abundance of leisure. 11 It is an ill wind that blows no one good." Let us be in condition to make the best use of this leisure. Let us save in the expense of the luxuries we enjoy, but let us not spare in the purchase of those books from which we may get the good which may keep our people intelligent and successful. 22 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. The rich and those in receipt of large incomes may buy such books as they like. They are the least expensive of their luxu- ries. The poor and those whose incomes run low may, if not envious, prepare themselves for. greater usefulness to the com- munity in their enforced idleness. We should strive to lead men to save in their personal expendi- ture while they mav, that they may acquire homes for themselves and become interested in the solid growth of the town, and may accumulate little by little the means of self-help for days of help- lessness and for those dependent upon them. But that one may have greater incentive to take interest in the broadest and most solid and vital interests of any community, he should not spare the fuel that will keep its engines in motion, should not spare the time and thoughtfulness needed to give proper direction to those energies. LIBRARY SUPPORT. It will be easy for men who do not use the library, in looking about for something in which they may reduce expenditure, to think that they may most easily cut off the necessary supplies from the Public Library. But will the fathers of the children who are making such increased use of it allow its supplies to be , shortened? Will those who take a large and hopeful view of future growth and future usefulness allow its resources to be diminished? During; the last four years, a large sum, over a thousand dol- lars, has been expended in constructing a card catalogue, and as much more in binding for future use a large store of periodicals. The card catalogue is finished as far as anything that is still alive and growing may be said to be finished, and a very valuable and creditable collection of bound volumes of periodicals has been begun which should now take care of itself with ordinary effort. May we not hope that a continuance of all necessary appropria- tions to provide larger additions to the books on the shelves, both to replace those worn out with twenty-five years' use, and to pur- LIBRARIANS REPORT. 23 chase the latest and best in every branch of knowledge for which any of our people may ask, as well as to complete the binding of our periodicals, will be furnished. Will not the citi- zens of the town look about rather, and find some interest in which to retrench that will be less likely to be mentioned when dismemberment of the town is urged, that will be less likely to be thought of when intelligent men and women from other towns or the city are urged to take up their abode with us. Gentlemen, whatever retrenchment may be necessary in public expense, you doubtless will see the wisdom of making every exer- tion, that the materials required by our schools and our library be not allowed to deteriorate in quantity or in quality. All of which is most respectfully submitted. SOLON F. WHITNEY, Librariau. a 24 LMEARIANIS REPORT. M I G�c10pt-r O .]C CDCraCC , -r 0 m a r•�L Mret MCD r•.---• � a.-•:DEC U n c� t`I-am ctoo co r•-1 1- i = r = r. C ch •- o (•`��r, oW coMr-,1", c,�oao _ _ Cli toMMt-M D: 00l cO7G00 CO to 1-00�oc•I - 1t-= tA QD a C. c7 00.•O IS]or,C A!- ---M`•h to 00 IL (� 00 OD'•ir GV N CD 0 CD r.. _, E 00' (� ,A 00 a00 rn ,q l-to 1• r•• d�� i- �.; eicv,rM r��3 ] W c M I t_r-I to,A 00 rN co r4 r7 t'Ac L Z A� p rM.1 t�r~ CD.•: H -i�-N C eo.=itl� d.' ra O �., r• .-, M M r--1 •o to tD a,r 00^1 cJ 00 w 10 Z a? ct I Cp.^.,- 7r-1 t-Mto M-MMa=MI-= O xi ;= r-1 ,A r^ 00 ICJ IA t,Z O 0 F7 w 0 rot r_4� a H r, to = a CD to am A00 11-1- _ C a10 cyl.M I � ~ C t:C =. 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D., ed. and pub., "Newton Graphic"•••• 52 Barker, Fred. G., -Enterprise,"and other periodicals.. 2 i49 Barrows, Mrs. M.T.... ................. ...... .... .... I So Barry, Mrs. C.J., t6 The Unitarian". ...••. .••• ..•. •••• 12 Belt, INliss Dixie, "Talks and Thoughts........ .... .... to Bigelow, Johnathan, Esq...... .. ........ ...... .... .... I Boston Public Library .... .... ........ ...... .......... 41 Boston Record Cotntnissoners..... .... ...... . ..... .... I Bradlee, Rev. C. ll.......... .... .. . . . . . .. . . .. .. .. . . . . I r Bridgewater Normal School. . . .... . ..... .... . . . . . . .. .. I British Royal Commission.•.. .... .. .. . ..... .....• •• •• I Brockton Public Library.... ••••.. .. .. .... ...• •• •• .• •• I Brookline Public Library.... ... .. ••.. . . . . .... .. . . •. . I Brooklyn Library............... .... .... ...... .. .. .... _ Burlington, Vt.. Fletcher Free Library• .... .••. •. Cambridge Public Library........... .... .... .. . . . ..... Chase, Henry..... E Chase, Mrs. Henry...... .......... .... .... . ..... .... . . � Chicago Public Library•••.• •••• .••••..... .... .... •• •• I Chicago University. •..• .••• •..... .... ...... .....• •••• I Children's Hospital,Boston.... ...... ...•.• ••.• •••• •••• i Cincinnati Public Library........... ...... ...... . . .. .. i Concord, Mass., Public Library...••• •.••.. • ••.•• • •.• •• I Cornell University.... ....••.... .... .... ...• ••.. ...... r 28 LIBRARIAN S REPORT. Dawes, Hon. E. L., "Official Gazette of the U. S. Patent Office....... ...... .... .... .... .... ...... ........ 56 Drew, �4Irs. M. H. B.... .... ...... ................ .... Dunklee, B. W......... .... .... ...... .. .... ...... .... I Ensign, Charles 5...... .... ...... ...... ........ ...... 6 Fairhaven, Mass., Millicent Library.... .... .... .... .... 2 Fall River Public Library........... ...... ...... ...... I Flagler, Brig.-Gen. D. W..... ...... ...... ...... ...... I Free Public Library Commission.... ...... ...... . ..... I Gardner, Mrs. A. DI.......... .... .... .... .... .... .... 54 69 Gleason, S. S. .... .... .......... ............ .......... 5 Goodwin, Charles B., " Wellesley Courant........ ...... 15 Graham, A. J., pub., '°Student's Journal of Phonob raphy.. .... . . ...... ................ .......... 7 Grand Rapids, 'Mich., Public Library.... ...... .... .... I Mall, F. Stanhope, ed. and pub., "Cambridge Tribune" 21 Harvard University, "Bulletin,"etc..•... ...... .... •.•. 2 3 Higginson, Col. Thos. W.... .... ...... .... I I Hill, I-Ion. N. P........ .... .... .......... ........ .... I Hoar, Mon. Sherrfan..... ...... .... .... .......... .... 24 83 Home Market Club, " Home Market Bulletin"...... .... 12 Horsford, Miss Cornelis............. .......... .... .... I Indian Rights Association....... .......... .... .... .... 2 Japanese Commission to Columbian Exhibition. .•.. .... 4 1 Lancaster Town Library................ .... .... . ..... I Lawrence Public Library............ .......... .... .... 4 Learned, Mrs. S. S.... ...... .... ............. .... . . . .. 6 Leominster Library Committee. ............... .... . . . . 1 Lincoln, Mass.......... ............ .. .... ...... .... .. Lynn Public Library.... .... .... .... .. .. .. . ..... ... . .. i Malden Public Library.... .... .... .... ...... . . .. . . . .. . i Massachusetts, State of. Agricultural Experiment Station• • •• ...... .... . . i i Civil Service Commission..... .... . ... . . . . . . . . .. Secretary of the Commonwealth..... .... .... . . . . 1 Topographical Survey Commission. ... .. .. .. . . .. Trustees of Public Reservations ..... . . .. .. . . .... 2 Mass. Institute of Technology..... . ..... .. .. .... I Mass. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, "Our Dumb Animals"...... .................... 20 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. 29 Mead, Dr.J. A., "Gartenlaube"..... ....•... ......•... 35 Melrose Public Library.............. ............ ..... . I Murphy,John, & Co., "The Tablet...... .... .... ...... 3 Natick, Morse Institute..••.•.. .... .•..••.. •••• .... ...• National Civil Service Reform League. ...... .... .. .... New Bedford, Board of Trade•... .... ..•. .....••.•• .•.. t New Bedford, Free Public Library .... .• ..• •••• . Newark, N.J., Free Public Library...•.. •••. • Newton Free Library................ ...... ...... . ..... r Oliver Ditson Company, [t Musical Record". - -- . .. .... Paterson, N.J., Free Public Library.••••. .• . •• . . • • •. •• t Peabody Institute, Danvers, Mass.... ......•••• ••.• • • .. Peabody Institute, Peabody, Mass..... .... .... .... .... � Pope, Col. A. P.............. .... .......... .... . . .. .. Pratt, Geo. H., ed. and pub. "Newton Journal ....•. •••. ;= Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y•.•• .•.• •••. •••. .... .••• Providence, R. I., Public Library...• ••••.••• •••••• •••• I Richardson, Mrs. Samuel, Estate of........ ...•.• •••••• ig St. Louis Public Library........................ ...... 1.5 St. Louis Mercantile Library Association...... .... •••• I St. Paul, Minn., Library.... .............. .... .... .... Salem Public Libraryy........... .... .... .... .... ...... I San Francisco, Mercantile Library Association........ . I Scranton Public Library...•.• ...••••..•..• .••••.•••••• I Seaver,Edwin P., Boston..•...•. .••. •••••..•.• •••• •.•• I Silsbee, ',NIrs. A. M.... .... .......... .... .... .... ...... 5 Smithsonian Institution, Washington.... .......... .... g 10 Somerville Public Library.... ..... .••. .... ........•••• I Springfield City Library Association, °t Bulletin......... 12 Starbuck, Alexander, ed. and pub., "Daily Free Press," Waltham.... ...... .... .... .... ........ ......... 300 Stearns, Charles A., Electrical and other journals....•. 1=S Taunton Public Library........... ....•...•••••••• •••• I Traveler's Insurance Company, "Traveler's Record"... 12 Tuft's College, 11Tuftonian," etc•..•••••• •••• •••••• •••• 17 United States Bureau of Education.•• •..• .••. ••.. •••• 5 5 United States Bureau of Ethnology...... ...... .... .... I I United States Civil Service Commission.... .... •••. .•• I United States Commission of Labor......... ...... .... 4 United States Department of Agriculture..... .... ...... I United States Department of the Interior..... .... ...... L 30 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. United States Department of State, Consular Reports... 3 Io United States Department of War.... ........ . .. ...... I United States Interstate Commerce Commission.. . ...... I United States Labor Bureau............... ..... . .... . . _ I United States Life-Saving Service........ .... .. .. . ..... I United States Light-House Board.... ...... . . .... . ..... I I United States Mint, Director of...... .. .. .... .... . ..... 2 University of Pennsylvania...... .... . ..... . . .. .. .. .... Unknown, "Free Russia......... ..... S . . ..... . . .. .. .... Waltham, City Clerk...... .... .. .. .... .... . . . . ... .... I Waltham Public Library...... .. .. . . .. .. .... . ..... .... I Watertown X[agazine Club.......... .... . ..... ........ 385 Welsh, Herbert, Secretary of Indian Rights Association. 6 Weymouth, Tufts Library.... .... .... ................. I Wheeler, Rev. II. L............. .................. .... I White-Smith `Music Publishing Company, "Folio"....• I_ Whitney, Rev., Winchester Public Library Catalogue... I Whitney, Solon F......... ............ ........ .... ... 7 Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Osterhout Free Library, " Library News Letter................................. . ... I= Woman's Christian Temperance Union, "Union Signal" 45 Wood, Mr. Charles..... ................ .... .... ...... z Worcester Free Public Library..... .................... I Wright, George S..... ...... .... .... .......... ........ LIBRARIANS REPORT. 31 APPENDIX V. LIST OF PERIODICALS REGULARLY RECEIVED AT THE LIBRARY. Those not found in the Reading-rooms inety be called for at the Desk. American Library Journal. Magazine of American History. Arena. Mass. Agr. Exper. Station Reports. Athen,cum, London. Musical Record. Atlantic Monthly. , N. F. Ilistorical and Gen. Register. Blackwood's Magazine. New England Magazine. Boston Public Library Bulletins. Newton Graphic. Public Library. Titles of books. Newton Journal. Cambridge "Tribune. New World. Century Magazine. Nineteenth Century. Christian Register. North American Review. Contemporary Review. Notes and Qttieries. Co-operative Index. to Periodicals. Official Gazette of the U. S. Patent Courant, Wellesley. Office. Critic. Our Dumb Animals. Dublin Review. Punch. Edinburg Review. 0,parterly Review. English Illustrated Magazine• Review of Reviews. Fliegende Bliitter. Scribner's Monthly Magazine. Folio. Specifications and Drawings of Pat- Fortnightly Review. ents from the U.S. Patent Office. Forum. Springfield Library Bulletin. Gartenlaube. 'Traveler's Record. Good Words. Tuftonian. Harper's Magazine. Union Signal. Harvard Univ. Library Bulletin. Unitarian. Horne iN-Iarket Bulletin. U. S. Consular Reports. Library News Letter. Waltham Daily Free Press. Life (N. Y.) Watertown Enterprise. Literary News. Woman's Journal. Literary World. 32 LIBRARIAN 7S REPORT. PERIODICALS GIVEN BY MR. FRED. G. BARKER, PUBLISHER. American Cultivator: New Nation. American Economist. Ornithologist and 06logist. Board of Trade Journal, Portland. Our Dumb Animals. Boston Democrat. Philadelphia Inquirer. Brighton Item. Woburn Journal. Garden and Forest. Watertown Enterprise. (2 copies.) Natick Bulletin. Phrenological Journal. PERIODICALS GIVEN BY THE WATERTOM'\ MAGAZINE CLUB. Atlantic Monthly. Littell's Living Age, Century. New England Magazine. Cosmopolitan. North American Review. Forum. Popular Science Monthly. Graphic (London.) St. Nicholas. Harper's Bazaar. Season, London. Harper's Weekly. 'Temple Bar. Life. PERIODICALS PURCHASED FROM THE INCOME OF THE ASA PRATT FU-ND. American Agriculturist. Journal of Franklin Institute. American Architect. Kindergarten Magazine. American Artisan, Tinner and Lend-a-Hand. Furnisher. Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. American Machinist. London Weekly Times. American Naturalist. Magazine of Art. Appalachia. Manufacturer and Builder. Art Amateur. Massachusetts Ploughman. Boston Advertiser. Metal Worker. Boston Globe. Nation (N. Y.) Boston Herald (Evening Edition.) New York Herald, daily, including Boston Evening Journal. the Sunday edition. Boston Evening Transcript. New York Tribune, semi-weekly. Carpentry and Building. Outing. Chambers'Journal. Popular Science Monthly. Chautauquan. St. Nicholas. Decorator and Furnisher. Science. Education. Scientific American. Electrical Engineer. Scientific American, Builders' Edi- Engineering, London. tion. I-Iarper's Magazine. Scientific American Supplement. IIarper's Weekly. Shoppell's Modern Houses. Harper's Young People. Textile Manufacturer. Illustrated London News. Youth's Companion. (2 copies.) Journal of Education. WATERTOWN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. THE TWELFTH SUPPLEMENT TO SECOND CATALOGUE. 1894. WATERTOWN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Twelfth Supplement to Catalogue of Mi. The following list contains most of the additions to the library during I898. Books with no location number must be called for by title. Abbreviations used are the same as in the Catalogue of 1881. Books marked Ref.will be found in cases in the reading room or they may be obtained by applying to the attendants at the desk, Books marked R.-C.may be consulted in the reading room by applying to any one of the attendants. Volumes of bound sets of periodicals named in Appendix IV.,and some others,may be consulted by calling for them by title and volume. So also sets of public documents,both town and city,state and national. Those who find it tedious looking through the twelve printed supplements besides the printed catalogue itself,may find at the library all authors,titles,and subjects arranged in one alphabet in the CARD CATALOGUE in the delivery room. A new list of French and Gorman books may be found at the end of this alphabet. Acton, Mass. Memorial Library. Supplement to catalogue,1892,93.. Adams, C. F. Massachusetts: its historians and its history. B., 1893. 824.36 Aim of life. Moxom, Philip S...... ...... ........ .................. 552.60 Alaska, Education in, 1889-91. Jackson, S. (U. S. Bureau of educ.).. T.L.— Albuquerque, [A. de]. Stephens, H. M. (Rulers of India)......... 733.54 Alcott, Amos Bronson: his life and philosophy. Sanborn, F. B., and Harris, W. T. 2 vols............. ............................733.55,56 Aldrich, T. B. An old town by the sea. [Portsmouth]. B., 1893. 12°. 312.25. Algebra for beginners. Todhunter, Isaac.................... ....... 560.39 Algebra for the use of colleges and schools. 'Todhunter, Isaac. ...... 562.59 Allegheny, Pa. Carnegie free library. Anuual report, 3d, 1892-3... Allen, J. H., and Greenough, J. B. Latin grammar.... .... .... .... . 573.23 Amazons, river, The naturalist on the. Bates, H.-W................ 325.12 America. History. Bandelier, A. F. The gilded mau (El Dorado), and other pictures of the Spanish occupancy of America......... 824.37 Esquemeling, J. The Buccaneer, of America.............. ........ 847.5 American agriculturist. Vols. 22-28, 31-50. N. Y., 187.2-1892.... .... American architect and building news. Vols. 19.40. B., 1886-1893.. American machinist. Vols. 12-16. N. Y., 1889-1893.... ............ American naturalist. 27 vols. Salem, 1808-1893............ ........ Amherst college. Catalogue, 1892-93....., .... ................... Anatomy. Lucas, F. A. Preparation of rough skeletons. (U. S. natl. museum. Bulletin, No. 39, pt. C)...... ................... 4 Twelfth Supplement-1894—of Ancient geography, classical and sacred. Mitchell, S. A.....• •••••• 562.58 Andover review. Vols. 1-19. 1884-1893••••..•... .......... ......•• Andrews, C. McL. The old English manor. Balt., 1892. 80. (Johns Hopkins university studies. Extra vol. R1I)....• ......•••• ••••1056.52 Animal life. IIutchinson, I3.N. Extinct monsters........•• ..•• ••• 937.20 Annual literary index, 1892, [of] periodicals, essays, etc. Fletcher, Win. I., and Bowker, R. R., eds.... .... ................ .... ..... Archaeology. 'Thomas, C. Catalogue of prehistoric works east of Rocky Ults. Wash., 1891, maps. (Smiths. inst., Bureau of ethnol, Arena. Vols. 1-7. 1890-1893. .... ........................ .... ...... Arlington, .31ass. Public library. Catalogue, 1892.......••••••••••. Art, Lectures and lessons on: introduction to a practical and compre- hensive scheme. Moody, 1�. W.................. ...... .. ....... 444.34 Art amateur. Vols. 9-28. N. Y., 1883-1893...... ...... . ..... .... .... Artists. James, Henry. Picture and test•••• • ••••• •••••••••••••••• 431.52 Arts and crafts essays. By members of the Arts and crafts exhibition society. Preface by Wm. Morris. N. Y., 1893. 120........ ..... 925.37 Contents. Revival of design handicraft. W. Crane.—Textiles. Wm. ' Morris.—Decorative painting and design. W.Crane.—Wall papers. W. Crane.—Fictiles. G. T. Robinson.—Metal work. W. A. S. Benson.— Stone and wood carving. S. Clarke.—Furniture. S. Webb.—Stained glass. S. Clarke.—Table glass. S. Clarke.—Printing. W.Morris and E. Walker.—Bookbinding. T. J. Cobden-Sanderson.—Mural painting. F.M.Brown.—Sgraf lto work. H. Sumner.—Stucco and gesso. G.T. Robinson.—Cast iron. W.R.Lethaby.—Dyeing as an art. W.Morris. —Embroidery. Al.Morris.—Lace. A. S. Cole.—Book illustration.—R. Blomfleld.—Designs and iworking drawings. L. T. Day.—Furniture and the room. E.S.Prior.—The room and furniture. H. Ricardo.— The English tradition. R. Blomfleld.—Carpenters' furniture, W. R. Lethaby.—Decorated furniture. J. H. Pollen.—Carving. S. Webb.— Intarsia and inlaid wood work. T.J.Jaokson.—Woods,etc. S.Webb.— Modern embroidery. M. E. Turner.—Materials. M. Morris.—Colour. M.Morris.—Stitches and mechanism. A.S.Cole.—Design. J. D. Sedd• ing.—Designing for the art of embroidery. S.Image. Ashley, W. J. Introduction to English economic history and theory. Parts I, It. L., 1893. 2v. 121..••••••••••••.. ...... ....••••••1051.31,32 Astronomy, Bibliography of, for 1887. Winloek, W. C. (Smithson- ian miscellanenous collections,vol. 34, art 4).... .... ............ At the north of Beareamp water. Bolles, Frank...• ••••.•••.•.•••••.• 301.33 Athenaeum journal of literature, science, and tine arts. 3v. 1892-93... Atlantic monthly. 72 vols. B., 1857-1893••.. .......... ........•••••- Atlasses. See Massachusetts. .Audiffret-Pasquier,E. A. G., duc d', ed. Memoirs of Chancellor Pas- quier. Vol. 1. 1789-1810................... .... ................ 725.50 Auld Licht manse, and other sketches. Barrie, J. M....•.•••••••.•••• 284.76 Bacon, Alice M. A Japanese interior. B., 1893. 160..•• •••..• ••.••• 361.34 Baedeker, Karl. The United States; with an excursion into Mexico. N. Y., 1893. 120, maps................. ...... ........ ........... 341.9 Balzac, Honore de. The brotherhood of consolation. B., 1893. 120.. 211.45 A great man of the provinces in Paris. B., 1893. 121.... .... ...... 211.46 Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 6 Balzac, H. de. (Continued.) Lost illusions. B.. 1803. 130............. ...... ...... ............. 212.56 Memoirs of two young married women. B., 1894. 120.... .... .... 211.48 The village rector. B., 1893. 120.......... ...... .......... ....... 211.47 Bandelier, A. F. The gilded man (EI Dorado) and other pictures of the Spanish occupancy of America. N. Y., 1893. 1.20..... ....... 824.37 Bankruptcy. U. S. congress. The Torrey bankrupt bill. 1892.... A uniform system of bankruptcy. 1892...................... ..... Barbary corsairs, Story of the. Poole, Stanley Lane. (Story of thenations).... .... ...................... ................ ...... 883.48 Barlow, Jane. Irish idyls. L., 1893. 120...... .......... ........... 222.64 Barrie, J. M. Auld licht manse, and other sketches. N. Y., 1893. 120. 284.76 Barrows, Isabel C., ed. Conference on manual training. It., 1891... 567.23 Bates, Henry W. The naturalist on the river Amazons. With memoir, by E. C:lodd. N. Y., 1892. 80, port.................. .... ....... 325.12 Batrachians, reptiles and, Directions for collecting. Sty jneger, L. (U. S. national museum. Bulletin no. 39, pt. E.).•.. ........... Beggars all: a novel. Dougall, L.... .................. ...... ....... 245.32 Belcher, Jonathan. The Belcher papers. (In-Mass. hist. soc. Collec- tions. 6th series, vol. 6)...... .... ........ ........ .... ......... Bendire, Charles. Directions for collecting,preparing, and preserving birds'eggs and nests. (U.S. nat'l museum. Bulletin uo. 39, pt.D) Bernard of Clairvaux: the times, the man,and his work. Storrs, R. S. 526.29 Berry, Duchess of, and the revolution of 1830. Nibert de Saint-Amand, A. L., baron. (Famous women of the French court)...... ...... 724.67 Besant, Walter. The rebel queen: at novel. N. Y., 1893. 1.20.... .... 257.27 Bible. The new testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Ox- ford, 1881. 160........ .... .......... .... .... ...... .... .... .... . 520.28 Biography, national,Dictionary of. Stephen, L.,and Lee,S.,eds. 37v. Ref. Birdwood, Sir G. C. M. Rt•port on the old records of the India office. with The modern quest•and discovery of the Indies. L., 1891. 80. 367.9 Birds. Bendire, C. Directious for preserving birds' eggs. (U. S. national museum. Bulletin no. 39, pt. D).... ........ .... .... .. Ridgway, Robert. Directions for collecting birds. (U. S. national museum. Bulletin no. 39, pt. A)..... ... .... .......... ........ Bishop, Win. H. A house-hunter in Europe. N. Y., 1893. 120.... .. 323.18 Black, Wm. Wolfenberg: a novel. N. Y., 1893. 120.......... ...... 285.72 Blackfoot lodge tales. Grinnell, G. B........ .......... .• •• •• • • •• •. 247.28 Blackstone's commentaries, Review of, for the use of students at law. Ewell, Marshall D. (Essentials of the law. Vol. 1.).....1042.24 Blake, William. Smetham, James. (In his Literary works)........ 722.60 Bliss, W. R. The Old Colony town, and other sketches. B., 1893. 120. 474.48 Blunt, E. M. The American coast pilot. N. Y., 1854. 80.......... .. 927.31 Bodleys telling stories. Scudder, Horace E.......... ............... 334.3 Bolles, Frank. At the north of Bearcamp water. B., 1893. 160...... 361.33 Bolton, H. C. Bibliography of chemistry for 1887. Wash., 1888. 80. (Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. vol. 34, art. 5).......... -Select bibliography of chemistry, 1492-1892. Wash., 1893. 80. (Smithsonian Miscellaneous collections, v. 36)....... .... .... .... 6 Twelfth Supplement-z894-of Books about books. Duff, E. G. Early printed books............... 454.49 Elton, C. I., and M. A. Great book-collectors................ .... 454.46 Hardy, W. J. Book-plates.......... ................ ........ ..... 454.47 Madan, F. Books in manuscript...................... ............ 454.48 Pollard,A. W. Early illustrated books........... .... ............ 454.50 Prideaux, S. T. Historical sketch of bookbinding, with a chapter on early stamped bindings, by E. Gordon Duff.... .... .. . ........ 454.52 Stone, H. S. First editions of American authors..... ...... ........ Ref. Booth, C. Life and labour of the people in London. L., 1892-93. Vols. 1-4. 80.......... .......... ............................1054.41-44 Booth, Edwin. Hutton, Laurence. Edwin Booth..... .... .......... 110.57 -Winter, Wm. Life and art of Edwin Booth.......... .... ........ 725.49 Boston society to encourage studies at home. Annual report, 1893..P.Educ. Botany. Knowlton, F. H. Directions for collecting recent and fossil plantA. (U. S. national museum. Bullentin 39, B)............. Botume, Eliz. H. First days amongst the contrabands. B., 1893. 120. 565.45 Bourgade La Dardye, E.de. Paraguay: the land and the people. Eng. edition, edited by E. G. Ravenstein. L., 1892. 120, illus.... 353.34 Bowditch, Nathaniel. New American practical navigator. 1864.... 927.32 Boy travellers in southern Europe. Knox, T. W............ ......... 376.43 Boyesen, H. II. Commentary on the writings of Ibsen...... . ..... .. 454.45 Boys coastwise; or, all along the shore. Rideing, Win. 11.... .... .... 334.27 Bradlee, C. D. Sermons for the church. B., 1893. 120.... . ..... .. .. 555.59 Brazil. Bates, H. W. The naturalist on the river Amazons...... ... 325.12 Brockton, Mass. Public library report. 1892...... .... ........... Brooke, Stopford A. History of early English literature...... . ..... 474.46 Brooks, Phillips. Letters of travel. N. Y., 1893. 12".......... . . .. . 353.37 Brotherhood of consolation. Balzac, H. de.. .................. .... 211.45 Brownell, W. C. French art. N. Y., 1802. 120...... .......... .. .. 442.30 Browning, Robert. Poetical works. L., 1888,189. 16 vols. 120.....745.46-61 Contents.-1. Pauline;Bordello.-2. Paracelsus;Strafford.-3. Pippa pass- es; King Victor and Bing Charles; Return of the Druses; A soulPs tragedy.-4. A blot in the'scutcbeon; Colombe's birthday; Men and women.-5. Dramatic romances; Christmas eve and Easter day.-6 Dramatic lyrics; Luria.-7. In a balcony; Dramatis personae.-8, 9,10. The fing and the book.-11. Balaustion's adventure; Prince Hohenstiel Sebwangau; Fifine at the fair.-12. Red cotton nightcap country; The Inn album.-13. Aristophanes'apology;Agamemnon of Aschylus.-14. Pacebiarotto;La saisiaz; Two poets of Crolsic.-15. Dramatic idyls; Jocoseria.-16. Ferishtah's fancies;Parleyings with certain people of importance in their day. Index. Browning, Robert, Handbook to the works of. Orr,Mrs. Sutherland. 745.62 Buccaneers of America. Esquemeling, J. Ed. by H. Powell....... 847.5 Buddhism. Mueller, [F.] Max. Lectures on the science of religion; with a paper on Buddhist nihilism, and a translation of the Dhammapada........... ................ .......... ...... ... .... *534.6 Byington, Rev.E. H. Answer to the introductory note published in the Proceedings of New Eng. hist. geneal. soc., 1891-92...... .... Cabot, John and Sebastian. 'Tarducei, Francesco.... ...... ...... .... 737.51 Caesars, Tragedy of the. Gould, Sabine Baring. 2 vols........ .... 847.3,4 Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 7 Cairo: its history, monuments, and social life. Poole, S. Lane.... ... 355.32 Camp fires of a naturalist: 14 expeditions after North American mammals, from the field notes of L. L. Dyche. Edwords, C. E-. 923.47 Campbell, Douglas. The puritan in Holland, England, and America. N. Y., 1893. 2v. 81............................................846.25,26 Carpentry and building. Vols. 11-14. N. Y., 1889-1892..... ........ Catherine Furze. Rutherford, Mark.................. ............. 245.33 Century illustrated monthly magazine. 24 vols. N. Y., 1881-1893.... Century world's fair book for boys and girls. Jenks, 'Tudor...... .. 337.12 Chambers's encyclopaedia: a dictionary of universal knowledge. 10v. R.R. Channing, Edw.,johd author. Eng. history. See Higginson, T. W.. 824.35 Chautauquan. Vols. 7-17. 1886-93.............. ........ .... .... .. Chemistry, Bibliography of. Bolton. H. C. See Smithsonian inst.. Chemistry, applied, Dictionary of. 'Thorpe, 'T. E. 3 vols........*172.17-19 Chicago. Public library. Annual report. 1893 .............. ... Chicago. Sunset club. Echoes of the Sunset club. Catlin, W. W...1047.17 Children of the Ghetto. Zangwill, I. 2 vols........ ..............210.40,41 Children of the king. Crawford, F. M.............................. 215.61 Chinese nights entertainment: 40 stories. Fielde, Adele M.......... 434.27 Chinookan languages, Bibliography of. Pilling, J. C. (Smithsonian institution. Bureau of ethnology).......... ................ ... Christ and the inheritance of the saints. Guthrie, 'Thomas........... 522.43 Christmas every day and other stories for children. Howells, W. D-204.120 Cincinnati. Public library. Annual report, 1893 ................... Cinq-Mars; or, a conspiracy under LouisXII1. Vigny, A.de. 'Trans- lated by Wm. Hazlitt.... ..........................:..... .....247,26,27 Civil service. Curtis, G. W. "Party and patronage": address....P.Civ.Ser. Eaton, D. B. Significance of the national civil service act....P. Civ.Ser. Primer of civil service reform................. ...............P.Civ.Ser. Welsh, Herbert. Civil service reform in Eng, and U. S.......P. Civ.Ser. Classical literature, Compendium of. Cleveland, C. D.............. 451.25 Cliff dwellers: a novel. Fuller, H. B.............. ................ 216.42 Clive, Robert, lord Cline. Wilson, Sir Charles. (Eng. men of action). 711.57 Coaching days and coaching ways. Tristram, W. 0...... .... ...... 312.26 Coale, Wm. Edward. Hints on health. B., 1857. 120..... .......... 953.12 Collingwood, W. G. Life and work of John Ruskin. 2 vols.... ..774.47,48 Columbian exposition. See World's Columbian exposition........... Contemporary review. Vols. 22.64. L., 1873-1893........... .... .. Contrabands, First days among the. Botume, Eliz. H.......... .... 565.45 Coppee, H. General Thomas. N. Y., 1893. 121. (Great commanders) 723.58 Coues, Elliot, ed. Expedition under Lewis and Clarke to the sources of the Missouri river across the Rocky mts., down Columbia river to Pacific ocean, 1804-6, by order gov't of U. S. N. Y., 1893. 4v. 80, ports., maps......................... ............346.29-32 Crawford, F. Marion. Children of the king. N. Y., 1893. 120. ...... 215.61 Marion Darche: a story without comment. N. Y. 1893. 120. . . .. .. 210.43 Pietro Ghisleri. N. Y., 1893. 120. ............. . .... . . .... . ..... .. 210.38 Curtis, George Wm. From the Easy chair. N. Y., 1892. 16'. . .... .. 431.48 S Twelfth Supplement-2894-of Curtis, George W. (Continued.) ' Orations and addresses. Ed. by C.E. Norton. N. Y., 1894. Vol. I. 475.26 Contents.-On the principles and character of American institutions and the duties of American citizens,1850.1891. Other essays from the Easy chair. N. Y., 1893. 160....... ...... .. 431.53 "Party and patronage": address, annual meeting National civil ser- vicereform league....... ...... .......... ...... ............P.Civ.Ser. Winter, Wm. George William Winter: a eulogy........ ...... .... 710.55 Dakotas, Certain climatic features of the. Finley, J. P. (U. S. Weatherbureau)...... ............ .... .......... ...... .......... Dana, Xrs. W.Starr. How to know the wild flowers. N.Y.,1893.illus. 045.26 Dante Alighieri. Divine comedy. Translated by Charles Eliot Nor- ton. B., 1892. 3v. 120...... ............................ .... ..410.27-29 Divine comedy. Translated into English verse by T. W. Parsons. Preface by C. E. Norton. B.. 1893. 120. .......... ............. 430.20 The new life. 'Translated by C. E. Norton. B., 1892. 120........ 410.30 Danube, The, from the Black forest to the Black sea. Millet, F. D... 353.33 David Balfour. Stevenson, R. L.... .......... .................. .... 216.39 Danvers. Peabody institute. Report of the trustees, 1893 .... .... .. Davies, Wm., ed. Literary works of James Smetham..... .... ...... 722.60 Davis, Richard Harding. Rulers of the Mediterranean. N. Y., 1894. 351.39 Decorative needlework. Morris, May.............. ........ .... .... 935.39 Decorator and furnisher. 22 vols. N. Y., 1882-1893.... ........ ..... Dedham, Mass. Early records, 1636-1659. Ed. by Don Gleason Hill. 878.46 Record of baptisms,marriages,and deaths,admissions to the church and dismissals therefrom. 1638-1845. Ed. by Don Gleason Bill.. 878.45 Record of births, marriages, deaths, intentions of marriage in Ded- ham. 1635.1845. Ed. by Don Gleason Hill.... .......... ....... 878.44 Deland, Margaret. The old garden, and other verses. Decorated by Walter Crane. B., 1894. 12°........ ................ .... .... .... 755.9 Delectable duchy: stories, studies, and sketches. By 'IQ"...... .... 245,34 Delille, Edward. Some French writers. L., 1893. 80........... ..... 474.47 Dictionary of applied chemistry. Thorpe,T. E. 3 vols.........*172.17-19 Dictionary, New English, on historical principles. Murray, J. A. H. ed. Vols. I., II............... .... .... .... ..................*174.- DiAaff series. The literature of philanthropy,ed.by F. A.Goodale................ 431.56 The kindergarten,ed.by Bate D.Wiggin..... ...................... 431.58 Divine comedy. Dante Alighieri. Transl. by C. E. Norton. 3 vols..410.27-29 Divine comedy. Dante Alighieri. Trans]. into English verse by T. W. Parsons........................ ............ ............ .... 430.20 Dorsey, J. 0. Omaha and Ponka letters. (Stnithsoniau inst)........ Dougall, L. Beggars all: a novel. L., 1892. 120.... ...... ... .. .... 245.32 Dow, Gerhard. Smetham, James. (In his Literary works).... ....... 722.60 Doyle, A. Conan. The refugees; a tale of two continents.... ........ 276.61 Drake, Sir Francis. Payne, E. J. Voyages of Elizabethan seamen to America. From 'Principal navigations' of Hakluyt............. 372.35 Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 9 Drake, Samuel A. The making of Virginia and the twiddle colonies, 1578-1701. N. Y., 1893. 120, illws........... ..•• ... .... .... ...• 831.44 Drake, Samuel G. Dlemoir of Cotton 1ltarher. (ha his blagnalla).•... 876.13 Drama. rhayer, Win. R., ed. 'rhe best Elizabethan plays.... ...... 746.32 Contents.-The Jew of Malta,by Marlow.-Alchen►tst, by Jonson.-Phii- aster,by Beaumont and Fleteber.-Two noble kinsmen,by Fletcher and Shakespeare.-Duchess of Maltl,by Webster. Duff, E. Gordon. Early printed books. I.., 1893. 80............ .....• 454.49 Dumas, Alexandre. Olympe de Cleves. B., 1893. 2v. 120. .... ....283.95,96 Dynamo, The: its theory, design, and manufacture. Iiawkins, C. C., and Wallis, F............ .... .... ...... .... .................... 922.51 Earle, Alice bforse. Customs and fashions. in old New England...... 832.34 Eaton, D. B. Significance of the national civil service act.......P. Civ.Ser. Eclectic magazine. Old ser. 63v.; new ser. 58v. N. Y., 1844-1893.... Edinburgh, Views of. L., [1856). 160, illus.... .... .. .. ...... .... . 343.31 Edward 1. Tout, T. F. ('twelve Eng. statesmen).... .. .. .... . ..... 882.26 Edwords, C. E. Camp fires of a naturalist. N. Y., 1893. 120. . ..... 923.47 Egypt. Poole, S. Laue. Cairo: its history, monuments, social life... 355.32 Electrical engineer, [formerly The Electrician], vols. 2-16. N. Y., 1883-1893..... ........ ........ .......... ...... ...... .......... .. Elizabethan plays, The best. 'Thayer, W. R.,ed. See Drama....... 746.3.2 Elton, C. I., and Mary A. 'tile great book-collectors. .... ........ .... 454.40 Emerson, R. W. Natural history of intellect, and other papers...... 453.56 Contents.-Natural bistory of Intel lect.-Ifemory.-Boston.-Michael An- gel o.-3iilton.-Papers from The dial. Encyclopaedia, Chambers's. London, 1892. lOv. 40.... ........•.• R. R. Engineering. Vols.47-55. I.., 1880-1893..... .......... ........ .... England. Description. 'Tristram, W. O. Coaching days and coach- ing trays........... .... .... ............................ .... .... 312.26 . Winter, Win. Shakespeare's England.•.. .•.. ...... ...•.• •••• •.•. 31227 History. Andrews, C. McL. The old English manor... ...... ....1056.52 Green, J. R. Short history of the English people. Illustrated..847.13-15 Higginson, T. 1V., and Channing. E. Ent;. Kist. for Amer. readers. 824.35 Hume, D., and Smollett, T. History of England. Abridged by JohnRobinson......... . ......... ................ .... .......... 820.39 Penrose, Eliz. C., (Mrs. Markham). IIistory of England.... ...... 820.38 English dictionary, New,on historical principles. Murray,J.A.H., ed.*174.- English grammar. Quackenbos, G. P..... .......... .... ............ 560.55 English literature, early, History of. Brooke, S. A.... •...•...•.•.• 474.46 English literature, Victorian age of. Oliphant, M. O. W...........464.36,37 English men of action. Lord Clive,by sir Charles Wilson.................................... 711.57 Montrose,by M.Morris................................ ............... 711.58 English towns, Origin and growth of. Jessopp, A....... ..••••..••14472.52 Esquemeling, J. Buccaneers of America. Ed. by H. Powell. 1893.. 847.5 Euclid, Elements of. 'Todhunter, Isaac.......•...........••• .•..••• 560.64 Essentials of the law. 3 vols. See Ewell, liarshall D•.•. ••.• ...1042.24-26 10 Twelfth Supplement-z894-of Europe, A house hunter in. Bishop, Wm. H.... .............. ...... 323.18- Europe, modern, History of. Fyffe, C. A. 3 vols........... ......823.45-47 Europe, southern, Boy travellers in. Knox, T. W. ...... ...... ...... 376.43 European republicans: Mazzini and his friends. Linton, W. J.... ... 845.30 Ewell, Marshall D. Essentials of the law. B., 1889. 3v. 160. ......1042.24-26 Contents.-1. Review of Blackstone's commentaries.-2. Stephen on plead- ing.-Smith on contracts.-Adams'on equity. 3. Pollock on torts;Wil. liams on real property.-Beat on evidence. Extinct monsters. Hutchinson,Rev. H. N.......................... 937.20 Fairhaven, Mass. Millicent library. Dedicatory exercises. 1893... Finding list, 1893................ ............................ ..... Fairy tales. Jacobs, J., ed. More English fairy tales. 1894.... ..... 434.26 Famous women of the French court. By Imbert de Saint-Amand,A.L. Duchess of Berry and the court of Charles X........................ 724.66 Duchess of Berry and the revolutlon of 1830........................ 724.67 Women of the Valois court............................................ 725.80 Court of Louis XIV. Women of Versailles.......................... 725.40 Farragut, Admiral. Malldn, A. T. (Great commanders)...... ...... 723.59 Fielde, Adele M. Chinese nights' entertainment: 40 stories told by almond-eyed folk actors in the romance of The strayed arrow. Illustrated by Chinese artists. N. Y., 1893. 120................. 434.27 Finley, John P. Certain climatic features of the Dakotas............ Fisk university, Nashville, Tenn. Marsh, J. B. I., ed. Story of the jubileesingers.......... ............................ ... ....... 566.32 Fletcher, Wm. I., ed. Index to general literature. B., 1893. 80..... and Bowker, R. R., eds. Annual literary index, 1892..... .......* Fliegende BlUtter. Band 90-98. Munchen...... .... ................ Flint, Weston. Statistics of Pub. libraries, U. S. & Canada. 1893.... T. L.- Flowers, wild, flow to know the. Dana, Mrs. W. 5.... ...... . ..... 945.26 Folio, The, Vols. 2-37. 1870-1892.... ............ ...... .. .. .... .... Fortnightly review. Vols. 51-53. ' L., 1892-93.......... . ..... . ..... Forum. Vols. 1.15. N. Y., 1886-1893.............. .... .... .... .... . Foster, L. S. Published writings of George N. Lawrence, 1844-1891. Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper. Vols. 68-76. N. Y., 1889-93.... Freedmen's aid societies work. Botume, Eliz. H. First days among the contrabands. B., 1893. 120................ ................. 565.4.5 Freeman, E. A. Studies of travel. N. Y., 1893. 2v. 160..........320.16-17 Contents.-1. Greece.-2. Italy. French art. Brownell, IV. C.......... .............. ................ 442.30 French revolution and empire, Influence of sea power upon, 1793-1812. Mahan, A. 'r. 2 vole. .................... ................ ....825.38,39 French writers, Some. Delille, E........... .. . .... .... .... ........ 474.47 Frobisher, Sir Martin. Payne, E. J. Voyages of Elizabethan sea- men to America. From the 'Principal navigations' of I-Iakluyt.. 372.35 Fuller, Henry B. The cliff dwellers: a novel. N. Y., 1893. 120...... 216.42 Fyffe, C. A. History of modern Europe. N. Y., 1890. 3v. 120.....823.45-47 Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 11 Gage, Alfred P. Text book on the elements of physics. B.,1893. 120. 922.50 Gairdner, James. Henry VII. L., 1889. 1.20. (Twelve Eng. statesmen). 882.27 Gentleman of France. Weyman, S. J...... .............. .......... 245.35 Geography, Ancient, classical and sacred. Mitchell, S. A. ...... .... 562.58 Geology. 'Penney, Sanborn....................... . ..... .. .. .. . . .... 930.36 Geometry. Todhunter, I. Elements of Euclid.... ............ ..... 560.64 Wentworth, G. A. Text-book of geometry.... ............ . ...... 923.43 German empire, The refounding of the. Malleson, G. B...... ...... 823.42 Gilded man, The (El Dorado). Bandelier, A. F...... ......•.•.•..•• 824.37 Girard, Dr. Charles, Published writings of. Goode, G. B. (U. S. national museum. Bulletin no. 41)........ ................... Good Words. Vols. 1-34. 1860-1893............... .................. Goodale, F. A. Literature of philanthropy. N. Y., 1893. 160....... 431.56 Goode, G. Brown. Museums of the future. Wash., 1891. 80....... Goodwin, W. W. Elementary Greek grammar. B., 1887. 120....... 573.26 Gould, E. R. L. Gothenburg system of liquor traffic. Wash., 1893. 80. (U. S. Dep't of labor. Special report, 5th)................... • Gould, S. Baring. Tragedy of the Caesars. N. Y., 1893. 2v. 80, illus.847.3,4 Grant, Robert. Reflections of a married man. N. Y., 1893. 12°..... 286.66 Graphic, The. Vols. 37-44. L., 1888-1891..................... ...... Gray, Asa. Letters. Ed. by Jane L. Gray. B., 1893. 2v. 120.... .."r25.46,47 Gray, Maxwell,pseud. See Tuttiett, Miss. Great Britain. India Office. Report on the old records of the India office, with suppl., note and appendices, by Sir G. Birdwood..... 367.9 Royal commission for Chicago exhibition. Official catalogue of the British section. L., 1893. 120.... .... ...... ............ ... ....1043.48 Great commanders. Edited by J. G. Wilson. General Thomas, by Henry Coppde......................... ........ 723.58 Admiral Farragut,by A.T.Mahan ................................... 723.59 Great men of the provinces in Paris. Balzad, H. de.... ............. 211.46 Greece. See Freeman, E. A. Studies of travel.......... ....••••••. 320.16 Greek grammar, Elementary. Goodwin, Wm. W.... ........ .... .... 573.26 Green, J. R. Short history of the English people. N. Y., 1893...•847.13-15 Green, Samuel Abbott. Boundary lines of old Groton............... 878.38 Groton historical ser. Papers rel.to the history of Groton, Mass.878.31-33 Grinnell, George B. Blackfoot Lodge tales. N. Y., 1892. 80........ 247.28 Guthrie, T. Christ and the inheritance of the saints. Edinb., 1864. 160. 522.43 Gypsy moth. Mass. Board of agric. Special report on the work of extermination of the ocneria dicpar, or gypsy moth............. Hakluyt's 'Principal navigations,' Select narratives from. Payne, E. J., editor............ .......... . ... ............ .......... .... 372.35 Hale, Edward E. A New England boyhood. N. Y., [1893]. 120..... 733.57 Hamlin, Cyrus, missionary in Turkey. My life and times. B., 1893.. 727.41 Hampshire village, An old woman's outlook in a. Yonge, C. M.... 934.50 Hardy, %V. J. Book-plates. L., 1893. 80, illus. ([looks about books). 454.47 Harper's new monthly magazine. 87 vols. N. Y., 1850-1893. ........ Also a set in both the upper and the lower reading-rooms. 1 12 Twelfth Supplement-1894-of Harper's weekly. 15 vols. N. Y., 1872-1892.... ........ .......... . Harris, Wm. Torrey,joint author. A. B. Alcott. See Sanborn, F. B.733.55,56 Harry Lee; or, hope for the poor. N. Y., 1859. 120.... .... ......... M-37 Harte, F. Bret. Sally Dows, and other stories. B., 1893. 120........ 281.74 Contents.-Sally Dows.-Conspiracy of Mrs. Bunke r.-T ra ns fo rinatlon of Bucgeye camp.-Their uncle from California. Susy; a story of the plains. B., 1893. 160...... ...... .... .... .... . 281.76 Harvard university. Catalogue for 1893-191.... .... .... .... .... .... . Hawkes, Nathan 51. In Lynn woods. Lynn, 1893. 80, illus....... .. 337.11 Hellenica. Books I-IV. Xenophon. Ed. by I. J. Manatt......... 573.25 Hawkins, C. C., and Rallis. F. The dvnamo. L., 1893. 120........ 922.51 Hawkins, Sir John. Payne, E. J. Voyages of the Elizabethan sea- men to America. Oxford, 1893. 120............................ 372.35 Health, Hints on. Coale, Win. Edward.............. .... .... ........ 953.12 Henry V11. Gairdner, James. (Twelve Eng. statesmen).... .... .... 882.27 Higginson, T. W., and Channing, Edw. English history for Ameri- can readers. N. Y., 1893. 120, maps.... ...... ............ ...... 824.35 Hill, Don Gleason, ed. Early records of Dedham, MOS. See Dedham. Hill, Frederic Stanhope. 'Twenty years at sea. B., 1893. 160..... .... 252.34 Hill, Nathaniel P. Speeches on the silver, postal telegraph, and other economic questions. Colorado Springs, 1890. 8..... ............1047.18 History of a bearskin. Marthold, Jules de.... ........ ..•• ••.• . ..... 207.76 Hood, 'Thomas. Humorous poems. L., 1893. 120, illus.... .... . ..... 744.50 Horsford,E. N. Leif's house in Vineland. B., 1893. 4c.... .... .... 827.26 Horsford, Cornelia. Graves of the Not•thmen........ ...... .... ....14827.26 House-hunter in Europe. Bishop, Wm. H.... ............ ......... 3.23.18 Howells, Vm. D. Christmas every day, and other stories.... .... ...204.120 Hume, D., and Smollett, T. Pictorial history of England. Abridged byJ. Robinson........................ .......... ...... .... ..... 820.39 Humorous poems. Ilood, Thomas.... ...... ............ .... ....... 744.50 Hunting. Edwords, C. E. Camp fires of it naturalist............... 923.47 Roosevelt, Theodore. Tlw wilderness huuter; big game of U. 5... 936.45 Hutchinson, Rev. H. N. Extinct monsters. N. Y., [1892]. 80..... 937.20 Hutton, Laurence. Edwin Booth. N. Y., 1893. 240............ ..... 710.57 Hymns. Seven great hymns of the medixval church. N.Y., 1868. 160. 742.44 Contents-Celestial country.-Dios Irte.-hater spool osa.-Stabat mater.- Vent Sancte Spiritus.-Veni.Creator Spiritus.-Vexilla regis.-The Alleluiatic sequence. Ibsen, Henryk, Commentary on the writings of. Boyesen, H. H..... 454.45 Illustrated London trews. Vols. 94-102. I.., 1889-1803. 9 vols...... Imbert de Saint-Aniand, A. L., baron. Famous women of Fr. court. The Duchess of Berry and the revolution of 1830.................... T2t.67 Women of the Valois court............................................ 7•15 39 Women of Versailles. Court of Louis TIV.......................... 7-25.40 Index, Annual literary, 1892. Fletcher, W. I., and Bowker, R. R., eds. Index to general literature. Fletcher, Wm. I., ed................ .... Index to Popular scieuce monthly, 1872-1892. Fernald, F. A.,compiler. India. History. Birdwood, G. In Report on old records of India office. 367.9 Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 13 Indian rights association. Civilization among the Sioux Indians. Re- port by H. Welsh, cor. sec'y. Phil., 1893. so...... ...•...• ••••• P. Ind. Indians. Dorsey, J. O. Omaha and Ponka letters. (Siniths. inst).. Pilling, J. C. Bibliography of the Athapascan languages, Chinoo- kan languages, Salishan languages. (Smiths. inst). ............ Industrial art. Meyer, F. S. Handbook of ornament....••..•• ...• 926.52 Insects, Directions for collecting. Riley, C. V. (U. S. nat'l museum). Interpretation of nature. Shaler, Nathaniel S. B., 1893. 160...... 921.54 Ireland, Short history of, to 1608. Joyce, Patrick W. I.., 1893. 120. 820.22 Irish ideas. O'Brien, William. L., 1893. 120........................1053.59 Irish idylls. Barlow, Jane. L., 1893. 120.... .... ..........•.......• 222.64 Irish life, Seventy years of. Le Fanu, W. R. N. Y., 1893. 120...... 820.23 Irving, Washington, The work of. Warner, C. D.... .........•...... 710.56 Island nights' entertainments. Stevenson, R. L..................... 216.37 Italy. Freeman, E. A. Studies of travel...................•..••••• 320.17 Thayer, Win. It. Dawn of Italian independence. 1814-49........842.37,39 Jackson, Sheldon. Education in Alaska, 1889-91........ .... ...... .. T. L.- Jacobs, Joseph, ed. More English fairy tales, N. Y., 1894. 80, illus: 434.26 James, G. F., ed. Handbook of university extension. 1893..•. ...... T.L.62 James, Henry. Picture and text. N. Y., 1893. 240..... ........•... 431.52 The private life; Lord Beaupre; The visits. N. Y.,1893. 160...... 281.73 Jane Field: a novel. Wilkins, May E................•.•••.•••••••• 281.75 Japan. Dept. of agriculture and commerce. Descriptive catalogue of agric. products exhibited in World's Columbian exposition...... 567.29 Details of the industrial specimens exposed at the World's Co- lumbianexposition.......... .......•.... ... ..................... 567.27 General view of commerce and industry in Japan................ 567.26 Dept. of education. Catalogue of objects exhibited at the World's Columbianexposition.... .... .............. ................o... 567.25 Outlines of modern education in Japan............•.•.....•.•••• 567.24 Bacon, Alice M. A Japanese interior.... ••....••.. ............••• 361.34 Murray, David. Story of Japan. (Story of the nations).......... 883.47 Jenks, 'Tudor. The Century World's fair book for boys and girls.... 337.12 Jessopp, Augustus. Studies by a recluse. N. Y., 1893. 121)........ 472.52 6ntents.-1. St.Albans and her historian.-2. Bury 5t. Edmands.-3. On the edge of the Norfolk holy land.-4. Origin and growth of English towns.-5. The land and its owners in past times.-G. L'aneienno noblesse.-7. Letters and letter writers.-S. A suggestion for my betters. Jewett, Sarah Orne. A native of Witiby, and other tales.......•..•• 291.40 Contents.-A native of Winby.-Decoration day.-Jim's little woman.- Failure of David Berry.-Passing of sister Barsett.-Hiss Esther's guest.-Flight of Betsey Lane.-Between mass and vespers.-A little captive maid. Johns Hopkins university. Studies in historical and political science. Extra volume 111. Balt., 1892, 80.....•.. .... .......... .....o•1056.52 Contents.-The old English manor.- By C.MeL.Andrews. Jones, Elisha. Exercises in Latin prose composition.... .... ........ 573.24 f 14 Twelfth Supplement-z894-0f Journal of the Franklin institute. Vols. 127-135. Phil., 1889-93. 9v•• Joyce, P. W. Short history of Ireland to 1608. L., 1893. 120........ 820.22 Jubilee singers. See Fisk university, Nashville, Tenn. Keltie, J. S., ed. Statesman's year book, 1893. (1883-1893)..........1041.15 Kindergarten, The. W iggin, Kate D. (Distaff series).............. 431.58 Kipling, Rudyard. Many inventions. N. Y., 1893. 120............. 256.28 Knox, T. W. Boy travellers in southern Europe. N. Y., 1894. 80.... 376.43 Travels of Marco Polo, for boys and girls. N. Y., 1885. 80........ 346.7 Knowlton, F. H. Directions for collecting recent and fossil plants. (U. S. national museum. Bulletin 39. B).... .................. Labrador coast. Packard, Prof. Alpheus S.... ...... ...... . ..... ... 375.42 Lang, Andrew, ed. The true story book. L., 1893. 120...... .. .. .... 206.98 Lanin, E. B. Russian characteristics. L., 1892. 80...... .... .... ....1055.26 Lardner, Dionysius. Natural philosophy for schools. 1871.... .... 930.37 Last sentence, The. Tuttiett, Miss (Maxwell Gray)...... ............ 245.31 Latin.grammar. Allen, J. H., and Greenough,J. B.... .............. 573.23 Latin prose composition, Exercises in. Jones, Elisha.......... ...... 573.24 Law, Essentials of the. Ewell, Marshall D. 3v...... ........ ....1042.24-26 Contento.-Vol.1. Review of Blackstone's Commentaries. Vol.2. Stephen on pleading; Smith on contracts; Adams'Equity. Vol.3. Pollock on torts;Williams on real property; Best on evidence. Lawrence, George N., Published writings of, 1844-1891. Foster, L. S. LeFanu, W. R. Seventy years of Irish life. N. Y., 1893. 120....... 820.23 Leland, Charles Godfrey. Memoirs. N. Y., 1893. 80.... ...... ..... 723.57 Letters and letter-writers. Jessopp, A.... ........ ................In472.52 Letters of travel. Brooks, Phillips•..... 353.37 .. .................... ..... Lewis, M., and Clarke, W. Expedition to the sources of the Missouri and down the Columbia to the Pacific, 1804-0. New edition by Elliot Coues. N. Y., 1893. 4v. 80, ports., maps........ .... ....364.29-32 Library journal. 18v. 1876.1802...... ........ ........ .... .... .... Life. Vols. 7-21. 1886-1893............ ............ .......... ....... Lincoln, Abraham. Morse, John T., Jr. (Amer. statesmen).......781.13,14 Lincoln, Mass. Dedication of the new town house, May 26, 1892.... 877.38 Linton, Wm.J. European republicans: recollections of Mazzini and his friends. L., 1892. 80.................. .......... ........... 845.30 Liquor traffic, Gothenburg system of. Gould, E. R. L.......... ..... Literary world. Vols 8-24. B.. 1878-1894...................... .... Littell's living age. Vols. 1-199. B., 1844-1893................ ...... London, Life and labour of the people in. Booth. C.......... ....1054.41-44 Longfellow, H. IV. Complete poetical works. B., 1893. 80..... .... 755.10 Lost illusions. Balzac, H. de. Transl. by K. P. Wormeley...... .... 212.56 Louis N.IV, Court of. Imbert de Saint-Amand, A. L. Women of Ver- sailles. (Famous women of the French court) .......... ....... 725.40 Lowell, James Russell. Letters. Ed. by Charles Eliot Norton...... 782.112 Lucas, F. A. Preparatiou of rough skeletons. Wash., 1891. 80. (U. S. national museum. Bulletin 39, C)...... ...... . ... .. . ... . Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 15 Lummis, C. F. Laud of poco tiempo. [New Mexico]. N. Y., 1893.. 355.33 Lynn woods, In. Hawkes, Nathan M•.•••• •••••• •••••• .•.........•. 337.11 Macdonald, Etienne J. J., duke of Tarentum. Recollections. Ed. by C. Rousset, Transl. by S. L. Simeon.... ........ .......... .... . 733.53 Maevane, S. M. The working principles of political economy.......1043.49 Madan, Falconer. Books in manuscript. L., 1893. 81.... .......••.. 454.48 Magazine of American history. Vols. 4-29. N. Y., 1880-1893.... .... Magazine of art. Vols. 1-16 (except 13, 14). L., 1878-1893. 14 vols. -- Magnalia Christi Americana; ecclesiastical History of New England. 1620-1098. blather, Cotton. Hartford, 185.3-153. 2 vole. 80. ......876.13,14 Mahan, A. T. Admiral Farragut. N. Y., 1892. (Great commanders). 723.59 Influence of sea power upon the French revolution and empire, 1793-1812. B., 1893. 2v. 80..... ........ .... .... .... ..........825,38,39 Maid Marian. Peacock, Thomas Love........ .... ...... ...... ....... 298.1 Malleson, G. B. Refounding of the German empire. 1848-71....... 823.42 Manning, H. E.. cardinal. Pastime papers. L., 1893. 160.... ...... 532.31 Contents.-Editor's introduction.-Honour.-Consistency.-Pride.- vanity.-Popularity.-Selfishness.-Gossip.-The fourth estate.-.About critics.-Courage.-The daemon of Socrates. Manual training, Conference of, Boston, 1891. Barrows, I. C., ed.... 567.23 Manufacturer and builder. Vols. 8-21. 1870-1893.................. Many inventions. Ruclyard Kipling.... .... .................. ....... 256.28 Marguerite of Angouleme, queen of Navarre. Imbert de Saint-Amand, A. L. (In Women of the Valois court).•.•.•. •.•...•••••• •....• 725.39 Marion Darche: a story without comment. Crawford, F. M... ...... 216.43 Markham, Mrs.,pseud. See Penrose, Eliz. C. Marsh, J. B. I., ed. Story of the jubilee singers; with their songs.... 566.32 Marthold, Jules de. History of a bearskin. N. Y., 1893. 121....... 207.76 Massachusetts. General court. Public documents, 1802. 5v. ..•... - Board of agriculture. Special report on extermination of the ocneria dispar; or, gypsy moth........................ ......... General court. Journal of the house of representatives, 1874.93.. Journal of the senate, 1868-1893................ ................. Nautical training school. U. S. S. Enterprise. Establishment and regulations. B., [1892]. 80.............. .... .... .............. -- Topographical survey commission. Atlas of Mass., 1890............. Massachusetts : its historians and its history. Adams, C. F....... 824.36 Massachusetts historical society. Collections, 1792.1893.... ......896,897 • Massachusetts institute of technology, Boston. A brief account of its foundation, character, and equipment, prepared in connection with the World's Columbian exposition. B., 1893. 80......•••. Masters of the situation. Tilley, Wm. J.... ..•• ••..•..•.....•..•••• 524.42 Mather, Cotton. Magnalia Christi Americana; ecclesiastical history of New England, 1620-1698. Introduction and notes by T. Rob- bins, memoir by S. G. Drake.... .......... .... .... .......... ..876.13,14 Mazzini, Giuseppe, 1809-1872. Linton, W. J. European republicans. 845.30 16 Twelfth Supplement-z894-01 Medici, Catherine de, and her contemporaries. Imbert de Saint, Amand, A. L. (In Women of the Valois court).... ...... .... .... 725.39 Mediterrean, Rulers of the. Davis, R. H. N.Y., 1894. 120.... .... 351.30 Memoirs of two ,young married women. Balzae, H. de............. 211.48 Merchant vessel: a sailor-boy's voyages to see the world. Nordhoff, C. 335.18 Merriam,G. S., ed. Noah Porter: a memorial by friends............ 735.44 Meteorology. Abbe, C., tr. Mechanics of the earth's atmosphere. (Stpitlisunian tuise. toll., vol. 34. art. 10)..... .... ........ ....... - Mexico. Baedeker, K. United States, with excursion into Mexico.. 341.9 Meyer, F. S. Handbook of ornament. N. Y., 1894.,80, illus........ 926.52 Middleton,J. H. Remains of ancient Rome. New edition. Edinb., 1892. 2v. 80........ .............. .......... .............. ....353.35,36 Military science. Upton, E. New system of infantry tactics. 1868..1060.14 Millet, F. D. The Danube, from the Black forest to Black sea....... 353.33 Missions. See Hamlin, C. My life and times...... ........ ........ 727.41 Missouri river. Expedition under Lewis and Clark to sources of the Missouri, 180I-180G. New edition. Cones. E., ed........ ......346.29-32 Mitchell, S. A. Ancient geography. Phil., 1860. 120............... 562.59 Mitford, Mary Russell. Our village. Illustrated by H. Thompson. Introduction by Anne'Thackeray Ritchie. L., 1893.............1025.20 Mollusks, Instructions for collecting. Dall, Win. H. (U. S. nat'l tituseum. No. 39, G)........................................... Montrose. Morris, Mowbray. (Eng. men of action)........ .... ..... 711.58 Moody, F. W. Lectures and lessons on art. L., 1891. 80............ 444.34 Mor$11, W. R. Story of Poland. (Story of the nations)............ 883.45 Morley, John. Walpole. L., 1890. 120. ('Twelve Eng. statesmen) 88.2.24 Morrie, May. Decorative needlework. L., 1893. 80, illus.... ....... 035.39 Morris, Mowbray. Montrose. L., 1892. 120. (Eng. met of action).. 711.58 Morse, J.T.,jr. Abraham Lincoln. (American statesmen).... ...781.13-14 Moxom, P. S. The aim of life: plain talks to young men and women. 552.60 Mueller, F. Max. Lectures on the science of religion. N. Y., 1872.. *534.6 Contains autographs of John G.Whittier,L.Marla Child,T.W.Higginson. Mulford, Elisha. The nation. B., 1891. 80.... ................ .....1055.27 Murray, David. Story of Japan. (Story of the nations)...... ...... 883.47 Murray, J. A. H., ed. New English dictionary. Oxford, 1888-93. 2v.*174.- Vol.1,A-B;vol.2,C. Museums of the future. Goode, G. B. (U. S. Nat'l museum). ...... Musical record. Vols. 1-17. 1878.1893............... .............. Native of Winby, and other tales. Jewett, Sarah 0.... ........ ...... 291.40 Nation, The: the foundations of civil order and political life in the United States. Mulford, Elisha.......... ......................1055.27 Nation, The. Vols. 1-56. N. Y., 1865-1893.......... .............. - Natural history of intellect. Emerson, R. W........ .... ........... 453.56 Naturalist on the river Amazons. Reprint of the unabridged edition. + Bates, H. W. N. Y., 1892.811, port. and map.... ........ .... .... 325.12 Navigation. Blunt, E. M. American coast pilot. 1854........ .... 927.31 Bowditch, N. New American practical navigator. 1864.......... 927.32 Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 17 Needlework, Decorative. Morris, May............................ 933.39 New England. Earle, Alice M. Customs and fashions in old N. E... 832.34 Mather, Cotton. Magnalia Christi Americana. 1620-1698.......87F.13,14 New England boyhood. Hale, Edward E.... .... ........ ...... ...... 733.57 New Eng. Historic Genealogical sec. Annual report of librarian, 1892 -- Answer to the introductory note pub.in "Proceedings," 1891-92.... — Register. Vols. 1-47 except 16, nos. 3 &4 of 17, & 18. B., 1847-93... (Any person who can help the library to the hoo and a half volumes need. ed to complete this valuable set,may do a great favor.) New England journal of education. Vols. 1-38. B., 1875-1893... .... T. L.— New England magazine. Vols. 148. B., 18.59-93........ ..............New life, The. Dante Alighieri. Transl. by C. E. Norton.... ....... 410.30 New Mexico. Bandelier, A. F. The gilded man (El Dorado)........ 824.37 Lummis, C.F. Land of poco tiempo.............................. 353.33 New testament. Translated out of the Greek. Revised, 1881..... .... 520.28 Nineteenth century. 34 vols. L., 1877-1893. .......... ...... . . .... -- Nordhoff, Charles. The merchant vessel. N. Y., [1884]...... . . .... 335.18 North, Marianne. Recollections of a happy life. 3 vols....... ....734.48-50 North American review. Vols. 1-156. 1815-1893.... .......... ...... -- Northmen. Horsford, E. N. Leif's house in Vineland. B., 1893... 827.20 Horsford, Cornelia. Graves of the Northmen....................In827.26 Norton, Charles Eliot, ed. Letters of James Russell Lowell. 2 vols..781.1,2 Orations and addresses of George Win. Curtis. Vol. 1............. 475.26 Transl. Divine comedy of Dante Alighieri. 3 vols..... .... ....410.27-29 The new life of Dante Alighieri'. ........................ .......... 410.30 Nori mbega and Vineland, Guide-book to. Shepard, Eliz. G........ 343.30 Notes and queries. 7th ser., vols. 7-12;8th ser., vols. 1-3. L., 1880.93. O'Brien, William. Irish ideas. I.., 1893. 120............ .... . ......1053.59 Old Colony town, The. Bliss, Wm. Root............ .... ...... .... .. 474.48 Old garden, The, and other verses. Deland, Margaret........ .. .. , . .. 755.9 Old town by the sea. Aldrich, T. B...................... . ..... .... . 312.25 Old woman's outlook in a Hampshire village. Yonge, C. M..... ...... 934.50 Oliphant, Margaret O. W. Victorian age of English literature.....464.36,37 Olympe de Cleves. Dumas, Alexandre............................283.95,9G Opera. Librettos of the following operas may be had for reference. Auber,D.F.E. Fra Diavolo. Lecocq.A.C. La flile de 3ime.An got. Haydbe. Girofld-girofta. Balfe,M.W. La Zingara. La marjolaine. Bizet,G. Carmen. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy,J.L.F. Son and La joke 811e de Perth. Stranger. Donizetti,G. La fille du regiment. Meyerbeer, G. L'dtoile du nord. La favorita. Le prophbte. Lucia di Lammermoor. Les Huguenots. Flotow,F.,Freiherr von. Martha. Mozart,W.A. La flute enehantdc. Gounod,C.F. Faust. Nicolai, Otto. Die lustigen Welber vo Hdrold,L.J.F. Le prd-aux.cleres. Windsor. 18 Twelfth SuHlement-1894-0f Opera. (Continued.) Offenbacb,J. Lee brigands. Sullivan,A. Ruddygore. La diva. SuppC-,F.von. Fatinitza. Genevieve de Brabant. Thomas,A. Mignon. Grand duchess of Gerolstein. Verdi,G. Un ballo in masebera. La jolie parfumeuse. I due Foscari. La Perichole. Rigoletto. Petrella,E. Carnival of Venice. Les vepres Slciliennes. Planquette,R. Chimes of Normandy. 11 trovatore. Poise, F. Bonsoir,voisin. Viscardello. Rossini, G. Le barbier de Seville. Orations and addresses. Curtis, George Win........... .... .... .... 475.26 Ornament. Meyer, Franz. Handbook of ornament••••....• ••.. ••.• 926.52 Moody, F. W. Lectures and lessons on art.... .... .... ............ 444.34 Orr, XY9. Sutherland. Handbook to the works of R. Browning....... 745.62 Ostrogorski, M. The tights of women. L., 1803. 120...... ........ 566.31 Our village. Mitford,Nary Russell. Illustrated by I-I. 'Thomson••...1025.20 Outing. Sport, travel and recreation. Vols. 14-22. N. Y., 1889-1893. -- Packard, A. S. The Labrador coast. N. Y. 1891. 80, maps, illus... 375.42 Pan Michael: historical novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and 'Turkey. Seq.to "With tire and sword" and G6The deluge." Sienkiewlez, H. 257.28 Paraguay: the laud and the people. Bourgude La Dardye, E. de. .. 353.34 Parker, Gilbert. Pierre and his people. N.Y., 1893. 160.•.. .••.•... 297.49 Parsons, 'Thomas William. Poems. B., 1893. 160.... .............. 756.5 transl. Divine comedy of Dante Alighieri.... ................ ...... 430.20 Parthia, Story of. Rawlinson, George. (Story of the nations)...... 883.46 Pasquier, Etienne Denis, due. History of my time. Vol. 1.... ...... 725.50 Pastime papers: Manning, H. E., cardinal.......................... 532.31 Payne, E. J. Voyages of Elizabethan seamen to America. Select narratives from 'Principal navigations' of Hakluyt........ ....... 372.35 Peacock, 'Thomas Love. Maid Marian. I.., 1892. 120.......... .... 298.1 Peel, Sir Robert. 'Thursfield, J. R. ('Twelve Eng. statesmen)...... 882.25 Penrose, E. C, (Mrs. Mark-ham.) History of England. N. Y., 1866•- 820.38- Pepita Jimenez. Valera, Juan.................. .... .... .......... 245.36 Peroidieals. Periodicals should be called for by title and volume. American Agriculturist. Vols. 22-28, 31-52. 1872-93.......... .... -- American Architect and building news. Vols, 19-12. 1880-1893.... American Machinist. Vol. 12-16. 1889-1893.... .... .... .... ...... American Naturalist. Vols. 1-26. 1867-1893•. ••••..•. •......•.... Andover Review. Vols. 1-19. 188.1-1893.••. •••• ••....•••• •••• .••. Arena. Vols. 1-8. 1889-1893.... .......... .... .... .. .. .... . . .... Art Amateur. Vols. 9-28. 1883-1893.... .......... .... .. .. .... .... Athenwum. 3 vols. 1892-93.......... .......... ...... .... . ... .. . - Atlantic Monthly, with index. 72 vols. 1857-1893.••• ••.• •..• ..•• Carpentry and building. Vols. 11-15. 1889-1893.....• . ..... • ••.•• Century. Vols. 1-24. 1881-1893-••. •••• •••..•.• •••• •• -• •••• •- •• •• Chautauquan. Vols. 7-17. 1886-1893............•..• •••• •.•• •••• • -- Contemporary Review. Vols. 22-64. 1873-1893. ... .. .... . . . . .. .. Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 19' Periodicals. (Continued.) Decorator and Furnisher. Vols. 1-22. 1882-1893.... .... ......... Eclectic. Old series, 63 vol;.; new series, 58 vols. 1844-1893.... .. Education. Vols. 1-13. 1880-1893.... ................ .... .... .... Electrician, continued as Electrical Engineer. Vols.2-16. 1883-1893.. Engineering. Vols. 47-56. 1889-1893............. .... .... ........ Flie;;ende IMitter. Band 90-99. 1883-1893....•..•..••.•.. ..•. •... Folio. Vols. 2-40. 18979-1893.......... .... .... ........ .......... Fortnightly Review. Vols. 51-53. 1892-1893 ..... .......•.... .... Forum. Vols. 1-15. 1886-1893.... ................ ........ .... .... -- Frank Leslie's Illustrated new:cpaper. Vols. 68-7 7. 1889-1893..... Gartenlaube. 1887-1893. 7 vols...... ...... ...................... Good Words. Vols. 1-34. 1860-1893.... .... ...............• ...... Graphic. (London). Vols. 3744. 1888-1891........ .... .... ...... Harper's magazine. vols. 1-87. 1850-1893....•.••.•.........•• --•• Harper's Weekly. Vols. 15-28, 32-37. 1871-1893.... .............. Illustrated London News. Vols. 91-102. 1889-1893.... •..• .••. •••. L'Iliustration. Vols. 93-100. 1889-1893........ ........ .•.. ..••.. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 9v. 1889-1893.......... ...... Life. Vols. 7-22. 1889-1893.......... .................. .......... -- Literary World. Vols. 8=24. 1878-1893...................... .•.• I.ittell's Living Age. Vols. 1-196. 1844-1893......•.••..•. ..••••- Magazine of American history. Vols. 4-15. 1880-1893...... ...... Magazine of Art. Vols. 1-16. 1878-1893.... .............. .... .... Musical Record. Vols. 1-16. 1878-1893....... ................ .... Nation. Vols. 1-56. 1865-1893.............. ........ .... .... .... New England Hist. Genealogical Register. 1-47. 1847-1893 ....... New England Journal of education. Vols. 1-38. 1875-1893........ New England magazine. Vol,;. 1-8. 1889-1893.... .... ............ Nineteenth Century. Vols. 1-34. 1877-1893•.....•. ..•....••• .•.. North American Review. Vols. 1-156. 1815-1893...... ........•• Notes and Queries. 9 vols. 1889-1893.... .... .......... .......... Our Young Folks. Vols. 1-9. 1865-1873............ ..•. ...•..•••• Outing. Vols. 14-22. 1889-1893...... .... .... .......... .... ...... Overland monthly. 2nd serier, 7v. 1889-1892.......... .... ...... Political science quarterly. Vols. 1-7. 1896-1892.................. Popular science monthly, with index. Vol. 1-43. 1872-1803........ Punch. Vols. 1, 2, 60-105. 1841-1803........ .................... Quarterly Review. Vols. 1-176. 1809-1893........ .......... ...... - St. Nicholas. Vols. 1-20. 1873-1893................ .... ...... ... Science. Vols. 1.22. 1883-1893........ ...... .............. ...... Scientific American. Vols. 2-69. 1846-1893...... ................ Scientific American Supplement. Vols. 1-35. 1876-1893.......... Scientific American,architects'and builders'edition. 14v. 1887-1893. -Scribner's magazine. Vols. 1-14. 1887-1893...................... Sporting and Dramatic News. Vols. 31-38. 1889-1893...... ...... Temple Bar. Vols. 1, 9, 82-97. 1861-63; 1888-1893.... ...... . . .. .. Textile Manufacturer. Vols. 15-19, 1889-1893 ...• .... ...• ••. Ueber Land and Meer. Band 61-68. 1889-1893...... .... .... .... . . 20 Twelfth Supplement-189,�-of Periodicals. (Continued.) Watertown Euterprise. Vols. 1-13. 1879-1893.... .... .... .... .... Wide Awake. Vols. 1.36. 1875-1893.... ........ .. .... .......... Woman's Journal. Vols. 1-24. 1870-1893 ....•.•• •.•. •..... ...... Youth's Companion. Vols. 54-66. 1881-1893...... .... .... .... .... Pfeil, Richard, Graf von. Experiences of as Prussian officer in the Russian service during the Turkish war, 1877-78................ 823.44 Philanthropy, The literature of. Goodale, F. A., ed...... .... ...... 431.56 Phosphate industry of the U. S. U. S. Dept. of labor. Spacial report. Physics. Gage, A. P. 'Text book on the elements of physics.... .... 922.50 Lardner, Dionvslus. Natural philosophy for schools.... .... ...... 930.37 Picture and text. James Henry................ .... ...• ...... ...... 431.52 Pierce, Edward L. Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner. 4v....776.21-24 Pierre and his people. Parker, Gilbert................ .......... .... 297.49 Pietro Ghisleri. Crawford, F. Marion.... .......... .... ...... ...... 216.38 Pilling, J. C. Bibliography of the Athapascan languages.... .... .... Bibliography of the Chinookan languages • ...... .•.... Bibliography of the Salishan languages...... ...... . ..... .... .. .. Plymouth, 111ass. Records of Plymouth. 2v. 1636.17.13.... .. .. .... 877.25 Bliss, W. R. The Old Colony town, and other sketches.. .. .. .. . ... 474.48 Poland. Mortill, W. R. Story of Poland. (Story of the nations).... 883.45 Sienkiewicz, I1. Pan Michael: an historical novel..... .... ....... 257.28 Political economy. Ashley, W. J. Introduction to English econo- mic history and theory. Pts. I, 1I. L., 1888-93. 2v...... ....1051.31,32 Maevane, S.-M. Working principles of politicail economy........1043.49 Political Science Quarterly. Vols. 1-7. 1880-1892........ . ......... Pollard, Alfred W., ed. Books about books. Great book collectors,by C.and Ai.Elton............................ 454.46 Book plates.by W.J.Hardy...... .................................... 454.47 Books in manuscript. by F.Madan................................... 454.48 Early illustrated books,by A.W.Pollard............................ 454.50 Early printed books,by E.Gordon Duff............................. 454.49 Polo, Marco, 'Travels of. Birdwood, Sir George. (In Report on old records of the India office............ .... .... .... .... .... .... .. 367.9 Knox, T. W. 'Travels of Marco Polo for boys and girls.......... 346.7 Poole, Stanley Lane. Cairo: history, monument, social life. 1893.... 355.32 with Lieut. J. D. J. Kelley. Story of the Barbary Corsairs.... .... 883.48 Popular Science monthly, Index to. Fernald, F. A., compiler........ -- Porter, Noah: a memorial by friends. Merriam, G. S., ed............ 735.44 Portsmouth, N. H. Aldrich, T. B. An old town by the sea........ 312.25 Postal telegraph, Silver, and other economic questions. Hill, N. P..1047.18 Potter, B. W. The road and the roadside. B., 1893. 120..............1052.30 Prideaux, S. T. Historical sketch of bookbinding. L., 1893. 120..... 454.52 Prince of India. Wallace, Lew. 4 copies .........•...........•••.224.56 63 Private life. Lord Beaupre. The visits. James, 1I....... ....•. .... 281.73 Public libraries in the United States and Canada. Statistics of. See U. S. Bureau of education. Punch. Vols. 1, 2, 60-105. 1841-1893.............. .••• • ••••. • •.•. Puritan in Holland, England, and America. Campbell, I).... ......846.25,26 Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 21 Quabbin: story of a small town. Underwood, Francis II.... ........ 221.59 Quackenbos, G. P. English grammar. N. Y., 1862. 120........... 560.55 Quarterly Review. Vols. 1-170. 1809-1893.......... ...... ...... ... Ralph, Julian. Our great West. N. Y., 1893. 80, illus.... .... ...... 355.34 Rawlinson, George. Story of Paarthiat. (Story of the nations) . ..... 883.46 Rebel queen: a novel. Besant, Walter.... ...................... ..... 257.27 Recollections of a happy life: autobiography of Marianne North..734.48-50 Reflections of a married man. Grant, Robert, ........... .... ...... 286.06 Refugees,The: a talc of two continents. Doyle, A.Conan.......... 276.61 Religion, Lectures on the science of. Mueller, F. \fax...... ........ 534.6 Reptiles, Directions for collecting. Stejneger, L. (U. S. national museum. Bulletin No. 39, pt. E).... .... .... ........ ........... -- Reynolds, Sir Joshua. Smetham, James..........................In722.60 Rideing, Wm. IL Boys cuastwise. N. Y., [1884]. b°..... .......... 334.27 Ridgway, R. Directions for collecting birds, and Riley, C. V. Directions for collecting and preserving insects. (U.S. National museum. Bulletin, No. 39).......... ........ .... ..... ---- Road and the roadside. Potter, B. W.................... ...........1052.30 Robinson, John. Pictorial history of England, by Hume and Smol- •lett, continued to accession of Victoria. B., 1848...... .......... 820.39 Rocky fits. See Lewis. M. and Clark, 1V. Expedition.......... ....346.20-32 Rome, ancient, Remains of. Middleton, J. H. New edition.... ....353.35,36 Rome, Young folk's history of. Yonge, Charlotte M................ 820.26 Roosevelt, Theodore. The wilderness hunter. N. Y., 1893. 80..... 936.45 Rulers of India. Ed. by Sir Wm. W. IIunter. Warren Hastings,by Capt.L.J.Trotter.............................. 733.47 Albuquerque,by H.Alorse Stephens.................................. 733.54 Rulers of the Mediterranean. Davis, R.H.... .... . ..... ...... ...... 351.39 Ruskin, John. Collingwood, W. G. Life and work of Ruskin.... .7r74.47,48 Waldstein, C. The work of John Ruskin.... ......... ...... ...... 431.62 Russia. Pfeil, Richard, Graf von. Experiences of a Prussian oflleer in Russian service during Turkish war, 1877-78.... .............. 823.44 Russian characteristics. Lanin,E. B...... .... .... .......... .......1053.26 Rutherford, Mark. Catherine Furze. N. Y., 1893. 120.... ......... 243.33 St. Albans and her historians; Bury St. Edmunds. Jessopp, A......In472.52 St. John, Charles. Short sketches of wild sports of the Highlands.... 937.36 St. Nicholas. Vols. 1-20. 1873.1892........................ .... ..... Sally Dows,and other stories. Haa.rte, F. Bret.......... ... ... .... ... 281.74 Saldini, Tommaso, Leaves from the autobiography of.... •• •• •••. .... 72a.48 Sanborn, F. B., and Harris, W. T. A. Bronson Alcott. B., 1893...733.5-5,56 Savannah, Commercial relations between the West and.........P.C.West. Science. Vols. 1-22. 1883-1893............................... . ..... -- Scientific American. VON. 2-69. 1846-1893............... .. .. . . .... Scientific American Supplement. Vols. 1-35. 1876-1893...... ....... Scientific American, architects' and builders' ed. Vols. 3-10, 1887-91. -- Scotland. St. John, C. Wild sports and nat. hiss. of Highlands.... 937.36 22 Twelfth Supplement-1894-of Scott, David B. School history of the U. S. N. Y., 1871. 120....... 820.37 Scribner's magazine. Vols. 1-14. 1887-1893.... .... ................ Scudder, Horace E. The Bodleys' telling stories.... ................ 334.3 Sea power, Influence of, upon the French revolution and empire. 1793- 1812. Mahan, A. T................................... ........825.38,39 Sermons for the church. Bradlee, Caleb D..... ........ ............ 555.53 Seven great hymns of the mediaeval church. N.Y., 1868, 160........ 742.44 Seventy years of Irish life. Le Fanu, W. R.................. ....... 820.23 Shakespeare, Essays and notes on. Hales, John W.......... ...... 460.26 Shakespeare's England. Winter, Wm........ .................... . 312.27 Shaler, N. S. Interpretation of nature. B., 1893. 160.... .... ...... 921.54 Shepard, Eliz. G. Guide-book to Noruulbega and Vineland.... ..... 343.30 Sienkiewicz, Henryk. Pan Michael. Transl. by J. Curtin.... ..... 257.28 Without dogma. 'Translated by Iza Young.... ....... ............ 257.26 . Yanko, the musician, and other stories. 'Trans]. by J. Curtin....... 298.2 Contents.—Y anko,the musician.—Lighthouse keeper of Aspinwall.—From the diary of a tutor in Poznan.—A comedy of errors.—Bartek the Victor. Silver and other economic questions, Speeches on. Hill, N. P........1047.19 Smetham, James. Literary works. Ed. by W. Davies. L., 1893..... 722.60 Contents.—Essays:Sir Joshua Reynolds.—Wm.Blake.—Alexander Smith. —Gerhard Dow.—Poems. Smith, Goldwin. Essays on questions of the day, political and social-.1053.58 Contents.—Social and industrial revolution.—The question of disestab- lishment.—Political crisis in England.—Tho empire.—Woman suffrage. —The Jewish question.'rho Irish question.—Prohibition in Canada and the United States.—Appendix. The Oneida community and Amer- scan socialism. The United States: outline of political history. 1492.1871......... 824.34 Smith, Wrn. F. From Chattanooga to Petersburg under Generals Grant and Butler. B., 1893. 120.......................... ...... 823.43 Smithsonian Inst. Contributions to knowledge. (Vol. 29, no. 842).. ]Miscellaneous collections. Vols. 34-36. Contents. Vol.84.-1. Toner lectures,9. Mental overwork and premature disease among professional men, by C.K.Mills,ISM-2. Transactions of Anthropological see.,Wash.,vol.3,1883.1885.-3. Index to the litera- ture of Columbium,1901.1887,by F.W.Traphagen.—4. Bibliograpby of astronomy,1887,by W.C.Winlock.-5. Bibliography of chemistry,1887, by H.C.Bolton. a. Toner lectures,10, A clinical study of the skull,by H.Allen.-7. Index to literature of thermo-dynamics, by A. Tucker- man.—$. Correction of sextants for errors of eccentricity and gradu- ation,by J.A.Rogers,1890.-9. Bibliography of chemical influence of light,by A.Tuckorman,1891.-10.Mechanics of the earth's atmosphere: a collection of translations,by C.Abbe,1891. Vol.86. A select bibliog- raphy of chemistry 1492-1892,by H.C.Bolton. Bureau of ethnology. J. W. Powell, director. Annual report, 1-9. Wash., 1881-1892........ .... .............................. ..... Bibliography of the Athapascan languages;of Chinookan languages; of Salishan languages. Pilling, J. C...... .......... ............ Catalogue of prehistoric works east of Rocky Mts. Thomas, C..-.. -- Omaha and Ponka letters. Dorsey, J. 0................ .......... -- Watertown Tublic Library Catalogue. 23 Social science. Smith, Goldwin. Essays on questions of the day....1053.58 Sunset club,-Chicago. Echoes of the Sunset club........ ..........1047.17 Sporting and Dramatic News. Vols.31-38. 1880-1893..... ...... .... Stejneger, L. Directions for collecting reptiles and batrachians..... Stephen, L., and Lee,S. Dictionary of national biography. Vols. 1-37. Ref. Stephens, H. M. Albuquerque. Oxford, 1892. (Rulers of India)-- 733.54 Stevenson, R. L. David Balfour. N. Y., 1893. 120.... ............ 216.39 Island nights' entertainments. N. Y., 1893. 120................... 216.37 Stone, H. S. Fit-at editions of American authors. 1893.............. R.C. Storrs, R. S. Bernard of Clairvaux: eight lectures. 1893............ 52U.29 Story of the nations. Story of Poland,by W.R.111orfill... .................................. 883.45 Story of Parthia, by George Rawlinson.............................. 883.413 Story of Japan,by D.Murray......................................... 883.47 Story of Barbary Corsairs,by Stanley Lane Poole.................. 883.48 Strayed arrow. Fielde, Adele M. Chinese nights' entertainment... 434.27 Studies by a recluse. Jessopp, Augustus.................. .... ..... 472.52 Sumner, Charles, Memoir and letters of. Pierce, E. L. 4 vols....776.21-24 Susy: a story of the plains. Harte, F. Bret..... .............. ...... 281.76 Symonds, J. A. Walt Whitman: a study. L., 1803. 80.... .... .... . 727.40 Symonds, Hrs. J. A., ed. Recollections of a happy life: autobiogra- phy of Marfatine North. L:, 1892-93. U. So.......... .... ....734.48-50 Tarducci, Francesco. John and Sebastian Cabot. 1893. .... .... .... 737.21 Temple Bar. Vols. 1-9, 82-97. 1861-63, 1888-93.... ...... .... .. .. . . .. Tenney, Sanborn. Geology. Phil., 1863. 120.... .... .... . ..... .... . 930.36 Textile manufacturer. Manchester, 1889-93. Vols. 15-19. 40......... Thayer, Ww. R. Dawn of Italian independence. 1814-1849..... ....842.37,39 ed. The best Elizabethan plays. B., 1890. 120.................. .. 746.32 Thomas, C. Catalogue of prehistoric works east of Rocky Mts...... Thomas, General. Coppee, H. (Great commanders).... .......... . 723.58 Thorpe, T. E Dictionary of applied chemistry. Vols. 1-3...... ...�172.17-19• Thursfield, J. R. Peel. L., 1891. 120. (Twelve Eng. statesmen).... 882.25 Tilley, Wm. J. Masters of the situation. N. Y., 1888. 120...... .... .. 524.42 Todhunter, Isaac. Algebra for beginners. L., 1869. 100...... .... . 560.39• Algebra for colleges and schools. L., 1862. 120.................. . 562.49 Elements of Euclid. L., 1869. 160.......... .... .... .... .... ...... 560.64 Tout, 'r. F. Edward I. L., 1893. 120. ('Twelve Eng. statesmen)..... 881.27 Travel, Letters of. Brooks, Phillips.......... • 353.37 Travels of Marco Polo, for boys and girls. Knox, T. W.... ......... 346.7 Tristram, W. O. Coaching days and coaching ways. 1893.......... 312.26 True story book. Lang, Andrew, ed.............. ................... 206.98 Turkey. Pfeil, R. Grgf von. Experiences of a Prussian officer in the Russian service during the Turkish war. 187 7-78.... ............. 823.44 Sienkiewicz. H. Pan Michael: an historic novel.... .......... ..... 257.28. Tuttiett, Miss. (Maxwell Uray.) The last sentence. N. Y., 1893.... 245.31 Twelve English statesmen. Walpole,by John Morley............................................... 882.24 Peel,by J.R.Thnrstieid................................................ Sb`3.25 Edward I., by T. F.Tout................................................ 8$2.2G Henry VII., by James Gairdner....................................... 8S3 27 24 Twelfth Supplement—1 894—of Twenty years at sea. Hill, F. S........... ...... .... ................ 252.34 Twitchell, J. H., ed. Some old Puritan love-letters—John and Mar- garet Winthrop-1618-1636. N. Y., 1893.... .................... 735.43 Ueber Land and Meer. Band 61-68. 1889-1893....................... Underwood, E. H. Quabbin, story of a small town. .... ... ...•.... 221.58 United States. Civil service commission. Annual report. 1891-92...... Congress. The Torrey bankrupt bill.............. ..............•. Auniform system of bankruptcy................ ................ Education, Bureau of. Education in Alaska, 1889.91. Sheldon Jack- son, general agent........ .......... .......... ...... .... .... .... T,L.— Statistics of of public libraries in U. S. and Canada...... .••• •• .•.• • T.L.— Interstate commerce commission. Annual report, 1892.... ...... .. Labor, Dept.of. ' Annual report, 1891. 2v.... ........ •..• .... ...... Special reports. Contents.-2. Labor laws of various states,territories,and District of Co- lumbia.-3. Analysis and index of all reports issued by bureaus of labor statistics iu U.S.' prior to Nov.1, 189'2.-5. The Gothenburg system of liquor traIlic.-6. The phosphate industry of U.S. Life saving service. Annual report, 1891.... .......... ...• • .•..... Mint, Director of the. Report, 1893.................. •••••• •••. •.. Report upon production of precious metals in U. S.••• ...• • .••.. 1Vational museum. Bulletins, 39-42........ ••.. •.•• .••• •••••• ••.•.. Contents.-39. Directions for colleting birds,by R.Ridgway.—Recent and fossil plants,by F.H.Knowlton.—Preparation of rough skeletons, by F.A.Lucas.—Directions for collecting,preparing birds'eggs and nests, by C.Bendire.—Roptiles,by L.Stejneger.—Insects, by C.V.Riley.—In- struetions for collecting mollusks,by W.H.Dall. 40. Bibliographies of American naturalists: 4. Published writings of G.N.Lawrence,1844-1891. By L.S.Foster. 41. 5. Published writings of Dr.Charles Girard. By G.Brown Goode. 42. 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Expedition under Lewis and Clark, to the sources of the Missouri, 1804-1806. 4 vols.........346.29.32 Government. Mulford, E. The nation. The foundations of civil order and political life in the U. S.... •......•.. ••••...• •.•......1055.27 Watertown Tublic Library Catalogue. 25 United States. (Continued.) History. Drake, S. A. The making of Virginia and the middle colonies, 15;8-1701.................... .... ...................... 831.44 Scott, D. B. School history of the United States.... ...... . ...... 820.37 Smith, 0. The United States: outline of polit. Kist., 1492-1871.... 824.34 Smith, W. F. From Chattanooga to Petersburg under Generals Grantand Butler.... .... .... ................ ...... ...... ....... 823.43 University extension, Handbook of. James, G. F., ed.... .......... T. L.62 University of Pennsylvania. Report of the provost, for 3 year end- ing Oct.1, 1802................ .... ............ . Upton, Emory. New system of infantry tactics. 1868...... ...... ...1060.14 Valera, Juan. Peptia Jimenez. N. Y., 1893. 120.... ........ ...... 245.36 Victorian age of English literature. Oliphant, Al. 0. W..........464.36-37 Vigny, Alfred de. Cinq-Mars; or, a conspiracy under Louis XIII. Translated by Wm. Hazlitt. B.. 1890. 2v. 8...................247.26-27 Virginia and the middle colonies. 'rhe making of, 1578-1701. Drake, S. A.... ............ ...... ...... .......... .......... .... 831.44 Village rector. Balzac. Honore de.... ........ .... .......... .... .... 211.47 Voyages. Nordhofl,C. The merchant vessel. [1884]...... .... ..... 335.18 Payne, E. J. Voyages of the Elizabethan seamen to America.... - 372.35 Waldstein, C. The work of John Ruskin. N. Y., 1893. 160........ 431.62 Wallace, Lew. Prince of India. N. Y., 1893. 2v. 120. 4 cop-.....224.56-0 Walpole, Robert. Morley, John. (Twelve Eng. statesmen) .... .... 882.24 Waltham, 31ass., Proceedings at celebration of sesqui-centennial..... 877.37 Warner, C. D. The work of Washington Irvin;;. N. Y., 1893....... 710.56 Watertown Enterprise. Vols. 1-13. 1879-1893..... .......... ...... Welsh, Herbert. Civil service reform in Eng. and U. 5..........P.Civ.Ser. Welsh, Herbert. Civilization among the Sioux Indians. 1893 ....PAndians Wentworth, G. A. 'Text-book of geometry. B.,1888. 120.......... 923.43 Weyman, S. J. A gentleman of France. N. Y., 1893. 120.......... 245.35 Whitman, Walt: a study. Symonds, J. A..... ......... ............ 727.40 Wide Awake. ,Vols. 1-36. 18755-1893................... ...... ...... Wiggin, Kate D., ed. The kindergarten. (Distaff series).. . . .. .. .... 431.53 Wild flowers, How to know the. Dana, bars. W. S. ..4... .... •. .. .... 945.26 Wild sports and nat.history of the Highlands. St. John C. ..... . .... 037.36 Wilderness hunter. Roosevelt, Theodore........ ...... ...... . ..... 936.45 Wilkins, Mary E. Jane Field: a novel. N. Y., 1893. 160..... ...... .331.75 Wilson,Sir Charles. Lord Clive. L-,1890. 120. (Eug.men of action) 711.57 Winlock, W. C. Bibliography of astronomy, 1887 ............ ...... Winter, Wm. George Wm. Curtis: a eulogy, Feb. 24, 1893 .... ...... 710.55 Life and art of Edwin Booth. N. Y.,1893. 120................ .... 725.49 Shakespeare's England. N. Y., 1893. 120............... .......... 312.27 Winthrop, John and Margaret. Some old Puritan love letters, 1618- 1638. Ed. by J.H. Twichell........ ....... ............... ...... 735.43 Without dogma: a novel of modern Poland. Sienkiewicz, H.... ...4 257.26 Wolfenberg: a novel. Black, William................... .. . ...... 285.72 2 G Twelfth Supplement-z 8g4-of Women of the Valois court. Imbert de Saint-Amand, A. L.... ...... 725.39 Women, The rights of. Ostrogorski, M •........•.. .... ...• ........ 566.31 World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893. O1Hrial guide. Com- piled by John J. Flinn.... ...................... .... ............ Real commission. 011icial catalogue of British section..•• .... ....1043.48 Jenks, 'Tudor. The Century world's fair book for boys wind girls... 337.12 See Japan. Xenophon. Hellenica. Books I-IV. Ed. by I. J. 31anatt•••••....• 573.25 Yanko, the musician, and other stories. Sienkiewiez, H............. 298.2 Yonge, C. M. An old woman's outlook i- a Hampshire village...... 934.50 Young folks' history of 11ome...... ...... .... .......... .......... 8.20.26 Young people, Advice to. illoaum, P. S. The airu of life.... ........ 552.60 Tilley, W. J. Masters of the situation.......... .......... .... .... 524-42 Youth's companion. Vols. 54-65. 1881-1892.... .......... .......... Zangwill, I. Children of the Ghetto. Phil., 1892. 2v. 12°.........216.40.41 List of books in the French and German languages. About, Edmond. Le roi des montagnes. P., 1891. 120..... .... ...... 571.32 Balzac, Vonore de. Eugenie Grandet. P., 1891. 120...... . ..... .... 571.39 Boniface, J. K., called Santine. Pieciola. P., 1888. 12°. • • • • •• • ••••• 571.41 Bornier, Henri de. I.rr Lizar•di6re. N. Y., 1892. 1.20•.... •.•• ••.. •.•• 57 2.45 Bossuet, J. B. Ornisons funebr•es. P., 1890. 240.......... .... ...... 571.47 Brussels. Slus6e royal de Belgique, Catalogue de. Fdtis, E•.••.• ••.. 341.45 Bud, Henri. Gringoire: comedle. L.,1888. 240 ....... .........• •••• 571.46 Chateaubriand, F. A. R., viconrte de. Atala.-Rene.-Les aventures du dernier•Abencerage. P., [189-]. 160....... .................. 572.54 Les Natchez. Precedes d'u essai sur Chateaubriaud par le prince Albert de Broglie. P., 1885. 2v. 120...... .... .............. .... 572.53 Coppde, Francois. Contes en prose. P., 1885. 2v. 120......... ...... 571.33 Contes rapides. P., 1889. 1.20.... .............. .... ...... .. .. .. .. 571.34 Daudet, Alphonse. Contes du lundi. P., 1890. 121.....• •• •• •• •• ••. 571.36 Lettres de coon moulin. P., 1891. 1211..••.••••• ...... . . .... . •••••. 571.37 Tartarin de Tarascon. P., [189-]. 120.......... ........ .... . ..... 571.35 Daudet, Ernest. Un martyr d'amour•. P., 1880. 160.......••. ••.. •• 572.41 Dudevant, A. L.A. D. (George Sand.) Laura. P., 1865. 12°.... .... 571.29 Durand, A. M. C. (Henri Grveille.) L'avenir d'Aline. P., [1889].... 571.24 Aurette. P., [1891]. 120...... 571.25 Dosia• N.Y., 1888. 120.......... .... .... . ... ... . . ... .. .... . . .. .. 1571.27 La fille de Dosia. P., [1887]. 12°. .. .. .. . • ••.. .... ..•••• . ..• .. .. • 571.28 Frankley. P., [1887]. 120............ .......... .... ...... .... .... 571.26 Lrckmann, E., and Chatrian, A. Madame There,e, on les volon- taires de 192. 'Totes by F.136cher. N. Y., [1886]. 12..... ...... 572.56 F6,n6lon, F. de S. de la Mothe. Les aventures de Telemaque, suivies des aventures d' Ar•istonoil t. P., [158-]. 160......•••• ••.• ..•... 572.44 F6tis, Edouard. Catalogue descriptif du muscle royal de Belgique.1865. 341.45 Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 27 Feuillet, Octave. Julia de Trecoeur. P., 1872. 160........ ......... 572.43 Monsieur de Camors. P., 1874. 160.... .......... ................. 572.42 Feval, Paul. Le bossu, on le petit Parisien. P., 1884. 2v. 120........ 572.47 Foa, Eugenie. Contes hiographiques. N. 1., [1865]. 120............ 573.28 Grimm, J. L., and K. W. Contes choisis. P., 1871. 160. .. ......... 572.11 Hugo, Victor. Les miserables. P., [189-]. 8 parts. 120...... ....... 572.58 Labiche, E.; Alonnier, A.; Martin, E. L'affaire de la rue deLourcine. P., 1869. 160................ .... .......................... ..... 571.43 Lamartine, Alphonse de. Graziella. P., 1892. 120................. 571.40 Mabilleau, Leopold. Victor Hugo. P., 1893. 120,port.... ......... 572.57 Malot, Hector. Saus famille. P., [189-]. 2v. 120................... 572.4ti Marivaug, P. C. de C. de. Oeuvres choisies. P., 1890. Tome 1, 240. 571.48 Racine, Jean. Theatre complet de. P., 1877. 160.... ................ 754.14 Contents.-Les freres enneinis.-Alexandre le grand.-Androwaque.-Les plaideurs.-Brititnnicus.-Berenice.-Bajazet.-llithridate.-Iphegenie en Aulide.-Phedre.-Estber.-Athalie. Phedre. Notes by H. MI. L., 1886. 160.... .... ................ 571.44 Regnard, J. F. Le juueur. Notes by V. Oger. L., 1884. 160....... 571.42 Renan, Joseph Ernest. Pages choisies. P., 1893. 120.... .... ....... 572.52 Souvenirs d' enfance et de jeunesse. P., 1893. '120............ .... 572.50 Feuilles detachees, suite aus Souvenirs. P., 1892. 120.... ......... 572.51 Roulier, A. First book of French composition. L., 1886. 120....... 573.27 Scribe, A. E., et Delavigue, G. The diplomate. L., [185-]. 160... . 571.45 Stall-Holstein, A. L. G. N.,la baronne de. De 1'Allemagne........... 572.49 Verne, Jules. De la terre a la lune. P., [189-]. 120.... .............. 571.30 Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours. P., [189-]. 120......... 571.31 Viaud, L. M.J. (Pierre Loti). Le roman d'un enfant........ ....... 571.38 Vigny, Alfred V. de. Ciuq Mars. L., 1887. 120.... . .. .... 572.55 Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Histoire de Charles 11I., roide Suede.... ... 572.48 Ali Baba and the forty thieves. From Dr. Weil's German translation ofArabian nights................................ .......... .... 575.22 Auerbach, B. Samtliche Schwarzwalder Dorfgeschichteu.........573.61-65 Inhalt.-Vol. 1. Der Tolpatsch.-Die Hriegspfeife.-Des Scblossbauers Befele.-Tonele mit der gebiseenen Wange.-Befchlerles.-Die feind. lichen BrUder.-ivo, der Hajrle. 2. Florian and Kreezenz.-Der Lau- terbacber.-StrUinge.-Erdmute. 3. Die Fran Professorin.-Luzifer.- 4. Die Gesehichte des Diethelm von Buchenberg.-Iiopfen and Gerste. 5. Der Lebnhold.-Der Viereckig oder die amerikanische Histe.-Die Geigerler. 0. Ein eigen Haus.-BarfUssele. 7. Joseph im Scbnee.-Bross and 111oni. 8. Edelweiss. 0. Nach dreissig Jahren. Des Lorles Reinhard.-2 Der Tolpatsch aus Amerika. 10. 3. Das Nest an der Bahn.-Brigitta. Baumbach, Rudolf. Erzahluugen and Mirchen. Leip., 1891. 160...573.42 Sommermiirchen. Leip., 1801. 160...................... ...... .... 573.43 Biller, Emma,pseud. See Wuttke, Emilie. Buerstenbinder, Eliz. (E. Werner). Adlerflug. Munchen, [189-]. 121. 573.37 Die Alpenfee. Leip., [189-]. 120............................ .... . 573.34 Am Altar. Lelp., [189-]. 120.......................... .... ...... 573.36 28 Twelfth SUPP16MMt-2894-01 Buerstenbinder, Eliz. (Continued.) Die Blume des Glflokes. Leip., [189-]. 12". ..... .... . . .... . . . . .• 573.32 Flammenzeicheu. Leip., [189-]. 120..•• • .•• •• •••. .•.. •..• • ... .. . 573.30 Heimat.klang. I.eip., [189-]. 120...... .... .... .. .. ...... .... ..... 573.35 Ein Held der Feder. Leip., [189-]. 121........ . .................. 573.31 Uni holeu Preis. Leip., 1879. 120............................ ..... 573.33 Vineta: roman. Leip., [189-]. 120.......... ................ ..... 573.29 Chamisso,L.C. A.de. Peter Schlem1hl's wundersame Geschichte. 184. 572.39 Dahn, F. und T. Walhall: Germanische Gotter-und Heldensagen...... 575.15 Ebers, Georg. Die Schwestern: roman. Leip., 1893. 120............ 575.16 Freytag, Gustay. Soil und haben: roman. I.eip., 1893. 120..... .... 575.19 Goethe, J. W. von. Samtliche Werke, Band 22: Italienische Relse... 573.51 Hermann und Dorothea. Stuttgart, 1883. 120............ ........ 575.21 Hauff, Wilhelm. Itlarchen. Fair die Jugend durchgesehen von G. Hofman. Leip., [189-]. 120.... ................ ................ 575.19 Sdultliche Werke, Band 3: Lichtenstein. Stuttgart, [189-]. 160... 573.50 Heine. Heinrich. Siimtlielie Werke, Banden 5, 6. ..................573.52.53 Inhalt.-5. Reisebilder I.-6.Reisebilder II.-Eng1lsche.Fragmente. Heyse, Paul. Iiinder der Welt. Berlin, 1892. 120. .................. 573.39 Immermann, K. L. Der Oberhof. Halle, [189-]. 120.... ...... .... 573.49 KOnig, E. A. Der ehre Rdeber: roman. Berlin, [189-]. 120.... .... . 573.40 Lessing, G.E. Minna van Barnhelm. Stuttgart, 1879. 120.... .... . 574.24 Meirner, Auguste. Frisches Grun: seclls Erziihlungen.... ...... .... 575.20 Musaeus, J. K.A.Volksmdrehen der Deutschen. Stuttgart, [189-].80. 575.17 Reuter, Fritz. Siimmtliehe Welke. Volks. Ausgabe In 7 Minden. Inhall.-1. Einleitung.-Router's Leben und Werke.-Ausgewalilte Briefe. -Miusehen un Rimels, I.-2 Lanschen un Rimels, II.-Ein gruflicher Geburtstag.-Memotren eines alten Fliegenschimmels.-Kean Hiisung. -Urgesebict'von Meckelnborg.-3. Reis'nah Belligen.-Olio Kamellen I. 1) Wonns ich tau'ne Fru kamm. 2) Ut do Franzosentid.-Die Reise nach Braunschweig.-4. Hanne Mte.-011e Kamellen IL,Ut mine Fest. ungstid -Gedichte.-5. 011o Kamellen VI.,Durchlauchting.-0110 Kam. ellen VIL,De meekelnbUrgschen Monteechl un Capuletti oiler de Reis' nah Konstantinopel.-6. Schurr.-Murr.-Eine Heirathsgeschichte.- 011e Kemollen III., Ut mine Strointid, 1 Thell.-7. Olie Kamellen IV. und V.,Ut mine Stromtid, 2 und 3 Thell. Rosegger, P. K. Neue Waldgeschichten. Wien, 1886. 160.......... 573.44 Das Volksleben in Steiermark, in Charakter-und Sittenbildern..•.. 573.46 Seheffel, Joseph V. von. Ekkehard. Stuttgart, 1893. 161.... ....... 573.47 Schwab, Gustay. Die Deutschen Volksbticher fair Jung und Alt welder erzii.lt. Leip., [189-]. 160............................... 573.1 Inhall.-Der gehurnte Siegfried.-hie seboene Magelone.-Hirlanda.- Die vier Heymonskinder.-Genovefa.-Das Sebioss in der Hohle Xa Xa. Robert der Teufel.-Die schoene DIelusina.-Die SehildbUrger.-Her- zog Ernst.-Kaisor Octavianus-Griseldis.-Doctor Faustus.-Der arine Heinrieb.-Fortunat und seine Sohne. Spielhagen, Friedrich. Quisiana. Leip., 1893. 160........ •... .... 573.48 Stinde, J. E. W. Die familie Buchholz. Chicago, [1886]. 120.......In573.38 Stokl, Helene. Aus der Miidehenzeit. Lelp., [189-]. IGO............ 573.46 Wellmer, Arnold. Dornroslein. Chicago, [1886]. 120.... .... ......R673.38 Wuttke, Emilie. (Eninna Biller). Helenens '1'agebuch. Stuttgart, [189-]. 120..... .................. ........ ........ .............. 573.41 i INDEX. Almshouse . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 114. Appraisem ent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 19 Arsenal Street Bridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 119 Assessors' Report . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Auditor's Report. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. 111 Bath IIouse . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 120 Board of Health, Report of. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Board of Health, Regulations of the. . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . 79 Board of Health, Plumbing Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 85 Bond for Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 By-Laws, Amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 23 Cemeteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Collector's Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Concrete Walks. . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 125 Contingent . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Discounts and Abatements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Estimated Expenses for 1893. . • • . . • • • • • • . - • • . • . . • • . .. 16o Fire Department. . ... . . . .... . . . . . . . 126 Fire Department, Engineer's Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6o Grading and Curbing at Soldiers' Monument. . . . . . . . . . . 129 Health Department. .... . . .... . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Highways, Bridges and Culverts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 129 Hydrant Service . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Insurance . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94034 Interest . . . . . . . . .. . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 134 Isaac B. Patten Post 8r, G. A. R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Jurymen, List of. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Library in Selectmen's Room. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I01 MarthaSanger Fund. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Military Aid. . ... . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 135 Military Relief. . .. . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 136 INDEX. Overseers of the Poor, Report of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Police. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . 3 Printing. ... . . .. . ... . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 13S Printing Earlier Town Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 139 PublicLibrary. . . ... . . .. . . . . . . . I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 139 Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 141 Schedule anal Valuation of Town Propert).. • • • • • • • • • • • • • 20 Schools . . ... . . . .. . ... . ... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 142 Selectmen, Report of. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Sewerage Committee Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 64 Sewer Department and House Connection.. . . . . . . . . . ... 150 SewerageDepartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 147 SewerExtension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53048 State Aid. . ... . ... . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. 151 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . 155 Street Lights.. .... . . .... .. ... . .. . . . . .... . . ... . .... . 152 Summary of Receipts, Appropriations and Expenditures. 158 Superintendent of Streets and Sewers, Report of. .. . . . . . 39 Synopsis of Valuation and Taxation of Watertown. . . . . . 36 TempletonFund. .. . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Town Clerk, Report of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . 96 TownDebt. . . ... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 154, 156 Town Grants and Appropriations. ... . I00 Town House, lighting and care of.. ... - 153 Town Improvement Association.. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104, 154 Town Notes, Time of Maturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 TownOfficers.. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 3 Treasurer's Report. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 89 Warrant for Town Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Watering Streets. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 SCHOOL REPORT. LIBRARY REPORT. SUPPLEMENTARY CATALOGUE.