HomeMy Public PortalAbout1896 Annual Watertown ReportANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE OFFICERS OF THE
TOWN OF WATERTOWN,
FOR Till:
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1896.
NVATERTOVN :
F REU. G. BARKER, PRIN`1'ER,
1896.
POPULATION.
The whole number of inhabitants in the town of Watertown,
per State Census of 1895, 7,788. .
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1895.
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Appraisers and Surveyors of Ilighways.
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD.
CEIARLES F. FITZ, Chairman,
JAMES D. EVANS,
LAFAYETTE G. BLAIR, Clerk.
JAMES D. EVANS, LAFAYETTE G. BLAIR,
Fire Department.
CHARLES F. FITZ,
Police, Almshouse, Outside Aid, State and Military Aid, Town (tall, Public
Library, Printing, Fuel.
.TAMES D. EVANS,
Street Lights, Schools, Insurance, Salaries, Town Debt, Interest, Contingent.
LAFAYETTE G. BLAIR.
Higliways, Bridges and Culverts, Concrete Walks, House Connections and
Sewer Maintenance, Ilydrant Service:
Town Clerk.
FRED. E. CRITCEIETT.
Town Treasurer.
SAMUEL S. GLEASON.
Assessors of Taxes.
JAMES H. NORCROSS, HORACE W. OTIS,
FRED. E. CRITORMT.
Collector of Taxes.
WILLIAM E. FARWELL.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
School Committee.
HENRY R. SKINNER, Chairman,
CHARLES W. STONE, Clerk,
HARRIET ADELAIDE COOLIDGE,
JAMES H. VAHEY,
S. ADELAIDE HALL,
CIIARJ.ES F. MASON,
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Auditor.
GEORGE S. PARKER.
Trustees of the Free Public Library.
GEORGE E. PRIEST, Chairman, 'Perm expires March, 1898.
,CHARLES BRIGHAM, " it " 1898.
JOHN S. CULLEN, " `' " 1897.
JULIAN A. MEAD, " " " 1897.
HERBERT COOLIDGE, " 66 " 1896.
WILLIAM H. BUSTIN, JR., `` it " 1896.
Board of Health.
DR. JULIAN A. MEAD, Chairman, Tertti elpired, 1808,
JAMES H. VAHEY, Clerk, °i " 1891.
DR. BENNETT F. DAVENPORT, " it 1896,
PHILLIP P. CONNEALY, Agent.
Constables.
. GEORGE PARKER, DANIEL H. COONEY,
LINUS A. SHAW.
OfJlcers Appointed by Selectmen,
mijular Police.
LAURENC19, J. DUCEY, Chief.
T NUS A. -SHAAV, DANIEL, 11. COONEY,
•XHOMA-S .F..LYO.NS, JOHN F. DWYER.
TOWN OFFICERS. 3
bpecial Police with pay when on duty.
-JOHN H. HOLT,
*HIRAM G. FANCHER,
FRANK H. CALLAHAN,
HENRY W. HOWARD,
ORRIN W. GOSS,
GEORGE H. HUDSON,
WILLIAM P. COLE\IAN,
GEORGE T. BARKER,
JOSEPH B. WHITE,
GARDNER N. PRIEST,
T. FRANK HOLMES,
QUINCY A. GREENE,
JOHN E. McNA31ARA, and dog officer,
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN.
• ANDREW J. DELOVEY,
JOHN REED.
EDWARD J. NOONAN,
Mt. Auburn Cemetery Special Police.
JAMES C. SCORGIE, CHARLES L. MARSTON,
GEORGE R. HILLIER, JOHN M. DAY,
WILLIAM L. LY ONS.
Janitor of Town Ball.
JOHN E. McNAHARA.
Deeper of Lockup.
GEORGE PARKER.
Public Weigher and Superintendent of Town Scales.
D. J. MAHONEY.
Measurer of (Train.
WILLIAM• II. PERKINS.
Public Weighers of Coal, Live Stock and Miscellaneous Merchandise.
MICHAEL HARROCK, S. W. LIBBIE,
RICHARD JOY, BARTLETl' M. SHAW,
S. M. MITCHELL, W. H. PEVEAR.
Superintendent of Cemeteries.
GEORGE H. GREGG.
Agent for the Burial of Deceased Soldiers.
FRED. E. CRI'1TCHETT.
Fence T'iewers.
GEORGE PARKER, SAMUEL F. STEARNS,
THOMAS Ii. WICKS.
*Deceased.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Field Drivers.
T. F. LYONS, DANIEL H. COONEY,
EVERETT W. HARRINGTON, GEORGE PARKER.
Almoner, or Agent of Overseer of the Poor.
HIRAM McGLAUFLIN.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
FRED. E. CRITCHETT.
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
WILLIAM H. PERKINS, BARTLET'T M. SHAWT
WILLIAM H. PEVEAR.
Inspector of Milk and Provisions.
PHILLIP P. CONNEALY.
Inspectors of Animals intended for Slaughter and Cotes kept for the pro-
duction of Milk.
WILLIAM E. PETERSON, Vet. Surgeon, of Waltham.
Heeper of Almshouse and Pound.
JOHN REED.
Board of Engineers and ForestjFire Wards.
HENRY HORNE, PETER SULLIVAN,.
CHARLES H. GRANT.
Upon the resignation of Henry Horne, June "_e, Benjamin F. McNamee was
appointed to fill the vacancy and the board organized as follows, viz.:
PETER SULLIVAN, Chief, CHARLES H. GRANT,
BENJAMIN F. McNAMEE, Clerk.
Town Physician.
Dlt. E. 'TRUE ALDRICH.
Begistrars of Voters.
O. W. DIMICK, Term expires, 1898.
C. D. REGAN, it 46 1897.
GEORGE E. TEELE, t°64 1898.
FRED. E. CRITCHE,rT, Clerk.
Inspector of Plumbing by Appointment of Board of Health,
PHILLIP P. CONNEALY.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
The Selectmen of Watertown herewith submit their annual
report for the year ending January 31st, 1396.
Following the custom adopted in some of the towns in the
commonwealth, of designating by number the reports made since
the organization of the town ; and presuming that the first report
of this town was made in 1631,— the year after the 11 Court of
Assistants at Charlestown ordered the Town upon Charles River
to be called Watertown," —we have numbered this report the
a65th.
The year just ended has been one of general prosperity to
Watertown; and the indications are that the town is soon to
grow in wealth and population, as the neighboring localities have
heretofore grown.
The natural beauty of Watertown and the convenience of its
location should attract to it many people who are seeking homes;
and we believe it would be a wise policy for the town at once to
enter upon those improvements which would make it more de-
sirable as a place of residence.
The sewer system should be extended. where needed; the erec-
tion of a new Town hall is imperative; the widening of Mt. Au-
burn street is a work already too long delayed and an improve-
ment which should be pushed to completion as rapidly as possi-
ble.
These are some of the most important of the things which
must be done by the town, if it hopes to maintain its high stand-
ing among the neighboring municipalities.
These undertakings call for the expenditure of large sums of
money; but we feel confident that the consequent increase in
valuation of taxable property, would in a short time substantially
compensate for the expenditure.
6 REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
The following is a brief summary of the condition and needs•
of the several departments and the proceedings of the town
officials during the past year.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The Fire Department has been much improved and is now in a
very good condition. The various changes which have been.
made in the house and in the apparatus have tended to increase
the efficiency of the department and to improve the appearance of
the building and its surroundings.
By a change in engineers the Selectmen were enabled to place
an additional watering cart on the streets, thus obtaining for the
town a service the value of which cannot be estimated at less tharn
a thousand dollars.
The purchase of chemical fire extinguishers at a total cost of
less than $I5o has already saved the town some thousands of
dollars. The several fires which have occurred since this pur-
chase have nearly all been controlled by the use of these extin-
guishers, thus preventing any damage by water,— which damage
is frequently more serious thin that occasioned by the fire itself.
The engineers recommend the purchase of a new hose wagon
for East Watertown, good reasons for which purchase will be
found in their report. The Selectmen agree with them in this -
recommendation.
POLICE.
Security of life and property is one of the first essentials of any
community and, acting upon this belief, the Selectmen early in.
the year determined upon a reorganization of the Police Depart-
ment.
Mr. George Parker, whose disability made the performance of
arduous duties impossible, was retired as head of the department,
but was retained in nominal service at a salary of five hundred
dollars per year. This amount, together with the amounts•
received as keeper of the lockup, of the bath house, and as truant
officer, gave him a compensation nearly equal to his former salary.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN. 7
Mr. Laurence J. Ducey, the present Chief of Police, came to
us with the highest commendations and, after careful investiga-
tion and consideration by the Selectmen, was unanimously
chosen. His work during the year just passed has fully justi-
fied the action of the Board. He has personally conducted his
cases in court with signal ability and remarkable success; and.
has brought the department up to a high state of efficiency.
LICENSES.
As the first of May approached the Selectmen were confronted
with the question of licensing apothecaries to sell liquor for
medicinal purposes. The Board considered the subject care-
fully and with a desire to serve the best interests of the town.
The liquor sale -books of all the druggists in the town were
examined. After 'full discussion of the subject, it was decided
that two licensed apothecaries were sufficient for the town. Mr.
Ducey, the chief of police, has examined the book of sales of the
licensed druggists every month, and given to the Board of Select-
men a written statement of the number of sales he found recorded.
HIGIINVAYS.
On the first of July, Mr. Edward B. Stearns, on account of
the pressure of his private business, tendered his resignation as
Superintendent of Streets. He was persuaded, however, to
remain until a suitable successor could he found.
After a thorough investigation, on August first, Mr. George
Kimball of Danvers was chosen to succeed Mr. Stearns. Com-
ing with the most flattering commendations, he has conducted
the affairs of his department with marked ability and success,
and to the entire satisfaction of the Selectmen.
Adams Avenue, running from School street over a portion of
the estate of the late Alvin Adams, was accepted as a public
way.
Arlington Street, under the supervision of Mr. Stearns, was
covered with good binding gravel and put In satisfactory condi-
tion for travel.
$ REPORT Or THE SELECTMEN.
Watertown Street, which two years ago was ordered to be
widened by the County Commissioners, was completed this
year, the county paying one thousand dollars towards its com-
pletion.
Sycamore Street. The County Commissioners have ordered
the towns of Belmont and Watertown to build Sycamore street,
now a private way, running from Lexington to Belmont street,
and have given the town until July, 1896, to complete the same.
Jf, ount Auburn Street. The County Commissioners have
finally decided upon widening Mt. Auburn street, throughout its
entire length, to a uniform width of eighty feet; and the bound -
stones defining its limits have been set. The Selectmen have
been diligent in their efforts to have this work begun during the
past year. They have met the County Commissioners on several
occasions and urged upon them the necessity of undertaking the
work at once. They are assured that in the near future the work
will be undertaken and pushed to completion. Watertown will
then have a wide and handsome avenue, with a double track
for electric cars, and a five cent fare to Boston.
STATE ROAD.
Soon after the present Board of Selectmen came into office,
Hon. J. P. Niles, the senator from this district, suggested that
an application be made for a state road in Watertown. The
Selectmen, believing that such a road would be a great benefit to
the town, immediately made application to the State Highway
Commission therefor. After much personal effort, in which the
Selectmen were ably seconded by Senator Niles, their request was
granted. The State Highway Commission entered into a contract
with the town to build a mile of road on Main street,— begin-
ning at the Waltham line, —and extending to its junction with
Howard street, just west of the bridge over the railroad.
It is a fine piece of work, built under the supervision of the
State Highway Commission, every detail being built with the
strictest regard to their plans and specifications. Already over
ILEPOItT OF THE SELECTMEN. (1)
five thousand dollars have been expended by the state on this
road, and when completed it will cost somewhere in the neigh-
borhood of nine thousand dollars. But it must be remembered
that the state not only builds the road but also keeps it in per-
petual repair. The benefit to the town is obvious.
STEAM ROLLER.
In the re -building of Watertown street, the steam roller proved
of so great a value that the Selectmen were authorized to pur-
chase one at an expense not exceeding three thousand dollars.
After a careful examination and consultation with the best
authorities on the subject, the Selectmen voted to buy " The
Springfield," made by the O. S. Kelly Company, of Springfield,
Ohio. The machine has been used with good results upon the
highways, and the Selectmen think the town has received full
value for the money expended, and that better roads will prove
the wisdom of the purchase.
There have been several petitions to the Board asking that
certain streets be accepted by the town but, upon looking them
over with the Superintendent of Streets, the Selectmen did not
find them in a condition fit for acceptance. The town, at a town
meeting held April 24, IS89, voted : " that the town accept Chap-
ter 51 of the Public Statutes with all its conditions, and the
Selectmen are hereby instructed that in laying out its streets,
through the town, to be governed by its provisions." This is
the Betterment Act, so-called, and authorizes the town authori-
ties to build a street at the expense of the abutters. There is
a number of unaccepted streets in constant use, which the Select-
men think should be accepted at the expense of the abutters.
SEWER EXTENSION.
Owing to the condition of numerous cess-pools on the north-
erly side of Palfi-ey street, the Board of Health, through Mr.
Connealy, notified the Selectmen that the houses there located
should be connected with the sewer.
10 REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
After being convinced that, unless the houses were so connected,
a public nuisance would be created, the Selectmen ordered the
Superintendent of Sewers to make the proper extension, and it
was accordingly done.
Later on, after the houses at West Watertown and on the Page
estate were nearly completed, the parties interested in these
localities came to the Board and asked for sewer extension. They
claimed that their labor in these newly developed territories had
increased the valuation of the property so much that the
increased taxation would more than cover the expense of the
extension of the sewer. The Selectmen thought their claim a
just one, but, having no money for this extension, thev hesitated
about attempting the work without calling a town meeting.
There were two reasons, however, which prompted immediate
action.
First. The probability was that if they waited for the decision
of a town meeting, the ground would not be in condition for this
work to be done without an increased expenditure of money.
Second. One of these sewers was to be Iaid through the state
road, and through that pottion which was as yet unfinished.
It was, in the judgment of the Selectmen, good business econ-
omy to have the sewer laid there previous to the completion of
the road by the state.
These sewers in Capital, Main and Olney streets cost in all
twenty-four hundred and fifteen dollars. There is now remain-
ing five hundred dollars worth of pipe, enough to finish the ex-
tension of the sewer through these streets.
Your Selectmen are not unmindful of their obligation to keep
within the limits of the appropriations, but they think that there
are cases of emergency where they are justified in over -stepping
somewhat this prescribed limit; and this extension of the sewer
they candidly considered such a case of emergency. The money
was profitably and honestly expended and the town got its full
equivalent for the outlay.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN. 11
WATER SUPPLY.
In their report upon a metropolitan water supply (page 57),
the State Board of Health says of the Watertown water supply :
" In order to provide a sufficient quantity of water to meet t he
increasing demands the works have been extended from time to
time, first by a series of tubular wells near the filter gallery,
which, like the filter gallery furnish good water, and subsequently
by a large well and by tubular wells located farther down stream,
which furnish water inferior in quality to that furnished by the
filter gallery. The total capacity of the works is not definitely
known, but during the dry portion of the year it is necessary to
use the sources which furnish the poorer water in order to main-
tain the supply to the towns. (Watertown and Belmont). The
company has made very extended tests of the grounds in the vici-
nity of its present works, and it does not seem probable that
enough good water can be obtained in this vicinity to supply
these two towns for any length of time in the future."
The surface area from which the company drains its water i&
exceedingly limited in its dimensions, and It has seemed to the
Selectmen that, in justice to Watertown, the contract to supply
Belmont should never have been made. Certainly since Bel-
mont became a customer, the complaints of the citizens of Water-
town as to the quality of the water have been more numerous
and more constant. In fact, many of the citizens at times would
not use it, and the grocers of the town have found -many cus-
tomers for the various spring waters which they sold. It was
the knowledge of these facts which prevented the Selectmen from
making any objection to the inclusion of the town in the Metro-
politan Water Supply District.
WATER SUPPLY COMPANY.
The contract with the Watertown Water Supply Company
expires in 1399. The present Board of Selectmen think it is a
very expensive contract.
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The supply of water the town receives from the company is in
no wise an equivalent for the money paid by the town; and even if
the town received the best of water service, the price paid for
this service is an exorbitant one. But the citizens of the town
-agreed to this contract with a full knowledge of its conditions.
They voted for it in spite of the fact that the city of Newton
.offered Watertown a better water at a cheaper rate, with a
hydrant service for about one -quarter the price we are obliged to
pay this company. But, while we are bound by this contract, we
think the company should faithfully fulfil its own obligations.
The contract (which we print in another place) reads " the
company further agrees to extend its pipes beyond said fourteen
miles of length as the town may direct." * * , * " and will at
.all times f fnish a full and adequate supply of good fresh water
for domestic and fire purposes." " The company also agrees
that everything connected with what we propose above to be
first-class, full and efficient; ready at all times to respond to all
reasonable requirements." This agreement the Water Company
has not fulfilled.
Early in November last, petitions were sent in to the Select-
men for water, to be supplied to houses on the Page estate, and
on the Bates estate. On Nov. 4th, the Company was ordered to
supply these houses with water. On Dec. loth, one of the peti-
tioners, in the presence of two of the Selectmen, asked the Super-
intendent of the Water Company when he could have the water
for which * he had petitioned. The reply was: i° In the spring
some time, when we get ready."
The Selectmen, deeming this to be an unwarrantable position
on the part of the Company, at once issued a peremptory order
to supply these houses with water.
When the company still neglected to comply with these orders,
the Selectmen instructed Mr. John B. Goodrich, town solicitor,
at once to begin legal proceedings against the company in order
to compel it to fulfil its contract with the town. This action had
.the desired effect, and the pipes were laid without further delay.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN. 13.
STREET WATERING.
Since the Act relative to street watering has been accepted,
the town will hereafter obtain better service in this respect than.
has heretofore been possible.
SUITS.
The Selectmen are not aware that any new suits have been
brought against the town during the past year, but several old
cases came to them as a legacy from former years.
In one suit, the town was compelled, by a judgment rendered in
the Middlesex Superior Court, to pay about two thousand dollars.
on account of an accident at the corner of Watertown and Galen
streets.
GROVE STREET BRIDGE.
The town's share of the cost of Grove street bridge and the
land damages connected therewith were paid last December.
This was a case where the town was to pay ten per cent., the
Fitchburg railroad sixty-five per cent., and the state twenty-five
per cent. of the total cost. The cost to the town was $I,586.o2.
STREET LIGHTS.
There are now three hundred and five incandescent, and.
twenty-five arc lights, an increase during the year of two arc, and
twenty-five incandescent lights.
PERAMBULATION OF THE TOWN BOUNDS.
The proper authorities from the surrounding towns were met
by those of Watertown during the past year, and the perambula-
tion of the town bounds was made as the law directs. There
was found between Waltham and Watertown a small area of
doubtful territory, the lines of which are to be adjusted by the
engineers of the two municipalities.
CHARLES F. FITZ, 11f,94jority of the
LAFAYETTE G. BLAIR, Selectmen
of Watertown.
MINORITY REPORT.
Inasmuch as the majority of the Board have denied me the
privilege of reading carefully and at my own convenience their
report and to examine the same in detail, and inasmuch as the
Chairman of the Board has even instructed the printer to deny
me either the original report or the printed proof thereof, I am
able neither to assent to nor dissent from the statements and
recommendations therein contained.
I will therefore briefly touch upon a few of the matters con-
nected with the departments of which I have had, or of which I
was supposed to have, the charge for the year just ended.
ELECTRIC LIGIITING.
This department has given good service the past year and has
been run within its appropriation. The Electric Light Company
has met all demands and requirements in a spirit of fairness.
This is one of the most difficult departments to handle to the
satisfaction of the people. Our abatements have been large but
have in the main been acquiesced in by the company. There
have been added two arc lights and fifteen incandescent lights
during the year, malting now a total of twenty-five arc and three
hundred and five incandescent.
With the extension of the streets, will follow a necessary
increase in the number of lights.
I recommend seven thousand dollars ($7,000) —as the appro-
priation for the ensuing year.
PERAMBULATION OIL TOWN BOUNDARIES.
The boundary lines between its and neighboring municipali-
ties were run and marks renewed as required by law, the past
year. All the stones were found erect and in position except the
one on Belmont street at the corner of Lexington street. It was
MINORITY REPORT. 1�
agreed between Belmont and Watertown that this stone should
be reset at the joint expense of the two towns. The boundary
line between Waltham and Watertown was found not to be
.clearly defined and a joint committee agreed that an engineer
should be selected by each municipality, and that these two
should determine the true divisional line and that their deter-
anination should be final. It is thought that by this survey the
town will gain about fifteen acres of valuable land through the
Gore estate.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
This department has been only nominally under my charge.
.I wish herein to record my dissent from the course of my col-
leagues in expending considerable sums of money, nearly $I,2oo,
in this departmant, in excess of the appropriation, without
authority from the town.
In conclusion, I would say that I am a firm believer in the
policy of keeping town expenditures within the limits of appro-
priations, and have steadily opposed the outlay in some of the
,departments which have been heavily overdrawn.
JAMES D. EVANS.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The almshouse the past year, as in many previous years, has
been in the charge of Mr. and Mrs. John Reed, who have
attended to the duties imposed upon them with entire satisfaction
to the Board of Selectmen.
Financial Statement for the Year 1895.
RECEIPTS.
Balance from last year, $6 08
Sale of produce, 464 55
Total,
EXPENDITURES.
R. H. Paine, for seed,
Sundries for the house,
Labor on farm,
Car fare to State almshouse,
Warren Soap Works,
Paid Town Treasurer,
Balance on hand,
$470 63
$53 90
45 50
65 36
3 00
z 00
$169 76
300 00
87
$470 63
Inmates in the Almshouse for the Entire Year.
Name. Age.
Jerry Hager, 66 years.
John Welsh, 85 66
Abraham Johnston, 76 44
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. 17
Charles Philbrook, 66 years.
Patrick Loftis, 63 it
Elizabeth Swan, 66 44
Bridget Hannigan, 76. "
Margaret Ryder, 42 49
For a Portion of the Year.
William Bond,
70
it
Harriet Lawler,
53
"
Calvin R. Baker,
51
Mrs. Patrick Loftis,
6z
William Moore,
50
Ernest Wentworth,
i z
Allen Wentworth,
io
Mrs. Ann Monahan,
75
Thomas Kenny,
71
'
Charles McCabe,
42
CHARLES F. FITZ, Overseers
JAMES D. EVANS,
of
LAFAYETTE G. BLAIR, the
Poor.
PROPOSITION AND CONTRACT OF THE WA-
TERTOWN WATER SUPPLY COMPANY.
PROPOSITION.
Believing that the replies made to your committee are less
specific than will be satisfactory to the citizens, we hereby with-
draw them, and offer the following as amending and explaining
the original offer to the Town: —
The Watertown Water Supply Company will erect suitable
buildings and build suitable filtering galleries, place therein a
steam pump of the capacity of i,000,000 gallons per day, with an
auxiliary pump of the capacity Of 500,000 gallons per day, build
a reservoir equal to that at Haverhill, Mass., at an elevation
which shall give a full supply of water to all the houses on
White's Hill. The system to be the metallic reservoir and direct
pumping plan. The water will be taken daily from the filtering
gallery and pumped through the entire piping, the surplus find-
ing its way into the reservoir. In this plan you have water at a
low temperature fresh daily, and free from impurities, as in the
impounding system. And will lay fourteen miles of pipes of
wrought iron, cement lined, and of cast iron, in such proportions
as the Water Company may deem for the mutual interests of
their stockholders and of the Town, said pipes to be of the fol-
lowing sizes: —
Twelve thousand feet of 14-inch, 6,000 feet of I2-inch, 4,000
feet of Io-inch, 8,000 feet of 8-inch, 40,000 feet of 6-inch,
4,000 feet of 4-inch, — 14 miles and 8o feet —in the fol-
lowing -named streets: Arlington, 300 feet, Arsenal to Irving,
Bridge, Bigelow Avenue, Boyd, Centre, Church, Chestnut,
Cross, Cuba, Elm to J. E. Scott's house, Elton Avenue, Fayette,
Franklin, Galen, Green, Garnet, Irving, Island, Lexington at
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Waverlev end, Main to railroad bridge, Maple, Market to Irving,
Marshall, Morse, Mt. Auburn to Cambridge line, Myrtle, Nich-
ols Avenue, old road to Waltham to Bridge Street, part of Or-
chard, Palfrey to top of the hill, Parker, Patten, Phillips, Pleas-
ant, Riverside Place, Spring, Summer, Taylor, Walnut, Water,
part of Watertown, White, Whitney, Winter, Fifth Avenue, and
such of the unaccepted streets on Bacon Hill, at the Sand Banks,
and other portions of the town, reached by the above system of
pipes, and such other streets as it will require to make up the
fourteen miles on which there would be water takers, and to
facilitate circulation, and place on said pipes one hundred and
thirty-five three -nozzle hydrants, with necessary gates, stops,
blowouts, etc., etc. ; and will extend the pipes to such other parts
of the town as the town may direct, for the sum of $35.00 per
annum for one hydrant to each tenth of a mile so extended, or
when the' citizens shall give a satisfactory guarantee to the com-
pany of water takers to the amount of $35.00 per annum for each
tenth of a mile of such extension.
The Town or any citizen to have the right of placing such ad-
ditional hydrants on the lines of pipes above named, and the ex-
tensions above named, at their own expense, as they may see fit,
without additional charge of water therefor; and commence the
work as soon as possible and complete as much as possible this
season, and complete the entire work and lines of pipe named
-above within one year from the date of the signing of said con-
tract; and will guarantee the works to be equal to those in the
Towns of Wakefield, Stoneham, Revere, Dedham, and the City,
of Haverhill, and will at all times furnish a full and adequate
supply of good fresh water for domestic and fire purposes; and
will charge to its citizens water rates not to exceed those charged
by Wakefield Water Company, and for farmers' use not to exceed
those of Arlington.
In consideration of the above, the town shall pay to said Wa-
tertown Water Supply Company for the use of the one hundred
.and thirty-five hydrants, as above named, for fire purposes and
20 WATER. COMPANY.
the practice of the fire department, six thousand dollars per annum,.
and thirty-five dollars per annum for each hydrant on the extended
pipe, as above named, all for the term of fifteen years.
The Company also agrees that everything connected with what
we propose above to be first class, full and efficient; ready at all.
times to respond to all reasonable requirements.
THE WATERTOWN WATER SUPPLY COMPANY,
By A. O. DAVIDSON, President.
VOTE ON PROPOSALS OF WATERTOWN WATER SUPPLY CO.
PROPOSALS READ BY WILLIAM CUSHING.
After the hearing of the proposals, Dr. A. Hosmer submitted,
the following motion, viz.: —
L1 Moved, That the Town do ratify the consent given by the
Selectmen for the Town to contract with the Watertown Water
Supply Co., for a supply of water for the inhabitants, for domes-
tic use, for extinguishment of fires and other purposes, on the
basis of the propositions as explained and amended, and as this
evening submitted by said Company to the Town, and, authorize
and instruct the Selectmen to contract with said company in
accordance with the said propositions."
The vote was taken by ballot, "Yes" and "No" and the Check
List was used. The whole number of ballots cast was 354-
Voting " Yes," 246. Voting " No," IoS, and the moderator
declared the vote carried by a two-thirds vote.
COPY OF CONTRACT.
This Agreement made in duplicate this fourth day of August in
the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four by and between the
Watertown Water Supply Company, a corporation duly estab-
lished under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
party of the first part, and the town of Watertown, a Municipal
Corporation within said Commonwealth, by Oliver Shaw, James
W. Magee and Abraham L. Richards, the Selectmen of said
WATER COMPANY. 31
Town, hereunto duly authorized and instructed by vote of said
-Town, party of the second part, witnesseth :
That, whereas, at a Town meeting held on the twenty-first day
of July, 1884, the inhabitants of mid Watertown voted to author-
ize and instruct the Selectmen to contract with the said Watertown
Water Supply Company, in accordance with a certain proposition
in,writing then made and submitted by said Company for sup-
plying said Town and its inhabitants with water, a copy of which
proposition is hereto annexed and made a part of this contract:
Now, therefore, the said Watertown Water Supply Company
hereby promises and agrees with the said Town of Watertown
that it will do, perform, stand to, abide and be bound by all things
by it proposed and offered in said proposition, in the manner
therein prescribed and according to the terms, specific-,ttions and
conditions therein set forth.
And particularly the said Company agrees to construct water
works for the purpose of supplying said Town and its inhabitants
with water for domestic use and fire purposes as set forth in said
proposition, and according to the specifications thereof, and to
supply water to said inhabitants on the line of its pipes as they
.may be laid down, at water rates not to exceed for domestic pur-
poses those charged by the Company supplying the town of
Wakefield, and for farmers' use not exceeding the rates charged
-in Arlington, to be paid by the persons taking the same, and not
by the Town.
And further, said Company agrees to furnish and set one hun-
dred and thirty-five hydrants (135) at such points on the lines of
its pipes not exceeding fourteen miles in length as the Selectmen
may direct, and to maintain and keep the same in good order and
repair for the use of said Town of Watertown during the term of
fifteen years from the day when the same shall be set and com-
pleted and tested to the reasonable satisfaction of the Selectmen,
.and the Town Clerk notified thereof in writing.
And the said Company further agrees to extend its pipes beyond
-said fourteen miles of length, as the Town may direct, for the sum
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of thirty-five dollars per annum for the use of one hydrant to each.
tenth of a mile of such extension, for the purposes aforesaid, dur-
ing said term of fifteen years, or upon a satisfactory guaranty of
water takers to the amount of thirty-five dollars per annum for
each one tenth of a mile of such extension. And upon any ex-
tension of its pipes beyond said fourteen miles the said Company
agrees to set and maintain for the same term of years such hydrants
as may be required by the Town for the said sum of thirty-five
dollars annually for the use of each hydrant.
And the said Coml-mny further agrees that the Town or any
citizen shall have the right to place such hydrants on the line of
pipes above named and the extension above named, in addition to
the number above provided for said fourteen miles and each mile
of extension, as they may see fit, at their own expense, without
additional charge for water therefore. Said hydrants to be used
for fire purposes only.
And the said Company agrees for and during said term of fif-
teen years to furnish said Town of Watertown through said hy-
dants a constant and sufficient supply of water with adequate
head or force, for protection against fires, and for the practice of -
the Fire Department, and to furnish and supply within one year
from the date hereof.
And the said Company agrees that the Town shall have the
right to use all said hydrants at proper times for the purpose of
testing the same.
The said Company agrees that before entering upon and open-
ing any of the streets or highways of said Town for the laying of
its pipes or the construction of its works, it will give a bond with
sureties satisfactory to the Selectmen, to protect and indemnify
said Town against all damages which may be recovered against it
by reason of any defect in said streets or highways occasioned by
any fault or neglect of said Company, provided said Company shall
have notice of any suit, and be allowed to defend the same at its -
own expense.
And the said Town of Watertown, by its Selectmen, hereby
WATER, coINrnANY. 23'
promises and agrees with said Watertown Water Supply Compa-
ny, in consideration of the aforesaid agreement and the faithful
performance of all the provisions thereof according to the terms of
said proposition, that it will pay to the said Company or its order
for and during the term of fifteen years from the day when said.
one hundred and thirty-five hydrants shall be set, completed and
tested to the reasonable satisfaction of the Selectmen, and the
Town Clerk notified thereof in writing, the sum of Six Thousand
dollars yearly-. And the Town agrees to pay the same in equal
half yearly payments of three thousand dollars each at the end of
each six months during said term.
And the said Town of Watertown further agrees to pay to said
Company the sum of thirty-five dollars yearly for the use for the
purposes aforesaid of each hydrant established by said Company,
upon any extension of its pipes made at the request of said Town,
beyond said fourteen miles, not exceeding the rate of one hydrant
to each tenth of a mile of such extension, and the same sum for
each hydrant established by the Company at the request of the
Town, upon any extension not made at the request of the Town,
such payment to be made as aforesaid.
And it is further agreed that all the provisions of this contract
are to be construed, explained and controlled by the terms of said
written proposition, and that nothing herein contained shall be
taken or construed to release the said Company from any obliga-
tion therein expressed.
And it is further agreed that in case the Town shall during the
said term of fifteen years purchase or acquire the franchise, cor-
porate property, rights and privileges of said Company, according
to the provisions of its charter or otherwise, this contract and all
further obligations of either party thereunder shall thereupon be
determined and become void.
In witness whereof the said Watertown Water Supply Com-
pany has caused these presents to be signed with its Corporate
name, and its Corporate seal to be hereto affixed by A. O. David-
son, its President, and John H. Conant, its Treasurer, hereunto
24 WATER COMPANY.
duly authorized, and the said Town of Watertown has caused
these presents to be signed with its name, and the Corporate Seal
of the Town to be hereto affixed, by the said Selectmen, thereto
duly authorized as aforesaid, the day and year first above written.
[Seal.] WATERTOWN WATER SUPPLY CO.,
by A. O. DAVIDSON, President,
JOHN H. CONANT, Treasurer.
TOWN OF WATERTOWN,
by OLIVER SHAW, Selectmen
JAMES W. MAGEE, Of
ABRAIIAru L. RICHARDS, I Watertown.
Witnessed by JAS. B. WOODWARD.
GEORGE S. BOWEN.
WATERTOWN, August 01, 1884.
We, the undersigned, all the selectmen of Watertown, hereby
consent to the written contract as provided by Section z7, Chap.
.27, of the Public Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
OLIVER SHAW, Selectmen
JAMES W. MAGEE, Of
ABRAHAM L. RICHARDS, Watertown.
ADDITIONAL. PROPOSITION.
To the Selectmen of Watertown: —
Having executed a contract with the Town of Watertown for a
supply of water for protection against fires, the Watertown
Water Supply Company desires to supplement the same with a
tender to said Town of a free supply of water for the Public
Library building, also for the Town Hall, as now constructed,
WATER COINIPANY. 25
and the public offices therein, for water -closet and drinking pur-
poses, and for two public watering troughs or drinking fountains,
or troughs and fountains combined, if the Town shall establish
the same. Such free supply to continue for fifteen years from
the completion of the works of the company.
WATERTOWN WATER SUPPLY COMPANY,
by A. O. DAVIDSON, President.
Watertown, August 4th, 1884.
BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACIIUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS:
At the Superior Court, begun and holden at Lowell, within and
for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of March,
being the ninth day of said month, Anno Domini, 1885 ;
The following By -Laws of the town of Watertown in said
county are presented to this Court for approval, to wit; —
ARTICLE I. —AUDITOR.
SEc. 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 bills presented for payment before being passed upon
by the Selectmen. He shall also keep a correct account of debit
and credit with each appropriation or dep.irtment, 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 ap-
praise the property of the town, and submit the appraisement to -
the town.
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ARTICLE III. — SCHOOLS.
SEC. 4. The School Committee, at the meeting for their or-
ganization, 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 WAYS.
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 sutler or permit any such beast to run,.
galop, trot, pace, or go at any rate exceeding ten miles to the
hour through any way or street in this town, and any person who.
shall violate the provisions of this By -Law, shall be liable to a
penalty of not less than five dollars for each offence.
SEC. S. No person shall tie or fasten any horse to, or have the
same standing by any ornamental or shade tree, in or near the
streets, lanes or places of this town, so near as to injure any un-
protected tree, or wrongfully injure or abuse such tree in any
other manner, under a penalty of not less than one dollar.
SEC. 9. No person shall place or cause to be placed upon any
footpath or sidewalk, any wood, lumber, iron, coal, trunks, bales,.
crates, casks, barrels, stones, packages or other things, or allow
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any door or gate to swing outward over any street or highway,
for more than one hour after being notified by a constable, police
officer, or other person, to remove the same, under a penalty of
not less than three dollars for each offence.
SEc. io. No person shall drive, wheel, or draw any coach,
cart, wheelbarrow, handcart, velocipede, bicycle, or any carriaeg
of burden or pleasure, (excepting children's carriages drawn by
hand,) upon any sidewalk in the town, or permit any horse, cat-
tle, 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 I. 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 ob-
struct a free 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.
BY—LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN. 29-
SEC. 14- No person shall make any indecent figure, or writb
any words, or make any marks upon, or cut, whittle, or deface in
any manner any wall, post, fence, or building, or in any public
place whatever in this town, nor post nor paint any advertise-
ment of any nature upon any rail, rock, bridge, wall, fence or
building, without the express consent of the owner or occupant
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 off ending 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 necessity of
the case demands and the security of the public allows; such per-
mit in no case to be in force longer than ninety days, and to be
on such conditions as the selectmen may require, and especially
in every case upon condition that during the whole of every night
from twilight in the evening until sunrise in the morning, lighted
lanterns shall be so placed as effectually to secure all travellers
from liability to come in contact with such building materials or
rubbish. Any person violating any provision of this Section,
shall forfeit and pay into the town treasury the sure of ten dollars
for each day his offence shall have continued, and shall also re-
imburse the town for all expenses by way of damages or other-
wise, 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 sidewalk,
or upon any street that crosses another street or railroad track.
Any person offending against the provisions of this By -Law,.
shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one dollar for each of-
fence.
30 BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN.
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. IS. 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 Sectioh, to view
the premises, and at such times as they deem proper, or when-
ever called upon by any of the citizens of the town in writing, in-
spect the work and materials used, with reference to the preven-
tion of fire and protection of life. And if, in their judgment, the
location, the materials used, or the manner of construction, shall
be such as to endanger life or contiguous buildings to an extra-
ordinary extent by reason of fire, they shall immediately take
measures to enjoin the party or parties erecting such building
from their proceedings in such erection.
ARTICLE V. — HAZARDOUS BUILDINGS.
SEc. Ig. No business of an extra hazardous nature shall be
carried on in any building that will endanger the lives or property
of other persons in its immediate neighborhood by fire, without
having a night watchman constantly employed from five o'clock
P. At., until seven o'clock A. za., under a penalty of not less than
five dollars per night during the time that such watch is not kept
while the business is being carried on; and any building of such
nature remaining unoccupied and the owners failing to employ
such watchman upon the request in writing of five or more citi-
zens to the Selectmen for that purpose, the Selectmen shall em-
ploy a suitable night watch to take charge of the premises each and
every night from five o'clock P. mr., until seven o'clock A. M., at
BY—LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATER:1`OWN. 31
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 pass-
ing upon the sidewalk or in the street, under the penalty of ten
dollars for neglect of such duty, in addition to whatever damage
may arise in consequence of the falling of snow or ice from the
premises.
SEC. 2i. 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 ap-
ply 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 restrictions and 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
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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. — HEALTH.
SEC. a4. 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. 25. 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 offend-
er to a fine of five dollars.
SEC. 26. 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 ordinance, and
all such substances shall be removed from the place where they
have been so thrown or left, as aforesaid, by such owner or occu-
BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN. 33
pant, or other person, within two hours after personal notice in
writing to that effect given by the Board of Health or any public
officer, or such removal shall be made under the direction of said
Board or its officers, and the expense thereof borne by such owner
or occupant.
SEC. 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 lie may collect such
swill or house offal. No person acting under such license shall
allow any vehicle used for collecting or conveying such material
to be drawn over or 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.
SEC. 28. The Selectmen shall appoint annually, subject to re-
moval 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 otherq 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,
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fruit or vegetable, or who shall create any disturbance of or in
any lawful meeting of the citizens of this town, or be guilty of
using profane or obscene language in public or in the hearing of
others, or who shall indecently expose their person by bathing, or
in any other way, in sight of the public road or of any private
dwelling, or shall permit any dangerous animal to go at large, or
make any needless and alarming noise or tumult, or leave or occa-
sion any needless obstruction, or make any nuisance in the high-
way, or on any sidewalk, or on any bridge, shall for each and
every one of such offences be severally liable to a fine not exceed-
ing 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 theyear of our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.
THEO. C. HURD,
Clerk.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JANUARY 31, 1896.
RECEIPTS.
Cash in treasury, Feb. 1, 1895, $32,663 13
$32,663 13
Borrowed in anticipation of taxes,
New England Trust Co., at 31% , $6o,000 oo
Borrowed in anticipation of taxes,
New England Trust Co., at 4 jo, 30,000 00
William E. Farwell, taxes of 1891, 476 38
f< « tl « tt 1892, I,IS2 46
<< 1893, 10,636 72
<< 6C 1894, 18,000 36
1895, 103,936 20
$224,232 I2
RECEIVED ON ACCOUNT OF THE FOLLOWING
DEPARTMENTS:
Almshouse,
$1, 708 10
Cemeteries,
139 50
Concrete walks,
503 51
Contingent,
35,667 93
Fire department,
113 00
Health,
173 30
Highways, bridges and culverts,
g,181 84
Interest,
2,430 46
Military aid,
272 00
ti relief,
188 45
New schoolhouse,
11,000 00
Park commissioners,
7,500 00
Police,
556 18
M
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Printing earlier town records,
io6 oo
Public library,
6o6 69
Schools,
5 03
Sewer department and house connec-
tions,
11353 34
State aid,
6o4 o0
Street watering,
278 00
Templeton fund,
118 50
Town debt,
17,000 00
Town hall,
158 00
EXPENDITURES.
New England Trust Co., note of Dec.
10, 1894, $30,000 00
New England Trust Co., note of May
9, 1895, 6o,000 oo
State tax, :1,890 00
County tax, 7,720 33
Sewer tax, 3,735 21
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF THE FOLLOWING DEPART-
MENTS:
Almshouse,
$7,624 68
Bath house,
259 03
Bell for First Parish,
270 38
Cemeteries,
253 51
Concrete walks,
1,724 57
Contingent,
13,779 23
Claims of James Madden,
287 80
Discounts and abatements,
4,6o6 99
Fire department,
7,521 84
Health department,
3,103 58
Highways, bridges and culverts,
26417 89
Hydrant service,
8,843 75
$89,663 83.
$346,559 08-
$1o6,345 54
AUDITOR IS REPORT. 37
Insurance,
98o o0
Interest,
9,1571 01
Isaac B. Patten Post 81, G. A. R.,
275 00
Military relief, Chap. 298,
304 35
'c aid, Chap. 279,
552 00
New schoolhouse,
31,303 87
Park commissioners,
7,800 00
Police,
6,458 75 .
Printing,
868 90
Public library,
3,8o5 oI
Salaries,
3,600 oo
Schools,
32,132 83
Sewer department and house connec-
tions,
10,321 90
State aid,
529 00
.Street lights,
6,164 29
Street watering,
1,973 18
Survey of town for block system,
1,883 75
Templeton fund,
IIS 50
Town debt,
24600 00
Town hall,
1,344 79
Town Improvement society,
200 00
$219,480 38
$325,825 92
Cash in treasury,. Feb. 1, 1896,
20,733 16
$346659 o8
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES IN DETAIL.
ALMSHOUSE.
Receipts.
Appropriation, $6,000 oo
Abram Johnson, board, 96 oo
John Reed, sale of produce, 300 00
Commonwealth, aid rendered State
paupers, 110 39
88 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Town of Belmont, aid rendered Jerry
Colbert and Elizabeth Rooney,
78 Oo
City of Worcester, aid rendered Mrs.
Clohssey,
60
75
City of Waltham, aid rendered Mary
J. Smith,
78
oc,
City of Boston, aid rendered Kate
Patterson,
45
50
City of Newton, aid rendered Mrs.
McElroy,
87
45
City of Everett, aid rendered John
Mosher,
24
68
Received from Fred. E. Critchett,
guardian, for board of Calvin R.
Baker,
695
66
Received for board of Bridget Riley,
126
75
Received from Patrick Fahey, for
. board of child,
A
42
Expenditures.
SALARIES.
John Reed, keeper,
Hiram McGlauflin, almoner,
Dr. E. True Aldrich, physician,
Dr. M. J. Kelley.
John Callahan, labor,
Jane Frazier, domestic,
Maggie Ryder, 11
Ellen Powers, c°
$500 00
10000
200. 00
1894, 200 00
240 00
192 00
32 00
5 00
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
Edw. C. Hall,
N. B. Hartford, -
Lynch Brothers,
A. B. Hall,
Hackett Brothers, provisions,
$159 19
100 95
168 87
6 45
130 39
$ 7 , 708 10-
$1,469 oo•
AUDITOR 98 REPORT.
39
H. P. Mason, provisions, 88 04
W. H. Lyman, << 99 o8
J. D. Monahan, tea, 65 63
J. A. Harding, fish, 8 24,
J. H. Snow, << 66 82
$893 6&
HAY AND GRAIN.
Perkins & Co., hay and grain, $143 89
$143 89
DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING.
Otis Brothers, dry goods, 71 16
Mrs. John F. Regan, dry goods, 23 20
Watertown Clothing Co., clothing, 11 00
John J. York, shoes, 6 50
�[II 96
BLACKSMITHING AND REPAIRS.
Nolan Brothers, shoeing,
$22
50
F. C. Harthertz, 11
44
63
Walker & Pratt Manuf'ng Co., repairs,
18
15
John Ross, repairs,
3
70
John Burke, plumbing,
12
86
J. W. Clark, painting buggy,
12
00
D. J. Mahoney, harness repairs,
36
50
D. F. Keefe, plumbing,
4
65
$154 99
MISCELLANEOUS.
L. Bent & Co., furniture,
$37
71
C. H. Keefe, upholstering,
$38
77
J. F. Ham, clipping horse,
2
50
F. C. Harthertz, wagon,
8o
00
Geo. F. Butler, medicine,
34
20
B. E. Potter, carriage hire,
4
50
Magann Brothers, carriage hire,
3
00
Fire department, manure,
35
00
Chester Sprague & Co., lumber,
1
46
I.l
AUDITOR IS REPORT.
Geo. E. Teele, hardware,
24
19
R. H. Paine, "
117
69
A. C. Fletcher, "
6
i o
F. C. Howard, tobacco,
22
50
Howard Ice Co., ice,
80
15
Thomas Gavin, manure,
25
00
" " sanitary,
21
00
George H. Sleeper, fuel and manure,
210
87
Jacob Lacker, hogs,
17
00
Michael O'Halloran, seed potatoes,
9
50
E. A. Morris, repairing roof,
5
39
Moses Whiting, carpenter work,
78
42
Berry & Moody, carpenter work,
68
89
Guy P. Danforth, medicine,
19
10
Frank H. Drake,
5
00
J. B. Woodward, medicine,
31
70
Alex. Gregg, burial William Bond,
20
00
tt " '� William Moore,
20
00
Thomas Gavin, manure,
25
00
Watertown Water Supply Co.,
50
00
J. R. McLauthlin, vet'ry surg'n, services,
3
00
George Hudson, use of carriage,
1
00
Wm. H. Cox, carriage hire,
2
00
Fred. G. Barker, Enterprise,
3
00
Chas. A. Raymond, burial Harriet Lawler,
20
oo
Mrs. John Reed,
25
00
ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS OUTSIDE OF ALMSHOUSE.
Abban, Mary,
$169 46
Baker, Calvin R.,
74 75
Beatty, Robert,
25 00
Bourne, Mrs. Michael C.,
3 00
Butterfield, Harriet L.,
146 oo
Claflin, Mrs. R. F.,
17 98
Clohssey, Mrs. Thomas, groceries,
58 00
Corcoran, Mrs. P., monthly aid,
96 oo
Culverhill, Ada,
9 z6
$I,148 6:t
AUDITOR 7S REPORT.
Delay, Michael,
196
85
Devanney, D.,
2
00
Doughty, Charles, rent,
30
00
Dynan, Thomas,
2
75
Ellison, Annette, .
34
26
Fahey, Mrs. Thomas,
17
97
Flynn, Margery,
155
27
Ford, Anolia,
169
46
Gallagher, Mrs. Michael,
213
25
Green, Esther,
51
00
Hill, Emma,
20
00
Henderson children,
24
42
Hurst, Lillian,
35
84
Hurst, Lizzie,
28
68
Holland, Mrs. John,
4
43
Lynch, John,
85
70
Mahoney, Dennis,
20
75
May, Harriet L.,
14
28
McDonald, Mrs. John,
58
22
McDonald, Albeit,
19
00
McElroy, Mrs. James,
44
58
Moore, William,
3
74
Mosher, John,
42
91
Murray, Mrs. M. J.,
2
00
Norcross, George G.,
to
00
Nally, John, rent and groceries,
138
87
Nally, Mrs. Patrick,
86
oo
O'Brien, John,
3
00
O'Neil, Mrs. J.,
20
68
Patterson, Kate,
34
35
Patterson, James,
65
61
Pond, Kate,
25
20
Print, Mrs. Albert,
18
00
Powell, Mary,
15
00
Pyle, John G.,
28
55
Riley, Bridget,
169
46
Rinn, John, rent,
60
oo
Rooney, Elizabeth, groceries,
102
00
41
42
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Skinner, Lucy E.,
Slammin, John,
Smith, Mrs. Annie, groceries,
Smith, Mrs. Mary J., monthly aid,
Templeton, Helen,
Vahey, Mrs. John, rent and groceries,
Walsh, Lavina F.,
(MISCELLANEOUS.
330 57
53 15
I22 91
10400
24 29
166 11
169 46
$3,624 oz
J. B. Woodward, medicine, $21 81
G. P. Danforth, it 2 45
Thos. Anderson, M. D., medical services, 10 oo
Chas. A. Raymond, burial Emma Hill, 20 00
S. A. Gregg, burial Thomas Higgins, 20 00
W. H. Cox, carriage hire, 1 00
Hiram McGlauflin, expenses, 3 36
Balance to contingent,
BATH HOUSE.
Receipts.
Appropriation, $150 00
Contingent transfer, 109 03
Expenditures.
Geo. Parker, care of bath house, $150 00
M. W. Kivell, mason work, 50 00
George A. Page, painting, 30 00
A. C. Fletcher, hardware, 71
Hannah Flohr, 25 00
Samuel F. Stearns, carpenter work, 3 32
$78 6z
$7,624 68
83 42
$7,708 10
$259 03
$259 03
AUDITOR IS REPORT.
BELL FOR FIRST PARISH TOWER
Receipts.
43
Appropriation,
$275 00
$275 00
Expenditures.
Blake Bell Co., bell,
$26o oo
Samuel F. Stearns, carpenter work,
10 38
$270 38
Balance to contingent,
4 62
$275 00
CEMETERIES.
Receipts.
Appropriation,
$100 00
Grave lot, No. 267,
Io 00
9 " 44 268,
10 00
66 fit 44 2701
20 00
IL << li 271,
30 00
46 c 46 2727
6 oo
ct cc 4c 273,
10 00
cc 2747
22 50
4 c c c c c 278,
25 00
« << << 279)
6 oo
$239 50
Contingernt transfer,
14. of
Expenditures.
Geo. H. Gregg, care of cemeteries, $210 88
Watertown Water Supply Co., 12 00
Ethan A. Paddock, tree protectors, 12 00
Charles F. Jackson, engineering, 12 00
Fred. G. Barker, printing, 1 25
George E. Teele, Hardware, S 38
..Ti2C2 Cr
$253 5 L
•44 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
CLAIM OF JAMES MADDEN.
Receipts.
Appropriation, $575 00
Expenditures.
William B. Durant, att'y for James
Madden, $2fi5 00
Edward S. Smilie, engineering, I2 8o
Balance to contingent,
CONTINGENT.
Receipts.
Appropriation,
cc vote of town, Jan. 7,
1896,
Corporation tax 1895,
National bank tax, 1894,
11 1895,
Appropriation, sewer extension, 1894,
D. J. Mahoney, weighing fees, 1$94•
cc cc cc cc 1895,
Alonzo Loring, " Merry-go-round"
license,
John J. Kelliher, pool room license,
State of Massachusetts, damages Grove
street bridge,
Fitchburg R. R. Co., damages Grove
street bridge,
Overlay tax,
'k ... ..
20,000 00
7,014 78
247 71.
877 44
600 oo
67 86
69 15
9 00
2 00
5654 57
$575 00
$287 80
2.47 2n
I1825 42
$38,267 93
1,780 4.1
Unexpended balances.
Almshouse, $83- 42
Bell for First Parish, 4 6z
-Claim of James Madden, 287 20
AUDITOR'S REPORT. 45•
Concrete walks,
278 94
Health,
69 72
Hydrants,
256 25
Interest,
2,759 45
Military aid,
220 00
« relief,
134 10
Police,
97 43
Printing,
131 Io
Public library,
1 68
Survey of town,
116 25
State aid,
575 00
$5,015 16•
$45,o63 50-
Expenditures.
McLauthlin & Co., stationery,
$Io2
96
John B. Goodrich, legal services,
335
00
J. J. Sullivan, 64 '6
158
00
Joseph P. Lyons, & L "
350
00
Fred. E. Crawford, 41 <<
85
85
D. J. Mahoney, weighing fees,
34
58
Fred. G. Barker, advertising, etc.,
IS9
50.
Geo. H. Tarleton, stamps and envelopes,
45
40
Election officers and fellers,
274
00
O. W. Dimick, board of registrars,
72
50
Geo. E. Teele, " °'
72
50
C. D. Regan, 'c "
72
50
Fred. E. Critchett, "
82
50
H. L. Wiley, refreshments, election
officers,
130
25
W. G. Morgan, care of town clock,
50
00
G. N. Priest, ringing bell,
6
75
A. C. Hauck, " «
3
00
John A. York, 11 46
6
oo.
Charles Cummings, ringing bell,
6
oo
Watertown Savings Bank, rent of office,
35
00
Chas. G. Whitten, rubber stamps,
1
25
P. J. Callahan, delivering town reports,
3
00
46 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
B. E. Potter, carriage hire, 30 00
Magann Brothers, carriage hire, 45 00
Fred. E. Crawford, attorney, damages
and costs, Grove street bridge, 7679 99
J. A. Mead, M. D., services in Holt
case,
75 00
James Utley, M. D., returning deaths
to Board of Health,
1 25
R. Waldo Gilkey, numbering houses,
3 20
J. H. Critchett & Son, expressage,
15
A. E. Martell & Co. stationery,
3 50
Sanford, Sawtelle Co., "
I 00
Thomas Groom & Co., «
8 25
Wm. A. Currie & Co., «
16 oo
Boston Book Co., "
12 00
B. B. Torrey, map,
50
Otis Brothers, ink stoppers,
1 50
A. B. Hall, flour bags,
20
Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co.,
18
R. H. Paine, hardware,
93
H. W. Kibbe, engrossing Rev. R. P.
Stack memorial,
20 00
E. B. Stearns, making surveys and plans,
I24 00
Charles H. Holt, damages, accident Ga-
len street,
11863 48
National Bank tax, 1894,
18 05
CC 44 cc 1895,
788 66
State of Mass., druggists' licenses,
1 50
Ellison, Coolidge & Co., Treasurer's
bond,
i jo 00
Littlefield Directory Publishing Co.,
2 00
John C. McNamara, posting bills,
3 00
Dr. M. J. Kelley, medical services Mrs.
Bryon Donnelly,
16 oo
Wm. E. Farwell, postage stamps,
2 25
Alex. Gregg, burial of infant,
) 00
New England Telephone Co., rent of
telephone,
79 40
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
47
Ruth Shea, damages,
250 00
Berry & Moody, voting booths,
t g 96
Sampson, Murdock & Co., directory,
5 00
W. E. Peterson, M. D. V., inspector
of animals,
100 00
John Moir, typewriting, etc.,
28 00
Isabelle Monk, clerk for assessors,
to 00
Annie Dunphy, " "
64 oo
Kern & McLoud, abstracts of deeds,
41 40
Berry & Moody, damages to horse,
I00 00
Sara Bowen, abstracts of deeds,
20 04
Frank Shepard, books,
5 00
Little, Brown & Co., "
11 00
F. W. R. Emery, "
I 18 00
State of Massachusetts, ballot boxes,
100 00
J. D. Evans, carriage hire,
5 00
A. C. Fletcher, hardware,
50
J. D. Evans, perambulating town,
Io 00
H. O. Peckham, " "
20 00
Charles A. Raymond, returning deaths
to Board of Health,
9 00
Estate of Alexander Gregg, " "
9 25
S. Albert Gregg, " "
2 50
Library Bureau,
II 05
Isaac B. Patten Post, G. A. R.,
1 00
Reuben Puffer, perambulating town,
20 00
H. O. Peckham, engineering,
Io 00
$13,779 23
Balance of appropriations not assessed,
7,500 00
Transferred to School department,
1,000 00
'' Insurance department,
boo o0
TRANSFERS TO OVERDRAWN ACCOUNTS AUTHOR-
IZED BY VOTE OF THE TOWN.
Bath house, $109 03
Cemeteries, 1401
Discounts and abatements, 2, Io6 99
Fire, 908 84
48 AUDITOR 18 REPORT.
Highways, bridges and culverts,
236 05
Insurance,
80 00
Schools,
21127 80
Sewer department and house connections,
5,968 56
Street lighting,
164 29
it watering,
195 18
Town hall,
536 79
Balance,
JJ 7.i_" / /
9,736 73
CONCRETE WALKS.
Receipts.
Appropriation, $1,500 00
Assessments collected, 503 51
$2,003 51-
Expenditures.
D. F. Tripp, labor, $1 ,724 57
Balance to contingent, 278 94
$2,003 51
DISCOUNTS AND ABATEMENTS.
Receipts.
Appropriation, $2,500 00
Contingent transfer, 2,106 99
$4,6o6 99,
Expenditures.
Wm. E. Far\vcll, abatements, $4,6o6 99
44n - Anrl nn
AUDITOR'S REPORT. 49-
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Receipts.
Appropriation, $6,500 00
Almshouse Department, manure, 35 00
John A. York, sale of furniture, 10 00
Board of Engineers, sale of pung and
junk, 68 00
$6,613 00
Contingent transfer, 908 84
$7.K2I 8a
Expenditures.
PAY ROLLS.
Board of Engineers,
$274 56
Steam Fire Engine Co.,
468 53
Hook and Ladder Co.,
489 15
Hose Co. No. z,
264 17
John H. Holt, engineer,
999 98
Moses Pattee, driver,
480 00
Gilbert Nichols, "
720 00
Jas. J. Flannery, "
720 00
Thomas E. Stanley,
zoo 00
HAY, GRAIN AND STRAW.
Perkins & Co., hay and grain, $293 21
S. B. Green & Co., " It 331 29
Proctor Brothers, " It 55 85
J. Cushing & Co., " " 9 90
FUEL AND LIGHTS.
W. H. Pevear & Co., $6 go
Thomas Gavin, z 80
Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co., 39 60
$4;616 3g.
$690 25
$49 30
50
AUDITOR)) REPORT.
SHOEING AND HARNESS REPAIRS.
Nolan Brothers, shoeing, $70 00
Nathan McCrea, assignee, shoeing, 6 89
T. H. Kneeland, shoeing, 4o 8o
P. F. Keefe, ' ° 44 75
D. J. Mahoney, harness repairs, 63 35
J. H. Fagan, 64 << 7 70
REPAIRS.
John Ross, repairing wagons, $16 95
Walker & Pratt Manuf'ng Co., repairs, 9 36
E. O. Morris, repairing roof, 5 45
Wm. H. Clark, repairing wagons, 43 55
T. B. Wishart, plumbing, 16 o8
David Keefe, CL 31 05
F. C. Harthertz, repairs, 32 25
MISCELLANEOUS.
American Spiced Food Co., food foi
horses,
$ 1
50
Knight & Thomas, extinguishers,
100
00
W. A. Snow & Co., fixtures for engine
house,
115
00
Fitchburg R. R. Co., transportation,
90
McLauthlin & Co., stationery,
21
00
Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co.,
73
50
George E. Teele, hardware,
27
27
R. H. Paine, t'
48
09
A. C. Fletcher, 49
16
69
C. H. Keefe, rug and shades,
17
00
Mrs. John F. Regan, dry goods,
23
55
A. B. Hall, soap, sand, etc.,
10
21
Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co.,
hose,
195
75
Moses Whiting, carpenter work,
151
74
B. E. Potter, carriage hire,
7
00
Mrs. John Berry, washing bed clothes,
33
00
$233 49
$154 69
AUDITOR'S REPORT. 51
Frank E. Coolidge, use of horse,
15
00
A. S. Jackson, waste, etc.,
26
92
Vacuum Oil Co., oil,
2
25
Watertown Water Supply Co.,
15
00
Chester Sprague & Co., lumber,
1
99
New England Gamewell Co., fire alarm
supplies,
1.42
12
P. A. Yerxa, groceries,
25
go
L. Bent & Co., chairs,
S
10
Estate Edw. A. Benton, groceries,
3
38
T. F. Kelley, use of horse,
55
50
Fire & Police Telegraph Co., signal box,
78
44
-Charles E. Berry, hames,
26
oo
H. S. Harris & Co., horse,
169
oo
P. H. Dardis, «
175
00
S. M. Mitchell Grocery Co., groceries,
:4
70
Boston Plate and Window Glass Co.,
glass,
Flo
Harry L. Wiley, refreshments,
7
22
Henry K. Barnes, gong, etc.,
13
25
C. W. H. Moulton & Co., ladder,
7
00
J. R. McLauthlin, vet'ry surg'n, services,
34
00
Members of Department, special duty,
15
00
H. L. Coe, chemicals,
g
50
Geo. F. Roach & Co., furniture,
13
50
J. Hurd Green, lubricant,
1
50
W. H. Cos, use of horse,
2
00
Kenny's Express, expressage,
1
15
Thomas McLauthlin, mason work,
14
50
Callahan's Express, expressage,
1
65
W. E. Peterson, M. D. V., services,
11
00
Fred. G. Barker, printing,
26
oo
Page Brothers & Co., door holders,
3
25
T. P. Emerson, expressage,
3
40
J. H. Critchett & Son, "
5
65
J. B. Woodward, medicine,
16
25
$1,777 72
$7,521 84
52 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND CULVERTS.
Receipts.
Appropriation for highways, $16,000 oo
" " bridges and culverts, 1'000 00
" " steam roller, 3,000 00
State of Massachusetts, for state road, 5,181 84
County of Middlesex, widening Water-
town street, 1,000 00
$26,181 84
Contingent transfer, 236 05
$26,417 89
Exfienditures.
Pay rolls, employes, $9,600 85,
SUPERINTENDENT.
E. B. Stearns,
$587
10
George Kimball,
615
35
$1, 202 45
MATERIAL FOR ROADS.
Bart Sheehan, stone,
$120
15
Wm. W. Ahearn,
93
25
,Jere Clifford, "
151
92
Patrick Condon, "
IS
69
H. A. George, "
120
43
Mass. Broken Stone Co.,
2,943
61
Chester Sprague & Co., sand,
10
00
J. C. Stone, gravel,
302
25
Maria French, sand,
8
40
Nonantum Worsted Co.,. gravel,
5
40
P. B. Malone, stone,
58
80
James O'Brien, stone,
5
13
T. F. Dwyer, "
86
21
Mrs. J. B. Murphy, gravel,
93
96
$4,o1S ,0
AUDITOR'S REPORT. •7 3
TEAMING AND LABOR.
Thomas Gavin,
$989
75
T. F. Kelley & Co.,
283
28
William H. Ahearn,
45
00
Patrick Condon,
III
00
Thomas Quirk,
182
53
Daniel Quinn,
55
61
Anthony Connelly,
31
50
Cornelius Colley,
2
00
H. A. George,
117
50
Jere Clifford,
6
11
Charles A. Foley,
9
00
$ I ,833 2S
HAY, GRAIN AND STRAW.
Perkins & Co., grain, $300 93
S. B. Green & Co., hay, 224 03
$524 96
SHOEING AND BLACKSMITHING.
F. C. Harthertz, shoeing, $47 51
P. F. Keefe, shoeing and sharpening
tools, 41 77
Nolan Brothers, shoeing, 73 40
$162 68
REPAIRS.
John Ross,
$115
92
William Haddow,
28
85
D. J. Mahoney, harness repairs,
90
40
Charles H. Rollins, plumbing,
10
47
F. W. Merrifield,
3
00
John Burke, plumbing,
58
71
F. C. Gifford,
56
75 •
Walker & Pratt Manufacturing Co.,
8
75
L. B. Porter,
12
25
D. W. Kinsman,
50
$385 60
134
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
MISCELLANEOUS.
George E. Teele, hardware,
$111
88
A. C. Fletcher, "
32
60
R. H. Paine, 46
202
59,
Moses Whiting, carpenter work,
161
99
Thos. H. Wicks, " 'C
12
09.
C. E. Lougee, " "
Io
85
Chester Sprague & Co., lumber,
61g
92
J. W. Clark, painting signs,
12
7
Estate Edw. A. Benton, salt, etc.,
98
McLauthlin & Co., stationery,
11
13
W. F. Wheeler, snow plough,
73
20,
W. H. Wicks, carpenter work,
331
53
Patrick Condon, fuel,
105
50-
W. H. Pevear & Co., fuel,
I27
79
Watertown Water Supply Co.,
113
55
D. F. Tripp, concrete work,
272
71
George A. Donegan, cart and tub,
23
00
Thomas Gavin, fuel,
165
53
J. R. McLauthlin, vet'ry surg'n, services,
7
50
Fred. G. Barker, printing,
23
12
Lynch Brothers, groceries,
3
68
Mary A. Morse, damages Watertown St.,
315
00
A. Hales & Son, carpenter work,
6
75
Ames Plow Co., supplies,
149
70.
Perrin, Seaman'& Co., supplies,
2
25
The O. S. Kelley Co., oil,
2
95
C. H. Keefe, chair,
5
00
H. S. Harris & Co., horse,
156
00•
A. J. Wellington, moving and repair-
ing crusher,
881
75
AL J. Donahoe, raising draw,
22
00•
Fitchburg R. R. Co., transportation,
33
70
B. E. Potter, carriage hire,
I1
00
D. F. Tripp, concrete work at engine
house,
150
00
J. E. McNamara, paving stone,
37
50-
Priest, Page & Co., wagon scales,
150
00
A. B. Murdough, mason work,
203
57
AUDITOR'S REPORT. 55
P. A. Yerxa, groceries,
4 46
W. H. Cox, carriage hire,
2 00
A. J. Wellington, oil,
29 45
J. J. Dalton, oil,
8 75
Chapman Valve Manuf'ng Co., valve,
40
H. W. Staples, cart,
165 00
Thomas Gavin, setting bounds,
49 00
Waldo Brothers, tools,
93 25
Waltham Foundry Co., iron covers,
38 48
Edw. C. Hall, groceries,
30
Otis Brothers, rubber boots,
4 75
Ford & Ensign, 11 'c
11 00
F. A. Lemon, cart,
30 00
J. R. McLauthlin, veterinary services,
24 00
Brown Brothers, stone posts,
45 48
W. H. Pevear & Co., brick,
41 45
Sweatt & Gould, covering stone,
540 00
H. A. George, bound stones,
26 oo
Geo. A. Page, setting glass,
3 75
The O. S. Kelley Co., steam roller and
harrow,
3,000 00
J. B. Woodward, medicine,
2 go
T. P. Emerson, expressage,
1 40
J. H. Critchett & Son, expressage,
8 00
T. F. Dwyer, wood,
9 00
$8,689 87
$26,417 89
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Receipts.
Appropriation, $3,000 00
James H. Vahey, sale of swill, 92 80
Phillip P. Connealy, sale of swill, 62 oo
City of Newton, labor on Charles River, 7 50
Phillip P. Connealy, milk dealers' li-
censes, 11 00
$3, 173 30
56 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Expenditures.
Phillip P. Connealy, agent, $ i,o66
68
P. Nally & Son, labor,
1,864
27
Fred. G. Barker, printing,
35
75
A. E. Martell & Co., stationery,
3
50
McLauthlin & Co., '°
1
00
George E. Teele, hardware,
3
05
J. J. Barnes, labor,
9
50
Samuel F. Stearns, carpenter work,
18
35
Phillip P. Connealy, cash paid for sundries,
23
35
Little, Brown & Co., book,
2
88
P. Nally & Son, labor at almshouse,
10
75
F. C. Harthertz, repairing lock,
1
00
M. E. Colby, use of boat,
2
25
Estate John Ross, repairs,
3
25
J. J. Sullivan, legal services,
25
00
B. E. Potter, carriage hire,
5
00
A. Greenwood, M. D., examining culture,
3
00
Fred. E. Critchett, clerical services,
25
00
Balance to contingent,
HYDRANT SERVICE.
Receipts.
Appropriation, $9,100 00
Expenditures.
Watertown Water Supply Co., $8,843 75
Balance to contingent, 256 25
$3,103 58
69 72
4�3, 173 30
$9,100 00
$9,100 00
AUDITOII'S REPORT.
INSURANCE.
Receipts.
Appropriation,
46 from contingent,
'Contingent transfer,
Expenditures.
W. H. Ingraham,
J. D. Monahan,
W. E. Farwell,
S. T. Sharp,
F. G. Macomber,
W. A. Macurda,
H. F. Morse,
S. S. Gleason,
Ellison, Coolidge & Co.,
INTEREST.
Receipts.
Appropriation,
Wm. E. Farwell, interest collected,
Union Market Nat'l Bank, interest on
deposit,
Premium on notes; Watertown Sav-
ings Bank,
Premium on notes, new school
house, etc.,
Accrued interest, steam roller note,
$300 00
600 oo
$275 00
ISO 00
75 00
75 00
75 00
75 00
75 00
75 00
75 00
57
$9SO 00
$ I O, 000 00
1,614. 56
203 01
257 22
343 00
12 67
$12,430 46
Expenditures.
Interest paid on funded debt, $8,071 40
floating 1,599 61
$9,671 01
Balance to contingent, 21759 45
$ r 2,430 46
58 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
ISAAC B. PATTEN POST 81, G. A. R.
Receipts.
Appropriation, $275 00
$275 00'
Expenditures.
Isaac B. Patten Post 81, $275 00
MILITARY AID.
Receipts.
Appropriation,
State Treasurer,
Owen Monahan, rebate,
Charles C. Philbrook, rebate,
Expenditures.
Abram Johnson,
Louis Lemmins,
Charles C. Philbrook,
Thomas O'Brien,
Michael Gleason,
Owen Monahan,
Daniel C. Smith,
Hiram B. Tillson,
Balance to contingent,
$275 00
$500 00
264 00
6 oo
2 00
$96 oo
96 oo
68 oo
96 oo
32 00
6o oo
96 oo
8 00
--' $552 00
220 00
$772 00
MILITARY RELIEF.
Receipts.
Appropriation, $250 00
City of Marlboro, aid rendered Ellen
Mead, 62 50
Town of Northfield, aid rendered
Watson family, 113 95
Received for board of Ira J. Osborne, I z 00
AUDITOR REPORT.
Expenditui-es.
Bridget Booker, aid rendered,
Ellen Mead, 44 °C
Mrs. Daniel T. Perkins, aid rendered,
Ira J. Osborne, i it ,
Watson family, °° «
Mary L. SaNvtelle, 40
Balance to contingent,
$36 oo
64 53
4 00
44 00
113 82
42 00
$304 35
134 10
\EW SCHOOL HOUSE.
Receipts.
Balance Feb. 1, 1895, $26,598 81
Appropriation, in part, 11,000 00
Expenditui-es.
Johnson Brothers, mason and carpen-
ter work,
$27,000 00
Charles H. Rollins, plumbing,
925
00
Thomas Gavin, labor,
984
88
Waller & Pratt Manuf'ng Co., heat-
ing apparatus,
1,212
00
Jere Clifford, labor,
12
6o
Charles Brigham, architect,
550
00
F. G. Macomber, insurance,
45
00
Sam'] S. Gleason, <<
45
00
W. A. Macurda,
25
00
S. T. Sharp,
25
00
H. F. Morse,
45
00
Wm. E. Farwell,
20
00
J. H. Critchett & Son, expressage,
1
15
Geo. F. Robinson, care of boiler,
48
00
Excelsior Terra Cotta Co.,
110
00
R. & J. Farquhar & Co., seeds,
16
40
$438 45
$37,59S St
60 AUDITOR IS REPORT.
_Johnson Electric Service Co., heat
regulating apparatus, 200 00
Watertown Water Supply Co., 38 84
$3t,303 87
Balance Feb. I, 1896, 6,7-94 94
$37,59S 81
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
Receifits.
Appropriation, $300 00
44 for park, 77500 00
$ ,800' 00
Exfienditures.
Watertown Land Co., park,
$7,500 00
Andrew Connelly, labor,
160
25
Richard Downing, "
ao
56
Alex. McKillop,
1400
M. D. Jones & Cot, settees,
a6
40-
A. R. Gay & Co., stationery,
3
00
Fred. G. Barker, printing,
17
9 )
B. E. Potter, carriage hire,
3
00
Geo. E. Teele, hardware,
5
50
A. C. Fletcher, 44
4
oz
Charles F. Jackson, labor,
8
00
Geo. T. Barker, "
15
00
Berry & Moody, carpenter work,
i0
i9
Kenny's Express, expressage,
3
00
Alex. McDonald & Son, stone bounds,
3
40
Estate John Ross, repairs,
2
75
Wm. Haddow, sharpening lawn mowers,
3
00
$7,S00 00
POLICE.
Receifits.
Appropriation, $6,000 oo
-Second Middlesex Dist. Court, fees, 538 IS
-John M. Fisk, master House of Cor-
rection, i8 00
$6,;56 IS
AUDITOR'S REPORT. 61
Expenditures.
REGULAR POLICE.
George Parker,
$150 00
-Laurence J. Ducey,
1,000 00
Daniel H. Cooney,
915 00
Thomas F. Lyons,
910 00
Linus A. Shaw,
905 00
John F. Dwyer,
912 50
$4,792 50-
SPECIAL POLICE.
Frank H. Callahan,
$245
00
Henry W. Howard,
256
25
William P. Coleman,
128
75
Orrin W. Goss,
I17
50
Dennis J. Sullivan,
42
50
Michael Carroll,
22
50
Andrew Delovey,
10
00
J. B. White,
35
00
Gardner N. Priest,
2
50
Thomas J. Gavin,
2
50
James H. Jackson,
2
50
George M. White,
2
50
Daniel A. Kennedy,
2
50
$870 00-
KEEPER OF THE LOCKUP.
John H. Holt, $10 oa
George Parker, 50 00
$6o oo-
George Parker, 416 69.
MISCELLANEOUS.
B. E. Potter, carriage hire, $30 50
Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co., 54 90
N. E. Telephone Co., rent of tele-
phone, 109 50
62
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Laurence J. Ducey, incidentals,
12
15
C. H. Keefe, repairing chairs,
75
J. W: Blakeney, painting,
20
50
Mary J. O'Neil, labor,
3
20
W. B. Badger & Co., desk,
22
30
McLauthlin & Co., stationery,
3
35
A. E. Martell & Co., tt
3
50
John H. Holt, food for prisoners,
3
45
A. B. Hall, groceries,
66
L. Bent & Co., furniture,
2
54
Otis Brothers, towels,
1
40
P. A. Yerxa, oil and matches,
92
M. W. Kivell, mason work,
2
00
John Burke, plumbing,
13
70
Walker & Pratt Manuf'ng Co., repairs,
6
76
D. Evans & Co., police buttons,
12
50
A. C. Fletcher, hardware,
95
Moses Whiting, carpenter work,
7
1S
George Parker, food for prisoners,
5
35
T. P. Emerson, expressage,
1
00
Balance to contingent,
PRINTING.
Appropriation, $1,000 00
Expenditures.
Fred. G. Barker, $743 55
McLauthlin & Co., 125 35
$319 56
$6,455 75
97 43
$6,556 1 S
$1,000 00
$868 go
Balance to contingent, 131 10
$1,000 00
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
PRINTING EARLIER TOWN RECORDS.
Receipts.
Balance Feb. 1, 1895, $34 11
Received from sale of books, 1o6 o0
Balance Feb. 1, 1896,
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Receipts.
Appropriation, $3,200 00
Dog tax, 1894, 475 94
Solon F. Whitney, sale of catalogues,
fines, etc., 130 75
Expenditures.
SALARIES.
Solon F. Whitney, librarian, $750 00
Miss Jane Stockwell, assist't librarian, 500 00
Miss Mabel F. Learned, 11 " 341 6o
Miss Margaret B. Whitney, assistant
librarian, 6 oS
Miss G. M. Burnham, assist't librarian, 4 00
Miss Flora E. Wise, 49 " Io 6o
W. McCafferty, janitor, 212 00
HOOKS.
Estes & Lauriat,
$443
27
Little, Brown & Co.,
90
6o
Boston Book Co.,
1
38
T. H. Carter & Co.,
3
6o
George E. Littlefield,
13
00
D. Appleton & Co.,
51
00
C. A. Nichols Co.,
30
00
Wm. H. Allen,
7
50
E. B. Hall,
38
00
lid
$3,So6 69
$1,824 2S
k
64
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Charles Scribner's Sons,
57
00
Gustav E. Stechert,
40
00
$775 35
MISCELLANEOUS.
Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co.,
$172
63
Fred. G. Barker, printing,
41
75
Hub Blank Book & Stationery Co.,
book binding,
190
25
National Binder Co., book binding,
1S
61
C. S. Hathaway, 4'
214
65
City Book Bindery, f6
4
6o
Solon F. Whitney, cash paid for maga-
zines,
50
00
Neilson Manufacturing Co., binders,
9
00
Boston Gas Appliance Exchange,
lamps,
3
94
Daniel Cashman, labor,
S
00
R. H.Taine, hardware,
3
40
Solon F. Whitney, cash paid for peri-
odicals,
100
00
George H. Sleeper, fuel,
16;
25
D. W. Kinsman, repairs,
24
3 7
Matthew Prior, sharpening lawn
mowers,
3
75
A. C. Fletcher, hardware,
83
John Burke, Welsbach burners,
14
55
Walker & Pratt Manuf'ng Co., repairs,
2
J9
T. P. Emerson, expressage,
5
55
Lawrence, Wilde & Co., repairing
furniture,
43
33
Solon F. Whitney, amount paid sun-
dry small bills,
99
84
A. B. Murdough, mason work,
2
49
$1,205 39
$3,305 01
Balance to contingent,
1 69
$3,So6 69,
I
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
SALARIES.
.Recei1Sis.
Appropriation,
Exfienditures.
BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
Charles F. Fitz,
James D. Evans,
L. G. Blair,
ASSESSORS.
James H. Norcross,
Horace W. Otis,
Fred. E. Critchett,
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Henry R. Skinner,
C. W. Stone,
J. H. vahey,
C. F. Mason,
Miss H. A. Coolidge,
Mrs. S. A. Hall,
TOWN TREASURER.
Samuel S. Gleason,
TOWN CLERK.
Fred. E. Critchett,
TOWN AUDITOR.
George S. Parker,
COLLECTOR.
William E. Farwell,
65
$3, Goo oo
$3,600 oo
$300 00
300 00
300 00
325 00
30000
375 00
50 00
50 00
50 00
50 00
50 00
50 00
300 00
350 00
300 00
450 00
$,z,600 oo
0
66 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
SCHOOLS.
Receifits.
Appropriation, $29,000 00
for furnishing new
school house, 1,000 00
J. C. Haynes & Co., 5 03
Contingent transfer,
Exfienditures.
SALARIES OF TEACHERS.
George R. Dwelley,
$2,500 00
Charles G. Ham,
1'900 00
Arnold Zd1lig,
1'000 00
S. Henry Hadley,
600 oo
Miss Mary R. Byron,
400 00
cc Jeannette Wendell,
400 00
44 Rachael R. Hartwell,
350 00
it Abbie M. Fitz,
350 00
44 E. P. Skinner,
600 oo
44 Minna E. Tenney,
600 oo
44 Anna D. Hall,
600 oo
it Etta B. Dadmun,
600 oo
49 Mannie B. Patten,
600 oo
°G Hattie B. Johnson,
586 50
it Alice C. Bullard,
550 00
44 Ruth W. Howard,
550 00
°f Joanna M. Riley,
550 00
16 M. L. Sullivan,
550 00
Mary E. Burns,
550 00
Christina Green,
550 00
Hattie M. Cutter,
S50 00
Alice C. Moody,
550 00
Winifred I1. Berry,
550 00
<< Elizabeth H. Shepard,
550 00
Martha Wentworth,
550 00
$30,005 03
2,127 SO
$32,132 33
AUDITOR IS REPORT.
67
Miss E. C. Allen,
$600 o0
Emily NV. Tregellas,
150 00
Solvi Greve,
600 oo
Helen A. I-Ieustis,
450 00
' L Lucy F. Luques,
536 25
" Mary E. Stull,
300 00
" Blanche E. Townsend,
123 75
" E. S. Meserve,
151 25
" Florence R. Oliver,
275 00
Mary E. Alexander,
150 00
Clara E. Dunham,
275 00
Florence Gould,
250 00
4, Mary Knox,
100 00
" Anna A. Longfellow,
258 50
Jennie M. Colby,
13 75
Clara E. Smith,
13 75
May L. Thomas,
8 00
Grace Clark,
13 50
$21,405 25
JANITORS.
George F. Robinson,
$700 03
Andrew H. Stone,
600 oo
John Hogan,
150 00
Mrs. Ryan,
60 oo
Erving P. Walker,
25 00
George R. Howard,
34 00
$1,569 03
TRUANT OFFICERS.
George Parker,
$50 00
George F. Robinson,
18 00
Andrew H. Stone,
6 o0
Thomas F. Lyons,
6 oo
$So 00
BOOKS, STATIONERY AND SUPPLIES.
McLauthlin & Co.,
$1,657 76
D. Appleton & Co.,
14 00
Harriet A. Brown,
21 00
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn,
$j
-65
Thomas Hall & Son,
1
75
The Fairbanks Co.,
7
00.
Franklin Educational Co.,
85
Theodore 1'Ietcalf Co.,
1
94
John C. Haynes & Co.,
5
63
Smith Premier Typewriter Co.,
17
25
Otis Brothers,
53
22
Soule Photograph Co.,
6
50
George B. Frazer,
6
50
Oliver Ditson Co.,
4
05
G. P. Danforth,
75
Geo. S. Perry & Co.,
169
67
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.,
12
13
J. L. Hammett,
16
66
Murphy, Leavens & Co.,
16
46
Maynard, Merrill & Co.,
1
15
American Book Co.,
1
32
Solon F. Whitney, librarian,
2
95
B. O. & G. C. Wilson,
75
Fox, Fultz & Webster,
28
J. B. Woodward,
2
55
FUEL.
P. Condon & Sons, $1,270 36
W. H. Pevear & Co., 22 40
Timothy Skine, 3 00
John Halloran, 7 S4
John McCarty, 47 00
Conway & Hezlett, 25 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
Transportation, $555 85
B. E. Potter, transportation and car-
riage hire, 668 25
F. G. Barker, printing and adver-
tising, 68 25
$2,027 77
$I,375 60
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Newton & \Vatertown Gas Light Co., $101 20
Watertown \Vater Supply Co.,
256
39
Walker & Pratt Manuf'ng Co., furnace
repairs,
65
6o
D. F. Tripp, concrete repairs,
30
85
Nilson & Hutchins, carpenter work,
72
67
A. B. Hall, groceries,
17
31
Geo. F. Robinson, washing windows,
35
00
Andrew H. Stone, it cc
41
50
John Hogan, « "
15
00
Mrs. Ryan, cc
5
20
A. C. Fletcher, hardware,
25
65
R. H. Paine, 16
2
67
George E. Teele, 64
77
43
Erving P. Walker, care of Lowell
schoolhouse,
15
30
Edw'dF.D'Iulhe.u•n,repairingfurnace,
5
67
A. H. Stone, shovelling snow,
2
50
T. B. Wishart, plumbing,
466
S6
S. F. Stearns, carpenter work,
49S
15
F. B. Kendall, sawdust,
1
50
W. G. Morgan, repairing clocks,
4
25
Geo. H. Tarleton, rent of post -office
box,
6
oo
George R. Dwelley, travelling expenses,
IS
76
W. H. Cox, expressage,
I1
50
Ethan A. Paddock, repairing tree pro-
tectors,
25
00
George A. Page, painting,
375
91
John Hogan, labor,
3
65
Nally & Son, moving settees,
8
00
Nancy Wingfield, labor,
8
75
P. A. Yerxa, groceries,
37
79
Edw. C. Hall, °'
27
13
L. Bent & Co., shades,
4
53
Charles H. Rollins, plumbing,
37
0--
W. O. Hartshorn, engraving diplomas,
15
05
Alfred Mudge & Son, diplomas,
27
64
69
70
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
P. Stacy, Jr., mason work,
$167
40
Thomas Gavin, labor,
32
50
Dr. M. J. Kelley, medical attendance,
16
oo
M. A. Hoar, typewriting,
2
00
E. O. Morris, slating,
21
97
Hackett Brothers, provisions,
8
52
H. G. Crocker,
61
4o
Chester Sprague & Co., lumber,
167
14
J. E. Bell, blackboards,
60
32
Owen Monahan, labor,
2000
Magann Brothers, carriage hire,
4
00
Thomas Ferden, painting,
65
8o
G. Fuller & Son, lumber,
16
oo
J. H. Critchett & Son, expressage,
8
So
T. P. Emerson, «
10
50
John Allen, tuning pianos,
29
00
Geo. W. Simmons & Co., flags,
75
50
C. H. Keefe, shades,
7
00
Hub Bookbinding and Supply Co.,
2
50
P. P. Caproni & Bro., labor,
3
00
Mrs. M. C. Byrne, & L
15
00
Fitchburg R. R. Co., transportation,
42
20
M. W. Kivell, mason work,
39
00
D. W. Kinsman, repairing chart,
1
35
Charles W. Cummings, whitewashing,
15
00
D. J. Mahoney, leather,
25
Sewer connections,
fi5
02
Paine's Furniture Co., chairs,
88
67
Derby Desk Co., desks,
148
50
McKinney & Waterbury, gas fixtures,
265
00
Harwood Manuf'ng Co., seats and
settees,
520
80
Smith, Hawes & Co., ash cans,
30
00
Howard Ice Co., ice,
4
31
Henry R. Skinner, postage stamps,
2
10
Mrs. McDonough, labor,
8
80
$5,675 19
$32,132 83
AUDITOR 9S REPORT. 71
SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT.
Receipts.
Balance Feb. I, 1895, $4,801 I 1
Balance Feb. I, 1896, $4,801 I 1
SEWER DEPARTMENT AND HOUSE CONNECTIONS.
Receipts.
Appropriation, $3,000 00
Received from real estate owners, 1, -00 00
sundry persons for re-
pairs, etc., 53 34
$4,353 34
Contingent transfer, 5,968 56
Expenditures.
Pay rolls, $6,SIg 9S
SUPERINTENDENT.
E. B. Stearns, $146 So
George Kimball, 153 So
$30o 6o
MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES.
Chester Sprague & Co., lumber and
cement,
$432
64
W. H. Pevear & Co., brick,
209
25
Davis & Farnum Manu? ng Co.,
manhole covers,
414
49
Porter & Co., stakes,
2
40
J. J. Dalton, oil,
IS
50
Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co.,
55
00
R. H. Paine, hardware and pipe,
1'629
25
George E. Teele, hardware,
35
07
A. C. Fletcher, "
9
85
$2,So6 45
r
72
AUDITOR'S REPOIM
MISCELLANEOUS.
D. F. Tripp, concrete repairs,
$13
05
F. C. Harthertz, sharpening tools,
40
40
P. F. Keefe, cc 6 4
Io
79.
Estate John Ross, 11
I
05
Fred. E. Critchett, clerk,
47
20
George Kimball, advertising,
38
John Burke, plumbing,
5
66
Watertown Water Supply Co.,
23
40
E. B. Stearns, engineering,
44
00
Moses Whiting, carpenter work,
58
79
H. O. Peckham, engineering,
124
05
Thomas Fitzgerald, mason work,
12
00
Otis Brothers, rubber boots, etc.,
9
00
R. M. Yale, flags,
4
20
P. A. Yerxa, pails,
90
$394 87
$10,32t 90
STATE AID.
Receipts.
Appropriation,
$500
00
State Treasurer,
602
00
Ellen Shuegrew, rebate,
2
00
Expenditures.
Ellen Shuegrew,
Mary L. Sawtelle,
Ellen McNamara,
A. L. Flohr,
Catherine T. Donlan,
IIenrietta M. Cotting,
Daniel Hurley,
George T. Barker,
Alson R. Sumner,
Charles J. Towle,
$42 00
48 00
48 00
42 00
4400
48 00
48 00
40 00
36 00
48 00
$1,I04 00
AUDITOR'8 REPORT. I ��
Festus Eagan, $33 00
Ira J. Osborne, 48 00
Ann M. Fifield, 4 00
$529 00
Balance to contingent, 575 00
$ r .104 (,0
STREET LIGHTS.
Receipts.
Appropriation, $6,000 oo
Contingent transfer, 164 29
$6,164 29
Expenditures.
Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co., $6,164 29
$6, 1 64 29
STREET WATERING.
Receipts.
Appropriation,
Received from abutters,
Contingent transfer,
Expenditures.
Patrick Nally & Son, labor,
Patrick Condon, tL
Watertown Water Supply Co.,
John Ross, repairing carts,
D. J. Mahoney, repairing harnesses,
J. L. & H. R. Porter, sprinkling cart,
M. B. Rooney, labor,
F. C. Harthertz, repairs,
$1'500 00
278 00
$1,77S 00
195 IS
$I ,973 IS
$493 00
129 50
600 oo
1S6 50
79 95
400 00
S3 33
90
$1,973 IS
74 AUDITOR 18 REPORT.
SURVEY OF TOWN FOR BLOCK SYSTEM.
Receipts.
Appropriation,
$2,000 00
$2,000 00
Expenditures.
Henry O. Peckham, engineering, $1,883 75
Balance to contingent, 116 25
TEMPLETON FUND.
Receipts.
Received for interest,
$t t8 50
Expenditures.
Amount paid on orders of the Select-
men, in accordance with the terms
of the bequest,
$I t8 50
TOWN HALL.
Receipts.
Appropriation,
$650 00
John H. Holt, rent of hall,
32 00
J. E. McNamara, rent of hall,
126 oo
—
$808 00
Contingent transfer,
536 79
$1,344 79
Expenditures.
-. John H. Holt, janitor,
$62 49
John E. McNamara, janitor,
187 47
Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co.,
224. 58
W. H. Pevear & Co., fuel,
364 00
P. Stacy, Jr., mason work,
4 50
Edw. C. Hall, soap, etc.,
go
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Moses Whiting, carpenter work,
$46 of
A. C. Fletcher, hardware,
14 98
Geo. E. Teele, it
1 40
A. B. Hall, soap, sand, etc.,
1 98
Geo. A. Page, painting,
2 5o
A. Hales & Son, carpenter wcrk,
70 00
John Burke, plumbing,
196 oo
C. H. Keefe, repairing chairs, etc.,
3 00
Walker & Pratt Manuf'ng Co., repairs,
37 67
Mary J. O'Neil, labor,
3 30
John E. McNamara, cleaning hall,
36 oo
P. A. Yerxa, sand, soap, etc.,
6 o6
M. W. Kivell, mason work,
4 40
Mowry & Temple, electrical work,
10 00
Mowry & Cates, " 44
I 00
T. B. Wishart, plumbing,
1 33
David Keefe, Gl
TO 47
E. O. Morris, repairing roof,
43 15
Samuel F. Stearns, carpenter work,
1 c 6o
75.
$1 ,344 79-
TOWN IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.
Receilits.
Appropriation, $200 00
$200 00
Exfienditures.
Chas. F. Jackson, for trees, protectors
and labor, $200 00
$200 00
TOWN DEBT.
li ecei pts.
Appropriation from contingent, $7,500 00
notes, 17,0c0 00
$24,500 00•
76 AUDITOR'S REP011T.
Ex14enditures.
Town notes, $24,500 00
—
$24,500 00
STATEMENT
OF ASSETS AND
LIABILITIES TO
FEB. i, IS96.
Assets.
Cash in treasury, Feb. 1, I896, $20,733
16
Outstanding taxes,
1892,
793
13
69 cc
1893,
21391
83
cc cc
1894,
11,325
54
<< <<
1895,
32,719
98
Due from abutters on account of side-
walks,
223
78
$68, I s7
42
Liabilities.
Town debt, see Treasurer's statement,
$215,000 00
Amount due New England Trust Co.,
borrowed in anticipation of taxes,
30,000 00
Amount due the Templeton Fund,
2,jo0 00
Balance to the credit of New School
House Department, Feb. I, 696,
6,294 94
Balance to the credit of printing
Earlier Town Records Department,
Feb. I, I896,
140 II
Balance to the credit of Sewerage De-
partment, Feb. I, I896,
4,801 I I
Net liability, $190,548
74
$258,736
16 $258,736 16
Amount available for uses of
ensuing year, $26,951 26
Respectfully submitted.
GEORGE S. PARKER,
Auditor•.
SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1896.
Credits Depart.
Unex-
including Amounts menu
Departments. Appropria- Expended. Pendcd Over-
tions. Balance . drawn.
Almshouse .............................. $7,708 10 $7,624 68 $83 42 ..........
Bath Hottse ............................. 1511 GO 25903 $I09 03
Bell for First Parish ................. 275 00 27038 4 6: ...
Cometeries, Care of 239 50 253 51 14 O1
Claim of.launcs Madden.. 575 00 287 80 °87�20� ..........
Concrete Walks ........................ 2,1'M 51 1,724 57 278 94 ..........
Contingent ............................. •10,048 34 22,879 23 17,169 11 ..........
Discounts and Abatements...........' 2,500 00 4AW 99 ............ 2,106 99
Fire Department ... 6,613 00 7 521 84 ............ 803 84
..... .......
llualth Department.. ... ..�.......,...
. 3,173 30 3,103 58 69 72 .
Highways, Bridges and Culverts..... 26,181 84 26.417 89 .. 236 05
Ilydrant Service ....................... 9,100 00 8,843 75 256 25 ..........
Insurance ............................. 900 00 934e 00 80 00
. . ..........
Interest .................................. 12,430 46 9,671 01 2,759 45 ..........
Isnue B. Patten Post rl................ 275 00 275 00 ......................
Military Aid ........................... I 7i': 00 5b2 00 220 00 .........
31ilitary Relief ................. 438 45 304 35 134 10 ..........
New School.11ou-v..................... 37,598 81 31,303 87 6,294 94 ..........
Park Commissioners ..................I 7,F00 00 7,800 00 .......................
Police ................................... 61550 18 0,4.58 75 97 •11
Printing ................................ 1,0(X) 00 $68 06 Mi ]n ....... ..
Printing Earlier Town Records...... 140 11 ............ 140 11 ..........
Public Library ......................... 3,so0 69 3,%5 01 1 fu ... ......
Salaries .................................. 3,6M 00 3,W) 00 ......................
Schools ................................. 30,005 03 32,132 83 .2,127 80
Sewerage ....................... 4.801 It ........... 4,80111 ..........
Sewer l a,pt. and house connections.. 4.35:1 34 10,a21 90 ............ 5,968 56
State Ald ............. ................. 1,104 00 52900 575 00 ..........
Street Lights. 6,(910 00 6,164 29 .......... 164 29
Street Watering. ., * * ....... 1.778 00 1,973 18 ............ 195 18
Survey of Town for Block System.... 3,000 110 1,88375 11625 .......... 10
Templeton Pund....................... 118 �0 11850 ......................
Town Debt ............................. 24,500 00 24,500 00 ..
Town Hall .............................. 811800 1,344 79 536 79
Town Improvement Society ..........
I 200 00 200 00 ......................
1$249,553 27 $23K'590 38 $33,420 43$1:,447 54
Balance Unexpended ..................
20,972 89 20,972 89
I$249,553 27 1$249,553 27 I $33,420 43 $33,420 43
GEORGE S. PARKER, Anditor.
APPRAISEMENT.
Pertaining to and used on highways, $8,280 70
Live stock, furniture and provisions at
almshouse, 3,089 5
Stock of pipe material and tools used on
sewers,
Board of Health,
2,273 50
195 00
$13,838 72
For Items of accounts see appraisal on book in Town Clerk's
office.
CHARLES F. FITZ, Selectmen
JAMES D. EVANS, I of
LAFAYETTE G. BLAIR, ! Watertown.
SCHEDULE AND VALUATION OF TOWN
PROPERTY.
Town Farm.
New almshouse,
$12,000 00
A 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,
$3,089 52
Used on roads,
8,280 70
House connections, etc.,
21273 50
Board of Health,
195 00
Town House and Land, and Engine House,
12,92o feet of land, $1.00, $12,920 00
Town house and engine house, 15,000 00
Furniture in town house, including
heating apparatus, 500 00
$13,838 72
$28,420 00
Phillifis (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, $105,158 72
$U SCFILDULE AND VALUATION OF TOWN PROPERTY.
.Thought forward, $105,158 7z
Francis ( Centre) Schoolhouse.
15,3t8 feet of land, $3,500 00
Schoolhouse and furniture, 6,000 oo
Piano, 150 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
Spring ( West) Schoolhouse.
21,500 feet of land,
Schoolhouse and furniture,
Piano,
New ( West) Schoolhouse.
48,120 feet of land,
Schoolhouse and furniture,
$9,650 00,
$8,950 00.
$1,400 00
99000 00
I50 00
.$10,550 00
$1,500 00
c .000 00
$6,5oo oo
Parker (South) Schoolhouse.
I1,S30 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
$1 1 ,925 00-
Lowell Schoolhouse.
15,648 feet of land, $450 00
Schoolhouse and furniture, 3,000 00
.q z.n c0 00•
Carried forward, $156,183 71
SCHEDULE AND VALUATION OF TOWN PROPERTY. $1
Brought forward, $ t 56,183 72
Grant Schoolhouse.
34,000 feet of land, $4.,000 00
Schoolhouse and furniture, 12,500 00
. $16,500 00
New Francis Schoolhouse.
Land, $6,400 00
Schoolhouse and furniture. 49,000 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
Soo feet new hose, 4.00 00
Hook and ladder truck, 600 00
Bangor ladder, 125 00
Four hose carriages,. 200 00
Tender -wagon, pung and equipment, 300 00
Hose wagon, 44.0 00
$55,400 00
$8,315 00
Public Library.
Land, $10,000 00
Building and improvements, 20,000 00
Library and furniture, 18,000 00
$.IS,000 00
!Miscellaneous.
Furniture in Selectmen's room, $ 200 00
Hay -scales, 125 00
Gravel bank on Bacon hill, Q acres of land, ► .000 00
Titcomb land, 20,000 00
Bath house, 500 00
240 iron posts with lanterns, 1.200 00
Total value of town property, $307,423 72
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
To the Auditor of the Town of Watertown:
I herewith make my report of the collection of taxes for the
years i8gi, 18gz, 1893, 1894 and 1895•
Z 891.
DR.
Uncollected taxes,
$476 38
Interest,
87 85
$564
23
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer,
$564
23
1892.
DR.
Uncollected taxes,
$1 ,975 59
Interest,
84 95
$z,o6o
54
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer,
$1>267 41
Uncollected taxes,
793 13
$2,o6O
54
1893.
DR.
Uncollected taxes,
$13,028 55
Interest,
82z 36
$13,85o
91
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer,
$11459 o8
Uncollected,
2,391 83
$13,s5° 91
COLLECTOR IS REPORT. 83
1894.
DR.
Uncollected taxes, $29,247 40
Additional, ' 78 50
Interest, 578 86
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer, $18,579 22
Uncollected, 111325 54
18.95.
DR.
Taxes committed,
Bank tax,
Additional,
Interest,
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer,
Uncollected,
$29,904 76
$29,904 76
$135,700 95
802 73
152 50
40 54
$136,696 7'
$103,976 74
32,719 98
$1361696 72
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM E. FARWELL, Collector.
The uncollected balances of William E. Farwell, Collecto�i-,
as shown above, are correct.
GEORGE S. PARKER, Auditor.
TOWN IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The Town Improvement, Association herewith submit their
annual report, with the statement of their treasurer, C. F.
Jackson annexed.
This society, as an association of citizens for improvement of
the town rejoices that the town is henceforth to have the great
advantage of having an official board in its newly established
park commission, which will naturally assume many of the
former functions of the Association. The Association, however,
intends to continue as a body of active promoters of all of the
improvements proposed by the official board.
It is to be hoped that the present legislature will he induced to
make the necessary appropriation to extend the public holdings
upon the banks of the Charles River up as far as Mother Brook
in Dedham, as was proposed in Chap. -29 of the Acts of 1894.
On April 26th, the day preceding Arbor Day, the Association
set out with appropriate exercises a young and vigorous elm tree
upon the town park on Main street. This was the t000th tree
which this Association had planted since its organization. The
occasion was graced with the presence and assistance of the
Board of Selectmen, of the recently instituted Board of Park
Commissioners, and with that of the teachers and pupils of the
neighboring Grant grammar school. All of these individually
cast at the least one shovelful of earth upon the roots of the tree
which was being planted. Addresses appropriate to the occasion
were made by L. G. Blair, Esq., on behalf of the Board of
Selectmen, by Mr. W. H. Ingraham, Rev. E. A. Rand and Mr.
W. F. Learned, all members of the Park Commission, by Mr.
TOWN IMPROVE IENr .ASSOCIATION. 85
C. G. Ham, master of the Grant school, and by Dr. B. F.
Davenport the president of the Association. When the tree had
been duly planted the program of exercises was closed with the
singing of "America" by the pupils of the school assisted by
the assembled citizens.
Respectfully submitted,
BENNETT F. DAVENPORT,
Pres. of Town Improvement Association.
Treasurer's Deport for 1895-6.
DR.
To Appropriation, $Zoo' 00
<< Amount received from abuttors, 57 45
$257 45
CR.
To 70 Maples, $42 50
11 6 Elms, 4 25
" Protectors, i g 65
Chicken wire protectors, 39 75
Loam, 46 oo
Labor, 85 13
Incidentals, 20 17
$257 45
C. F. JACKSON, Treasurer.
REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS,
The Park Commissioners submit their first annual report.
When your Commissioners were elected, at the same meeting
the town granted the sum of $300 to meet such expenses as must
occur in the discharge of their duties.
We found a large lot of drain pipe, with a small out building,
on the grounds, for the Titcomb place had been made a dump-
ing ground for whatever pipe or other materials might be used
by the town in constructing sewers or drains, or in fact for
almost any rubbish that might accumulate. The Selectmen
very kindly and promptly removed the pipe to the Town Farm,
and also took away the shed and whist other rubbish there was
on the lot, leaving the grounds clear. Our next step was to
clear off the stack of old grass that had laid over from last year,
for you all are aware that the lawn mower was a thing unknown
on the grounds, and a scythe was almost as much of a stranger.
The grass had dried and matted down so that it made a pretty
hard job for the lawn mower to cut the new growth, but by per-
sistent work the man managed to clear off the old and get the
new into fairly good condition. We made arrangements with
one man to keep the little plot around the Soldiers' monument
in good order, and he faithfully performed his work, so that to
the eye of our citizens or a stranger, it should no longer be a
disgrace to us. The rear part of the grounds was given up to
the young men for playing ball or any other athletic sports, but
the front along Main street was reserved for more quiet uses.
We had some settees placed in such spots as seemed most desir-
able, and with keeping the grass fairly well clipped, and all
other rubbish off, we had a spot where children could play or
grown people could walk or be seated and enjoy themselves; and
REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS. 87
the passer on the street no longer looked upon such grounds as
had shamed the town and disgusted the onlooker.
As by the act the Board became authorized and in fact directed
to take charge of all town or public lands, we endeavored to do
our duty in that respect. We examined the small lots that are
located in different parts of the town; the lot on Belmont and
School streets, and also the lot near the residence of Mr. Whit-
comb, at the junction of Lexington street with Belmont street.
We had the waste grass cleared off' and the trees well trimmed,
and the old fence, which had gone to ruin, at the School Street
lot, removed, and the lot graded in part, not as much as it needs
nor as much as we trust it will be at some future day, for you all
know what a favorable impression of a town it gives one passing
through it to see streets in good order and vacant lots nicely
cared for.
We cared for the long strip above the bridge on Galen street,
reaching up to the dam, which tract, with little expense, can be
made as attractive as any spot in our village. The Metropolitan
Park Commission may relieve us of all care of that, and by
enclosing it within their reservation may do more to beautify it
than the town might wish to do. But at any rate, whether the
Metropolitan Commission take it or not, the town, we feel sure,
will not fail to take care of its own and see that it is well cared
for.
There is a❑ oblong piece of land that was conveyed to the
town, lying east of Irving street, on which the town has planted
some trees, and with a very small expenditure of money will
add much to the beauty and attractiveness of that neighborhood.
We trust it will in future receive the necessary care.
Mr. Adams offered to the town quite a little lot, south of the
street, or rather near the circle in the street that leads from Mt.
Auburn street up on to the rise of ground and turning to the
east comes down to School street. But the lot will require a
great deal of filling to bring it to grade, and as we had not the
money to expend for that purpose, we took no action on the mat-
ter. It can await future action.
88 RI -WORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS.
At the junction of Spring street with Common street Mr.
Russell had seta cluster of pines, and when the town purchased
the lot for the new school house the trees came into possession
of the town, if not owned by the town prior to that purchase.
The Selectmen opened a wider extension of Marion road and
rounded off the corner of the schoolhouse lot, improving very
much the appearance of both street and grounds. The little
chump of green trees will always be pleasant to look upon.
The town this last year purchased from the Watertown Land
Company that portion of the Whiting place that extended up to
the top of White's hill, so-called, and devoted it to park pur-
poses. It is covered with a fine growth of forest trees. We
think it is the largest lot of woodland in the town, and certainly
no spot in town adds so much to the general beauty of our town,
as you enter from any direction, as that does. It can be kept
at a very little outlay of money. Its native growth . can remain,
and at some future day a landscape gardener can lay out such
walks as he might think necessary to add to its beauty and to the
comfort of our citizens. The lot opens upon the level plot in
the Town Farm, and when the increase of our town justifies it,
as it certainly will in the near future, a wise disposition of both
hill and level tract can be made that shall forever be an orna-
ment to the town, and future generations shall bless the wise
foresight of to -day that secured it to the future.
Since the original Park act was passed, several additional Acts
have added very much to the labors and duties of the Commis-
sioners. All the trees along our streets or public avenues have
been placed in their care. The work which has been done by
the highway surveyors now devolves upon the Part: Commis-
sioners. If the Commissioners are to assume the care of all
trees now planted, as well as to see to the planting of others on
new streets where called for, the town will see that it will require
some time and also money. Perhaps the most economical man-
ner in which that could be done would be for the Park Commis-
sioners to appoint some capable man who might be in the
employment of the town, as forester, with instructions to do
REPORT Or THE PARK COACMISSTONERS. 89
such light work as trimming obtruding limbs that interfered
with travel, and other light work that called for his attention,
and whenever the remdval of any tree or the planting of a new
one seemed necessary, he should report to the Commissioners
and await their instructions. It would seem as if that would be
the most advisable and economical way to care for our shade
trees that the Town Improvement Society aided by your gener-
osity have so liberally planted along our highways. The one
thousandth tree that that society has planted, was placed on the
Titcomb land near the Grant schoolhouse by the officers of that
society, assisted by the Park Commissioners, the Selectmen,
-� with the teachers and scholars of the Grant schdol joining with
and aiding in the services. It was a fine, thrifty young elm, and
was christened "General Grant" by the scholars, and we think
the occasion will be pleasantly remembered by many of those
scholars for many a year.
The lot of land known as Bacon hill, on which the town
expended a large sum, has received care, and we have planted a
few trees where thought advisable. The lot will require con-
stant care for years before it becomes what it should be for a
public ground for that neighborhood.
In conclusion, we will say that at the commencement you
placed in our hands three hundred dollars. We have expended
it to the best of our ability. You must judge whether wisely or
not. Certainly, we have not gone beyond our limit. We sub-
mit detailed accounts of all expenditures. If the Commissioners
are to do all the, work that recent legislation has placed upon
them, it will require a larger appropriation than has been hereto-
fore granted. We submit an estimate of what will be needed
and leave it with you to decide upon the sum that you will
grant.
Respectfully submitted,
W. H. INGRAHAM,
E. A. RAND,
W. F. LEARNED.
Park Commissioners.
90 REPORT Or THE PARK COMMISSIONERS.
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES BY THE WATER -
TOWN PARK COMMISSIONERS FOR THE YEAR 1895-1896.
Appropriation,
A. R. Gay & Co., record book,
Fred. G. Barker, printing,
B. E. Potter, carriage,
Anthony Connelly, care of Main Street
park,
Richard Downing, grading,
Geo. T. Barker, care of Main Street park,
M. D. Jones & Co., settees,
Kenny's Express, expressage,
Geo. E. Teele, painting signs,
John Ross estate, wood work for signs,
Chas. F. Jackson, setting out trees,
A. C. Fletcher, lawn mower,
Berry & Moody, securing settees,
Alex. McKellop, pruning trees,
Alex. McDonald & Son, stone monuments,
Wm. Haddow, sharpening lawn mowers,
$3 00
17 93
300
16o 25
20 56
15 00
26 40
3 00
5 50
z 75
8 00
4 Oz
IO 19
1400
3 40
3 00
$300 00-
$300 00
W. F. LEARNED,
Treasurer and Secretary.
APPROPRIATION FOR 1896.
Main Street park,
Printing,
Grading, (Whitcomb and Warner parks),
Painting and repairing,
Public ground west side of river,
Trees, (Improvement Society),
Irving park,
Bacon park,
Care of trees,
Francis triangle,
Contingencies,
$300 00-
15 00-
50 00
IO 00.
15 00
zoo 00
30 00-
50 00
250 00
IO 00,
70 00
$ I ,000 00•
REPORT OF THE ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
WATERTOWN, Jan. 31, I896.
7o the Honorable Board of Selechiten :
...
Gentlemen,— In compliance with the town by-laws, we here-
` with submit a report of the operations of the Fire Department
for the year ending Jan. 31, r896. In addition to the usual
details, this report contains the number of alarms, with the cause
thereof; the amount of loss; insurance upon the property and
the amount of insurance paid; also, value of property endan-
gered, as near as can he ascertained. We also make some
recommendations which we think consistent with the growth of
the town.
FIRE RECORD.
There have been twenty-four calls for this department during
the year; twenty bell, and four still alarms. The cause of
alarms were as follows:
Call from Belmont, r ; Carelessness, r ; Defective flue, i ; Ex-
plosion of chemicals, r ; Explosion of oil stove, i ; False alarm,
r ; Fire crackers, r ; Gas jet, i ; Incendiary, 5 ; Overheated
boiler stack, f ; Overheated stove, r ; Overturning of candle, i ;
Overturning of oil lamp, 3 ; Sparks fi-om chimney, r ; Sparks
from locomotive, 3; Test alarm, I.
The loss, insurance, insurance paid, and value of property as
near as can be ascertained, were, —
Value of buildings, $51,925 00
Value of contents, 44,435 00
$96, 36o oo
92 REPORT OF EN(IINEERS w FIItE. DEYARTAIENT.
Loss to buildings, $6,92o oo
Loss to contents, 7,763 25
— $14,683 25
Insurance on buildings, $43,900 00
it contents, 21,700 00
--- $6;,600 00
Insurance paid on buildings, $6,115 00
it 44 contents, 1,897 00
$8,012 00
The most serious fire of the year was that of Mr. George Saw-
yer's slaughter house on April 11, 1895, entailing a loss of
$9,276.25, or about two-thirds of the entire loss of the year.
ORGANIZATION.
The department consists of one chief and two assistant -chiefs;
twenty-seven call and four permanent men; — total, thirty-four
regular members; also, fifteen substitutes, making forty-nine
men available for service. They are assigned as follows:
Eirgrne Co. r. = One engineman, two permanent drivers and
nine call -men, in charge of Capt. A. F. Nutting.
Ladder Co. r. —One permanent driver and ten call -men, in
charge of Capt. J. J. IVItu•phy.
Hose Co. 2. — Eight call -men, in charge of Capt. D. Mee..
Each company has also five substitutes, who are under pay
only when taking the place of a regular call -man, from whom he
receives his pay. By this method of substitutes we greatly
increase the efficiency of the department without expense to the
town.
APPARATUS.
The apparatus used by this department is at present in good
condition.
The ladder truck, which was in an unsafe condition, has been
repaired, and is now serviceable.
The engine is in about the same condition as last year. This
apparatus will have to be replaced by a new one before many
REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE: DEPARTMENT. 93.
years. It is now, however, more serviceable than formerly, since
it has been supplied with a three -horse hitch, which makes it
much more efficient and enables the men to make much better
time.
The hose wagon attached to Engine Co. i is in good condition
and has not needed any repairs during the year.
The tender wagon has been repaired. This was positively
necessary, as it was in such condition that to use it was danger-
ous.
The hose carriage at Hose a has for years been unfit for use.
Mr. Coolidge, owing to the heavy running condition of the car-
riage, refused the further use of his horse to draw it. In this
emergency the Engineers hired a hose wagon, which is a model
of its kind, and in every way suitable for the work required.
Should the town decide, at the March meeting, to purchase this
wagon, no charge will be made for its use prior to the purchase.
We believe it would be wise economy for the town to buy this
wagon, and we earnestly recommend such action to be taken at
the coming town meeting.
BUILDINGS.
In the Church street station some .changes were made this
year. The perplexing question of placing the ladder truck
horses nearer the apparatus was solved, and stalls of the latest
and best sanitary construction were placed beside the apparatus
in the truck room, thereby saving considerable time in respond-
ing to a fire and avoiding the danger that existed in bringing the
horses around through the yard and street to the apparatus. The
sleeping apartments of the permanent men were changed to the
front room formerly known as the " parlor." This room is
larger, better ventilated, and allows the men to reach the lower
floor at night ahead of their horses, by a sliding pole; thereby
avoiding the danger that formerly existed. A passage was made
from the engine room to the truck room, which allows the driver
of the ladder truck to make much better time when an alarm is
sounded.
I
94 REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
HORSES.
Seven horses are required for the work of this department at
present, and all but two are in fair condition. One of these
horses is twenty-three years old, and has seen long service. Of
course, much more service cannot be expected of him. The
other horse is slow and unfit for fire duty. Two new horses
were purchased during the year, and are becoming accustomed
to the work. One horse twenty-three years old and totally unfit
for duty, was shot during the year.
HOSE.
The total amount of hose in the department is 3,600 feet, most
of which is in poor condition; a considerable amount of this has '
been repaired during the year. Two thousand and fifty feet are
carried on the hose wagons, leaving only 1,550 feet for a shift.
We strongly recommend the purchase of I,000 feet the coming
year.
WATER SUPPLY.
By the addition of ten hydrants the past year, we now have
225, some of which are in a good condition and well located,
others are in a poor condition; and we would recommend that in
the future a better quality of hydrants be provided for the town.
FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.
This department is now in good condition, but considerable
changes were found necessary owing to the condition of some of
the poles and wires. Several new poles, cross -arms and T's
were set during the year to replace the old ones. The battery
room is too small for the system, and we contemplate changing
to a larger and better adapted room. This is a matter but of
slight expense. Two new boxes have, been added during the
year — Box z7, corner Church and Marshall, and 112,11 private,"
in yard of Walker & Pratt Co.'s foundry Box 15 has been re-
moved from the outside to the inside of the fire station on Church
street. This saves considerable time in giving an alarm, and more
REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. 95
,especially if received by telephone. Box z1 has been removed
from Main, corner of Howard, to Main, opposite Myrtle street.
The, service would be greatly improved by the addition of a few
.boxes in unprotected districts.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Receij5ts.
Appropriation, $6,5oo oo
Received from sale of furniture, 10 00
it " " hose pung, 45 00
it " . " old hose and junk, 2; 00
almshouse department,
for manure. 35 00
Received from contingent, 90S 84
$7,521 84
Exfienditures.
Salaries,
$4,641
40
Hay, grain and straw,
663
30
Fuel, lights and water,
135
00
Shoeing and harness repairs,
2I2
14
Repairs, apparatus, hose and house,
357
58
Improvements: sundries, horses and
harnesses,
W
o6
Fire alarm- supplies and repairs,
211
95
Miscellaneous,
494
41
$7,521 84
STREET WATERING.
The department adopted a system of street watering this year
that rendered excellent service to the town. Two teams were
kept on the street, and a large territory was watered; thereby
giving the town a service which would otherwise have cost the
.town from $1,500 to $2,000.
96 RF.YORT OF EWGINEERS OF FIRI, DEPARTMENT.
REORGANIZATION.
The department was reorganized during the year. Rules and
regulations were adopted, printed in book form, and a copy given
each member.
New systems of appointing members to the department and
electing officers were adopted, and members were transferred to
positions for which they were better adapted. New running
cards were issued and a system of answering alarms, and cover-
ing in was put in force; all of which have proved satisfactory to
the engineers, who are confident of better results. Members
have been frequently drilled in the handling of fire apparatus and
instructed in the latest methods of fire fighting. Articles have `
been purchased and placed in service which add to the efficiency
of the department. Fire chemical extinguishers have been pur-
chased and one placed in each apparatus at a cost Of $II5.o6,
and they have since saved'at least $3,000 of water damage and
extinguished more than half of our fires since their purchase.
They have also saved considerable damage by fire that would
have occurred in the time required in making water connections.
New stalls were placed in the truck room, thereby saving con-
siderable time in responding to an alarm.
All these improvements have made our department, when its
size is considered, equal to any in point of service in the state.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
Both past and present experience demonstrate the fact that a
gradual increase of the size of a fire department is necessary to
keep pace with the constant growth of a city or town, and this
applies to us.
New land has been opened up for building purposes and many
buildings have been erected and more are now in the course of
construction, all of which increase the liability of fire and makes
a good fire department a necessity. This town will shortly be
required to purchase and locate more apparatus and appoint
more men ; for while, as we have stated, the department is good,
REPORT OF ENGINEERS
OF FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
97
it is too small to cope with a fire
of any
magnitude. The
sur-
rounding cities would have to be called upon.
We recommend for the running expenses of the department
for the ensuing year, $6,goo, which covers the following:
Salaries, $4,825 00
Hay, straw and grain, Soo 00
Fuel, light and water, 150 00
Shoeing and harness repairs, 225 00
Repairs, 300 00
Fire alarm, 200 00
Miscellaneous, 400 00
$6,goo oo
For the purchase of the wagon at Hose z, $250—w
$zoo for the wagon and $50 to repaint the same, varnish the
wagon and place upon it one more extinguisher. For the pur-
chase of new hose, $65o, which will purchase i,000 feet.
SUMMARY.
Fire department running expenses, $6,goo oo
Hose wagon for Hose Co. a, 250 00
New hose, 650 00
$7,S00 00
Respectfully submitted,
PETER J. SULLIVAN,
CHARLES H. GRANT, Engineers.
BENJAMIN F. McNAMEE,
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE.
7o the Honorable Board of Selectmen of thg Zown of Water-
town :—
I have the Honor to present the following report for the year
just ending Jan. 31, t896.
The whole number of arrests during the year were 157.
Upon taking charge of this department, on the first day of
April, 1895, I found the lockup and the police station in a very
unsatisfactory condition. Needed repairs and some changes
have been made at the station, and the room has been repainted.
There were no sanitary arrangements in either the lockup or the
station, but both the station and the lockup have since been con-
nected with the sewer, and a set bowl and' water -closet put in
for the use of the town officers in general. The cells are in an
unwholesome, unhealthy condition ; they should be renovated at
once, so that when a poor unfortunate gets into the clutches of
the law, he may be confined in a clean and comfortable place.
It is inhuman at the present time to detain a person in the pres-
ent quarters. This renovation can be done at a comparatively
small cost to the town.
REGULAR OFFICERS.
The regular officers consist at the present time of a chief, and
fora- patrolmen. We have a number of special officers who have
during the year performed duty when called upon. The four
regular officers are on service only during the night. The town
,z
is supposed to be patroled by the Chief during the day.
On taking charge of the department, I found that the town
had no police protection from 4 o'clock A. M. to 7 A. m. By an
order issued by me, each officer in his turn does duty at the sta-
tion house from 4 A. M. until relieved by myself at 7 o'clock.
Under this arrangement, the town has police protection the
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE. 99
entire twenty-four hours, and I find the plan gives general satis-
faction. I also found that some of the officers reported at six
o'clock, and others did not report, either going on duty or com-
ing off duty. Under the new order of things, they all report
upon both occasions.
LODGERS.
I found that last year there were put up at the station house
over two thousand lodgers. I have adopted a new plan, and
this year have reduced the number to less than one thousand. I
find that the majority of lodgers who apply at the station for
lodging apply at the hours .between half past four P. M. and six
P. m., and most of those that apply then are the professional
hobos" so called. I have always given them the word to
move on.
The tramp room, so called, is unfit to put any decent man in,
and I have made it a rule when a respectable looking man applies
for lodgings, to give him his fare to Boston, where he can be
put up in comfortable quar ters at the Chardon Street Home.
LIQUOR LAW.
Under the No -License law, a determined effort has been made
to suppress the sale of intoxicating liquors, and we have been
very successful in doing this. In my opinion there is no city or
town in this state so free as we are from the rum evil. Further-
more, I wish to add, that with renewed zeal I shall continue the
work begun, and am confident by what has been done in the
past that I shad be earnestly aided by my officers in keeping
this monster evil well under control. It should be the duty of
all those who have a due regard for sobriety, good order, and
good morals, to uphold in every way those who are trying to
stop the illegal sale and use of intoxicating liquors in our town.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I would recommend the appointment of two more patrolmen,
one for duty at the West end, and one at the Bast end. This
can be done with a very small cost to the town; at the same
time it seems to me that the system of grading officers should be
100 REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE..
adopted. The pay for the first year should be $2.00 per day;
for the second year, $2.25, and for the third year, a regular
patrolman's pay. This system is in eflbct in nearly all the cities
and towns of this state and gives general satisfaction. I would
also recommend the appointment of one of the night officers to
the grade of Captain, to have charge of the night force while on
duty. This would, in my opinion, increase the efficiency of the
department. As it is now, no one in authority is doing duty at
night.
I would also recommend the purchase of a stretcher, and a
medicine chest, for the use of the department, so that in case of
an accident of any kind, the police may be able to give material _
aid to an injured or disabled person.
The expenditures incurred for the service of the Police depart-
ment will.be found in the Auditor's report.
I would ask for the use of my department the ensuing; Near
the sum of sixty-five hundred dollars.
In conclusion, I desire to thank the Selectmen of Watertown
and all the officers under my control for their cordial and faithful
assistance rendered the past year. I also desire to extend my
thanks to Hon. E. T. Luce, Judge, and Dudley Roberts, Esq.,
Clerk of the Second District Court, for the courtesies shown me
and my department.
Respectfully submitted,
L. J. DUCEY.
REPORT OF ARRESTS.
Number of arrests, 157•
NATURE OF CRIME. —Assault and battery, 24 ; assault on
officer, 2 ; bastardy, i ; breaking and entering, 6; capias, z ;
common drunkards, 2 ; concealing mortgaged property, z ; dis-
turbing the peace, to; drunkenness, 5o; evading car -fare, 2;
forgery, 1 ; insane, i ; illegal transportation, 6 ; larceny, 10 ;
non-support, 1 ; obtaining money under false pretenses, 1 ; rape,
I ; receiving stolen goods, 1 ; stealing a ride, 2 ; selling adulter-
ated milk, I ;;setting bon -fires, 6; trespass, Io; vagrants, 2;
violationtof laws of Board of Health, 4; violation of liquor law,
10.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
AND SEWERS.
WATERTOWN, FEB. I. iS96.
To the Selechyze?z of Watertown :—
I respectfully submit the following report for the fiscal year
ending Jan. 31, 1896.
I was appointed Superintendent of Streets and Sewers August
�Ist, 1895, and immediately assumed charge of these two depart-
ments.
I found an absence of books or records of any kind relating to
what had been clone in either of the above named departments,
of the amount appropriated, of the amount already expended, of
the outstanding bills, or the unexpended balance; but was
informed that there was about eleven thousand dollars still at the
disposal of the Highway department. But when the bills came
in for payment at the September meeting of your Board, the
eleven thousand dollars was reduced to less than six thousand,
and these were bills that had been contracted prior to August
first, when I took charge of the departments, thereby reducing
the amount left in this department for the balance of the year,
including snow bill, to one half the amount first represented.
Of this balance, a little over one thousand dollars was, by your
order, spent in building a covered culvert three hundred feet
long, over the brook on California street near the bath house.
The balance for general repairing of highways, keeping and
maintenance, including a new horse, repairs of town teams,
new cart, and extensive repairs on three other carts; new scales
at the crusher for the weighing of stone purchased to crush, and
the weighing of stone when crushed; also for the . clearing of
i
102 REPORT OIL SUPERINTENDENT Or STREETS.
snow, sand for, and labor in sanding sidewalks; and for stone
purchased to be crushed, of which we have at this date about five
hundred tons to crush, and two thousand tons already crushed.
This stone we are buying from any and all parties who are will-
ing to deliver the same at the crusher, at the rate of sixty cents a
ton of 2000 pounds, and all stone to be broken small enough to
enter the jaws of the crusher. I believe this manner of get-
ting crushed stone to be more economical than buying -the same
all crushed, from outside parties, as we cannot purchase stone
delivered here on the cars less than one dollar and thirty cents
per ton, while we can, as before stated, buy the stone to crush
for sixty cents, and crush the same for thirty cents or less,
thereby making a saving of some forty cents per ton.
There has been a little over one half of, the state road, so
called, built, and nearly one half of the remainder has been sub -
graded and made practically ready for stone. In building this
state road we were very badly handicapped for stone, the state
requiring that nothing but " traprock " should be used for surfac-
ing, and this could be obtained only from the Massachusetts
Broken Stone Company, from Waltham, and as they had several
large contracts to fill, which were made prior to our call for
stone, we were required to wait and take stone just when we
could get it, and were unable to get the stone one half as fast
as we could use it, which, of course, materially delayed the
work and added to the cost of construction, but we have reason
to believe that the work will be resumed again in the spring, and
that we may be able to obtain the stone as fast as may be needed.
At this time I would suggest that Main street, from the bridge,
be regraded, and the crown, which now in some places is nine-
teen inches (a very excessive crown), be reduced to a more prac-
tical crown, and then the whole street be treated to a new sur-
face of good crushed stone, and the gutters repaired with suitable
block paving. I would also suggest that considerable attention
should be paid to the taking care of surface water, in the way of
providing more catch basins and surface water sewerage; and
or
REPORT OF SU1'ERINTENYDE`T OF STREETS. 103
especially to the paving of the gutters of streets where there is an
excessive grade.
In the sewer department, since August first, we have laid
about 2000 feet of io-inch main pipe, and I200 feet of 6-inch
main pipe, and have a surrey made for i 2oo feet more of the
io-inch main, on Main street, and about Soo feet of 6-inch main
on Capitol street, and have pipe sufficient to lay the same. There
have been 114 house connections made during the past year.
I would now recommend that a separate set of books, one for
the Sevyer, and one for the Highway department, be kept by the
Superintendent, in which shall be recorded every bill contracted,
and every cent paid out for labor, and that in the regular town
report the same shall appear, showing to whom the money was
paid, what it was paid for, and amount spent on each and every
street, sidewalk and bridge, the cost of maintenance of town
teams, and the earning of the same; amount of stone purchased
and crushed, cost per ton of same, cost of crushing, and in fact
a general itemized account of all money spent and received, so
that the town may know exactly what it has cost to run these
departments and what the town has received for the money spent.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE KIMBALL.
Sufit. of Streets and Sewers.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
As required by law, the Assessors entered upon their duties
May 1, 1895, and present the following as the result of their
investigations
Value of resident real estate, $5,8471750 00
it 11 non-resident real estate, 1,513,200 00
66 " resident personal property, 11277,524 50
non-resident personal property, 118,389 00
Total, $8,756,863 50
Total value of real estate, $7,36o,95o 00
<< personal estate, 1,39.57913 50
$8,756,863 50
There was an increase in the value
of real estate of $469,5S2 ao
There was an increase in the value
of personal estate of 71,SS1 00
Showing a net increase of $541,463 00
Number of acres of land taxed,
2,020
<<
<• houses,
1,489
44
- horses,
655
C 4
" cows,
281
<<
<< Dulls,
2
44
swine,
47
<<
�� fowls,
1,866
men assessed,
2,174
children between five and fifteen years,
1,172
•' persons liable to military duty,
1,643
�°
'° steam boilers returned,
61
ASSESSOR'S REPORT.
10.5
The Town Treasurer received from the State the sum due on
shipping engaged in foreign trade.
The taxes levied were as follows:
State tax, '
County tax,
Sewer and interest, Metropolitan,
Town grants and appropriations,
Overlay of taxes,
Tax on 2,174 polls, at $2.00,
$8,756,863, at 15.00,
$4,890 oo
7,720 33
3,735 21
117,575 00
1,780 41
$135,700 95
$4,348 00
131,352 95
$135,700 95
At the last annual town meeting, when the Block system was
adopted, $2,000 was appropriated in order to make a survey of
the estates of the town and to furnish maps for the Assessors' use.
The contract has been awarded to Mr. Henry O. Peckham for
the sum of $3,500, — $2,000 for outline plan of town and com-
plete plans of Precinct 2. We recommend the further appropria-
tion of $1,500 for Precinct i .
The surveyors have found several acres that ought not to have
been taxed to present owners ; also several acres that have never
been taxed. Estimated gain approximately, fifteen acres. -
Since the numbering of our streets, two hundred (200) or
more buildings have been erected in town. We recommend the
appropriation of fifty ($5o) dollars to be expended under the
direction of the Board of Assessors for the purpose of numbering
all buildings not numbered at the present time, and for making
corrections on plan, so that in future, new buildings erected on
land which is now vacant can have a number allotted them at
the time they are constructed.
We recommend that an appropriation of two hundred and fifty
($25o) dollars be granted for the use of the Board, to be expended
for clerical assistance, books, stationery, postage, etc. This
.amount is approximately what has been spent in years past to do
106 ASSESSOR'S REPORT.
the work, for which no special appropriation has been made, the
bills being paid from the Contingent department, which this
Board does not consider advisable when it is known that the
money must be expended to carry on our work.
Respectfully submitted.
JAMES H. NORCROSS, Assessors
HORACE W. OTIS, of
FRED. E. CRITCHETT, I Watertown.
Synopsis of Valuation and Taxation of Watertown from 1860 (fine years interval) to 1875, and annually from 1875 to 1895.
Date.
Polls.
Tax on Polls
Each.
Valuation.
T A
X.
hate per
$1,000
Total Tax.
Town.
County.
State.
Overlay.
*1860
769
$1 50
$2.507,800 00 $16.490 00
$1,884 48
$643 67
........
$7 00
$19,338 10
1865
863
2 00
2,950.732 00 27,800 00
2,023 15
13,113 00
........
14 50
42,036 15
1870
1,040
2 00
4,165,080 80 48,400 00
2,839 51
6,975 00
........
13 50
68,308 58
1875
1,360
2 00
7,999,920 00 96,311 67
4,067 29
6,340 00
........
13 00
106,718 96
1876
1,347
2 00
7,766.170 00 71,516 49
21688 46
7.704 00
........
10 20
81,908 93
1877
1,332
2 00
7,446,150 00 06,144 65
3.763 85
6,420 00
........
10 00
77,128 50
1878
1,305
2 00
7,015,750 00 63,4.5) 00
3,091 71
4,280 00
........
10 00
72,767 50
1870
1,266
2 00
7,027,500 00 57,034 04
3,001 71
2,140 00
........
8 50
62,205 75
1880
1,407
2 00
7,409.050 00 67.258 38
3,226 13
6,420 00
........
10 00
76,904 50
1881
1,473
2 00
7,881,820 00 67,388 98
3,226 13
6,420 00
........
9 40
77,035 11
1882
1,467
2 00
7.= 010 00 101,420 51
3,226 13
8,5w 00
........
14 60
113,206 64
1883
1,552
2 00
7,182,090 00 83,902 51
4,032 66
6,6S6 00
........
11 25
83.002 51
1884
1,601
2 00
7,057,100 00 94,124 53
4.094 00
8,900 00
........
14 30
107.118 53
1885
1,706
2 00
6,482,350 00 72,546 03
5,219 75
6,675 00
........
12 50
84.441 38
1886
1,761
2 00
6,555.124 00 01,625 00
3,291 56
51475 00
$1.437 30
15 00
101,728 86
1887
1,793
2 00
6,744,035 00 73,075 00
3,840 16
8,212 50
2,758 78
12 50
87,886 44
1b88
1,811
2 00
6.910,988 00 82,100 00
4,GU8 19
8,212 50
88 66
1.2 50
95,009 35
1889
1,912
2 00
-1,038,503 00 I 93,800 00
5.360 27
0,940 00
2,261 5:1
14 50
L08,381 80
1890
1.936
2 00
7,287,622.00 95.775 00
I 5,587 20
6,072 50
2,107 54
14 50
109,542 24
1801
1,964
2 00
7,468,683 00 95,276 00
3,587 20
5,205 00
2,422 37
14 00
103,489 57
1892
2,169
2 00
7,770,079 00 I 91,940 50
6,467 48
8,803 88
2,516 22
13 60
109,234 08
1893
2.102
2 00
8,106,676 00 119,370 (10
1,117 05
11,138 33
2,183 78
16 50
131,449 16
1894
2,058
2 00
8,215.400 00 113,354 00
7,239 72
20.085 73
6,067 55
15 00
127,347 00
1895
2,174
2 00
8,756,8G3 50 117,575 00
7,720 33
8,625 21
1,780 41
15 00
135,760 fly
* Belmont was iucorl)orated in 1859.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Statistics of Births, Marriages and Deaths registered in the
town of Watertown, from Jan. 1, 1895 to Jan. 1, 1896.
BIRTHS.
Whole number of births,
189
Males,
97
Females,
92
Born in
Watertown,
182
" "
Boston,
I
it "
Milton,
I
it `°
Cambridge,
" "
New York,
I
44 "
Westboro,
I
• • "
Lowell,
I
189
Born of
American parents,
64
"
Irish "
43
•' `•
American and Irish parents,
18
`•
it " British Province parents,
17
British Province parents,
12
<< <<
it it and Irish parents,
7
`' •`
American and English it
5
" "
English parents,
4
" •`
Canadian parents,
3
`' .9
English and British Province parents,
2
it it
" " Canadian parents,
I
" "
Norwegian parents,
I
it "
German C`
I
Dutch it
1
Danish «
I
°` •�
Welsh 64
1
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK. 109
Born of English and Irish parents, I
" " American and Welsh parents, .1
" Scotch and English I
64 " American and German parents, I
" Swedish parents, I
Scotch it I
44 and Irish parents, I
" American and Scotch parents, I
189
MARRIAGES.
The whole number of marriages registered for the }Teri• was
eighty-nine (89).
First marriage of both parties, 82
First and second marriage of both parties, 4
Second marriage of both parties, 3
89
OCCUPATION OF GROOMS.
One lawyer, 4 machinists, 4 teamsters, I steward, 7 laborers,
2 iron moulders, S painters, I shipper, 7 clerks, I finisher, I
sailor, I florist, 2 paper hangers, j engineers, I chemist, 1 grocer,
I porter, I currier, I restaurant keeper, 2 salesmen, I messenger,
I meat cutter, I electrician, I expressman, I bag finisher, 2 mer-
chants, 2 shoe dealers, I paper bag maker, I retired, I plasterer,
I hatter, I civil engineer, I starch maker, 2 carpenters, 2 drug-
gists, I book-keeper, I upholsterer, I spinner, I mason, I coach-
man, I fireman, I station agent, I physician, I dentist, I plumber,
I dyer, I manager, I spring maker, I blacksmith, I steam fitter,
I assistant freight agent, I wheelwright, I printer, I brass fin-
isher, I soldier, I stock broker.
OCCUPATION OF BRIDES.
Three nurses, 34 at home, 6 dressmakers, I servant, I waiter,
i spooler, 16 domestics, I stenographer, 2 seamstresses, I Nvatch
factory operative, 2 cooks, 3 book-keepers, 3 housekeepers. 2
110 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
bag finishers, I sorter, I compositor, I twister, 3 clerks, I school
teacher, 2 type -writers, z teachers, I saleswoman, I presswoman.
DEATHS.
The whole number of deaths registered for the year was one
hundred and twenty-five 025), three less than the number regis-
tered for IS94, and twenty-three less than for the year 1593-
This decrease in the death rate demonstrates the benefits derived
from our sewer system and improved health regulations.
Of the deaths, sixty-six were females, and fifty-nine were
males.
NAME, AGE AND CONDITION OF PERSONS DECEASED, AGED
SEVERITY -FIVE YEARS AND OVER.
Name.
Yrs.
Mos. Days.
Condition.
Sarah Gray Cutler,
92
9
Widow.
- Susan Bacon,
92
2 10
Single.
Ellen Gerreaughty O'Brien,
88
Widow.
Samuel Chisholm,
86
11 18
Widower.
Margaret Gray Dee,
84
Widow.
Lois Robbins,
So
8
Single.
Hannah Gilbert Cushing Payson,
So
3 12
Married.
Hugh Hart,
So
Widower.
Elizabeth Holland Connors,
79
10
Widow.
Alexander Gregg,
79
2 23
Married.
Robert Newman,
78
I1 9
64
Elizabeth A. Tarbox Smith,
78
Widow.
Bradshaw S. Whitney,
77
9 26
Widower.
Olive Johnson Vose,
76
2 28
Widow.
Sarah Robbins Page,
75
1 14
Married.
John'McDonald,
75
Widower.
Abigail Eldredge,
75
Widow.
Nancy Tarbell ,Jennison,
75
"
Michael Walsh,
75
Widower.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK. 111
Number of persons deceased under five years of age, 38
�< cc «
between 5 and Io years of age,
I
�L
Io and 20
6
20 and 30 << ca
8
30 and 40 << <°
7
4o and 50 << <<
8
50 and 60 << ac
18
6o and 70 "
13
7o and 75 "
7
Number over 75, as above,
19
I25
DOGS.
The whole number of dogs licensed during the year, was 234•
219 males at $2.0o each, $438 00
15 females at $5.O0 " 75 00
$513 00
Less, clerk's fees, 46 80
$466 20
EAST CAMBRIDGE, MASS., June 7, 1895.
Received of Frederick E. Critchett, Town Clerk of Watertown,
Mass., Two Hundred Eighty -?off Dollars, on account of Dog
Licenses, as per his return of June 1, 1895.
J. O. HAYDEN,
County Treasurer.
EAST CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Dec. 10, 1895•
Received of Frederick E. Critchett, Town Clerk of Watertown,
Mass., One Hundred Eighty-six —,OUOU Dollars, on account of Dog
Licenses, as per his return of Dec. 9, 1895.
J. -O. HAYDEN,
County Treasurer.
112 IMPORT Or TOWN CLERK.
Appropriations for 1895.
Schools,
$29,000 00
Highways,
i6,000 oo
Watering highways,
1,500 00
Bridges and culverts,
1'000 00
Fire department,
6,500 00
Police "
6,000 oo
Paying a portion of town debt,
%500 00
Insurance,
300 00
Public library, and dog tax,
312oo 00
Concrete walks,
1,500 00
Street lights,
' 6,000 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,
65o oo
Care of cemeteries,
100 00
Isaac B. Patten Post 81, G. A. R.,
275 00
State aid, Chap. 301, Acts 1894,
500 00
Military aid, Chap. 279, Acts 1894,
500 00
Relief aid,
250 00
Health,
3,000 00
Sewers and house connections,
31000 00
Town improvement,
200 00
Hydrants,
9,100 00
Outside aid and almshouse,
6,000 oo
Bath house,
150 00
Park commissioners' uses,
300 00
For making survey of the town for Block system,
2,000 00
For bell, to replace bell in tower of First Parish
church,
275 00
To settle claim of James Madden,
575 00
Interest on town debt,
10,000 00
$141,475 00
REPORT Or TOWN CLERK. 113
It was Vote(], that the sum of one
hundred and sixteen thousand,
nine hundred and seventy-five
dollars be assessed on the polls
and estates,
$116,975 00
Voted, that the sum of seventeen
thousand dollars be borrowed for
the purpose of paying a portion
of the Town Debt, three thou-
sand dollars payable April I,
1896, fourteen thousand dollars
payable April 1, 1905,
$17.000 00
Voted, that the sum of seven thou-
sand five hundred dollars be paid
from any funds in the hands of
the Town Treasurer nototherwise
appropriated,
$7,500 00
$1411475 00
LIBRARY IN SELECTMEN'S ROOM.
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General Statutes of Mass., 1836 to 1872, 3 vols. 8vo.
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Public Statutes of Mass., 1882. 1 vol. Svo.
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Mass. Special Laws, 1889-1893, 1 vol.
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Pickering's Term Reports, vols. 1 to 24, inclusive, 24 vols.
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERIC. 115
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Respectfully submitted,
FRED. E. CRITCHETT,
Town Clerk.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Board organized with the choice of Dr. J. A. Mead
Chairman, and J. H. Valley as Clerk. A board of examiners of
plumbing was selected consisting of Dr. B. F. Davenport,
Lafayette G. Blair, and Philip P. Connealy. 'Mr. Connealy
was appointed Agent of the Board of Health and Inspector of
Plumbing at a salary of eleven hundred dollars. His salary was
increased from one thousand dollars established by the Board of
Health of last year to the present amount because of a consolida-
tion of the work of his position and that usually performed by
the cleric, and one hundred dollars of that salary was added
to Mr. Connealy's, thereby making a saving of fifty dollars.
Mr. Fred E.' Critchett was appointed agent to issue burial
permits.
Proposals were asked for the removal of ashes, garbage and
swill. Seven proposals were received and the contract was
awarded to Patrick J. Nally, his proposal being $1,569.93-
BATH HOUSE..
For the first time the care of all sanitary matters which in-
cludes the bath house was assumed by the Board of Health. The
bath house was in a deplorable condition, and in order that it might
be rendered fit for use, we were obliged to exceed the appro-
priation made for that department to some extent. Repairs were
made as economically as possible, and the bath house was
pert into such shape that it was fit for use, and a large number of
people of the town availed themselves of its advantages. Mr.
George Parker has been keeper during the year. It was thought
wise in the management of the bath house to reserve it two after-
noons a week for the use of women. For that purpose a woman
was appointed to take charge of the bath house during those
REPORT OF TIIE BOARD OIL HEALTH. 117
afternoons. The plan has worked well and will be continued.
For this reason a slight increase in the appropriation has been
asked for.
CEME1 FRIES.
For the first time :dso the care or ► lie cemeteries was assumed by
the Board of Health. 1Ir. Alexander Gregg who had been super=
intendent for a long period was unable to continue the work, and
Mr. George H. Gregg was appointed in his stead. The work
has been performed satisfactorily during the year.
EXTENSION OF SWILL AND GARBAGE CONTRACT.
During the summer several citizens at the East end of the town
and at the Bemis District thought that the work of collecting '
swill, ashes and garbage should be extended to these districts.
After considering the matter carefully, the Board saw, no
reason why this should not be clone, except the lack of
appropriation. It was thought that we might be able to keep
within the appropriation, as the contract would be awarded for
but a part of the year and as we could make very satisfactory
arrangements with 1%1r. Nally Who was performing the work
in the rest of the town. About the first of July the plan was
carried out, and since that time the collection of swill, ashes and
garbage has been carried out all over the town. It is recom-
mended that the work be continued next year, and for that rea-
son an additional appropriation of five hundred dollars should be
made.
DERBY BROOK.
On July IS, 1895 on the petition of H. C. Derby, M. J. Green
and others, a hearing was granted to several citizens and resi-
dents living in the vicinity of Dei•by Brook so called, with
reference to a nuisance caused by the overflow of the brook and
the attendant foul and Iloxious Vapors arising from the land upon
whiclr the overflow rested. The premises were inspected and as
was easily observed, a nuisance existed at that time. There
were several persons ill with diseases in that vicinity, whose ill-
118 N EPORT OF THB I30AItD OF HEALTH.
ness was directly traced by the physicians to the condition of this
brook and the surrounding land. There seemed to be no doubt
about the cause of the condition. Some time last year the City
of Newton commenced to drain its Cook Street district into
this brook through one pipe twenty inches in diameter, and
Another ten inches in diameter, at Crescent street. This large
increase to the natural volume of water that the brook carried
could not be accommodated and caused this nuisance. There
seemed to be some controversy between the Nonantum Worsted
Co. and the City of Newton, about who was to blame for
the condition of the brook. We finally determined to make
some overtures to the City of Newton for the abatement of
the nuisance, which we did, but were treated very discourteously
by the then mayor with whom afterwards we could have no
negotiations. Having concluded that the citizens of the town
were suffering from this nuisance, and that the City of Newton
was responsible for its existence and that it would not approach
any amicable adjustment of the difficulty, we decided to employ
counsel to determine whether or not the City of Newton had a
right to continue draining the surface water into this brook, to
the detriment of the health of our citizens. J. J. Sullivan Esq.,
was retained in the matter. He made a very full and complete -
report on the subject to the board. While he was engaged
trying to adjust the controversy, the Board of Selectmen assumed
control of the matter by fixing up the Watertown end of the
brook. Nothing was left for this board to do, but to retire from
any further negotiations with the authorities of Newton, which
we thereupon did. It is to be hoped that the matter can be
settled now and for all time, as there is great danger to the
public health in the continuance of the brood: in its present condi-
tion at the Newton end. At the time of the preparation of this
report we are informed that a petition has been filed with the
city authorities of Newton, asking that this brook be laid out as a
common drain. We think this would be wise, and might encl
the difficulty.
REPORT Or THE BOARD Or HEALTH. 119,
EXTENSION OF THE SEWER SYSTEM.
Last summer there seemed to be a necessity for the extension
of the sewer system to that part of the town known as Water-
town Highlands. The character of the soil was such that cess-
pool drainage was very imperfect and unhealthy. We thereupon
petitioned the Board of Selectmen to lay a sewer through Forest
and Palfrey streets, covering this district. It was accordingly
done and most of the houses have been connected with the sewer,
but not without a great deal of trouble with the residents and
owners.
CONNECTION OF PREMISES WITi[ THE SEVER SYSTEM.
During the year the connection of all available premises with
the common sewer has progressed very favorably. At every
meeting of the Board Of Health a number of premises have been
ordered to be connected with the sewer, and almost uniformly
the requests of the Board have been complied with. In one or
two instances, however, it became necessary, much to our regret,
to prosecute individuals who had failed to comply with our
orders and who had been given every opportunity to do so. Two
prosecutions were instituted in the District court at Waltham,
upon which the defendants were fined fifteen and fifty dollars,
from which decision they appealed to the Superior court. The
cases are now pending in the Superior court and will be tried at
the February sitting.
On the fourth of November of last year it was also necessary to
complain to the District court about the failure of two plumbers
from out of town to comply with a section of the plumbing regu-
lations. Both parties pleaded guilty, and in consideration of the
circumstances the cases were placed on file on payment of costs,
at the suggestion of this Board.
A table is herewith presented showing the progress of the
work of connecting the different houses with the public sewer,
and the entire number of applications made, inspected and
approved, by streets. A table is also presented showing exam-
120 REPORT OF THE BOARD Or HEALTH.
inations and visits made during the year commencing February
I, 1895, by the Agent of the Board. Also a table showing the
number of plumbing permits issued and inspections made during
the year commencing February I, 1895. The regulations of the
Board of Health and the plumbing regulations are also appended.
The causes of the deaths which have occurred in the town
during the past year are also appended to this report. As will
be seen, there were four deaths from contagious. diseases as
against thirteen during the previous year, and one hundred and
sixteen from general diseases, as against one hundred and thirteen
the year before. These figures include the still born. An
additional table is presented in connection with the moi tality
report, giving the records, with a comparison of the contagious
and general diseases causing death, and the rate per thousand of
the inhabitants, during the years from 1885 to the present, to
which is added the number of cases of illness from contagious
diseases reported the past vear. As will be observed, the record
Of 1895 shows a very perceptible decrease in the death rate, as
compared with previous years. This, and the fact of but four
out of the forty-one cases reported during the year, proving fatal,
should be considered a very excellent showing, which is due in `
a great measure to the efficient manner in which the instructions
of this board have been carried out with regard to the immediate
quarantine of contagious diseases, and the thorough fumigation
after removal, recovery, or death.
In closing this report, we -desire to commend the physicians
with whom we have had business for the prompt notification and
report of contagious cases. We desire also to commend the
thorough, careful and efficient manner in which Mr. Connealy
has performed the duties of Agent of the Board and Inspector of
Plumbing. We desire also to congratulate the town upon the
general good health which has prevailed during the past year,
and promise that every precaution shall be used for its continu-
ance.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 121
An appropriation of thirty-eight hundred dollars is recom-
mended for next year for the Board of Health, care of cemeteries
and care of bath house.
Respectfully submitted,
JULIAN A. MEAD, Chairman,
JAMES H. VAHEY, Clerk,
BENNETT F. DAVENPORT,
Board of Health.
Watertown, Feb. i, iS96.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING AND
AGENT OF THE BOARD.
Gentlemen of the Board of Health :—
I have the honor to submit the following report of the business
transacted during the past year by the undersigned, as Inspector
of Plumbing and Agent of your Board.
The tables which follow show the extent and nature of the
work clone in each division named. In that of house connections
witli the sewer, the number does not vary much from that of the
year previous, but the nature of the premises differs very mate-
rially, requiring considerable more phnmbing work to be done
than those connected the year before. The permits issued to do
entirely new plumbing during the year cover fifty-two new
buildings, and fifty-four older ones to connect with the sewer,
as against twenty-two and thirty-eight of the same classes the
year previous; showing an increase of forty-six houses connecting
with the sewer over those of the year before in which entirely
new work was fitted up. The number of houses already con-
nected, in which additional work and fixtures were placed, is
forty-two this year, against twenty-one the previous year, and
the number of fixtures connecting with the sewer this year is 714,
against 521 in 1894, a gain of 193. So also the whole number
of permits issued to do work this year, counts up to 21o, against
158 the year before. These figures indicate that the work of
inspection is increasing just as steadily and as surely as our town
is advancing along the line of sanitary progress, and in the
development of its natural healthful surroundings.
The few in number of cases where defective work was found,
or violations of the plumbing laws attempted, speaks well for our
plumbers. Such violations as have occurred were due mainly to
REPORT OIL I\TSPE'CTOR OIL PLUMBING. 123
ignorance of our regulations, on the part of plumbers coming
here from other localities, where the rules differ fi-om ours, or the
inspection system is not yet perfected.
That portion of our rules which calls for final examination of
completed work is not as fully complied with as its importance
should demand, on account of the neglect of the plumbers to
notify the inspector before they leave the work, upon its comple-
tion. It is hoped that owners of property will more generally
require their plumbers to give them the certificate of inspection
furnished fi-om this office, than has been the case heretofore.
Such a certificate is given to every plumber on the completion .
and final examination of his work, and should be turned over to
the owner or agent of the property where the work has been
done.
The examination and location of house connections to sewer
has become an important feature in the duties of the Agent of
the Board. It originated in iSgq, because of the dilliculties met
with in digging up for stuppages in the house drains. To obviate
this trouble, it was made an imperative requirement that clean -
out screw caps be placed on the end of drain pipes just inside
the cellar wall, and to make these available, it became necessary
to do away, as far as possible, with angles or curves on the line
of drain pipe between the house and the sewer, thereby allowing
the introduction of sectional rods through the full length of the
drain, making it possible to dislodge any obstruction therein.
To accomplish the purpose in view, the Agent is required to
locate the point of entrance of the drain in cellar that will best
accommodate the plumbing. This done, the Superintendent of
Sewers can then strike a direct line to the street sewer. Mr. E.
B. Stearns — while Superintendent of Sewers— and your Agent
worked together in harmony on this subject, and since the advent
of Mr. George Kimball as Superintendent, the same spirit has
prevailed. The good results following this plan of action has.
been shown on several occasions and it has proven to be highly
satisfactory to all concerned.
124 REPORT OF INSPECTOR Or PLUMBLNG.
The other duties performed by your Agent are sufficiently set
forth in the accompanying tables. Several verbal and minor
complaints have been attended to, which were not of importance
enough to enter upon the records.
The Board of Examiners of Plumbers appointed in March,
1895, organized with Dr. Bennett F. Davenport as Chairman,
and Philip P. Connealy as Clerk. Two esaminationa were held,
April 29, and September 3. There are two applications now
pending for examination, which will take place before the publi-
cation of this report. Following is a corrected list of the master
and journeymen plumbers located in the town
MASTER PLUMBERS:— Charles H. Rollins, Thomas B. Wish -
art, John Burke, David F. Keefe, Herbert Goding, John W.
O'Hearn, Michael T. Burke, Waverley.
JOURNEYMEN PLUJI TIERS:---- Festus Egan, Jr., James Boyman,
William J. Murphy, IIerbert Scotton, Thomas Caveney.
Aside from the differences always liable to arise consequent
upon the enforcement of any law, the relations between this office
and the citizens of the town have been generally of a very agree-
able and satisfactory nature. -
I thank you gentlemen of the Board of Health for the confi-
dence you have placed in me, and the generous support given in
.the performance of my duties.
Respectfully submitted,
PHILIP P. CONNEALY,
Insfiector of Plumbing: Agent :Board of Health.
Applications for Seiver Connections 1895.
C , r J
STREETS. . ^ c�. C0
O O O O C -
U ea
E4 V. W i E• W W
Arsenal. .. 2 19•• ...... ..... 19 42 .... 2 ...
Bacon (orllailroad) .. 2 3 2.......... 5 4 .... ..•, ...
Bacon Bill ..................... I :...0.... ......i 1 t; ............
Boyd. 2 10 .... ... ..... 10 14 ...
Bridge .................• 1 4 .... .... ..... 4 5 1• ..... ...
Brib am ................ 2 .... 2 2 ...
. .1.. 2 .. • ..1........ 3 4
California. ............. ... ..... .... ...
Centre........................ 4 .... .... 4 4...... ...... ....
Chester ............ ........... 9 9 13 ......
Chestnut ................. 1 4 ... 4 5 ......
Church. ......... . I Is 1.4 23 1 ...... ....
Cbureb Bill ..... ........ 0 4 1 5 8 ...... ......I I
Common— .............. ...... 2 .... 2 ...
Cross ...................... ti 6 20 .......... ..
Cuba .............. .. 4 8 ... .... 1 9 14
Fuyette................. 2 24 .... .... 24 30 .... 1
Fiaeld.................. l 3 .... 3 6 .... .... ...
Fifth Avenue....... ... 1 2 ...... .... 2 3 .... .... ...
Forest .................. 3 5 l. 6 8 .... .... ...
Franklin ................ 1 li 1 78 21 .... .... ...
French ................. 1 4 1 .. .. b 7
Galen. .... .......... 6 24 I .....' 25 42 4 4 T
Gartleld................. 3 10 1 ...... 11 IO ............
Garnet.... ............... I I 1 l ................
Gilkey Court........... 3 ..... ..... I 5 b .... .... ...
Green ................... �1• 8 8 12 .... .... ...
Hawthorne.............. 1 1 1 ............ 2 1 ................
Hill.. ............... .... 4 ........... 4 4 .... .........
Howard....... ......... 1 ....I..... I ...
Bunt ..................... 7 7 7 9
Irving. 2 14 14 22 ...... ...... ....
Irving Turk......... .. •. 4 �1• ..... ...... 5 8 .... ..........
Jewett ............ ..... 24 .... .... .... 4 5 .... ...... ....
l.atitl..................... 2 6 ..... 6 14
Main ............. ..... 11 45 .... .... 1 40 54 69 ........0
Maple. .. I 7 �1 .... •1 9 14 ..... I ...
Mtu•ion• Road.... •... •.. 4 1:1 13 13 ..... .....
\tatsh[tll... 1 13 •1 ••• l4 15 ••.........
]�
Middle................... I ! ..........-. 4 5................
Morse .................... 3 18 2 ............ 20 33 L ..
lilt. Auburn .............. 4 43 ............ 1 44 59 14 ...... I
Myrtle......................... 5 ......'i...... 1 6 8 ...
.North Beaeon ........... 2 15 ..... 15 31 1 I ...... ....
.North Beacon Court ... 3 3 3 6 ...... ...... ....
Oliver .................. 1 7 _ ........... 9 , ...........
Olney................... 0 1; ..... ............. 1; 8 ...... .....
Otis• 2 10 1 •. .... , 11 13 .......... 2!)..... . I....
Palfrey ................. 19 4 2 1 .. 2.3 2.... ...
13 4
Parker.... .......... 2 9 ............ 2 11 12 ...... ...... ....
Patten....................... . 8 ...... 1 1 10 17 ...............
Pearl................... 5 .... ... .... 5 7 .... .... . . .... ... .. . . .. .....
Phillips ................. 1 3 3 3
Pleasant .................. 4 30 6 1 ..... 37 fit 4 5
Riverside ................ 2 24) ...... 1 ...... 21 32 ................
Royal 2 1.1 .. 12 16 .... .... ...
Russell Aventiv.... .... 2 13 1 16 13 .... .... ...
Sidney ................... ......
1 1 2 .'.
Spring. 22i 1 28 40 351
Stanley Avenue..... ... �...... 2 1 ............1 3 4 ...... 1
tu Sn mer.................. 3 '..3 ........... 1 29 50...... ...... ....
Taylor. 5 ...... ..... 5 11 ..... I ....
Walnut.................. ...... 2 .................. 2 3 ................
Walth atn............. ....... 6 ...... ............ 6 14 ...... . .... ....
Washburn ............... l 5 ...... ...... ...... b 5 ........ ...
Water . ................ ...... 14 . ............ 14 24; ...... 5 i....
Watertown .................... 6 1 ............ 5 ...... I
WaverleyAvenue...... ...... I ............ ...... 1 l .. .............
tt bite's Avenue............... 1 ................. l 1
Williams ............... 1 8 .................. 15
Winter .. ................�...... 4 t ]0 ......�......I....
Totals..................1 113 t5i 26 6 15 -,M; 1010 97 i -s I 7
126 REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING.
Plumbing permits issued, and inspections made, during
financial year 1895, by the Inspector
of Plunibing.
New or Old Buildings.
New.
Old.
Old.
Old.
Now
Addi.
Nature of Plumbing work.
New.
New.
Drains.
tional.
Total.
To
To
To
Con.
To Connect, or already connected,
Con-
Con-
Con-
nect-
nect.
nett.
nect.
ed.
Permits issued for Sewer.
01 " 1/ Cesspools.
Total numbers of permits.
Water Closets to Sewer.
it it " Cesspools.
Sinks to Sewer.
it i1 Cesspools.
Wash Tray Sets to Sewer.
ce 46 ct 11 Cesspools.
Nash Bowls to Sewer.
°° it '° Cesspools.
Bath Tubs to Sewer.
61 96 " Cesspools. .
Other Fixtures.
Total number of fixtures.
Inspections previous to isstlance
of permits.
Inspections during construc-
tion.
Inspections for water, and other
testing.
Inspections for final examina-
tion.
Total number of inspections.
F2
27
79
N
32
70
31
33
15
53
17
51
19
1
412
52
160
89
50
351
54 23
1 7
55 30
97 35
1 19
83 32
1 10
7 10
-1
20 2:1
1 1r
I G 221
1 12
233 I 18.1
32 18
129 53
58 31
45 24
264 126
42
4
46
21
18
2
4
1
13
11
1
71
27
95
45
39
200
Defective work was discovered and corrected in eighteen cases.
Violations of plumbing roles, corrected in eleven cases.
Violations of plumbing rules, prosecuted in two cases.
171
39
210
243
52
208
44
54
20
109
34
100
32
4
900
129
437
223
158
047
•
i
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING. 127
Examinations and visits 3nade ditririg the financial year
1895, UJ Agent of the Board of Health.
Examination and location of house connections to sewer,
" of premises ordered to connect with sewer,
`` with choked up connections to
sewer,
" " " frozen water closets or sinks
" " unclean tenement,
" " " cellars,
" yards,
stables,
it privys and vaults,
piggeries,
« <c << h6nneries,
overflowing or defective cesspools,
condition of slaughter houses,
" " 11 meatpacking "
garbage dumped in various places,
16 " brooks on account of overflow and ob-
struetions,
Removal and burial of dead animals,
" " carting four wagon loads of dead fish from
river,
Complaints and prosecutions at District Court, Waltham,
Placarding premises on account of contagious diseases,
Examination of premises during illness in contagious
diseases,
Fumigation of premises after recovery or death from
contagious diseases,
Totals,
CABE$. VISITS.
66 115
33 41
10
4
4
4
7
1
20
4
1
9
2
1
17
4
8
1
3
36
19
27
311
20
7
9
s
12
2
31
7
2
is
6
3
17
S
ti
10
10
36
36
27
433
a
128 REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING.
Mortatity records of the town of Watertown, for 1885 and
the years following.
Years.
General
Diseases.
Zymotic.
Total.
Population
Rate per z000.
Still Born
Additional.
1885
114
21
135
*6.238
21.6
4
1886
82
IS
97'
6,IoS
15.1
3
1887
88
11
99
6,572
15•
4
1888
87
12
99
6,739
14.6
4
1889
I01
14
115
6,906
16.6
7
1890
108
16
I2.1
*7,073
17.5
2
1891
112
13
12;
7,214
17.3
7
1892
log
10
119
7,345
16.2
8
1893
122
14
136
7,996
18.1
13
1894
Io6
13
119
7,637
15.5
7
1895
104
4
108
*7,778
13.9
12
* Census figures, other years are arranged on the basis of increase shown.
Contagious Diseases Reported for 1895.
cd
.I4
bq
2 .... 3 .. 2
>>
/;
Totals.
Diphtheria ......................
1
..
6
5
5
24
Measles.. ......................
..
..
.. .. I .. I 2
•-
..
..
1
5
Membraneous Croup ...............................
I
..
I
Scarlet Fever ..................
4
..........
I ......
11
7
Typhoid Fever ................
I
1
I .. .. .. .. ..
I
..
..
..
4
Total.
5
2
3—
_1
3
2
4
1
6
7
7
41
i
Causes of Death.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
DISF,ASES. r r G _'' a• v O rvi O
Diphtheria. ........... I .2 3
Scarlet Fever .......... • I • . . r
Total........... I — — — —i I I— — — — — - 4*
*Total deaths the year previous from Contagious Diseases, 13.
GENERAL DISEASES.
DISHASES.
Accidental Poisoning..
e
• •
U
t
a,
r
C
bA
1
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v
o
m
o
r
I
I
2
Apoplexia .. .. .......
•
I
...
•I •
..
I
Anemia ..............
•
I
Bronchitis ..............
• • •
.. •
I
...
...
...
...
...
•1•
I
2
Bright's Disease........
•I
I
I
I
1
•3•
.
•2
-
.1
5
Cancer .. ...........
I
•I•
•I•
1
9
Cerebral�Disease •••..••
1
I•
••
4
Cholera Infantuni..... •..............:............
I
I
Convulsions ............
• • ....
...
1
......
..............
I
_ystitis ...............
I
••
I
Dysentery .............
••
.
I
I
Erysipelas ............
I
•
••
I
.gastritis ................
.•
II
2
lemorrhage ..........
.
I
•2
•
• •
, •
r
�.rleart Disease • • • • • .....
2
1
I
•
1
I
•
8
Iemiplegia . ..........
�z•
•I•
1
i
idneyDisease......... ..
- ..
.
. ..
..
..
.
2
.
5
..iver Disease ...........
1
..........
• .
I
...
I
• . -
.. -
I
• • .
4
ftlaria .................
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
2
garasinus .............
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
den i ngi tis ..............
.....................
2
1
...
I
...
4
Vatural or Unknown...
1
�r�
1
2
I
1
6
Ad Age ............... .
. .
.
. .
2
I�
. ..
..
.
.
I
5
'aralysis ...............
I
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
I
'eritonitis • • .. • . • • ..
•.
••
1
• •
••
••
I
'hthisis (Consumption).
.
3I
I
r
3
I
•I
•
••
• .
It
'neumonia ............
I
5
1
I
I
.
2
1
1
13
.. . ..
'leurisy • • • • • • • • . ...
..
..
..
..
..
..
.
I
. ..
I
2
tiipture of Blood Vessel .............
I
...
I
...............
2
;pasinodic Laryngitis• •
I
I
ihock from Fall ........
. .........................
•
I
•2 •
I
;till Born ..............
...
2
• ..
2
2
2
. • .
...
1
...
1
r2
'onsilitis ...............
...
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
I
...
2
tTotal...........
7 1111
8
14
10
IO
8
IO
IO
i
13
8
I16
tTotal deaths the year previous from General Diseases, 113.
REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH,
WATERTOWN, FEB. 1. 1893.
[Extract from Public Statutes, Chapter 80.)
" 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 exceeding
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS."
The Board of Health of Watertown, as authorized by the
statutes, has made, and published as is provided for in the stat-
utes, the following regulations.
The Board most earnestly request the cooperation of all citi-
zens in securing the desirable sanitary condition, to promote
which the following regulations are made, and request to be noti-
fied 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. They have also appointed the agent of the
Board, Inspector of Milk and of Provisions.
OFFAL.
Reg. i. 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. a. 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 offail, or
any other decaying, noxious or offensive substance, and then only
in such an effectually covered and water -tight vehicle as is
approved by the Board.
REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 131
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, anv
dead animal, or other foul or offensive matter.
DRAINS AND BROOKS.
Reg. 4. No sink or waste -water shall be turned into orthrown
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 suflbr any waste or stagnant water
to remain in any cellar or on any lot of land, or vacant ground
owned or occupied by him, so as to become a nuisance, or offen-
sive, or dangerous to the public health.
CESSPOOLS AND PRIVY VAULTS.
Reg. 6. The 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, ar}d
ventilated 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 a well or other source of water supply used for culinary
purposes, they shall be made absolutely water -tight to the satis-
faction of the Board.
Reg. S. 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,
132 REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
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 neglects 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 ANIMALS, SALE OF FOOD, ETC.
Reg. ii. No animal affected with an infectious or contagious
disease shall be brought within the limits of the town.
Reg. I z. 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.
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 fro►n• the Board of Health,
and then only in such place and manner as said Board shall pre-
scribe.
Reg. 14. No person keeping swine, shall so keep or locate
them as to cause a nuisance or create offensive odors which annoy
or injure his neighbor or the public.
REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 133
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 offid must be removed or dis-
posed 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 manuflchn•ing or other business giving rise to
noisome or injurious odors shall be established or continued
within town limits, except in such locations and under such
regulations as this Board shall assign.
Reg. IS. No fish, slaughter house offal, pigs' feet, or other
decaying matter shall be left upon land for purposes of fertiliza-
tion, without being plowed in, or otherwise made inoffensive.
VACCINATION.
Reg. 19. All children must be vaccinated before attending
public schools in this town.
RESTRICTION OF DISEASE.
Reg. 2o. The attending physician and any householder in
whose dwelling there shall break out a case of cholera, typhus,
typhoid, or yellow fever, small -pax, scarlet fever, diphtheria,
membraneous croup, measles, whooping -cough, or any other dis-
ease which, in the opinion of the Board, may endanger the pub-
lic health, shall immediately notify the Board of Health of the
same, and until instructions are received from the Board, shall
not permit any clothing or other property that may have been
exposed to infection to be removed from the house. Upon the
death, recovery or removal of any person sick with such a disease,
the rooms occupied and the articles used by him shall be disin-
fected by the householder in it 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
a
134 REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
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 attend
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 six 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. 2.2. 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. P4. At the direction of the Board, a flag or placard shall
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 disease
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. 26. 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. z7. 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
0
REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF NEAt.TH. 135
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 date of death, been reported
by the attending physician to the Boartl 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.
PLUMBING REGULATIONS.
QUALIFICATION.
SECTION I. No person shall engage in, or work at the busi-
ness of plumbing as a master or employing plumber in the town,
unless he has some recognized place of business in this or some
other town or city in the State, and is duly licensed as such, in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth.
APPLICATION FOR PERMIT. j
SEC. 2. Every plumber, before doing any work in a building, t
shall, except in the case of repairs of leaks, file at the office of
the Board of Health, upon blanks for the purpose, an application
for a permit to do such work. Such application shall describe
in detail the material and fixtures proposed to be used, and a I
sketch of the work in position, and no such work shall be com-
menced in any building until the same is approved by the Board !
and a permit issued therefor.
INSPECTION AND TESTING.
SEC. 3. Drain and other connecting pipes shall not be cov-
ered or concealed from view until properly tested by the plumber I
in the presence and to the satisfaction of the Inspector of Plumb- f
ing, who shall examine the same within a reasonable time, not I
exceeding two working days, after notification that the work is
ready for inspection. On all new work, and on such old work
as may be required, the water test shall be used; on old work in
general the peppermint test will suffice. When the water test is
applied, all iron pipe joints, and connections of lead and brass t
with the iron must be completed, and the pipes filled with water I
from the street pressure in basement till it flows over the upper
end. If, upon examination, any leaks shall be discovered, caused
by defective material or inferior workmanship, the same shall be ,
condemned by the Inspector and ordered to be removed or cor-
i,
PLUMBING REGULATIONS. 137
rected, and no further progress in the work will be allowed until
this is effected and the test renewed. If the test is satisfactory
the Inspector shall so report or certify to it, if required, and he
shall thereafter, from time to time, examine the work while in
progress till completed, when, upon notification from the plumber
that the work is ready for final examination, the Inspector shall,
with the plumber, make a careful inspection of the work with the
water turned on to all the fixtures. If the final examination
proves to be satisfactory, the Inspector shall so certify on the
permit held by the plumber, and this, being presented, shall be
approved by the Board of Health.
MATERIAL A\TD SIZE OF PIPES.
SEC. 4. All drain pipes connecting buildings with the sewer
shall be at least of four inches internal diameter, and all connect-
ing waste and vent pipes shall be of sufficient size for the pur-
poses required. They all, both within and as far as at least three
feet outside of the building, shall be of plain 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 thick-
ness throughout; and shall have an average weight not less than
that given in the following table:
2-inch pipe....... ................. 5j lbs. per foot.
3
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12
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CONSTRUCTION, ETC.
SEC. 5. Drain pipes running horizontally through any build-
ing shall either be laid in trenches to uniform grade of not less than
one-fourth of an inch fall in each foot towards the sewer, suspended
to floor timbers by strong iron hangers at same grade, or properly
secured to walls by strong iron clamps, or clogs, and graded in a
similar manner. Vertical drain, soil, or waste pipes shall be
securely fastened to walls by strong iron clamps or other sup-
138 PLU31BING REGULATIONS.
ports. Drain pipes shall be carried upwards and through the
roof, open and undiminished in size, and to a height not less
than two feet above the same, and not less than five feet above
the top of windows or openings, into any building, within fifteen
feet of the pipe.
CLEAN —OUTS. Every drain, soil, waste and vent pipe shall
have accessible clean -outs at such points as shall be deemed neces-
sary upon examination, and if not already provided for in the
plans submitted they shall be so designated before any work is
commenced. A main clean -out shall be located at or near the
point where the drain leaves the building, and shall be so placed
as to be at all times accessible, and to allow the introduction of
one -inch sectional rods, in four -foot lengths.
FITTINGS. Changes in direction of all iron drain or waste
pipes shall be made with curved fittings. All branch connections
shall be made through frill Y branches, except that T's may be
used for vent pipes, and T Y branches for single water closet
connections only. Extra heavy brass fittings, for lead and iron
connections, shall be used in all cases.
JOINTS. Joints on all iron pipes shall be made with oakum
and soft molten lead, thoroughly caulked and left clean, without
paint or cement of any kind.
Joints on lead waste and vent pipes, and on lead connecting
with brass fittings, shall, on the sewer or outer side of traps, be
of the kind known as 1' wiped joints," frill sized in all cases.
No cup or other such joints shall be made on the house, or inner
side of traps, except in places where they may be in full sight at
all times.'
All connections of lead with iron pipes shall be made with
brass ferrules, properly caulked into the iron hub, or with heavy
socket brass nipples, into which the spigot end of iron pipe shall
be caulked, as in joints of iron pipe.
CASINGS, ETC. Drain pipes running through walls shall be -
properly protected from external pressure. All traps, waste and
water pipes, must be protected against frost by proper cas-
ing or covering, and in exposed places packed with mineral wool
or some other such material.
PLUMBING REGULATIONS. 139
All drain, soil, waste and vent pipes shall be left exposed to
sight, where it is practicable within the building. If not, plumbers
shall so arrange with the carpenter or builder, that the casings
and floors which may cover their wort: can be easily and readily
removed for repairs or examination, without disturbing the fix-
tures.
DRIP AND OTHER WASTE. All drip or overflow pipes fi-om
safes or fixtures shall be carried to some open sink or place where
they may be at all times visible. Waste pipes from refrigerators,
or other receptacles for the storage of food or provisions, shall
be run to an open and accessible tank, fitted with overflow
and trap satisfactory to the Board of Health. None of these
shall be allowed to connect directly with the house drain.
Rain water conductors, steam engine exhaust, or blow -of}' pipes
shall not be connected with the sewer.
TRAPS AND AIR PIPES.
SEe. 6. Every new drain pipe, connecting the old plumbing
work in any building with the sewer, shall be furnished with a
proper main running trap. This trap shall have a one or two
brass clean -out screw caulked into it. If only one, it shall
be on the house side of the dip. This trap may be placed
either inside or outside of the building. If on the inside, its
outer end shall be connected to the arm of a Y branch, either
direct or through a suitable bend, so that the main clean -out for
the drain can be placed on the straight run of the Y branch. On
or near the inner end of this trap a suitable fitting shall be placed
to receive the fresh air inlet pipe. This pipe will not be allowed
to connect directly on to the trap. It shall be of four -inch extra
heavy iron, and shall be carried through the wall in a trench to
the outer air, to some convenient point where the end can be
made secure, standing some two feet above the surface of the
ground, and at least ten feet away from all openings into any
building, and finished with a perforated strainer caulked into or
securely fastened to the end. or with a return bend.
Should the trap be located outside of the building a proper
man -hole shall be constructed for it, with an iron cover, and the
ail' pipes arranged in a manner satisfactory to the Inspector.
140 PLUALBLNG REGULATIONS.
When the plumbing work in any building is all new a main
trap is not required, and shall not be put in unless the owner, or
whoever is in control of the property, prefers to have it, in which
case it shall be arranged in the same manner as provided for on
old work.
Every sink, basin, bath tub, slop hopper, water closet, set
of wash trays, or other fixture, shall be furnished with a suit-
able and separate trap, placed within thirty inches of the fix-
ture it serves. Except that where a sink and set of trays, or a
basin and bath tub are located not more than five feet apart, then
one five -inch round trap placed between them may be used for
both. In other than these special cases satisfactory traps of any
pattern may be used, but 'I S " traps shall be of not less than
Ia- inches, and "round" traps not less than 4 inches in size.
A grease trap shall be placed under or near the kitchen sink in
hotels, restaurants, or such other places as may be required by
the Board of Health. This and all other traps shall be so placed
that they can be readily opened for cleaning and inspection.
Waste pipes from the traps of fixtures generally, —except
water closets, which shall be of 4 inches, — shall be of two-inch
cast iron, with short connections of lead. Such connections
shall not be of less than ii-inch bore, and shall not be branched
into each other, but shall run separately, and as direct as possi-
ble to connect with the iron pipe.
AIR PirLs. All traps shall be protected from siphonage or
air pressure by special air pipes of a size not less than the waste
pipes of the same, except that for water closet traps a -inch pipe
shall be used for distances of thirty feet or less, and 3-inch for
distances over thirty feet. Air pipes shall, if possible, be con-
nected on to the crown of the trap, and carried direct and upward
through the roof, or to the main drain pipe above the upper fix-
ture in the building. Bow venting is allowable only when it is
impossible to run direct. The bow,must be run as high as the
top of fixture and return without being trapped. Air pipes of
less than two-inch bore shall be increased to that size, if run be-
yond twenty feet. Lead pipe, when used for air pipes, shall not
be run behind walls or sheathing, or other places inaccessible for
examination.
PLUMBING- REGULATIONS. 141
WATER CLOSETS.
SEC. 7. Every water closet shall be supplied with water from
a tank holding at least six gallons, and have a flushing pipe of
not less than one and one -quarter inch bore. A line of water
closets adjoining each other on same floor may be supplied from
one tank, of sufficient capacity to hold six gallons of water for
each closet it serves.
Water closets situated in exposed places may be so arranged as
to be supplied with water directly from the main, but in all such
cases the fixtures must be such as shall meet the approval of. the
Board of Health.
No water closet shall be placed in :in apartment that has not
sufficient light, and an opening of at least three square feet to the
external air, unless there is a duct or pipe of at least six inches
leading through a heated flue to the external air, and opening
tinder or near the seat. Each water closet and urinal shall,
when practicable, have a local vent into a warm flue or chimney
above the fixture.
Lead bends, -when placed for water closet connections under a
floor, may be used to receive the waste pipe of ONE trap which
serves fora bath tub, or a basin, or both, adioining, but no other
connection of a waste pipe will be permitted, and no sink or
wash tray waste will be allowed to enter or connect with such
bends.
Combination (so-called) or other water closets requiring a lead
bend connection under the floor shall have a cast brass flange, or
floor plate, to be soldered on to the bend. The flange of the
water closet shall be securely bolted to this floor plate, with a
rubber gasket between, of sufficient thickness to insure a tight
and solid joint.
DEFECTIVE PLUMBING, ETC.
SEC. 8. These regulations apply to all new plumbing work
hereafter constructed in the town. All alterations in the future
made in plumbing already in, must be in accord with these regu-
lations, and such alterations will be ordered by the Board of
Health whenever in their opinion they judge it necessary for the
public health and safety. It will be so judged when after exam-
142 PLUMBING REGULATrONS.
ination by the Inspector, any old plumbing is found to be de-
fective. In such case the Inspector shall report to the Board the
nature of the defects, and furnish the owner with a copy of the
same. Should the owner neglect to remedy the defect pointed
out in such report within a reasonable time, then the Board shall
set a time for a hearing, and give the owner at least three days
notice thereof, that he may attend and show cause why he
should not be required to make the alterations. After such hear-
ing the Board will take definite action in the matter.
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 build-
ing. All privy vaults and cesspools shall, as soon as practicable,
be discontinued.
JULIAN A. MEAD, Chairynan, Board
JAMES H. VAHEY, Clerk, of
BENNETT F. DAVENPORT, Health.
PHILIr; P. CONNEALY,
Agent, and Inspector of Plumbing.
WATERTOWN, MASS., April, 1895•
TREASURER'S REPORT,
We said in last year's report that the business in this depart-
ment was increasing every year and the past year has proved no
exception to the rule, as it will be seen by the following figures,
that the amount received and expended by the Treasurer is con-
siderably larger than last year.
Amount of cash received, $346,559 oS
Amount of cash expended, 325,825 92
Cash in treasury, $ 20,733 16
During the year money has been borrowed in anticipation of
Taxes as follows: —
May 9, 1895, $60,000, Paid September 9, IS95.
Nov. 16, 1895, $30,000, Due April 16, 1896.
In addition to thin by vote passed at a special town meeting
the sum of $20,00o was borrowed for one year and is due Nov-
ember 1, 1896. This loan was on account of a deficiency in
treasury due to unpaid taxes of previous years and is in - reality a
loan in anticipation of taxes, although it does not appear as
such by the vote passed.
These loans were all placed at favorable rates and as in
years past the town has secured interest on all moneys on deposit,
which is credited to the interest account.
The notes against the town which have been paid during the
past year are as follows :—
$30,000 anticipation of Taxes, paid May 10.
$ 60,00o anticipation of Taxes, Sept. 9.
$ 2,00o New Schoolhouse, " Sept. 1.
$ 5,000 Sewer extension, April r.
$ Moo Highways, °i Nov. I I .
$ 10,00o Sewer, << July 1.
This is a reduction of $24,500 of the town debt represented by
long-time notes.
144 TREASUItERIS REPORT.
The notes issued by the town during the year are as follovrs :—
$i7,000, refunding time debt, dates April ist, and due, $3,L 0
in the year r896, and $14,000 due in the year 1905.
$6o,000, anticipation of taxes, dated May 9, 1895, and paia
September 9, 1895-
$rr,000 on account of new schoolhouse, dated September i, and due 19o4.
$7,500 for Park, dated July r, and due in 1896.
$30,000, anticipation of taxes, dated November 16 and due in
1896.
$3,000 for Steam Roller, dated December 1, 1895 and due in
1897-
$2o,000 for deficiency in Treasury on account of unpaid
taxes dated November 1, and due in 1896.
All notes except those in anticipation of taxes are coupon
notes under interest at four per cent., interest payable semi-
annually.
'rhe amount of loan authorized for sewer construction of
$too,000 remains the same as last year, $7,000 of the amount
having never been issued.
'the notes which will mature during the coming year are as
f'ol lows :—
$ 2,500 Server Constuction.
$ 2,000 New Schoolhouse.
$ 3,000 Deficiency Debt.
$ 7,500 Park.
$ 3o,000 Anticipation of Taxes.
$ 20,000 Deficiency in Treasury.
This is a reduction of $15,000 of the town debt, as the remain-
ing $50,900 is to be paid from uncollected taxes.
Martha Sanger Fund is in the Watertown Savings Bank.
The balance on hand as per last year's report was $597.58-
Dividends have been added during the year amounting to $23.62
and the sum of $50.00 has been paid out during the year, leaving
the amount on hand at the present time $571.20.
The Templeton Fund is represented by a note of $2,500 given
by the town Treasurer and held by the Selectmen on which
interest is paid at the rate of five per cent. per annum.
IL
TREASURER IS REPORT. 145
The Pratt bonds amounting to $S,000 are in the hands of the
Treasurer and the coupons which became due during the year
have been delivered to Mr. H. W. Otis, who represents the
Committee in charge of this department.
The accompanying tables give the details of the town's indebt-
edness in nature of notes and also the list of insurance policies
held by the Town Treasurer.
The details of the business done by the Town Treasurer will
be found in the Auditor's report.
SAMUEL S. GLEASON, Treasurer.
The accounts of Sa►nuel 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.
PROPERTY INSURED.
Town house and Engine House .......................
Almshouse, Barn, Live Stock and Furniture..........
Free Public Library .....................................
Free Public Library Books and Furniture............
High Schoolhouse and Philosophical Apparatus.....
INSURANCE.
WHERE INSURED. I AMOUNT. I TOTAL.
Delaware Insurance Co., Phila., Pa.......
$1,000 00
Queen Insurance Co., Liverpool, Eng......
2,..W 00
Lancashire Insurance Co., Manchester....
3,00000
Holyoke Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Salem.......
1,500 00
Middlesex Insurance Company,...........
1,500 00
Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co......
1,500 00
Middlesex Insurance Co ..................
750 00
Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Co........
1,500 00
.. .. c. .. .. ........
750 00
Etna Insurance Company, Hartford, Ct...
240000
Home Insurance Company, New York.....
1,000 00
Queen Insurance Company, Liverpool....
' 5,000 00
Lancashire Insurance Co., Manchester....
5,000 00
Royal Insurance Company, .................
5,000 00
North British and Mercantile...........
4,00000
Delaware Insurance Company .............
5,000 00
North British and Mercantile ...............
5,000 00
Sun Fire Insurance Co., London...........
5,000 00
Queen Insurance Co., Liverpool............
2,000 00
............
$6,500 00
10,700 00
10,000 00
............
000
.12,000.00.
EXPIRES.
Oct. 11,1896.
Oct.11, 1896.
Sept. 1, 1SM.
Dec. 15,1896.
Nov. 1,1898.
Nov. 5,1898.
June 1,18K.
Dec, 17, ISM.
June 1.1897.
June 9,1899.
Nov. 15,1900.
Sept. 21,1898.
Sept 21, 1898.
Mar. IS,1900.
Dec. 29, 1899.
Mar. 5, 1900.
Nov. 26, 1898.
July 10,1898.
Oct.12,1896.
µ
fP
Grant Schoolhouse ......................................
North British and Mercantile..............
4,000 00
............
Dec.18,1900.
Hartford Insurance Company ..............
4,000 00
.......
Mar.17,1900.
8,000 00
-600 00
Last Schoolhouse, Outbuildings and Furniture......:
Queen, Liverpool, Eng......................
...,(i00
Sept. 5, 1896.
3,000 00
Nest . .......
Lancashire, Blanchester, Fng...............
... 0.. 00..
Sept- 5, 1bIJ6.
3,i,00 00
Centro .......
Lancashire, Manchester, Eng..............
...........
2,500 00
Sept. 5, ISM.
2,500 00
South " " ......
Queen, Liverpool, ling ............. .......
...
2,500 00
Sept. 5, 1896.
2,000 00
1.0we11 .......
London Assurance Corporation............
.............Feb.
2,000 Q
8, 1897.
3.000 00
Bemis •` •• •' .......
American Insurance Company .............
............
3 000 00
Feb. 9, 1898.
5,000 00
Francis Schoolhouse ....................................
New Hampsbirc.............. ..............
............
I)cc. 24, 1900.
German American ...........................
5 000 00
.. .. ......
Dec. 24, 1900.
Phoenix ................... ...................
2,500 00
............
Nov. 20, 1900.
Queen .......... .. ...........................
2,500 00
............
Nov. 20, 1900.
Lancashire ...................................
5,000 00
............
Jan. 23, 1901.
London Assurance Company ...............
5,000 00
............
Dec. 12, 1900.
!Etna ............ .............................
5,0(10 00
.. ........
Jun. 25,1901.
London and Lancashire . ...................
5.000 00
............
Jan. Id, 1901.
1!7orthern Assurance Company .............
5,000 00
............
90,000 00
Nov. 20, 1900.
II6,800 00
Amount of Insurance expiring in 1890, $•32,100.00.
WATERTOWN, March 4, 1896. SAMUEL S. GLEASON, Treasurer.
c
LIST OF TOWN NOTES, TIME OF MATURING.
NO.
DATE.
Oct. 1, 1888.
AMOUNT.
HATE.
ANNUAL
INTEREST.
INTEREST DUE.
MATURITY
BORROWED ON ACCOUNT UN
16
$6,000
4
$240 00
:April and Oct.
Oct. 1, 1897.
New Almshouse.
17
if 1, 1888.
5,500
4
220 00
" ''
it 1, 1898.
" "
21
July 1, 1891.
2,500
44
112 50
Jan. and July.
July 1, 1896.
Sewer Construction.
22
" 1, 1891.
4,000
4A
180 00
" "
it 1. 1897.
"
23
" 1, 1891.
4,500
4A
202 50
" "
" 1, 1898.
ti it
24
" 1, 1891.
10,000,
4A
450 00
" "
it 1, 1899.
it it
25
it 1, 1891.
10,000
44
450 00
it it
" 1, 1900.
" it
27
July 1, 1891.
10,000
44
450 00
Jan. and July.
July 1, 1901.
it "
30
49 1,1891.
10,000
44
450 00
" "
" 1, 1901.
it "
31
Jan. 1, 1893.
10,000
44
450 00
" "
it 11 1901.
it "
32
Dec. 1, 1892.
5,000
44
225 00
June and Dec.
Dec. 1, 1002.
Arsenal Street Bridge.
34
" 1, 1892.
5,000
44
225 00
" '`
64 1, 1901.
Sewer Extension.
35
1, 1892.
5,000
44
225) 00
'' "
" 1. 1899.
" "
39
April 1, 1893.
5,000
• 44
225 00
April and Oct.
April 1, 1902.
Arsenal -Street Bridge.
41
Jan. 1, 1893.
10,000
4h
•150 00
I Jan. and Julv.
Jan. 1, 1901.
Sewer Construction.
42
July 1, 1893.
5,000
44
225 00
" "
July 1, 1897.
16 Extension.
45
" 1, 1893.
5,000
44
225 00
" it
•` 1, 1902.
Arsenal -Street Bridge.
48
Jan. 19, 1894.
1,000
44
45 00
" tt
Jan. 1, 1903.
Sewer Extension.
51
" 1, 1894.
5,000
4
200 00
it •'
July 1, 1904.
Watertown Street.
64
Sept. 1, 1894.
1,000
4
40 00
Mar. and Sept.
Sept. 1, 1896.
Schoolhouse.
65
" 1. 1894.
1,000
4
40 00
" "
" 1, 1896.
"
66
1, 1894.
1,000
4
40 00
" "
it 1, 1897.
it
67
" 1, 1894.
1,000
4
40 00
" "
It 1, 1897.
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96
Sept. 1, 1894.
$1,000
4
$40 00
Mar. and Sept.
Sept. 1, 1912.
Schoolhouse. c
97
1, 1894.
1,000
4
40 00
it "
" 1, 1912.
98
`' 1, 1894.
- 1,000
4
40 00
" It
It 1, 1913.
`
99
'` 1, 1894.
1,000
4
40 00
`` "
" 1, 1913.
"
100
" 1, 1894.
1,000
4
40 00
" "
it 1, 1914.
"
101
" 1, 1894.
1,000
4
40 00
"
1,1914.
"
103
April 1, 1895.
3,000
4
120 00
April and Oct.
April 1, 1896.
Refunding Debt.
104
" 1, 1895.
7,000
4
280 00
" "
" 1, 1905.
it "
105
" 1, 1895.
7,000
4
280 00
at "
it 1, 1905.
" `C y
107
Mar. 1, 1895.
11,000
4
440 00
Mar. and Sept.
Sept. 1, 1904.
New School House. �
108
July 1, 1895.
7,500
4
300 00
July and Jan.
July 1, IS96.
Park.
110
Dec. 1, 1895.
3,000
4
120 00
Dec. and June.
Dec. 1, 1897.
Steam Roller. Ci
111
Nov. 1, 1895.
51000
4
200 00
Nov. and May.
Nov. 1, 1896.
Deficiency in 'Treasury.
112
" 1, 1895.
5,000
4
200 00
" "
•° 1, 1896.
it "
113
" 1, 1895.
5,000
4
200 00
`• `•
I •' 1, 1896.
" "
114
" 1, 1895.
5,000
4
200 00
" "
`° 1, IS96.
°t it �
109
Nov. 16, 1895.
301000
Discounted.
April 18,1896.
Anticipation of 'Taxes.
J
1
o
y
The Selectmen hold the Town' Treasurer's note for $2.5M, "Templeton Fund," dated August 21,1874, on demand, on which
Interest is allowed at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum.
Watertown, March 4, 1596. SAMUEL S. GLEASON, Treasiircr.
ESTIMATES FOR THE YEAR 1896.
Schools,
Highways,
Watering Highways,
Fire.
Expenses,
New Hose,
cc 11 Wagon,
Police,
Town Debt,
Insurance,
Public Library, dog tax, and
Concrete Walks,
Street Lights,
Contingent,
Printing,
Salaries,
Discounts and Abatements
Lighting and care of Town Hall,
Cemeteries,
I. B. Patten, Post 81, G. A. R.,
State Aid, chapter 301,
Military Aid, chapter 279,
Soldier's Relief,
Health,
House Connections and Sewer,
Maintenance and Extension,
Hydrants,
Almshouse and Outside Aid,
Bath House,
Park Commissioners,
Block System for Assessors,
Interest,
Building of Sycamore Street,
Bond for Town Treasurer,
Election Expenses,
Cattle Inspection,
Telephones,
Assessors Expenses,
Legal Services,
$6,goo oo
65o oo
250 00
$31,500 00
16,000 oo.
1,500 00
100 00
275 00
500 00
Soo 00-
250 00-
31500 00
U •.. ••
250 00
400 00
150 00
250 00,
500 00
$165,2i5 00-
A LIST OF JURORS,
As prepared by the Selectmen. Submitted to the town for
consideration.
Atwood, Henry A.
Haynes, Alberto F.
Ayer, Lucius A. J.
Kinsman, David W.
Bailey, Frank O.
Knox, Oscar F.
Banks, Thomas G.
Lathrop, Albert W.
Bates, David DI.
Learned, Wilbur F.
Benjamin, Win. H.
Locke, Henry W.
Berry, Frank J.
Loughery, Daniel F.
Bigelow, Wm. F.
Lyford, Charles D.
Blazo, George E.
Lynch, Charles J.
Blythe, Robert
Lyons, Michael W.
Burke, Win. H., Jr.
Mayo, Emery M.
Burns, Joseph H.
Monahan, James D.
Bustin, Francis H.
Moody, Geo. H.
Callahan, Phillip J.
Nalurphy, Edward W.
Campbell, Cyrus H.
Newcomb, John W.
Carroll, Michael.
Nutting, Andrew F.
Clarke, Charles I1.
O'Halloran, Patrick H.
Chase, Abraham L.
O'Neil, Arthur E.
Cobb, Freeman W.
Otis, Ward N 1.
Collignn, Michael B.
Paine, Jedediah T.
Conant, Marvel J.
Parlin, Joseph R.
Corson, Wm. W.
Perkins, William H.
Crawford, Calvin D.
Philbrook, Herbert A.
Davenport, Albert M.
Porter, Edward F.
Dimick, Carroll D.
Potter, Briggs E.
Drake, Frank H.
Puffier, Reuben.
Drew, Charles E.
Regan, Cornelius D.
Dumphy, Patrick J.
Regan, John F.
Edgcomb, Freeman 1-1.
Sherman, Charles F.
Fraser, Jacob M.
Shurtlefi, Perez T.
Gallagher, Thomas F.
Skinner, Hiram D.
Gilkey, Royal.
Stearns, Samuel F.
Gill, James E.
Stevens, Frank.
Glidden, Charles lI.
Sullivan, Peter J.
Goodwin, Andrew.
Turk, Joseph TI.
Green, Michael J.
Whiting, Moses.
Gregg, George H.
Whitney, Solon F.
Hackett, Thomas E.
Wiswall, George H.
Hartford, Nathan B.
Wiley, Harry L.
Hartwell, A. 1-1.
York, Charles A.
Hawes, Andrew.
York, William F.
Haviland, Francis N.J.
MARCH 3, 1396.
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING,
To LINUS A. SHA YV, 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 sixteenth day of
March inst., at 5.45 o'clock, A. M., to act on the following arti-
cles viz.: —
Article I. To choose a moderator for said meeting.
Article 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers for• the
ensuing 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 years.
One Collector• of Taxes for one year.
One member of -the I3oard of Health for threeyears.
One member of the Board of Park Commissioners for three
years.
Also on the same ballot:
Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in
this town the ensuing year? Yes, or No.
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154 WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.
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 report 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 for 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 8. To see if the Town will grant a sine 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
Sr, G. A. R., to expend the same, direct how the same shall be
raised, or act thereon.
Article 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Town
Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow such
sums of money for the use of the Town as may be necessary in
anticipation of the taxes of the current year, and issue the notes
of the Town therefor, the indebtedness of the Town, under
authority of this article, not to exceed the sum of ninety thousand
dollars ($go,000), and all indebtedness incurred by authority of
this article shall be payable from said taxes, or act thereon.
Article co. To see if the Town will lease at the rental of one
dollar per year to the Isaac B. Patten Post No. Si, Grand Army
of the Republic, the building and land pertaining thereto, situ-
ated on Mt. Auburn street, heretofore known as the " Francis
WARRANT . FOR TOWN MEETING. 155
School building," to be used by said Post 81 as a Memorial Hall
and headquarters, said lease to terminate when said Post 81 ceases
to exist as a Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, at which
time said building and land shall revert to the Town, or act
thereon.
Article i L. To see if the Town will authorize the Park Com-
missioners to ascertain the limits of the Public Landing adioining
Riverside street, and appropriate money therefor, or act thereon.
Article iz. To hear the final report of the Committee on New
School House, appropriate money to pay the balance of the cost
of the same, direct how it shall be raised, or act thereon.
Article i3. To see if the To«•n will vote to place an illumin-
ated dial on the Town Clock, grant money to pay the cost of the
same, direct how it shall be raised, or act thereon.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the
sum of seventeen hundred dollars ($i7oo), for the purpose of
paying the additional cost of furnishings for the new Francis
School House, or act thereon.
Article 15. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen•
to take measures such as shall be necessary, to provide a suitable
way for the- disposition of the surface waters that accumulate near
the junction of Lexington and Belmont streets, appropriate
money for the same, direct how it shall be raised, or take other
action as shall seem proper in the premises.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board
of Health to take action to have the Union Market Stock Yards
removed from this Town, or act thereon.
Article 17. To hear the report of the Selectmen upon the
establishment of a building line on Main street, from a point near
the railroad bridge to the boundary line of the city of Waltham,
and act thereon.
Article 18. To hear the report of the Selectmen upon the -
widening, re -grading and re -locating the lines of Mt. Auburn
street, and act thereon.
156 WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.
And you will notify and warn the legal voters of Watertownr
to meet at the time and at the place herein specified, by leaving
at every inhabited house in town, a printed copy of this warrant,
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 third day of March, A. D., 1896..
CHARLES F. FITZ, Selectmen
JAMES D. E VANS, of
LAFAYETTE G. BLAIR, Watertown.
A true copy, Attest:
LINUS A. SHAW,
Constable of Watertown_
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Fifty -Eighth Annual Report
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
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FOR 1895-1896.
WATERTOWN :
FRED. G. BARKER, PRINTER,
1896.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1895-1896.
HENRY R. SKINNER, Chairman,
Term expires 1898
Miss 1-I. ADELAIDE COOLIDGE,
" 19 1896
JAMES H. VAHEY,
1896
C. W. STONE, Secrcla,y,
1,897
MRS. S. ADELAIDE HALL,
it 6 1 1897
CHARLES F. MASON,
41 °. 1898
SUB -COMMITTEES.
HIGH,
THE WHOLE BOARD
PHILLIPS,
HENRY R. SKINNER
GRANT,
C. W. STONE
A'RANCIS,
CHARLES F. MASON
SPRING,
JAMES H. VAHEY
COOLIDGE,
Miss H. A. COOLIDGE
BEMIS,
JAMES H. VAHEY
PARKER,
MRs. S. ADELAIDE HALL
Committee
on Finance.
C. N\% STONE,
HENRY R. SKINNER
Committee on
Evening School.
aLiss Ff. ADELAIDE COOLIDGE,
JAMES II. VAHEY
Committee on Text
Books and Supplies.
CHARLES F. MASON,
HENRY R. SKINNER
Committee on Repairs.
JAMES H. VAHEY, C. W. STONE
Committee on Sewing.
Miss 1-I. ADELAIDE COOLIDGE, MRs. S. ADELAIDE HALL
Committee on Cooking.
Miss ll.•ADELAIDE COOLIDGE, MRs. S. ADELAIDE HALL
Committee on Nomination of Teachers.
CHARLES F. MASON, HENRY R. SKINNER
Committee on Manual Training.
]A�IES H. VAHEY, CHARLES F. MASON
Superintendent.
GEORGE R. DWELLEY.
Office: Town Hall. Office Hours: 'Mondays and Thursdays, from
4 to 5 o'clock, P. M.
WATERTOWN, Mass., February 3, 1896.
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. STONE,
Secretary.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT,
To the School Committee of Watertown:
LADIES AND GENTLE -MEN, —The most noteworthy event of
the school year just closed was the completion of the new Fran-
cis building.. The town is now, fortunately, the possessor of one
school structure which in architecture and equipment compares
favorably with the best schools of our neighbors. The dedica-
tory exercises occurred on the eighth day of January last, the
principal address being delivered by Frank A. Hill, secretary of
the State Board of Education. The pupils from the old Francis
and the Phillips primary rooms were transferred to the new
building on January 28. The High school has now secured /-
needed additional accommodations in two of the rooms in the
Phillips thus vacated, and the Kindergarten, held in the Select-
men's room by their kindness since September, was assigned to
the third vacant room. It is expected that the Kindergarten will
now attain a degree of success hitherto impossible from the very
nature of its surroundings.
A cut of the new Francis building may be seen upon the front
page of the report. The architect was Mr. Charles Brigham. It
is a matter of pride and congratulation with us that the town
has a citizen capable of designing and constructing such a build-
ing, of which a general description follows.
GENEIIAL DESCRIPTION.
The building covers an area of about 9,2oo feet, and is two
finished stories in height above the basement. The exterior has
been treated in a light tone of color, the brick being of a soft
yellow, and the porches and entrances, window and door trim-
mings, gables and cornices of a buH terra cotta, slightly varying
6 CHAIRAIANIS REPORT.
in shade from the wall surface, and has two principal facades;
the one upon Spring street having a single gable with entrance
in center, and that towards the present High school two gables
and two entrances. It is from the two latter that access is had
to the basement story.
The first floor contains five school -rooms each of about goo
square feet area; all having separate dressing -rooms for boys and
girls, each dressing room having a window for direct light and
air. It also contains a master's room and teacher's room, each
provided with separate lavatories. There are wide staircases at
each south entrance abundantly and directly lighted by windows
upon the broad intermediate landings. These staircases com-
municate with a central corridor running north and south, from
which open the various school rooms, teachers' rooms and dress-
ing -rooms.
The second story is divided into three school -rooms with the
same conveniences as in the story below —a teachers' room, a
room for physical laboratory, and a hall capable of seating 434
people, with a stage of ample dimensions provided with dressing -
rooms on either side.
The basement contains a boiler -room, fan -room, coal bunkers,
two principal lavatories, two separate play -rooms and two rooms
which will be used for manual training.
The three porches are elaborately ornamented with columns,
pilasters and arches of terra cotta, and the two on the south are
surmounted by wrought iron balustrades. The floors of the
porches are of red encaustic tiles, and the ceilings of hard pine.
The sloping roofs of the building are of dark Brownville slate.
The gutters, flashings and ventilators of copper.
The interior has been finished principally in brown ash.
Walls of school -rooms, entrances, corridors and staircases are
wainscotted to the height of window sills, and in the school-
rooms and halls, to four feet in height, and in dressing -rooms to
five feet. There are blackboards in all the school -rooms, apd
the walls above them and those of the halls and corridors have
CHAIRI[AN9S REPORT. i
been finished generally in a soft buff color. The lecture hall is
frescoed in a similar manner. All rooms have picture mould-
ings.
The two principal staircases are entirely of iron, with the
exception of the hand -rail, which is mahogany.
The floors of the first and second stories are of hard pine, and
of the basement, cement concrete.
In the boiler -room are set two Walker & Pratt 3o-horse power
boilers, thoroughly equipped. In the fan -room adjoining is
placed the principal coil for heating, the engine, and fan.
Special pains have been taken with the sanitary arrangements,
their convenience and ventilation. The devising of a special
scheme of heating and ventilation has been entrusted to Prof. A.
Homer Woodbridge, of the Institute of Technology, whose repu-
tation and experience is a sufficient guarantee of its successful
working. The method is what is called the Plenum system,
which consists in pumping directly - heated air of the proper
temperature into the various rooms by means of a fan propelled
by an engine, the air being transmitted through large stacks of
pipes in the basement, supplemented by coils in the various
upright ducts. The degree of heat is in every room throughout
the building regulated by thermostats, a very ingenious device of
the Johnson Electric Service Co.
The galvanized iron work, fans and engine, etc., were furn-
ished by the B. F. Sturtevant Co. of Boston, under the direct
supervision of Mr. Walter B. Snow of Watertown, whose
brother, Mr. William G. Snow, had charge of the work furnished
by the Walker & Pratt Manufacturing Co.
FURNISHINGS.
The furnishings were put in under the direction of the School
Committee. The question of pupils' desks and chairs was care-
fully considered, with a view to having the interior fittings har-
monize with the building's beautiful exterior and substantial and
pleasing interior, as well as to obtaining the best possible, as
regards the health and comfort of the pupils. The Committee
8 CHAIRMAN 7S REPORT.
gave at their room numerous and lengthy hearings to the repre-
sentatives of the different school furniture companies, who
showed samples of their respective desks and chairs and
explained their merits in detail. After a close competition, the
contract was awarded to the Chandler Adjustable Chair and
Desk Company, who equipped the entire eight rooms. All the
pupils' chairs and desks are adjustable so that the chair and desk
can be adjusted to the pupil and not the pupil made to fit the
chair and desk as heretofore, and are highly satisfactory in work-
manship and finish. The Harwood Manufacturing Company
supplied the seats for the hall; the Derby, Kilmer and Pond
Desk Company, the teachers' desks, the desks being of oak, flat
top, with a full set of drawers upon each side; the Paine Furni-
ture Company, the teachers' chairs; J. A. Glass & Company,
the window shades; McKenney & Waterbury, the .electric and
glass fixtures. An additional appropriation will be necessary for
school furniture.
SUPERINTENDENCE.
The Committee asks for an additional appropriation for the
salary of a Superintendent with a view to separating the superin-
tendency from the principalship of the High school. It is not
believed that these positions can longer be advantageously com-
bined. It is believed.that the present combination of the two is
working to the disadvantage of both. Arlington formerly united
with Belmont in electing a Superintendent, but abandoned that
plan the present year, and appointed an independent Superinteii-
dent who devotes his entire time to directing its school work.
The experience of other towns has been similar. Belmont
several years ago divorced the duties of Superintendent from
those of the principal of the High school. Negotiations were
opened with the Belmont School Committee last June with
reference to a union with us in this matter, but proved unavail-
ing. Any attempted alliance in the future would probably be
equally futile. There are, moreover, many and obvious objec-
tions to such a union. It is therefore recommended that for the
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school year beginning September next, the town employ a Super-
intendent, who shall not also occupy the position of principal of
the High school, and who shall devote his entire time to the
work of supervision.
MANUAL TRAINING.
In the basement of the new Francis such provision as was pos-
sible has been made for manual training. This may be made to
answer present needs satisfactorily, but the future development
of this work will soon call for larger and more suitable quarters.
The old Francis schoolhouse could readily be used to meet this
not distant demand. If for aesthetic considerations it seems
undesirable to continue this building in its present conspicuous
site on Mt. Auburn street, it could be removed to vacant land
immediately In the rear and fronting on Spring street. The
old building is readily convertible into it first rate carpenter
and machine shop. The reservation of the old schoolhouse for
this use will save the expense a few years hence of putting up a
manual training building. Surely such a saving is worthy of
serious consideration. The following items only need I e added
to have a fully equipped manual training plant :—(I ), expense
of new lot; (2), the moving of the old building and foundation ;
(3), whatever additional tools and machinery may be needed.
Our neighboring city of Waltham has secured a manual train-
ing school by this utilizing one of its abandoned schoolhouses.
It is most earnestly recommended that provision be made in
this way for the further development of the manual studies.
With a view to mental development they are of the greatest
importance. Hardly less important are they in their practical
and industrial aspect. We live in a community devoted largely
to manufacturing and are a part of a great manufacturing state.
It is such, largely, as a result of its skilled workmen. Other
states, with which we must compete, have far greater natural
resources. Pennsylvania and Alabama have already closed many
of our iron works by the erection of large foundries and rolling
,mills, almost contiguous to their rich coal and iron mines, thus
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saving the freightage which our manufacturers must pay. Only
by the skill, ingenuity and intelligence of our workmen, can we
hope to keep up in the industrial race of the future. As a mat-
ter of self preservation, we must foster manual training in our
schools.
It is recommended that a committee of three be appointed by
the town at the coming March meeting who shall report, if pos-
sible, not later than June next, on some plan for disposing of the
old Francis schoolhouse, and who shall, at the same time, also,
report in writing, with plans, specifications and estimates, on the
matter of increased accommodations at the Grant school needed
next fall, as explained in the Superintendent's report.
SCHOOL EXPENSES.
It is with regret that the Committee have been compelled to
overrun the school appropriation to meet exigencies as they have
arisen. Some of these extra expenses may be enumerated as
Aft follows: Connecting the Grant school with the sewer and the
accompanying changes in the plumbing in the basement; the
opening of the Lowell school at the urgent request of the resi-
dents of that district, necessitating an additional teacher; the
equipping of all the schools with flags and stafl's, as required by
law ; the painting of the High school building; the establishing
and equipping of the kindergarten.
The larger appropriation asked for the ensuing year is made
necessary by the larger numbers and growing needs of the
schools, and the still higher excellence to which the Committee
hope to see them attain.
I extend to the teachers in behalf of the Committee its thanks
for their faithful year's labors.
HENRY R. SKINNER, Chairman.
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Expenditures for Schools for the Year Ending January
31 st, 1896.
• Appropria- I Amount
tions. I! Expended.
Salaries of Teachers and Superintendent .......... '$21,000
64 " Janitors and Truant Officers..........]
i,600
Teat -books and Stationery ......................
1,700
Repairs and Incidentals .........................
2,600
Fuel...........................................
11300
Transportation of Pupils ........................I
Soo
Furnishing the New Francis School Building.....
1,000
Expense of constructing water -closets, plumbing,
in Grant School and painting IIigh School.....I
$30,000
1,405 25
1,649 02
1 ,657 76
2,731 70 -
1,363 96
1,224 6o
1,022 97
1,072 54
32,127 80
Total amount expended, $32,127 So
<< " of appropriation, 30,000 00
CHARLES W. STONE, , Finance
HENRY R. SKINNER, I Coinntillee.
Estimates for Appropriations for 1896-97.
Salaries of Superintendent and Teachers, $23,400 00
4. 11 Janitors and Truant Officers, 1,800 00
Test -Books and Stationery, 1,700 00
Repairs and Incidentals, 2,100 00
Fuel, 1,600 o0
Transportation, goo 00
$31,500 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 thirteenth
annual report.
He has now been in charge of the schools for a period extend-
ing from the admission of a class to the lowest primary to its
graduation from the High. This period is a'school generation;
and its conclusion is the natural standpoint for a retrospect.
Such a retrospect discloses the introduction of sewing, cooking,
manual training, typewriting, and stenography; the concen-
tration of all the pupils of the three higher grammar grades
into the Grant school; the establishment of the departmental
system in the two great grammar schools, and of a science
department in the Francis and the High; the establishment
of a kindergarten with its warmth and sunlight to hasten the
bud -burst of thought and emotion ; and the introduction into
the grammar schools of a year or more of work in botany,
geology,. physics, chemistry, algebra, geometry, and German.
The new subjects have in view, for the most part, either the
increase of practical skill or the more complete development of
the senses ; and add to former resources for the training of the
intellect a training of those servants of the intellect —the con-
structive hand and the receptive eye. The usefulness of the
hand -training studies secures for them immediate adoption, and,
consequently, free opportunity to work out their more remote
intention of intellectual benefit; it may be helpful to future
science recommmendritions to say that the ultimate purpose of all
science study in your schools is to train the pupil to see; and
to see clearly, independently, and to the heart of the matter; that
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on the fidelity and fulness with which he sees depend the sound-
ness of what lie thinks and the vividness of what he imagines;
and that in proportion as he shuts his eyes to the splendors of
a sunset will poet and preacher vainly paint for him the glories
of the unseen.
WI3AT THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE.
The following are the most important acts done or authorized
by you since the last report.
I. The assignment of the first week in April as the week
throughout which the Spring recess shall continue.
It is a great convenience to teachers and all families with chil-
dren in the schools to know in advance the time of this recess.
II. The change of the date for the annual election of teach-
ers from the regular monthly meeting in July to the monthly
meeting in May.
As most of the engagements of teachers for the following year
are now made before the June vacation, the change gives to a
teacher who is not re-elected a better change for employment
elsewhere.
III. The provision of flags for all the schoolhouses in obedi-
ence to a law passed at the last session of the Legislature.
It is the writer's privilege daily to witness the salute and hear
the pledge given to the flag by nearly one hundred children.
Pledge and salute immediately precede the reading from the
Scriptures; and are as reverently given as the latter are heard.
Who shall measure the effect of the patriotic words which follow,
—spoken every school day by every school child throughout all
the years of his school connection ?
-I pledge allegiance to my flag and to the Republic for
which it stands, —one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all."
IV. The re-establisliment of the Lowell primary.
This school is now a primary of three grades; and was
re -opened as a concession to the wishes of thirty-two petitioners
from the district.
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V. The abolition of the " Skip -class" in the Francis gram-
mar school.
The class was established in iS92 to give to pupils qualified
for it the opportunity to do in two years the unabridged work of
three; and was established mainly on the experience of the city
of Cambridge. In Cambridge about thirty per cent of the gram-
mar pupils take the shorter course; but in this school the number
has not been sufficient to justify the special attention needful to
be given to such a class.
VI. The enlargement of the accommodations of the High
school.
These accommodations now consist of a spacious main room,
two large recitation rooms and a laboratory, on the second floor,
and two large recitation rooms on the first floor. This long -
needed enlargement was made possible by the transfer of the
primary schools to the new Francis building.
- VII. The establishment of a Kindergarten.
This addition to your schools was opened in September with
two teachers and twenty-four pupils. The number of pupils has
since increased to forty. The school is successful in spite of
inadequate accommodations and equipment, and its establish-
ment is the most important educational event of the year.
A kindergarten is as desirable for the child from three to five,
as a primary school from five to eight. It takes him when he is
keenly alive at every point, and trains him to see, to feel, to
think, and to act. His receptive faculties collect for him hosts of
impressions from the sights, sounds, and contacts of the outer
world. Books about these sense perceptions would be at best
but imperfect reports of such impressions. Which etches its
effect the deeper into consciousness one's own view of Niagara
or some \vord-painter's description of it?
As with the receptive faculties, so with the constructive and
creative. Our own seeing, thinking, and doing benefit us most.
The kindergarten uses no books; for in books another thinks for
us; and we Y-ide when, for discipline and development of
strength, it would be better for us if we walked.
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VIII. The appointment of a fifth teacher in the Francis
grammar school.
Within the last few rears, to increase the value of the educa-
tion given, there have been a good many additions to the subjects
taught in the grammar grades. The new subjects have, of
course, increased the work to be clone. To do this additional
work there has been for some time in the Grant school a fifth
teacher. But in the Francis school —though the need has been
equally urgent —no such increase of teachers was possible for
lack of a fifth room. The new building offers a fifth room, and
hence the appointment.
But the additional work was not the sole reason for the
appointment. The number of pupils in the school was a second
reason. There are 193 of these or forty-eight apiece for four
teachers. The better intellects of this multitude did well enough,
but the sluggish element, which needs many a shake and push to
quicken it, the sharp cross-examination to plunge it into the
agony of thought, and the strong grip of the helpful hand at the
rough place to keep it from stumble and fall, often failed of pro-
motion through unavoidable neglect. For this element the
appointment of a fifth teacher was a tardy act of justice.
In his report of March, i895, Superintendent Seaver of the
Boston schools, shows that forty-six per cent of the Boston pri-
mary pupils, and —reckoning from the date of their admission
— thirty-four and one-half per cent of the grammar pupils fail
of promotion at the expiration of the allotted time: And he sig-
nificantly adds : — °L There is one sure way to increase the effect-
iveness of the teaching, and that is by reducing the number of
pupils to be taught by each teacher."
In the same report, Mr. Martin, one of the supervisors, says:
— " The feature of the organization of all the schools, calling
for the most careful consideration, is the size of the classes.
Every school interest is being sacrificed by limiting the number
of teachers. The excessive nuvnber 'of pupils to a teacher
seems to me to be the Parent of most of the ills from which the
schools are su fering."
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With a large class, if the teaching be individual, recitations by
the same pupil must be very brief or very infrequent, and in
either case unsatisfactory in results; and, if the teaching be col-
lective, it must avoid the varying conditions of development,
intelligence and aptitude, and, restricting effort to the faculties
and acquirements common to the majority, confess that it has
not reached, or sought to reach, the whole mind of anybody.
IX. The adoption of a phonic —or sound — method, as the
sole method in the teaching of children to read.
There are three methods now in use in Massachusetts; —the
word method, the phonic method, and a so-called word method
which is really a combination of the other two.
It is proposed to consider these separately.
The word method deals with words as wholes. The teacher
puts upon the blackboard such easy words as cat, dog, etc., and
the child is taught to recognize them as wholes and to read them
as wholes. The additional words necessary to make simple
sentences are also taught at the very outset; and, as rapidly as
possible, the child's stock of words is enlarged. Soon he begins
to read from a primer whose sentences are formed from words
he knows, or most of which lie knows. If there are any new
words in the sentences to be read, he is taught to recognize them
before the reading begins.
Thus the word method proceeds.
It asks for itself a preference over other methods on the ground
that spoken words are first heard and understood by the child as
wholes; that they are used by him in his talk as wholes; and
that, if the method of nature is to be continued, they should be
taught to him as wholes.
There are three individually sufficient reasons why this so-
called method of nature should not be employed.
(i.) Because it gives the childabsolutely nothing with which
he may become self -helpful in learning to read. Stripped of the
development work associlited with it, —which, however good in
itself, does not pretend to teach how to read, and might just as
SUPFURINT14WDENT18 REPORT. 17
well be applied to words to be used in conversation,— the method
is from start to finish a memory process; and keeps the child as
dependent on his teacher as the cripple on his crutch.
A good educational method makes early acquisitions helpful
in the mastery of later ones. The fundamental processes of
arithmetic are independently applied by the pupil in all subse-
quent• arithmetical work. In the study of English, the teacher's
development of the use of the possessive case, through study of
a few examples, puts into the child's hands a key to the compre-
hension of all the possessives in the language. What is there in
the word method which enables him to " learn with what lie
has learned?" The words of yesterday do not help him with
those of to -day ; nor those of to -clay with those of to -morrow.
(z.) Because of its prodigal waste of intellectual force.
• From the beginner's point of view —to whom the word is
merely a combination of marks — the method might well be
called the Chinese method. As is generally known, the Chinese
have a separate printed character for each of their spoken words.
To learn to read their language with its 30,00o different charac-
ters is, consequently, a labor of Hercules. Yet, if any one will
take a script English sentence —such as is given to a beginner
—and compare it Nvith one of the short Chinese sentences, in the
Encyclopedia Brittanica, he will see that, viewing the English
words as wholes to be subsequently identified,. there is absolute
equivalence of difficulty in memorizing the two sets of forms.
Should a Watertown child, in a period of rapid educational
development, and with the short-cut of phonics full in sight, be
condemned to the use of a copy of a clumsy method invented by
an inferior race 3000 years before the Christian era?
(3.) Because it fails to recognize that the first action of the
mind upon whatever is presented to it is always analytical.
The law of the descent of the mind from aggregates to ele-
ments is just as well established as the law of gravitation, and is
just as comprehensive in the scope of its applications:" A word,
as a form to be remembered, is as susceptible of analysis as a lily
or a quadrangle. The word method, in its determination to
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18 S'UPERINTENDENTIS REPORT.
teach words as wholes, denies and defies this primary law of
mental activity.
Here would seem to be reasons enough why the word method
pure and simple should not be used in your schools; and it leas
not been used except at the outset. Soon, though generally not
soon enough, it has fled for assistance to phonics. One of your
teachers says that she was wont to discontinue the teaching of '
words as wholes " at the end of the first month." This accords
with the advice of manv of the friends of the word method.
They see in words as wholes merely the subject matter for early
analysis; and, after such analysis has become a familiar process,
have no further use fbr the method.
But the word method — however quickly superseded — casts
a shadow of evil upon the pathway of. its successor. A book
cannot serve two masters anv more than a man ; and the primers
and readers in common use are constructed with reference to the
teaching of words as wholes. The short, familiar words which
are earliest taught, and which are made to recur pretty frequently
— as the word method demands —are selected without reference
to phonic analogies. But the best ' phonic instruction requires
that the choice of the words to be taught should be founded on
such analogies, and that there should be a " step-by-step"
advance in the presentation of these analogies. The lack of
adaptation in the books compels the teacher to meet the needs of
the moment rather than systematically to develop reading power.
Hence it was the practice here and elsewhere —and held to be
unavoidable — for the teacher herself to separate the new word
into syllables; place the mark of accent, indicate the silent letters
and the vowel sounds, and bracket together any combination of
letters representing an elementary sound. When all was ready,
the child was asked to name the word.
Now this method of word presentation —successful as it
unquestionably was —can readily be shown to be an undesirable
method. First, it kept the child dependent on the teacher for his
progress. Next, it made him a passive spectator where he should
have been an intelligent and delighted thinker and worker.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 19
The best phonic instruction trains the child to do this work of
sound discovery and representation for himself; partly because
he will have it to do in independent reading; and partly because
it extends the time when lie may be learning to read from the
few minutes of the class exercise to whatever period the teacher
assigns for the practice of silent reading.
Some of the reasons for 'the exclusive use of the " Pollard Syn-
thetic Method "— which is a phonic method — will now begiven.
The method starts with the forty-three simple sounds of the
language as the units for representation.
The only act of memory demanded of the child is to learn the
characters and the powers of the characters representing the
simple sounds. The characters are the twenty-six letters of the
alphabet, so affected by ties for any two letters representing one
sound, and diacritical marks for the vowels and any combinations
representing more than one, that the individual soun& have unvary-
ing representatives.
Now a spoken word is but a group of sounds. The equivalent
printed word is the group of characters representing these
sounds. The child, by an act of synthesis, puts together the .
sounds and recognizes the word. He continues the process and
discovers that he is reading.
The Pollard method asks for itself a preference over other
methods on the ground that it is in and of itself, and without
collateral aids, a developing process; that it makes few appeals
to the memory• and many to the constructive faculties; and that
it depends for its success chiefly upon the self -helpfulness of the
child.
Every psychologist will tell you that acts of analysis and syn-
thesis lie at the foundation of all thought. Each act of word -
recognition by this method is a combination of analysis and syn-
thesis; and the method takes its name from the myriad acts of
synthesis the child performs.
Every educator will tell you that it is what the child does for
himself, and not what is done for him, that educates him.
20 SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
This method is a perpetual and successful appeal for spon-
taneous activity in the child.
Every primary teacher will tell you that whatever reduces the
work of teaching children to read is a boon and a blessing.
This method reduces it more than one half.
Horace Mann reported to the Legislature of Massachusetts in
1846, that. he found the phonic method universal in Holland,
Saxony, acid Prussia. To -day, in 1896, it is the method in use
throughout the length. and breadth of Germany. In a country
with Germany's educational rank, are not duration and exclu-
siveness of acceptance presumptive evidence of a superior educa-
tional method ? It requires superiority to win and hold for half
a century a great position.
Dr. Rice, the educational expert, says in The Forum: "At
St. Louis, where phonics are well. taugh,% the children read as well
at the end of four or five months as those attending school where
phonics are not taught read at the end of two years."
The Superintendent of schools of Raleigh, North Carolina,
said in an address to the teachers of that state that children taught
by a good phonic method should be able — as his own observa-
tion had proven — " to read at sight any Fourth Reader at the
close of two years of school."
Dr. McLellan, Director of the Normal Schools of the province
of Ontario, says of the child trained by the word method: —
"Before he can gain power to recognize new words he must
unconsciously follow the phonic method. When he comes to
a new word, it is not a question of using the phonic method, or
not using it. He cannot recognize the new word, unless he has
learned the sounds of its letters from unconscious phonic analysis.
It is only a question, then, whether the child is to be taught
the phonic method, and so get all the benefits, practical and dis-
ciplinary, that flow from it; or whether he shall be left to dis-
cover the method for himself. But any method which quickly
puts into his hands the power of recognizing new words, is
better than one that leaves him wholly dependent on memory
and vague inductions from past experiences. If taught by the
SIIPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 21
phonic method, in froin four to eight months he will have
.acquired the ability to pronounce at sight any ordinary Eng-
lish word."
In October last, the writer visited a school taught by the Pol-
lard method. He heard a class of twenty —then six weeks
advanced in their second year of school — read at sight very
distinctly and very expressively a selection made by himself from
a Second Reader. He then took a daily newspaper from his
pocket, and asked an average girl of the class to read from one
of the editorials. She did it well in the main, though she hesi-
tated on " development " and was- helped on " municipalities."
The child said she was seven years old, and had been in school a
trifle'more than a year.
It will double the efficiency of your grammar schools in his-
tory, geography, and English, if the primaries send to them
pupils competent to read fluently from the editorials of the day.
THE NEW FRANCIS SCHOOL.
Since the union of the old Francis with the Phillips primaries,
the new Francis is a school of about 340 pupils; and — outrank-
ing both the Grant and the High —has become the most im-
portant of the public schools. To make its efficiency correspond
to its importance, the Committee has .increased the time to be
given to general instruction by the abolition of the " skip -class,"
and the addition of a fifth teacher; but there is still one way of
improvement along which the public can come to the assistance
of the Committee.
There is not a good teacher in any school but that is better the
second year than the first, and the third year than the second.
Repetition of work increases the breadth, ease, end rapidity of
its performance. And continuance in a school during the years
of a child's connection with it makes knowledge of the child —
now held to be the most valuable part of a teacher's qualifica-
tions —a perpetually increasing quantity. And if the power to
reach the springs of action in a child increases with increasing
acquaintance, and doubles with the growth of sympathy, aflec-
22 SUPERINTENDENT IS REPORT.
tion, and mutual respect, the permitted departure of a good
teacher who has come to know the children of a school in their
strength and their weakness, because another community offers
her fifty dollars more than she is already paid, is a sacrifice
justified only by an admitted necessity.
THE GRANT SCHOOL.
This school had in October, 24o pupils, or forty-eight apiece
for each of its five teachers. Thirty of these pupils will be
graduated in June. A canvass of its three tributary schools —
the Coolidge, Parker, and Francis —gives assurance of an
incoming class of seventy-five pupils in September next. Here
is a total of 285 pupils to be accommodated and educated.
For such accommodation and education there should be six
large rooms and six teachers.
The school already has four satisfactory rooms, and a small
recitation room.
To secure the needed additional rooms, it is recommended
that in the summer vacation a second story be built above the
first story of the east end. Such a story would furnish two rooms
of the same satisfactory size as the two now in use on the first
floor; would be without doubt the least costly provision for
existing wants; and might easily be made to produce an agreea-
ble architectural effect.
It is also recommended that a sixth teacher be employed in
September at a salary of $600.
If she should be a teacher specially educated to do science
work, and should take into her department the physiology, phys-
ics, and chemistry now taught in the school, the science teaching
in your three great schools —the Francis, Grant, and High —
would then be given by specialists; and a plan, long cherished
by the Superintendent, would be carried into effect. Combined
with the nature study pursued in the primaries, the study of five
of the sciences in the grammar schools by scientific methods —
even if not pushed very far —would give to the pupil some
accurate knowledge of things to ballast his knowledge of books,
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 23
and some ability to discover the fallacies and falsities in the edu-
cation, politics, and social theories of the time.
THE HIGH SCHOOL.
The number of pupils belonging to this school in September
was 94. Of these, there were pursuing Latin, 61 ; Greek, 7;
French, 34 ; German, 57 ; Algebra, 23 ; Geometry, 20 ; Phys-
ics, 6; Chemistry, 14; Botany, 7; Physiology,. io; Rhetoric,
94; English Literature, 94; Ancient History, 6; Stenography,
19 ; Typewriting, 33 ; Double Entry Book-keeping, 20; Draw-
ing, 8o; Music, 93 Cooking, 33; Training School of Teach-
ers, 3-
The girls in this Training School are all from the first class.
They see in the afternoon -schools (I) object -lessons in organiza-
tion, discipline, and methods of teaching; (z) exercise -grounds
for their own prentice efforts under the regular teacher's criticism ;
and (3) schools of their own, in which they do independent work
as substitutes.
A class of twelve was graduated in June. The only young
fellow among the graduates entered Harvard, and without con-
ditions. Three of the girl graduates are engaged in teaching.
A special student, who had for the most part fitted himself for
college by private study, took the last year's work in the pre-
paratory course, and was admitted to Harvard.
The past year has been noteworthy in the history of the school
(I) for the enlargement of its accommodations; (2) for the
memorial additions to its library; and (3) for the increase of its
ornaments.
The school now occupies five of the six large rooms of the
Phillips building, and may be said to be adequately accommo-
dated. Tables for reference books have been placed in the deep
bay -windows of the principal room, and at the ends of each table
are wall -cases filled with books.
A pathetic interest attaches to many of these books. Fifty-
eight of them —selected for their helpfulness in the study of
English literature —were presented by friends anal pupils of the
24 SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
late Miss Crafts to keep her name a household word in the
school. An inside label tells why the books were contributed ;
and 'each volume has " Craft's Memorial " conspicuously stamped
in gilt letters upon its back.
It is a growing and altogether praiseworthy custom for the
classes in a school to leave behind them works of art as remind-
ers of themselves, and to strengthen the appreciation of the beau-
tiful in life among their successors:
The class to be graduated in June has given to your High
school a bust of Clytie ; the class of '97, a bust of the Apollo
Belvedere; the class of '98, the vine -crowned head of Antinous ;
and the class of '99, the Diana of Versailles.
These busts are larger than life, and are placed above the black-
boards on the sides of the main room in constant view of the
pupils.
Ideal heads were chosen rather than portrait busts, because
the room already had busts of Milton and Scott, and because
artists like Ross Turner say that, foreducative influence, pupils
should have always before them certain well-known works of
art which are recognized as standards."
And what the children have begun may the fathers continue.
The grounds about the High and the new Francis are as yet
large, undeveloped spaces well suited for the exhibition of land-
scape effects. Shall they remain undeveloped? Let the Im-
provement Society answer. Let all who think that public prop-
erty should educate public taste, answer.
SCIENCE TEACHING.
A thing is the embodiment of a thought; sometimes of many
thoughts. It is the privilege of the intellect to discover the
thoughts interfused in things, and to employ them after discovery
as the " blocks with which it builds" its airy structures of sci-
ence and system. But it must see the things first; and the
eyes are the windows'through which it makes its observations.
A trained eye is a window without blinds or curtains; and has
neither film upon, nor stain within, its glass.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 25
In the first years of school, before the mastery over books is
established, so close is the correspondence between what a child
sees and what he thinks, that the range of his sight is a fairly
good• yard -stick for the measurement of his thoughts. Perception
bounds apperception. The dull eye and the dull brain are twins.
Professor Bain, in his tl Education as a Science," says : — °' If
one man can distinguish five shades of color where another can
distinguish but one, the careers of the two men are foreshadowed,
and they will be wide apart."
The first intention of the nature study in the schools is to prove
to the child that there is, even in the commonest things, much
which he does not see, but can be trained to see, and which
it would be a delight to him to see. Later, he is led to discover
in the multitude of things the significant things; and, focusing
attention upon what is typical and vital among them, to inter-
pret aright their plan and purpose.
The Superintendent continued to work till he saw drawing
introduced into every grade of the schools; and he sought its
introduction not more on account of the skill of hand it gives,
and the artistic power it liberates, than on account of the keener
and completer observation it tends to develop. " For exhaustive
observation is an element in all great success. The philosopher
is fundamentally one who observes relationships of things which
others had overlooked. The poet, too, is one who sees the fine
facts in nature which all recognize when pointed out, but had not
seen for themselves."
It is in contemplation to bring all the science work in the six
grades of the new Francis into the charge of the present teacher
of science in its grammar grades; partly to secure unity of plan,
and partly to extend the benefits springing from this teacher's
special training and experience.
4or . In his report of last year, the Superintendent advocated the
introduction of the study of zoology into the High school, (i) for
its value in the development and training of the senses; and (z)
for the value of the scientific method as a guide in the search for
truth. The recommendation failed of adoption, and.the benefits
2 SUPERINTENDENT I S REPORT.
proposed were then sought in the study of human physiology.
The teacher of science now has ample accommodations. for -
experimental work in zoology; the requisite special training;.
the time; and the inclination.
The Superintendent renews his recommendation.
THE MANU-MENTAL STUDIES.
DRAWING. —Respecting the value of this subject in education,.
an eminent art -critic says: -'I I think drawing is as necessary a
means for the expression of certain facts of form, and for acquaint-
ance with them, as arithmetic is for acquaintance with the facts
of number. And I think the facts which an elementary knowl-
edge of drawing enables a man to observe and note are often of
as much importance to him as those which he can describe in
words."
Besides the training given by the drawing -teacher, facility is
greatly increased by the correlation of drawing with the other
school pursuits. There is map -drawing in geography; the draw
ing of patterns in dress -cutting and wood -work; of apparatus in
physics and chemistry; of leaf and flower in botany; of bones,
joints, and organs in physiology ; of flags, forts, and public
buildings in history; and similarly in other studies.
SEWING. —This most useful art is taught to girls in the first
four years of the grammar school course. They are initiated
into the mysteries of basting, running, stitching, hemming, darn-
ing, patching, felling, tucking, button -hole making, etc. They
make towels, aprons, sheets, pillow cases, table linen, and many
other things more or less difficult than these.
DRESS CUTTING AND FITTING. —There are fifteen girls .mas-
tering this accomplishment. They draft patterns from actual
measurements of the person taken by themselves; trace these
patterns on the cloth to be used ; and cut, baste, fit and finish :t
dress.
COOKING. — Sixty girls, distributed in four classes of fifteen
each, are taking lessons in this subject. Two of the classes are
from the Grant school and are beginners. They are taught how-
SUPERMTENDENT I S REPORT. 27
to make the different kinds of bread; how to boil, roast, and
broil meats; how to prepare and cook soups, stews, puddings,
and the like; how to make and regulate a fire, and keep a kitchen
in order; and how to select and take care of food materials.
The other two classes are from the High school, and are doing
more advanced work; but without extravagant use of material, or
the preparation of articles beyond those often served in average
households.
MANUAL TRAINING. —The knife -work in wood by the boys
of the three lower grammar grades is giving the usual practical
skill, and is a good apprenticeship for the more difficult work of
the Manual Training School.
This school — when frilly established — will give to the boys
of the three highest grammar grades a year of bench -work in
wood with the commonest tools of a carpenter; a second year of
more advanced bench -work, and the use of lathes driven by
power; and a third year of metal work with forges,' anvils, and
some other parts of the outfit of a smithy.
At present, first -year work only has been established. One
lesson a week of an hour and a half in length is given. The
boys are shown a model of some useful article to be constructed ;
they make —each for himself —a working drawing of the model;
and then proceed to construct the article from the drawing.
The year's plan of work calls for ten such articles to be con-
structed from pine, beech, cherry, or maple.
The proficiency attained in the four subjects thus far treated
was shown in the exhibition at the Grant school in June.
TYPEWRITING. — There are three typewriters kept in constant
use, —one in the Grant and two in the High. A fair rate of
speed is secured, and the final work is as good as that in the
many type -written letters the writer receives.
STENOGRAPHY. —Four lessons a week are given in the High
school in this subject. The special teacher made such representa-
tions to Mrs. Chandler —who conducts a Boston short -hand
school —that Mrs. Chandler offered to secure a place at ten dol-
or
28 SUPERINTENDENT'S IzrPonT.
lars a week for any of the short -hand students who would take a
finishing course with her of a month.
The very kindly reception given to previous eflorts for the
more practical education of girls induces the Superintendent to
suggest as the next step in their special training their instruction
in housekeeping.
Your teacher in cooking is an experienced as well as expert
housekeeper, —the adjectives are not synonymous, —and the
expense of the additional subject need not -be• great.
The proposal made in the report of the Chairman of the Com-
mittee with respect to the old Francis building is so much in the
interest of a fully developed Manual Training school that the
Superintendent makes no recommendation = as he had intended
—for the expansion of the existing school into a second year of
work.
SALARIES OF TEACHERS.
If any one will foot the column of salaries paid the teachers as
published in the report of 1895, he will find the amount to be
$19,25o. The sum paid to -day to teachers holding the same
positions is $19,200. There have been created during the past
school year four new positions; — two of which represent growth;
and two, enlargement of plan. The following are the salaries of
the new positions: —
Teacher of the Lowell school, $550 00
Fifth Francis teacher, 550 00
Kindergarten Principal, 500 00
44 assistant, 200 00
$1,800 00
Add to this the salary of a sixth Grant teacher for the half year,
from September next, — or $300, — and you have $2, IOo of
.ti
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 29
necessary increase of appropriation. With- this addition the
salary list —exclusive of what is paid the Superintendent —
will be $21,300.
CONCLUSION.
The report opened with a retrospect. It may fitly close with
a look forward. It would be presumptuous in the writer to
assume the mantle of prophecy; but the following changes
would be a natural evolution from existing germs or half-devel-
opments:—
(I.) An increase in the number of kindergartens.
(2.) An expansion of the practical education of girls.
(3.) The complete establishment of the Manual Training
school.
(4-) The ornamentation of the school interiors.
(5.) The establishment of a Training School of teachers,
with a course of study, special instruction, and recognized oppor-
tunities for practice.
(6.) The adoption of a plan for science -teaching by special-
ists in the three great schools.
(7.) The revision of the general course of study, — to base it
more accurately on the present condition of knowledge of the
child.
(8.) The correlation with the other work of a thirteen -year
course for the education of the will.
According to Schopenhauer : 11 The normal man is two-thirds
will." Yet the temperance instruction of the schools is, at pres-
ent, their only systematic attempt at the cultivation of this wide
spiritual estate.
Respectfully submitted.
GEO. R. DWELLEY,
Superintendent of Schools.
WATERTOWN, Feb. 3, 1896.
3O SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
I. Population.
Population of Watertown, census of iS95, 7,788
Number of Children between 5 and 15 3'ears of age
May I, 1895, 1,2o6
II. Teach-p-s.
Number of Teachers in the High School,
4
<< << << [l Grammar Grades,
i2
44 46 cc 4C Primary 46
if
« 64 " Kindergarten,
2
'< <' Special Teachers (music, drawing, sew-
ing, cooking, manual training, typewriting
and stenography,)
6
Whole number of Teachers,
35
III. Pupils.
Whole number of Pupils enrolled,
i,i6o
Number over 15 years of age,
125
Average number belonging,
932
" daily attendance,
Sly
Percentage of attendance (upon the number belong-
ing,)
94
T4-uant Ofjleer.
George Parker, Salary,
$So
JANITORS.
NAME.
I SCHOOLS.
I SALARY.
George F. Robinson.......
Andrew H. Stone..........
John Hogan ................
Mrs. Ryan .................
E. P. Walker ...............
illips and Francis ............
rker, Spring, and Grant.....
olidge......................
mis.........................
well........................
$700
600
150
6o
io
l
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 31
NAMES OF PUPILS NEITHER ABSENT NOR
TARDY D UR11V G THE YEAR.
HIGH SCHOOL. —Mary Glynn, Charles W. Gilkey, Harry
Phipps, Guy Sanger, Wallace Shipton.
GRANT SCIIOOL.—Maggie Bill, Marion Brown, John Buchan-
an, Marjorie Conant, Delpha Coolidge, Rosamond Coolidge,
Philip T. Coolidge, Carrie Critchett, Everett Critchett, Anna
-C. Davenport, Elsie Dean, Carl Eldridge, Alice Everleth,
George S. Gilpatrick, Stanley Goodrow, George Haddow, Alice
Hatch, Mary Healey, Leslie B. Jarvis, Joseph H. Ladd, Arthur
Lewis, John Lewis, Bertha Livermore, Harriet McKay, Blanche
Moore, Grace E. Moore, Stanley Morse, Annie Murphy, Geo.
B. Murphy, Mabel W. Norcross, Goldie C. Roy, Edna C.
Smith, Eugene Stetson, Mattie L. Stone, John Sullivan, Kath-
arine Sullivan, Frank W. Turk.
FRANCIS GRAMMAR. —Walter Dwyer, Ezra Hartford, James
MT . Kelley, Maud S. Tower.
FRANCIS PRIMARY. —John Colligan, Walter O'Brien.
PARKER SCHOOLS. —Oliver Barron, Frederick Gower, Wil-
liam Gower, . Herbert Haddow, Christina McDougal, George
lvfossman.
COOLIDGE SCHOOLS. —Ethel L. Leighton, John J. McGann,
Martin H. McGann, Lawrence D. McLeod, Walter Moore, Mae
Ryan, Mary Agnes Sullivan.
C. Rollo Thwing was not absent or tardy from Sept. '94 to
Nov. '95•
co
Superintendent, GEORGE R. DWELLEY. 'Salary, $500.
SCHOOL. TEACHER. SALARY. CLASSES.
Phillips High ..........
George R. Dwelley...
$:!000
I. II. III. IV.
i
" " • • . • .....
Mary R. Byron ......
Soo
" " • • ... • . •
Arnold Zullig........
I 1000
.. .......
Abbie M. Fitz........
700
Grant Grammar....... •
Charles G. Ham......
igoo
1. II. III.
Is " .........
Elizabeth P. Skinner.
600
" " ...... • • •
Minna E. Tenney....
Goo
" 94 .........
Anna D. Hall.......
boo
" . •... •...
Etta B. Dadmun.....
boo
Francis Grammar.... • ..
Hattie B. Johnson ... •
boo
IV. V. VI.
"cc.......
Martha Wentworth...
550
49 .......
Clara Dunham......
550
" " ....
Lucy F. Luques.
550
'` " .......
Jennie M. Colby.....
550
" Primary........
M. B. Patten........
600
I.
" " ........
Winnifred H. Berry..
550
II.
it • • • • . • • .
Florence A. Oliver. • .
SSo
III.
" Kindergarten • ..
Florence Gould.......
Soo
Whole
No.
Enrolled.
I15
89.
Average Books
Daily Belonging
.ttendance. to Town.
81. 1 3762
40
36.
35-
1391
47
45•
42.3
320
54
53•
51•
408
63
56.
54•
700
63
48.4
45•
424
43
42.
40-
488
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449
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125
51
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134
49
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Francis Kindergarten.... Diary Knox ........... 1 zoo
Coolidge Grammar......
Ruth W. Howard.....
550
is Grain. & Primary
Alice S. Moody.......
550
" Primary........
Mary E. Burns.......
550
Parker Grammar ........
Alice C. Bullard......
550
It " & Prim.
Elizabeth A Shepard.
550
" Primary..........
Christina Green......
550
Spring Gram. & Primary
Joanna M. Riley......
550
" Primary..........
Hattie M. Cutter....
5So
Bemis Primary..........
Margaret L. Sullivan.
550
Lowell Primary..........
Anna A. Longfellow..
550
Teacher of Drawing.....
Elizabeth C. Allen....
boo
" " Stenography -
Mary E. Alexander...
300
if " Cooking.....
Helen A. Heustis.....
Opp
Sewing,Dress-
Solvi Greve ..........
600
Cutting, Man-
ual Training..
Music .......
S. Henry Hadley..:
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O. B. Brown ..... .
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33
38
65
49
34
39
45
64
37
29
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23.
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435
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153
148
378
400
331
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101
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TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
oF THE
TOWN OF WATERTOWN,
MASSACHUSETTS.
1895.
WATERTOWN :
FRED. G. BARKER, PRINTER,
1896.
THE LIBRARY AND READING -ROOMS
OPEN EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
FROM 2 TO 9 O'CLOCK.
The lower reading-rooin is for the use of all persons who
observe the common rules of good behavior.
Newspapers, popular journals, mechanical, manufacturing and
building periodicals may be found in places prepared for them.
Bound sets of Harper's Magazine, of the Atlantic Monthly, of
Popular Science Monthly, of some Cyclopa;dias, and other books
of reference may be found on the shelves. These may be
examined freely and should be returned to their places in good
order. Poole's index can be had in either reading -room on appli-
cation.
The experiment will be tried this year of circulating a limited
number of the more popular periodicals for short periods of time
(three days each) as soon as they are received.
Almost all periodicals are bound as soon as the volumes are
completed and are then circulated as books.
Minors of tlrirleen or more years of age, properly recom-
mended by parent or others who will be responsible for them,
may have cards and the full use of the Library.
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, special facilities in the use of the resources of the
Library.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
1S95-96.
HERBERT COOLIDGE, Term expires 1896.
WILLIAM H. BUSTIN, JR., °' " 1896.
REV. J. S. CULLEN, {{ 1897.
JULIAN A. MEAD, M. D., 44 " 1897.
CHARLES BRIGHA\I, Ifis1898.
GEORGE E. PRIEST, A. i`I., I1 f° 1898.
GEORGE E. PRIEST, Chairman.
CHARLES BRIGHAM, Seereta�}-.
HERBERT COOLIDGE, Treasurer.
Executive Committee.
GEORGE E. PRIEST, CHARLES BRIGHAM,
HERBERT COOLIDGE.
Committee on Books.
GEORGE E. PRIEST, JULIAN A. MEAD,
WM. H. BUSTIN, JR.
Committee on Finance.
HERBERT COOLIDGE, CHARLES BRIGHAM,
REv. J. S. CULLEN.
Librarian.
SOLON F. WHITNEY, A.M.
Assistants.
Miss JANE STOCKWELL.
Miss MABEL F. LEARNED.
OFFICERS
OF THE
WATERTOWN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
FOR THE FIRST TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS,
TRUSTEES.
*REV. JOHN Wriss, 1868-1872, chairman, t868, 1869.
*ALFRED HOSMER, M. D., 1868-1879, secretary, 1868-1870, chairman, 1871,
1873-1876.
*JOSIAII STICKNEY, 1868-1872-
*JosF-PH BIRD, 1868. 1869.
*JESSE A. LOCKS, 1868-1873, chairman, 1870.
*AB1L•'L ABBOTT, 1868, 1869.
tREv. JAMEs AL BELL, 1868, 1869.
*DAVID T. HucKINs, M. D., t868. 1869 treasurer, t868.
*CHART$ S I.88BARRY, 1868, 1869, 1873-1883, secretary, 1375, 1876, chairman,
77- 3
JOSIIUA COOLIDGE, t868-1888, treasurer, 1871, chairman, 1872, 1883-1887.
tGEORGE. N. MARCH, 1869.1887, secretary, 1871, treasurer, 1869, 1870, 1872,
1884,1885-1887.
*GEORGE K. SNOW, 1872-1884, secretary, 1877-1884.
A. C. STOCKIN, 1872-1884, secretary, 1872-1874.
CIIARLES F. FITZ, 1879-1881.
*RI,v. ROBERT P. STACK, 1882-1894, treasurer, 1884.
tW1LLIA1%I CUSHING, 1884, secretary, 1884.
REV. EDWARD A. RAND, 1884-1837-
EDWARD E. ALLEN, 1885, secretary, 1885, 1886, treasurer, 189o.
ALBERT O. DAVIDSON, 1885-1890, secretary, 1888.
CHARLE''S S. ENSIGN, LL-D., 1887-1890, secretary, 1887, chairman, 1888,.
1889.
HORACE W. OTIS, 1888, treasurer, 1888.
CHARLEs BRIGHAM, 1889—, treasurer, 1889, chairman, 1890-1894, secre-
tary, 1895.
GEORGE E. PRIEST, A.M., 18S9—, secretary, 1889, 189o, treasurer, 1891-
1893, chairman, 1894, 1895.
HERBERT COOLIDGE, 1890—, secretary, 1894, treasurer, 1895.
WILLIAM H. BUSTIN, JR., 1890—, treasurer, 1894.
JULIAN A. MEAD, M. D., 1891—, secretary, 189t-1894-
REV. J. S. CULLEN, 1895.
*Deceased. tMoved from town.
LIBRARIAN AND ASSISTANTS.
SOLON F. WHITNEY, 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 SIIERMAN, assistant, 1885-688; now Mrs. James E. Norcross.
HELEN CuslitNG, assistant, 1888; now teacher in Philadelphia.
T. E. MACURDY, assistant, 1889; now in Boston Public Library.
L. Lou1sE WIIITNFY, cataloguer, 1889-1893; now in Boston Athenmum.
MABEL F. LEARNED, assistant. 18�90—.
FLORA E. WISE, assistant, 1891-1893; now in the Newton Library.
MARGARET B. WHITNEY, occasional assistant.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES.
The Trustees of the Public Library report a year of no extra-
ordinary outlay in any direction, but a year in which the hand-
some building devoted to the intellectual improvement of the
people of the town has been, with its furnishings and surround-
ings and equipment kept in good order and in good repair. The
increase of volumes by purchase has been moderate in number
but good in quality. The liberal provision of periodicals for both
reading rooms has been maintained. Many of these periodicals
are promptly bound, as volumes are completed, and occupy per-
manent places upon the shelves of the library.
The details of the circulation of books will be found in the
report of the Librarian. The increase in the use of books and
of the reading rooms noted one year ago seems to be well main-
tained.
The Trustees aim at an economical administration of all that
belongs to the library work, and a wise and moderate expendi-
ture for new books each year, but beyond this there is constantly
in their minds the desire to increase facilities and to devise meth-
ods by which a larger number of our people may be attracted to
the Library and be led to make use of its valuable treasures.
For the coming year the Trustees ask for a grant of thirty-two
hundred and fifty dollars, and the dog tax. Fifty dollars more
than last year.
Respectfully submitted, by vote of the Trustees,
GEORGE E. PRIEST, Chairman.
6
REPORT OF TRUSTEES.
Statement of the .amount Received and Expended by the
Trustees for the Year 1895-96.
Received from town appropriation,
" " dog tax,
" " sale of cataloges, fines and lost books,
$3,200 00
475 94
130 75
$3,So6 69
Paid out for
Books, $782.30; binding, 437-I I,
Periodicals, (one-third of these circulate as books)
Postage and box rent,
Printing and stationery,
Repairs on building, and furniture,
Express, $Io.76; sundries, $5.98,
Light and fixtures, $219. t 2 ; fuel, $163.25,
Reseeding part of lawn,
Care of building, grounds, etc.,
Salaries and extra labor,
Returned to the town,
$1.219 41
152 08
$I I.96
$49 52
76 53
16 74
382 37
11 40
259 95
I'625 05.
1 68
$3,8o6 69
HERBERT COOLIDGE, Treasurer.
Statement of the Condition of the Asa Fratt Fund.
Amount invested, in hands of Trustees, $5,000 oa
INCOME AND EXPENDITURES.
Balance on deposit in the Watertown Sav-
ings Bank, Feb. 1, 1895, $914 80
Received interest on Bond to December, 1895, 250 00
44 " deposit in Watertown
Savings Bank, 35 97-
$I,200 72
Paid S. F. Whitney, Librar'n, for periodicals, $15o oo
Balance on deposit in Watertown Savings
Bank, Feb. 1, 1896. 1,050 72
$I,200 72
H. W. OTIS,
Treasurer of Trustees of Asa Pratt Fund.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT,
To the Trustees:
GENTLEmEN,— The rules of the Library and common custom
require me to make an annual report of the condition of the
property under my charge and to place it in the hands of your
Chairman at this tithe.
The condition of the Library building and Reading rooms
with their contents is good. The building is in a good state of
repair, and while the reading rooms have suffered only from
ordinary wear, some changes have been made in shelves and fur-
nishings which will make them pleasanter to visitors and will
aflbrd some conveniences to readers which they will appreciate.
In the management of these rooms, your Librarian has ever
sought to use the discretion allowed him in such manner as to
secure the largest liberty to individual readers, with the use of
the privileges of the whole Library to each one, to the greatest
extent compatible. with the condition of good order for which
you, under the rules, hold him responsible.
An increasing number have shown by their use of the rooms
a proper sense of appreciation of the value of the privileges and
of the treasures placed at their command.
The card catalogue kept arranged constantly including even
the latest purchases — under one alphabet — is growing in favor
and appreciation as shown by its use. The fourteenth supple-
ment to the catalogue published in Mi, is published as an
appendix to this report. 11his shows in alphabetical arrange-
ment under authors, titles, subjects, all the purchases and gifts of
the past year; it forms also the fourteenth number of the supple-
mentary catalogue. This series of supplements as a whole,
however, it must be confessed, with its fourteen separate alpha-
bets, is so exasperatingly tedious as to be of little practical value
as a part of the printed catalogue of the Library. Of this we
will speak again.
8 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
The first appendix shows that the whole number of volumes
now belonging to the Library has reached the total of 23,352, a
gratifying increase during the year of 9zi volumes. • From the
increase of 6,245 unbound periodicals and other pamphlets, 3,174
have been bound, making an addition of 269 volumes to the 508
volumes purchased, and the i 17 given by national, state, and
municipal governments, and by the generosity of private indi-
viduals, while 27 volumes have been received in exchange for
duplicates.
It will be seen that the amount in the hands of the Trustees of
the Asa Pratt Fund has increased somewhat beyond the expecta-
tion of the founder of the fund, and the question may arise
whether a part of this accumulation may not properly be used in
binding and preserving in more permanent form the store of
periodicals of very great value to working students, which it was
the purpose of the fund to provide.
The Magazine Club continues to give the Library, after a
month's use among its members, all the periodicals to which it
subscribes. This has added 327 numbers of the most popular
and interesting periodicals during the past year for use in the
Library and for circulation among the citizens of the town.
The publishers of the Watertown Enterprise, the Waltham
Free Press, the Newton journal, the Newton Graphic, and
the Cambridge Tribune, have sent copies of their several papers
promptly on being published• each week, and these are read by
a large number of our people. The Watertown Enterprise has
made constant donations of interesting papers from its exchanges,
and has published quite regularly, lists of new books added to
the Library. To say that all this set•vice has been without
charge, is, I hope, an added argument, if any of our people
need such an argument, why all should help themselves and
help the town by helping to support our only local paper.
The Union Paper Bag Company through its local manager,
Mr. Wm. A. Lingham, has supplied to the Library without
expense to the town the paper with which its books are kept
covered and kept presentable for use.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. 9
Among the additions made to the Library the past year are
some which from their cost must be used in the Library rooms.
Tables in the book room are kept for the use of those people
who wish either to examine such books as these or who wish to
consult our increasing files of bound periodicals, or being
engaged in research, require the use of a number of volumes at
one time.
The North American review now shows the long line of 161
volumes, complete from the beginning in 1815. The Edinburgh
review, complete from ISoz, has ISz volumes. The Quarterly
review has ISo volumes. Littell, with its wealth of articles
copied from the wide range of foreign periodicals, has now 207
volumes. We have a complete set of Harper's magazine num-
bering 91 volumes in each reading room, and also a like set for
circulation for home reading. To make a list of our bound
periodicals would be to repeat a large part of the list of current
periodicals in Appendix III., with additions.
Among the larger and more expensive works added the past
year is a set of 11 Johnson's Cyclopwdia " of the new edition pub-
lished by the Appletons. This new edition, it is claimed, has
been almost wholly rewritten, with descriptions and statistics
brought down ten or twenty years later than in the former edi-
tion. That part of the elaborate geographical work by Elisee
Reclus, entitled "The Earth and its Inhabitants," which treats
of Europe, and filling five large volumes, is one of this year's
additions. It should be seen to be appreciated, with its maps,
plans, and views of places and buildings and physical features.
" Watt's Dictionary of chemistry" is now complete in four vol-
umes. This brings down to the present the facts of a science
that needs to have much of its literature wholiv rewritten each
decade. It represents the latest results of chemical research, is
a cyclopmdia of latest chemical knowledge, a treasury for those
able to understand it. Hubert Howe Bancroft's " The book of
the fair",* in two folio volumes, fully illustrated, far surpasses in
The Book of the Fair, an historical and descriptive presentation of the NVorld's
science. art, and industry, as viewed through the Columbian Exposition at Chicago, in
IS?3. Designed to set forth the display made by the Congress of Nations, of human
achievement in material form, so as the more effectually to illustrate the progress of man-
kind in all the departments of civilized life. By Hubert Bowe Bancroft. Chicago and
San Francisco, Bancroft Company, publishers, 1So3.
10 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
variety of matter and completeness and beauty of illustration all
other works giving• a history and description of the Columbian
World's fair, held at Chicago.
You have added the Riverside editions of Ralph Waldo Emer-
son's works, in twelve volumes, and of John Burrough's works,
in ten volumes, also the beautiful " Thistle " edition of Robert
Louis Stevenson's works, in sixteen volumes. "A cyclopmdia
of works of architecture in Italy, Greece, and the Levant," edited
by Wm. P. P. Longfellow, and published by C. Scribner's Sons,
in 1895, is a series of descriptions of buildings of these countries
where the art of architecture perhaps reached its highest expres-
sion. These descriptions will be found arranged alphabetically
under the name of the city in which the buildings were erected,
with a wealth and beauty of illustration. There are twelve full
page photo-gravures, and two hundred and fifty (256) smaller
illustrations, all from photographs. This work, pleasing to any
eye, will be particularly valuable to any student wishing for exact
information on this subject. Larned's Ll History for ready refer-
ence and topical reading," in five large octave volumes, will be
of use to students.
The last of the additions which I will mention here is a work
for which a number of teachers petitioned a few years since, and
of which we have had a single number since January, 1879,
11 Racinet's Costume historique." The text is in French but
the illustrations will be intelligible to any student of history and
will prove a stimulus to the imagination in reproducing the cos-
tumes of different ages, different lands, different conditions. Of
the five hundred plates, three hundred are printed in colors, in
gold, or in silver, and all have full explanations which give not
only the clothing worn, but ornaments, frequently the arms and
armour, and sometimes the interiors and exteriors of the build-
ings occupied at widely different times and places. This must
prove of value to students of history who would try to get beyond
mere names and statistics.
By reference to the financial statement, it will be seen that
over four hundred dollars ($437-1 i) has been spent for binding
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. 11
269 volumes of periodicals, and in rebinding 3o8 books which,
from use, required rebinding. And yet none of the files of local
papers have been bound as recommended in the last report.
It would be well to increase the- appropriation for this purpose -
by a hundred dollars or more, that files of papers that will in
the future be valuable for the local history which they contain
may be preserved for use.
What was said last year in regard to printed bulletins and a
supplementary catalogue should be kept in mind. The desira-
bility of lists of books of the several classes most in request is.
constantly impressed upon us. The need of a second volume
of the printed catalogue must be felt by those chiefly who make
their selection of books at home. The printing of such a vol-
ume it is estimated would cost six or eight hundred dollars.
In the Librarian's room is a set of catalogue cards from which
the printing could be begun at a week's notice of all titles added
since the main catalogue was printed in Mi.
I have given considerable time and attention, especially during
the past year, to the lower reading -room and the problems.
thereto be solved. I have come to. some conclusions as the
result of our experience. It does not seem wise to leave the
room, without an attendant, to be occupied by persons of all ages,
especially by children. It is too much for untrained and
irresponsible human nature 'to expect that the best results will
be reached without direction or control. It is not so looked for
in the schools, on the street, in business, in fact, anywhere.
That adults may have uninterrupted use of the reading -rooms
and their contents, it would seem desirable to provide for the
children elsewhere. We have at present no suitable room where
they may be properly accommodated. If the desired addition to
the building could be made, as we explained in last year's
report, making a Trustee's room which could very properly be
used for our Historical Society for their monthly meetings and
for works of local history and for valuable reference books, it
would give in the basement a very suitable room for children,
whom you know I have ever tried to accommodate. Here
12 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
should be collected our children's books and children's periodi-
cals. If no wealthy person feels like giving this to the library,
as I have always hoped, would not the town do well to build it?
I would recommend that the age at which children be admitted
to the privileges of the library be changed from thirteen years to
twelve years, as in Boston, or until they reach one of the two
ufiper classes in the grammar schools, and that those younger
be not allowed in the reading -rooms without their parents or
guardians. We have had practically no rule restricting the use of
the library on account of age. The library we have always
delighted to think was op5en to all. But when children who are
not old enough to know that clean, dry hands only should handle
-valuable books, crowd out adults for whom the town makes no
other provision, we must confess that the line of exclusion must
be drawn somewhere.
Doubtless, architecture and beautiful furnishings have good
.efl'ect upon even the thoughtless. There is a subtle and con-
stant influence flowing from the presence of such a chaste and
beautiful building, for instance, as the new Francis school -house,
which we feel should render unnecessary special monitors to
keep good order. Doubtless, however, the School Committee
will deem ita. wise and an economical provision to put a compe-
tent person in charge in each room to give emphasis to this influ-
ence. I hope the town will give you the means with which to
hire a constant attendant in the lower reading -room. The upper
reading -room can be looked after by the attendant at the delivery
desk, with perhaps the help of a boy or girl to run for books.
I would suggest the extension of the book cases in both read-
ing -rooms, and the putting into these of useful books of reference.
With the smaller children provided for elsewhere, these rooms
will be used more and more by those able to profit by much
larger collections of books even than we have now. We might
place here a part of our accumulations of bound periodicals, a
very valuable set of books for this purpose. These represent the
wort: of the best brains of all lands, and are, by Poole's index
.and its continuations, made almost as serviceable to the average
-reader as dictionaries and cyclopmdias.
LIBRARIAX'S REPORT. 13
In regard to the cooperation of the public library with the
public schools, much needs to be said.
It will be seen by referring to Appendix I., that while the
circulation of the library for home use has gone beyond that of
any previous year, that there has been a falling off during the
year in the number used in the library building of nearly one-
third of those so used the preceding year. Nor does this repre-
sent the whole of the difference; for while the number of
children frequenting the reading rooms has been largely in excess
of previous years, it is noticeable that they have done less system-
atic study in the looking up of information and have spent more
of their time in the casual reading of periodicals and the bound
volumes accessible without calling upon the attendants. While.
even such reading is to be encouraged in place of no reading at
all, we have longed for some more systematic and determined
efforts on the part of teachers such as began to be apparent last
year. We do not wish to be understood as casting any blame
on our conscientious and hard -worked corps of teachers, who
doubtless must claim pressure of other more present duties, but
to call attention to the need of more general, more energetic,
and more systematic efforts, probably requiring more informa-
tion on what is being wrought in other places, perhaps a deeper
feeling in the community of the great importance of that instruc-
tion and direction of immature minds that will teach the young
how to read with purpose and effect. Perhaps you may be able
by conference with the School Committee to bring about some
plan of cooperation on some larger, more comprehensive scale,
and in more systematic manner than that found possible by the
efforts of your librarian and individual teachers. You have
taken the lead of many of the larger neighboring communities.
in granting privileges to teachers. You some years since
granted to all teachers in town, both teacher's and pupil cards.
These cards are used in some cases, though not to the extent
which seemed possible at one time. On the "teacher's card"
six such books may be issued as may be desired for the teacher's
own preparation for her work; while on the 16 pupil cards" ten
such books as the teacher may wish to show her pupils for illus-
14 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
tration or side help in their work may be taken. Besides these,
the teacher, by gathering in the pupil's own cards on which two
books each may be taken at a time, may obtain an almost
unlimited number of books for use at any time in her school-
room.
Teachers, it is true, are liable to the same conditions as others
in regard to renewals or return of books and consequently to
possible fines, but the Superintendent of Schools has generously
arranged to pay all fines incurred in such work for the benefit of
the schools on the teachers reporting such cases to him, and has
at the expense of the school department by approval of the School
Committee, replaced a few books lost while in use in the schools.
The best of feeling is shown on all sides of helpfulness in this
matter, but we must acknowledge the fact that the work fails of
reaching that degree of success which we had begun to expect.
In a special report of the Boston School Committee,* pub-
lished this present year a plan of cooperation of the Supervisors
of the Public Schools and of the Librarian of the Public Library
is given in which the part of the work to be done by the schools
and the part to be done by the public library is quite minutely
stated, and a request is made to the Common Council which
votes supplies, for a special appropriation for the purchase of
books and the means of forwarding these to the schools.
If a similar plan should be formed here and if the town should
grant its financial aid in very limited extent even, our town might
reap the advantage of this advance.
The plan submitted to the Common Council and the people of
Boston calls for the purchase of duplicate sets of reference and
other books to be deposited at the Central Library in Copley
Square and at each of the branches, of which there are many,
one in each considerable section of the wide extended city.
Lists of the books proposed are given in the appendix of the
report. Anyone familiar with our library will, by consulting
these lists, see at a glance that we have considerably more than
half of them already. Our work in the library has from the
* School Document No. 14, iSgg. Report of the Board of Supervisors on co-operation
of the Public Library with the Public Schools. Boston, Mfi.
I.IREiARIAAT'S REPORT. 1'5
first, been very much in this direction. Our library began with
the creation of a teacher's reference library. It has..grown
through much of its history to be more and more a help to the
young in their struggle for an education. If those who have been
benefited in the past by its help while getting ready for the work
which they so ably perform do not rise always in support of an
extension of its privileges to others, if they do not in every way
possible do their utmost to enlarge the scope of its influence and
to furnish it with all possible means of doing for future work
what its existence may rightly lead the young to expect, then
ingratitude may indeed cause its hopes to wither, and the librarv,
like the mother of base sons must languish in shame and con-
fusion for want of proper recognition and support.
We cannot believe that those who have well supported the
library in the past will withold any means needed to enable it to
make this or any other desired step in advance.
In the city of Boston the plan calls for an appropriation of
$i a,000 the first year, and less than one-third as much each year
afterward. In our town like benefits might be obtained, since
our commupity is so compact, by an expenditure, say one -
twentieth or even one -thirtieth as large. This would call for not
over four or six hundred dollars the first year and less than two
hundred dollars a year afterward. The cost, it seems to me,
is very small in comparison with the great advantages which
would be secured to all young readers.
I am not sure that the establishment of an agency for the dis-
tribution of books at Mt. Auburn, which I judge from the
expressed desire of many who occasionally take books in that
neighborhood, would be accepted as a grateful act on the part of
the town, might be accomplished with very little additional
expense. The existence of a branch of the Cambridge Public
Library just across the street from the Mt. Auburn post office
naturally raises the question in many minds whether it might not
be better on the whole to seek annexation to a municipality
where in this respect, and probably in all other respects they
might argue, they would enjoy larger privileges. The town can-
not afford to be too saving in such cases.
16 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
If I had heard similar requests fi-om Bemis for extension of
library, privileges, I should have included Bemis. But the library
is as near Bemis now as it is to the dwellers on Garfield street.
While a dweller in the thickly settled village of Mt. Auburn
tells me that the tax on him for car -fare besides the .extra time
required to go to the library is ten cents for each book, it is of
little use to suggest that several cards might bring twice as many
books for the same cost. I think the time has come to meet
these people. The usefulness of the library by this means might
be greatly extended.
If those who started the library, of which the whole town may
be proud; — although I say it who perhaps should not, —had
waited till the majority of the town had demanded it, it would
probably not have existed to this day. Still, all who pay taxes
must see that the probable benefits to the future of this town
must be far in excess of the small expenditure required to estab-
lish and maintain this agency.
The team or express which carries each day, or even every
other day, a box of books to the agency in response to calls, could
leave a box at the East school house as well. The schools in
the centre village rnight- be sufficiently accommodated by so -
arranging that that all the classes of books to be provided, be
kept in the library, and that this be opened an hour earlier each
day, so that the children on leaving school at one o'clock could
obtain the book or books required for the next day's work, or
could look up the proper references before going to their homes.
I desire to help to make our educational advantages so good
here in our own town that parents will not be led at increased
expense of time and money to send their children out of town.
Let us make all our educational facilities so great and so good
that those who prefer to send to some other place will be the
losers thereby.
The particular views and recommendations made in this as in
former reports, may not be approved by those chosen to decide
upon the details, the spirit of my suggestions however must meet
a response in every patriotic heart, and the presentation of some
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. 17
definite plans, even if not the best possible, may lead to discus-
sion and the final adoption of plans even -better.
I am reminded that the good work of free popular libraries
goes bravely on in Massachusetts. When we began we were the
forty-second town in the state having a free public library; now,
of the 353 cities and towns in the state, only twenty-four are
without a free public library, and some of these are otherwise
supplied with books.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
SOLON F. WHITNEY,
Librarian.
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APPENDIX I.
USE AND GROWTH OF THE LIBRARY FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS.
YEARS.
Total number of volumes in the Library ............
Increase during the year ...........................
Increase by purchase
Increase by gift......... .......................
Increase by binding pamphlets.......... • .... • • ....
Increase by exchange of duplicates .................
Withdrawn as worn out, or exchanged as duplicates
'Dotal number of pamphlets and papers in the Library
Pamphlets and papers purchased from appropriation
Pamphlets and papers purchased from Asa Pratt fund
Increase of pamphlets and papers by gift or exchange
Of these were bound or exchanged or sold..........
Total number of persons who have taken out cards..
Number of new persons taking out cards...........
Total number of volumes issued ....................
Total number of volumes issued for home use.......
Consulted in Library besides those in Reading -room
Numberof books covered ..........................
Money received for eatalogues......................
Money received for fines, and books lost or damaged
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
10,587
17,717
18,505
18,912
19,565
796
1,130
788
407
653
654
6131
565
269
363
105
517
101
2.20
127
111
112
163
13,53616,022 17,453 21,658 24,376
1,155 1,059 1,041 1,091 1.083
1.680 1,948
836 1,423 2,539 4,542 3,007
1,549 2,149 3,008 4,320
41585 4,852 5,13.2 5,380 5,656
259 267 280 '248 276
31.998 34,251 37,810 37.435 35,640
29,362 30,895 33,044 32,981 31,010
2,636 3,356 4,766 4.454 4,630
3.1881.784 1.873 1.134 1,521
81-.78 57.45 57.10 89.15 86.75
110.651115.12 121.59 113.28 123.68
1 1891 1 1892 1 1893 1 1894 1 1895
20,6941 21,4721 22,1941 22,4311 23,352
1,129
778
722
237
921
749
253
387
318
508
148
216
179
89
116
243
229
211
124
269
62
80
5
2
27
78
60
296
24,871
27,392
28,369
19,751
'20,293
1,094
1,188
613
616
630
2,216
31285
3,198
3,114
3,249
1,721
4.340
2,194
1,848
2,189
4,546
5.335
4,492
14.196
5,526
5,951
6,236
6,539
6,794
7,041
295
285
30.3
255
247
34,939
35,101
35,037
4.2,083
41.633
30,739
29.486
27.909
33,033
35,181
4,200
5,61.5
7,128
9,050
6,453
59646
4,675
4.605
5,207
4,753
84.6i
57.55
-W05
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$4.70
139.13
131.39
120.741
112.04
126.05
THE LIBRARY AND READING ROODIS ARE OPEN EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 2 TO 9 O'CLOCK
(EXCEPT SUNDAYS AND LEGAL HOLIDAYS.)
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APPENDIX II.
LIST OF DONATIONS OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, PAPERS, ETC.,
GIVEN DURING THE YEAR 1395.
DONORS.
Abbott, John E................. .....................
Acton Memorial Library.... ...........
American Unitarian Association, "Christian Register"..
American University Magazine Publishing Company...
AmherstCollege .....................................
Andover Memorial Library ............................
Arlington, Robbins Library ..........................
Balch, E. S..........................................
Baldwin, Edward D., editor "Newton Graphic..........
Barker, F. G., " Watertown Enterprise," etc............
Barry, Mrs. C. J., " Unitarian ......................... .
Beach, Rev. D. N....................................
Belt, Miss Dixie ......................................
Benneville, Dr. Jas. S. de .............................
Blount College and University of Tennessee............
Boston City Registrar ................................
Boston Park Commissioners ..........................
Boston Public Library ................ ...............
Boston Record Commissioners ........................
Boston School Committee ............................
Boys' Institute of Industry...... ...... ...............
Bradlee, Rev. Caleb D.......... .....................
Brookline Public Library ............. ...............
Brookline, (Mo.) Library.............................
Brooklyn Library ..................... ..... .........
Burbank, Miss Mary L............ •... ...............
Burlington (Vt.), Fletcher Free 1.ihiai ...............
Cambridge Public Library....... ... .................
Chandler, Frank.. .
Chelsea, Fitz Public Library...... ....................
Chicago, Civic Federation of........... ...............
Chicago, Newberry Library ...........................
Chicago Public Library ...................... ........
Cincinnati Public Library .............................
Pampblets
and
Vols. Papers.
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Cobden Club, London ................................
Cole, Rev. W. J., Andover House..... • .... • .. • • • • • • •
Concord Public Library ...............................
Crunden, Fred. M., Librarian St. Louis Public Library
Danvers, Peabody Institute ............................
Draper, Hon. Wm. F., °' Official Gazette of U. S. Patent
Office,. etc............... .....................
Everett Public Library................................
Fall River Public Library .............................
Field Columbian 'Museum, F. J. V. Skiff, director......
Fitzgerald, Desmond .................... ............
Flagler, Gen. D. W .......................... ........
Forbush, E. I -I .......................................
Gleason, S. S........................................
Goodwin, Charles B..................................
Gottsberger, Wm. S..................................
Grand Rapids, Mich., Public Library ..................
Hall, F. Stanhope, editor, 1/ Cambridge Tribune ........
IIarris, Hon. Wm. T., U. S. Com. of Education........
IIarvard University ...................................
Helena, Mont., Public Library ........................
Home Market Club ...................................
Hopedale Public Library ...............................
Indian Rights Association ............................
Kendall, Francis ......................................
Kendall, J. H.........................................
Lancaster Town Library ..............................
Lawrence Public Library ..............................
Lenox Library, N. Y............................. ....
Lingltam, Win. A . ..................................
Linton, Win. S............... .......................
Lummis, Chas. F., editor " Land of Sunshine I.........
Lynn Public Library ................................
Macmillan & Co., " Book Rcviews ".................. .
Macullar, Parker & Co ................................
Maguire, James G......................... ..........
Malden Public Library ...:..............................
Mann, Rev. Chas. IL, editor, "New Church Messenger''
Mass. Agricultural Experiment Station ............. ....
Mass. Civil Service Commission .......................
Mass. Department G. A. R............................
Mass. Institute of Technology .........................
Mass. Secretary of the Commonwealth ................
Mass. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Mass. Trustees of Public Reservations .................
Medford Public Library ...............................
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Mt. Holyoke College •................................. I
Murray, William ..................................... I
Natick. Morse Institute ............................... I
New Bedford, Free Public Library .....................
I
New Hampshire State Librarian .......................
I
New York, 'faimonides Library .......................
I
Newark, N. J., Free Public Library .........
I
Newton Free Library .................................
I
Oliver Ditson Co., "Musical Record"... • . • ............
12
Paterson, N. J., Free Public Library....... • .. • • • - • ....
2
Peabody, Peabody Institute ...........................
I
Portland, Ore., Library Association ...................
13
Pratt, Geo. H., editor, "Newton Journal ...............
5-
Preston, R. E., Director of the Mint.... •..............
Priest, Geo. E.... ...................................
a
Providence Public Library ............................
t
Rand, Rev. E. A .....................................
I I
Rider, S. S...........................................
TO
St. Louis Mercantile Library Association ..............
I
St. Louis Free Public Library .........................
,
St. Paul Public Library ...............................
I
Salem Public Library .................................
I
San Francisco Mercantile Library Association ..........
I
Scranton, Pa., Public Library .........................
1 -
Smithsonian Institution... ...........................
6 15
Somerville Public Library ............................
I
Springfield City Library Association ...................
14
Starbuck, Alex., editor and publisher, " Waltham Daily
Free Press" ....................................
30.i
Stearns, Charles A ...................................
3
Syracuse Central Libras ........... .................
I
Taunton Public Library ......... • .....................
I
Tillinghast, Wm. II ..................................
I
Tokyo, Japan, Public Library.... • ....................
I
Travelers' Insurance Co., "Travelers' Record"• • - . • .
I
Tufts College....
23
United States Bureau of Education..... ...............
United States Bureau of the Mint...... ............... .
United States Civil Service Commission ...............
United States Department of Agriculture...... • • . . • •
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United States Department of Interior..................
United States Interstate Commerce Commission........
;
United States Life -Saving Service .....................
United States Light -house Board ................. ....
;
University of Pennsylvania.. • . • . • • • ................. .
Unknown ............................................
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Waltham Public Library ..............................
Io
Washington, Booker T ...............................
t
Watertown Magazine Club ............................
327
Watkins, Walter K..................................
2
Werner Co., Chicago, Ill ..............................
I
Weymouth, Tufts Library ............. .... .....
White -Smith Music Publishing Co., "Folio ............
G
Whitney, Miss L. Louise ..............................
I
Whitney, S.. F........................................
19
Whittaker, Thomas ...................................
I
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Osterhout Free Library .............
12
Winchester Town Library .................. ..........
I
Woburn Public Library ...............................
t
Woman'sChristian Temperance Union, "Union S�i� nal"
;
Worcester Free Public Library......
,
Wright, Carroll D., Commissioner of Labor...........
Wright, Geo. S.......................................
I
Zullig, Arnold .......................................
APPENDIX III.
LIST OF PERIODICALS REGULARLY RECEIVED AT THE
LIBRARY.
Those not found in the Reading-roones may be called for at the Desk.
American Historical Review.
American University Magazine.
Arena.
Athen.cum, London.
Atlantic Monthly.
Blackwood's Magazine.
Boston Public Library Bulletins.
Cambridge Tribune.
Catholic World.
Century Magazine.
Christian Register.
Contemporary Review.
Dublin Review.
Edinburg Review.
English Illustrated Magazine.
Fliegende Blotter.
Fortnightly Review.
Forum.
Good Words.
Harper's Magazine.
Home Market Bulletin.
Ladies' Home Journal.
Land of Sunshine.
Library Journal.
Library News Letter.
Life (N. Y.)
Literary News.
Literary World.
Littell's Living Age.
Mass. Agr. Exper. Station Reports.
1\1usical Record.
New Church Messenger.
N. E. historical and Gen. Register.
New England Magazine.
Newton Graphic.
Nekton journal.
New World.
Ninteenth Century.
North American Review.
Notes and Queries (London).
Official Gazette of the U. S. Patent
Office.
Our Dumb Animals.
Punch.
Q-11arterly Review.
Review of Reviews.
Scribner's Monthly blagazlne.
Springfield Library Bulletin.
Travelers' Record.
Tuftonian.
Tufts Weekly.
Union Signal.
Unitarian.
Waltham Daily Free Press.
Watertown Enterprise.
Wellesley Review.
Woman's Journal.
24 LIBRAR.IAN'S REPOItT.
PERIODICALS GIVEN BY THE WATERTOWN MAGAZINE CLUB,
Art Amateur.
Life.
Atlantic Monthly.
New England Magazine.
Century.
North American Review.
Cosmopolitan.
Popular Science Monthly.
Critic.
Review of Reviews.
Forum.
St. Nicholas.
Graphic (London.)
Scribner's Monthly.
Iarper's Bazaar.
Season (London.)
Harper's Weekly.
PERIODICALS PURCHASED FROM THE INCOME OF THE
ASA PRATT FUND.
American Architect.
American Machinist.
American Naturalist.
Appalachia.
Boston Advertiser.
Boston Globe.
Boston Herald (Evening Edition).
Boston Evening Journal.
Boston Evening Transcript.
Carpentry and Building.
Chambers' Journal.
Chautauquan.
Decorator and Furnisher.
Education.
Electrical Engineer.
Engineering, London.
Foundry.
Garden and Forest.
Gartenlaube.
Harper's ;Magazine.
Harper's Weekly.
Harper's Round Table.
Illustrated London News.
Journal of Education.
Journal of Franklin Institute.
Kindergarten Magazine.
Lancet (London.)
Lend -a -Hand.
Leslie's Illustrated Weekly.
London Weekly Times.
McClure's Magazine.
Manufacturer and Builder.
Massachusetts Ploughman.
Metal Worker.
Nation (N. Y.)
New England Homestead.
New York Herald, daily, includi
the Sunday edition.
New York,Tribune, semi -weekly.
Outing.
Photographic Times.
Popular Science Monthly.
Poultry World.
St. Nicholas.
Scientific American.
Scientific American, Builder's E
tion.
Scientific American Supplement.
Shoppell's Modern Houses.
Textile Manufacturer.
Youth's Companion. (2 copies.)
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WATERTOWN
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
THE FOURTEENTH SUPPLEMENT
TO SECOND CATALOGUE.
1896.
WATERTOWN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Fourteenth Supplement to Catalogue of Mi.
The following list contains most of the additions to the library during 1895.
Books with no location number must be called for by title. Abbreviations used are
the some 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.
Bookb marked R. C. may be consulted in the rending room by applying to any one of
the attendants. Volumes of bound sets of periodleals named in Appendix III., and
some others, may be consulted by calling for them by title and volume. So also arts of
public documents both town and city, state and national. 11 stands for Pamphlet or
pamphlet case.
Certain reference books, includ ing bound sets of Harper's magazine and other pert-
odicals may be found on the open shelves of each reading room. These should be
carefully used and returned to their places.
Those echo fllul it tedious looking through the FOURTEEN 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.
Abbott, J. S. C. History of Napoleon Bonaparte. N. Y., 1895. 2v. 80. 737.3,4
Absentee, The. Edgeworth, Maria. (1117th Castle Rackrent)....... 220.15
Adams, Brooks. Law of civilization and decay. L., 1895. 80......1036.26
Addison, D. D. Lucy Lareom; life letters, and diary. B., 1894. 120. 722.61
Adventures of Captain horn. Stockton, Frank R.................. 280.68
Alfalfa, or lucern. Smith, J. G. (U. S. Dept. of agr. Farmer's bul-
letin, 31)......................................................
Alden, 11. M. A study of death. N. Y., 1895. 120................. 524.51
Ali Baba and the forty thieves. (JPth Sinbad the sailor)............ 207.77
Alphabets: handbook of lettering, with historical, critical, and prac-
tical descriptions. Strange, E. F.............................. 924.52
Amber witch: a romance. Reinhold, Wilhelm ..................... 256.44
Amelia. Fielding, Henry. 3v...................................298.61.63
American civil war book find Grant Album. A portfolio of half-
tone reproductions from photographs ..........................*
.American commonwealths. Dunn, J. P. Indiana ................. 881.18
4 Fourteenth Supplement-i896-of
American folk -lore society. Memoirs. Vols. 13.
1. Folk•tales of Angola. Edited by H. Chatelain................... 435.82
2. Louisiana folk tiles. Edited by A. Fortier ....................... 435.33
3. Bahama songs and stories. By C. L. Edwards ................... 435.34
American history series. Vols. 1, 3.
1. The colonial era, By G. P. Fisher ................................. 822.55
3. Making of the nation, 1783.1817. By F. A. Walkerr................ 822.57
American writers of to -day. Vedder, H. C........................ 455.25
Amherst college. Catalogue, 1895.96 ...............................
Andersen, Haus Christian. The nightingale. B., 1896. 80, illus... 43.1.40
Angell, G. T., compiler. Humane horse book. B., [1895]. 160. . .... 915.29
Animals. Porter, J. H. Wild beasts .............................. 92653
Wood, Bev. J. G. and Rev. 'Theodore. The Zoo. L. 4 vols. 8°, illuQ.926.55-58
Arbitration on Misiones. Zeballos, E. S. Argument for the Argen-
tine Republic upon the question with Brazil in regard to the ter-
ritory of Misiones, submitted to arbitration of pres, of U. S.....1057.38
Statement to refute mistakes of Brazilian origin and to en-
lighten public opinion in South and North America.............1051.46
Architects of fate: steps to success. Maiden, 0. 5................. 530.26
Architecture. Gibson, L. H. Beautiful houses. Illustrated...... 938.43
Longfellow, W. P. P., ed. Cyclopaedia of works of architecture in
Italy, Greece, and the Levant ........... ............ ..........
+
Arctic regions. Jackson. F. G. The great frozen land .............. 337.21
Peary, Mrs. J. D. My Arctic journal: a year among tee fields and
Eskimos. With The great white journey across Greenland, by
Robert E. Peary ............................................... 353.45
Arnold, Matthew. Letters, 1848-1888. N. Y., 1895. 2v. 120...... 433.43,44
Burroughs, John. Matthew Arnold's criticism;-Aruold's view of
Emerson and Carlyle. (In his Indoor studies) .................. 471.70
Atha, My early travels in America and. Stanley, II. \1............ 322.24,25
Atkinson, E. The science of nutrition; the Aladdin oven, etc. B.,
1895. 120............................ I....................... 955.45
Atlanta. Cotton states exhibition, 1893. Smithsonian inst. exhibit.
Atwater, W. 0. Foods: nutritive value and cost. (U. S. Farmer's
Bulletin 23)....................................................
Austin, Jane G. Dr. Le Baron and his daughters. B., 1893. 120... 253.45
Babylonia, Early adventures in Persia and. Layard, A. H......... 362.49
Baedeker, K. Switzerland and adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and
Tyrol. Leipzic. 1895. 160, maps .............................. 3.12.25
Bahama songs and stories: contribution to folk -lore. Edwards, C. L. 435.34
Baker, Sir Samuel: a memoir. By T. D. Murray and A. S. White... 728.11
Balch, T. The French in America during war of independence .... 837.23.24
Balfour, A. J. Foundations of belief. N. Y., 1895. 120............ 530.22
Ballads. Stevenson, R. L, (In his Works, vol. 16.)................ 445.39
Ballou, M. M. Pearl of India. B., 1895. 120 ..................... 353.40
Ba"c, Honord de. Bdatrix. 'Trausl. by K. P. Wormeley. B., 1895. 211.54
Watertown (Public Library Calalogute. 5
Balzac, IIonord de. (Continued.)
A daughter of Eve. B., 1895. 120 .............................. 211.55
Contents. Daughter of Eve. -A commission in lunacy. -The rural ball.
Lucien de Rubemprd. B., 1895, 120............................. 211.51
Marriage contract. B., 1895. 120................................ 211.53
Contents. The marriage contract. -Double life.-Peaco of a hoane.
A start in life. B., 1895. 120.................................... 211.52
Bancroft, H. H. Book of the fair: historical and descriptive presen-
tation of the world's science, art and industry, as viewed through
Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893. 2 vols...................*
Banded men. (In Saga library, vol. 1)........................... . 892.1
Barlow, Jane. illaureen's fairing. N. Y., 1895. 16u............... •)81.95
Barnett, Edith A. Training of girls for work. L., 1894. 160...... 56.2.5
Barras, Paul J. N., conde de, Ilemoirs of, member of the directorate.
Ed. by G. Duruy. In 4 vols. Illustrated. Vols.1 and 2...... 783.11,12
Baxter, Sylvester. Boston park guide. B., 1895. 80, i11us......... B. Parks
Watrix. Balzac, Honord de ......... .............................. 211.54
Beautiful houses: a study in house building. Gibson, L. El......... .).18.43
Becke, L. By reef and palm. Phil., 1894. 160...................... z97.48
Belgium. Stevenson, R. L. An inland voyage..... • ............... 415.35
Bench work in wood. Goss, W. F. Al.. ......... • .................. 924.53
Besant, Walter. Beyond the dreams of avarice. N. Y., 1895. 80.... 256.32
In deacon's orders; and other stories. N. Y., 1895. 120.......... 256.37
Westminster. N. Y., 1895. 80, illus..... ................ ...... 345.14
Beside the bonnie brier bush. Watson, John, (Ian 1lfaclaren) ...... 2S4.79
Bessie Costrell, Story of. Wald, 1llary A ........................... 281.93
Beyond the dreams of avarice: at novel. Besaat, Walter.. .......... 256.32
Bible. Song of songs. Griffis, W. E. Lily amon-w thorns.......... 521.62
Bible, Story of the, in simple language. Foster, Charles ............ 513.21
Bigelow, John. Life of Samuel J. 'Tilden. N. Y., 1895. 2v........ 728.9,10
Bigelow, Poultney. Borderland of Czar and Kaiser. N. Y., 1895. 120. 3.22.23
Billings, J. S., and others. Composition of expired air and its effects
upon animal life,. (Smithsonian con trib. to knowledge. v. 29)..
Biography, national, Dictionary of. Stephen, L., and Lee, S., eds.
45 vols........................................................•
Birds. Burroughs, J. Birds and poets ............................. 471.65
Elliot, D. G. North American shore birds ....................... 936.48
Wright, Mabel 0. Birderaft: a fleld book of 200 song, game, and
water birds. Colored illustrations .............................. 936.47
Bismarck's table -talk. Edited with introduction by Charles Lowe.. 432.42
Black, William. 'Three feathers. N. Y., 1892. 120................. 274.28
Black arrow. Stevenson, Robert L..... • ........................... 415.31
Blaine, James G., Biography of. Dodge, M. Abigail ................ 728.15
Body -snatcher. Stevenson, R. L................................ ha-1.15.31
Bog -myrtle and peat. Crockett, S. R.............................. 2.36.33
Boileau, and Charles Perrault. Deschanel, E. A. E. M.............. 571.59
Booth, Charles. Life and labour of the people in London. 6 vols..1054.41-44
G Fourteenth Supplement-i896-of
Borderland of Czar and Kaiser. Bigelow, Poultney................ 322.2.7
Boston, Mass. City council. Bibliographical sketch of laws of Mass.
colony, 1630-1686, in which are included the Body of liberties of
1641, and records of court of assistants, 1641-1644...............1057.23
Mayors. Inaugural addresses. Vol. 1. 1822-1851............
Parks, Board of commissioners dept. of. Report, 20th, 1895.
Public Library. Report, 43d, 1884........................ ...
Record commissioners. Reports, 25th and 26th. 1895.......... ---
School committee. Annual report, 1893.......................
Water board. Short description of Boston water works. 1895.
Description. Baxter, S. Boston park guide. 1895................ B. P.
Roe, A. S. The old representatives' hall, 1798-1805...........
Sweetser, M. F. How to see Boston. B., 1895............... 374.7
Boston. Boys institute of industry. Annual report, 1895...........
Bourget, Paul. Outre mer: (Notes sur 1'Amerique.) 2v.......... 571.54,55
Same, in English. Outre mer: impressions of America. 1895..... 353.39
Bradley, A. G. Wolfe. L., 1895. 120. (Eng. men of action)....... 711.60
Bridgman, A. Al., ed. Souvenir of Mass. legislators, 1895.......... 737.79
British policy, Growth of. Seeley, J. R.... .....................1051.44,45
Brooks, George M., Commemorative exercises In memory of, Apr. 23,
1894. Middlesex bar association ............................... 737.80
Brown, Alice. Meadow -grass: tales of New England life........... 281.94
Contents. Number Five. -Farmer EIPs vacation. -After all. -Told in the
poorhouse.-Hermau's ma. -Heartsease. -Nis' Wadlelgh's guest. -A
righteous bargain. -Joint owners in Spain. -Al Sudleigh fair. -Bank-
rupt. -Nancy Boyd's last sermon. -Strollers in Tiverton.
Brown, John. Pilgrim fathers of New England, and their Puritan
successors. N. Y., 1895. 80, illus............................. 870.22
Brownies, The. Ewing, Juliana Horatia..........................1i1.201.76
Bunner, Henry Cuyler. More 1°Short sixes." N. Y., 1891. 120.... 211.50
Burgis, Edwin. Perils to British trade; how to avert them .......... 1044.39
Burke, Rev. Thomas N., Life of. Fitzpatrick, Wm. J............... 725.43
Burnett, Frances H. Little Lord Fauntleroy. N. Y., 1895. 80...... 207.33
Burroughs, John. Writings. B., 1895. 9v., 120. Riverside edition.471.63-71
1. Wake -robin.... ................. 471.63 5. Pepacton ....................... 47167
2. Winter sunshine ............... 471.64 G. Fresh fields..................... 471.41E
S. Birds and poets ................ 471.65 7. Signs and seasons... .......... 471.69
4. Locusts and wild honey....... 471.66 8. Indoor studies .................. 471.70
9. Riverby ......................... 471.71
By reef and palm. Becke, Louis .................................... 29748
Cabot, John, and Sebastian his son. Harrisse, Henry ............... 876.23
Campbell, Colin, Lord Clyde. Forbes, Archibald ................... 711.59
Captain Singleton, Life of. Defoe, Daniel .......................... 298.7.2
Carlyle and his wife. O'Connor, T. P. (In Some old love stories)... 782.19
Casa Braccio. Crawford, F. Marion ................................ 2993.4
Castle Rackrent. Edgeworth, Maria ................................ 220.15
Cereals collected at World's Columbian exposition, Analyses of.
Wiley, H. W. 1895. (U. S. dept. of agric. Div. of chem.) ......
Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 7
Cevennes, Travels with a donkey in the. Stevenson, R. L.......... 445.35
Ceylon. Ballou, M. M. Pearl of India ............................. 353.40
Charles River dam. Evidence and arguments. Mass. Board of har-
bor and land commissioners. 1895 .............................
Chemistry, Watts' dictionary of. Morley, H. F., and Muir, 31. M.
P., eds. 4v.................................................... *173.-.
Chicago, Ill. Hull -house maps and papers; a presentation of nation-
alities and wages in a congested district of Chicago. 1895 ...... 1054.49
Children of the soil. Sienkiewicz, Henryk......................... 257.35
Child's garden of verses. Stevenson, Robert Louis.................In445.39
China. Douglas, R. K. Ll Hung Chang ........................... 782.4
Nevius, H. S. C. Life of J. L. Nevius, 40 yrs. missionary in China. 345.16
Norman, H. Peoples and politics in the far East.; ............... 337.20
Tiffiiny, F. In This goodly frame the earth ...................... 364.46
Vladimir, compiler. The China -Japan war. Illustrated.......... 845.31
Christ of to -day. Gordon, George A ................................ 530.23
Christine R,ochefort, Story of. Prince, Helen Choate............... 281.99
Church, Mary C. Life and letters of Dean Church.; L.,1894. 120... 722.62
Churches in U. S., Report on statistics of. U. S. Census office, llth
census, 1890...................................................
Civic federation of Chicago, Industrial committee. Congress on in-
dustrial conciliation and arbitration at Chicago, Nov. 13, 14,
1894.......................................................I Arbitration
Civilization and decay, Law of: an essay on history. Adams, B....1036.26
Clarence. Harte, F. Bret ................•......................... 220.4
Clark, F. E. Danger signals. Enemies of youth, from business man's
standpoint..................................................... 552.61
Clemens, S. L. (Mark Twain.) Pudd'n head Wilson, and Those ex-
traordinary twins. Hartford, 1894. 80, illus.....,.............. 257.34
Clyde, Henry.' Pleasure -cycling. B., 1895. 160.................... 921.50
Cobden club. Annual general meeting, 1895. Report and speeches .1010.26
Cooke, J. It., M.D. Hypnotism: how it is done, its uses and dangers. 955.44
Codfish, History of emblem of, in House of representatives, Mass.... 847.20
Coffin, C. C. Daughters of the revolution, 1769-1776. hist. romance.. 256.38
College sermons. Jowett, Benjamin. Edited by W. H. Freeman.... 530.24
Colombs. Par Prosper Dlerimee...................; ................ 571.51
Columbus, Authentic letters of. Curtis, W. E. (Field Col. in. pub. 2) Q Field
Colonel Jack, History of. DeFoe, Daniel. 2 vols...:..............298.76,77
Commission in lunacy. Balzae, H. de. (With A,daughter of Eve.) 211.55
Conduct of life. Emerson, Ralph Waldo ........................... 455.31
Constantinople. Crawford, F. Marion. Illus. by E. L. Weeks.... 353.41
Constantinople. Grosvenor, Edwin A. 2 vols. Illustrated ..... 337.18,19
Contrast, The. Edgeworth, 31aria. (In her Popular tales) ......... 220.16
Corea. Miln. Louise J. Quaint Korea ............................. 353.43
Norman, H. (In Peoples and politics in the far East) ............. 337.20
Vladimir, compiler. The China -Japan war ......................... 845.31
Costume historique, Le. Racinet, A. 6 vols....... ...........*
8 Fourteenth Supplernent-1896-of
Coues, Elliott, ed. Expeditions of Z. M. Pike. 1805-7. With a memoir.
8 vols........................................................337.15-17
Country stories. Mitford, Mary Russell ............................ 299.5
Craigie, Christopher. An old man's romance. B., 1895. 160....... 234.23
Craik, D. M. M. Fairy book: the best fairy stories rendered anew... 201.68
Crawford, Francis Marion. Casa Bracclo. N.Y., 1895. 2v. 12°..... 299.3,4
Constantinople. N. Y., 1895. 80, illus.._......................... 353.41
Crimean war. Russell, Wm. H. The great war with Russia........ 824.40
Crockett, S. R. Bog -myrtle and peat. N. Y., 1895. 120........... 256.33
The lilac sunbonnet: a love story. N. Y., 1895. 120.............. 256.39
The men of the moss -hags. N. Y.,1895. 120. 2 cop...........250.40,41
The sticket minister, and some common men. N. Y., 1894. 12°... 256.36
Crow, Common, of the U. S. (U. S. Dept. of agr. Div. of ornith.
Bulletin 6)....................................................
Curtin, Jeremiah., Hero tales of Ireland. B., 1894. 120............. 434.36
'Pales of the fairies and of the ghost world, from oral tradition.... 434.37
Curtis, Wm. E. Authentic letters of Columbus..................In IV Field
Cycling. Clyde, H.' Pleasure -cycling. B., 1S95. 1B°............... 921.50
Porter, L. H. Cycling for health and pleasure. B., 1895. 16=..... 921.51
Cyelopeadia, Johnson's. New edition. 1893.1895. 8 vols........... *
Cyclopeedia of works of architecture in Italy, Greece, and the Levant.
Edited by Wm. P. P. Longfellow. Illustrated ..................*
Daddy Darwin's dovecot. Ewing, Juliana Horatia.................In201.86
Damien. Father. Stevenson, Robert Louis. (1h his Works, v. 4)...
445.27
Dana, Mfrs. W. Starr. How to know the wildflowers. Enlarged
edition. 1895 .............................. ...................945.262
Danger signals. Enemies of youth. Clark, hero. F. E..............
652.61
Darmesteter, Diary. Froissart. Transl. from French. N. Y., 1895.
S°,illus........................................................
783.18
Dasent, Sir G. W. Tales from the fjeld. Popular tales from the
Norse of P. Ch. AsbjSrnsen. N. Y., 1896. 120, illus............
434.41
Daughter of Eve. Balzac, Vonore de ..............................
211.55
Daughters of the revolution, 1769-1776: hist. romance. Coffin, C. C.
256.38
David Balfour. Sequel to Kidnapped. Stevenson, R. I ..............
445.29
Davies, Gen. H. E. General Sheridan. N. Y., 1895. 120. (Great
commanders) ..................................................
723.64
Davis, Richard H. About Paris. N. Y., 1895. 120, Illus............
351.44
Princess Aline. N. Y., 1895. 120, illus..... .....................
226.42
Days of auld lang syne. Watson, John Maclaren...................
284.80
Death, A study of. Alden, Henry Mills ............................
524.51
Dedham, Mass., Alphabetical abstract of record of deaths [and] mar-
riages in, 1844-1890. Hill; Don Gleason. compiler.............878.48,49
DeFoe, Daniel. Romances and narratives. Edited by G. A. AItken.
L., 1895. 16v. 160, illus.
Life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe. 3 vole ...................208.67.69
Life and adventures of Mr.* Duncan Campbell....... . . ............. 298.70
Memoirs of a Cavalier ................................................. 298.71
Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 9
DeFoe, Daniel. (Contl►nted.)
Life of Captain Singleton ..................... . .................. .. 29872
Journal of the plague year ........ ........................... ....... 208.75
History of Colonel Jacques. 2 vole ...... ................. ........298.76,77
New voyage round the world ......................................... 29880
Due preparation for the plague, as well for body as soul.......... 29881
King of pirates, Captain Avery........................................298.82
Degeneration. Nordau, Max ..................................... 543.20
Delectus sententiarum Graecarum. Cantabrigiae, 1819. 120....... • • 574.65
Deschanel, E. A. E. M. Boileau. -Charles Perrault. Paris, 1888. 120. 571.59
Doctor, his wife, and the clock. Rohlfs, Mrs. Anna Katharine.. • .... 291.46
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Strange case of. Stevenson, R. L.... ... 445.30
Dr. Le Baron and his daughters. Austin, .Jane G................. 253.45
Dodge, M. A. (Gail Hamilton). Biography of James G. Blaine ...... 728.15
Domesticated animals: their relation to man. Shaler, N. S........ 937.39
Dougall, L. The mermaid; a love tale. N. Y., 1895. 120. .......... 281.98
Douglas, Hobert K. Li Hungehang. N. Y., 1895. 120. (Public men
ofto -day) ..................................................... 782.4
Doyle, A. Conan. The Stark Munro letters. N. Y., 1895. 1211, illus • • 276.64
Drake, Samuel Adams. Watch -fires of '76. B., 1895. 120, illus.-... 832.33
Dudley, Dean, ed. Officers of our Union army and navy. B., [1862].
Vol. 1......................................................... 720.14
Du Maurier, G. L. P. B. 'Trilby. \. Y., 1894. 120, illus... • • ... •298.13,14
Duncan Campbell, Life and adventures of. DeFoe, Daniel.......... 298.70
Dunn, J. P., jr. Indiana: a redemption from slavery. (Amer. com-
monwealths)............................................... ... 881.18
Duruy, George, ecl. Memoirs of Barras. N. Y., 1895. Vols. 1,2. 80..783.11,12
Dwight,'1'• F., ed. Critical sketches of some federal and confederate
commanders................................................... 876.20
Contents. General Beauregard, by John C. Ropes; General Grant, by
Col. T. A. Dodge; General Hancock, by Gen. F. A. Walker; General
Humphreys, by Gen. J.11. Nilson; General McClellan, by John C. Ropes;
General Sherman, by John C. Ropes; General Stuart, by John C. Ropey;
General Thomas, by Col. If. Stone; General Thomas in the Record, by
Col T. L. Livermore; The war as we see it now, by John C. Ropes.
Index. [Lists of] Officers of military historical society of Mass., 1876-
1893; ➢fembers of society, 1695; and of reports and papers, 1876-1895.
Dyer, Henry. Evolution of industry. N. Y., 1895. 120.............1044.38
Dynamiter, 'The. Stevenson. Robert Louis .......................In445.26
Earle, Alice Morse. Margaret Winthrop. N. Y., 1896. 16c.......... 882.29
Earth and its inhabitants. Europe. Reolus, E. 5 vols. 40, illus.... 347.1.5
Ecclesiastical history. Moxom, P. S. From Jerusalem to Nictea. 524.50
Echoes from the Sabine farm. Field, Eugene and Roswell M........ 767.18
Edgeworth. Maria. Castle Rackrent; The absentee. L., 1895. 120.• 220.15
Popular tales. L., 1895. 120 ........................... I........ 220.16
Contents. Lazne Jervas.-The will. -Limerick gloves.-Outof debt out
of danger. -Lottery. -Rosanna. -Mural the unlucky.-Manufaeturers.-
Contrast.-Grateful negro.-Tomorrow.
10 Fourteenth Supplement-1896-of
Edinburgh: picturesque notes. Stevenson, R. L. (In his Works,
vol. 12)........................................................ 445.35-
Edwards, C. L. Bahama songs and stories. B., 1895. 80, illus..... 435.34
Egypt. Mahaffy, John P. Empire of the Ptolemies ................ 822.58
Tiffany, Francis. (In This goodly frame the earth) ............... 364.46
Egyptian tales, tr. from the papyri. Petrie, W. M. Flinders, ed..... 434.38
Eickemeyer, C.and L. W. Among the Pueblo Indians. N. Y.,1895. 80. 353.42
Elliot, Daniel G. North American shore birds. N.Y., 1895. 120,illus. 936.48-
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Complete works. B., 1895. 12v. 120....455.26-37
1. Nature, addresses, and lec- 7. Society and solitude.......... 455.32
tures......................... 455.26 S. Letters and social aims...... 455.33
2. Essays; first series............ 455.27 9. Poems ....................... 455.34
3. Essays; second series......... 45.5 28 10 Lectures and blog. sketches. 455.35
4. Representative men........... 455.29 11. Miscellanies ................... 455.36
5. English traits .................. 455.30 12. Natural history of intellect,
6. Condnet of life . ............... 455.31 etc............................ 455.37
England. Gardiner, S. R. History of Englaud from accession of
James I. to outbreak of civil war, 1603-1642. L., 1893-94. 10v..861.26-35
-History of the great civil war, 1642-1649. L.,1893. 4v. 120..861.36-39-
Green, J. R. Short history of the English people. Illustrated.
Edited by Mrs. J. R. Green and Miss Kate Norgate. 4 vols.... 847.13-16
Mitchell, D. G. English lands, letters and klugs. 3 vols......... 474.42
Contents. 1. From Celt to Tudor-2. From Elizabeth to Anne. -
3. Queen Anne and the Georges.
Ruskin, John. The harbours of England. 13 illus., by J. M. W.
Turner........................................................ 444.35
Seeley, John Robert. Growth of British policy 2 vols........ 1051.44,45
Trail], I1. D., ed. Social England. Progress in religion, laws,
learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature, and man-
ners from earliest times. N. Y., 1894-95. Vols. 1-4. 80....... 1036.21-24
English teen of action ............................................ 711.59,60
Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde, by A. Forbes ..... ................ ... 711.59
Wolfe, by A. G. Bradley ............................................... 71160 -
English seamen in the 16th century: lectures, 1893-4. Fronde, J. A. 824.42
English traits. Emerson, Ralph Waldo ............................ 455.30-
Erckmann, E. and Chatrian, A. Madame Thdrese. Ed. by G. W.
Rollins........................................................ 572.56
Ere -dwellers (Eyrbyggla saga.) (In Saga library, vol. 2) ......... 892.2
Essays. First and second series. Emerson, R. W ................455.27,28
Europe. Reclus, Elisee. The earth and its inhabitants: Europe. 5v.347.1-5
Stephen, L. The playground of Europe ......................... 364.42
Shaw, A. Municipal government in continental Europe...... • •..1054.46
Warren, Mary B. Little journeys abroad ......................... 351.42
Evolution of industry. Dyer, Henry. .................... • • .......1044.38
Ewing, Juliana H. A fiat -iron for a farthing. B., 1892. M ........ 201.78
A great emergency, and other tales. B.,1894. 161............ • • • . 201.82
Contents. A great emergency.- A very ill-tempered family.- Our
field.-Madamo Liberality.
Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 11
Ewing, Juliana H. (Continued.)
Jackanapes. Daddy Darwin's dovecots. Story of It short life.
With a sketch of her life by her sister, Mrs. S. F. Gatty. B., 1894. 20186
Jan of the windmill. B., 1895. 160 ............................. 201.85
Last words: a final collection of stories. B., 1894. 160, illus..... 201 80
Contents. Diary's meadow. -Letters from a little garden.-Snap•drag-
ons.-Dandelion clocks. -Blind man and the talking dog. -So so. -Trin-
ity flower.-Iiyrkegrim turned preacher. -Ladders to heaven. -Sun.
flowers and arusltligbt.-Tiny's trick's and Toby's tricks. -Owl in the
ivy bush.
Lob Lie -by -the -tire, the brownies, and other tales. B., 1894. 1GO.. 201.76
Contents. Lob Lie-by.the.iire.-Timothy's shoes. -Old Father Christ-
mas.-Benjy in beastland.-The peace egg. -The brownies. -Land of
lost toys. Three Christmas trees. -An Idyl of the wood -Christmas
crackers. -Amelia and the dwarfs.
Melchior's dream, Brothers of pity, and other tales. B., 1895. 1GO. 201.77
Contents. Melchior's dream. -Blackbird's neat.-Friedrieb's ballad. -
Bits of green. -Monsieur the viscount's friend.-Yow•lane ghosts. -clad
babit.-Happy family.-Brotbers of pity. -Father Hedgehog and his
neighbors. -Toots and boots. -Liens of IIencastle.-Flops.
Mrs. Overtheway's remembrances. B., 1894. 16°................. 201.83
Six to sixteen. B., 1804. 160............. ....................... 201.81
We and the world: a book for boys. B., 1894. 16° ...... • . • ....... 201.8.1
Gatty, H. K. F. Juliana 11. Ewing and her books ............ .Li201.8G
Fairy book. Best fairy stories rendered anew. Craik, D. tii........
201.68
Fairies, 'Pales of the, from oral tradition in southwest Munster. Cur-
tin, J..........................................................
434.37
Fast and 'Thanksgiving days of New England. Love, W. DeL., jr...
824.41
Feuillet. Octave. Le roman d'un jeune homme pauvre. N. Y., 120..
571.57
Field, Eugene. Little book of profitable tales. N. Y., 1895. 161.....
451 35
Little book of western verse. N. Y., 1895. 161...................
451.36
Love affairs of a biblionianlac. N. Y., 1896. 160..................
451.34
Love songs of childhood. N. Y., 1895. 1GO.......................
451.39
Second book of verse. N. Y., 1805. 160..........................
45137
With trumpet and drum. N. Y., 1895. 160.......................
451.38
and K. M. Echoes from Sabine farm. N. Y., 1895. S°-..........
767.18
Field Columbian museum, Chicago. Publications, 2-6, 8.............IV Field.
Contents. 2. Authentic letters of Columbus, by W. E. Curtis.-S. Ilaud-
book of meteorite collection. by O. C. Harrington.-4. Contribution to
flora of Yucatan, by C. F. 31111spaugli.-5. Structure and development of
vertebral column of amia, by O. P. Hay.-6. Annual report of director
of board of trustees for IM-95.-8. Archaeological studies among an-
cient cities of Mexico, by W. H. Holmes.
Fielding, Henry. Works. Ed. by Geo. Saintsbury. L., 1893. 12v.298.55.66
12. Adventures of Joseph Andrews...............................298.55,56
3.6. history of Tom Jones.........................................298.57.60
7-9. Amelia...........................................................298.61.63
10. History of Jonathan Wild ........................................ 298.64
11,12. Miscellanies ....................... ................. .........298.65,66
12 Fourteenth Supplement-1896-of
Finek, Henry'1'. Lotos time in Japan. N. Y., 1895. SO, illus....... 364.45
Fitzgerald, Edward. Letters to Fanny Kemble, 1871.1883. N. Y... 451.33
Fitzpatrick, Wm. J. Life of Rev. Thomas N. Burke. L.,1894. 120. 725.43
Flat -iron for a farthing. Ewing, Juliana Horatla................... 201.78
Flint, Robert. Socialism. L., 1894. 80 .............................1055.34
Flowers, wild, How to know the. Dana, Mrs. W. S. Revised ed..... 915.26
Folk -lore. Curtin, J. Tales of the fairies and of the ghost world.. - •1:14.37
Edwards, C. L. Bahama songs and stories ....................... 435.34
Fortier, A., ed. Louisiana folk -tales, in French dialect and Eng. tr. 435.33
Journal of American folk -lore. Nos. 7.18. 1889.1892.............
Petrie W. M. F., ed. Egyptian titles, translated from the papyri.. 434.38
Foods. Atkinson, Edward. Science of nutrition ................... 955.45
Atwater, W. O. Foods: nutritive value and cost.(U.S. dept. of agr).
Forbes, A. Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde. L., 1895. 120. (Eng. men
ofaction)..... ............................................... 711.59
Memories and studies of war and peace. N. Y., 1895. 80.......... 475.38
Forman, H. B., ed. Letters of John Keats. L., 1895. 120........... 711.71
Forney, M. N. Catechism of the locomotive. N. Y., 1891. 80, Illus. 044.29
Fortier, A., ed. Lousiana folk -lore. B., 1895. 80................... 435.33
Fossils, Directions for collecting and preparing. Schuchert, C. (U. S.
National museum. Bulletin 39, part K.)........................
Foster, Charles. Story of the Bible, told in simple language. 1884... 543.21
Foundations of belief. Balfour, Arthur James .................... 530.22
France. History. Barras, P. J. F. N., comte de. Memoirs, vuls. 1,2.783.11,12
Contents. 1. Ancient regime and the revolution.-S. Directorate up to
the 18th fructidor.
Houssaye, H. 1814. [Histoire de lit chute du premier enipirel.. 571.58
Language. Deschanel, E. A. E. M. Boileau. Charles Perrault... 571.59
Erckmann, E., and Chatrian, A. Madame'Thdrese............ :172.56
Feuillet, 0. Le roman d'uu jeune homme pauvre....... • • • • • 1.57
Hugo, Victor. Les voix Interieures................ • - - • - • - - - - 571.58
316rim6e, Prosper. Colomba................................. 571.51
Renan, J. E. 575.24
Sauveur, L. Petites causeries................................ s174.64
Fraser, Marie. In Stevenson's Samoa. N. Y., 1895. 160............:351.43
Freeman, Edward Augustus, Life and letters of. Stephens, W.R.W.783.9,10
French in America during war of independence of U. S. Balch, 'T...S37.23,24-
Fresh fields. Burroughs, John ..................................... 471.49
Froebel's gifts. Wiggin, Kate D., and Smith, Nora _1............... T.L.143
Froissart. 'Translated from French. Darmesteter, Mary......... • . 783.18
From the memoirs of a minister of France. Weyman, S. J.... • • • • • . 215.43
Front yard, and other stories. Woolson, Constance F............... 281.96
Froude, James A. English seamen in 18th century. N.Y., 1895. 120. 824.42
Fuller, Henry B. With the procession: a novel. N. Y., 1895. 120... 256.34
Future of science. Renan, Jos. Ernest ............................. 5.13.19
Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 13
Garden behind the moon. Pyle, Howard ...........................
208.37
Gardiner, Samuel R. History of England from the accession of
James I to outbreak of civil war, 1603-1642. L.,1893-4. 10v. 120.861.26.35
History of the great civil war 1642-1649. L., 1893. 4v. 120....... 861.36-39
Garrison tales from Tonquiu. O'Neil, James .......................
299.6
Gatty, Horatia K. F. Juliann Horatia Ewing and her books ........ In201.86
Gentleman vagabond, and some others. Smith, F. H...............
299.1
Germany. Bigelow, P. Borderland of Czar and Kaiser ...........
322.23
Gibson, Louis H. Beautiful houses: a study in house -building......
938.43
Gibson, Wm. H. Our edible toadstools and mushrooms. N. Y., illus.
937.38
Girls, 'Training of, for work. Barnett, Edith A .....................
562.5
Glimpses of unfamiliar Japan. Hearn, Lafcadio ..................364.43,44
Godkin, E. L. Reflections and comments, 1865.1895. N. Y., 1893. 80.
455.6
Gollancz, I., ed. Midsummer nights' dream, by Wni. Shakespeare..
706.20
Goodwin, Maud Wilder. Head of a hundred. B., 1895. 120.........
220;5
Gordon, George A. The Christ of today. B., 1895. 120.............
530.23
Goss, W. F. M. Bench work in wood. B., 1888. 120................
924.53
Gough, John B. Rand, Edw. A. The knight that smote the dragon.
730.14
Grand Army of the Republic, Dept. of Mass. Early history,1806 1880.
873.15
Grant, Ulysses S. Allen, Wm. H., Tub. American civil war book
and Grant album: portfolio of half -tone reproductions from
photographs................................................... *
Great Britain, Municipal government in. Shaw, Albert.............1054.45
Great emergency, and other tales. Ewing, Juliana Horatia..........
201.82
Great frozen land. Jackson, Frederick G...........................
337.21
Great mother, A; sketches of Madam Willard. Willard, Frances E.,
and Norton, M. B. Chicago, 1894. 80..........................
782.3
Greece. Tiffany, F. (In This goodly frame the earth) .............
36446
Greek language. Grammar. Delectus senteutiarum Grzecarnin......
57465
Greek studies: essays. Pater, Walter ................................
433.41
Green, Anna K. See Rohlfs, Mrs. A. K.
Green, J. R. Short history of the English people. Illustrated. Ed.
by Mrs. J. R. Green and Miss Kate Norgate. 4 vols.......... 847.13 16
Gregorovius, Ferdinand. History of I:ome in middle ages. Vol. 1.
842.41
Griffis, Win. E. Lily among thorns: study of the Song of songs.....
521.62
Townsend Harris, first American envoy in Japan. B., 1895. 91)....
782.17
Grinnell, George Bird. Story of the Indian. N. Y., 1895. 120, illus.1051.41
Grosvenor, E. A. Constantinople. Introduction by Lew Wallace .337.18,19
Gulliver, Travels into remote nations by. Swift, Jonathan..........
253.43
Hajji Baba of Ispahan, Adventures of. Morier, J. J................. 281.92
Half a century with judges and lawyers. Willard, J. A .............. 450.37
Hapgood, Isabel F. Russian rambles. B., 1895. 120............... 353.38
Harbours of England. Ruskin, John. Illus. by J. M. W. 'Turner... 444.35
Harris, Joel C. Mr. Rabbit at home. B., 1895. 80, illus............ 4:14.39
Uncle Remus, his songs and sayings. New ed. N. Y., 1895. 120... 474.17
Harris, Townsend, first American envoy to Japan. Griffis, W. E.... 782.17
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Harrisse, Henry. John Cabot and Sebastian. L., 1896. 80, maps...
876.23
Harte, F. Bret. Clarence. B., 1895. 160............................
220.4
Harvard college. Annual report of president and treasurer, 1893-4..
Catalogue, 1895-96...............................................
Harvard stories; sketches of the undergraduate. Post, W. K.......
253.44
Hazlitt, Wm., and Sarah Walker. O'Connor, 'r. P.................In782.19
Head of at hundred. Goodwin, Maud Wilder ........................
220.5
Hearn, Lafeadio. Glimpses of unfamiliar Japan. B., 1894. 2v. 80..364.43.44
Heath -slayings. (In Saga library, vol. 2)...........................
892.2
Heimskringla. Stories of the kings of Norway. Snorri Sturleson.892.3,4
Hen'Thorir. (lit Saga library. vol. 1) ...............................
892.1
Hero tales of Ireland. Curtin, Jeremiah .............................
434.36
Hiawatha, Song of. Longfellow, Henry W........................
755.14
Higginson, T. W. Massachusetts in army and navy during the war,
1861.65. B., 1895. Vol. II. 40. (Vol. 1 not yet pub.) ..........
847.22
Hill, D. G., compiler. Alphabetical abstract of the record of deaths
[and] marriages in Dedham, glass., 1844-1890..................878.48,49
History for ready reference, from the best historians, biographers,
and specialists. Larned, J. N. 5 vols.........................*
Hood, Robin, Merry adventures of. Pyle, Howard ..................
208.40
Horse book, Humane. Angell, G. T., compile►.......................
915.29
Horsford, E.:\. Watertown, the site of the ancient Noruinhi-tr:t. ..
827.27
House of gentlefolk: it novel. 'Turgenieff, Ivan S ...................
296.50
Houses, Beautiful: it study in house building. Gibson, Louis 11---- •
938.43
Houssaye, II. 1814- [Histoire de lit chute du premier empire]......
571.56
Howard the halt. (lit Saga library, vol. 1).........................
892.1
Howe, Julia Ward. Is polite society polite? and other essays........
444.36
Contents. Is polite society polite? -Paris. -Greece revisited. -The
salon in Atnerlca.-Aristophanes.-The halfness of nature. -Dante and
Beatrice.
Howells, Win. C. Recollections of life in Ohio, 1813 to 1840. Intro-
duction by his son, W. D. Howells. Cin., 1895. 80, port........
885.37
Howells, Wm. D. Stops of various quills. Illus. by H. Pyle.......
755.15
Hughes, 'Thomas. Vacation rambles. L., 1895. 120................
351.46
Hugo, Victor. Les voix interieures. Paris, [18-]. 120............
571.58
Hull -house maps and papers. By residents of Hull -house, a social set-
tlement, 365 So. Halsted St., Chicago, ill. N. Y., 1895. 80......1054.49
Hutton, Laurence. Literary landmarks of Jerusalem. N. Y., 1895..
352.54
Hypnotism: how it is done; its uses and dangers. Cocke, J. R.....
955.44
Iceland. Literature. See Saga library.
Illustrator, Quarterly, for 1894, Year's art in. 1400 illustrations...*446.24
In deacon's orders; and other stories. Besant, Walter ................ 256.37
India. Ragozin, Z. A. Story of Vedic India. (Story of the nations.) 883.54
Tiffany, F. (14'rhis goodly frame the earth) ..................... 364.46
Indians. Hickemeyer, C. and L. W. Among the Pueblo Indians.... 353.42
Grinnell, George B. Story of the Indian.........................1051.41
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Johns Hopkins university. (Continued.)
10. Provisional government of Maryland (1774-1777), by J. A. Silver.-
11,12. Government and religion of the Virginia Indians, by S. R. Hend-
ren.
Steiner, B. C. (In History of eduention in Maryland.) U. S.
Bureau of educ. Circular of information, 1894. No. 2........... T. L.-
Johnson's universal cyclopnedia. New edition. Prepared under di-
rection of C. K. Adams, ed. in chief. 8 vols. 1893-1895........*
Joinville, Prince de, memoirs of. N. Y., 1895. 80, illus............ 783.7
Jonathan Wild the great. Fielding, Henry ........................ 298.64
Jonson, Ben. [Dramatic works.] Edited by B. Nicholson, M.D. 3v.451.30-32
Contents. 1. Every man in leis humor. -Every man out of Ills humor.
-Poetaster.-2. Bartholomew fair.-Cynthla's revels.-Sojanus, Ills fall.
-3. Volpone; or, the foe.-Epiecene, or, the silent. woman. -The al.
chemist.
Joseph Andrews, and his friend, Adventures of. Fielding, H...... 298.55,56
Journal of American folk -lore. Newell, W. W., ed. 1889-1892. 12 nos.
Jowett, Benj. College sermons. Ed. by W. H. Freemantle. 1895.... 530.24
Keats, -John. Letters. Ed. by H. B. Forman. L., 1895. 120, illus.. 711.71
Keltie, J. S., ed. Statesman's year book, 1895. L., 1895. 1'20........ 1041.15
Kemble, Fanny, Letters of Edward Fitzgerald to. Wright, `V. A., ed. 451.33
Kidnapped: adventures of David Balfour in 1751. Stevenson, R. L.. 445.28
Kindergarten. Wig; in, Kate D., and Smith, N. A. Froebel's gifts.T.L.143
King, Grace. New Orleans, the place and the people. N.Y., 1895. 120. 351.45
King, Moses, pub. How to see Boston: guide -book. Sweeter, M. F.. 374.7
King Stalk and Iiing Log: a study of modern Russia. (Stepufak)..1051.42,43
Kipling, Itudyard. Second jungle book. N. Y., 1895. 120.......... 257.37
Knight that smote the dragon: ,young people's Gough. Rand, Edw. A. 730.14
Kovalevsky, S6nya: her recollections of childhood. `1'r. from Rus-
sian by Isabel F. Hap -good. Biog. by Anna C. Leffier, duchess of
Cajanello. N. Y., 1805. 80 ..................................... 783.17
Kravehinsky, Serge M. (Stepniak.) King Stork and King Log -
modern Russia.............................................1051.42,43
Laing, Samuel. Problems of the future, and essays. L., 1894. 8°....
526.32.
Lame Jervas. Edgeworth, Maria. (In her Popular tales.) L., 1895.
220.16
Lamon, Ward H. Recollections of Abraham Lincoln. 1847-1865.....
782.18
Land birds and game -birds of Now England. Minot, H. D..........
930.46
Lang, Andrew, ed. The red true story book. L., 1895. 120...........206.105
Larcom, Lucy: life, letters, and diary. Addison, Daniel D.........
7.22.01
Larned, J. N. History for ready reference. Spring., 1804 5. 5v. 4c.*
Larsson, G. Alanu et mente. 1Vorking drawings of models in sloyd
924.55
Last words: a final collection of stories. Ewing, Juliana H..........
201.80
Layard, A. H. Early adventures in Persia, Susiana, Babylonia.....
302.49
Lectures and biographical sketches. Emerson, R. W...............
455.35
Leffler, A. C., duchess of Cajanello. S6uya Koval6vsky: a bing..... In783.17
Lentherio, C. The Riviera, ancient and Modern. N. Y., 1895. 80...
345.15
Watertozvn (Public Library Catalogue. 17
Letters and social aims. Emerson, Ralph W....
Letters from a little garden. Ewing, Juliana H.....................
201.80
Leupp, Francis E., agent Indian rights assoc. Latest phase of southern
Utequestion.................................................I
Indian.
Li Hungchang. Douglas, Robert K. (Public men of today).......
782.4
Lilac sunbonnet: a love story. Crockett, S. R.......................
2H.39
Lily among thorns: a study of Song of songs. Griffis, Wm. E.......
521.62
Limerick gloves. Edgeworth, Maria. (In her Popular tales) .......
220.16
Lincoln, Abraham, Recollections of,1847-1865. Lamon, Ward H....
78.2.18
Lincoln, Abraiham, and his wife. O'Connor, T. P................. In782.19
Literary landmarks of Jerusalem. Hutton, Laurence...... • ........
352.54
Little journeys abroad. Warren, Nary Bowers .....................
351.42
Little Lord Fauntleroy. Burnett, F. H.............................
207.33
Lob Lie -by -the -fire, The brownies, and other tales. Ewing, J. II.....
201.76
Locomotive, Catechism of the. Forney, M. N. 1891. 80, illus.....
914.29
Locusts and wild honey. Burroughs, John .........................
471.66
London, Life and labour of the people in. Booth, Charles. 6 vols.1054.41-41
Loudon thentres, Early. Ordish; T. F..............................
345.13
Longfellow, Henry W. Soug of Hiawatha. B., IS95. 121, illus....
755.14
Longfellow, Wm. P. P., ed. Cyclopaedia of works of architecture
in Italy, Greece, and the Levant. N. Y., 1805. 40, illus......... *
Longstreet, James. From Mana=sas to Appomattox. Phil.,1880. 80.
826.28
Lotos time in Japan. Finek, H.T..................................
364.45
Lottery, The. Edgeworth, Maria. (In her Popular tales) ..........
220.16
Louisiana folk -tales in French dialect and Eng. tr. Fortier, A., ed...
435.33
Love, W. DeL., jr. Fast and Thanksgiving days in New Eng. B., 1895.
824.41
Lowe, Charles. German emperor William IL (Public men of today).
782.5
ed. Bismarck's table talk. L., 1895. 120, portrait ................
432.42
Lowell, Percival. Mats. B., 1895. 80, illus.....................'..
926..54
Lucien de Rubemprd Balzac, Honors de ...........................
211.51
Luifmann, C. B. A vagabond in Spain ............................
333.44
Maclaren, Ian, pseud. See Watson, Rev. John.
McMaster, John B. History of the people of the Unitgd States, from
the revolution to the civil war. N. Y., 1883-'92. 4v. 80........8S6.28 31
Madam Liberality. Ewing, Juliana Horatia.......................114201.82
Madame Therese, ou les volontaries de' 92. Erckmann, E., and Chat-
rian, A ........................................................ 572.56
Magazine of art, vol. 18. L., 1895. 40, illus.......................*
Mahaffy, John P. Empire of the Ptolemies. L_, 1895. 120......... 822.58
Makers of modern Rome. Oliphant,.Urs. M. 0. W................. 372.36
Malaya. Norman, H. (In Peoples and politics in the far East)...... 337.20
Manassas to Appomattox. Longstreet, James ..................... 826.28
Manning, Cardinal, archbishop of Westminster, Life of. Purcell,
E. C.........................................................783.21,22
Manual training. See Sloyd.
Manufacturers, The. Edgeworth, Maria. (In her Popular tales).. 220.16
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Marden, 0. S. Architects of fate; steps to success and power. B.,1892. 530.26
Pushing to the front; success under difficulties, B., 1891. 120....
530.25
Marmontel, Jean F. Moral tales. Selected by G. Saintsbury. 1895.
299.2
Marriage contract. Balzae, Honore de .............................
211.53
Marryat, F. Japhet In search of a father. N. Y., 1895. 120, illus...
251.41
Mars. Lowell, Percival ............................................
926.54
Marvellous adventures of Sir John Maundeville. Ed. by A. Layard.
444.37
Mary's meadow. Ewing, Juliana Horatia. (In her Last words).... -
201.80
Maryland, Education in. Steiner, B. C. (U. S. Bureau of edue. Cir-
cular of inform., 1894, no. 2)...................................
T. L.—
Massachusetts. Agriculture, State board of. Annual report, 1894.
Report on work of extermination of gypsy moth, 4th, 1895..
State agric. experiment sta., Amherst. Annual report, 12th, 104
Hatch experiment station. Bulletin, 34......................
Attorney ,general. 'Trial of J. A. Trefethen and W. H. Smith. B., '95.
Civil service commission. Annual report, 11th, 1895................
--
Education, Board of. Annual report, 1894.......................
General court. Public documents: annual reports of public officers
find institutions, 1894. 12 vols. 80................... • ....... .
Acts and resolves, 1895.......................... I ............
Journal of the house of representatives, 1895..... • . • • . • • • . • . • .
.Iournal of the senate, 1895...................................
Manual for the general court,1895............................
House of representatives. 111story of emblem of codfish in the
hall of the house of representatives. B., 1895. 40, illus. .-..
847.20
The old representatives' hall, 1798-1895. Address by A. S.
We..................................................
Harbor and land commissioners. Charles River dam. Evidence
and argument. B., 1895. 80 ...................................
Health, State board of. Annual reports. Complete set............
Health, lunacy, and charity, State board of. Reports. Complete....
World's fair managers, Board of. Report. B., 1894. 80, Illus...... 1057.41
History. Iligginson, T. W. Mass. in army and navy,1861-65. Vol. 2. 847.22
Lazes. Whitmore, W. H. Bibliographical sketch of laws of Mass.
colony,1630-86, in which fire included the Body of liberties of
1641, and records of.the court of assistants 1641-1644............ 1057.23
Massachusetts historical society. Proceedings. Second ser., vol. 9. 895.—
Massachusetts institute of technology. Catalogue, 1895.96........
Programme of courses of instruction, 1895............... • • ....... -
Massaehusetts legislators, Souvenir of. Bridgman, A.M., ed...... 737.79
Massachusetts state board of trade. Proceedings of a convention
of business associations, Boston, Jan. 30, 1895..................
Massachusetts. 'Trustees of public reservations. Annual (4th) re-
port, 1895....................................................I Parks.
Master, The. Zangwill, I............ •............................ 216.44
Master of Ballantrae; a winter's tale. Stevenson, Robert L......... 445.32
Maundeville, Sir John. Marvellous adventures. Ed. by A. Layard. 444.37
Watertown (Public Library Catalogue, 19
Maureen's fairing, Barlow, Jane .................................. 281.95
Maynard, Charles J. Manual of taxidermy. B., 1884. 120......... 923.48
Meadow -grass: titles of New England life. Brown, Alice........... 281.94
Meinhold, W. Amber witch: a romance. Ed. by Joseph Jacobs... 256.44
Melancholy of Stephen Allard. Smith, Garnet............ • ....... 524.49
Melchior's dream, Brothers of pity, and other tales. Ewing, J. It.. 201.77
Memoirs of a cavalier. Defoe, Daniel .............................. 298.71
Memories and portraits. Stevenson, R. L........................In445.36
Men of the moss -hags. Crocket, 4. R. 2 copies ................... 256.40,41
Merimee, Prosper. Colomba. Leip., 1854. 240..................... 571.51
Mermaid, The. Dougall, L........................................ 281.98
Merry adventures of Robin Rood. Pyle, Howard........... • • ...... 208.40
Merry men and other tales and fables. Stevenson, R. L............ Lt445.30
Middlesex bar assoc. Commemorative exercises in memory of G. hI.
Brooke, Cambridge, April 23, 1894 .............................. 737.80
Midsummer nights' dream. Shakespeare, Wm. Ed. by J. Gollanez. 7ti6.20
Military historical soc. of Mass. Papers, vol. 10. Critical sketches of
federal and confederate commanders. Dwight, T. F., ed........ 876.20
Milk. Conn, H. W. Dairy bacteriology. (U. S. Dept. of agric) .... .
Souring of milk. (U. S. Dept. of agric. Farmer's bulletin, 29)....
Miln, Louise Jordan. Quaint Korea. N. Y., 1890. 120.............. 353.43
Minerals, Directions for collecting. Tassin, W. (U. S. Nat. museum
Bulletin. 2nd edition ..........................................
Minot, H. D. Land birds and game birds of New England.......... 936.46
Misadventures of John Nicholson. Stevenson, R. L............. L 415.31
Miscellanies. Emerson, Ralph Waldo ............................ 455.36
Misiones. See Arbitration on 11lisiones.
Mississippi basin. The struggle in America between England and
France. 1697.1763. Winsor, Justin ....................... 885.36
Mississippi River, Expedition to headquarters of. Pike, Zebulon M.337.15-17
Mr. Rabbit at home; sequel to Tittle Mr. Thin►blefinger. Harris, J. C. 434.39
Mrs. Overtheway's remembrances. Ewing, Juliana A............ 201.83
Mitchell, Donald (3. English lands, letters, and kings. N. Y., 1889-
1895. 3 v. 120.................................................. 474.42
Contents. 1. From Celt to Tudor.-2. From Elizabeth to Anne.-3.
Queen Anne and the Georges.
Mitford, Mary Russell. Country stories. N. Y., 1894. 120, illus.... 290.5
Monetary systems of the world. Muhleman, M. L.................1043.54
Money of the U. S., its character and legal status. -Muhleman, M. L.1043.53
Mongolia and 'Tibet in 1891 and 1892, Diary of a journey through.
Rockhill, Wm. W. (Smithsonian inst. Special publications.)... 377.11
Monteflore, Arthur, ed. The great frozen laud, by F. G. Jackson... 337.21
Moral tales,-Marmoutells. Selected by George Saintsbury........... 299.2
Morier, J. J. Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. N. Y., 1895. 120. 281.92
Morley, H. F., and Muir, M. M. P., eds. Watt's dictionary of chem-
istry. 4v............................................... ......*173.-
Morris, W., and Magntisson, Eirikr, translators. See Saga library .... 892.1-4
20 Fourteenth Supplement- 18gh-of
Morrison, Arthur. Tales of mean streets. B., 1895. 120............ 256.35
Morrison, W. D. The Jews under Roman rule. N. Y., 1893. 12°... 883.55
Mount Holyoke college, So. Hadley, Mass. Annual, 1894-5..........
Moxom, Philip S. From Jerusalem to Nicma. B., 1895. 120........ 524.50
Muhleman, X. L. Monetary systems of the world. N. Y., 1895. 120.1043 54
Money of the United States. N. Y., 1894. 120....................1043.53
Municipal government in continental Europe. Shaw, Albert ....... 1054AG
Municipal government in Great Britain. Shaw, Albert.............1054.45
Murad the unlucky. Edgeworth, Maria. �(fn her Popular tales)..... 220.16
Murray,'T. D., and White, A. S. Sir Samuel Baker: a memoir. 1895. 728.11
Mushrooms. Gibson, W. H. Our edible toadstools and mushrooms. 937.38
My wife and I. Stowe, Harriet B................................... 272.22
Napoleon Bonaparte, History of. Abbott, .1. S. C. 2 vols.......... 737.3.4
Natural history of intellect. Emerson, Ralph Waldo......-- • • • • •.. 455.37
Nature, addresses and lectures. Emerson, Ralph Waldo............ 455.26
Neighbor Jackwood. 'Trowbridge, John T......................... 275.61
Nevius, J. L., 40 yrs. missionary in China, Life of. Nevins, H. S. C.. 345.16
New Alice in the old wonderland. Richards, A. M.................. 206.104
New England, Fast and Thanksgiving days of. Love, 1V. DeL.. jr... 824.41
New England, History of. Palfrey, John Gorham. 5 vols...... 817.2-'4;S45.3
New England, Land birds and game birds of. Minot, H. D.......... 936.46
New England blossoms, Ten, and their insect visitors. Weed, C. M.. 914.31
New Orleans, the place and the people. King, Grace ................ 351.45
New voyage round the world. DeFoe, Daniel ....................... 208.80
New York city. Parkhurst, Rev. C. H. Our fight with 'Tammany... 566.33
Nicholson, Brinsley, ed. Ben Jonson. (Best plays of the old dra-
matigts).....................................................451.30-32
Nightingale, The. Andersen, Halls Christian ...................... 434.40
Nordau, Max. Degeneration. N. Y., 1895. 80..................... 543.20
Norman, H. Peoples and politics of the far East. N. Y., 1895. SO.. 337.20
Norse tales. Dasent, Sir G. W. Titles from the ljeld. Popular tales
from the Norse of P. Ch. Asl►jSrnsen ........................... 434.41
North American shore birds. Elliot, Daniel G...................... 9,36.48
Norumbega. Horsford, Eben N. .Watertown, the site of the ancient
city of Norumbega. Remarks, 2nd anni. Watertown Hist. soe.1890. 827.27
Norwegian system, [Literature on]..........................I Temperance
Total abstinence sentiment of Scandinavia favorable to Norwegian
system --Norwegian system; why Massachusetts should test it. By G.
P. Morris. -Norwegian system in its home. By D. N. Beach.
Nutrition, Science of. Atkinson, Edward .......................... 955.45
Oahspe, a new Bible in the words of Jehovih and his angel ambassa-
dors. B., 1891. 40 ............................................. 527.9
O'Brien, William. Irish ideas. L., 1893. 121.......................1053.y9
O'Connor, T. P. Some old love stories. L.. 1895. 1.20, port......... 782.19
Contents. Abraham Lincoln and Lis wire. -Al irabeau and Sophie do
Monnier.-Wm. Hazlittand Sarah Walker.-1•ereen and Marie Antoin-
ette. -Carlyle and his wife.
Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 21
Ohio, Recollections of life in, from 1813 to 1840. Howells, Wm. C. .. 885.37
Olalla. Stevenson, R. L........................................... 111445.30
Old n►an's romance. Craigie, Christopher ........................... 234.23
Oliphant, Mrs. 1I. 0. W. Makers of modern Rome. In 4 books.
1. Honourable women not a few.-2. The popes who made the
papacy.-3. Lo pnpolo : and the tribune of the people.-4. The
popes who made the city. N. Y., 1895. 120, illus • - - • - • • • • • • • • • 372.36
Story of a governess. N. Y., [1895]. 12°........................ 285.79
On the eve. Turgenieff, 1. S........................................ 296.51
O'Neill, James. Garrison tales form Tonquin. B., 1895. 1611........ 299.6
Ordish, T. F. Early London theatres. N. Y.,1894. 120, maps, illus. 345.13
Ornithology. Minot, H. D. Land birds and game birds of New Eng. 936.46
See Burroughs, John. Fresh fields, 471.49;-Sigus and seasons,
471.5.2;-Wake-robin, 471.25.
Otto of the silver hand. Pyle, Howard .. ........................... 208.38
Our field. Ewing, Juliana H......................................In201.82
Our tight with Tammany. Parkhurst, Rev. C. H. 3 copies ........ 566.33 35
Out of debt, out of danger. Edgeworth, Maria ............ ........bt220.16
Outre-mer. (Notes sur 1'Amerique). Bourget, Paul..............571.54,55
Same in English .................... . ............................ 353.39
Oxygen and hydrogen, On the densities of. Morley, E. W. (Smith-
sonian contributions to knowledge, vol. 29) •....................
Palestine. 'Tiffany, Francis. (In This goodly frame the earth)..... 364.46
Palfrey, J. G. Iiistory of New England. B., 1865-90. 2v. 80..817.2.4; 815.3
Paris, About. Davis, Richard Harding. N. Y., 1895. 1.21, illus..... 351.44
Parkhurst, Rev. Charles H. Our light, with Tammany ............ 566.33.35
Parks. Baxter, Sylvester. Boston bark guide. B., 1895. 80, illus.B. Parks
Pater, Walt►'r. Miscellaneous studies: essays. N. Y., 1895. 120...... 433.42
Contents. Prosper ➢ldrimde.-Itarl►ael.-Pascal.-Art notes in North
Italy -Notre dame d'An►iens.-VEzelay.-Apollo in Picardy. -The child
In the house. -Emerald Uthwart.-Diapbancitd.
Greek studies: essays. N.Y., 1895. 120.................I ........ 433.41
Contents. A study of Dionysus: the spiritual form of fire and dew.-
Ilacchanale of Euripides -Myth of Demeter and Persephone.-ilippoly
tus veiled: a stntly from Euripkles.-The beginnings of Greek sculpture:
1. The heroic age of Greek art.-2. The age of graven images. -The mar-
bles of Agina.-Age of athletic prizemen: a chapter in Greek art.
Pavilion on the links. Stevenson, R. L............................. 445.24
Peanuts: culture and uses. Handy, R. B. (U. S. Dept. of agr. bul. 25.)
Pearl of India. Ballou, Maturin M................................. 353.40
Peary, -Mrs. J. D. My arctic journal: a year among the ice fields and
EFkimos. With The great white journey across Greenland, by
Robeft E. Peary. N. Y., 1894. 120, illus....................... 353.45
Peoples and politics of the far East. Norman, Henry ............... 337.20
Pepacton. Burroughs, John ....................................... 471.67
Pepper and salt; seasoning for young folk. Pyle, Howard.......... 20839
Perils to British trade; how to avert theca. Burgis, Edwin .......... 1044.39
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Perrault, Charles. Desehanel, E. A. E. M. Boileau. -Perrault....
571.69
Persia, .Susiana, and Babylonia, Early adventures in. Layard, A. H.
302.49
Petrie, W. M. F., ed. Egyptian tales, trauslated from the papyri....
434.38
Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart. See Ward, E. S. P.
Pike, Zebulon Moe,tgomery. Expedition to headquarters of the Mis-
sissippi River, through Louisiana territory, and In New Spain,
1805-6-7. New ed., commentary, memoir, index by Elliot Coues.337.15-17
Pilgrim fathers of New Eng. and their Puritan successors. Brown, J.
876.22
Plants. Coville, F. T. Directions for collecting specimens illus. the
aboriginal uses of plants. (U. S. National museum Bulletin 39. J.
Playground of Europe. Stephen, Leslie ...........................
364.42
Pony tracks. Remington. Frederic ..................................
375.41
Porter, J. H. Wild beasts. N. Y., 1804. 80, illus...................
926.53
Porter, Luther H. Cycling for health and pleasure. N.Y., 1895. 160.
921.51
Post, Waldron K. Harvard stories. N. Y., 1894. 120...............
25344
Prince, Helen C. Story of Christine Itochefort. B.,1895. 120.......
281.99
Prince Otto. Stevenson, Robert L. (In his Works, vol. 4.) .........
445.27
Princess Aline. Davis, Richard Harding ...........................
220.42
Problems of the future, and essays. Laing, Samuel................
5.26.32
Prothero, R. E. Life and correspondence of Arthur P. Stanley...... 728.13.14
Ptolemies, Empire of the. Mahaffy, John Pentland ................
822.58
Public men of today.
Li Hungcbang, by R. H. Douglas ..................................... 782.4
German emperor William 11., by Charles Lowe ..................... 782.5
Pudd'nhead Wilson. Clemens, S. L. (1Uark Ticain)................
257.3.1
Pueblo Indians, Among the. Eickemeyer, C. and L. W.............
353.42
"Punch," History of. Spielmann, M. H............................
476-13
Purcell, E. S. Life of Cardinal Manning. N. Y.., 1896. 2v. 80.... 783.21,22
Puritans. Brown, J. Pilgrim fathers of New Eng., and their Purl -
tail successors .................................................
876.22
Pushing to the front. Marden, Orison Swett .......................
530.25
Pyle, Howard. Garden behind the moon. N. Y., 1895. 81, Illus.....
208.37
Merry adventures of Robin hood. N. Y., 1894. 80, illus.........
208.40
Otto of the silver hand. N. Y., 1893. 8°, illus....................
208.38
Pepper and salt; seasoning for young folk. N. Y., 1800. 80, illus.
208.39
Story of Jack Ballister's fortunes. N. Y., 1895. 80, Illus.........
257.36
Quarterly Illustrator for 1894, Year's art as recorded in. 1400 ilius.*446.24
Racinet, A. Le costume historique. Cinq cents planches. 6 vols..*
Ragozin, 26naide A. Story of Vedic India. N.Y., 1895. 120, maps. 883.54
Railroad ties, metal, Report on the use of. Tratman, E. E. R. (U. S.
Dept. agrie. Div. of forestry. Bulletin, 9).....................
Rajah's diamond. Stevenson, Robert L. (In his Works, vol. 1)...... 445.24
Ralstons, The. Crawford, F. Marion............................298.49.52
Ramie, Cultivation of. (U. S. Dept. of agrie. Fiber investigations.)
Rand, Rev. Edw. A. A knight that smote the dragon: young peo-
ple's Gough ................................................... 730.14
Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 23
Raum, George E. A tour around the world. N. Y., 1895. 120, port. 352.53
Reclus, E. The earth and its inhabitants: Europe. N.Y. 5v. 40, illus.347.1-6
Contents. 1. Greece, Turkey in Europe, Roumania, Servia, Monte.
negro, Italy, Spain, Portugal.-2. France and Switzerland.-8. Austria.
Hungary, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands.-4. British Isles.-
5. North-east Atlantic, Islands of the North Atlantic, Scandinavia, Eu-
ropean Islands of the Arctic Ocean, Russia in Europe.
Red true story book. Lang, Andrew, editorr.........................206,105
Reflections and comments, 1865-1895. Godkin, Edwin L....... 455.6
Remington, Frederic. Pony tracks. N. Y., 1890. 80, illus......... 375.44
Renan, Henriette. Renan, J. Ernest. Ma soeur Henriette.......... 575.24
Same in English. My sister Henriette. Tr. by A. L. Alger....... 782.16
Renan, J. Ernest. The future of science. Tr. from the French...... 543.19
Representative men: seven lectures. Emerson, R. W.............. 45529
Reynard the Fos, The most delectable history of. Jacobs, J., ed.... 432.38
Rhode Island, Higher education in. Tolman, Wm. H. (U. S. Bureau
of educ. Circ. of information. 1894, No. 1).....................
Rhodes, J. F. History of the United States, 1850.1862. 1893. 3v. 80.846.20-22
Richards, A. M. A new Alice in the old wonderland. Phil. 1895. 121-206.104
Riddle, A. G. Recollections of war times. 1860-1865. N. Y., 1895. 80. 876.21
Riverby. Burroughs, John ........................................ 471.71
Riviera, The, ancient and modern. Lentheric, Charles .............. 345.15
Roads. See U. S. Dept. of agric. Office of road inquiry...........
Robinson Crusoe. De Foe, Daniel................................298.67-69
Rockhill, Wnl. W. Diary of a journey through Mongolia and Tibet
In 1891 and 1892. Nash., 1892. 80. (Smithsonian 1°Special pub.") 377.11
Rocks, Directions for collecting. Merrill, G. F. (U. S. National tuu-
seutn. Bulletin 39, f)..........................................
Roe, A. S. The old representatives' hall, 1798.1895: address, Jan. 2,195
Roblfs, Mrs. Anna K. The doctor, his wife, and the clock. 1895. 160. 291.46
Rolfe, Wm. J., editor. Works of Shakespeare. See Shakespeare... 760.1-40
Roman, Le, d'un jeune homme pauvre. Feuillet, Octave............ 571.57
Rome in the middle ages, History of. Gregorovius, F. Vol. I....... 842.41
Rome, modern, Makers of. Oliphant, Mrs. M. O. IV ................. 372.36
Rosanna. Edgeworth. Marla. (In her Popular tales) .............. 22016
Rossetti, Dante G. Family letters, with metnoir by W. M. Rossetti - 783.10,20
Rothamsted, England, Agricultural investigations at, during 50 yrs. :
lectures. Gilbert, J. H. (U. S. Dept. of agr. Bulletin 22)...... -
Rudin. Turgenieff, Ivan S......................................... 296.49
Ruins, Tli(-; or, meditations on the revolutions of empires. Volney,
C. F. C., comte de .............................................. 842.39
Rural hall. -Balzac, flonord de. lVith A daughter of Eve........... 211.55
Rush, R., and Woods, R. H., compilers. Official records of the union
and confederate navies in the war of the rebellion. 2 vols. (U. S.
.\avy Dept) .................................................... 826.-
Ruskin, John. The harbours of England. 13 illus. by J. M. W. Turner 444.35
Russell. G. W. E., ed. Letters of Matthew Arnold. 1895. 2v...... 433.43,44
24 Fourteenth Supplement- i3- g6-oj
Russell, Wm. H. The great war with Russia; invasion of the Cri-
mea. L., 1895. 120............................................ 824.40
Russia. Bigelow, P. Borderland of Czar and I{aiser............... 322.23
Ilaprood, Isabel F. Russian rambles........... .................. 353.38
Kravchinsky, S. M. (Siepniak). Ding Stork and King Log: study
of modern Russia...........................................1051.42,43
Russell, Wm. H. The great war with Russia ..................... 824.40
Saga library. Done into English out of the Icelandic by Win. Morris
and E. Magnusson. L., 1891-94. 4v. 120 ........................892.1.4
Contents. 1. Howard the lialt.-The banded men. -Hen Thorlr.-2.
Ere-dwellers.-Heath.slaying.-3,4. Stories of the kings of Norway.
Salomon, Otto. Theory of educational sloyd. B., 1893. 120........ 924.54
Samoa, In Stevenson's. Fraser, Marie ..............................
351.43
San JoF6 scale, Notes on. Howard, L. 0. (U. S. Dept. of agr.) ......
Sanford, E. T. Blount college, and univ. of Tennessee. 1894........
Sauveur, Lambert: Petites causeries. B., [1875]. 120.............. 574.64
Schindler, Solomon. Young West, a sequel to Edward Bellamy's
Looking backward. B., 1891. 120.............................. 285.78
Science, Future of. Renan, J. Ernest .............................. 543.19
Science and religion. See Laing, S. Problems of the future........
520.32
Seamen, English, in the 16th century. N. Y., 1895. 12"..... :....... 824.42
Second jangle book. Kipling, Rudyard ............................. 257.37
Seeley, Sir John Robert. Growth of British policy. 1895. Camb..1051.44,45
Sermons, College. Jowett, Benjamin .............................. 530.24
Shakespeare, W. Works. Edited by W.J. Rolfe. N.Y.,1895.40v. 120.
Merchant of Venice .............. 760.3
Henry Vill........................
760.22
Othello ............................ 760.5
Icing Lear.........................
760.23
Julius Cmsar...................... 760.1
Taming of the shrew .............
700.24
Midsummer night's dream...... 760.6
All's well that ends well.........
760.25
Macbeth ........ .................. 760.7
Coriolanus ........................
760.26
Ilamlot ............................ 761.8
Comedy of errors.................
76047
Much ado about nothing......... 760.9
Cymbeline ........................
76048
Romeo and Juliet ................ 760.10
Antony and Cleopatra.:.........
700.29
As you like it .......... .......... 761).2
Measure for measure.............
760.30
The tempei_t..................... 760.11
Merry wives of Windsor.........
760.31
Twelfth night ..................... 760.4
Love's labour's lost..............
700.32
Winter's tale ...................... 76u.12
Two gentlemen of Verona.......
76033
King John ......................... 760.13
Timon of Athens.................
760.3t
Riei.ard 11......................... 760.14
Troilus and Cressida.............
760.35
Henry IV., parts 1,2 .............760 15,16
Pericles, Prince of Tyre.........
760.36
Henry V ........................... 70017
Two noble kinsmen..............
760.37
Henry VI., parts 1-8.............760.18.20
Venus and Adonis, etc............
760M
Richard Ili ........... ............ 760.21
Sonnets............................
760.39
Titus Andronicus.................
760.40
Midsummer night's dream. Edited by I. Gollancz. Illustrated... 760.20
Shaler, N. S. Domesticated animals: their relation to man. 1893.... 937.39
Shaw, Albert. Municipal government in continental Europe. 1895...1054.46
Municipal government in Great Britain. N. Y., 1895. 80..........1054.45
Sheridan, General. Davies, Gen. H. E. (Great commanders) ....... 723.64
Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 25
Sherman, John. Recollections of 40 yrs. in house, senate, and cabi-
net. 2 vols..................................................717.41,42
"Short Fixes," More. Bunner, H. C................................ 211.50
Siam. Norman, H. (lit Peoples and politics in the far East)......... 337.20
Sienkiewicz, Henryk. Children of the soil. Tr. by J. Curtin. 1895. 257.35
Signs and seasons. Burroughs, John ............................... 471.69
Silos and silage. Plumb, C. S. (U.S. Dept. of agric. Farmer's but. 32.)
Silverado squatters. Stevenson, Robert L........................Lt443.38
Sinbad the sailor, and Ali Baba and the forty thieves. N.Y., 1895... 207.77
Singular life. Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps ...................... 221.60
Siouan tribes of the east. \looney, J. (Smiths. inst. Bureau of ethnol)
Six to sixteen. Ewing, Juliana H................................... 201.81
Skelton, John. Table talk of Shirley. Edinb., 1S93. 120............ 432.43
Sloyd. Goss, W. T. M. Bench work in wood ...................... 924.53
Larsson, G. Manu et mente. Working drawings of models in sloyd. 924.55
Salomon, Otto. 'Theory of educational sloyd..................... 924.54
Smiles, S. Josiah Wedgwood; his personal history. N. Y.,1805. 120. 733.59
Smith, Adam. Wealth of nations. Edinb., 1828. 4v. 80... • ......1055.35.38
Smith, F. Hopkinson. A gentleman vagabond, and some others.1895. 299.1
Smith, Garnet. Melancholy of Stephen Allard. N. Y., 1895. 120... • 524.49
Smith, Nora A., joint author. Froebel's gifts. See WIg^in, hate D.. T.L.143
Smithsonian institution. Account of Smithsonian institution, 1895.
Annual report of board of regents, 1893. L vols...................
Contributions to knowledge. From vol. 29.......................
Contents. On tho application of interference methods to spectroscop-
ic measurements, by A. A. ltlichelson.-On the densities of oxygen and
hydrogen, and ratio of their atomic weights, by E. W. Illorley.-Compo.
sition of expired air and its effects upon animal life, by J. S. Billings, S.
Weir Dlitchell, and D. H. Bergey.
Exhibit at cotton states exposition, Atlanta, 1895.................
Miseellaneous collections. From vols. 35,38......................
Contents. 35. Smithsonian geographical tables. Prepared by H. S.
Woodward.
33• Bibliography of aceto acetic ester, by P. H. Seymour. -Varieties
of human species, by S. Sergi. -Indexes to the literature of cerium and
lanthanum, by 1V. I.I. Dfagee.-Index to the literature of didymium,
184'-IS93.
.Bureau of ethnology. Archeologic investigations in James and Po-
tomac valleys, by G. Fowke. Wash., 1894. 80..................
Chinook texts, by F. Boas. Wash., 1894. 80..................
The Siouan tribes of the east, by J. Mooney. Wash., 1894. 80.
Diary of a journey through Mongolia and 'Tibet, 1881, 1893, by W.
W. Rockhill................................................... 377.11
Snap -dragons. Ewing, Juliana H. (In her Last words)........... 201.80
Snorri Sturluson. Stories of the kings of Norway (Heimskeingla).
Done into English by Wm. Morris and E. Magnusson (Saga 11b.)892.3,4
Social England. Progress in religion, laws, learning, arts, Industry,
etc., from earliest times to the present day. Traill, H. D., ed. 4v.1036.21-24
26 Fourteenth Supplement- 189 6-of
Social horizon, The. L., 1893. 120 ..................................1044.37
Social science. Hull house maps and papers; a presentation of nation-
alities and wages in a congested district of Chicago, with essays
on problems growing out of the social condition ................1054.49
Socialism. Flint, Robert..........................................10i5.34
Society and solitude. Emerson, R. W .............................. 45532
Society of colonial wars, Massachusetts. Proceedings .............. 1057.42
Society of the sons of the revolution, Mass. Register of members,
with constitution and by -la« s. B., 1895. 80........... ........1057.43
Soul of the bishop. Stannard, 111rs. Arthur•. • • . • • • . • • • • • • • • • ..... • . 281.97
Spain, A vagabond In. Lufrinann, C. B................ .... ....... 353.44
Spielmann, M. H. History of"Punch." N. Y., 1895. 80, illus..... 476.13
Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, late dean of Westminster, Life and cor-
respondence of. Prothero, Rowland E. 2 vols...............728.13,14
Stanley, Henry M. My early travels and adventures in America and
and Asia. N. Y., 1895. 2v. 120............................. • •322.24,25
Stannard, Mrs. Arthur. (John Strange iVinter.) The soul of the
bishop................................ I ........................ 281.97
Stark -Munro letters. Doyle, A. Conan...... • • ................... • . 270.64
Start in life. Balzae, Honot•6 de .................................... 211.52
Statesman's year book, 1895. Keltle, J. S., editor • . • • • ....... • .. • ..1041.15
Steam engine. Forney, M. N. Catechism of the locomotive. 2d ed.'91. 944.29
Stedman, Edmund C. A Victorian anthology, 1837-1895. B.. 189i. 80. 755J3
Stephen, Leslie. Life of Sir ,lames Fitzjames Stephen. N. Y., 1895. 80. 728.12
Playground of Europe. L., 1891. 120............................ 364.42
and Lee, S., eds. Dictionary of national biography. A -Po. 45v. 80.*
Stephens, W. R. W. Life and letters of E. A. Freeman. L., 1895. 2v.783.9,10
Stepniak, pseud. See Kravchinsky, S. M.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Works. N. Y., 1895. 16 vols. 8°...... 445.24-39
Contents. I. Novels fund tales, 11 vols. 1. New Arabian nights, 445.24;
2. Treasure Island, 445.25; 3. More new Arabian nights: -The dynami.
tern: Story of a lie, 415SO; 4. Prince Otto. -Island night's entertain-
ment. -Father Damien, 443 :7; 5. Ki,inapped, 44.5.23; 6. David Balfour,
445 29; 7. The merry men, and other tales.-Strango case of Dr. Jekyll
and.Mr. Hyde,445.30; S. Black arrow. -:-Misadventures of John Nicholson.
-The body.snateber, 445.31; 9. Master of BalloAtrae, 445.32; 10. The
wrecker, 415.33; 11. The wrong box. -The ebb tide, 445.34.
11. Travels and essays. Vols. 12.15. 12. lnland voyage. -Travels with
it donkey. -Edinburgh, 445,35; 13. V1rginibu4 puerisque and oiber pa•
pers.-Memories and portraits, 445.30; 14. Familiar studies of men and
books.-Aliscellaneous papers, 445.37; 15. The amateur emigrant. -Across
the plains.-Silverado squatters, 445.38.
II1. Ballads and other poettls. 16. A child's garden of verses. -Under -
woods. -Ballads, 445.39.
-Stevenson's Samoa, In. Fraser, Marie .............. • • .. • • . •.. • • • • 351.43
Stickit minister. Crockett, S. R............................ • • • • • • 256.36
Stockton, F. R. Adventures of Captain Horn. N. Y., 1895. 1j0.•.. 286.68
Stops of various quills. Howells, W. D. Illus. by Howard Pyle.... 75536
Story of a governess. Oliphant, Mrs. M. O. W...................... 285.79
Watertown /Public Library Catalogue.- 27
Story of a lie. Stevenson, Robert L...............................In445.26
Story of a short life. Ewing, Juliana H...........................In201.86
Story of the Indian. Grinnell, G. B. (Story of the West series) ...... 1051.41
Story of the nations.
Story of Vedic India, by Z. A. Ragozin................................83.54
Jews under Roman rule, by W. D. Morrison ........................ $83.55
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. My wife and I ............................ 272.22
Strange, Edward F. Alphabets: a handbook of lettering, with his-
torical, critical, and practical descriptions. L., 1895. 12°, illus•. 924.52
Suicide club. Stevenson, R. L. (In his New Arabian nights) ........ 445.24
Sumner, James, Memorial addresses on the life of, Nov. 10, 1893..... 737.81
Sunflowerd and a rushlight. Ewing, Juliana H...................Ira201.80
Sweetser, M. F. How to see Boston: guide -book. B., 1805. 160.... 374.7
Swift, Jonathan. Travels by Lemuel Gulliver. L., 1894. 121, illus... 253.43
Swiss family Robinson. Wyss, J. D., and Montolieu, J. I. P. de B.. 206.90
Switzerland, with neighboring lakes and districts of Italy. Baede-
ker, K........................................................ 342.25
Table talk, Bismarck's. Lowe, Charles, ed..........................
432.42
Table talk of Shirley. Skelton, John ...............................
432.43
Tales of mean streets. Morrison, Arthur ...........................
256.35
Taxidermy, Manual of. Maynard, Charles J....... ...............
923.48
Telegraph cables, Submarine; how laid and repaired. Trott, S•••. •
913.23
Temperance. See Norwegian system.
Thaxter, Celia. Letters. Ed. by A. Fields and R. Lamb...........
783.8
This goodly frame the earth. Tiffany, Francis....... ...............
364.46
Thoreau, H. D. Burroughs, .John. (In his Indoor studies) ..........
471.70
Thrawn Janet. Stevenson, Robert L..............................In445.30
Three feathers. Black, William ....................................
274.28
Tibet. Rockhill, W. H. Diary of a journey through Mongolia and
Tibet in 1891 and 1892. (Smithsonian inst) ......................
377.11
Tiffany, Francis. This goodly frame the earth: stray impressions of
scenes in a journey touching Japan, China, Egypt. Palestine, and
Greece.........................................................
364.40
Tilden, Samuel J., Life of. Bigelow, John. ................... •....728.9.10
Timber: characteristics and properties of wood. Roth, F. (U. S.
Dept. of agric.................................................
Tom Jones. Fielding, Henry. 4 vols.............................298.57-00
Tomorrow. Edgeworth, Maria. (In her Popular tale3)............
220.16
Tour around the world. Raum, George E...........................
352.53
Traill, H. D., ed. Social England. Progress from earliest times..1036.21-24
Training of girls for work. Barnett, Edith A ......................
562.5
Travels with a donkey in the Cevennes. Stevenson, Robert L.......
445.35
Treasure Island. Stevenson, Robert L.............................
445.25
Treasure of Franchard. Stevenson, Robert L................. •...Br445.30
Trees, foreign, for the southern states : cork oak, wattle tree, eucalyp-
tus, bamboo (U. S. Dept. of agric. Div. of forestry) ............
28 Fourteenth Supplement-18g6—of
Trilby. Dullaurler, G. L. P. B. 2 copies ................. • • • • • ...298.13,14
Trott, Samuel. Submarine telegraph cables ......................... 913.23
Trowbridge. J. T. Neighbor Jackwood. Revised ed., with autobiog. 275.61
Turgenieff, Ivan S. A house of gentlefolk: a novel. Sequel to Rudin. 296.50
On the eve. N. Y., 1895. 160...................... ............. 296.51
Rudin. N. Y.,1894. 160......................................... 290.49
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial institute. Annual report, 14, 1895.
Uncle Remus: his songs and sayings. N. Y., 1895. 120, illus......... 474.17
Underwoods. [Poems]. Stevenson, Robert L...................In445.39
United States. 1. PUBLIC DoccmrNTS.
Dept. of ogriculture Report of the secretary, 1895................
Agricultural soils, Division of. Bulletins 1.3..................
Contents. 1.3. Soil moisture: record of water contained in soils, May,
June, July, 1595.
Agrostology, Division of. Bulletin 1, circulars 1,2.............
Contents. Bulletin 1. Grasses and forage plants of southeastern states.
By T. H. Kearny, Jr.
Circular 1. Note on experimental grass gardens. By A. G. Smith. 2.
Hairy vetch, sand vetch, or Rnssian vetch.
Animal industry, Bureau of. Circulars 3, 4.................... —.—
Contents.—& A nodular taenlasis in fowls.-4. Crossing Improved
breeds of swine with the common hogs of Florida.
Chemistry, Division of. Bulletin 45.
Contents. Analyses of cereals collected at the World's Columbian ex.
position. By H. W. Wiley.
Entomology, Division of. Bulletin 2, Circulars 6, 8-12.........
Contents. Bulletin 2. Proceedings, 7th annual meeting of association
of economic entomologists, Washington, 1S95.
Circular 6. The Mexican cotton boll weevil.—$. Imported elm leaf
beetle.-9. Canker worms.-10. Harlequin cabbage bug, or calico back.
—11. Rose chafer.-12. Hessian fly.
Insect life, ed. by L. 0. Howard. Vol. VIL, nos. 4, 5......
Experiment stations, Office of. Bulletins 22, 24-26, Circular 27..
Contents. Bulletin 22. Agricultural investigations at Rothamsted,
Eng., during 50 yrs. By J. H. Gilbert.-24. Proceedings of 8th annual
convention of Amer. agri. colleges and experiment stations, Nash.,
Nov. 1315, 1894.-25. Dairy bacteriology. By H. W. Conn.--20. Agricul.
tural exporiment stations; their objects and work. By A. C. True.
Circular 21. Statistics of agricultural colleges and experiment sta-
tions, 1894.
Experiment station record. Vol. 6; nos. 9-11.—Vol. 7;
nos. 13 ................................................ —�
Farmer's bulletius. \'as. 23, 25, 29, 31, 32.................... —
Contents. 23. Foods; nutritive value and cost. By W. O. Atwater.-25.
Peanuts: culture and uses. By R. B. Handy.-29. Souring of milk and
other changes in milk products —31. Alfalfa, or lucern. By J. G. Smith.
—32. Silos and silage. By C. S. Plumb.
Fiber investigal ions. Report on cultivation of ramle In the
U. S. By C. It. Dodge ....................................
Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 29
United States. (Continued.)
Foreign markets, Section of. Bulletins 1, 3-6, Circulars 1-3, 6..
Contents. Bulletins 1,3-0. The world's markets for American products;
—1. Gi eat Britain and Ireland,-3. France,-4. Canada,-5. Netherlands,
—0. Belgi-nn.
Circular 1. Peaches and other fruits in England.-2. American dried
apples in the German empire.-3, 6. Imports and exports for IM, 1894,
1895.
Forestry, Division of. Bulletins 9-11..........................
Contents.-9. Re -port on the use of metal railroad lies, and on preser-
vative processes and metal tie•plates for wooden ties. By E. E. R. Trat-
anan.-10. Tiauber. By F. Roth.-11. Some foreign trees for the southern
states.
Ornithology, Division of. Bulletins, 6, 7......................
Contents—d. The common crow of the United States. By W. B.
Barrows and E. A. Scbwarz.-7. Preliminary report on the food 'of
woodpeckers. By F. A. Lucas.
Pomnlogy, Division of. Report, 1804................ .........
Publicaiions, Division of. Report of the chief of division...... --
Road inquiry, Office of. Bulletins 12, 14.18, Circulars 17, IS....
Contents. —Bulletin 12. Wide tires; laws rel. to their use. Compiled by
Roy Stone.-14. Good roads. Compiled by R. Stone.-15. Proceedings of
the goal roads convention of Texas, Feb. 10, 1805.-10. On employment
of convicts in connection with road -building. Comp. by R. Stone —17.
Historical and technical papers on road building in the U. S.-18. State
laws rel. to management of roads, enacted 1891•95.
Circular 17. Origin alad work of the Darlington road leagne.-18. Re.
port of committee on legislation, adopted by the State good roads con-
vention, Richmond, Pa., Oct. 1895.
Statistics, Division of. Reports of statistician, 1895........... --
Assay commission. See Mint, Bureau of.
Census office. 22th census, 1890. Report on Indiana taxed and not
taxed io the U. S. (except Alaska). Wash., 1894. 40...........
Report on insurance businesss in U. S. Part 1. Fire, marine,
and inland insurance. Wash., 1894. 40.....................
Report on manufacturing industries. Part 3. Selected iudus-
tries. Wash.. 1891. 40 ......................................
Report on population of U. S. Part 1. Nash., 1894. 40.......
Report on transportatio1i business. Part 2. 'Transportation by
water. Wash., 1894. 40....................................
Report on wealth, debt, and taxation. Part 2. Valuation and
taxation. Wash., 1895. 40 ..................................
Civil service commission. Annual report, 11, 1891.
Education, Bureau of. Circulars of information. 1894. nos. 1, 2.
Contents. —I. History of higher education in Rhode Island. By W. H.
Tolman.-2. Education in Maryland. By B. C. Steiner.
Report of the commissioner, IC91.92, vol. 2...................
Labor, Dept. of. Bulletin No. 1, 1895. ........................... --
Special report, 7. Slums of Baltimore, Chicago, New York,
Philadelphia ...............................................
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30: Fourteenth Supplement-1896—ol'
United States. (Continued.)
Life saving service. Annual report, 1894.......................... --
Light-house board. Report, 1894.................................. --
11fint, Bureau of. Assay commission. Proceedings, 1890.1895...... --
Report, 22,1894.................... ......................... --
National museum. Bulletins, 39.48.............................. —
Contents. 89. A. Directions for collecting birds, by R. Rldgway.—B.
Directions for collecting recent and fossil plants, by F. 11. Knowlton.—
C. Preparation of rough skeletons, by F. A. Lucas.—D. Directions for
eollecting, preparing bird's eggs and nests, by C. Bendiro.—E. Direc-
tions for collecting reptiles, by L. Stejneger.—F. Directions for collect•
ing insects, by C. V. Riley.—G. Instructions for collecting mollusks, by
Wm. H. Dail.—H. Directions for collecting minerals, by W. Tassin.—I.
Directions for collecting rocks, by G. P. Merrill.—J. Directions for col.
lecting specimens and information illustrating aboriginal uses of
plants, by F. V. Coville. K. Directions for collecting and preparing
fossils, by C. Schuchert.
48. Contribution toward a monograph of the insects of the lepidop-
terous family noetuidae of boreal North America, by J. 0. Smith.
Proceedings, vol. 17, 1894.................................... --
Report, 1893................................ :................ --
Navy department. Official records of the union and confederate na-
vies in the war of the rebellion. Pub. by Lieut. com. R. Rush
and R. H. Woods. Wash., 1894-95. Series 1, vols. 1, 2........ 826.—
Ordnance dent. Annual report,1894 ..............................
II. DESCRIPTION AND TRAVELS.
Bourget, Paul. Outre-user. (Notes sur 1'Am6rique)......... 571.54,55
Same in English. Outre-tiler: impressions of America........ 353.39
III. HISTORY.
Revolution. Balch, T. The French in America during the war
of independence of U.S., 1 7177-1783. 2 vols...............837.23,24
Drake, S. A. Watch fires of '70.......................... 832.33
Revolution to civil war. McMaster, J. B. History of the peo-
ple of the United States from revolution to civil war. 4v. - .886.28-31
Rhodes, James F. History of the U. S. from compromise
of1850..............................................846.20-22
Walker, F. A. Making of the nation, 1783-1817........... 822.57
Civil war. American civil war book and Grant album: portfolio
of reproductions from photographs .........................+
Dwight, Theodore F., Critical sketches of some of the fed-
eral and confederate commanders ...................... 876.20
Dudley, D., ed. Officers of our Union army and navy, vol. 1. 720.14
Higginson, T. W. Massachusetts in the army and navy,
1801-1865. Prepared under authority of the state. Vol. 2. 847.22
Longstreet, James. From Manassas to Appomattox...... 826.28
Riddle, A. G. Recollections of war times ................ 876.21
Rush, R., and Woods, R. H., compilers. Official records of
navies in rebellion ...............•........•••••.•...... 826.—
Young, J. B. . What a boy saw in the army .............. 836.31
Watertown Public Library Catalogue. 31
United States, Money of the. Muhleman, M. L..................... 1043.53
University of Pennsylvania. Catalogue, 1S94 95. • .. • ....... • ......
Utah: a peep into a mountain -walled treasury of the gods. Donan, P.¶ West
Vacation rambles. Hughes, Thomas .............................. 351.46
Vagabond in Spain. Lufl'mann, C. B.......................
....... 353.94
Vedder, H. C. American writers of today. B., 1894. 120........... 455.25
Vedic India, Story of. Ragozin, Z. (Story of the nations) .......... 883.64
Very ill-tempered family. Ewing, Juliana H........................ 201.82
Victorian anthology, 1837-1895. Stedman, E. C., ed................ 755.13
Village watch -tower. Wiggin, Date D............................. 220.3
Virginibus puerisque. Stevenson, Robert L....................... 445.36
Vladimer, compiler. The China -Japan war. N. Y., 1896. 80........ 845.31
Voix interieures, Les. Hugo, Victor ................................ 571.58
Volney, C. F. C., comte de. The ruins; on the revolutions of empires. 842.39
Wake -robin. Burroughs, John ....................................
471.63
Walker, F. A. The making of the nation, 1783-1817. N.Y., 1895. 120.
822.57
War and peace, Memories and studies of. Forbes, Archibald........
475.38
Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. A singular life. B., 1896. 120.....
221.60
Ward, 1lary Angustn. Story of Bessie Costrell. N. Y., 1895. 1GO...
281.93
Warner, Susan. Wide, wide world. Phil., 1893. 12................
262.1
Warren, Diary Bowers. Little journeys abroad. B., 1895. 160......
351.42
Watertown, the site of ancient Norumbega. Horsford, E. N.......
S27.27
Watertown directory, 1895. Littlefield directory pub. co..........
Watch Ores of '76. Drake, Samuel Adams .........................
832.33
Watson, Rev. John (lan'Maclaren.) Beside the Bonnie brier bush..
284.79
Days of auld lang syne. N. Y., 1895. 120........................
284.80
Watts' dictionary of chemistry. Morley, H. F., and Muir, M. M. P., eds.*
We and the world: a book for boys. Ewing, Juliana H.............
201.84
Wealth of nations. Smith, Adam. 4 vols. .....................1055.05-38
Wedgwood, Josiah: his personal history. Smiles, Samuel .........
733.59
Weed, C. D1. New Eng. blossoms and their insect visitors..........
914.31
Westminster. Besant, Walter ....................................
345.14
Weyman, S. J. From the memoirs of a minister of France.........
245.43
What a boy saw in the army. Young, J. B.........................
836.31
Wide, wide world, Warner, Susan .................................
262.1
Wiggin, Bate Douglas. The village watch -tower. B., 1995. 120....
220.3
and Smith, N. A. Froebel's gifts. B., 1895. 160.................
T.L.143
Wild beasts. Porter,.J. Hampden ..................................
926.53
Wild flowers, How to know the. Dana, Mrs. W. S..................
945.26
Will o' the mill. Stevenson, Robert L.............................In445.30
Will, The. Edgeworth, Maria. (In her Popular tales) ..............
220.16
Willard, F. E., and Norton, M. B. A great mother: Madam Willard.
782.3
Willard, Joseph A. Half a century with judges and lawyers.......
450.37
William, II., The German emperor. Lowe, Charles ................
782.5
Winsor, Justin. The Mississippi basin. B., 1895. 80...............
885.36
32 Fourteenth Supplement— 1 8g 6—of
Winter sunshine. Burroughs, John ................................ 471.64
Winthrop, Margaret. Earle, Alice Morse .......................... 882.29
With the procession. Fuller, henry B............................. 250.34
Wolfe, Janes. Bradley, A. G. (Eng. men of action) ................ 711.60
Wood, Rev. J. G., and Rev. T. The Zoo. 4 vols., colored illus.... 926.55-58
Wood work. See Sloyd.
Woolsey, Sarah C. (Susan Coolidge.) An old convent school in Paris. 782.20
Contents. —I. Old convent school in Paris.-2. Countess Potocki.-3.
Girlhood of an autocrat.-4. Miss Eden.-5. Due de Sain"Imon.
Woolson, Constance F. The front yard, and other Italian stories... 281.96
Contents. The front yard.—Neptune's shore. —A pink villa. —The
street of the hyacinth. —A Christmas party. —In Venice.
World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893. Bancroft, H. H. The
book of the fair. 2 vol3....................................... *
Mass. Board of toorld's fair managers. Report, 1894...............1057.41
Wrecker, The. Stevenson, Robert L.............................. 445.33
'Wright; Mabel 0. Blydcrnft: fl ld book of 200 birds. Illustrated...' 936.47
Wright, W. A., ed. Letters of Edw. Fitzgerald to Fannie Kemble,
1871-1883................................................ ..... 451.33
Wrong box, The. Stevenson, Robert L............................. 445.34
\1, Wyss, J. D., and Montolieu, J. I. P., baronne de. Swiss family Rob-
inson.......................................................... 206.90
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Year's arty as recorded in The quarterly Illustrator for 1894. 1400�illus.0446 24
Young, Jesse B. What a boy saw in the army. N. Y., 1894. SO..... 836.31
Young, Advice to. Clark, F. E. Danger signals ................... 552.61
Ma -den, 0. S. Architects of fate: steps to success and power..... 530.26
Pushing to the front .... .................................... 5:10.25
Young West, sequel to Bellamy's Looking backward. Schindler, 5... 285.78
Zangwill, I. The master: it novel. N. Y., 1895. 120................ 216.44
Zeballos, E. S. Arbitration on Misiones............ ...............1051.46
Argument for Argentine Republic, upon question in re-ard to
Misiones.......................................................1057.38
Zoo, The. Wood, Rev. J. G., and Rev. Theodore. 4 vols........... 920.55-58
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INDEX.
Almshouse..... ....................................
37
Appraisment............. ..........................
78
Assessors' Report....... ............................
104
Auditor's Report......... ...........................
35
Bath House......... ...............................
42
Bell for First Parish Towerr ..........................
43
Board of Health, Report of ...........................
1 16
Board of Health, Report of Inspector and :gent........
122
Board of Health, Regulations of the ...................
130
Board of Health, Plumbing Regulations ...............
136
By -Laws ...........................................
26
Cemeteries............... .............
43
Claim of James Madden ............ ................
44
Collector's Report ...................................
82
Concrete.Walks.
43
Contingent.........................................
44
Contract of Watertown Water Supply Company........
IS
Discounts and Abatements ...........................
48
Estimated Expenses for 1896.........................
151
FireDepartment................. ...................
49
Fire Department, Engineer's Report ...................
91
Health Department ..................................
55
Highways, Bridges, and Culverts.... . ................
52
Hydrant Service ................. ..................
56
Insurance.........................................-57,146
Interest ............................................
57
Isaac B. Patten Post 31, G. A. R.....................
58
Jurymen, List of ....................................
152
Library in Selectmen's Room .........................
11.3
Military Aid.. ......................................
58
Military Relief .....................................
58
INDEX.
NewSchool -House ............... • . • . • • • • . • .. • .....
59
Overseers of the Poor, Report of ......................
16
Park Commissioners .......... ......................
6o, 86
Police.....................................,.......6o,
98
Population.........................................
1
Printing.... ........................................
62
Printing Earlier Town Records .......................
63
PublicLibrary ......................................
63
Salaries........
65
Schedule and Valuation of Town Property.............
79
Schools..........
66
Selectmen, Report of ................................
5
Minority Report ..........................
14
Sewer Department and House Connections.............
71
Sewerage Department ...............................
71
StateAid ...........................................
72
Statement of Assets and Liabilities....
76
Street Lights..... ..................................
73
Summary of Receipts, Appropriations, and Expenditures.
77
Superintendent of Streets and Sewers, Report of........
101
Survey of Town for Block System ....................
74
Synopsis of Valuation and Taxation of Watertown ......
107
TempletonFund............. .......................
74
TownClerk, Report of ..............................
Io8
Town Debt..........
75
Town Grants and Appropriations..... ................
112
Town House, Lighting and care of.... ................ 74
Town Improvement Association...................... 751 84
Town Notes, Time of Maturing..... ................. 148
Town Officers ...................................... 1
Treasurer's Report. ... 0.... ...0..................... 143
Warrant for Town Meeting...... ..................... 153
Watering Streets .................................... 73
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