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SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT

RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES

TOWN OF HYDE PARK,

REPORTS OF THE SELECTMEN AND OTHER
TOWN OFFICERS,

FOR THE YEAR

ENDING JANUARY 15th, 1874.

HYDE PARK:

PRESS OF THE NORFOLK COUNTY GAZETTE.

1875.

SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT

RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES

TOWN OF HYDE PAKE

REPORTS OF THE SELECTMEN AND OTHER
TOWN OFFICERS,

YEAR ENDING JANUARY 15th, 1875.

HYDE PARK:

PRESS OF THE NORFOLK COUNTY GAZETTE.
1875.

OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF HYDE PARK,

FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1st, 1875.

SELECTMEN AND SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS:

GAMALIEL HODGES, E. G. PERKINS, J. D. McAVOY, NATHANIEL

SHEPABD, A. P. BLAKE, L. J. BIRD, and

FRANCIS BOYD.

ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OP THE POOR AND BOARD OP HEALTH:

J. M. TWICHELL, JOEL F. G03DWIN, HENRY A. DARLING.

TOWN CLERK.

HENRY B. TERRY.

treasurer:
BENJAMIN C. VOSE.

COLLECTOR :

HENEY A. BICH.

SCHOOL committee:

B. W. HUSTED term expires, 1877.

Eev. WM. J. COBCOBAN " " 1877.

HOBABT M. CABLE " " 1876.

THEODORE D. WELD, (resigned) '; " 1876.

Eev. PEBLEY B. DAVIS, (resigned) " " 1875.

Eev. AMOS WEBSTEE " " 1875.

E. M. LANCASTEE, (chosen to fill vacancy caused by

resignation of Eev. P. B. Davis,) " " 1875.

WALDO F. WAED, (chosen to fill the vacancy caused

by resignation of T. D. Weld,) ." " " 1875.

AUDITORS :

D. W. C. EOGEES, G. FEED GEIDLEY, JOHN A. BOYLE.

CONSTABLES:

JEEOME MATTHEW SON, JOHN M. TWICHELL,

BENJAMIN F. KIDDEB, CHABLES JACOBS,

J. COBBETT, E. G. CUBEIEE, A. P. BICKMOEE,

E. W. MOFFATT, (appointed by Selectmen to fill vacancy

caused by resignation of A. P. Bickmore).

SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :

WILLIAM HEUSTIS.

FIRE DEPARTMENT :

FEANCIS E. BOYD, Chief Engineer.
H. N. HIBBABD, E. P. DAVIS, Assistant Engineers.
W. W. HILTON, (appointed to fill vacancy, caused by resignation E. P.
Davis,) Asst. Engineer.

SELECTMEN'S REPORT.

The Selectmen of the town of Hyde Park respectfully sub-
mit their report for the financial year ending January 15, 1875,
with the usual schedule of receipts and expenditures.

As custodians of the affairs of the town, the Selectmen
should be thoroughly acquainted with its financial condition,
and therefore fully prepared to bring to the attention of the
citizens such matters as might seem to demand their atten-
tion. '

The rule which the board have endeavored to follow has
been to secure the greatest amount of service for the money
expended, regardless of private interests or sympathies.

It is unnecessary to remind our citizens that the year past
has been one of unusually severe depression in business
affairs ; that few, if any, branches of industry has been re-
munerative, and that we have had many willing hands folded
in compulsory idleness, which should have been adding to
their own and the general prosperity.

This condition of things has subjected the Board to severe
pressure — many citizens holding and urging that we should
make work by engaging in enterprises at the expense of
property owners for the sake of giving work to the unem-
ployed but worthy poor. While there was considerable merit
in this idea, its adoption, as a rule, would have been a very
dangerous precedent to establish. It has been wisely de-
clared by men who have given most thought to the social
subjects, that such practices would lead to a subversion of
our whole social system, tending directly to communism in one
of its worst forms.

CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

The town has appropriated during the past year the follow-
ing amounts : — For schools, $23,000; incidentals, $12,000;

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highways, $12, cod; fire department, $5,000 ; support of the
poor, $3,638.22 ; police department, $3,318.72 ; salaries, $3,138 ;
Greenwood school building, $61.42 ; fencing Grew school
grounds, $700 ; remodelling the Everett school-house, $500 ;
reservoirs, $1,000 ; additional hose, $2,500; State and county
tax, $13,000; addition to sinking fund, $4,000; interest on
public debt, $17,000 ; total, $100,856.36.

The expenditures have been as follows : — Incidentals, $8,-
871.22; highways, $9,674.05; fire department, $5,209.35;
support of the poor, $2,67818; police, $2,748.50; salaries,
$2,795 ; Greenwood school building, $50 ; fencing Grew school
grounds, $448.22 ;• remodelling Everett school-house, $516;
construction of reservoir, $608 ; purchase of 1,000 feet hose,
$1,664.85 ; schools, $24,123.71 ; interest paid in excess of in-
terest received, $13,370.78 ; sinking fund, $4,000 ; State and
county tax, $12,753.96 ; total, $89,5 1 1.82 ; excess of appropria-
tions over expenditures, including interest collected, $11,344.54.

From this financial statement it will appear that the town
has paid its ordinary running expenses, added to the sinking
fund $4,000, and made a saving in the various departments
amounting in the aggregate to $11,344.54; which, added to
the sinking fund, shows a gain of $15,344.54. From this
amount should be deducted a deficiency in making assess-
ments in the Assessors' department, resulting from several
appropriations having been made by the town after the basis
of taxation had been fixed, amounting to (including abate-
ments) $2,062.80. After deducting this item it appears that
the town's financial condition has been improved during the
year, $13,281.74. Additional abatements may yet be made,
however, which will slightly affect this result.

From this simple and concise statement of facts, it will be
seen that all the necessary wants of the- town can be supplied,
the public debt gradually but surely diminished, while a low
rate of taxation can at the same time be maintained.

We are aware that every year brings with it new and un-
forseen wants, requiring additional outlays, and that just
passed has been no exception to this rule. Among the ex-

penses of the past year are several which may be regarded as
worthy of special notice, namely : — The fitting up the new
town offices, by which every department has excellent accom-
modations — highly creditable to the town, and in marked
contrast to the slipshod and scattered arrangements which
had existed before that time ; the purchase of a horse hose-
carriage, and one thousand feet of new hose for the fire depart-
ment ; the removal of ledges on Central Park avenue, Gordon
avenue and Austin street, which had been neglected or over-
looked for several years, but which should have been removed ;
the building of two bridges at Clarendon Hills over Stony
Brook, and the very thorough repairing of nearly all the
streets, avenues and sidewalks throughout the town, involving
the judicious employment of many thousand loads of gravel,
and rendering the maintenance of highways in the town for
several years to come a comparatively easy and inexpensive
work.

Our fire department seems to call for special mention in this
report. This department alone, of all within our control, has
exceeded its appropriations in the past year, though these
were thought to be very liberal at the time the estimates were
made in the commencement of the season.

But our citizens are, no doubt, prepared to learn that the
expenditures have been extraordinary in this department from
the occasion of an occurrence of an unusually large number
of fires during the year. Both the officers and men of the
department are entitled to the gratitude of every property
owner in the town, for the promptness with which they have
responded to every fire alarm ; for the successful manner in
which they have contended with the devouring elements, con-
fining its ravages, in every instance, to the buildings in which
it originated, — and this, too, when several of the fires have
been in the most thickly built-up portions of the town, and
when but for. the good management and courageous and effi-
cient efforts of the officers and men, extensive and calamitous
conflagrations would have resulted.

In a word, we have had more substantial evidence than ever

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before that our town possesses a fire department which can
be fully relied upon for all reasonable protection against fire,
and which, for discipline and efficiency, to say the least, is
second to none in the county.

The many fires in the different sctions of the town have
fully established the important fact, that our fire department,
as now organized and equipped, is able to cover a large pro-
portion of all the hazardous localities from the never- failing
water supplies of our rivers and brooks which are favorably
located for this purpose in their course through the town.

During the year two reservoirs have been constructed in
hazardous localities — one at private expense and the other at
the cost of the town ; one or two more of these important
auxiliaries of fire departments should be added during the
coming year.

In stating that the fire department is the only one that has
exceeded its appropriations, we do not include in the estimate
the School Committee, as its expenditures are in no way under
the control of this board. The outlay of the School Commit-
tee, as shown by the Treasurer's accounts, appears to have
been $1,123.71 in excess of the appropriation.

STREET LAMPS.

The New England Gas Light Company of Boston continues
to have charge of the street lamps, one hundred and fifteen in
number. The satisfaction frequently expressed by our citi-
zens warrants us in thinking that the money for this depart-
ment is judiciously expended. The light appears to be quite
equal to coal gas light, and the cost only about one-half.

As an innovation on the customs of former boards, we pre-
sent for consideration a schedule of such sums as seems to us to
be amply sufficient to meet the demands for the coming year : —

For schools, $20,000 ; incidentals, $7,000 ; highways, $4,000 ;
fire department, $4,500; support of poor, $2,500; police, $1,800;
salaries, $2,600 ; interest, $16,000 ; State and county tax,
$13,000 ; sinking fund, $4,000 ; total, $75,400.

While these figures indicate quite a large reduction from
the ordinary rate of expenditure, the amount is yet ample,

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with careful management, to meet all legitimate and necessary
requirements of the town.

The time has come when not only towns, but counties,
states and the nation, as well as corporations, companies and
individuals, should make a decided stand for reduction of ex-
penditures in every way consistent with true economy.

The lessons of the past should guide us in the management
of town affairs. People are apt to think that the town can
pay for all that this, or that the other one claims ought to be
done, while to carry out one quarter of the various projects
would involve a continually increasing expenditure of the tax-
payer's money. Economy should be the rule for all to follow,
and every man having large or small sums of the public money
in his hands should be careful to expend it with the same re-
gard for large results that he would show if it belonged to him-
self.

If, as a town, we do but skilfully deal with this matter of
finance for a few years, we shall add another very strong fea-
ture of attraction to careful, considerate men, who appreciate
good government and wise financeering, to locate within our
borders.

Geographically we now occupy one of the best positions to
secure a large percentage of those who desire to locate their
residences outside the city ; and if, by good management, we
can ensure a low rate of taxation to every property-owner, we
shall surely be compensated for any temporary deprivation by
an influx of wealthy and desirable settlers that will, in a few
years, ensure to us a measure of prosperity which we can now
scarcely realize.

GAMALIEL HODGES,
J. D. McAVOY,
LEWIS J. BIRD,
A. P. BLAKE,
NATHANIEL SHEPARD,
FRANCIS BOYD,

Majority of Selectmen of the Toivn of Hyde Park.

ENGINEERS' REPORT.

Engineers' Office, H. P. F. Department, )
Hyde Park, Jan. 15, 1875. )

To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Town of Hyde Park : —

Gentlemen, — This being the end of the financial year of the
town, we hereby have the honor to submit a report, as relates to
the Fire Department, during the past year. The apparatus of the
Department is in good order, and remains as last year, with the
addition of one horse hose-carriage, and one thousand feet of leather
hose, purchased in June and July last. All losses have been made
good and repairs well kept up. The experience of the last twelve
months has clearly proved that the Department is not strong
enough as regards engines to properly protect the town, and this
would be so, even was it, that in some of the most exposed dis-
tricts, no reliable water source exists, except when forced through
very long lines of hose. As regards a better supply, the engi-
neers of last year called for such, under the head of " Needful,"
and the attention of your board has been called on more than one
occasion to the same necessity.

As regards the discipline and efficiency of the members of the
force, it is excellent, and great credit is clue them, and it is to be
hoped that this year will see their pay increased to a sum that will
be more in proportion to the demand upon their services than they
now receive. Accompanying to which we would call your atten-
tion, is a list of fires, causes, &c, some thirty-four in number, by
which it is evident that the efforts of the Department have been
taxed severely, aid when it is added that in no instance has a fire
extended beyond the original limits, as on arrival of the Depart-
ment, no better guarantee of its efficiency could be afforded.

In conclusion, we would add that an absolute necessity exists for
a first-class steam fire engine, an extinguisher engine, and better
water facilities.

We are, gentlemen, very respectfully,

Francis E. Boyd,

H. Hibbard, } Engineers.

W. W. Hn/roN,

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SUPPORT OF THE POOR.

The town has been remarkably free from epidemics during; the
year. Sixty-one applicants, with families containing 125 persons,
have received aid from the town during the year. Eleven persons
have been fully supported. Of this number 1 is at the lasylum at
Taunton, 1 in Boston, 1 in Chatham, and 10 in Hyde Park. Fif-
teen state paupers have been sent to the almshouse at Tewksbury,
having been aided more or less by the town. Nine persons have
been buried at the expense of the town. The town has received $338
for persons supported, whose legal settlement was in other towns.
The sum of $413.32 has been charged to the State board of charities.
The sum of $3638.22 was appropriated for this department, and
the whole amount expended was $2678.18, leaving an unexpended
balance of $960.04.

JOHN M. TWICHELL.

DETAILED STATEMENT OF EXPEN-
DITURES.

SCHOOLS — Teachers' Salaries.

Paid F. W. Freeborn, .... $1,900 00

G. M. Fellows,

1,600 00

J. W. Brown,

1,040 00

G. F. Wiggin,

800 00

H. J. Whittemore,

900 00

H. H. Gould,

800 00

Miss L. A. Dutton,

750 00

" F. E. Weld,

700 00

" L. S. Currier,

600 00

Mrs. C. F. Cutler,

600 00

Miss J. C. Alexander,

600 00

" S. S. Lancaster,

600 00

" M. E. Libby,

600 00

" L. Dunbar,

600 00

" E. L. Wiswall,

600 00

'• S. W. Loker,

600 00

" H. M. Oliver,

600 00

" E. A. George,

600 00

" J. S. Hammond,

600 00

" E. L. Oliver,

600 00

" H. J. Folsom,

590 00

" M. B. Witherbee,

578 86

" K. V. Smith,

575 00

" F. J. Emerson,

575 00

" M. A. Alexander,

575 00

" F. Brown,

530 00

" C. E. Walker,

520 00

" E. A. Marshall,

441 00

" E. S. Beede, .

385 00

" A. P. Barnes,

300 00

" M. E. Steele,

268 86

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Paid Miss L. D. Bunker,
" I. M. LeSeur,
" A. F. Armes,
" E. E. Webster,
" E. A. Southwick,
" L. E. Perry, .
" G. Brainard,
N. Wilcox,

FOR FUEL AND JANITORS.

Paid Jones & Robinson, fuel,
John McNamara, "
Luther Neal, "

N. H. Tucker,
A. C. Clapp, janitor,
George James, "
T. B. Graham, "
Horace Sumner, is
Silas Morse, "

Thomas Barden, u
John McDonough, janitor,
T. Kenney, "

Teachers' salaries, as above,

Cr.

By amount of appropriation,

Expended in excess of appropriation,

$250

00

210

00

125

00

92

50

50

00

20

00

10

00

7

50

$21,793

72

$1,399

35

104

50

12

75

9

50

225

00

153

49

134

50

75

50

56

00

42

00

38

00

3

00

$2,253 59
21,793 72

$24,047 31

$23,000 00
$1,047 31

EVENING SCHOOLS— Teachers' Salaries.

Paid E. DeMerritt $48 00

N. W. Ladd, 48 00

Miss G. Brainard, 24 00

Mrs. H. M. Barrows, 24 00

$144 00

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SUNDRIES.

Paid Thomas Joyce, setting up desks,
Nicholas & Hall, books, etc.,
Silas Morse, janitor,
John McDonough, janitor,
Getchell & Moseley, printing,
John McNamara, janitor, .

Teachers' salaries as above,

Cr.
By amount of appropriation,

Balance unexpended,

$19 48
13 74
6 00
6 00
1 00
3 00

$49 72
144 00

$193 72

300 00

$106 28

INCIDENTAL EXPP;NSES.

By amount of appropriation,

Cr.

Dr.

Paid New England Gas Co., lighting street lamps,

B. Connor, rent of town offices,
L. C. Swett & Co., covering tables, &c,

C. M. Chapin, insurance policies,
G-. Henry Perkins, " "
C. H. Hollis, services as janitor,
James Feehan, " " " &c,
E. M. Pratt, stationery,
Ward & Gay, kt . . .
Chas. H. Snaith, locks, keys, &c,
B. C. Vose, cash paid out,
Chas. Haley, labor and material,
R. Williams, rail in town hall, &c,
Getchell & Moseley, printing, .
J. M. Twichell, canvassing for truant children,

births, &c, .......

$12,000 00

$2035

92

483

33

5

46

157

42

91

30

34

00

143

67

71

86

43

00

8

50

2

30

25

GQ

101

64

493

85

36 0

16

Paid Joel F. Goodwin, locks, keys and labor, .
J. B. Walker, carriage hire,
B. F. Kidder, repairs on street lamps,
Benj. E. Phillips, painting and repairs on street

lamps, . . . - .

G. L. Richardson, surveying, .
Charles Jacobs, serving street notices, extra ser

vices for selectmen, and cash paid out,
Boy n ton & Rogers, repairs on town hall, street

lamps, &c, .....

H. B. Terry, cash paid for desk, labor in Dec!

ham for assessors, returning births, mar

riages, deaths, &c, ....
J. M. Williams, making case, bulletin board and

board for voting list, ....
Dedham and Hyde Park Gas Co., gas,
S. A. Bradbury, rent of office on Fairmount

avenue, . .....

E. R. Morse, moving safes,

W. H. Morse, tolling bell on day of burial of

Hon. Charles Sumner, ....
J. M. and R. Williams, fitting up town offices
L. M. Corcoran, shades and fixtures,
Morris & Ireland, one safe,
Gribben & Co., printing caucus tickets, .
J. Johnston, repairs on hearse,
Bliss & Perkins, gas fixtures,
H. S. Holtham, distributing town reports,
R. Hildreth, blank books, &c,
R. Corson*, moving office furniture, .
H. A. Darling, insurance policy,
Z. S. Arnold, transfer of conveyances for asses

sors,

George Troy, posting bills,

A. P. Bickmore, services in the investigation of

Pierce street fire, ....

James Barrett, gas pipe, labor, brackets, &c,
S. A. Davis, posting bills,
J. Glass, repairing roof of Town Hall, .

$14 67

12

00

47

35

65

80

94

00

60

05

28

48

163 95

13

75

128

44

20

00

25

00

1

00

445

20

82

00

300

00

10

00

5

00

82

90

15

00

14

75

10

50

21

75

100

00

1

00

11

90

35

59

1

00

39

80

17

Paid Alfred Hale & Co., rubber spittoons, . . $10 50

J. Waterhouse, refreshments at town meeting, 16 50

J. L. Fairbanks & Co., cash book, ... 2 25

E. Ripley & Sons, whitening town hall, . . 125 00

Fitts' Express, expressing, . 2 50

Cutter, Tower & Co., draft book, ... 7 25

O. M. Lord, brooms, matches, &c, ... 1 00

H. F. Starbuck, copying plans for assessors, . 100 00

Maria L. Taylor, clerk for assessors, . . 30 00

H. Watson, whitewashing lock-up, ... 6 00

Blue Hill Ice Co., ice, 4 50

Ryan & Co., expressing, .... 4 35

Stark & Stickney, material and setting up

stoves, ....... 31 35

Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co., assessment on

Ins. policy and costs of suit,
Henry A. Rich, collecting taxes, &c, on account,

N. H. Tucker, coal,

Waldo Colburn, legal services in case of Boyd

vs. County of Norfolk, ....

SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.

Paid Boynton & Rogers, dusters, labor, and material
in repairs on furnaces, &c. , . . .

Fall & Fisk, do.,

Quincy Dyer, locks, lamp hooks, &c,

M. E. Noble, books, .....

A. C. Clapp, labor and cash paid out,
J. M. Williams, labor and materials in repairs,
Getchell & Moseley, printing,
J. A. Paine, repairs on school-houses,
I. C. Webster, care school committee's room,
A. Webster, keys, bell, books, expense procuring
teachers, &c, ......

C. H. Snaith, keys, locks, &c, . . .

Charles Haley, labor and material in repairs,
Miles & Silsbury, brooms, dusters, mats, &c,

38

40

811

80

61

85

100

00

S6938

08

$139 87

13

16

2

67

125

70

83

45

58

57

21

25

66

88

29

00

40

99

11

10

256

31

16

35

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Paid Horace Sumner, sifting ashes,
D. B. Fitts, cleaning clocks,
F. A. Perry, painting and glazing, .
J. L. Hammett, chairs, globes, bell, ink wells

&c,

Charles Currier, labor and material in repairs

Nichols & Hall, atlas and paper,

J. N. Stevens, school books, .

George James, labor and oil, .

A. S. Barnes & Co., set chemical apparatus,

Eand, Avery & Co., printing school committee

reports, ......

H. S. Holtham, distributing school committee

reports, ......

J. F. Goodwin, looking up truant children,

J. E. Cotter, cash paid for gas fixtures, .

A. P. Barnes, curtain cord,

Hammond Reed, use of well,

Lyman Rhodes, printing,

Wakefield Rattan Co., mats,

R. Corson, carting seats,

Henry C. Bird & Co., book-case,

M. Finlen, mason work, ....

R. Williams, labor and material,

J. Graham, " "...

Julia McDonough, cleaning school-houses,

Clary & Ryan, expressing,

James Glass, repairs on roof, .

J. Hill & Son, glazing, ....

Ames Plow Co., wheel-barrow,

Bridget Kingston, cleaning school-house,

C. Fitzgerald, " »

John Dray, " "

William Smith, " "

Mrs. J. Fitzgerald, " "

Mary James, " "

Geo. S. Wheeler, tuning pianos and cash paid

out,

Charles E. Bunker, broom,
C. J. Solbery, pair hinges,

$10 50
10 50
26 63

126 56
74 10

2 60
38 09

3 60
40 00

55 00

15 00

15 00

9 12

1 00
20 00

7 00
107 48

8 00

13 00
42 19
18 10
40 29

30 20
36 70
12 88

31 92
7 00

2 75
2 50
2 50

14 50

23 00
22 75

24 00
40

1 13

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Paid John McNarnara, labor of man and horse,
Thos. B. Graham, cleaning windows,
J. A. Swassy, black-board,
Ginn Bros., sundries,
R. W". Husted, expenses in securing teacher
Carter & Haskell, brushes and dusters,
Silas Morse, laying brick,
W. 0. Haskell & Son, settees,
H. M. Cable, cash paid out,
Benj. E. Phillips, painting tin roof, .
Albert Snow, carpet erasers,
M. C. Knibbs, desks and stool,
Chas. Sturtevant, vaccination certificates

School incidentals,
Other incidentals,

Total,

Balance unexpended,

$6 80

60

23 60

15 50

1 33
7 63

2 00
40 50

9 65
33 24

9 00
20 00

2 00

51933 14

6938 08

?8871 22
£3128 78

HIGHWAYS.

By amount of appropriation,

Ck.

De.

Paid J. D. McAvoy, cash paid labor on streets
McAvoy & Co., hay, straw, grain, &c,
Samuel Gannett, " "

Neal Bros., " "

E. D. Savage, " "

George Pye, surveying,
G. L. Richardson, surveying, .
J. Johnston, shoeing horses, sharpening

repairing carts, &c,
McKenzie & Chadbourne, do.,
Stewart McKenzie, do.,
Quincy Dyer, axe-handles, rakes, spikes

tools,

&c,

$12,000 00

$2321

69

269

75

125

50

23

28

32

44

139

00

93

50

GG

31

20

90

24

90

44

16

20

Paid J. F. Nolan, saddles, halters, repairs' on har-
nesses, &c, ......

R. Williams, repairing hotel fence, and labor
and material putting up sign and guide
boards, .......

F. E. Cutter, lumber, ...

S. B. Balkam, "

Dodge, Gilbert, & Co., hammers, chains, &c,

P. McN alley, labor on highwaj^s,

M. Rogers, " " " ...

Edward Quillan, labor on highways,

P. Haley, " " "

Jas. Colleary, " " " • . ■ •

Thos.Crehan, " " "

C. H. Adams, painting signs,

A. P. Blake, cash paid for labor of men and

horses on streets, as per pay-roll on file,
Bartlett and John Duffee, labor on streets,

D. W. Phipps, labor of self and men on streets,
Thomas Rooney, removing ledge on Gordon ave-
nue, .......

J. B. Walker, carriage hire,

J. B. Farrington, labor and teams,

Luther Neal, straw, ....

T. P. Swift, labor and material,

John McCreedy, labor, ....

Ames Plow Co., hay cutter,
Thos. Rooney, removing ledge on Central Pari
avenue, ......

J. M. Williams, repairs on bridge. .
Patrick Rooney, drilling and blasting,
0. T. Rogers & Co., covering-stone,

$24 30

47 45
186 34

41 57
8 68

5 25
120 00

80 06
80 06
80 06
80 06
28 41

4986 23

7 00
136 50

100 00
10 25
33 40
4 70
70 73
28 44

6 50

150 00

1 38

177 75

17 50

Balance unexpended,

$9674 05
$2325 95

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Paid Good Will S. F. Engine Co., No. 1, pay roll, .

$437 64

21

Paid Rough and Ready S. F. Engine Co., No. 2, pay

roll, . •

Norfolk Hook and Ladder Co., No. 1, pay roll
Splicer Hose Co., pay roll, .

F. A. Sweet, services as engineman and repairs
on engine, ....

H. E. Hunt, services as engineman,
Joshua Wilder, services as steward and cash
paid out, ......

Cole Bros., repairs on engines,

J.Johnston, """...

McKenzie & Chadbourne, repairs on engines, &c

J. F. Nolan, fire hats, straps, and repairs,

R. Corson, drawing engines to fires,

Stark & Stickney, smoke stack,

E. M. Pratt, record book and refreshments,

Miles & Silsbury, refreshments,

■Sanford & Runnells, "

O. M. Lord, "...

Fitts' Express, expressing,

James Colleary, labor on fire ruins,

Jas. McMann, " " " "

Thos. Jordan, " " " "

M. Convoy, " " " "

P.Haley, " " " "

Small, Haines & Co. , oil,

E. W. Moffatt, duty at Neponset Block fire,

W. A. Bonney, coffee,

E. P. Davis, services as engineer,

Robert Bleakie, " " "

H. N. Hibbard, " " »

James Pattevson, refreshments,

S. B. Coffin,

Coiydon Ireland "

Martin O'Brien, "

G. W. Gunnison, feeding horses,
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., 1 four-wheel hose

carriage, ......

Alfred W. Hayes, services as watchman,
Boynton & Rogers, repairs on pump,

1513 39

476

51

466

67

3

84

45

75

00

l

647

71

249

09

58

80

, 67

64

53

70

285

75

11

22

11

50

8

12

5

14

24

80

39

10

2

00

2

00

6

00

6

00

8

00

12

10

2

50

4

50

145

82

100

00

100

00

48

50

40

00

3

50

16

37

11

00

691

00

2

00

1

25

22

Paid B. F. Kidder, expressing, .

James ~Bojd & Sons, oil, blunderbuss, fire hats

and repairing hose,
R. Williams, labor and material,
Brigkam & Piper, coal, .
Downer Kerosene Oil Co., oil,
C. L. Rich, repairs on engines,
J. B. Walker, drawing hose-carriage,
American Steani Packing Co., packing,
E. E. Rollins, services as fireman,
H. A. Winship & Co., fire hats,
Bo3rd & Stevens, repairs on engines,
J. E. Piper, coal, ....
H. P. Bussey, painting fire hats,
A. M. Fisher, gloves,

Ck.

50

By amount of appropriation,
Excess of expenditure,

117

75

5

93

206

00

12

20

15

00

5

00

2

25

10

25

27

25

16

00

60

00

6

00

45

$5209 35

$5000 00
$209 35

POOR ACCOUNT.

Cr.

By balance unexpended last year,

Dr.

Paid J. M. Twichell, cash paid sundry persons,
Owen Hughes, groceries,
Miles & SiLsbury, "
O. M. Lord, "

Sanford & Runnells, "
Taylor & Davis, "

Charles E. Bunker, t:
D. D. Burns, "

P. S. Conlan,
J. E. Clancy,

$3638 22

ry pe

rsons, . $376 79

37 00

633 57

38 01

156 28

15 00

42 00

8 00

3 25

9 00

23

Paid P. C. Clapp & Son, groceries, .
1ST. H. Tucker, provisions,
C. C. Hayes, medical attendance,
W. S. Everett, " "...

Charles Sturtevant, medical attendance,
C. L. Edwards, " " . .

F. L. Gerald, " " .

J. O'Connell, " » .

H. L. Fuller, medicine, ....

M. E. Noble, " ....

Taunton Lunatic Hospital, board of H. W. Ham
mond, ......

P. B. Whittemore, burial of sundry persons,
Jones & Robinson, coal and wood,
Luther Neal, " "

Neal Bros., " "

McAvoy & Co., " "

C. L. Farnsworth, bread,

A. C. Bass, boots and shoes, .
Getchell & Moseley, printing,
H. Bickerton, care of T. W. Lloyd,
Freeman Smith, board of F. A. Redding,
H. J. Raymond, care of Samuel Haskins,

D. W. Luce, shoes,
W. H. Ingersoll, coat,
H. C. Chamberlain, clothing, .
J. Wilder, meals for tramps,

C. Wetherbee, services as undertaker,
Charles Jacobs, expenses looking up stray child,

D. F. Kendall, clothing, .

B. F. Radford, coal,
A. G-. Stratton, shoes,
S. Gould, milk,

$6 34

47 31

114 00

30 00

9 50
82 00
17 00
10 00
52 87

1 50

192 60

167 00

4 70

19 90

1 65

13 50

67 90

21 10

15 50

10 00
65 39
24 00

1 80
4 00

2 60
2 32

15 00

4 00

2 25

312 00

30 55

11 00

Balance unexpended,

$2678 18
$960 04

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EXPENSES FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Paid Benj. F. Kidder, police duty,

Charles Jacobs, " "

E. W. Moffatt, " "

Bruce Dunn, " "

J. M. Twichell, " "

S. H. King, « «

E. F. Stevens, " "
J. Matthewson, "

J. D. Williams, " "

W. A. Mason, " "

Daniel O'Connell, " "
F.H. Caffin,

E. B. Simpson, " u

W. H. Cumminger, " "

A. P. Bickmore, " "
Boynton & Rogers, 4 qt. measures,

$651 50

742

00

746

00

180

00

30

00

53

50

7 50

100

00

48

50

7

00

44

50

27

00

54

50

52

50

3

00

1

00

$2748 50

Cr.

By amount of appropriation, .
By balance unexpended last year,

Balance unexpended

1500 00

818 72

5318 72
$570 22

SALARIES.

Paid Henry S. Bunton, services as auditor,

W. H. Taplin, " " " .

B. C. Vose, " " " .

J. M. Twichell, services as assessor and overseer

of the poor, ......

Joel F. Goodwin, services as assessor,

Henry A, Darling, " " " . .

Henry B. Terry, services as town clerk and clerk

of Selectmen, . . . . ■ .

$25

00

25

00

25

00

800

00

300

00

150

00

300 00

25

Paid B. C. Vose, reasurer, $400 00

Amos Webster, services as school committee

and clerk of same, .....
R. W. Hasted, services as school committee,
W. J. Corcoran, " " " "

E. M. Lancaster, " " " "

H. M. Cable, " " " "

W. F. Ward, " , " " u

T. D. Weld, in 1873 and part of 1874, services

as school committee, .....
P. B. Davis, services as school committee,
Wm. Heustis, services as sealer of weights and

measures, .......

$2879 00

Cr.

By amount of appropriation, . . . . $3100 00
By balance unexpended last year , . . . 38 00

200

00

100

00

100

00

50

00

100

00

50

00

150

00

50

00

54

00

$3138 00
Balance unexpended, . . . $259 00

GREENWOOD SCHOOL BUILDING APPROPRIATION.

Cr.

By balance unexpended last year, . . . . $61 42

Dr.
Paid P. Rooney, balance on account of grading grounds, 50 00

Balance unexpended, .... $11 42

APPROPRIATION FOR FENCING GREW SCHOOL
GROUNDS.

Cr.
By amount of appropriation, ... . . $700 00

26

Dr.

Paid W. W. Hiltou, labor and material, .
G-eo. T. McLaughlin & Co., iron posts,

Balance unexpended,

$427
21

22
00

$448
251

22

78

APPROPRIATION FOR REMODELLING THE EVERETT
SCHOOL-HOUSE.

Ce.

By amount of appropriation, ..... $500 00

Dr.

Paid Charles Haley, labor and material, . . . $446 00

Samuels & Hamilton, plans, .... 30 00

P. Rooney, labor, &c, ..... 40 00

$516 00
Expended in excess of appropriation, . 16 00

RESERVOIR.

Cr.

By amount of appropriation, . . . . $1000 00

Dr.

Paid Owen Hughes, labor and material, . . . $544 00'

J. M. Williams, covering reservoir, . 37 50

J. E. Smith, locating " 26 50

$608 00

Balance unexpended, . . . 392 00

HOSE.

Cr.
By amount of appropriation, .... $2500 00

27

Dr.

Paid James Boyd & Sons, hose, 1009 ft.,

Balance unexpended,

$1664 85

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EXPENSES FOR HYDE PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Chas. Haley, fitting up library rooms,
Boynton & Rogers, stoves, &c, &c, .
Roach, Bradbury, & Co., choirs,
Tucker Manf. Co., gas fixtures,
Getchell & Moseley, printing,

" " " " catalogues,

Barney Connor, rent,
James Feehan, janitor services,
Dedham & Hyde Park Gas Co.5
M. W. Brown, labor,
R. L. Gay & Co., record book and cards
Ward & Gay, stationery,
Insurance and sundries,

D. M. Corcoran, window shades,

E. D. Savage, brooms,
Lambert Bros., glass,

H. K. W. Hall, Manilla cover paper,

John A. Paine, carpenter work,

J. Hill & Son, setting glass,

Clary & Ryan, expressage,

C. H. Snaith, keys,

Jackson, Dale & Co., binding books,

McAvoy & Co., coal,

W. E. Foster, services as librarian,

W. E. Foster, incidental expenses,

M. A. Hawley, assisting librarian,

Post Office,

$819 62
63 56
69 25
95 70
87 75
889 40
232 50

127 20

128 85
13 80
31 50
23 47

421 92
33 96

2 10
5 83

35 46
9 05
8 25
5 00
4 20

26 50

8 50

541 98

46 40

49 00

3 10

$3783 85

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Cr.

By amount of appropriation . . . $3500 00

Expended in excess of appropriation, . $283 85

The undersigned, having examined the foregoing accounts,
hereby certify that they are correct.

G. FRED GRIDLEY,

JOHN A. BOYLE, J> Auditors.

D, W. C. ROGERS,

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Town of Hyde Park in Account with Henry A. Eich, Collector of

Taxes.

Jan. 15,

By uncollected Taxes, as per Account

current dated Jan. 15, 1874.
Assessed in 1872 $1,953 68

Less Abatements 458 65

Interest collected.

$1,495 03
542 01

Assessed in 1873 «... $49,004 11

" " (additional) 74 23

Less Abutements, $5,173 71
Less uncollected, 1,965 73

$49,078 34

17,139 44

$11,938 90
Interest collected 3,625 85

Assessed in 1874, per warrant. .$99,805 06
" " (additional).. 3,174 66

Less Abutements, $4,185 59
Less uncollected, 48,354 31
Less discount, .. . 1,180 18

)2,979 72

3,720 08

Interest collected.

$49,259 64
43 84

$2,037 04

$45,564 75

:$19,303 48

To cash paid to Treasurer at sundry times, $96,905 27,$y6,905 27

HENRY A. RICH, Collector of Taxes.

Hyde Park, Jan. 15, 1S75.

The undersigned, having examined the accounts of the Collector of
Taxes, hereby certify that the same are correct.

D. W. C. Rogers, 1

G. Fred. Gridley, > Auditors.

John A. Boyle, S

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AUDITORS' STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS

TOWN PROPERTY.

Grew School Building, Land and Personal Property $36,000 00

Blake " " " " " 30,000 00

Greenwood School Building, Land and Personal Property 30,000 00

Damon " " " " " 28,250 00

Everett " " " " " 20,00u 00

Town Hall and Personal Property 22,500 00

Fire Department 24,500 00

Town Teams, &c 1,200 00

Lock-up, Fixtures and Bedding 600 00

Furniture and Safes in Town Offices 1,000 00

Hearse 450 00

Weights and MeasureSr 350 00

$194,850 00

SINKING FUND.

Amount January 15, 1875 , $18,539 32

Invested as follows, viz : —

Note, Town of Brookline, dated March 26, 1873, at 7 per cent... $9,000 00

Note, Town of Brookline, dated Dec. 10, 1873, at 7 per cent 4,000 00

Note, Town of Hyde Park, dated Dec. 1, 1S74, at 7 per cent 4,000 00

Deposit in Boston Five Cent Savings Bank 1,000 CO

Deposit in MercantileS avings Institution 539 32

INDEBTEDNESS OF THE TOWN OF HYDE PARK, JAN. 15, 1875.

Amount due on notes at close of last year $281,028 74

Amount borrowed the current year, viz : —

On Funded Loan , $20,000 00

In Anticipation of Taxes 40,500 00

Renewal of Temporary Loan ■. 49,000 00

$109,500 00

$39i,528 74
Treasurer's notes paid during the year 115,875 00

Total debt Januay 15, 1875 $277,653 74

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AND LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.

FUNDED LOAN.

„ , . . ... r /^Mi. %«*.<$*• v'

Boston Five Cent Savings Bank, due May 16, 1890 i. $30,000 00 -s^V^^ ?6,a££ 4-Z-fP&

" " " '• " " Dec. 1,1875 27,000 00— {j^bi*©/^- i.fZV

" " " " " " Aug. 15, 1877 ""mk 15'000 00 i.*.'*^- J/J 49/

Mercantile Savings Institution, Boston, due May 16, 1890 V. 10,000 00 </ fail- S<wn, °ff*!>- r/76

" " " '' " June2,1876 20,000 00

Home Savings Bank, Boston, due July 22, 1881. 20,000 00

" " •' " Sept. 12, 1881 20,000 00

" " " " Feb.28,1884 .= 20,000 00 ^ j, W

Inst, for Savings, Newburyport, due June 1, 1890 ?. 10,000 00 </ ^^ ^W™- C/^- //c

" " " " " Sept. 1,1890 ..Ml 15,000 00*' /-^> .j

" " " " " Nov.15,1890 T. 10,000 00 ^— ^Ui cJl&/-W~

" " "' " - " Jan. 1,1877..... 8,700 00

State of Massachusetts, due Jan. 8, 1884 30,000 00

$235,700 00

TEMPORARY LOAN.

Treasurer's Notes, viz : due April 11, 1875 $5,000 00

" " " " April 11, 1875 5,000 00

" " " " April 25,1875 5,000 00

" " " " Aug. 25, 1877 10,000 00

Demand Notes, viz :—

H. B. Wilbur, at 6 per cent 5,000 00

Sarah He-wins 700 00

Lucy A. Chapman 300 00

M. Kiggen 1,953 74

Hyde Park Sinking Fund 4,000 00

Isabella F. Ranlett, on demand after May 5th 5,000 00

$41,953 74

$277,653 74
LESS.

Taxes due and unpaid $50,320 04

Tax Deeds 8,174 27

Treasurer's cash balance, Jan. 15,1875 21,853 51

Sinking fund 18,539 32 *J

$98,887 14

Leaves net indebtedness , $178,766 60

D. W. C. ROGERS, )

JOHN A. BOYLE, \ Auditors.

V 3 i~ 7 (J 0 G' FjRED gridley, >

£-Z0£

TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.

The following are the statistics of Births, Intentions of Mar-
riages, Marriages and Deaths, in Hyde Park, for the year ending
December 31, 1874 :—

BIRTHS.

Number of Births registered in Hyde Park in 1874 — 144.

Males, 84

Females 60

The parentage of the children is as follows: —

Both parents American 57

" English 5

" Scotch 2

" Irish 41

" British Provinces 8

Mixed — One parent American 20

Both parents of other nationalities. 10

Unknown 1

Born in January, 7; February, 7; March, 11; April, 13; May, 11 ;
June, 8; July, 22; August, 12; September, 5 ; October, 14; November,
14; December, 19; Unknown, 1.

MARRIAGES.

Number of Intentions of Marriages issued in 1874—45.

Number of Marriages registered in 1874 — 50.

Oldest Groom, 50; Youngest Groom, 20; Oldest Bride, 38; Youngest
Bride, 18.

BoLh parties American 35

Both parties Irish 5

Both parties from British Provinces 2

Both parties of other foreign nationalities 2

Foreign and American 6

Married in January, 4 ; February 3 ; March, 2 ; April, G ; May, 4 ; June,
6; July, 1; August, 2; September, 4; October, 11 : November, 4; De-
cember, 3.

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The following are the names and residence of the parties whose
marriages were solemnized in 1874, certificates of which have been
returned to this office : —

Jan. 4. — Andrew Kelly and Mary McDonough, both of Hyde Park.

Jan. 8.— Fed E. Rollins and Mary E. Carter, both of Hyde Park.

Jan. 15. — Thomas Corrigan and Ellen Mooney, both of Hyde Park.

Jan. 21.— Melvin B. Williams of Portland, Me., and Elizabeth G. Orr
of Hyde Park.

Feb. 5. — Curtis Davis of Plymouth, and Annie Greenwood of Hyde
Park.

Feb. 18.— Albert T. Smith of Boston, and Carry F. Haskell of Hyde
Park.

Feb. 19. — Charles H. Howland of Boston, and Elizabeth M. Ray of
Hyde Park.

Mar. 4. — Henry L. Carter and Minnie E. Walker, both of Providence ,
R. I.

Mar. 18. — JohnN. Jackson of Nashua, N. H., and Laura V. Goodwin
of Hyde Park.

April 2. — William B. Flanagan and Lydia Henderson, both of Pea-
body.

April 14. — Charles Cheney and Jennie Deane, both of Hyde Park.

April 2.— Sydney H. Chapin of New ¥ork, and Ellen S. Merrill of
Hyde Park.

April 16. — Patrick F. Dolan and Annie M. Welch, both of Hyde Park.

April 19. — John O'Connell, Jr., and Mary A. Graham, both of Hyde
Park.

April 23.— Jeremiah Sweeney and Catherine McKay, both of Hyde
Park.

May 3.— John M. Howe and Addie B. Cottle, both of Hyde Park.

May 4. — William H. Ryan of Newton, and Mary E. Sarsfleld of Hyde
Park.

May 12.— Francis L. Gerald of Hyde Park, and Lucy A. Goodrich of
Wobuim.

May 12.— Nathaniel F. Shepard of Hyde Park, and Hattie E. Wheeler
of Boston.

June 1. — Thomas Meegan of Hyde Park, and Margaret Roddy of
Lowell.

June 10.— Maxcy W. Young of Hyde Park, and Nelly M. Warner of
Webster.

June 14 — Rupert R. Sanborn and Eunice L. Newcomb, both of Hyde
Park.

June 30.— John A. Abraham of Pembroke, Me., and Edith J. Ken-
nedy of Hyde Park.

June 22.— Frank W. Morse of Hopkinton. and Emily M. Dutton of
Hillsborough Bridge, N. H.

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June 10.— William J. Kendall of Milton, and Abbie J. Pratt of Hyde
Park.

July 22.— Edmund R. Hardy and Mary E Hammond, both of Hyde
Park.

Aug. 3.— Benj. Carver of New York, and Hannah P. Stickney of Hyde
Park.

Aug. 2. — Henry Peters and Mary Nolan, both of Hyde Park. >

Sept. 3.— Matthew Broderick and Bridget Sheehan, both of [Hyde
Park.

Sept. 24. — John Allen and Annie Norton, both of Hyde Park.

Sept. 17. — Daniel D. Coulter and Sarah J. Flemming, both of Hyde
Park.

Sept. 18.— George W. Parker and Hattie F. Holbrook, both of Hyde
Park.

Oct. 12. — Stephen A. Ellis and Annie G. DeSilva, both of Boston.

Oct. 14.— Henry S. Fellows of Lynn, and Abby W. Hilton of Hyde
Park.

Oct. 2. — Humphrey Clancy of Dover, and Mary Hayes of Boston.

Oct. 7. — William S. Harris and Loretta Henshaw, both of Somer-
ville.

Oct. 28. — Samuel F. Porter of Newburyport, and Frances E. Domett
of Hyde Park.

Oct. 2S.— Samuel S. Tucker and Ella A. Domett, both of Hyde Park.

Oct. 8.— George W. Dunbar of Croyden, N. H., and Marietta J. Phil-
brick of Springfield, N. H.

Oct. 4.— William G. Wood and Kachael P. Eldridge, both of Hyde
Park.

Oct. 18. — Charles F. Davenport of Randolph, and Flora Emma Otis
of East Stoughton.

Oct. 29.— B. D. Clark of Newton, and I. II. Rommele of Needham.

Oct. 13. — John Clearkiu of Norwood, and Bridget Meuaugh of Hyde
Park.

Nov. 1. — Frank H. Evans of Norwood, and Julia R. Jones, of Hyde
Park.

Nov. 28.— Albert Belchester and Susan Belcher, both of Holbrook.

Nov. 29.— Charles O. Whitney and Rhoda A. Perry, both of Hyde
Park.

Nov. 26.— Charles I. Conway and Georgianna F. Withington, both of
Hyde Park.

Dec. 16.— Charles G. Chick of Hyde Park and Eliza A. Marshall of
Dedham.

Dec. 21.— Abner B. Cooper of Hyde Park and Lovina F. Sampson of
Boston.

Dec. 25.— Charles F. Coau and Albertie C. Rackliffe, both of Hyde
Park.

37

DEATHS.

Number of deaths in Hyde Park in 1874—130.

Males 54

Females 76

Born in United States, 100

Ireland, 16

England, 4

Scotland, 2

Germany, 1

British Provinces, 3

Australia, 2

So. America, 1

Place of birth unknown , 1

AGES.

Still-born, 8

Under 1 year, , 31 ,

Between 1 and 5 years 22

" 5 and 10 years 6

" 10 and 20 years 6

" 20 and 30 years 11

" 30 and 40 years 8

" 40 and 50 years 13

' ' 50 and 60 years 6

" 60 and 70 years 3

" 70 and 80 years 10

" 80 and 90 years 5

Not returned 1

Died in January, 4; February, 11 ; March, 16; April, 11; May, 12;
June, 7; July, 9 ; August, 17; September, 12; October, 11; November,
9; December, 11.

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Still-born 8

Consumption 20

Paralysis 2

Typhoid fever 3

Dropsy 2

Old age 3

Disease of brain 1

Cancer 1

Accidents 5

Scarlet fever 16

Convulsions 5

Debility 7

Teething 2

Marasmus 4

Cholera morbus 1

Dysentery 3

B right's disease 2

Phthisis 1

Chronic Gastritis 1

Scarlatina Anginosa 1

Cerebro spinal disease 1

Congestion of lungs 5

38

CAUSES OF DEATH

Diarrhoea 2

Heart disease 5

Pneumonia 3

Cholera infantum 7

Lung fever 1

Neplmtis 1

Chronic bronchitis 2

Softening of brain 1

Inflammation of bowels 3

[ Continued. ]

Phlegmasia dolens 1

Phthisis pulmonalis 1

Paralysis of bowels 1

Inward hermorrhage 1

Premature -birth 3

Scarlatina meningitis 1

Chronic hydrocephalus 1

Consumption of blood 1

Unknown 1

39

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NAMES OF THE
PERSONS DECEASED IN HYDE PARKIN 1874.

Jan.

Feby,

Mar.

April

4 Ellen O'Lary.
10 Kate Anderson .
24
27

2

3

9
11
12
16
17
18
18
1!)
23

2

5

9
10
12
12
13
16
23
25
27
27
27
30
31
31

1

1

1

Johannah M. Glavin.

Edner M. Elkins

Catherine Kelly

Michael Watson

Catherine Cullen

Helen J. Wright

Margaret Cashrnan

Fanny J. Davis

Flora L. Davis

John F. Magar

Mary A. Elkins

Elisha P. Bowers

William Clancy

Benjamin F. Thompson. ..

Lucy E. Evans

Albert Vankook

Ellen C. Evans

Williams

May

Grace B. Gayle

Susan A. Evans

Flaherty

Jeannette McLeod, . . .

Roseanna Dolan

Thomas W. Lloyd

Annie Kirwan

Georgie S. Wheeler. . .
Sarah A. Steamburg..

Thomas Powers

Percy M. Lufkiu

Carrie Whittle r

Ellen M. Gribbeu

Bradford W. Morgan.

2 Henry D. Gillmau

6 JuliaTimson

8 j Ethel M. Lothrop

HiDoraM. Gookin

26jEllen Gatley

27|Harriet W. Bonney. . .

28 John McCarty

30JMartha Gait

2|Samuel H. Fennell

3JMary Gait

CAUSE OF DEATH.

Convulsions.

Consumption.
24 Convulsions.
3 23 Consumption.

Nephritis.
2 17 Typhoid fever.

Chronic bronchitis.

2 21 Congestion of lungs.
Old age.

1 10 Scarlet fever.

3 27| " "
1 13 Accidental poisoning.

11 9 Consumption.
6 j Softening 01 brain.
9 Consumption.
11 6 Chronic inflam. of bowels.
7lScarlet fever.
jCongestion of lungs,
10 15i Scarlet fever.
1

|Cerebro-spinal disease.
7, Scarlet fever.
15|Debility.
5 Scarlet fever.
Phlegmasia doleus.
3 Phthisis pulmonalis.
9 24 Scarlet fever.
9

Consumption.
Paralysis of bowels.
Accidental scalding.
Scarlet fever

14
10. 5
ll!21

1025

5 25

Still-born.

Inward hemorrhage.

Pneumonia.

Inflammation of bowels.
3 26 Consumption.
16 Convulsions.

Congestion of lungs.

Stillborn.
12 Premature birth,

IScarlet fever.
15 Premature birth.

40

DEATHS — [ Continued. ,]

May-

June

July

Aug.

11
1-2
16
19
21
23
30
12
14
14
15
17
25
27
1
1
9
14
24
25
29
29
30
2
4
7
8
12
16
16
17
21
22
22
25
26

Sept.

Hannah Swift

Fred A. Dyer

James W. Holland...

Peter Leu ah an

J. Maria Murray

Maria A.Thayer

Frank Carter

Roy Nelson Brigharn.

Leila Jackson

Catherine Sweeney..

Eachael Jones

— Hodson

Orpin.

Sarah E. Ireland.
Tieruav . .

Thomas B. Holden..
Mary E. Roouey. . .

Margaret Kelley

Bessie G. Freeborn.

Alvin B. Chase

Rollins

Julia Conroy

Margaret Boyd. .. .

John Shay

Annie Gil martin...
Susie S. Davis.. . .

Kate Leonard

Bernard Curran

Juliette O'Connell.
Willie C. Stevens.

Bessie Thayer

Sarah E. Greenlow.
Gertie S. Timson. .
Baker

Betsey Smith

Herbert J. Murphy. .

Mary Sheehan

Archibald Battersby.

Calvin M. Thompson.

28, William Holmes

28 Johu W. Thomson...

21) Jane H. French

31 Willis H. Campbell..
1 Annie F. Walmsley..

12 Mary Kenny

13 Catherine McCarty...

10 Scott

16 Charles Gardiner

AGES.

N7

40

2:.)

72

49

Dropsy.
Consumption.
Convulsions,
Consumption.

27

CAUSE OF DEATH.

Railroad accident.

Scarlatina meningitis.

Chronic hydrocephalus.

Lung fever.

Paralysis.

Still-born.

Premature birth.

Dropsy.

Still-born.

Consumption.

Teething.

Cancer in breast.

Still-born.

Consumption.

Debility.

Heart disease.

tc

Marasmus.
Cholera infantum.
Consumption.
Cholera infantum.
Cholera morbus.
Marasmus.
28 Cholera infantum.

8 Consumption of blood.
27 Disease of brain.
Debility.
Dysentery.
Cholera infantum.
Congestion of lungs.
Inflammation of bowels.
B right's disease.
Phthisis.
Coosumption.
Dysentery.
Marasmus.
Cholera Infantum.

Heart disease.
Still-born.
11 Diarrhoea.

2:;

41

DEATHS— [ Continued. ]

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Mary E. Randall

Timothy Burns

Frederick W. Coffin

Katie T. Otesse

Luke Burke

Laurence Connolly..

Charles P. Hall

John Doolin

George Bass

Mary Welch

Cecelia Watson

Luke Trainer

Jessie A. Russell.. . .

Howard D. Ayer

Jane A. Harmon

Charles Loring

Ellen Inglebreck

Isaac W. El well

Jane Matherson

George H. Barr

Sarah C. Haskius. ..
George B. Leavitt. .

Freddie B. Rand

Sarah Timpenny. . . .
Annie F. Eldridge..

Wood

Bertha M. Wright..
Samuel Haskins....

Ernest Horn

Julia McCabe

Amy F. Holtham

Sarah J. Kilpatric. . .
Mary E. Mclntire.. .

Martha A. Page

Olivia H. Butler

Edith D. Holt

Sara E. Noyes

Ruhanah B. Sheparcl

27

47

CAUSE OF DEATH.

Consumption.

Still-born.

B right's disease.

Teething.

Heart disease.

Diarrhoea.

Heart disease.

Marasmus.

Old age.

Consumption.

Accident.

Scarlet fever.

Acute Pneumonia.

Typhoid fever.

Pneumonia.

Debility.

Paralysis.

Scarlet fever.

Dysentery.

Chronic Gastritis.

Typhoid fever.

Congestion of lungs.

Consumption.

Scarlet fever.

Still-born.

Convulsions.

Consumption.

Railroad accident.

General debility.

Scarlet fever.

Consumption.

Debility.

Chronic bronchitis.

Debility.

Scarlatina Anginosa.

Scarlet fever.

Old age.

Respectfully submitted,

HENRY B. TERRY, Town Clerk.

SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT

SCHOOL COMMITTEE

TOWN OF HYDE PARK.

1874-5

HYDE PAKK:
TRESS OF THE NORFOLK COUNTY GAZETTE.

1875.

SCHOOL COMMITTEE:

Waldo F. Ward, Chairman.
Amos Webster, Secretary .
Hobart M. Carle.

Richard W. Husted.
Edward M. Lancaster.

SUB-COMMITTEES :
HIGH SCHOOL, — E. M. Lancaster, R. W

CoiiCORAN.

DAMON SCHOOL,— W. J. Corcoran.
BLAKE SCHOOL,— W. F. Ward.
GREW SCHOOL,— H. M. Carle.
EVERETT SCHOOL,— A. Webster.
GREENWOOD SCHOOL,— R. W. Husted.

Husted, W. J.

REPORT.

The year now closing has been an eventful one in our
school history. Such changes as have occurred in both
the School Board and the schools, had been unknown in the
history of our town. The withdrawal from your Committee
of Messrs. Davis and Weld, whose practical wisdom and ex-
perience fitted them so eminently for the responsibilities of
the position which they had ably and honorably occupied,
and especially at the very time when they seemed to be the
most needed on the Board, was a calamity which every good
citizen may well deplore.

In their report last year your Committee were unanimous
in saying, "We are confident in the belief that the schools of
Hyde Park will now compare favorably with those of any
other town in this Commonwealth." To bring them up to
such a condition had indeed cost much thought, labor and
money ; and it is a universal law that a good thing costs
more than a poor one. But we believe there are comparatively
few of our citizens who appreciate the value of a thorough
common school education that will say these expenditures
were unwise, or did not make good returns. The schools of
Hyde Park have given our town a reputation which has brought
to us and retained, here, valuable citizens, who, under different
circumstances, would not have identified themselves with us.

But with the burden of heavy and increasing taxation upon
us it is not surprising that, in the midst of financial embar-
rassments and general business prostration, retrenchment
should become the watchword of the hour in every department
of town expenditures. Your Committee sympathized with
the general feeling on this subject ; but just where to begin, .

or how to lessen essentially the expenses of the schools with-
out lowering their standard, was a difficult problem. A reor-
ganization of all the schools presented the only feasible plan ;
and yet some of your Committee failed to recognize clearly
the wisdom of such a change. Its success did not seem to
them to be assured. But the town in public meeting seemed
to favor the plan, and appropriated money to remodel the Ev-
erett School House, so as to accommodate the High School.
This necessitated the disintegration of the Everett School and
the redis trie ting of the town.

At just this juncture our city neighbors, whose prerogative
it seems to be to make suburban schools their "feeding ground,"
when they want good teachers, made choice of three of our
four masters for their schools. This was no doubtful compli-
ment to the character of our schools and the class of teachers
which we employed. Indeed, we believe it to be the first
instance on record in which Boston committees have gone
outside of their own trained ushers and taken three masters
from any one town to fill vacancies in their own schools.

Our masters being thus removed, and the town having
been already redistricted on account of the dismemberment
of the Everett School, the way was opened for a radical
though experimental change in our school management. The
immediate charge of each individual room was confided to
one lady teacher, and the general supervision of them all en-
trusted to the one remaining master, Mr. G. M. Fellows. By
this change there has been a saving of several thousand dol-
lars per year in school expenses. It is but just, however, to
say that this plan was entered upon with some misgivings on
the part of a portion, at least, of your Committee, and must
still be regarded as experimental. Its success cannot be
fully demonstrated at present. We hope for the most satis-
factory results ; but to secure them will require the best class
of teachers, a supervising master who is a thorough organizer
and disciplinarian as well as teacher, and the constant and
united co-operation of a thoroughly competent, efficient and
faithful Committee, who shall not only have a distinct ideal

of what a good school must be, but how to secure it, and a
determination to be satisfied with nothing short of it.

Early in the winter the town authorized your Committee to
open one or more evening schools, and appropriated $300 for
the expenses thereof. About 140 persons, including both
sexes, and varying in age from a dozen years to perhaps forty-
five, applied for admission to such schools. With this num-
ber of applicants, your Committee deemed it wise to locate
one school in the Damon School-house, and one in the Grew.
A room in each house was accordingly fitted up for the pur-
pose, at an aggregate expense of $87.92. The schools were
placed in charge of Masters E. Demeritt and N. W. Ladd,
with Mrs. Barrows and Genevieve Brainard as assistants,
The schools were in session six evenings a week — three for
males and three for females — at an aggregate expense of about
$42 per week, while the appropriation lasted. Very few
adults who had applied for admission attended the schools ;
but an interesting class of scholars, who had been deprived of
the advantages of the day schools, have eagerly embraced
this opportunity to learn. Their punctuality, interest and im-
provement were most gratifying. We think the appropriation
was wisely made, and judiciously expended.

Singing and drawing have been taught in all our classes ;
the former by our excellent and successful singing-master, Mr.
H. J. Whittemore, who devotes half of his time to our schools.
Last spring our teachers all united in employing an experi-
enced drawing-master to give them a course of lessons in
drawing. Since then they have taught it in their respective
classes, with the happiest results.

The Committee would, in this report, call the attention of
the town to the danger to which the children of the Damon
district, residing east of the Providence Railroad, are exposed
in crossing the property of private citizens and the road, at
the so-called Charles street, in order to attend school.

Unless a suitable crossing is provided, the parents of almost
a hundred children have a reasonable cause of complaint

against the town, and a just reason for the withdrawal of their
children from the school.

To this general report we append a detailed report of each
school, as prepared and presented by the respective sub-com-
mittees.

AMOS WEBSTER,
WALDO F. WARD,
E. M. LANCASTER,
R. W. HUSTED,
H. M. CABLE,
W. J. CORCORAN.

SPECIFIC REPORTS.

HIGH SCHOOL.

Principal Frank W. Freeborn.

Assistants Laura A. Dutton, Florence Weld.

Whole number of pupils

Admitted from the Blake Grammar School...
Admitted from the Damon Grammar School.
Admitted from the Grew Grammar School. . .
Admitted from the Everett Grammar School.

Admitted from other sources

Whole number admitted

Average attendance

1873-4

1874-5

60

85

5

14

3

5

2

13

4

12

5

13

19

57

50.6

73.3

It will be seen by an examination of the above table, that
there has been a large increase during the present school year
in the number of pupils attending the High School. This in-
crease is as gratifying as it is beneficial. It has made practi-

cable a more complete classification of the school, and the in-
troduction of a greatly improved course of study, thus- econo-
mizing and utilizing the labors of the teachers and giving to
the pupils a wider and a better culture. The mere reflex in-
fluence of fullness of numbers in a school is by no means to
be overlooked, for while the faithful teacher will be laborious
in the line of duty with but a few pupils, increase of numbers
will add inspiration to his labors ; and while therearepupils in
every school interested and persevering in the pursuit ol
knowledge under all circumstances, even the most adverse,
the enthusiasm of the ordinary scholar is dependent not a lit-
tle on the emulation and competition of numbers.

The Committee find another cause for congratulation in the
improved location and better accommodations of the High
School — secured at a trifling expense, compared with the
benefits gained. The former quarters in the third story of the
Grew building were ill-arranged and inconvenient, neither
suited to its wants nor commensurate with its dignity or impor-
tance. Looking only at the aesthetic aspect of the case, there
was an incongruity in furnishing the highest, and what ought
to be the best school in town, the poorest accommodations.
But even these it had outgrown, and the demand for better ac-
commodations was imperative. To many the only satisfactory
solution was the speedy erection of another school building,
at an outlay which the town could ill afford, at the present time,
to bear.

The judgment of the School Committee in recommending,
and the wisdom of the town in authorizing, the transfer of the
High School to the Everett building, have been abundantly
vindicated, both as a measure in the interests of economy, and
as promoting the cause of education in our midst. The cen-
tral location and elevated site, the ample grounds and cheerful,
attractive rooms of which the High School is now possessed,
should be a source of pride and pleasure to the people of all
sections, for this is the one school in which all have a direct
and an equal interest.

The Committee were conscious when they advised the
change, and they acknowledge now, that the discontinuance
of the Everett School involved no little inconvenience to those
of its patrons living in its immediate neighborhood ; but they
endeavored, in drawing the new district lines, to make the in-
dividual hardship as light and limited as possible, and they de-
sire to express, here, their appreciation of the considerate and
self-denying spirit in which most of those inconvenienced ac-
quiesced in a measure so manifestly for the public good.

8

The Committee desire to call special attention to the course
of study which is appended to this report. It is already par-
tially introduced, and will be put into full operation as soon as
practicable.

The course of study first adopted was as complete as the
circumstances would allow, but the time has come for a
broader and more systematic Curriculum, one that will better
meet the varied and specific wants of the community. The
special feature in the new Curriculum is the arrangement of
two somewhat distinct courses of study which may be charac-
terized in general terms as Classical and Practical ; the one
for those looking to professional life or aspiring to higher
walks of learning, and the other designed to meet the wants
of those preparing for practical business pursuits.

These courses of study are made optional. At the begin-
ning of the second term of the first year, each pupil, with the
advice of teachers and friends, will elect the course which he
will pursue.

The Committee believe that the children of our citizens can
obtain as good an education, whether Business, Classical or
Scientific, at home, in their own High School, as abroad.
There is, however, one want in our High School that must be
met before it can realize its highest mission ; and that want
is apparatus, chemical and philosophical. In a neighboring
High School three thousand dollars have been spent within
the last three years for extra books and apparatus.

The Committee do not for one moment think of such a
princely sum as that for their own school, but they do think
that the judicious expenditure of a few hundred dollars in
needed apparatus and standard books of reference would be a
wise investment, one that would bring rich returns in a more
thorough and practical scholarship.

Citizens are earnestly invited to visit the High School, and
they are assured that they will, at all times, meet a most cor-
dial welcome.

They will find it in charge of well-qualified and skilful in-
structors, and presenting a scene of busy activity without
noise or confusion, marked order and system without useless
machinery or needless restraint.

Owing to an unusual amount of sickness the attendance
has been somewhat impaired, especially during the present
winter.

Death has entered the doors of the High School but once
during the year, and then it removed one of its most promis-

9

ing members, Sarah E. Noyes, a young lady whose loveliness
of character and fidelity to duty had won for her the affection
and respect of both teachers and schoolmates.

For the Sub-Committee,

Edward M. Lancaster, Chairman.

GREW SCHOOL.

Teachers,—,/. C. Alexander, I. 31. LeSeur, F. W. Brown, F. Emerson,
L. Dunbar, M. A. Alexander, 8. 8. Lancaster.

This school, with a very able and efficient corps of teachers,
has fully maintained its high standing during the past year-

Both teachers and pupils have worked together harmoni.
ou sly and a healthy and prosperous spirit seems to pervade
the whole school.

H. M. Cable.

EVERETT SCHOOL.

Teacher, — Mrs. Carrie F. Cutler.

This school continued under the charge of Mr. George T.
Wiggin, with an able corps of assistants, until the close of the
Summer term, and was eminently successful in its every de-
partment. But when it had been decided to transfer the High
School to this building, the Everett School was disintegrated
and most of the scholars and teachers placed in other schools,
Mrs. Cutler only remaining. She has charge of scholars le-
gitimately belonging to the ioth, nth, and 12th classes. She
is one of our best teachers, and her success is all that could
be expected.

A. Webster.

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BLAKE SCHOOL.

Teachers, — Emma S. Beede, Katie V. Smith, Emma A. George, Elmina
L. Oliver , Jennie 8. Hammond, Helen H. Oliver.

Mr. Theodore D. Weld was the Local Committee of this
school until Oct. ist, and reports as follows : —

In the last year's report of the Blake School it was said
that " while the general results of the year are satisfactory,
they make it plain that higher efficiency can be secured by
assigning some teachers to other classes than those they now
instruct." The change thus indicated was made. Two of
the teachers were assigned to grades of instruction, one higher,
the other lower, and both far better adapted than their previ-
ous ones to the general qualifications and special fitness of
each. The result has confirmed the wisdom of the change.
The best interest of a school can be secured only when
teachers, as well as scholars, are assigned to those grades for
which they are best adapted. If experience proves that a
teacher is ill adapted to the grade first assigned to her, butz'5
fitted to another, whether higher or lower, justice demands a
new assignment. If there is a place for everyone, each should
be in his own ; if elsewhere, he is out of place. As two of the
Masters of our schools resigned in the Summer vacation, Mr.
Fellows was put in charge of the Damon, in addition to his
own school, and instructed to spend half of every school-day
in each. Retiring from the School Board soon after, I had
but few weeks to watch the results of this change. So far as
they gave me data for judgment, I am of opinion that it in-
creased the efficiency of all the classes in the school. Mr.
Fellows being released from the special responsibility of the
fifth class, by the assignment to it of a lady well qualified for
the position, was able to devote to each of the lower grades,
far more time daily than was previously possible, thus securing
to the whole greater uniformity and unity in spirit and
methods, a heartier co-operation on the part of the teacher
and consequently a greater power of accomplishment.

After the retirement of Mr. Weld, Mr. Fellows was elected
Master of all the schools, and under his continued manage-
ment the different classes, with their present excellent teach-
ers, are doing all that can be asked of them, and were never
more prosperous than at the present time.

Waldo F. Ward.

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DAMON SCHOOL.

Teachers,— Sarah W. Loker, Lizzie D. Bunker, Maria Br Witherbee,
Carrie E. Walker, Emma L. Wiswall.

■ The standing of the different classes of this school has been
uniformly maintained during the past school year. One new
teacher, Miss Bunker, has been admitted to the school. She
is making persevering efforts to become a successful teacher.

W. J. Corcoran.

GREENWOOD SCHOOL.

Teachers, — Annette F. Armes, Lucy S. Currier, Harriet J. Folsom,

Mary E. Libby.

This school, formerly an appendage to the Everett School,
and comprising only scholars below the seventh grade, has re-
ceived large accessions since the redistricting of the town,
and now contains scholars in all the grammar and primary
grades. The acceptance of Central avenue as a town high-
way, with the consequent improvements thereupon, has great-
ly increased the facilities for reaching it, which at one time
were justly the subject of complaint. The classes, with the
exception of the fifth, which will be augmented at the begin-
ning of a new year, have been well filled. The attendance
has been good, and the monthly examinations show that com-
mendable progress has been made in studies.

R. W. Husted.