ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD
TOGETHER WITH THE
SCHOOL REPORT
AND
I OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY,
FOR THE
Year Ending February 28, 189^
LOWELL, MASS.
COURIER-CITIZEN COMPANY, PRINTERS.
1895.
Officers of the Town of Chelmsford for 1894.
[An asterisk against a name indicates that the person did not qualify.]
Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor — P^ben T. Adams,
George F. Snow, Martin Robbins, Newell E. Parker,
Arthur H. Sheldon.
Town Clerk — George A. Parkhurst.
Town Treasurer — Ervin W. Sweetser.
Auditors — Ziba Gay, Edward F. Richardson, Perley P. Perham.
School Committee — Three years: Samuel Hagerman, Orrin
Pierce, Charles F. Randlett ; two years : Daniel P. Byam,
John H. Redman, Charles H. Andrews; one year: George
A. Byam, Hubert Bearce, Joseph A. Parkhurst.
Constables — James P. Emerson, Fred E. Nason, David A. Pol-
lky, John H. Whidden, George F. Dyar*, James H. McFar-
lin*, Charles S. Carter, William J. Quigley.
Trustees of Public Library — Three years: A. Heady Park, Miss
Louisa A. Allen; two years: Mrs. Harriet M. Bartlett,
Luther H. Sargent; one year: Henry S. Perham, S. Inger-
soll Briant.
Collector of Taxes — William L. Gordon.
Fence Viewers — James P. Emerson, Albion J. Lamphere*,
Daniel P. Byam.
Appraisers of Personal Property at the Town Farm — James P.
Emerson, Daniel P. Byam, James S. Wotton.
Weighers oj Hay — Marcus H. Winship, Eben T. Adams, Elisha
H. Shaw, James P. Emerson, Daniel W. Bickford, Henry H.
Emerson*, S. Waldo Parkhurst, George W. Proctor.
Measurers of Wood — S. Waldo Parkhurst, George W. Proctor,
Newell E. Parker, Elisha H. Shaw, James P. Emerson*,
Marcus H. Winship, Daniel A. Reardon.
Surveyors oj Lumber — R. Wilson Dix, Newell E. Parker,
Edwin K. Parkhurst*, George E. Spaulding*, E. Lincoln
Russell, Myron A. Queen.
Field Drivers — Fred L. Fletcher, Aleck J. Park, David A.
Polley.
appointed by the selectmen :
Superintendent of Streets — Daniel W. Lane.
Sealer of Weights and Measures — True Morton.
Weighers of Coal — S. Waldo Parkhurst, Geo. W. Proctor,
Daniel W. Bickford, Marcus H. Winship, Myron A. Queen,
Elisha H. Shaw.
Superintendent of Town Farm — Eben T. Adams.
Superintendents of Burials — L. K. Howard, John H. Whidden
(deceased), Daniel P. Byam, Arthur H. Sheldon, Alfred
G. Parkhurst.
Superintendent of Burials of Indigent Soldiers — L. K. Howard.
Inspector of Animals Kept for Slaughter — Edwin C. Periiam.
Fire Wards — Myron A. Queen, C. F. Scribner, George W.
Chamberlain, Ai.mon W. Holt, Daniel P. Byam, Marcus H.
Winship, John O'Connor, Frank C. Byam, Warren Berry.
Forest Fire Wards — Amos B. Adams, Charles H. Holt, Warren
Berry, George F. Snow.
Fish Warden — Everett F. Small.
Special Police Officers — Thomas C. Mooney (appointment re-
voked), George F. Dyar, James H. McFarlin.
Special Police Without Pay From Toivn — John H. Nichols,
George C. Moore, Eben T. Adams, Charles Andrews,
Thomas Brown.
Janitors of Public Buildings — John H. Nichols, Centre Town
Hall ; William J. Quigley, North Village.
Registrars of Voters — Lewis M. Ddtton, Chairman; Stewart
MacKay, John F. McManomin, George A. Parkhurst,
Clerk, ex-officio.
Precinct Wardens — (1) Warren Berry, (2) Charles H. Dutton,
(3) Eugene W. S. Dutton.
Deputy Wardens — (1) Walter Perham, (2) William J. Quigley,
(3) Edwin F. Coburn.
Precinct Clerks — (1) Joseph E. Warren, (2) Fred K. Ripley,
(3) Marcus H. Winship.
Deputy Clerks — (1) John H. Redman, (2) Charles H. Holt,
(3) Joseph A. Parkhurst.
Inspectors — (1) Almon W. Holt, Arthur M. Warren; (2)
George Hyde, Hubert Bearce ; (3) Alfred G. Parkhurst,
Joseph G. Quessey.
Deputy Inspectors — (1) Daniel P. Byam, Robert S. Ross; (2)
John C. Hobbs, John C. McEnaney ; (3) Samuel Naylor,
John J. Quessey.
Librarian — Rev. H. A. Cornell.
Report of the Town Clerk
For tfie Year Ending February 28, 1895.
BIRTt
Males ... 35
Females 33
Total 68
Increase over 1893
Births of Dative parentage . «
Births of foreign parentage 30
Births of native and foreign parentage 17
Note. — Births occurring late in the year are sometimes
returned without the Christian name In all such cases parents
should return the name to the Town Clerk as soon as selected, as an
incompleteness of the record may involve much trouble m the future.
MARRIAG
Whole number 25
Between natives 11
Between foreigners 5
Between natives and foreigners 9
msford grooms 15
Chelmsford br'nles 13
Solemnized in Chelmsford 15
Solemnized in Lowell 6
One each in Sornerville, J>aeo, Me.. Westford and Lawrence.. 4
Less than in 1 893 II
DEATHS.
Date. Yrt. Mos. Daps.
Jan. 10. Sarah Blood "
12. Betsey A. Dearborn 81 5 28
20. Bartholomew 0"N« i.
21. Cornelia F. Dobbin 45 10
24. George Morton 68 5 12
31. Bernard Finnegan . 10
31. Johanna Sheehan.
6
Date.
Feb. 2.
2.
6.
March 4.
11.
16.
17.
April 29.
May 11.
June 8.
10.
13.
20.
21.
1.
15.
15.
5.
8.
25.
2.
13.
13.
15.
6.
14.
18.
18.
2.
3.
6.
8.
9.
17.
July
Auff.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Name. Trs. Mos. Days.
Agnes Mooney 3 14
Huth VV. Smith 76
Mary Mahoney 63
George B. A. Holt 19 1
Catherine E. Shields 10
John R. Churchill 77
Eliza T. Dean 82 2 17
Hannah A. Shields 17 1 5
Daniel A. Brown 56
Henry McCabe 62
James Holland 36
Ellen Keenan 33
P^ugene McEnnis 4 21
Alfred Dav 68 2 15
Gerritt J.Bradt 40 11 26
Sarah E. Stone 74 4 21
Lillie May Sweat 17 6 20
Emma L. Blanc 3 4
John H. Whidden 51 1
Francis J. Burns
Walter C. McCoy 2
Jane L. Copp 40
Stearns L. Ripley 67 11 17
Annie Devitt 13 11 6
Benjamin M. Hildreth 68 4 12
Isabelle Smith 46
J. Baptiste Tredeau 48 . . 24
William H. Brown 68 .. 9
William Toye 94
Fred Hodgson 7
Ann E. Marshall 61 11 17
Ellen M. stackpole 50
George W. Streeter 37 8 a
McEnnis (Infantile.)
Males, 22; females, 19; total, 41
Less than in 1893, 23.
DOG LICENSES.
Number of dogs licensed 247
Males 229
Females 18
Amount received for licenses $548 00
Amount of fees, 20 cents per license 49 40
Paid to the Counts Treasurer as per receipts on file 498 60
96£ per cent, refunded 481 15
GEORGE A. PARK HURST,
Town Clerk.
Report of Town Treasurer
For the Tear Ending February 28, 1895.
Your Treasurer charges himself with cash received as
follows : Of
Edwin H. Warren, as balance in treasury at last
annual settlement $ 636 28
State Treasurer (at hand of E. H. Warren) on account
of Corporation tax for 1893... . 354 96
(at hand of E. H. Warren) on
account of temporary support of
State paupers 90 75
on account of temporal support of
State paupers 841
on account of Corporation tax for
1894 1135 42
on account of National Bank tax
for 1894 1018 42
on account of Military aid 64 00
on account of State aid 862 00
on account of burial of Indigent
Sailors and Soldiers 17 50
on account of Armory rent 300 00
on account of income Massachusetts
School Fund 293 45
County Treasurer, on account of dog licenses for 1894 481 15
Count}7 Treasurer, as award for land damage 1300 00
Matthias Hutchins, on account of hospital bills 169 48
City of Somerville, on account of aid to paupers 119 00
City of Lowell, on account of aid to paupers 58 50
Chas. Andrews, on account of tuition of non-resident
pupils 9 00
Jerusha J. Shed, as a fund, the income to be used for
the care of the John Park hurst lots in the
cemetery at Chelmsford Centre 100 00
E. H. Shaw, agent, dividend on insurance policy in
Traders and Mechanics Insurance Company 42 00
City Institution for Savings, interest on Edwards fund 6 02
Town of Billerica, on account of surveying, and set-
ting bounds on town liue 11 75
A. G. Parkhurst, on account of sale of lots in ceme-
tery at West Chelmsford 5 00
Amount carried forward $7,083 09
Amount brought forward $7,083 09
Lowell and Suburban Street R. R. Co., on account of
grading road and widening Lowell road 225 00
Chelmsford Lodge, I. O. O. F., for use of Town Hall
(Centre) 93 50
John H. Nichols, on account of rent of Town Hall
(Centre) 134 75
Wm. J. Quigley, on account of rent of Town Hall
(North Chelmsford) 15 00
Eben T. Adams, on account of sale of manure at
Town Hall stable 2 00
on account of sale of parts of old
hearse 1 00
on account of slaughter-house licenses 6 00
on account of sale of sand to Horace
Holt 2 50
Overseers of Poor, as proceeds of Town Farm 1,754 54
H. A. Cornell, Librarian, on account of sale of
catalogues 4 50
on account of fines collected for
keeping books overtime 9 58
Arthur H. Sheldon, on account of sale of lots in ceme-
tery at North Chelmsford 35 50
on account of sale of hay from
cemetery at North Chelmsford 4 00
on account of paint and oil
returned to C. B. Coburn &
Co. (school -house job) 4 24
D. P. Byam, on account of sale of lots in cemetery at
South Chelmsford 5 50
on account of tuition of non-resident
pupil C 50
L. K. Howard, on account of sale of lots in Centre
Cemetery 27 00
on account of sale of hay from Centre
Cemetery I 12 00
Geo. F. Snow, on account of sale of school books and
supplies 53 75
Cash received on account of taxes as follows : Of
William L. Gordon, tax of 1892 in full 610 48
as interest on same «... 73 14
on account of tax of 1893 2,176 63
as interest on same 132 01
on account of tax of 1894 14,344 67
as interest on same 83 06
Cash hired for use of Town, as temporary loan 6,000 00
Making a total of $32,899 94
9
And is credited as follows :
By cash paid State tax for 1894 $ 1 ,680 00
County tax for 1894 1,837 27
For care of Kimball lot in Centre Ceme-
tery 5 00
For care of Emerson lot in Centre Ceme-
tery 5 00
For care of Marshall lot in Centre Ceme-
tery 5 00
For care of Edwards and Howard lots
in Cemetery at Morth Chrlmsford. . 4 25
Orders drawn for the municipal year of
1894 23,123 83
Temporary loan in full 6,000 00
as interest on same 128 99
Balance in treasury as found on settlement 110 60
$32,899 94
E. W. SWEETSER, Treasurer
Chelmsford, March 4, 1S95.
Report of the Assessors
For the Tear Ending February 28, 1895.
Valuation May 1, 1894.
Real estate (resident) $1 ,463,385 00
Real estate (non-resident) 227,960 00
$1,691,345 00
Personal estate (resident) $260,825 00
Personal estate (non-resident) 2,915 00
$263,740 00
Total valuation of assessed estate $1,955,085 00
Rate of taxation $8 50 per $1,000.00
Polls $2.00
Number of polls 884
assessed on polls only 307
assessed on property 1,047
Total number assessed. 1,354
Number of horses assessed. . 584
cows assessed .. . 1,026
sheep assessed ... 1
swine assessed . . 172
fowl assessed... 12,277
dwellings asses'd 720
acres of land ass'd 14,219
Valuation of buildings $932,085.00
land 759,260.00
Taxes.
Statetax $1,680 00
Couutytax. 1,837 27
Appropriation for public schools 6,000 00
text-books and sup-
plies 600 00
Amount carried forward $10,117 27
11
Amount brought forward $10,117 27
Appropriation for school incidentals. 350 00
school apparatus.. 125 00
support of poor... 2,000 00
highways 5,000 00
repairs of public
buildings 600 00
relief of indigent
soldiers and sail-
ors 100 00
Town officers and
committees..... 1,100 00
collection and abate-
ment of taxes. .. 500 00
enforcement of liq-
uor law 100 00
care of cemeteries.. 200 00
village clock 30 00
public library 250 00
miscellaneous exp's 300 00
North Chelmsford
Library Asso.... 200 00
bell for school-house
No. 8 150 00
Memorial day 50 00
heating apparatus,
school No. 8 500 00
transcribing ancient
town records. ... 165 00
preparing military
records of Chelms-
foid soldiers 47 00
reimbursing caval'y 17 00
$21,901 27
Overlayings 1 3 95
$21,915 22
Less estimated receipts 2,800 00
$19,115 22
Less appropriations from treasury... 729 00
Total tax committed $18,386 22
$18,386 22
Tax on 884 polls $ 1,768 00
Tax on property 16,618 22
12
MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES IN THE STATE THE PAST YEAR.
The valuation of buildings has increased $36,156,668 00
land has increased 23,034,519 00
Total real estate increase $59,191,187 00
The valuation of personal estate has decreased. ... 16,008,711 00
Total increase of assessed estate $43,182,476 00
Number of horses assessed 193,433
cows assessed 182,477
sheep assessed 44.608
swine assessed 35,603
fowl assessed 779,938
dwelling houses assessed .... 394, 1 87
acres of land assessed 4,502,585
Increase in number of horses 2,255
Decrease in number of cows 4,329
sheep 1 ,545
Increase in number of swine 7,732
Decrease in number of fowl 100,541
Increase in number of dwelling houses. . 10,474
Decrease in number of acres of land. . .. 6,360
Average rate of tax, $14.80 on $1,000.
Highest rate, $25.00 on $1,000, in town of Savoy, County of
Berkshire.
Lowest rate, $4.60 on $1,000, in town of Gosnold, County of
Dukes.
There are 30 cities and 322 towns.
No cities and but 18 towns have a less tax rate than Chelms-
ford.
GEO. F. SNOW,
EBEN T. ADAMS,
MARTIN ROBBINS,
NEWELL E. PARKER,
ARTHUR H. SHELDON,
Assessors.
Collector's Report.
Collector's Report for 1892.
Taxes on list of 1892 uncollected Feb. 28,
1894 $610 48
Interest on same to Feb. 28, 1894 42 69
Interest accrued since Feb. 28, 1894 30 45
Cash paid Town Treasurer as tax $610 48
Cash paid Town Treasurer as interest 73 14
$683 62
$683 C2
WILLIAM L. GORDON, Collector.
Collector's Report for 1893.
Taxes on list of 1893 uncollected Feb. 28,
1894 $3,123 77
Uncollected interest Feb. 28, 1894 91 13
Accrued interest since Feb. 28, 1894 134 79
$3,349 69
Cash paid Town Treasurer as tax $2,1 76 63
Cash paid Town Treasurer as interest 132 01
Uncollected taxes to new account 947 14
Uncollected interest to new account 93 91
$3,349 69
WILLIAM L. GORDON, Collector.
Collector's Report for 1894.
Taxes on list of 1894 $18,386 22
Additional taxes 71 22
Interest collected since Oct. 1 , 1894 83 06
Accrued interest on uncollected taxes 1 19 98
$18,660 48
14
Cash paid Town Treasurer as tax $14,344 67
Cash paid Town Treasurer as interest 83 06
Uncollected taxes to new account 4,112 77
Accrued interest to new account 119 98
$18.6*50 48
WILLIAM L. GORDON, Collector.
Report of the Selectmen
For the Year Ending Feb. 28, 1895.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
PAID FOR TEACHING.
No. 1, Susie M. Emerson, 36 weeks $684 00
1, Susie S. McFarlin,36 weeks 378 00
1 , Carrie L. Adams, 1 7 weeks 1 53 00
1 , Alice G. Wheeler, 34 weeks 306 00
1, Frances Clark, 19 weeks 171 00 $1,692 00
2, Daisy Hadley, 36 weeks 288 00 288 00
3, Gertrude Stiles, 4 weeks school year
1893 34 00
3, Belle B. Hadley, 24 weeks. 204 00
3, Helen G. Fulton, 12 weeks 102 00 340 00
4, Helen M. Osgood, 33 1-7 weeks 282 20
4, Grace I. Washburn, 2 4-7 weeks.. ... 23 80 306 00
5, Grace E. Mansfield, 36 weeks , . . 288 00 288 00
6, Helen E. Gookin, 36 weeks 348 00 348 00
8, Arthur W. Trubey, 36 weeks 756 00
8, Laura G. Hoyt, 36 weeks 324 00
8, Winnifred Miller, 12 weeks 108 00
8, Fannie Voter, 24 weeks 216 00
8, Nellie M. Baker, 25 2-7 weeks 228 60
8, Jennie McKenzie, 10| weeks 92 70 1,725 30
9, Ella A. Hutchinson, 12 weeks 108 00
9, Carrie E. Erskine, 24 weeks 216 00
9, Agnes Naylor, 36 weeks 324 00 648 00
$5,635 30
CARE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
No. 1 , Jasper Elliott, care $ 90 00
1 , Mrs. Kelley, cleaning 8 25 $ 98 25
2, Walter J. Smith, care 5 00
2, David Kelley, care 11 00
2, Mis. J. T. Smith, cleaning 3 00 19 00
Amount carried forward $1 17 25
16
Amount brought forward.
No. 3, Russell George, care
3, John B. Emerson, care
3, Daniel P. Byam, cleaning.
3, Arthur Hunt, care
4, Frank Melvin, care ,
4, Walter H. Redman, care. .
4, M. A. Hatch, cleaning. . . .
5, George A. Byam, Jr., care
6, Lizzie C. Devine, care-
6, Gertie Barris, care
6, Orrin Pierce, cleaning
8, Gardner Ripley, care
8, Gardner Ripley, cleaning...
8, Chris Clausen, cleaning. ...
9, John Knowles, care
9, J. A. Parkkurst, cleaning. .
SCHOOL FUEL.
$117 25
$6 00
13 20
3 00
6 75
28
95
6 00
12 25
4 00
. 22
25
14 00
14
00
6 00
12 00
3 00
21
00
08 00
3 50
2 50
114
00
30 45
4 95
35
40
$352 85
No. 1, Harry L. Parkhurst. 44,190 lbs. coal.
1, E. T. Adams, Superintendent Town
Farm, 1 cord prepared wood....
2, J. Bowers, 62 feet wood
2, J. Bowers, preparing wood
3, Daniel P. Byam, 5 cords prepared
wood
3, Howard Park, J cord prepared wood.
3, N. B. Lapham, \ cord wood
4, E. L. Russell, kl\ cords slab wood. . .
4, John H. Redman, 3 cords wood
4, John H. Redman, housing same
5, Geo. A. Byam, 8 cords wood
5, Geo. A. Byam, housing wood
6, T. S. Edmands, 2 cords oak wood.. .
6, Michael McKenned}', preparing wood
8, Chelmsford Foundry Co., 2360 coal..
8, C. A. Vinal, 1 cord wood
8, Gardner K. Riplej7, 20 cords wood...
9, Ira G. George, preparing 10 cords
wood
9, Charles Jordan, housing wood
$144 62
6 50
$151 12
36 50
15 50
52 00
32 50
2 50
1 75
36 75
9 15
19 50
1 25
29 90
52 00
2 00
54 00
11 00
2 00
13 00
7 08
4 25
5 00
16 33
I. 00
2 00
7 00
$360 10
17
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.
Geo. F. Snow, Superintendent $200 00
E. Shaw & Son, supplies for evening school,
1893-94 18 15
E. Shaw & Son, supplies 21 72
John H. Redman, Secretary of School Board 10 00
expenses 1 21
setting glass, etc 54
supplies 1 30
S. W. Park hurst, supplies 17 2(5
Emerson & Co., supplies 1 30
Bartlett & Dow, supplies 4 57
Jasper Elliott, supplies 7 25
J . A. Parkhurst, supplies 25
H. H. Wilder, supplies 42
Adams & Co. , supplies 12 25
John Knowles, supplies 80
W. A. Mack, Champion stove 8 50
F. C. Byam, freight 25
Seth P. Sampson, use of well 8 00
Fanny Voter, cash paid for repairing chair.. 40
J. H. Howard, three outside windows
Susie M. Emerson, waste baskets, etc 4 60
Grace E. Mansfield, covering for desk 1 47
Geo. A. Byam, labor and supplies 11 85
Gardner K. Ripley, labor 50
Orrin Pierce, labor 5 00
S. Hagerman, labor
F. G. Pratt, labor 4 00
Edwin E. Sweetser, labor 50
A. G. Parkhurst, labor 1 90
Michael Harrington, labor 1 00
J. Clark Osterhout, labor 75
$200 0G
39 87
13 05.
43 30
17 95
4 50
6 07
17 35
32 85
8 15
SCHOOL TEXT-BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
$383 09
D. C. Heath & Co., books $ 17 09
J. L. Hammett, books and supplies 1 75 50
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books 30 94
Educational Co., books 1 67
John E. Potter and Co., books 16 50
Ginn & Co., books 87 51
Wm. M. Sargent, books and supplies 1 28 53
Silver, Burdett & Co. , books 6 1 40
Geo. F. King & Merrill, books 8 00
Amount carried forward $527 14
18
Amount brought forward $527 14
Porter & Coates, books 8 SO
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, books 16 00
Edward E. Babb, books and supplies 8 80
American Book Co., books 16 05
Lee & Shepard , books 12 14
The Werner Co., books 29 60
N. E. Publishing Co., books 1 60
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co. , books 334
Thompson, Brown & Co., books and supplies 24 58
Bartlett & Dow, supplies 1 20
American Express Co.. express on books. . . 17 62
Geo. F. Snow, services and expenses in
buying and delivering books and supplies 50 00
$716 87
SCHOOL APPARATUS.
Prang Ed. Co $23 04
Bartlett & Dow, two bells 1 10
Thomas Hall & Son, App. and supplies. ...
Strobridge Lithographing Co., 25 diplomas.
W. H. Spalding, hartshorn bottle
Talbot Dye wood Co., chemicals.
American Book Co., dictionaries
University Publishing Co.. dictionaries
D. H. Knowlton, books
Derby & Morse, 4 packages Sal
Carleton & Hovey, alcohol, etc
SUPPORT OF POOR.
EXPENSES OUTSIDE OF ALMSHOUSE.
20 90
8 75
25
1 30
$55 34
17 00
10 00
5 00
32
1 35
33 67
$89 01
Worcester Insane Asylum in aid of Daniel
Gilligan \ $169 46
Ella Hutchins 169 47
Worcester Lunatic Hospital, aid to James
W. Dunn 39 00
St. John's Hospital, aid to Thomas Lawton..
Danvers Lunatic Hospital, aid to Mrs.
Catherine McMahon
Westborough Insane Hospital, aid to Benj.
F. Worden 5107
Amount carried forward
$338 93
39 00
104 27
169 45
$651 65
i
19
Amount brought forward $651 65
Laura E. Bailey
James W. Dunn
orthampton Lunatic Hospital, aid to Laura
?rr." E. Bailey.
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, aid to P21i B. Kit-
tredge
City of Salem, aid to Fred E. Ward and family
City of Lowell, aid to Fred E. Russell and
family
E. T. Adams, aid to Rufus G. Hildreth and
family
James O'Neil and others
E. Shaw & Son, aid to state paupers
Peter Lumbert, aid to state paupers
Seth P. Sampson, aid to state paupers
Dr. F. W. Pike, aid to state paupers
Mary C. Worden, aid to B. F. Worden
M. H. Winship, aid to James W. Boynton. .
Dr. E. H. Chamberlain, aid to tramp
Dr. E. H. Chamberlain, aid to W. J. Woods
and family
D. W. Bickford, aid to W. J. Woods and
family
Dutton Bros., aid to Geo. W. Chamberlain
and family
James P. Emerson, aid to Geo. W. Chamber-
lain and family
S. W. Parkhurst, aid to Geo. W. Chamber-
lain and family
Dr. A. Howard, aid to Geo. W. Chamber-
lain and family
H. L. Parkhurst, aid to Geo. W. Chamber-
lain and family
E. W. Sweetser, aid to Geo. W. Chamber-
lain and family
H. M. Chamberlain, aid to Geo. W.
Chamberlain and family
Dr. G. A. Harlow, aid to James W. Boyn-
ton
EXPENSES AT ALMSHOUSE.
S. H. Nason, services as Superintendent for
March , 31 25
132 33
130 46
313 86
39 79
39 79
46 43
111 45
4 00
16 35
3 79
20 14
26 45
1 75
6 57
10 00
64 00
96 00
1 50
22 00
23 50
16 08
7 22
2 50
8 03
10 50
3 00
12 05
10 00
5 00
$1,489 97
Amount carried forward • $31 25
20
Amount brought forward, $ 31 25
E. T. Adams, 11 months services as Super-
intendent 343 Ih
E. W. Sweetser, provisions 331 45
T. Adams, provisions 7 32
L. W. Hall & Co., provisions 2 92
Hall, Perham & Co., provisions 3 12 13 36
S. W. Parkhurst, groceries 180 42
C. H. Wing, groceries 112 74
Caleb L. Smith, groceries * . . 15 40
W. H. Brown, groceries, 1893 26 03 334 59
Dickson Bros., tea and coffee, 1893 1 70
Nichols & Co., tea and coffee 20 83
U. S. Tea Co., tea 1 30 23 83
L. G. Morse, crackers 11 12
T. F. Severance, crackers 14 75 25 87
Hiram C. Blackmer, cutting wood, 1893 26 20
Hiram C. Blackmer, labor, 1893 37 57 63 77
John P. Eaton, labor 9 00
Mrs. Sanderson, labor 4 31
Geo. Haynes, labor 1 80
Vina M/Nason, labor 119 00
Orena Webster, labor 11 80
Sumner Crosby, labor 1 8 00
Geo. Hall, labor 3 00
Joseph O'Day, labor 16 50
Nels Nelson, labor 15 00 198 41
J. J. Cluin, repairing clock, 1893 1 00
James Stanley, repairing clock 1 00
Dutton Bros. , grain 385 70
Dutton Bros, ice 31 25
D. W. Bickford, grain 30 51 449 46
J. B. Hoar, bread 2 29
H. L. Knowlton, apples 25
Dutton Bros. , lumber 1 22
Dutton Bros. , grass seed 1 39
Paine's Furniture Co., 7 iron bedsteads 31 50 36 65
Harry L. Parkhurst, freight and express... . 1 72
Adams & Co. , supplies 28 82
Geo. M. Wright, blacksmithing 9 73
J. dishing, 6 barrels flour 22 05
Dr. E. II . Chamberlin, medicine 1 75
Bartlett & Dow 10 63 74 70
Wm. S. Pierce, filing saws 1 05
J. L. Chalifoux, clothing 5 50
T. M. Bolton, supplies 11 25
Amount carried forward $1,927 09
21
Amount brought forward Si ,927 09
French & Puffer, crockery $
C. B. Coburn & Co., supplies
Jordan, Marsh & Co., towels
S. C. Patrick, tobacco
Ellingwood & Co., disinfectant
Cook, Taylor & Co., supplies
Green & Co., shoes and boots ,
Armour & Co. , butter
H. F. Ebert, straps
Consumers Brewing Co. , grains
Hamilton Print Works, prints
Thomas H. Lawler, stamp
Jalmar Karlson, repairs
A. W, Ober, horseradish
Mr. Chrisholm, settee
P. H. Foote, hat
Geo. W. Chamberlain, labor
E. N. Woods, grass seeds
Thompson Hardware Co., supplies
A. Kimball, animal food
John Keats, dressing hogs
Knox & Carleton, fruit jars
E. H . Warren, grass
Wm. H. Hills, medicine
Albert Slade, soldering
E. A. Harmon, supplies
Putnam & Son, clothing
O'Donnell & Gilbride, dry goods
C. Vayo, peaches ••••...
M. G. Mack, poison
William H. Clinton, fish
A. L. Butman, harness dressing
John H. Nichols, corn fodder
W. A. Ingham, butter and beans
U.S. Perham, 1 cow
M. Rozen, 1 pair pants
Talbot Mills, flannel
Harry L. Park hurst, coal
Worthen & Lovering, cotton waste
Arthur M. Warren, use of bull
Geo. E. Emerson, use of bull
John H. Breed, cutting hair, 1893
A. G. Pollard, dry goods
Patrick Sullivan, cutting wood
L. S. Franklin, team plowing
Amount carried forward
21 65
3 28
1 50
44 23
40
1 15
14 15
11 15
26 85
36 03
36 03
1 25
44 00
45 25
78
50
2 00
1 03
1 50
5 81
25
63
2 03
1 65
1 25
5 25
70
11 76
3 50
3 50
11 23
11 23
25
45
11 00
1 52
13 22
1 35
25
1 60
21 92
21 92
40
1 00
29 43
30 83
40 00
1 00
2 75
43 75
21 16
5 00
26 16
2 00
1 50
3 50
1 00
9 37
23 33
6 75
40 45
$2,293 18
22
Amount brought forward $2,293 18
E. B. Rose, 100 poles 80
Geo. Coburn, straw 60
J. P. Emerson, 2 shoals 12 00
Lowell Rubber Co., rubber bands 70
C. H. Baldwin, fish, 1893 3 13
Farrell & Conaton, pipe 54
Lowell Steam Carpet Co., renovating beds. 12 50 30 27
C. W. Livingston, soap 9 16
Lowell One Price Clothing Co., clothing. ... 70
Washington Pharmacy, poison 25
Mrs. Richardson, strawberries 1 . 33
Emerson Bros., fruit 3 03
Hazen Bros. , berries 90 15 37
P. H. Knight, repairing wagon 3 25
W. H. Ward, repairing wagon 50 3 75
E. T. Adams, use of horse 29 00
W. R. Fowle, eggs for hatching . . .< 1 50 30 50
Martin Robbins, services and expenses as
Overseer 46 40
Newell E. Parker, services and expenses as
Overseer 9 75
Geo. F. Snow, services and expenses as
Overseer 10 00
A. H. Sheldon, services and expenses as
Overseer 32 67 98 82
$2,471 89
Proceeds of Town Farm 1 ,754 54
Total expense at Almshouse $71 7 35
Paid for outside poor. $1 ,489 97
Received on account of outside poor :
Mathias Hutchins on account ofhospital bills $169 48
City of Somerville, aid 119 00
City of Lowell 58 50
Aid to State paupers 99 16 446 14
$1,043 83
Expenses of poor at Almshouse ... 71 7 35
Total $1,761 18
Inmates, 8 ; males, 4 ; females, 4 ; tramps, 485.
MARTIN ROBBINS,
EBEN T. ADAMS,
NEWELL E. PARKER.
ARTHUR H. SHELDON,
GEO. F. SNOW, Overseers.
23
APPRAISAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT TOWN
FARM, MARCH 1st, 1895.
7 cows. $200 00
1 farm horse 135 00
1 Democrat wagon, $35.00; 1 box wagon, $30.00 65 00
1 farm wagon, $48.00 ; 1 one-horse cart, $25.00 73 00
1 pair double harnesses, $20.00 ; 1 light harness, $10.00 30 00
1 farm harness, $12.00 ; 1 cart harness, $4.00 16 00
3 plows, $18.00 ; 2 harrows, $8.00 ; 1 horse hoe, $5.00.. 31 00
1 one-horse sled, $28.00; 1 pung, $30 00 ; robes and
blankets, $25.00 83 00
Stable tools, $3.00 ; 3 ladders, $4.00 ; 15 chains, $2.50. 9 50
8 shovels. $3.00; 1 mowing machine, $30.00; 6 hoes,
$2.00 35 00
7 forks, $3.00; 1 grindstone, $3.50; 6 rakes, $1.50; 1
jack screw, 83.00 1100
1 hay cutter, $5.00 ; sweet corn, $6.00 ; 36 barrels, $5.40 16 40
8 tons E. hay, $160.00 ; grain chest, $6 00 ; grain, $12.00 178 00
1 horse rake, $10.00 ; 5 shoats, $40.00 ; 2000 feet pine
lumber, $24.00 74 00
15 cords manure, $75.00 ; 66 fowls, $33.00 ; lot small
tools, $34.00 142 00
Provisions and supplies 304 10
Household furniture and bedding 336 23
$1,829 23
J. P. EMERSON,
D. P. BYAM,
J. S. WOTTON,
Appraisers.
HIGHWAYS
Geo. M. Wright, blacksmithing
C. F. M. Fish, blacksmithing
Harr}' L. Parkhurst, express
Harry L. Parkhurst, brick and cement. . .
Geo."Coburn, 2000 lbs. hay
Geo. P. Mansfield, 16,240" lbs. hay
Horace Holt, 4670 lbs. hay
P. F. Litchfield, 2105 lbs. hay
Dutton Bros., grain
D. W. Bickford, grain
R. W. Dix, labor on culvert
C. Fin nick, breaking roads, 1893
Amount carried forward
; 72 20
8 60
50
22 26
$103
56
10 00
155 09
46 70
10 53
222
32
291 64
31 74
323
38
61 42
61
42
7 87
$710 68
24
Amount brought forward $710 68
John McKennedy, breaking roads, 1893 $ 5 00
Matthew Hayes," breaking roads, 1893 5 25 18 12
Chelmsford Foundry Co., 100 loads cinders. 10 00 10 00
D. A. Reardon, breaking roads 5 00
J. H. Hazen, breaking roads 8 30
J. J. Dunn, breaking roads 4 00
Edward Doherty, breaking roads 4 50
Fred L. Fletcher, breaking roads 20 25
Warren Berry, et al., breaking roads 13 15
Benj. O. Robbins, et al., breaking roads. ... 34 80
Wm. Redmond, et al., breaking roads 38 00
G. P. Mansfield, et al., breaking roads 9 75
Geo. A. Byam, breaking roads 5 20
Hazen Brothers, breaking roads 1 G 85
H. R. Hodson, breaking roads 9 90
E. E. Button, breaking roads 5 92 175 62
James P. Emerson, breaking sidewalks 20 00
E. T. Adams, 6010 lbs. bay 54 00
B. M. Hildreth estate, 1310 lbs. hay 6 6o 60 65
Geo. Suttle, 200 loads gravel ". 1 0 00
Caleb L. Smith, 100 loads gravel 7 00
D. M. George, 80 loads gravel 4 00
F. W. Blodgett, 165 loads gravel 13 20 34 20
I. H. Knight, cart body and painting 15 2-")
repairing 6 00
labor and supplies 9 10
repairs . 5 25 35 60
Chas. Dane, cutting brush ... 5 25
Sarah L. Putnam, chestnut posts 6 25 1 1 50
Edward Seymour, labor painting bridge 4 40
H. E. Fletcher, corner and edge stones 152 28
Staples Bros., drain pipe, cement, etc 161 29 317 97
John Marine!, labor 3 20
Charles A. Vinal, labor 1 50
John Warley, labor 18 00
George W. Chamberlain, labor 6 30
William Scoble, labor 5 00
Peter G. Hall, labor 10 00
S. O. Sanderson, labor 8 50
William Brown, labor 7 20
George F. Snow, labor 10 00
Fred L. Fletcher, labor 5 70
M. G. Leonard, labor 5 00
Charles Andrews, labor 1 45
Arthur H. Sheldon, labor 5 25
Amount carried forward SI ,394 34
25
Amount brought forward $1,394 34
A. G. Parkhurst, labor $ 4 75
G. H. Mason, labor and supplies 11 10 103 05
J. S. Wotton, covering stone 50 00
Katherine Savage, covering stone 3 20
A. F. Crosby, edge stone 1 2 00
A. F. Crosby, eight stone posts 8 00
John Marinel, edge stone 24 00 47 20
George E. Allen, scraper edge and bolts. .. 8 50
Osgood & Snell, surveying 23 00
Smith & Brooks, surveving 11 00 42 50
A. L. Brooks, lumber 58 36
S. W. Parkhurst, supplies 45 1C
T. M. Bolton, brushes, oil, supplies for
harnesses 39 55
Staples Bros., drain pipe 21 54
George O. By am, stone posts 3 00
Bartiett & Dow, supplies 1 50
J. S. Shed, plow points 1 80 112 49
E. T. Adams, board of road men 696 00 696 00
Highway pay roll for March 171 75
April 322 39
May 500 05
June 325 25
July 330 86
August 185 00
September 185 19
October 413 29
November 340 46
December 223 71
January 155 00
February 117 86 3,270 81
$5,774 75
APPRAISAL OF HIGHWAY TEAMS AND TOOLS AT
TOWN FARM MARCH 1, 1895.
4 horses. . , $600 00
2 pair double harnesses 80 00
2 two-horse sleds 75 00
1 Champion scraper 115 00
2 two-horse carts 240 00
1 jigger 30 00
Amount carried forward $1,140 00
26
Amount brought forward $1 ,140 00
1 two-horse wagon 35 00
1 Chicago scraper 12 00
1 scoop scraper 3 75
2 large plows 14 00
4 blankets 6 00
1 spread chain, $1.00; 7 shovels, $4.00 ; 9
picks, $7.00 ; 4 iron bars, $7.00 19 00
4 chains, $7.00 ; 5 hammers, $6.00 ; 8 drills,
$6.00; 2 stone picks, .50 19 50
Whiffletrees, $1.50; axes, .50; tool chest,
$5.00 ; 3 wrenches, $'2.00 9 00
1 jack, $1.25; 1 cart body, $3.00 ; 1 drag,
$2.00; 2 bush scythes, $1.50 7 75
5 neck-yokes, $8.00 ; 1 pole, $1.50 ; rope .25 ;
posts and plank, $18.00 27 75
2 cesspool covers, $6.00 ; 1 grain chest, $5.00 ;
4 feed bags, $2. 00 13 00
New breechings, $6.00; 2 rakes, .75; hav,
$2.50; stable tools, $2.00; 3 collars,
$8.00 19 25
1 fork, .25; 2 lanterns, .75 ; axle grease,
$1.00; halters and rope, $2.50..". 4 50
Shovel and broom, .50 ; bush hook and 1 saw,
$2.00; 5 lbs. dualin, $3.00; spikes,
$1.75 7 25
$1,337 75*
J. P. EMERSON,
D. P. BYAM,
J. S. WOTTON,
Appraisers.
REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Dutton Bros., lumber for Almshouse $ 17 36
Geo. W. Chamberlain, labor on farm build-
ings 38 73
E. R. Marshall, lumber for Almshouse 95
A. P. Bateman, two windows 1 80
F. G. Pratt, labor on Almshouse 5 98
A. L. Brooks & Co., shingles, Almshouse.. . 44 79
Elmer E. Hildreth, labor on barn 4 60
Geo. M. Wright, grates and labor on tramp-
house 3 37
Amount carried forward » $1 1 7 58
27
Amount brought forward $117 58
Harry L. Parkhurst, 176 brick for Almshouse $ 1 54
Chelmsford Foundry Co., fire escape for
Almshouse 134 00 $253 12
F. G. Pratt, painting stage, Centre hall.... 6 93
Geo. W. Chamberlain, labor, shingling
Centre hall 46 63
A. L. Brooks & Co., shingles, Centre hall.. . 48 80
E. R. Marshall, lumber. Centre hall 1 70
Dutton Bros., lumber for staging 88
S. O. Sanderson, labor, shingling ,. 15 75
W. McLarney & Co., urinal and pipe 3 25
Joseph Teabo, cleaning up shingles 1 50
F. G. Pratt, setting glass', etc 3 40
W. H. Mack, two ash-pit doors 2 00 130 84
G. W. Chamberlain, labor, school-honse No. 6 3 93
A. L. Brooks & Co., shingles, school-house
No. 6 23 46
F. G. Pratt, painting fence and shed, school-
house No. 6 7 62 35 01
Geo. E. Spaulding, shingles and labor,
scbool-house No. 8 101 39
Geo. H. Smith, painting school-house, shed,
fence, school-house No. 8 55 00
C. B. Coburn & Co., paint, school-house
No. 8 38 40
Amasa Pratt & Co., sash and glass, school-
house No. 8 , 1 05
Bartlett & Dow, netting, school-house No. 8 46
Geo. E. Spaulding, material and labor on
flag staff, school-house No. 8 22 58
Arthur H. Sheldon, labor and expense,
school-house No. 8. . . - 4 75 223 63
Davis & Sargent, shingles and boards,
school-house No. 2 51 40
E. P. Barclay, labor and supplies, school-
house No. 2 70 74 122 14
A. G. Parkhurst, paint and labor, school-
house No. 9 43 60
Charles Andrews, labor, school-house No. 9. 1 10
Newell E. Parker, repairs, school-house No. 3 2 00
Wm. Martin, labor, school-house No. 7.... 1 00
S. Hagerman, paid for labor and supplies,
school-house No. 1 36 37
Peter J. Brennan, labor and stock, North
Chelmsford hall 4 30
$853 11
44
70
2
00
1
00
36
37
4
30
28
CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF CEMETERIES.
Serell Parent, 10 days' labor, Centre cemetery $18 00
William Grimwood, clipping hedge 7 50
L. K. Howard, labor, Centre 6 00
S. W. Parkhurst, powder and fuse, Centre .. 1 15 $32 65
Arthur H. Sheldon, paid for labor in North
Chelmsford cemetery im. 13 75
Geo. E. Spalding, building fence, North
Chelmsford 18 00
Geo. H. Smith, painting fence, North
Chelmsford 19 12
C. B. Coburn, paint for fence, North Chelms-
ford 21 00 71 87
Newell E. Parker, labor, South Chelmsford
cemetery 3 00
B. O. Robbins, labor, South Chelmsford
cemetery 1 50
Daniel P. Byam, labor, South Chelmsford
cemetery 12 00 16 50
Geo. F. Snow, labor and expense, West
Chelmsford cemetery 4 00
A. G. Parkhurst, labor and expense, West
Chelmsford cemetery 6 00 10 00
$131 02
CARE OF CEMETERY FROM THE ADAMS EMERSON
FUND.
L. K. Howard, labor, with man $25 50
J. H. Wilson, 5 days' labor with team 22 50
Eliza A. Fletcher, 80 loads gravel. 8 00
$56 00
VILLAGE CLOCK.
C. E. A. Bartlett, Treasurer, care of clock.. $30 00
TRANSCRIBING ANCIENT RECORDS.
Henry S. Perham, copying records $35 00
29
REIMBURSING CAVALRY.
Elisha H. Shaw, Capt., reimbursement for
expense of hall for annual ball, 1894.. $17 00
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
H. A. Cornell, services and expenses as
Librarian
Harold Davis, 25 hours' labor
Nettie M. Stevens, 63 hours' labor
DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., books and cards... .
Estes & Lauriat, books
Buttei field Printing Co., supplies and cards,
A. Heady Park, carrying books
$ 56
30
2
50
12
60
161
68
3
27
9
00
13
00
$258 35
NORTH VILLAGE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
Clara A. H. Adams, Treasurer $200 00
BILL FOR SCHOOL-HOUSE No. 8.
Geo. E. Spalding, labor, building belfry. . .. $149 00
LAND DAMAGES.
O. M. Green, for lowering grade of street in
front of premises - $75 00
Peter O'Connor, removing fence 5 00
$80 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
James P. Emerson, expenses of celebration
Memorial day $50 00
30
COLLECTION AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
William L. Gordon, abatement for 1892 $ 4 80
1893 125 39
1894.... 85 23 $215 42
Collecting taxes for years
1892, 1893, 1894 348 44
$563 86
ENFORCEMENT OF LIQUOR LAW.
Simon B. Harris, services in case of John L.
La Mountain $59 86
A. H. Sheldon, time and expense en-
forcing liquor law 4 00
$63 86
STATE AID.
Paid under Chapter 301, Statutes 1889 $852 00
279, 1889 267 00
$1,119 00
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.
E. W. Sweetser, services and expenses as
Treasurer $150 00
Geo. A. Park hurst, services and expenses as
Town Clerk 67 61
Lewis M. Dutton, services as Registrar.... 15 00
Geo. A. Park hurst, services as Registrar... 20 50
Stewart MacKay, services as Registrar, 1893 $ 9 25
services as Registrar, 1894 1 1 00 20 25
John F. McManomin, services as Registrar,
1893 9 25
John F. McManomin, services as Registrar,
1894 1 1 00 20 25
Warren Berry, services qs Warden, Precinct
No. 1 3 00
J. H. Redman, services as Warden, Precinct
No. 1 3 00
A. W. Holt, services as Inspector, Precinct
No. 1 3 00
Arthur M. Warren, services as Inspector,
Amount carried forward $293 61
31
Amount brought forward $293 61
Precinct No. 1 $3 00
Walter Perham, services as Deputy Warden,
Precinct No. 1 1 50
D. P. Byam, services as Deputy Inspector,
Precinct No. 1 ! 1 50
Robert S. Ross, services as Deputy Inspector,
Precinct No. 1 3 00
Joseph E. Warren, services as Clerk, Precinct
No. 1 6 00
Arthur E. Reed, services as Teller, Precinct
No. 1 1 50 25 50
F. K. Ripley, services as Clerk, Precinct
No. 2 6 00
C. H. Dutton, services as Warden, Precinct
No. 2 3 00
Wm. J. Quigley, services as Deputy Warden,
Precinct No. 2 1 50
Charles H. Holt, services as Deputy Clerk,
Precinct No. 2 * 3 00
George Hyde, services as Inspector, Precinct
No. 2 3 00
Hubert Bearce, services as Inspector, Pre-
cinct No. 2 3 00
J. C. Hobbs, services as Deputy Inspector,
Precinct No. 2 1 50
J. B. McQuaid, services as Deputy Inspector,
Precinct No. 2 150
Charles A. Holt, services as Teller, Precinct
No. 2 1 50 24 00
E. W. S. Dutton, services as Warden, Pre-
cinct No. 3 3 00
A. G. Parkhurst, services as Inspector, Pre-
cinct No. 3 3 00
Joseph G.Quessey, services as Inspector, Pre-
cinct No. 3 3 00
M. H. Winship, services as Clerk, Precinct
No. 3 6 00
Joseph A. Parkhurst, services as Deputy
Clerk, Precinct No. 3 3 00 18 00
C. A. Holt, services as forest fire ward, 1893 5 00
services as forest fireward. 1894. 6 60
J. P. Emerson, services as Constable
D. A. Polley, services as Constable
Geo. F. Dyar, services as Constable
J. H. McFarlin, services as Constable
Amount carried forward $531 81
11
60
60
40
34
00
53
45
11
25
32
Amount brought forward $531 81
John H. Nichols, services as Special Police
Officer
F. E. Nason, services as Constable
C. S. Carter, services as Constable
Wm. J. Quigley, services as Constable
Orrin Pierce, services as Truant Officer
D. A. Pol ley, services as Truant Officer. ...
Charles Laflamme, services in case of John
Whidden
Lowell Police Department, care of prisoners,
J. P. Emerson, services as Appraiser
D. P. By am, services as Appraiser
J. S. Wotton, services as Appraiser.
E. C. Perham, services and expense as
Cattle Inspector
George F. Snow, services and expense as
Assessor
George F. Snow, copying Tax Collector's
book
Newell E. Parker, services and expense as
•Assessor
Arthur H. Sheldon, services and expense as
Assessor
Martin Robbins, services and expense as
Assessor
E. T. Adams, services as Selectman and
Assessor
George F. Snow, services and expense as
Selectman
Martin Robbins, services and expense as
Selectman
Newell E. Parker, services and expense as
Selectman
Arthur H. Sheldon, services and expense as
Selectman
Newell E. Parker, services as Board of
Health Officer
Arthur H. Sheldon, services as Board of
Health Officer
George F. Snow, time and expense attend-
ing hearings
Ziba Ga}\ services as Auditor
E. F. Richardson, services as Auditor
P. P. Perham, services as Auditor
3 00
7 00
8 00
6 50
1 00
11 66
$ 3 00
3 00
3 00
2 50
1 00
9 00
441 43
95 00
15 00
110 00
50 25
43 50
25 00
125 00
60 00
61 60
52 25
81 37
15 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
10 00
9 00
$1,668 87
33
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Lowell Courier Publishing Co., printing 800
Town and School reports S 86 10
Lowell Courier Publishing Co., printing bill-
heads, notices, etc 7 00 $ 93 10
Boston Daily Globe, advertising 1 63 1 63
John H. Nichols, services as janitor 11
months Centre Hall 114 56
care and expense Cen-
tre Hall, February
and March, 1894..
supplies for hall
S. W. Parkhurst, supplies for hall
Harry L. Parkhurst, coal, 12,600 lbs., Cen-
tre Hall
E. L. Russell, wood for Centre Hall
E. T. Adams, Supt., wood for Centre Hall. .
A. B. Chapin, 1 block for Centre Hall. ...
Wm. J. Quigley, care and expense of hall
North Village
J. Merrill & Son, cash book
Harry L. Parkhurst, expressage
Geo. A. Parkhurst, record books
Wm. M. Sargent, letter heads and envelopes
Bacheller & Dumas, tax book
"Wm.. H. Hills, postals and stamps
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ink
Henry Howard, Fire Ward, North Village. .
Morton B. Wright, Fire Ward, North Village
Frank Pearson, Fire Ward, North Village. .
Alfred DeCartaret, Fire Ward, North Village
Charles Brett, Fire Ward, North Village.. . .
M. A. Queen and 20 men, labor ut fire,
North Village
Geo. E. Spalding, stock and labor, rifle
range, North Village
C. F. Scribner, labor and supplies, rifle range
Amasa Pratt, lumber for rifle range
E. Shaw & Son, supplies for rifle range
O. Olsen, labor on target
B. F. Stetson, labor on target
Bartlett & Dow, hooks and pulley for target,
Centre
Geo. M. Wright, fire poles and hooks, Centre
J. J. Chun, police badge
Harry Raynes, police badge
Amount carried forward $589 15
25 80
20 77
161 13
21 79
36 30
9 25
4 54
25
72 13
75 24
75 24
2 50
1 40
9 25
3 25
3 25
1 75
2 00
3 00
3 60
2 00
2 00
2 00
22 00
34 60
18 49
42 23
20 06
3 99
11 55
13 13
115 45
1 13
8 34
1 50
1 50
3 00
34
Amount brought forward $589 15
French & Puffer, rep. lamp
A. O. Richardson, revolver and cartridges. .
E. A. & A. T. Smith, concreting walk, Cen-
tre Hall
Seth P. Sampson, labor on hose house, North
Joseph Quessey, labor on ladder house, North
Jesse Viles, services as veterinary
Dr. E. H. Chamberlain, vaccinating
Geo. F. Stiles, services and expenses in
Mooney case
Janbard Bros., handcuffs and jack
Lowell Police Department lodging, prisoners.
Dr. G-. A. Harlow, reporting births
Arthur H. Sheldon, reporting deaths
A. G-. Parkhurst, reporting deaths
L. K. Howard, reporting deaths
Arthur H. Sheldon, perambulating Town lines
Town of Chelmsford, taxes
2 00
5 50
21 60
2 00
28
4 00
2 50
6 10
4 25
50
2 00
2 00
3 25
50
2 50
6 25
2 50
60 30
$708 93
35
AGGREGATE OF APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS AND
EXPENDITURES.
ACCOUNTS.
APPROPRI
ATIONS.
Schools, Appropriations
School fund
Dog tax
Tuition, non-resident pupils
Teaching
Care of houses
Fuel
A ppara tus
School incidentals
Free text books, appropriation
Receipts
Support of poor, Appropriation
Receipts
Highway, appropriation
Receipts
State aid, receipts
Repairs of public buildings, appropriation
Relief of indigent soldiers and sailors, appro-
priation
Relief of indigent soldiers and sailors, receipts
Town officers and committees, appropriation..
Collection and abatement of taxes •
Miscellaneous expenses, appropriation
Receipts
Enforcement of liquor law, appropriation... .
Care and improvement of cemeteries
Memorial day
Village clock.
Bell for school-house No. 8
1'ublic library, appropriation
Receipts'
North Chelmsford Library association
Heating apparatus, school No. 8
Transcribing ancient records
Transcribing soldiers' records
Reimbursing Troop F, Cavalry
Land damages, North Village
Care of cemetery at Centre from the Adams
Emerson fund
$G,000 00
293 45
481 IS
15 50
125 00
350 00
COO 00
53 75
2,0 0 00
2,200 08
5,000 00
1,536 75
802 00
COO 00
100 00
04 00
1,100 00
500 00
300 00
751 51
100 00
200 00
50 00
30 00
150 00
250 00
14 08"
200 00
500 00
165 00
47 00
17 00
$24,656 87
EXPKNDI-
TURKS.
$5,635 30
352 85
3C0 10
80 01
383 09
716 87
' 3, 961 86
5,774 75
852 00
85{ 11
267 00
1,668 87
56} 86
708 93
63 86
131 (2
50 (0
30 00
149 00
200 00
"35*66
" 17*66
80 00
56 00
$23,257 83
1,399 04
$24,656 87 $24,656 87
$ 441 85
35 99
238 82
re» 00
10 00
342 58
36 14
68 98
1 00
5 73
500 00
130 00
47 00
$2,620 09
$2,620 09 $2620 09
DEFI-
CIT.
$ 33 09
63 12
253 11
103 00
568 87
63 86
80 00
56 00
$1221 05
1399 C4
Appropriations $18,384 00
Receipts 6,272 87
Total $24,656 87
Amount of orders $23,123 83
Outstanding order 134 00
Surplus 1,399 04
Total $24,656 87
EBEN T. ADAMS,
GEORGE F. SNOW,
MARTIN ROBBINS,
NEWELL E. PARKER,
ARTHUR H. SHELDON,
Selectmen.
Auditors' Report.
We have examined the accounts of the Treasurer for the year
ending Feb. 28, 1895, and find his receipts and payments properly
entered and vouched for, and a balance of one hundred and ten and
T6a°cF dollars ($110.60) in his hands.
We have also examined the vouchers in the hands of the Select-
men, and find in their hands receipts amounting to twenty-three
thousand two hundred and fifty-seven and T803() dollars ($23,257.83),
vouching for orders for the same amount drawn by them on the
Treasurer, one of which, for one hundred and thirty-four dollars
($134.00), is outstanding.
We find assets :
Cash in Treasury $ 110 60
Tax of 1893 uncollected $947 14
Interest accrued on same 93 91
Tax of 1894 uncollected 4,112 77
Interest accrued on same 119 98 5,273 80
School books and supplies on hand 237 75'
Due from the State :
State a;d to January, 1895 $703 00
State aid for January and February, 1895. . 149 00
Relief to January, 1895 127 50
Relief for January and February, 1895 6 00
Armory rent I 300 00
Balance of Corporation tax 340 00
Balance of National Bank tax 100 00 $1 ,725 50
$7,347 G5
Liabilities :
Kimball fund and interest $1 24 52
Silver fund and interest • lo2 34
Emerson fund and interest 219 47
Marshall fund and interest 100 00
Shed fund and interest 104 58
Interest on Edwards fund *.... 1 77
Unpaid bills, estimated 665 00
Tax abatements, estimated 22 '• 00
Outstanding orders 134 00 $1,726 68
Balance assets $5,620 97
ZIBA GAY,
E. F. RICHARDSON,
PERLEY P. PERHAM,
Chelmsford, March 4, 1895. Auditors.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Chelmsford, in said
County, GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby
required to notify the legal voter* of said Chelmsford to meet at the
Town Hall at Chelmsford Centre, on Monday, the eighteenth day of
March current, being the third Monday in said month, at nine
o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following
articles, viz. :
To choose a Moderator.
To hear reports of Town Officers and Committees, and act
thereon.
To determine the manner of collecting taxes.
To determine the manner of repairing the highways, town-
ways, and bridges.
To choose all necessary Town Officers.
To act in relation to the list of jurors prepared by the
Selectmen.
To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be
required to defray Town charges for the ensuing year.
To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow
such sums of money as may be required to defray Town
charges for the ensuing year.
To see if the Town will vote to grant licenses for the
sale of intoxicating liquors for the current year.
Article 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to act as
its agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the
ensuing year, and also in such other matters which may
arise, requiring, in their judgment, the action of such
agent.
To see if the Town will accept the gift of a deed of land,
with Library building thereon, from Amos F. Adams,
located at corner of Adams Street and South Street,
Cheimsford Centre, under the following restrictions:
First— That it shall always be used for a Free Public
Library.
Article 1.
Article 2.
Article 3.
Article 4.
Article 5.
Article 6.
Article 7.
Article 8.
Article 9.
Article 11.
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Second— That there shall be no other building of any
kind placed upon the lot.
Article 12. To see if the Town will accept the gift of one hundred
dollars, in trust, from Francis Day, as executor under the
will of Alfred Day, the income to be used in taking per-
petual care of the Alfred Day lot in Chelmsford Centre
Cemetery, or act in relation thereto.
Article 13. At the request of Geo. C. Moore and others, to see if the
Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the
purpose of extending the water pipe, with hydrants,
easterly along Main Street to Depot Street, in North
Chelmsford, or act in relation thereto.
Article 14. At the request of Rev. John J. Shaw, E. F. Richardson and
73 others, to see if the Town will grant permission to
Rev. John J. Shaw, his successors and assigns, to use for
the purpose of private burial, a certain lot or parcel of
land owned by him, and situated on westerly side of
Richardson Road, so called, which leads from the North
Chelmsford and Chelmsford highway, to Westford Road,,
and containing five acres, or act in relation thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to dedicate the new Library
building, make arrangements for the same, and appro-
priate monejr therefor, or act in relation thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of the
Public Statutes, Chapter 27, Sections 64-73, inclusive, re-
lating to the election of Selectmen, Assessors, and
Overseers of the Poor, for the period of three years.
Article 17. At the request of Wilbur A. Cheney, Charles T. Haskell
and twelve others, to see if the Town will vote to raise
and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of build-
ing a school-house in or near that part of Chelmsford
known as •* Golden Cove," also to purchase land upon
which to locate said school-house, or act in relation
thereto.
Article 18. At the request of Otis Adams, Geo. H. Wilson and 26
others, to see if the Town will vote to reimburse J. M.
Fletcher the sum of five hundred dollars ($500). that
amount being a part of the money expended by him in
grading that part of Fletcher Street lying between the
road leading from the centre of the Town to North
Chelmsford, and the house of Otis Adams, and raise and
appropriate money therefor, or act in relation thereto.
Article 19. At the request of Win. H. Hills, S. W. Parkhurst and
others, to see if the Town of Chelmsford. Mass., will take
the necessary steps, by petition to the Legislature or
otherwise, to secure for the use of the Town, in its several
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villages, the several ponds of water known as the " Bap-
tist," or sometimes called " Hart's " pond, near South
Chelmsford Village, the u Leach/' or sometimes called
"Newfleld" pond, near North Chelmsford Village. Also
the height of ground known as "Robin's Hill," and such
other high ground near North and West Chelmsford as
may be desirable for reservoir purposes, all for the use of
the Town of Chelmsford, Mass., as a system of water
supply for domestic use, and fire protection. And to
secure the rights of the Town to such meadow lands on
River Meadow Brook as may be needed, or desirable for
the sinking of wells to supply the eastern part of the
Town, and to protect the same from pollution in accord-
ance with the statutes made and provided.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to
put lettered boards in the several villages, forbidding the
use of bicycles and tricycles upon the sidewalks of the
Town.
Akticle 21. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to the North
Chelmsford Library Association, on condition that the
books of said Library shall be free to all inhabitants of the
Town, or act In relation thereto.
Article 22. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of
money for the purpose of decorating the graves of our
soldiers in the several cemeteries, on the 30th day of May
next, or act in relation thereto.
Article 23. At the request of F. E. Bickford, Warren Berry, II. H.
Emerson, and twenty others, to see if the Town will vote
to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose
of digging a well and prepare it for a public watering
place, at the South Village, upon the ground as located by
the Selectmen, or act in relation thereto.
Article 24. At the request of Elisha H. Shaw, H. H. Emerson and
many others, to see if the Town will assume the charge of
lighting the streets in the several villages of the Town^
raise and appropriate a sum of money to do the same, or
act in relation thereto.
Article 25. At the request of W. B. Cotton, C. O. Stevens and 18
others, to see if the Town will adopt the Australian ballot
system in the election of all Town Officers that are
required by law to be voted for by written or printed
ballot.
Article 26. To see if the Town will adopt Sect. 1, Chap. 465 of the
Acts of 1S93, in regard to using the McTaminany ballot
box in connection with the Australian ballot. Articles
25 and 26, if adopted, to be in force at all succeeding
elections.
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Article 27. At the request of L. M. Dutton and others, to see if the
Town will vote to take up the article in regard to licens-
ing the sale of intoxicating liquors, at or before 10.30
o'clock in the forenoon, and that the polls remain open for
voting on said article until the close of the meeting, with
the exception of adjournment for dinner.
Article 2S. At the request of E. H. Shaw and others, to see if the
Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sura of money
for the purpose of heating and ventilating the school-
house ill North Chelmsford, as required by the State
Inspector.
Article 29. At the request of Geo. F. Snow, to see if the Town will
vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand
dollars, to straighten and widen the street and bridge
near the railroad station at West Chelmsford, in compli-
ance with an order of the County Commissioners of Mid-
dlesex County, or act in relation thereto.
Article 30. At the request of E. H. Shaw, M. A. Queen and others, to
see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to repair the
damage done to the premises of E. Shaw & Son, now oc-
cupied by them, caused by raising the grade of the high-
way in front thereof, or act in relation thereto.
Article 31. To see if the Town will accept the gift of a deed of land
from J. Adams Bartlett upon the following express con-
ditions : That said premises shall forever be kept open as
and for a Public Park, and that no building shall ever be
erected or allowed to stand upon said premises.
Article 32. At the request of Peter J. Brennan and others, to see if the
Tjwn will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money
for the purpose of digging a well, providing a pump and
prepare it for a public watering place at the northerly end
of the Common in North Chelmsford, or act in relation
thereto.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up
attested copies thereof at the post offices in the centre of the
Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, West Chelmsford,
and at the school-house at East Chelmsford, ten days at least
before the time appointed for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make return of this Warrant with your
doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holcU
ing the meeting: aforesaid.
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Given under our hands this eighth day of March in the year of
our Lord eighteen hundred and ninet\*-five.
EBEN T. ADAMS,
NEWELL E. PARKER,
MARTIN ROBBINS,
ARTHUR H. SHELDON,
GEO. F. SNOW,
Selectmen of Chelmsford.
I have served the foregoing Warrant, by posting up true and
attested copies of the same at the places above mentioned, more
than ten days before the day of holding said meeting.
JAMES P. EMERSON,
Constable of Chelmsford.
List of Jurors
As prepared by the Selectmen, March <S, 1895.
Andrews, Charles
Adams, Timothy
Butterfield, John H.
Butters, Geo. E.
Brown, I. Woodward
Coburn, Edwin F.
Durant, Geo. E.
Dupee, Edmund F.
Davis, Albert H.
Dunn, John W.
Elliott, Jasper
Eaton, John P.
Fowle, William R.
Farrow, John A.
Green, Oliver M.
Howard, Lewis K.
Holt, George H.
Hall, John 8.
Howard, Henry E.
Lee, William M.
Merrill, Frank G.
Nichols, John H.
Perham, Albert P.
Pinkham, Arthur C.
Parkhurst, Alfred G.
Parker, Newell E.
Parkhurst. Edwin K.
Pickard, Daniel J.
Russell, E. Lincoln
Reed, Albert 8.
Richardson, A. Howard
Robbins, Martin
Sprague, Cordice R.
Stetson, George G.
Stevens, Ephraim A.
Vinal, Charles A.
EBEN T. ADAMS,
Chairman of Selectmen.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
Town of Chelmsford, Mass.,
FOR THE
Year Ending February 28, 189^.
LOWELL, MASS.
COURIER-CITIZEN COMPANY, PRINTERS.
1895
Report of School Committee.
The School Committee of the Town of Chelmsford
lor the year 1894-95, held its first meeting March
24, 1894. Samnel C. Hagerman was chosen Chair-
man, John H. Redman, Secretary. George F. Snow
was re-elected Superintendent of Schools and Book
Agent for the Board.
As members of the Committee we have en-
deavored to discharge our various duties in a faithful
manner. We feel that we have been favored in
many ways, but especially so in the choice of Super-
intendent and the corps of teachers who have labored
with him during the past year. The present satis-
factory condition of our schools is a sufficient proof
of their persistent and painstaking work. Such work
is eminently creditable, when we note the several
serious difficulties with which both teachers and pu-
pils have had to contend.
The first and perhaps the most serious of these
has been the crowded condition of the schools at
the North Village and the Centre. We are glad,
however, to report that steps are being taken toward
remedying this difficulty. The Town, at its meeting
last March, upon the recommendation of our pred-
ecessors, appointed a committee to investigate and
report upon this matter. The Chairman of this com-
mittee has recently informed us that the members
are still giving the matter their careful consideration.
In the meantime we have endeavored to afford tem-
porary relief in the matter of ventilation, etc.
A second difficulty has been the lack of co-op-
eration on the part of parents. We will not call it
lack of interest, for we do not believe it to be such ;
but rather the lack of an expression of interest. If
the people of Chelmsford expect ideal schools, it is
not enough that they appropriate generously for their
support. They must visit the schools. Therefore while
we heartily thank those who have shown their inter-
est by their visits during the past year, we would
remind those who may be displeased with the school
work, that they have their part to take in making
that work a success.
Finally, a serious difficulty has presented itself in
the shape of sickness among the scholars. Especially
has this been the case at the Centre, where, owing
to several cases of scarlet fever, we found it neces-
sary to close the schools during a week in February.
In connection with this matter we feel that it
will not be amiss to call attention to certain laws
regarding contagious diseases, etc. : —
Every person having under his control a child
between the ages of eight and fourteen years, shall
annually cause such child to attend some public day
school in the city or town in which he resides, and
such attendance shall continue for at least thirty
weeks of the school year, if the schools are kept
open that length of time, with an allowance of two
weeks' time for absences not excused by the Super-
intendent of Schools or the School Committee, and
for every neglect of such duty the person offending
shall, upon complaint of a School Committee, or any
Truant Officer, forfeit to the use of the public
schools of such city or town, a sum not exceeding
twenty dollars ; but if such child has attended, for
a like period of time, a private day school, approved
by the School Committee of such city or town, or
if such child has been otherwise instructed for a
like period of time in the branches of learning re-
quired by law to be taught in the public schools,
or if his physical or mental condition is such as to
render such attendance inexpedient or impracticable,
such penalty shall not be incurred.
The School Committee shall not allow a child
who has not been duly vaccinated, to be admitted
to or connected with the public schools.
Chapter 198 of the Acts of 1885 provides that
the School Committee shall not allow any pupil to
attend the public schools while any member of the
household to which such pupil belongs, is sick of
small-pox, diphtheria, or scarlet fever, or during a
period of two weeks after the death, recovery, or
removal of such sick person ; and any pupil coming
from such household shall be required to present to
the teacher of the school the pupil desires to at-
tend, a certificate from the attending physician or
Board of Health, of the facts necessary to entitle
him to admission, in accordance with the above
regulation.
No child under thirteen years of age shall be
employed at any time in any factory, workshop, or
mercantile establishment. No such child shall be em-
ployed in any indoor work, performed for wages or
other compensation, to whomsoever payable, during
the hours when the public schools of the city or
town in which he resides, are in session, or shall
be employed in any manner during such hours, un-
less during the year next preceding such employ-
ment he has attended school for at least twenty
weeks, as required by law.
No child under fourteen years of age shall be
employed in any manner before the hour of six
o'clock in the morning or after the hour of seven
o'clock in the evening. No such child shall be
employed in any factory, workshop, or mercantile
establishment, except during the vacation of the public
schools in the city or town where he resides, unless
the person or corporation employing him procures
and keeps on file a certificate and employment ticket
for such child as prescribed by Section 4 of this
act, and no such child shall be employed in any
indoor work, performed for wages or other compen-
sation, to whomsoever payable, during the hours when
the public schools of such city or town are in ses-
sion, unless as aforesaid, or shall be employed in any
manner during such hours unless during the year next
preceding such employment he has attended school
for at least twenty weeks, as required by law ; and
such employment shall not continue in any case
beyond the time when such certificate expires. The
Chief of the District Police, with the approval of
the Governor, shall have authority to designate any
kind or kinds of employment in factories, workshops r
or mercantile establishments as injurious to the health
of children under fourteen years of age employed
therein, and after one week's written notice from the
said chief to the employer or his superintendent,
overseer or other agent of such designation, no child
shall be employed in any such kind or kinds of
employment in any factory, workshop, or mercantile
establishment.
No child under sixteen years of age shall be
employed in any factory, workshop, or mercantile
establishment unless the person or corporation employ-
ing him procures and keeps on file the certificate
required in the case of such .child, and also keeps
on file a full and complete list of such children
employed therein.
Every parent or guardian of a child under four-
teen years of age who permits any employment of
such a child contrary to the provisions of this act,
and every owner, superintendent, or overseer of any
factory, workshop, or mercantile establishment who
employs or permits to be employed therein any child
contrary to the provisions of this act, and any other
person who employs any child contrary to the pro-
visions of this act shall, for every such offence, for-
feit not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars
for the use of the public schools of the city or town.
Every parent, guardian, or person authorized to sign
the certificate prescribed by Section 4 of this act,
who certifies to any materially false statement therein,
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dol-
lars, or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
A failure to produce to a Truant Officer or
Inspector of Factories the certificate required by the
provisions of this act shall be prima facie evidence
of the illegal employment of the child whose certifi-
cate is not produced.
Every owner, superintendent, or overseer in any
such establishment, who employs, or permits to be
employed therein, a child under fourteen years of
age who cannot read and write, while the public
schools in the city or town where such child lives
are in session, and every parent or guardian who
permits such employment, shall, for every such
offence, forfeit not less than twenty nor more than
fifty dollars for the use of the public schools of such
city or town.
Whoever wilfully and maliciously or wantonly
and without cause destroys, defaces, mars, or injures
a school-house, church, or other building erected or
used for purposes of education or religious instruc-
tion, or for the general diffusion of knowledge, or
an outbuilding, fence, well, or appurtenance of such
school-house, church, or other building, or furniture,
apparatus, or other property belonging to, or con-
nected with such school-house, church, or other build-
ings, shall be punished by fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the jail not
exceeding one year.
SAMUEL HAGERMAN,
J. H. REDMAN,
G. A. BYAM,
D. P. BYAM,
ORRIN PIERCE,
CHARLES ANDREWS,
HUBERT BEARCE,
J. A. PARKHURST,
C. A. RANDLETT,
School Committee.
Superintendent's Report.
To the Chairman and Gentlemen of the School Committee :
My annual report as Superintendent of Schools is here-
by submitted for your consideration.
In submitting this report I perform one of my last
official acts in connection with this office, the duties of which
I assumed eight years ago.
It has devolved upon me through your^aid and co-opera-
tion to make such changes in the schools, both in manage-
ment and instruction, as seemed likely to improve them.
I trust that the administration has proven of sufficient
merit as to recommend it to your approval, and the approval
of the public whom you represent.
Allow me to express the hope that the future policy of
your Board may be as liberal and progressive as it has been
during my connection with your honorable body, and that my
successor may find in you that aid and appreciation that has
made possible the accomplishment of my plans and wishes in
regard to the schools. I desire to express my thanks to the
teachers for the cheerful spirit which has characterized their
work, and in which they have co-operated with me in carry-
ing forward the suggestions which I have made to them from
time to time. This spirit has been not an unimportant factor
in making this the most pleasant year of my work with you.
My thanks are due the citizens and parents for their
expressions of confidence in the public schools and their out-
spoken words in their behalf. I bespeak for them the con-
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tinued and increased interest of all. What, tell me, has been
bequeathed to us by our forefathers more excellent, in honor
and in value, than our system of public schools? What bet-
ter treasure than intellectual and moral worth can we either
possess ourselves or bestow on the children of our affections?
Our Town has, I know, held for many years an honorable
standing, as compared with towns around her, as regards
expenditures for maintaining these schools. Long may she
be honorable thus; and instead of tiring in the good work,
let her rise to even a more liberal and higher position.
PARENTAL INFLUENCE.
Never was parental influence more needed by the teacher
than now. Children come home with complaints that the
teacher has unjustly punished them or given them too long
a lesson.
Now just as soon as the parent sees there is difficulty
between the teacher and his children, he ought at once to
look into the matter; for it is very indiscreet to decide on the
testimony of an angry child, that the teacher is wrong and
thus encourage the child in insubordination.
The teacher in all probability is right, and needs your
support. Go kindly, then, and see the teacher, for, in nine
cases in ten, if not ninety-nine in a hundred, the teacher is
right. Examine into the matter and you will find that your
child was wrong and needed correction. It is miserably
mean to go about the neighborhood and say the teacher is
*' partial," or "has no judgment," or "hates your child,"
or " my child is not the worst in school," or " that somebody
deserved punishment more."
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Why not squarely put the question, is my child wrong?
If, upon inquiry of the teacher, you find the child was, then
stand by the teacher and sustain her to the end. The good
of the school and the good of the community require it.
Should the teacher be in the wrong, go to her kindly and tell
her so, and she will be happy to correct any mistake she may
have made.
Therefore, stand by the teacher and sustain her.
DISCIPLINE.
The general moral effort and influence of the schools
have been good in kind and degree, notwithstanding the ever-
present and demoralizing influence of indecent and vicious
manifestations of character by some pupils. From year to
year I have endeavored, directly and indirectly, to inculcate
among the pupils habits as well as forms of respect toward
one another, toward teachers, toward school requirements, and
toward those with whom they may be brought in contact in
the great outside world: habits of punctuality, diligence,
neatness, trustworthiness, purity of action, in word and deed,
care and proper use of property, fidelity to friends and
country.
Here is found the power of a teacher's personality in
creating a high moral tone in and about the school, which
shall conduce rather to character building than to mere men-
tal training.
THE SCHOOL WORK.
The year has been one of quiet progress. The work
is evolutionary, rather than revolutionary. On the part
of the teachers there seems to be a general desire for the
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best, a willingness to work, a loyalty to the schools. Our
schools seem to be exceptionally free from friction, irritation,
and avoidable vexations. It is well, too, for there never can
exist a thoroughly good school where discontent and discord
prevail, or where the spirit of concord dwells not.
The child certainly takes on the character of his environ-
ments and is fashioned into the likeness of those in closest
contact with him.
Therefore, we should seek most for the spirit of the
school and base our conclusion upon this.
I believe an ambitious spirit, a generous spirit, a hopeful
and ennobling spirit — in a word, the true spirit, is living
and growing in our schools.
May this continue ! Aid and gratitude to the teachers
who are fostering it. Strict attention was given at the clos-
ing of each term to ascertain the rate of each scholar's
advancement, and I am pleased to announce that a good
degree of progress has been made by nearly all the pupils
during the year.
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.
Of our fifteen schools ten have retained the same
teachers throughout the year and eight for a longer period.
These veteran teachers have done superior work. Those
who have come to us during the year have brought a degree
of scholarship, an earnestness of purpose, an elevation of
character, and, in most cases, an ability and energy in man-
agement, that have won the respect of the school and com-
munity and insured a gratifying degree of success.
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MIXED SCHOOLS.
The work prescribed for these schools and the manner of
doing it, have been carried out through the year with much
uniformity and with generally satisfactory results. The prev-
alence of contagious disease injuriously affected the attend-
ance upon some of these schools. Yet in addition to
absences caused by sickness, dread of contagion, or some
imperative necessity, how many result from an inconsiderate
indulgence of childish notions or parental ease or profit-
When the child, grown to man's estate, sees the worth of the
precious time thus lost, he will not hold his parents guiltless.
Absence for a day, or even a single half-day, is a serious
injury to the pupil. Each day's work completed is a sure
foundation for the next day's course of discipline and instruc-
tion. But the lessons of the day being lost, some of the next
are generally unprepared, for the old excuse is ever ready :
" I was absent and don't know the lesson."
How difficult it is for instructors to excite and sustain the
interest of their pupils, how hard a task for a pupil, unless
present at every recitation, to surmount each new obstacle
and firmly grasp each new principle, no one but a practical
teacher can fully appreciate. Those absent days produce
habits of neglect, and failures occur often.
The absentee loses his interest, if he ever had any, in his
studies, hangs like a dead weight on the class, and finally
drops into a lower division, or out of school entirely. The
teachers deserve the highest praise for their unwearied pains
to keep tardy and absent marks from their school registers.
Those who have interested the parents in this matter of reg-
ular attendance have accomplished the most, for, when a
teacher manifests a personal interest in a pupil, the parent is
pleased and the child will generally be punctual at school.
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PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
As a whole the Primary Schools are in better condition
than they were a year ago, and their work is a testimonial to
what can be accomplished when the same faithful and con-
scientious teachers are long continued in their work. If we
wish to have pure water in a river, we must look to the purity
of the springs at its source ; if the springs are pure, the
whole river will be pure. So in a system of education we
must look to the Primary Schools first. With these working
• in the right direction, in the course of time the whole system
must be benefited. The task of the Primary School teacher
is, in my opinion, more difficult and gathers around itself
more discouragements than that of any other teacher engaged
in our common school system. Within eight, or at the most
nine, years these little ones ought to be brought to the door
of the High School, well qualified to run the race which will
there open before them.
How important that they be started correctly on this
long and wearisome journey ! How essential that their
impressions at the outset be cheerful, that their ideas be true
and noble, and that their love of school be planted deeply
within them !
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS.
The work of the year has been progressive and satisfac-
tory. In the Intermediate Schools the children by their
keen and quick perceptions gain a fair knowledge of the
chief elements of arithmetic, geography, history and nature
study, and in the years that follow this knowledge is
extended more readily and satisfactorily than by spending so
much time exclusively upon the few subjects that formed the
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staple of the school programme of ten years ago. To the
children who are obliged to leave school while in the lower
grades, the training in these studies is an advantage, which
a postponement of them to the higher grades deprives
them of.
Again, and this is the chief advantage, if rightly taught,
children will acquire a taste for these subjects, which will
lead to formation of habits of reading and study when school
days are over. Especial effort has been made in this grade
to improve the writing. The results of the effort are now
visible and I am able to report great improvement.
The writing in the schools should be uniformly good ;
and once we reach the standard we are striving for, it can be
easily maintained.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
The instruction in the Grammar Schools has steadily
improved during the year, and the results have been, in
most cases, satisfactory. I have endeavored to make prom-
inent in all the schools, and especially in these, practical
language work. In addition to the regular exercises in
dictation, letter writing, and composition, I have urged upon
the teachers the necessity of giving especial attention to such
exercises as would lead to correct and fluent expression on
the part of the pupils. The ability to express one's thoughts
on paper gracefully is an accomplishment greatly to be
desired : but the ability to express one's thoughts orally and
readily is more than an accomplishment: it is a necessity.
To be able to do this grammatically is well worth any
effort that may be required. Practice, constant, persistent
practice, alone will do it. Good work in arithmetic has been
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accomplished in this grade. This is sometimes called a
bread-and-butter science, and has ever appealed with great
force to all classes. If a large proportion of what is offered
in the written arithmetic should be treated as mental prob-
lems, all manual operations being omitted, far more discipline
and power would be the outcome. Mental arithmetic leads a
pupil to read a problem intelligently, to see conditions
readily, to think a correct conclusion, and express the same
to others promptly and accurately — far more than can result
from much of the figure work of to-day.
HIGH SCHOOLS.
The patient, quiet and progressive administration of the
High Schools is making itself felt. The schools have
continued to improve, both in the character of the work and
in the spirit and conduct of the pupils.
The subjects of study are essentially the same as for the
last few years, but the ways of dealing with these subjects are
coming more and more into harmony with the laws of physi-
cal, mental and moral growth.
The graduating exercises of the High Schools occurred
at the close of the spring term, in the presence of audiences
limited only by the capacity of the local Town Halls. The
platforms were tastefully adorned with floral and other deco-
rations. The well-delivered essays were of unusual excel-
lence, presenting a pleasing variety of subject and thought in
an easy and graceful manner.
The following programmes were given :
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PROGRAMME.
{Centre High School, Chelmsford, Mass.)
MARCH. Selected.
ORCHESTRA.
INVOCATION.
REV. GRANVILLE PIERCE.
OVERTURE. "Graduation." Latann
ORCHESTRA.
SALUTATORY ESSAY. " Success."
MASTER RALPH W. EMERSON.
FOLK-SONG. " There's One That I Love Dearly."
QUARTETTE.
ESSAY. " A Charcoal Sketch."
MASTER HARRY A. DUTTON.
RECITATION. " An Order for a Picture."
MISS MABEL F. FENDERSON.
SELECTION FROM "1492."
ORCHESTRA.
ESSAY. " Class History."
MASTER EDWIN L. STEARNS.
"IF THE WATERS COULD SPEAK AS THEY FLOW." Graham
DR. F. R. RIX AND QUARTETTE.
ESSAY. "Germs."
MISS AGNES L. NICHOLS.
CORNET SOLO. "Une Serenade." Chapelle
MASTER G. THOMAS PARKHURST.
ESSAY. " Last Decree of the Delphic Oracle."
MISS EDNAH F. BYAM.
CLASS ORATION. " The Duties of Citizenship."
MASTER EDWARD J. ROBBINS.
SOLO. " To a Spring Flower." Cirillo
MR. T. F. MOLLOY.
ESSAY. " Class Prophecy."
MASTER WILLIE H. FULTON.
SERENADE Hartel
QUARTETTE.
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ESSAY. " Education."
MISS JESSIE M. HOLT.
"THOSE EVENING BELLS." Eilenberg
ORCHESTRA.
VALEDICTORY ESSAY. "Friendship."
MISS ALICE M. STEARNS.
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS.
SUPERINTENDENT GEO. F. SNOW.
CLASS ODE.
BENEDICTION.
REV. H. A. CORNELL.
GRADUATES.
Ednah Florence Byairi. Jessie May Holt.
Harry Ayer Duttoo. Agnes Lee Nichols.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Edward Jenkins Robbius.
Mabel Florence Fenderson. Alice Margaret Stearns.
Willie Howard Fulton. Edwin Lewis Stearns.
CLASS OFFICERS.
Edward J. Robbins, President.
Ednah F. Byam, Secretary and Treasurer.
PROGRAMME.
{North Chelmsford High School.)
OVERTURE.
ORCHESTRA.
INVOCATION.
REV. S. I. BRIANT.
SALUTATORY WITH ESSAY. " Early American Literature."
LOTTIE L. SNOW.
ORATION. " Architecture."
FRED CHANDLER.
ESSAY. " Flowers."
NELLIE B. TRUBEY.
WALTZ. Selected.
ORCHESTRA.
HISTORY AND ESSAY, " Lucy Larcora."
HATTIE MAY HALL.
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PROPHECY AND ESSAY. " Physical Education."
A. E. DUNCAN.
DUET. " Land of the Setting Sun."
MR. AND MRS. HUBERT BEARCE.
VALEDICTORY WITH ESSAY. "Self Control."
LAURA I. LUMBERT.
CONFERRING OF DIPLOMAS.
SUPERINTENDENT.
SINGING OF CLASS ODE.
MISS CLARA A. WRIGHT, ACCOMPANIST.
SELECTION.
ORCHESTRA.
GRADUATES.
Nellie Bertha Trubey. Lottie Louise Snow.
Laura Isola Lumbert. Hattie May Hall.
Augustus E. Duncan. Fred Chandler
THE NATURAL SCIENCES.
I have learned to believe that children should be put, in
tjieir early years, to the study of nature. I did not think so
once, but now I do. I have seen a school of intermediate
giade, under a competent teacher, studying physics, botany,
physiology, and other natural sciences with great enthusiasm
and complete success. The work was done without a text-
book. The instruction was given orally by conversation,
charts, pictures, real objects, and experiments. The children
were taught to analyze and draw flowers and plants, to
observe and study animal life, and make experiments. The
children had no time for mischief, and were very happy in
their work. The school governed itself, and habits of careful
and constant observation were formed. Of course, the higher
ranges of these studies will be reserved for advanced grades
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and schools. But if a love for this work and proper habits
of observation and reflection are formed in the lower schools
they will ensure success in the upper.
I am confident that the proper way to enrich the studies
of Grammar and High Schools is to lay the foundation for it
in the lower grades. Let us throw out all along the line the
rubbish and put in what is practical and disciplinary.
These are the things which interest children and prevent
waste. Uninterested schools are noisy schools, but interested
schools govern themselves. By saving waste, we shall save
our children. I recommend the introduction of nature
studies in the lower grades.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, I would remind you, gentlemen, and,
through you, the citizens of the Town, that the personal,
hearty co-operation and sympathy of all, with both teachers
and pupils, are essential to the success of our school system.
The most perfect of systems, and most learned of teachers,
will not alone make satisfactory schools. A school can not be
made to run like a piece of mechanism and perfectly accom-
plish its work. It has a certain personality, whose attributes
must be considered. Without enthusiasm on the part of
teachers and pupils, school work becomes drudgery and
heartless, servile toil. The machinery of the system may
run smoothly, but the result will be boys and girls anxious to
escape from the servitude of school rather than become
educated men and women. What the schools most need now
is an enthusiasm that will render the work of pupils and
teachers less mechanical and formal, more hearty and earnest.
For the inspiration of this enthusiasm, we are dependent
almost entirely upon the encouragement and sympathy
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received from parents and citizens, and this encouragement
and sympathy teachers and pupils have, equally, a right to
claim at their hands.
I take this opportunity to express my gratitude for the
hearty co-operation that has been extended to me by all the
members of the teaching staff, and take pleasure in acknowl-
edging their willingness and industry in the performance of
the duties of their position.
The harmony and good fellowship that has prevailed
throughout has rendered my work easier and pleasanter.
I wish, also, to thank the members of the Board for the
assistance given me in the discharge of my duties as Super-
intendent. My relations with school official, teacher, child,
and parent, were never more congenial.
I wish to leave this record of my gratitude for all favors.
Wishing for the schools of Chelmsford the highest attain-
ments and the richest success.
Respectfully submitted.
GEO. F. SNOW,
Superintendent of Public Schools.
Chelmsford, Mass., Mar. 2, 1895.
Roll of Honor.
JScholars not absent or tardy; scholars not absent but tardy*.]
CENTRE HIGH, NO. 1.
Three Years — Alice M. Stearns, Jessie M. Holt*.
One Year and One Term — Chas. P. Holt, Edward J.
Robbins*.
One Year — May B. Bartlett, Leslie R. Davis.
Two Terms — Christina Ashworth, Theodore A. Cornell, Grace
G. Garland, Arthur A. Harmon, G.Thomas Parkhurst, Ralph H.
Stearns, Lizzie K. Stearns.
One Term — Alexina Bremner, Harold H. Davis, Pearl F.
Dvar, Hatlie M. Emerson, John B. Emerson, Willie H. Fulton, M.
Etta Gill, A. Hawthorn Howard, Edwin L. Stearns, Lizzie K.
Stevens, Florence E. Ward, Annie M. Wood.
CENTRE GRAMMAR, No. 1.
Three Years — E. Belle Adams.
One Year — Arthur Adams, Ralph Adams, Mabel Nason*.
Two Terms — George French, Arthur Hill, Fred Holt, Ella
Hod*on, Ever Briggs, Maud Ludwig, Lawrence Marshall, Sadie
Newhall, Frank Melvin.
One Term — Anna Bliss, Stanley Cotton, Arthur Staples,
Arnold Perham.
CENTRE INTERMEDIATE, No. 1.
One Year — Louise Adams.
Two Terms — Willie Adams, Paul P. Davis, Emma G. Ghcl-
den, Frank Hodson, Albert Ludwig, M. J. Pratt, Bennie Rowell*,
Ralph Caverlv*.
One Term— Fred W. Holt, Arthur J. Hill, Bertha E. Ober,
Oscar Hodson, Ella Knowlton, Harry Harmon, Alfred Howard,
Ethel Daw, Hattie Dryden, Herbert Chamberlin, Clarence Kelley*,
Harlan E. Knowlton*, Charles Chamberlin*.
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CENTRE PRIMARY, No. 1.
One Year — Marion Adams.
Two Terms — Edith Bliss.
One Term — Willie Adams. Lina Chamberlin, Elsie Shat-
tuck, Eugene Chamberlin.
MIXED NORTH ROW, No. 2.
Two Terms — Eliza Spaulding.
MIXED SOUTH, No. 3.
One Year— Sydney Dupee.
One Term — Alta B. Byam, Elizabeth Byam, Albert Holtam.
MIXED SOUTH ROW, No. 4.
One Year — Walter Hosmer Redmau, H. Stewart Redman,
Willie Robbins.
Two Terms — Edward B. Redman, Leon Parker.
One Term — Frank Melvin, Percy B. Redman.
MIXED BYAM'S, No. 5.
Two Terms — Carrie Newhall, Walter Crooker.
One Term — Francis O. Dutton.
MIXED EAST, No. 6.
One Year — Marshall Dix.
'Two Terms — Ralph Howland, James Leahy.
One Term — J a}' Plummer, Arthur Severance, Heniy Dix,
George Barris, Wilfred Leahy, Florence Leahy, Thomas O'Hara*
Benjamin O'Hara, Pearl Dyar*, Harry Wilson*, Alice Dyar*.
NORTH HIGH, No. 8.
Two Terms — Reginald Sheldon, Frank Hall, Walter Marinal,
George Lumbert*.
One Term — Stephen Ward, Fred Snow, Arthur Marinah
Florence Winship.
NORTH GRAMMAR, No. 8.
One Term — Stephen Wood, Frank Hall, Regis Sheldon,
Thomas McTague, Ina Lumbert, Georgia McEnnis, Hebert
Worden.
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NORTH INTERMEDIATE, No. 8.
Two Terms — Stewart MacKay, Walter Worden, Edwin
Davis*.
One Term — Willie Tobin, Ralph Clark, James McTague,
Maud Wright, Georgia McEnnis, Ina Lumbert, May Belle Howard,
Gladys Swain, Thomas Towle, Esther Bearce*, Thomas Larkin*.
NORTH PRIMARY, No. 8.
Two Terms — Fred MoEnaney, Clifford Queen, John Varney,
Ma}T McCluske}7, Katherine Sheldon, Lester Worden, Chester
Worden.
One Term — Ethel B. Wotton, Esther A. Bearce, Martha
McCluskey, Florence Queen, Gladjs Swain, James H. McCo}-,
Anna MacKay, Joseph McTague.
WEST GRAMMAR, No. 9.
One Year — Herbert Jordan.
One Term — Helen Knowles, Emma Holt, George Knowles,
Charlie Martin, Ella M. Winship.
WEST PRIMARY, No. 9.
Two Terms — Millie A. Dunn, Harry Daw, Nellie Aberham-
son, Harrison Mason.
One Term — Augusta Auderson, Sarah A. Boynton, FaDnie
Corrigan, Stella Daw, Henry Jordan, Walter Guyette, Patsy Flynn,
Chris Newman, Willie Miller, Albeit Miller.
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STATISTICAL TABLE OK SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF CHELMSFORD, MASS.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1895.
SPRING TERM.
SCHOOLS.
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Grammar, Centre..
Ini'rm'di'te, Centre
Primary, Centre...
Mixed, Nortli Row
Mixed, South
Mixed, Soutli Row.
Mixed, By urn's
Mixed, East
High, North
Grammar, North...
Interm'diate, North
Primary, North
Grammar, West
Primary, West
Susie M. Emerson..
Susie S. McFarlin..
Caroline L. Adams.
Alice G. Wheeier..
Daisy Hartley
Belle B. Hiidley....
Helen E. Osgood..
Grace E. Mansfield.
Helen E. Gookin...
Arthur W. Trubey.
Winuifred Miller...
Nellie M. Baker....
Laura G. Hoyt
Klla A. Hutchinson
Agnes Naylor
31.54
44.50
34 5
45 51
12.3
22.67
24.7
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38.2
20 48
33.02
37.00
46.07
21.2
30.2
30 72
42.16
32.09
41.76
11.1
20.28
22.7
8.65
3*71
19 59
32.70
35.23
44.83
19.06
28.07
97.4
9473
05.63
88.53
90.
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05.
00.8
05 57
07 42
04.97
05.
03.
03.
$228 00
126 00
108 00
10S 00
06 00
102 00
102 00
96 09
10S 00
252 00
108 00
108 00
108 00
108 00
108 00
FALL TERM.
High, Centre
Grammar, Centre..
Int'rm'di'te, Centre
Int'rm'di'te, Centre
Primary, Centre...
Mixed, North Row
Mixed, South
Mixed, South Row.
Mixed, By urn's ...
Mixed, Fast
High, North
Grammar, North...
Intermedi'te, North
Primary, North
Grammar, West...
Primary, West
1 Susie M. Emerson.
lj Susie S. McFarlin.
1 Caroline L. Adams
1 Frances Clark
1 Alice G. Wheeler..
2|Daisy Hadey
3 Belle B. Hartley....
4 Helen M Osgood..
5 Grace E. Mansfield
6 Helen E. Gookin...
8 Arthur W. Trubey.
8 Nellie M. Bilker...
8 Fannie Voter
8 Laura G. Hoyt
9 Carrie K. Erskine..
9 Agnes Naylor.
3
38
34.66
33.93
97.8
22
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$70 00
3
52
46.25
42.83
02.59
43
42 00
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39.77
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1
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36 00
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20 6
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34 00
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11.72
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25.78
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$228 00
126 00
45 00
63 00
108 00
96 00
102 00
102 00
06 00
120 00
252 00
108 00
10S 00
10S 00
108 00
103 00
WINTER TERM.
High, Centre
Grammar. Centre..
Intermedi'e, Centre
Primarv, Centre...
Mixed, North Row.
Mixed, South
Mixed, South Row.
Mixed, Soutli Row.
Mixed, Byam's....
Mixed. East
High, North
Grammar, North...
Grammar, North...
Intermedi'te, North
Primary, North....
Grammar, West...
Primary, West
Susie M. Emerson.
Susie S. McFarlin..
Frances Clark
Alice G. Wheeler..
Daisy Hadley
Helen G. Fulton...
Helen M. Osgood.,
lin'ce J. Washburn
Grace E. Mansfield
Helen E. Gookin...
Arthur W. Trubey.
Jennie McKenzie..
Nellie M. Baker....
Fannie Voter
Laura G. Hoyt
Citrrie E. Er.-kine..
Agnes Naylor
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37 30.09
!3.63
32 82
41.83
10 17.67
38 33.0
32.89
311.28
34.71
22.83
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18.8
13.4
11.04
34.51
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21.10
30.12
38.06
15.65
30.86
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36 00
34 00
34 00
34 00
32 00
40 00
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36 00
36 00
36 60
36 00
36 00
36 00
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126 00
108 00
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96 00
102 00
78 20
23 80
96 00
120 00
252 00
92 70
12 00
108 00
108 00
108 00
103 00
Total schools, 15. Total teachers, 15.
Total wages, $5,60.5 30
AfltfUAIi $EPO$T
OF THE
MIES 1 1 IE 11 Elf
OF THE
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD, MASS.,
FOR THE
Year Ending February 28, 1895.
Report.
The Board of Trustees of the Free Public Library respectfully
submits the following report concerning the second year's adminis-
tration of the Library :
After organizing by the selection of Mr. H. S. Perham as
Chairman, and Mrs. H. M. Bartlett as Secretary, the first duty of
the Board was to secure the service of a competent person as
Librarian, in place of Miss Nettie M. Stevens, who had resigned.
Rev. H. A. Cornell was induced to accept the position, and has
served faithfully during the entire year, giving many hours' extra
labor to the promotion of the Library's interests, and securing some
valuable donations. With the aid of his son, Theodore, the service
to patrons has been much expedited, greatty relieving the discomfort
and inconvenience of the narrow quarters to which the Library has
been confined. It has been impossible to provide any waiting-room
for the patrons save the entry of the Town Hall, and as this could
not be heated during the cold season, there was much exposure and
discomfort, which seemed inevitable, but which has been patiently
endured in hope of better things to come. These inconveniences,
which were spoken of at length in our former report, have been felt
even more during the past year than during the previous one,
on account of the longer season during which the Library has been
open, and on account of the larger number of persons using it.
There is, however, we are happy to say, a prospect of early
and permanent relief.
The Library has been open for public use for eleven months of
the past year, 96 periods of two hours each, viz. : on Weclnesda3rs
from 3 to 5 o'clock, and on Saturdays from 6 to 8 o'clock P. M.
The smallest delivery of books at any one time of opening was 36
on June 27, and the largest was 122 on Jan. 2. There is no basis
for a comparison of the circulation of this year with previous ones,
since the Library was open for but a part of the first year of its ex-
istence. Yet such figures as can be given showr a gratifying increase
of patronage. The number of volumes taken out during the last
year of the old Social Library was reported as 1,910; the number
during the first year as a Free Library, open for about five monthsT
was 2,647 ; the number from March 22, 1894, to Feb. 20, 1895,
eleven months, has been 7,342. The first two months of the present
year, March to May, show a circulation of 1,374; the last two
months, December to February, a circulation of 1,512. The aum-
ber of persons using the Library this year was 408, against 269 last
year. Such an increase amply demonstrates the wisdom of the
Town's action in establishing the Library on the basis of a
free public, rather than a subscription, library. May we not believe
that the public benefit from the circulation of a high class of litera-
ture, not simply in the waj- of amusement, but as well in the increase
of intelligence and refinement, has increased in like proportion ? An
encouraging index of the gratification of such hopes is to be found in
the large use of the Library by pupils of the Grammar and High
schools, to a considerable extent under the advice and direction of
the teachers.
The patronage has come most largely, as would naturally be
expected, from the population of the Centre Village and its vicin-
ity. The Trustees have not as yet felt justified in expending any
considerable portion of the funds for the transportation of books to
other parts of the Town. The service has been performed for the
people of South Chelmsford, by Mr. A. Heady Park, one of the
members of this Board, for a very small compensation, exchanging
the books once in two weeks. The hearty thanks of the Trustees
are due and are hereby given to Mrs. N. B. Lapham of South
Chelmsford for her kindness in allowing her house to be used with-
out compensation as the distributing and collecting agency for the
books circulated in that community. There has also been a fair
share of circulation in the East Chelmsford neighborhood, the
patrons coming individually. The remainder of the Town has
made almost no use of this Library, the people of the North and
West Villages being much more conveniently served b}- the North
Chelmsford Library Association, whose excellent collection of books
has been made free to all inhabitants of the Town for the past year
by an appropriation for its support granted by the Town at its last
annual meeting.
Donations have been received during the year as follows : Miss
E.Walton, 2 vols., State of Massachusetts, 13; South Chelms-
ford Library, 4 ; Geo. A. Parkhurst, 1 ; New York World, 1 ;
United States Bureau of Education, 6 ; Prentiss Webster, Esq., 1 ;
-Civil Service Commission, 1 ; J. Adams Bartlett, 1 ; Rev. H. A.
Cornell, 4 ; Smithsonian Institute, 3 vols, and a large number of
pamphlets; Dr. S. A. Green. 2 vols, and 1 document; Miss Sarah
L. Putnam, 1 vol. and 12 magazines; Miss C. A. Stanley, 13
magazines ; Hatch Experiment Station, 15 pamphlets. These have
Jaeen duly acknowledged by the Trustees, with thanks in behalf of
the Town.
There have been added by purchase 168 volumes.
The Trustees can not close this report without expressing their
great pleasure in anticipation of the occupancy of the new and very
handsome and commodious Library building now nearly completed
in this village through the generosity and public spirit of our
former townsman, Mr. Amos F. Adams of Boston — Messrs. J. A.
Bartlett and C. E. A. Bartlett also having greatly aided in securing
for the building a fine location, the former by the donation of a
valuable piece of land, and the latter b}r grading the land at consid-
erable expense. Mr. Thomas M. Adams of South Chelmsford has
also placed in the hands of the Trustees a donation of $500 for the
purchase of books.
We are expecting a great increase in the public use of the
Library through the increased convenience and attractiveness thus to
be supplied. We are planning for considerably longer hours of open-
ing and for an increase of facilities for service. The Reading
Room, a feature we have not hitherto possessed, will no doubt be
appreciated by the general public as well as b}T ourselves as a most
valuable and almost indispensable adjunct to the collection of books
which forms the Library.
We announce with regret that Miss Louisa A. Allen, after
having served acceptably for two years as a member of this Board,
has tendered her resignation.
The extraordinary expenses of removing and re-arranging the
present materials of the Library, of preparing for circulation the
large additions already donated, and for the care and maintenance
of the building, will call for an additional appropriation for the
coming year, as follows :
We recommend, if the Library be maintained under the pres-
ent conditions, an appropriation of $250 for the coming year ; and
if the new building be accepted and the Library removed thereto
an additional appropriation, as above, of $350, or $600 in all.
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STATE OF THE LIBRARY.
Number of books and documents in the Library
per report of last year 24477|
Added by donations, volumes 40
Added by purchase, volumes 168 208 }|
2655-
Destroyed because of infection, volumes ... 6
Lost and untraceable 1 1
Present number of volumes and documents 2G4&|
Net increase for the year 201
There are, in addition to the above, a large number of unbound'
magazines and pamphlets and two maps.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Money appropriated by Town $250 00
Received from fines and sale of catalogues. . 14 08
Paid for books $164 95
Miss Nettie Stevens, for arranging
books and preparing accession list, 12 60
Harold Davis, for assisting in same. ... 2 50
for stationery and library cards 9 00
14 Supplies 6 30
" Librarian's services 50 00
A. Heady Park, for transporting books
to South Chelmsford 13 00
$258 35
Unexpended balance o 73
$264 08 $264 08
Donation of Thomas Minot Adams in the hands of the
Trustees, $500.00.
Respectfully submitted.
HENRY S. PERHAM,
MRS. HARRIET M. BARTLETT,
LUTHER H. SARGENT,
S. INGERSOLL BRIANT,
A. HEADY PARK,
Trustees.
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