OF THE

FOR THE

Year ending December 31, 1878

BOSTON: A L B E R T J. WRIGHT, P R I N T E R ,

79 MILK STREET (CORNER OF FEDERAL).

1879. ' t

JONAH G. SMALL.

Board of Health:

Beach-Grass Committee: JOSEPH PINKNEY.

Surveyors of Lumber &c.:

B. A. LEWIS. DAVID S. KELLEY.

REUBEN SNOW. N. C. BROOKS.

Pound Keeper : E. WALKER. CHARLES II. WALKER.

Monument Committee: J. I). BILLIARD.

ation on $1,000,

Appropriations.

aid of fish petition, .

Received from towns, individ- uals, and State, .

alance in treasury December 3 1,

Public SCHOOLS. Paid orders school committee, .

Town appropriation, .

e in the treasury, .

“ printing town and school reports for 1877,

advertising,

ing posts for ceme-

services as beat&-

. *

J. A. West, rope fur undert

547 87

. 554 67

,

ES, AND DEATHS.

WHEN ADMITTED AGE AT THIS DATE.

re,

and children, widow, .

ith and family, Easton, .

Justine Costa, . John J. Roberts and family, Joan Jason and children, widow, Sarah Caton and children, .

. .

In conclusion your Commissioners follo ropriations :-

For bonds coming due Aug. 1, 1879, . demand loan due Aug. 1, 1879,

5 per cent. town loan, $24,000, 6 per cent. demand loan, .

All of which is respectfully submitted.

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REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

in town treasury, .

No, 5 “

Relief hose-carriage

of fire have not been numerous

tment bas seen no active services since the burnin wn-House, in February, 1877.

5 , an alarm was given for a burning chimney a

's Pond. Loss, $2,200 ; insurance, $1,500. g so far away, and in a lonely spot, it was not dis- until the 'entire building was wholly enveloped in

nd was totally destroyed, with its contents, including

ber of slight fires discovered r damage, and the causes

ulary for the entire so active in other

pleased to state, is egets inactivity, we feel that it is

apartment, but tha t every member is as ready een in the past.

on hose for .

which amount, by agreement, is to be paid at the con the town during the coming year. serviceable hose on hand will bo,-

With this a

0 feet leather, &. 200 feet riveted cotton, old.

feet 2-inch rubber-lined linen. feet 2 1/2 inch rubber-lined linen. feet 2 1/2 inch rubber-lined cotton.

rubber-lined cotton.

Which is distributed as follows :

Engine No. 1, . . 700 feet 2 1/2 inch line

Engine No. 4, . ngine No. 5, .

Relief Hose No. 1, . 150 feet leather.

The engines, the past s mewed, or touched up, and all of them were They are all of them in

and a small amount of painting only being The houses are genera

.

Permanent LADDERS ON Churches.

hes to the mention heretofore made, and the

use, finding that when not used Tor time the water first coming from them is very rusty.

utting down the two, which could have been done for opriation, we thought best to ascertain, if possible, price brass or copper tubes could be furnished in iron. Up to the close of the season, satisfactory

ned, and we have rested the work.

t in other sections of the country; nances of the town mill warrant, we ask that the

ese reservoirs are available which

John G. Whitcomb

. . Assistan

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RESERVOIRS AND THEIR LOCATION.

No. 1. 2.

Commercial St., near Stephen Nickerson’s store. West Vine St., near Commercial St. Commercial St., opposite Nickerson St.

5. School St., near Western School-house. 6. Franklin St., near Parallel St. (tube). 7. Commercial St., front of J. F. Hopkins’ store. 8. Off Pleasant St., near Brow 9. Commercial St., near J. E’. Crocker’s shop (poo

10. 11. Parallel St., near Silas Atkins’ house (tube). 12. Leverett St., near Parallel St. 13. Head of Crocker & Atwood’s Wf. Nickerson’s pa 14. Commercial St., near house Engine No. 4. 15. Court St., near 16. High St., on premises 17. Commercial St., front 18. 19. “

20.

22. Commercial St., opposite Ryder St. 28. Parallel St., near Centre School-house. 24. Com;l St., near O. C. Railroad Crossing (hydra 25. Commercial S n t A lex Gaylon’s house 26. “ d Freeman & Hilliard’s

“ near house Engine No. 2.

“

“

Parallel St., near C.B. Snow’s house (tube). 21. “ head Forrest St.

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. 27. Commercial St., under Isaiah Gifford’s barn. near house Engine No. 3 (tube). opposite Pearl St.

30. Head Stephen Cook’s W 31 Parallel St., junction of 82. Head of Daniel Small’s Wharf. 33. Commercial St., near Reuben Ryder’s house.

front Solomon Adams’ barn. near S . S. Swift’s shop. near Eastern School-house. opposite Edwin Mayo’s house. near B. A. Lewis & Co.’s shop

39. Commercial St., opposite John Swift’s house.

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REPORT OF TRUSTEES stees of. the Public Library of Provincetown submit their Annual Report :

The T ustees would have it u report b ow applies only to the their opinion, if judiciously managed, is sufficient, with sum annually received from the do ments of the library in the purch ing books, for the present.

Balance of donations in treasury, last report, . $603 m dog-tax fund, 1877, . m fines and catalogues, . m dividend Seamen’s Savings Bank,

Paid A. L. Putnam & Co.

F. P. Goss, printing, Old Colony Railroad, express, . 1 60 Higgins, Snow & Co., paper,

William Allen, rebinding, . Insurance, . . Postal cards and stationery, .

1877-78, .

. Estes & Lauriat, books, . . 102 58

Balance cash on han EDWIN N. PAINE,

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Non-residents, . Juvenile offenders,

Of the above arrests there mere for Assault and battery, . Breaking entering, and larceny, .

Disturbance of peace, . . Obtaining goods under Setting bonfires, . . . Desertion from vessels, . . .

f the above arrests:

remitted by placing on good behavior;

: Fines, $50 ; costs, $15.60,

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In addition to the above there have been assisted home an leven intoxicated persons. on of an appropriation for this dep

are hereby extended to the officers and cit department in any manner. '

l of which is respectfully submitted.

JOSEPH WHITCOMB,

PROVINCETOWN, DEC. 31, 1878. Chief of

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Paid Dennis Scannell, labor, . $0 75

16 50

James Cook, 2d, oyster-shells, . 4 50

N. 0. Coulliard, labor,. . i o 20 S. S . Swift, clay, . 30 00

Antoine Mark, clay, . B. A. Lewis, wharfage on clay, Andrew Cole, labor, . owen Collins, clay and gr . 585 00

.

Joseph B. Dyer, labor, . Freeman & Hilliard, nails, . 3 50

s. S. Smith, labor, .

“ “ drain-pipe, . W. II. Hammond, labor, . H. W. Seaver, labor, 47 25

7 50 26 00 H. H. Watson, labor,

Charles Wright, labor, . W. A. Graham, labor, . Caleb Fisher, labor, , Joseph M:tthem, labor, . Joseph Nichols, labor, . E. & E. R. Cook & Co., carting

and wharfage on clay, . Reuben Freeman, labor, . David Conwell, spikes and nails,

“ carting clay, 20 91

bor and material, building

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RT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH,

Your Board hereby su

They would call the attention of the town to the they have no proper or suitable building for the rc

ondition, to live in, of the hous

AVID S, KELLEY. ANGS A. LEWIS.

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FINAL REPORT FOR SCHOOL YEAR 18

The whole number of scholars belonging to the Pri Departments, three hundred and seventy-four ; average at ance, three hundred and twenty-three and eight-tent cent. of attendance, eighty-eight and six-tenths.

Whole numbor belongng to Intermediate Departm one hundred nd sixty-t ree ; average attendance, one

-tenths ; per cent., eighty-nin

Whole number in High Intermediate, one hundred verage attendance, one hundred and forty

er cent,, ninety-two and seven-tenths. er to Grammar School, one hundred and

average attendance ninety-two and four-tenths ; per eighty-nine and seven-tenths ; over fifteen years of twenty-five.

Whole number to High School, fifty-four ; average at ance, fifty-one and eight-tenths ; per cent., ninety-fiv eight-tenthe ; over fifteen years, thirty-five.

Whole number attending “Winter School ” for o ; average attendance, twenty-nine and fo dredths ; per cent., seventy ; over fifteen years

and fort -six and

Whole number attending school the winter ’hundred and eighty-eight ; average attendance,

d and seventy-eight and ninety-five one-hund t. of attendance, eighty-seven and six-tenths ;

over fifteen years of age, ‘one hundred and three.

Present CORPS OF TEACHERS.

Grammar School:

May E. Emery, .

Rebecca D. Sparks. Ella A. Small. ?

Intermediate Schools :

S. Lizzie Starre. Addie S. Mitchell.

Primary Schools:

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our Annual Report, we have entrusted us with ndeed, the chief inter- s your duty to provide

hich has engrossed the attention of the best ll the States of the Union, of all civilized lands; a criticism than any other

t lying at the foun- erity. These are considerations

it with diffidence, and tho desire

ur attention, as well as ou

Superintendency

uld have chosen a Superintendent at the commence- We year, but did not feel authorized so to do.

b-divided the Committee, and the specia

JF SCHOOL Buildings.

the suggestions of your Co continue the same course without recommending it‘ it were not that some of the schools are overer the prejudice of the children’s health, and making i

for the teachers to render ample justice to each accomplish the work prescribed by the Commi

demanded by the town. With a few exceptions, the schools are full. All t

mediate Schools have more scholars than one tea handle successfully, arid it is impossible t o do the The same may be said, with even more emphasis, our Primary Schools.

hall we do? Your Committee can

children. A house s

ntion of our citizens to 7 ) , hoping the parents

do their duty, as they e have not been suffi-

at the Legislature of 1878 to adopt a code of by-laws

BY-LAWS.

annually, whose duty it shall be to inquire int

the Commonwealth.

to aid the truant officers, as fur as possible, in the of their duties.

a full record of all their official acts, and m report thereof to the School Committee, who s the same with their own report.

as to alter or impair the obligation and duty o

Art. 6. It shall be the duty of the truant o

Art. 7. Nothing in these by-laws shall be

cientious teachers, and a band of good work has been

show signs of marked It is gratifying to know that the extreme end of the

o far from being indifferent to the interests of educa- as it is very natural for our friends who are more

nly a few in the State. aminations has been

,

attended with

bject-matter passed over,

The large number of scholar

56 ress of the scholars has been good indeed. Two

ers are now doing the work which requires three or fou successfully. The number of scholars in. school duri spring term, one hundred and thirty-seven ; fall term, number, one hundred and sixteen ; and the number bel to the school Jan. 1, 1879, one hundred and thirty-thr

HIGH Intermediate SCHOOLS. These schools continue to do an excellent work, under

same faithful teachers as last year ; everything has mo pleasantly, so far as the immediate work of the scho been concerned. The effects of truancy are seriously these, as well as other schools. The surroundings o school located in the centre of the town, are perha familiar to the most of our citizens to need any com this time, as their attention was forcibly called to this s nd its accommodations last year. Yet, notwithstandin ifficulties in the way, the school is doing a grand work Whole number of scholars : spring term, one hundre

fifty-one ; fall term, one hundred and forty-five ; and are one hundred and thirty-eight the present term.

INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS. The work in this grade of schools for the past ye

been as good as the large number of’ scholars would admit. The whole number of scholars in these scho ing the spring term was one hundred and ninety- term, one hundred and eighty-two; and the prese one hundred add eighty-three ; average number, si or twelve more than is allowed by law. ment of the scholars in most cases has been good.

tardiness and truancy. Many of the boys are absent d summer term, and when returning cannot be classed lost the intervening work, they make it ,more difficult

The rate of A great evil in these, as well as other schools, ha

ink it can truthfully be said that they are doing

acher of the Centre Pri- man was chosen to fill

as three hundred and twenty-three ; fall

e to ninety-five per cent.

chool-house fences, . mason, labor and material, .

e lumber and lime,

and material, Eastern

Approved by committee of 1877, . Total school-house repairs, .

School Incidentals.

Sprague, cleaning privies, . . and outbuildings, .

.

George H. Holmes, High School

Mitchell & Co., key tags, .

J. A. West, glazing and repairs,

School Incidentals.

and outbuildings, .

George H. Holmes, High School Freeman & Hilliard, supplies, . J. M. Crocker, High School ap

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. 12 00 - $102 85

e 13 weeks, at $4

f Orthodox church 12 weeks, at $200

a * -

pew gear, : .

ce to new school year, .

of teachers, janitors, and for

e accommodation of the Hi

is respectfully submitted HENRY SHORTLE,

AUGUSTUS MITCHELL, A. L. PUTNAM, J. D. HILLIARD,